Zhu Cilang was as happy as a child. He married Xiao Shishi for a long time. However, he had not given birth to a child or a daughter. Whether it was the officials in the court, Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, or even Empress Yi'an, Zhang Yan, he advised Zhu Cilang to accept concubines.

Since you are an emperor, it is the top priority to be the royal family. Select national beauties and enter the palace to be selected for the imperial examination. Then, select concubines for Zhu Cixuan.

The more children there are left, the more prosperous the population. The cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty is, the stronger it is.

Like Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youzhang, although Emperor Hongzhi was considered a wise monarch, he only married one queen in his life, and only Zhu Houzhao, a prodigal son, was left.

As a result, after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne and became emperor, he let himself go. The playful Zhu Houzhao played himself to death.

How can an emperor only care about personal interests? The emperor should attract more concubines and have more sons. The more sons the better, the more stable the country.

Even Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan would dissuade Zhu Cilang. It would be fine if Xiao Shishi, who is the queen, gave birth to a son and half a daughter, but the two of them had married for so long, there was still no movement in Xiao Shishi's belly.

Now, Chen Shishi is pregnant with a dragon fetus. This can be regarded as a major event for everyone to celebrate together.

Zhu Cilang didn't like to talk big, but this time, Emperor Chongzhen was so excited that he drank two more pots of wine. Empress Zhou knelt in front of the Bodhisattva and muttered for several days.

The civil and military officials of the court originally made a desperate remark, asking Zhu Ciyang to accept the concubine. But now, the officials finally calmed down. Instead, they all expressed their congratulations.

I gave birth once in ten months of pregnancy, although I don’t know if it was a princess or a prince. In short, this is all a good thing.

Just as the people in the teahouses and restaurants in Beijing said, the empress has now broken the dragon fetus. There will be hope in our Ming Dynasty.

The people in the market spoke vulgar words, and in the era of Zhu Cilang, the people were relatively open to the people. It was not a serious crime to discuss the government affairs, let alone the people's freedom of speech.

As long as it is not out of line, no one will investigate whether you have offended Tianyan or not, no one will care whether you are a great sin of disrespect.

"Have you heard of it? The Queen has it."

"I know, who doesn't know. The Empress is pregnant with a dragon fetus, and now our Ming Dynasty has a choice of crown prince."

"But I don't know if I'm pregnant with a princess or a prince. You know, the Queen and the Queen have not been pregnant for a long time. If this is a princess, the position of Grand Priest is still a bit lingering."

"You know, this is like the hen that lays eggs. If the hen you raise has not laid eggs for several years, you think it is not possible. But you don't know that one day the hen lays an egg. Do you think it is only laying this one? I tell you such a hen, if you don't lay eggs, it will be endless once you lay eggs. If the queen is pregnant with a princess or a prince, as long as she gives birth to the first child, the second and third princes, let's wait and see."

"Okay, you dare to say that our Empress is a hen. I want to go to the yamen to sue you and punish you for being disrespectful."

"It's okay, what a great sin of disrespect. I'm just an example. My admiration for the Emperor Long Live and the Empress is like a surging river, and like the Yellow River flooding and out of control..."

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this is an eternal truth. Zhu Cilang may not be a good emperor, but he has a very good reputation among the people.

This is reasonable, no matter how unbearable it is. First of all, Zhu Cilang saved the Ming Dynasty, defeated the Qing Dynasty, and wiped out the bandits.

If these things are far from the lives of ordinary people, then the popularity of new types of food crops is real.

In addition, there is also an improvement in the military system and the increase in the military salary of soldiers, and the other is to pay attention to education, medical care and so on.

The people are really seeing it, but this is the ever-changing thing they see. From not eating enough to not having enough food to eating enough food, to eating braised vegetables, and now, food and clothing are completely solved.

The people have eaten coarse grains and corn porridge, and also gnawed wild vegetables and tree bark. A slightly better life is sweet potatoes, seedlings, and mixed grains. The best one is of course still in life now.

Corn wok, sweet and soft sweet potato millet porridge, and white flour steamed buns, these things that seem ordinary to us modern people mean paradise in this era.

It is said that life will get better and better in the future. For example, chicken, duck, fish and meat will no longer be rare things that cannot be afforded to the people.

Especially when raising pigs, pork is one of the sources of meat for the farming people. However, the pig farming in this era is different from what we imagined. For example, the wealthy families of rich people never eat these things.

Pork is eaten only by the untouchables. The pork in this era is not delicious. It has a strong smell of smell. Even so, it is something that many people cannot afford.

Because of nutritional deficiency, many people suffer from night blindness, which we now know is a vitamin A deficiency.

However, in ancient times, night blindness was everywhere. It has almost become the norm. Its symptoms are the symptoms of unclear vision or completely invisible things and difficulty in movement in dim light or at night.

Not only adults, but many children also suffer from night blindness. Strangely, it only takes a small piece of pig liver to cure it.

When a child suffers from night blindness, adults will buy a small piece of pork liver from the butcher. Of course, a whole piece cannot be afforded. A pork liver as big as an egg is placed in the fire to roast it. After the child eats it, night blindness will be cured.

If it were before, it would be impossible. The Ming Dynasty, where natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred frequently, had a problem with eating. Even if the wild vegetables were mushy, it was a luxury to hope that anyone could afford a piece of pork liver.

Even the landlords and wealthy families began to lack food, and bandits were killed like grass. That era was an era of hunger everywhere.

At least now, this situation will not happen again. Although the people are still very poor in life, simple food and clothing can still be solved.

The future will only be better, and the court has also introduced a series of measures to benefit the people. For example, it will reduce the burden on farmers as much as possible and then start to collect commercial taxes.

From the commercial tax abolished by the Donglin Party, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty completely suppressed the poor people. This directly led to the outbreak of peasant uprisings in various places.

After Zhu Cixuan came to power, he continued to improve tax measures. Commercial taxes were all levied in accordance with the Ming Dynasty laws, but the taxes on farmers were repeatedly reduced.

The emperors of every dynasty in history wanted to do it. But how many people are truly doing it?
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