Chapter 68: The Sons

Hebei's agriculture has allowed Hebei to absorb a large number of displaced people from Henan and Shandong, and it has been growing rapidly in the number of households.

One thing must be admitted.

That is, Hebei alone cannot support the food consumption of Beijing City and Yanbian, but with the further improvement of Hebei's water conservancy, it is still cultivated in the northeast. In the future, relying on the north alone can support the northern border defense and Beijing division of the Ming Dynasty, but it can be done.

A large number of workshops in Shaofu were built in the center of Shuntianfu, more than 100 miles away, which also drove the local economy.

Not to mention that a large number of Hebei soldiers participated in the war and made contributions.

If you look closely at the origins of a large number of low-ranking officers, Hebei people occupy a considerable proportion.

Although Hebei people exert their strength in the imperial examination, they are naturally not comparable to Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian. This is a matter of cultural heritage, but a large number of soldiers from Hebei have been rewarded for their meritorious service and are ranked in the army.

Don't think that a military attache is not an official.

For the common people, they can only have an official hat on their heads, no matter what the official is, it is a major event to change the court.

Not to mention the various schools established by the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, most of them are mainly Hebei people.

Of course, such an inclination is unfair to people from other provinces of the Ming Dynasty. But it is precisely because there are so many inclinations, Zhu Qizhen is sure that if Taizu fights the world by relying on the children of Huaisi, Taizong fights the world by relying on the border army of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Qizhen conquers the Quartet, it will depend on the men of Hebei.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Qizhen wants the crown princess to be from Hebei.

The official position of the crown princess family is not necessarily high, but there is not one behind them, it is Zhu Qizhen who has been guiding and is in the rising political group.

Of course, these people don't have that consciousness yet.

They would have had it sooner.

It's like Jiangxi people are in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, and they didn't have it at the beginning, isn't it half of Jiangxi?

Some things always have to be prepared for the front.

Zhu Qizhen, the father, can be regarded as doing his best to the prince, and he has planned many times.

"Your Majesty," Queen Qian said: "The matter of the crown prince is decided like this, and the concubines will arrange it, but there is one thing, but your majesty has to decide, the third and fourth will they also send the main hall?" ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly, and said, "Why didn't they go to the main hall?" ”

Zhu Qizhen's father is qualified for the crown prince, and he is a little affectionate to the other princes. It is not clear whether these princes went to the main hall to attend classes.

Empress Qian said: "The concubines are not waiting for Your Majesty to speak. ”

Zhu Qizhen also understood what Queen Qian meant.

The crown prince and the second son of the emperor went to school in the main hall, so it was natural that they would be handed over to a group of friends. And the people who can attend classes in the main hall are all dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty. There are political forces behind it.

That is, even if an ordinary person comes out of the main hall, the connections behind him are all the top of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the prince.

But any prince who has some ambitions will build a group of teams when he is studying in the main hall.

It seems that the prince has the best relationship with Zhang Mao in the main hall, but it does not mean that Zhang Mao is the only one under the prince's command.

The second son of the emperor is a son-in-law.

Queen Qian naturally also gave a tilt. It's a son.

But the third son of the emperor, the fourth son of the emperor. Qian may not be willing to do this.

After all, before that, the main hall only existed for a short time at the beginning of Taizu's founding of the country, and then the education of the prince and the prince was separated.

Zhu Qizhen secretly pondered in his heart, and said secretly: "The queen is not necessarily worried about the third and fourth, but the fifth. ”

Without him, the mother of the third and fourth is just a beauty in the harem, and there is no relationship network outside, and even now their family's wealth is still relying on this daughter to be favored in the palace and have children.

But the fifth child born to Concubine Zhuang is different.

In fact, just talking about the power behind it, the queen's maiden family may not be comparable to Concubine Zhuang. Concubine Zhuang's maiden family's network on the grassland is really anxious, and it can really pull out tens of thousands of cavalry.

But the Qian family? It's nothing more than a fictitious title of a brocade guard, just a penny.

