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c_t; Yingxiu issued an edict to marry Guo Shengtong, so that people, including Wang Mang, didn't know what was going on. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because these people themselves know one thing very well, that is, it is no secret that Yingxiu favors Yin Lihua, and now she is openly naming and marrying a woman, although the reason why Yingxiu married Guo Shengtong as a concubine is listed in the edict, but such a trick cannot hide too many people.

It can be said that for Wang Mang and others, Yingxiu's move this time will inevitably have its far-reaching significance.

When Wang Mang returned to his home after retiring from the court, the first thing he did was to gather the courtiers in his mansion in Xianyang or the courtiers he trusted as his confidants to discuss.

Many people don't quite understand the significance of Yingxiu's move, but it doesn't mean that all of them can't guess all the aspects that Yingxiu's action may involve.

Among them, Zhen Feng said a sentence to Wang Mang: "According to what I learned from my position, that is, Guo Shengtong's father is the late Qinghe Taishou Guo Chang, and his uncle is Kong Xiu Guowei in the early days of Emperor Jing, and now he is serving as the county guard of Zhao County. ”

Hearing Zhen Feng's inference, Wang Mang couldn't help laughing: "Just relying on a county lieutenant to deal with the Wang family and my Wang, Your Majesty is too natural." Obviously, with His Majesty's ability, such a thing should not happen. ”

Wang Mang's words made Zhen Feng and other people who thought that Zhen Feng's speculation was quite reasonable. Because as Wang Mang said, the Wang family, which has almost controlled Zhao County to a large extent, wants to deal with the Wang family with just one county lieutenant who can't mobilize too many troops, and Yingxiu's abacus can't be too loud. After all, even if he wanted to deal with the Wang family with just one county lieutenant, Yingxiu had to weigh whether this county lieutenant had such ability.

What Wang Mang didn't expect was that just relying on a county lieutenant of Zhao County could not shake the Wang family that was deeply rooted in the Zhao County area, and Wang Mang's self-confidence was not unreasonable, because even if this county lieutenant Kong Yan wanted to assist Yingxiu to seek greater benefits, then he would inevitably try what is the painful taste of ** flying eggs.

But what Wang Mang didn't know at this time was that a side child of the Wang family in his control was because he fell in love with the concubine of the Zhang family in Jixian County, and hoped to marry her as a concubine, and did not take into account the ability of the Zhang family in Jixian County, so he issued an ultimatum to the Zhang family in Jixian County, hoping that the Zhang family in Jixian County could send this Miss Zhang to his house At the same time, it was even more like a lion to open his mouth, hoping that the Zhang family in Jixian County could provide more dowry for this marriage.

Such a request naturally could not be agreed to by the current family of the Zhang family in Jixian County, and then, after Zhang Hong asked his son Zhang Hu to lead people to directly beat the children of the Wang family, he quickly sent the knights under his command to the location of other Zhang families.

This is why Zhang Yuan regarded this incident as an action by the Wang family's fangs, and made up his mind to carry out a large-scale attack on the Wang family.

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After the death of the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun, although the prestige of the Wang family in the court was more prominent on the surface, many people knew it, especially an old fox like Zhang Yuan, who knew very well that Wang Mang's methods were not as good as Wang Feng; Because Wang Mang is a more vain person, and can even be called a person who sells fame and reputation.

Wang Feng recruits personnel, and pays more attention to the ability of the other party, while Wang Mang is the opposite, as long as there is a certain reputation, Wang Mang hopes to take them under his command and obey his orders and instructions.

Obviously, Wang Mang's way of recruiting people is also to collect a lot of people like him, who can be regarded as fame and reputation.

Because these people, if they talk about ability, only a few can be called talents, and most of the others are even more inactive.

Because there are really few people who really have a certain amount of talent who will accept Wang Mang's lure and join the Wang family.

And Wang Mang himself didn't expect that because of the death of a side disciple who was not impressed, it angered the Zhang Jiashi branch in the world and the Xianyang Zhang family, one of Zhang Jiashi's direct bloodlines, would become the most fundamental fact that everything in the Wang family was really buried.

In the discussion between Zhang Yuan and Yingxiu and others, Yingxiu's concubine ceremony can be determined on the eve of the Great Dynasty Meeting or after the end of the holiday after the Great Dynasty Meeting.

Because there has never been an emperor, even the king of Qin, who will announce the canonization of concubines at the great court meeting. Yingxiu naturally doesn't want to be infamous because of this.

So after thinking about it again, Yingxiu decided to officially canonize Guo Shengtong as a concubine a few days before the court meeting.

This is also the reason why Yingxiu's edict to appoint Guo Shengtong as a concubine caused an "uproar in the court". Because in the Great Qin Empire, or many times in the Chinese feudal dynasties, concubines are not as many as they can be canonized.

