Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 82
Draft, generally refers to court draft, that is, to recruit maids for the palace or to select concubines for the emperor.

There were strict regulations on this in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang even wrote the regulations on the draft into the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

The most important rule of the Ming Dynasty's draft is that only the children of common people can be selected, and officials are strictly prohibited from recommending themselves, let alone the nobles and rich families.

In other words, Bai Fumei was excluded from the Ming Dynasty draft.

This is to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, and there was indeed no foreign relatives interfering in politics in the Ming Dynasty.

Others, there are some rules that are not so strict.

For example, the time of the draft, generally even if there is no new emperor ascending the throne, there will be a draft every three years, and about a thousand girls will be selected. The old maid.

If the new emperor ascends the throne, he will usually organize a large-scale draft, with the number of draftees ranging from 1000 to [-], and the selected show girls will usually leave [-] to [-] people to supplement the harem after being screened. , will also select fifty of the most outstanding female candidates as concubines for the emperor to choose, and the emperor will generally choose three people as concubines or even queens according to his own preferences.

Another point is that in order to avoid wasting people and money, the scope of the draft is generally set in Nanzhili, Beizhili and their nearby state capitals. During the Hongwu Dynasty, it was Nanzhili, and after the Yongle Dynasty, it was Beizhili.

Therefore, most of the queens and concubines after the Yongle Dynasty came from Beizhili, and they would not come from Datong, Taiyuan, and Liaozhou in Shanxi, Zhangde, Weihui, and Kaifeng in Henan, and Jinan and Yanzhou in Shandong. , Dongchangfu, these state capitals adjacent to Beizhili.

Another advantage of the proximity of this place is that Xiu Nu came quickly.

Generally, within three days after the household department issued official documents, Shuntian Mansion and its nearby Baoding Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Yongping Mansion and other places would send the first batch of beautiful girls to the capital.

Of course, these show girls are not able to enter the palace as soon as they arrive in the capital.

They still have to go through layers of screening.

The first step is the primary selection, which is to find a larger square in the imperial city, and let thousands of beautiful girls line up neatly on the square, and then the eunuchs will go in and choose one by one, as long as they are too fat or too thin, Those who are too tall or too short will be picked out and sent back to their hometowns.

Then there is a re-election. The maids will carefully check the hair, skin, and tone of the beautiful women. Those who have body odor, beriberi, or slurred speech will be sent back to their hometowns.

Then there is the selection. After the appearance is selected, the inside is judged. Those who are clumsy, those who are British, those who behave abnormally, etc., will be sent back to their original places.

After these three choices, you can enter the palace.

However, after they entered the palace, they could not meet the emperor right away. Generally, after a few days of observation, and after being recommended by the female officials, they would be sent to the emperor for selection if they were approved by the empress dowager or the concubine.

At this point, there are usually about fifty left, which can be said to be the standard one-in-a-million.

This selection process usually lasts about half a month, that is to say, after the start of the selection, Taichang will have to wait for half a month before he can meet the dozens of beautiful girls for him to choose concubines.

Taichang is not in a hurry, because he has endless things to do, such as artillery casting, gun research and development, formation of Shenwu Battalion, Shenji Battalion drills, etc. He is busy running around all day, and has no time to think about Xiu Nu thing.

Unexpectedly, Wu Wan'er was even more anxious than him.

Because it's not fun in the palace, it's even hard to find someone to talk to.

The maids in Qianqing Palace are all from Ciqing Palace, they are already old, and many of them have been transferred to the harem as female officials, there are not many left, and no one dares to talk to her who is destined The empress who became a noble concubine talks casually.

She can also talk to Xiaoqing and Wang Po every day, and if she can't do it, she will take them around the Qianqing Palace, not to mention how boring it is.

So, when she heard that the draft was about to start, she was even more excited than Taichang.

She was in a hurry to find a few people her age to play with, and she was still a big woman, so she could recognize a few obedient younger sisters!

