Qin Tai knew that his cousin Qiu Xiaoqiu and his wife Zhan Xiaoxiao wanted to know the meaning of "the heavenly family is happy", so he didn't sell Guan Zi and told his two close relatives everything he knew. When everyone knew about it, they couldn't help but sigh together, even Zhan Xiaoxiao, who was in a hurry to practice, seemed to have forgotten what he was going to do, and the three of them sat together, and no one wanted to say anything.

"There is joy in heaven", some information can be seen literally. First, the so-called "heavenly family" was something that only one family could say in ancient China. This is the family that became the emperor, and only this family can be called "heavenly family". The emperor at that time was Emperor Longqing, a descendant of the Zhu Ming Dynasty, so this "heavenly family" was actually surnamed Zhu. According to the ancient Chinese saying, there are also big and small families. The so-called "home" can be a "small family" or "everyone". The so-called "small family" refers to a small family in a narrow sense, and if understood in this sense, the "heavenly family" can only be the family of Emperor Longqing who lived in the Forbidden City. Even Emperor Longqing's brothers, cousins, sisters, cousins, and so on could not claim to be "Heavenly Family". If it is expressed by "everyone", the direct members of Zhu Ming's royal family can call themselves "Heavenly Family", and they should all be part of the "Heavenly Family". Second, the word "have" in "Heavenly Family Happiness" means that something is about to happen to the royal family, or it has already happened. Third, the word "happy" in "heavenly family is happy". It means that there will be something festive going on in the royal family. Emperor Longqing has already married a family, the current queen is unharmed, and the prince is not very old, so there is no need to set up a crown princess, so it can only be the draft girl of Emperor Longqing to enrich the harem.

For the common people, the change of dynasty has almost no direct connection with them. As long as there is no war, as long as there are no natural and man-made disasters, so that the people will not starve, and live and work in peace and contentment, it will be a peaceful and prosperous world. Although compared with wars and natural disasters, the royal draft is relatively less harmful, but it is also a man-made disaster that separates life and death. For all dynasties, the royal family has been an unattainable place for the common people, too mysterious and too distant for the common people. Only at the time of the draft can the common people have the opportunity to learn about the royal family and know some royal private affairs.

For ordinary people, being a royal daughter-in-law is not a good thing, at least not a worry-free thing. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the intrigue of the harem has gradually become known to everyone. Some successful men always sacrifice their women, sisters, and daughters in exchange for their status and power. So women are destined to be victims, destined to bear all kinds of bad reputations. Especially in the royal family, there are not only many direct women, but also many daughters-in-law who marry into the door. In order to compete for favor, for their own status, and for the future of their children, how many women have sacrificed, and how many women have become unreasonable. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, when Empress Wu Zetian became the first and only female emperor, the inner palace struggle not only fought to the extreme, but also completely burned the war to the previous dynasty, and since then, the palace struggle has almost been inseparable from the government affairs of the previous dynasty, and the relationship between the two is almost inseparable.

For everyone, Empress Lihou and Concubine Li, although they are both just the emperor's women, have a big difference in status. The empress is the emperor's nominal wife, except for her, the other imperial concubines cannot be regarded as the emperor's wife, they are all regarded as the emperor's little wife and concubine, at most they are only equal wives. This is one aspect, and the second aspect is the position within the interior. The queen is the mistress of the harem, even if the mother-in-law and the queen mother are still alive, she has a considerable right to speak. The queen is in charge of the phoenix seal, and she can decide the life and death of the people in the harem, which is the greatest right as the queen. The third aspect is the distinction between the descendants and the concubines. As the legal wife of the emperor, the empress can not only attend major celebrations with the emperor, but also her status in the royal family determines some powers that others do not have. Although the children of the royal family, especially the emperor, have "the eldest and younger", which determines the status and rights of the children. But the children born to the empress are concubines and are the most likely candidates to inherit the throne. Even if the queen has no son, or her own son dies, and other princes inherit the throne, this queen is also the heir's mother-in-law, and she must be respected as the queen mother. Only the queen's maiden family may be able to guarantee the future scenery and glory. Therefore, only when the queen or the crown princess is chosen, the common people or officials will be a little interested. As for sending his daughter into the palace to be the emperor's little wife, ordinary people will not be happy.

