Five nobles and one beauty, these are Liu Chan’s current concubines in the harem, which means that the new queen will be selected from these six people.
However, Samis had just been canonized as a beauty, and she was a Sasanian merchant woman, so she was naturally excluded first.
No matter what happens, it is impossible for her to take the position of queen.
Then came Cao Ling, Ma E, and Nuo Qi.
Although Cao Ling and the other three had support from a few scattered people, they were quickly opposed by everyone. The reason is very simple.
Cao Ling,
She is Princess Dongxiang of Cao Wei,
Liu Chan had no choice but to marry her as his concubine.
At that time, the Battle of Guanzhong had just ended. The Han Dynasty needed a short period of peace, and Cao Wei also wanted a chance to breathe.
But it is absolutely impossible to make her a queen.
For everyone in this hall, they would rather support the appointment of Samis, who had just entered the palace, than support the appointment of Cao Ling as the queen.
The reason why Ma'e and Nuoqi are not supported by everyone is even simpler. One is a Qiang woman and the other is a Dawan woman.
In an era when people of our race must have different minds, Ma'a and Nuoqi naturally don't want to become the masters of the Sixth Palace.
After some elimination, among the final candidates recommended by everyone, only Wang Yuanji, who had made considerable contributions during the previous smallpox epidemic, and Zhang Yuan's sister Zhang Yuan were left.
"Make the noble king your queen."
"Make noble Zhang the queen."
"The noble king is a virtuous and virtuous person, and should be the mother of the country."
"Zhang Guiren is the queen's sister,
She deserves to be crowned queen."
In an instant, two factions formed in the hall, each supporting their own choice. However, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang continued as they did when they were appointed princes, allowing the ministers to argue but not interfering, but watching with cold eyes.
"Your Majesty! Since the beginning of the smallpox epidemic, the noble king has taken care of the harem, and she is virtuous and virtuous, so she should be made a queen."
"Your Majesty! Zhang Guiren is also a virtuous and kind person. She treats the palace people and officials with great courtesy. What's more, she is the daughter of Marquis Huan and the queen's biological sister. She should make Zhang Guiren the queen."
Liu Chan watched quietly as the ministers discussed their own reasons, but never made a decision.
According to the current situation of the Han Dynasty, the position of queen is indeed only the two of them.
The most promising.
And in Liu Chan's mind, if he wants to establish a new queen, he can only choose one of them.
There is no other reason,
It was not because of the virtues and virtues discussed by the ministers that Liu Chan wanted to choose one of them, but actually because of their status in history.
Let’s talk about Wang Yuanji first. Wang Yuanji in history was the wife of Sima Zhao. Later, her son Sima Yan ended the chaos of the Three Kingdoms and established the Western Jin Dynasty.
Although Wang Yuanji never became a queen, before Sima Yan usurped Wei and after the Gaoping Ling Incident, Cao Wei actually existed in name only, and Sima Zhao became Cao Wei's real talker.
As Sima Zhao's wife, Wang Yuanji's status was equivalent to that of a queen. Later, when her son ascended the throne as emperor, she became the empress dowager, and she also gave many ideas to Sima Zhao throughout her life.
Let’s talk about Zhang Yang, the reason is even simpler. Originally, Zhang Yang was Liu Chan’s second empress in history. Although there are not many records about her in history, even her name was not left. Everyone knows her as Empress Xiao Zhang.
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Choose one?
In fact, it does not exist. When Xu Shu proposed that a new queen should be established, Liu Chan had a brief moment of trouble, but he was not without confusion about who to choose as queen.
Because from the very beginning, he had already decided on the candidate for the new queen.
"Your Majesty!"
Several ministers asked for orders in unison.
Ahem——
Liu Chan coughed twice. Regarding the debates among the ministers, she just regarded them as watching the excitement. After all, in the court, if there were no arguments at all, this would not be a good thing.
It’s good to compete when you have nothing to do.
