eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 394 Engagement Date

"My minister has something to say!"

Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites holds the wat in front of the board.

"The ceremony of marriage is the road of human relations. The emperor's big wedding is the grand ceremony of the country. According to the ancestral system, all the kings of the royal family must choose fifteen marriages and live in the capital. Your majesty is the son of heaven, and the age is sixteen. The minister has invited the queen mother, For the continuation of the ancestors, for the survival of the country and the people, it is best that the wedding should not expire. The empress dowager kindly ordered, the late emperor's edict will be fistful, and I hope that your majesty will set the wedding date early and choose an auspicious ceremony!"

Wedding, wedding, focus on a word of ceremony.

The wedding system in the Ming Dynasty strictly followed the traditional six ceremonies of "Nai Cai, Asking Names, Naji, Na Zheng, Asking for a Date, and Greeting in Person".And this is just the process to go on the wedding day, in fact there is still a lot of preparatory work, such as the discussion of the marriage age at this moment, the compilation of the wedding note, and the choice of the wedding date, etc.

For now, the wedding date can only be set at the end of this year or next spring.Because the specific date depends on the woman's birth date, and then calculate it.

These are all rituals, and one step cannot be wrong.

In addition, this matter should start with the permission of the empress dowager.Empress Dowager Zhang has no sense of presence in many things, but it definitely does not include the emperor's wedding.

Parents to enrich people.It is part of filial piety that children must go through their parents when they get married.

At that time, Emperor Yingzong wanted to change the date of marriage before he got married, but in the end he failed, so he had to say, "I have been ordered by the Holy Mother, and the date of engagement is March next year."

The etiquette is strict, this is not just talk.

According to Zhu Houzhao's current age, if this matter cannot be handled properly, there must be a big problem.Because this is not only a major event in his personal life, but also an important political event.

Delay, overdue... It must be because of some special circumstances in the court.At that time, the officials speculated that the vipers and scorpions still don't know what will happen.

However, the concerns of the ministers are unavoidable. Since the first emperor of the 17th year of Hongzhi this year, Zhu Houzhao has never shown any resistance to this matter.

At most it will be boring.

In fact, the emperor's wedding in the Ming Dynasty began with Ming Yingzong. He was the first person to marry as an emperor.The courtiers at that time discussed together and decided on the wedding "Yi Zhu".

Basically, it is to determine who should do what, which door the emperor and empress will enter through, which hall to go to, what procedures are prepared for people of different identities, etc...

This process is recorded in detail in Yingzong Shilu, and for Zhu Houzhao, he just needs to follow suit.

Therefore, he only glanced at Lin Han's memorabilia, and he didn't bother to understand the specific marriage process. He just asked, "How far have you chosen your relatives?"

This matter is the responsibility of the internal officer.

Liu Jin came out to report, "Reporting to Your Majesty, there were 5000 school-age women who first entered Beijing. The slaves and Miss Qiuyun were screened one by one according to their appearance, posture, talent and learning. Now there are only 50 people left. According to the rules, the next step should be more Introduced into the palace by the old lady in the palace, please let the Empress Dowager take care of it, and then you can ask your majesty to appoint a queen and two concubines."

Yes, the emperor's wedding is not about finding a queen.

Instead, find three people.

So from the very beginning, Zhu Houzhao didn't have a very strong sense of sacredness of "spending this life as a pair with the one you love".

"If Your Majesty..."

"I have no other intentions. Follow the rules."

Liu Jin was guessing the emperor's mind, because the person he served was different, and this set of procedures, if the emperor was dissatisfied, it would be quite a headache.But the emperor interrupted him.

Because Zhu Houzhao is not worried at all, he will marry someone who can't stand it and kiss him...

The selection of queens and concubines is very strict.

After these 5000 people arrived in the capital, the first step was to screen the tall, short, fat and thin, followed by ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, waist, collar, shoulders, back...

Even the pronunciation accent has to be listened to.If you have a big tongue, slurred speech, or stammer, then that is definitely not acceptable, not only that, but also those with a bad voice.Others such as sloppy shoulders, hunchbacks, thick waists, dry hair, and dark skin are not allowed. If there are obvious scars, birthmarks, and moles on their bodies, they will all be sent back.

