This time, the final selection of the concubines was not held in Cining Palace, but in the queen's Kunning Palace. Although Empress Wu has not yet grasped the power of the harem, she is the queen of the Ming Dynasty after all, and activities such as spring festivals, weddings and funerals of royal children still need her to ask, and this time Princess Yongfu's choice of concubines is naturally no exception.

At this time, in the main hall of Kunning Palace, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Hou sat in the center in a bright yellow dragon robe, next to the dressed Empress Wu, and the Empress Dowager Jiang sat on the other side of Jiajing, and Concubine Shu and Concubine De also arrived and sat on the side of Empress Wu.

The above four people together form the "jury" of today's final election, and Empress Dowager Jiang obviously has a veto power, so her opinion has the most weight, followed by Emperor Jiajing, and then Empress Wu, as for the opinions of Concubine Shu and Concubine De, they are basically negligible.

In addition, there is also a "jury" in the palace, which are Fei Hong, the first assistant of the cabinet, Jin Xianmin, the second assistant, Jia Yong, the third assistant, and Tao Zhongwen, a real person.

It is worth mentioning here that Yang Yiqing, the former first assistant, died of illness shortly after Xu Jin led his troops south, at the age of seventy-three.

Yang Yiqing went through the Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde, Jiajing four dynasties, is an out-and-out veteran of the four dynasties, he allowed the text and the martial arts, has the great talent of the generals and the prime minister, and is honest and honest for the official, and is flexible for people, it can be said that he is the minister of the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, and his death is undoubtedly a big loss for the imperial court.

But birth, old age, sickness and death are the laws of nature, for which there is nothing to do, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Hou for three days for this reason, posthumously crowned Yang Yiqing as the Taifu, called Wenxiang, and held a grand funeral for him, and sent a brocade guard to escort his coffin back to his hometown for peace.

At this point, Yang Ge Lao can be regarded as a good beginning and a good end, he was a very good minister when he was alive, and he was buried in a beautiful place after his death, and he lived like this, which can be said to have come to this world in vain, which is really enviable.

"Out of the general, Wende martial arts!" This is Fei Hong's evaluation of Yang Yiqing in his eulogy, and throughout Yang Ge's life, he is indeed worthy of these eight words.

After Yang Yiqing's death, Fei Hong once again served as the first assistant to the cabinet, and the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yushi Jin Xianmin, entered the cabinet as the second assistant, and the third assistant was still served by Jia Yong.

The princess's choice to marry is a royal event, and naturally it is also a national event, so Fei Hong and other three pavilion elders also attended the final election of the concubine today, of course, they are just here to testify, and they will not express their opinions easily, and the decision is in the hands of the emperor's family.

However, the Taoist priest Tao Zhongwen actually appeared on such an occasion, which made the three pavilion elders unhappy, the first assistant Fei Hong's temperament is peaceful and tolerant, and the second assistant Jin Xianmin was born in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is the boss of the trolls (speech officials), and he has always been unable to rub sand in his eyes.

Fortunately, the old man of the Golden Pavilion is still considered to be the queen mother, and he will endure it on this occasion, and when this matter is over, it is estimated that he will write a book, and even spray Emperor Jiajing in person.

Speaking of Jiajing, it is also wronged, Bingyi Zhenren Tao Zhongwen was invited by the Empress Dowager Jiang, and it has nothing to do with him, although he respects Tao Zhongwen, he is far from being favored. Since being given a "preventive shot" by Xu Jin, Jiajing is not too interested in the so-called alchemy cultivation at all, and he is very respectful to Tao Zhongwen, largely to give his mother face.

Returning to the point, he said that Jiajing was sitting on the main seat, looking out of the palace gate from time to time, obviously eager to see his future brother-in-law.

Soon, Yan Song, the marriage envoy, and Bi Chun, the deputy envoy, cautiously entered the main hall, followed by Zhu Hou's five brother-in-law candidates.

"Knock on the emperor, the queen mother...... The five young talents who entered the final selection were brought. Yan Song and Bi Chun knelt down in front of the throne and saluted, and the five talented men behind them also knelt down and saluted.

All eyes in the hall fell on the five candidates for the pony almost at the same time, but these five were kneeling, their heads hanging low, and they couldn't see what they looked like.

Zhu Hou raised his hand slightly and said, "Wait for you to be flat, and raise your head for people to see." ”

The five candidates kowtowed again, and then stood up and raised their heads to reveal their true faces, and there was a burst of whispers at the scene, and they all tasted their heads and made comments, quite a bit of a sense of immediacy at night.

Marrying a princess is to put it bluntly, to be the royal son-in-law, plus the Ming Dynasty's concubine cannot be an official to participate in politics, no wonder talented men will disdain it.

It is worth mentioning here that in order to prevent relatives from interfering in politics, the concubines of the Ming Dynasty not only could not be officials, but the princesses would not live in the same house with the concubines after marriage, but moved to the public "dormitory" of the Ten Princes' Mansion. What's more, the concubine can't go to see the princess at will, and can only wait for the princess to summon when she needs to, and the princess can't see the concubine if she wants to, she must ask for the consent of the female official, and the female official can't see it if she doesn't agree.

