In the fireworks in the sky, the people of the capital ushered in the Chinese New Year's Eve of the sixth year of orthodoxy in a festive atmosphere.

The crowds in the Zhongwang Mansion were full of lively scenes, including Wu Qian, who was far away in Jiaozhi, and Li Yuntian's concubines gathered together for the first time in history, sitting around the wine table in the hall to talk and laugh, and spend the Spring Festival together happily.

"Dad, this is my New Year's gift to you, I drew it myself." Just when Li Yuntian and Zhou Yuting were chatting about the past in Huhu County, a group of children hula hugged in, and the one running in front was a chubby little boy, who proudly handed a painting to Li Yuntian.

The painting is a portrait of a man holding a sword in his hand, which is somewhat similar to Li Yuntian.

"It's wrong, you have to call your father 'Father'." As soon as the little boy's words fell, a teenager with a jade-like face corrected him in a serious manner.

"Father." The little boy scratched his head and shouted to Li Yuntian in a milky voice.

"My father loves this gift of yours." Li Yuntian smiled and hugged the little boy on his lap, and gently pinched his chubby face, "Say, what gift do you want?" ”

"Father, Jill hopes that his father can accompany Jill more." The little boy grinned at Li Yuntian when he heard this, and said without thinking.

"Okay, my father will accompany you more in the future." Li Yuntian was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed an apologetic look, and he smiled and agreed to the little boy, since the birth of his children, he has been busy with official duties and has not had much time to accompany them, which can be described as an incompetent father.

The little boy laughed happily when he heard this, his name was Li Anji, he was Liu Zhen's son, and he was chubby and cute.

The children who came in were all Li Yuntian's sons and daughters, and they gave Li Yuntian New Year's gifts on the occasion of the Spring Festival.

"Bang'er, my father heard that you picked up the emperor to leave the palace, is there such a thing?" After the children gave the New Year's gifts, they went to play in the side room, Li Yuntian left the young man who had corrected Li Anji before, and asked quietly.

This young man is Li Anbang, the eldest son born to Zhou Yuting, the son of Zhongwangfu, and now he is the companion of the orthodox emperor, and he accompanies the orthodox emperor in the palace all day long.

"Father, my sons feel that you can't travel thousands of miles by reading thousands of books, and there are some things that you can't learn from books, so you can only experience them outside the palace." Li Anbang bowed to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and replied in an orderly manner, generous and without the slightest panic.

"My father has already asked the Empress Dowager for a will, and in the future, you will accompany the emperor to lecture in the martial arts hall." Seeing this, Li Yuntian couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and he told Li Anbang a good news.

In Li Yuntian's view, Li Anbang calmly dealt with his own problems, and has shown maturity and calmness beyond his peers, so he is very satisfied.

Although Li Yuntian also wants Li Anbang to have an unrestrained and happy childhood, since Li Anbang was born in a noble family and is the helmsman of the future Zhongwang Mansion, he is shouldering the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the palace, so naturally there is no carefree childhood, and he must be better than his peers to support the promising family business of the Zhongwang Mansion.

"Thank you, Father." Li Anbang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down to Li Yuntian to thank him, he and the orthodox emperor had long wanted to go to the martial arts hall to take classes, but they gave up because they couldn't leave the palace.

In fact, it is not only Li Anbang who went to the martial arts hall to study this time, but also the children of the royal family and the children of the nobles, who have been by the side of the orthodox emperor since they were children, and can be said to be the descendants of the orthodox emperor, and Li Yuntian's task is to train this group of people to become the left shoulder and right arm of the orthodox emperor in the future, which is also what the Empress Dowager Zhang hopes to see.

Looking at the Ming Dynasty, except for Li Yuntian, no one is suitable to teach the descendants of the orthodox emperor, whether it is politics or military strategy, Li Yuntian is second to none in the Ming Dynasty, and he is a well-deserved master for those people.

"I heard that Bang'er is getting closer to a little palace maid in the palace, do you know what's going on?"

After Li Anbang left, Li Yuntian groaned and asked Zhou Yuting who was sitting next to him, as far as he knew, Li Anbang had a very good relationship with a little palace maid in the palace, and even led those royal families and noble children to teach a female official in the palace for the little palace maid.

"That little palace maid is the daughter of Chen Jie of Jiangning Zhixian County, and she is very close to Bang'er, the concubine has seen her, she is smart and clever, and she is very likable, and the Empress Dowager has asked her to serve Princess Yongde, and she will marry to our palace at that time."

Zhou Yuting couldn't help but flash a smile at the corner of her mouth when she heard this, and explained to Li Yuntian that the so-called tiger father has no dog, and Li Anbang and Li Yuntian have a good relationship with women.

"Jiangning Zhixian?" Li Yuntian couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, if he remembered correctly, Chen Jie, the county governor of Jiangning, died suddenly in office six years ago due to overwork.

Originally, Li Yuntian would not pay attention to such a trivial matter, after all, Chen Jie was only a Qipin county official, but because he had recently eased the tension between the inner court and the civilian official group, which involved the Jiangning Manufacturing Bureau, he had some understanding of Jiangning's affairs and noticed Chen Jie's sudden death.

