Daming 1805

Chapter 487 Arrangements in the Harem

When Zhu Jingyuan returned to the apse, he found his father was still there, changed into casual clothes, and was flipping through a book.

Zhu Jingyuan hurried over to say hello: "Father..."

Zhu Jianyan put down the book in his hand:
"How does it feel?"

Zhu Jingyuan said noncommittally:
"Fortunately, I'm considering the adjustment of the court's understanding..."

Zhu Jianyan shook his head with a smile and said:
"I thought you were going to be stressed.

"Since I think it's okay, then I won't tell you anything anymore.

"Let the two of us lead the clan to visit your grandfather.

"Then arrange the affairs of the harem."

Zhu Jingyuan agreed again, and waited for a while with his father in Fengtian Hall.

Not long after, a servant ran in to report that the prince of the clan was already waiting outside the hall.

Today's ceremony was to announce the official completion of the capital move. The members of the Ancestral Academy, that is, all the princes of Ming Dynasty, after attending the emperor's ceremony, would also go to see the head of the Ancestral Academy, Zhu Zhongliang.

When Zhu Jingyuan realized this, he immediately felt that his father's formal decision to pass on the throne today should have been prepared long ago.

It is to do two things at once.

Zhu Jianyan took his son out together, gathered all the princes of Ming Dynasty, and drove to the harem area.

Go directly through the core area of ​​the harem and go to the bedroom where Zhu Zhongliang lived.

The original Taishanghuang, the current Taishangtaihuang, Zhu Zhongliang, who is 82 years old, is sitting in the main hall of his bedroom.

Zhu Jianyan and his son led all the princes to bow to Zhu Zhongliang together.

After the ceremonial greeting, Zhu Jianyan reported to his father that he had decided to officially pass on the matter of Zhu Jingyuan.

In fact, Zhu Zhongliang had already received the news, and he already knew it would happen sooner or later.

I was worried that my son didn't want to let go, but now it seems that he is happier than himself.

Now I have nothing to worry about.

Then Zhu Zhongliang also followed this topic and officially announced that he now officially passed on the relevant identities of the patriarch of the Ming Dynasty royal family and the dean of the Clan Academy to Zhu Jianyan.

Zhu Zhongliang retired completely and no longer participated in any affairs of the royal family, court, consortium, and Huangzhuang.

This is the second time a similar handover has taken place since the Renwu Dynasty.

Zhu Zhongliang was the second Taishang Taihuang of Ming Dynasty after the ancestor Guangwu Emperor.

Starting from the grandchildren of the emperor Shizu, that is, Zhu Zhongliang and his grandfather and father, they all succeeded to the throne around the age of 30.

They have to live to be over 90 years old to see their grandchildren enthroned as emperors.

But so far no emperor has lived to be 90 years old.

If he died while his son was still in power, then the corresponding position that the Supreme Emperor was in charge of would be automatically passed on to his son.

The influence of this inheritance is less, more of a symbolic meaning.

After listening to Zhu Zhongliang's reading, everyone bowed and saluted together again.

Then Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan, two generations of emperors, sat down on both sides of Zhu Zhongliang.

The other princes once again bowed to the three emperors on the stage.

Zhu Zhongliang raised his hand, signaling them to sit around.

So far, this special inheritance ceremony has finally come to an end.

Zhu Zhongliang took the hands of his son and grandson, and gave some instructions intermittently.

Then suddenly realized something, he smiled and told Zhu Jingyuan:
"Okay, the work here is over, just let your father accompany me, and you can go to your business.

"Hurry up and move your wife and children into the palace."

Zhu Jianyan, the father on the other side, also said with a smile:
"I was already retiring, so I didn't move into the Qianqing Palace.

"Everything in the palace is ready, you can go in and live directly."

When Zhu Jingyuan heard this, he was completely sure that his father was already ready to pass on the throne today.

It's just that he didn't inform himself and others in advance.

This is also the rule left by the emperor Shizu. The matter of the emperor's passing on the throne cannot be discussed with others, and the emperor must decide by himself.

