"Yes!
The princess I married was still a mute, and I don't know how the Ministry of Rites chose it at that time. ”"It's better now, after Your Majesty ascended the throne, the officials ruled well, a few years ago, if you didn't stuff silver to those officials in the Ministry of Rites, in the distant branch clan, the men could only fight for a lifetime, and the women could only marry sick seedlings or those who were lazy and ugly but wanted to deceive the identity of a guest of honor to eat the New Year!
When the first king was alive, he borrowed a lot of silver to those distant clans, so that they could take care of those officials in the court, the first king said why he wanted to collect money, obviously the court gave food and clothing, not because those court officials were insatiable, for their own clan relatives can have a good home!
”"It's good to think about staying in Beijing, when you encounter such a thing, you can still make a complaint, stay in the fiefdom, you can't even file a complaint, the book will be intercepted before it arrives, or it won't be handed to the emperor, and you will even have nowhere to redress your grievances because you offended the magistrate."
The vassal kings began to talk and complain bitterly.After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao deeply agreed with this.He also knew that the children of the Ming clan, except for some close branch clans, because they were close to the emperor and really looked like a royal family, most of the clans were actually not satisfactory, no different from being under house arrest, and they had long been bullied by the officials.It is common to choose sick and ugly guests for the women of the clan, and it is also common to choose some prostitutes and sick girls as concubines for the sons of the clan.Because most of the clans have no chance to leave the fiefdom, and there is no chance to sue, and the marriage of the Ming dynasty for the royal clan is only selected among the commoners, so the officials in charge of these things can completely make up these selected people, saying what is virtuous and generous, and looks dignified.The emperor lives in the palace, and it is impossible to worry about this matter in every detail, so naturally he does not know."
Zhu Yujian, the grandson of Tang Wangfu, has a good suggestion!
Marriage such a housework still has to be done by the family, rest assured, handed over to the ministers will be turned into a transaction in the end, the Ministry of Rites officials because of the greed for ink caused by the marriage of the clan problems, I have also heard, Wang Chengen, you write it down, in the future, the functions of the Zongren Mansion will be restored, and all matters involving the clan will be returned to the Zongren Mansion and will no longer be handed over to the Ministry of Rites for processing!
”Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Yujian again as he spoke: "When did Sister Ling get married?"
”"The thirty-seventh year of Wanli."
Zhu Yujian replied."
Message!
It was immediately found out that the relevant officials of the Ministry of Rites who were in charge of this matter in the 37th year of Wanli actually caused the daughter of the clan to hang herself because of this, which is really an unforgivable crime, and she was stripped of her skin and grass and raided her home!
The order is spread to the world, and all those who are ugly or sick when they marry a guest or concubine can be reported immediately, whether it is to ask for peace and divorce, or to ask the court to choose a lover for them, it will be approved!
And investigate the culpability of the officials of the Ministry of Rites at that time!
”Zhu Youxiao continued."
Yes!"
Wang Chengen replied."
In addition, for what Zhu Yujian just said, you have encountered the problem of not daring to report this matter, I have to make another decree today, Wang Chengen, pass on the decree to the cabinet, immediately decree the world, and set up a secret and sparse system for the clan, whether it is the son of the clan or the daughter of the clan, you can go to the secret and neglect me, without going through the general administration and cabinet, and directly hand it over to the Zongren Mansion to present to me, whether it is a trivial matter at home or encountering injustices or even unofficial affairs outside, it can be played in me!
I will not condemn my words. ”Zhu Youxiao said and said: "In this case, you will be able to supervise the military officials and even the ministers for me in the future, but if the military officials and the ministers find out that your illegal things are played on me, I will not spare them!"
Do you understand?
”"Yes!"
The vassal kings laughed because of this, and they had a sense of relief, and they knew that if this was the case, they would no longer have to be angry with the courtiers and officials in the future, so they began to have a good impression of the emperor.However, Zhu Youxiao poured a basin of cold water on these vassal kings at this time: "I have now reformed the clan system, so that you no longer have to be controlled by officials, but this does not mean that you will no longer be bullied by officials, and you need to be hard to strike iron, I am not only your emperor, but also the emperor of officials, but also the emperor of the whole world!"
