Chapter 67 Zhu Qizhen's harem

When Zhu Qizhen heard the empress dowager say this, he immediately said, "Please rest assured by my mother. I will recall the prince immediately and I will get married next year."

The empress dowager then calmed down and said, "It's good that you know. Don't be busy with unrestrained things all day long. It's just right to let me hold my great-grandson with you."

Zhu Qizhen was snatched with a stick in the empress dowager, and he was hurt openly and secretly. The empress dowager sent Zhu Qizhen and left.

Zhu Qizhen left Kunning Palace and breathed a sigh of relief.

After so many years, few people have made him so passive. For a while, there are still some people who are not used to it.

"It's all my fault." Qian said with a tribute.

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's not your business, it's me who neglected it."

After many years of couples, Zhu Qizhen and Qian were naturally not as passionate as the ones when they were young. However, their relationship seemed distant, but they were actually very sensible.

Zhu Qizhen has always respected this long-standing wife and never interfered in harem affairs much.

Qian is also qualified as a palace.

Whether it is managing the harem, handling various affairs of the inner court, raising the queen mother, or even taking care of relatives from all walks of life, raising children, or even taking care of the beauty of Zhu Qizhenna.

All of them are handled properly.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen also knew that Qian had done some things in it.

For example, after Zhu Qizhen's first son, Zhu Jianjun, Qian was injured because of her early childbirth and could not get pregnant again.

It was this period of time, that is, within a period of time after the birth of the prince, Qian took the initiative to recommend beauty to Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen naturally refused everyone.

However, one of these beauties was counted as one, and no one had children. Only after Qian raised his body, after the eldest princess was born in the 14th year of Zhengtong and the second son of the emperor in the 16th year of Zhengtong, some of the beauties in the palace became pregnant.

That is, the second son of the emperor, the younger prince, is nearly ten years old, and the third son and the fourth son, are still young now.

From the age we can see that the position of the crown prince or queen is so stable.

You should know that there are too many things that have died in this year's birth, even in the palace. Once the prince has a chance, the one who inherits the treasure in the future will be either the prince's descendants or the second son of the emperor. Therefore, the status of Queen Qian will not be shaken at all.

Referring back to the vested interests from the results.

Zhu Qizhen naturally suspected that Queen Qian had made the measures.

But as an emperor with great achievements, he did not have time to play the Legend of Zhen Huan in the harem. As long as he did not commit suicide, Zhu Qizhen would not know anything about it.

Over the years, Zhu Qizhen has also developed some habits from this era.

In his opinion, many beauties in the palace were almost pastime objects or toys for breeding, and the status of a cat and a dog. Even if they were favored, they would not be distracted.

Queen Qian cannot look at beauty alone, but is his political partner.

Therefore, we cannot simply associate the queen with the emperor as husband and wife, and also as monarch and ministers.

This is also Zhu Qizhen's always style. He does not demand details and only looks at the results when he has no subordinate.

The harem that Zhu Qizhen wanted was a quiet harem. Don’t make any trouble, which would damage his prestige. He didn’t care much about anything else.

But Queen Qian did this.

Not to mention his ability in common affairs, after all, he was trained by the Empress Dowager, so he was naturally scheming and skillful. However, she did a great job of pleasing the Empress Dowager and acting as a buffer between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

Zhu Qizhen made the empress dowager angry, but the empress persuaded him.

You know, when Queen Qian first entered the palace, she was not welcomed by the Queen Mother.

But over the years, Queen Qian, the wife of Queen Qian, has done so many things, swallowed so much bitterness, and suffered so much grievances, so she has been favored by the Queen Mother and has become a celebrity around the Queen Mother.

For this alone, Zhu Qizhen has to rely more on Queen Qian.

However, Empress Qian may not be able to do everything in the palace. The person she is most unpleasant is Concubine Zhuang Manduhai.

There is nothing else, first of all, Concubine Zhuang’s concubine should not be.

Zhu Qizhen has never paid attention to the affairs of the harem. Zhu Qizhen’s concubines were granted the title of merit because of merit. What kind of merit is to give birth to children for the royal family, whether it is a princess or a prince, it is the same.

