The place where Zhu Yijun arranged for Gao Jingshi and Princess Yongning to meet was in Taiye Pool.
Of course, it’s not swimming in Taiye Pool, it’s just a “accidental encounter” in Taiye Pool.
When Taiye Lake was in the Yuan Dynasty, there were only Beihai and Zhonghai, but not the South China Sea. After Emperor Chengzu made Yanjing his capital, a new imperial palace was built starting from the fourth year of Yongle. The palace city moved southward based on the location of the Yuan Dynasty palace, so the imperial city walls also moved southward.
In this way, in order to enrich the garden landscape of the imperial city, the Nanhai was excavated, and the excavated earth and the earth excavated from the Tongzi River were piled into Long Live Mountain. Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai are collectively called "Taiye Pool" and belong to the Xiyuan of the Imperial City.
Gao pragmatically came to Taiyechi many times, but not always with Zhu Yijun.
In fact, Zhu Yijun may not be more pragmatic when he comes here, because Taiye Pond is not within the palace city.
The palace city is roughly the "Forbidden City" in later generations, but there is another circle outside the palace city called the imperial city. Within this circle are various prisons, various factories, various warehouses, and even Guanglu Temple. Including the ceremonial supervisor and the royal horse supervisor, the official offices are all within this circle.
In view of the lesson learned in the eighth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun figured out the reasons and methods this time: first let Zhu Yaoyu go there to visit Xiyuan by himself, and then he took Gao Pragmatism with him in the name of inspecting the "Wanli One-Type Bayonet Musket" During the war, Gao Pragmatic can "accidentally encounter" Princess Yongning in Zhonghai or Beihai.
The prerequisite here is that the location of the Bingzhan Bureau is very good - sandwiched between the northern part of Zhonghai and the northwest corner of Miyagi City.
Gao Pragmatic's evaluation of this is: Zhu Yijun's anti-reconnaissance capabilities have significantly and steadily improved.
Because of the conversation along the way and the discussion just now about the need for moderate exercise for gout, Zhu Yijun temporarily decided to walk the entire journey. Gao Pragmatic welcomed this very much - although he could only walk after entering the palace, overall, it was an opportunity for him to exercise after returning to Beijing. There are very few, and it’s good to be able to walk around a bit.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "I got married a long time ago, but you haven't gotten married yet. Pragmatically, have you paid the annual fine in full?"
Gao pragmatic also laughed and said: "Hahahaha, I was fined 600 yuan when I was seventeen years old, and I was fined 700 yuan when I was admitted to the imperial examination at the age of 18. Although I was an official abroad last year, the magistrate of Xinzheng County still refused to let it go. , and fined me 800 coins... I guess I won't run away this year, I will get 900 coins."
"Look at you, I can tell you about this matter. You know the meaning of Emperor Taizu's regulations, but you are unwilling to get married sooner. Why are you delaying? Look at me, I am setting an example for the world in this matter, and you, the leader, cannot hold us back."
Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't this... something difficult to handle?"
Zhu Yijun said that Zhu Yuanzhang's rules, well, this matter is not just Zhu Yuanzhang's rules. In fact, all dynasties have stipulated fines for late marriages.
Since the Han Dynasty, the age for women to marry has been stipulated. At that time, if a girl did not marry after the age of fifteen, her family would be fined 600 yuan every year until she was thirty years old, and over thirty years old... uh, This is a tacit admission that there is no hope of getting married, so there will be no penalty.
During the Tang Dynasty, men over the age of twenty and women over the age of fifteen were also fined if they were not married; in the Song Dynasty, it was earlier and earlier, and the age was changed to fifteen for men and thirteen for women.
In the Ming Dynasty, they probably felt that this was a little too young, so they added one year to each age. The male was sixteen, which is the age of "adult", and the female was fourteen, the age of hairpin. Last year, Zhu Yao'e was canonized as the eldest princess of Shouyang. This is the age when she will get married. This year, Zhu Yaoyu was canonized as Princess Yongning and arranged for her wedding, which is also at this age.
