In the Ten Princes' Mansion on the east side of Wangfu Street, it is a place for the prince who is inconvenient to live in the palace after adulthood, but has not been "sealed", as a transitional residence before the "sealing", and it is also a place where the princess lives after marriage.

Just a few days ago, Chongzhen thought that it was common sense for husband and wife to live together after marriage, and abolished the bad rule that the princess of the Ming Dynasty lived alone in the Ten Princes' Mansion after marriage, and the concubine could only wait for the princess to call before they could meet.

The system of female stewards, who were originally responsible for managing the life of the princess and her husband and wife after marriage, was abolished; When a princess marries her husband's family, all the elders of the husband's family, including her in-laws, have to pay tribute to the princess has been abolished; The long-standing strict rule that no one in the family of a colt should be an official was also abolished.

If it was in the past, Chongzhen's drastic restructuring would inevitably be impeached by the officials, after all, these systems are mainly to prevent foreign relatives from messing with politics.

However, under Chongzhen's continuous blows, the unscrupulousness of the officials has been greatly reined in, and now Li Kuilong, who is hot in the Imperial Procuratorate, is even more subservient to Chongzhen, so the officials also turn a blind eye to Chongzhen's move to rectify the princess's mansion.

When Chongzhen ascended the throne, Zhu Yaoyuan, the fifth daughter of Emperor Muzong, was the eldest princess in the Ten Princes' Mansion, and was named the eldest princess, Shang Ma Wanwei, the official Taifu, the seal of the Zongren's mansion, and the son Wan Changzuo.

Zhu Yaoyuan and the concubine Wan Wei have a very deep relationship with the couple, but due to the system of the princess's mansion, they rarely see the concubine. And her son Wan Changzuo was not raised by her side since she was a child, which also made her depressed and unhappy, and she recited Buddhist scriptures every day to relieve her loneliness.

When Chongzhen abolished the old system of the princess's mansion and let her live with her family, she suddenly felt very cheerful and had a great impression of Chongzhen.

The princesses behind Emperor Shenzong are Princess Rongchang and Princess Shouning, and Emperor Guangzong has daughters: Princess Zhu Huiyan of Ningde, Princess Zhu Huijing of Suiping, Princess Zhu Huiyuan of Le'an, and Emperor Xizong has no children alive after him.

Princess Zhu Huiyuan of Le'an is 16 years old and has not yet married, and is still living with her mother Concubine Li Kang in the Renshou Hall of the palace, while Princess Zhu Huijing of Suiping has just married Qi Zanyuan at the beginning of the year.

These five princesses were liberated from the luxurious prison-like princess mansion in the Ten Princes' Mansion, and Chongzhen naturally won the favor of the princesses.

Princess Ruian is a few people in the royal family, she is Chongzhen's aunt, and she is also from the Empress Dowager Xiaoding, the same generation as Li Mingcheng, Marquis of Wuqing, but her status is much higher than that of Marquis Wuqing.

When the rumors of the Empress Dowager Xiaoding began to circulate in the community, the eldest princess Ruian was the first to stand up, united the three princesses, and impeached the father and son of the Marquis of Wuqing, and the rumors spread the heart of the country.

It was with the support of this eldest princess with a high status that Chongzhen's political influence on the Marquis of Wuqing to seize the vouchers was minimized.

Although the late Princess Yanqing's concubine Wang Yu was inclined to the Donglin Party, she also had no good impression of the nobles. For Chongzhen's action to rectify the nobles, he is also very supportive.

For this reason, Chongzhen ordered him to be in charge of the affairs of the Zongren Mansion to assist the Marquis of Fengcheng to set up the House of Nobles and manage the nobles.

Except for a few emperors in the Ming Dynasty, the heirs were not prosperous. And the two emperors of Guangzong and Xizong were not among these few, so when several princesses moved out, the ten princes' mansions suddenly fell empty.

The Marquis of Fengcheng was ordered to raise the House of Nobles and needed a place for deliberations, so Chongzhen asked people to clean up a mansion in the Ten Princes' Mansion as the office and meeting place of the House of Nobles.

This was the day when the House of Lords was established and its first deliberations were held. The nobles and nobles of the Ming Dynasty have been divided into two factions since they became ancestors, one is the remnants of Hongwu who remained in Nanjing, and basically has no influence on the government.

On the other hand, the Beijing nobles who made their fortune with the success of Chengzu Jingnan, although under the suppression of civilian officials, they basically lost the right to speak about the government and politics, but they still retained part of the military power of Gyeonggi defense and defense of the imperial palace.

This kind of power comes from the emperor's trust, and when the emperor does not believe in the nobles, their position will become very awkward.

The Ming Dynasty was knighted for military merit, which means that basically every noble is a general. It stands to reason that they should all shoulder the responsibility of commanding the army against foreign enemies in wartime. Today, however, this responsibility has become a joke.

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty were not proficient in martial arts, and most of them did not understand literature and science. As honorable people, they don't have to study or work hard, as long as they ask the emperor for an official position when they become adults, they can hang an official position in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Beijing Camp or the Jinyi Guard, and then enjoy the happy life of not having to go to work and get a salary.

After Chongzhen came to power, their noble days suddenly became sad. Zhu Youzhen used the excuse that Wei Zhongxian's knighthood was too indiscriminate, and vigorously reduced the Jilu officials, almost killing one-third of the Jilu officials in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Jingying, and Jinyiwei, and the remaining Jilu officials were also halved and distributed, which has made the nobles complain.

