If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 273 4K, two-in-one
Although it took a lot of effort to round out the whole set of rhetoric and deal with the inquiries from Zhu Di and others, for Zhu Zhanyu, this was still something that made him happy.

After all, in this way, Meng Qinglin's identity problem was solved, and she could marry herself with dignity and grace.

Compared with this, other things can only be called happy troubles.

But now, Zhu Zhanjuan is not the only one who is 'troubled'.

After Zhu Zhanji handled the Ji Gang case, he quickly gained the goodwill of everyone in the court, as well as the admiration and love from Bai Sutang.

It may seem strange to say this, but as long as Bai Sutang is a beautiful woman and she was originally selected as a candidate for the grandson concubine by Zhu Zhanji, it is not very strange that Bai Sutang likes Zhu Zhanji.

Especially Zhu Zhanji himself is very fond of Bai Sutang, and even has a very close relationship with her. The two of them can almost be described as in love and passion.

So after Zhu Zhanyi brought Meng Qinglin to meet his parents, Zhu Zhanji also brought Bai Sutang to tell Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi that he had chosen the candidate for the grandson concubine.

For Zhu Di, it is naturally a matter of joy that both his grandsons have chosen their own concubines.

On the other hand, Xu Miaoyun and Zhang were a little depressed, because neither Meng Qinglin nor Bai Sutang were among the beautiful girls they selected.

Meng Qinglin said it was okay, after all, the majestic dragon girl had a "private life" with Zhu Zhanyu. The marriage of this immortal must not be based on the rules of the mortal world.

But Bai Sutang is completely different. She is just the daughter of a hundred households in Fusi, Jinyiweinan Town. Her background can be regarded as a completely small family.

Although Bai Yi has made great contributions in this disciplinary case and will be promoted soon, he does not have a particularly outstanding background after all.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not have family restrictions on royal marriages, it was not impossible for those from a small family to marry into the royal family, just like the background of the Crown Princess Zhang was not much higher than Bai Sutang.

But when Bai Sutang and Meng Qinglin are compared together, the gap between the daughter of the Baihu Family of Jinyiwei and the Dragon Girl of the Dragon Palace becomes quite obvious.

Of course, the Crown Princess Zhang and Xu Miaoyun would not have any dislike for Bai Sutang. They would accept it as long as it was chosen by Zhu Zhanji himself. However, after working so hard to choose a concubine for the brothers, none of the people selected were... Although they didn't like it, the fact that the two brothers each chose other candidates still made the mother Zhang and the grandmother Xu Miaoyun feel a little depressed.

So after some discussion, Xu Miaoyun came forward and called the two brothers and asked them to choose one more concubine from among the selected show girls.

In this way, Zhu Zhanji will marry Bai Sutang as the principal concubine, the Japanese female king of Japan who has been defaulted as the concubine, and now the selected beautiful concubine.

Zhu Zhanyu's side is not much better. In addition to Meng Qinglin as the principal concubine and Lan Qier as the side concubine, he originally planned to marry Hu Shanxiang as his internal assistant. Now adding a side concubine is not a big problem.

It was just this time that the two brothers combined to marry seven wives, which actually looked a bit shocking.

But in a feudal society, this is actually not a particularly exaggerated thing.

You must know that in feudal society, there was a dowry when getting married, that is, in addition to the wife you married, you also had to marry an additional wife or concubine.

Most of the dowry wives or concubines are sisters or maids of the head wife, in order to increase the bride's influence in her husband's family as the head wife. Generally speaking, only ladies from wealthy families can enjoy this treatment.

And with the change of social atmosphere, most of this kind of dowry is no longer popular, but for the royal family, it is not a problem to marry several side concubines or concubines in addition to the main concubine.

Seeing that Xu Miaoyun had spoken in person, Zhu Zhanzhen naturally had nothing to say and asked Meng Qinglin to pick someone she liked and planned to marry them together.

On Zhu Zhanji's side, on the other hand, he was a bit pretentious and seemed unwilling to marry another concubine.

But he couldn't control this matter. After Zhang had an interview with Bai Sutang, Bai Sutang took the initiative to find Zhu Zhanji and help him with his ideological work.

And this finally did not make this draft a waste of time, and the wedding of the two royal grandchildren can finally enter the formal preparation process.

