There would be no problem with the system of repatriating palace maids, at least in the Qing Dynasty.
In the 16th year of Kangxi's reign, it was stipulated that all palace maids over the age of thirty should be sent out. In the first year of Yongzheng's reign, it was stipulated that all palace maids should be discharged from the palace when they were twenty-five years old.
Revealing palace secrets?
Do you think those eunuchs and maids never leave the palace? Especially those eunuchs who not only often leave the palace, but also build private mansions in Beijing and even marry wives to live their lives.
Even if a woman from the palace is older, people will rush to marry her.
Take the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty as an example. Five thousand people auditioned for the crown princess, and there were 300 places to be promoted to the palace. When the queen mother personally presided over the semi-finals, there were only 50 left, and one of the principal concubines was selected, and two
Concubine.
The remaining women who were unsuccessful were all sent back to their places of origin, where they were immediately stepped over by matchmakers.
Especially those who made it to the top fifty, the people went crazy!
There was once a pair of sisters who were promoted to the top three at the same time. In order to prevent cliques from forming, one of them was released to his original place. This woman thought very highly of herself and thought she was a princess. She refused to agree to anyone who proposed marriage, and ended up alone.
"General Fei is also a relative." Xu Ying reminded.
Zhao Han explained: "The founding ministers cannot be judged by their relatives. How big an official he can be depends on how much merit he can make."
Li Banghua asked: "Does Zhan Shifu need to be rebuilt?"
Zhanshifu was an educational institution for the Ming princes. It was basically abandoned in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and became a springboard for promotion for the Imperial Academy's prime ministers.
Li Banghua was asking about the prince's education.
Zhao Han said: "When a school is established in the imperial city, the princes will also go to primary school and middle school. We will select school-age children with a clean family background and attend primary school with the princes. When the prince is in middle school, we will select three outstanding children from each province from all over the country.
A primary school graduate who went to middle school with the princes."
"Not the Forbidden City?" Li Banghua confirmed repeatedly.
"It's not the Forbidden City, it's the Imperial City." Zhao Han affirmed.
The Imperial City is the office of the central government, including the Six Ministries of the Ming Dynasty, the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, and other yamen 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 agencies were also located in the Forbidden City.
Pang Chunlai smiled and said, "The prince will read with you."
Zhao Han said sternly: "Children of school age who are selected to attend primary school in the imperial city will, over time, be occupied by the descendants of powerful people. I do not prohibit it, and I will never prohibit it. But each grade is only allowed to have forty children. And every year
The last ten students in the exam must all be eliminated, and students of that grade must be re-selected as replacements.”
This is to encourage children to learn and not to play with the prince.
Li Banghua asked again: "Where is the middle school?"
Zhao Han said: "From now on, the unified examination for primary school graduation in each county, the first place in the county can be sent to the provincial examination, and the chief envoy, the chief judge, the criminal judge, and the censor will jointly serve as the chief examiners. The top three in each province will be selected
, sent to Huangcheng to attend middle school with the prince. Only the top ten graduates of Huangcheng Primary School can remain and continue to accompany the prince to middle school, and all the remaining students will be eliminated."
Chen Maosheng asked: "If there is no prince, will the Imperial City School need to be temporarily closed?"
Zhao Han said with a smile: "Of course it will not be closed, everything will continue as usual. Even if there is a prince, but the prince is in the second grade of elementary school, and there must be schoolchildren studying in the first and third grades of elementary school, and which ones will be eliminated will be determined according to the rules."
Li Banghua and Pang Chunlai looked at each other and thought it was interesting to do this.
Imperial City School will be the best school in the world from now on, and its 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 must be at least the right minister. In the elimination examination of the academy every year, the examiners are all six ministers, and the invigilators are all the governors.
Censor."
Good guy!
With such a luxurious lineup, unless the administration is completely corrupted, there will be no chance of taking advantage of any loopholes.
The rich and powerful in the Manchu Dynasty could at most send their children and grandchildren to primary school, but they may not even be able to finish primary school.
When the prince reaches middle school, his classmates are all top academics from all over the country. Even if the prince himself is mentally retarded, he will be influenced by the top academics to some extent and will know some of the conditions in various provinces.
Xu Ying asked: "Can students who graduate from Jinling Academy directly become officials?"
Zhao Han smiled and said: "No, just take the test as you want."
That being said, there must be hidden preferential treatment.
With a background from Jinling Academy, it is estimated that officials will be promoted faster. As long as those academic leaders are officials, they will be labeled as princes and will most likely be regarded as members of the East Palace team.
However, you cannot be directly promoted and must be promoted step by step.
Even those who do not want to be officials will definitely fare better if they study at Jinling Academy.
Zhao Han searched his brains and came up with this method. Of course, it was to train the prince and prevent him from being born in a deep palace and growing up in the hands of women.
Chen Maosheng suddenly said: "Where is the princess?"
Zhao Han laughed and said: "Then open another girls' school. It's such a simple thing."
As for the crown prince system, of course, the eldest son succession system will be followed.
What was the secret of the Qing Dynasty's secret reserve system? What Qianlong did could make Yongzheng crawl out of his coffin.
Poor upright man like Yongzheng, who met a cheating father and a cheating son. He did all the dirty work himself, and the result was the "Kang-Qian Dynasty", and the most critical Yongzheng was left out.
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"Your Highness, the palace...should we speed up the construction?" Tian Younian suddenly asked.
Zhao Han thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's make do for the time being. There have been natural disasters in the past years and there has been another war. We can no longer waste people's energy."
