Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1475 Concubine (Part [-])
Yehe Erbaile's return gift finally arrived. In addition to allowing Jinghua to establish the "Changchun Station" in the northern part of Yehe's territory, this time Yehe's east and west cities sent a very sincere return gift.

The most precious thing in this return gift is a string of "pale gold near-transparent, streamlined inner" Buddha East Pearl, which is composed of [-] top-quality East Pearls, each of which is the most precious pale gold among East Pearls. A large golden bead, perfectly round and flawless.Hold this in your hand, the radiance is radiant, just like a Bodhisattva in person.

Dongzhu is often considered to come from the East China Sea, but it is not.This is a kind of freshwater pearl produced in the Northeast. It is usually not as large as the South Pearl in the Pearl Pool of the South China Sea (that is, the Beibu Gulf in later generations, which is mentioned in the Guangxi volume of this book), and its variety of color is not as good as that of the South Pearl. The "light gold Dongzhu" with a sense of dignity is especially precious and is listed as a divine product.

In the Liao Dynasty, the great tyranny that aroused the Jurchen's resistance was that the Khitan royal family forced the Jurchen to look for Dongzhu too much, which shows how precious the Dongzhu is.In addition to the unique noble color, Dongzhu itself is unattractive is also an important reason.At that time, there was a saying that "you can't count a clam in a river, and you can't get a pearl in a boat full of mussels".

The reason why Ye He's gift in return this time was postponed to near the middle of the year was because the best time to pick up the pearls was around March and April, and at that time the Northeast was still extremely cold, and pearl divers had to jump into it naked. Looking for clams in the glacier, one pearl is rare among thousands of clams, and one perfect one is rare among a hundred pearls.

Therefore, even though Ye He is the most powerful chief of the Jurchen, he not only took out the collections of the past, but also worked hard to find the beads in March and April this year. Pale gold Dadong beads are strung into this Buddhist beads for high pragmatism.

Why make Buddha beads?Because Gao Yushi is King Jiang III... Yes, Tibetan Buddhism has been passed to Jurchen through the Mongols, and Yehe, who is closest to the Mongols, already knew the news of Gao Yushi's "King Jiang III reincarnated" and quickly photographed it This is flattering.

As for why King Ming took Princess Ge from their family as his concubine, uh... there is no need to pursue this kind of matter too much, after all, An Dahan is still the king of the wheel.Small meaning, small meaning.

After receiving the gift, according to the rules of Jurchen, Gao Yushi should consummate the marriage with Meng Gu Zhezhe.In order to show respect for tradition, Gao Yushi let Meng Gu Zhezhe live in Baiyulou before, but now he is too busy to go to Baiyulou to spend the night, so he simply asked Meng Guzhe to come to Rixinlou.

Gao Wushi hurriedly went to the Guan Yamen of the Ministry of Households before returning to Shangshu Gao's Mansion. When he arrived at Baiyulou for dinner, he asked Gao Moren if he had received it.

Gao Mo said: "Returning to Master, it's like Madam is waiting in the room."

"Here we are, good." Gao Wushi said casually: "Has she eaten yet? If she hasn't eaten, come over and eat first. I have some reports to approve later, so I won't go to bed so early, and she shouldn't be hungry. "

Gao Mo was obviously taken aback for a moment, hesitantly said: "Come here to eat?"

"Or else?" After Gao Wushi said this sentence, he realized himself: "Oh, you mean concubines can't come to my table?"

Gao Mo whispered: "This is the rule..." After a pause, after all, he also knew that his master sometimes likes to break the rules, so he added unconsciously: "If the master insists, this old slave needs to arrange something. , Arrange for irrelevant people to leave."

Gao Wushi pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then you can arrange it." He actually knew what Gao Mo meant. After all, an old man like Gao Mo insisted on the rules the most. As far as possible, he hoped that his "breaking the rules" would not be published, because in his opinion, this kind of incident would have an impact on his reputation.

