The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

In the 14th year of Zhaoyuan, October.

It's already winter, and the capital has already cooled down.

Since the case of pirates in Fuzhou Prefecture came out in January of this year, pirates and pirates in the southeast coast have been rampant. From January to nine months, the southeast coast has encountered more than a dozen pirates, large and small, coming ashore. Naturally, the pirates were not successful every time. The emperor read every memorial. Although there were six or seven victories in ten times against the pirates, the southeast coast was still hit hard.

If the pirates were not eradicated and the pirate incident along the southeast coast was completely settled, the emperor would not be able to swallow this breath.

The emperor was worried about this matter, and also missed Ji Heng in the southeast.

On the imperial case were the notebooks that Ji Heng had recently sent to Beijing.

The emperor has a resolute character, is very powerful, and is decisive in killing and attacking. His ministers have always dared not touch him.

Although the emperor is by no means a benevolent king, as long as his subjects don't provoke him, he has always been very kind.

Several ministers who had been summoned into the palace by him were waiting outside for his summons. Seeing the emperor's face sinking like water, Liu Sheng stepped forward and said softly, "Master Wen, Lord Ji, Lord Zhao and others have arrived and are waiting outside to be summoned by the emperor." .”

The emperor looked again at the excerpt presented by Ji Heng, and compared it with the excerpt presented by Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang Wang Bingzhi a while ago, and then said to Liu Sheng, "Pass it on."

Liu Sheng agreed, and then quietly exited the study, went out and announced several ministers to enter.

Mr. Wen walked first, and several other ministers followed him in one file, and then saluted. The emperor's face was sullen before, but now he relaxed a little, and said kindly to them, "My dear friends, please sit down. "

The emperor has always liked to sit, which saves the ministers from the pain of standing for an hour or two sometimes.

Although the emperor treated his ministers very preferentially in these matters, sometimes it would be thunderous anger to turn his face, and no one could afford it.

The adults are all veterans, with deep thoughts, and they dare not rely on their old age in front of the young emperor. They respectfully thanked them and went to sit down.

The old Master Xiao, who had always been against the emperor and wanted to ban the sea and stick to the inland, has been dismissed by the emperor and let him go home to retire.

Now one of the five cabinet ministers is missing, but the emperor has no intention of promoting another minister to fill the gap.

The emperor said, "I summoned you today because I want to hear from you about the use of troops in the southeast."

During Ji Heng's trip to the southeast in just five months, he wrote nearly twenty memorials to the emperor.Almost every few days there is one.

The emperor was naturally very happy to receive Ji Heng's memorial, but Ji Heng's memorial was always full of political affairs, and he didn't ask His Royal Highness the Second Prince. Every time the emperor finished reading the memorial, he felt depressed again. for a while.

In fact, he also knew that Ji Heng was busy and tired, so the courtiers would have to read the papers he had written, so it was inconvenient to greet His Royal Highness on it, but when the emperor always thought that he really wanted to care about Yang Qier, Ji Heng would always Those who can care about him, such as writing a secret letter with the memorial and bringing it back, are also fine, but Ji Heng seems to have completely forgotten about his son.

Ji Heng's nearly twenty memorials covered almost all the causes of the pirate rebellion in the southeast coast and the methods of governance. For the emperor, it was the most comprehensive and systematic method of governance.

Hanlin had already copied several copies of Ji Heng's memorial for the emperor, so he gestured to Liu Sheng. Liu Sheng immediately understood what he meant, and took the copied memorials to several people. into the hands of a minister.

It has been half a year since Ji Heng went to the southeast coast in mid-April.

The emperor's original intention was not to let him go to the battlefield, and he gave Wang Bingzhi a decree, asking him to protect Ji Heng well, and he was determined not to let him be in danger, but the emperor couldn't control Ji Heng, so how could Wang Bingzhi do it.

So Ji Heng investigated the inspection departments and guards in Fujian and Zhejiang by himself, and experienced the battlefield almost every time, and then summed up the Japanese pirate rebellion and the method of governance.

The reason Ji Heng mentioned for the Japanese pirate rebellion was that the coastal defense in the southeast coast was weak, and the corrupt forces in the guards were weak and inactive, which allowed the Japanese pirates to take advantage of the opportunity; The third is that the imperial court has banned the sea for decades, only leaving Guangzhou as a commercial port to set up a city ship department, so that other places can only smuggle. The profits of smuggling are huge. At the beginning, I only dared to plunder at sea. Later, I found that the southeast coastal guards of the imperial court were very weak, so I went ashore to plunder directly. This kind of business without capital is naturally very cheap. , after they successfully looted a few times, the action became even more rampant.

And Ji Heng also said that the main reason is that the defense of the southeast coast is weak and there is no strong force. Therefore, it is imperative for the imperial court to strengthen the coastal defense of the southeast coast.

