female concubine

"All blessings to the official family." Several palace officials retreated to one side.

Wu withdrew her hand, "All blessings to the official family."

"Daddy."

"uncle."

The emperor bowed and picked up his niece, looking at a cluster of purple-red buttercups in full bloom beside him, "Did the impatiens bloom so early this year?"

Xiao Youqing waved his hand, and the palace servants took the child out of the yard, and the wet nurse took the girl from the emperor's arms, "I will leave."

"Is the official family unhappy because of the courtiers or concubines?" Seeing her sitting down and raising her eyebrows, Xiao Youqing hesitated to speak, and said with a smile: "So there are all of them?"

"When did the officials become so emboldened?"

The emperor raised his head and stared into her eyes, and said seriously: "It's just that I always feel that I am not good enough. I don't want to restrict what you can do and what you can do to others. I don't want to restrain you and dare not speak harsh words to make you feel that you are not good enough. I'm an emperor, I just want you to at least get freedom and breath in this big house where you can't get out. Under the phoenix crown is the admiration of the world, but I know that even so it is under the imperial power. I used to hold it , I dare not hold it too tight, and it is the same now, just like Sister Shu said, keeping it is the most difficult thing."

Xiao Youqing opened her Danfeng eyes and remained motionless, staring silently for a long time, "I transferred Mrs. Wu to Shangshu for introspection, but I saw her in Chongwen Academy that day, she was clever and well-versed in literature, and she was more or less following Dalang's side. I can mention that her age is the best among the people, and she can't bear her suffering in the front province even if she is in the same place. Ah Qian doesn't want me to think that you are the emperor, and I don't want this place that belongs to us to be bullied everywhere. Restricted by the law of etiquette, etiquette can convince people, but not the heart. To convince people, you can only use emotion. Convince people with emotion and convince the heart with emotion. There are always many unsatisfactory things in the world, and it depends on how you resolve them.”

Xiao Youqing held her hand, "Da Lang is too benevolent and filial. If there is no confidant to give up his life to remind him, in this city, this benevolence and filial piety will harm him instead."

The emperor lowered his head and reflected for a while, then said: "What the sage taught, Wei Qian has been taught." Then he got up and walked behind Xiao Youqing, stretched out his hand to pinch her shoulder, "Actually, what I'm really angry about is the dispute in the court just now. .”

"What's the fight in the court?"

"For the construction of the canal, the project was stopped because the third department could not allocate money. At the beginning of the year, it was clear that the tax revenue of the Ministry of Households had doubled compared with before. This year, the imperial army and the standing army in Hebei were added, but the main reason is that there are too many officials. All the money went into the mouths of the courtiers, and they insisted on the seal of my relatives a while ago. If I want to reduce the layoffs at this time, it will be impossible to justify it. From this incident, it can be seen that most people in the court are conservative and want to reform. hard."

"The disadvantages of reform can not be achieved by the power of the official alone. It needs the promotion of the courtiers. The hearts of the people make the city, and the mouth is the gold. The official is the person behind the scenes who supports it. The official has only recently ascended the throne, and the first Jinshi has not yet appeared. , should not act too hastily.”

"Well, but the construction of the canal is a matter of benefiting the people and the country. If the canal can be dredged as soon as possible to promote the north and the south, it will also promote development and economy, and prepare for the recovery of Hexi in the future."

"Since the officials say that all the money has gone into the pockets of the courtiers, since the country needs money but has no money, can it be calculated from these courtiers?"

"It's not easy to spit out what you eat."

"So we need to make a good start. There are quite a few ministers in the country who came from merchants and wealthy families. Can we use the gift money to advance and let them pay for it?"

"Gift? Isn't this a buying and selling of official positions?" The emperor raised his brows, "Liu Hanchao has this method, but the country is very short of money."