Although the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Rites had already started to prepare in advance when the draft began, it was obvious that they had not considered that Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanqun would marry seven wives in total, so in some aspects it seemed a little awkward. Some shortcomings.

Fortunately, the lack of wedding dresses is a minor problem that can be solved with timely adjustments and will not affect the wedding.

Before the wedding began, no matter whether it was Zhu Zhanqun, Zhu Zhanji, or the seven brides, they had no time to spare. They all learned the necessary things for a wedding in front of the officials sent by the Ministry of Rites and the nuns in the palace. etiquette.

This is undoubtedly a very tiring thing. In addition to various necessary etiquette, the entire wedding process also needs to be rehearsed multiple times to ensure that there are no mistakes.

For Zhu Zhanquan and Meng Qinglin, this is not really a problem. Immortal cultivators naturally learn mortal etiquette very quickly. It takes almost no effort to master it and it is more standardized and harmonious than the officials from the Ministry of Etiquette who taught them. standard.

Except for rehearsing the wedding process, which the two of them couldn't escape and had to cooperate with everyone to do it over and over again, the rest was not a problem.

But for others, it's an ordeal.

Etiquette needs to be learned over and over again. If you make a slight mistake, you must start over and practice it many times until you make no mistakes.

It can be said that a royal wedding is infinitely more tiring than an ordinary marriage.It's okay for people like Zhu Zhanji who grew up in the royal family since childhood. All kinds of etiquette education are cultivated from an early age. No additional special instruction is needed. They can learn it as long as they are taught a few times.

But for Bai Sutang and the other two show girls who were born in a small family, as well as Lan Qier who was born in the grassland, these etiquettes were completely unknown to them before.

Although Lan Qier was born as a Mongolian noblewoman, the etiquette of the Mongolian people is very different from that of the Ming Dynasty. This requires her to change her habits for many years, which is really not an easy task.

But Lan Qier was holding her breath and wanted to compete with Meng Qinglin.

This is not to say that she wants to compete with Meng Qinglin, but that she is a little unconvinced that Meng Qinglin is the princess.

Although she was born in Mongolia and knew that she could not become Zhu Zhanchun's concubine, and even if she gave birth to a son, she would not be Zhu Zhanchun's heir apparent, but she was still very curious about Meng Qinglin's origins and could be Zhu Zhanchun's concubine. Princess.

After all, Zhu Zhanyun did not make the identity of Meng Qinglin the Dragon Girl known to the public. Except for a few people in the royal family who knew it, it was always announced that Meng Qinglin was from an ordinary scholarly family. Although she was a Han woman, she came from the Japanese country. This was not true for Lan Qier. It seems that the origin is somewhat unknown.

This kind of identity and background, which is problematic at first glance, is just used to fool ordinary people. After Lan Qier met Meng Qinglin, he judged at a glance that she could never come from a Han family with a scholarly family background in the Japanese country.

Are you kidding? What kind of scholarly family can cultivate such an aura that is stronger than the toughest warrior on the grassland?
The temperament that can only be developed by holding a high position and leading troops in wars for many years is too obvious. Even though Meng Qinglin has deliberately restrained himself, Lan Qier still unconsciously associates her with the tribal leaders, khans, and other people she has met. The generals of the Ming Dynasty and even Zhu Di himself were comparing and contrasting their auras.

In the end, Lan Qier came to a very outrageous conclusion, that is, Meng Qinglin was at least a female general who had commanded thousands of armies and fought countless victorious battles. Among the people Lan Qier had seen in her life, perhaps she was the only one with Zhu Di's momentum. Can be compared to her.

This made Lan Qier feel extremely surprised, but she also couldn't help but feel suspicious. How could there be such an outrageous woman in this world, who could be as powerful as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
You must know that Zhu Di was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He succeeded in rebelling as a vassal king, seized the world, and fought on horseback!
Not to mention ordinary people, even the tribal leaders and khans on the grassland, as well as the various heroes in Lan Qier's eyes in the past, would find it difficult to face Zhu Di's momentum, let alone fight with Zhu Di. It's evenly matched.

This made Lan Qier very curious about Meng Qinglin's identity and wanted to know who she was.

Meng Qinglin naturally noticed Lan Qier's little move, but she just laughed it off. She did not do anything to Lan Qier, nor did she inform Zhu Zhanyu about it. She just regarded it as the little girl's curiosity.

