Daming 1805

Chapter 480 Will His Majesty return to Shuntian Mansion?
In the 12th year of Ankang, Zhu Zhongliang, the Supreme Emperor, and Zhu Jianyan, the Emperor, stayed in Yingtian Mansion.

The main officials of the Ming court also celebrated the New Year in Yingtianfu.

It was rare for Zhu Jingyuan's family to gather together.

Zhu Jingyuan's two oldest children, Zhu Diyou and Zhu Di Pu, are both ten years old this year.

The two brothers went back to Shuntian Mansion to go to school five years ago.

The next two daughters, Xiaolu and Chenxi, are also eight years old this year, and they also returned to Shuntian Mansion to go to school two years ago.

The first two children of Chunxiang and other maidservants have also started to go to school.

Under normal circumstances, before Zhu Jingyuan returned to the capital, he would not have the chance to see them in the next few years.

Last year, Zhu Jianyan successively went to Yingtian Mansion to recruit people. At the end of the year, he specially recruited the royal family's children including them, as well as their teachers.

After the reunion of Zhu Jingyuan's own family, he took his women and children to pay New Year's greetings to the elders during the Chinese New Year.

In the Renshou Palace in the Forbidden City, the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager sit at the head.

The emperor Zhu Jianyan took the queen and the imperial concubine, first of all to say hello to the emperor and the queen mother.

Then the three emperors also sat up, and a large group of descendants of the royal family in Yingtianfu, all descendants of the Supreme Emperor Zhu Zhongliang, paid New Year's greetings to the couple of the two generations of the Supreme Emperor.

Zhu Jingyuan took his family and stood relatively in the middle, a little conspicuous.

Zhu Jingyuan's family has the largest number.

The key point is that Zhu Jingyuan has gathered ten official concubines of Prince Daming, and he also brought ten concubines of King Dashi.

These twenty concubines in my own harem have now given birth to sixteen sons and fourteen daughters.

There are fifty people in my family.

At the same time, because they are the descendants of the princes of the current emperor, all of them were brought by the mother to meet them.

Charlotte also successfully gave birth to a boy this year.

The dystocia that Zhu Jingyuan was worried about did not appear.

Zhu Jingyuan guessed in his heart that whether a woman would have dystocia, in addition to a part of the probability of accidents, it should also be related to the life and nursing during pregnancy.

The time Charlotte conceived the child in this life, and the way of life during the conceived period, must be completely different from the previous life.

So it is normal that there is no dystocia in this life.

Charlotte, as the granddaughter of the queen of England, and the status of the concubine of Dashi given by Zhu Jingyuan, was also specially allowed to attend this internal banquet of the Ming royal family.

It was the first time for Charlotte to participate in a purely oriental banquet of this level, and the whole person was very excited.

He was just worried about his own image, worried that the Taishanghuang and the emperor would be unhappy, so he suppressed his spirit forcibly.

The official meeting ended and the family banquet began.

Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan, two generations of emperors, stayed at the scene to eat a little bit, and then went directly to the back hall.

They are on the scene, and the children below cannot enjoy themselves.

The banquet lasted for more than two hours, and the two generations of emperors came out again to sit in the hall.

Everyone stood up again to salute, and then took their leave one by one. This year's family banquet was over.

But Zhu Jingyuan's family was left alone.

Zhu Zhongliang looked at the group of women and children around Zhu Jingyuan from his own seat at the table, and said with a smile:

"Jingyuan, it seems that you have used up your quota of ten concubines as the prince, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan answered honestly:

"Yes, grandpa, my grandson now has ten prince concubines."

Zhu Zhongliang nodded with a smile and said:
"Then I'll add ten more to you..."

Zhu Jingyuan was taken aback, subconsciously waved his hand and said:
"Don't worry about this, no prince can have ten concubines now..."

Zhu Zhongliang immediately said quite seriously:
"I asked you to buy more concubines, not to let you spend time and drink.

"You are the smartest child of our generation, and it is your responsibility and obligation to breed more offspring.

