The Imperial Garden was very lively during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It had been a long time since the palace had invited so many people in. After all, last year Zhu Di had just finished his military expedition. There was no war this year, so there was more leisure and leisure, and the harem was ready to entertain all the ladies.
Those who can be invited are mostly wives who have official titles or noble wives. After the official level rises, if the wife has outstanding virtues, she will be granted imperial orders. If she becomes a husband, she will also have a salary.
Zhu Di currently does not have a queen in the harem, so many things are handled by Crown Princess Zhang, and she has done a very good job. The many emperor's concubines in the harem have nothing to say.
This also shows how important the female heirs in the harem are.
Zhu Di has not established a queen since the death of Queen Xu. Part of the reason is that Queen Xu's three sons, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaosui, are all so outstanding. If he appoints another queen, then that queen's son will be
In terms of etiquette, he is the legitimate son.
What does this mean? The old man thinks that our three brothers are useless? I, Zhu Gaochi, have no one in my court, or am I, Zhu Gaoxu, unable to lead the army? Is it that I, Zhu Gaosui, are too arrogant?
As long as Zhu Di raises the issue of establishing a queen, the three brothers, who usually seem to have a normal relationship, will inevitably unite and unite. On this point, the three brothers' positions are the same.
If the three brothers were all useless, Zhu Di would have established a new queen and found ways to support his other sons.
Zhu Di did not show up during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the three brothers Zhu Gaochi did not come to the imperial garden but went to Zhu Di's study, where four men sat around a table.
After taking a sip of wine, Zhu Di smiled heartily: "It's been a long time since we masters had a reunion dinner like this."
"My son and I are terrified." Zhu Gaochi maintained due respect.
Zhu Di showed displeasure on his face: "Boss, please learn from Gao Xu." Zhu Gaoxu didn't show any signs of weakness. He started eating after drinking.
"Eat all, eat all." After Zhu Di said this, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui moved their chopsticks. Zhu Gaosui was always the obedient little son in front of Zhu Di.
The three brothers had very different personalities. Zhu Di looked at the three of them and suddenly understood the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang often thought about Queen Ma when he got older, because this was his home.
After the children have grown up, everyone has their own interests. Not to mention the royal family, there are also many civilians who fight over an acre of land and two brothers fight each other until they die.
But those memories of growing up together and the friendship between father and son remain.
When you grow up, face the mottled and complex world alone, and bear the baptism of society and the erosion of suffering, those beautiful memories are the best medicine to comfort your soul.
"Boss, Wala is dishonest. Next year I plan to personally conquer the country." After the father-in-law had been filial for a while, Zhu Di mentioned the matter of personal expedition again.
Zhu Gaochi frowned, but this time he did not refuse explicitly: "Father, the court has just decided that Zheng He will go to the West again next year. If the Northern Expedition is carried out, the court's finances will be tight."
"The banks are doing pretty well now, and next year's finances should be good."
"Father, the bank has just started. Although the current prospects are good, there are still many areas that need improvement."
Zhu Gaoxu interjected at this time: "Brother, my father didn't say that he must go to the Northern Expedition. He only wanted to fight back if Wala invaded the border. Do we, the Ming Dynasty, let others attack us?"
Zhu Gaochi sighed: "My son, I will do my best."
Zhu Di laughed heartily: "This is me, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. Come and have a drink with us."
"By the way, brother." Zhu Gaosui said, "Last time I heard about the Imperial City Military Parade. When are you going to hold it?"
"If there is a march, it will build up morale before the expedition. If there is no march, it will be on my father's birthday next year."
"Very good, very good." Zhu Di laughed heartily.
It is rare for a father to be kind and his son to be filial, and his brothers, friends and brothers to be respectful made Zhu Di very happy.
In the Imperial Garden, the female guests were alone. Zhu Zhanzhen and the others could only see the moving heads across the lake from a distance, but could not clearly see their outlines.
In addition to several children from the prince's family, the princes from the Han Dynasty's palace, and many other noble princes who had been invited also came.
As a great grandson, Zhu Zhanji was naturally the leader of the crowd, surrounded by stars and the moon.
"Your Highness Taisun, I heard that you are now in charge of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, benefiting the people and future generations. It is really a blessing to the Ming Dynasty."
"His Royal Highness Taisun's writing, Tao, and military strategies are all of the highest quality. It's really hard for us to compare with him."
"Your Majesty, Your Highness Taisun, would rather not participate in today's poetry meeting, lest the rest of us would be embarrassed to show off our poor poems."
"Yes, if His Highness Taisun were to participate, we would really be ashamed of ourselves."
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Zhu Zhanzhen was speechless as he looked at this group of wealthy young men, some fifteen or sixteen years younger and some twenty years older, complimenting Zhu Zhanji poorly.
As expected, he was too young, and his flattery was superficial and straightforward, with a slightly panicked tone, as if he was endorsing me.
Zhu Zhanji was used to hearing sincere and high-end flattery from veterans in the court, and these flattery was simply not worth mentioning.
Flattery is a science. The same sentence has different effects for different people depending on the tone and intonation.
Zhu Zhanji smiled and took advantage of the situation and said: "I have been busy with official duties these days and I can't find time to write poems. I will not participate in today's poetry meeting. I will only listen to the poems written by all the talented people. I hope some of the good verses will be passed down through the ages."
Words of pity, pity, pity came from the crowd, and some even beat their chests and lamented that they could not see Taisun's eternal masterpiece.
There are some capable descendants of these nobles, but not many. Reincarnation is a technical job. Even if these people are incompetent, as long as they don't cause trouble, they will eventually be able to live a prosperous and prosperous life.
If you know that you are incompetent, you should build good relationships with others. You should flatter and flatter your grandson, and you should run errands. After all, ordinary people do not have the opportunity to flatter your grandson. At this time, you are caring about face and pretending to be noble in your heart. It is not worth it.
Today's poetry meeting is a good opportunity to make friends with young ladies from other provinces. Those who can enter here are all distinguished people, at least the family members of fifth-rank officials in Beijing. They have left a good impression. Then the elders of the family will get together and join forces. This will
You will have no worries about food and drink throughout your life.
So everyone prepared poems, but Zhu Zhanji did not participate, just telling them to express themselves freely and not hide them.
Of course, there are only a few people who can write poems themselves. A group of people together can’t fill an inkstone with ink, and many of them have written poems for others.
Just in this short period of time, I saw several people take out their own cheat sheets and quietly memorize a few more sentences.
Zhu Zhanji whispered to Zhu Zhanyong in a worried voice: "Are you two ready?"
"Brother, there is no problem." Zhu Zhanyong assured him by patting his chest, and Zhu Zhanyong also nodded.
"Don't ask for excellence, but ask for mistakes. It doesn't matter how the poems are, just don't be timid when the time comes."
After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he realized that he was worrying about something. Of these two brothers, the third brother was stunned, had a loud voice, was bold, and liked being older, and the fifth brother was even more lawless. If he was said to be timid, he said
I don't believe it myself.
Zhu Zhanji then turned his attention to his second brother, Zhu Zhanju. Now if the preparations for this poetry meeting are sufficient, this second brother is the most prepared. He seems to want to show off at this poetry meeting.