Chapter 66: Feudal Arranged Marriage
At the end of the spring of the eighth year of Jingtai, Zhu Jianshen, the king of Yi, succeeded to the late Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yuejing, as his grandson, inherited the Yue country, and still lived in the Qianxi Palace, went to the Wenhua Hall to study in the morning, and returned to the palace in the afternoon to guard filial piety.
It doesn't seem like much has changed.
In fact, everything has changed.
Zhu Jianshen's background is no longer royal orthodoxy.
After Empress Dowager Sun became a celestial queen, Zhu Qiyu went to Nangong several times.
They all went home drunk.
In the eyes of outsiders, as Zhu Qiyu gradually disintegrated the threat of the emperor's heirs, the relationship between the two brothers showed signs of warming.
Relatives Hang Yu and Hang Min returned to Beijing from the local area.
Each holds a key position.
Hang Yu served as the governor of the Left Army, Hang Min was awarded a thousand households, and Zhu Qiyu was born as a jinshi, and entered the military department as a military department, looking for a military squire.
At the same time, there is also a relative who has also risen to the top.
Tang Guifei's father, Tang Xing, returned to Beijing from the local area and was promoted to the governor of the five armies.
Everyone knows it.
Empress Dowager Sun, His Majesty controlled Tengxiang Wuxiang Siwei, and after clearing the palace, the emperor could not afford to toss the waves, so His Majesty finally had the confidence to regain military power from Yu Shaobao.
The reuse of relatives is to balance Yu Qian.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only nine years old after all, and his heart is undecided, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be revealed in his original form, and his figure will be basically invisible to the large and small courts.
Zhu Jianji occasionally went out of the East Palace, and probably went to the Qianqing Palace to find Zhu Qiyu to ask for something.
Or go to accompany Queen Hang, who has suffered from a serious illness.
The most visited is the Ministry of Industry.
Especially the ordnance supervisor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to run almost every three days, and the ordnance supervisor is Shi Xin, from a person in the Qingshui Yamen, to a celebrity in the East Palace.
I really envy a lot of people.
In the autumn of the eighth year of Jingtai, the autumn is high and cool, the sun is shining, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.
Zhu Jianji lay on the chair and asked Dai Yi: "Bai Gui is a civil servant, right?" Zhu Xiang went to check, how does his eldest daughter look? Is it well developed? Is there a foot wrap? Have you read a book? β
Bad news came from Kunning Palace.
The queen mother fell in love with the eldest lady of the Bai Gui family and intended to be the concubine of the East Palace.
Lao Tzu is going to be an arranged marriage!
This is a feudal vice, Lao Tzu is highly educated, and must be resisted.
But......
What if it really smells?
So you have to see how the eldest lady of the Bai family looks first, in case it is a disaster that captivates the country and the city, it can still be reluctantly acceptable, and arranged marriage also has its advantages.
Dai Yi replied: "Zhu Yan hasn't come back yet. β
Shi Heng was in turmoil, and Zhu Xiang was promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei because of his merits, and he was also the envoy of the Fusi of Beizhen.
Zhu Jianji was a little painful, "When did Jinyiwei become so inefficient?" β
It's been a few days!
Zhu Xiang was stunned and didn't reply to the news, and he didn't know what he was busy with all day, so he asked someone to secretly track down the whereabouts of Shihou and Jindao, but it has been fruitless.
As long as he finds the stone queen and the golden knife, Bao Zong has to obediently go to see his mother.
Hell yes, too.
Shihou is such a big living person, obviously he didn't leave Gyeonggi, but he evaporated from the world.
asked again: "The court is the most quiet, it's a little strange." β
Dai Yi spread his hands and expressed helplessness, "Your Highness, do you want to talk to the slave about national affairs?" You have to find Mr. Zhang for this matter, he is in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, well-informed, and can best know the movements of civil officials in the court. β
I am a eunuch in the East Palace, how can I know about the major affairs of the court.
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.
Zhang Peng is here.
