There are not many rules for marriage between the royal family in the Ming Dynasty, and there is only one thing at all: to guard against relatives.

The first way to prevent relatives from being married to powerful families is to not marry.

Secondly, after getting married, the family cut off the road to enlightenment and could only end their lives as royal relatives.

This is a way to prevent foreign relatives from the Han and Tang dynasties from being arrogant and domineering. They learned from the Zhao and Song dynasties, but their implementation was much stricter.

This system sounds good, but it actually has great side effects.

It is impossible for the emperor and the empress to know people outside the circle of powerful people. How did these candidates for good families come from?

Very simple, eunuch.

Most of the princes in history have been eunuchs who pulled the string from it. Those merchants who wanted to improve their social status happened to be eunuchs' big customers.

The first incident of bribing eunuchs to cheat the princesses happened during the Hongzhi period.

In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Princess Deqing recruited a son-in-law. A tyrant Yuan Xiang in the capital bribed the eunuch Li Guang in the palace and was almost about to succeed.

Emperor Hongzhi personally summoned him and thought that this person was okay, so he even signed a wedding date with Yuan Xiang's parents. As the wedding date approached, someone secretly reported that this person had a bad reputation in the market. Emperor Hongzhi sent a secret spy from the Jinyiwei, and found that the report was true, he immediately broke off the engagement and deposed the princess, which did not allow Princess Deqing to be deceived.

In contrast, the princess of Emperor Jiajing was much more unlucky.

First, Princess Yongchun came out of the house. With the recommendation of eunuchs and palace maids, a man named Chen Zhao was successfully selected. It was only when the wedding date was approaching that the Chen family had serious illnesses for generations, and Chen Zhao's biological mother was actually a remarried concubine! The former was already unbearable, while the latter was simply a bully of the royal family.

Even if an ordinary well-off family treats their daughter as their daughter-in-law?

Emperor Jiajing naturally regretted the marriage.

So I asked again.

This time, a man named Xie Zhao was attracted.

Bald, ugly... His character is OK, so that's it.

The most tragic thing is Emperor Wanli's own sister Princess Yongning.

In the tenth year of Wanli, Princess Yongning recruited a prince consort. The Liang family in the capital recommended her son Liang Bangrui, so naturally it was a silver bullet to open the way. Moreover, the target of bribery was Feng Bao. Therefore, even if Liang Bangrui burst into blood on the day of marriage, he was called auspicious by the eunuchs.

The fact is that Liang Bangrui was already seriously ill at this time, and his family wanted him to marry and celebrate. However, his family's standards for weddings were too high, so they just married a princess.

No one in the world can give a thumbs up, and I like: Rich!

One month after marriage, the joy failed. Liang Bangrui died, and Princess Yongning died of depression after being widowed for several years.

Zhu Cilang was a human being for two lifetimes. Although he was only one year older than Kunxing in terms of physiological age, Yu Kunxing was really "the elder brother is like a father". After receiving the emperor and empress in Tianjin, he also knew that his parents hoped that he would participate in finding a good prince-consort for his sister.

With a serious and responsible attitude, Zhu Cixuan first asked the attendant's room to find records of the marriage of princesses in previous dynasties, and tried to collect the news from the market as a reference.

Then I saw the above records that were so cold that I could read.

No normal person will push his own sister into the fire pit.

Zhu Cixuan discovered for the first time that family affairs were more troublesome than state affairs.

After thinking hard, Zhu Cilang finally wrote three words on the paper: Zhang, Fu, Xia.

Zhang refers to the Zhang Dai family. However, Zhu Cilang quickly painted the character Zhang, leaving behind huge ink spots. Although the Zhang family has a good family and its political influence has declined greatly, he can only be regarded as a local tyrant, but Zhang Dai's sons are too playboys. Although they are romantic figures in Jiangnan, they are wasteful and prodigal sons in their eyes.

Fu refers to Fu Shan. Zhu Cilang thought about it carefully before remembering that Fu Shan’s son was called Fu Mei. The child was educated by Fu Shan in the direction of civil and military talents since childhood. In the original historical time and space, Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu ran several times after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, hoping to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Fu Mei was the person he imagined to cultivate to become a person like Li Jing and Xu Da. He got up early every day to practice martial arts. He did not forget to recite the letter when he was on the road during the day, and even had to study military tactics with lights until late at night.

Although martial arts and military tactics were ultimately not revealed, Fu Mei himself was deeply educated in Fu Shan's true teachings in calligraphy and painting achievements.

Fu's wealth was innocent. Fu Shan became a monk and practiced Taoism. He was later called a medical saint, especially gynecology. There is "Fu Qingzhu Women's College" passed down. Fu Mei's mother has passed away and there is no housewife in her family. Judging from these conditions, Kun Xing has guaranteed everything from physical health to mental health after marrying.

However, Fu Mei died at the age of 56 in the original historical time and space. I don’t know whether it was his own fate or because of the heavy pressure over the years.

Zhu Cixuan pointed a little under Fu Mei's name, and hesitated a little and finished writing Xia Wanchun's name.

The name Xia Wanchun is not well known at the moment. Because the Qing army did not go south, there were naturally no heroic anti-Qing deeds in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. However, Zhu Cixuan knew very well about the rural party in his previous life. He learned about the deeds of this young hero in his middle school's "Landscape History" class.

Judging from the results of the anti-Qing Dynasty, we naturally could not blame the 16-year-old boy who died bravely. Only from his righteous criticism of Hong Chengchou, his character and integrity could withstand the test. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the prince consort was basically a slaughter role, so good character was particularly important.