In history, Emperor Yingzong had nine sons and eight daughters. But today, Zhu Qizhen's thoughts about the harem were not as interested in Yingzong in history.

So, now he only has five sons and three daughters.

Among them, the crown prince, second son, and eldest princess were born to the queen, and the other three sons and two daughters were born to the other four concubines respectively.

Among them is Concubine Zhuang, but Concubine Zhuang is different from other concubines. Other concubines enter the palace in the name of palace maids and are only granted after giving birth to children.

Only Concubine Zhuang was granted the concubine as soon as she entered the palace.

Not to mention the strict ban on the palace.

Taizu's ancestral system was very strict. Concubines could not communicate with the outside world, nor could they meet with the outside world. Only the queen had the identity of a deputy king, and at critical moments, she could do some things on behalf of the emperor.

But Concubine Zhuang had the power to communicate with the outside world, and even Zhu Qizhen issued a special order to allow Concubine Zhuang to meet with the outside world. Of course, even if she met with the outside world, she would be under the gaze of countless eunuchs and palace maids.

It is definitely impossible to cuckold Zhu Qizhen.

It is easy to understand why Zhu Qizhen did this. It is to win over the Mongolian nobles and use the marriage to marry the Mongolian nobles who had just surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Even when Zhu Qizhen was handling some Mongolian affairs, he would ask Concubine Zhuang for his opinions.

There is nothing else. Even though the Ming Dynasty sent too many people to put them among the Mongolians, overall, his understanding of the Mongolians was far inferior to that of the Mongolians themselves.

This violates the harem's prohibition of interfering in politics.

However, Concubine Zhuang was a Mongolian. In the Mongolian tradition, the Mongolian Kedun, the queen, had considerable power and even had her own tribes.

Even a Mongolian Khan had several Kandon, and there was no distinction between them.

Don't think that the Mongolians just have no brains.

As a noble Mongolian girl, Concubine Zhuang has never had a lot of political education. But she never felt that there was anything wrong with her participation in politics, nor did she think that the queen had any jurisdiction over her.

In this way, Concubine Zhuang's existence seriously offended the Queen's authority.

Zhu Qizhen also knew this, and he could only mix with him. After all, Concubine Zhuang was connected to the court. This was a tangle that could affect his whole body. He could not cause political turmoil because of the jealousy of women.

Even Zhu Qizhen had to admit that deep down, Zhu Qizhen's feelings for Concubine Zhuang were a little deeper than the queen.

Zhu Qizhen regards the queen more as a partner in political cooperation.

The queen did not disappoint Zhu Qizhen's expectations. She was very dignified and even handled many things with considerable attitude.

It is best matched with the position of the central palace.

But it seems too boring to have time. Concubine Zhuang is different. She shows the liveliness of a girl, laissez-faire, and unruly manners, which easily makes Zhu Qizhen think of the girls in later generations.

I can ride a horse and shoot arrows, but I don’t work as a female worker, but I can drink hard.

Naturally, his heart was slightly tilted.

This has become a big knot in the queen's heart.

When Qian heard Zhu Qizhen say this, he still said lightly: "As the lord of the central palace, this is my business, but does Your Majesty have a constitution for the Crown Princess?"

Zhu Qizhen and his wife were talking while walking.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said, "Everything will be done according to the ancestral system, but Nanzhili is too remote. It is a labor force to mobilize many people and harm the people. Let's choose the crown princess in Hebei."

According to Taizu, the queen must be selected from a small household.

Zhu Qizhen had no intention of changing this. Of course, Zhu Qizhen also knew that the small households here would naturally not be truly impoverished. But Zhu Qizhen still thought a lot.

For example, the policy he has always implemented is to tilt towards Hebei, whether it is political or economic.

Hebei was built into Guanzhong of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the world is in a state of chaos in the future, with the power of Hebei, it can reorganize the world.

It is not possible to achieve this goal overnight, but Zhu Qizhen has been working hard in this regard in a subtle way, and now Hebei is the most prosperous place in the north.

It’s nothing more, because Hebei is the largest production area in the north, far exceeding Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi and Shanxi.
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