According to the rules of the harem of all dynasties, once the imperial court releases the draft, the people, including the government and the opposition, cannot be an exception. All girls between the ages of 13 and 17, in addition to those who have a marriage contract, and those who are already married, must go to the local yamen to declare. The eunuchs of the harem were divided into several groups and went to various places to conduct primary elections and register some school-age girls who could be seen in the past. These girls will be sent to the capital in batches, and the household department in charge of people's livelihood will screen them again. Those who pass the preliminary selection for entering the palace will be carried out in batches, and the inappropriate ones will be eliminated by the internal palace maids, and the remaining girls will be selected. Those who do not meet the standards will be sent back to their hometowns, or they will stay in the capital, and after all the selections are made, the unqualified ones will be sent back together. Girls who pass the primary selection will have a "physical examination" with an experienced old palace maid. Eliminate those who are no longer virgins, those who are disabled, those who have a peculiar smell, those who are not in good shape, those who are inhumane, or those who are childbearing. Once it is found that a girl has lost her virginity, the consequences will be very serious, and the light case will be punished and dealt with according to the crime of "misconduct", and the serious case will be dealt with according to the crime of "deceiving the king", "deceiving the king", and "intending to confuse the royal blood", which not only may not be guaranteed, but will also affect the girl's family and even the entire family. After passing this level, the girl can be regarded as officially becoming a "show girl". Not only do they have to live in the palace, but they also have to be systematically trained. After training, they become qualified "women to be selected". Once favored by the emperor, empress and others, she will become a high-ranking harem girl. According to the rules of the royal family, a high-grade show girl is the emperor's woman. Regardless of whether they are favored by the emperor or not, they will not be able to leave the palace for the rest of their lives, and they will wait for death in the palace from now on. If they were lucky enough to be the emperor's women and have their own children, they might have lived a better life. Unless this woman's son becomes the emperor of the next generation, and the woman becomes the queen mother, she will not have a chance to get ahead. Women with status have their own residences in the harem, and they live in the main house, side hall, side room, and side room of the palace. Also according to different status, there are palace maids and eunuchs who serve her by the side of a woman. Generally speaking, the queen has thirty-six palace maids and thirty eunuchs around her, and there is also a chief eunuch and a palace maid to manage her subordinates. The imperial concubine each has more than 20 palace maids and eunuchs, accompanying the stewards of the eunuchs and the palace maids. There are a number of palace maids and eunuchs under the concubines, and there are no eunuchs or palace maids in charge. The lowest level of "beauty", with two palace maids and one eunuch, can only live in the matching room. This kind of woman with no status not only does not have freedom, but her living treatment is not as good as that of ordinary palace maids. Daily use and New Year's gifts are either deducted or misappropriated, especially for women who are not fortunate enough to be old, and can only live by picking up garbage or selling things. Not only are these women hopeless to get out of the palace, but they also have to work to survive. They embroidered day and night, entrusted the finished product to the eunuch who could leave the palace and sold it, in exchange for the money to pay for their own living expenses. After the exploitation of the eunuchs, the little money left either went into the pockets of the eunuchs in the imperial dining room or into the private income of the steward of the knitting room. This kind of woman waited for death in the palace, and after she died, her money would be robbed, and a straw mat would be wrapped and thrown into a mass grave next to the corner of the palace. When they still have some savings and energy, they will try to take care of a eunuch. I hope that after her death, this eunuch will help her dig a pit and hold a ritual for her, so that she can walk with peace of mind.

I don't want my daughter to die in the palace, I don't want my daughter to live in the palace of intrigue, and I don't want my daughter to destroy humanity in order to survive, so the vast majority of people don't want their daughter to enter the palace. For this reason, once the common people learn that the palace is going to be drafted, they will immediately set a marriage for their daughter, and even get married quickly. So when the imperial court issued a draft notice, it often happened that private groups got married. Sometimes there are too few boys of the right age, and some people who are in a hurry to marry their daughters will grab boys, but if they can't grab boys, they can rob men, even if they let their daughters be their little wives for others. These families are in a hurry to marry their daughters, so they will have infatuated men and resentment women, which will lead to domestic violence later. It can also lead to the success of some traffickers and marriage fraudsters, and some families lose their children as a result. In fact, all this is because of the draft, and the culprit is actually the emperor.

Although the first emperor Jiajing Emperor abandoned the government and superstition, he caused the traitor Yan Song and his son to bring disaster to the world for nearly 20 years. But the common people also lived a relatively peaceful life because of this, at least in these years, Emperor Jiajing did not have a large-scale draft. Therefore, the kind-hearted people have not forgotten this benefit of Emperor Jiajing, and from time to time they say that this former emperor also has merits. After Emperor Longqing came to power, he didn't have the heart to enjoy it because the court situation was unstable. The second is because Emperor Longqing is not young and his physique is not good, so he did not expand the harem.