Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 219 Harem Code System
Again, the biggest reason why the harem of the Ming Dynasty did not have a specific and detailed system was that there were few people!
It is said that there are three thousand beauties in the harem, but in reality, let alone three thousand, there are not even thirty.

In addition to the burial of the concubine, part of the reason is that the emperor will only conduct a large-scale draft when he is married.

As for the scattered concubines who enter the palace as concubines, there is only one in a few years, so naturally there is no need to formulate a system.

Therefore, since Zhu Qiyu wants to abolish the system of burial of concubines, the system of talent selection must also be changed.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu said.

"That's right. In the past, because the imperial concubine had to be buried, most of the folk women were unwilling to enter the palace, and the imperial court did not conduct regular drafts. But in this way, the harem is not sufficient, which will definitely affect the succession of the emperor's heirs."

Wu frowned, quite surprised, said.

"Regular draft?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

"That's right, the harem system, I will discuss it with the Ministry of Rites later."

"The preliminary plan is to imitate the imperial concubine system in foreign courts. Under the empress, there will be one imperial concubine, two imperial concubines, four concubines, and nine concubines. Their ranks correspond to the crown prince, prince, prince, and county concubine."

"Under the concubine's position, there will be another nobleman, promise, talented person, no rank, no post."

"The palace has a six-year period to select the best girls from the people. Counting from the time of the first wedding draft, there are five selections in total."

"Big wedding draft, one queen, one noble concubine, two concubines, four concubines, and nobles, there is no limit to waiting. For the rest of the draft, five to eight people are selected each time. Family, if the son of heaven exceeds the age of no doubt, and he has grown into an heir for more than five years, the draft will be stopped."

"If a low-ranking concubine has an imperial heir, she can be promoted to concubine or concubine depending on the situation. Except for the big wedding draft, four concubines and above, unless they have a prince, they cannot be promoted."

After all, the ultimate goal of the draft is to extend the heirs of the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu saw so many of his descendants sitting on the throne in his previous life, and his greatest feeling was that the inheritance of the throne was too bumpy.

Xiaozong favored only one person, and it was fine if he only had one son. Wuzong had been married for six years, and he didn't even have a single heir.

In the end, it is absurd to count down two generations and adopt from a side branch.

After hearing Zhu Qiyu's words, Wu Shi understood that his son clearly had a complete set of plans.

At the same time, she was a little surprised and asked.

"so much?"

If it is true what Zhu Qiyu said, including the empress, there would be seventeen high-ranking concubines in the palace, and the number of low-ranking concubines below is not limited.

But having said that, there are seventeen of the high-ranking ones, and the low-ranking nobles, I promise, have to double it anyway.

Calculated in this way, wouldn't there be more than thirty concubines in the harem?

Her lips moved, and Wu's brows furrowed even tighter, but she didn't continue to speak.

After taking two steps back and forth, Zhu Qiyu continued.

"In addition, the emperor favors only one person, which will also cause difficulties for the emperor's heirs. Therefore, the first system I want to formulate this time is the abolition of burials, the second is the system of setting concubines and drafting, and the third is, It is to set some rules for future emperors."

Among the generations of emperors in Daming, there have been several types of love.

Devotion is not a problem, but as the son of heaven, he bears the responsibility of continuing the emperor's heir for the country.

Although it seems a bit disrespectful to say so, Zhu Qiyu still wants to say that it's all because of his late father, who made a good start.

To say that his father's concubine is not too small.

When he was the grandson, Emperor Taizong chose a beautiful girl once, and when he was the prince, Emperor Renzong chose him again.

Adding up the two times, there are more than a dozen of concubines.

But among so many concubines, only the abolished Hu family, the Sun family and the Wu family were the only ones who came out.

Although Wu Shi didn't want to say more about the matter between him and Wu Shi, Zhu Qiyu could guess that it was probably just an accident.

As for the Hu family, after all, she was a concubine. At that time, Emperor Renzong was still there, and his father did not dare to go too far.

But as soon as Emperor Renzong left, he immediately stopped concealing his behavior of favoring the Sun family.

Before the Sun family, noble concubines had books but no treasures, but his father made an exception and gave the Sun family a golden book and gold treasures as soon as he came to the throne.

Afterwards, apart from staying with the abolished Hu family for a few days, he stayed in the Sun family's palace almost every day.

No matter how many concubines there are in this palace, without him, the emperor, how can he continue the emperor's succession?
With his bad start to start this special favor, Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Youtang, and Zhu Yijun in the future will follow suit and be unscrupulous.

Thinking of these descendants, Zhu Qiyu became angry, snorted softly, and said.

"The emperor's heir is the foundation of prosperity. It is also the responsibility of the emperor to inherit the blood of the royal family. It is the foundation of the country. From then on, out of every five days, two days are not allowed to summon the lucky concubine. For the rest of the day, it doesn't matter where you stay, but you can't call the same concubine in succession, and you have no heirs."

For her son's occasional sudden anger and occasional sudden sad reaction, Wu is no stranger to it.

All her thoughts were on the restructuring he said.

"It can be seen that you have considered this matter carefully. Abolition of burials, regular drafts, and rotation of concubines. These things are connected with each other. If you can do it, you can indeed protect the prosperity of the royal family to the greatest extent. Approved."

After hesitating for a moment, Wu still spoke.

"However, isn't it too early for you to do this now?"

Wu Shi really didn't expect that she just wanted to hold a draft and select three or five concubines to enter the palace because Wang Shi and Hang Shi were both inconvenient to serve.

I never thought that it would actually arouse the emperor's thoughts.

Seeing that Zhu Qiyu was going to be serious, Wu also had to get serious, and murmured.

"This matter seems to be a matter of the harem, but the involvement is not small."

"Leaving aside other things, abolishing burials, determining ranks, and drafting girls, all of these things cost a lot of money. There are so many more concubines in the palace all of a sudden, even if they are mostly low-ranking, the money spent is not enough. At least double that."

Fiddled with the beads in his hand, Wu frowned and said.

"If Ai's family remembers correctly, you said before that the national treasury is not abundant now, and the concubine's flowers are all from the internal storage."

"But the talent show involves various places, and the flowers in it must come from the Ministry of Rites. Now that you have just ascended the throne and the harem is empty, organizing a talent show is nothing more than that. The imperial court gritted its teeth and could always get some money."

"But if you want to become a custom-made one, you can choose it every five years. It will cost you a lot of money. The foreign court will definitely oppose it!"

"Now that you are in the court, although you have some prestige, the Ai family has seen those censors turning their faces and denying others. If you do this, they will definitely label you a lecherous and immoral!"

Zhu Qiyu sat down, picked up the hot tea that Qingzhu had just brought up, took a sip to moisten his throat, and said with a soft snort.

"Mother and concubine don't have to worry about the matter of silver. If this matter is to be done, it is the Ministry of Rites who should take the lead in opposing it. But right now, the Ministry of Rites can't make any waves for the time being."

"As for the impeachment of Yushi..."

Shaking his head slightly, Zhu Qiyu said with a smile on his face.

"Impeach them if they want to. I'm really afraid that they won't succeed?"

(End of this chapter)