Chapter 1154: The Princess Gets Married (Ask for Subscription)

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Although Nandu knew that His Royal Highness the King of Qi would return to Beijing in the past two days, there was no specific itinerary for the King of Qi to return to Beijing from Zhenjiang, so Nandu did not know when King Qi would arrive. It was Yuan Kuoyu and Ding Zhixiang, the core backbones of the Zhou Party, who didn't know when Zhou Shixiang would enter the city.

For the sake of insurance, the first assistant Guo Zhiqi asked people to guard the major city gates, and as soon as King Qi's car arrived, he went to the cabinet to report the news. However, he was still a step slower, and when he received the news of Zhou Shixiang's return to Beijing, Huang Zongxi had already preemptively visited Zhou Shixiang.

Guo Zhiqi was a little unhappy, Huang Zongxi, as the chief constitution and a great Confucian, couldn't wait to welcome Zhou Shixiang, which really damaged the face of the court and his reputation Huang Zongxi. It must be known that now, many officials and gentry in Beijing regard him Huang Zongxi as another leader after Taifu Qian Qianyi.

Now that Huang Zongxi is blatant, regardless of his identity, he is going to greet Zhou Shixiang, doesn't he tell the world that he has completely fallen to Zhou Shixiang, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the gentry officials who are interested in the Ming Dynasty, and also makes Guo Zhiqi a little caught off guard. Not long ago, the two were staunch allies.

But it's not fast, after knowing that Zhou Shixiang was in a carriage, but he just brought his guards into the city, and no army came with him, Guo Zhiqi's hanging heart finally let go.

He was very worried that Zhou Shixiang would take advantage of the constitutional decree to reform the system and return to Beijing to get married, and he would directly act recklessly. Now it seems that Zhou Shixiang is really as he said in Zhenjiang, this trip back to Beijing is to get married, and then promote the reform of the court, with no intention of becoming independent.

University scholar Hong Yuao and military department secretary Zhang Huangyan they were both informed, Zhou Shixiang went directly to the palace of the king of Qi after entering the city, and will enter the palace to meet the Son of Heaven later. The two important ministers coincidentally thought of entering the palace together, and they were also afraid, worried that Zhou Shixiang would change after entering the palace.

Huang Zongxi went back to the palace of the king of Qi with Zhou Shixiang, but before Zhou Shixiang entered the city, he didn't know that Huang Zongxi was waiting for him at the city gate.

For this general constitution, the great Confucian in the literary world, Zhou Shixiang's perception is neither good nor bad. A few days ago, Huang Zongxi instigated Shilin and officialdom to refute Gu Yanwu's public revelation, which made Zhou Shixiang very dissatisfied, but this is a cultural war, Gu Yanwu can't suppress them, and he can't directly come forward to make a public revelation outside the city, or directly say that Huang Zongxi is wrong as the king of Qi.

In terms of his heart, Zhou Shixiang didn't want to engage in any public revelation or big debate, because this method is a typical clear stream of thinking, and he talks about heroes, but it is useless in reality.

When Gu Yanwu mentioned this matter, Zhou Shixiang also persuaded him, thinking that the effect was not great. However, Gu Yanwu insisted that public disclosure is the best way to uncover the cause of Jiashen's national disaster, and it is also a good way to make people in the world best understand why the country has fallen to this point. Only by letting the gentry officials know where they are wrong can they carry out targeted reforms and sweep away the shortcomings of the court.

In the face of Gu Yanwu's insistence, Zhou Shixiang couldn't spoil his interest, he couldn't tell the other party, he wanted the other party to understand his mistakes and give up the previous privilege of calamity to the country, only the knife handle was the most practical.

Public opinion is never won by debate, and the same is true of people's hearts. When the opposition can still talk about the great truth of self-righteousness, and can still justifiably talk about the privileges of the gentry, it is obviously uncomfortable to argue with them.

If you can't win the debate, if you use the knife to solve these people, although you can still win public opinion and people's hearts, you will inevitably fall behind, which is actually a great shame.

Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to completely sweep away the inherent gentry class through the expansion of the rebellion, and then he personally came forward to preside over a big discussion about the state of the country. Haven't those who have always weighed the world do this? No powerful minister would be stupid enough to give his opponent a chance to argue with him in person.

It's a pity that Gu Yanwu's public disclosure of staying in the capital made Zhou Shixiang's plan impossible to implement, and there was no way, he could only choose the means he didn't want to do. Since these Ming gentry and Confucian disciples are stubborn, thinking that the way of the sages is the way of governing the country, and they refuse to admit their mistakes, then they will talk to you with knives. Suppress discontent by force. This is the simplest, most effective, and at the same time brutal way.