The Qian family is like the Sun family at the beginning, and they can't move at all.

The fifth child is only young now, but he is only two or three years old. This age is not necessarily a disadvantage, but may even be an advantage.

Why doesn't Zhu Qizhen want the prince to be in Beijing, it may not be that there is no prince If he has been in Beijing and has been sitting firmly on the throne of the prince for decades, this latent force is quite good.

Zhu Qizhen does not disbelieve in the prince, but absolute control over the surroundings of the capital is Zhu Qizhen's bottom line. It was the guarantee of his life.

The crown prince who has been in power for decades will naturally get a share of the pie in the capital's sphere of influence. If he didn't want to do this, Zhu Qizhen had to beat the prince all the time.

But what will happen?

Either the prince will be cultivated into a submissive character. Either it will bring opportunities for some people who have a heart.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen wanted to put the prince outside.

In a place far away from Jingshi, the prince is naturally able to speak his mind. It can cultivate the ability of the crown prince and avoid conflicts between father and son.

Of course, the prince is outside, once something happens to Zhu Qizhen himself? Isn't it chaos?

At this point, Zhu Qizhen is also prepared.

First of all, the Ming system will never be messed up because of the sudden death of an emperor, and there will be no emperor in the Ming Dynasty for dozens of days after Zhengde's death, and nothing will happen.

You know, there was no orthodox heir at that time. There are also ad hoc options. Now he is a prince who is recognized by everyone in the world, what can happen?

Secondly, there is the queen.

Although he doesn't admit it, Zhu Qizhen also knows that under normal circumstances, women live longer than men. And the queen looks harmless to humans and animals, but when it comes to her son, she still has courage.

He really has three strengths and two weaknesses, and the queen can preside over the overall situation.

The only risk is that the prince is outside, dealing with a lot of things, and there may be problems with safety.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't care too much, there was something in the world that didn't need to be risked. Besides, he has sent an unknown number of guards, so there shouldn't be any problems.

It's just that what Zhu Qizhen thinks in his heart, even if the Qian family is a pillow person, he may not understand it all.

She just saw that the emperor favored Concubine Zhuang and rejected the prince, not only keeping the prince far away, but even taking the prince's marriage to heart.

The emperor didn't care about this matter. She can't care less than being a mother.

Even why the Queen Mother suddenly mentioned this matter, there may not be no one to remind the Queen Mother.

Zhu Qizhen thought a lot for a moment, and said: "I have already said that my son will be a party to the country in the future, so he naturally must have the ability to govern, no matter who it is, he must come out of the main hall, but he has studied martial arts for a few years, and he must be both civil and military." ”

"Your Majesty, there are some things that the concubines have the courage to say, hasn't Your Majesty thought about the future?" Queen Qian said.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes were slightly confused, and he said, "In the future." I am not qualified to be a father, and I only hope that my sons can be worthy of their own identity. ”

If Zhu Qizhen did not think of the relationship between the sons in the future, it would be impossible to be at peace. It's just that he himself has doubts about the inheritance system of his sons-in-law.

In order to divide the princes overseas in the future, it is natural to ensure that the princes have a certain ability, otherwise they will be sent to death if they go out, and secondly, the prince's advantage is so obvious.

If you can't suppress your younger brothers, wouldn't it be a little too wasteful.

In this way, how can you take on a big responsibility.

And Zhu Qizhen also has self-confidence, confident that no matter what situation happens to the following sons, he can suppress it with his backhand. He had absolute confidence in his ability to control the court.

The power game between the sons is just a small episode for Zhu Qizhen to deal with the government and politics.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen's self-confidence is another understanding on the Qian side.

She looked at her husband with a bitterness in her heart, from the day she got married, she thought she had understood his mind, but now it seems that it is really unfathomable.

Even if you have shared a bed for decades, you are just familiar strangers.

She never knew what Zhu Qizhen was thinking. It's just that as a mother, there are some things that she never wants to happen.