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  Chapter 384 382【Issues of royal family education and knighthood】

   There will be no problems with the system of sending out palace ladies, at least in the Qing Dynasty.

  In the 16th year of Kangxi, it was stipulated that palace ladies who were over 30 years old were sent out. In the first year of Yongzheng, it was stipulated that all court ladies were ordered to leave the palace when they were twenty-five years old.

   Leaking the secrets of the palace?

   Are you one of those eunuchs and maids who never leave the palace? Especially those big eunuchs, not only often go out of the palace, but also privately build luxury houses in Beijing, and even marry wives to live.

  Women who come out of the palace, even if they are older, the folks will rush to marry.

  Taking the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty as an example, 5,000 people auditioned for the Crown Princess, and 300 were promoted to the palace. When the empress dowager and empress presided over the finals in person, there were only 50 left, and one main concubine and two side concubines were selected from them.

  The rest of the unsuccessful women were all sent back to their hometowns, and the matchmaker immediately broke the threshold.

  Especially those who advanced to the top 50, they were simply robbed by the people!

   There was once a pair of sisters who advanced to the top three at the same time. In order to prevent gang formation, one of them was sent back to his hometown. This woman thinks very highly of herself, she thinks she is a crown princess, and she refuses to agree to anyone who proposes marriage, and in the end she dies alone.

   "General Fei is also a relative." Xu Ying reminded.

  Zhao Han explained: "The founding minister should not be considered as his relatives. How great an official he can be depends on how much merit he can make."

  Li Banghua asked: "Does Zhan Shifu need to be rebuilt?"

  Zhan Shifu was the educational institution of the prince of the Ming Dynasty. It was basically abandoned in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and became a springboard for the promotion of the princes of the Imperial Academy.

  Li Banghua was asking about the prince's education.

Zhao Han said: "In the establishment of a school in the imperial city, the prince also has to go to elementary school and middle school. Choose children of the right age who are innocent, and go to elementary school with the princes. When the prince goes to middle school, he will choose three students with excellent grades from all over the country. primary school graduates, and go to middle school with the princes."

   "Not the Forbidden City?" Li Banghua repeatedly confirmed.

   "It's not the Forbidden City, it's the Imperial City." Zhao Han affirmed.

  The imperial city belongs to the office of the central government. The government offices of the Sixth Ministries of the Ming Dynasty and the five armies are all located in the imperial city.

  As for the Forbidden City, it was the place where the emperor lived, had leisure and worked, and the cabinet was also located in the Forbidden City.

  Pang Chunlai smiled and said, "The prince will accompany you."

Zhao Han said solemnly: "The school-age children who are selected to study in the imperial city will be occupied by the children and grandchildren of the powerful in time. I do not prohibit it, and I will never prohibit it. But there are only forty children in each grade. And every year The last ten in the exam must all be eliminated, and students of that grade must be re-selected to supplement."

  This is to encourage children to study, not to play with the prince.

  Li Banghua asked again: "What about middle school?"

Zhao Han said: "In the future, the primary school graduation examinations in all counties will take the first place in the county, and they will be sent to the provincial examination. , sent to Huangcheng to go to middle school with the prince. Only the top ten graduates of Huangcheng primary school can stay to accompany the prince to go to middle school, and the rest of the students will be eliminated."

  Chen Maosheng asked: "If there is no prince, does the Imperial City School need to be temporarily closed?"

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "Of course it will not be closed, everything will be as usual. Even if there is a prince, but the prince is in the second grade, first grade and third grade of elementary school, there must be schoolchildren studying, and those who are eliminated will follow the rules."

  Li Banghua and Pang Chunlai looked at each other, and both thought it was very interesting.

  Huangcheng School will be the best school in the world in the future, and the students will also be the best students in the world!

Zhao Han continued: "The name of this school is Jinling Academy. The dean of the academy can only be an official to the right minister. Every year in the academy's elimination exam, the examiners are all six ministers, and the invigilators are all the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Censor."

   Good guy!

  With such a luxurious lineup, unless the government is completely corrupted, there is no way to take advantage of it.

  The rich and powerful in the Manchu Dynasty can at most send their children and grandchildren to primary school, and they may not be able to finish primary school.

  When the prince entered middle school, his classmates were all super academics from all over the country. Even if the prince himself is mentally handicapped, he will be influenced by the top student to some extent, and he will know some of the situation in various provinces.

  Xu Ying asked: "Can students who graduate from Jinling Academy directly become officials?"

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "No, you can take the test as you want."

   Saying so, there must be invisible preferential treatment.

  With the background of Jinling Academy, it is estimated that officials will be promoted faster. As long as those academic masters are officials, they will already be labeled as princes, and most of them will be regarded as members of the Eastern Palace team.

   It's just that you can't be promoted directly, you have to be promoted step by step.

  Even those who don’t want to be officials, who have studied in Jinling Academy, will definitely do better.

  Zhao Han searched his brains to come up with this method, of course, for the purpose of cultivating the prince, so as to prevent the prince from being born in the deep palace and growing up in the hands of a woman.

  Chen Maosheng suddenly said: "Where is the princess?"

  Zhao Han laughed and said, "Then build another girls' school, it's such a simple thing."

  As for the crown prince system, of course the primogeniture inheritance system will be followed.

  The Qing Dynasty’s secret storage system, what’s the deal? What Qianlong did could make Yongzheng crawl out of the coffin in anger.

   Poor Yongzheng, an upright man, met a cheating father and a cheating son. I did all the dirty work by myself, and the result was a "prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong", and the most critical Yongzheng was just missed.

   "Your Highness, the palace...does the construction need to be stepped up?" Tian Younian asked suddenly.

  Zhao Han thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's just settle down for now. Years of natural disasters and another big war have been fought, so we can't waste the people's energy."

