female concubine

Jiang Luochuan saw that the emperor had been rejected for several days in a row, so he knelt down in front of the Chuigong Hall, "Please give me your majesty's favor!"

Zipao stepped out of the hall, and walked down the steps calmly to the kneeling Feipao, "You are already a father, can't you think about your child?"

Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhang Hou raised his eyebrows and said, "If it's not for the sake of you marrying my sister..." Zhang Hou squeezed the wat board, "Why are you so stubborn?"

Seeing that Fei Pao said nothing, Zhang Hou said again: "The official family is the Son of Heaven, you and I are just courtiers, and being a courtier should stop at respect. What does Heaven want to do, how can manpower hinder it?"

"The reform is to strengthen the country. Your majesty regained Hexi to fulfill the last wish of our ancestors. So why set up female officials to let women stand side by side with you and me? The first rule in the ancestor's precept is that women are not allowed to participate in politics. Your majesty can even subvert the ancestral etiquette." , what else can’t be done in the future?”

"you…"

"Censor Zhongcheng Jiang Luochuan, please give me your favor!"

The voice spread into the hall, and the emperor just turned over the Wanyan book presented by Yushi Zhongcheng, and immediately turned cold, "Let him in."

"Yes."

The servant stepped out of the vermilion lacquer hall threshold, "The official has a decree, Xuan Yushi Zhongcheng has an audience."

Jiang Luochuan raised his knees to support himself, and immediately took two steps back. Seeing this, Zhang Hou quickly supported him, "The official is willing to see you, don't be so stubborn, think more about your wife and children."

Jiang Luochuan took the wat board and shook off Zhang Hou's hand and walked forward, "How can a minister be afraid and give up speaking out, how can he shrink back because of his family."

"Then sign and leave the book." Zhang Hou, who has always been gentle, suddenly became angry, "It was my father's intention to let Sanniang marry you, but now that my father is gone, I have nothing to worry about. I only have this little sister, and I must not Let her wander with you."

Jiang Luochuan paused, "Please go ahead." Then he stepped forward.

In the hall, the emperor sat leaning on the edge of the table holding the Wanyan book.

"My lord, Yushi Zhongcheng Jiang Luochuan kowtows to His Majesty, Your Majesty bows down to all blessings."

"Is there something wrong?" The emperor raised his head suppressing his anger.

"Your Majesty violated the ancestral system and disobeyed the rules established by Emperor Tai. Storms, if in the future the yin prospers and the yang declines, and the universe turns upside down..."

"Enough!" The emperor scolded in a hoarse voice, and immediately walked down the steps to Jiang Luochuan, "I see that you don't want to hear you say these extreme words." The emperor tore the Wanyan book in half and threw it On Jiang Luochuan's face.

"I will stop Su Yu from going abroad to be a small official who is not in charge, so that he will never return to Beijing in my dynasty. He is the number one scholar and you are Tanhua. You should be prime ministers at this age," the emperor said. Turning around, "You can scold me for holding grudges behind your back, yes, I'm just for holding grudges, and I won't demote you out of Beijing, so just stay in the capital and watch Mrs. Liu carefully!"

Jiang Luochuan knelt down and raised his head, "The system of the state, respect for the virtuous and corporal, and Taizong Taizong are all like this. The purpose of setting up the Imperial History Platform and the Court of Admonitions is to persuade the king to be virtuous. Dare to say..."

"Shut up!" The emperor pointed at Fei Pao, "You selfish and narrow-minded people always only have your own interests in your eyes, and you keep saying that you are for the country, and you call yourself a gentleman, which is really hypocritical."

"His Majesty…"

"roll!"

-----------------------

In the 12th year of Qianyuan, Zuo Sijian Su Yu was demoted for disobeying the emperor because of his disrespectful remarks in the court hall. The emperor demoted him to Sima of Leizhou in a rage.

The Ministry of Officials sent the order of office to Su Yu. On the way, several officials sighed in the carriage, "The number one scholar has a bright future, so why can't he think about going against the sky."

"Who knows what Susi... Su Sima is thinking about again."

