Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Hu Sanniang returned to Bianliang, only to find out that because Yanshan Mansion and Datong Mansion were taken back, the two invaders from the Kingdom of Jin were wiped out, and the people in Beijing expressed their great welcome from the heart. Nothing.

The people in Bianliang expressed that their intentions were simple and direct, and they sent to the palace what they thought the little lady should use and have. After half a day, they piled up a huge pile of gifts in front of the palace.These are all small squares placed in front of the guards on duty in the palace. There are large and small boxes containing hairpins and combs, silk and satin clothing, various spices, food and wine, and there are even children sent to the palace to serve.

More than a dozen boys, ranging in age from twelve or thirteen to seventeen or eighteen years old, were all good-looking, and stood in front of the soldiers of the imperial army in a flower arrangement.The eyes of these little boys are full of eager longing, eagerly looking forward to, waiting for the inner palace in the palace to take them in.

The matter was reported to Hu Sanniang who had just returned to the palace, and those who gave gifts would accept them as well.Hu Sanniang sent Tong Guan to take care of Xiaoerlang. It would be best where to come from and where to go back.Those who don't want to go back by themselves, and those who refuse to tell where they came from, will be sent to the military camp if they can't go back, and start as a handyman.

Tong Guan went to the gate of the palace to explain the method of arrangement, and before the barracks came to lead them, these young men scattered and left the forbidden palace immediately as if fleeing.

Tong Guan pouted in his heart, such a thing still wants to enter the inner palace to win the favor of the housekeeper?I don't even want to see if the housekeeper is the same as before.They are all daydreaming, thinking that they can be like the previous dynasty, one person will be favored, and the whole family will flourish.hehe……

After Tong Guan finished laughing at the superficiality of these little boys, he couldn't help worrying about Yan Qing who lived in his outer house.The empress has no tendency to accept people at all.

But what can I do?Worrying!

Hu Sanniang's quick and easy handling of the matter of Xiao Erlang sent to the door spread all over Bianliang before sunset, and became a new topic in the Shangyuan Festival, more or less temporarily curbing the momentum of wanting to send Erlang to the palace to seek wealth .

Hu Sanniang sent Tong Guan to deal with matters in front of the palace gate, and she comfortably soaked in the tub, finally able to soak comfortably.The fact that Hua Mulan joined the army is really nonsense!

Not to mention anything else, when tens of thousands of soldiers released water when they were taking a nap during the march, they were causing trouble for others.This is not the time to be on the operating table in diapers if there is no room to hide.

Hu Sanniang was enjoying herself, Mrs. Chai walked to the screen, suppressed a smile and reported to her the result of Tong Guan's treatment in a low voice.

"Officials, those little boys were scared away when they heard that they were going to join the army."

Hu Sanniang couldn't help complaining to Mrs. Chai, "Zhao Ji's acceptance of the harem has really corrupted the people's perception of the emperor."

Mrs. Chai understood what Hu Sanniang was thinking, and continued with a smile: "There is a saying from the Tang Dynasty that you don't give birth to a boy and give birth to a girl, but it will be changed in the future. If you give birth to a boy, you have to enter the inner palace."

Hu Sanniang laughed, "It's my daughter who also chooses her husband from among the generals. In Tang Dynasty, those who got on the horse and led the army to kill the enemy, and who got off the horse to handle political affairs, are the good boys in my mind."

Mrs. Chai understood Hu Sanniang's meaning in an instant, "The officials have a good plan. This way, the generals will not be worried, and the civil officials will not be afraid of being domineering."

These days, Chai Jin still suffers from some idleness from the officials of the Ministry of Rites.It's just that Chai Jin was not born in the imperial examination, but now he is on top of them.Chai Jin is not a person who can show exquisite wrists. His bold temperament is not enough in the army, but he is a bit vulgar in civil servants.

But due to Mrs. Chai's position in front of Hu Sanniang, no one dared to provoke him blatantly, but secretly made him feel a little awkward, which made Chai Jin understand in his heart, but couldn't get angry and suffocated.

