Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Since coming to the capital and being crowned as the queen, Xu has been busy.

In addition to meeting women from other clans, he also met the princesses and princesses of counties who were later selected from the royal family.

The older ones were fine, as they had substance in their words and were not too servile when talking to Xu.

The younger ones, whether princesses or dukes' wives, were all submissive and trembling with fear.

Some of the replies were obviously memorized at home and recited to her.

From the way he looks, one can tell that he is not having a good time in the palace.

No worries about food and drink.

I can only worry about my feelings and my children.

I have met so many people, but none of them is as comprehensive, daring to think and act as Zhang Xin.

To put it bluntly, every one of the princes and dukes has been studying since childhood, and their teachers were all from the Imperial Academy.

No matter how poorly you learn, you can still be considered a scholar when you go out.

Most of them are good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

The days are long, and the princes and grandchildren don't have to worry about their livelihood.

I have so many hobbies.

How can there be any justification for marrying an illiterate princess?

It is conceivable that it is not surprising that the prince lives a life of drunkenness and debauchery in his fiefdom, and it is not surprising that he takes in ten or eight beautiful women.

As a result, there were disputes among wives and concubines, and unrest in the harem.

Among the women in the backyard, there are probably some capable ones.

The quality or quantity of these offspring is worrying.

Zhu Di has met many of his nephews in the past six months, but almost none of them can be used.

They had no choice but to let them go back to their fiefdom.

The previous emperor was so busy preventing external relatives from interfering in government affairs that he even kicked the princes out to guard the borders.

But no one has ever thought about whether the quality of this next generation of royal family members can shoulder the burden of guarding the border.

As for these princes in the mainland, passing down their business from generation to generation is almost no different from raising pigs.

Pigs give birth to pigs, and pigs give birth to pigs.

Although it is not obvious at the moment, there are only about a hundred people.

But after two or three generations, that number will surely be terrifying.

The annual expenditure of the royal family would be a very large number.

At that time, it will be Zhu Xiaopang and his son and grandson who will face all of this.

She and Zhu Di had been buried long ago.

Thinking of this, Xu's eyes lit up.

"It's so annoying. There are only a few of us in our family. Why don't we just do nothing and let Little Fatty handle it on his own? Little Fatty is very smart. Why should we bother with this?"

Zhang Xin...

Zhu Zhiming...

Zhu Anle...

"Are you okay, mother?"

Zhu Zhiming poked his mother's waist.

"Don't blame others like this, mother—"

Zhang Xin also pouted.

I knew my mother-in-law was lazy, but I didn’t know she could be so lazy.

Just blame it if you can!

"I knew being a queen wasn't a good thing!!!"

Xu was resentful.

She used the matter of getting Princess Nankang to divorce, which did not involve the government or the harem, to secretly fight for women in the world.

Everyone just thought that Zhu Di felt sorry for his sister and used the Queen's name to vent his anger on the prince consort who treated the princess badly.

But once it comes to how to get people into the harem.

She herself is in the harem, the eldest one.

No matter how she plans to reform, there will always be people who are dissatisfied, and she will definitely be blamed for it.

Reforming the system is tantamount to challenging the ancestral rites and laws, and is almost equivalent to the harem interfering in politics.

Once she puts on this hat, she will drink a lot of wine.

There is also a biggest problem here. Zhu Di will no longer have any offspring.

Outsiders would think that the queen was too powerful, dominating the emperor, and even not allowing the harem to give birth to any princes and princesses who were not her own.

Or even worse, some people would say that the empress violated the ancestral rituals and laws, which made the late emperor angry and that was why there were no children in the harem.

She became a true demon queen.

Thinking of this, Xu felt that the boss was about to be blamed.

"Heaven will give great responsibility to this person - mother -"

Zhang Xin offered a flattery.

"Devil be damned."

Xu was not happy.

Just looking at three pairs of sparkling eyes.

From the wrinkles starting to appear at the corners of the eyes of Concubine Hu, I can see the bright-eyed and white-toothed lady who had just entered the palace.

The best years of a girl's life were taken away by the royal family for no reason.

It's not something that can't be solved.

She was afraid of trouble for the time being, as in the future there would be thousands and thousands of girls wasting their time in the palace.

"Forget it, since we're going to do it, let's do something big.

For now, let’s just remember that the minor selection for palace maids is held once a year, and the minor selection for female officials is also held once a year.

The palace maids were between eight and fifteen years old.

They release people every year.

It depends on the age when entering the palace, no more than twenty years old.

The abandoned baby girls in this city are also brought into the palace. Those who are unwanted outside will be raised by our royal family and taught well.

When they reach the age to leave, those who are willing to go out can go out, and those who don’t want to leave can stay in the palace and serve as head aunts or female officials.

There is no age limit for the selection of female officials, and they are selected every year, with the maximum age not exceeding fifty.

Don't let so many people waste their prime years in the palace.

I will discuss with the Emperor before deciding who to choose from.

Please report the number of people you want to prepare."

"Yes, ma'am."

After a moment's hesitation, Lady Hu quickly agreed.

Xu was determined to take care of the matter and since she had taken charge of it, she would do it to the end.

He took the pen from Zhu Zhiming and drew a circle on the Anleju that he had just decided on.

"Those of you who want to leave, don't delay. Report the list immediately.

While there are few people in the palace and we don't need so many people, release all those who can.

Just leave one person who can lead people in each position.

It’s okay if you don’t have anyone outside and don’t want to leave the palace.

I will arrange a villa in the capital first. If you have nowhere else to go, you can live out your retirement there.

From now on, the elderly in this palace will move there to avoid being trapped within these four walls.

There is no need to set up Anleju in this palace.

You have spent your entire lives on this huge palace. Just thinking about it makes me feel that our Zhu family is not righteous."

"Mother--"

As Lady Hu listened to what Xu said, the expression on her face began to change little by little, and she couldn't help but look like she was about to cry.

Xu stopped Hu Shanggong from speaking and continued:

"Don't be moved yet. It's only natural for me to give you a good place to retire.

There is still more to say!

Foot binding has become unpopular in the capital in recent years.

In the future I will ask the Emperor to issue an imperial decree to ban foot binding, so you don't have to be afraid of being different from others.

Wait until you leave the palace.

I want to find something to do when I have nothing to do.

In the capital city, there are women's workshops, women's schools, lecture halls, botanical gardens, farms, tea gardens, and so on.

Going to places you want to go and having fun is also a way of life.

I am an old man with grandchildren, but I have changed my title and taken care of so many things!"

"Haha, the queen is waiting for me here?"

Hu Shanggong turned her face away, but soon turned back and smiled at Xu, her eyes full of water.

【A little science - the term "chaotian female households" for burial with the dead is actually wrong. The full sentence is - when Taizu died, many people in the palace followed the dead. During the Jianwen and Yongle periods, they successively provided relief, such as the so-and-so families, all of whom inherited the Jinyiwei for thousands of households. People called it "Taizu Chaotian female households". The punctuation is Taizu Chao, Tiannv, Hu. 】