After entering the door and saluting, he said with a smile, "Congratulations, Your Highness, Weichen has just come from Kunning Palace, listen to Your Majesty's meaning, if there is no accident, wait for the eldest lady of the Bai family to enter Beijing in a few days, and this family matter will basically be decided." β
Zhu Jianji lay on the chair helplessly, "I'm a little worried." β
I have seen photos of the concubines of the Qing Palace.
That's really a harem of three thousand fandels without color.
The Ming Dynasty was slightly better.
The emperor's concubines were all selected on merit from among the children of middle- and lower-level officials.
Unlike the Qing court, it was all digested internally by the Eight Banners, and almost all of them were political marriages, resulting in extremely poor quality of the queen and concubines.
So there's still a lot of leeway.
said to Zhang Peng: "Doesn't the crown princess want to choose several to be raised in the palace, not necessarily the eldest lady of the Bai Gui family, sir, don't talk about it yet, do you feel that the court has been terriblely quiet recently." β
Zhang Peng shook his head, "Is it quiet?" The waves are very undulating! β
Zhu Jianji: "What do you say? β
Zhang Peng said: "Your uncle Hang Min only had an argument with Yu Shaobao in the military department today, don't say, Hang Min Hang Shilang has a bit of a skill, and he didn't fall behind, so Yu Shaobao brushed his sleeves away, and said that the vertical son is not enough to plot!" β
The squire monk fights, and if you don't lose, you win.
Zhu Jianji's heart tightened, "Uncle Hang Min has only been in the military department for a few months, so he is so powerful?" β
Zhang Peng obviously knew some inside information, and said meaningfully that it is easy to do things if you have money.
Unfortunately.
Yu Shaobao has no money.
Who do you think those people in the military department will fall towards?
The key thing is that Hang Min has all kinds of co-opting and bribing important members of the military department, and it is impossible to hide it from Lu Zhong's Jinyi Guard, and His Majesty is unaware of it, obviously acquiescing to Hang Min's move.
However, the military department is Yu Qian's military department, and it is impossible for it to fall into the hands of Hang Min so quickly.
Many people who support Yu Shaobao are reluctant to be tough with him because of Hang Min's identity.
Zhu was happy to see Ji, "Yu Shaobao is really pitiful." β
is obviously the most loyal Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Qiyu is more jealous than trustworthy, and Zhu Qizhen killed him after the restoration, which is simply a national shame.
Zhang Peng continued: "The cabinet is also making a lot of trouble, with Wang Wen being reused by His Majesty, and after the power is also the secretary of the household department, he has been able to compete with Chen Xun in the cabinet, and the two are now like fire and water, and they almost didn't fight." β
Zhu Jianji: "......"
Is Cheap Daddy checking and balancing, these two are the most loyal courtiers to him, and he doesn't even come to reconcile.
Zhang Peng rarely saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so concerned about the situation, so he opened the conversation box, and simply continued: "Tang Xing and Hang Yu, the two bigwigs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, are also fighting among themselves because of the relationship between your mother and Concubine Tang, and you have completely forgotten Your Majesty's original intention of putting them in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. β
Zhu Jianji became more and more troubled when he heard this.
What kind of courtiers are these Nima, they don't have the overall situation at all.
Zhang Peng: "There is another matter, this matter is more worthy of attention, Wang Zhi, the former secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Households, and Zhang Feng, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, after these three people became officials, they did not leave Gyeonggi, and they still have huge influence in the three departments, especially Wang Ao, who is still a puppet now, and he can't control the officials at all!" β
Zhu Jianji thoughtfully, "The enemy's heart will not be extinguished!" β
These three people stayed in Gyeonggi, probably waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback, after all, they have been in important positions for many years, and their protΓ©gΓ©s and friends are all over the government and the opposition, especially Wang Zhi, who has been a minister for more than ten years, and how many important members of the court have a lot to do with him.
Zhang Peng shook his head with a smile, "It's just a scholar, Your Highness can handle it." Immediately, his face was solemn, "His Royal Highness really has to watch out for someone else, this noble is about to return to Beijing in the near future." β
Zhu Jianji, "Who?" β
"Nan and Bo, huh...... To be precise, it may be Nan Hehou, Fang Ying! β
The Hou Ye, who has military power, is the biggest threat.