allonlinenovel Chapter 113 Saving Queen Ma’s Son and Grandson 23
Chapter 113 Saving Queen Ma’s Son and Grandson 23
Zhu Yuanzhang is now in high spirits. Not only has he settled his fourth son, but he has also developed a new idea. He doesn't have much land at home, but he can't use his own land and the people to support the royal family. That won't work!
As the children grow up, there will be more and more land to be divided up! Don't elders want to leave more family property to their children and grandchildren? If all the children are crowded together, it will inevitably cause discord in the future. Separating them further apart will solve the problem. The sons will have actual control over the land they are given, and life will be more manageable.
If Taizu were to think about the surrounding areas, the people around him would be in real trouble.
Zhu Biao was now a little obsessed with firearms. After seeing a musket presented by Xu Huizhen as a tribute, he became uncontrollably obsessed with firearms.
There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. The inner court craftsmen took the lead in gathering the country's skilled craftsmen, and the Ming Dynasty's firearms made great progress.
Iron smelting has also developed rapidly. At least now the cannons produced by the Ming Dynasty no longer explode.
The noble group is like a shark that smells blood. They are extremely obedient in the Ming Dynasty, but they are like wolves outside the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, they have conquered large tracts of land for the Ming Dynasty and made a lot of money from this overseas expansion.
Even Xu Huizhen, a marquis with no real power, was loved by the prince, so he let her participate. Zhu Yuanzhang was even more partial to her, as it was not easy for Xu Huizhen to raise a child, and her life was difficult, so he also let her participate in the matter of the country.
Xu Huizhen invested 200,000 taels of silver, and the noble group raised more than 10 million taels of silver. They recruited 10,000 veteran soldiers, all of whom were armed to the teeth. They drove the treasure ships newly built in the shipyard and carried silk, tea and cloth to do business.
Every year, overseas trade can bring tens of millions of taels of silver income to the Ming Dynasty, as well as large quantities of spices, gems and grain from overseas!
Zhu Yuanzhang's ears were now so long that they could reach the back of his head. His sons had all been granted fiefs and were still given good land to grow crops three times a year.
Zhu Yuanzhang gives money to his sons now that they have grown up. If you have the ability, you can go out and earn money. If you don’t, you can just stay at home and rely on your parents. The fixed amount of money you get every year will not fill you up but you won’t starve to death either!
Therefore, none of Zhu Yuanzhang's children really stayed at home and relied on their parents. Who wants to be watched at home when they can go out and make decisions?
Money makes the world go round. The huge machine of the Ming Dynasty seems to be expanding outwards as if it were wound up!
Mrs. Ding now worries about the dividends every year. The warehouse can no longer hold so many things. In the past, Xu Huizhen was very stingy when she used agarwood to make medicine, but now the maids at home grab a handful of agarwood and put it in the incense burner when they want to fumigate clothes.
A few days ago, I made wedding furniture for Mu Yang, all of it was made of rosewood. Wow, when the furniture was finished, the whole house was filled with fragrance.
Nowadays, when the chef makes hot noodle soup in the kitchen, he will add a spoonful of pepper, which will make you sweat even in the middle of winter.
A few days ago, we saw a few exotic animals in the uterus. The one with beautiful white ears and dark circles under its eyes had a big fluffy tail. My daughter-in-law said it was a little panda and it ate several kilograms of fruits every day.
Mrs. Ding is in great health now and enjoys eating everything. She is just looking forward to having a great-grandson!
Princess Yilun was an easygoing person who never put on airs, and Xu Huizhen was not a meddlesome person either. The young couple lived a sweet life behind closed doors. Empress Ma was also satisfied as she looked at her granddaughter's happy face:
"Your mother-in-law is a kind person. You should be filial to her and never act arrogantly at home. Life is made by living."
Princess Yilun lay in Empress Ma's arms: "Grandmother loves me, and the family she found for me is excellent. Mother-in-law never asked me to prepare a dish. If there is anything delicious or interesting, she would send me a portion and even prescribe medicinal food for me to nourish my body.
My great-grandmother has the kitchen cook a variety of delicious dishes for me every day. Yilun has gained weight recently. I'm doing very well, grandma. And there's no one serving in the ceremonial room. Grandmother said that's not the custom at home, so we're just living our own quiet life behind closed doors."
Princess Yilun's mother has been unfavored since she was a child. Compared with her sister's husband's family, she seems to have married down. But only she knows the benefits. Compared with the chaos in her elder sister's room, her life is much more comfortable. Her mother-in-law seems to be a woman who has been granted a title but has no power in the family.
But even the bigwigs in the imperial court were willing to sacrifice their family's reputation, so what wealthy person wouldn't be afraid of death? My mother-in-law promoted cowpox to save people from disaster. If only my family hadn't acted recklessly, their wealth and status would have been assured! Just look at the Yansheng family, and you'll know. Who would be willing to embarrass the Kong family?
In recent years, my mother-in-law has always taken part in the imperial court's overseas missions, so the family has no worries about money. Her businesses are all golden hens that lay eggs!
Only then did housekeeper Yilun realize how rich his family was. With only one son like her, they would definitely have a good life in the future.
Queen Ma tapped Yilun's head and said: "Fools have their own luck, and fools have their own destiny. You are a lucky one!"
Since more land became available in the south, Xu Huizhen planted a large amount of sugarcane in Yaoguo, and made rock sugar directly there and shipped it back home to sell.
Yilun was also a smart guy. He spent money to buy several candy recipes from the chef in the imperial kitchen. Li's candy shop was as famous as his medicine.
Every time a new product came out, Yilun would take it to the palace for Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma to try first. Whenever Zhu Yuanzhang praised the product, the shop’s promotional slogan the next day would be “The candy is praised by the emperor himself.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was already eighty years old, and his physical strength was gradually failing, so he abdicated and became the emperor emeritus. The crown prince Zhu Biao inherited the throne, and Zhu Xiongying was made the crown prince by Zhu Biao.
The Hongwu period came to an end, and the Ming Dynasty ushered in the first year of Zhisheng.
Princess Yilun also became Princess Yilun. Zhu Biao built a princess mansion for his daughter. Princess Yilun usually lived in the marquis's mansion, and the princess mansion was placed there.
Over the years, Yilun gave birth to three sons and one daughter for Li Muyang, and the couple loved each other so much that they never had a quarrel.
Zhu Yuanzhang lived to be 92 years old and died near the age of Empress Ma.
Zhu Biao, who was already gray-haired, cried like a child. All the civil and military officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief. The bad-tempered emperor was gone, and they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. They all opened their mouths wide and cried in grief.
Zhu Biao was furious and gave a beating to a few officials who were crying insincerely.
Zhu Biao also complained to Xu Huizhen, "Lord Xu, you said that the emperor seemed to be in good spirits. He even ate half a salted duck the day before he passed away! Is it because the waiters were careless and the bacon the emperor wanted wasn't cooked properly, so it's gone?"
Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes in anger. Zhu Yuanzhang was already over ninety years old, and his concubines didn’t have much time left!
Zhu Biao looked at Xu Huizhen and touched his nose in embarrassment. It was really unreasonable for him to dare to complain about the doctor at his father's age.
Zhu Biao began to arrange his father's funeral. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's will, all concubines in the palace who had never given birth to children had to be buried with Zhu Yuanzhang.