After Zhu Youxiao crossed over, he gradually got used to this kind of day, getting up early every day to exercise, even if he sewed on the morning of 369 days, he never stopped. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThen, after breakfast, the Yuwenhua Hall gave a lecture, and then went to the inner teaching field to observe the performance of Sun Chuanting and others, and after returning to the palace, he dealt with the day's government affairs, which was monotonous and fulfilling. At this moment, it was the first time that he knelt outside the door and begged to see the foreign ministers.

"Your Majesty, the emperor's edict, Your Majesty must be married on an auspicious day."

Originally, according to the system, men should hold a crown ceremony at 20 before getting married, but now Zhu Youxiao is the son of heaven, and his parents are dead, so he should get married as soon as possible and take on the important responsibilities of the court.

Zhu Youxiao knew that his marriage would be more important than the form, and it was impossible to marry later, so he didn't dwell on this issue, so he said to Sun Ruyou, who was kneeling on the ground and holding his hands high, "Let's be flat, I can meet the pole gate according to the routine, and the Ministry of Rites will hold it according to the edict of the emperor." ”

Sun Ruyou is over the age of antiquity, and under the support of Wang Chengen, he got up tremblingly, and the long beard on his long face adorned with age spots has turned white.

Zhu Youxiao saw that he was wearing a public uniform shaped like the Song and Yuan Dynasty at the moment, wearing a black head facing the sky, with two wings one foot and two inches long, and the tail end upturned; He was wearing a red silk round-necked right robe, and asked, "Why does Aiqing have to see me here wearing the official uniform that Shuowang only wears?" ”

Sun Ruyou saw that the Son of Heaven asked knowingly, and smiled bitterly in his heart, "The minister is here to beg His Majesty to take back the decree." According to the system, courtiers must first be promoted by the court, and then drafted by the cabinet, and His Majesty will leave the ministers in the middle, so ......"

Zhu Youxiao insisted that the scholars of the East Pavilion University be admitted to the cabinet for the preparatory service, first, to repay the favor, and second, to balance the cabinet, so that he could be in the center and make decisions in the middle of the cabinet.

Previously, after the Guangmiao ascended to the pole, he wanted to postpone the date on the grounds that Zhu Youxiao's physique was weak, but Sun Ruyou insisted on doing it according to the will of the temple.

At present, there are three people in the cabinet, namely the young master and the crown prince, the scholar of Wuyingdian University, and Fang Congzhe; Prince Taibao, Wenyuange University Scholar, Han Yi, Liu Yixian. Among them, only Fang Congzhe is an old minister, and the latter two are new to the cabinet.

Fang Congzhe is because of his soft nature, coupled with the weakness of the Zhejiang party, and has always adhered to the duties of the cabinet assistant, and takes the will of the emperor as the purpose of doing things, so Zhu Youxiao insisted on keeping him in office. Let Sun Ruyou enter the cabinet is to change the status quo that since Han Liu entered the cabinet, the cabinet has often been unable to reach a consensus and the efficiency of voting has declined.

Zhu Youxiao knew that since the decree of Xia Zhong ordered Sun Ruyou to enter the cabinet, the government and the opposition have been arguing endlessly, thinking that he is not qualified enough, and even wants to let the old assistant of the temple, the young master and the prince and the prince, Shangshu Jianji Palace, the scholar Ye Xiang go out of the mountain. In addition to private discussions, Henan Provincial Imperial History An Shen, Huguang Provincial Imperial History Jia Jichun, Shandong Provincial Imperial History Tian Zhen, etc., even wrote a book saying that 'it is a big shock, auxiliary Bi is not an official who is worshipped, Taiding is not a place of fate, and begging to take back his fate', and Xue Fengxiang also opposed it in the matter.

"I have already said in the edict to the Ministry of Officials, the recent imperial ancestor examination, the imperial examination promotion, funerals one after another, followed by the first emperor and my ascending ceremony, the imperial examination number, all kinds of things, Aiqing is carefully planned. I miss Aiqing's hard work, and Tezi is simple, so I don't need to care about the short and long term of the government and the opposition, and I can rest assured that I can do anything. ”

"Your Majesty......"