Therefore, if you want to let Daming in the future, not only the officials have the final say, but you also have excellent skills. ”Then, Zhu Youxiao said: "I will also help you, and the way to help you is to provide you with a good education, so that you all have the opportunity to study and reason, if you don't seek progress, don't study seriously, only know pleasure and even cause trouble, I don't care who he is, for the sake of the dignity of the royal family, I will also severely punish him!"
”Not long after, Zhu Youxiao officially issued an edict to reform the clan system.According to Zhu Youxiao's request, from now on, the Guannai will no longer divide the feudal lands of the kings, and all the vassal kings will stay in Beijing, and they will not be allowed to leave Beijing unless they are noted, and they will be allowed to engage in the business of the four people, and restore the function of the Zongren Mansion, and it is ordered that the vassal kings over the age of 16 be examined first to determine who can be the officials of the Zongren Mansion and manage the Zongren Mansion for the imperial court.In addition, Zhu Youxiao also ordered the establishment of a palace school to manage the education of the prince; set up a sect school to manage the education of the children of the clan; Set up a school of health to manage the education of the children of Xun Qi and the children of the emperor's personal guards such as Jinyi Wei and Yu Linwei.It is equivalent to the Ming nobles from the prince to the royal family to the nobles, in the era of Zhu Youxiao, they had to receive official education.Fang Congzhe and other courtiers are now absolute cronies of Zhu Youxiao, and they have no objections.Although they knew that the emperor wanted to strengthen the power of the clan to balance them, they now took the initiative to promote the strengthening of the monarch's power because of their interests, so that the emperor now controls absolute military and financial power.Therefore, they can only accept it now, as long as the emperor is willing to take them to continue to compete for more interests, they will not impulsively break with the emperor because of this idea.However, Fang Congzhe was fortunate that because he knew Emperor Zhu Youxiao well enough to know that his emperor looked young, but in fact he was not an ordinary monarch, he did not dare to underestimate him, so when he was in power, when he chose concubines and honor guests for the Zongfan, he did not let the officials on his side mess around, and he did not have the impression of being mean to the Zongfan in front of the emperor.But Shi Fenglai, who had been transferred to Nanjing to serve as the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was not so lucky, and he had to pay the price for what he had done in the process of selecting honor guests for the women of the clan when he was an official of the Ministry of Rites."
Shi Shilang, when you were in the middle of the Ministry of Rites, you were suspected of being greedy for ink and bribery, causing the daughter of the Tang Wangfu clan to hang herself, as well as the widowhood of a county lord in the Chu Wangfu and the marriage of many county lords by ugly and sick people, it can be said that the crime is unforgivable, and you are now ordered to be arrested and tortured in Beijing, and Your Majesty's will is to strip you of your skin and grass, and raid your home!
And our people have gone to your house first, and you have no time to transfer your property, so accept your fate!
”After Liang Heng, the head of the East Factory, said to Shi Feng with the holy decree, he shouted loudly: "Take it away!"
”Shi Fenglai was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but struggle when he was escorted away: "No, this is all an old thing in the Temple Dynasty, how did this official know that it would be like this!"
Before this dynasty, didn't all the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were responsible for selecting and matching guests of honor for the women of the clan do this, and now why are they suddenly pursuing this matter!
”"Are you serious?
Your Majesty has decreed that all those who disregard the dignity of the royal family and humiliate the clan will be held accountable, so you just said that all the officials of the Ministry of Rites before you did this?
”Liang Heng hurriedly asked."
It's not!
In the next slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!
”Shi Fenglai hurriedly denied it, and then cried: "Your Majesty, spare your life!"
The minister doesn't dare anymore!
The minister will never dare to treat the affairs of the clan like this in the future!
Whining!
”