"Read the official document sent from Nanjing." After Wang Zhixin left, Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen opened the document and read: "Li Banghua, the chief minister and imperial commissioner of the cabinet, has been ordered to go south to provide disaster relief and collect tax arrears. He has now moved from Zhejiang to Jiangxi. The next itinerary is to continue westward into Huguang, and then dispatch several teams to Sichuan, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi."
"We will enter Fujian last. I hope Your Majesty will be aware of this."
"Wait..." Chongzhen heard the problem, "Why put Fujian last?"
“It’s not written in the official document.”
Chongzhen rested his chin on his right hand and thought for a while before he understood the reason.
This matter must be related to the Zheng family.
After Zheng Zhilong was summoned by the imperial court to amnesty, he bought a lot of land in Anhai Town, Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture. If nothing unexpected happened, he must have evaded taxes.
The principle of recovering tax arrears is to treat everyone equally, from princes and royal family members to ordinary people!
but...
Zheng Zhilong's identity was too sensitive, as he held a dominant naval force in his hands.
If we investigate him at this time, we might force him to rebel.
The court will be very passive at that time!
Li Banghua must have taken this into consideration, so he put Fujian at the end.
"Write back to Nanjing and Lord Li and tell them that I have no objection!" Chongzhen repeated Zheng Zhilong's name several times in his mind while speaking.
Oh, pirates!
I will destroy you sooner or later!
But it is not possible now, because Huang Fei’s navy is still in training.
Although Zeng Ying and Yang Zhan of the Sichuan Army were good at naval battles, they were only limited to inland river battles.
Compared with inland river warfare, the ship equipment and tactics used in naval warfare are very different.
A rash attack will only result in loss of troops and generals!
And the key to naval battles is tides and sea breezes!
Neither Zeng Ying nor Yang Zhan knew anything about this.
"Your Majesty, the cabinet is here!" When Wang Chengen was about to open the letter from home, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that there were several people standing outside the palace door.
"Come in." Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, the surrendered general from Shaanxi..."
"No hurry, first listen to what the prince wrote in his letter home."
Fan Jingwen was about to talk about official business when he was interrupted by Chongzhen.
"This...family letter is a private matter of the royal family. We, the subjects, will not listen to it." Fan Jingwen said as he was about to bow and leave.
"It's alright," Chongzhen said calmly, "The prince is the heir to the throne of the Ming Dynasty. The family and the country are one. How can there be any private affairs?"
"Read the letter from home!" Chongzhen turned and instructed Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen reached out and picked up the letter from the prince and slowly opened the envelope.
After pulling out the letter and unfolding it, Wang Chengen was shocked at first, then he fell to his knees and shouted, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Has the Crown Princess given birth to a child?" Chongzhen asked calmly.
Wang Chengen paused for a moment, kneeling on the ground and shaking with excitement: "In reply to the emperor's words, Crown Princess Ning gave birth to a son! God has blessed the Ming Dynasty with a grandson, this is a great joyous event!"
Fan Jingwen, Fang Yuegong and others stiffened slightly after hearing the news.
Wang Chengen opened the envelope in front of everyone.
In other words, before this, no one except the prince knew what was written in it.
However, Chongzhen revealed the fact that the Crown Princess had given birth to a child based solely on Wang Chengen's act of congratulations.
In other words... Chongzhen had known for a long time that the Crown Princess was pregnant.
It can be further inferred that Chongzhen had spies in the Nanjing harem.
Even the imperial palace thousands of miles away could not escape Chongzhen’s surveillance, so one can imagine the Jinyiwei’s infiltration capabilities!
Fan Jingwen and others immediately said, "We congratulate the emperor."
"Congratulations, His Majesty, on the birth of his grandson!"
The eunuchs outside the door also heard the news and knelt down to congratulate.
Chongzhen always felt that this sentence was a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange about it.
Looking at the excited crowd, Chongzhen did not get excited too, but was very calm inside.
Perhaps because of his identity as a time traveler, he did not have much affection for the original owner's relatives.
He didn't even want to see anyone except his concubines in the harem.
In fact, he also thought about asking the concubines in the harem to give birth to a child for him so that he could inherit the throne.
Unfortunately, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty was that the inheritance would be passed down from father to son, and from elder brother to younger brother.
Even if a concubine in the harem gave him a son, according to the order of succession, there would still be Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cizhao after Zhu Cilang.
So Chongzhen didn't take this matter seriously.
In order to conceal his identity as a time traveler, Chongzhen pretended to be very happy and paced back and forth in the Palace of Heavenly Purity: "It is indeed a good thing. Ning has made a great contribution. I will reward her!"
"According to the palace rules, send all the rewards to the prince."
"I accept your order," Wang Chengen said after receiving it, "The Crown Prince has sent a letter asking the Emperor to give his grandson a name!"
Chongzhen nodded, not surprised by this request.
He was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it was his responsibility to name the emperor's grandchildren, especially the eldest son of the eldest son.
There were rules for naming royal family members in the Ming Dynasty.
After founding the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that his descendants would have duplicate names, so he asked the clan office to compile a 20-character generation name for each prince, which would be reused after all the names were used up.
The generations of Zhu Di's lineage are: Gaozhan Qi Jianyou, Houzai Yi Changyou, Ciheyi Bozhong, Jianjingdi Xianyou.
There is another character after the generation. The radical of this character is selected according to the order of the five elements: wood produces fire, fire produces earth, earth produces metal, metal produces water, and water produces wood. Then the radical is used to find a character to name you.
Chongzhen's father was Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo.
Chang means generation, and the radical of Luo means water.
The "You" in Zhu Youjian's name refers to his generation. Since water gives birth to wood, his name is "Jian" with the character "木" on the side.
The generational name of Crown Prince Zhu Cilang is Ci. In the Five Elements, wood gives birth to fire, so the last character is "烺" with the character for fire next to it.
According to the naming rules, Zhu Cilang’s son’s generation is he, and the radical of the last character should be tu!
What's Zhu He's name?
Chongzhen was in trouble.
It can't be too simple, because once he inherits the throne, people will avoid using this word.
In the Ming Dynasty.
In order not to cause trouble to the people, many princes would use uncommon characters when naming themselves.
It's not good to be too difficult, as he doesn't have much knowledge.
Under the gaze of the ministers and eunuchs, Chongzhen coughed lightly and said, "According to the rules of the imperial family, my grandson should be of the He generation, and his name should have a radical containing the word tu."
"Then give him the name Zhu Hexu (xu, fourth tone)!"
(The character "平上下土" cannot be displayed, so I can only change the name)
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