The so-called "three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines" in later generations are more of the fantasies of some novelists.

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A harem is a place where the emperor's wives and concubines lived. It usually refers to women who live in a harem. Zhou system, the harem set up internal officials to praise internal governance. The Han set up 14 internal officials, where hundreds of people. Tang set up six bureaus and twenty-four divisions, with 190 officials and more than 50 female histories, all of whom were selected to be filled by women from good families. The ancients often used "three thousand beauties in the harem" to describe the concubines of ancient emperors.

However, there is no doubt that there are very few people who can become concubines in the so-called "three thousand beauties of the harem".

During the Zhou Dynasty, the Son of Heaven was called the king, and the wife was called the queen. The king has one queen, three wives, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one female queens. Later, he was in the palace, the same body as the king, the lady sat on the women's ceremony, the nine concubines taught the four virtues, the women of the world were mourned, sacrificed, and guests, and the female royal order was in the king's tomb.

This means that if the wife of the Zhou Dynasty is regarded as a concubine, then the number of concubines during the Zhou Dynasty is only three. And Su Daji, who was considered favored by the king of Shang in later generations, is likely to be only a lady.

And the sister Xi of the Xia Dynasty is clearly described as the queen in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" and "Historical Records".

Qin Shi Huang unified the world and established the title of emperor and empress. The emperor's grandmother is called the Empress Dowager, the emperor's mother is called the Empress Dowager, and the grandmother (wife) is called the Empress. Concubines are all called ladies.

However, the First Emperor did not record that he had an empress, and the same was true of Hu Hai and Ying Ziying. Of course, compared with the previous two emperors, as a bitter Ying Ziying, there is no doubt that it should be too late to be crowned a queen rather than that he does not want to be a queen.

So in the history of China, the first queen should undoubtedly be Lu Pheasant.

In the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, it inherited the title of queen mother of the Qin period. It also set up the titles of beauty, beloved, eighth son, seventh son, long envoy, young envoy and other concubines. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty added Jieyu, Ju'e, Fuhua, and Chongyi. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty added a new Zhaoyi.

Overall, the rank of concubines in the late Western Han Dynasty was expanded to the fourteenth rank. And each has a title: Zhaoyi is regarded as the prime minister, and the lord is more than the princes and kings. Jieyu looked down on Shangqing, Biliehou. Ju'e sees 2,000 stones, than the Hou of Guannei. The Huahua is really 2,000 stones, which is bigger than the big one. The beauty regards 2,000 stones, which is less than the upper creation. Eight sons look at a thousand stones, more than the middle. Charge Yizhi Qianshi, more than the left. The seventh son regarded eight hundred stones, which was longer than the right one. The lover regards 800 stones, which is longer than the left side. The long envoy looked at six hundred stones, more than five doctors. Less than four hundred stones, than the public ride. The facial features look at three hundred stones. Look at 200 stones. Wujuan, the Republic, the Entertaining Spirit, the Forest, the Good Messenger, and the Night all regard the Hundred Stones. The sons of the upper family and the sons of the middle family regard fighting and eating.

Below the facial features, buried outside the Sima Gate. (The Sima Gate here refers to the area between the outer gate and the inner gate of the emperor's mausoleum.) ）

During the period of Wang Mang's new dynasty, the pursuit of retro was endless. The title of concubine of the Han Dynasty, imitating the pre-Qin period, created the titles of harmony, concubine, beauty, and royal four, including three people, nine concubines, twenty-seven beautiful people, and eighty-one royal ones.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty founded the country, and the titles of concubines were fourfold: nobles, beauties, palace people, and women. The nobles were awarded gold seals and purple ribbons, and Yulu was dozens of corns. Beauty, palace people, and women do not have titles and salaries.

After Guo Shengtong was deposed as the queen, he became Liu Xiu's nobleman, and including the last Xu Meiren who gave birth to Liu Xiu's child, Liu Xiu's number of harems in this regard can be said to be even less than that of Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

The rank of concubines in the two Jin dynasties was slightly modified by Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, according to the Han and Wei systems. There are three ladies: noble concubines, ladies, and nobles. Position is regarded as the third public. Nine concubines: Shufei, Shuyuan, Shuyi, Xiuhua, Contouring, Xiuyi, Jieyu, Ronghua, and Chonghua. Position Jiuqing. The rest are: beauty, talent, and talent. Below a thousand stones.

In the early stage of Emperor Wen of Sui, Queen Dugu was jealous, and the concubines were just fictitious titles. There are: three concubines. Teach the four virtues and regard the three products. Nine members of the world. Hold the guest sacrifice, and regard the five products. Thirty-eight members of the female royal family. The palm of the woman's work is silky, and she sees the seven products.

It also set up six monks, six divisions, and six canons to control each other and take charge of the government. Shang Palace, the head of the guide queen and the boudoir gift. There are three commanders, who are in charge of the French style of the picture book, picket and proclaim, and three people who are in charge of the seal.

