Chapter 444: The Chasm of Human Nature is Evil

In the vast, ownerless, and chaotic ocean, pirates born for plunder have their own stage.

Because of the rampant piracy, almost all ships currently carry a large number of weapons—long and short blades, bows and arrows, fire muskets, and fire cannons. These are collectively called armed merchant ships. But even so, merchant ships and even the navies of various countries are helpless against the elusive pirates. Pirates rob money, goods, ships, and people, and after a successful strike, they disappear into the vast ocean, making various countries very troubled.

Zhu Yijun finally knew why Wang Chonggu wanted to beat Wang Qian. This was already the second time in two months.

The first time was because Wang Qian felt that Zhang Juzheng was seeing a doctor, and the Shanxi Party could take the opportunity to expand its influence, so he was chased for two streets by Wang Chonggu. The second time, the Wang family announced to the outside world that Wang Qian was jealous at Taibai Tower and sent 1,000 flower baskets, and Wang Qian was chased for two streets again.

But this was the news announced to the outside world. In fact, Wang Chonggu beat Wang Qian for another reason.

It should indeed be beaten.

Plundering is free!

Eventually, it went crazy to the point of 24 silver per foot of cloth. A cow in the Ming Dynasty only sold for 6 silver.

According to the original script, when silk currency was rapidly absorbing the silver in the hands of wealthy families through word of mouth and class barriers, in order to further push up the price of silk currency, the wealthy families chose to split the silk currency into smaller units, absorbing the silver of middle-class families and impoverished commoners, until the complete loss of rationality and the final bursting of the bubble, causing millions of people to lose their homes and wander.

But because of Zhu Yijun's smashing of the market, releasing a large amount of silk currency, it caused the price of silk currency to dive, and even the trading houses privately established by the people closed down in the process. Many speculators who borrowed money jumped into the Tonghui River, so the silk currency bubble was pierced and did not affect the class of middle-class families and below.

But this huge speculative activity still produced a speculative culture. Specifically, it is manipulating the price of "commodities" to buy low and sell high.

There are many ways to manipulate.

"Washing the market": Several wealthy families who own a large amount of silk currency unite, release a large amount of goods, deliberately trample on the price, cause panic in the trading house, and cause small households to sell all their silk currency in panic. These united wealthy families take the opportunity to recover at a low price and raise the price of silk currency.

"Counter-pairing": Outside the Yanxing Tower Trading House, set up a private trading meeting with a threshold. This threshold is very high, and the silk currency in the hands of the traders is paired and disassembled to manipulate the circulation of silk currency in the hands of traders, thereby controlling the price of silk currency within a controllable range.

"Sitting as a dealer": A small private trading meeting with a high threshold. This small group controls almost all the silk currency in circulation in the Yanxing Tower Trading House, forcing any other buyers who need to buy silk currency, or new leeks, to buy at the manipulated price, realizing profit.

When the Yanxing Tower Trading House finally smashed the market, a means of "selling short" was born—selling silk currency that does not belong to oneself but is borrowed from others. After the silk currency plummeted, it was bought back at a low price, returned, and profit was completed.

These speculative means of manipulating prices are mainly these four categories. More specific means and operations can be described as endless, and in practical application, they are repeated and combined.

Wang Qian, as one of the initiators of the silk currency business, was obviously already familiar with these things.

After Wang Chonggu finished the affairs in the court, he suddenly found that his son, Wang Qian, who was not worry-free, hadn't taken money from home for several months, but Wang Qian was still generous outside. He gave 10,000 silver to a courtesan in one go, which made Wang Chonggu immediately realize that it was bad!

Soon, Wang Chonggu found out where Wang Qian's silver came from. Wang Qian united with several dandies to manipulate the pearls in the capital. Because of the rumor that Prince Lu Zhu Yiliu's wedding would use a lot of pearls, Wang Qian made arrangements a few months ago, constantly raising the price of pearls. Before the court discussion in the Wenhua Hall about Prince Lu's wedding, Wang Qian emptied all the pearls he had hoarded and cashed in a profit of 320,000 silver, three-fifths of the late Emperor's Imperial Tomb.

Wang Chonggu was furious when he found out and picked up a ring-headed sword. These two times, Wang Chonggu was truly furious. Isn't it good to be a fallen dandy quietly? Why do you have to make money yourself? There is more money at home than you can spend, and you still have to make money?

