Princess Yongning's worry is not unfounded, it actually has its reasons.
The reason for this is that in the various records of the Ming Dynasty regarding royal succession and title succession, most of them discuss what title should be canonized or inherited based on the relationship with the emperor.
For example, the prince is granted the title of prince, the eldest son of the prince is granted the title of prince, and the remaining son is granted the title of county prince. Or on the female side, the daughter of an emperor is granted the title of princess, and the daughter of a prince is granted the title of princess. These discussions did not mention what titles should be given to the princess's son, which meant that the princess's son theoretically had no title to inherit.
However, things are not that absolute, because this method of canonization and inheritance that only focuses on the father's line also means that the princess's son can still inherit based on his father's title.
But does the princess’ husband have a title? Some are called "Captain Prince Consort", which is not an official position, but a title, and it is also a high-ranking title - of course, the titles in the Ming Dynasty are all high-ranking titles.
The title of Commander-in-Chief Prince Consort is not within the third level of the Dukes and Princes of the Ming Dynasty, so how does it rank? In fact, they are ranked below Hou and above Bo. But there is one thing, the Prince Consort has to be demoted to a higher rank.
But none of the above is important, because specifically there is a problem with Princess Yongning. Her nominal consort was Liang Bangrui, but after the incident of the Liang family's deception, although the marriage was preserved, Liang Bangrui's consort, Captain, was annulled.
In other words, Gaoluo will have no knights to attack in the future.
Although there is no title to attack, it does not necessarily mean that everything is over, because as a close relative of the royal family, as long as the emperor has his sacred scroll, he can still perform various governorships in the Five Army Governor's Palace, and if he is lucky, he can even work in a clan mansion. Zong Zheng became the nominal "number one civil servant" [Note: Zhu Yuanzhang placed the Zong Ren Mansion first among civil servants].
But no matter what, the lack of the title always gave Princess Yongning a feeling of uneasiness. However, since these were ancestral products, she had no choice but to go to the emperor and say, "Brother, please bring Liang Bangrui." His title will be returned."
Therefore, the eldest princess Yongning inevitably wanted to leave some inheritance to her son. Although she was just over 30 years old and could ride the waves for many years in future generations, she had already begun to consider the future of her infant son. What can I inherit?
She knew that her relationship with Gao Jingshi would never see the light of day, so she didn't want to ask Gao Jingshi for arrangements, but she couldn't ask the emperor's brother, and Gao Jingshi didn't want to ask, so who else could she ask? I had no choice but to ask my mother, Queen Mother Li.
Empress Dowager Li had long since stopped caring about things, but that didn't mean that she had no influence on the emperor at all. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty where filial piety was as great as heaven, as long as the emperor cared about his reputation, he would never show any disrespect to his biological mother, because he would be scolded by the outer court without even being able to talk back. dare.
More importantly, Queen Mother Li already knew about Yongning and Gao Jingshi a few years after she stopped asking about government affairs. And as Gao Jingshi became Zhu Yijun's real loyal minister, she had already known about this matter. Look away - so what if you don't look away? The emperor deliberately made this remark. Now he is going to scold the emperor and carry the guilt for his daughter until his death?
Any normal woman will care more about her children and descendants as she gets older, and Queen Mother Li is no exception. She is actually very pleased with Yongning's current situation, and this way her guilt can be alleviated.
Therefore, when she heard Yongning mentioning the issue of Gao Luo's future title in a roundabout way, she even had the interest to make a little joke and said: "What's wrong with this? He doesn't follow the surname Liang now. Since his surname is Gao, naturally we should find someone named Gao to inherit the title."
Princess Yongning was ashamed and angry, and said: "How is this possible? He is only a Marquis of Nanning, and that is for Gao Yuan. Where can Luo'er attack?"
Empress Dowager Li didn't know whether she was joking or doing it on purpose, but she replied: "In that case, let his father make more contributions and let the emperor give him another reward. Even if there is no double title, the emperor can To give him a favor, just say that he will be rewarded for his pragmatic and practical achievements, and then give his son a title. You see, when the time comes, Gao Yuan will be one and Luo'er will be the same, and the Tian family will also look good."
Good guy, Empress Dowager Li is also thinking about the Tian family's reputation. She feels that her daughter cannot be the main wife for some reason, which is already very ugly. If Gao Luo does not have a title in the future, she will not be able to compare with Gao Yuan. That would be even more shameless.
Regarding the mother's statement, Princess Yongning felt a little strange at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is really no ancestral rule that says this cannot be done - that seems to be in line with what Gao Jingshi said, "There is no prohibition by law." "Free" right? It seems like it really works?
