national surname chiming

Chapter 423
When the Dutchman was sent to Zhu Shuren's mansion, he also saw it: the palace was decorated with lanterns and festoons everywhere, and he was about to prepare a gift for the prince to accept his side concubine.

Therefore, within a few days after the Dutchman left, Zhu Shuren completely cut off this long-cherished wish that had been plotted for several years and formally prepared for half a year.

In the old system of the Ming Dynasty, only the main wife of the prince was a concubine, so there was no reason for the concubine to be called a concubine.

But the general trend of the world has developed to this situation, and the old ancestral system is used to gradually break through.Emperor Longwu Zhu Changhao personally ordered to improve the treatment of his son-in-law, and he didn't even care if his daughter was jealous. What else can outsiders say?

To be honest, at the same time, Dorgon and Jierhalang in the north have also further improved their honorary treatment on the basis of previous years.

Dorgon is about to change his name from "Emperor's Uncle Regent" to "Emperor's Father Regent". Isn't that a hundred times more arrogant than Zhu Shuren?
The turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties was originally a bad era. With such a negative teaching material like Dorgon, Zhu Shuren seemed too humble.

He just wants the woman he recruits to also have a concubine. This is not for himself, but for the stability of the place and win over the governor.

The day of the ceremony was finally chosen on the first day of April.

Fang Ziling, who was already 21 and a half years old, was finally taken to the house by eight sedan chairs.

Her father, Fang Kongxuan, is far away in Sichuan, and is charged with stabilizing the party.In addition, Sichuan's geographical situation is relatively closed, and it is easy to form a separatist regime. Zhu Shuren is not at ease to let Fang Kongzhang leave, so Fang Kongzhang is saved from traveling thousands of miles to watch the ceremony.

The woman's family members were naturally represented by Fang Ziling's eldest brother, the governor of Huguang, Fang Yizhi.Anyway, Fang Yizhi was stationed in Wuchang, so it was much easier to come to Nanjing.Huguang's geography is also relatively open, and it is relatively impossible to form a separatist regime. Fang Yizhi is fine if he leaves for a few months every year.

The power tacit understanding and transaction behind this political marriage are also very obvious——

It has been more than two years since the truce with the Tartars. The Qing government in the north has also trained a lot of new army green battalions in recent years. However, in order to maintain expenditure and restore combat power, the people in the north are increasingly forced into dire straits by them. The resentment towards the Qing court was as deep as the sea.

Therefore, there are various signs that Dorgon can no longer suppress the truce period. If there is no more war and only rely on internal self-exploitation to strengthen armaments, I am afraid that he will completely blow himself up without fighting the Qing Dynasty.

This year, there is a high probability that the Qing army will restart the war and go south again!
And according to Zhu Shuren's plan, when the Ming army has overcome the first wave and hit the Qing army's vitality again, it will take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and strive to gradually regain lost ground.

The most tragic years of natural disasters at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties have almost passed by. In the future, the burden on the north will be much lighter than that of Chongzhen. At this time, the restoration of the north is already affordable for the financial burden of the south.

However, when the spring plowing season is busy, the Tartars have to farm the fields themselves, and they also need to maintain their own fragile self-support lifeline that may collapse at any time, so it is not possible to start fighting at this time.

Anyone with a little bit of military knowledge knows that the spring attack will not only destroy agricultural production, but the key is that there are no crops waiting to be harvested in the fields.

Last year's harvest was all "hidden in winter", which greatly reduced the difficulty for the defenders to clear the field. Even without doing anything, they could prevent the attackers from losing their food to the enemy.

No matter how short the Qing army was on food, it shouldn't have disrupted the production of both sides at this juncture.For Dorgon, the best time to re-start the war is either when the summer grain is about to be harvested, or after the summer grain is harvested and replanted, and before the autumn harvest.

In that way, wherever the Qing army went, they could harvest grain at will, or loot new grain that had not yet been put into storage.

Dorgon knew this well, and of course Zhu Shuren and the senior officials of the Nanjing court knew it well, so all the strategic preparations everyone made were for the resumption of war at the turn of this year's summer and autumn.

Zhu Shuren has other things that need to be busy, whether it is farming, dividing the spoils or personal affairs, they should be done as soon as possible within this time limit.

And once the Ming Dynasty wants to re-enter the wartime state, it is also very necessary to adapt to local conditions and temporarily delegate some of the military's dispatching authority, so as to avoid thousands of miles of micro-management from damaging the combat effectiveness of the troops.

