Chapter 16: The Feast

It's February.

Zhu Qizhen's heavy filial piety has been removed, but the national mourning period has not yet passed.

Among the Beijing teachers, it is suitable to be quiet. No wedding feast can be held.

The Empress Dowager has already said to the cabinet that everything that is not urgent should be followed by the old practice of Xuande.

All major projects, except for the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Xuanzong, have been stopped in various places for disaster relief and exemption of money and grain.

Yang Shiqi played all the plays, and the Queen Mother took them together.

For example, it is necessary to rectify internal and external military affairs and inspect internal and external civilian duties. Wait a minute.

With the endorsement of the Empress Dowager, the authority of the cabinet represented by Yang Shiqi has increased greatly, and under the restrictions of the Empress Dowager, that is, not too much movement is allowed, Yang Shiqi and others have refreshed the rule of officials, and various votes are to be submitted, and Zhu Qizhen can't find anything wrong.

First, he doesn't understand many situations, and second, even if he does, how can he compare with Yang Shiqi, a master of government affairs, in terms of disposal.

Most of the time, Wang Zhen was just asked to use a red pen to write the word "quasi" on the fold.

However, this letter stirred up the situation in the palace.

Speaking of the so-called twists and turns, in fact, it was only in the Qing Dynasty, and the title book was used in the Ming Dynasty. The relationship between the inscription and the recital will not be extended here.

Generally speaking, the question books are open and handed in from below.

However, the recital is confidential, and it is not allowed to be written on behalf of others, and it is not allowed to be passed on, and it goes straight to the inside.

The title book is a long piece of paper, folded into hinges. It looks like a small book, but it can be stretched out for a long time, and it depends on what is written.

Yang Shiqi's inscription "Opening the Feast." ”

"Emperor Fu Wei ascended the throne, inherited the saints, and ruled the people, and the way of Yao Shunyu Tang will be clear, and the rule of the three generations of Tang Yu will be prosperous, and the society will be safe, the emperor will be forever, the world will be blessed, and it will always be peaceful, but its root lies in dedicating itself to sacred learning."

Immediately, the following generals will go up to Taizu and down to Emperor Xuanzong, who took a fancy to Shengxue and tried his best to prove that if you want the world to be peaceful forever, you must be committed to Shengxue.

Outside the book, there is also an appendix.

The daily lectures and the sutra feasts are explained.

Specific etiquette.

Zhu Qizhen didn't care at all, but Zhu Qizhen looked at the date.

There are sutra feasts on the 2nd, 12th, and 22nd of each month, and on the 2nd of February and 22nd of August every year

However, the daily lecture is held every day, and the daily lecturer also accompanies the emperor every day and night, and it is usually the people of the Hanlin Academy.

In such a system, the emperor attached great importance to the lecturers around him, and even said that most of them had a good future and were among the cabinets.

Yang Shiqi did not do this because he had any intentions. After all, he is old, and he can't last a few years, even if Yang Rong can get the holy favor, when the emperor can really take power.

Yang Shiqi has returned to his hometown.

Yang Shiqi didn't want to have any impression on Zhu Qizhen's side, but he couldn't let Yang Rong use it to pressure him.

So he would rather introduce other favorites, after all, Yang Rong has to work hard in the cabinet every day, at most, when he has a feast, he will come forward.

And the Japanese speaker wants to be by the emperor's side every day.

After Zhu Qizhen finished reading it, he said to Wang Zhen: "Wang Daban, what do you think?" ”

Wang Zhen said: "Your Excellency in the cabinet, I think that the slaves and maids are not highly educated, and the slaves and maids have nothing to say, but Your Majesty is the ruler of the world and holds the world. The way of literature is naturally to be learned. But that's not the priority. ”

"I want my Taizu to carry a three-foot sword, get up in cloth, lay down thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, Emperor Chengzu, ride out of Beijing with eight hundred, four years and the world, the north expedition to the desert, the south to Jiaozhi, Emperor Xuanzong has also repeatedly patrolled the border out of the block."

"Your Majesty inherits the foundation of Taizu Taizong, and you should also learn the way of marching and soldiering, and you will drive the army in the future. Promote the prestige of the Ming army in the world, rather than reading and writing to be the champion. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, smiled faintly, and said, "That's a good point." ”

If Zhu Qizhen was the nine-year-old child in history, hearing his words, his blood would definitely boil. It's just that now Zhu Qizhen just smiled slightly.

