marquis of jingan

Chapter 365

At the beginning of October in the seventh year of Hongde, the imperial court issued an imperial list, announcing Sun, the eldest daughter of Uncle Lishou Ning, as the queen. She will hold a big wedding on the seventh day of November and amnesty the world at the same time.

The Sun family is the eldest daughter of the Empress Dowager Sun's cousin, that is, the emperor's cousin.

This involves the legal issues of the imperial court. According to the laws of Chen Guo, cousins ​​are forbidden to marry, and the emperor naturally cannot take the lead in marrying his cousin, otherwise there is no room for choice in this matter.

Because Queen Mother Sun also has a younger brother, and this younger brother also has a daughter.

With the promulgation of this imperial list, many people in Jiankang City have been coveting the empress position for half a year, and the dust has finally settled.

This result was both expected and unexpected.

As expected, the Empress Dowager Sun is currently the most useful person in the royal family, even surpassing the emperor in this regard, especially in the matter of choosing a queen for the emperor. As the mother of the emperor, the Empress Dowager Sun can almost make a decision with one word , You don't have to ask the emperor's own opinion.

Now that he has this kind of power in his hands, it is understandable to favor her natal family.

The unexpected thing is that the descendant Sun family already has great influence in Jiankang. If the Sun family produces a second queen, then the descendant family's power will grow further. This must be because His Majesty the Emperor is not willing. see things.

Therefore, in theory, His Majesty the Emperor should not choose the daughter of the later family, but in reality, almost all the important officials in the court knew that it was His Majesty the Emperor himself who chose the Sun family of the later family.

At the same time as the queen was established, Princess Zhao Ying of the Northern Qi Dynasty was also canonized as a noble concubine. She would marry into the palace with the queen at the wedding and become the emperor's concubine.

The queen's person has been selected, and then it's time for the Ministry of Rites to be busy. The Ministry of Rites and the Zongfu will be fully responsible for organizing the emperor's wedding. In the next month or so, they will be very busy.

Just when the imperial list was posted, the next issue of the mansion newspaper of the mansion newspaper department was also planning to publish the news that His Majesty the emperor was about to hold a big wedding.

This is also the first time since the establishment of the Dibao Division that the emperor himself has been published. Although this incident seems to be a small matter in the current Dibaosi, it will probably be endowed with various meanings in future generations. .

Time flies, more than a month passed in a blink of an eye, and the time came to the fifth day of November in the seventh year of Hongde, and there were only two days left before His Majesty's wedding.

At this time, all the yamen of the imperial court began to be busy to varying degrees, especially the officials of Jiankang Mansion, who patrolled the city almost every day, for fear that someone would cause trouble in the city at this time.

In comparison, Shen Sizheng, who has just published a new issue of the Mansion Newspaper, is going to be much more leisurely. Just after noon, Master Shen got off work from the Mansion Newspaper's yamen, and bought some food and drinks by the roadside. Went to Dayifang with food and wine.

Because the emperor was about to get married, the private schools in Jiankang City were closed for the past few days, and the children didn't use the private schools to attend classes, so the private schools seemed empty.

The reason for the holiday is not to reduce the burden on the children, but to minimize the flow of people during these few days to avoid any accidents.

Mr. Gu is a little old man who likes to be lively, and he feels a bit lonely without a child, so during the past two days, Shen Yi came to find him for a drink when he was free.

An old man and a young man sat opposite each other, Shen Yi stretched out his hand to pour a glass of wine for his husband, and said with a smile: "Master Gu, have a taste, this is a ten-year-old wine that just came out of Taibai Winery two days ago, and it is very powerful. Very much."

Mr. Gu likes to drink, he was overjoyed when he heard this, he quickly picked up his wine glass and touched Shen Yi.

After drinking a few glasses of strong wine, his face became a little rosy. After drinking a glass of wine with his head up, the old man took another bite of food, and said vaguely: "The empress dowager is too strong, she is already in court. After being a family for several years, and now they have made their niece a queen, if this continues, their surname Sun will have the final say on this big Chen."

He let out a mouthful of alcohol and frowned: "After the imperial court crossed to the south, it was on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, several generations of emperors did not produce any foolish emperors, so that the Jiazi period can be maintained. If the foreign relatives mess up the government in the future, I am afraid that half of the country will disappear."

Mr. Gu is now a teacher, but he was also a high-spirited scholar in his early years. He was Xie Yuangong who wrote a letter to guide the country, so he naturally had his own views on current affairs.

It's just that he usually keeps it in his stomach and doesn't tell anyone. Only when facing Shen Yi who often visits him, can the little old man speak his mind.

Shen Yi smiled, clinked wine glasses with Mr., and said, "Master Gu, as far as I know, this empress was not arranged by the Empress Dowager, but chosen by Your Majesty herself."

"Ok?"

Mr. Gu looked up at Shen Yi and frowned.

"His Majesty chose it himself? What's the reason for this?"

He said with his tongue out: "The empress dowager has been the family for several years, and the power of the Jiankang Sun family has grown stronger and stronger over the years..."

Shen Yi bumped into the old man, and said with a smile: "Master Gu, you are a teacher, and I am a student of the eighth-rank petty official, royal marriage and marriage, we master and apprentice can't get in the way, so don't worry about it."

In fact, it's not just the master and apprentice who can't figure it out, many ministers in the court, including Zhao Changping, and even the empress dowager, can't figure it out.

They certainly didn't expect that the candidate for the queen was chosen by a certain Qinhuai prostitute who threw three pots.

After the old gentleman talked about the wedding for a while, he looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Boy, are you getting married soon?"

Shen Yi nodded and said: "At the end of next month, I will go back to Jiangdu to get married."

The little old man was drunk at the moment, but his mind was still clear. He smiled at Shen Yi: "Before you leave, remember to come to the old man. It's rare for you to call the old man a teacher and treat him with respect. A teacher must give you a gift."

Shen Yi smiled and nodded.

"Master Gu, I have already sent someone to inquire about your family members."

Shen Yi smiled and said: "It is estimated that there will be news next year. When there is news, the students will inform you."

The old man was drinking at the moment. After hearing this sentence, he didn't know if he didn't hear clearly, or he had too much to drink, so he fell headlong on the table and passed out.

Shen Yi called him a few times, and seeing that he was unwilling to wake up, he smiled dumbly, stood up from the chair, and stretched a lot.

After stretching, Master Shen put his hands in his sleeves and looked in the direction of Jiangdu.

This time the emperor's big wedding didn't have much impact on him, but it would have some impact to a greater or lesser extent.

And the biggest impact of these is…

Amnesty the world.

The so-called amnesty means that the crime will be pardoned or reduced. Generally speaking, as long as the crime is not particularly serious, it will be pardoned directly.

As for the matter of amnesty for the whole world, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has already arranged it, and only waiting for the day of the emperor's wedding, the prisoners from all over the country will be released.

Among them... may include those who were exiled.

For example, Qian Tong, for example, Ma Jun.

Thinking of this, Master Shen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"In a month or so, I will return to Jiangdu."

His gaze was still looking in the direction of Jiangdu, and he said to himself: "At that time, the two of you should return to Jiangdu from Lingnan..."

"Old friends reunited."

Master Shen clapped his hands and smiled: "Let's have a good get together."

(End of this chapter)