golden scales

There are not many wedding rules in the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, basically there is only one: guard against foreign relatives.

The way to prevent foreign relatives is first of all not to marry powerful people.

Secondly, after getting married, the family cut off the road of Tongxian, and could only die as royal relatives.

This is a way to prevent foreign relatives in the Han and Tang Dynasties from being arbitrary and domineering. It was learned from Zhao and Song Dynasties, but the implementation is much stricter.

This system sounds good, but in fact it has great side effects.

It is impossible for the empress to know people outside the powerful circle, so how did these candidates for good families come from?

Very simple, eunuch.

Most of the sons-in-law in the past were eunuchs who pulled the strings from them.Those merchants who wanted to improve their social status happened to be the big customers of the eunuchs.

The first incident of bribing a eunuch to cheat a princess into marrying a princess occurred during the reign of Hongzhi.

In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Princess Deqing recruited a consort.There was a profiteer in the capital, Yuan Xiangzhe, who bribed Li Guang, the eunuch in the palace, and was almost about to succeed.

Emperor Hongzhi personally summoned him, and felt that this person was acceptable, and even made a marriage date with Yuan Xiang's parents.When the wedding was approaching, someone secretly reported that this person had a bad reputation in the market.Emperor Hongzhi sent Jinyiwei spies and found out that the report was true. He immediately annulled the engagement and abolished the consort, which prevented Princess Deqing from being cheated away.

In contrast, Emperor Jiajing's princess was much more unlucky.

First, Princess Yongchun came out of the pavilion.Under the recommendation of the eunuchs and court ladies, a man named Chen Zhao was successfully selected.It was only when the wedding was approaching that someone reported that the Chen family had serious illnesses for generations, and that Chen Zhao's biological mother was actually a remarried concubine!The former is already unbearable, and the latter is simply insulting the royal family.

Even an ordinary well-off family would marry their daughter to someone else's bastard as a daughter-in-law?

Emperor Jiajing of course regretted the marriage.

So recruit again.

This time it was a man named Xie Zhao.

Bald, ugly... The character is okay, so be it.

The most tragic one is Princess Yongning, the sister of Emperor Wanli.

In the tenth year of Wanli, Princess Yongning recruited a son-in-law.The Liang family of the capital was recommended by his son Liang Bangrui.Naturally, the silver bullet opened the way.Moreover, the person who accepted the bribe was his big companion Feng Bao, so even if Liang Bangrui had a nosebleed on the day of his marriage, the eunuchs said it was auspicious.

The fact is that Liang Bangrui was already seriously ill at this time, and his family wanted him to get married.It's just that his family's Chongxi standard is too high, so he just married a princess.

Who in the world can't give a thumbs up and praise: local tyrants!

One month after the marriage, the celebration failed.Liang Bangrui passed away, and Princess Yongning died of depression after being a widow for several years.

Zhu Cihong has been a human being for two generations. Although he is only one year older than Kunxing in terms of physical age, Yu Kunxing can be said to be "an elder brother like a father".After picking up the emperor's imperial concubine in Tianjin, he also knew that his parents wanted him to participate in finding a good son-in-law for his younger sister.

In line with the consistent attitude of being serious and responsible, Zhu Cihong first asked the attendants to find the records of the marriages of the princesses of the past dynasties, and collected anecdotes from the market as much as possible for reference.

Then I saw the above records that were chilling after reading.

Any normal person would not push his own sister into the fire pit.

For the first time, Zhu Cihong discovered that family affairs are more troublesome than state affairs.

After thinking hard.Zhu Cihong finally wrote three characters on the paper: Zhang, Fu, Xia.

Zhang refers to Zhang Dai's family.However, Zhu Cihong quickly erased the word Zhang, leaving huge ink spots.Although the Zhang family has a good family, and their political influence has declined sharply, they can only be regarded as local wealthy families, but Zhang Dai's sons are too rich, and they are certainly romantic figures in the south of the Yangtze River.But in his own eyes, he is a waste and prodigal son.

Fu refers to Fu Shan.Zhu Cihong thought about it carefully before he remembered that Fu Shan's son was named Fu Mei.The child was educated by Fu Shan in the direction of all-round talents in civil and military affairs since he was a child.In the original historical time and space, Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu went back and forth several times after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.Hope to be able to reverse the Qing Dynasty.Fu Mei was the person he imagined to be trained to be like Li Jing and Xu Da.Get up early every day to practice martial arts, don't forget to memorize books when you are on the road during the day, and learn the art of war by lighting the lamp until late at night.

Although martial arts and the art of war were not revealed in the end, Fu Mei himself has won the true biography of Fu Shan in terms of calligraphy and painting achievements.

Fu's net worth is clean.Fu Shan became a monk and practiced Taoism. He was later called a medical sage, especially in gynecology, and "Fu Qingzhu Gynecology" was handed down from generation to generation.Fu Mei's mother has passed away, and there is no housewife at home.Judging from these conditions, Kun Xing's physical health and mental health have improved since his marriage.All guaranteed.

However, Fu Mei died at the age of 56 in the original historical time and space. I don't know if it was his own fate or because of the perennial pressure.

Zhu Cihong clicked a little under Fu Mei's name.After a little hesitation, he finished writing Xia Wanchun's name.

The name Xia Wanchun is currently unknown.Because the Qing army did not go south, naturally there would be no epic anti-Qing deeds in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.However, Zhu Cihong knew a lot about the Xiangdang in his previous life, and he had learned about the deeds of this young hero in the "Local History" class in middle school.

Judging from the results of the Anti-Qing Dynasty, it is natural not to be harsh on this 16-year-old boy who died heroically. Only judging from his upright denunciation of Hong Chengchou, both his character and integrity can stand the test.According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the son-in-law is basically a helper, so good character is extremely important.