Xiao Youqing shook his head and said: "Civil and military casual ranks and lords only have names. To put it nicely, it is an honor, but if it is not good, it is just a name that hangs on the body. The scattered ranks and Jilu officials will definitely be abolished in the future Those who lost these things, but the Confucian scholars in the court and the middle school ruled the country according to the rules of propriety and law, so the old system is hard to change, but once things reach the extreme, they will be full of profit and loss. If you want to eliminate the malpractice, you must completely expose the malpractice to the wild, and then there is a reason to merge Clearing up but they can’t open their mouths even if they want to stop it, in this way they get money and clean up incompetent officials, but in this process, the officials will inevitably have to be rebuked by Taiwan for a while.”

"My sister explained it like this, it's not like selling an official, but defrauding an official. The biggest liar in the country is the emperor."

Xiao Youqing picked up the broken flowers on the plate, "If you lack two taels of silver, you can become an official without starvation, but if you don't have these two taels, the common people will suffer. This is the reason why the wine and meat of Zhumen are smelly, and there are frozen bones on the road. Raising them, the things they take out will eventually go into their pockets. Moreover, the concubine heard that the Shaoqing Liu of Honglu Temple is the home of merchants in Kaifeng. Yes, but a God of Wealth."

Wei Huan blinked his eyes and then moved the high chair on one side to sit down, took the plate containing the dye solution from Xiao Youqing's hand, put aside the topic and said, "I'll dye it for my sister." He also passed the clear water on the stone table, as if to please Usually wash her hands.

"The concubine just washed her hands."

"..."

Seeing Xiao Youqing staring at it all the time, she continued to talk about the court affairs, "You can't keep staring at the God of Wealth's family, and this donation must have a beginning, should I also take some out?"

"Does the official have any money?"

"After entering the big house, the six sons will take care of the outside affairs, and the business in the Goulan will not be affected by the current situation. After receiving the money, my sister will take it and donate it in the name of the middle palace."

Xiao Youqing nodded, "Let's start with my relatives. Last time I moved the family law in front of my relatives, this time I should be able to see the effect."

The emperor smiled and wrapped the piece of silk carefully around his slender fingers, "My sister is all about me, so don't you feel sorry for your mother's family?"

Xiao Youqing withdrew his hand, "The concubine is not facing the official family, the concubine is His Majesty's queen."

She put her washed and dried hands on Xiao Youqing's shoulders and bowed her waist, and whispered: "I don't believe it, Your Highness the Queen has no selfishness at all?"

Xiao Youqing tilted his head, "You still ask if you know?"

"If you know it, you know it, but it's different when my sister says it herself."

"The courtiers and concubines don't know how to speak nice words, nor do they say flattering words to please the officials. They only want to do things that can solve the problems of the officials. They think of the words of the officials. May the world be peaceful and happy forever."

The hands on the shoulders immediately slid to the back of the waist, bowed and hugged the man from the stone bench, "These are better than love words."

Xiao Youqing hugged her neck, "I will trouble the officials and concubines to write a family letter and send it to the elders of the clan in a while."

"Don't rush this moment."

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At the beginning of June in the second year of Qianyuan, Shuo participated in the construction of the canal, and the court once again discussed the construction of the canal. In addition to collecting funds from private merchants, the foreign relative Longxi Xiao took the lead and Tongping Zhang Shi Lu Wei donated funds to the court.

In the first ten days of June, the envoys of the Three Divisions listed the funds raised and submitted them to the emperor. "The donations raised by the Three Divisions amounted to 20 million yuan from merchants, and the Xiao family, who was a relative of the court officials, was the most. The 33 households totaled 270 million yuan, of which Jinbei The Bo family donated a total of 50 at most, and the 260 households of the Jiang family in Jinling totaled [-] million, and the details of the donations of the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups are written in the booklet."

"These centuries-old families are richer than me, and Uncle Ji Bei also paid his fortune for his unworthy son."

"According to what I know, the money also used Mrs. Jibei's dowry, and Mrs. Duan Guotai also gave a part to the second son."

