The place where Zhu Yijun arranged for Gao Jingshi and Princess Yongning to meet was in Taiye Pool.
Of course, it’s not swimming in Taiye Pool, it’s just a “accidental encounter” in Taiye Pool.
When Taiye Lake was in the Yuan Dynasty, there were only the North Sea and the Zhonghai Sea, but not the South China Sea. After Emperor Chengzu made Yanjing his capital, a new imperial palace was built starting from the fourth year of Yongle. The palace city moved southward based on the location of the palace in the Yuan Dynasty, so the walls of the imperial city
It also moved southward.
In this way, in order to enrich the garden landscape of the imperial city, the Nanhai was excavated. The excavated earth and the earth from the Tongzi River were piled up to form Wansui Mountain (i.e. Jingshan, Meishan). Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai were collectively called "Taiye Pool"
, belongs to the Xiyuan of the Imperial City.
Gao pragmatically came to Taiyechi many times, but not always with Zhu Yijun.
In fact, Zhu Yijun may not be more pragmatic when he comes here, because Taiye Pond is not within the palace city.
The palace city is roughly the "Forbidden City" in later generations, but there is another circle outside the palace city called the Imperial City. Within this circle are various prisons, various factories, various warehouses, and even Guanglu Temple.
Including the Secretary of Ceremony and the Royal Horse Supervisor, the official offices are all within this circle.
In view of the lesson learned in the eighth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun figured out the reasons and methods this time: first let Zhu Yaoyu go there to visit Xiyuan by himself, and then he took Gao Pragmatic with him in the name of inspecting the "Wanli One-Type Bayonet Musket"
After the war, Gao Pragmatic can "accidentally encounter" Princess Yongning in Zhonghai or Beihai.
The prerequisite here is that the location of the Bingzhan Bureau is very good - sandwiched between the northern part of Zhonghai and the northwest corner of Miyagi City.
Gao Pragmatic's evaluation of this is: Zhu Yijun's anti-reconnaissance capabilities have significantly and steadily improved.
Because of the conversation along the way and the discussion just now about the need for moderate exercise for gout, Zhu Yijun temporarily decided to walk the entire journey. Gao Pragmatic welcomed this - although he could only walk after entering the palace, overall, it was an opportunity for him to exercise after returning to Beijing.
There are very few, so it’s good to be able to take a walk.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "I got married a long time ago, but you haven't gotten married yet. Pragmatically, have you paid the annual fine in full?"
Gao pragmatic also laughed and said: "Hahahaha, I was fined 600 yuan when I was seventeen years old, and I was fined 700 yuan when I was admitted to the imperial examination at the age of 18. Although I was an official abroad last year, the magistrate of Xinzheng County still refused to let it go.
, and I was fined 800 coins... I guess I won't run away this year, and I will get 900 coins."
"Look at you, I can talk to you about this matter. You know the meaning of Emperor Taizu's regulations, but you are unwilling to get married as early as possible. Why are you delaying? Look at me,
I am setting an example for the world in this matter, and you, the leader, cannot hold us back."
Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and said: "Isn't this... something difficult to handle?"
Zhu Yijun said about Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations, well, this matter is actually not just Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations. In fact, all dynasties have stipulated fines for late marriages.
Since the Han Dynasty, the age for women to marry has been stipulated. At that time, if a girl did not marry after the age of fifteen, her family would be fined 600 yuan every year until she was thirty years old, and over thirty years old... uh,
This is a tacit understanding that there is no hope of getting married, so there will be no penalty.
During the Tang Dynasty, men over the age of twenty and women over the age of fifteen were also fined if they were not married; in the Song Dynasty, it was earlier and earlier, and the age was changed to fifteen for men and thirteen for women.
Entering the Ming Dynasty, they probably felt that this was a little too young, so they added one year to each age. The male was sixteen, which is the age of "adult", and the female was fourteen, the age of hairpin. Last year, Zhu Yao'e was canonized as the eldest princess of Shouyang.
This is the age when she will get married. This year, Zhu Yaoyu was canonized as Princess Yongning and arranged for her wedding, which is also at this age.
Zhu Yijun got married as early as the sixth year of Wanli, when he was only fifteen years old, a year too early. Gao Gong was still alive at that time, and he expressed opposition on behalf of the cabinet, believing that the wedding should be held at the age of sixteen. But that time it was the two palaces that made the decision.