"Su Yu was relegated to Leizhou. Leizhou is thousands of miles away. The officials of the state Sima are more idle than the idle officials and the local officials. Can they come back after being relegated to that kind of place? Look at Yushi Zhongcheng again. The same is true. Contradicting and disobeying, the result is only downgraded by one level, at most, he changed from the scarlet robe to the green robe, but this Su Yu was directly demoted to the green robe."

"Let's demote, let's demote. After all, he is a high-ranking official, and he is better than those low-ranking officials. What are we worrying about?"

The carriage with the official lanterns was parked at the entrance of Su's residence, and several officials in green robes walked into Su's residence, "Su Sima."

Su Yu packed up, saluted and walked out, patted his dusty sleeves and cupped his hands.

The officials handed over the posting order, "The higher-ups have explained that when the order arrives... stop leaving the country and leave the customs immediately."

"Exit..." Su Yu smiled as he received the order, "He has endured it for so long, and I'm afraid he wants me to leave long ago."

"What's the trouble with Su Sima, he has a bright future."

"The king is self-willed, letting a woman next to his bed control the country's military and political affairs, so the future is not worth mentioning."

The officials shook their heads one after another, "Twice in charge of the country, Her Royal Highness the Martial Arts Empress Wen Wenzhi is as strong as a woman, and she is also known as the successor of the Duke of Loyalty in the court."

"The emperor holds a lot of power and tries to let women rule. I don't know what the emperor is doing. Whether he is bewitched or deceived by others, this court is already chaotic enough. The faction has just stopped. Is it possible to stir up a couple within the court?" Turn against each other, do men and women become enemies?"

"Why do men and women become enemies, and why do husbands and wives turn against each other?" A middle-aged man in casual clothes walked in, modest and gentle as jade, "Isn't it because men are not big enough?"

Several officials who turned around stepped forward one after another, "President Wang."

"Prince Wang."

Wang Wenfu approached, "Su Sima has read sage books and learned Confucian etiquette since he was a child. Has he completely forgotten the doctrine of the mean?"

Before Su Yu could refute, Wang Wenfu said again: "Hasn't Su Sima discovered that the saints in the book are sometimes contradictory, and while talking about tolerance, they can never be truly tolerant."

"Teachers don't have to be better than disciples, so disciples don't have to be inferior to masters. The same is true for men and women. If they have enough minds and magnanimity, there will be no conflict between husband and wife as Su Sima said."

Su Yu glanced at Wang Wenfu, and did not regard him as the prime minister, "If someone Su remembers correctly, Wang Xianggong strongly advocated the change of the female official system this time, right?"

Wang Wenfu narrowed his eyes, "A gentleman is magnanimous, a villain is well-off, a gentleman is broad-minded and calm, while a villain is caressing about every detail, worrying about gain and loss, and restraining people's hearts. This is against the way of heaven. The way is in people's hearts. Elimination of desire is not severance of love."

"The good thing about Wang Xianggong is that what Lao Zhuang learned is also Taoism, so it is also Wang Xianggong's intention to make Taoism the state religion?"

Wang Wenfu lowered his head and smiled softly, "One yin and one yang are called the Tao, and you hold the yin and embrace the yang, and you think that the world will be peaceful if you balance the yin and yang, but Su Sima, a self-styled Confucian, won't understand."

"The reason Xianggong came here from Da Nei is to ridicule the lower officials?"

"Of course not," Wang Wenfu clasped his hands and cupped his fists toward the north, "By the order of the official family, I will send a few words to Su Sima."

Su Yu gave a cold look and knelt down with several green robes.

Wang Wenfu lowered his hands in front of his belly, "Nothing else, the officials just said a few plain words," and then coughed, "You Su Yu boasted that you are a gentleman and an upright minister, and you don't hesitate to die to admonish, Little do they know that outsiders see you as just an elm bump that is more stubborn and uncivilized than me, and I hope you live a long life, because only in this way can you return to the capital from there, otherwise you will never come back as long as I am in power."

Su Yu raised his angry red eyes, "If the Son of Heaven is doing this today, will he still have an empress dowager in the future? Will the country be handed over to the woman?"

Wang Wenfu took out a scripture from his sleeve, "Whether it is true or not, you are not yours and I can worry about it." Then he went to Su Yu and knelt down and stuffed the book into his arms, "I hope Brother Su can take care of himself."

