The official method of the Ming Dynasty determined that there were only three days of holidays, the birthday of the emperor, the winter solstice, one of the twenty-four solar terms, New Year's Day, the first day of the first month, is commonly called the New Year.

These three days are also the days when the foreigners worshipped the Ming court in large numbers. The emperor often held a grand banquet to entertain his ministers on these three days.

On New Year's Day, not only did the emperor have to hold a banquet for all the ministers, but the third-rank or above often entered the palace to have banquets with noble people. Generally speaking, the empress, the lord of the six palaces, was headed by the empress, but on the 15th year of Wanli, the women suddenly discovered that the newly-held imperial concubine Zheng, with a phoenix crown and a rosy robe and a crown. Although they laughed before speaking, they were also very demeanor and manners, which was very different from the empress Wang Xi, who had pale faces and cheeks in the past, and had a Bodhisattva-like appearance.

This seems to indicate a very good message. Although the destiny women have high and low backgrounds, they have achieved the third-rank imperial edict. Under the influence of the masters at home, they still have some understanding of the changes in the court. Some are familiar with each other, so they can't help but communicate with each other with their eyes... Of course, the imperial concubine Zheng explained that Empress Wang was ill and had been in trouble for many days, and she was just a temporary replacement.

A few days ago, the People's Daily and the Beijing Times revealed more than a dozen new official positions at the same time. In theory, the changes in the official positions of the court are not strange. Moreover, these dozen new official positions are mostly military positions, but they are dying. Each official in charge has a post next to him. He is the leader, named Qin Liangyu, and serves as the commander of the Guangzhou Forward.

Although Guangzhou is located in the Maritime Warehouse Department, it is a bit remote for both Beijing and Jiangnan. To be honest, no one cares about this location.

However, the resume next to him made a big splash in the world, because this person was only thirteen years old and was just the daughter of an ordinary tribute student in Sichuan.

How dare a thirteen-year-old woman be the commander of the third-rank Guangzhou Avant-garde? There must be a dark story here. Almost everyone in the world thinks so.

At that time, one of the sons of the Pavilion Master Wang Xijue was impeached by Qingliu for one of the second-tier sons. Before him, Zhang Juzheng's three sons were all Jinshi, and Jiangling was extremely powerful as prime minister. Did Qingliu impeach Zhang Jiangling, let alone the daughter of a tribute student as the third-rank commander?

The impeachment memorials in those places could not reach the capital for a while, but the officials in the capital were in a state of excitement. The memorials of impeachment of the cabinet were like snowflakes, which caught the cabinet masters off guard and cursed Zheng Guojiu for a while.

People's Daily News and Beijing Times are both the industries of Zheng Guojiu. If the uncle does not agree, is this possible? It must be a carrier pigeon to convey information and manipulate public opinion. How can the elders not scold me?

The jade carved pigeons unearthed from the tomb of Fu Hao in Yinxu in later generations are enough to prove that the history of the Pigeon Culture in the Celestial Dynasty is rare in the world. At that time, Guangdong was the most developed area for carrier pigeons in the Ming Dynasty, and there were historical records. As for the imperial horse stewards, there were even specialists in raising carrier pigeons in the palace. Can the cabinet masters think of it!

The cabinet did steal the achievements from the uncle, which is no need to say, but it also made up for the uncle. It is good that everyone is so beautiful and make a fortune in silence! Your uncle Zheng dispersed and made everyone knows that this is true. Isn’t it just that the cabinet masters are just a dish!

However, the cabinet cannot reveal this inside story. As a result, the power-for-money transaction is too obvious, and history books cannot scold them to death.

There was no choice but to resign collectively. At this time, Emperor Wanli took the blame for the cabinet and rejected all the memorials of the cabinet's three resignations, which at least saved the cabinet's face.

In private, Wanli was actually very helpless. He once smiled bitterly and said to Concubine Zheng, "The bad official is so tough. I really have nothing to say."

But he was not very angry. This proved that his uncle was straightforward and had no cleverness. He looked like a loyal minister. Can he not tolerate loyal ministers?

The cabinet broke out with such a dark story, and its momentum was greatly reduced. There were people who were flirting in Beijing, and even called the cabinet a woman’s cabinet. At this time, women’s status was undoubtedly relatively low. It is conceivable how much the prestige of the cabinet fell.