Hu Sanniang led the army out for the past two months, and messengers ran back and forth to deliver the memorial every day.Submit some official affairs that must be handled by Hu Sanniang, and then take back the memorial of the instructions and hand them over to Li Gang and others.The husband's grievance fell into Mrs. Chai's eyes and heart, and she only comforted her husband lightly, waiting for the housekeeper to come back.

Mrs. Chai looked at the shadow on the screen and heard Hu Sanniang coming out of the water. She waited for a while before turning around the screen and helping the little maid to dress Hu Sanniang and wipe her hair.Still smiling gently on the side, he continued to talk to Hu Sanniang.

"Officials, people in the world are used to finding easy ways to go. Where do you know the hard work of cultivating both civil and military skills, and where you can understand the grand plans in the hearts of officials. So what kind of children are raised by the official family, and the official family does not allow them to enter the palace. So that the children will not be infected with their habit of picking the easy and fearing the heavy, and following the trend."

After a short pause, Mrs. Chai continued to speak.

"In the past, during the Shangyuan Festival, the royal family would hang lanterns around the Forbidden Palace to show that they had fun with the people. I sent the booklet to the officials, but I didn't see the official's approval, so I didn't ask Mr. Jiang to apply for the fee. I just sent The craftsmen tidied up the lanterns left over from the previous dynasty in the palace, and hung them around the palace for decoration, and when the officials watch the lanterns, be prepared that they are all old lanterns.”

Hu Sanniang nodded in approval of Mrs. Chai's approach.

"That's what I want you to do. Every penny you can save is a penny. Now is not the time for us to be extravagant and show off the royal dignity. Wars are a matter of burning money. To tell you the truth, if you can save a penny, You can have an extra handful of gunpowder, and if you save them together, you can live a few more soldiers. Besides, these children in the inner palace have to spend a lot of money to take care of them.”

Mrs. Chai nodded, several of her own sons and daughters were also placed in the palace, eating and lodging with the sons and daughters of other Liangshan soldiers.What to wear, wear, read and practice martial arts, etc. are the same as other children.If you want to say that you feel bad, it will be a little bit, after all, it is not as good as your own conditions at home.But if her own children are not with Paozhe's children, they will inevitably be lonely and physically rejected in the future.

But with so many children together, sometimes they fight, especially those in their teens, which is really annoying.Fortunately, Pei Xuan was able to hold them down.After arresting a few nearly 15-year-olds and knocking a few army sticks, the tradition of breaking the golden pavilion in Liangshan was put in the palace again. Otherwise, I really don’t know how to discipline these thousands of children.

"Officials, there is one more thing, what should the remaining eunuchs in the palace do?"

"How much is left?"

Before Hu Sanniang left Bianliang, she handed over the matter of the little yellow gate that had not yet been settled, which was nearly a thousand in the palace, to Mrs. Chai.Before the continuous assessment for one month, in principle, Xiao Huangmen, who has nothing to do but can only serve others, can choose to go to the Zhao clan and continue to serve Zhao Ji and his sons and daughters.If the Zhao family didn't want it, she would have to guard the imperial tomb of the Zhao family. Anyway, she herself didn't want to use eunuchs.

As for those with unique and extraordinary skills, they will remain in the palace after selection, and a separate area will be designated to select children from Liangshan who are willing to learn skills from them, and let them be masters to inherit skills.

"Not counting Tong Guan and the two little servants with him, there are 61 people. There are a few older ones, and they left apprentices to take care of them."

"Stay as long as you stay. But pay attention to their behavior and character. You must also warn the children that even if you learn skills from them, you must form a group of more than five people before you can meet those eunuchs. Remember to send someone to tell those eunuchs, who If you want to see the child alone, the first time you serve him with a military stick, the second time you fight him to death."

