I want to be a grandson

Chapter 269 Little Ice River

Zhu Yuanzhang then went on to eat, but he suddenly said while eating: "Last time, Mrs. Lu wanted to sow dissension, just to use your power to make you and Yunxi not deal with each other, hehehe...that kid is too aggressive in doing things Ruthless, I didn't save you face, so don't blame him."

Concubine Guo Ning hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is serious. How can a concubine have any power? It is also a gift from His Majesty to take care of the harem for your majesty. Besides, Yunxi is the grandson of the emperor of the East Palace. The concubine would never dare."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at her nervous look, and said: "What's the matter, anyway, Yunxi is still a junior, if you teach him what's wrong, he still dares to contradict him!
In the future, you should be beaten and scolded, so don't be too scruples!This kid needs to be beaten all the time, so he has to be more honest, otherwise I really don't know what kind of trouble will come out! "

Concubine Guo Ning said with a smile: "Okay, when the concubine sees the grandson, tell him that this is His Majesty's intention, and the concubine does not have such thoughts!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also said with a smile: "It's okay! Just talk! He still dares to settle accounts with us?! It's against him!"

Concubine Guo Ning smiled again and said: "However, the concubine sees that Yunxi is very polite, knows how to respect the elderly, and even sent me a few high-quality Sichuan brocades, and his attitude is also humble. Become the Demon King of Confusion?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly and said, "You don't know, if we hadn't suppressed this, he might have done something out of the ordinary!"

With a sneer on his face again, he said mysteriously: "You don't know yet, that kid happened to run into Wei Guogong's family when he was on a cruise, and ended up chatting with Xu Da's third daughter for a long time..."

"Are you saying we can do it without beating him! What will happen if something gets messed up! Xu Da's favorite daughter... can you do it casually!"

Concubine Guo Ning couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the concubine also heard that the third daughter of the Xu family is beautiful, intelligent, gentle...but there is something wrong now..."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly and said: "The grandson of the emperor has reached his age, and it is normal for young people to love each other, but after all, Biao'er has not passed away for a long time, so it is not suitable to accept a concubine...otherwise it will attract criticism."

Concubine Guo Ning said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why don't you send him to Yunxi... so that he won't worry about it..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped chopsticks suddenly.

Concubine Guo Ning hurriedly said: "The concubine is just talking casually. I don't know how to think twice when I am old. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang reached out his hand to stop her words, and said seriously: "You are right, it's time... At his age, he is the most impulsive, so don't cause any trouble..."

Zhu Yuanzhang understood that even if he was as honorable as the Duke of Wei, he could at best reject such hints.

But as long as the emperor's grandson is willing, as long as he demands clearly and strongly, even if they are unwilling, they will not be able to refuse!

Besides, Xu Huizu is Zhu Yunxie's confidant.

So there is no way to make a bloody drama where the overlord pushes his bow, so let's get it done!
At that time, even if I knew it in time, would I still be able to pull him out of the bed?
As for Xu Miaojin's two older sisters who married King Yan and King Dai, that's even less of a problem!
Which royal family still talks about that?

Some kings take sisters, some marry aunts and nieces, some marry cousins, and some even take down their aunts,
There are also people who fall in love with their father's women, and others who rob their sons of their concubines!
So don't care about aunts, nieces, sisters, sister-in-law, niece, widowed sister-in-law, etc., as long as you like it!
And there are many records in history alone, what about those that have not been recorded?

What about the ones that were deliberately erased?
It is important to know that ancient and modern marriage methods and systems are different.

It was the most normal thing for the ancients to marry their cousins, but it is definitely not acceptable from a modern perspective!

You said that in ancient times, cousins ​​were of the same generation, so don't worry, read on.

It is recorded in "Yi Li Shi Hun Li": "When the ancients married a daughter, they must follow her, and they are called concubines."

There is an extra word "Di Congzhi" here, what does it mean?
"Gongyang Zhuan" said: "Who is the concubine? When a prince marries a country, he follows the concubine. Who is the concubine? The son of the brother. What is the concubine? The younger brother."

This means that when a woman gets married, she will marry into her husband's family as a regular wife, but there are also "niece and di" who will marry along with her. "姪" is the elder brother's daughter, and "di" is the younger sister.They used to be used as partial houses.

Look, when my aunt gets married, she has to bring her niece with her!If you follow the modern perspective, then no one else can poke your spine!

But it was normal in ancient times!
And when you get married, you have to bring your own sister!

Buy one get two free!
If this is put into modern times, the little niece and sister-in-law...

hiss……

People who eat melons must not be beautiful!

Therefore, in terms of logic, if Zhu Yunxi really married Xu Miaojin, there would be no problem!
But the key is that there is no way to arrange Xu Miaojin now!
Although His Royal Highness is still in the period of filial piety, as long as the concubine is not formally established, there will be no shortage of righteousness!
Because the ancients did not keep guarding the cemetery or the memorial tablet all the time during the period of filial piety, they had basic life.

Just no big celebrations or formal weddings.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "Qingtong, I heard that the daughter of Zhao Sili's family, the deputy commander of the army and horses, is not bad. Is there such a thing?"