"If you miss the harem and neglect political affairs, I won't give you this place.

"So don't try to shirk..."

After Zhu Zhongliang finished speaking, he signaled Liang Yunying on the other side to get up, and handed over a copy of the emperor's imperial edict to Zhu Jingyuan.

Since the Supreme Emperor Zhu Zhongliang is still there, the head of the royal family is still Zhu Zhongliang.

The affairs of the clan mansion and the affairs of the clan are all decided directly by the Supreme Emperor, there is no need to go to the emperor.

Zhu Jingyuan bowed and agreed, accepted the imperial decree sent by his mother, and carefully put it away.

Then, the elders of Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan said a few words to Zhu Jingyuan and his concubines.

Although there was nothing substantive, their concerns were also expressed.

Zhu Zhongliang finally looked at Charlotte, the only foreigner on the scene:

"Xiao Xia, are you still used to living here? When are you planning to go back to England?
"I remember your father and the British court urged you several times, right?"

Charlotte quickly bowed and replied:

"Thank you grandpa for your concern, Charlotte lives here very well, Yingtianfu is much more lively than London.

"Charlotte wants to wait until Di Yu can speak before going back to London.

"Back in London, there will be no complete Ming language environment, and it will be much slower to learn Ming language..."

Zhu Diyu is the child of Charlotte and Zhu Jingyuan. This Ming-English mixed-race also has a British name of George.

George is the heritage name of the current King of England.

All the kings of the British Hanoverian royal family have been named George.

The current king is George III, and the crown prince, Charlotte's father, the Prince of Wales, also named George, will become King George IV after he succeeds to the throne.

Charlotte named the child George, obviously with a very strong purpose.

If nothing else, George will inherit Charlotte's throne in the future and become King George V.

However, every time Zhu Jingyuan heard about George, he subconsciously thought of a pink hair dryer...

Zhu Jingyuan sometimes wonders if he and Charlotte have another daughter, should they be called Paige...

Of course, it was impossible for all the other people present to empathize with Zhu Jingyuan.

Listening to Charlotte's answer, Zhu Zhongliang seemed to be very satisfied with a smile and nodded:

"Then stay for two more years, and it won't be too late to return to London when the child can run away on his own..."

Charlotte agreed with a smile, and this meeting is over.

Zhu Jingyuan bid farewell to his grandfather, grandmother, father, aunt, and biological mother, and took his family back to the Palace of Spring Harmony.

After the New Year, there are continuous holidays until the Lantern Festival.

During the holiday after this year, Ying Tianfu is much more lively than in previous years.

The main reason is that a large number of royal nobles and top bureaucratic families came to Yingtian Mansion from Shuntian Mansion.

When they came to Yingtian Mansion, Shuntian Mansion became a little deserted.

When it comes to the Lantern Festival, Jingshi New City is ablaze with lights.

However, the northern part of the city, which was originally the busiest and bustling, could not see the children of the top aristocrats who were most active in previous years.

On the third floor of a restaurant facing the street, a group of gorgeously dressed middle-aged people gathered together to drink tea and chat.

"Your Majesty should be back soon, right? Otherwise, it won't be easy for us to do business in the future..."

"Why don't you sell the property here and go to other counties or even go to Yingtianfu to do business?"

"I've thought about it too, but what if our side is gone, and His Majesty will be back soon?"

"So when will His Majesty come back? What's so good about Ying Tian Mansion?"

"There are indeed many interesting things on the Qinhuai River, and the winter is much warmer than Shuntian Mansion..."

"How did I hear that the weather over there is very humid, and no matter how lively the Qinhuai River is, it's impossible for His Majesty to go there to play..."

"Optimistically, His Majesty should be back by summer. If conservatively estimated, he should be back by the end of this year."

"Because the princes have reached the final stage of their administrative training?"

"The most important thing is His Royal Highness Prince Dashi. The last stage of training this year is coming to an end."

"Yes, Your Majesty should determine the results of the administrative training from the end of this year to next year. This matter has to be decided in our Shuntian Mansion, right?"