And Chongzhen's practice of building a noble house to manage Xungui and wanting to reduce Xuntian made them feel even more dissatisfied.

The nobles and nobles of the martyrdom have always looked forward to the British duke, but the British duke said that he was sick and closed the door, so that these lords suddenly lost their backbone.

Under the British duke, Xu Xi, the Duke of Dingguo, should be the leader, but Xu Xi, who is already 60 years old, has always been cautious and does not dare to come forward to confront the emperor. And Zhu Chunchen, another Duke of Chengguo, is about the same age as Chongzhen, and he can't come forward at all.

In this way, the nobles pushed the Marquis of Wuqing out, they originally thought that with this high-ranking and senior relatives coming forward, it was not good for Emperor Chongzhen, who was still a teenager, to tear his face and attack his relatives.

But Chongzhen really flows the blood of Taizu, and his temperament is very mean, for his own ancestor Wu Qinghou started black and fast, and Tsinghua Garden, known as the first garden in the capital, was forcibly bought by the emperor, not to mention, the money to buy the garden also let Wu Qinghou take it out to help.

And the eldest princess Ruian stood up for Chongzhen and scolded her mother's relative Wu Qinghou, and even endorsed the emperor's actions by the way.

At the same time, the British princess Sun Zhang Shijie was in charge of the brocade clothes guard, and after successively arresting nine nobles such as the Marquis of Yangwu, the Marquis of Anyuan, and Xin Chengbo, these nobles and nobles finally had a feeling of panic.

Some nobles who originally learned from the Marquis of Wu Qingqing and posted a note on the door of their house that "this courtyard is urgently sold" to cry poor secretly tore off the note on the door, as if such a thing had never happened.

And many clever nobles ran to curry favor with the Marquis of Fengcheng, trying to regain the emperor's trust.

Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, looked at the nobles gathered with satisfaction, except for the few people who were arrested, the British Duke who was sick and did not have to attend by the emperor's special order, and Wei Liangqing, the remaining 34 lords in the capital had already sat honestly in the hall.

He talked a little with the concubine Wang Yu who was sitting next to him, and then said to everyone in the hall: "I have just read the constitution of the House of Lords to everyone, who disagrees?" ”

Li Shouqi, the uncle of Xiangcheng, asked with a little hope: "If we all oppose this, can this charter be amended?" ”

Li Chengzuo lowered his head and glanced at Uncle Xiangcheng, and then said seriously: "I'm afraid not, but I can report the list of opponents to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can understand." ”

Li Shouqi's face suddenly turned red, but he didn't dare to scold the sentence in his heart after all. Several nobles who originally wanted to echo Xiangcheng Bo suddenly shrank their bodies back into the crowd.

With this question and answer, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly fell silent, and the nobles neither spoke out against the constitution nor spoke in support, as if they wanted to use silence to protest against Chongzhen's practice.

Li Chengzuo looked at the performance of these nobles in the hall, and just sneered in his heart, he turned his gaze to Xu Xiyin, the Marquis of Yongkang, who was sitting in the southeast corner, and nodded at him slightly.

Although Xu Xiyin had already been told by Li Chengzuo that he would be the first to support the statutes of the House of Nobles at the meeting, he couldn't help but hesitate a little when he looked at the silent scene in the hall.

Seeing that Xu Xiyin didn't stand up to support as agreed, Li Chengzuo suddenly became a little dissatisfied, and he coughed heavily a few times, wanting to remind Xu Xiyin not to break the contract.

However, before the Marquis of Yongkang could speak, a voice sounded first, "The constitution of this noble house is fair and reasonable, and I raise my hands in favor of it." ”

All the nobles in the hall immediately turned their attention to the people who spoke out in support, wanting to see who was so bold and dared to risk breaking with all the nobles, and was the first to speak out in support of the noble management regulations drafted by Chongzhen.

Wu Qingbo Li Mingcheng turned a blind eye to the suspicious eyes of many nobles, and reiterated to Li Chengzuo again: "I, Wu Qingbo, have always been loyal to Your Majesty, and I will not hesitate to plan for the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, there are many children of the nobles in the capital, and it is the good fortune of our generation that Your Majesty has formulated a charter to manage the lawless people among the nobles, so why should we not support it..."

Li Mingcheng said it impassionedly, as if the person who put his family's belongings on the street a few days ago to resist Chongzhen's reduction of Xuntian was not him.

Li Shouqi, the uncle of Xiangcheng, looked at Wu Qingbo and Li Mingcheng talking eloquently, without the slightest hint of shame, and was stunned. And in the hearts of many nobles, they couldn't help but scold this brazen old thief.

After Yongkang Hou Xu Xiyin heard Wu Qingbo's voice, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He promised Fengcheng Hou to speak out for the first time, but he couldn't do it. If Fengcheng Hou reported his performance today to Chongzhen, wouldn't he be making trouble for himself.

After thinking about this, Xu Xiyin immediately stood up and became the second noble who supported the constitution of the House of Lords. With these two people taking the lead, some of the nobles who were already wavering suddenly echoed the two.

And when the supporters in the hall exceeded half, even the nobles who wanted to resist to the end were unwilling to be recorded by the Marquis of Fengcheng and reported to the emperor.

As a result, the management regulations of the House of Nobles drafted by Hui Chongzhen were all adopted, and the nobles of Nanjing who were not present and the Marquis of Yangwu who were arrested had been left behind by the nobles present.