"What about the rest?"

"There are 50 people from the Lu family in the courtiers, and many officials donated money because of the first move, but the amount is not large, and the total is only more than one million, but..." The third envoy opened One page of the book reads, "Liu Shubai, Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, donated one million and [-] shi of grain to his family alone."

The third envoy said worriedly: "It has not been a year since Shaoqing changed his official position and entered Beijing, so such a big deal has aroused the suspicion of the courtiers."

"There is nothing to be suspicious about. If you walk down the street, within ten steps, the signboard under the long banner must be engraved with the word Liu. This is accumulated by their ancestors. The rice eaten by your family is not only from the Du branch. The rest of the salary should belong to the Liu family." The emperor lowered his head and stared at the numbers in the booklet, "However, these courtiers, more than half of the children of the aristocratic families combined donated as much as the Liu family, even without their family Where did all the money from the imperial court go, such a wealth of thousands of dollars?"

The third envoy replied: "Since the first emperor, extravagance has prevailed. Housing prices and land prices around the imperial city have doubled. Poor families can't afford to live in a house, so they rent a house. The family pays attention to face and family style. The scholar-officials have married their daughters and sold their houses. As a dowry, courtiers competed to marry rich women, and even accepted rich widows, while the rich farmed thousands of miles, owned several houses, and even more ostentatious. When it came to donating money to build the canal, they all shrank their heads."

"The style of extravagance was not unique to the first emperor's dynasty. It was left by Emperor Tai. Zugao. He would rather waste money than give it away. It was because the dynasty was tolerant of scholar-bureaucrats and treated them too much. Have a good time, just go in and out."

The servant handed another booklet submitted by the third envoy to the emperor. After reading a few pages, he accidentally saw the names of Chen Yu and Su Yu on the front.

The third envoy said: "Several scholarly families are evenly matched. Su Sijian's family has fallen, so his background is not high. Now he donates half of the family property to show his intentions. If there are more people like Su Sijian in the court ..."

"Then I'd rather not build the canal." The emperor put Bozi together and threw it on the case, "He doesn't need to show his loyalty to me, I'm not blind, and the saying that different ways don't conspire is also applicable to monarchs and ministers."

The third envoy probably understood the meaning of the emperor's words, "Your Majesty inherits the last wishes of the late emperors, and aims to recover the Kyushu in the Han land, which is beyond the reach of the ministers."

"When Qing Zaiyan is recovered, transfer part of the proceeds to the Water Division of the Ministry of Industry and Industry of Shangshu Province, and order him to dredge the main river section first."

"Yes."

"Six sons."

Qi Liu stepped forward, "Officials."

"Let Cen Nehan come over."

"Have the officials forgotten again? Jiang Neihan and Lu Neihan are the only ones staying in the Hanlin Academy today."

The emperor frowned, "Jiang Shi and Lu Shi..."

"The villain is going to announce the two Nehans?"

"Forget it, I'll make the edict myself, and let the Minister of the Ministry of Officials come over and the people from the Sifeng Division to come over."

"Yes."

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In the first ten days of June of the second year of Qianyuan, he ordered Dujin to issue a report to the mansion under the roster submitted by the three divisions of the Academy, and posted a list in front of Xuande Gate, not according to the size of the official position, but according to the donated silver. The emperor rewarded the former: Jin Prime Minister Qinghe County founded a state public food town with [-] households, and [-] households were sealed for additional food, and the ranks were specially advanced; the Shaoqing of Jinhonglu Temple was the servant of the Ministry of Industry, and he worshiped Zhengfeng as a doctor; Xiao Jiang and the two clans had knights in the food town In the end, even Zuo Sijian and Su Yu paid homage to Dr. Zhongsan, which attracted the red eyes of many courtiers, and they asked the third division again for gifts, and some even put half of their family property on it. The treasury more than doubled.

