Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

After being taught a profound lesson by Xu, Zhang Xin returned to Yande Palace in a daze. He silently took the "Fool" seal carved by Zhu Gaochi and stamped it on the notebook where he recorded his daily life.

If she hadn't lived her life over again, she wouldn't have known how subversive this new world was.

It turns out that the wife of the first wife has always been keen on getting several concubines for her husband because of their virtuousness and for reputation, but it turns out that it is because she does not want to have more children.

It turns out that everyone gets married blindly. In the hearts of the older generation, respect is the first priority, and love comes second.

In simple terms, you can favor a concubine, but you cannot kill your wife. Favoring a concubine is just a hobby, but killing your wife is a question of character.

Once it happens, the couple must figure out what's going on and not let the situation get out of control.

When necessary, the elders would intervene, and it was common to sell off all the concubines in the house.

Speaking of having children, if it weren't for the ancient idea of ​​establishing the heir, who would be willing to keep giving birth? If you're not careful, two lives could be lost.

In marriage, even if you meet a couple who are very loving, it is still a disaster for a woman.

It is a disaster both emotionally and physically.

The more loving a couple is, the more likely they are to get pregnant. If they keep getting pregnant and giving birth, the chances of two deaths will be much greater.

The more in love a woman is, the more she wants to have him all to herself. Once her husband has second thoughts, the woman will not be able to accept the gap, and will be depressed and die young.

Therefore, women need to use their brains. Drowning in love is absolutely not advisable.

If you really die, a year later another woman will come and sleep with your once loving husband and beat the baby you worked so hard to give birth to. All your love will be in vain.

The best situation is that once you have a son or a daughter, you let your husband find someone else to have children.

You don't have to do anything and you can get a few children for free. When they grow up, they can become your own children.

If you can't tame it, it's no big deal to kill it.

Human nature is fragile, and everyone wants to climb up.

An ungrateful person can cause more harm than a prodigal son. It is best to strike back at him as soon as you see any signs of him.

Men fight and risk their lives to make achievements in the front, but women's natural physical strength cannot match that of men. Therefore, managing and organizing the rear areas well, supporting the whole family, and ensuring that the people in the front have no worries is also an achievement.

Don't overestimate men, and don't underestimate yourself.

Husband and wife, these are the two words that represent equality.

Respect each other, care for each other, each has his own battlefield, and complement each other.

While Zhang Xin was recalling the main points of Xu's speech today, new questions arose in her mind.

If Xu was not the Xu in my impression, why did he write "Nei Xun" later?

At that time, she acted and behaved according to her mother-in-law's "Internal Training", following etiquette, cultivating her character, being careful in words and deeds, and accumulating good deeds.

From being the Crown Princess all the way up to being the Grand Empress Dowager, she never overstepped the mark.

The same goes for the women in the harem. Because of their mother-in-law's "internal training", most of them follow the rules.

Only then could she manage her father-in-law's harem as the Crown Princess.

Until she became the queen, no one dared to challenge her authority as the crown princess.

So, is it because the mother-in-law is hopeless that she specially wrote "Internal Training" to intimidate the women in the harem?

Because it was a book written by my mother-in-law, the only empress of the Yongle Dynasty, and because all the rules were explained clearly.

As long as she followed the rules, no one could find fault with her! That was how she was able to live so peacefully in the storm for so many years.

Even though her mother-in-law is no longer with us, she is still protecting her.

When Zhang Xin thought about it to the end, her eyes were filled with tears.

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Ming Dynasty, the 30th year of Hongwu, May.

Since last September, when the Emperor's grandfather came out to meet those military officers who had retired and returned to their hometowns, his health seemed to have recovered a lot. He attended court normally in the morning and evening this year, and the situation that was originally about to stir was suppressed again.

Everyone is aware of the undercurrents below, but they can only wait silently.

The same thing happened in Prince Yan's Mansion, but they were waiting for the birth of a newborn.

Zhang Xin had always suspected that the turmoil might have left her son with some serious legacy, which led to his untimely death.

I have been very careful this time when I got pregnant.

In addition, the environment in the palace was kept impeccable by Xu, so Zhang Xin was comfortable during her pregnancy. She was in good condition, and her mother said the baby in her belly was doing very well.

She paid her respects as usual every day, and then spent the day eating and drinking at Xu's place.

As soon as I entered Xu's Xiaode Palace that day, I felt that my mother-in-law looked unhappy. There were court bulletins and a stack of letters next to her.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Alas, it's the court's business. Sit down and listen first," Mrs. Xu asked someone to help Zhang Xin sit steadily before continuing, "He killed someone again. The new number one scholar will be beheaded in public."

"Ah, why? He's already the top scorer—"

Zhang Xin's eyes widened. Perhaps it was because she was pregnant, her mind had been a little fuzzy lately. It seemed that something like this had happened, but she could not remember the details.

"Alas, my mother-in-law is gone, and there is no one who can persuade my father-in-law anymore. Take a look at it yourself, and put it aside if you feel uncomfortable."

Xu sighed.

"Okay, mother."

After Zhang Xin finished reading the thick stack of letters, she finally remembered.

This was the last major case during the reign of my great-grandfather, the North-South List Case, which had a very bad impact.

It was not until the reign of Emperor Zhanji that the matter was finally settled for his royal grandfather.

In March of the 30th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, after the imperial examination list was announced, students in the north were immediately excited.

The reason is very simple. From the top scholar to the second and third scholar, and even all the Jinshi scholars, they are all from the south.

The public was outraged and the northerners jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, accusing the chief examiner Liu Sanwu of bias and fraud.

Over the years, the majority of new Jinshi candidates have always been from the south.

However, it was the first time that there were only southerners in the examination this year, so the emperor's grandfather asked the top scorers of previous years and the attendant scholar Zhang Xin and others to review the papers again.

From the perspective of a literati, the result of the re-marking was that the northerners' papers were indeed poorly written and even contained many taboo words.

So Zhang Xin and others jointly submitted a petition stating that there was nothing wrong with the list of new Jinshi candidates.

Moreover, the system of covering names and copying was used when reviewing the papers, so how could there be any talk of favoritism or cheating?

In order to help the Emperor's grandfather see more clearly, Zhang Xin also retrieved some test papers of northerners for the Emperor's grandfather to review and compare.

When the results from Zhang Xin's side came out, the northerners were not satisfied.

A large number of northern candidates, together with northerners, made a lot of clamor in Jinling City.

It refers to Liu Sanwu who took advantage of his seniority. He was 85 years old and had complicated relationships with the nephews and younger generations in the court. In order to please Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin deliberately presented the "ugly papers" of the northerners to the emperor's grandfather in order to cover up their crime of favoring the southerners.

This matter became a huge incident.