On December 12, the ministers asked Shenzong Zhaofei Liu to be responsible for choosing the concubine for the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao, the concubine, had met her and knew that she was a person who did not like to exercise power and had a peaceful temperament.
Such a person would be in charge of selecting the concubine.
It is the most suitable.
Fang Congzhe once again announced his intention to retire.
This was the first time since Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne.
In the past, Zhu Youxiao always came to comfort him, but now he may not be able to withstand the attacks from below.
Specifically, there were three main areas of attack on him.
One was to introduce and reward Li Kezhuo.
Second, failure to prevent it led to the death of the late emperor.
The third is collusion with the Zheng family.
Zhu Youxiao didn't want Fang Congzhe to leave.
If he left, the entire court would really become the hall of Donglin people.
Even if it was used as a shield, he would not be allowed to leave.
So I issued an order: I have vividly remembered what the chief assistant did.
The introduction of Li Kezhuo was exactly the duty of the chief assistant.
The reward was the intention of the late emperor.
The other things that were not taken precautions and colluded with the Zheng family were all unwarranted.
When an official talks about something, he must not hear it from his hearsay, but must have solid evidence.
Zhu Fang Congzhe was granted the title of Grand Master and entered the Zhongji Hall as a Bachelor.
As soon as this decree was announced, the entire court fell silent.
The last time everyone had a quarrel, they kicked Xiong Tingbi down, which cheered up the censor and the ministers.
For such a long time, Sun Shenxing, Hui Shiyang and others from the Donglin faction continued to attack Fang Congzhe for his inappropriate behavior in the Hongwan case.
Let Fang Congzhe accept his fate, be fully mentally prepared, and reach a private agreement with the Donglin Party.
Regarding the Hong Pill case, the final conclusion is that all officials are guilty.
This will give Fang Congzhe a step to ask for his resignation. .
Now not only the people of the Donglin Sect were stunned, but even Fang Congzhe was stunned.
But he was a principled person and had made an agreement with the Donglin Party members.
Of course he had to abide by the agreement, so he resolutely refused to accept the emperor's appointment and wanted to resign and return to his old age.
Zhu Youxiao didn't know why the old man had to resign, but at least he could tell that he really wanted to resign, but he didn't want to and couldn't let him resign.
So he had no choice but to say: "Since I came to the throne, what Fang Qing has done is deeply felt in my heart.
I don't know what my fault is.
I am so disgusted by the great scholars and so hated by all the ministers.
They will definitely want to remove my thighs."
These words were so serious that all the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted at the same time: "Your Majesty is born to be a saint, but I have neglected my duty."
Several people who attacked Fang Congzhe with great enthusiasm kowtowed and said: "I await the death penalty, your Majesty."
Punishment.”
This is not a citation, and the citation can be refuted during the event.
Now Fang Congzhe is resigning himself.
The emperor does not want him to resign, and the ministers have no choice.
What's more, when the emperor said such words, he meant that the ministers had the intention of coercing him.
This crime was too serious and no one dared to bear it.
At this time, only Fang Congzhe came out to smooth things over: "Your Majesty, I am old, and I am afraid that I will interfere with national affairs, so I am going to complain.
However, I failed to understand the holy will.
The fault lies with me.
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All colleagues also had this intention, so they have the words of impeachment.
There is no intention to target the Holy One.
Please take back this statement, otherwise I will not feel at ease."
Using this method, he finally won victory, allowing Zhu Youxiao to find a way to deal with the ministers.
Don’t you like to talk about big principles?
I will talk to you about bigger principles and see whose theory is bigger.
This discovery made him very excited.
Who can't be reasonable?
The emperor's truth is always the greatest.
We'll see.
Zhu Youxiao just got off the donkey and stopped pursuing the matter.
Everyone was satisfied with this result.
Zhu Youxiao saved Fang Congzhe, and Fang Congzhe was forced to resign to still serve as his chief assistant.
The ministers escaped the charge of coercing the emperor.
Of course, I don’t know if the Donglin Party members are happy.
However, when they left the palace, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou's expressions did not look very good.
