Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

It is said that it has come to an end, but it is only a step back for both parties, because there are two words of Jataka before the titles of Emperor Xingxian and Empress Xingxian.That is to say, if later generations introduce Zhu Houcong, they will point to Hongzhi's ranking and say that this is Zhu Houcong's father, and point to Xingxian Emperor's ranking and say that this is his real father.

Jiajing originally wanted to make further demands, but was stopped by Li Chengfeng.Although Li Chengfeng is not very interested in government affairs, he also knows that the struggle of opinions is fake, and the struggle of direction is also fake. Only power struggle is real.It may be biased to say this, after all, the Xingwang family is really loving and filial, but the little emperor may not have the idea of ​​seizing power in his heart.

So Li Chengfeng persuaded: "Your Majesty, please be safe and don't be impatient. Now that you are the first to become a great treasure, and you have dismissed the cabinet twice in a row, everyone in the world has seen it. They already know what kind of person you are. Yang Shoufu has been an official for decades. , students are all over the world, if the persecution is too tight, lest he bottom out and rebound, let’s do this for now.”

"How can anyone in the world have two fathers? Could it be that if Yang Tinghe doesn't nod his head for a day, I will be wronged for a day! Who is the emperor between the two of us!" Zhu Houcong was still resentful, and he knew that the other party was right, but in his heart Just can't swallow it.

Li Chengfeng smiled: "Yang Tinghe is already over 60 years old, and you are only fifteen years old. Your Majesty has read a lot of poetry and books, and he must be more aware of the truth of living without salary than Pindao. After all, this is your country."

Zhu Houcong was appeased and reluctantly accepted the suggestion.In the end, the Ministry of Rites decided to upgrade the Xingxian King's garden to a mausoleum, called Xianling, and offer sacrifices to Xingxian King with the ceremony of the emperor.

He accepted it, but the cabinet headed by Yang Tinghe was not finished. They might think that they agreed to the emperor's request, and the emperor had to show sincerity.So on the second day, he went up to play, requesting that the early bird Zhang Cong be transferred to the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice, and give him a sixth-rank master.

At that time, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di robbed his nephew of the throne and was emperor in Nanjing for several years. He felt uneasy and decided to move the capital.But everyone knows that these six parts are nothing more than places for the elderly to be exiled.Emperor Zhang Cong, who wanted to make his way to the top, didn't even meet him alone, so he went to Nanjing in despair.

Originally, Yang Tinghe wanted to take Li Chengfeng, a nondescript female Taoist priest, into surgery, but Zhu Houcong rejected it with great excitement.

The current state of affairs has reached a stalemate. The emperor and ministers dislike each other. Even if there is a moderate like Fei Hong, the government and the opposition are still talking about it.

Jiang and her two daughters entered the palace under such circumstances.It was the first time for a few people to enter the Forbidden City. Fortunately, Li Chengfeng was in charge, and the Jiang family was stronger, and the subordinates were up to date, and there was no trouble.

It has been a long time since there are any fresh faces in the harem. Although there are many Zhengde women, most of them are for him to enjoy in the leopard room. Only a few in the palace have titles. Hongzhi is a firm practitioner of monogamy.

Facing such an unfamiliar environment, even Chunyin's lively character can't help but become cautious, let alone as careful as Chunying.Li Chengfeng looked at the two sisters who were silent, and smiled slightly: "Everything in the palace has been arranged by someone, you just stay here, and if there is any inconvenience, just tell the poor Taoist, if it is not possible, there is the emperor."

"Then if I get into trouble, won't those villains outside the palace trouble my second brother?" Chun Yin said timidly, pulling at the corner of his clothes.Apparently they had heard outside the palace that the emperor Zhu Houcong was in a bad situation, and even Mrs. Jiang seemed to be eavesdropping intentionally or unintentionally.

Not knowing what the people around them said to them, Li Chengfeng was a little bit dumbfounded.Xin Dao couldn't do it, Zhu Houcong's character was already extreme enough, if the blood around him had opinions on the courtiers, it would more or less affect him.Didn’t Jiajing in history mean that he couldn’t get along well with his courtiers throughout his life, which eventually led to the emergence of party struggles in the Ming Dynasty in the past few decades, causing endless harm.

"The dispute between your majesty and the great people in the court is a private matter. The elders of the court are first-rate in character, learning and knowledge, and have never been ambiguous in state affairs. As the lord of Kyushu, your majesty will have all kinds of people around you in the future. There may still be many people who disagree with him, but as long as they are truly loyal to the country, they should be tolerant of all rivers and rivers, so that the world can return to their hearts. They are gentlemen, and they will definitely not embarrass you. So don't worry about this." Li Chengfeng said very seriously.