During the peaceful farming period of more than two years before, it was enough for the local government to keep at most two governors.Anyway, civil affairs are mainly dealt with. In wartime, it is very useful to have more governors.

Fang Kongxuan and Fang Yizhi have been governors for four and a half years and two years respectively. In terms of qualifications, it is not impossible to be promoted to governor.In fact, Zhang Huangyan can be promoted at that time, but after all, he is too young, and he is still close to turning [-].

Before Fang Kongzhang and Fang Yizhi were promoted to the governorship, the completion of the marriage was a good political insurance.

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Prince E's acceptance of his concubine came about naturally under such a political atmosphere.

Zhu Shuren did not treat Fang Ziling badly. They reunited in September last year, and it took half a year to complete all the etiquette procedures. There was no shortage of marriage proposals, engagements and gifts.

Although it is not possible to complete the six rituals like marrying a regular wife, it can basically be regarded as being able to attend.

On the day of the ceremony, after dealing with the woman's natal family represented by Fang Yizhi, and dealing with all the outside affairs, Zhu Shuren finally dressed in auspicious clothes and came to a new house tidied up in the garden.

Fang Ziling was wearing an Suzhou embroidered gown with a pink base and red embroidered patterns, and sat quietly on the boudoir bed without any movement, completely passively waiting.

Zhu Shuren waved away the maids who were serving in the room, leaving only a woman who entered the room with a tray behind him, then picked up Yu Ruyi from the tray, took off Fang Ziling's headdress, and put it back on the tray .

In addition to Yu Ruyi and head ornaments, there are also gold cups and jade pots on the plate.

As a prince, even if he is accepting a side concubine, it is impossible to leave only the prince and side concubine alone in the bridal chamber, more or less there must be a maid to help him.

This is normal, if it is the emperor, concubine Linxing can't be served by a group of maids?How can I give the concubine a chance to be shy?

Some concubines even had to ask their most confidant maids to serve more diligently for the sake of solid favor, so as to strive for more opportunities to show their faces in front of the emperor.If the emperor is in high spirits one day, and the concubine's personal maid is also lucky, then the concubine will have to secretly rejoice that there is another reason to attract the emperor in her palace.

Zhu Shuren, as the prince, only left one person by his side, or to cover up the etiquette, but Fang Ziling was already very considerate.

Fang Ziling is also a lady of the family, who has read poetry, books, classics and history, so he naturally knows the bitterness of the Hou Men, so he can more and more understand the thoughtfulness of Zhu Shuren's little gesture.

The sense of alienation that was gradually indifferent after many years of friendship with each other with courtesy, but later by accidents and accidents, has also dissipated a lot.

"Although I've forgotten about him these past few years, I'm still a caring and caring person..." Fang Ziling thought silently.

Zhu Shuren saw her lowered head in thought, and he could roughly guess that the other party had already seen his detailed arrangements.

This is the benefit of communication between smart people. You don't need to talk too much, just point it out.

However, Zhu Shuren's arrangements didn't stop there. Fang Ziling kept his head down and kept silent, so how could he know all about it?Zhu Shuren naturally wanted to provoke again:
"The lady is so sensitive that she doesn't look up. Who is serving us to drink the Hebei wine?"

Fang Ziling raised his head slightly in shame, and glanced quickly out of the corner of his eyes, only to notice that the girl in Duanpan was indeed familiar. Although he hadn't seen her for two or three years, he quickly realized: "Sister Yujing? How dare you do this, you are also How can you do the work of a maid."

It turned out that the Duanpan woman was even more beautiful than Fang Ziling, and she was a year or two younger than her. She was Zhu Shuren's last concubine, Bian Yujing.

Among Zhu Shuren's four concubines, she is the one who has the most friendship with Fang Ziling. Both of them like to comment on the gains and losses of history. , music lyrics and libretto that are quite valuable for propaganda and warfare.

Fang Ziling quickly took the plate, put it on the boudoir bed, pulled Bian Yujing to sit beside him, and said a few words to ask about the current situation.

Bian Yujing also stroked her temples, and smiled calmly: "Don't worry, sister, my husband is not using the younger sister as a maid, but also knows that we have old friends, and we have a good temperament. Let me serve you for a while, and the weight is enough. You can let other maids Rest.

The older sister is a lady from a famous family, and although the younger sister is favored by her husband, she comes from a humble background, so it's nothing to serve tea and water occasionally.After you finish drinking the Hebei wine, the little girl will leave. "

Fang Ziling was slightly moved, turned his head away so that no one could see her expression, and said softly, "Forget it, I will be my sisters from now on, so I won't be polite to my sister."

