The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wei Guangde put away the note and did not make any arrangements.

The official decree from the palace has not been issued yet, which means that it is possible that only the young emperor has chosen Wang Xijie, and the two empresses have not yet passed the list, so it does not count.

According to etiquette, this matter must wait until the benevolent and holy Empress Dowager Chen and the virtuous Empress Dowager Li issue an edict, and the cabinet can draft an edict to let the Ministry of Rites prepare.

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After all, the parents of Wang Xijie who came here will soon become the emperor's relatives, and according to the rules, they will also be granted titles.

Thinking that it is almost the end of the year, the emperor's wedding in March next year has basically been decided.

Well, a fourteen-year-old emperor and a thirteen-year-old queen, Wei Guangde thought that the ancients seemed to be a little too hasty about getting married.

What were you doing when you were fourteen?

By the way, you have already started to take the imperial examination.

It was because I was taking the imperial examination that my family didn't have time to prepare for my marriage.

Thinking of my eldest son, according to the current custom, should I also arrange a marriage for him?

For a moment, Wei Guangde suddenly felt a little bad.

How come in the blink of an eye, my child has reached the age of marriage.

Finally, Wei Guangde still didn't forget the last thing of the day, so he told Lu Bu: "Go to Zhang Ge Lao and ask if there are any difficult memorials. If not, say that after the court is over, everyone will go back to the house to rest. They are tired all day."

"Yes, sir."

Lu Bu agreed and left.

While sitting and waiting for news, Wei Guangde was also thinking about the person his son would marry.

Forget about the nobles. In fact, for those who have taken the imperial examination, if they really marry the nobles, it will have some impact on him.

That is, the Duke of Wei's mansion was in Nanjing, and the court needed stability in the south. Because it was a turbulent time, Wei Guangde unexpectedly caught the eye of Emperor Jiajing, which did not hinder Wei Guangde's promotion to officialdom.

Wei Guangde didn't believe that he had such a bad luck, and his son also had it, unless he was also reborn by someone else.

But thinking of this, Wei Guangde felt a little uncomfortable.

He could be reborn and travel through time, but he didn't want his son to be like this.

On the second day, Wei Guangde really received the imperial edict from the palace in the cabinet, and the two empress dowagers confirmed that Sister Wang Xi was the queen.

It seems that after the emperor chose the queen yesterday, the two empress dowagers also listened carefully to the evaluation of Sister Wang Xi by the old people in the palace, and then made the decision.

The matter of selecting a queen for Emperor Wanli was actually led by the palace.

As far as Wei Guangde knows, the first one to propose it was the benevolent and holy Empress Dowager Chen. Zhang Juzheng did not object, but asked the Ministry of Rites to execute the imperial edict.

With responses from inside and outside the palace, Wei Guangde didn't care.

However, he was somewhat shocked yesterday. Wei Guangde thought of his own children and always felt that the age of thirteen or fourteen seemed to be a little too young.

So, Wei Guangde worked overtime in the study last night and carefully checked the wedding ages of the emperors of previous generations. Zhu Yijun was undoubtedly the youngest among them.

The youngest emperor of the Ming Dynasty was Emperor Yingzong, who ascended the throne at the age of nine and married in the seventh year of Zhengtong. The second was Emperor Zhengde, who also married at the age of sixteen.

Coincidentally, the successor Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne at the age of fifteen and married the following year, so he was naturally sixteen years old.

The age of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun's wedding, unless it was postponed to the second half of next year, would be only fourteen years old, not even fifteen years old.

The situation of Sister Wang Xi is similar. When she gets married next year, she will be only thirteen years old, and she will only grow one year older in the second half of the year.

Wei Guangde looked up the ages of the empresses when they got married. When Emperor Yingzong got married, Empress Qian was only 16 years old; when Emperor Xianzong got married, Empress Wu was 17 years old; when Empress Zhang married Emperor Hongzhi, who was still the crown prince at the time, she was 18 years old; and when Emperor Zhengde got married, Empress Xia was only 14 years old.

It was Empress Xia who was the youngest, but it was also because she did not give birth to an heir.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde had made up his mind that he had to remind her of this matter no matter what.

The emperor's wedding was an arrow on the string and had to be shot. Although the empress could be canonized, some things should be prevented in advance.

Wei Guangde had the impression that this sister Wang Xi should not have given birth, at least she did not give birth to a son, otherwise there would be no emperor who would be angry with the court officials for the matter of establishing an heir.

Not to mention the rumors in the unofficial history, it seems that the heir that Emperor Wanli favored was finally cooked by Li Zicheng, and there was a Fulu Banquet.

Yes, this rumor was so widespread that Wei Guangde had a memory of it.