However, the eldest princess Yongning felt that she still could not bring up this matter by herself, so she acted like a baby and begged her mother for help. Children can act coquettishly in front of their mother regardless of their age, let alone a daughter like her who has been cheated miserably?
Seeing that she really agreed with the proposal, Queen Mother Li stopped joking and thought about it seriously. After a while, he said: "Yao'e, this is you. Even if Yao'e (the eldest princess of Shouyang) mentions such a thing, my mother will definitely not agree."
That means consent. Princess Yongning immediately lowered her head slightly and said, "Yes, Yongning understands."
So, when the emperor came to greet him early the next morning, his mother, the empress dowager, who often avoided seeing him on the pretext of worshiping Buddha, received him in a rare opportunity, and even called him in to sit down.
Zhu Yijun was greatly surprised. In fact, over the years, he came later and later to pay his respects. In the end, when he came, he always encountered the Queen Mother worshiping the Buddha, so he rarely saw him. Later, Zhu Yijun also felt that this was good. After all, greetings was just a courtesy job.
Zhu Yijun usually had nothing to say to his mother, regardless of government affairs, and the same was true for Queen Mother Li. The emperor is already fully able to control the government. Even judging from his current achievements, especially since the great victory over Yuan Dynasty, the title of "King of Zhongxing" should be unbeatable in the future.
In this case, why should I feel uneasy? Apart from worshiping the Buddha sincerely and hoping that the queen would give birth to a dragon child soon, there was nothing else to worry about. But that's okay, the queen has given birth to two princesses in succession since... This proves that there must be no problem with her health, and it will only be a matter of time before she gives birth to a son.
On this day, the emperor was called in. Zhu Yijun was also wondering if something had happened in the past few days that he had not noticed. In the end, Queen Mother Li just pulled him to chat about home affairs.
Although he didn't know the reason, Zhu Yijun didn't show any impatience and chatted with his mother calmly for a while. In fact, he knew that his mother must have something to say, and now it was up to him to see who could lose his composure. But in this matter, Zhu Yijun really doesn't give up - he has been the pro-government emperor for more than 20 years, how can the city government not have this?
Sure enough, in the end, it was Empress Dowager Li who took the initiative to mention the issue of the court's dispute over Gao Luo's surname some time ago, and then sighed: "This child Luo'er is pitiful. Not only his surname can cause controversy in the court, but he will not even have a title when he grows up. The grandmother of the Ai family saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart. She thought about this all night long and couldn't sleep well."
Is this a big deal? The emperor was shocked, and regardless of the truth or falsehood of what Empress Dowager Li said, he hurriedly slid down from his chair and knelt on the ground to admit his mistake: "It is my son's fault that I have made it difficult for the Empress Dowager to sleep and eat well."
Empress Dowager Li said: "I can't blame you. There is no precedent for this matter. There is no basis for how to deal with it. It is really difficult..."
He said, "I can't blame you," but the Ai family just won't let you get up. Just kneel down and think about it!
Zhu Yijun is so shrewd. He knew that the queen mother had an idea when she saw this situation. But the queen mother also knew that today is not as good as it was back then. She knew that it was not enough to be tough, so she could only use this kind of soft knife based on "filial piety" - no matter what you, the emperor, do Even though his wings have hardened, he is still a son after meeting his mother. He has to kneel down when he should and admit his mistakes when he should.
Zhang Juzheng couldn't control his father, so what could Zhu Yijun do to his mother? The reason why the eldest son succession system of the Ming Dynasty is so rock-solid is, in the final analysis, not because of the blessing of this set of etiquette and laws?
In other words, he was kneeling not only on his mother, but also on the legitimacy of his throne.
"My son is stupid, and for a moment... I didn't think of any good solution, but with the wisdom of the mother, I think I can give some guidance to my son."
Hey, this is a very good attitude.
The Empress Dowager showed a satisfied smile, nodded slightly and said, "The Ai family has some ideas that we can share with the Emperor... Hey, what are you doing kneeling down? Get up."
Zhu Yijun smiled bitterly in his heart, and continued to pretend to be a filial son in front of his face, saying: "When the mother gives instructions, the son just kneels down and listens."
"Get up when I ask you to get up. This is not a discipline." Empress Dowager Li insisted on letting the emperor lie down, and then asked him to continue sitting down. Then she said: "After much thought, Gao Luo finally took Gao Pragmatic's surname. Then his title should fall on Gao Pragmatic no matter what..."