There was a well-known event in the late Qing Dynasty, which vividly reflected the "rule" that concubines could not eat at the master's table.It is said that Mrs. Li, Tan Yankai's mother, was only a house girl in the Tan family. It was not until she gave birth to Tan Yankai that her status was a little better and she was formally accepted as a concubine.

However, although the status has finally been improved due to the fact that the mother is more expensive than the child, there has been a substantial improvement, but Mrs. Li is still not allowed to eat at the table, and there is still a gap with the regular wives.

Fortunately, Tan Yankai has been very filial and sensible since he was a child. He has seen and remembered everything his mother has done for the family.So he worked hard and worked hard in his studies. He especially liked to learn calligraphy from his father.After several years of hard work, his calligraphy level has greatly improved, and every piece of work is smooth and flowing, which even won the praise of his father.

At the age of 11, he entered a private school to study. It took only two years for him to be a scholar in the boy's examination. In the imperial examination in 1904, he won the title of Huiyuan.At that time, he was only 22 years old.His official career was full of success, and two years later, he became a Jinshi, and was called a rare talent by Guangxu.

As the son's honors increased, the status of his mother Li finally changed dramatically.It was also after Tan Yankai became a Jinshi that Tan Yankai's father, Tan Zhonglin, said to Mrs. Li during a family meal, "Sit down and eat!"

For this sentence, Li Shi waited for 24 years, and it was because her son became a Jinshi that she finally waited for this "gift".This shows how difficult it is for the concubine to sit at the same table as the master for dinner.

Seeing that Gao Wushi still insisted on letting Meng Gu Zhezhe eat with him, Gao Mo looked a little helpless, but he still bowed and said, "Old slave will arrange it now."

After all, Gao Wushi treated Gao Mo differently from ordinary servants. Seeing him like this, he explained: "Uncle Mo, Meng Gu Zhezhe is different from ordinary concubines after all. It is related to the overall situation of Liaodong, and there must be expediency in the end. Have you ever I have heard a saying: There are rules, but they can be out of the rules; changes are unpredictable, but they are not out of the rules."

Gao Mo nodded and said: "This statement comes from Song Chancellor Lu Gong, this old slave has heard it by chance." After a pause, he continued: "As for Mrs. Ru's family background and the significance of this family background to the master, this old slave also has some understanding .”

Gao Wushi nodded and said no more, so Gao Mo went down to make arrangements.But Gao Yushi didn't wait for Meng Gu Zhezhe, but started eating by himself first.

Not long after, Gao Mo's voice came from the door: "Master, if your wife is here."

"Come in." Gao Wushi replied while raising his head.

The woman who heard the sound was Meng Gu Zhezhe.Meng Gu Zhezhe, who lived in the 16th year of Wanli, was still very young, only 14 years old. If it were placed in later generations, he would not even have graduated from junior high school.Therefore, Gao Yushi can see the obvious greenness, even childishness on her face.

However, such a young and immature girl is holding her curly hair like a woman's at this moment, wearing a dark green background with floral half-arms, a plain white floral skirt, and very few hair ornaments on her head. There is only one golden step and two simple gold earrings of Dongzhu.

If there is anything special about this attire, there are only two points: bright and clean.But after a little inspection, Gao Wushi found that she was able to show her own characteristics.

Meng Gu Zhezhe's face is round, and in terms of exquisite facial features, not to mention Huang Zhiting, who is not known for her natural softness, she is slightly inferior to Liu Xin and Zhu Yao.However, Meng Gu Zhezhe has a unique advantage. Her skin is extremely fair, like the snow in Liaodong.

The green color of women's clothing is a difficult color to control, because it "eats" the skin very much. If it is not white enough, it will look dark and lose the "delicate" feeling.However, in China's aesthetics since ancient times, there has always been the saying that "one white covers a thousand ugliness", so women rarely choose green tops unless their skin is as snowy.

Meng Gu Zhezhe knew the importance of today, but he specially chose a dark green half arm, in order to show off her skin as white as fresh snow.

As soon as Gao Pragmatic's eyes fell on her cheeks, she seemed to blush a little, and her skin became white and rosy.Before walking in front of Gao Yushi, he timidly blessed him with standard etiquette, and said softly: "I have met the master before, and I will serve the master for dinner."

