After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Yingshu had already assisted Lord Shenyuandian to submit the answer first.

Today's palace maids are mostly chosen from poor families. After entering the palace, they mostly care about their own life and death, misfortune and fortune. The parents feel guilty and have no choice but to accept their fate. All they receive is a meager compensation. And the reduction of taxes and servitude cannot relieve the poor situation. In the end, they can only give up their worthless good fortune and work as tenants, or even slaves. The "good family son" who is selected into the palace cannot bring anything. Any expectation they had, even if a son from a good family enlisted in the army, died in battle, he died in battle.

A good status is not as good as a servant status. Although the servant status works hard, at least it will no longer bear the burden of taxes and the risk of being imprisoned for non-payment of taxes. Moreover, if it is a servant, the son of the family will not be drafted into the army. Although the daughter They are servants, but at least we can see each other from time to time.

A good family is not as prosperous as it was during the Ji Dynasty.

Therefore, in order to let the broad masses of people understand the prosperity of a good family, the Xiaoxuan Reform Order can be described as an opportunity.

First of all, the minor elections are not selected by state and county officials. There are so many ministers and female officials in the palace who can be appointed by His Majesty to be responsible for the selection.

Secondly, if the only daughter was illegally and forcibly recruited, she could file a complaint according to the report order after entering the palace. This would prevent the appointed ministers and female officials from violating the law and seeking personal gain.

Thirdly, anyone whose family has a maid-in-waiting who is selected as a palace maid will be exempted from military service for ten years. In other words, if a family has a daughter entering the palace, her daughter’s brothers will be exempted from military service.

In addition, the palace maids have salaries. If they want to pay the salary to their families, they must first have the government pay it on their behalf. The chamberlains and female officials in charge of the matter will have a three-year period to verify that the government has indeed paid the salary to the palace ladies' homes, and then report it. Queen, the queen will supervise the appropriation of funds to supplement the government's advances. If the government conceals corruption, it will be fined ten times based on the embezzled stolen property, and the chief of the first government will bear the fine.

The 100,000 yuan of compensation for the palace maid's compensation will be directly distributed to the palace maid when she reaches the age of twenty-five and asks for pardon, and she can freely use the money.

In addition to the Examination and Judgment Department, there is also a Pensions Department in the palace. The Pensions Department is responsible for resettling palace residents who have missed the marriageable age but are still willing to seek pardon to return to their place of origin. These palace residents can live in temples and receive preferential care, and the court will also accept them. The temples of these palace ladies are given preferential treatment, and these temples are asked to assume more "preferential care" responsibilities, that is, the letters sent by the pension department to the families of the current palace ladies are handed over to their families, and they can be interpreted on their behalf. They can also be ghostwritten and sent to the family members. The letters were then forwarded to the Pensions Department of the palace via Yi Chuan, and all palace residents could send one letter each quarter.

This may seem like a favor only for palace maids, but it actually opened up a new way for the emperor to understand the sufferings of the people and local governance, so that officials from aristocratic families and those who govern the same place cannot monopolize their opinions. When such a system is implemented After implementation, it will inevitably make the family with a daughter in the palace gain a certain degree of popularity in the local area. Gradually, the people will no longer regard the small election order as a strong political power, and will not think that it is a disaster for the daughter of the family to enter the palace as a maid. .

The most important thing is that such a decree avoids the six ministries and nine ministers, there is no need to discuss it in the court, and it can be implemented smoothly.

As far as the royal family is concerned, young palace maids enter the palace for training at the age of ten, and are pardoned at the age of twenty-five. They are given one hundred thousand dollars as additional compensation for serving in the palace for fifteen years. This money is actually not much, not to mention that there is no money at all. So many palace maids are willing to return home and are willing to be rationed by the officials to the soldiers. In this way, one hundred thousand yuan is not only a reward for the palace ladies, but also a reward for the soldiers.

Si Kongtong is very satisfied with this restructuring method.

"In a few years, a group of palace maids will be pardoned, and a small election order will inevitably be issued. Who does Emperor Xiu think is suitable to be the first small election envoy?" Sikong Tong asked Yingshu.