   All the ministers sighed.

   Zhao Han, the founder of the country, is really poor.

  If you don’t hold grand ceremonies when you become a king, you will almost become emperor without a palace.

  There is an imperial palace in Beijing, but after the Manchus entered the customs, it must be a mess. At that time, the population will be scarce, and the cost of moving Zhao Han's capital to Beijing will be able to repair several Forbidden City in Nanjing.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are still some palaces in the Imperial City of Nanjing that have not yet collapsed, and there are still some bricks, stones, and wood that can be used. First sort out these usable wood and stones and pile them up. After a few years, people's livelihood will be restored. The palace was ordered to be built."

  Xiao Huan said: "If your Highness is to ascend the throne, at least one concubine and two concubines must be made. This matter must be planned early."

  One queen and two concubines, this is the basic process of being an emperor. Before the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, he had at least one main concubine and two side concubines.

  …

  Back to the back house, Zhao Han talked about these things with Fei Rulan and Pan Qimei.

Pan Qimei had no objection, Fei Rulan suggested: "The palace maid is released at the age of twenty-five, she is an old girl, how can it be easy to marry? Why not enter the palace at the age of fifteen or sixteen, release at the age of twenty, and return the palace at the age of twenty-five. Can marry a good man."

   "That's fine too." Zhao Han nodded.

  Zhao Han asked people to look through the history books and found that there were no fixed rules in the past dynasties.

  In each dynasty, there are several situations in which the maids are released: first, the new king succeeds to the throne; second, the dynasty changes; third, disasters fall from heaven;

  Returning the palace maids when a disaster strikes is similar to praying for rain in a drought.

  In the Qing Dynasty, the release of court ladies finally became a system. Especially in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, court ladies entered the palace at the age of 13 or 14, and they had to leave the palace to marry at the age of 17 or 18. The court ladies in the Qing Dynasty were all wrapped in the upper three banners, and women of the Han family were not allowed to enter the palace.

  Fei Rulan said again: "Concubines, female officials, and court ladies should be strictly distinguished. Female officials cannot be concubines, and court ladies cannot be female officials."

  Zhao Han shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this will never be banned. From now on, if the descendants fall in love with any woman, no matter what the other party's status is, they must find ways to make her a concubine."

"Then let them find a way," Fei Rulan said, "If they fall in love with a female official, they must first be dismissed from their posts. If they fall in love with a palace lady, they must first send the palace lady home. Then, as a private woman, she will re-enter the palace as a concubine. concubine."

   "Haha, Ma'am is right." Zhao Han suddenly laughed.

  Fei Rulan has been married to Zhao Han for many years, and has learned to follow the rules under her influence.

Fei Rulan also said: "A female official is an official. She can be appointed by examination, and she gets the imperial salary. A court lady is a maid, and she can sign an employment contract with a five-year term. A concubine is a member of the royal family and is a family member with the emperor. "

  Zhao Han clapped his hands happily: "This straightens up the relationship."

  Fei Rulan continued: "If your husband wants to choose a concubine, you can consider Rumei. She is already 20 years old and still not married. She chooses and chooses, which makes my mother anxious."

  Zhao Han took Fei Rulan's hand and said, "If you can say these words, our husband and wife are of one heart."

  Sisters are in the harem together, this is a royal taboo.

  Fei Rulan dared to speak out in front of Zhao Han, which showed that there was no barrier between the two of them, and that they were not afraid of Zhao Han thinking too much.

  If there are too many lice, it doesn't itch. Fei Rulan is the queen, and Fei Ruhe is the general of the army. There are even Fei Yinghuan and Fei Yinggong, the concubine of the Fei family is not inferior in power, it doesn't matter whether Fei Rumei enters the palace or not, it will all have the same result if something happens in the future.

  Founding monarch, don't be afraid of these.

   To put it more bluntly, since the Ming Dynasty, there has been no soil for the harem and relatives to interfere in politics. Even if Zhao Han dies suddenly one day, what should be done or what should be done, Wen Chen will definitely suppress Fei Ruhe.

  Even the prince’s rebellion is impossible to succeed, Zhu Di, Zhu Yunwen’s uncle and nephew... It was an accident.

  As long as Zhu Yunqi is more normal-minded, it is impossible for Zhu Di to be the emperor. Who would have thought that the double king, four 2, four A, and four K can still lose?

  Of course, Fei's big family also needs to be dealt with.

  Fei Yinghuan should really retire. After all, people in their fifties should go home early to enjoy their old age.

  When Fei Rumei enters the palace as a concubine, Zhao Han will briefly mention it. I believe Fei Yinghuan can understand that when the time comes, he can retire with honor as a Marquis.

   As for the title, Zhao Han already has a plan.

  Restore the ancient fifth-class nobility, and add a king nobility, that is: king, duke, marquis, uncle, son, male.

   Moreover, there are two kinds of hereditary and descending.

   Hereditary no replacement, needless to say.

  Decrementing the title of knighthood, one level will be reduced every three generations, and it will be reduced until the baron.

  No matter what kind of title, taxes must be paid according to the law, which is equivalent to an honorary title, and corresponding salaries can be received according to the rank. Moreover, the salary is not particularly high, and it is absolutely impossible to exceed a first-rank official.

  Although Zhao Han said that he would not raise his descendants as pigs, he was sure of becoming king.

  However, only the son is taken care of, not the grandson.

   There will be no more county kings, auxiliary country generals, etc. No matter how many descendants are produced, those descendants must be self-reliant.

  Each emperor can give birth to new princes, and the number of princes will increase. Therefore, every prince lineage, after three generations, begins to be deposed. The princes cannot be complacent, and at the same time they are controlling the number of princes.

  These contents will be written into the constitution.

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