This leaflet explaining the reasons for the Japanese pirates' rebellion was submitted in July. Along with this leaflet, there is also a summary of the "Wanli Coastal Defense Map" along the southeast coast, which makes the previous sea charts along the southeast coast more detailed. He also made a precise description of the current situation of the coastal defense station and the sea village, and explained to the emperor in detail the current situation of the southeast coast, especially the coastal defense in Fujian and Zhejiang, from the aspects of geographical location and personnel status. weak.

This memorial was more than ten thousand characters long and well-founded. It was sent to the emperor's desk, and the emperor knew it very well when he saw it.

Many adults have given this kind of memorial before, but it is even more enlightening to see who has Ji Heng.

The emperor asked the Imperial Academy to copy the memorial and send it to the cabinet for the cabinet ministers to circulate.

When Ji Heng went to the southeast, according to his false age, he happened to be crowned.

Although he is the number one scholar, he still gives people the feeling that he has no hair on his lips and can't do things well. Many ministers in the court are dissatisfied. They feel that this is because the emperor loves Ji Heng and doesn't care about the truth, so it will be so important. The position was given to Ji Heng, and everyone was waiting for Ji Heng to return home.

As soon as Ji Heng's excerpt was passed on, these ministers who had been waiting for a good show shut up.

This memorial was sent to the emperor's desk only ten days ago, and then another important memorial was sent to the emperor's desk.

It is an excerpt of the coastal defense plan of Ji Heng, Wang Bingzhi, Governor Wang, and the commander of the capital Zhao Zhili to "defend the enemy overseas, strengthen the coast, and defend the inland".

This coastal defense plan determined the method of defending the southeast China Sea from the enemy in the future.

Because this booklet was just an outline, Ji Heng then added a few more booklets to add specific methods.

Therefore, in the October memorial, it was proposed to recruit and train troops along the southeast coast, and to form several large free corps for mobile response, without having to stick to one place, so that it would be of great help to fight against Japanese pirates who landed from nowhere. It is more advantageous because it is convenient to mobilize.Naturally, this also has a very disadvantageous place.

Just as the Xu family has been sticking to Guangdong, guarding the coastal defense line in Guangdong area, and managing this area well, although pirates and pirates appear in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, and even rampant, they seldom harass Guangdong area because Xu Jiajun is indeed very powerful in the Guangdong area, and the Japanese pirates are naturally bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, so they will not harass the Guangdong area.

In this way, the mobile corps formed by the generals to recruit and train their own troops is powerful and very necessary, but in the end it is easy to only obey the orders of the superior generals and not be restrained by the court and the emperor.

This letter is a secret letter because it analyzed several generals leading troops along the southeast coast, and it was a private conversation with the emperor.

The emperor was also aware of what Ji Heng analyzed. Just as the Xu family army is no longer restrained by the emperor and the court, the generals in Guangdong almost do not recognize the emperor but only the Xu family. However, the emperor still has to rely on the Xu family army.

And now Zhao Zhili and Zhao Jiajun, who has become famous in Fujian, Zhejiang and Suzhou for his achievements in fighting Japanese pirates, the emperor also has to worry that he will not be able to control him in the future.

Therefore, Ji Heng's memorial asked him to promote a few more capable generals to control the number of each army.

The emperor was silent for a long time after reading this sealed document, and the document that was copied to the cabinet did not contain any reasons for analysis, but only begged the emperor to send generals to train troops again.

After several ministers read it, they didn't express their opinions for a while.

These ministers naturally have considerations in their minds. The use of troops in the southeast is a waste of money and people. Although the treasury has been slightly filled in the past few years, it is still not enough to fill the bottomless pit of using troops in the southeast.

After a while, Mr. Wenge, as the chief assistant, said, "It would be better to transfer the soldiers from Hubei to Fujian and Zhejiang to solve the urgent need."

Master Ji said, "I also transferred troops from Guangxi to Jiangsu and Zhejiang before, but the seconded soldiers did not try their best in the face of war. It would be good to win one or two out of ten battles. On the contrary, they harassed the local area very seriously. The seconded soldiers did not follow the command of the generals, so they were of little use. Instead, they recruited troops directly from the local area for training. Because they were protecting their homeland, they worked very hard in the face of pirates, so they won more than they lost. Zhao Zhili recruited [-] soldiers This is the reason why soldiers and horses can resist nearly ten thousand pirates. I do not agree to transfer troops from Hubei, as long as the soldiers are trained well, they can be used in half a year."

Master Wen has always been in the middle way, how come he doesn't take too much effort, now he was refuted by Master Ji, he didn't feel annoyed, just looked at the emperor and didn't speak anymore.

The emperor actually had his own considerations, but he didn't express it first, he just listened to the opinions of a few ministers.

There was a discussion here, and suddenly, everyone heard a loud cry that seemed to come from not far away.

