Zhu Cixiang was in a good mood these days.
The planting of potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes has been promoted in Southern Zhili and Shandong.
Although it is only a small-scale pilot project in the two provinces, if everything goes well, there will be great success during the harvest season.
The output of the three high-yielding crops is unmatched by rice and wheat.
The most important thing is that they can be planted with drought tolerance.
This was especially valuable during the Little Ice Age.
Zhu Cixi even thought that if these three crops could be planted earlier, so many famines would not have broken out during the Chongzhen period, and there would not have been so many peasant army uprisings.
The foundation of Ming Dynasty will not be shaken.
What a pity.
However, it is not too late to promote it now.
After the southwest is pacified, the mountainous areas there will be more suitable for growing these coarse grains.
Of course, this was not the only thing that made Zhu Cixi happy.
His queen is happy.
In fact, Zhu Cixiang was not a womanizer.
Apart from the courtship ceremony with Queen Tongtang on his wedding night, he never called the Queen to his bedside.
I didn't expect that this only one pleasure would actually win.
This probability is really staggering.
In any case, the imperial doctor gave a clear diagnosis that the queen was indeed pregnant.
This was an absolutely great event for Zhu Cixiang and even the entire Ming Dynasty.
For Zhu Cixiang himself, it was a respite.
You must know that before this, the government and the public were talking a lot about the emperor's delay in appointing a queen.
Some people even speculated whether the emperor had any unspeakable hidden problems.
This view was not suppressed until after Zhu Ci's death.
Now that the queen is pregnant, this absurd statement is naturally self-defeating.
The emperor is the only man in the palace, can he still be cheated on?
The only suspense is whether the baby the queen is carrying is a boy or a girl.
Ordinary people take this matter very seriously, let alone the Tian family.
There is no private matter in the Tian family, and the issue of the emperor's own heirs is also the most important concern of the courtiers.
This is related to whether the country's foundation is stable and whether the country can last, and it must not be underestimated.
Especially the queen's first child, it would be perfect if it was a prince.
The legitimate son plus the eldest son, according to the patriarchal inheritance rules of the Ming Dynasty royal family, is the worthy candidate for the crown prince.
If His Majesty the Emperor dares not to confer the title of Crown Prince on the eldest son of the Emperor, all the ministers will definitely stop the court and cry and remonstrate, striving for the foundation of the country.
They are very experienced in this regard.
When Emperor Wanli wanted to enthrone Prince Fu as the crown prince, the civil servants fought hard for his reasons and refused to let go.
In the end, after more than ten years of fighting, King Fu grew from a child to an adult.
Emperor Wanli did not win the fight, so he had no choice but to let King Fu go to Henan to join the vassal state.
Of course, it is too early to discuss this issue now.
The premise of everything is that the queen gave birth to a prince.
If you were a princess, you wouldn't have this trouble for the time being.
However, the ministers will immediately report to the Emperor, asking His Majesty to continue to work hard to create people and spread the branches and leaves of the Emperor.
However, Zhu Cixiang took the initiative to come to Kunning Palace that day, and everyone in the palace was shocked.
Normally, His Majesty the Emperor would never take the initiative to come to Kunning Palace, and the Empress was not prepared at all.
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand to them to be silent and walked towards the main hall minding their own business.
Gently pushing the door open, Zhu Cixiang walked in slowly.
I saw Queen Tongtang embroidering something.
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Zhu Cixiang walked closer and coughed: "Queen, I heard that you have been suffering from anorexia recently.
Please call the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment."
"ah" Tongtang was shocked and quickly put down the needlework in his hand, stood up and bowed to Zhu Cixiang and saluted: "I have met your Majesty."
Zhu Cixi stepped forward to help her and said, "Queen, you don't need to be polite since you are pregnant."
"I thanked Your Majesty.
Actually, it's nothing.
I just can't eat enough.
It would be better to be more jealous."
"oh" Zhu Cixi was very happy when he heard this.
He heard that there is a folk saying called sour son and hot girl.
This means that if a pregnant woman likes to eat sour food, she will most likely be pregnant with a boy.
If she likes spicy food, she is much more likely to conceive a girl.
This statement has no special basis and is mostly based on experience, but it makes Zhu Cixi very happy.
Of course he hopes to see the queen give birth to a prince.
At present, the emperor urgently needs a prince to appease people's hearts.
"Then ask the imperial kitchen to make more sour dishes for you, so you can rest assured to raise your baby."
"I thank you, Your Majesty."
Tongtang blushed and lowered his head.
Zhu Cixi took a look at the cloth sample embroidered by the queen and asked casually: "What is the queen embroidering?"
"Ah, it's Yuanyang."
Tongtang pursed his lips and said.
"Oh, I look like a pair of ducks."
Zhu Cixiang said half-jokingly.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had made a joke.
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the father of the people in the world, he must behave with incomparable majesty in front of others, like a god.
He had no relatives in the palace, and had nowhere to relieve his loneliness.
Until he had a queen.
Tongtang is a standard gentle and virtuous lady.
When he is with her, Zhu Cixiang can temporarily put aside the annoying government affairs and chat about home affairs like ordinary people.
It seems that I should walk more towards the Queen in the future.
"puff" Tongtang couldn't help laughing for a moment.
"Your Majesty's statement is quite interesting.
Is my concubine's embroidery work so terrible?"
Zhu Cihong hesitated and said: "I said it casually, don't take it to heart.
By the way, why are you suddenly embroidering mandarin ducks?"
"I just felt a little bored staying in this palace all day, so I embroidered some random patterns.
I thought this mandarin duck was auspicious, so I embroidered it."
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "That's fine, but the queen must take care of herself and don't get tired.
I'm still looking forward to the birth of the emperor."
As he spoke, Zhu Cixi put his ear on the queen's belly and listened for a long time.
"Hey, why didn't you hear the emperor's heartbeat?"
The queen's face turned red and she said: "I have just become pregnant, how could it be so fast?"
"Ahem."
Zhu Cixi laughed awkwardly, waved his hands and said, "I was too anxious."
When he saw the queen embroidering something, he suddenly thought that his mother, Queen Zhou, would also weave cloth in the palace during her lifetime, and mobilized all the maids to work together, which made him feel a lot of emotion.
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"My mother used to weave cloth with the maids in the palace.
My father, a dragon robe, was torn in several places and was reluctant to throw it away.
He patched it up and continued to wear it.
They were so frugal, but they didn't expect that it would end up like that."
Seeing Zhu Cixiang suddenly talking about sad things, the queen didn't know what to say for a moment, so she comforted him: "Your Majesty, you are a wise king, and you will definitely be able to lead the Ming Dynasty to rejuvenate."
Zhu Cixiang sighed and said: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
The heavy burden of the world is on my shoulders.
Sometimes I really feel out of breath.
But you are right, Queen.
I will definitely lead the Ming Dynasty to rejuvenate."
For you, for the unborn emperor, and for the common people of this world
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