Shang Yi, in charge of etiquette teaching. The three people in charge of the music are in charge of the music and the law, and the three people are in charge of the praise, and they are in charge of guiding the women inside and outside the court.

Shangfu, palm service chapter treasure. The director is decorated with three people, with hairpins and flowers, and three people with scarves and ointments.

Eat yet, eat first; There are three doctors in charge of prescriptions and medicines, and three people are in charge of bottles and Yi utensils.

Shang sleep, palm tent mattress. There are three people in charge of the feast, and three people are in charge of the umbrella and candles.

Shang Gong, the palm of the construction of a hundred servants. There are three people in charge of the system, and three people are in charge of the clothes and tailors, and three people are in charge of the wealth and silk.

Each of the three members of the six Shang is regarded as the ninth product, the six divisions are regarded as the honorable products, and the six classics are regarded as the second products.

After the death of Empress Dugu, Emperor Wen set up three nobles on the concubines, and increased the number of concubines to nine, the number of women to twenty-seven, and the number of royal women to eighty-one.

After Emperor Yang of Sui succeeded to the throne, he had concubines:

Three ladies: concubine, concubine, concubine. Positive product. Nine concubines: Shunyi, Shunrong, Shunhua, Xiuyi, Xiuyi, Xiuhua, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chonghua. Positive second product. Jieyu, 12 members. Positive three products. The woman: fifteen beauties, fifteen talents, and four products. Baolin: Twenty members, five products. Maiden: Twenty-four members, six products. Female Emperor: Picking women, thirty-seven members. Positive seven products. The above levels are a total of 120 people.

There are also people who carry clothes and knives, all of whom tend to serve left and right, and there is no number of members, depending on the six grades or less.

Female officials were also added, and the province was proposed to be Shangshu, and six bureaus were in charge of twenty-four divisions. Shang Gong Bureau, in charge of the secretary's words, in charge of propaganda and playing, in charge of the book, in charge of the directory measurement, in charge of the form, in charge of the form of punishment, in charge of the cabinet.

Shangyi Bureau, in charge of the secretary's membership, in charge of the teaching of the history of the scriptures, a few cases of paper and pencil, Si Le, the music of the law, the guest of the Si Bin, the guest of the palm, the praise of the ceremony, the guidance of the ceremony.

Shangfu Bureau, Guan Si Xi, Zhangcong Xi Fu Festival, Si Yi, Zhang Clothes, Si Ornament, Palm Tang Mu Towel Tenopy, Si Zhan, Palm Guard.

Shang Shi Bureau, in charge of the food, in charge of the food shy, in charge of the wine, in charge of the wine, in charge of the medicine, in charge of the medicine and witch medicine, in charge of the food, in charge of the firewood and charcoal.

Shang Sleep Bureau, the management of the director, the head of the bed mat tent, laying the sprinkler sweeping, the master of the public opinion, the palm of the umbrella fan, holding the feather instrument, the division of the garden, the palm of the garden, the planting of vegetables, melons and fruits, the lamp, the palm of the fire candle.

Shang Gong Bureau, the management of the system, in charge of the construction of tailors, Si Bao, in charge of gold and jade beads, money, Si Cai, the palm of silk, the division of weaving, palm weaving and dyeing.

Tang Chengsui system, there are: four ladies: noble concubine, lady concubine, virtuous concubine, virtuous concubine. Positive product. Nine concubines: Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiuyuan, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan. Positive second product. There are nine Jieyu people, and there are three products. There are nine beauties, and there are four products. There are nine talented people, and there are five products. Baolin has twenty-seven people, and is six products. There are twenty-seven royal maids, and they are seven products. There are twenty-seven women, and there are eight products.

There are also six Shang divisions, in charge of the palace chariot and horse clothing.

During the first year of Tang Xuanzong, the title of concubine was changed:

Three ladies: Concubine Hui, Concubine Li, Concubine Hua. Positive product. Fang Yi six people. Positive second product. Four beauties. It is the third product. There are only seven people. It is a positive four products. Shang Gong, Shang Yi, and Shang Fu each have two people. Positive five products. The female officials of the rest of the divisions and canons are six to nine ranks.

The Five Dynasties, the Song Dynasty, and the Liao Dynasty are all slightly the same as the Tang system.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the harem was simple and simple, with only queens, concubines, and concubines, but the number of people was uncertain. Although there are very few titles, this does not mean that the number of people in the harem is also simple, the harem of the Yuan Dynasty distinguishes the status of the concubine with "Erduo", which means the palace tent, and there may be several queens and concubines living in a palace tent at the same time, and among the many palace tents, the status of the first queen in the first palace tent is the most respectful;

In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, due to the excessive number of female officials in the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions since the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to six bureaus and one division.