It can be regarded as frankly accepted that Bian Yujing helped her serve the plate and pour the wine.

After the husband and wife had finished drinking, Bian Yujing was about to leave, but Fang Ziling still held her back and asked her to sit together for a while to catch up.

Bian Yujing didn't expect this to happen, and she didn't know what to say, so she had to make fun of it: "Congratulations to my sister, although she has waited for several years, she has finally achieved a positive result, and the better days are yet to come.

Her Royal Highness the Princess has always been kind to others, even our sisters have never suffered, and my sister will know it later. "

Fang Ziling: "What's the point of waiting for years..."

Bian Yujing was slightly stunned, not knowing that he stepped on the thunder, which made Fang Ziling shy, and was at a loss for words for a while, thinking quickly, looking for something else to ease the warm-up.

She and Fang Ziling are only similar in knowledge, but their attitudes towards feelings are quite different.

After all, Bian Yujing has been in a miserable situation since she was a child, and she has to be trained by her adoptive mother to greet men with a smile on her face. Although she was lucky enough to be redeemed by a courtesan in the end, she still doesn't know what shyness is. She is happy to be rescued from the fire pit by Zhu Shuren. Dare to love and hate.

She judged others by herself, and she felt that since Fang Ziling had been heartbroken for many years, now that his wish was fulfilled, he must be as happy as he was on the outside, and there was no way he would refuse to welcome it.

Zhu Shuren saw that the sisters were embarrassed when they talked, and finally spoke up in time to save the situation: "Forget it, Yujing, you still don't understand Ziling, so don't talk about it."

As he said that, he didn't point it out, but domineeringly stepped forward and hugged the two beauties into his arms, as if he didn't care about their jealousy at all.

This move made Bian Yujing, who had been with him for three years, blush slightly: Sister Ziling is a famous lady, so you are not afraid of humiliating her?Why do you need to be in such a hurry...

Fang Ziling also immediately showed resentment and anger, deeply annoyed that he was bullied again: "You prodigal son..."

Zhu Shuren smiled proudly: "What's wrong with being a prodigal son? Your father and brother can only sell your wife? If Brother Mi doesn't betray his sister, the court will not worry about promoting him to the governor of Huguang as originally planned, isn't it? Old Taishan Sichuan Governor, I'm afraid there is some suspicion.

But now I can dispel the doubts of the crowd, work together, and my wife suffers a little loss, and it is for the sake of the world, so bear with it. "

These words were really shameless, Bian Yujing didn't react at first, she was very surprised in her heart, but she had been smiling for a long time, and it was not difficult to keep calm on the surface and apologize.

She thought Fang Ziling would be annoyed when she heard this, but wouldn't this be a scene of "bullying men and women"?

However, taking a peek, Fang Ziling's face was flushed and she was extremely shy. She didn't show any sign of it, but just slapped the husband's arm a few times with a flick of his sleeve.

Bian Yujing is also a smart person, and he quickly understood: Mr. Xiang is really good at dealing with tender-faced ladies from famous families.
He hinted that he was a villain who bullied others in order to occupy his younger sister.That Shimei is naturally pure and pure, she doesn't want a man at all, and there is no such thing as waiting for him for several years, everything is just taking care of the overall situation and obeying the arrangement of her father and brother.

She is a virtuous and virtuous woman who "depends on the arrangements of her parents and elder brothers". She is not a stubborn woman who wants to find a man by herself, but would rather not marry if she can't get one.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, women were obsessed with love, wanted to pursue the good match they wanted, and refused to listen to their parents' arrangements. This was not a good reputation.

Fang Ziling's three aunts, cousins, and elder sisters were all widowed and widowed and set up a chastity archway. The pressure on her family reputation was even greater. How could she be allowed to show even the slightest bit of "I want to pursue what I love" in front of outsiders. character design?

Even if there is no need to worry about it now, after all, the heavy pressure of 20 years of etiquette cannot be unloaded and adapted at once.

"Xianggong is really compassionate and cherishes jade. Even sister Ziling's inner demons have been thought of and taken care of in advance. Being able to stay with a good match like Xianggong, even though there are a little more sisters to share, it is still a fairy-like day..."

Bian Yujing thought about it, thinking of her husband's gentleness and respect for his sisters, he couldn't help being a little crazy, and it took him a long time to realize that he should really go.

The night was getting dark, Fang Ziling didn't stop her this time, but just said softly when she went out to close the door: "Since it fell into the hands of the husband, the concubine will naturally know how to care for the husband and teach the children, so let him handle it!"

