Ancestral Training

Liu Ruyan's matter was finally settled, and Princess Kunxing Zhu Weiyu actually built a nunnery for her in Meishan.

Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with the princess' decision. Although Liu Ruyan became a monk, she was actually just moving out of the palace for rest.

This time they made the decision privately and did not report to Zhu Youjian in advance.

Although he was very satisfied with Zhu Weiyu's approach, Zhu Youjian did not praise her and warned her not to be an example.

On the way back, Princess Kunxing Zhu Weishi saved Zhu Youjian's arm and acted coquettishly:

"Father, don't be angry. You were far away in Japan at that time, and I didn't almost tell you. Don't worry, I won't be the next time, otherwise you will abolish Iron's princess..."

Faced with this poor child who had no mother, how could Zhu Youjian bear to blame her immediately?

He reached out and patted Zhu Weiyu's pretty face:

"Okay, don't feel guilty anymore. As long as you don't take your own initiative in the future, your father will forgive you this time."

Princess Kunxing leaned her head against Zhu Youjian's shoulder and smiled softly:

"Well, thank you, my father, I know that my father loves Wei Shi the most. Let me tell you a secret..."

Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:

"Secret? Tell me what secret to my father!"

Zhu Wei hesitated for a while, and finally made up her decision and said:

"Brother is not young this year. Has the father considered his marriage?"

Princess Kunxing reminded Zhu Youjian in one sentence, and he slapped his head at that time:

"Oh, this is the case, the father is only concerned about expanding territory and forgetting about this matter, and tomorrow..."

Zhu Youjian wanted to explain that Jun would arrange it for him, but immediately thought that no one in the palace could do this.

"This is how you do it! You will recruit the nanny who was in charge of this matter into the palace for your father and let them choose a concubine for the prince!"

Zhu Wei smiled sweetly:

"Father, the Crown Princess has a candidate, but the harem does need to add some personnel. The gap is too big now, and there is no other name to call the queen."

Zhu Youjian was stunned at the time. Of course, he knew that there were still many people in his harem, but where did the candidates come from?

"There is someone to choose the Crown Princess? Who can I tell you!"

Zhu Wei said in a little embarrassedly:

"Father, Zhang Min, editor of Daming Daily, is not only beautiful but also very sensible, but also has an indescribable relationship with the emperor's brother. My son feels that she is quite suitable, but this does not conform to the system of the prince's choice of concubines unless you make the decision himself..."

Since Qin Shihuang established the Qin Dynasty, feudal dynasties have entered in ancient times.

From then on, the feudal dynasty had a potential "threat", which was the harem's interference in politics and the autocracy of foreign relatives.

There have been many dynasties in history, and these dynasties have more or less experienced interfering in politics with relatives or harems.

The most familiar thing is the Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, there was no harem interference in politics or the authority of foreign relatives.

However, after Cixi entered the palace, the Qing Dynasty's harem system changed.

Cixi became the actual ruler in the late Qing Dynasty. From then on, the Qing Dynasty was troubled by the harem's interference in politics.

Even the demise of the Qing Dynasty had a lot to do with the harem's interference in politics. Without Empress Dowager Cixi, the situation in the Qing Dynasty would definitely change.

In comparison, there was never any situation in the Ming Dynasty where the harem interfered in politics.

In addition, there were no relatives outside the Han Dynasty, vassal states in the Tang Dynasty, and monarchs in the Song Dynasty.

Even the ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty were more domineering than any dynasty, which is "the emperor guards the country's gates, and the king dies in the country."

This is true even the king of the country, Emperor Chongzhen.

Compared with other dynasties, there was no harem interference in politics or the autocracy of foreign relatives in the Ming Dynasty from its establishment to its demise. Why is this?

All of this has something to do with Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't study much, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang studied hard and learned lessons from all dynasties.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang improved all the shortcomings of all dynasties.

Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order that all eunuchs were not allowed to read and read, nor could they have the title of civil and military officials.

From this point of view, eunuchs interfered in politics almost never occurred in the early Ming Dynasty.

Even eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian are not enough to threaten the rule of imperial power.

In terms of preventing the autocracy of foreign relatives and interfering in politics in the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang first created a three-foot-high iron plate, which stood at the gate of the palace, with eight large characters engraved on it:

"The inner minister shall not interfere in political affairs."

Later, the civil servant group continued to grow and grow, which posed a threat to the imperial power to a certain extent.

After that, there were inter-court officials and civil servants in the outer court and civil servants in the outer court.

In ancient history, many harem interferes in politics and dictatorship of foreign relatives appeared, and the harem and foreign relatives existed mutually.

If the concubines in the harem become more powerful, then her relatives will also rise.

For example, Empress Lü in the Western Han Dynasty was dictatorial, and she destroyed Liu Bang's "Not the Liu family, but the king, and the whole world attacked him", which led to the problem.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very strict in managing the harem, and he came up with two solutions.

The first is to be unique in choosing concubines, the second is to strengthen the management of the harem, and the most important thing is the system of choosing concubines.

During the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of "more concubines from the people" appeared since Zhu Yuanzhang.

Except for the prevalence of marriage with nobles at the beginning of the founding of the country, the remaining Ming emperors almost all came from the people when it came to selecting concubines.

The Ming Dynasty chose concubines in the capital and its surrounding areas, similar to today's auditions.

After that, the Ministry of Rites screened it, and the remaining dozens of people were brought into the palace.

Among these dozens of people, one or two were selected as queens, concubines, and the rest of the women sent home with gifts.

In this way, all the queens and concubines in the harem were born among the people, and they would no longer have the powerful power of the clan.

In this case, they will not pose a threat to the imperial power.

Empress Zhang of Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty was called "Yao and Shun, a girl". She came from an ordinary peasant family and was later elected as the crown princess. From then on, she lived in the palace.

After becoming the queen, her father was named the deputy commander of the seventh rank of military commander. This position would not pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty.

More importantly, the hereditary system of relatives of the Ming Dynasty was abolished during the Jiajing Emperor.

In this way, it is even more difficult for foreign relatives to gain power.

With such a strategy, the harem cannot interfere in politics at all, and even the relatives cannot cause any storm.

Historical books evaluated the Ming Dynasty as "Therefore, there was a Ming Dynasty, and the foreign relatives were the weakest."

It is undeniable that it was Zhu Yuanzhang's method that prevented the Ming Dynasty from its establishment to its demise and the dictatorship of foreign relatives from its harem.

However, there are disadvantages to doing this, that is, the emperor lacks a powerful foreign aid.

If the foreign relatives use it well, they will definitely be the emperor's powerful assistant, but there was no such foreign aid in the Ming Dynasty.

When Princess Kunxing talked about Zhang Min, she knew that another ancestral teaching was placed in front of her father.

Since the Battle of the Capital Defense, the father's change and abolishing ancestral teachings are like athletes challenging the world record. I don't know how many of them are.

If the father is willing to make decisions for Zhang Min and Zhu Cilang, he will break another record.

Zhu Weiyu didn't know if those ministers would criticize her father again. She had never been criticized by her ministers before, but later he abolished the Censorate.
Chapter completed!