The six bureaus are: Shanggong, Shangyi, Shangfu, Shangshi, Shangyu, and Shanggong. Shanggong is in charge of the affairs of the Sixth Bureau.

The first division is: Gong Zheng. In charge of precepts and punishments.

The grades are all positive six grades.

There were 75 female officials in the palace and 18 female historians, a decrease of more than 140 compared with the Tang Dynasty.

The titles of the concubines are: Xian, Shu, Zhuang, Jing, Hui, Shun, Kang, Ning. There are also noble concubines, who are above the concubines. The title of the harem without concubines. Since the concubine, the palace concubines have been miscellaneous, and Jieyu, Zhaoyi, nobles, and beauties have been called Jieyu, Zhaoyi, nobles, and beauties.

The restoration of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, thanks to the contribution of the Empress Dowager Sun, was reinstated as the Empress Dowager Sun, known as the Empress Dowager of Shenglie Cishou Empress Dowager. This is the **** of the emblem of the queen mother at every turn in later generations.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the highest rank of concubines also appeared - imperial concubine.

After the death of Ming Xianzong's favorite concubine, Wan Guifei, was posthumously as: Gongsu Duan Shen Rongjing Imperial Concubine.

The title of imperial concubine officially appeared in the period of Mingshenzong, and Zheng Guifei, the favorite concubine of Shenzong, was promoted to imperial concubine after giving birth to the emperor's third son.

On March 2 of the tenth year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing imitated the ancient rites as the choice of nine concubines, and the Fang family (Empress Xiaolie Fang), Zheng family, Wang family, Yan family (Yan Guifei), Wei's, Shen's, Lu's, Shen's, and Du's (Empress Dowager Du of filial piety) were all registered as De Concubine, Xian Concubine, Zhuang Concubine, Li Concubine, Hui Concubine, An Concubine, He Concubine, Xi Concubine, and Kang Concubine. Crown nine Zhai crown, big collection of bow clothes, Gui with the second jade, Gu Wen, book gold coating, depending on the queen minus one-fifth. Emperor Gong crowned the temple. Also serve the skin, the imperial hall is passed on, and the minister is sent to perform the ceremony. After the canonization, the concubine followed the queen to the Fengxian Hall to worship. After the ceremony was completed, the emperor wore leather clothes and accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials, and the etiquette of the concubine was formed.

In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi, the ancestor of the Qing dynasty adopted the advice of the ceremonial official:

The Qianqing Palace has one lady, one Shuyi, six attendants, and 30 Rouwan and Fangwan; Cining Palace has one Zhenrong and two Shenrong, and the number of attendants is uncertain; and the female officials are set up to follow the six bureaus and one division of the Illumination Dynasty. However, such a system could not be implemented because the recommendations could not be adopted.

After the Qing Shengzu Kangxi, the concubine rank was reformulated:

Queen, one. Imperial concubine, one. Concubine, two. Concubines, four. Concubines, six. Nobles, always present, promised, official women, the number is uncertain. The queen lives in the middle palace, and the concubines live in the east and west palaces.

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From the above information, it can be seen that the so-called seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards may be the dreams of many emperors, but as long as the emperor's head is not dizzy, the number of senior concubines for an emperor will generally not exceed twenty.

Because many times, the status of these concubines is not only the honor of status, but also the corresponding expenses of the royal family. If every emperor with a normal head plays like this, it will be calculated based on the concubines of the Western Han Dynasty, "Zhaoyi is regarded as the prime minister, and the lord is more than the princes and kings." Jieyu looked down on Shangqing, Biliehou. Ju'e sees 2,000 stones, than the Hou of Guannei. The real 2,000 stones, more than the big one; The beauty regards 2,000 stones, which is less than the upper creation. Eight sons look at a thousand stones, more than the middle. Charge Yizhi Qianshi, more than the left. The seventh son regarded eight hundred stones, which was longer than the right one. The lover regards 800 stones, which is longer than the left side. ”

An emperor wants to really play the harem, and it really depends on whether his wallet has so much money.

After all, even if it is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, for the people he has loved, it is basically only the title of beauty at most, for example, the biological mother of several princes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the most famous Mrs. Li who "cares about the city and then the country", her title is just like her title, that is, there is only one beauty title.

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In the Great Qin Empire during this period, although under the influence of Zhang Jiashi, Ying Xun also set up two concubines and concubines above the lady level after the wedding, but Ying Xun's quota for concubines was three people, and the title was not fixed, and the number of concubines was increased to nine, and the rest were collectively referred to as Mrs. according to the previous situation.

After Yingxiu ascended the throne, the court did not propose that Yingxiu enrich the harem, but Yingxiu declined such a suggestion. And at such a time, Yingxiu proposed to marry Guo Shengtong as his concubine before the big court meeting, which can really make many people unable to understand Yingxiu's calculations.

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