On the first day of the sixth month of the third year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen asked the military department Shangshu Nanjuyi to routinely announce the reorganization of the imperial court of the five military governors, and announced the consideration of the candidates for the governors and protectors of the five military governors, as well as a series of personnel appointments and dismissals.

Speaking of which, many institutional arrangements or many court practices before the Ming Dynasty are difficult to say in a word whether they are good or bad.

For example, the national affairs of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the middle and late periods, but all national events, generally speaking, are first submitted to the ministry, after the ministerial meeting, to the cabinet, the cabinet has a consensus after the secretary of the cabinet to hand over to the celebrant supervisor, if everything goes well on the side of the celebrant supervisor, then hand it over to the emperor, the emperor approved it is not good, but also to get the appeal of the court meeting to the court, mainly to the officials of the science and technology to review the gains and losses, until the court is passed, it can be regarded as entering the real implementation link.

When the country is peaceful, there is time to spend on this procedure, and such a set of system design can indeed avoid the introduction of bad government to a certain extent.

During the reign of Emperor Zhengde, he was not in tune all day long, and the imperial court operated normally according to this bureaucratic system of checks and balances, and handled many things well.

By the time of the reign of Emperor Wanli, he had not been in court for twenty or thirty years, and many ministers had never seen what the emperor looked like, so the court of the Ming Dynasty was still operating normally, and even won several wars.

However, after the end of the Wanli period, especially in the Chongzhen period, the internal and external troubles of the whole country have been so serious that it is about to accumulate and it is difficult to return.

Because it is difficult for everything to satisfy everyone, especially when there is a party dispute in the court, once a matter is brought to the court and openly discussed, then most of the matter will be stillborn.

Although Emperor Chongzhen has taken a lot of measures to let the current government go according to his own ideas, when these plans that have poured his heart and soul into are openly discussed in the court, he is still a little apprehensive.

However, the results were good, and the relevant parties at the meeting did discuss fiercely, but the main issues were all focused on the appointment and dismissal of Yin Tonggao, the governor of Sichuan, Zhang Xiao, the governor of Shanxi, and Ding Kuichu, the governor of Baoding, as well as the selection of successors to the governors of Shanxi and Sichuan.

At the same time, the focus of the discussion at the court meeting was also focused on the issue of the rank of the civilian officials of the Governor's Office and the Left and Right Protectors of the Governor's Office.

Emperor Chongzhen's previous suppression and restriction of power against various Taoist officials still played a role.

Today's court meetings are different from those of the past, and no one dares to casually question the emperor's decision, or casually express opposition to the policies that the emperor has decided to pursue.

Moreover, after three years of struggle in the court, these high-ranking officials above the deputy level of the five armies and six departments of the five armies and the six departments participating in the court meeting of the Jianji Hall have all figured out the temper of Emperor Chongzhen.

Now this saint seems to be able to listen to all kinds of criticism and opposition in the court, and seems to be very tolerant, and he will not easily use a killing weapon like the court staff against opponents when the court is deliberating.

Including when there was a major event in the court, when the ministers went to Duanmen to petition, the emperor returned victoriously and did not really hold him responsible.

However, these people who can still stay in the Jingshi court to participate in the discussion of politics are very clear in their hearts.

Those ministers who dare to confront the emperor in the court, including those officials whose job is to correct the emperor's bias, will sooner or later be "retaliated" by the emperor.

And this revenge, which will come sooner or later, is nothing else, but is arranged to leave the court one by one.

Some went to the army, some to remote places, and some were sent to the vassal states.

Therefore, up to now, as long as the emperor's decisions do not directly harm his own interests, the ministers who participate in the government of the Jianji Palace will not easily fight against the emperor face to face.

Therefore, in the emperor's mind, the most important day of the first month of June was built on the first day of the sixth month, although the palace was on the one hand, the inspectorate and the six science corridors were on the one hand, and the military department and the officials who put forward the plan were on the other side, and the debate between them was fierce, but the focus of their attention was not the issue that the emperor cared about.

It turns out that the left and right governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are basically super-grade earls and marquises, and they have little to do with the rank of civil officials.

Therefore, the grade of the left and right governors is very high, and the money given is given according to the military attache is a product, and the deputy position of the governor of the governor's office is also a high grade from the first grade.

However, after all, these people are high-quality in the martial arts, and they are high, but they are not in the eyes of civil officials.

Now that he is equipped with left and right guards and left and right soldiers in the Governor's Mansion, if his rank is equivalent to that of the left and right governors and the same governors, wouldn't it be too high?

