When the three princesses heard their father's question, their pretty faces became even more blushing, all of whom were eager to speak but stopped.

Princess Kunxing:

"Father, what did you say! My son saw nothing..."

Princess Jianwen:

"Father, my son didn't pay attention, everything depends on you..."

Princess Ziwei:

"Father, Ziwei's life is given by you. Let the father make the decision for his life..."

To be honest, Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, and Xia Wanchun are not all talented and talented.

Whether it is Princess Kunxing, Princess Jianwen, or Princess Ziwei, they are all very satisfied with the candidate for the father's son-in-law.

But the princess could only be secretly happy inside, but could not express it directly.

At that time, girls could not show their teeth even when they smiled. As a princess of the Ming Dynasty, of course they would not express their thoughts.

Seeing the three princesses like this, Zhu Youjian immediately understood what they were thinking.

But he still deliberately joked with the three princesses.

"Oh, it's a pity. They are all meritorious ministers of the Ming Dynasty and young talents. If you don't even look down on such people, your father will be powerless. Originally, the father was going to give you a marriage, since you didn't want to do anything, then forget it."

When Zhu Youjian said this, his expression looked very regretful and his mood looked very heavy.

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

When the three princesses saw that their father was about to leave, they became anxious at that time. They hurried forward and held hands with their hands and arms, but they did not let their father leave anyway.

"Father, don't you misunderstand it? The emperor didn't say he didn't want to!"

Zhu Youjian was happy at first sight:

"The emperor means that he likes the person chosen by the father, right? Do you want to say it? The father thought you didn't want to! Haha..."

Seeing that the father laughed at them, the three princesses grabbed Zhu Youjian's arm and began to act coquettishly and shake:

"Father, how can you do this..."

Speaking of the Ming Dynasty princess’ choice of the princess, I must add it here.

It’s not that the three princesses were anxious, but that they knew the rules of choosing a princess in the Ming Dynasty.

Once they miss the son-in-law chosen by the father today, their lifelong affairs will become extremely uncertain and even a great tragedy.

As the saying goes: The emperor's daughter has no worries about marrying. The political resources brought by the royal princess often make the nobles flock to him.

The princess's marriage can win over a virtuous minister for the royal family, which is a win-win situation.

However, the princess's marriage changed a lot in the Ming Dynasty.

During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the princes and princes had the opportunity to marry the princess.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, the princess's conditions for choosing a spouse were subject to household registration restrictions, among which Beijing household registration was the most superior.

It seems that the value of the ancient capital household registration has been crazy since the Ming Dynasty.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the autocracy of the foreign relatives and threaten the rule of the Zhu family dynasty, the Ming court simply allowed the princess to marry the children of civilians or middle and lower-level officials.

But in this way, new problems arise. The prince-in-law is a person unfamiliar with the royal family. How can we ensure the princess's marriage be happy?

In order to solve this problem, a strict screening procedure for the son-in-law was formulated in the Ming Dynasty.

However, although this procedure is strict, many unreliable princesses are still selected.

What's going on?

When talking about the unreliable son-in-law of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, we have to mention the selection method of the son-in-law in the Ming Dynasty.

According to the History of Ming Dynasty, "Whenever you choose a son-in-law, the Ministry of Rites will issue the children of the military and civilians in Beijing from 14 to 16 years old, with neat appearance and dignified conduct. Those who have tutors will sign up, and the officials of the rituals will be selected at the royal hall.

If he fails, he will visit Jinnei, Shandong and Henan. Three people were selected, one person was appointed, and the other two were sent to the Confucianism department and assign them to the entitlement to students."

Coincidentally, another part of the process of choosing a prince consort is added to the "Siling Ceremony":

"In Wanli, three of the sons of Shangzhu were selected to come to see him, and the emperor presented the Empress Dowager with his name.

