The residences of the eldest princess, eldest princess and princess of the Ming Dynasty were called princess mansions. The princess mansion of Princess Yongning is located in the middle of Mingyufang in the west of the city. Its specific location is south of Baochan Temple and Zhengfa Temple, and north of Wu'anhou Mansion and Taininghou Mansion.
As the nominal residence of the princess, the Princess Mansion must be managed by officials according to Zhu Yuanzhang's style. Therefore, in the seventh year of Hongwu's reign, the Princess Mansion set up a family commander to take charge of the affairs of the Princess Mansion. There is one person who can set the family order, and the rank is seven. Later, perhaps considering that the princess herself was a woman, in the 23rd year of Hongwu, the family Lingsi was changed to the Zhongshisi, and eunuchs serve as officials until now.
Of course, the Princess Yongning Mansion is also set up in this way. However, since Her Royal Highness the Princess is a widow, the Princess Mansion is actually useless as a place for her to meet her consort. Therefore, the family officials and other posts in the Princess Yongning Mansion are really inconspicuous. , almost the place where eunuchs in the palace were "assigned".
However, this situation suddenly changed with the decree of His Majesty the Emperor: Her Royal Highness Princess Yongning was granted the privilege of freely traveling between the Princess Palace and Changchun Palace and staying at will.
This means that the princess's palace really has an owner, which is similar to the prince's palace in Beijing such as the former emperor Mu Miao's Qiandi Yuwang's palace. Therefore, the family order, chief minister, and recorder of Princess Yongning's mansion suddenly became useful.
It is reported that Huang Mengyu, Chief Priest of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and Chen Ju, Chief Bingbi and Governor of Dongchang, personally selected and temporarily reassigned new family orders, chief ministers and recorders of the Princess Yongning Mansion to ensure that Her Royal Highness the Princess's presence in the Princess Mansion It can also be like being in Changchun Palace, without any discomfort.
Of course, the above is just a public statement. In fact, it is to ensure something. Not many people know the details.
The outside world's reaction to this is not very big. After all, the Princess's Mansion is also managed by the Supervisor of Ceremonies. In addition to palace maids and eunuchs, there is not even a male dog or cat, so there is nothing wrong with it.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty after all, and it is inevitable that there will be officials talking about this matter, but the focus of the spear is not on the princess herself. The officials took the trouble to tell the emperor that doing so violated the ancestral system and should be terminated in time.
The emperor obviously would not stop, but this time he was willing to explain himself, so he commented on a few words of a certain official's memorial. These words have no other meaning. They are probably referring to the Confucian concept of "kissing" to show that he only cares for his sister.
"Poetry·Xiaoya·Lumbering Preface" says: "Kissing relatives makes friends, never abandoning good friends, and not forgetting old friends, and the people's morals will be strong." Kong Yingda also said: "Knowing relatives internally can lead to harmony. , and be able to make friends with others who are virtuous without abandoning them, not forgetting the long-lost kindness and rejoicing in them."
"Poetry" was highly respected by Confucius, and Kong Yingda was the 31st grandson of Confucius, a famous Confucian scholar in the early Tang Dynasty, and one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Dynasty. He was ordered to compile the "Five Classics of Justice", so "Qinqin" is One of the basic moral values of Confucianism.
In this case, the emperor's approach at least has no problem with the "big road". Even if the officials babble a few words, it will not help. Speaking of which, Prince Lu illegally spent so much money on a wedding, and the specifications and expenses of Prince Lu's palace exceeded the standard. Why did the courtiers argue for so long and finally get it done?
Nothing but "I hope all my ministers and ministers will live up to my sincere wishes."
Therefore, it is settled that Princess Yongning can freely travel between the palace and the mansion. However, although the rules have changed, Her Royal Highness the Princess has not left the palace yet.
The princess's mansion was useless before. All the maintenance and repairs were just for show. In fact, it was not convenient for people to live in at all, let alone the noble eldest princess? Therefore, Huang Mengyu, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, was very angry after personally inspecting it. He expressed his opinion on the spot that it must be overhauled and re-decorated before the eldest princess could come to live here.
Huang Mengyu's statement quickly spread to the outer court, and many officials in the outer court were worried that the emperor would ask Taicang to pay for this, just like when he built Prince Lu's palace.
The Heart School was more restrained about this, and everyone even kept silent in unison, as if this matter had nothing to do with them.
Oh, this matter indeed has nothing to do with them, because the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance is highly pragmatic.
Sure enough, the emperor soon sent an oral order to the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, it was not an order, but someone was sent to ask Gao Situ's Ministry of Household Affairs if he had any spare silver to undertake the renovation and decoration of the eldest princess' mansion.
The focus fell on Gao Pragmatic again. According to everyone's ideas, in the style of "Gao Shidu", the money and household department was decided.