"Your Highness, the admiral, the chief inspector, the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, please see me." Ding Ao was nominally under the name of Wang Cheng'en, and when necessary, he would run errands for him to deceive others.

Zhu Cihong put down the brush in his hand, nodded, and let Wang Chengen come in.

After Wang Chengen entered the door, he flapped his nostrils and sensed that the atmosphere in the room was a little tense, so he didn't dare to approach him and saluted respectfully, "My servant pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Cihong was entangled with Kun Xing's matter, so naturally he wouldn't have a good face.

"Your Highness, this servant is here for Princess Kunxing's recruitment of a consort. According to the Emperor's will, I am here to ask Your Highness to give me a statement." Wang Chengen said cautiously.

"Tiaochen? Don't you choose whoever gives you more money?" Zhu Cihong looked at Wang Chengen with an unkind expression.

Wang Chengen knelt down on the ground immediately, tears were ready in the blink of an eye, and he just waited for the crown prince to say another serious word before shedding them.He cried slightly: "Your Highness! Is this servant the kind of villain who betrays his master and asks for money?"

"You don't know how to be Feng Bao?"

"The servant girl is determined to learn from the Three Treasures eunuch, how can she follow Feng Bao and be exiled to Nanjing and finally be sentenced to death..." Wang Chengen cried a little harder.

"It's good if you know." Zhu Cihong was about to tap again, but suddenly felt a little troublesome, since he had already identified the person, why waste any more time.He said: "I have two candidates here. You send someone to check it out. If it is really good, report it." After finishing speaking, Zhu Cihong wrote down the birthplaces and father's names of Xia Wanchun and Fu Shan, and handed them over to him. Wang Chengen.

Fu Shan went straight to Wei Zhongxian during the reign of Tianqi and overturned the case for Yuan Jixian, and now he is under Yuan Jixian's curtain, so it is not difficult to find.Xia Wanchun's father, Xia Yunyi, served as the magistrate of Changle County, Fujian Province. He was rated as one of the seven outstanding magistrates in the country by the Ministry of Officials, and was received by Emperor Chongzhen.Later, because of the death of his mother, Ding You is probably still in his hometown now.

These two people are not difficult to find, Zhu Cihong thought that there would be news after arriving in Beijing, but only three to five days later, the news came as soon as Sheng Jia left Tianjin.

"My lord, after I sent people to investigate, I got some good news and some bad news." Wang Chengen rode on a horse and caught up with Zhu Cihong's car, and said with a smile on his face.

Zhu Cihong sat in the carriage, talked to Wang Chengen through the window, and said, "Say it straight."

"Back to my lord, Xia Yunyi lost her mother in Chongzhen for 15 years and Ding You for three years. After she got rid of her service last year, she went to the line to listen to her. Now she is among the officials accompanying her." Wang Chengen said the good news first, and then said: " It's just that his son, Xia Wanchun, is already engaged."

Zhu Cihong let out an "oh", and it's not regrettable, who knows if it's a real engagement or he doesn't want to affect his official career.

Twisted melons are not sweet, so listen carefully.

"Mr. Fu also has news that his son is in Feng Du's tent, and his portrait has been presented." Wang Cheng'en said.

Zhu Cihong nodded, talking about Fu Meigeng and his intentions, in this case, he can go to the procedure of the Six Ceremonies only after entering the imperial examination.But you have to communicate with the queen mother, this kind of thing usually depends on the mother's wishes.

During the break, Zhu Cihong got into Zhouhou's car and explained clearly the situation of Fu Shan, Fu Mei and his son.At first, Zhou Hou heard that he was from Shanxi, and he was not very happy, but he also heard that Fu Shan became a monk and practiced Taoism.

"If that Fu Mei is really a young hero, wouldn't it be embarrassing if he refuses to marry my royal family?" Zhou Hou's last worry was here, and it really showed that the emperor's daughter was even more worried about marrying.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said: "Other families may be like this, but the Fu family definitely won't. Fu Mei's great-grandfather, Fu Chaoxuan, was the Yibin of Ninghua Prefecture and Cheng Wulang. He was originally the son-in-law of my Zhu family."

Emperor Gao canonized his third son, Zhu Bian, as the King of Jin, and Zhu Jihuan, the son of Zhu Bian, as the King of Ninghua.

"Also, even if Fu Mei himself has great ambitions, he may not be able to fulfill him." Zhu Cihong said: "During the Han and Jin Dynasties, scholars were selected based on their family status, so they could have a powerful family. The imperial examinations are used to select scholars from the state to the present, and the families of honored relatives How can we compete with it? From my son's point of view, my family should promote some relatives, which is exactly the intention of our ancestors to establish a screen."

"My son is right." Zhou Hou sighed: "Take care of your relatives like you are guarding against thieves, and you will be alienated, why bother?"

"At the beginning of the country, the Tian family also got married with the meritorious family, what's the hindrance?" Zhu Cihong said: "Now my Zhu family has established the tripod for 300 years. After this national change, I can still set the world again. It can be seen that the destiny is in me. If so, What kind of waves can a few relatives make?"

Zhou Hou nodded again and again, and said in a low voice: "After all, this matter is the ancestral system, so there is no need to announce it. In the future, if you see that the son-in-law is useful, just use it quietly."

When Zhu Cihong saw his mother's advice, he naturally wanted to flatter her to show her filial piety: "What the mother said is true and wise, and my sons and ministers will keep it in mind."

Zhou Hou smiled so much that his eyes were like crescent moons, and he patted the eldest son's hand lightly, but a tear rolled out without knowing it.

——It is finally peace now!

Zhou Hou sighed in his heart.

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