First Prince of Ming Dynasty

In August of the ninth year of Hongwu, Li Shanchang, the crown prince and grand master, entered Beijing. Zhu Biao led officials of the third rank and above in the court to meet him outside the city, and entered the palace with his chariot to show the honor of the meritorious officials.

Li Shanchang is over sixty years old, and his hair has started to turn gray, but his spirit is very good. Compared with the past, he is much fatter and looks very rich.

Zhu Yuanzhang hosted a banquet in the Wuying Hall, accompanied by civil and military officials. After the big banquet, a small banquet was held to recall the glorious years of the past, and the monarch and his ministers were in harmony with each other.

Wu Xun felt and felt honored, and civil servants also had a rare glimpse of the emperor's tender side.

After the luncheon, the officials left the palace, but the emperor insisted on keeping Taishi Li, and said that he would stay in the palace tonight, the officials were very envious.

Zhu Biao ordered people to clean up a palace next to the Wuying Hall. Although Li Shanchang was over sixty years old, it was still not appropriate to live in the harem, and it didn't matter if he was in the previous court.

It was the night when the family banquet was held in Kunning Palace, and Li Shanchang's wife also entered the palace to accompany the banquet. During the banquet, several princesses were called to come to see the ceremony, and Lin'an Chang Princess Zhu Jingjing was naturally among them.

Mrs. Li is more stable and kind-hearted now, she is very respectful and full of praise to the princesses, and she doesn't flatter Lin'an specifically, which makes Lin'an breathe a sigh of relief.

Men and women have different seats, but since it is a family banquet, they still sit in the same room, but a screen is added in the middle as a partition.

Old Zhu enthusiastically talked about the policies that the court was planning to implement recently, hoping that the old brother would have some opinions, but Li Shanchang obviously had been out of the political environment for too long, and some problems that Old Zhu thought he could find, but he didn't.

Talking about other gossips is handy, Lao Zhu didn't criticize this, but was very happy.

After the wine was hot, Li Shanchang held the wine glass and said to the wine order: "Move sixty sixty-year-old flowers in your hand, and they fall in circles like beads. It is not a fool to tie a long rope. There is an old man who strokes his white beard in front of the mirror.

"good."

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A few days later, Li Qi finally rushed back to the capital. This son-in-law has been running around all these years, and he looks like a martial arts boy more than a civil servant, but Zhu Biao looked at a lot of young people. Some worried that his sister would look down on her.

"Your Highness, there are 5,600 guards in the middle of Shu, currently there are 27 guards, 1,120 guards for a thousand households, now there are fifty-five, and there are two hundred guards for a hundred households. There are one hundred and eleven schools, with a total of more than 210,000 soldiers."

Zhu Biao heard about the commanders of Chongqing Wei, Chengdu Zuoqianzhongwuwei, and Ningchuanwei, and nodded in satisfaction after learning that they hadn't changed and had little contact with Mingsheng.

"The Marquis of Guiyi also asked his ministers to convey it on his behalf, saying that Sichuan is now vast and sparsely populated, and the cultivated land is abandoned without people to cultivate it. I beg the imperial court to relocate people from Huguang, Henan and other places."

From the fourth year of Hongwu to the seventh year of Hongwu, the imperial court moved many people to Sichuan one after another, with a total of two to three hundred thousand people. I did not expect to digest them so quickly.

However, Zhu Biao couldn't agree to Mingsheng's request. Now there is no need for immigrants to fill in, and it is impossible for Sichuan to turn around. In a few years, it may be possible to move out of Sichuan.

Zhu Biao asked Li Qi to sit down: "In recent years, the White Lotus Cult has been rampant. In the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhang Xinchan, a mountain resident in Guang'an, Sichuan, claimed to be Maitreya Buddha, and gathered people to confuse people. In the eighth year of Hongwu, King Fo'er of Luotian, Hubei Province claimed to be the birth of Maitreya Buddha, and passed down the Buddha's name to confuse people.

"Shu has always worshiped gods and Buddhas. Nowadays, there are many people who have been forced to relocate. They have some resentment towards the imperial court. Do you think Mingsheng is alert to this?"

"It's okay for a small official to look at Gui Yihou, benevolent enough and lacking in means to govern the people, but it may be difficult to deter evil and sycophants."

Zhu Biao nodded knowingly, and still wanted to dispatch a general to Sichuan. Although the current commanders are good, especially loyal, it is not good to promote rashly.

The war with Luchuan is not far away, and Shu is so close, it is necessary to send troops and food, whether it is to suppress the local area or to have generals to cooperate in the future, this move is necessary.

Fortunately, Daming didn't have many other things at this time. The fierce generals in the Beijing camp were almost too numerous to count, so he could pick a few at random.