That prince seemed to be the Prince of Fu in Xi'an. It is said that he did not escape because he was too fat.

How could he not be fat? It is said that his useless disciple actually gave this son tens of thousands of acres of land, as well as the right to collect taxes such as local salt taxes.

Just kidding, without tax revenue, how could the court fight against the Later Jin Tartars? In the end, it was because the finances were dragged down that it directly handed over the country to others.

Although Wei Guangde did not know the saying of later generations that "Ming Dynasty fell in Chongzhen, but actually fell in Wanli", he could guess a lot.

In the years he served as a cabinet minister in the cabinet, couldn't he clearly understand the importance of finance to a country?

Although the development of industry can alleviate the land annexation problem facing the Ming Dynasty now, the court will still fall without tax revenue.

Otherwise, why did Zhang Juzheng care so much about the land tax? It was because he saw the future.

As for Gao Gong what to clean up the government, I was afraid that the government would not be cleaned up, and the court would die first.

What is so easy to clean up, you kill a corrupt official, and then the corrupt officials come up. What should you do?

Moreover, Gao Gong is not a real person, and it is not relying on a small group to operate the government.

But someone in this small group participated in corruption, what would he do?

I was afraid that in the end, I was caught in unknowingly.

Clean a fart.

It is still Zhang Juzheng's admission to the law. At least let the officials move and do what to do.

Do what you should not do and clean up with Jingcha.

At least the test law emphasizes the political order. The most afraid of the court is that the decree cannot come out of the capital. The court loses the control of the entire dynasty, which is the most scary.

At that time, the officials below were random, and as far as the current situation, the capital did not know what happened outside at all.

In the later generations, there were some news on the Internet that passed out some news on the place.

But even so, in some places, I still do my best, regardless of the law.

The people also felt very light because they did not understand the government system. They often saw some punishments. They believed that it was an official guardian, which helped the people's suffering from the breeding of the people, affecting the credibility and authority of the government.

To put it plainly, the problem is the same, but the governors were not able to deal with it, and then they cracked.

Using the first -level and one level of the test to urge each other, at least there is no problem to communicate.

So last night, Wei Guangde had already written an old thing in Wu Zong's old things. He would not stop the Wanli Emperor's marriage, but it would remind them that the time in the same room was the best later.

Except for the day of the big wedding, it is best to send the queen to the queen mother at other times to keep it from the queen queen, so as not to know that the little emperor does not know the restraint. Once the food marrow knows the taste, it will be troublesome.

In the final analysis, if Sister Wang Xi had a son, there would be no time for those shit.

The sister -in -law was still robbing the Xunzi Jiangshan. What a joke, the people of Hanlin Academy can scold him.

Now that he has received the purpose of the Queen Mother of the two palace, Wei Guangde still drafted his intention to send him a ritual supervision in accordance with the rules.

But the hand -to -handed one was his play.

So soon, Feng Bao received the news.

In fact, Wei Guangde's intention did not pay much attention, so Feng Bao ordered early in the morning that the cabinet's intention would be sent to the sixth subjects immediately, and then he issued the Ministry of Rites.

There are many things to be busy next. For example, when you want to choose Ji Qin Tian, ​​the Ministry of Rites will determine the instrument according to time.

However, Feng Bao did not expect that Wei Guangde played alone with his will to go to Si Li Jian.

The eunuch of Suitang had seen the Pan Shu and knew what it was written, and dare not be fixed, so he had to find Feng Bao here.

"Let me see first."

Feng Bao returned to Si Li Jian, and immediately recruited people, got Wei Guangde's play, looked closely, and frowned slightly.

To say the feelings of Feng Bao and the emperor, of course, it is excellent.

Feng Bao can be said to accompany Zhu Xunjun and watch him grow up. Even if he found that his leg disease may affect his successor, Feng Bao did not choose to give up him.

This is the long -term companionship, slowly cultivating feelings.

Now I saw that Wei Guangde Mustea mentioned that the emperor and the queen were still young, especially Wei Guangde's plays to mention Emperor Zhengde's old things, affecting the major events such as Cheng Ye, and Feng Bao was at the bottom.

There are actually a lot of folk marriage, so Feng Bao didn't take it seriously at first.

But now that people are proposed, he can't sit still.

In such a big thing, he couldn't do the Lord, and he didn't dare to be the master.

As a result, holding Wei Guangde's play, he hurried to the Cining Palace. He first went to meet the Empress Dowager Li, and he didn't even have time to deal with the play of the Ministry of Eristor.

In the palace of Cining, Queen Mother Li was shocked after watching Wei Guangde's play.

"Feng Bao, what is the age in the palace before?"