"Then you're welcome." Zhu Shuren embraced Fang Ziling and pressed Fang Ziling on his shoulder domineeringly.

In this way, the other party could not see his face, and the expression he had been trying to cover up before could finally be relieved and natural.

Isn't she just a very boring and restrained lady?As a modern person, Zhu Shuren has a wealth of sources of information, and he has accumulated a lot of ways to deal with embarrassment in his previous life.

It can only be said that modern people respect women more and care more about women's ideas. Even if men learn a little superficiality, if they take it to ancient times, they can already make them feel attentive.

It's not that the ancients didn't understand this truth, they just disdain it.

The red candle was extinguished, so there was nothing to say overnight.

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A concubine is also considered a newlywed, so Zhu Shuren will of course indulge in tenderness and ignore the government for a few months.

What's more, Fang Ziling is indeed a 21-year-old girl who has waited hard.When the ice of mensao is opened, the lingering resentment gushed out in private, of course it will take time to heal.

The entire April of the third year of Longwu was spent in such an uneventful manner.

God's will also seems to be favoring Daming again. This year, the corresponding northern puppet dynasty has been the fourth year of Shunzhi, and the continuous severe natural disasters seem to be slightly restrained in the overall scope.

Because there are no thieves in the north and south, there is almost no delay in spring plowing, and some minor floods and droughts can also be carried over by the restored water conservancy facilities.The seedlings are growing well throughout April, and it is estimated that the summer grain will finally have a good harvest.

Time has entered May, and seeing that the summer grain harvest is less than a month away, Zhu Shuren has finally encountered a political matter that must be dealt with immediately——

As mentioned earlier, when the Zheng family went deep into Dayuan Island and expanded their private sphere of influence, Zheng Zhilong died of the epidemic because of the epidemic.Zheng Chenggong and his second and third uncles also had some disagreements on how to share the spoils with the court.

Of course, Zhu Shuren had to spend a little money in exchange for Zheng Chenggong's marginalization of his second and third uncles.And as the world is about to return to unity again, the existence of warlords will not end well.

Even the Shen family, which Zhu Shuren originally belonged to, has to restrain himself, let alone the Zheng family.

Give the opponent a little name, take back some economic benefits and military power, but wash away the rest, and at the same time let Zheng Chenggong see clearly: not only the Zheng family needs this, but the Shen family also needs it. There is a peaceful solution.

The final specific measures turned into three integration conditions that Zhu Shuren privately disclosed to Zheng Chenggong:
First, Zhu Shuren also knew that Zheng Zhilong made some small moves in the process of recovering Dayuan Island, which also slowed down the progress of the final attack on Zeelandia City, leaving more time for the Zheng family to manage other deep areas on the island and the horse racing circle. to expand power.

To put this matter seriously, it is suspected of raising the bandits' self-respect, but since Zheng Zhilong has passed away, there is no need to talk about it on the stage.

The imperial court could pretend not to know that Zheng Zhilong was devoted to the king's affairs wholeheartedly and died for the country, and he could also be granted the title of marquis, but it was just a false name, and this title did not have any attached economic benefits and powers.At the same time, Zheng Chenggong was allowed to directly attack the noble as it is, so that he can be regarded as a marquis at a young age.

Given the face in politics, the Zheng family will of course have to spit out something in other respects.The condition Zhu Shuren gave to the other party in private was that from then on, Daming would release the sea ban and officially set up customs.

Therefore, the original S-maritime trade must not be done. In the future, everyone will pay taxes according to the regulations, and they can do import and export trade after paying the money.The Zheng family's collection of "flag silver" in the nature of protection fees will also be illegal in the future.

However, Zhu Shuren can promise that the Zheng family will be promoted to the Zhejiang-Fujian Customs after they are cleansed, and the imperial court will legislate that the post promoted by the Zhejiang-Fujian Customs can be held for life.

After the official establishment of the Customs, the import and export tariff income of the imperial court will be split according to [-]% to [-]%, [-]% of which will become the revenue of the imperial court, and [-]% will be reserved for the construction funds of the "anti-smuggling fleet", which will be raised and controlled by the customs to cover tax collection costs and support anti-smuggling ships. Police and build anti-smuggling ships.

To put it bluntly, the original Zheng family received [-]% of the income, but after receiving it, they have to spend several million taels every year for gray expenditures everywhere, and to manage and maintain official relations.Now Zhu Shuren only keeps [-]% for him, and takes [-]% for himself, but these three achievements are completely legalized and whitewashed, and Zheng Chenggong doesn't have to pay tribute to so many people anymore.