Zhu Biao asked about the tea and salt and then let Li Qi go with satisfaction. It has to be said that Li Qi is getting better and better, and the talent is really honed and beaten.

Judging from the response just now, it is reasonable and well-founded, and it is also very thorough in all aspects. This kind of talent, if it is decentralized, is enough to serve as the parent official of the state capital, and when it comes to the center, it is also enough to serve as the adjutant of the department hall.

Moreover, she is still so young, she is not worthy of the lintel of the Li family, and she is worthy enough to match Princess Lin'an.

"The big wedding is not far away, so you can stay in Beijing and familiarize yourself with the etiquette."

"promise."

After answering, Li Qi pointed to the outside with some embarrassment and said: "Wei Chen has been traveling here and there these years, and bought a lot of interesting things along the way. They are all specialties of local states, towns and counties. Give it to the princess to enjoy and relieve boredom, I came back in a hurry last time, but this time I brought it all back, and I have to trouble Your Highness to forward it."

"Oh? Bring it into the palace to have a look."

Liu Jin responded, and after a while several strong servants brought in five sandalwood boxes and put them down. Zhu Biao stepped forward, and Li Qi opened them and explained one by one: "This is the ghost face of Fengxiang clay puppet in Shaanxi, Huaiyang, Henan. clay dogs from China, nuclear boats from Jiangsu... Clay figurines from Guangdong, paper toys from Foshan, porcelain toys from Jingdezhen, pottery toys from Yixing: Zhongkui wine fairy made of paper, hammerfish in a waist basket made of bamboo...

Zhu Biao smiled happily and said, "It's all children love to play with. It doesn't look like Ben Gong is going to give it to Lin'an, but it looks like you prepared it for your future children."

Li Qi said: "The princess is only twenty-eight years old."

"It's good for you to know, if it wasn't for the grand master's eagerness, and you are too old to delay, I am planning to stay in Lin'an for another two years."

Zhu Biao stopped when he said this, the girls are all married, so it is impossible to take care of the affairs of the husband and wife dunlun, he can only give a warning overtly and secretly, and then ask the imperial doctor to explain the method of contraception, a few years later want children.

"Remember what the son-in-law said just now, go and tell the princess in person, where are these special products, don't disappoint the son-in-law."

Liu Jin has a superb memory and has been prepared for a long time, so she won't miss a word and left under orders.

When Li Qi was summoned by the emperor to give a lecture, Liu Jin came back with two big boxes and said: "The princess was very happy to see it, and asked the slaves to thank the son-in-law on her behalf, and specially selected some good ones for the slaves to share." Play for the little highnesses, "

Lin'an is a sensible and good boy, I hope Li Qi can cherish it.

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At the end of the month, the emperor's book said: "In ancient times, all the kings of the world have a daughter, and now you are a princess of Lin'an, and you are the son of Li Shanchang, the grand master of Changsha. He is the son-in-law, and you are the princess. After entering the door of the Li family, When obeying women's morals to serve uncles and aunts, the boudoir is cleaned up and the housemates are always good, you are respectful!"

The princess wears nine pieces of clothing, four phoenix crowns, and Zhai Yi accepts the book to thank her, and pays her eight respects.

On that day, the officials of the Ministry of Rites asked for the imperial edict to be set up in the Dragon Pavilion, and the honorary procession of drums and music was led to the Taishi's mansion.

Li Qi wears the court uniform and is cited, and goes to the incense case to praise. The officials of the Ministry of Rituals said that there is a system. Li Qi knelt down to listen to the decree. You must choose Xun's old age for marriage, this is the same as ancient and modern, I have ordered you Li Qi to be the son-in-law captain, and you will be a strong husband, neither favor nor slow, and always suspend his family, in order to call my relatives!"

In addition, the court uniform includes one silver chair, one pedal, one silver horse, one silver water basin, one silver water pot, one umbrella, two bones, two tooth sticks and one saddle cage.

After receiving the decree, Li Shanchang and his son-in-law Du Wei Li Qi went to the Fengtian Hall to kowtow and said: "Following the sage's law, the heaven and the earth determine the honor and inferiority, and the yin and yang are combined to determine the high and low ranks. Therefore, the establishment of religion, the establishment of the Yilun, and the downfall of the law are all in the world. The officials are sincere and fearful. obeisance."

"His Majesty the Emperor Fuwei has worked hard for more than 20 years to rejuvenate the country and unify the world, and the people of billions of people have been ruled by Xixi Tongtaihe. .”

"The minister Suye carefully thought about what he could do, but he failed. It is because He Zhien didn't take the foolishness of the minister's son as a husband and wife. The honor is beyond expectation. The auspicious day is here. I would like to use the memorial to invite the due date. My father and son bow down Outside the gate of the gate, respectfully listen to the orders of grace, and the ministers will look up to the heavens and worship the Holy Spirit without any hesitation!"

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