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Chapter 32 Bedside Politics 5
The princess of the Ming Dynasty was repeatedly cheated into marriage by scoundrels

The royal family of the Ming Dynasty had a strange rule, that is, for the marriage of a princess, the chosen husband must be an outstanding man from the people, and it is not allowed to form a husband and wife with the sons of civil and military ministers.The reason is simple. According to the lessons learned from previous dynasties, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was afraid that his relatives would interfere in politics, and his country would fall into the hands of the opposite sex.It is necessary to block the road of "strong marriage" to cut off the threat of ministers interfering in the government.

This regulation led to the emergence of many commoner son-in-laws in the Ming Dynasty, but it also eliminated the threat of foreign relatives interfering in politics, but it attracted another hidden danger.Because although the princess can only "marry" to the common people, she is a golden branch and jade leaf after all, the blood of the royal family. The chosen husband must have both ability and political integrity, good conduct, and be worthy of the dignity of the royal family.

But the royal family is always deep in the palace, unable to go to the people to choose the son-in-law of Chenglong Kuai. The matter of choosing a son-in-law for the princess can only be handed over to the servants, and the most effective assistant is the eunuch.It is always unsafe to entrust someone to do things, and some of them will go wrong.When you meet a kind-hearted eunuch, you will naturally try your best to choose a satisfactory son-in-law for the princess, but if you meet a eunuch who is only profit-seeking and greedy for cheap, then he will use his power for personal gain and accept bribes from it, depending on who gives more money , then help whoever speaks well.

This provided an opportunity for folk men to cheat the royal family into marriage by bribing eunuchs.With a small amount of money, in the future, marrying the princess will lead to a lifetime of wealth and wealth. This deal seemed to be very cost-effective at the time, so many people who cheated on marriages bribed the eunuchs under the banner of selling dog meat. Fraudulently married the princess to seek wealth.Moreover, this kind of thing was repeatedly banned in the Ming Dynasty, which can be called a historical anecdote.

In the eighth year of Ming Hongzhi (1495), there was a wealthy man named Yuan Xiang. He wanted to become a relative of the emperor, so he bribed Li Guang, the eunuch who was in charge of the princess's marriage at that time, and asked him to speak well for him.After receiving the money, Li Guang naturally spoke well of Yuan Xiang in front of Emperor Hongzhi.Emperor Hongzhi did not doubt Li Guang's words, so he agreed to recruit Yuan Xiang as his son-in-law and marry Princess Deqing to him.

While Yuan Xiang was rejoicing, someone reported to the emperor the affair between Yuan Xiang and Li Guang. Emperor Hongzhi, who was duped, immediately asked someone to investigate, and it turned out that Yuan Xiang was not as good as Li Guang said. He lied to the emperor's daughter. Being a wife is a crime of deceiving the emperor.Emperor Hongzhi, who suddenly realized it, became furious.He severely punished the two people who teased him, and his anger was out, but the princess's wedding date had already been fixed, even if she didn't marry Yuan Xiang, she would have to choose a new consort.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly searched across the country, and found another son-in-law for the princess with both ability and political integrity, and finally ended the farce.The case of the royal family being defrauded was solved in time, so it was safe and sound.But the subsequent Emperor Jiajing was not so lucky.

In the sixth year of Jiajing, Princess Yongchun wanted to recruit a son-in-law. After the unanimous recommendation of the eunuchs, the royal family chose a folk man named Chen Zhao. Just a few days before Princess Yongchun was about to "marry", Jiajing suddenly learned of a There was news that Chen Zhao's mother was married twice and was someone else's concubine.

It was unseemly for the dignified Princess Daming to marry the son of a concubine, so Jiajing immediately regretted the marriage without saying a word.But the princess's wedding date has been announced to the whole country. The emperor has made a promise, and he can't go back on his words. If he wants to postpone the wedding date, he must give the common people a reason. If the emperor was cheated by the son of a concubine, wouldn't it be Is it funny to ski the world?

In order to restore the dignity of the royal family, Jiajing imitated Emperor Hongzhi and started a national audition to choose a wishful consort. After a lot of selection, he finally selected a man named Xie Zhao.This time, Emperor Jiajing approached in person, but he didn't know if he didn't see it, and he was shocked when he saw it.This Xie Zhao is actually a bald ugly monster. I don't know how many eunuchs he has bribed before he can be recommended.

But the wedding date waited for no one, and it was too late to go to the folks to choose a son-in-law. Forced to do so, Jiajing had no choice but to marry his daughter to Xie Zhao.This marriage shocked the whole country. The common people at that time made up a folk song, which specifically listed ten funny things at that time. The last sentence was to mock the royal family for recruiting a son-in-law: "Ten funny, the son-in-law will change to the current world newspaper."

There is a song "Selling Dogs and Hanging Sheep" in the Ming song, which is about hanging sheep's head, selling dog meat, which is a duplicity and a nameless fraud. The author Xue Lundao interprets it very vividly and interestingly, which can make people smile .

[Shuangtune Water Fairy] Selling Dogs Hanging Sheep

The turbid woman has always been used to being clear, and loves to eat fish and taste fishy,
It doesn't make sense to say it.

Appearance and clothes, walk in the market,
And only plan the house to moisten the body and prosper.

What does Zhang Bu mean by sincerity?

Is it true that the rice is off the chestnut?

It's all about fame.

The author Xue Lundao uses popular prophecy to expose this hypocritical human relationship in detail. He believes that although unchaste women are promiscuous, they are very good at proving their innocence. Are those men who cheated on marriage?

Those men who cheated on the marriage, which one was not said to be handsome and elegant, but in fact they were ugly, not worthy of the name, and wanted to get away with the banner of "selling dog meat".And this incident became unstoppable in the Ming Dynasty, which is really an anecdote from ancient to modern times.

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