"What did I remind you of before?" Yun Xi suddenly heard him say this, thought for a while, didn't even remember, and asked.

"It's about Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Nakayama......"

Before he finished speaking, Yun Xi remembered this matter and suddenly realized: "This matter must be dealt with immediately." Not only this matter, but also the death of the father of Baoqin should be told to Baoqin as soon as possible. ”

'Not only these two things in the inner palace, but also a few things in the court that need to be dealt with. ’

Thinking of this, Yun Xi put down his pen, instructed Xia Fuguan Bang Zhao and the others to say a few words, and got up and returned to Kunning Palace.

Xiyao in Kunning Palace was handling palace affairs, and suddenly heard the little eunuch guarding the door of the main hall kneeling down and shouting: "I have seen Your Majesty." She ordered the female officer in front of her to stand back for the time being, and greeted her with a little surprise.

'Your Majesty should have just left the court at this time, what are you doing when you come back?' She thought about it, and asked the question when she saw Yoon-hee.

"Xi Yao," Yun Xi took her to the inner study and said, "Husband has something to discuss with you." ”

"Do you remember the husband that your husband chose for Yunlan at the beginning of last year, named Ye Xiping?"

"Yes. The concubine also met at that time, a talent, and the temperament of the concubine's cousin Yang Feng is also similar. He, what's wrong? Xi Yao asked.

"I went to war against Annan last year and let him fight with the army, and he died in battle at the beginning of this year." Yun Xi said.

"Ahh Xi Yao exclaimed in surprise when she heard this: "How can this be? She knew that after Yun Xi selected Ye Xiping as a candidate for the concubine, because his hereditary future was too low, she sent him to Annan to fight and accumulate some credit. He just died?

"After capturing the Hu father and son, the army scattered to surrender the city of Annan, but did not want a city to refuse to surrender, and the general who defended the city also ordered ten thousand arrows to attack the Ming army, Ye Xiping did not dodge for a while, and was killed by an arrow."

Later, the husband ordered the slaughter of the city. But that has nothing to do with what I'm going to say right now. I want to discuss with you, how do I tell Yunlan about this? ”

"Although Yunlan and Ye Xiping have no feelings, and they haven't even met a few times, after all, they have exchanged Geng posts, and the little girl's fiancé died suddenly, and no one will feel good."

"What my husband is even more worried about is that she already likes Yang Feng, if she uses this as an excuse to stop marrying, how about guarding this widow?"

"So the husband wants you to help talk to Yunlan about this, so that she can feel better, and don't have the idea of being a widow. After all, you are all women, and it is easy to get along with each other and speak more conveniently. ”

"Ah, the husband doesn't want Yunlan to watch the widow's mind and concubine understand; However, in the first year of Hongwu, the emperor's grandfather once decreed: 'Civil widows who have died before their husbands 30 years and do not change their festivals after 50 years will be exempted from their own family servants.' 'The royal family is an example for the world, and going against the will of the emperor's grandfather back then is also hindering the reputation of the husband. ”

"According to the concubine, if Yunlan herself is unwilling to watch the widow, the husband does not have to force her to guard; But if she wants to, it's not a bad thing to let her keep it. Xi Yao said.

Xi Yao is completely on the facts. In the past few years, she has gotten along well with her three sisters-in-law, but after all, she is Yunxi's wife and the queen of the Ming Dynasty, so she has more things to consider.

She knows that there are countless talents in the world, and it is easy to choose another one to be Yunlan's concubine, but Zhu Yuanzhang personally set a decree to encourage the observance of festivals, and several of his widowed daughters have not remarried.

"This decree set by my grandfather back then, I must change it!" Yun Xi said firmly.

He then paced around the room and spoke. "Of course, I also know my grandfather's intentions, the so-called Gangchang ethics, the king is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife, so encouraging widows not to remarry is the same as preaching filial piety, both for the purpose of promoting Gangchang and emphasizing that the subjects of the world are loyal to the emperor. If everyone in the world abides by the general ethics, then it will not be easy for the Ming Dynasty to last forever. ”

"However, can it really be difficult to publicize these to ensure that the Ming Dynasty will last forever?"

"Needless to say, the ancient pre-Qin period is too ancient; After talking about Qin alone. The two Han Dynasty have 400 years of history, but it is very common for widows to remarry in the Han Dynasty, and Princess Pingyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, first married Cao Shou, and then remarried to Wei Qing, and the Han Dynasty did not mess up the Gangchang; Although Song Sima Guang commented that Han Wu had the fault of dying Qin, this had nothing to do with the princess's remarriage. ”

"This is true of all subsequent dynasties, and all long-lasting kingdoms, and there is no restriction on widows remarrying. Tang Taizong also issued an edict: "Men are 20 years old, women are more than 15 years old, and after the wife funeral system, the widow's mourning clothes have been removed, and they must apply for marriage and make them reconcile"; Although science originated in the Song Dynasty, it was common for widows to remarry in the Song Dynasty: Fan Zhongyan's mother remarried to Zhu, Fan "didn't think about it", and "often thought about repaying his stepfather's kindness", asking the court to give him an official position, and after his death, "every year is not a sacrifice". This is still Zhu Xi's "Words and Deeds of Famous Ministers of the Five Dynasties? Participation in politics Fan Wenzheng Gong Zhong Yan" recorded. ”

After listing the remarriage of widows in long-term dynasties, Yunxi said: "It can be seen that whether a widow remarries has nothing to do with whether the country lasts for a long time. ”

