Zhu Biao didn't want to worry too much about the inner curtains of the back house, so he nodded and said with a smile: "Since you are here, I don't need to worry about the things in the palace."
Chang Luohua also smiled sweetly. This scene of the couple's deep love and tacit understanding made Li Yan on the side moved her eyes away and bit her pink lips slightly, obviously she was extremely unhappy to see it.
As for Wang Rui, she didn't care and was even happy to see the results. Only when the Crown Princess' status is stable will the East Palace be at peace, and the fetus in her belly will not be frightened. Only then can mother and child live safely in the palace. It's really a Buddha. bless.
Zhu Biao looked at Wang Rui and said: "It's late at night. You should rest early because you are pregnant. Eat less food when you go back and rest. If you feel uncomfortable, remember to summon the imperial doctor at any time."
Wang Rui stood up and protected her pregnant belly and bowed slightly to the prince and the princess: "Thank you for your concern, I will take my leave."
"Well, go ahead and be careful on the road."
The maid next to Wang Rui supported her hand and turned around to retreat. A large group of palace maids and eunuchs carrying lanterns and screens to protect themselves from the wind immediately poured out in front of the palace gate, fearing that something might happen to the future little emperor's grandson or the little princess.
When Li Yan saw this, she could only stand up and leave, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the prince. Zhu Biao just smiled at her to show that he understood. The foundation of the stability of the East Palace is the princess. Zhu Biao will not praise her at this time just because he loves Li Yan. she.
Chang Luohua couldn't help covering his mouth and said with a smile: "If my sister is so reluctant to part with His Highness, why not take him back."
Li Yan looked at Chang Luohua dissatisfied, but Chang Luohua was smiling but just looked at her like a naughty little sister. Li Yan turned red and snorted before turning and leaving.
Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "You are childish, don't argue with her."
Chang Luohua waved his hand, and all the people waiting in the hall left, leaving only the husband and wife. Then he stood up and walked to Zhu Biao and said: "Isn't the childishness just because of someone's pampering?"
Zhu Biao looked at the red dress embroidered with golden phoenixes in front of him. He couldn't help but pull his wife to sit on his lap. He put his arms around Qian Qian Liu's waist and rubbed his fingers on her belt. Aren't you childish? Isn't it because I love you enough?"
Chang Luohua didn't respond, he just put his arms around her husband's neck, closed her eyes and leaned forward. Zhu Biao stopped talking and smelled the familiar scent of his wife and leaned on the back of the chair, hugging her even tighter.
In the empty palace, the two of them hugged each other to resolve the fatigue and worries of the day. Zhu Biao was busy with government affairs, and Chang Luohua also had to take care of the East Palace and the Harem, as well as the ladies of the previous dynasty. Thinking before and after...
In the next few months, no major incident occurred in the court, and the incident in the Beijing Camp was properly resolved. After a joint trial, Hou Mei Sizu of Runan was temporarily dismissed from his post due to absence from his post without authorization and was sent to Liaodong to guard his merits. Li Cunyi, the former young minister of Taipu Temple, was exiled to Qiongzhou.
Zhu Biao also took time to meet Duan Shi, the envoy of the Duan family in Dali. The discussion was not bad, but Duan Qiangna, the legitimate daughter of the Duan family, still stayed in the capital, waiting for the Duan family to raise their troops and Duan Qiangna. Enter the East Palace to serve.
There are already three more Chengwei and Duan Qiangna in the East Palace, although none of the four Zhu Biao like them very much...
Due to Duan's reasons, Zhu Biao had already ordered Tang He, the general who conquered the south, to march to Yunnan. Zhongshu Province ordered Sichuan and Guizhou to raise military supplies and fodder. In particular, he ordered Guizhou's Xuanwei envoy Longzan Aqi to mobilize 50,000 troops as the vanguard.
As Longzan Aqi and other great chieftains surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, there have been constant wars in Guizhou these days. Various small barbarian tribes rebelled. Guizhou Xuanwei Prefecture suppressed the rebellion in the name of the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, Longzan Aqi and others knew that in the next two or three generations, they would have to give up the foundation of their survival, so they desperately searched for materials, people, and wealth.
Those small Tu people were not forced to survive by Ming Dynasty policies and rebelled, but they were harmed by the chieftain monarch they respected and had to fight to the death. All the properties of men, women, old and young were confiscated. It can be said that one tribe is poor but one family is rich.
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Several major chieftain families are like this. They scavenge and buy large amounts of land outside Guizhou, hoping to secure a rich and heirloom inheritance for their children and grandchildren.