Zhu Youxiao stopped Sun Ruyou from wanting to continue, and said to Wang Chengen, "Tell the officials of the Science and Dao, this is my personal judgment, and there must be no doubts." ”

Kedao was originally a speech official, and the ancestral system of not punishing crimes with words made the current speech very free, even if the six-grade minor officials dared to be the court to reprimand the first-class officials. This is unimaginable even in later generations, although Zhu Youxiao is wary of loose remarks, but he can't be punished for this, so he doesn't say a word.

Sun Ruyou saw that the Son of Heaven was resolute, so he had no choice but to bow down and obey. Since he is an official of the imperial court, he naturally wants to go further, and entering the cabinet is the ultimate dream of studying hard.

After receiving the order, Sun Ruyou continued the previous topic and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has proposed to hold a crown ceremony in February next year and a big wedding in April. ”

(Note: In the lunar calendar, next year will be a leap February, so the first February is the first February.) ）

"So early?" Although Zhu Youxiao knew that he couldn't avoid it, he was born in the thirty-third year of Wanli, according to the actual age, he will only turn 15 on the twenty-first day of the next month, and even if he is only 16 years old.

"It's not early, the temple wedding is only fifteen years old." Sun Ruyou seemed to be thoughtful when he saw the Son of Heaven, and then said, "The emperor carefully chooses Shuyuan, and must be visited by a special official, and the beggar priest will supervise according to the precedents, and the election committee will be fair and diligent to work among the ministers, and they will be voted in Beijing and abroad, and many parties will simply select the ladies who are thirteen to sixteen years old. Those who are in the middle of the situation outside the country will be sent to Beijing by the first month of next year. ”

Since the founding of the country, Taizu has set the tone for future generations to choose concubines, 'all the sons of heaven and princes, concubines, and palace concubines, carefully choose the daughters of good families for them, and those who enter will accept it'. That is, the harem of the Son of Heaven and the Prince only selects the daughters of commoners, and the righteous daughters who are dedicated are not accepted. This tone was strictly enforced in the Ming Dynasty and played a decisive role in preventing foreign relatives from interfering in politics and improving the genes of the Zhu family.

Zhu Youzheng was about to respond, and then he heard a gong from the direction of Ciqing Palace in the east, followed by an eager shout, "Go to the water, go to the water in the Luan Palace." ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Chengen, and when he saw that he was also looking at himself, he nodded. Wang Chengen and Zhu Youxiao have been together for more than a month, and they have formed a tacit understanding, so they hurriedly ran to Jingyunmen with three or five people without waiting for the Son of Heaven's orders.

The palace is in the north of the Renshou Palace, where the palace of the later generations is located, and it is the place where the concubine retires. At this moment, the fire is soaring into the sky, and the smoke is filled.

When Wang Chengen arrived, it was in a mess, and the palace envoys shuttled back and forth, or hid their faces and fled, or carried various utensils back and forth to rescue them.

"There was no panic, all the people retreated to the outside of Ciqing Palace, and the officials and servants looked for utensils nearby, and went to the copper jar in front of Renshou Palace and the inner Jinshui River to draw water for rescue."

Although Wang Chengen served like a slave in front of Zhu Youxiao, except for the chief celebrant and the supervisor in the palace, he was a high-ranking figure, and no one dared to disobey him. After listening to the order, everyone saw that it was the favored minister of the Son of Heaven wearing a red imperial python suit, and they seemed to have the backbone of the main body, and they all did their own thing.

……

Zhu Youxiao did not step forward to command, but rushed to the platform of the former site of the Jianji Hall with Sun Ruyou to look up.

The platform is the Yuntai Gate behind the Shibao and the palace, which was originally the place where the ministers were summoned, and the platform of Chongzhen was asked to be here.

"Your Majesty, today is the twenty-fourth, it is the inner market and the day, I am afraid that tomorrow the disaster of the Luan Palace will spread all over the capital."

Zhu Youxiao saw that Sun Ruyou didn't ask the reason, didn't mention the casualties, and only cared about the impact, so he felt that he was a little cold-blooded. After thinking about it, I was relieved, the Forbidden City has always been in constant fires, and the Forbidden Palace has already formed a complete set of disaster relief mechanisms.

