Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 815 The Heartbroken Princess Kunxing
There used to be twelve prisons and eight bureaus in the palace, but now there are five twelve prisons.

Princess Kunxing has no right to interfere with the remaining departments, and she has no intention of getting involved.

But for other vacancies, Princess Kunxing is going to fill in for Dad.

Such as Huanyi Bureau, Shou Pharmacy, Respect Room, Antique Room, Xinzhe Storehouse, Satin Storehouse, Lantern Storehouse, Nanguo Room, etc., whether it is used or not, it must be configured.

The imperial dining room also needs to be improved. The current imperial dining room is seriously short of staff, and they are all old people who have not escaped before.

More precisely, they were royal chefs who were loyal to the emperor, and most of them were dismissed by Emperor Chongzhen when the bandits trapped them.

There are also not enough court ladies and eunuchs. Zhu Youjian doesn't need too many court ladies and eunuchs, but people who work in the palace are always needed.

Under normal circumstances, there are eight to ten court ladies around the queen and concubine, but now there is no shadow of the queen, and there are only five court ladies around the four little flowers.

In Nuo Da’s imperial palace, there are no more than 100 court ladies and eunuchs in total. Even during the simplest Emperor Chongzhen’s period, the total number of court ladies and eunuchs in the palace exceeded 2000.

Princess Kunxing knew that her father didn't like to be served by too many people, but working maids and eunuchs were necessary, so she planned to recruit [-] court ladies and [-] eunuchs.

At the same time, she is also sending people to look for court ladies with previous experience, who can bring newly recruited court ladies, as well as service personnel drafted for the emperor, among which female officials are indispensable.

The female officials are the palace ladies who guard the emperor's draft. They not only have a higher position, but also teach the selected show girls various rules in the palace and how to serve the emperor.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is rich and the people are strong, the emperor has become the god in the hearts of the people. It is not difficult to find court ladies and eunuchs. What's more, no matter how the people's status improves, it is still a feudal society.

The treatment and salary in the palace are very high. In just five days, Princess Kunxing Zhu Weixie has recruited enough court ladies and eunuchs, among which the number of palace maids who were originally dismissed reached 100.

These 100 people are all under 20 years old. They can teach the new maids how to behave and how to do things. The maid Shangguanhong who used to serve Queen Zhou was appointed by Princess Kunxing as a palace lady.

This year, Shangguanhong has been with Empress Zhou for more than three years. She is not only beautiful but also very sensible. Although she is still an innocent girl, she has witnessed the relationship between Empress Zhou and the emperor many times, and she knows how to serve the emperor.

With the maids and eunuchs in place, Princess Kunxing decided to start the next step. This plan is to draft for the emperor's father. The candidates for the draft are first excluded from the capital.

Princess Kunxing didn't care about the identity of the show girl, but she didn't want to choose a family whose whole family lived near the capital.

In addition, she also went through Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Xichang to find out whose daughter is sensible, beautiful and virtuous, so let alone find two beauties, one is Mu Jianping, the daughter of Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo, and Qin Liangyu's niece Qin. bright moon.

However, Princess Kunxing's unilateral liking for others may not be successful. If others disagree, Princess Kunxing will definitely not force it. Before the start of the draft, Princess Kunxing sent people to Sichuan and Yunnan.

As a result, Mu Tianbo and Qin Liangyu agreed to let them participate in the draft without any hesitation.

Just kidding, who doesn't know that the Holy Majesty has not yet selected a queen, if his daughter and niece can enter the palace, it will not be far from the mother's world, what an honor it is for the family.

Qin Liangyu, the first female general recorded in Chinese history, continued to fight after Emperor Chongzhen hanged herself. She died in Shizhu in 1648, which is now 21 years of Chongzhen.

But the current situation is very different from the history. Qin Liangyu is still full of energy at the age of 74. It seems that he may live to 90 years old.

After obtaining the consent of Qin Liangyu and Mu Tianbo, Princess Kunxing's selection for her father kicked off.

There are several hard conditions in the draft.

1. The age of show girls should be between 14 and 16 years old.

2. In the choice of family status, it is limited to the three categories of military registration, household registration and official registration.

3. The show girl must be from a good family, with both parents, and the family cannot violate discipline and have a good moral reputation.

4. A beautiful woman must have a dignified appearance, a polite manner, no physical defects, and a certain degree of cultural accomplishment.

5. Xiunu must be brought up by her aunt.

6. The horoscope of Xiunu's birthday, the theory of yin and yang and five elements, must be compatible with the children of the royal family.

These six hard indicators are not difficult to understand. The age range of 14-16 ensures the best childbearing age for ancient women.

The choice of family status roughly locked that Xiu Nu's natal family would not have too much influence.

Even the so-called "official status" only stays among lower-level officials; the origin of beautiful women needs to undergo strict political scrutiny, and the appearance and figure are extremely strict.

As for the need to be raised by the aunt, it is out of consideration for maintaining the feudal order.

Finally, with the horoscope of the birthday, even if many families now hold weddings, they will find someone to calculate it for peace of mind.

Of course, Princess Kunxing knew that her father didn't care about the identity of the show girl. In order to select the best show girl, she let go of her official status more.

If not, Qin Mingyue and Mu Jianping would not be able to participate in this draft.

In the selection of the birthplace of concubines, the Ming Dynasty also had a north-south distinction.

According to statistics, in the early Ming Dynasty, most concubines were mainly southern women.

After Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, especially after the mid-Ming Dynasty, the northern women were the main ones.

So what was the process of the royal draft in the Ming Dynasty?Let's take Ming Xizong as an example.

For the first screening, the girls in the audition arrived in Beijing in the first month, and the number of them was about 5000.

The girls lined up every 100 people, and the eunuchs started the preliminary screening.

Those who are too tall, too short, too tall, and too thin are eliminated from the team. About 1000 people will be eliminated in this round.

In the second screening, the eunuchs began to check the ears, nose, shoulders, hair, skin and other details.

Listen to the girls again, and eliminate those who stutter, slur their speech, have strong dialect traces, and have unpleasant voices. About 2000 people will be eliminated in this round.

In the third round of screening, the eunuchs directly took out a ruler to measure whether the proportions of hands, feet, and waist were in compliance, whether their cultural accomplishment was up to standard, and whether their conversation and behavior were polite, and about 1000 people were eliminated.

In the fourth round, the veteran Gong'e started to check some private parts of the body.

Only 300 people are left in this level.Of course, these three hundred girls can be regarded as serious "show girls".

In the fifth round, the remaining 300 people will live in the palace for a period of time. During this period, there will be special personnel responsible for secretly observing their behavior, and if they are unsatisfactory, they will be eliminated.

In the end, only 50 people were left, and these 50 people were basically qualified to become emperor women.

In the sixth round, the empress dowager, the concubine, and even the emperor himself went out to choose the top three among the fifty people to become empress concubines.

Of course, Zhu Youjian is more pitiful. He has no queen mother or concubine here.

Princess Kunxing would not let the eunuchs intervene, and the whole process was completed by the maids and officials around her.

(End of this chapter)