Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 868

Just a few days after many smart people were warned to calm down obediently, two imperial edicts were issued from the palace.

The first is about the appointment and dismissal of personnel.

Guo Taiyan, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites and System, lost the dignity of the court in the official reception, and was demoted to the chief book of Songren County, Liaoning Province, and his grade was downgraded to the seventh rank.

Fan Deqing, the director of the Grand Official Office of Guanglu Temple, made inappropriate remarks and was demoted to be the director of Taichung County, Taiwan Province, and his grade was downgraded to Zhengbapin.

Li Xianming, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, violated the rules of the imperial court, abused his power for personal gain, and was demoted to the county magistrate of Cangwu County, Fengxiang Prefecture, and his rank was downgraded to seventh rank.

The above-mentioned three members shall take up their duties immediately after handing over official duties within five days from the issuance of the imperial decree, and there must be no mistakes.

As soon as the imperial decree was issued, the government and the opposition were suddenly silent. Since then, no officials have participated in the debate, and the three demoted officials are as mournful as concubines.

Everyone realized that the emperor was angry and the consequences were serious.

Another decree is to make the situation more clear.

Zhu Shunshui, editor-in-chief of Huangming Weekly, was awarded the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and still holds the post of editor-in-chief, and his rank was promoted to the second rank.

Wu Weiye, deputy editor-in-chief of Huangming Weekly, was awarded the title of Minister of the Rites Department, and his rank was promoted to the third rank.

The imperial decree represents the attitude of the emperor, and the meaning of these two imperial decrees is very obvious at this time. For these monkey-minded scholars, if they don't know how to advance or retreat at this time, they are just looking for embarrassment.

As a result, this big debate that lasted for more than two months died down in an instant, and the front page of the Huangming Weekly also switched to the original factual reports, and the literati and celebrities who rushed to the capital from all over the north and south gradually dispersed. , the life of the people in the capital quickly returned to normal.

Not long after the turmoil that aroused the attention of the whole Ming Dynasty subsided, another news that caused a sensation in the entire capital came out: Princess Zhu Wei married Qian Mu, editor of Huangming Weekly News, and the wedding was scheduled for the 23th day of the twelfth lunar month in the [-]rd year of Chongzhen.

Aimee Zhu has a very good impression of Qian Mu.

Handsome appearance, outstanding literary talent, kindness and integrity, and great sympathy for the weak, these qualities were unanimously recognized by those who deliberately observed when Qian Mu interviewed Shengyuan Dairy.

Of course, the so-called caring person was arranged by Zhu Youjian.

After learning about Qian Mu's excellent qualities, Zhu Youjian then asked Wang Chengen to find Zhu Shunshui and Wu Weiye in private, and asked them to inquire about his recognition of Aimee Zhu from the side, so as to determine whether he should be the candidate for the captain's son-in-law. .

Twisted melons are not sweet.

Zhu Youjian, who loved Aimee Zhu very much when he urinated, didn't want this precious daughter to repeat the tragedy of the princesses of the Ming Dynasty after they got married. After consulting her daughter's opinion, she decided on this matter.

In the marriages of princesses in the Ming Dynasty, most of them chose the beautiful sons-in-law of folk children, and the children of civil and military ministers were not allowed to marry princesses as wives.Therefore, when a princess gets married, it is called "marrying down", which means a gift; and when folk children marry a princess, they are called "Princess Shang", which also means to climb high.

And the marriage of the princess, whether it is the choice of marriage or the life after marriage, is mostly in the hands of eunuchs and female officials. Although they are expensive, their married life is actually not happy. The princess's attendant eunuch and female officer decide.

This time the emperor personally chose a husband-in-law for his daughter, which is unique in all dynasties. Although this move is not in accordance with the rules, no one in the palace dares to say a word.

In order to prevent her daughter's private life from being interfered by others, Zhu Youjian specially asked Wang Chengen to summon all the attendants around the princess to give a lecture, and strictly ordered everyone not to interfere with the princess's married life in any way. stick dead.