"It's hard to talk about this matter, what if His Majesty handles this matter in Yingtian Mansion?"

"Then it really doesn't count, but the possibility is too small..."

"Do you think there is a possibility, just in case, I said in case, His Majesty will stay in Yingtian Mansion from now on?"

"You mean to move the capital? Should I say return the capital to Tianfu?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Emperor Shizu Guangwu and his old man didn't return the money!"

"Damn, that's the reason. Yingtianfu City's feng shui is not good, so how could it be possible to move the capital..."

"Let's persevere, as long as His Majesty doesn't recruit all the officials of the central court and all the clan and nobles in the old city of the capital to Yingtian Mansion, our business can continue..."

Among the private businessmen and court officials, some thought that the emperor might not return.

But this idea is still not strong enough, and it is not recognized by most people.

Civil and military officials, the ruling and opposition parties all instinctively believed that the emperor should return to Shuntian Mansion in the 12th year of Ankang anyway, and it was impossible to spend another year in Yingtian Mansion.

Maybe I will go to Yingtian Mansion again, but it should be after I officially retire, and I will wait for the palace of Yingtian Mansion to be repaired to retire.

Most people still don't believe in the possibility of moving the capital.

After all, the capital of the Ming Dynasty has been in Shuntian Prefecture for more than 400 years.

Even Emperor Shizu lived in Yingtian Mansion for a few years when Shuntian Mansion fell.

After regaining Shuntian Mansion, he returned to Shuntian Mansion to govern soon.

No one realized that the emperor was going to move the capital, but they just took it for granted that the emperor was going to focus on the construction of the palace for the elderly.

However, as the 12th year of Ankang continued to move forward, the situation and public opinion began to slowly change.

Under the attention of two generations of emperors and Zhu Jingyuan, the survey, design, and construction of the new palace in Jiangpu County went very fast.

The construction of supporting facilities in the new city started in the second half of 11 in Ankang.

Most of these facilities are outside the old city walls of Jiangpu County. Most of the areas were originally farmland, and work could start before the demolition began.

The construction drawings of the new palace were also finalized at the end of 11.

As soon as the 12th Ankang New Year passed, the construction of the palace residential area and the dam started simultaneously.

Emperor Zhu Jianyan continued to work in the Forbidden City in Yingtianfu.

And they continued to recruit personnel from other departments and institutions who stayed in Shuntian Prefecture for various reasons such as consultation.

Every time there is a special decree reminding that you can bring your family to live with you.

The left-behind yamen in Nanjing is busier than ever.

Constantly tidy up office buildings and houses for the officials and officials who rushed over.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the number of departments in the central government office of the Ming Dynasty continued to expand, and the number of personnel was many times that of Chongzhen.

The office building and housing of Ying Tianfu's left-behind yamen were originally prepared according to the pre-Chongzhen specifications.

Fortunately, during the Renwu Dynasty, Emperor Shizu Guangwu lived in Yingtian Mansion.

It was also in Yingtianfu that the reform of the yamen organization began, and more houses were prepared in Yingtianfu at that time.

Later emperors would also visit Yingtian Mansion several times during their reign.

Therefore, a large number of courtyards and rooms were prepared for accompanying officials, clans, and servants to live in and around the palaces and royal gardens built inside and outside Yingtianfu City.

In addition, the left-behind yamen is recruited by the people, and the engineering company cooperates with the continuous construction to accommodate the officials of the central government office who are constantly rushing from Shuntianfu.

The 12 years of Ankang passed day by day, and slowly came to the end of the year.

The demolition and relocation tasks of the original residents in Jiangpu County have all been completed.

The entire old urban area of ​​Jiangpu County, from Laoshan to the Yangtze River, the planned new capital area, has become a huge construction site.

The size of this construction site, and the project data of the building itself under construction, of course cannot be hidden from the eyes of the well-informed.

More and more people are realizing that what is being built in Jiangpu County is not just a new royal palace.