What to do in the future, Zhu Qizhen has his own opinions in his heart.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Pack up and prepare to go to Cining Palace." Thinking of the Empress Dowager, she quickly let me pass. ”

Sure enough, someone came to invite Zhu Qizhen. It was summoned by the Empress Dowager.

When Zhu Qizhen came to Cining Palace, he heard someone talking inside, but it was a girl's voice. Zhu Qizhen came in to take a look, but saw a sixteen-year-old cardamom girl. When she saw Zhu Qizhen, she was a little flustered, and immediately saluted and said, "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen first saluted the Empress Dowager and the Hu family, and then saluted the girl and said, "I've seen my sister." ”

This is the eldest daughter of Emperor Xuanzong. Princess Shunde.

She is the daughter of Queen Hu. Yongle was born in the eighteenth year, and now he is sixteen years old.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen saw this sister, but he didn't see much, he just said that he was familiar.

Because this sister was born to the Hu family. And Zhu Qizhen's mother, Sun, and Hu's grievances and hatred needless to say, so Princess Shunde was still a little nervous when she saw Zhu Qizhen.

Emperor Xuanzong had three princesses, Princess Shunde, Princess Yongqing, and Princess Changde.

Princess Yongqing unfortunately died, and Princess Changde was born from the Sun family and was Zhu Qizhen's sister, so the relationship between them was naturally different from usual.

"You're just in time." The Empress Dowager said: "Shunde is going to set a person, and you will come to see it as a younger brother." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen smiled: "But I don't know which family is the son?" ”

The Empress Dowager said, "It's Shi Jing." ”

Zhu Qizhen searched in his heart, and for a while he was not among the nobles in the court, and remembered that the family was surnamed Shi.

The Empress Dowager said: "Don't think about it, his ancestors are also from Taizong, but the credit is not great, there is only one hereditary deputy thousand households in Dezhou, and now he has moved to Beijing, and he is in the vanguard of the government army." ”

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he frowned and said, "It's just a deputy thousand households, and it's too wronged for my sister." ”

Before the Empress Dowager could speak, Hu Shi said: "Your Majesty, it's just that Shunde has already fallen in love." ”

Zhu Qizhen glanced at Princess Shunde in a blink of an eye, and he definitely didn't believe this.

Because of the strict palace ban, Shunde decided that it was impossible to meet his lover privately, and it was impossible to even look at it from a distance, and he could probably see the portrait, where would he meet, but Zhu Qizhen thought of it in a blink of an eye, why is the Hu family like this?

Why was Hu in such a hurry to marry his daughter.

The first is that the age is up, and the second is to take advantage of the fact that the empress dowager is still there, otherwise the power of the harem will fall into the hands of the Sun family, and many things will be out of her control.

The Hu family knew that he was not on good terms with the Sun family, and he also knew that Zhu Qizhen was a little close to her, but the Hu family was not sure if this closeness was because the Empress Dowager was there.

didn't dare to find a high door, so he just wanted to marry his daughter in a low-key manner. The two of them can live with Hemeimei for a lifetime, she is relieved, and she really doesn't want to provoke Sun's eyes because the marriage is too good.

Even if the Empress Dowager can suppress the Sun family, the Sun family is the emperor's mother after all.

In the future, the Empress Dowager will be gone, what she wants to do, who can stop her.

Zhu Qizhen could only sigh in his heart and said, "That's good, I'll find a good errand for my brother-in-law in the future." ”

"You two go back and prepare." The Empress Dowager said.

Hu and Princess Shunde said, "Yes." Then the two men saluted and took off.

The Empress Dowager smiled slightly and said, "Your mother also booked someone for Changde." ”

Zhu Qizhen's heart suddenly flashed the figure of Princess Changde. He had the most contact with Changde, and Changde was also very good to her, and immediately said: "My mother hasn't told me yet, but she promised someone." ”

The Empress Dowager said, "The Xue family. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly and said, "That Xue family won't be a Tartar official." ”

Since Yongle, there have never been fewer Mongols serving the Ming Dynasty, and even now civil officials have discussed that there are too many Mongols who surrendered and it is not appropriate to stay in Beijing.

And among them, there are several knights, all of whom have been given the surname Xue.

Although Zhu Qizhen did not discriminate much against the Tartar officials, after all, there was tolerance. It can only be used by the imperial court. Anyone can do it, but if you want to marry your sister to a Mongol, you can't.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen looked down on the Mongols, but the living habits of the Mongols at that time were really not good, almost no bathing, and were called stinky tartars.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "How is it possible, how could your mother marry Changde to Tartar, the second son of the late Duke of Yin." ”