The New Year's holiday is always short, and the third year of Zhengde is coming soon.
In the Jinluan Hall, all the ministers are smiling. The half-month holiday during the New Year is really refreshing. They can eat, drink and have a good rest at home every day. Some officials from other places can even go back to their hometowns to see themselves.
My old parents show their filial piety.
Thinking about the past, as an official, there were not many days to rest at all. Every day before dawn, I just rushed to the morning meeting. The key is that at the end of the year, there were very few days to rest.
As for going back to my hometown to see my parents during the New Year, that is even more of an extravagant wish.
Many people have been working as officials outside since they were admitted to the Jinshi. They may have been officials for decades. When they get old and their health is not good, they are allowed to return to their hometown to take care of themselves, or their parents have passed away.
You can go home and observe your filial piety.
So much so that there are poems about young people leaving home and old people coming back, but the local pronunciation has not changed and the hair on the temples has faded.
This is not an exaggeration, but a true portrayal of ancient officials. The more senior a person is as an official, the less likely they are to return to their hometown.
Like Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, and Xie Qian, Li Dongyang is almost seventy years old and his health is almost failing. The emperor only allowed him to finally return to his roots and die in his hometown. This is already very good.
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There are also people like Liu Jian who retired in his 80s. After he was admitted to Jinshi at the age of 34, he worked as an official in other places for nearly 50 years. During the whole process, he had little time and little time.
I have the opportunity to go home and see my parents.
Only when one reaches the age of seventy or eighty can one return to his hometown. This is the most typical portrayal of an ancient official.
In the words of scholars, there is a dilemma between loyalty and filial piety. The only way is to be loyal to the emperor and the country first.
However, since Liu Jin took the initiative to come up with the Xiu Mu Code, the situation has been completely different, especially now with the emergence of trains and cars, transportation has become very convenient.
Even from the capital to Jiangxi, Huguang, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, and even Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou and other regions in the south, it has become very convenient with the railway. Coupled with cars and highways, there is another half-month holiday during the Chinese New Year.
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It has now become possible to go home to celebrate the New Year, and now telegraphs and telephones are slowly becoming more popular. Even if something happens, telegraphs and telephones can be used to deal with it.
In this regard, there have been no restrictions since Emperor Hongzhi. Since ancient times, emperors have emphasized filial piety in governing the world. Naturally, we cannot object to officials returning home during the New Year to be filial to their parents.
This is even more true when it comes to Emperor Zhengde. After all, Emperor Hongzhi is still alive and well. You must be filial and show it to the world.
It has become a norm to return to one's hometown during the Chinese New Year, not only for these migrant workers in the capital, but also for the officials in the capital.
Sometimes Emperor Zhengde would be very generous and allow some of his concubines to return to their hometown to see their parents, which made the world praise the emperor's benevolence.
You must know that the women of ancient emperors were actually far less beautiful than they appeared, and were more desolate.
Women who enter the palace will basically stay in the palace until their death. Those concubines who have given birth to children for the emperor may be better off and their status will be improved. At the same time, they can also go to their son's fiefdom to follow them when they grow old.
The son enjoys happiness.
If there were not even a son and a half daughters left, it would be really desolate after the emperor left.
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, there was even a burial system, that is, the emperor would designate some concubines to be buried together before his death. Generally, concubines without children were buried, and concubines with children were basically not buried.
This system was abolished during the Zhu Qizhen period. This is the only thing Zhu Qizhen can do that is worthy of praise.
Therefore, once this woman enters the palace, it is equivalent to entering death row. The only way to live a good life is to please the emperor. If the emperor likes her, life will be easier.
But there are three thousand beauties in the harem, all of them are beautiful women. It is not easy to win the favor of the emperor in such cruel competition.
What's more, all kinds of palace fights are extremely fierce, and if you are not careful, you may never get over it.
For the Ming Dynasty, this situation was relatively better, because the Ming Dynasty had a prince system. Under the eldest son system, the struggle for the throne was not as fierce as in other dynasties, and the struggle in the harem was relatively peaceful.
In addition, the women in the harem of the Ming Dynasty were basically women from ordinary families and often did not have strong backers, which was relatively better.
But after becoming the emperor, the woman wanted to go home and see her parents and hometown. This was almost an extravagant wish. All dynasties would not easily allow concubines from the harem to go out.
Now Emperor Zhengde allows some of his concubines to return to their hometowns to visit their parents every year. This is already a very rare thing and can be said to be a blessing.
Of course, this was a decision made after a lot of consideration.
There were too many women in Zhu Houzhao's harem, and their origins were also very complex.