Just find a formal official occasion and announce it in front of civil and military officials.

Then let his son sit on the throne directly under his own witness.

There was a certain degree of suddenness in this process, and of course there would not be a grand ceremony at that time.

In the following time, the new emperor will gradually take over the power of the emperor and arrange for his own people to take over important positions in the court.

Then wait until the New Year of the next year to hold a grand enthronement ceremony and announce the change of Yuan at the same time.

Zhu Jianyan put the time of announcing the passing of the throne at the time of accepting the worship of all the officials in the new hall after the official transfer of the capital.

In the presence of all the main officials, he directly announced the passing of the throne.

At the same time, he himself didn't go to live in the Qianqing Palace of the peninsula, but directly lived in the palace with the Supreme Emperor.

The Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall did not go in at all.

Zhu Jianyan may have considered that moving the capital was originally requested by Zhu Jingyuan, and this Yingtian New City was also planned by Zhu Jingyuan.

So he didn't occupy the new palace at all, and let his son Zhu Jingyuan be the first emperor to live in it.

Zhu Jingyuan got up with emotion in his heart, and once again saluted and said goodbye to his grandfather and father:
"Thank you grandpa, thank you father..."

Under the watchful eyes of his grandfather and father, Zhu Jingyuan left the emperor's bedroom and returned to the Qianqing Palace in the core area of ​​the palace.

Coming to the emperor's palace for the second time, Zhu Jingyuan's mood was completely different from the last time.

When I came here last time, I had the mentality of showing my father the house, but now this place has become my own house.

Even if he might go to the palace in the future, but in the first few years after inheriting the throne, he will definitely live in the Qianqing Palace for a long time.

In this official palace of the emperor, the mentality and habits of the emperor should be cultivated.

Treat the most noble place in the world as your home.

At the same time, after completely controlling the court and the order inside and outside the palace, he will consider moving to another place to live.

Zhu Jingyuan stopped in the lobby for a few seconds, sat at his desk and picked up the phone.

The phone number from Qianqing Palace is the highest priority in the whole world.

Immediately after the call was made, an operator answered, and immediately received Zhu Jingyuan's home according to Zhu Jingyuan's request.

Zhu Jingyuan's current residence is in the southeastern part of Yingtianfu's new urban area, in the manor area specially built for the nearby clan.

Zhu Jingyuan found Wang Ya, the actual head steward of the harem, and told him that his father had passed on to him.

Let her bring her own women and children into the palace.

The facilities in the palace are complete, and people can just come in and live directly.

If you want to continue to use the things you use every day at home, you can ask the servants to bring them in.

Just leave the normal stuff there.

Anyway, it was only a few days after moving over there, and the family members were not used to living there yet, and there was nothing to miss.

Of course, Wang Ya had already prepared for Zhu Jingyuan's succession.

But now that the news was confirmed, he was still unavoidably excited, and was obviously stunned for several seconds.

His Royal Highness the Prince finally became His Majesty the Emperor.

Looking at the state of mind of His Royal Highness, if he didn't plan to establish a queen of food before, he might not plan to establish a queen in the future.

Royal concubines and imperial concubines should be canonized, right?
According to the character of His Royal Highness, I, the concubine of the Great Food King, may directly become a royal concubine.

I am a homeless orphan, because of my Highness, I gradually changed from a child laborer on a farm to the imperial concubine of the Ming Emperor...

If His Highness never establishes a queen, she will be the most honorable woman in the whole world.

Wang Ya's eyes became moist involuntarily when she recalled the experiences of these years and her own life.

After Zhu Jingyuan finished talking there, he didn't hear the response from here, so he subconsciously asked:
"Ya'er, are you listening?"

The mature Wang Ya immediately controlled her mood:

"Your Highness forgive me, my concubine is listening, Your Highness... Don't worry, Your Majesty, my concubine will arrange the family affairs well."

Zhu Jingyuan let out a little breath:
"Okay, then I'll hang up first, and we'll talk about it when we get to the palace."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Ya immediately went to inform everyone in the family to let all Zhu Jingyuan's concubines enter the palace.