In short, people in the world are not fools, but many people have guessed it. It is probably because the cabinet robbed Zheng Guojiu of road construction. He was afraid of being criticized, so he gave him a series of benefits. However, the uncle was strong and took a thirteen-year-old lady to take a third-rank Guangzhou Avant-garde commander. This was the face of the cabinet naked!

The fifteenth year of Wanli came at this moment. Zhu Yijun had a banquet for the ministers. Looking at the countless vassal envoys in the hall, he was still very proud. I did what the ancestors of all generations had not done.

Therefore, he really ate a lot of wine. After the banquet, he went to Chengqian Palace of Concubine Zheng. He had a maid serving him. He took off the red-shouldered Yunjin Peacock Feather Dragon Robe, took the sober tea and drank two sips, teased Zhu Changyi, who was in the cradle for a while, and then asked the nursery lady to carry her. Seeing that the imperial concubine was still twitching the abacus, she couldn't help but say, "Ruotong, it's not too late to calculate this account tomorrow. Let me talk to me first..."

Concubine Zheng raised her head as if she was smiling, "Yes, the emperor is in the country, and the waves of the world are peaceful, and all nations are coming to pay tribute..."

Her words immediately made Zhu Yijun blush.

Indeed, Wanli just wanted to hear similar things. Now that East and West Mongolia are coming to the court, this is something that the ancestors of all dynasties have not done. In addition to the Xuanwei Office of Jiuzhou and Fusang, he was naturally proud. However, the imperial concubine said this clearly sarcastic. Think about it, all of these things were done by the uncle Zheng Guofan, but he also accused the cabinet of the cabinet to steal the uncle's achievements and must be not good-looking in his face.

Several eunuchs replaced the brazier with charcoal. Although Chengqian Palace had earth dragons, the winter in Beijing was really cold. The palace was huge. Although there were earth dragons, the brazier still needed to be warmed up. The charcoal fire was the best Hongluo charcoal, which was produced by the Royal Xixinsi. This Xixinsi was once a place where children could stop crying at night, and its power was even better than the East Factory and the West Factory.

When the little eunuch opened the brazier to change the charcoal, the red charcoal inside illuminated Wanli's face and was shining. When the little eunuch changed the charcoal, he covered the top cover of the four beast furnace, and the light dimmed again.

At this time, the imperial concubine raised her hand and stretched her waist. Seeing that Zhu Yijun's face was not good-looking, she turned her eyes slightly and understood. She stood up, sat coquettishly in Zhu Yijun's arms, stretched her arms to hook his neck and said, "I'm not blaming you, since the first time I bumped into you in the garden, I recognized you as the most important person in my heart..."

She said a few words about her first meeting with Wanli. Zhu Yijun immediately remembered that she had first met her, and her face softened. No matter what, the woman in her arms was his favorite woman, which was undoubtedly.

"Look, I am serving my wife on behalf of Wang Xi'er. I spent nearly 300,000 taels of silver with various rewards... I just calculated the money for firewood and charcoal in the palace this year, but I didn't know. I was shocked when I calculated it. So far this year, the palace has used 550,000 kilograms of red charcoal (the best charcoal), 7430,000 kilograms of white charcoal, and 3930,000 kilograms of black charcoal... In addition, 15 kilograms of charcoal are consumed for every 100 kilograms of charcoal, and this is a total of 26,860,000 kilograms of charcoal this year..."

The imperial concubine held her finger to settle the score for Wanli, and the 26.86 million pounds immediately scared Wanli. "So much?"

He pointed at Wanli's forehead with a angrily expression, and the imperial concubine said, "So, you are just a hand-shaking master. You are thinking about the world's waves all day long. All nations come to pay tribute, and you can't even burn charcoal without silver. Why are you Zhu Yijun?"

I have to say that the imperial concubine has skills in speaking. This made Wanli feel guilty on his face. He couldn't help but catch the imperial concubine's tenderness, gently stroked it and said, "I treated your Zheng family badly..."

"I'm stupid again!" Concubine Zheng couldn't help but give him a blank look, "My Zheng Ruotong was born from your Zhu family. Death is also the ghost of your Zhu family. I just said, when you are showing off your mighty Khan outside, think about your Ruotong more, and you are saving money for the head of your family with your fingers!"