"Ah, how can that be done?" Zhu Yijun was shocked and said quickly: "Rixin has an eldest son. This rule must not be broken. Otherwise, once the outer court finds out, the officials will have to come and knock on the palace to force the palace."
"Why are you in a hurry? The Aijia didn't ask him to pass the Marquis of Nanning to Luo'er." Empress Dowager Li glared at her son with dissatisfaction, and continued with Zhu Yijun's puzzled face: "Emperor, the Aijia wants to ask you, How old is Gao Pragmatic this year?"
Zhu Yijun was wondering, it’s not like you don’t know Gao Pragmatic’s age, why are you asking me? But he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he said honestly: "Rixin and his son are the same age. The eldest son is about three months old, so he is seventy-seven years old."
"He is now the Grand Bachelor of Wenhua Palace, that is, the third assistant, but the Ai family heard that the second assistant Liang Menglong has been begging for bones several times, and he is expected to return to his hometown soon. Is that so?"
It stands to reason that this issue should be regarded as a matter of government affairs. After all, the Queen Mother asked Liang Menglong whether the second assistant was going to become an official. It was not Liang Menglong who had the final say whether he would become an official or not. It was the emperor who had the final say. Therefore, it was a matter of government affairs. .
However, her focus now was obviously not on whether Liang Menglong would become an official, so the emperor did not take it seriously and nodded and admitted: "Yes, according to the plan, after Rixin returns to the court this time, Liang Aiqing will mention the official appointment again, and his son will also It will be approved smoothly.”
"Well, does that mean that Gao Jingshi will be the second assistant now?" Queen Mother Li nodded and said: "Do you think that his contribution in North Korea is not easy to reward, so you take the opportunity to let him If you are promoted from group assistant to second assistant, is it considered a reward?"
Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment and said: "Actually, this matter is reasonable. After all, Liang Aiqing is at that age and is going to become an official. Rixin taking over as the second assistant is actually not a reward."
"Then what reward did you originally plan to give?" Queen Mother Li asked: "His intention in sending troops this time was just to help the crisis, drive away the Japanese pirates, and bring justice to North Korea. As a result, he was always the same as in the past. It’s a little surprise that North Korea is willing to accept it... For such a great achievement, don’t you plan to not reward me?”
"This...actually, according to Rixin's own plan, this matter is not over yet." Seeing his mother's back, Zhu Yijun was surprised, so he had to explain: "Rixin means that driving away the Japanese pirates is just to help North Korea. , and did not make the Japanese pirates plead guilty and pay the price. In this case, if the Japanese pirates recover in the future, they may still cause trouble again...
Therefore, he advocated that the eradication of evil should be done by eradicating the roots, and that the Japanese pirates must be directly attacked in their homeland, so that they know that upright ethics must not be broken, so that long-term stability and peace can be enjoyed forever. In this way, it is still too early to issue a reward. It is only reasonable to wait for his subsequent actions to be completed before rewarding him based on his merits. "
Empress Dowager Li frowned: "Why hasn't the fight been finished yet... Forget it, this is government affairs, and the Ai family will not interfere. What the Ai family actually wants to say is, after he has made such a huge contribution, how do you plan to reward him? Since you I also said that his promotion to the second assistant position is not considered a reward, so what you can reward seems to be promotion to the rank of noble?"
Zhu Yijun was very single on this issue and nodded directly to express his approval.
"He is only thirty-seven years old. If he is about to be granted the title of Duke, what will happen in the next thirty years? Are you sure that he will not make great contributions in the next thirty years? If there is another great achievement...
For example, the Ai family heard that the Tumen people have established a foothold in the Western Regions, and now the pressure on the various suppressions in Gansu has increased sharply. If one day in the future he leads troops to attack the Western Regions, how will you ban him then? Different surname Wang? "
It is not good to have a king with a different surname. This directly violates the ancestral system, so Zhu Yijun was a little numb and said hesitantly: "There is no way to seal a king with a different surname... Maybe we can find some other excuses and give him a more distinguished name." "
"It's too perfunctory. This will only make the outer court feel that the Tian family is mean and ungrateful." Queen Mother Li shook her head and said: "I think instead of having a headache in the future, you might as well make plans now, for example... this time the war in Korea - - Or add the Japanese, and give Gao Jingshi another marquis, but this time it is not to himself, but to directly 'adopt' the title of marquis and give it to Luo Er."
After saying that, Empress Dowager Li added with a half-smile: "Luo'er is also his son. After all, he can't say no, right? Isn't this the best of both worlds?"
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