The ministers who were discussing all stopped, but the emperor was surprised, got up immediately, and said to them, "Whether to transfer troops or not is another matter. In the long run, recruiting and training is also necessary. If you want to recruit and train , and how many people you want to use, you also count together."

After saying this, he went out directly, and said, "I'll be back in a while."

The ministers all looked at each other in blank dismay. Mr. Zhao was very honest, so he said, "Has Your Majesty brought His Royal Highness here?"

There was some surprise in his tone.

Master Ji sighed and didn't express his opinion.

Everyone knows that His Majesty the Emperor loves the only prince very much. His Royal Highness fell ill a while ago, and it was not a serious illness. During the day, he handled government affairs in the Palace of Qinzheng, and directly arranged the prince in the west room of the Palace of Qinzheng.

The Ministry of Rites gave the prince a lot of characters before, but he didn't expect that none of the emperors liked it. Later, he named the prince "Zuo", "Zuo" means good luck, it is a good word, but the so-called country Zuo refers to the throne. An emperor named his son "Zuo". No matter who it is, he can see the deep meaning of it.

And now that the prince is nine months old, the emperor means that he will be crowned prince when he is one year old, and the Ministry of Rites has already asked the Ministry of Rites to make preparations.

The name of the prince caused an uproar in the court. His Majesty the emperor is still in power, so why should he give his son the name "Zuo".The ministers couldn't hold him back, so they had to give up.

So this second prince, whose first name is "Yang Fengzuo" and whose nickname is "Qi'er", is just a little guy who attracts people's attention.

At this point he had just peed and it was on his pants.

When the nurse held him and coaxed him to pee, he didn't pee, but when he was put into the big shaker, he peed, and then he started crying.

His Majesty the Emperor entered the room, and the nurses and maids who were taking care of Yang Qier hurriedly saluted. The Emperor went to the child, "Why are you crying so loudly?"

The nanny was changing Yang Qi'er's pants, and hurriedly replied, "If you go back to the emperor, your highness urinated in his pants and started crying."

In fact, Yang Qi'er was not crying at this time, but there were still teardrops on his eyelashes. The older he grew, the more he looked like the emperor, and the emperor loved him more like Ji Heng when he was born.

The nurse changed Yang Qi'er's pants, and the emperor hugged the son in his arms. Yang Qi'er had grown quite a lot, and his feet were still strong. Not only could he climb fast, but he could also stand up by climbing the railing of the shaker.

He was very clever, and was very clingy to the emperor. He was able to mumble words out of his mouth. He rubbed his arms tenderly in the emperor's arms, and then called out aggrievedly, "Daddy."

The emperor loved him very much. After sitting down on the chair, he rubbed his cheek against his tender little face, kissed his little nose, coaxed him twice, and asked the nanny, "What time is it at this time?" He should be hungry, where is the porridge?"

The nurse Rong said, "It will be delivered soon."

The emperor once felt that Rong's milk had been out for nearly eleven months and would not heal, so he arranged for another wet nurse, but Yang Qi'er was very picky about eating, and he didn't drink other people's milk, so he still only drank Rong's milk so far. 's milk.

From about eight months old, the imperial hospital had formulated a diet for the second prince. In addition to drinking milk, he also had nutritious porridge to feed him.

But the second prince doesn't eat porridge after taking milk, so he always feeds porridge first and then breastfeeds.

After a while, a maid brought in the porridge, which had a faint smell of medicine. The female officer tried it first, and the emperor personally scooped up the porridge to feed his son.

Yang Qi'er is very face-saving to him, she holds the small fist in her small hand and grabs His Majesty's collar, and sometimes grabs him in the face, but she will open her mouth to eat, and after two mouthfuls, she will shake her head and make a fuss before eating. Fortunately, the emperor was extremely patient with him, and after feeding half a bowl, Yang Qi'er stopped eating, so he stopped feeding.

He took the warm towel from the maid and wiped Yang Qier's mouth. Yang Qier let him wipe it obediently, so he stopped sitting and wanted to stand up. The emperor had to hug him and stand on his lap, supporting him with one hand Putting his arm around his back, he said, "Obey, go to the nanny, I still have something to do."

Yang Qi'er grabbed his ear and muttered to him, "Daddy..."

The emperor smiled and kissed him on the face, stood up and wanted to hand him to the nanny, but he held on to the emperor's ear, and the maids in the room frowned when they saw the emperor being pulled. The strength is not small, and it hurts to grab people, but everyone dare not look too much.

The nanny quickly broke Yang Qi'er's fingers, thus saving the emperor.

The emperor was not annoyed, he still smiled and talked to his son, "Be good at breastfeeding, let's go back to the Qilin Hall in the afternoon, and I will play with you."

After saying that, he turned around and left, Yang Qi'er watched him start to feel wronged, pursed his mouth and wanted to cry, but was coaxed by the nanny again.

The emperor rubbed his son's sore ear before going back to his study.