This sentence was very obscurely flattering Wanli. Who used the word Tian Khan? Emperor Taizong of Tang, a wise ruler, could Wanli not like to hear this? He couldn't help but put his arms around and hugged the imperial concubine tightly in his arms, "Ruotong, you are my Changsun Xianxiu..." He said, rubbing the imperial concubine's waist with both hands, the tentacles were smooth and the touch was full, and his heart was suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but say, "Ruotong, you are getting plump."

"Zhu Yijun, are you implying that I am obese?" The imperial concubine suddenly widened her eyes, "Hmph! No wonder she hasn't come to my palace these two days. Tell me, who are you looking at?"

Wanli immediately smiled bitterly as soon as he ate the imperial concubine. "I have been so busy that I can't sleep well these two days, so how can I think about it..." But then he saw that his beloved concubine looked bad, and immediately changed his mouth, and said with a saliva: "Besides, Ruotong, you are my favorite woman. In my eyes, others are like native chickens and tiles. How can I like it..."

When a eunuch who was serving not far away heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head and said in his heart that Master Long Live is really not as arrogant as a long live in front of the imperial concubine, but it is similar to ordinary urban couples. The imperial concubine's method of controlling husbands is really amazing.

The couple talked for a while, but they couldn't see how royal demeanor was. It was indeed like the eunuch next to them thinking, similar to ordinary urban couples, which showed that the imperial concubine was extraordinary.

"Ruotong, you said, how should the good official be resolved?" Wanli couldn't help but discuss the matter of the uncle with the imperial concubine. "He slapped the cabinet in the face this time, which forced me to take the blame for the cabinet."

The imperial concubine was also a little worried when she heard this, "He used a letter to the pigeon and refused to accept the name you gave to the child in the womb of the third lady. He said, "It's not good..." The foreign minister had an affair with the harem. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a death sentence. Even if the imperial concubine and the uncle were brothers and sisters, it was just ordinary. But the imperial concubine understood this and said it locally, which was equivalent to telling Wanli that I had correspondence with the outside, which was exempted from a word.

Wanli could only smile bitterly, disliked the emperor's name that was difficult to ask for another one. After all dynasties, I'm afraid it's only my brother-in-law.

The two were scratching their heads, when the curtains at the entrance of the hall were lifted up, someone hurried in from outside, with footsteps sequentially.

The laws in the palace were strict and there were strict rules in every move. Wanli was about to scold him when he heard a stack of shouts outside the curtain of the small warm cabinet: "Imperial Concubine, congratulations to the Imperial Concubine, congratulations to the Imperial Concubine, the third lady Zhong Jinhatun gave birth to a baby. He was a fat and fat boy..." The outside was Xiao Douzi. Although it was cold and the earth was cold, he was sweating profusely and spoke incoherently. But at this time, Wanli and the Imperial Concubine did not care about this.

The third lady gave birth to the son of Zheng Guojiu, who was Wanli's nephew. In the future, the lord of Xi Mongolia, whether from public or private, Wanli must pay great attention to it. Otherwise, why would he give the country's surname, the 16-character hereditary genealogy, and a radical of the same generation as his prince. Isn't it just to tell the world that Mongolia is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Concubine Zheng jumped up and said, "Little Douzi, come in and talk."

Concubine Zheng asked Jin Xiao Douzi to ask carefully, and Wanli began to think about how to celebrate. The third lady was the Lord of the West Mongolian, so this decency was definitely needed. In addition, he was his nephew, so this was not an ordinary event. To put it bluntly, this was even more important than the birth of an ordinary prince. After all, the birth of an ordinary prince can only show that the royal bloodline is continuous, and it sounds noble in fact cannot be compared with the future Lord of the West Mongolian.

However, Wanli is not easy to do too out of line, which can easily lead to misunderstandings among the ministers. Therefore, we must always think of a proper way.

Give his biological father a title?

Wanli shook his head, it was inappropriate, let alone the title of Marquis of Jinghai now. Even if he doesn't have one, he will be criticized by the ministers if he adds it.

Give silver?

Wanli shook his head again, it was not appropriate. His money was earned by a good official. How much could he give? If he was less, he could not show his decentness. If he had too much, he would be embarrassed. Even if he saw that the good official gave him silver, in fact, as an emperor, the money would never be enough to spend. If nothing else, if the Yellow River changes its way and there is a flood, the ministers will collectively ask you to send silk. For a huge central country, you are an iron Buddha, how many nails can you crush?

