0p0 Chapter 678 Your father's father's...father's son-in-law
Chapter 678 Your father's father's...father's son-in-law
Other members of the Zhu family who died young: Well, well, what difference does it make if one more person lives a long life these days!
"In the eleventh year of the Yongle reign, Princess Baoqing was nineteen years old. Given the environment of early marriage and childbirth at that time, her marriage had to be put on the agenda."
"Then one day, Judy passed by the Jin Chuan Gate of the Imperial City and bumped into a handsome young man. And just like that, she had found a suitable brother-in-law."
Wan Chao's crowd: Holy crap! This is so hasty!
"His brother-in-law, having reached this age, has a large and powerful family and many subordinates. Among them is a specialist in investigations, who can easily uncover the background of the imperial son-in-law."
Judy: Produced by Yongle, an essential item for finding people!!
"This handsome young man is named Zhao Hui. He comes from a respectable family and has a relatively simple background. His father died in the war in Annam, and Zhao Hui inherited the position of commander of a thousand households."
"His background wasn't particularly high, but in the Ming Dynasty's circle of imperial sons-in-law, it was considered quite good, especially in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, when there were also candidates for imperial sons-in-law from commoner backgrounds."
In other timelines, everyone looked surprised; the Ming Dynasty's imperial son-in-law seemed rather low-ranking, and the answer began to surface in their minds.
"The reason for doing this may be because the lessons learned from the chaos caused by the maternal relatives of previous dynasties were too profound. Therefore, the maternal relatives of the Ming Dynasty were guarded against from the beginning, and the backgrounds of the empresses or consorts were not high."
"Speaking of which, the princess's power has declined with each reign. On another note, Zhu Di finalized the selection of his sister's wife, and the princess was officially married. It is said that the wedding was very grand, and Judy even had the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi personally escort her aunt."
"Perhaps because Princess Baoqing was young and of a higher generation, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji took good care of her. Zhao Hui was naturally also taken care of. However, this good fortune did not last long, and Baoqing still passed away in the eighth year of Xuande."
"It has to be said that among all of Zhu's sons-in-law, Zhao Hui was the luckiest. Zhu Zhanji passed away not two years later, just like him."
"Then, when Zhu Qizhen went to study abroad, Esen demanded money from him. At that time, Zhao Hui even wrote a letter urging him to fight against Esen. This was probably the first time in history."
"Then, Emperor Yingzong was restored to the throne. He treated his great-uncle, who was of a slightly older generation, not too badly. Zhao Hui went to Nanjing to retire, or more accurately, to let himself go."
"His life in his middle and later years was extravagant. He had more than a hundred concubines, possibly more than the emperor's own concubines. This proved that he was truly energetic and lasted until the fourteenth year of the Chenghua reign."
"Of course, there are also claims that he was defaming himself. In any case, he lived through nine dynasties, from the Yongle era when he first became involved with the Zhu family until the Chenghua era. He's practically a living fossil now!"
The Great Ming War God: ?乛?乛? Hehe! I ruled two dynasties!
"So his funeral once put the Ministry of Rites in a dilemma. They wrote to Emperor Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen, asking what should be done. Emperor Ming Xianzong was puzzled. The Ministry of Rites said that he was the son-in-law of the father's ...
Emperor Zhu Jianshen of the Ming Dynasty: Holy crap, the son-in-law of the founding emperor!
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: Stop with the nonsense, just simplify it!
"There has never been such a long-lived imperial son-in-law in the Ming Dynasty. This is the first time since the founding of the country. In the end, the funeral was held as a funeral for the imperial son-in-law, and a day of court service was also given as a bonus. After all, in terms of seniority, Zhao Hui was his great-great-grandfather."
"Those of higher seniority were introduced earlier, including Princess Hanshan. There were only sixteen emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and she met almost half of them. Goodness, her seniority kept increasing because she lived a long life!"
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