"Hand over the Yanxing Tower Ship Ticket Trading House to Wang Qian to manage." After Zhu Yijun finished reading the ins and outs of the matter, he chose to let Wang Qian concurrently lead the trading house.

Feng Bao frowned and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is not good, right? Wang Qian is so speculative. If he controls the trading house, I'm afraid the trading house will be hollowed out."

The Yanxing Tower Trading House is to be changed from being completely under the Inner Secretariat to the three-party restraint of before—that is, the Ming Dynasty's main civil officials, eunuchs, and supervision. Just like when the Tax Inspection Room was piloted, it was only under the Northern Town Guard. After the Tax Inspection Room became the Tax Inspection Court, it also became three-party restraint. The Yanxing Tower Trading House needs to expand its scale, so reform is imperative.

Feng Bao can understand this expansion, but he cannot understand why the official in charge of the trading house should be handed over to Wang Qian? If this guy masters power, can the trading house really be run?

Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "Guess if he dares to hollow out my trading house?"

"Don't dare." Feng Bao answered immediately.

This Wang Qian is the originator of speculation, but his father is the Assistant Grand Secretary Wang. The Wang family has been seeking to reduce its size to prevent touching His Majesty's execution line. No matter what, Wang Qian will not seek profit in the trading house, and will not even have any small movements, achieving a passive clean and public service.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that his life is more important than money.

And Wang Qian knows too much about these things of speculation. Handing the trading house to Wang Qian to manage can instead see those darknesses clearly.

Zhu Yijun reviewed the memorial jointly submitted by the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Personnel. The Ming Dynasty wants to build a post road to the Ordos Loop. The Ming court still has some silver to build official roads and post roads, but to build post roads and mine, the Ming court really doesn't have that much silver.

"What is the essential difference between the Silk Currency Trading House and the Ship Ticket Trading House?" Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao and asked.

Feng Bao fell into thought. Soon, he gave up thinking. He bowed and said: "Your Majesty, is it possible that I am just a eunuch?"

Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao. The shadow emperor was pretending to be stupid again. He smiled and said: "Silk currency is not a means of production, while ships are means of production and fixed assets, which are equivalent to land. A ship equals stable profit. In the silk currency game, it is a complete zero-sum game. One side benefits and the other side must suffer. There is no output at all. The losses and gains of all parties in the game add up to zero."

"Silk currency trade does not produce wealth, only wealth transfer occurs, while ship tickets are different. They both transfer wealth and produce wealth."

"In a zero-sum game, there will be winners because there are losers. This is a game that must have winners and losers. Therefore, everyone who enters the game will lose rationality. In a non-zero-sum game, because there is a continuous stream of benefits produced, everyone who participates can be a winner. This is the essential difference."

"Stable interest is the rationality of speculation."

Feng Bao thought about it seriously and bowed, saying: "After Your Majesty said this, I am even more confused."

Feng Bao didn't quite understand, but he could write it down and understand it slowly in the future.

The news of the new messages on the Yanxing Tower trading house tickets soon spread throughout the capital. Shanxi merchants, wealthy families in Xitucheng, Huizhou merchants, etc., all began to rub their hands. And before the new listing, the Ming Dynasty issued the first special national debt, a five-year term, totaling 10 million silver, specifically for the construction of post roads and mining. The interest rate is 3%. This interest rate is not high, and it is a loan guaranteed by the court's reputation.

Zhu Yijun thought this national debt would be sold out in three to five months. This time is just right for preliminary preparation. This is already a very optimistic estimate.

The Ming court's reputation? One cannot discuss something that does not exist.

But Zhu Yijun seriously underestimated his own reputation. Indeed, the Ming court has no reputation, but the Emperor does, and it is very strong. The Emperor, who is known to be stingy to the world, has publicly disclosed the investment matters of opening the seas for years, and has paid dividends according to capital. This is a strange thing that is more outrageous than the sun rising from the west under the Ming Dynasty's imperial power.

It is better to believe that the Emperor will pay dividends than to believe in Sun Wukong.

But the reality is that the Ming Emperor is really paying dividends.

Ship tickets might lead to losses because of shipwrecks, but the Emperor's lending here is absolutely stable and profitable. Conservatives are still the majority. If there is a stable and profitable business, naturally countless people will flock to it.

The wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty will not distinguish between the court and the Emperor. In the eyes of the vast majority of people in the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor and the court are one. The main component of the Ming court's current reputation is the Emperor's keeping of faith and promises.

Although the interest is not high, it is steady.

This 10 million silver special national debt didn't even leave the capital before it was divided up. Even most commoners didn't know about it. Ying Tian Governor Pan Jixun

Zhu Yuanzhang's accession edict recognized the legitimacy of the Yuan Dynasty, but he did not follow the convention of showing grace to the remnants of the previous dynasty, which made Dibaonu very dissatisfied. Zhu Yuanzhang's personality was brutal, but he didn't kill people, but exiled him.

Dibaonu angered the Taizu Emperor and was not beheaded, but Altan Tian Kehan, this Shunyi King enfeoffed by the Ming Dynasty, is to be beheaded above the hundred-household level. This is indeed very brutal.

If the north and south had not been too severely torn apart in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have recognized the legitimacy of the Yuan Dynasty. After all, the Han dynasty had been dead for 100 years, the north of the Qin Ling and Huaihe rivers had been lost for more than 280 years, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had been lost for more than 450 years. Zhu Yuanzhang could only pinch his nose and recognize the legitimacy of the Yuan Dynasty.

And Zhu Yijun handled it this way. There is another problem, which is that the Ming Dynasty follows the Tang system. The Tang Dynasty captured Jieli Tian Kehan of the Turks, but did not behead Jieli Tian Kehan.

Wang Chonggu mentioned this matter, not to join the court officials to seal back the holy will and let His Majesty take back the order. He just informed everyone that His Majesty had this decision.

"The Ming Dynasty is not without benevolence. What is the use of being soft to distant people? It is a last resort." Wan Shihe found a patch for His Majesty. He neither mentioned the ancestral rules nor mentioned the pioneering of the new path. The times are different, and blindly following old examples cannot properly handle problems.

In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, the Northern Barbarians invaded. The commoners affected by the war were still alive. Since they have been captured, how can they not be killed to appease the public anger, and how can they be thoroughly reconciled? The emotions of the grassland people need to be taken care of, but don't the emotions of the Ming people need to be taken care of?

His Majesty obviously made a trade-off.

"Blood for blood, that's all." Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Chonggu and said calmly: "After beheading and showing to the public, trouble the three Dukes to go to the Ancestral Temple to report to the Shizong Emperor."

"Good." Wan Shihe nodded and agreed.

The last time was the Xindu Yang family, and this time it was Altan Tian Kehan. These are all enemies who made the Taoist priest lose face.

The Right Censor-in-Chief Li Youzi said with a cold face: "Is His Majesty too brutal? This privateering license—what the Western barbarians do, how can our Ming Dynasty do it? His Majesty considered it seriously..."

Everyone looked at Zhang Juzheng. In the eyes of the court officials, His Majesty's temperament today was all taught by him, Zhang Juzheng!

Zhang Juzheng's thumb rubbed against his index finger. He had too many black pots on his back. That Dissection Institute was fundamentally the Emperor's idea, but Zhang Juzheng is still bearing the infamy now. In traditional Confucian culture, human nature is good, and Mencius strongly agreed with this proposition.

Xunzi was expelled from the Confucian school because Xunzi believed that human nature is evil, and its goodness is artificial—that is, human nature is fundamentally evil, and those kind behaviors are artificial corrections, which are only achieved under long-term education, public order and good customs, and strict legal constraints.

Human nature is good—this is the foundation of all Confucian theories. Human nature is good, and one only needs to learn to discover the goodness of human nature. After cultivating virtue, the world will be great.

And Xunzi, as a great Confucian scholar, fundamentally denied Confucianism, so he was expelled from the Confucian school.

Human nature is evil, so how can one dig out the goodness in spirituality? How to cultivate virtue?

Zhang Juzheng, as the source of the theory of contradictions, combined with the example of His Majesty, when looking at the question of whether human nature is good or evil, was surprised to find that human nature has both good and evil, which is a contradictory and unified existence.

Furthermore, Zhang Juzheng immediately thought that the reason why man is man is that man possesses reason, uses reason to suppress the evil in human nature, and reasonably uses the goodness in human nature. Only when man possesses reason will he possess freedom.