The purpose was to determine the foundation of the country as early as possible - that is, to continue the emperor's throne. The cabinet discussed it and felt that since this was the case, it would not be a big problem a few months earlier, so it was decided.
The cabinet rarely compromises with the emperor on institutional matters. Needless to say, why does the cabinet not insist on this issue? Because in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, early marriage was not illegal, but late marriage was illegal. The source of this matter is still
It lies in that Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang may have some kind of obsession with having children. He always felt that having more children would bring blessings. Not only did he practice it himself, but a batch of children were born before his death. In the process of governing, he also tried every means to improve the population of the Ming Dynasty.
The more the better, even for monks and nuns.
For example, he once decreed that no man over the age of twenty could become a monk.
Why is this? Because in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the country's economy was in depression, and many places had vast land and resources but no one was developing them. At this time, it was necessary to prohibit those young and middle-aged men from becoming monks and not doing production, but working in the fields.
Can promote economic growth.
And as we all know, after becoming a monk, there will be no childbirth (well, normally this is the case), which will reduce the growth of the population. Therefore, they are allowed to actively create a population for the country at the best age of twenty.
Of course, this is only a system for men, but having children is a matter for two people. Men alone are not enough, but women are needed. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and ordered that women in the Ming Dynasty must be over forty years old.
As a nun, a forty-year-old woman can still stick to the rules and keep the rules.
What turned out to be even more funny was that not long after the imperial edict was issued, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that women still have the ability to have children at the age of forty - what a loss!
So I waved my hand again and changed the age standard for women to be nuns to over fifty-nine years old. If you have the ability, you can give me a child when you are sixty years old?
Zhu Yijun was a little surprised when he heard that he said "it's difficult" and asked: "What's so difficult about this? With your family background, talents and character, what kind of lady can't you marry?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled wryly and scratched his head, and said: "It's not a question of whether or not to marry, but it's a matter of the girl I like, and my parents don't seem to be happy with it."
Zhu Yijun said in surprise: "How can you say that you took a fancy to this? Where did you take a fancy to it... Wait, you don't want to say that you took a fancy to it in the land of fireworks, right?"
"No, no." Gao Pingshi waved his hands repeatedly: "I have never been to the land of fireworks. I fell in love with that girl in Guangxi. I wonder if the emperor has any impression that she is the chieftain of the Huang family, named Huang Zhiting."
Zhu Yijun was even more surprised: "You actually fell in love with a chieftain?" Then he thought for a moment, opened his eyes and said: "That's not right, you took a fancy to him and sent him to a smoky place like Annan.
?”
This... this smoky place in your eyes is a good place in my opinion.
Of course, this goes without saying. Gao Pragmatic said with a solemn expression: "This is a state matter, and ministers cannot harm each other's private affairs."
Zhu Yijun was startled, and looked into Gao Pragmatic's eyes for a long time. Seeing his calm and even decisive expression, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. He did another "unruly" thing, reached out and patted Gao Pragmatic's shoulder and said: "
It is my blessing to have good ministers like this."
Gao Pangshi was about to express his loyalty, but Zhu Yijun said again: "However, if you like a girl from a bad family, but you like a toast, your family will be unhappy about this. I can understand it. After all,
With your Gao family's family status in Xinzheng, the chieftain's family is far inferior to... Think about it, your Gao family has Gao Wenzhenggong."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, although the Gao family is unworthy of their descendants, I don't think that the chieftain's daughter is unworthy of the Gao family."
Zhu Yijun was surprised, turned his eyes and asked: "Really? Then I want to listen to your wise words."
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Thank you to book friends "zhou4770" and "Single Rider Zhao Bixin" for your monthly ticket support. Thank you! By the way, I am correcting a bug: I have been ill for the past two days and my brain has been dizzy. I had previously regarded the time of the provincial examination as the general examination. The provincial examination should be in Qiuwei.
In August, the general examination is the spring period, so the previous plot in the book should be to deal with the Mongolian affairs first, and then go to preside over the Shanxi autumn period. Of course, the tenth year of Wanli is indeed the year of the provincial examination. This is correct. I hereby correct the explanation.