Seven children aged four years were playing in Daming Garden.
The boy was squatting on the ground looking at the ants in trance.
The girl stretched out her hands to pick flowers in the garden.
These are the princes and princesses of the Ming Dynasty today.
The children of Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
"Father!"
However, when Zhu Youxiao appeared here, the princes and princesses all ran over and surrounded him.
Zhu Youxiao smiled and touched the back of the head of the emperor's eldest son Zhu Ciwei. Seeing that the emperor's second son Zhu Cizhuo's crown was crooked, he took him in his arms and crowned him.
At this time, Zhu Ciwei ran aside and continued to look at the ants.
Zhu Youxiao was not angry when he saw this. He could not expect a child over three years old to suddenly become mature.
But what Zhu Youxiao had to lament was that his prince was already being targeted by the old foxes in the court at such a young age.
"His Majesty!"
Queen Zhang Yan came with her concubines, all of them were graceful and beautiful.
But it is still rare for these concubines to come to see the emperor together. Except for major festivals, it is only now when Zhu Youxiao orders them all to be summoned.
"I summoned you today just for one thing. In the future, there will be an additional system for raising the prince in the harem. This system is that after the prince is three years old, he is no longer allowed to be raised by his biological mother. He must be raised under the name of other concubines until At the age of leaving the palace."
As soon as Zhu Youxiao said these words, his beautiful concubines all stopped smiling, and some looked at their prince.
In order to prevent the prince from being too doted on by his biological mother to the point of being too willful and difficult to have the characteristics of perseverance, observation, and sizing up the situation, and also to prevent the mother and son from being too dependent and causing the influence of the relatives to affect the government, Zhu Youxiao had to do this after careful consideration for a long time. a decision.
Because he knew that for a huge empire like the Ming Empire, there was a great relationship between the fate of the country and the monarch's personal ability. Naturally, it had high demands on the monarch, and this also placed high demands on the prince.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had to impose strict requirements on the princes from the beginning.
"Princes don't have to do this, but princes must do this. The queen is responsible for the assignment, and the two emperors and concubines will assist. Once the prince is in trouble, the concubines who raised him will be held accountable. In order to prevent the concubines who raised him from doting on him more than his biological mother, if the prince behaves If he misbehaves, he will also be held accountable to the concubines who raised him.”
Zhu Youxiao continued.
"According to the order!"
Zhang Yan, Wang Guifei, and Duan Guifei frowned slightly and replied.
As a mother, naturally she doesn’t want to be separated from her children.
But the harem of the Ming Dynasty was also a place with a strict hierarchy, and they could not violate the emperor's will.
Zhu Youxiao didn't need to explain to them.
"I don't want to go to Concubine Chun. I have my own queen mother, so why should I go to Concubine Chun?"
"Concubine, can I not go?"
"Why would my father do this?"
But the princes naturally didn't know what it meant to violate a sacred order, so they started crying in front of the concubines one by one.
Queen Zhang Yan picked up the emperor's eldest son Zhu Ciwei, wiped the tears on his face, and walked to Jingyang Palace, and advised: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, it doesn't mean that you will never see your mother again." ! You are princes, and you are different from the children of ordinary people. Your father is doing this to let you know earlier how to do things when your mother is not around. Otherwise, you will have to change your ways in the future. If you don't become better, you won't be able to protect your mother, you know?"
Zhu Ciwei nodded, pursed his lips, and said, "But I'm still sad!"
"It's good to be sad! Our prince finally knows what sadness is. Knowing what it feels like to be sad, you can know not to hurt other people's hearts! Otherwise, you will never know why the queen mother was angry because you threw the inkstone at Fan Yaoyao. I’m lecturing you, because Fan promised to cry when you smashed him, and he was very sad, just like you are now, understand, the feeling of sadness is not good, right?"
Zhang Yan said with a smile, then stretched out her white wrist and touched Zhu Ciwei's little head.
Zhu Ciwei still nodded: "I know, I will never hit anyone with an inkstone again, otherwise they will be sad."
Zhang Yan smiled.
…
"Are you crying?"
Zhu Youxiao asked Liu Ruoyu about the princes moving to other concubines.
Liu Ruoyu replied: "Only the eldest son and the fifth son of the emperor did not cry, but they shed tears. The other princes all cried very loudly."
"This can be regarded as the first time for them to feel what imperial power is. Knowing that imperial power can make them cry."
Zhu Youxiao thought so after hearing what Liu Ruoyu said.
At night, Zhu Youxiao turned over the queen's sign. He intended to use the queen to find out what happened to the princes after they were no longer raised by their biological mothers.
But when Zhu Youxiao handled government affairs and returned to his dormitory from the second office of the Political Affairs Hall set up in Qinzheng Palace, he saw that the queen had fallen asleep, and her back was turned to the outside.
Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to get on the bed quietly and lie down on his back, looking at the gold carvings on the upper part of the royal bed, but his thoughts were still echoing what Liu Ruoyu just replied.
"The Queen Mother said to the eldest son of the emperor that the prince is different from the children of ordinary people... She also told the eldest son of the emperor that it is a good thing to be sad. If you know the feeling of sadness, you will know not to hurt other people's hearts."
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Zhang Yan's back. The slender waist and the outline of the chest that had become much larger due to childbirth were displayed in front of him.
However, Zhu Youxiao noticed that Zhang Yan's shoulders were twitching slightly at this time.
Zhu Youxiao reached out and touched it: "So you didn't sleep?"
"From now on, Kunning Palace will be occupied by my concubine and Kai'er, and Wei'er will be with Liangfei from now on! He also said that he was very sad and even shed tears!"
Zhang Yan swallowed more and sniffed.
"Let the emperor know that it is a good thing to be sad. This is what you said yourself. Besides, who can stay with whom for a lifetime? Don't you still think that when he slept with you in Kunning Palace, he always kicked you and made you unable to sleep well? Well, now that he has gone to Liangfei's place, no one will bother you in the middle of the night."
Zhu Youxiao said with a little shame.
"But I just miss him! I can't let him go!"
Zhang Yan replied.
Zhu Youxiao hugged her from behind.
…
"As for the princes going out to study, I have chosen the great Confucians Wang Jiazhi, Lou Jian, and Zheng Yiwei to teach the princes literature and art, and Shen Yourong, Tong Zhongkui, Qin Liangyu, Xiong Tingbi, etc. to teach the princes martial arts and military art. Your Majesty is also invited to attend. "
Fang Congzhe handed Zhu Youxiao a list of recommended teachers for the prince's education.
After looking at it, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "My dear friends, you have all worked hard. These people can be considered as candidates for the prince's master. They are all appointed as the prince's master and given the title of Young Master Zhan."
Then, Zhu Youxiao asked: "How are the palace studies, Zong studies and Wei studies going now? How are the studies of the descendants of the clan and nobles going?"
Fang Congzhe replied: "The results are very little. We all report them. There are many absentees."
Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows after hearing this: "It seems that we need to be more strict. Go and send a message to the king to see me!"
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