The emperor's idea was obviously not feasible. It was impossible to falsify the prince's birth under the Ming Dynasty's court system. Zhu Yuanzhang had very strict regulations in this regard, which were later supplemented during the Jiajing period, leaving no loopholes to exploit.
If you think about it, you will know that the time when the emperor visited the queen, concubines and even palace maids was clearly recorded. He even compared it with the menstrual cycle of the person to determine the time of pregnancy, and the rest of the correspondence Systems are also available.
Zhu Yijun's whimsical idea of using his nephew as his son was obviously a temporary emergency and he sought medical attention. After all, it stands to reason that he himself is very aware of these systems.
Gao pragmatically thought that unless there was a prince who was born almost at the same time as this child, and the emperor was willing to play a trick, it would be impossible to achieve it. But obviously, these two conditions are not met. Firstly, there is no such prince, and secondly, it is impossible for the emperor to do this.
Oh, of course, if they are really born together, before the birth, you can still find a way to say that they are twins or twins, but since there is no such situation, naturally it cannot be done.
So the two of them could only continue to think of a solution. After a while, Gao Pragmatic suggested, how about saying that Princess Yongning was lonely in the frost and adopted an abandoned baby?
As a result, Zhu Yijun still refused. This time it was not a matter of inoperability, but that the emperor did not like the word "abandoned baby" and felt that it was very unfair to give his nephew such a label, which made him very uncomfortable.
Gao Jingshi had no choice but to think again, and after a while he suggested that Princess Yongning's third sister, Princess Shouyang, and Princess Shouyang were also related to him. If he could ask Princess Shouyang for help, he would say that the child was hers, and then adopt the child. To Fourth Sister.
Zhu Yijun was quite excited at first and thought this idea was not bad. After all, it would get rid of the unfortunate word "abandoned baby". In addition, Princess Shouyang and Princess Yongning were from the same mother. It was very common for the elder sister to adopt a child to her younger sister, and the outer court would not raise any objections to this. It was perfect.
However, the two of them continued their discussion for a while and found that although the idea was good, the actual operation might not be successful - the eldest princess of Shouyang was not an ordinary woman, although her fertility issues did not have the same extremely strict system to supervise the concubines at all times. , but it is still recorded roughly when she became pregnant and when she gave birth specifically.
The reason why Princess Yongning was able to secretly get pregnant and give birth was because Zhu Yijun personally opened the door in the early years, so that her princess palace system was different from other princess palace systems, and she enjoyed huge autonomy...so that Gao Pragmatic could meet her more conveniently. .
In short, although the people around Princess Yongning are still palace maids and eunuchs in name, they have actually been bribed and fed by Gao Pingshi, both inside and outside. Let's put it this way, as long as Her Highness the Princess is not plotting a rebellion in the Princess's mansion, these people will not even fart.
But Princess Shouyang didn't know that such a thing would happen before, so she recently accompanied the emperor and the queen mother to Tianshou Mountain to pay tribute to the late emperor's tomb. Was she pregnant for several months? Even if she was only blind. can not tell.
In this way, even if Hou Gongchen and Princess Shouyang really had an old relationship with Gao Pragmatic, they would definitely be willing to help, but since they couldn't get away with it, they had to give up the idea.
Gao Pragmatic can't help but feel a little overconfident. At this time, Zhu Yijun himself said, otherwise, the child will still be said to be your pragmatic person, but the mother must be changed, so that it is said to be your wife Huang Zhiting, and then he will be adopted by Yong Ning with an excuse. Princess - excuses are very easy to come up with. If Zhu Yijun really can't do it, he will issue an order himself. You just need to obey the order.
According to Zhu Yijun's opinion, Gao Jingshi's status and meritorious service were high enough. It would make sense no matter what if the child would still be adopted as Gao Jingshi's son and passed to the eldest princess.
Considering that the courtiers all knew about the relationship between Gao Jingshi and the emperor, on the one hand, the emperor felt sorry for his sister, and on the other hand, the emperor took care of the status of Gao Jingshi's legitimate second son and allowed him to receive the royal ticket. This can also be regarded as A pragmatic way to win over Gao, so that he won't be too aggressive about it.
The emperor's proposal was very feasible. The reason was that Huang Zhiting was not in the capital for a long time, but sat in southern Xinjiang. He usually returned to the capital around the end of the year to celebrate the New Year with Gao Pragmatic, and only stayed in the capital for about two to three months. .