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "I didn't ask you to come and serve the meal, you come and eat."

Meng Gu Zhezhe lowered his head slightly, and replied: "Master's kindness, I am very grateful, but it is about rules and regulations, I dare not violate it with my own body."

Gao Wushi didn't expect Meng Gu Zhezhe to say this, and subconsciously glanced at Gao Mo.Unexpectedly, Gao Mo also seemed a little surprised, seeing his gaze cast over, he shook his head slightly.

Didn't Gao Mo tell him in advance?Gao Wushi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Meng Gu Zhezhe, and thought to himself: Could it be that I underestimated this woman?

Gao Wushi thought about it, and he thought that in "Qingshilu", Huang Taiji's biological mother, Yehenala Menggu Zhezhe, was called the queen.She is also the first empress (chasing respect) of the Qing Dynasty, and the first empress of the Yehenala clan.

However, this history book was revised when Huang Taiji was in power. As the saying goes, a mother is more valuable than a child. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, it is only natural to honor his mother as a queen.

So, can this be evidence?Gao Yushi did think so before, but now that he thinks about it carefully, he doesn't seem to be sure.

It is recorded in "Biography of Celebrities in the Qing Dynasty": After Huang Taiji became the emperor, according to the system of the Han people, he respected himself as the concubine's biological mother as empress Xiaoci Gao.

However, Huang Taiji's birth was related to the government because he was a "Khan" produced by the public election system after Nurhachi's death.Then if the previous sentence is true, it means that in the patriarchal clan of the Manchus, there is no difference between the descendants and concubines, and everyone has the opportunity to inherit the Khan throne.

So some people thought: Huang Taiji took Dorgon's position, and Dorgon was the legitimate son at that time (the eldest son of the concubine Abahai at the time).If this statement is true, since Huang Taiji is a concubine, then he is "taking the concubine with the concubine".

Is this really the case?

In the final analysis, Huang Taiji's father, Nurhachi, was just the previous tribal leader. Although it is normal to have many wives, most of the marriages of Jurchen leaders at that time were political marriages.According to the "Records of Emperor Wu of the Qing Dynasty", there are four people in the main room. Among them, there is Meng Gu Zhezhe, Huang Taiji's biological mother, who is called "Queen of the Palace". Meng Gu Zhezhe has only one son, Huang Taiji.

However, this record was only revised after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, so whether its statement is true needs to be verified.However, one thing is certain is that in the original history, Meng Guzhe came to Nurhachi's side during the time between the arrival of his second concubine Fucha and his concubine Abahai.

In the 24th year of Wanli, the Fucha family seemed to have faded out of people's sight. In 1620, "the concubine was offended and died."This shows that the Fucha family has fallen out of favor, and even lost the title of concubine.

In "Manchu Old Files", there is such a story: Huang Taiji once recalled that he often gave his own food and clothing to Mang Gurtai when he was a child-this is very suspicious, because Mang Gurtai is a big man. Concubine Fucha's son.

If the Fucha family was still the concubine, how could her son be so down and out?Regarding the ending of the Fucha family, there are also different opinions in historical materials: one theory is that Mang Gurtai drew his sword in front of the imperial court, which made Huang Taiji angry, saying that he "killed his mother and invited favors", which is more mainstream (As mentioned earlier in this book); but there is another theory, which comes from the records in the "Drafts of Qing History", that she was "convicted" and given to death.

Regardless of how she died, after the Fucha clan was abolished, Meng Gu Zhezhe should be the next wife. Therefore, Huang Taiji has been directly "nurtured" by his father Nurhachi since then.Living conditions are rich, so he has surplus supplies to help his brother Mangurtai.The story of Yue Tuo's childhood can also confirm this point.

Huang Taiji was deeply loved by Nurhachi and was raised in the palace.Living in the same room, it was his biological mother who took care of Huang Taiji's daily life, which shows that Meng Gu Zhezhe also "lived in the same room".