"In my opinion, there is only one thing that needs to be done if the country is to be permanent, and that is that the people have food. What do ordinary people want, isn't it just to have food and clothing? As long as the people are well fed and drunk, how many people will rebel with their heads? If the emperor's grandfather could have a safe food to eat, how could he revolt? ”

"The Masters of Science always say that starvation is a small matter and a big loss of moderation, and the reason of heaven destroys people's desires, but how can ordinary people starve to death for the sake of keeping festivals? No matter how much the Tsunatsune ethics is said, it is useless for the illiterate people, who will not starve to death at home when they are starving because of the Tsunatsune ethics, and will not hand over all the grain they have gathered to the government in order to pay taxes when the harvest is bad. ”

"What's more, Zhu Xi, as a master of science, has done something to pick up ashes, and even everyone in science himself is so lacking in morality, how can I believe what they say?"

"I must repeal this decree made by the emperor's grandfather, and abolish the widow's reward for twenty years of observance and the removal of the family's servants."

"Not only that, but I also have to decree that from this year onwards, concubines who have died of illness do not have to be buried; After I die in the future, I don't need a concubine to be buried. "Yun Xi hesitated about whether the emperor's woman should be martyred after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, out of exclusivity, but finally decided to cancel the funeral." Even the ancient emperor of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen can do it, but I can't do it? ’

Yun Xi said a lot in one breath that was a little off-topic, and he was thirsty, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and saw Xi Yao sitting in the seat staring at him in a daze, and said with a smile: "Xi Yao, what are you doing looking at your husband like this?" ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines thank Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of the women of the world." Xi Yao suddenly stood up, knelt down respectfully and said. She had an aunt who died more than 20 years ago after her husband died and was forced by the tribe to observe the festival and not to remarry, and she stayed up until she was 50 years old and died shortly after she earned a plaque for her brothers. This incident made a deep impression on Xiyao and was one of the shadows of her childhood. That's why she was so formally thankful to Yunxi at this time.

Yun Xi didn't know that Xi Yao still had such a childhood shadow, so he stretched out his hand to help her up and said with a smile: "Queen, I have accepted your gratitude to me from the woman of the world." ”

Xi Yao also smiled, laughed with him a few words, and said, "Since the husband asked the concubine to persuade the second sister, the concubine will go." ”

"Remember that if she uses this as an excuse not to marry, she must dispel it." Yun Xi instructed.

As Yun Xi expected, Yun Lan quickly realized that this was an excellent excuse for her not to get married. She likes Yang Feng, but Yang Feng already has a wife and can't marry her, so she is reluctant to marry, so she can just keep the festival as an excuse not to marry. She didn't think too long about keeping festivals for the rest of her life, but now she is not willing to marry anyone else.

Xi Yao heard her confide in her, and immediately persuaded: "You are just the person who died before you got married, and you didn't die after you got married, how can you treat yourself as a widow?" Why do you have to keep a feast? ”

"Grandpa Huang issued an edict many years ago to encourage widows to observe festivals, how can the royal family, as an example of the people of the world, take the lead in disobeying Grandpa Huang's will?" Yun Lan said immediately.

Xi Yao had long known that she would use this as a shield, and immediately received: "Your brother has decided to abolish this decree and no longer encourage widows to observe festivals, so there is no need to set an example for the world." ”

Yun Lan didn't expect Yun Xi to do this, and she was speechless for a while, but later found her own reason to refute it.

Xi Yao knew that it was useless to persuade Yun Lan with a big reason, and said: "Second sister, you just don't think about yourself, you have to think about Yun Yun and Yun Zhi. The two of them don't fall in love with a man before they get married like you do, and if they want to remarry after being widowed, but you keep the festival, how can the two of them get married? ”

"What's more, second sister, you are still young now, and you don't know the pain of keeping festivals. In the past six months, my sister-in-law has not been able to see your brother, and it has been very difficult every day; My sister-in-law had an aunt who kept festivals, and sometimes she couldn't bear it at night, and she had to poke her arm with a knife to sleep. How is this verse kept? In fact, there are better examples that can be cited: although several Zhu Yuanzhang's daughters did not remarry after being widowed, there were many things about stealing people. But such words are not easy to say to an unmarried little girl, so you can only hold it in your stomach.

Yun Lan was frightened by what she said, thought of her two younger sisters again, and was finally moved by her: "Then my sister will obey the orders of the royal brother and sister-in-law." ”

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At the same time, in a large mansion in the Lifang where the family of the avant-garde soldiers of Jinwu lived, a woman who was no more than twenty-three or four years old was lying on the bed, her face was yellow, and she reluctantly smiled at the person in front of her: "Xianggong, the concubine's illness is not cured, and Xianggong doesn't have to seek medical treatment anymore." ”

"Xianggong is now so used by the emperor, and he is the cousin of the queen's mother, and when the concubine dies, he will definitely be able to marry a better woman than the concubine. The concubine only wants her husband to take care of Kecheng more, and don't let him be bullied. ”

"Nier, your illness will definitely be cured, Xianggong will go to the palace immediately and ask Niangniang to send a doctor to treat you, and your illness will definitely be cured."

As he spoke, he stood up, instructed his servants to take care of his wife, and turned to leave the room.

The sickly-looking woman had no choice but to call, so she let her personal maid Shu'er put her ear to her mouth and whispered: "When I die, if the young master marries a lady who enters the door is not good for Kecheng, you can tell the master and send Kecheng to the old lady." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Shu'er agreed with tears in her eyes.