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In 1870, Zai Chun was already 14 years old, and it was in this year that Zai Chun officially took over the government.

It stands to reason that the emperor should wait until after his wedding, but Zai Chun is different from the past. First, he is more prestigious in the court and has military power in his hands. Naturally, no one dares to speak. Chun reached a compromise, even if Zai Chun was in charge, the empress dowagers of the two palaces were allowed to discuss politics.Therefore, there was a saying in the court that "return to the government without rolling the curtain".

Of course, returning to the government and returning to the government also had to put Zai Chun's marriage on the agenda.Since ancient times, China has paid attention to the combination of yin and yang, and the harmony between heaven and earth. Marriage is also an important measure for a person to become an adult, not to mention the throne of the emperor and queen is like a delicious nest in many eyes.

The emperor's big wedding naturally requires a talent show.Since the second Opium War in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Xianfeng avoided Chengde, and there has been no draft for 16 years. When such news broke out, it immediately caused a great stir in the whole country.All of a sudden, the silk and satin shops, rouge shops, and jewelry shops in the capital were full, and the business was surprisingly good. Even the jade hairpins, which usually cost 20 taels a piece, were sold for more than 50 taels, not to mention those who were originally The very precious Dongzhu agate is basically priceless, which means that Luoyang paper is expensive.

In the harem of the Qing Dynasty, from the queen to the court ladies, they were all selected from the bannermen.Bannermen are unique to the Qing Dynasty.Therefore, the system of selecting harem fans from banner women was also unique to the Qing Dynasty.

From the time of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it was stipulated that all girls from the Manchu Eight Banners who are 13 to 16 years old must participate in the emperor's draft every three years. Children and grandchildren who are Fujin women who have not participated in the draft are not allowed to marry.

The beautiful women selected by each banner should be sent to the capital in advance by mule cart.Due to the different family backgrounds of many beautiful women, the officials' families still have vehicles, while the soldiers' families can only hire cars.Therefore, during the reign of Qianlong, it was stipulated: "Women who are introduced, no matter how big or small officials or soldiers are, will each be rewarded with one tael of silver, which is considered to be needed for hiring a car. ... This silver tael... will be used to mobilize the user's treasury silver."

After the show girls arrived in the capital, they sat on mule carts on the day before they entered the palace to be selected. order.The first ones are the relatives of the concubine in the palace, followed by the women who were previously selected and kept their badges, and the women who were re-selected this time, and the last are the newly selected women who were selected this time. They are arranged in order of age. There are two lights with the logo of "the daughter of a certain leader of a certain banner".Distribute the bus at sunset, enter Di'an Gate at night, wait outside the Shenwu Gate and wait for the palace gate to open before getting off. Under the guidance of the eunuchs in the palace, enter the Shunzhen Gate in order.The mule carts on which the show girls ride go east from Shenwumen to the south, exit Donghuamen, go north from Chongwenmen Street, pass through Beibazaar, and then pass Di'anmen to the outside of Shenwumen. It was noon the next day.After the primary selection, the show girls boarded the mule carts they came in one by one outside the Shenwu Gate, and each returned to his home.This orderly method of arranging cars was invented by a concubine named Danbadorji during the Jiaqing period.

When the candidates to be selected get off the mule cart outside the Shenwu Gate, the household secretary will first maintain order, and then the eunuchs will lead them into the palace.The Royal Garden, Tiyuan Hall, Jingyixuan and other places were once the places to read the draft girls.Generally, only two flags are read every day, and they are matched according to the number of women participating in the draft for each flag.Usually there are five or six people in a row for the emperor or queen mother to read, but sometimes there are three or four people in a row, or even a row of one person.If there is someone who is favored, she will leave her name tag, which is called keeping a brand; if she is not selected, she will leave her name tag.Then, the show girls who keep the sign are re-elected regularly, and those who do not keep the re-election are also called putting down the sign.

The show girls who are selected again after re-election have two fates: one is to be given to the royal prince or the clan's family; the other is to stay in the palace and serve the emperor around, becoming a candidate for concubine.If you become a candidate for a concubine, the procedure will be more complicated. After the first "quote", you have to "review" many times. Those who have "named" are selected to leave a sign; those who have "named" are the emperor. Personally choose to leave a sign.Finally, there will be an inspection of "staying in the palace", and a few of the beautiful women staying in the palace will be selected, and the rest will put up their signs.

In this draft, there are two show girls who are the most popular.One is the Fucha family.The Fucha clan was selected by the family in the early years, and entered the palace through a small election, and then showed his face in front of Cixi and Zai Chun very early. In the eyes of others, it seemed a bit like Zai Chun's childhood sweetheart.As for what you said, aren't all the maids selected in the small election?It must be known that the Fucha family is a popular surname in the court, and Cixi is quite fond of the Fucha family. With all these things, wouldn't it be easy to change the vest and participate in the general election?

There is another one, Arut's.Arut is a Mongolian surname, and his father is the admiral of the Nine Gates. He holds the military power in his hand and is in the heart of the emperor.Moreover, Arut's grandfather was Duanhua, one of the former eight ministers. Although Duanhua was a criminal minister, he was old with the current imperial teacher, first-rank Taifu Jiao Youying. The political power contained in it is also extremely powerful.

In fact, for Zai Chun, beauty is not important.Zai Chunyuan is not a person who is serious about sex, and he has long wanted to change some feudal systems in his heart, so virtue and political needs are the first points he considers.

From a political point of view, the Fucha family and the Arut family have their own merits.One is a Manchu surname, which is deeply rooted in the Qing court, and the other is a Mongolian surname, whose mother clan holds military power, and both of them were born with extraordinary births; so comparable is virtue.

Zai Chun didn't know much about Arut's family, but he knew a little about Fucha's family. After all, he had been with him for eight years and knew everything about him.

Fucha's appearance is first-class, not to mention that her singing voice is excellent, and she is also very smart. In recent years, her reputation in the palace has been very good, not to mention that she is quite eloquent in front of Cixi, and she is very flattering Yes, such a variety can be considered a good match.So Zai Chun was a little biased towards the Fucha family.

When Cixi learned of Zai Chun's intentions, she was also very happy; the Fucha family was regarded as the big one in front of her, and Cixi had already designated her as her daughter-in-law, so her son also liked her, so she felt that the two were a match made in heaven.