Zhu Zhanjun did not pay attention to what was happening in his backyard at this time. He and Zhu Zhanji were summoned by Zhu Di to ask them about Jin Yiwei.

"This Ji Gang case highlights the problems existing in Jin Yiwei. You two have handled this case and have some understanding of the things involved. You both share your opinions. How should Jin Yiwei handle this to prevent things like this? It happened again." Zhu Di, who was sitting in the royal study room, asked the two brothers, his attitude was not too serious, and he looked like he was chatting away.

But Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanjun did not dare to act like they were talking to Zhu Di. After all, this was the imperial study, where the emperor officially worked.

If it were a more casual occasion, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhankun would not be so polite.

Zhu Zhanji was the first to speak. He had visited some famous teachers recently and felt that he had improved a lot, so he wanted to be the first. So he took the initiative to speak first: "Sun'er feels that the candidates for the position of Commander of the Imperial Guard need to be selected based on merit. Instead of picking some flatterers.

After all, Jin Yiwei supervises hundreds of officials and has the independent power to arrest, interrogate, and convict. Other yamen cannot even interfere with Jin Yiwei's handling of cases, which will easily cause Jin Yiwei's power to grow rapidly.

If it cannot be handled properly, the same thing will definitely happen in the future, so it is best to divide the power of Jin Yiwei to prevent it from being too big. "

Zhu Zhanji's words cannot be wrong. From the perspective he can see, being able to say such words can be regarded as pointing to the problem. However, Zhu Zhanji still does not look at the problem more comprehensively. The suggestions put forward as solutions were not in line with Zhu Di's thoughts.

For Zhu Di, the Jin Yiwei was a knife in his hand, and it was also the eyes and ears he used to monitor the court. The operation of covering his eyes and ears at the beginning was obviously not the answer Zhu Di wanted.

So Zhu Di didn't say anything. He just glanced at Zhu Zhanjun and said, "Zhanjuan, what do you think?"

"My grandson thinks that the elder brother is right. Jinyiwei really needs to be split up and separate the North and South Town Fusi. Among them, the North Town Fusi is responsible for supervising officials, gathering intelligence, investigating cases and collecting evidence, as well as arresting and interrogating prisoners. But for the prisoners, Detention, filing of cases and convictions should all be handed over to Nanzhen Fusi." Facing Zhu Di's inquiry, Zhu Zhanyu thought for a while and came up with a plan to split Jinyiwei.

Zhu Zhanchun's plan is relatively more feasible, and this splitting method is also a common splitting method in later generations.

According to different functions, investigation and conviction are divided into two different parts, which are managed by different departments. In this way, the entire service process becomes written by two departments, which can effectively avoid the expansion of one department.

As for whether the North and South Town Fusi will unite, this is actually easy to solve. After all, one of the functions of the South Town Fusi is to supervise the North Town Fusi and investigate the internal problems of Jinyiwei.

As long as this function is not abolished, it will be difficult for North Town Fusi and South Town Fusi to work together.

In addition, the original yamen was split into two, and the chief officials of the two yamen would have a little bit of a desire to win.

This may not affect the collaboration between the two departments, but it will definitely trigger a fight and mutual restriction between North Town Fusi and South Town Fusi.

As for the original commander of the Jin Yiwei, he will not cancel it, but retain it and then hand it over to the clan members to ensure that the important espionage force of the Jin Yiwei is always in the hands of the royal family.

Zhu Di was naturally able to understand the key points of Zhu Zhanquan's plan, so he thought for a while and asked: "It's okay for the North Town Fusi to supervise all officials; it's okay for the South Town Fusi to supervise the North Town Fusi." problem; but who will supervise Nanzhen Fusi so that there are no problems?"

"You can ask the North Town Fusi to monitor the Nanzhen Fusi. The supervisory officials of the North Town Fusi did not say that the Nanzhen Fusi has special privileges." Zhu Zhanquan just thought about it for a moment and gave the solution: "In addition, Nanzhen Fusi The Zhen Fusi cannot investigate and arrest prisoners, with the exception of the North Town Fusi. The South Town Fusi can still investigate him, and they can only investigate the North Town Fusi."

"Let two dogs restrain each other? This is a good idea." Zhu Di couldn't help but feel excited after listening to Zhu Zhanchun's analysis.

(End of this chapter)