It's not that Hu Sanniang looks down on those with physical imperfections, pitying their artificial incompleteness, but it doesn't mean that they can tolerate their disgusting behavior.The maids in the cold palace were tortured by eunuchs, the filth of those eunuchs is simply outrageous.

Before letting Mrs. Chai take over the management of the harem, she killed a group of people.However, it still failed to completely prevent the occurrence of obscene incidents.Those cunning old oily eunuchs, who knows which one will hide dirty thoughts in their hearts, leaving a little gap may harm the children for a lifetime.

Hu Sanniang arranged the affairs involving the children in the palace first, and then she was in the mood to ask about other matters in the court.

Mrs. Chai focused on what she knew first, and then talked about some scandals and gossip.

Li Gang is a good prime minister, and the officials he picked to assist him in his work are also very useful.Officials who were able to work in the former Song Dynasty had long adapted to how to seek stability and success for the people under their jurisdiction under Zhao Ji's unreliability.But there are also many officials who pretend to be numbers. Fortunately, the people left in the former Song Dynasty are also very obedient.As long as these people can survive, they will not bother to do anything to rise up and resist.

People who can pass the examination of thousands of troops and win the Jinshi basically have enough IQ.At this moment when the dynasty is changing and the new emperor is obviously going to lay off officials, everyone also understands in his heart that those who don't want to rebel or lose their jobs must first think about and think about the world before doing anything.Look, the change of the emperor did not cause any disturbances, and if a group of officials were abolished, there would be no ripples.It seems that if anyone is missing, it will have no impact on the world.

Let's take a good look first and then talk.

Who knows where the empress who was born as a bandit has lost her belly.If a word annoyed the "female bandit", she would have no place to cry, let alone reason.

The batch of censors who were sent to Taixue to continue their studies are living examples.

After the Shangyuan Festival, Hu Sanniang began to implement the Wangtian system on all cultivated land on Jingji Road, Jingdong East Road, West Road, Southwest Road, and Northwest Road.People born before the Yuan Dynasty, regardless of gender, have a share.The people who accompanied this edict to monitor the implementation effect were Chao Gai, Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, Kong Ming, and Kong Liang.They each led the way, with some disabled old soldiers who had retired from the battlefield, and boy scouts over 15 years old.

Before departure, Hu Sanniang gathered these people together.

"You come from Liangshan. If you can do it perfectly this time, this will be the rank of promotion that I will give you. Your main task is to investigate the implementation of Wang Tian's order for the Inspectorate. You have to go to each village to inquire about the people. There is a real division of land to households and people. If you encounter local officials and tyrants teaming up to fight against others, don’t go head-to-head with them. There are a lot of redundant officials in the court, just replace some people. As for the tyrants, they have no ability Contend against the imperial army. Even if you meet people like the five tigers of the Zeng family in Zengtou City, you only need to tell them that the fields will not survive, and they will not be able to keep the fields in the end. No one dares to confront the imperial court. When you encounter someone who bullies your neighbors, bears their lives, and the sufferer dares not report it, you can just report it back. Naturally, the Ministry of Punishment will send someone down to check it out."

"The other one is the withdrawal of the Sengtian. You must also investigate this well. If I find out that any of you is perfunctory, don't blame Liangshan's army sticks for not letting you go. I will go to the military camp as auxiliary soldiers in the future. Bar."

Chao Gai took the lead, and everyone quickly stood up to express their opinion, expressing to Hu Sanniang that they would never dare to be perfunctory.Especially Chao Gai, he regretted it very much - he was sitting in the second place in Liangshan, and first he was passive and sabotage the things Hu Sanniang ordered.I marginalized myself.Then he didn't participate in Hu Sanniang's reading, exams and other activities.Seeing that the new generation who had no status in Liangshan in the past gradually took up official positions in Hu Sanniang's court, if he wasted any more, he could only live with Wu Yong.

