Many important ministers of the Ming Dynasty have done things to spoil concubines and kill their wives. Especially in the Xuande Dynasty, the emperor played with his important ministers to spoil his concubine and kill his wife.

For example, the young master and the secretary of the ministry at that time were still in the right position, and their qualifications and status were higher than Yang Shiqi's, and they did the most excessively. As soon as the original partner died, he straightened the concubine and won his life.

And when the eldest son is still alive, he gives his shadow to the youngest son born to the concubine.

The auxiliary ministers of Xuanmiao are all this kind of people, is it not easy to abolish the queen.

Marry a wife and marry a virtuous person, and take a concubine.

Generally, concubines are much more beautiful than their wives, and they can let go, unlike wives who are bound by so many morals and etiquette.

One is that only men are allowed to go up and down and act according to etiquette; One is omnipotent and extremely invited. Which one men prefer, it is self-explanatory.

Qiao Feng said with a smile: "There are so many favorite concubines in the saint, why is there no conflict, today the prince sat directly on the dragon chair and presided over the court meeting alone." ”

Qiao Yi replied: "Because that eldest lady is obviously stronger than other mothers, but the eldest lady is afraid that she will be too dazzling, which will cause other mothers to be dissatisfied, so that there will be a dislike."

So after giving birth to the prince, the eldest lady lived in the deep palace, rarely showed up, and rarely took care of things.

The limelight behind has let other mothers out, and the housekeeper power has also been given to other mothers, so naturally there will be no contradictions.

And at the beginning, the saint gave all the mothers the status of wives, and never said that anyone was a concubine. It's a bit ridiculous, but it's done. Now all the mothers are imperial concubines, and with the same treatment, there is nothing to fight for. ”

Qiao Feng asked curiously, "Didn't the ministers object at that time?" ”

Qiao Yi shook his head and smiled: "What are you against, at that time, the change of the civil fort, the great tomorrow was captured, and the government and the opposition were stunned."

A bunch of ministers proposed to throw Beijing away and run away, and many people had already sent their families out of the city and went south overnight.

At this time, there was only one prince in Beijing, and that was His Royal Highness King Yu.

Because the country depends on the monarch, the ministers respected the Son of Heaven as the emperor and elected His Royal Highness King Yu as the new monarch.

Let's talk behind closed doors, isn't that just trying to make King Yu carry the black cauldron?

You let people carry the black pot, and you don't allow others to make some benefits to compensate for compensation?

So as long as it wasn't really unacceptable, the ministers at that time were almost too lazy to bargain for what the king wanted.

The king of Yu was to be promoted to the king of Qi, and he was given; asked Wang Zhen for family property and gave it; to take fifteen wives, and give; wanted to resist the Forbidden City, and agreed; After refusing to be the princess of Liyuan, she also agreed.

The ministers may want to perfunctory the past first, wait for the retreat, and then settle the accounts slowly after the autumn.

It's just that I didn't expect that the saint directly defeated him first, thus gaining huge prestige, resulting in the ministers not being able to settle accounts after the autumn at all. ”

Qiao Feng nodded with understanding: "This is the historical legacy that the saint often says, so there are fifteen imperial concubines in the saint, and the government and the opposition will pinch their noses and admit it." ”

"Supporting fifteen imperial concubines, and not spending a single son of the court, can they manage it?

Besides, if you look at these civil ministers and military generals in the imperial court, whether the important ministers of the Xuande department and the Yuanjia department have been cleaned up.

If you don't cause trouble, you will be cleaned up; If you take the initiative to hit it again, isn't that looking for death?

Companion is like a companion tiger, don't look at the saint's good temper, he is really provoked, then he is decisive and ruthless.

You're in good time, and you've cleared out all the dissidents in the court, so the saint always looks very approachable and amiable. ”

Qiao Feng nodded: "Today I went to the West Market to buy wine and food, and I deliberately went back and forth several times, and the lives of the people in Beijing have really changed a lot."

The use of treasure money in the market has completely disappeared, and most of them are traded for copper coins, and occasionally some people use silver coins.

