Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion. The seventeen-year-old Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was walking around impatiently, looking like a trapped beast.
After only a few turns, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but asked loudly: "Why hasn't pragmatism come yet? What's wrong with Chen Ju!"
The young eunuchs were so frightened that they quickly lowered their heads even further, hitting the ground and not daring to move - they had been kneeling and had never dared to get up, and now their legs were numb.
Fortunately, news came from outside at this time, and a young eunuch hurried in to report: "Your Majesty, Chen Yuma has brought Mr. Xiao Gao to have an audience."
Zhu Yijun immediately stood still and said loudly: "Hurry up!"
But this was just what he said out of habit. As he said this, he walked toward the door.
Zhu Yijun walked to the door and happened to meet Chen Ju, who slightly bent over and made a "please" gesture to Gao Jingshi. Gao Jingshi seemed to be trying to be polite, and was also making a false gesture of "please".
Zhu Yijun said loudly: "Stop dilly-dallying! Pragmatic, are you injured?" He said, without the emperor's demeanor, he walked over directly, pulled Gao Pingjing and looked him up and down, and saw that he looked like everything was normal. He breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, okay, finally no one is missing an arm or a leg, otherwise it will be very troublesome in the future."
Gao pragmatic knew that Zhu Yijun's words meant that if he was disabled, it would be very troublesome to be an official in the future - in ancient times, when selecting officials, especially civil servants, the requirements for appearance were very high. Although there is a saying in later generations, ugly people are ugly. You should read more, but in ancient times, sometimes it was not enough to just be able to read, but also to look good.
For example, when selecting officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the first choice for the top grade is the face with the Chinese character for "guo", which is majestic and upright, and the most official; the second is the face with the character "eye", the facial features of people with this face shape are the most elegant, handsome and approachable; the worst It's a gold-shaped one, with a small top and a big bottom, and the proportions are not good. However, since you can wear a black gauze hat as an official, it can barely hide your ugliness. As for other crooked things, let's not mention them. In all likelihood, you will not pass the "interview." ". In the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu had a great reputation and was good at reading. Unfortunately, he was not accepted as an official even after passing the exam. The reason was that he was ugly. As a result, the officials rejected him every time they looked at his appearance during the selection process. They felt that he was good at first sight. He doesn't look like an official.
Not to mention disability, unless you become disabled due to official duties after becoming an official, sometimes you may be granted permission by the emperor to stay in office. If you were disabled before becoming an official, it is usually said to be saying goodbye to the officialdom.
Gao Pingshi was a little moved in his heart. He took two steps back and was about to salute. Zhu Yijun went up and grabbed his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't be too polite. Yao'e, are you okay?"
At this time, Gao Pragmatic already knew that the previous two "Miss Yao" were not named Yao at all, but were two sisters of Zhu Yijun, both born to Empress Dowager Li. The two of them played a word game, because one of them was named Zhu Yao'e, One was named Zhu Yao, but he refused to disclose his identity at the time, so he called himself "Yao", which was considered a common pronunciation.
So Gao Wuzhi finally figured out the reason why these two people were so strange before. The two of them always seemed to be familiar with Gao Wuzhi in their words before, but Gao Wuzhi had never even heard their voices. The two people who came here had never heard Gao Jingshi's voice - in fact, they were only familiar with Gao Jingshi from hearing Zhu Yijun mention it a lot, and the queen mother would occasionally mention it, plus Gao Jingshi's consistent red envelope connections, The young eunuchs in the palace had a good impression of him, and they almost always said good things when they mentioned him. Therefore, in the minds of the two princesses, Gao Pragmatic was generally a good guy.
As for them always calling Gao Pragmatic by their first names, that's more normal - in theory, whether the emperor or the princess, all the ministers should be addressed by their first names. It's just that the emperor occasionally calls some people who are particularly virtuous or particularly close to them.
I'll just give you a more pleasant title.
The rules of the harem of the Ming Dynasty were extremely strict. Gao Jingshi met the two princesses once when he was less than ten years old. The two princesses were younger at that time, so neither party had much impression. In addition, Gao Jingshi did not
Like some time-travelers, I always have a special thought for the princess, so I can't even remember her.
But this time, he met the two princesses by accident. The third princess, Zhu Yao'e, was two years younger than Gao Pragmatic. She was only fourteen this year (the woman was 10 years old), so she was about to be fifteen; the fourth princess, Zhu Yao'e,
She is even younger, only twelve or thirteen years old, and is still a little girl who has not grown up. However, they both inherited the beauty of Queen Mother Li, and they are quite good-looking.
However, he doesn't care whether she looks good or not. Anyway, he won't consider Princess Shang. Except for the founding period of the Ming Dynasty, it was customary for princesses in the Ming Dynasty not to marry important officials or marry into the families of important officials. Instead, they would marry some
Ordinary civilians, or children of low-level officials.
And it is even more boring to be a prince-in-law. He cannot hold any real power at all. How can he be given a false position as a royal guard, or take a position in the clan mansion and live a life of idleness until he dies? Isn't this pragmatic and interesting?
Moreover, there is a rule in the family rules of the Ming Dynasty royal family: after the princess gets married, an old female official like this must be assigned to her to take full charge of the princess's affairs. However, the princess who is nominally married actually only spends her time in the princess's mansion.
On the night of the wedding, they had to move back to the special palace in the harem to live. Only the consort lived in the empty princess palace. If the princess and the consort wanted to meet and fall in love, the consort must rush into the palace to meet her.
However, such old female officials generally have problems with their mentality. What they can't stand the most is the intimate scenes between the princess and the consort. Therefore, if the consort wants to enter the palace to meet the princess and enjoy the love of husband and wife, most of them will
They will all face difficulties in every possible way from this "housekeeper" old female official. If the princess and the consort don't come up with a lot of real money and bribes, they won't be able to pass their test and won't be able to see their husbands or wives.
Gao Pragmatic was not short of money, but he was short of power. How could he save the last Han dynasty without power? Therefore, he kept a respectful distance from the princess. After saying a few polite words, he said goodbye to the two princesses.
Watching Chen Ju send someone to send the two nobles from Tianhuang back to the palace.
Gao pragmatically explained the situation to Zhu Yijun. When Zhu Yijun heard that his sisters were okay, he breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Fortunately, they are okay, otherwise I don't know how to explain it to my mother."
This was a bit strange, and Gao Pingshi couldn't help but ask: "When the emperor mentioned this, I don't understand why the princess left the palace and ran to the Buddhist temple? Moreover, the two princesses also mentioned that that
The Buddhist temple is..."
"The Buddhist temple was built with money donated by the Queen Mother." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and explained: "The Queen Mother's Wanshou Festival (birthday) is coming soon. She wanted to complete it before the festival, but the place was being repaired and some unsightly things were dug out.
It's too clean. Several great lamas asked the queen's close relatives to come and burn incense to suppress the evil spirits. I was supposed to go, but there are a lot of things going on these days, and the cabinet doesn't agree with this matter.
The queen mother then sent Yao'e and Yao's concubine to go there."
Zhu Yijun sighed: "But you also know that the royal rules are strict. How can they leave the palace at this age? So they can only go quietly. Who knows that they will encounter such things!"
Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun's face turned gloomy: "Although this matter cannot be made public, Ling Yunyi must be severely punished. When he first came to the capital to take up his new job, he could cause such a thing. I don't know how domineering he is on weekdays! Be pragmatic. , this matter involves the queen mother and Yao'e, Yao'e, I can't come forward directly, you can think of a way for me, I have to deal with him!"