Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 218 I'm afraid they won't make it

Wu Shi was also slightly taken aback. In her impression, whether it was before or after the Civil War, she had never seen Zhu Qiyu so sad.

Although he didn't know what he thought of, but Wu Shi could feel Zhu Qiyu's deep sadness at the moment, sighed and said.

"If you want to ascend to the position, you must take responsibility seriously. After all, brother Ji is just a son of a concubine. It may not be a good thing for a person with little fortune to get great blessings. Even if you want to plan about the East Palace, you have to wait until you have a son."

Wu Shi didn't know what Zhu Qiyu was thinking, so she took it for granted that Zhu Qiyu felt that Zhu Jianji's status was not enough to bear the honor of the Eastern Palace.

After all, before the Hang family entered the palace, she was just an ordinary daughter of a wealthy family.

Although the selection of concubines in the Ming Dynasty is not very obvious, at least now, there are still some references.

At least it has to be from a scholarly family with some background.

Even if the official position of the natal family is not too high, it is at least a hundred households, a thousand households, a commander, and it will not be a commoner.

The reason why the Hang family was able to enter the mansion was because when she was elected, Zhu Qiyu was only the king of Yi.

Being a side concubine of the palace is not so particular, but if one is the concubine of the emperor, this status is a bit low, let alone the birth mother of the prince.

After thinking about it, Wu continued to ask.

"By the way, how has Yunniang's body been recuperating in recent days? Aijia, look at the daily life notes these days, you have spent many days resting in Kunning Palace, so don't dare to mess around."

Zhu Qiyu straightened his mind and said with a smile on his face.

"Mother and concubine, don't worry, everything is in accordance with the doctor's orders. These days, the reason why I often go to Kunning Palace is because I am afraid that there will be unsightly things in the palace, and some gossip will be spread in secret. It has to be taken care of."

Wu Shi nodded, obviously, she was very satisfied with Zhu Qiyu's actions.

However, after a while, she frowned again and said.

"If Yunniang is like this, I'm afraid the Hang family will not be able to serve you well. You were in Prince Yi's mansion before, and you were in Jingji again. You have a censor watching over you, so you can't pay more casually."

"But now, as the son of heaven, you have to take care of your son's rest. In the harem, it's not good that there are always only these two."

"The Ai family has discussed with the queen. After the new year, I have to organize a draft for you, and I will let you know in advance."

This……

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect the topic to suddenly turn to this.

To be honest, the harem system of the Ming Dynasty was very imperfect. There was not even a detailed concubine rank, not to mention the draft system.

Generally speaking, a large-scale draft will only be held once when the prince is of the right age. One princess, two talents, and four servants will be selected to fill the prince's inner palace.

In addition, basically there will be no large-scale draft, and there will only be a small amount of additions after ascension.

As for the source channels, it is much wider.

Some were selected from the private sector on a small scale, some were selected by palace maids, some were sent in by subordinates on their own initiative, and some were even selected from the Jiaofang Division.

But there are not many of them, they are not systematic, and they are relatively random.

There is an emperor who loves money and lust, there can be a lot of concubines in the harem, and there is an emperor who is devoted to love, and there can be only one queen in the harem.

Of course, Zhu Qiyu's situation is different.

His succession process is not a normal process. When choosing a concubine for him before, it followed the rules of the prince.

After ascending the throne now, logically speaking, there should be another election.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't choose.

Today's courtiers basically don't interfere with the emperor's harem affairs, except for major events such as abolishing the empress and establishing the empress.

What's more, although no one dared to say it, in fact, Zhu Qiyu knew it in his heart.

The meaning of the emperor filling the harem is to spread branches and leaves to inherit the clan.

But for the current situation, at least from the point of view of the courtiers, Zhu Qiyu's throne will still be passed back to Zhu Jianshen after a hundred years.

Therefore, no one proposed to re-draft the emperor.

Of course, these ministers didn't care, but Mrs. Wu definitely did.

In her previous life, she also mentioned that she would hold a draft.

But at that time, Zhu Qiyu was devoting himself to government affairs.

In addition, in his previous life, he valued his reputation very much, and was afraid that others would say that he was licentious and lustful, and he already had a son like Zhu Jianji.

So I found an excuse and pushed this matter away.

However, with the experience of the previous life, Zhu Qiyu has a different view on this matter.

"Mother Concubine, I have no objection to the matter of the draft. However, having said that, the system of my Daming Harem is really not complete enough. Since I mentioned this matter today, I also want to talk to Mother Concubine."

Strictly speaking, this matter is a matter of the harem. Although it needs to be handled by the Ministry of Rites of the Outer Court, it is also a matter of Yizhi.

Logically speaking, it is enough for the Empress Dowager Wu and the Empress Wang to agree. She only mentioned it to Zhu Qiyu, but she never thought that he had something to say.

Suddenly, Wu became curious and asked.

"Oh? The Ai family should listen carefully. This palace matter, the old rules for many years, how do you want to change."

Facing Wu's curious expression, Zhu Qiyu felt a little helpless.

But he can also understand, after all, Daming's harem has been in such chaos for so long, and nothing major has happened.

In fact, if he hadn't seen the situation in the next few dynasties, he wouldn't care so much about these things.

But since he has seen it, naturally he can't let it go.

Simply getting up from the pier, Zhu Qiyu paced slowly in the Nuan Pavilion, stretched out three fingers, and said seriously.

"Mother and concubine, what I mean is that there are three things to do in order to tidy up the harem."

Seeing this, the beads in Wu's hand stopped and became serious. She could tell that the emperor attached great importance to this matter.

Zhu Qiyu obviously had plans for this matter, and continued to speak.

"The first thing is to abolish the system of sacrificial burial of concubines!"

The most criticized point of the Ming Dynasty is that Taizu restored the system of burial of concubines.

Abolishing this system is a good way to show the emperor's sageness and benevolence. Zhu Qiyu will live a new life, and naturally he will not leave it to his good brother.

In this regard, Mrs. Wu obviously agrees very much, nodded and said.

"This is a good thing. However, in this way, the cost of the palace will be much larger, and the system also needs to be reorganized."

In fact, the reason why the harem system in the Ming Dynasty was chaotic was largely due to the system of sacrificial burial of concubines.

Because of the burial, Daming would not choose concubines on a large scale, and because of the burial, there was no need to formulate any strict system.

Anyway, they are all going to die with the emperor.

This is also the biggest reason why Daming didn't have the title Toffee.

Under normal circumstances, most of the concubines would be buried with the former emperor, and the rest would be either empresses or the birth mothers of the son of heaven, both of which would be promoted to be empress dowagers.

Some ordinary birth mothers of princes, like the Wu family, do not need to be buried, but there are only a few of them.

The number of people is too small, there is no need at all, just set up a special system and keep the original title.

After Zhu Qiyu said this, Wu felt that he could understand why Zhu Qiyu wanted to formulate the harem system.

Because once the burial of concubines is abolished, these concubines will have to be kept in the palace, and it will cost money to keep them.

Since this is the case, it is necessary to come up with an explanation for how to distinguish the status, grade, and daily use of concubines.

only……

Wu thought for a while and asked.

"After all, there are only so many people in the palace. Since the emperor wants to customize, then think about it, the draft is not limited to the wedding, right?"

(End of this chapter)