Gu Zhi
"Pass the decree!" After Liu Chan coughed, he looked at the civil and military ministers in the hall, and immediately said loudly and affirmatively: "I ennoble the noble Wang family for..."
Liu Chan was just mid-sentence when he deliberately paused and looked at the ministers. Many civil and military officials in the hall were immediately stunned.
Wang?
Your Majesty wants to make Wang Yuanji queen?
Among these dull people, including Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu who had been choosing to watch, they did not expect that the emperor would make Wang Yuanji his queen.
The moment Zhuge Liang's feather fan paused, and the moment Xu Shu was preparing to go out, Liu Chan also saw their reactions, and was secretly happy in his heart.
However, he only paused for a moment, and the ministers who supported Wang Yuanji as queen were immediately delighted.
If the emperor makes Wang Yuanji his queen, the queen will definitely be grateful for their support in the future. When they have nothing to do, she will blow their pillows in the emperor's ears, and they will naturally become high-ranking officials and rich, and enjoy endless glory and wealth.
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However, just as their excitement was rising, they heard Liu Chan say: "I confer the honorable lady Wang as——the imperial concubine."
What the hell?
Imperial concubine?
According to Liu Chan's memory, there was no such thing as an imperial concubine in the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties, as well as in the Qin Dynasty before the two Han Dynasties.
The concubines in the Qin Dynasty were ranked as wives, beauties, concubines, beloved ones, eighth sons, seventh sons, etc.
The Han Dynasty continued the Qin system, and the concubines were basically wives, nobles, beauties, Zhaoyi, etc.
Imperial concubine?
Even the title of imperial concubine did not exist before and does not exist now, because the title of imperial concubine was added during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when the fifth emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty, Xiaowu Emperor Liu Jun, added the title of imperial concubine. Only in subsequent dynasties did the title of imperial concubine gradually exist.
As for the imperial concubine, it was only in the Qing Dynasty that there was a concubine level. The rank was second only to the queen, and the number was one person. After that, there were concubines, concubines, concubines, etc.
Perhaps it was also influenced by the Qing Dynasty dramas in later generations. This time, when a new queen was to be established, Liu Chan thought of using this title that was given more than a thousand years later in advance.
Don’t you want to appoint a queen?
Why did your Majesty establish an imperial concubine?
All the ministers were a little confused, and some even thought that the emperor was going to change the queen into an imperial concubine. If this was really the case, they would naturally have a lot of reasons.
However, they could also see that the emperor seemed not to have finished speaking yet.
After conferring the title of Wang Yuanji, Liu Chan paused and then said: "I will confer the honorable lady Zhang as the Empress of the Han Dynasty. She will command the six palaces and honor the whole world. The ceremony of conferring the title will be held on a certain date."
Liu Chan made his decision. The new queen is Zhang Yuan's sister. He watched his sister-in-law Zhang Yuan grow up, which can be regarded as a memory of Zhang Yuan.
Next, Liu Chan changed the title of several other concubines.
Except for Queen Zhang Yang and Imperial Concubine Wang Yuanji, the remaining four imperial concubines, Samis' title remains unchanged and is still Beauty, Nuoqi, Cao Ling, and Ma'e are titled Shu Fei, De Fei, and Xian Fei respectively.
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At the same time, Liu Chan also announced the new hierarchy of the harem in public.
From now on, the concubines of the Han Dynasty will be divided into six levels. The first is the queen, the master of the harem, of course there can only be one; then in order, there is one imperial concubine, two noble concubines, four concubines, six Zhaoyi, and beauty
Eight people.
Cao Ling, Feng Qi, and Ma E, they have changed from second-level nobles to fourth-level concubines.
Among them, the queen and the imperial concubine were given gold seals and purple ribbons, and the rest were not given the ribbon seals. Moreover, this system can never be changed, and future kings must strictly abide by it. This is a new ancestral system.
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This chapter has been completed!