What does it mean to have a good attitude, kneel when you should kneel, Zhu Er felt that the person in front of him, the mountain monarch, and the Goryeo mission who immediately followed and knelt on the ground, was a certain Licao Senator, this is the best model. It's just that after being in contact with the young Goryeo royal family for a long time, he found that people are sensitive and delicate, but they are actually very timid, so he is a little funny when he sees people trembling all over at this time.

Fortunately, he received a look from the fourth prince in the next moment, and hurriedly went up to forcibly help Zhishan Jun up, and then stuffed it into the quilt - for him, who was clumsy and had never done such a thing as serving people, his rude movements were indeed plugged accurately.

But even though his movements were simple and rough, Senator Licao was still grateful. After all, although the Emperor of the Mountains is only a royal family, and it is even impossible to inherit the throne when the king is still young, if there is really something wrong before he enters the Ming Kingdom, he will still not be able to escape being held accountable when he returns to China. At this time, seeing that Zhang Lu even gave him a handkerchief, he hurriedly thanked him.

Seeing that the effect of scaring people had been fully achieved, the fourth prince tried to say in a serious tone that was completely incommensurate with his age: "Actually, my father has already ordered the king of Goryeo to inquire about this matter, although it is now the first month and the weather is cold, but the messenger has already set off day and night, and it is said that he will arrive in Kaijing in a maximum of thirty days. ”

Although this is not an emergency military situation, and it is in the first month, the road from here north to Liaodong and then into his own country is very difficult, but it is obvious that to arrive on the 30th, the messenger will not only be able to catch up, but is likely to take a very big risk.

Zheshanjun is young and doesn't know what this maximum of thirty days represents, but it is impossible for Senator Licao not to understand.

So, he secretly gasped, and then said more cautiously: "If the king of my dynasty learns about it, he will definitely do his best to investigate." Whoever harbors those pirates will be severely punished! ”

Zheshanjun thought in his heart that for his uncle, this was also the best opportunity to clean up dissidents, and he didn't know how many heads would fall to the ground. However, he was distracted and soon heard an exclamation, and he quickly came back to his senses.

"What, the will given to our country before the Celestial Empire was manipulated in our country, and the tribute girl was not requested? Nor did you ask for a handmaiden or a fireman? "If it was already frightened just now, then at this moment, Senator Licao felt that he was going to die immediately, and there was no place to bury him! You must know that the pedestrian mentioned by the fourth prince was the one he received in the first place!

Zheshanjun had already noticed Senator Licao's crumbling, but he had just been distracted and happened to hear nothing, so he could only look at the others with a distress look.

And the fourth prince had already found out that he was just an empty royal family, and it was too late to stare at Senator Licao at this time, so he didn't notice him at all, but Zhang Lu, who had always watched and listened to all directions, was kind and repeated it in a low voice.

And this time, while Zheshan Jun was frightened on his face, he sneered in his heart. Tribute girls were very common at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Gojong Sejong also accepted Goryeo concubines, but they gradually decreased over the years, so after receiving the will, his uncle almost urgently summoned all the ministers of his faction, and ordered the selection of the most beautiful concubines to send, hoping that someone in the middle would stand out.

After all, I think that the number of annual tributes decreased during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and Sejong, but the annual gifts were very rich, and the country thought that it was due to the noble daughter who gave the title of Concubine De. Today's great tomorrow is still in his prime, although no one expects that the noble daughter of his country will be able to give birth to a future heir or something when she enters the Daming Palace, after all, there is a lord in the East Palace now, but even if she gives birth to a princess.

Therefore, he tried his best to lower his head and pretend to be nervous, but in his heart he was laughing at his uncle who was just on the throne because of his fate, on the one hand, he was ambitious, but on the other hand, he didn't care about being humiliated in the Ming capital in the past, and he had to seem to be obedient and desperately courteous. However, when he caught a glimpse of Senator Licao's terrified expression, his mood quickly fell.

From Zheng Mengzhou, the last famous minister of the previous dynasty, to Zheng Daochuan, who was a hero of Taizu in this dynasty but was killed by Taizong, all of them personally came to Daming as envoys, and the principle of being respectful and doing great things has been passed down from generation to generation almost like the ancestral teachings, so even if the uncle who had been imprudent at the beginning, now he has to be respectful to Daming.

If he were the king, would he dare to defy the Celestial Empire? No, it is impossible to disobey, but can he do it?