Qingtong quickly replied, "Returning to the emperor's words, what the emperor said is true, and the servants have also heard about it."

"Um……"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and said: "You go and fetch her, and let her go to the East Palace to be a maid first."

"Yes! This servant obeys!" Qingtong took the order, bowed and retreated.

Palace maids are not included in the sequence of concubines and concubines of the emperor's grandson in the Eastern Palace, so in the records of the palace, they are only maids of honor, serving the diet and daily life of His Highness the emperor's grandson.

This is also Zhu Yuanzhang's method of protecting Zhu Yunxi, so that no one can catch the slightest bit of trouble!
Of course, I understand everything.

……

It is very simple to promulgate laws to punish abandoned babies, just add one article to the laws of Ming Dynasty.

But to truly solve the problem of drowning infants, it can be said to be a problem of the century!
Which dynasty did not have infanticide?
The reason why infant drowning occurs is because of people's concept, or they want to marry a boy, or they think that the child cannot be considered as a person if he has not grown up, and it doesn't matter if he drowns.

The second is because the people are afraid that they will not be able to feed themselves. In the final analysis, it is because they are afraid of being poor.

"His Royal Highness, the member who killed the infant yesterday has been burned to death in public."

Tie Xuan reported to Zhu Yunxi sitting in the lobby of the household department.

"How did the people react?" Zhu Yunxi asked.

Tie Xuan replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, his method of killing infants is really cruel, and he has drowned four children in a row. After the people know about it, most of them think he deserves to die, and some are a little surprised that infant drowning has been included in the law, but they don't care about it." There was no violent opposition.

Zhu Yunxi pointed to the seat next to him, motioning for him to sit down.

He also looked at Yu Xin, Fu Youwen, and Qi Tai, the servants of the household department, and said: "Everyone, it is easy to make legislation but difficult to enforce the law. If it is because you want a son or because of customs, it is easy to solve it. As long as there is a government As long as someone faithfully implements the decree, it will be fine.”

"But if people in the world drown their babies because they can't afford to raise their children, it's the fault of the imperial court, and it's the fault of our household department!"

"So if we want to cure infant drowning, we must not only have the laws of Ming Dynasty as the basis, but also let the common people be fed and clothed without any worries!"

"If the granaries are real, you know the etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you know the honor and disgrace. Only when the people have enough food, can they understand etiquette; only when they have enough food and clothing, can they know honor and disgrace."

Zhu Yunxi looked at several people and said, "Everyone, once the imperial court severely punishes drowning infants, the demand for food and clothing will increase greatly in the next few years. Please speak freely about how to solve this problem."

Yu Xin, Minister of the Household Department, thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, I believe that the first thing to do is to curb land mergers, and never allow the land of the common people to be purchased and occupied by some wealthy households, wealthy merchants, and some officials."

"Only when people have land can they support their families, but if natural disasters and man-made disasters occur and the land is occupied or bought away, the livelihood of the whole family will be difficult to sustain, and drowning will definitely occur under precarious circumstances. "

Fu Youwen also said: "My minister agrees that the land is the foundation of the people and the guarantee of the family business. If you can't even survive, you will definitely take risks."

Zhu Yunxi nodded and asked, "Then how do you think the land will not be annexed?"

Yu Xin said: "In the past dynasties, there have been government decrees to restrict the annexation of land. For this reason, the sages have also made many reforms. Combined with what the government has implemented now, for example, when there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, there are government relief for the victims. Borrow from the people and repay after the people have harvested the food."

"In addition, even if it really needs to be sold, the people's land must first be sold to the government, become the land of the imperial court, and then leased to the people for farming..."

"These are practiced in many places. As long as all the officials in the world are loyal, the problem of land annexation will definitely be resolved!"

What Yu Xin said is the truth, because these are what the imperial court can do and are doing, but the results are different in different places.

Zhu Yunxi said with emotion: "This requires a group of loyal and brave men who are dedicated to Ming Dynasty and the people of the world. It is related to the people's livelihood, and it is very complicated.

Even sometimes, they will work hard and not be applauded by the people. Without a firm belief and the quality of being dedicated to the public, it will not work... It seems that the selection of officials by the Ministry of Officials needs to be cautious. "

Qi Tai said: "Your Highness, I feel that it is necessary to introduce some high-yielding crops, try to increase the grain yield per mu, and at the same time enrich the grains grown by the common people as much as possible, such as rice, soybeans, wheat, taro, etc..."

Zhu Yunxi's heart lit up instantly!
The generally high-yielding crops of later generations immediately came to mind: potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes...

And even if potatoes and sweet potatoes are at low temperatures, as long as they are not particularly cold, there is no problem!
Corn and wheat are more hardy!

Zhu Yunxi instantly thought of the Little Ice Age in the Ming Dynasty!
Based on the records of the northern and southern annals at that time, the precursors of climate catastrophe in the Ming Dynasty can be traced back to the early Jiajing period, and became obvious in the 13th year of Wanli, but they fluctuated from time to time.

It began to intensify suddenly around 600, and the Chongzhen Dynasty reached the peak of catastrophe.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty in later generations, not only northern China was affected, but even the south of the Yangtze River was frozen due to abnormal temperatures.

(End of this chapter)