Some came through normal beauty pageants, and most of them were Han women, serious people of the Ming Dynasty; some were beauties donated by the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, vassal states and various tribes of the Ming Dynasty, including the Japanese, Korean, and There are also beauties from various tribes within the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone in the world knew that Zhu Houzhao was lustful and liked beauties, so the most gifts he presented were beauties from all over the world.
Like Korea and Japan, they paid tribute to beauties almost every now and then to enrich the emperor's harem. Many of them even gave birth to princes for Zhu Houzhao, and their status was quite high.
There are also some beauties that Zhu Houzhao brought into the palace himself. When he was still the prince, he led troops to raid Eastern Europe and collected countless beauties along the way. He collected a lot in the Ryazan Principality alone.
In addition, when I traveled to the Western Regions, I kept seeds everywhere, caused trouble, and gained a lot of women.
In short, the women in Zhu Houzhao's harem came from many sources, including beauties from various tribes within the Ming Dynasty.
Although this is the reason for Zhu Houzhao's lust, the result is that the tribes within the Ming Dynasty have a higher sense of identity and belonging to the Ming Dynasty.
Especially people from some tribes, they feel that the Emperor of Heaven is willing to appoint women from his own tribe as concubines. This is because he treats his tribe as his own, which is not much different from the Han people. This is because he thinks highly of his tribe and values himself. tribe.
Coupled with Zhu Houzhao's broadcasting seeds, many people gave birth to sons and daughters to Zhu Houzhao, which is an important symbol and embodiment of the integration of the Ming Dynasty.
This greatly promoted the integration and harmonious coexistence among the various tribes within the Ming Dynasty, and also strengthened the centripetal force and cohesion of various tribes towards the Ming Empire.
The role of marriage has been very important since ancient times. In ancient times, giving a woman away could buy a few years of peace. Now, if the Emperor of Heaven accepts a concubine from a minority tribe, he can buy decades or even hundreds of years of peace.
Of course, the foundation of all this is still based on the strength of the Ming Empire.
Emperor Zhengde has a large number of concubines from various tribes in his harem. During the Chinese New Year, En allows them to go back to their hometowns to see their parents, and take the little princes, little princesses and so on with them.
This not only promotes the grace of the Emperor of Heaven, but also allows the people of these tribes to see the importance that the Emperor of Heaven attaches to them and the results of national integration.
This was very helpful for the stability of the Ming Empire, the harmony of the various tribes within it, and the integration of the nationalities.
Whether it is the officials of the Ming Dynasty or the nobles of the emperor's harem, etc., everyone has enjoyed the benefits from the Xiu Mu Code. Even the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty can go home to see their parents and children during the New Year holiday.
Enjoy family happiness.
At the same time, the Chinese New Year holiday is also a period of vigorous consumption. The sales of various commodities are very hot, which greatly stimulates a wave of consumption, boosts domestic demand, and stimulates the development of the Ming Dynasty's economy.
There is still a lot of delicious food.
After a good rest for half a month, everyone was in a good mood. When we went to court on the first day of the New Year, everyone was smiling.
"If there is something going on, go ahead and leave if there is nothing going on!"
Along with the little yellow door, he opened his voice.
Liu Jin was the first to stand up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have my own notes!"
Seeing that Liu Jin was the first to stand up, everyone cheered up. As the chief minister of the cabinet, it must be a big deal for Liu Jin to be the first to stand up and speak out.
"Your Majesty, our vast Chinese heritage has been here for thousands of years. Today, our Chinese people, the descendants of Yan and Huang, have gradually become more glorious, stronger, and more prosperous under the diligent rule of our Holy Lords of the Ming Dynasty."
"I believe that the country inherited by our Ming Dynasty is not only the country of the Ming Dynasty, but also the country of our Chinese descendants in all dynasties. What we inherit is the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang, the soul of the nation passed down for thousands of years, and the greatness of the country.
The history of the Chinese nation.”
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Emperor Zhengde and the ministers present were also in awe and nodded.
From the time when Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, from the monarchs and ministers to the common people, believed that this was the restoration of the Han Dynasty's clothes. What they inherited was not the rule of the former Yuan Dynasty, but the clothes and clothes of the Han Dynasty's previous dynasties.
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"The reason why the Ming Dynasty is as strong and prosperous as it is today is because we inherited the great unity and character of the Qin and Han Dynasties, inherited the grace and magnanimity of the Tang and Song Dynasties and the spirit of tolerance and tolerance, and continued the legacy of the Yanhuang Dynasty.
Bloodline is China’s spirit of constant self-improvement!”
"So I think that the Ming Dynasty should use the new Chinese calendar to calculate from the time when Qin Shihuang unified the six countries. It is now 1751 in the Chinese calendar!"
"Use the Chinese calendar and the era number to calculate the year, so as to tell the world that our Ming Dynasty will continue the history of our Chinese nation for thousands of years!"