The Empress Dowager Li began to face up to the age of the emperor, and immediately asked.

"There is a record in Wei Ge's Lao Dou Shu. It should not be bad to come. The emperor is generally around 16 years old, and the queen is mostly after the age of fifteen."

Feng Bao didn't pay attention to this before. This incident was actually proposed by Queen Mother Chen.

"That is to say, this matter is really a bit anxious."

Regarding her son, Queen Mother Li was a little worried.

"Come, put on the Ciqing Palace."

Immediately, Queen Mother Li ordered, and the palace lady went out quickly to make people prepare for driving.

After they arrived at the Ciqing Palace, the Empress Dowager Li finished the salute, and immediately sent Wei Guangde to the hands of Queen Mother Chen.

"Well, the Ai family thought of Ding in the palace at the time, thinking that to make the emperor marry and have children earlier, but did not expect this stubble."

After watching Wei Guangde, Queen Mother Chen was also worried.

"However, before entering the palace, I still remember that when I met my age when I was thirteen or four years old, it didn't seem to be uncommon."

Queen Mother Chen still said the doubts in her heart.

"Yeah, I also have an impression. The folk seems to have a similar age to marriage."

Queen Mother Li also said, "Feng Bao, what do you think?"

"Mother, I think I still ask Wei Ge to come and talk about how he explained."

Feng Bao said.

Since the question was raised by Wei Guangde, he naturally asked him in person.

"Okay, to summon the time."

Queen Mother Chen immediately said.

Soon, there was a waiter to pass the news to the cabinet. Wei Guangde immediately got out of the cabinet and went straight to the Ciqing Palace.

In the palace, Wei Guangde was actually mentally prepared.

After entering the palace, when the Empress Dowager Chen asked about it, Wei Guangde had to say: "Although the people are 13 or four -year -old marriages, they are actually rare. Generally, they will do the room after 15 or six years old.

According to the "Daming Order", all men and women's marriage have their own at that time, or they have pointed to the abdomen and cut their shirts as relatives, and they are prohibited parallel.

His Majesty is less than 16 years old, and his wedding seems to be earlier. "

In fact, as early as the three years of Hongwu, the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang customized: "Every sixteen of men, 14 or more women in the year, and listening to marriage", this is the legal basis of "men and women's marriage each".

In other words, in ancient times, they were not just married, but also the age of marriage. This marriage age is men's sixteen and women's fourteen.

With the views of the future generations, this age is still small, but it is not conducive to children.

However, Wei Guangde's proposal at this time was actually a reminder that the emperor Zhu Xijun had not yet met the policy of Emperor Taizu.

"But."

Empress Dowager Chen was a little dumbfounded for a moment.

This is also considered a ancestral system. Now the officials of the DPRK have not responded, but once they react, they are afraid that they will follow the matter.

As the initiator, I don't know what the officials who were by the foreign dynasty said their own home.

"The minister thinks that Taizu's marriage age is naturally reasonable.

And from the perspective of several ancestors, even if the queen was 14 years old, it seemed to be hindered by the emperor's son -in -law. The minister thought it would be better at night. "

Wei Guangde continued.

"But now this queen has also chosen, is it just like this?"

Queen Mother Li said at this time.

"Chen thought that since the queen candidate has been elected, the preparations should be continued on the Ministry of Li Department, but the time of the emperor's wedding is best to wait until the age of His Majesty is 16 years old.

At that time, His Majesty 16, and the queen also fifteen, not only satisfied Taizu's customization, but also more conducive to the reproduction of his children. "

Wei Guangde immediately said.

"Isn't this waiting for two years? I'm afraid it's not a laughter."

Queen Mother Chen said.

"No."

Wei Guangde immediately said: "Whether it is a folk or ancestor, it is prepared according to 'six rituals', just dragging some time when it is carried out."

Having said that, Wei Guangde could not help but low.

If this time is dragged for two years, it may really come out in the outside world.

At this time, Wei Guangde had a hurry, and he quickly thought of a way.

When the emperor set his relatives, he needed Najib, Najia, and the prosecution period. Among them, Najib actually included three rituals, that is, Nazeta, asked name, Najib.

The sixth gift of ancient marriage refers to the six main etiquettes from the marriage to the marriage process, namely: Nicai, Qi Najib, Najib, Na Zheng, please meet and welcome.

The preparation process cannot be dragged for too long, but after all, it is the emperor's wedding, can it be a bit so grand?

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly said, "His Majesty's marriage may wish to order the vanity and order his king to go to Beijing to congratulate him.

Speaking of which, since Yongle, there is no grand etiquette from all the nations. "(This chapter is over)