So this brings up another problem, that is, when she gives birth, she is usually not in the capital, but in the so-called "Siam Palace" in Dingnan - of course, it is actually Gao Pragmatic and her mansion.
In this way, unless Gao Pragmatic announced it himself, the courtiers would not know anything about Huang Zhiting's birth. So how would they know whether she had given birth or not, one or two? Naturally, they believe whatever Gao Pragmatic says.
And it just so happened that Huang Zhiting was actually going to give birth to a child in the near future, so as long as the news was spread "correctly" in Dingnan, it would be easy to cover up the matter and forcibly put Princess Yongning's child under Huang Zhiting's name. .
The two of them thought about it for a long time and felt that there should be no better plan than this. Especially Zhu Yijun insisted that Huang Zhiting must be the one to recognize the son - because she was the principal wife, so they finally decided to do it like this.
Gao Pragmatic was not very clear about what Huang Zhiting thought after receiving the news, but at least there was no complaint in her reply, but a detailed explanation of her various arrangements for the matter in southern Xinjiang. To be honest, these arrangements are at least ten times more detailed than those proposed by Gao Xiang in general terms. Every aspect has been considered. In the end, the number of people who can know the truth can be counted on one hand.
The only problem is that Princess Yongning’s children need to be sent to Dingnan as soon as possible. Otherwise, when Dingnan’s high-level advisory group, generals group and the Siamese royal family come to congratulate her, she cannot clearly announce that she has given birth to twins but can only How about taking a child and going out to meet people? That would obviously cause a lot of inconvenience.
Although Princess Yongning was very reluctant to let such a young child travel by boat, even Gao Pragmatic was a little worried about whether the current sea ships were suitable for infant children. But there was no other way. This matter had to be carried out, so the most capable medical staff could only be mobilized, and a second-level battleship was arranged as a ship to send the child to Dingnan.
In the end, this child was nominally the second legitimate son of Huang Zhiting, the fourth legitimate son in the family, and he and Gao Ji were twin brothers. However, after the news came back to the capital, the emperor indeed issued an order to finalize the adoption, so the fourth legitimate son was still Gao Ji, and he was taken back to Princess Yongning's mansion.
Logically speaking, this matter should have ended here, but it didn't, and something happened next.
The problem is the last name. There is no problem for the child to be "adopted" to Princess Yongning, but since ancient times, the child has taken the father's surname. A dynasty like the Ming Dynasty that pays attention to ethics cannot mess with it, and it is impossible for him to change his surname to Zhu.
But the problem lies in this "father's surname". From which father's surname? As soon as Princess Yongning picked up the child, she immediately announced the child's name: Gao Luo.
Unexpectedly, many officials soon complained, believing that this matter was not in line with etiquette and the child should not be named Gao, but Liang - the same name as Liang Bangrui, the tuberculosis ghost back then.
They believe that the reason here is that although Liang Bangrui's family committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and was later severely punished, the Tian family did not judge the marriage to be invalid, and the eldest princess Yongning has been the princess for so many years. She lives alone in the name of Shuang Ju, so theoretically her husband is still Liang Bangrui.
In this case, now that she has adopted an adopted son, the adopted son should naturally continue to take the surname of Liang, and cannot skip Liang Bangrui and continue to take the surname of his biological father.
It is also an adoption. Gao Yan adopted Tokugawa Ieyasu. Gao Pragmatic did not care that he changed to Tokugawa Miao, because first of all, the Ming Dynasty did not have a word for Miao, and making Miao "equal with the surname" happened in the history of Japan's Meiji Restoration. According to current Japan, there are only five surnames: Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara, Tachibana, and Toyotomi.
Theoretically, the Tokugawa family claimed to be "Minamoto court minister so-and-so", that is, Minamoto's origin, but coincidentally, neither he nor Tokugawa Ieyasu discussed this matter, and Ieyasu only mentioned the "Tokugawa Miao character". In other words, Gao Yan did not have to change his surname. In fact, he just concealed his surname and added the character Miao.
As for what to do if he really succeeds as General Zhengyi in the future without the prefix "Yuan Courtier", that is another matter. Gao Pragmatic estimates that by that time, Japan will have everything under control. It is possible to dress up this thing or simply change the system.
However, it would not work if Gao Luo changed his surname to Liang. The original punishment of Liang Banggrui's family was actually his fault, Gao Jingshi. Now if he wants to let his son have the same surname as Liang Bangrui, Gao Jingshi will not be able to pass this hurdle.
