I'm a marquis in Datang

Time passed, and it was March in a blink of an eye.

Xia Guo in March has already started to get busy, because the spring plowing has begun.For the matter of spring plowing, Du Qi specially convened the cabinet and six ministries to discuss encouraging farming.

The factory affairs must be advanced, but the farming must not be neglected.

Because farming is fundamental.

If all the food in Xia Kingdom depends on purchase, the foundation of Xia Kingdom will not be stable.So the arrangement and execution of this matter took half a month.

In mid-March, Du Qicai was a little free.

On this day, when Du Qi was reviewing the government affairs, he stopped a little tired, looked at the servant beside him, and asked, "What are the empress and concubine busy these days?"

The servant said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the queen and the noble concubine have been busy all the time. They don't know what they are busy with. Even the maids in the palace don't know. But today, the queen and the noble concubine are the wives of officials above the fifth rank in the court. , have been notified to come to the harem to attend the banquet, and the harem is quite lively now."

After Du Qi heard it, he was a little happy.As soon as he pondered in his mind, he knew what it was, and it must be related to perfume.

Only women are the most suitable.

Du Qi got up and said, "Let's go, let's go to the harem."

The servant said: "This servant will arrange for someone to deliver the decree."

Du Qi waved his hand and said: "No need, just go over and have a look, there is no need to send an order."

He went straight out.

Because the weather is good today, the banquet was set up outside the hall, the wind was breezy, and there were singers dancing, it was very lively.Especially the official wives of these officials seldom participate in such occasions, so they are even more happy.

After all, it was their honor to be summoned by the Queen.

Du Qi didn't go over in person, but watched from a distance.Even if you are far away, you can hear the noisy discussions at the scene, and you can hear the joyful expressions of the wives talking about each other.

Du Qi watched from a distance, and he could probably hear the sound. It didn't take long for Du Qi to hear Li Yanyun take out the perfume and start introducing it to everyone, and at this time, the scents from Li Yanyun and Qianxue came out, and the wives came up one by one. Before, when they smelled the perfume, they all exclaimed, admiring the smell of the perfume, and began to ask where they bought the perfume from.

Together with Qianxue, Li Yanyun took the opportunity to talk about the perfume.

It attracted admiration from all the wives.

When Li Yanyun and Qian Xue mentioned the time and place where the perfume will be sold, everyone

I took it all to heart, because it smells so good.Rub a little on your body and it smells good all day long.

Du Qi watched the atmosphere reach a climax, with a smile on his face, turned around and left.Following Du Qi's departure, when he returned to the palace, Shangguanyi came, and Shangguanyi saluted, "Your Majesty!"

Du Qi waved Shangguanyi to sit down, and said, "You came to the palace today, but what's the matter?"

Shangguanyi said: "Your Majesty, there is news from bad people that there are a large number of spies from the Tang Dynasty in Xia Kingdom. Some of them are under our control right now. However, when it comes to the spies from the Tang Dynasty, whether to directly remove them? After all There are too many spies from the Tang Dynasty involved at the moment. Keeping these people around will also pose a certain threat to us."

Du Qi said in a deep voice: "You mean, tend to uproot these people?"

Shangguanyi nodded and said: "The minister agrees to take down these people, because keeping these people is a great threat to us. Moreover, the increase of these spies is not conducive to the stability of Gaochang. In times of war, keeping them is beneficial to us." Control the news. But now, the minister thinks that there is no need to keep it, and they should all be killed."

Du Qi said: "Since that's the case, you should inform Yu Deshui to mobilize our bad people and pull out Datang's nails one by one. But while pulling out these people, we must also announce their identities." , to let the common people know. Nowadays, in all parts of the Xia Kingdom, any matter involving the Tang Dynasty should make the common people vigilant and let them

Knowing that there may be spies from Datang around. "

Shangguanyi said: "I understand."

After a pause, Shangguanyi said again: "Your Majesty, I have one more matter, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Du Qidao: "But it's okay to say?"

