After sending the emperor away, Concubine Guo Ning sat on the chair and was stunned. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Niangniang," the lady who served her called her softly, "what are you thinking?"

"You also listened to what the emperor said just now," Concubine Guo Ning said: "I said that I want to be drafted, and I want to choose a woman who has good deeds and merits, and it is of other uses-what do you think is the use?"

If she asked Cui Shanggong, who had served her before, Concubine Guo Ning would definitely get a reprimand. Cui Shanggong is two years older than her, in charge of the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions of the harem, and he is more square than the ministers outside on weekdays.

But now that Cui Shanggong has returned to his hometown in old age, Concubine Guo Ning's side has finally been replaced by a new female official who knows and understands, and the new female official is much more obedient, and Concubine Guo Ning likes her a lot.

"The concubine doesn't know," the female official said, "but Niangniang has been with Your Majesty for a long time, and Your Majesty just said that you know what he means-Niangniang, what does Your Majesty mean?"

"I'll ask you," Concubine Guo Ning suddenly said, "What is the origin of my daughter-in-law, the Tang family?"

Since Concubine Guo Ning asked, the female official replied: "It's the daughter of Tang He, the prince of Xinguo." ”

"Yes," Concubine Guo Ning said, "Princess Xianyiwen, what is your background?"

"Yuan Concubine Chang, the daughter of Chang Yuchun, King of Kaiping," the female official replied cautiously: "Step-concubine Lu Shi, the daughter of Lu Ben, Taichang Temple." ”

"Qin, Jin, Yan, Zhou, Chu, Qi, etc.," Concubine Guo Ning said: "All the sons of the emperor and the daughters-in-law he marries, what is the background, you should be familiar with it." ”

The emperor had twenty-six sons, of whom twenty-four were adults, and all twenty-three of them were crowned kings except for the eldest son, who was the crown prince. Almost all of the princesses were the daughters of the founding generals: the second son, King Qin, married Deng Yu, the Duke of Weiguo, as the second concubine; the third son, Princess Jin, was the daughter of Xie Cheng, Marquis of Yongping; the fourth son, King Yan, married Xu Danu, Duke of Wei; the fifth son, King Zhou, married Feng Shengnu, Duke of Song; the sixth son, King Chu, married Wang Binu, Marquis of Dingyuan; the seventh son, King Qi, married Wu Funu, Marquis of Anlu; King of the Eighth Son, married the Governor Yu Xiannu; the ninth son, King Zhao, died early; the tenth son, King Lu, married the Duke of Xinguo, Tang Henu; the eleventh son, the King of Shu, married the Duke of Liangguo, Lan Yunu; the twelfth son, King Xiang, married the Marquis Wu Gaonu of Jiangyin; and the thirteenth son, the King of Dai, married the second daughter of Xu Da.

Fourteen sons and younger have not yet married.

As the emperor said when he married the daughter of Xu Da for his fourth son, King Yan: "I am with Qing, and I am also clothy." Those who are in agreement with ancient monarchs and ministers are married at the rate. Qing has a daughter, and she is matched with my son. ”

At the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, the emperor used marriage as a political means to win over meritorious heroes. Not only the concubines, princesses, and even concubines are all from the family of the prince and the military minister.

It is precisely because of the "many honorable relatives in the military position" that most of the heroes are the in-laws of the royal family, and when the imperial power is now consolidated and the things involving the military generals' "rebellion" break out, the emperor realizes the huge threat of the military generals' self-respect, and in order to prevent the formation of a situation in which the military generals are domineering and foreign relatives interfere in politics, only by tearing off the relationship between the military generals and the emperor's relatives can this hidden danger be eliminated.

"The emperor has long had this heart," Concubine Guo Ning said: "Just look at the crown princess." ”

The first crown princess Chang died in November of the 11th year of Hongwu, and the concubine Lu Shi, who entered the East Palace that year, was made the prince's step-concubine.

Chang is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and Lu is just the daughter of Taichang Siqing, even if this Taichang Siqing Lu Ben has been a secretary of the ministry, he has not changed his identity weakness.

Chang gave birth to Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunxi, and Lu gave birth to Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunxi, and Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Xiongying died early, Zhu Yunxi ranked second, and Zhu Yunxi ranked third.

It stands to reason that Chang's is the original match, and the children she produces are all sisters-in-law, and Zhu Yunxi's noble status is beyond reproach. Even if the Lu family is established as the crown princess, it is still a succession, and the concubine ceremony must be performed in front of the original match, and when the Chang family was born, the Lu family was originally a concubine who served in front of him.

Zhu Yunxi's status is naturally higher than Zhu Yunxi's.

However, the emperor likes Zhu Yunwen and corrects his mother, and the gap between "original matching" and "succession" was filled by the emperor - the change CD was made by his wife.

In addition to Zhu Yunxi's blue eyes, I am afraid that the emperor also took care of the reason why Zhu Yunxi's foreign family is the king of Kaiping, and there is naturally a group of generals standing behind him. Zhu Yunwen's family is a weak civil official group, and in the emperor's view, civil officials will never pose a threat to imperial power.

"From Zhu Ao down," Concubine Guo Ning said, "It shouldn't be matched with the daughter of a noble prince and a marquis." ”

The female officer was silent.

Concubine Guo Ning suddenly sighed and said, "When I saw the emperor today, my hair was already completely white. ”

Why is it white, in the case of Lanyu's rebellion against the ministers, which ended in November last year, a total of one duke, thirteen marquis, and two uncles were executed, and 15,000 people were wiped out by the party below the liehous. This case happened, not only the former dynasty, but even the harem was also uneasy.

"Concubine Ding's hair," Concubine Guo Ning said, "It was white as early as four years ago." ”

Zhu Zi, the son of Concubine Dading, was named the king of Tan and became a vassal of Changsha. Princess Yu is the daughter of Yu Xian, the governor of the capital. Yu Xian's son Yu Hu, who was the commander of Ningxia, was implicated in the case of Hu Weiyong in the twenty-third year of Hongwu, and Yu Xian and Yu Hu were punished.

The old man and the eldest brother are dead, Zhu Zi has seen his father's methods of disposing of officials and even nobles since he was a child, and the most vivid memory is that he whipped Zhu Liangzu, Marquis of Yongjia, and his son Zhu Xian to death, the most terrible thing is that after the whipping to death, the emperor also wrote an epitaph for them as if nothing happened, and the next day Zhu Xianam's skin was peeled off and hung in the downtown area.

Zhu Zi felt that he would not be treated better than them.

When the emperor sent an envoy to summon him to see him, Zhu Zi and his princess were burned to death in the palace.

Concubine Dading's hair turned gray overnight.

Last year, the case of Lan Yu's rebellion broke out, and Lan Yu's daughter married Zhu Chun, the king of Shu. This time, the emperor did not dare to sin and marry his daughter, but because of the death of his father, the princess of Shu, Lan, committed suicide in the palace in February of the 27th year of Hongwu.

Knowing that he couldn't survive, the Lan family also gave birth to the eldest son of the King of Shu.

Concubine Guo Ning only thought of the marriageable prince, but the emperor had already thought of the imperial grandson.

In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, the Ministry of Rites went down to local beauty pageants——

"As the prince grows older and unmarried, the Ministry of Rites is in Henan, Beiping, Shandong, Shanxi, and all officials and military and civilian families or former officials of the former dynasty, women are over 14 years old and under 17 years old, and those who have honor and virtue and have good family laws and good family laws will be sent to them by the priest, so that their parents can send them to Beijing and be elected as concubines. ”

The draft in May of the 27th year of Hongwu officially began.