Zhu Yijun got married as early as the sixth year of Wanli, when he was only fifteen years old, a year too early. Gao Gong was still alive at that time. He expressed opposition on behalf of the cabinet and believed that the wedding should be carried out at the age of sixteen. But that time it was the two palaces who made the decision, saying that the purpose was to determine the foundation of the country as early as possible - that is, to continue the emperor's title. The cabinet discussed it and felt that since this was the case, it would not be a big problem a few months earlier, so it was decided. .
The cabinet rarely compromises with the emperor on institutional matters. Needless to say, why doesn't the cabinet insist on this issue? Because in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, early marriage was not illegal, but late marriage was illegal. The source of this matter still lies with the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang may have some kind of obsession with having children. He always felt that having more children would bring blessings. Not only did he practice it himself, but a number of children were born before his death. In the process of governing, he also tried every means to improve the population of the Ming Dynasty. The more the better, even for monks and nuns.
For example, he once decreed that no man over the age of twenty could become a monk.
Why is this? Because in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the country's economy was in depression, and many places had vast land and rich resources but no one was developing it. At this time, it was necessary to prohibit young and middle-aged men from becoming monks and not doing production, but working in the fields, in order to promote the economy. increase.
And as we all know, after becoming a monk, there will be no births and the growth of the population will be reduced. Therefore, they are allowed to actively create a population for the country at the best age of twenty.
Of course, this is only a system for men, but having a child is a matter for two people. A man alone is not enough, a woman is needed. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and ordered that women in the Ming Dynasty must be over forty years old. As a nun, a forty-year-old woman can still stick to the rules and keep the rules.
What turned out to be even more funny was that not long after the imperial edict was issued, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that women still have the ability to have children when they are forty years old - what a loss!
So with another wave of his hand, he changed the age standard for women to be nuns to over fifty-nine years old. If you have the ability, you can give me a child at sixty?
Zhu Yijun was a little surprised when he heard that he said "it's not easy" and asked, "What's so hard about this? With your family background, talents and character, what kind of lady can't you marry?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled wryly and scratched his head, and said, "It's not a question of whether or not to marry, but the question of the girl I like, and my parents don't seem to be happy with it."
Zhu Yijun said in surprise: "How can you say that you took a fancy to this? Where did you take a fancy to it... Wait, you don't want to say that you took a fancy to it in the land of fireworks, right?"
"No, no." Gao Pingshi waved his hands repeatedly: "I have never been to the land of fireworks. I fell in love with that girl in Guangxi. I wonder if the emperor has any impression that she is the chieftain of the Huang family, named Huang Zhiting."
Zhu Yijun was even more surprised: "You actually fell in love with a chieftain?" Then he thought for a moment, opened his eyes and said, "That's not right, you took a fancy to this person and sent him to a smoky place like Annan." ?”
This... this smoky place in your eyes is a good place in my opinion.
Of course, this goes without saying. Gao Pragmatic said with a solemn expression: "This is a state matter, and ministers cannot harm each other's private affairs."
Zhu Yijun was startled, and looked into Gao Panggang's eyes for a long time. Seeing his calm and even decisive expression, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. He did another "unruly" thing, reached out and patted Gao Pinggang's shoulder and said: " It is my blessing to have such a good minister."
Gao Pangshi was about to express his loyalty, but Zhu Yijun said again: "However, you have a crush on a girl from a bad family, but you have a crush on a toast. I can understand why your family is unhappy about this. After all, With your Xinzheng Gao family's family status, the chieftain's family is far inferior to... Think about it, your Gao family has Gao Wenzhenggong."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, although the Gao family is unworthy of their descendants, I don't think that the chieftain's daughter is unworthy of the Gao family."
Zhu Yijun was surprised, turned his eyes and asked: "Really? Then I want to listen to your wise words."
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Thanks to book friends "zhou4770" and "Ding Qi Zhao Bi Xin" for their monthly ticket support, thank you! By the way, I am correcting a bug: I have been ill for the past two days and my brain has been dizzy. I had previously regarded the time of the provincial examination as the general examination. The provincial examination should be in autumn, and in August, the general examination is in spring, so the previous plot in the book should have gone first Deal with the affairs in Mongolia, and then go to preside over the Qiu Wei of Shanxi Province. Of course, the tenth year of Wanli is indeed the year of the provincial examination, and this is correct. The description is hereby corrected.
