Prince of Chaos

Chapter 161 The Concubine Selection Procedure
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The specification of the crown prince's concubine selection is second only to that of the emperor's concubine selection.There will also be national auditions.

Of course, this kind of audition is not just about selecting beautiful women.The selection of concubines in the Ming Dynasty had its own routines and procedures, and the routines and procedures were similar to those of previous dynasties. However, each dynasty still had its own characteristics.

For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty, except for the queens of Emperor Jianwen and his dear uncle Yongle, who were the daughters of nobles, the queens of the other emperors who followed were almost all of commoner origin.

The occurrence of this situation is inseparable from the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor with a strong desire for power. He not only directly abolished the prime minister system politically, but also combined imperial power and prime minister power.

He tried his best to suppress even his relatives, so he established a rule: "All emperors, queens, concubines, and palace concubines should carefully choose daughters from good families, and those who enter will not suffer."

What does this sentence mean?This sentence means that the wives and concubines of emperors and princes must choose women from good families, and try not to choose others.

With the guiding spirit of this sentence, the emperors in the late Ming Dynasty had to implement the words of Emperor Taizu into their daily life, so, slowly, the empresses of the Ming Dynasty began to come from the people.

The benefits of this are also obvious. In the Ming Dynasty, I heard that eunuchs messed up the government and treacherous ministers exercised power, but there were no foreign relatives who took power.

It can be seen that this system is still advanced to a certain extent, at least in terms of ensuring political stability, it has great progressive significance.

However, the matter about the prince's choice of concubine is just letting the air go. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the emperor should not be married until he was 15 years old.

Now Zhu Changluo is only 13 years old, and he is still far from 15 years old.However, even so, Zhu Changluo's big marriage procedure has to start.

After all, the selection of the crown prince's wife is also subject to national auditions, and preparations must be made one to two years in advance. Otherwise, it will be done when the marriage age is reached. Wouldn't it be a joke?

Therefore, Emperor Wanli ordered to go to the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites, let them start planning the wedding of the crown prince, and let them organize a nationwide beauty pageant, oh no, it was the selection of concubines.

After the cabinet received the Emperor Wanli's will, it did not dare to neglect it. Although everyone habitually liked to refute the emperor's intentions, there seemed to be no reason for this matter, and they had to act as soon as possible.

As a result, the cabinet began to draft a decree to promulgate the whole country, and the whole country stopped marriages and waited for the selection of concubines.Then the imperial court sent eunuchs to search for women from good families all over the country. Note that women from good families must be between 13 and 16 years old, and only 5000 were selected.

According to the estimated population of about 6000 million to 7500 million during the Wanli period, there are about 2000 million to [-] million women in the whole country. Excluding the old, small, ugly and unqualified families, there will be about one more [-] million people look like.

It is necessary to select 2000 people from the 5000 million people, and then send these 5000 people to the capital for a second round of interviews. The second round of interviews is relatively simple. The candidates are in a designated venue , Line up in groups according to age, still interviewed by eunuchs, and start selection according to the principle of tall, short, fat and thin.Too tall is not acceptable, neither is "dwarf winter melon", nor is it skinny, nor is it possible to be fat and chubby. In short, there are four words - moderate figure.With such a selection, 5000 people out of 1000 will be eliminated, leaving 4000 candidates.

Think about it, is it an exaggeration to have 4000 wives? One person takes turns for one day, and ten years is too busy. Therefore, you have to continue with interviews and selections.

When you are on three sides, start to look at the face.The show girls are still lined up to be inspected by the eunuchs.The facial features such as the mouth, nose, and eyes, skin, hair, and pronunciation are all within the scope of inspection.There is absolutely no way to be ugly, but it is also not acceptable to be too beautiful, and they will be sent back to their hometowns.