However, an accident happened. Gao Pragmatic not only decisively rejected the emperor, but also publicly stated that the emperor's permission for Princess Yongning to live in the princess's mansion was an exception, and it was unheard of in this dynasty to renovate the princess's mansion using national treasury money. .
He even suggested that it would be best for Her Royal Highness Princess Yongning to come up with this money herself. To say the least, it should come from the emperor's internal funds, and the Ministry of Household Affairs would never be asked to come up with this money.
However, "Gao Shidu" is Gao Shidu after all. Although he refused to touch the user's bank account, he still "generously" said: Jinghua Infrastructure has the best decoration materials in the capital. If the emperor needs it, he is willing to provide it at cost price. Used for renovation and decoration of Princess Mansion.
The outside world was quite surprised by Gao Qiuzhen's reaction. Most people secretly said "Good guy" and said to themselves that Gao Qiuzhen is really a businessman. You have rejected the emperor like this, and you still expect to rely on "cost price". Are decoration materials selling well? It would be strange for the emperor to take advantage of you.
However, something even more unexpected happened. The emperor quickly agreed with Gao Pragmatic's remarks and expressed his willingness to accept his "good intention" to purchase decoration materials for Jinghua Infrastructure. At the same time, the emperor also notified the Beijing Production and Construction Corps, asking them to provide the best construction team to take charge of this project - not for free, but for money.
This is really a strange thing that happens every year, especially this year. The emperor is so easy to talk to this time?
However, new news soon came out, saying that it was not the emperor who paid for the money, but Princess Yongning, who heard Gao Situ's statement and was willing to fund the renovation and decoration of the princess's mansion at her own expense. Regardless of the materials or construction, it was owned by She pays the bills.
As a result, the outside world's opposition to "the eldest princess leaving the palace to live" instantly fell to the bottom. Even the officials who had previously opposed Shangshu changed their views. Shangshu immediately praised Her Royal Highness the eldest princess for being "sympathetic to the national conditions and deeply benevolent." ", and even "Fengzi's graceful attitude sets an example for the royal relatives."
When Zhu Yijun learned the news in the Changchun Palace where Princess Yongning lived, he couldn't help but sneered from his nostrils: "It's a lot of nonsense. In the final analysis, it's just that the Tian family is afraid that the court's money will be used."
Princess Yongning sat demurely aside. After hearing this, she advised obediently: "This is all a planned situation, so why should the emperor be angry?"
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he seemed to have come to his senses. He nodded repeatedly and said: "It's true, it's true. Everyone is asking for truth and offering money. Why should I be so angry? He is very rich, let alone giving money." If you renovate your house and build another one for you, I think it is appropriate."
When Princess Yongning heard what the royal brother said, her cheeks suddenly flew up. She knew the meaning of Zhu Yijun's words, and she naturally regarded this matter as being "cheap" for being pragmatic, akin to hiding a beauty in a golden house.
However, she was blushing, but Her Royal Highness the Princess did not want to refute, she just lowered her head and said nothing.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and said: "Yao Xiu, I feel happy when you look like this. If I had known...hey, I should have thought of this earlier." He paused and then said: " But fortunately, it’s not too late now.”
Princess Yongning still lowered her head and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Brother, please don't talk nonsense."
How can the emperor's golden words be "nonsense"? So Zhu Yijun immediately said: "How can it be nonsense?"
He coughed lightly, looked around, and lowered his voice and said, "Huang Zhiting is in southern Xinjiang and has been there for more than a year. Do you understand what I mean?"
Princess Yongning's face was so red that she could bleed, and she said coquettishly: "Brother!"
"What's your name? I'm not kidding." Zhu Yijun didn't have any airs of being an emperor in front of his sister, and said sincerely: "I know Qiuzhen best. He is not as decisive as usual in dealing with these matters. He He will hesitate between reason and will, and be slow to make up his mind.”
Princess Yongning visibly froze, but fortunately Zhu Yijun did not finish his words. He continued: "So it is the most stupid thing to wait for him to make a decision at this time. He must take the initiative, just like I hinted to him at the beginning... He hesitated and hesitated, He's not stupid, so I said that, so it's hard for him to object, otherwise wouldn't he deliberately embarrass me?
As for him, despite his usual cleverness, he actually cares about the people close to him, and you and him...well, I mean you have to do the same, to put him in a situation that is difficult to refuse. , once rejected, it will hurt others, so that he will have reason to convince himself in his heart, understand? "
I don’t know whether she understands it or not, but Princess Yongning lowered her head and said nothing.
Zhu Yijun still looked a little worried and said: "Do you know why I have to make it so complicated this time, asking Jinghua to provide the materials and Jingying to do the construction?"
Princess Yongning was startled, then she finally raised her head and asked, "Isn't it to avoid disputes in the outer court?"
