Zhiyao married Fenying, which made it easier for the Zhi family to defeat the Zhao family and annex the remaining Zhao family members in Jin.
In the same way, if Zhikai marries a royal daughter of Song or Chu, the original country will annex Song or Chu in the future. If it cannot annex Song or Chu, it will be easier to establish diplomatic relations to a certain extent. If it can annex, it will be easier for the next country to annex.
If the heir of the first generation has the royal blood of Song or Chu Kingdom, it can also reduce a lot of troubles.
The only thing is, it depends on how the parties involved handle it. If you are not careful, you will face great trouble.
For example, in the original version of history, the Qin State has been married to the Chu State for generations, causing the Qin State Court to be controlled by the Chu Clan. It was completely Ying Yiren who knew how to act. Then when Ying Zheng had more Shandong Clan join the local Clan to compete with the Chu Clan, it was considered
Forming a very fragile balance.
Zhikai was the crown prince of the original country, so it was impossible and impossible for him to marry a concubine; a legitimate daughter was not a eldest daughter, unless the country of Chu or Song gave the daughter a powerful and large estate, otherwise there was no need to consider it.
Perhaps very few people know this fact: from ancient times to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the first daughter of a monarch was born with political status. This was only broken after the Five Husties in China.
In that list, not only were comments made inappropriate, but the reasons why they were inappropriate were also clearly stated.
Zhiyao was not so detailed when reviewing the memorials, but it can be seen from the content of the annotations that he really put his heart into it!
The candidates for the crown princess on the list are nothing more than royal daughters from various countries with different surnames, and then the direct daughters of nobles in their own countries.
At present, there are not many large-scale countries with different surnames, only Chu, Song and Yue are left.
Other small vassal states that were originally part of the feudal system of the Zhou royal family include Qi State, Teng State, Xue State, Pi State, Tan State, and Tan State. The added Ju State has never been an object of marriage.
Other countries like Ba, Shu, Baipu, etc. would choose one of their women to be the crown prince if they were crazy.
The princes were unable to marry for various reasons.
There are actually quite a few nobles with different surnames in the country, but they lack the value to win over them.
In addition, Fen Ying really hopes that Zhikai can marry the daughter of the Zhao family. In her opinion, it is a marriage plus a marriage. The problem is that Zhiyao is already good enough to Zhao Bolu, the queen is from the Zhao family, and the princess is the daughter of the Zhao family.
A group of relatives is a doomed thing.
The rest are like the Zhang family, the Gao family, the Xie family, etc. If Zhikai marries their daughter, it would be better to turn his attention to Qi country!
After all, Qi State is also one of the Three Keys, and there is a precedent of Jin Aogong, so no one will gossip.
Zhiyao looked at Fen Ying who was speechless and asked, "What can I do?"
Fen Ying thought for a while and asked: "The daughter of Chen Guo..."
There was no noble daughter of Chen State on the previous list. The main reason was that Chen State had already gone overseas.
No matter what the purpose of Gui's surname Chen was, and how well she knew how to assess the situation, it was a huge fact that she escaped in embarrassment.
In Fen Ying's view, anyone can be included on the list, but marrying a daughter named Chen would be embarrassing.
Don't tell me, Zhiyao has really considered giving her surname Chen.
Zhiyao didn't have any such thoughts about Gui's surname Chen, or anything like that.
Dudu is that the Chen Kingdom will be regarded as a foreign country in the future. Marrying their daughter is very likely to give the Chen family a foothold to the Xia Dynasty again.
Do you think that changing the name to Chen will change the cunning and restless character of the family? Even if the prefix is changed, the Tian family will still be the same Tian family.
Zhiyao just wanted to block Chen State firmly in the Korean Peninsula, waiting for harvest one day in the future, and then take over the inheritance developed by the Chen family.
Of course, even if there is no marriage with the Yuan Kingdom, Chen Guo can still do whatever he wants to do, but the marriage with the Yuan Kingdom will immediately provide channels and convenience for reaching out.
How should I put it? The Crown Princess of the Yuan Kingdom has a surname of Gui and Chen. It is difficult for the officials of the Yuan Kingdom to conduct official business when meeting someone with the surname of Gui and Chen, so they will give her a little face no matter what.
When the time comes, the Gui surnamed Chen will definitely push her further. Breaking a certain boundary will not only harm her daughter who is married far away, but will also implicate the crown prince.
At that time, regardless of what the public opinion is, will Zhiyao handle it or not, and what should be done?
To be honest, Zhiyao was stumped by Zhikai’s marriage!
After reading the annotations on the list, Fen Ying looked extremely big-headed, and his eyes became dull for a moment.