Just grab a few people and ask, they are all grateful to the saints.

I couldn't save money before, and it was useless to save money. Because the imperial court forbade the trading of gold and silver, copper coins were forbidden most of the time, and the minting volume was small.

The treasure money depreciates rapidly, and it is useless to save it, and whoever saves a bunch of treasure money can't even sleep at night.

Now, silver coins and copper coins have completely replaced treasure money, and the purchasing power is very stable, and the people are at ease.

In addition, in the past few years, Jingshi has continued to reduce taxes and exempt taxes, and almost every household has saved a lot of money. ”

Qiao Yi empathized with this: "Mencius has a saying, the people are the way, those who have constant production have perseverance, and those who do not have permanent production have no perseverance." There is no perseverance, and there is no way to ward off evil and extravagance.

If you want to stay away at night and stay on the road, you don't rely on strict punishments. But everyone is rich, and naturally quiet and courteous, and thieves are collected.

I am in charge of the Shuntian Mansion and have a better understanding of the situation in the capital. There are many, many fewer lawsuits, disputes, and prisons in the capital than a few years ago.

After eight years of painstaking operation, Shengshang finally paid off. The people of Jingshi are now happy, who dares to support the Yuanjia lineage again, the people must be anxious. ”

……

On the seventh day of the second month, early in the morning.

Zhu Qiyu sat at the coffee table, guarding an iron pot, humming a little song happily.

Hearing that Zhu Wenfang was able to independently preside over the court meeting yesterday, Zhu Qiyu was very happy.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty also loved to eat messy stew. For example, our Emperor of the Apocalypse likes to add clams, fresh shrimp, chicken legs, pork tendons and other ingredients together to make a messy stew.

Zhu Qiyu has now improved and made it into a hot pot. The red Luo incense charcoal used by the emperor was originally used for heating, but now it is used by Zhu Qiyu for cooking.

The hot pot was steaming, and Zhu Qiyu was not panicked or busy, picking chicken legs to eat leisurely.

Lin Xiangyu asked on the side: "This chicken is delicious, the imperial concubine who raises chickens and ducks all day long should be relatively rare in all dynasties." ”

"It's delicious, it's delicious, Concubine Ai will peel me a salted egg to eat."

Zhu Qiyu's favorite thing is to marinate mountain eggs for ten or twenty days, wait for them to taste, and then cook them and eat them.

Lin Xiangyu said with a smile while peeling eggs: "Touching my conscience, my husband is really good to serve." I estimate that the salt merchants in Jiangnan eat much better than their husbands. ”

Ning Xiang said with a smile: "Feng'er finally has a time when he has no knowledge, the salt merchants and gentlemen of the people are all holding gold leaves and sprinkling them into the river from the mountain to the wind, just to see the golden light."

Just think about it, people will be like our stupid husband, and they will be satisfied with eating a pickled egg? ”

Lin Xiangyu stiffened her neck and replied: "Although the husband doesn't eat as well as them, the husband can play with women more than them." ”

Ning Xiang smiled: "Forget it, although they raise thin horses, the husband also raises thin horses." In terms of all kinds of strange methods, it must be that the husband is powerful.

But those salt merchants can communicate and share, and they can have more men and women, and the game is much more exciting than the husband's methods.

Although my husband understands more than them and has a smarter mind than them, he is reluctant to share us with others after all. ”

As he was talking, Qianxue walked in from outside and teased the two: "You two little prostitutes, it's really shameless. The first time I saw the thin horse worrying about how to play with a woman for his master, he was still here to give advice and make comments, which was really eye-opening. ”

Zhu Qiyu saw that Qianxue and Su Xi were each holding a large stack of notebooks, and asked in a trembling manner: "First of all, is there a torturous military report today?" ”

Qianxue said with a smile: "Yes, Wang Yue reported that 30,000 Mongolian cavalry were stationed around Da'er Haizi, and sent sentry spies to reconnoiter around, and even some sentry spies approached Kaiping City. ”

Hearing this, the chicken leg in Zhu Qiyu's mouth suddenly became unfragrant.

(End of chapter)