Although the war between the inner court and the civil official group began with Yang Yu, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, the root was in the Jiangning Weaving Bureau.

Jiangning Weaving Bureau is responsible for the imitation of the palace and the official, as well as the palace purchase, under the jurisdiction of the eunuchs of the inner court, is one of the three major weaving bureaus of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the largest weaving bureau.

Originally, the Jiangning Weaving Bureau was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, and later under the control of the eunuchs during the Yongle Emperor period.

After the death of Emperor Xuande, the power of the inner court suddenly fell to the bottom, and the civil official group took advantage of the situation to pursue and attack the inner court, forcing the inner court to withdraw the town guards and eunuchs in various places, and was in a passive defensive situation.

Naturally, the three major weaving bureaus in Jiangnan became the focus of the attack of the civil official group, and wanted to return the management rights to the hands of the household department, but it was fiercely resisted by the inner court, and the Empress Dowager Zhang never let go in order to balance the power of the inner court and the civil official group.

In the face of the pressing civil official group, in order to keep the three major weaving bureaus in the south of the Yangtze River, the inner court launched a counterattack against the civil official group with the secret support of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the breakthrough point was Yang Yu, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, after all, the foundation established by the inner court during the period of Emperor Xuande is still there, plus the East Factory is in his hands, it is not difficult to find out Yang Yu's secret.

When the civil official group saw that Yang Yu was planted, they naturally refused to give up, so they took the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, which handles thousands of silver every year.

Therefore, the inner court and the civilian clique are deadlocked, and both sides are holding each other's handles, so naturally no one is willing to back down, and there is no way to back down, once they retreat, they will lose their morale.

I don't know why, Li Yuntian vaguely felt that the little palace maid deliberately approached Li Anbang and related to Chen Jie's death, although he couldn't say the reason, but his subconscious gave him this feeling.

I have to say that this little palace maid still has some means to make Li Anbang treat her so well.

"Xianggong, is there anything wrong with her background?" Seeing Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, Zhou Yuting couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.

Although the little palace maid is deliberately approaching Li Anbang, how can she survive in the palace if she doesn't have a plan, and how can she help Li Anbang in the future?

Therefore, Zhou Yuting didn't mind that the little palace maid wanted to climb the high branch of Li Anbang, Li Anbang is the future owner of Zhongwang's Mansion, it is normal to have a few women, the important thing is to be able to help Li Anbang share his worries.

"No, it's just that I thought of her father, the former magistrate of Jiangning County died in the line of duty and died in office, and this child is really pitiful." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, and passed over lightly, so as not to spoil everyone's interest.

"Qing'er, how are things going for the fleet?" Although Li Yuntian didn't want to talk about official business at the wine table, he then couldn't help but ask Liu Wenqing that next year the Daming Navy Division would officially enter the Persian Gulf, which made him have to worry about it.

"Don't worry, the ship is ready, and you can't miss the trip." Liu Wenqing smiled and comforted Li Yuntiandao, this time the Ming army sailors will carry out the largest expedition since Zheng He went to the West, and its destination is the Persian Gulf.

Unlike Zheng He's voyage to the West, the sailors went to sea this time to achieve the military mission of the Ming Dynasty to control the sea lanes, and they would be stationed in various military ports that Li Yuntian had obtained from the Timurid Empire along the way.

It is worth mentioning that although Li Yuntian and Khordu Khan have only reached an agreement to cede the Persian Gulf and those coastal ports for more than a year, Lei Ting and Liu Wenqing have been operating this matter since he went to Kansai.

At that time, the number of sailors going to sea will exceed 50,000, and in addition to the soldiers who escort the convoy, it is the military households that will settle down in the Persian Gulf and various overseas ports, and more military households will go in batches in the future.

This is also a great opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to promote its national prestige to the outside world, to make overseas countries submit by showing military strength, and to open the channel for exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and European countries.

At the same time, in order to fulfill his promise to Li Yuntian, Khordu Khan of the Timurid Empire strengthened his rule over the territories and ports ceded to the Ming Dynasty, and sent troops into the Persian Gulf to engage the local armed forces.

Because the Ming Dynasty seized more than 100,000 soldiers of the Timurid Empire, and the Ming Dynasty showed a strong military deterrent to the Timurid Empire in the Battle of the Western Regions, Khordu Khan had to ensure the stability of those territories and ports.

After returning to Samarkand, Khordukhan's army did not rest much before starting again, going to quell the rebellion in the Timurid Empire, and after learning the news of the defeat of the Timurid Empire's army in the Western Regions, the conquered local forces rose up one after another.

Hordu Khan is now very glad that if it weren't for the peace negotiation with Li Yuntian, he would not have enough troops to encircle and suppress the local rebellion.

At present, the Timurid Empire is full of wars, although Khordu Khan has an advantage in the battle with the rebels, but it is not enough to annex the other side, so he can only choose key areas to attack, forming a stalemate with the rebels.

Khordu Khan is now looking forward to Li Yuntian being able to return the more than 100,000 Timurid Empire's army, if he gets this powerful military force, it will completely change the stalemate in the Timurid Empire, and he will have enough power to defeat those hateful rebels.