Let Zhi Kai enjoy free love regardless of his origin? This is impossible!
It's not that Yuan Guo's strength doesn't allow Zhikai to engage in free love, it's just that Zhikai's identity doesn't allow it.
As long as Zhikai is the prince of the original country, he will not live for himself. He will have to bear too many responsibilities. To an exaggerated level, it will affect nearly ten million subjects of a country.
Even if there are real examples of free love between children of a big family or nobles in a country, it is best to taste the family background of the woman first. The circle of people who can form contacts is only so large. Who is not a noble person? There is only a difference in strength.
Even in modern times, if a noble man falls in love with an ordinary woman, how many couples can really be happy? More often than not, they will make many jokes and end up with a tragic end.
Zhikai, who had been summoned, came back and saw a huge battle array.
Of course Zhiyao was sitting in the main seat, and Fen Ying was sitting next to him. The king and the queen were really side by side, and no one could tell the difference.
There were either ministers or aunts on the left and right sides, and everyone's expression was different.
"I have met my father, my mother, my lords."
Everyone present is older than Zhikai, so calling him "sir" will make him look closer.
Zhiyao and Fenying did not need to return the greeting, but the others could not sit still and had to stand up to greet Zhikai.
"Prince, come here." Fen Ying greeted Zhi Kai and motioned to sit on the left side of Zhi Yao.
The Zhou Dynasty did not differentiate between the left and right sides. In the previous Yin and Shang Dynasties, the left side was generally respected.
The most important thing for a country is to sacrifice its troops. The Yin and Shang dynasties had a strong wizarding culture, and Zuo Shi was the number one military general.
After Zhikai sat down, he asked softly: "Father, what happened?"
Has this young man changed his identity very awkwardly? When he greets loudly, he is the "father" of the monarch and his ministers, and when his voice is softer, he becomes the "father" of the relationship between father and son.
The young man can be more skinny.
Zhiyao has to act steady in every aspect, so how can she whisper quietly?
Fen Ying did not have so many restrictions and whispered: "Your marriage is really difficult to handle. Your Majesty has summoned his ministers for advice."
Zhikai subconsciously looked at Zhao Bolu, wondering if his uncle was also an important minister?
How do you say this? Zhao Bolu is the internal historian of one of the Nine Qings, so why is he not an important minister?
It's just that, Zhao Bolu only obtained a high position due to being "favored", and later received a title. Should he be judged purely based on merit, he really doesn't have those qualifications.
Zhiyao did not break the rules. Zhuxia has always had the custom of rewarding his wife's family members generously. The Yuan Kingdom's excellent treatment of Zhao Bolu only continued the tradition and gave the king an extra human touch.
To be honest, the appointment of Zhao Bolu as the original domestic historian is far more suitable than anyone else. Zhiyao can grasp Zhao Bolu, and Zhao Bolu can also help Zhikai in the future.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Bolu was destined to only rely on the royal family. He was simply tied up, and his personal abilities were too limited to make a big splash.
"The prince will be marching north this spring. I originally wanted to arrange the prince's marriage next year, but the queen is impatient." Zhiyao said this with a smile.
Everyone laughed along to save face.
Zhikai couldn't laugh, and looked a little frozen for a while.
Many people saw this scene and couldn't help but start thinking wildly in their hearts.
They should be thinking: "Does the prince have someone he likes?"
However, Zhi Kaixin felt very complicated and thought: "Is there no woman qualified to be my wife anymore?"
Many people don't like the restriction of "well-matched", and it exists for a reason.
From a very young age, Zhikai knew that marriage was not his own decision. It was not that he had never imagined what his future partner would be like. He thought he would be the daughter of a certain prince, but he never thought about the age of marriage but could not find the right one.
object.
What does this mean? It simply means that other countries no longer deserve to be on an equal footing with the original country.
Otherwise, if Zhiyao reveals a little bit of meaning, I believe the kings of the countries will know how to operate it.
Song Junluan, who was the most suitable, must have immediately paid attention to a certain daughter, and would increase her political status by giving her gifts and food.
Feeling that the Yue State was more qualified than the Song State, maybe Gou Jian could do the trick of self-recommending a daughter?
The rest of the pocket princes cannot be reserved. They are willing to do anything to marry the prince of the original country.
Is it possible that it will accelerate Zhaogu of Chu State to usurp the throne?
Zhiyao has always paid close attention to Zhikai. There is no sign that Zhikai is interested in a girl from a certain family. Seeing Zhikai's appearance, she becomes a little unsure.
"But is there someone you like?" This question can only be asked by Zhiyao.