For other things, just leave them to their servants to clean up.

Wang Ya knew that the first thing to do today was to confirm the identities of the women in Zhu Jingyuan's harem.

In the past, Zhu Jingyuan, as the Prince of Daming, was unwilling to be the concubine of the Prince, so all the prince's concubines were concubines.

All the concubines of the princes are the same, then the maidservants of Joseon such as Chunxiang, and finally the maidservants of Huji such as Xiaona.

Zhu Jingyuan became the emperor, and the women in the harem were of the ranks of imperial concubine, noble concubine, concubine, concubine, Jieyu, talented person, etc.

Although everyone has a set of identities in the Great Food Kingdom, Zhu Jingyuan will definitely refer to the arrangements for their identities in the Great Food Kingdom, but obviously it is impossible to copy them.

Even if the original arrangement is really copied, they still have to accept canonization in the palace to confirm everyone's identities.

Then the official residence in the palace can be assigned.

Wang Ya has always been the big housekeeper, and now she really has a big business.

After receiving the news, all the women in Zhu Jingyuan put down everything else immediately.

Immediately changed into formal clothes, and drove into the palace together.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, a group of people arrived at Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Jingyuan was in the lobby of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, sitting in front of the imperial case and writing.

According to the usual order, a group of women stood in several rows, saluted and said hello together.

It's just that the usual Highness has been replaced by His Majesty.

Zhu Jingyuan himself doesn't like having too many rules at home.

But with more and more people in his own harem, he had to clarify various rules and orders.

Because when there are too many people, the chaos is really chaotic, and it is easy to cause problems.

Zhu Jingyuan raised his head after hearing the voice, and did not ask them to find a place to sit as usual:

"Everyone wait a moment, Ya'er, send out everyone's canonized edict.

"The purpose of this edict is to give everyone a temporary official status, otherwise the name will not be justified.

"The official canonization ceremony will have to wait until next year's enthronement ceremony.

"Ya'er, you are in charge of preparing other procedures, such as seals, edicts, and crown uniforms, and distribute them to everyone in advance."

What Zhu Jingyuan wrote on his desk was the canonization edict for the women in his harem.

Zhu Jingyuan felt that it was better to do it himself.

Although Zhu Jingyuan is not an infatuated type, he never refuses any woman who is good enough.

But he has always cherished his women more, at least he treated them more seriously as human beings.

This is probably due to the nature caused by the memory of life in another world.

Wang Ya secretly sighed in her heart, her Highness has become His Majesty, and her personality is still the same.

Wang Ya smiled and thanked, and walked to Zhu Jingyuan's side in a leisurely manner, and first picked up the farthest copy and opened it.

It was discovered that it was Liu Muyun's imperial edict.

Liu Muyun was actually the oldest prince's concubine in Zhu Jingyuan's harem, and also the first prince's concubine.

It's just that she doesn't like being in charge, that's why Wang Ya was given the butler of the harem.

It is completely normal to be ranked first in the canonization now.

It's just that the canonized status is only a noble concubine, which obviously surprised Wang Ya.

Wang Ya originally thought that Liu Muyun should be the imperial concubine.

Wang Ya knew that Zhu Jingyuan liked Liu Muyun very much, and the two had already had four children.

Wang Ya didn't think her status could be higher than Liu Muyun's.

If Liu Muyun was just a noble concubine, then she might just be an ordinary imperial concubine, at most on the same level as Liu Muyun.

Then Wang Ya hesitated for a moment, and did not send the edict to Liu Muyun immediately.

Instead, he continued to look at the following edict, followed by Wang Ya's own.

Looking at the simple lines above, Wang Ya's pupils shrank obviously.

She turned out to be the imperial concubine...

Wang Ya felt a little confused and couldn't believe this arrangement.

Wang Ya continued to read the edict carefully.

Yu Muxue is a noble concubine, and Li Shuangni is also a noble concubine.

In the future, other princes and concubines will be concubines and concubines.

