Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality
Chapter 37 Ten thousand silks, white hair suddenly grows!
Chapter 37 Millions of silks, sudden white hair!
Three kneelings and nine bows are completed.
Prince Yu and Concubine Li stood on both sides of Zhu Houcong with smiles on their faces.
Ma Daban was kneeling in the middle of the bedroom, holding the prince in his hands and facing Zhu Houcong.
Zhu Houcong looked at Zhu Yijun with complicated eyes, as if he was looking at a naughty child from his own family.
This child, even if he is well educated, is still a hooligan.
Zhu Yijun was not shy at all and stared at Zhu Houcong with his two little eyes smiling.
Prince Yu took the crown prince from Ma Daban and wanted to present him to Zhu Houcong.
Zhu Houcong nodded, then shook his head, without reaching out to take it: "The spring breeze is not over yet, don't let the child catch a cold, take the child back."
Prince Yu suddenly lost his concentration, lost strength in his hands, and almost dropped little Zhu Yijun to the ground.
Ma Daban immediately got up, quickly hugged the prince, and walked out with his back bent and looking at the ground.
Concubine Li kept her head down, her body trembling unconsciously, and beads of sweat oozing from her forehead.
How could there be any hint of family affection in the emperor's behavior?
The biological son held his grandson in front of him, with no intention of taking over, and was even worse than an outsider.
No royal relatives.
I'm not just saying this casually.
Since the Emperor is not close to the princes and the Crown Prince, will the Emperor agree if Master Xu and Lord Yan, father and son, write a petition to establish the Crown Prince?
The emperor disagrees. The position of crown prince is a long way off, and the throne of emperor is even more distant. So what is the difference between the prince's promise and the flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water?
When will the Li family, my mother's family, be able to enjoy the treatment of Zhu family's in-laws?
For a moment, Concubine Li was so confused that she didn't even hear Zhu Houcong's words that she had made great contributions and wanted to reward her.
Having slept in the same bed for many years, Prince Yu knew what Concubine Li was thinking. Although she was equally disappointed, he had to remind her that she should not be disrespectful in front of the emperor.
Concubine Li knelt down quickly and said, "The birth of the prince is all thanks to the virtue of our ancestors and the emperor's respect for heaven and love for the people. I dare not take credit for it."
"Merits are merits, faults are faults. This is the result of the hard work of you and my son. It has nothing to do with our ancestors, let alone me. Tell me, what do you want?" Zhu Houcong said with a smile.
Although I gave birth to a naughty child and a lazy dragon, even if I have no credit, I have worked hard and I still deserve the reward.
Concubine Li stood there in a daze.
As for the reward, if it was too high, it would not be appropriate; if it was too low, it would not be appropriate either. She had never thought about it before. Even if she thought hard, she could not think of a suitable one no matter how smart she was.
Prince Yu knew that Concubine Li was in trouble, so he knelt down beside her and said, "Father, you are so decisive, and all the thunder and rain are grace from heaven. No matter what the reward is, I, your son, will thank you for your grace on behalf of Concubine Li's family!"
Say it.
Just kowtowed.
Concubine Li came to her senses and crawled down.
The couple's foreheads were pressed against the cold blue bricks, but they did not feel much chill. No matter how cold they were, it could not compare to the chill in their hearts.
My father has been practicing Taoism for many years and has even lost his family affection. Although he tries his best to show that he is close to us, the alienation that comes from his bones cannot be concealed.
If my father is not kind, what should I do as your son (concubine)?
"Your Majesty, Princess Yu's father, Li Wei, was appointed as the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei in the 37th year of Jiajing. Although he had a generous salary, he was always respectful and frugal. Whenever there were ceremonies such as sacrifices and enthronement, he would fast and stay at home, and he would warn his sons to be magnanimous and always give in."
Lü Fang noticed the awkwardness between the father, son and daughter-in-law, and spoke up at the right time, "Princess Yu is filial, which is inseparable from the good education she received from Captain Li. The word 'deputy' should be deleted."
Concubine Li was originally a maid in the harem.
But it doesn't mean that the Li family is a so-called small family. It's just that the family fell into poverty when Li Wei, Li's father, grew up.
Concubine Li was born in the 25th year of Jiajing's reign and entered the Forbidden City as a maid in the 36th year of Jiajing's reign. At that time, Zhu Houcong had been hiding in the Western Garden for more than ten years. Most of the maids had never seen Zhu Houcong, so when they reached the right age, they were often rewarded to princes and ministers as concubines.