Zhou Shixiang's visit to Beijing this time was also intended to unify his "thinking." This matter, like the constitutional reform, is a top priority. The situation is different, but the essence is the same, that is, an atmosphere of only one voice and one will must be formed from top to bottom. Only in this way can he rest assured that he can swing the Northern Expedition without worries.

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Huang Zongxi has been put on the "blacklist" by Zhou Shixiang, and he is ready to completely defeat the critics. I don't want to, but this person saw the opportunity so quickly, as soon as he entered the city, he came to visit him in a hurry, and sent a "Yuan Jun" advocating that the emperor was a public servant.

At the city gate, Zhou Shixiang did not read "Yuan Jun" carefully, and asked Huang Zongxi to go to the palace with him to talk in detail.

On the way back to the palace, Zhou Shixiang carefully watched "Yuan Jun" in the carriage, but after reading it, he sneered, he didn't cover Huang Zongxi's tricks, this "Yuan Jun" seems to be building momentum for him Zhou Shixiang, and Gu Yanwu's "Hypocritical Jun" said that he had a little bit of thought, and also said that the monarch was out of his responsibility, and it could be replaced by a virtuous person, but what was hidden in it was the concept of gentry autonomy.

In short, the emperor could not do without it at any time, but the gentry could never do without. The world is governed by the emperor and the gentry, and the thousands of gentry are the thousands of incarnations of the emperor, whether it is the court or the place, these tens of millions of gentry should take on the important task of ruling the world for the monarch.

Zhou Shixiang had no intention of reforming the constitution and eventually evolved into gentry autonomy, and the virtue of the gentry has never been reliable, and the so-called ninety percent of the village sages will eventually evolve into inferior gentry and strong people. What he needs is that the world can only be dominated by one voice and one will, not the incarnation of some monarch to share the burden of governing the country for him. At least, in China today, and even in China for a hundred years, the autonomy of the gentry is definitely digging its own grave.

"Yuan Jun" was completely rejected, and even Zhou Shixiang, who originally talked about this matter with Huang Zongxi, directly put down the Lord General Xian.

Huang Zongxi's actions are really in response to the old saying, he refuses to regret when he dies, and changes his ways to want to fill old wine in new bottles, peddling the Confucian set. No matter how hard he tried to add so-called new ideas to that set to meet the needs of the powerful, in the end, it was still the Confucian one.

Zhou Shixiang is not Zhu Yuanzhang, so he will not be fooled by these Confucians. He summoned Zhang An, who had already entered Beijing, and told him that Huang Zongxi's gang still refused to go to the Tao, what does this mean? It shows that they do not realize that they have become representatives of the country and the people. This calamity to the country and the people does not mean that they have done any bad things such as killing people and setting fires, but that their thoughts have bound the people.

"These people's thinking needs to be improved, and the Confucian set, which has few good and many bad, must be reorganized."

Zhou Shixiang instructed Zhang An to invite Huang Zongxi, the general constitution, to also go to various places to have a look, to feel the suffering of the Ming people since Xiajiashen, and also to go to various places where the new policy is being implemented, such as Guangdong, so that they can understand that the Confucianism they have learned is incompatible with this great era.

What the Ming Dynasty and the people need is a new idea, a positive and enterprising iron-blooded thought, not the old-fashioned idea of scholars and doctors ruling the world together, nor the garbage doctrine that the country can die and the religion cannot be destroyed, let alone the ostrich thinking that is gentle and pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Zhang An asked what to do if these people were still stubborn, but Zhou Shixiang did not answer, but asked him what to do.

Later, Zhou Shixiang entered the palace to meet Emperor Dingwu.

Several scholars in the cabinet and Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, as well as Huang Zongxi and others who came out of the Qi Palace, who were confused, all entered the palace.

Xu is tacit, and Xu is not speculative, Emperor Dingwu and Zhou Shi only had a few simple words, and the meeting ended. This is also what it should mean, whether it is Emperor Dingwu or Zhou Shixiang, they don't want to talk too much to each other now, after all, the two will soon become "Weng son-in-law".

Next, the bureaucratic system of Nanjing City was rapidly opened, and the wedding of King Qi and the eldest princess covered up the undercurrent of Nanjing City for a while.

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Zhou Shixiang has married a wife and served as a groom official, but this time he married a princess as a prince, and those previous memories were naturally completely useless. He originally wanted to do it simply, but after listening to the set of procedures of the first assistant Guo Zhiqi and the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, his head suddenly became big, but these were not pompous things, but etiquette should be done, Zhou Shixiang had no way to object, so he simply let them do it.