The emperor ordered Liu Shubai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to take charge of the construction of the canal, and he was fully responsible for dredging the canal.

The scarlet official uniform and whitebait bag worn by Zhongsan doctor Wupin Sanjie were neatly folded in the suitcase. Su Yu was still wearing the green robe before and knelt in front of the Chuigong Hall.

"There was a canal in the previous dynasty, some of which were damaged by the war of the Ten Kingdoms, and then it was abandoned because the dynasty had no money to support it. In addition to dredging the canal, it also needs to be expanded on the original basis. The money collected from the courtiers should be enough to support it. Half a year, I hope you will not disappoint my hard work."

Liu Shubai took the construction blueprint given to him by the emperor and the landscape map drawn by the Imperial Academy to thank him, "Thanks to your majesty's trust, I will do my best to handle this matter well."

"Officials, Zuo Si admonishes Su Yu to see him." Qi Liu walked into the hall and said.

The emperor propped his forehead, "He is so annoying."

Liu Shubai lowered his head, "Su Sijian is a young man, so it's inevitable that he only sees the immediate future and ignores the long-term. Young people are young and don't know how to be flexible."

The emperor's face darkened, "He doesn't look back until he hits the south wall, thinking that I really have a good temper."

The author has something to say: Xiaoliu’s way of doing this is a bit foolish (just kidding). In fact, the country of the Han Dynasty had no money, and the court relied on selling officials. Later, it monopolized salt and iron.She only added Shiyi and Sanjie, except that Liu Shubo added a ministerial officer (in the early Northern Song Dynasty, the ministers and ministers of all ministries and ministers were all official ranks and did not receive duties. Generally, it was the right to know a certain minister or a minister, and the right meant temporary service. , the author dislikes the trouble, and temporarily uses Yuanfeng to take over the department as a post officer after the restructuring.)

I don’t have power but I want them all, because scholar-bureaucrats are proud of being promoted to a doctor (because being rich wears scarlet or purple, the vanity of the ancients was also very heavy)

Note: The man of Kaiguo with [-] households in Shiyi, the son of Kaiguo with [-] households, the uncle of Kaiguo with more than [-] households, the marquis of Kaiguo with more than [-] households, the Duke of Kaiguo with more than [-] households, and the Duke of a certain country with more than [-] households in Shiyi.

The enfeoffment of food towns is divided into six grades, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, five hundred, seven hundred (Jiedu envoys enter) one thousand (prime ministers enter), and the real food seals are not six grades, one hundred, two hundred, three hundred , four hundred, five hundred, six hundred.

The title and rank are promoted according to the official position. In fact, the prime minister must be named the Duke of the country. This kind of warning is in it, Lu Wei is the prime minister who was recommended by his former prime minister, hahaha I guess you all forgot, the former prime minister was the late emperor's confidant and once brought Liang Wenfu.)

The meaning of Sanjie is not only receiving salary, but also related to chapter clothes, the third rank and above wear purple, the fifth rank and above wear scarlet, the sixth and seventh ranks are green, and green. (So ​​it will appear that the rank has not yet reached the rank but the official rank has arrived.)

Therefore, to say that Song was rich but still poor and weak was defeated by this redundant word.

Only some important people are mentioned in the article about adding officials and ranks.

I just mentioned it in my speech, trying to simplify the article and not make it too complicated.

Huanhuan really loves his sister so badly, and is afraid that his identity will bring barriers and oppression.

In fact, everyone should have doubts about the time when my sister was tempted (not very early) at least before Zhengdan, she didn’t like it or didn’t feel it (she would say those things to Weng Weng, it’s all because she originally hated her father and grandfather and Complaints can be understood as the little girl’s angry words, she made it clear that she was married to her husband, and of course she only told her grandfather) Later, she realized it later, but it was actually quite scheming, because she has been grasping the heroine’s lack of people to care about this weakness.Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2020-05-3006:07:29~2020-05-3106:30:10~

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