Concubine Li's movements are very graceful, her body is swaying, her demeanor is like a fairy, her charm is no less than Jiao Feiyan, her plum-like appearance is light, while Concubine Pan's two curved eyebrows are dirty, lightly brushing against her pear-blossom face. Envy the beauty of the moon, her eyes are tightly closed, just like a sleeping jade ring.
Lu Fang had met Concubine Li. In fact, it was Lu Fang who selected Concubine Li to enter Prince Yu's palace. It was because of Concubine Li's beauty that Prince Yu asked for the position of deputy captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard for Li's father. Of course, it was a nominal position.
This promotion from deputy to full-time position will become a real job. The Jinyiwei is now at its peak. A real Jinyiwei captain is fearless to everyone below the chief or deputy chief official in the court.
Below the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are the deputy commander and the assistant commander, and below them are the northern and southern pacification envoys and the thousand-householder commander.
When the Jinyiwei increases its number of personnel and sends envoys to the whole country, even the chief and deputy officials will have to show some respect to them.
It was not in vain that Concubine Li called Lu Fang "ancestor" at the beginning.
Prince Yu and Concubine Li were both people who knew what was right and what was wrong. When they heard this while kneeling there, they suddenly felt warmed in their hearts.
"There is no such thing as foreign relatives interfering in politics in this dynasty. During the Hongzhi period, the Zhang family of Empress Zhang, the Emperor Xiaozong, my uncle, has caused me a lot of trouble. We cannot let that happen again." Zhu Houcong looked grim.
The great ritual dispute.
If it weren't for Empress Dowager Zhang and the Zhang family of Shouning Marquisate, he wouldn't have had so many troubles. If the Li family got real jobs, they would be even worse than the Zhang family.
"It was my fault for not thinking things through. I deserve to die!" Lu Fang knelt down and kowtowed.
Prince Yu and Concubine Li, who were poured with cold water from head to toe, also said in unison: "I hope the emperor will spare Eunuch Lu."
Thinking of Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Houcong's heart suddenly became a little gloomy, and he sighed: "Before Meng Chong and Shi Yi were executed, the private residence of those two servants outside the palace is not bad. I heard that the Li family has many descendants, so they can move there."
Meng Chong and Shi Yi were the two eunuchs in charge of the Imperial Household Department who were killed before. Their private residences might not be as beautiful as Yan's mansion, but they were not small and worth a lot of money.
It also explains what Concubine Li often said about the Li family's small gate and courtyard.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Prince Yu and Concubine Li bowed again and stood up arm in arm.
Zhu Houcong glanced at Lu Fang, heard a few sobs, and said, "I know you didn't think too much, I forgive you."
"Yes." After thanking him, Lu Fang stood up and added, "On this auspicious day, I have another piece of good news for His Majesty. The Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has negotiated a deal with a Western merchant for 700,000 rolls of silk.
Silk is sold for six taels of silver per bolt in the provinces of our Ming Dynasty, and can be sold for fifteen taels of silver per bolt when shipped to the West. With an extra nine taels of silver per bolt, 700,000 bolts can earn 6.3 million taels of silver."
"Good thing."
Zhu Houcong affirmed Lü Fang and pointed out the crux of the matter: "But can the silk produced in Zhejiang keep up?"
"Your Majesty, with the donation of 500,000 mu of land by the Yan and Xu families to convert rice into mulberry trees, Zhejiang alone can now produce 500,000 rolls of silk. Among them, 100,000 rolls of silk are woven by the Nanjing Weaving Bureau, 200,000 rolls of silk are woven by the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau's workshop can also weave 200,000 rolls of silk. If we want to keep up with the silk production, we need to plant more mulberry trees..."
Before Lü Fang finished speaking, Zhu Houcong interrupted him and said, "We will weave as many rolls of silk as we can produce, and trade as many rolls of silk with Western merchants. As for the rest, we will talk about it later."
After all, growing silk cannot avoid mulberry trees and mulberry fields, but the rice seedlings have grown, and Zhu Houcong has no intention of changing rice to mulberry trees.
"Yes. I will convey the order to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau when I return to the palace." Lu Fang replied immediately.
"It's getting early. I won't have dinner here. Let's get going."
Just as Zhu Houcong turned around, a strand of his originally shiny black hair suddenly turned from black to gray. When Prince Yu was bowing to see his father off, he was actually distracted.
"Father, you are gray."
"Ok?"
(End of this chapter)
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