Chapter Ninety-Three: Wanli's Wedding
On the 19th day of February in the sixth year of Wanli, the British public Zhang Rongchong was holding the festival, and the scholar Zhang Juzheng and others held the edict treasure, went to the queen's mansion, held a welcome ceremony, and read out the queen's book.
Prior to this, Du Fang, the father of the queen, had been crowned as the commander of the Jinyi Guard and the governor of the Later Army, and he was given a residence in Beijing.
Therefore, the queen now has her own maiden house in Beijing.
After the British public Zhang Rong and the university scholar Zhang Juzheng read out the book of the queen, they welcomed the queen into the palace.
And Zhu Yijun went to Fengxian Hall shortly after the queen entered the palace, and waited here for the arrival of his queen, and paid homage to the first hall with him, and then returned to the Qianqing Palace to change clothes and perform a joint ceremony.
During the whole process, Zhu Yijun couldn't see the appearance of his queen, but just looked at the posture of a girl with a phoenix crown and a silk veil throughout the whole process, and together with himself, a young emperor wearing a crown and a gown, he bowed like a ceremony under the command of the ceremonial officer.
It wasn't until he came to the inner hall and changed into civilian clothes that Zhu Yijun had the opportunity to lift his queen's hijab and see the smiling face under the red candle.
Zhu Yijun gradually leaned over, and then he could smell the queen's breathing getting shorter and shorter, and he also became short of breath.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, Zhu Yijun did not dare to snooze, nor did he go to Wushan with the queen again, first, there was still a big gift to be completed, and second, he was only a young man, so he should be temperate to cherish his body, so as not to overkill and premature aging.
"Get up, I want to see the queen mother today!"
Zhu Yijun finally said the first sentence to the queen.
And the queen's first response to him was a shy reply, "Hmm! ”
Soon after, Zhu Yijun took the queen to Cining Palace and Ciqing Palace to meet the queen mother.
Due to the Wanli wedding, the queen mother of the two palaces temporarily moved back to the palace to live, so Zhu Yijun and the new queen mother did not need to go out of the palace city when they saw the queen mother of the two palaces.
The empress dowager of the two palaces was very happy to see the emperor and queen on time, especially the empress dowager Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief on the spot, and prepared a generous gift for the new queen like the empress dowager Chen.
It is precisely because the queen mother of the two palaces has a generous reward, so Zhu Yijun will wear a crown dress on the second day, that is, February 21 of the sixth year of Wanli, and at the same time, the queen will wear a dress and go to the queen mother of the two palaces again to participate in the thank-you ceremony.
And after the thanksgiving ceremony, Zhu Yijun came to the Imperial Palace and announced to the world to the ministers that he would set up the Middle Palace.
waited until the 22nd to be regarded as a big wedding, and accepted the congratulations of hundreds of civil and military officials.
At the same time, Zhu Yijun also had to pass on the decree at this time, enrolling the Liu family as Concubine Zhao and the Yang family as Concubine Yi.
These are the two concubines who need to be sealed in addition to the queen.
At this point, Zhu Yijun can be regarded as a big wedding, but the big gift has not completely ended, and he will also be on the fourth day of the first month of March, because of the big wedding, let the Ministry of Rites follow the order to add the title of the queen mother of the two palaces:
Among them, the Empress Dowager Chen of Rensheng was added as the Empress Dowager of Rensheng Yi'an, and the Empress Dowager of Cisheng Li was added as the Empress Dowager of Cisheng Xuanwen.
Zhu Yijun had to pay tribute to heaven and earth, the temple, and the community for this after adding the queen mother of the two palaces.
At this point, Zhu Yijun can be regarded as completely going through the whole big wedding ceremony system.
And because of these, it took Zhu Yijun, the emperor, a month not to mention, and his whole person was exhausted.
As for government affairs, it seems that it is not important anymore.
In addition, the ministers seem to care more about how he, the emperor, does well in this etiquette system, and because he, the emperor and even the queen of the middle palace, also cooperated well, and the above table celebrated, directly praised him, the son of heaven, as the reincarnation of Yao Shun, and the queen also got a good reputation of being virtuous and virtuous.
But Zhu Yijun himself knows that these are very empty, and because he hasn't seen Zhang Yue in the past month, he is even more uncertain.
Even, Zhu Yijun is even more worried about whether there will be many new problems in the Qingzhang that is being carried out across the country, whether there is any clan that is obstructing the Qingzhang again, or which gentry is co-opting and corrupting the Qingzhang officials, thereby slowing down the speed of the local Qingzhang.
