Dressed as a man with the eldest son

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The selection of the crown princess is naturally not for Nan Ruo to choose, but to investigate. Emperor Yongzhao gave Tan Ying a list and asked him to lead the Luan Yiwei to conduct a detailed investigation of the little ladies on the list one by one, including family background, appearance and personality. goods and so on.

"This page is for you." Tan Ying handed out one to him, "It's all the girls who have been selected in the capital, so you won't run around."

Nan Ruo accepted it gratefully, and asked, "How has the Ministry of Rites determined how to select?"

At the beginning of the founding of Dayan, it was stipulated that no matter whether the queen concubine or the crown prince was selected, they should be selected from the people. They would select innocent, beautiful or talented girls from the local area to go to Beijing, and then let them live in the palace for training, which usually lasts for about two years. , and then after layers of screening, the queen mother or emperor will pick out the favorite candidate.

The harems of the three successive emperors after the founding of the country were selected in this way, but as the dynasty stabilized over time, gradually, this rule began to change, and gradually returned to the previous dynasty, adding rich and noble women, at first it was only Some low-level officials and eunuchs participated in the election. In the first emperor's generation, he married two high-ranking noble daughters one after another, and gave his sons marriages to high-born concubines.

For example, the concubine of the villain King Heng was born in the Su family of Xiyuan, which was as famous as the Rong family. At that time, Emperor Yongzhao was not valued by the first emperor, so he accepted the proposal of his mother, Empress Dowager Fu, to marry his cousin, who would later be Empress Fu.

According to rumors, when Emperor Yongzhao was established as the crown prince, the first emperor thought that Fu's status was too low, and wanted to change to a crown prince, but Emperor Yongzhao insisted, and Empress Dowager Fu wept and cried and told the first emperor to give up the idea.

Ever since Empress Zheng came to power, the imperial court has never held a talent show. Oh, Dayan is not called a talent show, it's called Zhencai.

Therefore, in recent years, there has been no consensus on how to choose the princess concubine from the Ministry of Rites. Some people think that they should be chosen from the folk according to the ancestral system, while others think that they should be hired according to the emperor's rules. Emperor Yongzhao never gave a clear attitude.

Is this finally figured out?

That's right, the crown prince is already eighteen, and he will be nineteen in three months. If he doesn't choose a crown princess, the ministers should be anxious to write a letter.

Tan Yingdao: "Your Majesty's suggestion is that since there are endless disputes, it is better to combine the two, that is, choose from the people, and also hire noble women, and then all of them will go to the palace to see each other, but this time the people are not very popular, only choose filial or talented people. Girls, it is enough to add up hundreds of places."

No wonder the list was drawn up so quickly. Every year, deeds of filial and virtuous women are reported from all over the country, as well as people who are touched by good people and good deeds. For the local rulers, it is a political achievement, which proves that they have been able to govern and educate.

Nan Ruo glanced at the list in his hand, maybe he didn't have all the places selected in the capital.

Tan Ying added: "The capital city is not counted, and 50 people can be selected from Beijing and China,"

I understand, there are a lot of people in the capital. The population of the capital has exceeded one million since five years ago.

What's more, he was born as an emperor and has a lot of experience, so it's normal to choose more.

"You and Zhang Baihu are each in charge of half." Tan Ying said with an expression that I liked you very much, "The selection of the crown princess is a national priority, and His Majesty entrusted this matter to us, so we have to investigate carefully. To supervise, you also know that our guards are short of manpower, and the number of thousands of households that can be sent to the field can be counted on one hand. We have to go to twelve places, and we have to send two thousand households to one place, but there is not enough. I can only run a few more places."

"The resident gang can't count on it." He snorted coldly, "Tell them to go, I don't know whether to choose for the prince or for them to choose."

If Nan Ruo couldn't answer these words, he could only pretend to be obedient.

But the words are rough and the truth is not rough, this gang of honorable dudes may really do this kind of thing, the favorite thing for the local rich and wealthy businessmen is to give money and beauties, otherwise how could the dozen or so aunts in the backyard of the scumbag father come here? .

Tan Ying didn't even think about him answering the question, and patted his arm: "Luan Yiwei seems to be a beautiful person, but there are not many people who can really take care of it. I will pass this matter to you across hundreds of households. Don't let me down. "

Nan Ruo clasped her fists: "I will live up to the entrustment of the governor."

After leaving the Zhen Fusi, Nan Ruo rode his horse straight to the station and summoned his bannermen.

As the general flag, he can be in charge of five small flags. According to the regulations, ten people are the small flags, and 50 people are the general flag. However, Luan Yiwei has a special situation, and he cut off half of them directly. He can only use 25 people.

When Nan Ruo entered the camp, Wei Siyuan and Xu Xinquan greeted him. A few days ago, when he came to pick someone after training, they voluntarily applied to come to him.

Wei Siyuan was purely out of loyalty, his cousin Wang Bo was afraid that he would not be able to live in the town because of his age, so he specially asked Wei Siyuan to help him suppress the situation, and Wei Siyuan agreed without saying a word.

Luan Yiwei firstly does not fight wars and secondly does not suppress bandits. It is not a big deal for Xiaoqi to change teams casually under his name, and Zongqi is betting on this. Liu Zongqi is also very talkative, and Wei Siyuan came here without any effort.

Of course not everyone just wants to dawdle, for example Xu Xinquan, he came here more for his future.

