Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2189, Chinese calendar 1751

The New Year's holiday is always short, and the 3rd year of Zhengde is coming soon.

All the officials in the Jinluan Palace are smiling. The half-month holiday of the New Year is really cool. Every day, you can comfortably eat, drink, and rest at home. Some officials from other places can even go back to their hometowns to see themselves. The old parents, do your best to be filial.

Thinking about the past, this official didn't have many days to rest at all, and it was fine to catch up early every day before dawn. The key is that from the end of the year, there are very few days to rest.

As for going back to my hometown to visit my parents during the New Year, that is even more of an extravagant wish.

Many people have been working as officials since they were admitted to Jinshi. They may have been officials for decades. You can go home and keep your filial piety.

So much so that there are poems about young and old leaving home and the boss returning, and the local accent has not changed.

This is not an exaggeration, but a true portrayal of ancient officials. The bigger the official, the more difficult it is for them to return to their hometown.

Like Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, and Xie Qian, Li Dongyang is almost 70 years old, and his body is almost dying. The emperor gave him permission to finally return to his roots and die in his hometown. This is already very good.

There is also Liu Jian who retired in his 80s. After he was admitted to Jinshi at the age of 34, he spent nearly 50 years as an official in other places. During the whole process, he had very little time and time. If you have the opportunity, you can go home and see your parents.

Only when you are in your seventies and eighties can you return to your hometown. This is the most typical portrayal of ancient officials.

In the words of scholars, loyalty and filial piety are a dilemma, and the only way is to be loyal to the emperor and the country first.

However, since Liu Jin took the lead to come up with the Xiumu Codex, the situation is quite different, especially now with the emergence of trains and cars, the transportation has become very convenient.

Even from the capital to Jiangxi, Huguang, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, and even Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, railways have become very convenient. Coupled with cars and roads, there is a half-month holiday during the Chinese New Year. .

It became possible to go home for the New Year, and now telegrams and telephones are slowly becoming popular. Even if something happens, it can be dealt with by telegrams and telephones.

In this regard, there have been no restrictions since Emperor Hongzhi. Since ancient times, emperors have paid attention to governing the world with filial piety. Naturally, they cannot object to officials who go home to be filial to their parents during the New Year.

Now it's Emperor Zhengde, and that's even more so. After all, Emperor Hongzhi is still alive and well. You must be filial and show it to the world.

It has become a norm to go back to one's hometown during the Chinese New Year, not only for the migrant workers in the capital, but also for the officials in the capital.

Even sometimes the Emperor Zhengde would be very generous and allow some of his concubines to go back to their hometown to see their parents, which made the world sing about the benevolence of the emperor.

We must know that the women of ancient emperors were far from being as beautiful as they appeared on the surface, and more of them were desolate.

The women who enter the palace are basically likely to stay in the palace all their lives until they die. Those concubines who gave birth to the emperor may be better off, and their status will be improved. At the same time, they can go to their son's fief to follow themselves when they get old. happy son.

If there is not even a son and a half daughter left, it will be really desolate after the emperor is gone.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was even a sacrificial burial system, that is, before the emperor died, he would designate some concubines to be buried together. Generally, those who were buried were concubines without children, and concubines with children were basically not buried.

This system was abolished during Zhu Qizhen's period, and this is the only thing Zhu Qizhen can do, which is worthy of praise.

So once this woman enters the palace, it is equivalent to entering the death row. The only way to live a good life is to please the emperor. If the emperor likes it, life will be easier.

But there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and all of them are beauties. It is not easy to win the favor of the emperor in such a cruel competition.

What's more, all kinds of palace fights are also extremely powerful, and if one is not careful, he will never recover.

For the Ming Dynasty, this situation is relatively better, because the Ming Dynasty has a prince system, and under the eldest son system, the struggle for the throne is not as fierce as other dynasties, and the struggle in the harem is relatively more peaceful.

In addition, the women in the harem of the Ming Dynasty were basically women from ordinary families, and they often did not have strong backers, which was relatively better.

But this woman who became the son of heaven wants to go home and see her parents and hometown. This is almost an extravagant wish. All dynasties will not easily say that concubines in the harem are allowed to go out.

Now Emperor Zhengde allows some concubines to go back to their hometown to visit their parents every year. This is already a very rare thing, and it can be said to be a grace.

Of course, this is also a decision made after a lot of consideration.

There are too many women in Zhu Houzhao's harem, and the sources are also very complicated.