The Empress Dowager put in a golden bottle, burned incense and prayed to the sky, chose one of them, and covered it with a breeze robe and sent it to the Chuncao. The two of them accompanied them, and were given Jin Qi and sent to the Shuntian Palace."

It can be seen from this that the son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty adopted the audition model. First, the Ministry of Rites presided over the election by ordinary officials aged 14 to 16 and with a Beijing household registration and good families.

The selection criteria require candidates to be handsome, dignified, innocent and well-educated.

If no one who meets the requirements is selected in Beijing, the auditions will be expanded to the Gyeonggi area and even Shandong, Henan and other places.

After layers of selection, the three winners who win will be recommended to the emperor, and the emperor or the queen mother will decide the final winner.

Sometimes the concubines will give the emperor some reference opinions in the final stage.

The consort who won the victory by passing five passes and killing six generals cannot relax at this time.

Because he needs to immediately attend the Prince Consort's study class arranged by the Ministry of Rites, and then he needs to take the exam.

Only after passing the exam can you put the marriage of marrying the princess on the agenda.

The assessment of the son-in-law in the Ming Dynasty was so strict, so is anyone willing to be the son-in-law?

In fact, there are quite a few people who are willing to be the prince consort, because once they become the prince consort, they can enjoy corresponding preferential treatment.

This is really a temptation for ordinary children.

First of all, the dowry of the princess in the Ming Dynasty was very generous. The Ming court not only prepared a considerable dowry when the princess got married, but also gave money and property every year after the princess got married.

During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang once stipulated that the number of annual offerings of the princess was: "I have been granted a title and given a farm, and collected 1,500 stones of grain and 2,000 stalks of yarn every year."

Such a generous income far exceeds the salary of ordinary court officials, not to mention that the princess and her own farmland.

For example, in the tenth year of Chenghua, Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty gave Princess Longqing the daughter of Emperor Yingzong with the title of "one thousand hectares of idle land".

Coincidentally, in the sixth year of Tianqi, Emperor Xizong also gave Guangzong's daughter "2,595 hectares of land in Princess Suipingchang's house" and "give Ningde to Ningde, and the second princess' house 5,190 hectares of land in Princess Suiping".

Most of the farmlands given to the princess are in the near Beijing area, and the land rent is very rich every year. Moreover, the princess also has the right to manage the farmlands by herself, without having to pay taxes to the state, and has a wealth of money alone.

Secondly, after marrying the princess, she can get a high salary of 2,000 shi of rice per year (equivalent to RMB 800,000).

The country will also provide free mansions for the son-in-law, so that the son-in-law can join the rich club.

Finally, the prince consort's family can also benefit from the princess's marriage.

The father of the son-in-law can be granted the false position of the commander of the army and enjoy a salary.

The son can also be hereditary to become the commander of the Jinyiwei. Such treatment is enough to attract the princesses from civilians to fight to the death to marry the princess.

It is precisely because of the countless benefits of marrying a princess that many people often use any means to successfully elect the prince-consort, and even bribe eunuchs to deceive the royal family.

In the eighth year of Hongzhi, a rich man named Yuan Xiang openly bribed the eunuch Li Guang, the inner palace, in order to marry the princess.

Li Guang, who had gained the benefit, praised Yuan Xiang as a flower in front of Emperor Hongzhi.

Successfully, Yuan Xiang passed the assessment of Emperor Hongzhi and became the qualifying prince consort.

But when the wedding was approaching, someone reported the conspiracy of Yuan Xiang and Li Guang to form a group to cheat their marriage.

Only then did Emperor Hongzhi realize that he was deceived and hurriedly abolished Yuan Xiang's title of prince consort and chose another person to marry the princess.

However, although Yuan Xiang's son-in-law was not made, the official Li Guang was not punished.

This made some eunuchs realize that the risk of deceiving the royal family is not high.

So under the temptation of money, many eunuchs randomly recommended their son-in-law.

This has changed the original strict selection process for the prince consort.

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