Nanruo shamelessly said that he is considered a celebrity now, the prince accompanied him to study, grew up under the eyes of the empress, was valued by the emperor, and had a father who was even more popular than him. I don't know how many people want to take advantage of his popularity, Nan Ruo welcomes people like Xu Xinquan to vote for him, because they will do things seriously for the sake of their future, not like the other three small flags, who obviously came here for nothing, but right now he doesn't care about transfer/teaching, and he will finish the task first.

"Because the news of the concubine selection has not spread widely, you have bothered to investigate carefully in the past few days. There are only 25 households, and they are all in the capital. They will be divided into different hands. I will see the report on the desk in three days!"

Nan Ruo ordered in a deep voice.

The time limit Tan Ying gave him was half a month. He wanted to find out the real situation before the news spread, and take a look at the abilities of his subordinates by the way.

Xu Xinquan took the initiative to stand up: "This subordinate is willing to lead ten households."

Wei Siyuan was stunned for a moment, and then stood up: "This subordinate is also willing to lead ten households!"

The remaining three small flags looked at each other and did not make a sound.

Nan Ruo didn't care, and gave them the list for them to divide up: "Since that's the case, Xinquan and Siyuan are responsible for ten households each, and the three of you cooperate with the remaining five households. Go."

This is an investigation, and it is also considered to be the last chance for the three of them.

After explaining to Nanruo, he quickly went back to the mansion to find his scumbag father and important person, but he was not at ease only handing it over to Qi Ding. The first time he ran a business, he did it beautifully, and there must be no problems.

Nangong Yunlin felt dizzy from looking at the ledger, so he came out to feed the goldfish in the porcelain vat on the corridor, after hearing what he said, he slapped the fish food off his palm: "What's the hurry, get your breath out first, what a big deal." He turned his head and said to the servant girl , "Bring a wet handkerchief."

Nan Ruo understood that the scumbag father had inside information: "How to say?"

"Stay away from me, this body of dirt." Nangong Yunlin disliked it.

Nan Ruo is speechless, whoever rides a horse does not eat soil, who makes Empress Zheng's cement formula unreliable, it can't withstand the running of cows and horses to pave the ground, it is easy to rot and consumes hooves, it is not as durable as bluestone brick road, only It took a lot of money to maintain, and was stopped by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the key points were used as adhesives to build houses and repair dams, but the effect was outstanding.

Or use it to pave wells and yards. In short, the official roads and main roads are no longer paved with cement.

Empress Zheng didn't help to point out improvements anymore, and just let it develop like this.

Speaking of which, in recent years, she has seldom clicked on the technology tree, but more on policy suggestions, such as the transformation of Luanyiwei into Jinyiwei.

The servant girl brought wet handkerchiefs, one for each of them.

Nangong Yunlin wiped his hands and said, "The crown princess will not fall on the heads of ordinary people, not to mention that the crown prince is not happy, and the courtiers who are waiting to present their daughters will not agree."

Will the prince not be happy?

For some reason, Nan Ruo felt that the prince would not be happy to marry a noble daughter. Speaking of which, he should send a letter to the prince, maybe there is a chance to serve the leader in this matter.

"What about your majesty, what does your majesty say?" He asked tentatively.

Nangong Yunlin put the handkerchief on the side of the water tank: "I don't know." He said the two words neatly.

He rolled his eyes: "Your father and I don't live in His Majesty's stomach, how can we know everything, if His Majesty wants me to know, I will know, if He doesn't want me to know, I don't have the heart to guess .”

The more you guess, the faster you die, so why bother.

Nan Ruo wiped off the ashes on his face, and asked innocently and curiously: "Which family do you think the princess will get?"

Nangong Yunlin thought about it this time, and said: "Your Majesty probably won't be selected among the courtiers, maybe he will come from a distinguished family, as for which one..."

He shook his head and smiled: "I'm afraid His Majesty has not made a decision, don't forget, there is also the Queen Mother."

Nan Ruo was startled, yes, I almost forgot, there is also the queen mother, who has the decisive vote in deciding the grandson's wife.

Empress Dowager Fu is on the side of the prince. She and Empress Zheng don't get along very well. In the past few years, she went to worship the Buddha to recuperate for the sake of being pure from what is out of sight.

In the [-]% off original text, Empress Zheng's biggest opponent in the harem is not the concubines, but the Empress Dowager Fu, and it was Emperor Yongzhao who had a knee-to-neck talk with her before she gave in. hate.

This time the crown prince is choosing a concubine, the Empress Dowager Fu may be coming back.

"You can do this by yourself, I won't help you." Nangong Yunlin returned to the topic, "Tan Ying will take a month to come back after going out for a run, so it's okay if you can't finish it in half a month. It’s time to ask door to door in a month, do you still need me to help you?”

Nan Ruo smiled and said: "No, I didn't know the inside story before, but now I know it, I feel more at ease, don't bother Dad."

Since they will not be selected from civilians, there will be no problem with the investigation as long as they don't have a bowel movement.

But when he returned to the study, he still wrote a letter and asked the second grader to take it to Zhao Rong, firstly, just in case, secondly, he wanted to see if the other 25 households were in trouble, and maybe he could get other unexpected news .

In the past month or so, the Moyu club has grown a lot. The activity of exchanging interesting (eight) news (gua) is attractive enough. Members have spontaneously started Amway, and many people have been recruited, including officials. of.

In order not to be obtrusive when actually inquiring about the news, Nan Ruo carried out several themed activities, that is, he set a keyword and asked them to inquire about the news around this keyword.

This time, he decided on the word Crown Princess and asked Zhao Rong to pass it on after the news spread.

After thinking about it, I wrote another note, briefly explaining the scumbag's guess, and handing it to the contact person mentioned by the prince during the next day's visit and investigation, to see if the leader has any instructions.