When the customs of the previous generation promoted the elderly to official positions, they could nominate a list of five people to the imperial court, and the imperial court evaluated and selected the one with the best performance to take over the promotion of the customs.

Moreover, the imperial court stipulated that in the candidate list reported by the predecessor, the total number of people with the same surname and family as the predecessor should not exceed half.

For example, Zheng Chenggong’s surname is Zheng. In the future, when he is old and going to retire, he can submit five candidates for succession. Among them, there must be no obvious poor performance or bidders, otherwise the court will reprimand him.Among these five people, at most two are allowed to be surnamed Zheng, and at least three are not allowed to be surnamed Zheng. The decision of who to choose among these five people rests entirely with the court.

This is also a gradual suppression of the hereditary promotion of customs.People are used to being the emperor of the land, and if they suddenly want to completely deprive him of hereditary status, it is easy to arouse resistance. Even if Zheng Chenggong wants to agree, he can't suppress his second and third uncles.

But by gradually boiling the frogs in warm water, the will to resist of the group of pirates can be greatly disintegrated.Even though the imperial court stipulated that when Zheng Chenggong retires in the future, the re-elected promotion may not necessarily have the surname Zheng, so Zheng Chenggong can still learn from Zhu Shuren and train more sons-in-law!

The son-in-law's surname is definitely not Zheng. When Zheng Chenggong reported a five-person list in his later years, two sons and three son-in-laws, let the court choose within this range. Although it does not mean hereditary, he is also satisfied.In the case of two or three generations, this problem will gradually be solved.

In the end, Zhu Shuren saved his hand, and he would not let the Zheng family fully grasp Daming's overseas trade investigations. Since the sea ban will be completely lifted in the future, not only will there be customs in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces to go to sea, but there will also be customs in Guangdong and Guangxi. In the future, the Central Plains will be restored, and Sulu, Liaozhi and other places in the north will also have them.

Zhu Shuren estimated that four major customs offices could be set up in the future, each of which would manage the import and export trade of two coastal provinces.Zhejiang-Fujian Customs just started the earliest and has the strongest strength.In time, the other three places will also develop and share their business.

If the Zheng family wants to build a closed kingdom, but their descendants do not live up to it, and under the competition of the other three customs, the business will decrease, and even lead to the decline of Fujian's sea trade and be taken away by the Cantonese, then he Even if it is really hereditary, there is not much ability.

Flowing water does not rot, households and hubs do not rot, and let the four customs freely compete within the legal framework of Ming laws, so they are not afraid of inefficiency.

Anyone who dares to go beyond the boundaries and use extra means to attack competitors, and is taken advantage of by the court, will be thoroughly investigated and liquidated.

Of course, when negotiating conditions with Zheng Chenggong right now, you don't need to say "what will happen to the north in the future", just tell him that Guangdong and Guangxi will open another gate.

In this way, the established fact that there are multiple customs offices in the world and the principle of the "law of the ancestors" has been settled. In the future, it will be two or three or four, depending on the development of the situation. Food needs to be eaten one bite at a time, and rebels need to take one step at a time. Forced to the opposite side in batches one step at a time, so that they are powerless to resist.

Zheng Chenggong still chose to trust his eldest brother and agreed to this condition. His second and third uncles objected, but they were also dealt with.The reason why Zheng Chenggong was able to obtain the overwhelming majority of support within the family is also because he told everyone:

Shen Tingyang's youngest son also has to accept this condition. In the future, he will be promoted to the Customs of Sulu and Lu provinces, and he will not be hereditary. He will also have to submit a list of five people when he becomes an official, and the court will select one of them to succeed him.

Shen Tingyang's youngest son is one of Zhu Shuren's younger brothers.

After all, Zhu Shuren had changed his surname, so his second brother could inherit the official resources of his father Shen Tingyang, and the third brother could inherit the family's business interests.

Prince E's half-brothers have to do this, so why doesn't Zheng Chenggong do it?Ordinarily, it was already a very preferential treatment. Zheng Chenggong felt that if such a condition was missed, it would only be more stringent in the future, so it was better to accept it as soon as it was good.

If you split the bill with the imperial court, you can just split the bill. At least the [-]% is completely legally laundered, and you don't have to worry about filial piety every year in private, as it is guaranteed by the court's laws.

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PS: I have to go out on the weekend, this chapter was also saved yesterday, I was notified that the emotional drama can be danced.I will ask for leave tomorrow, change the map and sort out the outline, and resume the update on Monday, followed by the plot of the Northern Expedition to fight the Qing army again.

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