In addition to this focal issue, there are also the functions and powers of the additional civil officials of the Governor's Office, such as the left and right protectors, the left and right members of the army.

Although these problems are also in the consideration of Emperor Chongzhen, at present, he is only eager to implement the reorganization plan of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies first, so that the new Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can take root, so he is not willing to pay too much attention to these specific issues.

In this way, after a great court meeting, except for some details, the reorganization plan of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies proposed by Emperor Chongzhen through the Ministry of War and the Military Aircraft Department was finally settled.

Next, Emperor Chongzhen, who was greatly relieved, waited for the arrival of the left and right governors and the left and right guards of the governor's mansion, while accompanying his family in this life in the Forbidden City.

Queen Zhou's due date is in mid-to-late July, and now there is still a month before the birth, and many people inside and outside the Forbidden City are paying attention to this moment.

If Empress Zhou can successfully produce the next prince, then the political situation of the Ming Dynasty will be truly stable for a long time.

Emperor Chongzhen knew this, and Empress Zhou herself knew this.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen went down to the court, was in a good mood, dismissed the military attache of the imperial attendant who had been accompanying him and the leaders of the Jinyi Guard, Tiance Guard, and Yulin Guard, and returned to the Qianqing Palace to change into civilian clothes, only taking the current eunuch Wang Chengen, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, strolled to the Kunning Palace, and visited the queen Zhou who had a big belly and was not good at walking.

As soon as she entered the warm pavilion where the queen lived in Kunning Palace, Queen Zhou struggled to get up and salute.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally couldn't let her make any big gifts at this time, and when he saw this, he immediately stepped forward quickly, supported her, and while supporting her, let her lie down again on the sun-drenched couch under the window, and said to her:

"The queen is pregnant, and now it's almost the time of delivery, don't move the fetus! After today's meeting, I will come to talk to you, and you can just sit down! ”

When Empress Zhou heard this, she looked at the emperor with a concerned face, and said with a smile: "It's okay for the concubines here!" It's just that it's inconvenient to move, so it's not good to serve Your Majesty personally! At present, the concubines in the palace are full of good news, but it has made His Majesty tired! ”

Listening to the words in the queen's words, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to answer with a smile, while taking a plate containing all kinds of dried fruits from the hands of the palace maid who was accompanying him, and selected the queen's favorite food, and fed it to the queen by hand.

Empress Zhou's current mood, Emperor Chongzhen understands very well.

Now, in the Forbidden City, not only Queen Zhou herself is pregnant.

Since Concubine Yilan Tuya gave birth to Princess Zhaoren to the emperor, all the concubines in the emperor's harem have also been pregnant with dragons one after another after the queen became pregnant.

Not long after Princess Zhaoren was born, it was rumored that Lan Fei Hai Lanzhu was pregnant, and then Concubine Li Tian was also pregnant.

In April of this year, Su Rina, the female official next to Concubine Lan of Chuxiu Palace, was also pregnant, and she had to be named an concubine.

Suddenly, in the Forbidden City, except for Concubine Jing's stomach, there was no movement, and the concubines who had been favored by the emperor all had good news one by one.

This was good news for the emperor, but it was not good news for the empress Zhou.

After these people had good news one by one, not only did they give the emperor an open and honest excuse, but they could justifiably pamper the Korean clan women who contributed to the palace, but also put more pressure on the empress.

In the heart of Empress Zhou, fortunately, Concubine Yiyi Ulan Tuya was born as the eldest daughter of the emperor at that time, if it was the eldest son of the emperor who was born at that time, then with the emperor's doting on Princess Zhaoren today, even if it is not the eldest son, even if there is a hint from the emperor at that time, the trouble in the future will definitely be not small.

Now that Emperor Chongzhen is from later generations, of course, he does not have the idea of patriarchy in his mind as in the late Ming Dynasty.

Although he knew the extreme importance of the royal family giving birth to a prince in this era, he believed that Emperor Chongzhen had several heirs in history, and now his body is still that body, and the queen and the Tian family are still the original queen and the Tian family.

Since all this has not changed, it is impossible to give birth to an unprince.

Especially after the birth of Princess Zhaoren, this shows that his accidental soul piercing did not cause any substantial damage to the body of Emperor Chongzhen who he inherited.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before today's concubines give birth to a few healthy princes to Emperor Chongzhen as they did in history.

Therefore, when the courtiers and concubines in the palace were all anxious about the difficult things of the emperor's heirs, in fact, Emperor Chongzhen was not in a hurry in his heart, especially after Princess Zhaoren was born.