I'm afraid it's not so easy, you know, just because the Ming selectively ignored their letter of change of country name, after so many years, they are still Goryeo envoys, not Korean envoys.

Zheshanjun was bowing his head and pretending to be a quail, but Senator Licao obviously couldn't. He could only do his best to explain that he didn't know anything about the situation in his country, and he didn't even dare to try to put the blame on the pedestrian, because he was very worried that Daming would take advantage of the so-called Jeju Island pirates and directly send a fleet to sail across the sea to kill him.

It's not impossible, think that when the last emperor of the previous dynasty wanted to help Meng Yuan, Taizu, who had not yet ascended the throne at that time, had a direct attack on the sea, until several bright-eyed ministers in the country desperately blocked it, which made the national glory of the previous dynasty prolong for a while.

It was precisely because he did not dare to shirk his responsibilities that he almost chose the daughters of which families for what reason, what kind of status the families had in the court, and what famous families these women's mothers came from.

And although he has an excellent memory, the problem is that whether it is the four princes, Zhu Er, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, no one knows about the Goryeo official system, and of course they are not interested in understanding it. Therefore, after listening patiently for a while, the fourth prince finally became impatient, and interrupted angrily: "Don't report your official resume, I didn't ask about this, but you said before, what other handmaidens and firefighters are there?" ”

What is a fire man?

The fourth prince actually wanted to ask this, but he was finally beaten hard by the emperor once, and the two legs kneeling in the Fengxian Hall almost didn't belong to him, so he changed the way of asking the question very cleverly at this time, and added the word maidservant.

Then, Senator Licao's answer made him dumbfounded.

"The ten maidservants sent this time are by no means untouchables, and their fathers and ancestors used to be in two classes, but they were demoted to official maids because of offending. They are skilled in etiquette and speak the official language very well, so they can be selected. As for those who are on fire, they are all people whose fathers and ancestors saw sin, castrated at an early age, and then trained in etiquette, and the Ming script can also be coarse. ”

What does the word castration mean, the four princes still understand it today. But because he understood, he only felt his scalp tingle at this moment. Just because the elders are convicted, the son will be punished by the palace, and the daughter will be reduced to an official maid?

His father told him that Emperor Taizu had promulgated laws at the beginning, and officials were guilty of crimes, and the great rebellion conspiracy and the like, and the clan would be punished by the clan, and the exiled would be exiled, but it was absolutely forbidden to be a slave without a beloved. And whether it is corruption or something else, unless the wife and children follow the corruption, only one person will be guilty, and the family property will be confiscated.

For example, those emperors of the previous dynasties and even some dynasties, castrated the children of the eunuchs and even ordinary prisoners into slaves because of their own selfishness, and even those who were not palace maids, were just venting their own personal anger and the strictness of the bad law.

In the Liao Dynasty, there were often palace changes and even turmoil, because the offenders and even their children were often enslaved by their relatives and put the enemy on their side, isn't it the source of the trouble?

Of course, the emperor was a crazy admirer of Emperor Taizu, but the four princes had heard from Zhang Shou another explanation of their ancestor's concept - not to plot rebellion and rebellion, not to flee without a fight, to surrender after defeat, to lead the enemy into the Kou and other heinous crimes, this is the progress of the law. If it is not a major crime, it is necessary to involve the family, which is to turn back the clock of history.

He still remembered that Zhang Shou said that in the Han Dynasty, there was a big killing weapon for the clan at every turn, and if one person was killed and the hatred was not resolved, then the whole clan would be destroyed, and the Son of Heaven could not keep those who had grievances as slaves, and felt that it was not neat enough.

Even Sima Qian, who wrote the "Historical Records" after being corrupted, is said to have been secretly executed in the last years of Emperor Wu, not to mention others?

In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the so-called important ministers who were offended and executed, there were also many people who were roded and then exiled in the court, but there were often people who were not slaves with family registration, such as the famous Shangguan Wan'er, who was once reduced from a Xiangmen girl to a palace slave.

Until the Song Dynasty, there were many people who were exiled and degraded to death, and there were many children and grandchildren who were involved and could not go out, and the treatment of military generals was relatively harsh, but it was also rare to become slaves.

Only the court of Liao Jinyuan had this bad habit of reducing the eunuchs and good families to slaves and maids.

What Zhang Shou didn't say to the four princes was the last two dynasties in history. The Ming Dynasty first reversed the wheel of history, and brought the extremely cruel system of martyrdom out again from the unknown horn, until the Yingzong period was abolished, and then, generations of emperors not only often executed officials for trivial matters, but even affected their families and did not become slaves.