He paced back and forth, but he didn't expect a good idea. At this time, the imperial concubine shouted, asking someone to serve her and put on her dress. She had to go and visit the third lady immediately.

Wanli grabbed the imperial concubine with one hand and said pitifully: "Ruotong, give me an idea, what should I do?"

He was speechless, but Zheng Ruotong understood and immediately glanced at him, "I'm so stupid. I'm going to teach you about such things as having fun with the people? Xiao Douzi, hurry up and lead the way." She said as she hurriedly left Chengqian Palace to visit the third lady.

When Wanli was reminded of this, his heart suddenly became lit up and he immediately shouted, "Go and call Zhang Cheng for me." An eunuch immediately went.

Suddenly, Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the seal, hurried in. Zhang Cheng was originally a eunuch on the pen, but Zhang Hong knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Rensheng, and he was promoted to the eunuch in charge of the seal, and now he can be said to be the first eunuch.

"Long lively, I also want to congratulate you." Zhang Cheng was with Wanli since he was a child, and he still knows Wanli's thoughts quite well. The third lady gave birth to a child, which had countless benefits for the Ming Dynasty.

"Zhang Pei! Come and draw an order for me." Wanli was laughed when he was told by Zhang Cheng. Zhang Cheng agreed and quickly spread paper and grind ink beside him. Then Wanli said: The emperor said, "My decree, my Emperor Gao, the world is clear and clear, and the previous emperors of all dynasties are the same. I abide by the Constitution and make no peace in all directions, and I want to have fun with my subjects. From the eleventh day of the first lunar month, he was given ten days of Lantern Festival holiday. All officials did not report the matter, and they had urgent obligations to punish the first tribunal. Listen to the military and civilians, drinking, and the military officials in the five cities were relaxed at night, and the order was given.

Zhang Cheng is also introverted. If he is a Hanlin scholar among the eunuchs, his heart is really good, and he can also make a splash of words. His pen is like a dragon and a snake, and he will immediately write it happily.

Wanli looked down and looked at it twice, nodding with satisfaction. Although he did not mention the birth of a Mongolian third lady, it would be decent if he didn't mention it. It would be bad if he mentioned it, and it would easily cause gossip in the market. Who is this decent for? For the third lady, as long as the third lady knows it, decent will come. Therefore, he became more and more proud of it as he looks at it. He immediately said: "Let the treasure be used! Let the Ministry of Rites discuss it and do it."

As the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, Zhang Cheng immediately stamped the seal, and the imperial edict was released.

On the second day, the Ministry of Rites quickly handled the imperial edict and issued it. The whole city of Beijing knew that Long lively would have fun with the people. For a moment, the city was filled with joy. This was the New Year's Eve, who didn't want to be more lively, but there was a curfew in the Ming Dynasty. If you catch it at night, you would have to beat a board. Now that the curfew has been placed for ten days, can the people be unhappy?

As for the court, there is no secret, most of them know it. This is because the Mongolian lady gave birth to a son, and the emperor issued this imperial edict today.

For a moment, knowledgeable people such as Gu Xiancheng and Xing were worried. Who wouldn't know that the Mongolian third lady's belly was Zheng Guojiu. Now she really gave birth to a son. Zheng Guojiu's power will definitely be unstoppable in the future.

What's more, the imperial concubine Zheng took over the wife on New Year's Day. This incident has been spread to the outer court. What does this mean? It means that the imperial concubine is coveting the position of the queen and can't wait.

Therefore, the call to submit a memorial to Li Yuansi in the Qingliu sounded again.

This time, Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, led all the ministers to request the establishment of the country at the court meeting and make Yuansi the crown prince of the Eastern Palace.

The emperor was angry and issued an order to seize his salary.

On the second day, the assistant minister Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo, and Wang Jiaping invited the Eastern Palace to establish and the Yu Education.

The emperor said that the eldest son of the emperor was particularly weak and waited for his strength to come out.

However, all this has nothing to do with the good official. The uncle of the country has made up his mind in Guangzhou, so I will do what I want to do. As for the matter of the Eastern Palace, whom I love, what is that heart! This is a headache for Wanli.

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