But Xie Zhen and others are talking about culture, not as good as those ten-year-old children.In terms of martial arts, they are worse than those guards released by Hu Sanniang.If you want to say that you can have a big pot of rice in Liangshan, every general will not be much different from the treatment.But when he arrived in Bianliang, Lu Zhishen was much better than other people like himself as he was also an inspector.Now the emperor is willing to give people like himself a chance to be promoted. Xie Zhen keeps in mind the words of her cousin, "If you do well, you will have a future. If you don't do well, you can learn. If you dare to hide your mind and don't do a good job, the officials will not do it well." Gives people a second chance. Too many officials are waiting for real jobs."

"This time the cancellation of monk fields and temples, you have to seriously investigate and deal with it as a matter. Before the Song Dynasty, the temples demolished by Zhou Shizong at that time were not allowed to be rebuilt. This time Only the temples that Zhou Shizong allowed to stay at that time can be kept. The rest must be converted into academies or nursing homes. Only less than ten people who have passed the Dharma exam are allowed in the temple. Those who have not passed the Dharma exam will be cancelled. Degree ultimatum."

Everyone quickly agreed.

These people are all under the leadership of Wu Yong. In other words, they are a bit similar to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty.But they only do the investigation, and if they find out what happened, they will hand it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.If any officials are involved in the matter of Wang Tian, ​​they can just take the opportunity to cut some more.

As for those monks, it has to be said that this is one of the disadvantages of the former Song Dynasty.Whether it is the crime of murder or arson, as long as you find a temple and get the permission of the abbot, you can be a monk if you name it casually.Then even if it is a good person who turns his back on the shore, the imperial court and local officials will no longer pursue the matter of murder and arson.Of course, the temple will also get benefits.If one person is added, the temple can immediately get a share of the monk's field.

Beautiful them!

The temples enjoy special treatment from the imperial court. They don’t have to pay taxes on the monk’s land, and they don’t collect less rent from tenants.In the end, the temple was fattened, the court was lost, and the law was messed up.

snort!

If you still want to continue chanting scriptures, then go to ask for food.

Hu Sanniang didn't want to let these people continue to roam free outside the law.Just thinking that monks don't have to give birth every day, but just recite sutras will be treated far better than other ordinary people.

Regarding the confiscation of monk fields, when Hu Sanniang was leading the army abroad, she received some memorials from Li Gang. The notes said the same thing: nothing more than temples and monk fields are related to the beliefs of the people. field.

Faith of p!

Han people believe in their ancestors most.It is also their own ancestors who are devoutly enshrined in the four seasons.

These people want to delay the implementation of the policy of canceling the monastery field, but what they think deep in their hearts is that they want to use the temple to test the empress's tolerance for soft resistance to her edict.

Such behavior, in Hu Sanniang's view, is completely unacceptable.Let this kind of big matter be delayed, and if the small matter is successfully delayed once, these officials will repeat the routine ten times, hundreds of times, and thousands of times in the future.

Hu Sanniang wrote a big no on the notebook.Then all the officials who submitted the papers were sent to Taixue.Learn how to be consistent with the court and the emperor in terms of thinking and understanding, and then how to maintain consistency in actions.

Thanks to the notoriety of the bandits in Liangshan and the deterrence of the powerful forbidden army that is now integrated with the imperial court, in May, good news came from Chao Gai and others one after another.The distribution of land in various places went smoothly, and the monks' fields in temples and monks' return to secular life were also carried out according to the deadlines given by the officials of the various governments.

In July, the army led by Lin Chong came back with good news.Jin Guo's Zhongjing has already fallen into the bag.However, in Lin Chong's private letter to Hu Sanniang, he expressed his regret that most of the members of the Jin Kingdom's royal family had fled early, so they could not compete for full success.

Such a battle report immediately caused a sensation in the court.Zhongjing of the Kingdom of Jin!Before the Song Dynasty arrived in Daliao, the Kingdom of Jin destroyed the Kingdom of Liao, and now the Great Yuan has occupied the capital of the Kingdom of Jin.

Oh, how happy do you think.