In this way, marrying a princess is no different from keeping a widow, but you can't take a concubine, which is simply miserable for a man, of course, it is a great thing for the family, and you have become a relative of the emperor and the country in one step, and you have a noble status from the beginning, and you have no worries about food and clothing. Therefore, marrying a princess is a transaction that sacrifices the ego and fulfills the ego (the whole family).

Let's say that the five candidate young talents are lined up in the main hall, and the first one on the right hand is Li Chun, when Jiajing's eyes fell on this person, he couldn't help but light up, and carefully examined it from head to toe and from foot to head.

Jiajing was looking at Li Chun, Li Chun was also looking at Jiajing secretly, and under the wide sleeves of the long shirt, the ten fingers of his hands were bent, eager to try.

Li Chun secretly thought that if he pounced forward at this time, he would definitely be able to break Jiajing Xiao'er's neck, so that there would be no emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and the world would inevitably be in chaos.

Of course, Li Chun is just thinking about it, it's easy to kill Jiajing, but he himself doesn't want to escape from the palace alive, he doesn't want to die yet, and there is a great future waiting for him. What's more, killing Jiajing, there are still so many descendants of the old Zhu family who can inherit the throne, compared to killing Jiajing, Li Chun can't wait to kill Xu Jin, this is the most difficult enemy to deal with.

Therefore, Li Chun felt that it was better to play with the princess first, enter the court as a concubine, and slowly accumulate strength, even if he couldn't turn the Ming Dynasty upside down, he could finally find an opportunity to kill Xu Jin and Jiajing and escape.

At this time, Jiajing had already finished looking at Li Chun and nodded with great satisfaction. This person's appearance and temperament are excellent, although it is inferior to Xu Qing, but it is also extremely rare, after all, a character like Xu Qing is only a rarity, and Xu Qing's calm temperament that does not change color after the collapse of Mount Tai is not formed overnight, it is refined in the sea of swords and fires, where can ordinary people compare.

Zhu Hou, this kid, obviously also understood Yongfu's thoughts, and at this time, he couldn't help but use Xu Jin as a standard to measure the five candidates in front of him, but Li Chun's appearance and temperament were similar to Xu Jin.

"What's your name?" Zhu Hou looked at Li Chun and asked with a pleasant face.

Empress Dowager Jiang also looked at Li Chun with a smile, Li Chun has sword eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and an elegant and chic temperament, she likes it at a glance, and it is estimated that Yongfu also likes this type.

Li Chun bowed his hand and said without humility or arrogance: "Back to the emperor, Li Chun, a grass citizen, is a native of Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang, and is now studying in Guozijian." ”

The three elders of the cabinet all nodded when they heard this, good readers!

Yan Song is the best at observing words and feelings, and when he saw this, he interjected: "According to Bingyi's real person calculation, Li Chun's eight characters are the most compatible with Princess Yongfu, and it is a match made in heaven." ”

As soon as Yan Song said this, the other four candidates were uncomfortable, and the eunuch Bi Chun, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant seal, had a slightly dark face, because the person he bet on was Sun Bin.

Jiajing looked calm, and asked lightly: "Li Chun, do you have a meritorious reputation?" ”

Li Chun chuckled in his heart, he could give money to buy a degree from Guozijian, but he couldn't buy fame, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Back to the emperor, the grass people have not yet achieved fame, and they are planning to try their skills next year." ”

Jiajing couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard this, this person has an elegant temperament, but he hasn't achieved any fame at the age of nineteen, and he can't do it in terms of learning, and he can't compare with Xu Jin at all, and he doesn't know how to get into the country, so he probably went through the back door.

Although Jiajing is a high-ranking emperor, he also knows that the courtiers below are trying their best to get the children and nephews of the family to study in the Guozi Prison, but reading is a good thing, and it is not a big evil, so not only Jiajing, the emperors of previous dynasties have turned a blind eye to this, and sometimes on a whim they will hand-pick the children and nephews of a certain minister to enter the Guozi Prison as a reward.

Seeing Jiajing's disappointment, Bi Chun couldn't help but be secretly happy, and stepped forward and said, "Back to the emperor, one of these five talents has a meritorious reputation. ”

Jiajing hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

Bi Chun smiled and pointed to the second candidate and said: "This person's name is Sun Bin, his name is Xingzhi, he passed the government examination at the age of fourteen, and his father is the right person for the Gongwen camp." ”

Jiajing couldn't help crying and laughing, and after doing it for a long time, it turned out that he was just a child, but the fourteen-year-old Tongfu test was also very rare, so he looked at this Sun Bin carefully.

Sun Bin is about ten years old, with a national face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, heroic, tall, slightly dark skin, and is also very handsome, but unlike Li Chun, he is a completely different type, the kind of heroic and handsome.

"Hey, Sun Bin, why do I look at you so familiar?" Jiajing sighed lightly.

Sun Bin hurriedly knelt down and said: "Back to the emperor, his subordinate Sun Bin is a hundred households of Yulin Zuowei." ”

Jiajing was surprised: "It turns out that you are Yu Linwei, no wonder I look good." ”

Bi Chunchen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Sun Baihu is the top ten in this year's martial arts. ”

Jiajing suddenly smiled and said: "I see, good boy, I actually hit the idea on my sister's head, my brother-in-law is not so easy to be, let's say, why do you want to run for the horse?" I can't say a reason, and I don't need to be on duty with Yu Linwei in the future. ”