Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 183 Reality Problems
Ouyang Jing walked into the West Wing of Chuxiu Palace.

She carefully selected a few beautiful girls who were good at playing, playing and singing, and found out a few who were good at singing and dancing. There were a total of 12 people, all of whom were beautiful and beautiful, and they were all arranged to bathe and change clothes.

Tonight, Zhu Houzhao is in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

He asked Ouyang Jing to arrange it before, but this is also what the Queen Mother meant. After all, it has been more than a month since the Liu Ruyue incident last time. If the body recovers, it will be almost the same now.

"Now His Majesty has become a dragon and a tiger, right?"

While arranging these beautiful girls to bathe and change clothes, Ouyang Jing thought in her mind that if His Majesty could favor another beautiful girl from Jiangnan tonight.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At the moment, Zhu Houzhao is reviewing the memorials. Recently, there have been few memorials from Dongxi Factory, and they may have handed over many things to the cabinet for handling.

More than a dozen girls who are good at singing and dancing walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation with light steps, stood in line and started dancing.

Some played the pipa, some played the flute, and some began to dance to the cheerful pace.

Zhu Houzhao rarely enjoyed such a life before.

When Emperor Hongzhi was in power, even though he was a prince, he didn't know anything about the dancing girls in the harem.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi himself was not close to the body, and he didn't even marry a concubine in his life, let alone these dancing girls. He banned all these court musicians at all.

Up to now, Zhu Houzhaoke has been busy with government affairs after taking over the reunification, and no one has mentioned this matter for more than a year, and he has gradually forgotten it.

Until now, when Ouyang Jing carefully arranged such a singing and dancing team for him, he felt much more relaxed.

Looking at these women's light and vigorous dance postures, Zhu Houzhao was fascinated by it.

It had been a long time since he had enjoyed such a rich spiritual feast, and he felt that his spiritual world was empty and barren.

After a song and dance, Ouyang Jing saw that Zhu Houzhao was still immersed in the memories of the graceful music, so she beckoned the dancers to leave.

"It's so beautiful!"

It took a long time for Zhu Houzhao to return to reality from the blissful joy, he muttered to himself.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty should let them retreat! How about coming back another day?"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said, "I feel very tired recently. The songs and dances Qing gave me today made me feel refreshed from head to toe. I have never felt this kind of feeling before."

"Let them continue!"

Ouyang Jing can only let these beautiful girls start to show their talents for His Majesty again.

The sound of the zither sounded again, and the melodious singing once again filled every corner of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The twelve beautiful girls danced like fairies, with light and graceful figures.
Zhu Houzhao was once again attracted by the graceful figures of these beautiful women.

No wonder the kings in the past didn't go to court early, and they only wanted to immerse themselves in this gentle hometown every day.

It can't be blamed for the king not going to court early, it can only be blamed for these women being too outstanding.

Ouyang Jing stood at the side with a picturesque smile. She is a very scheming girl. For His Majesty, such a feast is undoubtedly a spiritual feast.

The news that Jiangnan Xiunv was selected into the Hall of Mental Cultivation spread like wildfire.

In the entire harem, some people are sad and some are happy.

Among the first batch of girls entering the palace, only Liu Ruyue was favored, but she did something that made everyone shameless, and she entered the cold palace for the second time, which became a topic of discussion among these beautiful girls.

Many people have taken it as a warning, but even so, they have never even met His Majesty.

Inside the Cining Palace.

Both Zhang Xuan and Zhu Xiurong were left for dinner by the Queen Mother. When the little eunuch reported Zhu Houzhao's activities tonight to the Queen Mother, both Zhang Xuan and Zhu Houzhao's faces turned red.

"Brother is really in a hurry, he just came back from the outside and was so crazy!"

"Is the charm of those beautiful girls from the south of the Yangtze River really that great?" Zhu Xiurong had a pair of big eyes flashing on his blushing oval face, looking pure and innocent.

They didn't know that it was ordered by the queen mother and arranged by Ouyang Jing, but they just wanted to see how outstanding the graceful dance of Jiangnan beautiful girls and the legendary Jinling beautiful girls are!
Historically, Qinhuai singers were well-known all over the world, and their little songs were even spread in the court, and their reputation was quite loud.

Jinling City is also the ancient capital of Nanjing. At that time, their ancestor Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established the capital here, and later moved the capital to the present place during the Yongle period, but the musicians left there are all outstanding.

The queen mother looked at Zhang Xuan, although she really wanted to straighten her up, but she couldn't act too hastily now.

The most obvious point is the emperor's attitude. The queen mother has also thought clearly about this matter, and just let everything take its course.

Even though his younger brother Shou Ninghou tried every means to get Zhang Xuan into the palace, but things that are unwilling are like twisted melons.

The Empress Dowager also knew about the Emperor inspecting the Ming Navy this time.

For the Son of Heaven, this is his duty, and now Daming is in a stage of rapid development, which makes him look at Zhu Houzhao differently!

His father, Emperor Hongzhi, was already a generation of Mingjun, and he was even more outstanding than his father.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang lives in the harem, she knows all the news inside and outside the court.

Especially when Shangguan Haitang abandoned the Dragon Guard Order and the badge of the second-rank bodyguard, and left the Dragon Guard Villa alone, she was already a little surprised.

Could it be that he wronged her?
Could it be that she never thought of entering the harem?
When it was time to light the lanterns, Zhu Houzhao sent these beautiful girls back to the Chuxiu Palace. After working hard for a long time, he let them go back to rest.

After these beautiful girls left, Ouyang Jing asked suspiciously: "Aren't these beautiful girls not good enough? Why doesn't Your Majesty favor any of them?"

"Could it be."

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also thought of Shangguan Haitang, he has no intention to pamper these beautiful girls now.

After all the maids and eunuchs retreated, Zhu Houzhao also lay on the bed, his thoughts wandering and thinking.

"We must find Haitang and ask this matter clearly!"

"If she really harbors my dragon species, no one can stop her! She must be in charge of the harem."

but
Zhu Houzhao sighed deeply, the emperor also has something to worry about.
The next morning.

Inside the Golden Temple of the Forbidden City.

All the civil and military officials entered here and kowtowed.

Li Suide, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, walked out of the train and said in an arc with his ivory in his hand: "Your Majesty Qizuo, according to the recent progress of our Ming Dynasty's new artillery, the Shenlong artillery has been transported to the border and put into use to defend against the enemy."

"In addition, according to the newly built warships, each warship is equipped with artillery of the same size, and there are small new-style cannons on both sides of the artillery, so that each ship has a total of 24 artillery pieces!"

Although Li Suide said these figures in detail, some regrets were faintly revealed between his brows.

However, when the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty heard about this incident, they were all shocked.

24 artillery pieces, what concept?
Thinking back to when Zheng He used seven sunsets, he only used warships with less than [-] cannons. Does the appearance of these cannons also herald the brilliant tomorrow of Ming Dynasty?

One cannon is enough to blast a city. With so many cannons to deal with the enemy, let alone being approached by the enemy, even standing can still beat the enemy's attack.

However, things are far from as simple as they thought.

Zhu Houzhao frowned deeply after listening.

As a person who traveled from later generations, he knew very well that although the cannon had great power, it also had many shortcomings.

Otherwise, with such a powerful artillery, why did the Houjin Tartars take the lead?
This is a real problem, a real problem to be solved from now on!
(End of this chapter)