Chapter 8 Chapter Eight Fatherly Love

Concubine Zheng Gui also gave birth to a boy. As a result, her weight in the eyes of Emperor Wanli, as well as her status and real power in the palace, have also been greatly improved. However, the public opinion all over the world and the courtiers' struggle became more intense... In order to register the crown prince, Emperor Wanli has broken his promise several times and lost weight; this is undoubtedly a great harm to the subjects of the whole country who have always believed in "no jokes", and they have already declared in their hearts that Emperor Wanli's credit is bankrupt; however, In everyone's mind, establishing a reserve is the foundation of the country, and we must try our best to fight for it no matter what, and we will never give up until the goal is achieved; the more dishonest the Emperor Wanli is, the more we must fight with all our strength...

This time, Concubine Zheng's second birth brought a serious threat to the long-pending issue of establishing a reserve, making this issue more prominent and sharper, and the memorials of the struggle poured in like a mountain and sea. , Acting chief assistant Zhao Zhigao was attacked badly, thanks to his "turtle shrinking technique" of pretending to be deaf and dumb, and his skin was as thick as a tortoise shell, he kept his seat; the second assistant Zhang Wei has always been friendly with him, But the ability to take responsibility is a bit stronger than him, and his standpoint and approach are also different from his. He is a person who advocates "moderate resistance" and leads a group of like-minded people to carry out moderate resistance. A faction emerged—a middle faction was added from the original two types of fierce resistance and rural aspirations, and the quarrel became even more chaotic.

But Emperor Wanli still made up his mind to "don't care about everything", and ignored the chaos in the court and the public opinion among the people-he seemed to be angry, and he simply ignored the things he didn't like. ignore it. He has completely lost the idea and idea of ​​cheering up, and only wants to enjoy the happiness in front of him - besides drugs, there is also love and family affection. Although Zheng Guifei had to be unable to accompany him day and night for a few months due to childbirth, the pair of children she gave birth to replaced her long-term companion Jun in due course.

Chang Xun and Princess Shouning have inherited her inheritance in many aspects. Not only do they have a beautiful and pleasing face, but they are especially clever and dexterous, and they are considerate. They knew how to capture their father's heart and fight for all The love of his father, the love of the two brothers and sisters, brought great satisfaction and happiness to Emperor Wanli - he was originally a person who loved children, and this pair of brothers and sisters with pink make-up and jade carvings were good at pleasing him, and of course he also loved them. He spoiled the two brothers and sisters.

What's more, there is a compensatory effect hidden in his heart that he doesn't know. In his own childhood, because of the excessive expectations placed on him by the Empress Dowager Cisheng and Zhang Juzheng, he was forced to read boring and boring books all day long. His words and deeds must be in line with the solemn and honorable status of an emperor, and he has never played a game happily, or even danced arbitrarily; under excessive restraint, his childlike innocence has never been brought into play. He has never been satisfied, and it has become a shortcoming in his life; therefore, when facing his daughters, his unconscious attitude is to spoil and pamper them without giving any favors. discipline and restraint.

He also especially likes to play games with children, whether it is flying a kite, kicking keys, kneading dough, catching crickets, chasing puppies, hide-and-seek, he even has more fun than children. All the joys that I didn't enjoy in my childhood were obtained after I was over thirty. And Chang Xun and Princess Shouning are more worthy of being Concubine Zheng's own flesh and blood, and their blood is obviously full of the characteristics of businessmen-both brothers and sisters are the same as their mother, and their favorite game since childhood is counting money. Only seven and five years old, these two children are "giantly gifted" and are particularly sensitive to money and numbers. When they see money, their eyes are open, and no amount of money can be counted wrong; It is also in favor of Emperor Wanli, and the father and son often forget to sleep and eat when they play the game of "counting silver".

Therefore, the most common sound heard in a Qianqing palace is the clanging sound of counting silver, occasionally mixed with the sound of disputes between the younger brothers and sisters over the money game, and the mediation sound of Emperor Wanli——Chang Xun Older, more thoughtful, and more greedy by nature, often breaks the rules in the game, secretly playing tricks to take advantage, causing Princess Shouning to complain to Emperor Wanli in a delicate childlike voice from time to time: "Father, look ——Brother stole my silver!" After a while, tears and snot yelled again: "My brother is bad! My brother is playing bad--robbing my money and not returning it--"

Of course, Chang Xun was not to be outdone, and counterattacked with a pouted mouth: "Who said stealing and robbing? Crybaby—" But when it comes to building houses and castles with silver, the situation is reversed again, and girls are careful and skillful. Therefore, although Princess Shouning is younger, the finished products are always more beautiful and more varied than Chang Xun; but , she is also small-minded, occasionally when Chang Xun's finished product beats him a few times, she is not happy in her heart, and every time she always secretly goes to knock down Chang Xun's finished product, so that he can't beat him. So, it was Chang Xun's turn to yell: "Father! Look, my sister is so poisonous——"

If Emperor Wanli was not paying attention, he would secretly beat Princess Shouning once or twice, causing Princess Shouning to cry and beat her back—two brothers and sisters with angelic faces were fighting for money When he came, his attitude was no better than that of a hooligan! And when Emperor Wanli dealt with children's disputes, he still adopted a conniving attitude—no matter how lawless and willful the children were, he would never punish them—he always had a loving smile and tone, He coaxed them and said: "Okay! Alright! It's not a big deal! Come, come to the father's side and ask for money, and the father will give you some more!"

Anyway, he has gold and silver treasures, and he is the emperor, so what is so difficult about satisfying the needs of two children? "Okay? Come on, show your father a smile—" The children laughed through tears, and their little faces were blurred with smiles and tears. In his eyes, they were even more elated. The happier they lived, the more lazy they were to care about state affairs; They ignored them all; the quarrel was too much to procrastinate, so he reluctantly came up with an idea of ​​perfunctory, to put an end to the rumors, so he called Zhao Zhigao to give instructions: "The ancestral system of this dynasty is based on establishing a son and an elder. Accurate——Establishing a heir should be done before establishing an elder, but now the queen has no sons and no heirs to establish; therefore, I plan to make the emperor's eldest son, third son, and fifth son kings first, and empty the position of crown prince to wait for the empress Having a child—just do it like this!"

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to establish Chang Luo as the crown prince, so he played the "Three Kings Conferment", and used it as a shield under the guise of waiting for the queen to give birth. "In this way, at least it can be delayed for a while—" After making the decree, he couldn't help but secretly complacent in his heart, using this method to perfuse everyone, at least, the ears can be clean for a while; and, after thinking about it again, a new plan rose from the bottom of his heart: "As soon as Li Rusong wins the battle, most of everyone's attention will be shifted to him—the guys in the court will be full of words about Japan, North Korea, and the emperor's prince, and there will be a lot of people talking about it." Already!" Thinking about it this way, he hopes more and more that Li Rusong will win the battle early and come back with a big news...