In a word, the skin is like creamy fat, the waist is like restraint, and the four words of "a fair lady" are what you pay attention to.

If this pass is over,

Then the eunuch will lead the remaining people into the palace, and the old maid in the palace will conduct some more private screening.

Even if a certain part has a strange taste, it is not acceptable.

The ancients already knew that some women would get sick in their cervix.

Letting such a person into the palace, if the emperor is infected, how many clans would be enough to kill?
As for what is the strange taste, that ancient man didn't say.We can't rely on the ancients for everything, can we?You have to work harder.

In the end, those who stay will live in the palace for a short time, so that they can see more of their temperament, talents, learning, and self-cultivation.

It can be said that this is much more difficult than the Jinshi examination.

According to what Liu Jin reported so far,

The last fifty were probably already in the palace.

Lin Han added fire,

"In the seventh year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong got married at the age of 17. Your Majesty is also [-] today. And in the [-]th year of Hongzhi, the first emperor has sent out officials to choose good and good daughters. Therefore, I implore your majesty to engage in the first year of Zhengde Winter, one is to meet the expectations of the subjects of the world, and the other is to be filial to all His Majesty!"

"Is it in time?"

The main reason is that Liu Jin has to keep up with the rhythm.

This guy Liu Jin has been at odds with civil servants recently, so he said: "As long as the queen mother and your majesty give orders, the queen and concubine can be chosen in time. It's just that the slaves are worried that if the chosen person, the family is thousands of miles away from the capital , one of the etiquette needs to be complete, I'm afraid I'm a little anxious."

Lin Han glared at the words, "It's only August now, even Fujian and Guangdong have enough time. How can we be in a hurry?"

"This is just one of the reasons. The archaeological ceremony of slaves and servants is based on the meeting of men and women in mid-spring. If the time is fixed in spring, it has the meaning of harmony between heaven and earth and the transformation of all things."

Liu Jin's attitude is to confront her.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao has no preference. It can be done in winter or spring. Anyway, it is done every year and every year.

There was a moment of silence in the Qianqing Palace.

But not long after, Li Dongyang wobbled forward, "The taboos of time are folk customs, and there are still incomplete ones. The emperor is the lord of the gods of the world, and the gods will follow their duties and be subject to their every move. How could they be imprisoned because of the availability of yin and yang tricks? Besides, next year's mid-spring will be the date of the grand court meeting set by His Majesty. How can we propose a grand wedding?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he was right. Spring is very busy.

"You don't need to say anything. I still want to obey my mother's benevolent order and set a wedding date as soon as possible. No one came from the Qin Tianjian. Mr. Li Ge, you will pass on my oral order later, and ask them to choose an auspicious day in the winter of the first year of Zhengde. Set it as the date of my wedding!"

"My humble minister complies with the order. Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!!"

The emperor did not have the slightest willfulness in this matter, and put the ancestral system first and the overall situation as the most important thing.

In fact, if you want to say the word "Xian", this is Xian.Because the emperor is not "unworthy", he is naturally a virtuous person.

However, there was another layer of enmity between the inspector of ceremonies and the cabinet.

Liu Jin felt that, in the case of the salt class, these people obstructed layer upon layer, saying that the eunuchs were messing with the government, and they were all words to kill him.If the emperor really minds, then what can he do.

However, the cabinet felt that the emperor still favored the supervisor of ceremonies in the case of the salt class, including allowing him to supervise the trial.Today's release is to let these eunuchs see that the cabinet also has weight!

Many ministers are also excited for Li Dongyang, and the chief assistant is still different at critical times.

Zhu Houzhao pretended not to know this.

Wait until everyone retreats.

……

He called Liu Jin over and asked, "Yizhi, can I meet these remaining women at this time?"

Liu Jin thought about it, and said flatteringly: "Of course...you can. Just hand it over to the servant."

Liu Jin doesn't care so much about civil servants respecting the ancestral system.He was never afraid that the emperor had thoughts, he was only afraid that the emperor had no thoughts at all.

(End of this chapter)