Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 364 About the True Purpose of Concubine Selection (Fifth Change)

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing when he learned the exact time of the Manchu uprising from Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Now, he wants to fight this battle even more than Man Qing.

In fact, it was more of a helpless move for Dorgon to organize his troops to go south again. If he wanted to divert the Manchu-Han struggle under the influence of the Manchu Qing, and to solve the food crisis in the north, he had to destroy Daming!

Both the Manchu nobles and the Han gentry had to have a common goal.

And this goal is to dominate the world.

But whether it is the comparison of comprehensive national strength between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the comparison of popular support, and the fundamental comparison of grassroots governance.

At this moment, the Qing Dynasty no longer has the military advantage it had during the first Southern Expedition.

Although the troops have expanded a lot, most of them are newly recruited and gathered Han soldiers, and many of them are the Ming Dynasty officers who were previously lax in discipline.

On the other hand, after Daming succeeded in resisting the Qing army going south for the first time, although many upper-level politicians in the country were pessimistic about this battle because of Zhu Youjian's series of tough policies, the lower-level common people and the landlord class were very optimistic that Daming could occupy the south. There is a certain amount of confidence.

At least not as pessimistic as Chongzhen's 17 years.

Moreover, Daming has reorganized the army, which is different from the old-style army formed by the previous guard system, and even an army that has experienced actual combat and has a high cultural quality and even has a military spirit.

Not to mention equipment manufacturing capabilities and combat thinking. Although many generals in the Manchu Qing Dynasty were famous generals of this era, the generals of the Ming Guards were not fools.

Therefore, a wise man like Dorgon must also know that the difficulty of succeeding in the Southern Expedition this time is much more difficult than the first time. After all, the principle of going all out and then declining is also applicable at this time.

But in terms of political interests and economic interests, he had to choose to go south again.

Zhu Youjian is the same now, he also needs to fight this battle to prove the correctness of his rule of iron and blood, increase his prestige, let the gentry groups in the Ming Dynasty completely respect him, and know that his majesty the emperor can lead them against foreign aggression.

Especially when he saw that many gentry and even ministers like Shi Kefa and Fan Jingwen still insisted that doing so would make Daming lose the chance of winning the decisive battle with the Manchu Qing, Zhu Youjian was determined to win the Manchu Qing again. become more intense.

Not only Zhu Youjian, but the officials of the Grand Marshal's Mansion and Ruan Dayue, Minister of the Ministry of War, and other officials who supported Zhu Youjian's suppression of the cabinet represented by the civil official group also eagerly hoped that the Ming Guards could defeat the Manchus again, so as to prove their allegiance to His Majesty. Beneficial.

The common people and the common people also hope that Ming Dynasty can win the Manchu Dynasty again and continue to provide them with a peaceful environment.

In short, in the second half of the 20th year of Chongzhen, people from all walks of life in the entire Ming Dynasty focused their attention on the upcoming war, and temporarily put down their political views.

Whether it is against Zhu Youjian or supporting Zhu Youjian, they are all waiting for the result of this war to prove whether what they insist on is right or wrong.

Not only the Ming Dynasty, but also the Qing Dynasty at this time.

The Manchurian aristocrat Jierhalang's party still endured Dorgon's party's control of the government and wanted to see the result of the war, and Dorgon's party was also waiting for the victory of this war to re-establish itself in the Qing Dynasty. church dominance.

The Han officials who surrendered to the Manchu Qing, that is, the traitors, are also waiting for the result of this war. After all, only if this war can defeat Ming Dynasty and rule the whole world, they don't have to worry about bearing the name of another traitor, and they can use it as their own. This kind of result proves his correctness, and proves that the Ming Dynasty is indeed hard-won, and when it is time to perish, his surrender to the Qing Dynasty is just an act of conforming to the will of the people.

At this time, Zhu Youjian was like a boxer gearing up to fight, staring at the wind and clouds under the northern sky with falcon-like eyes. He knew that he urgently needed a big victory to maintain his New Deal reforms and consolidate his rule, so he is now also Don't dare to take it lightly.

"Tomorrow is called Da Qi. Since Da Ming is at the point of life and death again, I must have a general arrangement in the overall situation."

Zhu Youjian conveyed his decree to Lu Jiude.

At that time, Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, had retreated, leaving him standing in the setting sun watching the red sun slowly fall under the Zijin Mountain:

"This time, we must eat up Manqing's vitality, so that he will no longer have the strength to go south!"

National affairs will be made general arrangements tomorrow, and today, Zhu Youjian decided to meet the Queen Zhou Shi while it was still not too late, and his harem also had to explain some things, after all, the audition stage for concubine selection is coming to an end. The next thing will have to be presided over by the queen.

Zhu Youjian's choice of concubine is not just for the purpose of expanding the harem. He has the desire to like beautiful women and even the more the better. There are stronger contenders, well, this is actually Stallion, or even a Stallion campaign backed by the entire political bloc of the Empire.

But just like what Zhu Youjian said to Chen Yuanyuan that day, he never expected to equate himself with an ordinary person with emotions and desires by taking in more women. He must always maintain the greatest rationality and show the most ruthless side.

Zhu Youjian now treats his queen more like he treats a very trusted official. Although they are close to each other by skin, they no longer communicate emotionally.

"I'm going to leave the palace for a few months, and the queen has to take care of the affairs in the palace, especially the selection of concubines;
This time, I agreed to the request of the officials not only to expand the harem, but also to cultivate candidates for the inner court management of the 24 yamen of the Ming Dynasty;

Those who can read and write do not need to be judged on their appearance, and those with good moral character and outstanding talents can be reserved as female officials at that time;

I will also make a rule that future generations of emperors and royal descendants are not allowed to marry or even have relationships with these female officials. These female officials can only marry civilians as husbands in the future, pay attention to marrying;
There is no way around this, there are many key departments here, and now I intend to stop the production of eunuchs, in order to prevent this kind of inhumane behavior that dehumanizes humanity from happening again, even if politics requires royal needs, we must prevent eunuchs from happening again.

This is also to avoid a large number of perverted psychology and promote population growth. The same behavior of drowning female babies and footbinding, I also asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice to amend the Daming Law to strictly prohibit the crime of drowning infants, regardless of whether the murderer is a relative or not. Women's footbinding Those who punish their parents for three years in prison!

As a queen, you need to guide and guide the atmosphere more. Since my Ming Dynasty wants to reproduce the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and even go farther than the Han and Tang Dynasties, I have to discard some dross. woman instead.

This world is originally composed of men and women. Humans have parents, flowers have males and females, beasts have males and females, and phases have Yin and Yang. The principles of nature and the way of all things. Although the harem cannot be involved in politics, non-women are not allowed to be officials;
So this time, the selection of concubines, called Concubine Selection, is actually selected by the inner court. My concubines are enough. The nobles below the concubines are often waiting and do not need to be selected again. The rest are all candidates for female officials and palace maids;
Be sure to keep more people, and I will select the best ones to enter the inner school, but I, the prince and courtiers are forbidden to have feelings for female officials, if there are any, they must be dismissed from their posts and dismissed from the palace! "

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