In other words, only she is the imperial concubine.

Wang Ya felt a little flattered, but also very apprehensive.

After a brief hesitation, Wang Ya carefully moved closer to Zhu Jingyuan, and whispered to Zhu Jingyuan:

"Your Majesty, Sister Mu Yun is just a noble concubine. The concubine is ashamed to be named the imperial concubine. The concubine dares to ask His Majesty to take back her life."

What Wang Ya said was euphemistic, but what she actually meant was that she felt that Zhu Jingyuan's arrangement was unreasonable and suggested that Zhu Jingyuan change it.

Either lower yourself, or raise Liu Muyun up.

If Zhu Jingyuan has a concubine or even a queen, this kind of thing should be the job of the queen.

How to arrange the identities of the people in the harem, the empress, as the mistress of the world, is qualified to participate in the discussion, and can even ask the emperor to cooperate.

Now that Wang Ya is actually taking on this responsibility, she can be regarded as a real queen.

Zhu Jingyuan laughed directly when he heard it, and he didn't hide or lower his voice, but deliberately amplified his voice slightly:

"You don't need to plead for Mu Yun, she is obviously the eldest sister of the family, but she doesn't worry about family affairs at all.

"As long as she can take care of one-third of the family's affairs for you, I will immediately make her the imperial concubine.

"I guess she doesn't care about such things, you go and give her the imperial edict."

A group of women at the scene suddenly looked at Liu Muyun who was at the front with strange expressions.

Liu Muyun's expression was also a bit awkward, but she didn't respond to such words at all, and still stood motionless like a mountain.

Liu Muyun really didn't care much about this status, anyway, Daming's succession to the throne didn't depend on his mother's status.

Liu Muyun even felt that Zhu Jingyuan was using aggressive tactics, so he was very determined not to be fooled.

Wang Ya was very helpless, so she could only start issuing edicts to everyone.

Wang Ya let go of her worries about the difference in identity between herself and Liu Muyun, and paid a little attention to the rules of these canonizations again.

Except for myself, the status of other people is ranked according to the time when they entered Zhu Jingyuan's harem.

The emperor has one queen, two imperial concubines, four imperial concubines, eight imperial concubines, and twelve imperial concubines.

Zhu Jingyuan ranked down in order, and at the same time, there was a vacancy for each level.

Now there are no queens, one imperial concubine, three imperial concubines, seven imperial concubines, and seven imperial concubines.

Zhu Jingyuan currently has a total of sixteen concubines from the Ming Dynasty, and he cannot use up all the places for high-ranking concubines.

Among the seven imperial concubines, the first five are from Daming, plus Chunxiang, a Korean maidservant, and Luo Feiya, a Hu Ji.

Chunxiang was someone close to Zhu Jingyuan who had served Zhu Jingyuan since she was a child. She was also the representative and leader of several Korean maidservants in the harem, and the steward of all the maidservants around Zhu Jingyuan.

Although Luo Feiya is an orchid in identity, she has three-quarters of Ming blood, and the key is the daughter of Duke Xianbei.

Lucia's status as the granddaughter of the previous emperor is useless, but her status as the daughter of the Duke of Ming is useful.

In addition, Qiuyue and her three other Korean maidservants were named Jieyu, and Xiaofu and the other three Hu Ji were named Cairen.

Ningshuang also has a title of beauty, only Charlotte has nothing.

After Wang Ya sent out everyone's edict, Charlotte followed Wang Ya and looked at Zhu Jingyuan.

The pen in Zhu Jingyuan's hand also stopped, and he had no intention of continuing to write at all.

Charlotte was originally a British princess, and she was very extroverted, bolder than Daming girls and Orchids.

Seeing that I was the only one who didn't have that edict, I couldn't help but ask directly:
"My dear majesty... where is my imperial edict... everyone has it, why don't I have it?

"It should be impossible for you to make me a queen, so you haven't figured out how to seal it yet?"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled helplessly and said:
"If you can stay and stay by my side forever, I will give you the title of Empress of Ming Dynasty.