Women were regarded as "disasters" in ancient times. If they were born too beautiful and seduced the emperor to indulge in female sex and ignore the government, it would harm the country and the people.Therefore, beautiful women are not suitable for choosing concubines in ancient times.After this round of elimination, there are only 2000 people left.

There are more than 2000 people, and the emperor's small body can't bear it!So you have to choose!Therefore, it is necessary to carry out four sides.

This fourth side is a bit more serious, and this side is called "quantization"!
When they were all around, the nuns and eunuchs in the palace began to move out, and they began to measure the measurements, hands and feet of the remaining beautiful women with rulers one by one.In ancient times, all women had to bind their feet, so in this level, any beautiful women with big feet will undoubtedly be rejected immediately.In the end, the rest are all women who conform to the aesthetics of the ancients.Of course, this is not over. After measuring these, the show girls have to take two steps to see.It is necessary to examine their manners and gait to see if they are elegant and have a grand style.On this side, ordinary people still have to be wiped out, leaving only the last 1000 people.

The thousand beautiful women who have passed the four sides can really stay, even if they can't choose a concubine later, they can stay in the palace as palace maids!

However, this is not over yet, because 1000 emperors still can't bear it, even with Liuwei Dihuang Wan as a meal.

So, the fifth side began!
The fifth side is really powerful.This side is about to undress.

Cough cough, as for how to take it off, the author doesn't know, let the judges make up their own minds.

The fifth round of interview screening is a medical examination.A thousand beautiful women will be led into the secret room in batches, and the old court ladies will "explore their breasts, sniff their armpits, touch their texture, and inspect their chastity".Determine their physical condition.

This level requires that the girls to be drafted must not have scars on their bodies, and their skin must be smooth and delicate.Of course, the rumors that the eunuchs inspected the beautiful women are basically unreliable, and everyone just listens to it as gossip.After this round of selection, only [-]% were left, and [-]% who were eliminated, although they were also maids of honor, could only do rough work in the palace.This is more than a big Internet company!

But don't get too excited!The remaining [-] lucky ones haven't finished fighting yet!

They will also be "retained and observed" in the palace for a month, and the special personnel sent by the emperor will observe in detail their diet, daily life, temperament and speech, and the superiority of virtuous and foolish people.Those who grind their teeth while sleeping, those who talk in their sleep and suffer from hysteria can't pass the level. In case of surprise, the good baby prince is not kidding!

In addition, the evaluation standard is based on "The Commandments for Women". As for the content of "The Commandments for Women", the author doesn't know. Anyone who knows can leave a message to share.

After this level of assessment, the remaining women will naturally be gentle, honest, intelligent and virtuous.If you successfully pass the inspection, you can enter the top 50 in the country!Automatically upgrade to Concubine Candidate!
But it's not over yet, because the final champion has not yet appeared!There will be another election among the fifty show girls!Continue to "fight"!
This massive audition event, which lasted for one to two years, has finally reached its climax!

The fighting in this level will be more intense!A cruel assessment of 50 into 3 is going to be carried out!

Moreover, there is no standard for this level, it depends directly on the eye.Fifty people stood in a row in front of the queen mother and were inspected and selected in front of the emperor.In the end, three pleasing ones were selected to compete for the throne of the final princess.

Although the last three were chosen by the Crown Prince himself, the Queen Mother and the Emperor will have the final say on who to choose afterwards?Therefore, the last level is to go through the motions.

However, no matter what, it is quite difficult for a commoner woman to go through layers of screening to reach this step. Presumably, her appearance and character are quite outstanding.For example, in the original historical time and space, Queen Zhang of Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Changluo's son, was the first beauty who passed the "eight passes" and stood out from 5 beauties. Qiubo, mouth like vermilion cherry blossoms, nose like hanging gallbladder, and white teeth are fine and clean", was named one of the five ancient Chinese queens!

However, Queen Zhang hadn't given birth at this time, and Zhu Changluo would be an old man who was almost 40 years old by then.How could there be another audition?So, let's play by the rules.

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