"I actually don't think it's a bad thing." Zhang Juzheng stopped thinking and answered this question seriously: "The Ming Dynasty is in a great change, and the world is also in a great change. If necessary, privateering is not impossible. Why can the Japanese pirates plunder our Ming Dynasty, but we Ming Dynasty cannot plunder Japan? What kind of logic is this?"

Wang Daokun immediately said: "The fire in the stove will go out without firewood, and the carriage will stop after the horses are exhausted! When the great trend of the New Policies needs firewood and grass, privateering is not impossible!"

"At present, the Ming army is conquering the Ordos Loop, sweeping the Northern Barbarians, and passing the message to settle it. Why is the court short of money to build roads? It's just a little bit of building official roads and post roads. The post road still needs to be organized. If so, why not privateer? If Lying Horse Ridge can be mined, will our Ming Dynasty still be so short of copper?"

Wang Daokun is a radical, even more radical than His Majesty, so he thinks, what's wrong with privateering? In the era of great contention, one must be unscrupulous. The court wants to do too many things now, and it is short of money. Even if commoners are mobilized, they must be given two liters of rice every day. Mobilizing commoners is not letting them bring their own dry food.

Gold mountain, silver mountain, copper mountain, coal mountain—if they are not mined, they have no value at all.

Zhu Yijun said to Zhu Yiliu that radicals will always destroy themselves. Obviously, Wang Daokun's rhetoric put himself in a desperate situation.

"When Tan Sima was here, everyone said that the Ordos Loop could not be held even if it was taken, so it was better to just use military restraint. Now it's good, everyone is slapping their own mouths. Seeing coal, copper, gold, and silver, they can't move their feet. One by one, they are shouting to build roads and post roads. How strange." Wang Chonggu looked at Wang Guoguang and asked: "Minister of Works, building roads requires silver. The court has no silver. His Majesty said he wants to borrow money from the people. Should this money be borrowed or not?"

"To borrow or not to borrow, that is a question." Wang Guoguang was playing tricks. He still didn't want the inner treasury and state treasury to borrow money from the people, which would really damage the majesty of the court.

The main thing is that interest has to be paid.

The second stingiest person in the Ming Dynasty is exactly the Minister of Works, Wang Guoguang himself.

"How about this, let's let Qi Shuai use the captives to build bridges and repair roads?" The Minister of War, Zeng Shengwu, put forward a suggestion.

Wang Guoguang almost couldn't catch his breath. He coughed several times before waving his hands repeatedly and saying: "Then it's better to borrow money."

When someone said to lift the roof, Wang Guoguang immediately agreed to open the window. The Minister of Works on that side wanted to privateer, and the Minister of War on this side wanted to grab strong men. It's better to borrow money. Paying some interest is better than causing a riot.

Wang Guoguang was slightly melancholy. Logically speaking, he, this Minister of Works, can be said to be worthy of the name. The Ming border troops are all fully paid. Although it is in kind instead of silver, they have actually received military pay. The "pay" in military pay has a food radical, so military pay was never silver from the beginning, but grain.

The Ming Emperor's 1.2 million gold flower silver a year can also be accounted for in full. The Ming officials also have full salaries to receive, at least those clean officials don't have to be corrupt with the turbid flow.

The Ming state treasury and inner treasury have had surpluses for years, and the Ming Dynasty even has the strength to invest heavily in opening the seas.

To say that the financial minister is good at management is not an exaggeration. The Ming Dynasty in the ninth year of Wanli is richer than most times in the Ming Dynasty.

With this, but when the matter comes to the head, it is still short of money. It is not enough to spend at all. Wang Guoguang was confused for a while. How much money is enough to spend?

"Then let the Ministry of Revenue draft a charter." Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Guoguang, his brows locked, and said: "Bai Yin waste and asset appreciation—this matter is not easy to handle. It is not as simple as the Green Sprout Law piercing the silver stagnation, but it must be handled even if it is not easy to handle. I think it can be linked to the 'Equalization of Land and Labor'."

"Specifically, the standard for measuring asset appreciation, besides workshop silver conversion, is the number of people. The number of craftsmen cultivated should also be included in the examination. The promotion and transfer of officials should all be posted with names covered, and the bottom register should be posted. The two indicators are set limits according to different regions. The examination of the number of craftsmen can be merged into the 'Equalization of Land and Labor' matter, which is to say, the two words 'industry and agriculture'."