Since Su Yu and Jiang Luochuan, dozens of civil servants have been relegated and released, and more serious ones were dismissed and imprisoned for the crime of treason, which made all the officials panic. Since then, no one dared to write a letter about the appointment of female officials. Recruited from all over the world, all talented women regardless of their origins, and all innocent people, regardless of whether they are scholars, can enter the capital after passing the primary election, and the emperor will personally select him after passing the examination.

Taichangqing He Zhai, after the edict for the selection of female officials came down, He Wenying found his father and begged, and He's father severely reprimanded him immediately.

"Your sister is already married, what else is there to worry about?"

"Are you able to stay in the court? Do you know that the officialdom is like a battlefield, and how many people will squeeze out a woman as an official. Even if the official wants to protect it, she can't stand out all the time."

"How can my daughter not know that the officialdom is dangerous? The elder sister, the second elder sister and the fourth younger sister are all married. Didn't daddy always say that there is no one left?"

"I don't have a son, but my He family doesn't need my daughter to be the pillar. The combined property of your mother and me is enough for your future life." Father He stared at He Wenying earnestly, "That kind of place is really It's not something you children can stay in, and besides, the female officer is in front of the imperial court every day, so it's hard to guarantee that she won't be favored by the emperor, once she enters the palace, it will be too late."

"Daddy," He Wenying crawled on her father's knee, "Daughter is not afraid."

---------------------------------------

Xincheng City West · Anzhou Lane Liu House

After Liu Huaijin was released, he moved back to Liu's house, and the father and son were relieved.

The back house was peaceful, and Liu Miaoyi brought out a plate of warm snacks from the kitchen, "Sister-in-law, try my jujube cake."

"how is the taste?"

"It's even more delicious than the pastry shop on Ma Xing Street. You can teach me when you have time. Your brother also likes sweet things."

"I'll ask my sister-in-law to go with me when I'm free and go into the kitchen. My sister-in-law is so smart, it's enough to read it once."

The little boy who smelled the aroma of snacks ran out of the house, "Auntie."

"The little greedy cat has teeth, don't eat too much sweet." After that, Liu Miaoyi still took a piece of pastry, touched his little head and straightened up, "Brother will need some time to go to Hangzhou this time, why don't sister-in-law It’s good to take Brother Hao with you to see the scenery of Hangzhou.”

"If he wants to bring it, he will tell me and the child himself, I don't want to ask him."

Liu Miaoyi took Zhang's hand, "It happened in the past that my brother and our Liu family were sorry for my sister-in-law."

Mrs. Zhang patted the back of her hand and shook her head lightly, "I'm not the kind of person who stays in the back house and asks questions. I know very well what Daddy is like. The Zhang family's existence today is all in a cocoon. Even my mother can figure it out. Is there anything else I can't figure out?"

"No wonder my brother said that my sister-in-law is educated and reasonable. Dad has always been worried about my brother's marriage. It is not too late to marry my sister-in-law."

"Speaking of knowledge and understanding, Miaoyi's insight and talent are among the few women. Didn't the government set up female officials? Uncle Jun is a prime minister in the court..."

"I'm just a wandering wild crane. It's enough to live a quiet life in my own small courtyard, reading and tasting tea. It's not what I want to exchange for fame and fortune with freedom."

"Floating profits and fame..." Zhang raised his brows, "If Dad can see as clearly as Miaoyi, then he should return to his hometown with honor like Lu Xiangguo who has become an official."

Liu Miaoyi walked under the tree in the yard, "The living are passers-by, and the dead are returnees. The heaven and the earth are traveling against each other, and the same sorrow is eternal. The moon rabbit smashes medicine in the sky, and the hibiscus has become a salary. The bones are silent, and the green pines don't know spring. Before and after Sigh even more, how precious is vanity?"

Zhang looked sideways at Liu Miaoyi, quietly leaving the world, "When you are about to die, everyone will turn into dust of the ages, so why bother to let yourself fall into the quagmire and struggle hard after going through this life."

The female envoy hurried into the small courtyard from the front hall, "Girl, lady, someone from the palace has come to announce the decree."

"Big inside?"

"Isn't daddy in Da Nei? Why did you come home at the same time?"

"It's not for my husband, it's for you, girl."