Yingtianfu City has become more and more lively in the 12th year of Ankang.

Most of the senior officials and family members of the imperial court came to Yingtian Mansion one after another. Many of them had the mentality of going on business trips and traveling, and went shopping, playing and shopping everywhere when they had time.

When they were in Shuntian Mansion, they were usually imprisoned in the old city of the capital. There was nothing interesting in the old city, and they had to walk a long way to visit the new city.

Now he lives directly in the bustling Yingtianfu City.

In addition, the industrial and commercial facilities in the Jiangnan area are more colorful than those in the north.

These people go out and play when they are free.

These additional new high-end consumers have made the various businesses in Yingtianfu City much better than before.

The situation in Shuntian Prefecture in the north is completely reversed.

It's okay for the emperor to live in Yingtian Mansion for a while, and it will have a great impact if he brings the top Jiuqing monks there.

It is too outrageous to let most of the ordinary officials, nobles and their families be taken away.

The original residents of the old city of Shuntianfu were nobles and senior bureaucrats of the imperial court.

Now the high-level bureaucratic families are basically gone, and most of the nobles are also officials, and now a large number have also left.

The old city, which was originally relatively deserted, now seems to be completely empty.

In the old city, there are still school children, elderly people with poor legs and feet, and servants who take care of them.

There are also unemployed nobles without official positions, and officials who are not called due to their insignificant positions.

But these people, who were not considered active in the first place, no longer paid attention to maintaining the popularity of the city.

The market in Jingshi New City has also become much quieter.

Especially in the area near the old city, those high-end teahouses, restaurants, and theaters.

The most important customers of these facilities are the bureaucrats, nobles and their families in the old city.

Because there are no entertainment facilities in the old city, these people will go to the new city for gatherings and fun.

The emperor continued to summon more and more officials and nobles to Yingtianfu, resulting in a continuous decline in the number of customers in various commercial firms and entertainment venues in the northern part of the new city of Shuntianfu.

At the end of 11 in Ankang, the passenger flow of most industries did not drop too much, and most of them could still persist.

However, throughout the 12 years of Ankang, the passenger flow has continued to decline, and the key point is that there is no tendency to recover at all.

Stores with insufficient capital have closed down or changed jobs one after another.

At the beginning of the 12th year of Ankang, the hottest topic in Shuntian Mansion was when the emperor would come back.

By the end of the year, will he come back after becoming an emperor?

"Now His Majesty is in Yingtian Mansion, His Majesty the Supreme Emperor is also in Yingtian Mansion, and all civil and military officials have also gone to Yingtian Mansion."

"The key is that their family members have also moved there one after another..."

"All important affairs of the imperial court are handled in Yingtian Mansion. Now the capital of our Ming Dynasty is actually in Yingtian Mansion..."

"Ying Tian Mansion was originally the capital of the country, it's Nanjing..."

"Don't talk nonsense, you know what I mean, not in name, but in fact!"

"Your Majesty doesn't really want to return Duying Tianfu..."

"I heard that the entire Jiangpu County over there has been relocated, and it looks like an old capital city is being built...

"It seems that residences are planned for all the yamen and high-ranking dignitaries..."

"Even after the Chinese New Year, His Majesty will bring the bureaucrats back immediately. It will take time for our market to regain popularity. My business can't stand it anymore."

"Hey... If you can still endure it, continue to endure it, if you can't endure it, then go away..."

Businessmen are aware of the problem, and the reaction of officials in the court is even more obvious.

It seems that the emperor is not ready to return to Shuntian Mansion's judgment, and it has spread continuously since the second half of the 12th year of Ankang.

As the remaining time of this year dwindles, the atmosphere in the court hall becomes more and more strange.

In the early court, officials often showed a hesitant expression after finishing their business.

What they want to say is actually very simple, will His Majesty return to Shuntian Mansion?

It's just that the time point of the end of 12 in Ankang is too sensitive, and the issue itself is too sensitive.

Most people want others to ask, and listen to the results by themselves...

(End of this chapter)