Concubine Liang smiled and said: "But now there is no empress dowager in the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to choose a concubine according to etiquette. It is expedient for your majesty to choose the concubine personally or to appoint the concubine to temporarily act as the empress dowager. What's more, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. I have the iron law of the Ming Dynasty. How your majesty will do this matter of selecting concubines is naturally determined by your majesty. We should not worry about it and enjoy our lives. If we really followed the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, you and I should have gone with the temple long ago. , now it’s all thanks to the grace of Yingmiao that I can sit here with my sister and talk about idle things.”
What Concubine Liang said at this time, "If they had followed the Ming Dynasty etiquette, they should have gone with the temple long ago" has its roots.
Because, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, concubines in the harem had to be buried after the death of the emperor, but later Ming Yingzong felt that this system was too cruel, so he abolished the system.
Therefore, according to Mrs. Liang's opinion, if it is really illegal to pursue something, then they should not be alive.
Naturally, she also meant to admit that the emperor could change etiquette.
Concubine Liu saw that Concubine Liang's words meant that she did not want to participate in harem affairs, so she could only smile slightly: "My sister said so!"
Because in the forty-eighth year of Wanli, two generations of emperors died in succession.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's harem has many concubines who are senior to him.
Among them, there are especially many emperors named Wanli.
Including Concubine Zheng, who was very favored in the Wanli Dynasty.
In addition, there is Xili Xuanshi, the main figure in the palace transfer case in history.
However, Xi Li's selected servant has now been named Kang Fei by Zhu Youxiao and ordered to live in Renshou Hall.
However, in this life, because Zhu Youxiao himself led the entire process of the transfer of imperial power in the Ming Dynasty, he did not give the Donglin Party an opportunity to use Li Xuanshi to perform.
Therefore, the palace transfer case did not occur.
And Xili Xuanshi could only go to Renshou Hall obediently.
Because of her cooperation on the day of the transfer of imperial power, Zhu Youxiao named her the concubine, but Zhu Youxiao did not let her be the queen mother, or hold the queen mother's seal.
Because Zhu Youxiao knew that Xili Xuanshi had a strong personality, he didn't want his harem to be in trouble because Xili Xuanshi came to power.
Just like Zhu Youxiao did not allow the Hakka family to become a holy lady and gain status in the harem as in history.
Zhu Youxiao would rather just grant the Hakka family members idle official positions instead of naming the Hakka family members, and still only let them take on the "nanny" job in the Palace of Qianqing.
In general.
Zhu Youxiao didn't want his harem to be controlled by a woman who was senior to him in terms of human ethics.
Because, what he thought was that the master of the harem must first obey the control of him, the emperor.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao is still planning to let his queen manage the harem for him in the future.
…
Yuanhui Palace.
According to Zhu Youxiao's order, fifty young girls who were automatically promoted to emperor's women were gathered here at this time.
Zhu Youxiao walked in and observed the fifty women carefully.
Zhu Youxiao had to admit that Liu Ruoyu was very serious in his work. Because of his competition with Wei Zhongxian, he did not mess around. The fifty women selected for him were all beautiful but not too enchanting, gentle and temperamental. dignified girl.
However, after looking at it for a while, Zhu Youxiao was still attracted by one of the girls with a baby-faced face and exposed breasts.
Zhu Youxiao felt like his heart was being grabbed.
Even as the Ming Emperor, he asked as gently as possible for the first time: "What is your name?"
"Zhang Yan!"
Zhang Yan lowered her eyebrows and replied calmly.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment and laughed. But then, Zhu Youxiao looked serious again, frowned slightly, and finally said resolutely: "You will be my own queen."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Zhang Yan immediately knelt down.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Pingshen!"
Then, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but thought to himself: "Even if the queen remains the same queen in history, I can still change the fate of the Ming Dynasty!"
Then, Zhu Youxiao continued to look at other girls.
A girl named Wang who looked quiet, elegant, and more dignified caught his idea.
Zhu Youxiao made her his concubine.
Then, Zhu Youxiao chose a girl named Duan with big, clear eyes as his concubine.
Because according to the Ming Dynasty's concubine selection system, the emperor needs to choose one queen and two noble concubines.
And here we are.
Zhu Youxiao chose his queen and two concubines.
The remaining girls were automatically promoted to concubines.
In the end, after the Ministry of Rites held a meeting and the emperor approved, in addition to Zhang Yan, who was to be named queen, Wang Guifei was to be named a good concubine, and Duan Guifei was to be named a pure concubine.
Then came the formal wedding ceremony of Emperor Tianqi and the canonization ceremony of the queen.
Because Zhu Youxiao was granted the title of queen for the first time after ascending the throne, the wedding ceremony and the canonization ceremony were held at the same time.
During this period, Sun Ruyou Shangshu, the Minister of Rites, said that according to the etiquette system, the parents of the queen and concubine need to be rewarded, because in this way, the kindness of the heavenly family can be reflected.
Zhu Youxiao also understood this very well.
Although the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty could only marry girls from ordinary families, once he married a girl from another family, she was considered a relative of the emperor and could not be allowed to remain a commoner.
For this reason, Zhu Youxiao specially summoned two eunuchs, Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, and Si Lijian, who had come to Beijing, to the political hall to discuss the matter.
"Your Majesty, according to custom, the mother of the queen and the concubine needs to be granted the title of Madam, while her father should be granted the title of royal guard or earl. In addition, he needs to be given the title of land, honor and support. Now what position is given to the father of the queen and the concubine? What is the title of the father of the queen and the land? I would like to ask Your Majesty to tell you whether the land will be given to the imperial village or whether it will be newly expanded to the land of the state leader."
Sun Ruyou reported.
Zhu Youxiao naturally did not want to give his Huangzhuang farmland to his father-in-law, because his Huangzhuang would be the main source of troops for his new Yulin Guard army.
And Zhu Youxiao didn't want more civilian fields to become private fields, which would affect the national treasury revenue.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and finally decided: "The world's acres of land are limited, and the emperor's estate is also limited. Granting land is no longer suitable for today's Ming Dynasty. From now on, all land grants will be changed to gifts of silver. As a rule, the parents of the queen and the parents of the concubine How much land do we need to give each?"
Sun Ruyou replied: "Most of the land given in addition to the salary is limited to a hundred hectares, but there are also those who are given a thousand hectares or ten thousand hectares."
"When it counts as ten taels per mu, then we will give the queen's parents 50,000 taels of silver coins! The concubine's parents will be given 30,000 taels of silver coins! Each of them will be rewarded with a residence in the capital and no official residence. They will not be granted the title of Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei is a military position. From now on, Rewards cannot be given easily, especially titles, which must be obtained by those who have meritorious service. The empress's father was made the chief minister of the Ming Academy of Sciences, and the father of the imperial concubine was appointed Shaoqing, so that he could study at the Ming Academy of Sciences to study the principles of all things, such as farming and water conservancy. , if it can help me, Ming Dynasty, to make progress in agriculture, water conservancy and other matters, I will grant you another seal."
Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment and then spoke.
He felt that although his relatives could not participate in court politics, they could not live in vain. It would be better to engage in research at the Academy of Sciences than to live in vain. Maybe they could make some new discoveries and benefit the country and the people.
But for this reason, Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, was very surprised by this.
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