On December 24, the great scholar Fang Congzhe and others came to Liaoyang to ask for money.
Zhu Youxiao issued an edict: I am thinking of the lack of pay for the Liao army, so I will temporarily lend one million taels of silver to be used for the brigadier general's wedding ceremony.
Li Ruhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, reported that due to excessive Liao salary, the external treasury did not have much silver, so he had no choice but to seek help from the inner treasury.
This made Zhu Youxiao even more worried about the problem of the coin minting machine.
He asked Xu Guangqi to press the missionary.
The missionary said that it now takes more than a year one way from the Ming Dynasty to the West, so the problem of the coin minting machine can only wait.
On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month of the first year of Tianqi, Qin Tianjian chose this auspicious day to crown the emperor.
Originally, men were only crowned when they were twenty years old, but the emperor was of course an exception.
It cannot be said that the emperor was not an adult yet.
Although the emperor was indeed not an adult according to his age, of course he should be an adult when he became the emperor.
This logic made Zhu Youxiao laugh.
He recalled what the former Soviet General Secretary Khrushchev said: "I didn't understand art when I was an ordinary worker, I didn't understand art when I was the secretary of the district party committee, and I didn't understand it when I was the secretary of the municipal party committee.
I am now the First Secretary of the Party, how can I still not understand art?”
It’s really the same thing.
The emperor's selection for marriage is in full swing, and there are eight levels in the selection.
The national primary election is the first stage, and a total of 5,000 beauties have been selected.
These 5,000 beauties will be selected again in the capital.
According to the Jinyiwei Lai report, Zhang Yan returned to her hometown to participate in the marriage election.
Now she has passed the primary election and is listed as the number one in Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture.
On the third day of February, all five thousand beauties entered the capital and began the second level, the palace primary election.
Hakka asked the emperor if he wanted to go and see it.
Zhu Youxiao asked strangely: "Can I go and see it too?"
Keshi smiled and said: "Of course I can't go and see it as an emperor.
My concubine means to go and see it secretly."
Concubine Liu Zhao is responsible for selecting the concubine.
Of course she will not choose it herself now, so the ones actually responsible for the selection are Zhao Xuanshi, Li Xuanshi and Hakka.
Yes, this Li Xuanshi is Xi Li.
Zhu Youxiao wants her to do it step by step Come on, after choosing the concubine this time, I will give her some credit for choosing the concubine and make her a concubine first.
She and the Hakka family were very close.
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They both knew that the emperor liked the little lady named Zhang Yan, and of course he would not let her be selected.
Zhu Youxiao suppressed his desire to see the beauties in the garden and rejected the Hakka family's offer. proposal.
In fact, he thought that five thousand people was too many, so he had better choose the smaller ones first and then look at them, because they would look better if they were of higher quality.
A large venue was selected for the primary election in the palace.
The eunuch asked every hundred beauties to line up in a row, sort them by age, and after looking at them one by one, eliminated those girls who were slightly taller, shorter, fatter, or thinner.
The primary election was very fast, completed in less than a day, and a total of 1,200 people were eliminated.
On the fourth day of February, the third level of re-election was held.
The eunuchs used very strict standards to carefully examine each person's facial features, hair, and skin.
If there was any violation of the regulations, they would be eliminated.
Then everyone is asked to report their family status, name, age, etc. to check their timbre and manners, and eliminate those with rough voices, unclear speech, and poor manners.
In this way, another two thousand people were screened out.
On the seventh day of February, the fourth level is selected.
The eunuchs use rulers to carefully measure the girls' hands and feet, and then let them walk dozens of steps to see the posture and grace of their steps.
As a result, those with slightly larger feet, thicker wrists, and those with bad manners were eliminated again.
In the end, a thousand beauties were summoned to the palace to continue the selection.
On the tenth day of the second lunar month, the fifth pass was held in the palace, and the old maids in the palace were separately arranged to lead the beauties to the secret room for physical examination.
Those with birthmarks on their bodies, those with peculiar odors, and even those with unsightly organs were eliminated.
After a physical examination, 300 of them were determined to become the maids selected to stay in the palace
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