The first election envoy is very important, as it is related to whether the new election order can gain the trust and recognition of the people.

"Neichen Lu might be available." Ying Shu recommended someone.

"Who?"

"Lv Neichen, formerly the eunuch of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Are you talking about Lu An?" Sikong Beichen frowned and thought for a moment, unable to remember what department Lu An was in now.

It was Minister Zhong Chang who reminded him: "Lu An has invited himself to Yaohua Palace."

The Yaohua Palace built in Dantu is actually a palace left over from the Soochow Dynasty. Sikong Tong has not set foot in it yet. However, in order to take care of the feelings of the Jiangnan family, this palace has been preserved, and people need to be sent to take care of it. Therefore, there are When the little maids fail to pass the "Internal Affairs Examination", or are judged as "immoral" by the Supervisory Office and should be punished with "demotion", they will be sent to the Dantu Palace. The palace was not terrible at first, but it was more deserted than Jiankang Palace. Therefore, the eunuchs and maids on duty in Dantu Palace were far less well-off than the palace maids who stayed in Jiankang Palace, and they never had the opportunity to be promoted.

Eunuchs with a rank like Lu An were transferred to Dantu Palace to manage the daily duties of these palace maids. The work was not hard and tiring, but because they were far away from the upper palace, their life seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

The "career prospects" of eunuchs and maids have always been different.

First of all, the selection method is different. The selection of palace maids is irresistible, but because the eunuchs have to go through the painful process of purification and castration before entering the palace, it is impossible to force the children of good families to be selected. Therefore, most of the eunuchs come from extremely poor households. Those households are too poor and cannot support their children, so they send their sons to the eunuchs. Firstly, they are to get a compensation first, so that they can make a difficult living. After a slight improvement, I also hope that if the child has the opportunity to be used by the royal family, he can help the family completely escape poverty.

Of course, there are very few eunuchs who can "bring glory to the lintel".

But since ancient times, in all dynasties, there have been a very small number like this.

For example, the Xiahou clan that once replaced the Xuan clan of the Daji royal family and established the Daluo regime. Because Xia Houyue's eunuch duty was established. Xia Houyue entered the palace at an early age and was favored by the then Empress Dowager Deng, who ordered him to serve the crown prince and study. Therefore, he later became a close confidant of Emperor Jishun. Even important ministers and high-ranking officials like Situ recommended Xia Houyue.

Later, Xia Houyue was granted the title of Marquis of Feiting. Eunuchs with a title could marry wives, but they only had titles. If the title was to be passed on, naturally one could not rely on the adopted son of an eunuch to accept him, and because Xia Houyue All his brothers died one after another, and the family had no heirs. Only his sister was supported. When Xia Houyue became powerful, his eldest sister was able to remarry a widowed official and gave birth to a son. Xia Houyue recognized his nephew as his adopted son and changed his surname to Xiahou , that is Xia Houchen.

Later Xia Houyue was posthumously named emperor.

Xia Houyue originally had no such "wonderful ambition" to overthrow the Daji dynasty and proclaim himself emperor, and it was impossible for Xiahou Chen to achieve hegemony as the son of a eunuch. However, the national fortunes of Daji were in decline at that time, and the power was once controlled by eunuchs and relatives. , these two forces competed, and the result was that both sides suffered losses, resulting in the rise of warlords from all over the country. In such a chaotic situation, Xiahou Chen was able to take advantage of the situation and finally get the opportunity to "hold the emperor's orders to disobey his subjects".

Not every eunuch wants to be Xia Houyue, and not every powerful eunuch can become Xia Houyue. However, all eunuchs know that if they want to completely change their destiny, they must strive to serve the emperor personally. In fact, under normal circumstances, the emperor's The attendants are all eunuchs, not palace maids.

The vast majority of emperors grew up in the palace and did not know anything about love affairs when they were young. They regarded the maids as slaves and the young eunuchs as playmates. Because the young eunuchs served the princes in their studies, they themselves could read. If they were really smart, they would also be able to read. If you learn some essentials of classics and history, you will certainly be more knowledgeable than the palace maid, and you will have more "common topics" with the prince.