However, it was inconvenient for the princess to defend herself, so Gao pragmatically had to take action in person. As a result, the imperial court almost had a second version of the Great Ceremony Discussion. The Gao Dang faction engaged in a verbal battle with the Confucian scholars and found out that Liang Bangrui's family had committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and had lost the right to use their surname.
As for the emperor not issuing a decree to cancel the marriage, it was just because the Tian family wanted to set an example for the world, and it did not mean that they actually recognized this brother-in-law.
This matter was debated for a while, until something unexpected happened on the Korean battlefield, and the two sides reached a stalemate after the battle of Li Rusong's Bichi Pavilion. The court's attention turned back to serious government affairs. What surname should the adopted son of Princess Yongning give? The heat of discussion was suppressed.
At this time, the emperor personally went out and said that you all should stop fighting. This child will have the surname Gao from now on. However, considering your arguments, the child's current Gao surname is not directly inherited from Gao Pangshi, but was given by me!
At this point, this matter has truly come to an end. What, Your Majesty, why do you insist on giving this child the surname "Gao"?
I can give you whatever surname I want, it’s none of your business! Do you have to take care of whoever I want to appoint? Come on, come on, whoever has this idea, stand up for me, and I will let you know what it means to be a king, a king, and a minister today!
After the victory in the Battle of Fayuan, Zhu Yijun's prestige was high enough, and this matter could still be suppressed. Once he assumed the attitude of "I want it" and used slightly more harsh words in the edict, no one would jump out and continue to make trouble.
In fact, it’s no wonder. Due to the system in the Ming Dynasty, none of the relatives came from ordinary families. At that time, Liang Bangrui’s family was just a small wealthy businessman in the capital with a little money. After the incident, he was quickly destroyed by Gao Pragmatic. Now there is only one person in the family grave. How high is it? Who would really go against Gao Pragmatic or even the emperor just to vent his anger on his family?
To put it bluntly, they were hyping this up mainly for fame. After all, it was an opportunity to go against Ge Lao, who held huge real power like Gao Pangshi, and that was not an opportunity that one could usually find.
Of course, you can also confront Gao Pragmatic in ordinary times, but Gao Pragmatic usually has no other leverage to use, and it is unwise to go against him in government affairs and it is easy to get yourself involved.
But regarding the surname of Princess Yongning’s adopted son, these people thought it might as well be a matter of speculation. The reason is also very simple. The surname of the adopted child is not a serious matter in Ming Dynasty. No one will think that the child will have to bear their own surname after the adopted child is adopted - otherwise you will be a fool for adopting?
Even if the adoptive parents have the same surname and same clan, although they still have the same surname after adoption, the surname they inherit is theoretically the adoptive father's, and the family tree will be calculated according to the adoptive father's side.
Therefore, in the eyes of these people, Gao Pragmatic will not be really angry about this matter. Then there is no big danger in hyping it up. It is a good investment with high returns and low risks, so how can he not do it?
It's nothing more than refuting Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess's face! But so what, no matter how favored the eldest princess is by the emperor, the princess of the Ming Dynasty cannot interfere in politics at all. As long as she does not conflict with the etiquette and law, then offending her is in vain.
As for Gao Pangshi personally standing up to challenge later, they really didn't expect this situation, but at this point, they couldn't simply give in. They always had to argue and argue. Of course, since that time, many people have actually given up, so after the news of the battle at Biti Hall came back, they quickly stopped.
Many people have also reflected on why Gao Pragmatic is so sensitive on this matter. Although they couldn't find a very reasonable explanation, because the objective facts already existed, they could only forcefully explain that Gao Pragmatic was still angry about Liang Bangrui's incident and insisted on preventing the Liang family from turning over at any relevant level. To be satisfied.
This guess is not wrong, but it is not the real inside story, but...it doesn't matter anymore. In short, Princess Yongning was able to give her son the "justifiable" surname of Gao. The only thing she seemed to regret was that he could not enter the Gao family's genealogy, and he could no longer be counted as a member of the Gao family in name.
This triggered another thing, that is, the eldest princess Yongning suddenly felt that her fiefdom was not enough, and she was worried that her son would not be able to hold his head high among the "Gao brothers" in the future - after all, how much wealth did Gao Jingshi have? Her Royal Highness the Princess also knows roughly.
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PS: I was already extremely busy, but there was another local case in my city, and I had to start nucleic acid testing again. Queuing at three o'clock in the afternoon almost gave me heat stroke. Suddenly, I recalled the closed month of military training before the start of freshman year. Every afternoon, freshmen stood in military posture and had to faint from the sun and be carried directly to the infirmary for a dozen times.