In the Qi Palace, since Zhou Shixiang came back, there has been an endless stream of officials and horses who have come to give gifts. Zhou Shixiang did not refuse, and asked everyone to accept it.

After the officials of the Ministry of Rites drew up the etiquette of the Nacai name greeting, they set up the ceremony venue. According to the "Chang Yi", the honor guard is set up outside the palace of the King of Qi. Set up two tables, spread an apricot yellow satin tablecloth, put "knots" on one table, and put "name" books on the other. The gifts to be sent to the palace are also readily available.

Since Jiashen, Daming has never had a prince's wedding, nor has he ever married a princess, so it is a rare thing for the clan and officials, and some people may only meet such once in their lives.

After being fiddled with like a puppet for a day, after completing the name greeting ceremony, Zhou Shixiang returned to the palace and sat on the brocade bench with a tired face.

The palace steward handed Rong a hot towel and said respectfully: "If Your Highness is tired, you might as well lie down and rest, there is nothing else to do today, just rest, and it is better to recharge your energy and cope with tomorrow." ā€

"You have to rest, or tomorrow will be enough."

Zhou Shixiang waved his hand to retreat to Rong, and suddenly beckoned him to come closer and asked in a low voice, "How are they?" ā€

Xiang Rong naturally knew who the "they" Zhou Shixiang was referring to, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the two ladies are now in Suzhou, and everything is fine." ā€

"Oh, that's good."

Zhou Shixiang pursed his lips and let Xiang Rong go down. For Shi Yuanling, he didn't have much affection, it was just a temporary sexual start, and he just used this mature woman as a tool. However, Zhou Shixiang has feelings for Lin Wan'er, but now he wants to marry the princess as his wife, and it is obviously impossible to say that he is not guilty.

When I was done, I went to Suzhou to see them.

Zhou Shixiang can only think like this, in the short term, he is afraid that he will not be able to go to Suzhou.

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In the palace, Princess Shuyi performed Najib and Nazheng gifts after the human ethics class. Najib is fortune-telling, that is, divination for marriage; If it is an "auspicious omen" and the birthday is appropriate, ask the matchmaker to bring gifts to the engagement. Accepting the levy is to send the engagement gift.

The ancients said: "Men and women have no matchmaker, no exchange, no currency." "Naji, Na Zheng ceremony, the palace still has to hold the corresponding ceremony, but it is simpler, after the ceremony will send an angel to hold the festival, with gifts to the Qi Palace, to confirm the matter of welcoming relatives tomorrow.

The next day, before dawn, Shuyi was awakened by the palace people, but she was asked to bathe, and when bathing, she repeatedly used skin care agents made of mung bean powder as the main raw material and Western Regions perfume to rub her face and wipe her body. After that, he sprayed incense powder on Shuyi's face, painted eyeliner, applied eye shadow, painted blue eyebrows, wiped red lips, and then drummed out two pieces of "cheek red" on the two faces.

After carefully looking at the mirror again, Shuyi nervously pinched her clothes and feet with her little hands, and carefully "plopped" and jumped. The joy of marrying her beloved as a wife made Shuyi excited.

After dressing up, Queen Chen came, and after entering the house, she ordered everyone in the palace to go down, and then asked Shuyi in a low voice: "Have you ever had a moon?" ā€

Shuyi's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she said shyly: "I went a few days ago." ā€

Empress Chen smiled, and said in a low voice: "When the king of Qi comes, he will come to greet him, and after marrying, when he goes to bed at night, he will follow the actions of the Happy Buddha, and he will be in tune." ā€

"Hmm."

Shuyi's voice of promise is not as loud as the mosquito's voice.

The next day, before dawn, Shuyi was awakened by the palace people, but she was asked to bathe, and when bathing, she repeatedly used skin care agents made of mung bean powder as the main raw material and Western Regions perfume to rub her face and wipe her body. After that, he sprayed incense powder on Shuyi's face, painted eyeliner, applied eye shadow, painted blue eyebrows, wiped red lips, and then drummed out two pieces of "cheek red" on the two faces.

After carefully looking at the mirror again, Shuyi nervously pinched her clothes and feet with her little hands, and carefully "plopped" and jumped. The joy of marrying her beloved as a wife made Shuyi excited.

After dressing up, Queen Chen came, and after entering the house, she ordered everyone in the palace to go down, and then asked Shuyi in a low voice: "Have you ever had a moon?" ā€

Shuyi's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she said shyly: "I went a few days ago." ā€

Empress Chen smiled, and said in a low voice: "When the king of Qi comes, he will come to greet him, and after marrying, when he goes to bed at night, he will follow the actions of the Happy Buddha, and he will be in tune." ā€

"Hmm."

Shuyi's voice of promise is not as loud as the mosquito's voice.