Chronicle of Emperor Jing

There was nothing to say that night, and the second day passed quickly.

After the autumn hunting, he returned to Beijing. In the early morning of the next day, the first decree issued by the emperor was to disband his harem.

In this decree, he wrote a long paragraph in front of him, all of which are blaming himself, blaming himself for being playful when he was young, escaping when he was young, and indulging in beauty when he was young. Time is hard to stay, and time waits for no one, so he decided that from now on, he will put the country first and focus on political affairs, so as not to bear the spirit of the ancestors and the responsibility of the community.

But the women in the harem are alone in the deep palace, their youth is gone, their flesh and blood are separated, their relatives are hard to see, and the king's favor is hard to find. They are so innocent, so he decided to give all these women back home with money, and marry and keep them for himself.

If any of these women who leave the palace remarry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will prepare a dowry for them to marry;

As soon as this decree came out, there was an uproar in the court, and the courtiers quickly became a ball.

If the emperor's decree was pure nonsense, the courtiers would not be so divided. But the emperor's decree, on the surface, is really in line with axiom and righteousness. , the emperor was doing mischief in another sense.

The emperor said that he would focus on political affairs from now on and would not linger in the harem anymore, so could the courtiers still say, no, your Majesty, you should linger in the harem and neglect political affairs?Whoever dares to say that, the hat of a treacherous minister will be immediately put on by his colleagues.

Since the courtiers supported the emperor's focus on political affairs, those women in the harem would indeed experience the situation that the emperor said that the emperor's favor was hard to find.

If the emperor doesn't want to let them out of the palace, and let them wait for the end of God's grace, and the beauties are old and tearful, the officials have nothing to say, because this is the order of the women in the harem. When they enter the palace, they should Knowing that such a situation is the majority, and those who can win the emperor's favor are always only a minority.

But the emperor was willing to let them out of the palace, and the ministers had a lot to say.

Among the officials, there are many factions. In this matter, there are those who are interested and those who have no interest.

Stakeholders are of course opposed. Back then, they sent their daughters into the palace in order to win the favor of the emperor one day, to blow pillows in the emperor's ears, and to bring prosperity and wealth to the family. The hope of encroaching on the supreme power will bring more power and glory to the family. Now that the emperor wants to release them from the palace, wouldn't their career as a woman be cut off?

In this case, they are definitely against it.Of course, even if you object, you can't be so straightforward. To be so straightforward is to be a traitor again, so they came up with various reasons to oppose this imperial decree.

For example, why must the emperor focus on political affairs?He can clearly handle both political affairs and the harem, and being fortunate to the harem does not delay the emperor's handling of political affairs.

The emperor doesn't need to reprimand the ministers who say such things. Naturally, there are ministers who have nothing to do with interests and put the country first to help him.

For example, the emperor really can't dismiss the harem, the country is important, and the extension of the emperor's heir is also very important.

As soon as this reason came out, even ministers with irrelevant interests couldn't help but nod their heads.

Of course, those who still have the heart for the country feel that the emperor has many heirs, and now he wants to focus on political affairs and neglect the harem, which is a great thing. Anyone who opposes it is a traitor.

For a moment, scolding voices accusing each other of being treacherous ministers filled the entire Golden Palace.

Among the ministers who have nothing to do with interests, there are also many factions. Many people also object to the emperor letting these women out of the palace for various reasons. For example, the Banzhengli sect among them, they absolutely cannot bear that the emperor has such thoughts .

Even if the ministers are not so old-fashioned, they still have a lot of doubts about this. If they are women in the harem who have never been kind, the emperor's release of them is indeed a kindness, but in the emperor's harem, many concubines have already given birth to children for the emperor. Yes, there are quite a few who have received kindness but have no heirs. The emperor wants to let them all go out, which is definitely not acceptable.

Therefore, for this decree, there was a lot of opposition in the court, with different positions and various reasons. Even if they supported it, they only supported the emperor's letting some women out of the palace.

The courtiers were arguing, and Mrs. Xie was dragged in one after another.

The emperor vowed never to accept a concubine in front of the ancestors of the world because of the Xie family. Later, he only favored the middle palace and had no heir for many years. Many courtiers still remembered it. Now the emperor wants to dismiss the harem, many courtiers who think too much, He felt that the emperor could not forget the Xie family, so he wanted to do this, and the queen Xie family was once again brought out for crusade.

"This matter has nothing to do with Mrs. Xie, all lovers can just discuss the matter, there is no need to talk about others." The grievances between Jing Li and Queen Mrs. Xie had ended when she died.

That day, he put the Xie family on the cusp of the storm, with the ultimate goal of dealing with the Xie family, because the Xie family was the real support for the Xie family to act recklessly and harm Yu'er.Now, the Xie family has been removed, and the Xie family is dead. He is impatient to hear people talking about her again, and he is not interested in bringing her up to talk about things again, and keeps her in the front.

When he said that, his expression was solemn and expressionless, and the officials didn't know what was going on in his mind for a while, so they could only speculate and ponder.

Some ministers will read people's faces and be quick-witted. After the emperor said so, they will soon stop talking about priorities.

Some ministers don't know how to read people's faces, and they like to make up their minds. The more the emperor refuses to admit it, the more they want to believe so.

"That's the end of this matter, let's discuss state affairs." Jing Li was too lazy to listen to their nonsense, and quickly stopped their endless quarrel and asked about political affairs.