And they also asked the family members to lead slaves to open up wasteland and farm. Yes, they were the original slaves of their family and the young slaves captured during these rebellions. The chieftain was actually a slave, and the relationship between the chieftain and the people under his rule was human.
The dependent master-servant relationship has a strong flavor of slave society.
The world has its own land, the world has its people, and the world has its own government. According to what the censors said, the officials are the officials of the world, and the people are the people. The children of the farmers can do whatever they want, and they are happy, happy, and safe.
Its owner.
Treating people's lives like a child's play, no one dares to complain and sigh at his side. With the officials and people of this world, he will not get it from his father, but he will get it from his descendants. And he believes in it, so if he dies, he will die. No one dares to compete with him, complain about this barbarian
How could the people suffer such misfortune...
Recently, memorials to impeach the chieftains of Guizhou were overturned. The scholar-officials in the Central Plains did have a kind of moral feeling of compassion for heaven and earth, but Zhu Biao did not punish Longzan, Aqi, Song, Mongolia and others as ordered by the memorial.
The Tu people in Guizhou, especially those who live in one place, do not actually recognize the Ming Dynasty, or in other words, they only know the chieftain monarch, which is detrimental to the future rule of the court.
It is said that the barbarians are afraid of power but not virtuous. If there is no thunder, how can they show the grace of rain and dew? If there is no chieftain, how can the officials of the imperial court build an official government and govern the people.
The harsher the chieftains treat the people under their rule, the more conducive it will be for the court to win over the heads of the chieftains and appease the people in the future. Moreover, the chieftains organize manpower to reclaim wasteland and land and also complete the relocation and integration of the people, which is what the court wants to do.
Now that someone has replaced him and he has gained a bad reputation, what a great thing it is. How could Zhu Biao stop it?
As for the slave issue, it will be solved together in the future. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lao Zhu ordered the common people not to keep slaves or keep slaves. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be punished with a hundred sticks, and the targets were the wealthy families.
Since the Han Dynasty, the number of slaves belonging to the gentry began to expand. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the manor economy flourished, and a large number of gentry were attached as domestic slaves, often tens of thousands of them.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the nobles and gentry plundered civilians as slaves in large numbers. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan's favorite Ahema had more than 7,000 followers. The Han people who surrendered to the Mongols might as well give in and follow their masters.
, plundering fellow tribesmen as slaves. For example, Li Boyou, the commander of Kublai Khan's bodyguard and army, had three thousand people...
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the population was scarce, and in order to limit the power of the gentry, Lao Zhu strictly ordered them not to keep slaves. Nearly hundreds of thousands of people were able to get rid of slavery and become farmers, and then relied on the court organization to open up wasteland and cultivate their own businesses.
This is why the Jiangnan case was so intense, but there were no successful rebels. It was because the gentry's biggest foundation had been uprooted. Although they still hid some secrets, it was not enough to succeed.
But it’s not that there are no slaves anymore. In addition to official slaves, there are also private slaves, but the restrictions are very strict. Lao Zhu stipulated that no one can keep slaves unless they are meritorious officials. Among officials, the number of slaves of the first grade cannot exceed twenty, and the number of slaves of the second grade cannot exceed Twelve people, no more than eight in the third rank, and no slaves after the fourth rank.
As for foreigners, they are absolutely not allowed. It is stipulated that if Mongolians and Semu people dare to own Han slaves again, they will be killed without mercy...
Therefore, when the governance of the prefectures and counties in Anding, Yunnan and Guizhou becomes stable in the future, Zhu Biao will pardon them as good citizens. The chieftains will not be able to maintain their thousand-year tradition. How can the imperial court allow one family to have tens of thousands of young slaves?
Putting aside the chieftains of Guizhou for the time being, Zhu Biao urgently transferred Xu Yungong, Mu Ying, Feng Cheng and others from northern Xinjiang to go under the command of the Southern Army. Tang He was not young and had already requested petitions several times in the hope that he could return to his hometown to rest in peace. This was his last One battle.
After this war, Tang He was bound to be restored to the rank of Duke, and other rewards were also indispensable. When the founding government was forced to use Tang He, his closest brother, to establish his authority due to the situation, Lao Zhu could not help but feel a little bit unbearable, and he must have compensatory.
As soon as Tang He retreated, the Western Expeditionary Army would definitely not be dispersed. Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, the three provinces, needed to be guarded and Nanyang must be deterred.
His father has not yet sent a decree. It can be seen that he is planning to hand over the army to his son, so Zhu Biao will naturally not be polite. Xu Yungong, Mu Ying, Feng Cheng, and Fu Zhong were all selected by him personally. It is perfect for our future team to hone their skills in the Southwest.