The ministers sighed.
Zhao Han, the founding king of the country, deserves to be really shabby.
When he proclaimed himself king, he didn't hold a grand ceremony. He was almost proclaimed emperor and didn't even have a palace.
There is a royal palace in Beijing, but after the Manchus entered the customs, it would definitely be in a mess. The population would be scarce by then, and the cost of moving the capital to Beijing would be enough for Zhao Han to build several Forbidden cities 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 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."
Ordered the palace to be built."
Xiao Huan said: "If His Highness ascends the throne, he must have at least one concubine and two concubines. This matter must be planned in advance."
One queen and two concubines, this is the basic process of being an emperor. Before the Ming crown prince ascended the throne, he had at least one main concubine and two side concubines.
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Back at the back house, Zhao Han talked about these things with Fei Rulan and Pan Qimei.
Pan Qimei had no objection. Fei Rulan suggested: "If the palace maids are released at the age of twenty-five, they have become old girls. How can it be easy to get married? It is better to enter the palace at fifteen or sixteen, release them at the age of twenty, and then return to the palace after leaving the palace."
I can marry into a good family."
"That's okay." Zhao Han nodded.
Zhao Han asked people to read the history books and found that there were no fixed rules in the past dynasties.
There are several main situations when various dynasties return palace ladies: first, the new king succeeds to the throne; second, there is a change of dynasty; third, there is a disaster from heaven; fourth, the palace ladies are old and sick.
Returning palace maidens when disaster strikes is similar to praying for rain during a drought.
In the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the return of palace maids finally became a system. Especially in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, palace ladies entered the palace at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and left the palace at the age of seventeen or eighteen to marry Qing Dynasty palace ladies. They were all covered by Shangsanqi, and Han women were not allowed to
Enter the palace.
Fei Rulan added: "Concubines, female officials, and maids should be strictly distinguished. Female officials cannot be concubines, and maids cannot be female officials."
Zhao Han shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this cannot be banned. From now on, if our descendants fall in love with any woman, no matter what her identity is, they will definitely find ways to make her a concubine."
"Then let them try their best," Fei Rulan said. "If they like a female official, they must first be dismissed from their position. If they like a palace maid, they must first send the palace maid home. Then she can re-enter the palace as a concubine as a civilian woman."
Concubine."
"Haha, Madam is right." Zhao Han suddenly laughed.
Fei Rulan has been married to Zhao Han for many years, and she has learned to do things according to the rules.
Fei Rulan added: "Female officials are officials. They can be appointed by examination and receive royal salary. Palace maids are maids and can sign employment contracts for a period of five years. Concubines are members of the royal family and are one family with the emperor."
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Zhao Han clapped his hands happily: "This straightens out the relationship."
Fei Rulan continued: "If your husband wants to choose a concubine, you should consider Rumei. She is already twenty years old and is still unmarried. She keeps choosing from time to time, which makes her mother very anxious."
Zhao Han took Fei Rulan's hand and said, "If you can say these things, we husband and wife are of the same mind."
It is a taboo for the royal family to have sisters in the harem together.
Fei Rulan dared to speak frankly in front of Zhao Han, which showed that there was no barrier between the two and that she was not afraid of Zhao Han's overthinking.
There are too many lice but it doesn't itch. Fei Rulan is the queen and Fei Ruhe is the general. There are even Fei Yinghuan and Fei Yinggon. The Fei family is equally powerful. It doesn't matter whether Fei Rumei joins the palace or not. From now on
Whatever happens, the result is the same.
The founding monarch was not afraid of these things.
To put it more bluntly, since the Ming Dynasty, there has been no harem or a place for relatives to interfere in politics. Even if Zhao Han died suddenly one day, it would still be the same, and the civil servants would suppress Fei Ruhe.
Even the prince's rebellion could not succeed. Zhu Di, Zhu Yunwen's uncle and nephew... were accidents.
If Zhu Yunzhen had a normal mind, it would be impossible for Zhu Di to become emperor. Who would have thought that double kings, four 2s, four aces, and four kings could still lose?
Of course, Fei's large family also needs to be dealt with.
It's really time for Fei Yinghuan to retire. After all, it would be great for people in their fifties to go home early and enjoy their old age in peace.
When Fei Rumei enters the palace as a concubine, Zhao Han will briefly mention it. I believe Fei Yinghuan will understand that when the time comes, he will be granted the title of Marquis and he can retire with honor.
Regarding the title, Zhao Han already had a plan.
Restore the ancient five-level titles and add a king title, which is: king, duke, marquis, uncle, son, male.
Moreover, there are two types: hereditary and descending.
It goes without saying that hereditary inheritance is a waste of time.
The title of descending title decreases by one level every three generations until it reaches baron.
Regardless of the title, taxes must be paid in accordance with the law, which is equivalent to an honorary title, and one can receive a corresponding salary according to the level. Moreover, the salary is not particularly high, and it is absolutely impossible to exceed that of a first-class official.
Although Zhao Han said that he would not raise his descendants like pigs, he would definitely be crowned king, and it would be a hereditary title.
However, he only takes care of his son, not his grandson.
There will be no more princes, generals, etc. No matter how many descendants are produced, those descendants will have to stand on their own feet.
Every emperor can give birth to new princes, and the number of princes will increase. Therefore, each prince's lineage will start to be demoted after three generations. The princes cannot be content with the status quo, and at the same time they are controlling the number of princes.
These contents will be written into the constitution.