Shangguanyi thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is about the harem. Some officials in the court think that the harem has too few concubines and His Majesty's heirs are not prosperous enough. They should recruit more concubines to enrich the harem. Another matter is The empress and noble concubine are dignified, but it is inappropriate to conduct business openly. Two things have now emerged."

When Du Qi heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes. He was not like Li Shimin, who wanted to be a benevolent emperor and sage, and he had to be scruples about face, so he was always patient with the imperial censor who made suggestions.If it involves government affairs and has something to say, no matter how sharp the words are, Du Qi will not feel anything.

When it comes to his personal affairs, Du Qi will not be relentless.

Especially his harem affairs are his private affairs.What's more, he has sons and daughters under his knees, and now Du Ye has become the crown prince, the heir apparent of the Xia Kingdom.Under this premise, Du Qi didn't care about Na Fei at all.

As for Li Yanyun and Qianxue doing business, Du Qi was even more supportive.The matter of Li Yanyun and Qianxue doing business was a move by Du Qi.If the two of them can do business in an upright manner and everyone supports it, then Du Qi will be able to introduce a woman as an official in the follow-up.

thing.

Vigorously enhance the status of women.

This is a move.

Little by little subtle changes were made to facilitate Du Qi's arrangements in the future.

Du Qi asked: "Shangguanyi, who is in charge of this matter?"

Shangguanyi replied: "Your Majesty, the person who insists on accepting your concubine in the court is mainly Yang Yousan from Yushitai. In addition, Yang Yousan is also a person from Yushitai who thinks that the empress and noble concubine are doing business."

Du Qi asked: "Shangguanyi, do you think I need to draft another concubine?"

Shangguanyi pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, if you look at the long-term peace and stability of the Xia Kingdom, and from the perspective of the stability of the Xia Kingdom, it is necessary to accept a concubine. The reason is very simple. There is only one crown prince in the Xia Kingdom. It is not that I cursed or said something. Bad words, but the prince is virtuous now, but what about the future? I don’t know what will happen. I just think that His Majesty wants more heirs, this is the starting point.”

Du Qi chuckled and said: "There are empresses and concubines, won't they continue to have children? The reason why they haven't had children these years is that after giving birth to their first child, they need to take care of their bodies, so they have never been pregnant. In the future, there must be children. If so, why do you need to accept another concubine?"

It was Du Qi, Li Yanyun, and Qian Xue who confessed that the two women did not have children.

Discussed by the public.

On the one hand, the bodies of the two are taken into consideration, because they need to take care of their bodies after giving birth.If they have children continuously, it will definitely affect their bodies. Du Qi doesn't want their bodies to be affected in any way.On the other hand, the two were also very busy and had to run their businesses, so they agreed to Du Qi's proposal.

After hearing this, Shangguanyi said: "Your Majesty's words are true, and I agree with your arrangement. As long as the queen and concubine can continue to have children, it will not affect anything, and it will not affect anything if they are not drafted."

Du Qi said: "What about the empress and concubine's business?"

Shangguanyi smiled and said: "Your Majesty once said that the business income of the empress and the noble concubine will be rushed into the internal treasury as the royal family's income and separated from the national treasury. I think this is an excellent arrangement. So I support it."

Du Qidao: "What about the cabinet members and officials from the six ministries?"

Shangguanyi smiled and said: "I believe that everyone and I have the same opinion."

Du Qi nodded and said: "That's good, then it won't have any impact, you continue to pay attention to this matter. In addition, you should investigate Yang Yousan's situation to see if there is any problem with him. A small Yushitai official, but It’s so broad, you should check it out.”

"I have always been extremely kind to the officials below. And this censor

On and off the stage, as long as there is something to say, I have never suppressed them, on the contrary, I have given them a lot of favor. "

Du Qi said: "Nowadays there are people who want to criticize, so watch this matter carefully. After all, in our country of Xia, for the time being, there is no censor who wants to gain reputation through advice, and achieve his own reputation by stepping on the monarch."

Shangguanyi's heart trembled, his face was full of seriousness, because he heard Du Qi's voice.

Yang Yousan stirred up public opinion and asked for his own death.