Zhu Di didn't mention it, Zhu Zhanji, who was warmly praised by the ministers of the Ming Dynasty as the rule of Renxuan, once killed the teacher because of the complaint of the old teacher, and then copied the teacher's uncle and the family of the younger brother, and castrated the young son of the family into a fireman.

And in the Qing Dynasty, it was even more intensified, not only the Han officials and Han people were slaves with the armored people at every turn, but also the Manchurian themselves, which were also the golden branches and jade leaves of the past, once they were slaves, and the masters and slaves all over the world were really stench.

But even what Zhang Shou said, it was enough to make the four princes very disgusted by such an approach. His brows furrowed tightly at this time, even if he knew that this was the custom of other countries, Goryeo was only a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the Goryeo people were not the people of the Ming Dynasty, he still sneered angrily: "After the convicted offender is taken as a slave, Goryeo is really a good atmosphere." ”

How could Senator Licao think that the four princes would be dissatisfied with this, and after being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly explained: "Is His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince afraid that these people will have resentment and disobey the control? That's absolutely impossible, they have all been slaves since they were children, and they haven't experienced the heyday of the family, so they have long been able to accept their identity, and they have also learned various ...... since they were young."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Er had to cough again. He is not like the third prince and the fourth prince who have been influenced by the emperor since he was a child, and because of Zhang Shou, the teacher, he has developed a certain cleanliness habit, so he thinks that the matter of the Goryeo Gongnu can still be discussed, but it is a trivial matter to send a few handmaidens and fire people...... Then don't worry about it!

Therefore, even if he knew that it was the fourth prince today, he still had to open his mouth and divert the topic: "Since you know that someone is responsible for this incident of the Goryeo Gongnu, then, according to your intentions, what should be done about this matter?" ”

In China, Licao Senator, who also has a little right to speak, is sweating like rain at this time. Historically, the official positions of Goryeo Gongnu, father and ancestor are not particularly high, and the daughter of the official of the Zhengsanpintang is often the best candidate for the queen of the harem and even the wife of the clan, plus she has to marry in various families, so she is selected among the officials of the hall or even lower grades.

Anyway, as long as it is beautiful, it is enough, from such a distance, how can the emperor of the Celestial Empire care about the official position of the father and ancestor of the tribute girl?

But this time, because the will of the pedestrian department stated that the daughters of the Shangguan family above the third rank were to be selected, these girls had to be urgently selected, and before leaving Beijing, it was even more crying and miserable. However, it would be even more tragic to really send them back like this!

Who would be a woman who would be returned by the Great Tomorrow Dynasty? Or more precisely, who would dare to ask for it? And such a daughter, who should have been a candidate for marriage and even the queen, ended up in such a situation, their family is bound to find someone to be angry, and when the time comes, isn't his Li Cao Senator referring to a thousand people?

Therefore, when the poor Senator Licao saw the four princes standing there with their hands in their hands and did not speak, he could only say pitifully: "Your Royal Highness the Four Princes, the three princes, this time the mission came to Beijing, thousands of rivers and mountains, the road was difficult, and several daughters even fell ill on the road, it was not easy to reach the capital, if they went back like this, others would only think that they were at a loss of women's morality." ”

"According to our customs, once a woman is married, even if she has not really married, she often has to watch over the widow, and in this case, they are afraid that they will not even be able to enter the house after they go back. Please also ask the Celestial Empire to be sympathetic, even if they stay in the palace to sprinkle and sweep, it is also their blessing. Please also ask His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince to have mercy. ”

What do you want me to do with pity, I don't want to mess with Korean girls!

The four princes' brows furrowed into a pimple, and they were extremely disgusted by the customs of Goryeo. Emperor Taizu has always encouraged widows who have lost their husbands but have no children to re-engage in Jiao, while widows who have children are obedient to their own convenience, and once particularly disgusted with the so-called word chaste. So until now, the daughters-in-law of large families, if they have no children after losing their husbands, have remarried a lot.

He was about to denounce such red tape, but he caught a glimpse of Zhu Er's frequent glances at him, and finally he could only say angrily: "Those women who my father used to choose concubines for the eldest brother and second brother have now made a marriage contract, not to mention that you Gaoli Gongnu is completely strange, what do you say to be merciful or not?" It's really not good, go back and send it to the women's school to be a female history! ”