Zhang Juzheng's meaning is very clear. Industry and agriculture are one body. Essentially, they are both producers. In the class, they are all the impoverished commoners who supply the meat-eaters. The number of producers and the silver conversion of asset appreciation—these two standards are the actual standards of the Examination Law.

This is the difference between Zhang Juzheng and Wang Daokun. Zhang Juzheng in this life is not brave enough. He always compromises. Wang Daokun wants to convert all the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty into fixed assets. But in actual execution, Zhang Juzheng feels that he can explain it to his ancestors if he can achieve a conversion rate of 70% in his lifetime.

Zhang Juzheng feels that by then, he will be worthy of the Taoist priest's grace, the Longqing Emperor's entrustment, and His Majesty's trust.

"The Senior Grand Secretary is still powerful." Wang Daokun thought for a while and found that it was only right for Zhang Juzheng to be the Chief Grand Secretary.

Long-term practice made Wang Daokun very clear about the talents of Ming officials. They can flexibly switch between virtual and real. In order to be promoted, making fake accounts is easy. The court cannot directly send Embroidered Uniform Guards to investigate everywhere. Officials will also cooperate closely. Under a cluster of flowers, it is all vanity.

The intention is good, but the execution is bad—this is a pseudo-proposition, because the intention being good is not established. Many problems could have been avoided from the beginning. If the execution is bad, most of the time the intention was like that.

This is the beauty of including the number of craftsmen in the examination.

The number of industry and agriculture will be directly related to the quantity of commodities. The number of commercial goods in several shipping commissioners of the Ming Dynasty, and the number of imports and exports are very clear, which limits the scale of making fake accounts. If the silver conversion of asset appreciation on this side goes to the sky, but the growth of the number of craftsmen on that side is almost zero, then the numbers are not credible. Both account books are fake, but the export and import numbers don't match, so the court's investigation has an entry point.

Blowing cowhide to the sky, three account books reveal the bottom line.

What if all three account books are fake? Then what the Ming court needs to prepare is not anti-corruption and cleaning up, but suppressing rebellion.

Wang Chonggu glanced at Zhang Juzheng and knew for sure that Zhang Juzheng, this fellow, cannot be an enemy. Doing small actions under the eyes of Zhang Juzheng, who is strongly supported by His Majesty, is not as simple as hanging himself.

It is mainly because the Emperor when he was a child supported Zhang Juzheng for his own throne, and the Emperor when he grew up still supports Zhang Juzheng. Wang Chonggu's current loyalty to the monarch is entirely out of fear—fear of his own family's life, fear of Zhang Juzheng, and fear of the Emperor. Of course, there is also a little bit of the idea of making the Ming Dynasty great again, only a little bit.

Zhu Yijun, who was hiding behind the screen and listening to the whole scene, directly called the Senior Grand Secretary "Sir." He is indeed invincible!

He can rest assured and not attend to his proper duties.

As for eavesdropping, can the Ming Emperor's eavesdropping be called eavesdropping?

Zhu Yijun is a firm person. As long as Zhang Juzheng is still working hard for the Ming Dynasty to be great again, Zhu Yijun will always support him.

Has the Great Ming of today achieved the goal of becoming great once more? Not at all. During the Yongle era, the Great Ming enfeoffed Tatar kings in Mobei and Harhorin, exercised actual control over the Nurgan Regional Military Commission, completed the mopping-up of the Luchuan Dynasty in the southeast, established the Three Pacification Commissions and Six Pacification Offices, brought the people of Jiaozhi under royal transformation, sailed south to the Western Oceans six times, established the Jiugang Pacification Commission, and had the King of Japan enfeoffed by the Great Ming—it was truly a time when ten thousand nations came to offer tribute.

Zhu Di used his whole life to expand the Ming Dynasty to the limit of its national strength.

As for the current Great Ming, Liaodong is being developed slowly, and the Oirat in Harhorin are not even willing to come to the Great Ming to offer tribute—though, of course, it would be impossible for the Great Ming to let them come to offer tribute anyway. The Seven Guards outside Jiayu Pass have completely broken away from the Great Ming's loose rein to become the independent Hami Kingdom. The Three Pacification Commissions and Six Pacification Offices exist in name only. The Toungoo Dynasty even dares to attack the Great Ming. The Jiaozhi Regional Administration Commission is still the Annam Kingdom today. Japan is even less submissive to royal transformation, and the Jiugang Governor's Office is still at war with the Goa Governor's Office.