Seeing that he was determined, the two sisters didn't say anything, but Zhu Houcong, who came to greet his family, overheard these words and thought for a long time in silence.

The elder brother whom I hadn't seen for a long time suddenly appeared, Chunying and Chunyin were still a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly saluted at the suggestion of the parenting nurse beside her.Zhu Houcong pulled the two together: "What to do, I don't need to do this when I see you in the future."

"But..." Chunyin looked around hesitantly. Since entering Beijing, the ceremonial nuns sent by the palace have been nagging in her ears. It can't be like before.

The little emperor was displeased again, he glanced coldly at the servant behind him, and said decisively: "If I say no, I won't use it, can I ask others about such a trivial matter?" Then he said as if offering a treasure: "Things have been prepared long ago. Oh, the Martial arts arena that my concubine likes, Chunying's Book Pavilion, and Chunyin, didn't you say that you want a bigger house to raise birds, and I will build them for you when the work is over!"

Li Chengfeng looked at the bragging emperor with his family in a funny way. At this time, he seemed to be back to the boy in the palace, and joked next to him: "Your Majesty, is there a poor man?"

Zhu Houcong waved his hand: "Yes! Waiting for me to build you nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Taoist temples! Let you become famous all over the world!"

Li Chengfeng thanked them with a smile. After the two made jokes, the mother and daughter finally relaxed a little.

Yang Shoufu was not too stingy about the honorary residences of the women's relatives, and nodded heartily.Jiajing appointed Jiang as the Empress Dowager of Bunsheng Xingguo, Zhu Chunying as Princess Yongfu, and Zhu Chunyin as Princess Yongchun, and distributed the palace for living.

Zhu Houcong heaved a sigh of relief seeing that his loved ones had been settled. He was very sad and angry during this period, and finally something went well.

But this is not over yet. Although Li Chengfeng persuaded him a few words, the cabinet headed by Yang Tinghe has made Zhu Houcong feel like he is sitting on pins and needles.

He also knew that Li Chengfeng didn't want to participate in this kind of struggle. Jinghua was a girl, so she couldn't get out of the temple or enter the harem.Besides, he still has selfish intentions. He always feels that the other party has been protecting him since he was in the palace. He is already 15 years old, so he wants to shelter him from the wind and rain no matter what.So I only gave Li Chengfeng a spare job, and asked him to teach him well and stay away from the common world.

As for the previous dynasty, Jiajing certainly had other arrangements.

Shortly after the ceremony, he granted positions to 66 bureaucrats, large and small, in his vassal mansion in the name of "Lu Cong Longgong", most of them were Jinyiwei.Although the positions they conferred ranged from Baihu to Jinyiwei Commander Tongzhi, the energy of this group of people must not be underestimated.Because Jin Yiwei, as a secret service agency, has a low status, but is extremely powerful.What's more, as the emperor's cronies, these "conglong heroes" often have endless opportunities for promotion.

People at the time naturally noticed that Zhu Houcong reused the old officials of the vassal mansion so much.In July of the first year of Jiajing, the supervisory censor Wang Shan said that the Holy Majesty does not choose candidates based on ability, and the replacements are all cronies.

But the cabinet was unexpectedly silent.

The reason is that Zhu Houcong fully supported Yang Tinghe's purge of Jinyiwei in the court.

The Jinyiwei personnel were originally a guard of honor, and later evolved into a secret service agency.Emperor Zhengde's mischief caused a large number of eunuchs' adopted sons and sons of Xungui to transfer to Jinyiwei.The imperial court couldn’t make ends meet by raising these moths every year, and the Minister of the Household Department was in tears all day long, and his hair was about to fall out.

With Jiajing's support, Yang Tinghe cut down a total of more than 18 people in Jinyiwei and various supervisors and monasteries, and there was a lot of complaints from the government and the opposition.

Not only that, when the Ministry of Rites proposed that the new emperor should be amnesty to the world when he ascended the throne, Zhu Houcong strongly opposed it.He has always been very clear about what he likes and what he hates, and he has never had any compassion for those heinous people.He specially instructed that petty crimes are fine, like Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and others who committed crimes during Zhengde's reign, they should all be executed by capital punishment. Now even Yang Tinghe was a little surprised.

The most conspicuous among the seniors in the palace who received awards was Xiao Lu Bing's father, Lu Song, who was directly promoted from Xingfu Yiwei to the commander of the capital. Now he is specially approved to take little Lu Bing into and out of the palace.