He made this decree just to inform them, not to solicit opinions, whether the courtiers agreed or disagreed, it would not change his decision.

The courtiers found that the quarrel for a while did not produce any results, so they decided to change the time and place to quarrel again, and turned to other things.

Not long after the day ended, the Empress Dowager heard about this decree, and that night, she fell ill.

The harem of the kings of the Jing Dynasty, the standard configuration is one empress, four wives, nine concubines, 27 wives and 81 royal wives. These are concubines with status in the emperor's harem. As for the maids in the harem, they are actually women who have no status in the emperor's harem.

If a court lady is blessed by the emperor, the emperor will naturally give her a position if he has a heart for her.Of course, if there is an emperor's heir, the mother is more valuable than the son, so she must be promoted.

Concubine Shu died early, and Empress Xie also "died of illness". The highest-ranking concubine in the harem is Concubine Zhou, Concubine Hua De and Concubine Zhuang Xian, who are the eldest sons of the emperor. After Jing Yu's death, Jing Li sealed her off in order to trouble Mrs. Xie. Now that they each have children, they are definitely unwilling to go out of the palace for the sake of their children, so they also announced that they fell ill the next day.

An Xiurong, one of the nine concubines, had a daughter, and Zheng Jieyu, one of the twenty-seven concubines, had a son. They also refused to leave the palace, so they both fell ill at the same time.

In the emperor's harem, there are nineteen concubines. They have different positions. Some of them have inherited the fortune, but they have no heirs. Or what, anyway, there was no way to accept grace at that time, and I never accepted luck.

Although there are not many people in the emperor's harem, there are only more than 20 people in total. Now it is not much different from the cold palace. When the empress is there, the emperor always has to keep close to the empress first, and then it will be the turn of others, and when the emperor enters the harem There were too few of them, and even if other people wanted to take their turn, they had very few chances. After the empress went, the emperor simply didn't enter the harem.

These women are looking forward and looking forward, after waiting for so many years, they have long since given up on being favored by the emperor. Some of them are not as resolutely opposed to this decree as the concubines with children.

From the perspective of concubines, they may not be able to understand their thoughts, but if you change the perspective of the cold palace, you can understand their thoughts. They are already in the "cold palace", and the emperor can think of giving money to the women in the "cold palace" to return home , It is indeed a blessing.

However, the empress dowager is sick, and the high-ranking concubines are sick. As long as they have heads instead of decorations, they must fall ill at this time even if they don't want to be sick.

Therefore, the queen mother fell ill on the night when this decree was issued, and on the second day, all the concubines in the emperor's harem fell ill, and none of them were left behind.

Of course, there are various theories about illness in the harem, and there are particulars about when to fall ill and when to recover.

Illness is not something that can be taken lightly. If someone uses the name "illness" to displease the higher-ups, or to offend someone, the final outcome may become "illness" forever.

However, when it is time to call the sick, if someone is not sensible and refuses to call the sick, it will not be beneficial.

In this situation, it is time to fall ill. If anyone is not ill, he will agree with this will, and if he wants to leave the palace, even the concubine who has this idea in his heart will not want to be this early bird, so they All fell ill.

When the emperor received the news, he ordered doctors to give medicines and sent people to inquire, but he himself never stepped into the harem, even if it was the empress dowager's place, he didn't go to pay his respects in person, he only sent people to visit sooner or later.

Just like that, the court was bustling with people, and from time to time, a minister had to write a note to explain his views on the matter.The palace was full of gloomy clouds and mist, everyone was sick, only the emperor himself sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, motionless.

As for Wei Yan, the emperor's words on the surface are absolutely beyond reproach. If he hadn't known the "truth" of the matter and heard this will, he might have believed it to be true and supported the emperor, and the "truth" he knew The truth" must not be known by others, of course he will not say anything more.

Time flies, and another day arrives in a blink of an eye.In the afternoon of this day, Gao Yong entered the inner hall, and at a glance he saw the emperor sitting behind the desk, writing a pen and grading papers. Marquis Yongning was sitting beside the emperor, grinding ink for the emperor. Occasionally, the emperor would raise his head and talk to him with a smile. After saying a few words, Marquis Yongning whispered back there.

Watching this scene made Gao Yong feel at ease.

The emperor and the Marquis of Yongning should live their lives like this. Those who lose their temper every day, those who ignore others, and make troubles are all in a hurry.After this ordeal, the emperor matured, and the Marquis of Yongning became sensible, and the two of them talked again, and they should not be jumping around at every turn, tossing each other, and embarrassing those who serve them.

Gao Yong was secretly looking forward to this in his mind, walked forward quietly, and reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Tian has come to ask for a safe pulse."

Jing Li lowered his eyes and gave a soft "hmm" to indicate that he heard it. After he finished writing what he wanted to write, he put down the pen, closed the booklet, stood up, took Wei Yan's hand, and came to the living room. place.

He took his seat on the chief seat, and wanted to pull Wei Yan to sit beside him, but Wei Yan froze and did not move.

"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abolished." In private, Wei Yan was willing to get along with the emperor more casually, but with outsiders present, he would soon start observing etiquette again.

"Physician Tian is not an outsider." Jing Li said helplessly.Doctor Tian knew many things, so why should Wei Yan be so scruples about him?

"It's not possible anyway." Wei Yan insisted.

"Okay, okay, sit down." Jing Li had no choice but to let go of his hand and let him sit down.

Seeing that they were all seated, Gao Yongcai walked to the door and announced Imperial Physician Tian into the hall.