The Ming Dynasty's revival is a long and arduous journey. The current Ming Dynasty possesses population and productivity far exceeding the Yongle years, and can do better.

Zhu Yijun hummed a little tune and went to the North Camp. After the military inspection ended, Zhu Yijun returned to Tonghe Palace and received the good news: Empress Li and Empress Liu finally checked that they were pregnant. In July of the ninth year of Wanli, the two transparent people who put down rites, righteousness, integrity, and shame to serve the Emperor together finally got what they wanted.

Even if they are not favored in the future, having a child under their knees is also excellent.

The Flower and Bird Envoy Feng Bao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites is urging the harem to take concubines again. Your Majesty has not yet filled the nine concubines. The Empress Dowager is urging the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites is really difficult to do."

"Han Han Feizi Zhou and Han Han Feizi Ran are serving nearby, so don't take any more for now." Zhu Yijun is still that attitude. Before the army triumphs, there is no need to mention it. He looked at Feng Bao and wanted to speak, and immediately said: "These two days, the Empress is about to give birth. If she gets angry because of taking concubines and moves the fetus, it won't be good."

Han Han Feizi Zhou and Han Han Feizi Ran have completed their postpartum recovery and recovered very well.

The second child of Empress Wang Wang Yaozhuo has reached the due date, and the fetal position is somewhat incorrect. Zhu Yijun is quite nervous. Although the second child is safer than the first, it is still dangerous.

Zhu Yijun meets the great physician of the Dissection Institute every day these days, first to inquire about Tan Lun's condition, and second to inquire about the danger of Wang Yaozhuo's incorrect fetal position. On the question of protecting the mother or the child, Zhu Yijun chose to protect the mother. If necessary, he can consider a cesarean section.

Tan Lun's condition is still stable, but the great physician feels that Tan Lun may not be able to last until the day the army triumphs. Although Tan Lun is already confused, there is still a breath of energy in his subconscious, and he wants to wait for the army to triumph.

"The Empress's fetal movement has slowed down these few days, and she will be in labor in a few days." Feng Bao reported the news from Kunning Pavilion.

Zhu Yijun waited for three days. On the seventh day of the seventh month, the news that Wang Yaozhuo was about to give birth was immediately transmitted to the Imperial Study of Tonghe Palace. After Zhu Yijun reviewed the memorial in his hand, he immediately rushed to the Kunning Pavilion in the backyard of Tonghe Palace.

"Great physician, do you need to perform surgery?" Zhu Yijun asked for Chen Shigong's opinion. Incorrect fetal position may lead to dystocia. Once the situation worsens, surgery is needed to assist the birth.

"Looking at the diagnosis yesterday, it shouldn't be needed." Chen Shigong bowed and said: "If needed, I can let the female physician do it."

Men and women should not touch each other. The Dissection Institute of the Ming Dynasty has cultivated quite a few female physicians. One of these female physicians is exceptionally outstanding and has already performed seven cesarean sections on people. There are no obstacles in technology and experience.

As the production time extended, a layer of sweat appeared on Zhu Yijun's forehead. This is the second child. If there is no accident, it should be faster than the first. As time goes by, the possibility of accidents is constantly increasing.

"Protect the mother." Zhu Yijun said to Chen Shigong: "Prepare for surgery."

"Aowu! Aowu!" The loud crying suddenly came from inside the pavilion.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty. The Empress has given birth to a princess, seven jin and four liang, mother and daughter are safe." The midwife hurried out from inside to congratulate.

"Good, good, good! Reward heavily!" Zhu Yijun heard this, his face was full of joy! When Empress Dowager Li chose Wang Yaozhuo back then, she valued Wang Yaozhuo's ability to give birth. It is indeed so. The pelvis is an innate advantage.

Han Han Feizi Zhou and Han Han Feizi Ran looked at each other, both showing a relaxed expression. Wang Yaozhuo is a very special existence in the harem, the main force of the Ming harem fighting for favor with state affairs.

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