Han Gang was about to get into the car when a hall official ran out of breath.

"Xianggong, Xianggong." He held a stack of letters in his hand and handed them to Han Gang's servant, "This is sent by the villain ordered by Zhang Xianggong." ”

A group of Yuan entourages blocked him from the crowd, Han Gang reached out and took the letter and flipped through it, but it was a new batch of lists of heirs of Zaifu and Guan Jun since the founding of the country that had just been sorted out, except for relatives, only foreign ministers, and at the same time, he was also limited to being an official in the court.

There are three people on one page, twenty-two pages, and only one person on the last page, after sixty-four dignitaries. It's less than the previous batches, and it should be the last batch.

"Alright." Han Gang closed the folder, "Go back and tell Zhang Xianggong that I received it." ”

The official left in response, and Han Gang also turned around and got into the car to go home.

Back at home, Han Gang freshened up and changed his clothes, and when he came out, Zhou Nan was looking through the text he had placed on the table.

She raised her head and asked Han Gang, "Official, there are so many people?" ”

Han Gang habitually leaned back on the recliner and closed his eyes comfortably, "This is the last batch, are there any suitable ones in these people?" ”

Red marriage and white funeral, the two things have always been called together. When the Son of Heaven is funeral, the prime minister must be the great envoy, and the wedding of the Son of Heaven is, of course, presided over by the prime minister.

The prime minister outside, the queen mother and concubine inside. For the marriage of the fourteen-year-old Son of Heaven, both inside and outside the government and the opposition were mobilized.

The official document that the hall official had just sent to Han Gang was the new batch of selected lists. Only girls of school age from these families are eligible to be candidates for the queen.

"I'm not impressed." Zhou Nan put down the hinge, leaned into Han Gang's arms, twisted his plump body, and sat comfortably, "My sister is more familiar, and the slave family is ordinary and doesn't go out." ”

"Who let your sister go to Jiangning, it's hard to ask her now."

Han Gang was very familiar with his hand and inserted it into Zhou Nan's arms along the placket of his clothes, touching the greasy and greasy skin inside, without Wang Yi's control, the child also left, and he let go even more at home.

"Doesn't the imperial court investigate? The officials should send someone to investigate, and we women don't take money. ”

Zhou Nan yawned and stretched, and there was another struggle in Han Gang's arms.

Han Gang's breathing was a little shorter, "The imperial court selects people, where can I find out in a hurry?" The word-of-mouth on weekdays depends on you. ”

Zhou Nan said in a greasy voice: "Who is a smart person who will push the daughter of the family into the fire pit." Those who can get married are in a hurry to get married, and those who are not married also say that the daughter of the family is ugly and unworthy of being a good match for the son of heaven. ”

"When your sister came back before, she seemed to have said that a few daughters were fine."

"No matter how good it is, it's not as good as Jin Niang." Yan Suxin said as he came in with the freshly made drink, looked at Zhou Nan who was building with Han Gang, and snorted lightly, "My sister is not at home, so it has become like this." ”

Zhou Nan raised his pretty face, which was still stunningly beautiful, and patted Han Gang's other side with a smile: "There is still a place here,"

"I'm not bored." Yan Suxin covered her mouth and smiled, "Change to a recliner the next day, what do people think?" ”

"Why are you changing chairs again?"

Yun Niang came in after her, and when she saw Han Gang and Zhou Nan, she also smiled and took a sip, "When my sister comes back, I will know, see what she says." ”

"Let's talk about it first."

It wasn't because of this matter that Han Gang wanted to consult his wives and concubines, and the three daughters of Zhou Nan didn't dare to ask about state affairs at will.

"Official, what if you really can't find the one you like?" Yan Suxin asked.

Han Gang also had a headache, "Perfect nature is not easy to find, and it is still based on quality and behavior." ”

Half a month has passed, and the queen candidates have not been as crowded as imagined.

It is indeed an honor to be the queen mother of the world, and more importantly, the whole family can benefit.

Xiang Jing, the deceased father of the Queen Mother, Xiang Chuanliang, grandfather Xiang Chuanliang, and even the great-grandfather Xiang Minzhong, all posthumously awarded the title of prince, and they were not the kings of the county, but the kings - King Han, King Tang, and King Chen.

Brothers, cousins, uncles, nephews, and nephews who are still alive were all granted official positions without exception.

Xiang Zonghui and Xiang Zongliang, that is, the younger brother of the Queen Mother, their sister became the queen, and they were the assassins. Among the generals who officially led the troops, only Guo Kui, Chong Ge and Wang Zhongzheng had the status of temperance envoys.

As the so-called one person soars, immortals and chickens and dogs, Han Gang has seen it with his own eyes, and the two relatives of the Cao family and the Gao family are all the same.

But after the current election, after all, it was conducted under the auspices of the Empress Dowager Xiang, who listened to the government.

The queen chosen in this way happened to have one before - Empress Guo of Renzong.

That's the best example of what we have learned.

In the second year of Tiansheng, under the leadership of the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, Renzong married Guo as the queen.

But after Zhang Xian's Empress Dowager went to the immortal, Queen Guo was deposed as a pure concubine that year, became a monk, and was given the name Yujing Chong Miao Immortal, and after another year, Queen Guo died suddenly in Changning Palace. After her death, Renzong, who missed the old time, was restored to the queen's position, but there was no gift and no temple.

Naturally, the Guo family did not soar because of this, although Renzong missed the old and thanked Empress Guo for her early death, but he only posthumously gave it to his ancestors and his father and brother, and did not also include relatives.

Empress Guo will end up like this, which is essentially a contradiction between Renzong and Empress Dowager Zhang Xian.