Some come in through normal channels of beauty contests, most of them are Han women, serious Ming people; There are also beauties from various tribes within the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone in the world knows that Zhu Houzhao is lustful and likes beauties, and the most presents are beauties from all over the world.

Like Korea and Japan, they paid tribute to beauties almost every now and then to enrich the harem of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and many of them gave birth to princes for Zhu Houzhao, with a high status.

There are also some beauties brought into the palace by Zhu Houzhao himself. When he was still the crown prince, he led troops to raid Eastern Europe.

In addition, when I went to the Western Regions to play, I kept seeds everywhere, caused troubles, and took in a lot of women.

In short, there are many sources of women in Zhu Houzhao's harem, including beauties from various tribes in the Ming Dynasty.

Although this is the reason for Zhu Houzhao's lust, the result is that the tribes in Daming have a higher sense of identity and belonging to Daming.

Especially people from some tribes, they feel that the Son of Heaven is willing to register the women of his own tribe as concubines. This is to treat his tribe as his own, which is not much different from the Han people. tribe.

Coupled with Zhu Houzhao's broadcast seeds, many people gave birth to Zhu Houzhao's sons and daughters, which is tantamount to an important symbol and embodiment of the integration of the Ming Dynasty.

This greatly promoted the integration and harmonious coexistence among the various tribes within the Ming Dynasty, and also strengthened the centripetal force and cohesion of the various tribes towards the Ming Empire.

Since ancient times, this marriage has played a very important role. In ancient times, sending a woman could bring peace for a few years, but now the son of the Great Ming Dynasty accepting a concubine of a minority tribe can bring peace for decades or even hundreds of years.

Of course, the basis of all this is still based on the prosperity of the Ming Empire.

There are a large number of concubines from various tribes in Emperor Zhengde's harem. During the Chinese New Year, En allows them to go back to their hometown to see their parents, and take the little prince and princess with them.

This is not only to promote the grace of the Son of Heaven, but also allows people of these tribes to see the importance that the Son of Heaven attaches to them and the results of national integration.

This is very helpful to the stability of the Ming Empire, the harmony of the internal tribes, and the integration of the nation.

Whether it's the officials of Ming Dynasty or the dignitaries in the emperor's harem, everyone has benefited from the Xiumu Code, and even ordinary people in Ming Dynasty can go home to see their parents and children during the Chinese New Year holiday. Enjoy family happiness.

At the same time, the Chinese New Year holiday is also a period of vigorous consumption. The sales of various commodities are very hot, which greatly stimulates a wave of consumption, stimulates domestic demand, and stimulates the development of Ming Dynasty's economy.

There are still a lot of delicious food.

After resting for half a month, everyone was in a good mood. This morning, on the first day of the new year, everyone was smiling.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing!"

Accompanied by Xiao Huangmen, he opened his throat.

Liu Jin was the first to stand up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have my own performance!"

Seeing that Liu Jin was the first to stand up, everyone cheered up one by one. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, it must be a big deal for Liu Jin to be the first to stand up and speak out.

"Your Majesty, it has been thousands of years since my Yangyang Huaxia inheritance. Today, my Chinese people and descendants of Yan and Huang have gradually become brilliant, powerful, and prosperous under the diligent governance of my great Ming lords."

"My minister believes that the country inherited by my Ming Dynasty is not only the country of the Ming Dynasty, but also the country of my Chinese descendants in all dynasties. What we continue is the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang, the soul of the nation that has been passed down for thousands of years, and the greatness. The history of the Chinese nation."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, the Emperor Zhengde and the officials who were present were also in awe and nodded.

From the time when Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, all the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, down to the ordinary people, thought that this was the restoration of the clothes of the Han family. inherited.

"The reason why our Ming Dynasty can be strong and prosperous today is because we inherited the great unity and strength of the Qin and Han Dynasties, inherited the grace and generosity of the Tang and Song Dynasties and the spirit of being tolerant to all rivers, and inherited the spirit of Yan and Huang. Bloodline is the spirit of China's self-improvement!"

"That's why I think that my Ming Dynasty should use the new Chinese calendar to calculate from the beginning of Qin Shihuang's unification of the six kingdoms. Now it is 1751 of the Chinese calendar!"

"Use the Chinese calendar and the year number to calculate the year, so as to tell the world that the country of my Ming Dynasty is the continuation of the country of my Chinese nation for thousands of years!"

(End of this chapter)