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"It can't be that simple." Zhu Yijun rolled his eyes: "Why go to such trouble to avoid disputes with the foreign court? Can't I just say that internal funds will contribute?"
Princess Yongning wondered: "Why is that?"
Zhu Yijun reminded: "Across the street from the Princess Mansion, there is a Jinghua Yu porcelain warehouse. All Jinghua's Yu porcelain stocks near the capital are stored there."
However, Princess Yongning obviously did not react quickly to these things, and she still looked confused after hearing these words.
Zhu Yijun looked helpless, put his hand on his forehead, and said feebly: "Oh... I mean, after you move in, you will find that Qiuzhen can directly enter your princess's bedroom from the tunnel of the warehouse. "
"Ah!" Princess Yongning was startled, her face flushed again, and she subconsciously sat up straight: "How could this be possible?"
Zhu Yijun sighed and looked like he was having a headache: "What else? Oh, it's also the other way around: you can go directly to his warehouse from your dormitory. I heard that the conditions there are not bad."
Princess Yongning was so embarrassed that she covered her face with her hands: "Brother, please stop talking!"
Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing, smiled, and sighed: "Okay, okay, that's all the emperor can do for you... I wonder if you have heard of something recently, Ye He ——It’s a group of Yi people on the border of Liaodong. They sent their ‘princess’ to be Qiuzhen’s concubine.”
Princess Yongning was startled for a moment, but she seemed quite calm. She just nodded lightly and said, "Is he the same Ye He who was rescued by my Ming Dynasty during the great victory in Liaobei?"
"Yes, that's them." Zhu Yijun snorted: "Ye He's chieftain probably felt that Qiuzhen cared about them, and wanted to get closer to them, but they had nothing else to give. Chieftain Nalinbu Lu simply sent his sister out."
Originally, Zhu Yijun's words had no further meaning, but after hearing this, Princess Yongning's face turned pale, she was silent for a moment, and her voice trembled slightly: "Is this the case with your royal brother?"
"What?" Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his eyes widened and his voice became louder: "What are you thinking about?"
Without waiting for his sister to answer, Zhu Yijun stood up suddenly: "Yao Lao, I don't need it yet..." At this point, he suddenly felt that his eyesight went dark, his legs lost strength, and he sat back on the chair with a plop, his hands subconsciously He grabbed the back of the chair, but his whole body looked a little crooked and about to slide off.
Princess Yongning was shocked and turned pale. She quickly went over to give her a hand and said in panic: "Brother Emperor, Brother Emperor, what's wrong with you?"
But Zhu Yijun recovered quickly. At this time, he was awake and his strength was restored. He tried to sit up straight, patted his sister's arm to signal her to let go, and then said: "It's okay, it's okay, maybe I'm a little angry." .”
In fact, the time when Zhu Yijun's eyes went dark just now was very short, only two or three breaths at most. By the time he sat down, he had already started to recover, and it only took two or three breaths to regain his clarity.
But at this time, he felt a little alarmed in his heart, because the symptoms just now were very similar to those of Emperor Kao Mu Zong.
This symptom is commonly known as "black eyes and dizziness" among the people. Later generations generally believe that most of them are caused by anemia or hypotension. However, according to the situation of Emperor Longqing that Gao pragmatically viewed at that time, in addition to these two possibilities, there may be another possibility, which is a symptom that later generations called "postural hypotension."
This symptom, which is medically called "postural hypotension", is not complicated. That is, some people will suddenly feel dizzy when they stand up after waking up, sitting or squatting for a long time. Symptoms include dizziness, dizziness, tinnitus, fatigue, etc. Mild cases may only briefly faint for a few seconds before recovering, but severe cases may become severely dizzy and lose consciousness.
According to Gao pragmatic memory, this situation does not seem to be regarded as a "disease". Many people have similar experiences, but some are mild and some are serious. Zhu Yijun and his son probably belong to the very serious type. However, this situation is not difficult to deal with: just don't rush when you get up. It would be better if you pay attention to exercise.
But Zhu Yijun obviously didn't understand, so he was a little nervous, fearing that he would follow the same path as the late emperor.
Princess Yongning didn't understand even more. She thought it was what she just said that made the emperor so angry that he almost lost his temper. She regretted it so much that tears came down. She sobbed and apologized to the emperor.
Zhu Yijun was indeed a good brother to his younger brothers and sisters. Seeing that his sister was so regretful, he lost his temper and sighed: "Yao Lao, I know that your marriage was like that and it hurt you a lot, but I also I hope you understand that Brother Huang only wants you to have a happy life when doing these things, without any other motives."
He paused and then said: "And I don't need to use this method to win over Qiu Zhen, do you understand?"
Princess Yongning nodded vigorously.
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