"Unfortunately, this is obviously impossible...

"Inside and outside the Daming Palace, and the entire court, it is impossible to accept it. An imperial concubine has lived in Taixi for many years.

"perhaps……"

Having said that, Zhu Jingyuan paused for a moment, showing a pensive expression:

"Perhaps you can let the British refer to Ming's habits and pass them on to their children in advance.

"Then after you retire, come back to Daming to find me, and I will give you an official title at that time."

Charlotte has lived in Daming for more than four years, and she knows the customs and culture of Daming very well.

Immediately understood what Zhu Jingyuan said was the truth.

If I become an imperial concubine, it's okay to go back to my mother's house once in a while.

If he returns to the United States or the United Kingdom to become the king, the key is that if he does not return for many years, it will have an impact on the reputation of the emperor Zhu Jingyuan.

Anyway, the Ming royal family and court are absolutely unacceptable.

Charlotte immediately felt a little desperate, but Zhu Jingyuan's final arrangement gave her hope again.

Charlotte has been in Daming for the past few years, and now feels that the retirement system is a very good system.

His grandfather should have retired a long time ago, and now he is unconscious, but he still wants to continue to occupy the position of king.

His father is now the de facto King of England, but he can only issue orders in the name of regent.

My grandfather retired early and gave the king directly to my father, so there wouldn't be so many troubles.

When you become a king, you must establish and determine the king's retirement system.

Even, he can retire early, allowing George to succeed directly when he becomes an adult.

Then I can go back to Daming ahead of schedule to reunite with my dear ones.

Charlotte basically accepted Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion without much hesitation:

"It's a deal! When I become the king of England, I will make a retirement bill."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded with a very satisfied smile, and then began to arrange accommodation for the women in the harem.

The new imperial palace is no longer the east and west six palaces, but the east and west twelve palaces.

On both sides of Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, there are twelve courtyards each, for a total of 24 courtyards.

There are sixteen courtyards, and the interior houses and palaces are designed with a clear distinction between primary and secondary.

In the center is the palace dedicated to the residence of the master, surrounded by other supporting facilities and servant rooms.

These courtyards are for imperial concubines, noble concubines, imperial concubines, or other concubines who are particularly loved by the emperor to live alone.

Those who live here are all the masters of the first palace, and they enjoy a villa-style palace to themselves.

The overall layout of the remaining eight courtyards is similar to that of a courtyard house, with one building in each of the four directions.

But the space is much more spacious than the folk courtyards, and the decoration and facilities are exclusive to the royal family, and they are top-notch among the folks.

Inside the four buildings, there are many independent suites, similar to folk multi-storey apartments.

The highest level is to exclusively occupy a three-story small building as a whole house, and the lowest level is to exclusively occupy a one-story large flat.

The eight courtyards can actually be regarded as eight communities.

This is where more low-level concubines live together.

(There are some problems with the layout of the harem in the previous two chapters, and I have revised it here.)
Zhu Jingyuan had sixteen concubines from the Ming Dynasty, so he directly arranged an independent courtyard for each of them.

The other Korean maidservants and orchids are arranged in the courtyard, and each occupies a small building exclusively.

Compared with the original palace courtyard, this space is much more spacious.

Even after everyone has dispersed, if there are not enough servants to return, it will still feel a little deserted.

The same is true for Zhu Jingyuan.

The space inside the Qianqing Palace is also very large, and there are many rooms, even if it can accommodate hundreds of people, it is very spacious.

Now there is only the emperor alone and a dozen serving servants.

Perhaps gathering everyone in one building, where women and children live together, is the most lively place.

But this idea only flashed for a moment, and was immediately rejected by Zhu Jingyuan in his mind.

It may be lively like that, but it can't be lively all the time.

After all, I am the emperor, and I don't really have much time to live an ordinary family life with the women in the harem.

In order to facilitate the work of the emperor, it is most convenient to live alone in the Qianqing Palace.

I need a clean and spacious environment where I can calm down and think alone.

Just find a place to get together every once in a while.

(End of this chapter)