"Your Highness, the eunuch of the Admiral, the eunuch of the Chief Secretary, Wang Chengen, asked for a meeting." Ding Ao was nominally under Wang Chengen's name, and he had to run errands for him when necessary to cover up his eyes and ears.

Zhu Cixuan put down the brush in his hand, nodded, and asked Wang Chengen to come in.

After Wang Chengen entered the door, he sniffed his nose and smelled the atmosphere in the room. He did not dare to go forward and approach him. He saluted respectfully: "I pay homage to the Crown Prince."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Cilang was entangled with Kunxing's affairs, so he naturally would not have any good face.

"Your Highness, I came to Princess Kunxing to recruit her son-in-law. According to the emperor's will, I came here to ask Your Highness to give me a note." Wang Chengen said carefully.

"Tiaochen? Didn't it all choose who the money given by anyone?" Zhu Cixuan looked at Wang Chengen with a bad expression.

Wang Chengen fell to the ground immediately, and tears were ready in the flash of lightning. He just waited for the crown prince to say another harsh words and then threw them out. He said with a little crying voice: "Your Highness! Are you a servant who sells your master and seeks money?"

"You won't be Feng Bao?"

"I am determined to learn from the eunuchs of the Three Treasures. How can I learn from Feng Bao's exile in Nanjing and finally be sentenced to death..." Wang Chengen's crying voice became even heavier.

"It's good that you know." Zhu Cixuan was about to hit him again, but suddenly felt a little trouble. Since he had already identified the person, why waste his time? He said, "I have two candidates here. You can send someone to check it out. If it's really good, report it." After that, Zhu Cixuan wrote down the hometowns of Xia Wanchun and Fu Shan, and handed it over to Wang Chengen.

Fu Shan went straight to Wei Zhongxian during the Tianqi period and reversed the case for Yuan Jixian. Now he is in Yuan Jixian's secret room, so it is not difficult to find. Xia Wanchun's father Xia Yunyi served as the magistrate of Changle County, Fujian Province. He was named one of the seven outstanding magistrates in the country by the Ministry of Personnel and was received by Emperor Chongzhen. Later, because his mother was lost, he is probably still in his hometown.

It is not difficult to find these two people. Zhu Cixuan thought that there would be news after he arrived in Beijing, but he thought that only three or five days later, the news came as soon as the Holy Lord left Tianjin.

"My master, after I sent someone to inquire, the news I got was good and bad." Wang Chengen rode his horse and caught up with Zhu Cixuan's car, and said with a smile.

Zhu Cixuan sat in the carriage, talked to Wang Chengen through the window, and said, "Tell me straight."

"Go back to my uncle, Xia Yunyi lost his mother in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and for three years Ding You. After getting rid of the patronage last year, he went to the journey to listen to him. Now he is among the officials with the train." Wang Chengen first told the good news, and then said: "It's just that his son Xia Wanchun has been engaged to someone."

Zhu Cilang said "Oh", but there was no regret. Who knows if he was really engaged or if he didn't want to affect his career?

The forced melon is not sweet, so just listen to it.

"There is also news from Mr. Fu. His son is in the phoenix screen and has already presented his portrait." Wang Chengen said.

Zhu Cilang nodded. Speaking of which, Fu Mei and his intentions, since this is the case, you can go through the Six Lises procedure after you have just entered the imperial examination. However, you have to communicate with your mother. This kind of thing usually depends on the mother's intention.

During the break, Zhu Cixuan got on the carriage of Zhou Hou and explained the situation of Fu Shan and Fu Mei and his son clearly. Zhou Hou was originally a native of Shanxi and was not very happy, but he also heard that Fu Shan became a monk and practiced Taoism. The Fu family died, and Fu Mei had both calligraphy and painting. The family was kind for generations, so he was much satisfied.

"If Fu Mei was indeed a young hero, wouldn't it be embarrassing to refuse to marry my royal family?" Zhou Hou's last concern was actually here, and it can be seen that the emperor's daughter was even more worried about marrying.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Other families may be like this, but the Fu family will definitely not. Fu Mei's great-grandfather Fu Chaoxuan was a Yibin of Ninghua Prefecture and a Chengwulang. He was originally my son-in-law of the Zhu family."

Emperor Gao conferred his third son Zhu Qi as King of Jin, and Zhu Jihuan, son Zhu Jihuan as King of Ninghua.

"And even if Fu Mei has great ambitions, she may not be able to fulfill him." Zhu Cixuan said: "During the Han and Jin Dynasties, they were able to have powerful families. The country has been recruiting scholars in imperial examinations. How can the families of honors and relatives compete with them? In the view of my sons and ministers, my family should promote some relatives, which is precisely because our ancestors established the intention of guarding the vassal."

"My son is right." Zhou Hou sighed: "Why do you have to do anything to guard against relatives like thieves?"

"At the beginning of the country, the Tian family also married the meritorious clan, so what's the problem?" Zhu Ciyang said: "Now that my Zhu family has been in charge of the tripod for three hundred years, and after this national change, we can still determine the universe again. It can be seen that the destiny of heaven is on me. In this case, what kind of waves can a few honorary relatives cause?"

Zhou Hou nodded repeatedly and whispered: "This matter is the system of the ancestors after all, and there is no need to make a statement. In the future, you can see that the prince consort can be used, just use it quietly."

When Zhu Cilang saw his mother's advice, he naturally flattered him to fulfill his filial piety: "What the mother's words are true is wisdom and wisdom, and my son remembers them."

Zhou Hou smiled so much that his eyes were like crescent moons. He gently patted his eldest son's hand, but a tear came out of his eyes.

——It’s finally peaceful now!

Zhou Hou sighed in his heart. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!