Of course, Lu Bing is no longer the little chubby guy he was back then.In just one year, he had a lot of twitches again, and the male duck's voice returned to the clear boyish voice, but the two red cheeks were still there, looking rather simple and honest.

Now that Chunyin can't easily see the foreigner in the harem, and can no longer bully him and order him around, Lu Bing is not used to it for a while.What was even more bitter was that the emperor always dragged him to attend classes together, and those lecturers were either great Confucian scholars or young talents.Even Zhu Houcong is considered a countryman in their eyes, let alone Lu Bing, a little country bumpkin, he is not material for studying at all!

Every day I feel drowsy in class, and I will be ridiculed by the lecturers.Tell your parents what's on your mind, and get beaten up again at home!

Lu Bing climbed up the tree in two steps at a time. His father, Lu Song, stared at him under the tree panting, "You brat! You have the ability to let me down! See if I don't beat you to death!"

"It's a fool! I just don't want to enter the palace today! It's useless to say anything!"

"Who the hell did you learn from! You can't tell the difference, right! No matter how many people want to be able to study with the emperor, you can't ask for it. If it weren't for the old love in the palace before, do you think this is the case?" It's your turn!" Lu Song blushed with anger, he had just been promoted, and the people around him were waiting to see his jokes, but now his son took the initiative to push his future away, it's not a brain twitch or something!

Lu Bing stiffened his neck, and said stubbornly: "Whoever wants to go, it's not like you don't know what kind of person your majesty is, how could he have a part with me just because I didn't study, my son is not born with that material, You, you let the child go to the army!"

Lu Song's eyes darkened, and he almost turned his back on it. You know, Jinyiwei is hereditary. He just envied scholars, so he asked his son to learn more knowledge. Now this unfilial son actually said that he wants to be a soldier!

"You little bastard! I'm just waiting here! I don't believe you won't come down!"

In the end, of course, little Lu Bing's rebellion was brutally suppressed by his father, and he entered the palace with his red and swollen buttocks and tears to accompany him to study.

In class, when the lecturer who usually ridiculed him the most sneered at him again, Xiao Lu Bing became vicious, and the combination of new and old hatred prompted him to do an extremely irrational move—he put the lecture The officer was beaten!

It just so happened that the lecturer who was beaten up was Yang Tinghe's eldest son, Yang Shen, the famous number one scholar.

This can be said to have stabbed a hornet's nest.His father, Lu Song, took his son directly to Shoufu’s home to plead guilty to Jing Jing, and Lu family was running back and forth in the palace. Even Zhu Houcong expressed the hope that Yang Tinghe would let Lu Bing go. Children are ignorant, and I, as the emperor, must teach them a lesson. that kid.

As a result, Yang Tinghe unexpectedly did not pursue anything, just when everyone was puzzled.

There was a thunder on the ground, and everyone was stunned.

Yang Tinghe, he resigned!

The author has something to say: briefly talk about Daliyi.

On the surface, it is to change the emperor's father, but in fact, it is a power struggle between several forces.

First of all, the noble faction represented by Empress Dowager Zhang is relatively weak, and Zhengde has always hated them.

The second is the supervisor of ceremonies represented by Gu Dayong and others. Everyone knows that Zhengde favors eunuchs. Like Liu Jin, even Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe have to build a good relationship.

The third is the cabinet represented by Yang Tinghe.

The fourth is the officialdom outside the cabinet

The fifth is the new emperor Zhu Houcong and his party.

At the very beginning, Emperor Zhengde died, and Yang Tinghe joined forces with Queen Mother Zhang to kill many house servants and traitors, and then decided on the candidate for the new emperor, so the power of eunuchs was contained.

The Empress Dowager Zhang may not have the mentality of being in control of the court, but after all, the environment of the Ming Dynasty was not very friendly to women, so that the fruits of victory were taken away by the cabinet.

Then the outer court hoped to use the emperor's power to regulate the cabinet and suppress Queen Mother Zhang, so the voices against Yang Tinghe became louder and louder, and the cabinet couldn't hold it anymore.

Yang Tinghe's downfall, Empress Dowager Zhang's flameout, Jiajing who survived in the cracks arbitrarily placed his confidantes, and the emperor's natural orthodox status, in the end even the cabinet and the court could not suppress it, and the imperial power won.

In the final analysis, it is still a struggle for power.

But it would be too impersonal to write a novel like this, so I made it up on this basis, please don't get too deep into it.