"When I find out the reason, I will give an explanation to the soldiers and civilians of the Beijing Division." Zhu Youxiao thought that Wei Jinzhong's newspaper should also come in handy, so he said to Sun Ruyou, "Aiqing should leave the palace, I will ask the celebrant to send capable ministers to the concubine, remember to enter the cabinet and do your best, don't let me down." ”

Sun Ruyou saw that the fire had been controlled and had not spread to the nearby palace, so he retreated without mentioning it.

Afterwards, after Wang Chengen's return, the disaster of the Luan Palace was originally caused by a palace maid who accidentally overturned the charcoal stove to keep out the cold, and the estimated loss was around 50,000 silver, but fortunately, no one was buried in the fire.

Zhu Youxiao summoned the celebrant and the officials in the Yangxin Palace, and said to more than ten people, "Are there often fires in the palace?" ”

"Forbidden palace fires occur from time to time, the three major palace disasters start from the self-return gate, and in the first year of the three major palace disasters, the second palace of Qianqing Kunning also had a lightning strike to the destruction of the palace, and the queen's treasure was burned, so far it has not been repaired. When King Fu was in the domain, the middle palace had a precept with the princess, and it was necessary to use the treasure to know it, and it was hanging for a long time. The temple is lacking, and the book Xie Ji is a model seal, and the royal supervisor uses pear wood carving instead. ”

Speaking is Liu Ruoyu, who is the lightest grade of the celebrant supervisor, he is only more than forty, and he has not had the opportunity to show his face since Zhu Youxiao was simply promoted, and he is often afraid, so he immerses himself in studying the classics, and the most inner palace is gradually familiar, so he has this to say.

Seeing the mention of treasures, Liu Kejing, the celebrant supervisor, stepped forward and continued, "The slave has whispered that there is a jade seal in Henan, which is rumored to be the pre-Qin dynasty, and the jade seal of the country is passed on, and the seal is engraved 'Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity'." ”

Zhu Youxiao knew that after the Battle of Jingjing, the whereabouts of the jade seal of the country had long been unknown, and he did not report hope, and after instructing the celebrant Lu Shou to properly deal with the disaster, he said, "The Ministry of Rites uses the imperial examination edict as a pretext to beg me to carefully select Shuyuan, and this matter will be handed over to the celebrant for detailed investigation and disposal." ”

Lu Shou knew that this was a big deal, and he had already exchanged opinions with Wang An, Li Shi and others, so he stepped forward and said, "This matter has been discussed by the slaves and ministers earlier, and it has been decided that Wang Zhiyuan is in Gyeonggi, Liu Kejing and Yang Sunchen will go to Nanjing, Huaifeng, Xuzhou, and Henan, and Li Shi will go to Beizhi and Shandong, and Prime Minister Liu Kejing will choose to marry. Today, Li Shi led the four guard battalions to reinforce Liaodong, and who is responsible for it, please ask Your Majesty to show it. ”

The reason why the Ming Dynasty called the selection of concubines instead of the draft was to tell everyone that the selection was the mother of the country and that there was a name, which avoided the phenomenon of indiscriminate filling and few applicants. Several places described by Lu Shou are basically the concentration of beautiful women now, including Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Zhu Youxiao has seen the beauties of the harem, all of them are good, so it can be seen that the aesthetics at this time are not anywhere. Even Qin Huai Bayan, who was widely sung in later generations, Liu Ru was just born, and Dong Xiaowan's parents probably haven't met yet. And his background is not enough to be qualified to choose a concubine.

Zhu Youxiao didn't see any shame for the little dirt in his heart, he looked upright, held his mind, pointed to Liu Ruoyu who had just spoken, and said, "It's just you." In addition, I hope that you will not use the choice of concubines as a place of trouble, let alone make it difficult for others, otherwise even if I do not punish the crime, the saliva of the official will drown you. ”

The lustful Emperor Longqing had a eunuch named Zhang Jinchao next to him who pretended to want to go to Huguang to choose a concubine, and the outside world believed it to be true, fearing that he would miss his daughter's life and be separated from heaven and man after being sent to the palace, so he competed for bribes, and obtained more than 100,000 taels of silver in just half a month.

All dynasties thought that the first thing that came to mind was to take a relationship and stuff red envelopes, etc., and Zhu Youxiao did not mention whether they would accept bribes or not, and he had to decide who to choose as the queen in the end, and then he would beat it carefully and let it spit it out.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven had a cunning face, he didn't know why, so he knelt down and replied, "Slave, obey the order." ”