In fact, with the tolerant and generous personality that Aimee Zhu has cultivated since she was a child, all the eunuchs and female officials who can stay by her side to serve are all kind-hearted like her. As his father, Zhu Youjian was well aware of finding an excuse to send him out of the palace, but in the principle of precaution, he still asked Wang Chengen to come forward and give a stern warning.

After learning the emperor's intentions, although Zhu Shunshui and Wu Weiye felt rather dumbfounded, they were both fathers and soon understood Zhu Youjian's intentions.

Although the emperor is aloof, he is also a father, and it is not news in the capital that the emperor loves the princess.

Among the officials and common people in the capital, who doesn't know that the princess is the emperor's palm?

It is said that in terms of intimacy, the emperor was closer to the princess than to the prince. In addition, the princess had a reputation as a "female Bodhisattva" among the people, so the people in the capital also paid special attention to the princess's marriage.

Zhu Shunshui and Wu Weiye also respect and love Zhu Wei from the bottom of their hearts, especially Qian Mu's detailed research report on Shengyuan Dairy Industry, which also made them respect the Daming Princess even more, so after receiving Zhu Youjian's instructions, , the two of them are also very concerned, they both want to make this matter come true, so that the princess can have a happy marriage and family.

But although both of them are people with outstanding abilities, they have never had experience in being a matchmaker, and they never thought that such a professional matchmaker would fall on their own heads.

The two discussed several times in private, trying to handle the matter as perfectly as possible, so as not to embarrass the royal family because of recklessness and omissions.

For the two of them, this matter was not a simple matter.

Since Ming Dynasty, ever since the Taizu established the rule that the heavenly family must choose from folks for marriage and marriage, the princess's marriage problem has always been a thorny matter, especially this time, it is even more troublesome.

Because although Qian Mu has no rank yet, with his talent, his future official career will definitely not be bad. This time, if Princess Shang becomes the captain-in-law, it means that he will be cut off from his official career, and he can only be a wealthy idler from now on. That alone is mind boggling.

However, in terms of character, ability and appearance, Qian Mu is indeed the princess' spouse. Judging from their perspective, if the two finally get married, this marriage will definitely be passed down as a good story.

What should I do?

Do you want to write a letter to test Qian Yanlin's attitude?

Zhu Shunshui and Qian Yanlin were also old friends, and they knew this old friend who hadn't seen each other for a long time. He knew that he was not the kind of person who paid attention to red tape.Princess Qian Mushang, there shouldn't be much obstacle from Qian Yanlin.

What kind of mentality does Qian Mu have?

As long as he doesn't have big ambitions for his official career, then this matter is likely to be accomplished.

After thinking about it, Wu Weiye suggested that he directly raise this matter with Qian Mu. As long as no outsiders know about it, even if it fails, it will not make the Tian family lose face.

Zhu Shunshui, who had been thinking hard to no avail, finally agreed to this method, and entrusted Wu Weiye to take charge of the matter, and repeatedly told him not to let others know, Wu Weiye nodded in agreement, and invited Qian Mu to the next day Go to your own house as a guest, and speak frankly about it face-to-face during the meeting.

To Wu Albert's surprise and pleasant surprise, Qian Mu didn't hesitate too much after hearing his inquiry, on the contrary, he readily agreed.

During the more than a month of living in Shengyuan Dairy, Qian Mu admired Aimee Zhu's character from the bottom of his heart. The princess's unconstrained behavior and thoughts were very in line with his own cognition.

It can even be said that the Shengyuan Dairy Industry under the leadership of Aunt Zhu is what the world of Great Harmony should be like in Qian Mu's heart. If it can be fully promoted and realized in the whole of Daming, that is the vision he most wants to achieve in this life.

Although being an official can benefit one party, under many constraints, after consuming time and effort, it may be counterproductive.

With his character of being jealous of evil, it may be difficult to make a big difference in the officialdom.

But the various resources controlled by the princess can make his ideal of benefiting more common people more real.

Being able to form a happy relationship with this noble and beautiful woman, the husband and wife work together and use various channels to achieve their vision, why not do such a beautiful thing in the world?

Therefore, what Zhu Youjian had been worrying about for a long time finally had a result that made him very happy.

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(End of this chapter)