Zhikai was stunned when asked, and answered honestly: "Marriage matters, parents' orders, etiquette, children..."
Everyone was happy and disappointed after hearing this.
Isn't it just because it's so difficult that it's happening now?
If Zhikai likes someone, given his usual sensible nature, there must be a reason.
Sun Wu, who had closed his eyes before, opened his eyes and said: "If there is no one to choose, how about the daughter of the Dou family?"
The Dou family is a family that is very good at water conservancy projects in the Jin Dynasty. Their fiefdom is not large, their private force is low, but their reputation is very high.
This Dou family later became a vassal of the Zhi family. When Dou Ji was alive, he participated in the water conservancy project east of "Handan". His descendants and nephews were the backbone of the original country's water conservancy project on the riverside.
Sun Wu continued: "The Dou family is small, so they can make daughters from various families become concubines to serve as concubines."
Since ancient times, aristocratic women will always bring their cousins with them when they get married, and they are called concubines.
At that time, the pronunciation was different and the text was different. At first, their role was to worry that a married woman would have no one to talk to when she went to a strange place. At the same time, they were also worried that the married woman as a wife would not be able to have children, so they served as a companion and a backup uterus.
After all, they are all cousins, which means they are closely related by blood, and the children they have will have blood from their parents’ families.
This is due to the rule that a man can only have one wife. The dowry concubine has only one mother. Therefore, the children born to the concubine have the right to inherit from the beginning. The so-called concubine is
A man sleeps with a sweetheart or another unidentified woman.
Zhiyao opened her mind after hearing Sun Wu's suggestion.
Yes, anyway, Zhikai's marriage must be related to politics. In fact, he marries whoever he marries. If there is no suitable candidate abroad, he must choose internally.
If there is only one family, the mismatch in status will harm that family. If the wife comes from this family and the concubine comes from another family, it will be a perfect match at once.
However, if it were to be done, it would immediately evolve into the historical stage of the late Warring States Period.
What does it mean? It means that from the Spring and Autumn Period to the middle of the Warring States Period, even the princes did not take concubines casually. It was their turn to play the game of sending protons to each other. The person who acted as a proton had a woman abroad, and when he returned home, he was arranged to have a wife.
The woman was forced to become a concubine.
There has always been continuity in the history of Zhuxia. Wives and concubines turned into wives and concubines, and then evolved from the women coming from the same family to coming from different families. Many folk customs came from the palace, and this is what wives and concubines are, but absolutely
As a noble, ordinary families are not qualified to take concubines at all. If you have a wife and other women, the status of these women is actually the same as that of concubines in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
A piece of historical common sense is that concubines in the Song Dynasty were contract workers and could be terminated when the contract expired.
Fen Ying was stunned. Except for Zhiyao, the others who heard Sun Wu's suggestion were also dumbfounded.
The original country has been undergoing reforms, usually involving changes at the national strategic level.
Are the marriage rules also taking the lead in changing now?
The Dou family did not make any military exploits, but who can say that their contributions are small.
What makes it very embarrassing is that the Dou family has made great contributions, and some people have achieved very high official positions, but their title levels are somewhat low.
Zhiyao made a decision and said: "In this case, the daughter of the Dou family will be the prince's wife, and the families will choose the concubine."
There is no such harem rank as "concubine" now, and it would not be established until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Zhikai feels very dizzy!
Speaking of which, Zhikai is quite similar to Zhiyao. Their interest is not in women at all, but rather in pursuing their careers. When they think of so many women at home, their faces turn pale.
After Zhiyao made the decision, the people present who were not named Ji immediately had an idea.
As the proposer, Sun Wu said with a smile: "My legitimate son's daughter is not yet married, so please give me a favor from your Majesty."
Sima Ranju's face darkened. While cursing Sun Wu in his heart, he said, "My grandson's first daughter is already engaged, and my second daughter can also be the prince's concubine."
The person involved who did not have any decision-making power, that is, Zhikai, saw the figures of two women in his mind, and his hands began to tremble involuntarily.
These two people who will have positions in the martial arts temple in the future, their children and nephews are relatively average, while their grandchildren and granddaughters are trained with emphasis. The two who will become the prince's concubines are very heroic.
The news that the candidate for the Crown Princess had been decided spread quickly, along with the news of a large-scale selection of concubines.
Other countries will definitely think that the original country is causing chaos, but there is no objection within the original country. On the contrary, the families that feel qualified are operating desperately.
Mr. Dou must have been extremely happy to have a pie hit on his head, but the first thing he did was for the men of the family to reorganize their weapons.
What are you doing? Of course, you are preparing to go on an expedition, risking your life to make some military contributions, so as not to be criticized!