Concubine Liang smiled and said, "But there is no empress dowager in the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to choose a concubine according to the etiquette. Your Majesty's personal election and the election of the Empress dowager for the temporary election are both expedient measures. Moreover, the harem cannot interfere in politics, which is my iron rule of the Ming Dynasty. How to choose a concubine is naturally decided by Your Majesty. We should not worry about this and live our lives. If we really follow the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, you should have gone with the temple. Now it depends on the kindness of the Ying Temple, and we can still sit here with our sister and talk about some other things."

The words that Concubine Liang said at this time, "If they were based on the Ming Dynasty etiquette, they should have gone with the temple long ago." There is a root cause.

Because, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, concubines in the harem needed to be buried with them after the emperor's death, but later Emperor Yingzong of Ming thought that this system was too cruel and abolished the system.

Therefore, according to Concubine Liang's intention, if they really want to pursue something in accordance with etiquette or not, they should not be alive.

Of course, she also means admitting that the emperor can change the etiquette and law.

Seeing that Concubine Liang had the intention of not wanting to participate in the harem affairs, Concubine Liu had to smile: "What my sister is saying!"

Because in the 48th year of Wanli, two generations of emperors died in succession.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's harem had many concubines with higher seniority than him.

Among them, there are many Emperor Wanli.

Including Concubine Zheng, who was very favored in the Wanli Dynasty.

In addition, there is Xi Li Xuanshi, the main figure in the historical palace transfer case.

However, Xi Li Xuanshi has now been appointed Concubine Kang by Zhu Youxiao, and ordered him to live in Renshou Hall.

However, in this life, because Zhu Youxiao himself led the entire process of the transfer of imperial power in the Ming Dynasty, he did not give the Donglin Party the opportunity to lend Li Xuanshi to perform.

Therefore, there was no case of palace transfer.

And the Xi Li Xuanshi had to go to Renshou Hall obediently.

Because she cooperated very well on the day of the handover of imperial power, Zhu Youxiao still appointed her as the concubine, but Zhu Youxiao did not let her be the queen mother, or held the seal of the queen mother.

Because Zhu Youxiao knew that Xi Li Xuanshi had a strong personality, he didn't want his harem to have a storm because Xi Li Xuanshi was in power.

Just as Zhu Youxiao did not let Keshi become the wife of Fengshen like in history, but became a status in the harem.

Zhu Youxiao would rather give him a free official position in Keshi's family than a nomination, and he still only asked him to take on the "nanny" job in the Qianqing Palace.

In general.

Zhu Youxiao did not want his harem to be manipulated by a woman who was higher in human ethics than him.

Because what he thought was that the lord of the harem had to obey the control of him, the emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao was still planning to wait for his queen to manage the harem for him in the future.

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Yuanhui Palace.

According to Zhu Youxiao's will, fifty young girls who were automatically promoted to emperor women were gathered here at this time.

Zhu Youxiao walked in and carefully observed the fifty women.

Zhu Youxiao had to admit that Liu Ruoyu was still very serious in his work. Because he had a competition with Wei Zhongxian, he did not do anything randomly. The fifty women he selected for him were all considered beautiful but not too charming, gentle and dignified girls.

However, after watching for a while, Zhu Youxiao was still attracted by one of the dimples with a baby face.

Zhu Youxiao felt a sense of being grabbed.

As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he even tried his best to ask gently for the first time: "What is your name?"

"Zhang Yan!"

Zhang Yan lowered her eyebrows and replied with a smooth look.

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment after hearing this and laughed, but then, Zhu Youxiao looked serious again, frowned slightly, and finally said resolutely: "You just be my own queen."

"Thank you, your Majesty!"

Zhang Yan immediately knelt down.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Flat!"

Then, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think: "Even if I let the queen be the queen in history, I can still change the fate of the Ming Dynasty!"

Then, Zhu Youxiao continued to look at other girls.

A girl named Wang and who looked silent and elegant, and more dignified and generous, attracted his idea.

Zhu Youxiao asked him to be his concubine.

Then, Zhu Youxiao chose another girl surnamed Duan with a big-looking, clear-eyed eyes as her concubine.

Because according to the Ming Dynasty's system of selecting concubines, the emperor needed to choose one queen and two noble concubines.

And so far.

Zhu Youxiao selected his queen and two noble concubines.

The remaining girls are also automatically promoted to concubines.

In the end, after the Ministry of Rites held a ministry discussion and the emperor approved it, in addition to Zhang Yan being named the queen, Concubine Wang being named the Liang Concubine, and Concubine Duan being named the Chun Concubine.

Then there is the formal wedding ceremony of the Emperor of Apocalypse and the ceremony of the Queen's Canon.

Because Zhu Youxiao was the first time he was crowned queen after ascending the throne, the wedding ceremony was held at the same time as the enthronement ceremony.

During this period, Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, submitted a memorial saying that according to the etiquette system, the parents of the empress and the imperial concubines they were granted should be rewarded, because this can reflect the kindness of the heavenly family.

Zhu Youqiao also understands this very well.

Although the Ming emperor could only marry girls from ordinary families, once they married girls, they were considered royal relatives and could not be allowed to be ordinary people.

For this reason, Zhu Youxiao specially sent Wang Yingjiao, Minister of Revenue, Minister of Revenue, Sun Ruyou, Minister of Rites, and two eunuchs, who had already entered Beijing, to the Political Affairs Hall to discuss the matter.

"Report to Your Majesty, according to the example, the mother of the empress and the imperial concubine needs to be granted the title of the wife of the imperial concubine, and his father should be granted the title of the Jinyiwei official position or the count, and he also needs to be granted the title of the land of the empress and the imperial concubine, and what is the title of the land of the empress and the imperial concubine, whether to grant the land of the imperial concubine or to newly expand the land of the country's father, I would like to ask Your Majesty to show you."

Sun Ruyou reported.

Zhu Youxiao naturally didn't want to give his imperial village land to his father-in-law, because his imperial village would be the main source of his new Yulin Guard army.

Zhu Youxiao did not want more private fields to become private fields for honorary families, as this would affect the treasury income.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao thought about it and finally decided: "There are only acres of land in the world, and the imperial village is also limited. Giving land is no longer suitable for today's Ming Dynasty. In the future, all the land is given to silver. According to the rules, how much land should be given to the empress's parents and the imperial concubine's parents respectively?"

Sun Ruyou replied: "There are many people who give land in addition to their salary to give land a hundred hectares, but there are also thousands of hectares and tens of thousands of hectares."

"If you count 10 taels and one acre, then you will give the Empress's parents 50,000 taels of silver coins! The imperial concubine's parents 30,000 taels of silver coins! Each rewards the capital city's no official residence, and the title is not granted, and the title is not easily granted. The title is even more so. If you do not have any meritorious people, you will be granted the Empress's father the chief minister of the Ming Academy of Sciences. The imperial concubine's father was assigned to Shaoqing, so that he could study and study the principles of all things at the Ming Academy of Sciences, such as agricultural affairs and water conservancy. If we can make our Ming Dynasty profitable in agriculture affairs and water conservancy, we will be given a title."

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment and started talking.

He felt that although relatives of the foreigners could not participate in court politics, they could not be raised in vain. It is better to do research in the Academy of Sciences than to raise in vain. Maybe they could make some new discoveries and benefit the country and the people.
Chapter completed!