After the emperor summoned Hong Shanchang, the empress dowager actually summoned Hong Shanchang's daughter the next day, and praised her for her filial piety and upright character, and gave her a piece of Lu silk. She also sent her trusted female official Yuquan to escort her out of the palace. For many people, this was a big question that they had to guess for many days. But at noon on this day, they found that they didn't have to guess anymore.
Because the Empress Dowager issued an imperial decree, appointing Hong as Princess Yongping's tutor, and all her rank and treatment were the same as those of the princes and friends.
Although there was an official position called Prince Friend among the royal officials in the Tang Dynasty, except for a few of the most prominent princes during the most prosperous years, this position was in name only most of the time.
Especially those princes who were later left to fend for themselves in the mansions of the Tenth Prince or even the Sixteenth Prince. They had never even seen the system of royal officials. There were not even royal tutors and chief secretaries, let alone any royal friends below the fifth rank.
In the Ming Dynasty, the position of Prince Friend was also sometimes there and sometimes not. In addition, the princes were often very cautious in granting titles, and very few could be granted the title of prince when there was a crown prince. Those princes who were granted titles outside were all outdated and insignificant characters. Therefore, the prince himself did not care whether there was such an official position as Prince Friend among the officials in the palace, and the officials who were named would sigh that they were unlucky.
Therefore, many people hurriedly flipped through the books after hearing the news, and finally found out that Hong's position as the princess's tutor was compared to the position of the prince's friend, and after finding out, they all felt that it was a bit mysterious.
The princes and friends of the Ming Dynasty are also from the fifth rank!
This is not low for ordinary officials. However, if we look at it from the perspective of the goal of the eldest prince's consort, it seems far from it. Of course, most people think that the title of the eldest prince's consort sounds glamorous, but in fact it is a bottomless pit. On the contrary, the title of Princess Yongping's tutor can enjoy the treatment of a fifth-rank official and be close to the emperor and empress. Isn't it wonderful
When countless people's attention was focused on the Hong family's incident, Zhu Tingfang, who was originally ordered to pacify Cangzhou, returned to Beijing and threw a few pirates to the Ministry of War. Naturally, few people paid attention to this "trivial matter".
After all, the Cangzhou incident had been discussed again and again in the court, and then was suppressed by endless incidents, such as the sudden appearance of the deposed queen, the imperial chef selection competition, the sudden formation of a bustling business district around the Xinglong Tea House, and the sudden appearance of building a public school in the outer city...
As a result, both the court officials and the common people felt overwhelmed. Even Zhang Shou, who was said to have accompanied the emperor to meet with Hong Shanzhang and Yue Shanzhang yesterday, and who was said to have accompanied the empress dowager to meet Hong Shi today with Zhu Ying, was too lazy to comment after hearing about it.
As a handsome, elegant, mysterious poor young man who has never faded from people's sight since he came to the capital last year, they would not be surprised if one day people could ascend to heaven playing the flute with Zhu Ying like Xiao Lang and Nong Yu did in the past.
However, facing the piece of Lu silk and the imperial edict, Hong Shanchang, who was arranged to live in Yashe, was very disappointed. As soon as the imperial envoy left, he could not help but be furious at Hong.