Gao Yushi didn't think about this issue carefully before, but now she has a general idea from Meng Gu Zhezhe's simple performance just now. His own appearance and quality.

In the tenth year of Wanli, Nurhachi went to Meng Gu Zhezhe's mother's family, Haixi Jurchen Yehe tribe, in the fifth year of his marriage, to seek support. Meng Gu Zhezhe's father, Yang Jipi, caught a glimpse of him and betrothed his eight-year-old daughter to Nurhachi. , There are also many horses and Jiawei as dowries.

Six years later, Meng Guzhe officially married Nurhachi.Judging from Meng Gu Zhezhe's background, she would definitely not be a concubine, and judging from the time, it was impossible for Meng Gu Zhezhe to be a concubine at that time, so the most likely thing is that Meng Gu Zhezhe was a side concubine at that time.

According to the "Drafts of Qing History", Meng Gu Zhezhe had a good temper and a docile personality. He did not interfere in the government affairs and took care of the "Taizu" wholeheartedly.These words are generally somewhat exaggerated, but what is certain is that Meng Gu Zhezhe not only has a good background, but also has a good appearance and conduct, so he is loved by Nurhachi.

In addition, when Meng Gu Zhezhe died, Nurhachi had four servants buried him, killed hundreds of horses and cows, and fasted for several months.Not to mention, Nurhaci also buried Meng Gu Zhezhe in the yard where he lived for three years, and was later buried in Shiniyaman Hill.After that, Nurhachi moved his capital to Liaoyang, and Meng Gu Zhezhe's remains were also moved to Tokyo Mausoleum.

In the royal families of the Tartar and Qing Dynasties, the criteria for the division of wives and concubines are actually quite simple: one is the nobleness of the family, the more powerful the mother's family, the married woman will have status in the husband's family, because this kind of marriage is more The most important is the alliance; the second is the degree of favor of the husband. Throughout the dynasties, the emperor has many wives and concubines, and it is very common to compete for favor; A woman who is doted on by her husband is easily eliminated.

Gao Wushi found out that Meng Gu Zhezhe's advantage is indeed great.

Because of this, the Fucha family fell out of favor and was expelled from the main family, and Meng Gu Zhezhe just became the main family logically, so it couldn't be more normal.Therefore, the term "Queen of the Central Palace" should be Meng Gu Zhezhe's true identity in Nurhachi.

In this way, in the early years, Huang Taiji was actually more precious than his mother, which is why he, together with Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai, was named the "Big Belle" who was second only to "Khan".

On the other hand, the reason why Huang Taiji was elected as "Khan" was not only his own ability, achievements, and political means, but also his status as a "son" (or one of the sons) was also an important reason.

In other words, when Nurhachi died, although the concubine was already Abahai, not only Abahai's children were the sons of the eldest concubines. All the sons of the concubines were counted as the sons of the first concubines earlier.Although Nurhachi followed some Mongolian traditions and had a different view from Ming Dynasty on the establishment of elders and younger ones, the principle of "establishing a descendant" has not wavered.

However, since Gao Wushi thought about this matter carefully, he knew that Meng Gu Zhezhe, the concubine, was not easy to come by—at the time when she became a concubine because the Fucha family fell out of favor, the relationship between Jianzhou and Ye He was basically the same. Water and fire, if Meng Gu Zhezhe himself has no ability, it may be difficult for Nurhachi to be willing to make her a concubine.

Earlier, Gao Yushi was confused by Huang Taiji's outstanding performance and ignored Meng Gu Zhezhe's ability, but now he finally turned around after seeing it in person.He even had some doubts that Huang Taiji paid special attention to the culture of the Han people. Could it be that Meng Gu Zhezhe also had a contribution?
Otherwise, where did Meng Gu Zhezhe come from with the etiquette of a lady of the Ming Dynasty?If it is said that she learned it temporarily after being named by her two elder brothers to marry him, is it not very reliable?

Gao Wushi squinted his eyes at Meng Gu Zhezhe for a while, then suddenly said: "What if I insist on letting you sit down and have dinner with me?"
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