At the age of twenty-four, he had to be in power, and Renzong's more than ten years of grievances could not be vented on the deceased Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, of course, he could only find Empress Guo beside him.

With Zhao Zhen's generosity and benevolence to the people around him, he even got 'Ren' as the temple number after his death, but he couldn't tolerate a Queen Guo.

So what about today?

Except for the accident in the winter night and the ridiculous incident in the Funing Palace two years ago, Zhao Xu left only a vague image in the minds of his subjects.

But people at least didn't see that he had a benevolent heart comparable to that of Renzong.

If under the leadership of the queen mother, the daughter of the family is married, even if she becomes the queen for a while, it does not mean that it can last forever.

On one side is a lesson from the past, and on the other side is wealth and glory, which naturally makes it difficult for many people who are willing to rely on their daughters to fight for a rich family to make a decision for a while.

When the courtiers, important ministers, and even courtiers who think they have a future, it is impossible for their daughters and granddaughters to participate in the selection of queen candidates. And many people of insight, none of them are willing to sacrifice their daughters.

There are a few girls who are famous in the circle of women in Beijing when they are young, and they have never heard of discussing marriage with others before, but when the court sends people to inquire, they are either already written people, or they have already made promises, or they have husbands.

"Can you choose a little lower?" Zhou Nan asked, "If there are hundreds of thousands, it will be easier to choose people." ”

"Yes," Yun Niang walked over with Wen Jiàn and found a small stool to sit down beside Han Gang, "Empress Zhang Xian's family, Empress Wen Cheng's family, are not high-ranking dignitaries. ”

"That was from the concubine to be canonized. After being hired, all of them are from Gaomen. Han Gang patted Yun Niang's back, "Xiang Wenjian, the great-grandfather of the current Queen Mother, was the prime minister during the Taizong and Zhenzong periods, and Cisheng was the granddaughter of Cao Bin of the Pingnan Tang Dynasty. And Queen Zhuang Su is also after the famous general Gao Qiong. No matter which one it is, it is a group of people who are the top students in the civil and military classes. ”

"So what now?" Yun Niang asked.

"That's it." Han Gang patted the hinge in her hand and sighed, "Forced to buy and force to sell!" ”

This is a forcible buying and selling business.

If you want to be elected as a queen, great-grandfather or grandfather, you must at least be a zaifu or jiedu envoy. Therefore, after the imperial court searches the world's famous ministers, it makes a list one by one, and then sends people to inquire.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have always been one or two hundred dignitaries on both sides of the civil and military sides. For several generations, there are many wives and concubines, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and thousands. Among them, the daughter's house of the right age, that is, between twelve and sixteen, can always be found in three or five hundred.

However, coupled with the fact that there are no Xu people and the appearance is still passable, the scope of the final selection will be greatly reduced, and there will be only one hundred and ten people.

Even if the scholar family marries, one hundred and ten people is considered a large range, but it is too few for the emperor who sits on the world.

Yan Suxin suddenly said: "Zhuang Sheng is not Cisheng's niece?" The sisters who married out of the Queen Mother all have daughters at home, right? ”

Han Gang shook his head, "I'm afraid of being pampered and arrogant, and I will come out with another Zhuang Su." ”

has not been raised in the palace since childhood, regarded as a queen daughter, and treated like a princess. How can you develop a high-spirited temper?

After the death of the Empress Dowager Gao, because of her old mistakes, the nickname was only two words.

In order to show the filial piety of the Queen Mother, under the circumstance that she could not give evil and plain advice, Taichang Liyuan spent a snack and drafted the word Zhuangsu.

Taizu, Taizong, Zhenzong, the empress names of the three generations of emperors are all related to the emperor's name, and one word is taken out from the last four words. That is, the so-called queen is crowned with the emperor's name.

For example, the three queens of Taizu all have filial piety, and the four queens of Taizong are all virtuous, and the names of the five queens of Zhenzong have not been so drawn up at the beginning, but during the Qingli period, they were said by the ceremonial officials, so they have changed, all with chapters, Zhang Huai, Zhang Mu, Zhang Yi, Zhang Hui, and Zhang Xian Mingsu. This is because there is 'great filial piety' in Taizu's name, 'holy virtue' in Taizong's name, and 'Zhang Sheng' in Zhenzong's name.

However, none of the four words of Empress Cao's 'Ci Shengguang Dedication' were selected from the last four words of Renzong's name, and they were not even the same as Renzong's 'Body Heaven Dharma Dao Extreme Virtue Shenwen Shengwu Rui Zhe Ming Filial Piety'.

With this precedent, there is no need for Empress Yingzong to take another word from the last four words of Yingzong's name.

The word Zhuang Su is both beautiful, but when used on Emperor Gao, it is clearly praised and depreciated.

And this nickname actually just accounts for the first and last words of Empress Zhang Xian's earliest nickname Zhuang Xian Mingsu, Han Gang didn't investigate it carefully, the mind of the official of the Taichang Rite Academy is like a intestine, who knows what the intentions are.

With this one in front, no one wants to have another Empress Zhuang Sugao.

Empress Dowager Xiang didn't want to implicate her own children and nephews.

Of course, Han Gang didn't want to, so when Yun Niang suddenly pointed out to him the penultimate page of the list, he was immediately angry.

"Official, this ...... Isn't it the second uncle? ”

Wang Anshi's second son, Wang Bizheng, who is serving in Jiangning, is listed on the list.

And in Wang's house, there happens to be a daughter who has not yet been married.

"Yue Niang is twelve, right?" Yan Su said faintly.

'How did you get it?' Han Gang thought annoyedly.

Wang Anshi's own granddaughter, his niece of Han Gang, can be sent to the palace to be the queen?