"Sichuan Governor Wang Zongzai, because of the order of the household department, is not allowed to lose the original amount, so Shunqing, Baoning and other prefectures have to shrink the bow to make a profit, and falsely increase the acres of land, turning 240 steps into 200 steps and 1 mu."
"Fujian Governor Pang Shangpeng said that there are many people in Fujian who have returned farmland to the sea, and the Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province has not dared to disobey the orders of the Ministry of Households, and is afraid that the number of fields will not be enough, so it will increase the actual land by two cents and seven cents per mu. Undoubtedly, it will increase the burden on the people! ”
Therefore, Zhu Yijun was in the later stage of completing a series of rituals, and when he had a little leisure, he found that many new problems had arisen in the government and politics when he was reading the chapters.
Especially in terms of Qingzhang, the new Shangshu of the household department obviously wanted to please himself, the emperor and the first assistant, and actually issued a harsh government order that the result of Qingzhang was not allowed to be less than the original number of acres.
"There's really something wrong! This Yin Zhengmao, it's okay to lead troops to fight, but the household management department is really a mess, I just know how to make the account look good, I don't know if it is not necessarily an increase in acres after the clearing of a government and a county! ”
Zhu Yijun said and threw Zhang Song on the case.
Because Zhang Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, resigned and returned to his hometown, Wang Guoguang, the former secretary of the household department who was good at managing money and grain and civil affairs, was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the new secretary of the household department was served by Yin Zhengmao.
Of course, these are all Zhang Juzheng's recommendations, and Zhu Yijun did not refuse.
After all, if he wants to support Zhang Juzheng's reform, it is impossible not to support his proposal for the appointment and dismissal of relevant personnel.
Zhang Juzheng used Yin Zhengmao as the secretary of the household department because Yin Zhengmao was decisive and strict, quite disciplined, and very efficient.
Zhang Juzheng obviously also hopes to rely on Yin Zhengmao to speed up the completion of the country's Qingzhang.
To put it bluntly, Zhang Juzheng still has the intention of completing the new policy as soon as possible after the emperor's wedding, and retreating bravely.
It was precisely because Zhu Yijun knew the reason why Zhang Juzheng did this, so he did not stop it, and accepted Zhang Juzheng's arrangement to let Yin Zhengmao serve as the head of the household department.
However, it is obvious that the desire for speed is not reached, Yin Zhengmao's advantages are prominent, and the shortcomings are also very prominent, in order to make the new deal look good on the surface, it is actually required that the local government cannot easily let the number of acres after Qingzhang's fields be less than the original number of acres.
This kind of unrealistic intervention will undoubtedly be bad.
Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng has already voted to deal with this matter, so that the household department must not interfere with the results of the local clearance, and requires that the results of the clearance shall not be increased or decreased to become officials.
But because Zhu Yijun has been busy participating in the ceremony during this time, the matter of changing the book of the household department has been delayed.
After all, the replacement of the household book still has to be nodded by him, the emperor.
The first assistant can only propose who to serve.
Procedurally, according to the current rules of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor personally appointed the emperor after the court postponed.
What's more, as usual, the new ministers have to meet him as the emperor when they take office.
In short, because nominally, the six Shangshu and the Imperial History of the Left and Right Imperial Inspectorates were already ministers under the direct leadership of the emperor, so their replacement and arrival had to be decided by the emperor himself.
It's just that now, a big gift, so that the household book has not been replaced in time, and no one knows whether there will be new problems in the household department.
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the ministers are not in office, but as long as Your Majesty understands, it will not be bad, and Your Majesty should not be impatient because of this, and hurt the Holy Communion, although the concubine is a bride, but for the sake of Your Majesty, you have to dare to speak, if there is any inappropriate speech, I am willing to be punished!"
And not long after Zhu Yijun complained, Queen Du Weirou got up from behind Zhu Yijun at this time, walked over in a hurry, and bent down to say a word.
Zhu Yijun asked people to take the chapter to Kunning Palace to read.
Because he and the queen have a ritual of sacrificing to the temple together tomorrow, they will simply sleep together so that they can travel together tomorrow morning.
And because of this, Zhu Yijun's gaffe when watching the chapter was heard by the queen, and the queen had to persuade him not to be angry.
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing what the queen said: "You didn't say anything wrong, naturally you shouldn't be punished, you go to sleep first, and I will watch a few more chapters, otherwise, I won't be able to ask Mr. many questions tomorrow morning." ”
(End of chapter)