As for the matter of competing for favor, she really never thought about it. The rules of big families are still very strict, and concubines may still compete for favor with each other. However, the status of a big woman is quite special, and no one dares to talk to a big woman. fight.

Well, her idea is really a bit weird and elf.

Taichang often just laughed it off, amidst her constant nagging, dozens of the most outstanding court ladies finally settled down.

Early this morning, Taichang had just returned to Qianqing Palace after the morning court, Wu Wan'er rushed forward, pulled his arm and shook vigorously: "Your Majesty, take me to choose a concubine, I want to find some obedient younger sisters."

Uh, do you think this is a game?

The younger sister you chose is my concubine. You can’t call the maid of honor younger sister!

Hearing this, Taichang was really speechless.

However, his pampering towards Wu Wan'er is really extraordinary, because he has already regarded her as his wife.

People are like this, they love each other deeply for a long time, once they have established a deep relationship with each other, it's easy to talk about anything.

The same is true for Taichang, if he is an outsider who dares to babble in front of him and interfere in his affairs, he will have to peel off his skin if he is not dead. It is different for his own people. No matter how unreasonable the request is, he will seriously consider it.

He may not even realize that at the moment he is a bit of a typical schizophrenic. In front of outsiders, he is a strong emperor who speaks his mind. Whoever dares to fight against him will be absolutely finished. Like a warm man, you can say anything.

For example, Wu Wan'er made this request.

If it is an outsider, he will definitely say without hesitation, is it you who choose the concubine, or I choose the concubine?
It's different for his own people. After careful consideration, he actually agreed to take Wu Wan'er with him.

Because the harmony of a family is the most important thing, if he really finds a few concubines that Wu Wan'er doesn't like, causing everyone to be cold-eyed every day, then this day will be difficult.

He cherished this rare warmth very much, so he decided to ask Wu Waner to follow him to have a look. If he liked it, but Wu Waner didn't like it, he would really consider replacing it.

The two came to the main hall of Qianqing Palace hand in hand, Taichang sat on the dragon chair, Wu Wan'er obediently stood aside, Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou moved to the sides like door gods, this concubine selection is It's officially started.

As soon as Taichang raised his hand, the little eunuch at the door immediately sang in a high voice: "Tell the beautiful girl to enter the palace."

After a while, about fifty beautiful girls came in from the outside and lined up neatly in the hall.

Uh, this, how should I put it.

To be honest, there is nothing ugly about the one-in-a-million show girls, and some of them are even pretty.

Taichang glanced around slightly, but before she could speak, Wu Wan'er pointed to a little girl in the crowd and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, look at that little girl, she is so beautiful!"

where?

Hearing this, Taichang almost stood up.

Wu Wan'er said she was so beautiful, so she must be beautiful. The problem is that people can see him from a distance, but no one can see him clearly when he sits.

He thought for a while, then raised his hand in embarrassment and said: "Who, come out, come to the front, let me have a look."

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl came out from the crowd, and stood in front of all the beautiful girls generously and calmly.

This!
When Taichang saw the little girl's appearance, the expression on his face froze a bit.

This little girl is too beautiful, she can compete with Wu Wan'er!

How could ordinary people's homes be so beautiful?

He felt that if he could compete with Wu Wan'er, this little girl must be prettier than Wu Wan'er.

Because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, he especially likes Wu Wan'er, so he thinks Wu Wan'er is the most beautiful.

In fact, the little girl in front of her must be prettier than Wu Wan'er in the eyes of others.

He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's your name?"

The little girl immediately said crisply: "Back to the emperor, the little girl's surname is Zhang, and her boudoir name is Yan'er."

what?
Zhang, Zhang, Zhang Yan!
Taichang was completely dumbfounded.

But Wu Wan'er said excitedly: "Okay, this sister Yan'er is really good, Your Majesty, what do you think?"

This is not a problem in my opinion!

　Dear judges, what do you think should be done? After writing this, Xingchen is a little confused!This Zhang Yan probably shouldn't have appeared, but in history, she was drafted into the palace at this time!How to do it?

　　
　
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