As the stars change, time passes.

Before I knew it, the middle age was approaching. As the first snowflakes fell in the empty Forbidden City, the fifteenth year of Yongli also followed.

Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest, and the weather is really important for the farming era.

A good weather can ensure the harvest of crops. If the harvest is good, the imperial court's grain reserves will not have any problems.

Therefore, this is a signal that makes Zhu Youlang very happy.

The matter of the crown prince's choice of concubines is also in an orderly manner.

The Ministry of Rites presented many candidates Zhu Youlang but was not very satisfied.

According to the teachings of the Ming Dynasty, the Crown Princess generally chooses from small families, and her father is just a low-level official of some empires.

This is of course to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics and chaotic power. After all, there are many examples of foreign relatives chaotic politics in history, which is shocking.

Zhu Yuanzhang established this ancestral teaching and hoped that future generations could learn from it and firmly control power in his own hands, so that the old Zhu family could pass on it forever for generations.

Although Zhu Youlang is a time traveler, he also admires Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral teachings very much.

It can be said that this fundamentally solved the problem to some extent, and the existence of the cabinet ensured that the empire could operate normally even if the emperor's personal ability was not strong.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen is so stubborn and self-righteous, and he is not very capable, he insists on doing everything himself. The scattered game of a good game is accelerating the collapse of the empire.

Normally, as long as the emperor does not make trouble, there are capable ministers in the cabinet, no matter how bad it is, it will not be much worse.

The Ming Dynasty had extremely strict control over eunuchs. It seemed that many eunuchs had emerged, but they were actually spokespersons of the emperor.

The emperor wanted to kill them, just hooked his fingers and wrote a note.

The biggest danger comes from the relatives of the outside world. As long as you keep this red line, there should be no big problems.

The situation in the Yongli Dynasty was particularly complicated. If it was a peaceful and prosperous era, the relatives of the foreign countries would not dare to do anything even if they were strong.

But now it is a chaotic era, and each army not only has power, but also the army.

Take Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Li Laiheng and others as examples. Which one is not a first-class general? The strength of the army in their hands is not inferior to that of Zhu Youlang's direct descendants. If the prince finds a warlord's daughter as a concubine, the consequences will be very serious.

Although Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng and others do not have any disobedience at present, it is difficult to guarantee that their descendants have no ideas.

If something goes wrong, it is a big problem. The best way to prevent this problem is to kill the risk in the cradle.

Although he could not choose the powerful daughter as the crown princess, Zhu Youlang did not want to feel too wronged in his son.

After all, he is his eldest son, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the crown princess must have a transcendent and dignified temperament.

The portraits presented by the Ministry of Rites are either too ugly or have problems with body proportions, which is not about Zhu Youlang's aesthetics.

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Zhu Youlang then called them back and asked them to re-select. The primary election was not up to standard. Do you expect him to pick up the general from Zhu Youlang's slut?

Zhu Youlang won’t do anything to treat his own son badly.

Putting aside the matter of choosing a concubine for the prince, what Zhu Youlang values ​​most now is naturally the preparations for the Northern Expedition.

At present, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War have cooperated well, so there should be no problem with the food and grass.

After a period of rest and recuperation, the soldiers have regained a lot of energy, and they are all ready to do something big.

However, Zhu Youlang was not anxious.

First of all, we must wait until spring plowing to sow the seeds before we will send troops.

Secondly, he had to wait for Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao's reaction.

It is reported that the Jinyiwei has already taken a walk, but it depends on whether Shang Kexi will take the bait.

If the two really have bad intentions and want to take this opportunity to attack Zhu Youlang once, Zhu Youlang will also directly mobilize troops south to pacify Fujian and Guangdong without hesitation.

In general, it is still less difficult to fight Fujian and Guangdong than to fight the Northern Expedition.

But the profit from taking over the second land is no lower than that of the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Youlang now only needs one reason to send troops south

In the Pingnan Prince's Mansion in Guangzhou, Shang Kexi sat in the pavilion in the garden and looked at the koi in the pond.

Since he became a vassal of Guangdong, he has never worn too thick clothes again, even a light robe in winter is enough.

Unlike when I was in Liaodong, I had to wear a thick felt jacket, for fear that the cold air would penetrate into my bone marrow.

The sunshine in the south is so warm that it makes people drowsy.

Of course, Shang Kexi is not in the mood to sleep now. He only wants to save Shang Zhixin.

Since Shang Zhixin was captured by the Ming army, Emperor Yongli used this as a threat to order Shang Kexi to pay money, grain and even firearms to buy his son's safety.

Although Shang Kexi was very unhappy, she could only follow the order to save her son's life.

But as this happened, Emperor Yongli's appetite became bigger and bigger, and Shang Kexi gradually felt that he could not hold on.

After all, he also has a hundred thousand troops to support. When will it end if this continues?

At this time, he received news that the Ming army was about to fight the Northern Expedition.

The news was sent directly by his confidant who had been sent to Nanjing to earnestly. It should be accurate.

Shang Kexi couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Logically speaking, if the army fought in the Northern Expedition, it would definitely not have brought Shang Zhixin with them.

Because Shang Zhixin had no value to the Qing army and could not play a threat.

If Shang Kexi led his troops north at this time, he would likely rescue his son.

But this requires the right time to seize it, not too early or too late, and you must wait until the moment the main force of the Ming army has left the city.

Just when Shang Kexi was hesitating, Geng Jimao sent someone to send him a letter, encouraging him to take advantage of the Ming army's northern expedition to lead his troops to make a fortune.

Shang Kexi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It turned out that Geng Jimao was also having the idea of ​​Nanjing.

There has been no intersection since the two parted ways in the Battle of Jiangxi.

This is the first time Geng Jimao took the initiative to write a letter to Shang Kexi.

The two are actually old acquaintances, but their relationship has been very weak over the years.

But I can't say that there is any deep hatred.

Youdao means that there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

As long as Geng Jimao can help him succeed, there will be no big problem with some minor unhappiness before.

When he got the letter, Shang Kexi was really moved.

This might be the best chance for him.

He is also older and must consider the issue of his successor.

Shang Zhixin can't be detained in Nanjing as a proton for the rest of his life, right?

If you want to rescue Shang Zhixin, you must take a bet and try it!
Chapter completed!