Taking advantage of the wind of victory, Hu Sanniang gave the real names of all the temporary ministers.Then there is the Liangshan hero who has worked in various departments of the imperial court for more than half a year without a name.And Mrs. Chai, Mrs. Gu, Cui Shi, etc., formally walked from Hu Sanniang's side to the court, and took up positions in the Six Departments.

Ruan Xiaoniang, who had followed Hu Sanniang for many years, was a Zhongshu Sheren at the beginning.A group of courtiers looked at the empress sitting high in the middle, and at the extra female officials around them. No one wanted to speak out against it, but secretly hoped that the empress would give birth to a prince soon, and that the next emperor would be a man.

This kind of expectation is that Qin Tianjian used the fastest speed to measure the best time for the empress's wedding.Officials of the Manchu Dynasty were eagerly looking forward to the empress's wedding.The officials headed by Li Gang even sent a memorial to ask the empress to immediately recall Lin Chong, the emperor's husband and the commander-in-chief of the five armies, to get married.

Hu Sanniang asked the Ministry of War to agree on the rewards for the soldiers based on the military exploits sent back from the front.But Hu Sanniang's proposal to confer Lin Chong as Prince Rui was unexpectedly not opposed by anyone.

Hu Sanniang summoned Qin Ming to Funing Hall.

"This time you replace Lin Chong as the marshal of the army, and then order [-] forbidden troops and [-] auxiliary troops to go north with you. Don't be soft on the Kingdom of Jin, you must fight steadily, occupy one place and guard one place, and the immigrants from the household department will follow. Yes. I will send troops from Dengzhou to cooperate with you in fighting Tokyo in the Liao Kingdom by sea. You must cherish the soldiers and be willing to use artillery to control the situation of the battle."

Qin Ming promised again and again that he could use artillery to decide the outcome, and no one wanted to trade his life for military merit.

Qin Ming went to Zhongjing with an army of 12 and luggage.Chai Jin, an official of the Ministry of Rites who delivered the decree, took dozens of Qingqi one step ahead, changing horses at every post station, and arrived in Zhongjing in ten days.

After Lin Chong received the decree, he was overwhelmed by the huge surprise immediately. The official ordered him to return to Beijing for a late marriage!

Seeing Lin Chong's stupefied look, Chai Jin recalled the matter of his marriage back then, and waved his hands in front of Lin Chong's eyes, then patted Lin Chong's shoulder vigorously to wake him up.

"His Royal Highness Prince Rui, Commander Lin, are you being silly?!"

Lin Chong came back to his senses and said hard work to Chai Jin.

"Thank you, Master Chai."

Chai Jin waved his hand, "I specifically asked the officials for this errand. Firstly, I can congratulate you on achieving your wish, and secondly, I can also visit Zhongjing. If I don't have to go back to arrange your wedding, I would like to visit Xijing Hurry up and tidy up, seal the commander-in-chief, and hand over the matter in hand to Dudu Hua and Dudu Wu, and come back to Bianliang with me."

Lin Chong nodded in agreement, but he thought about military affairs and many government affairs in Zhongjing, so he asked Chai Jin.

"Does the government have any officials sent to Beijing to handle government affairs?"

"Yes, yes. I am walking with Qin Ming's army."

After dinner, Lin Chong welcomed Chai Jin to the guest room of his handsome mansion to rest.He screened off his guards and asked: "Master Chai, uh, Shangshu Chai, what does that official say about Wu Erlang?"

Chai Jin didn't drink much, but he couldn't hold back the alcohol in the army.Hearing that Lin Chong's question was about Wu Song, he immediately became sober for three minutes, leaned closer to Lin Chong, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, what do you think? Then Wu Erlang is not a good character to get along with. I know you and His brotherhood is deep, but..."

"It's nothing. If it weren't for him, there would be someone else. Don't you think so?"

Chai Jin nodded.

"Yeah, without him there would be someone else. Cough, let me tell you, did you see Yan Qing when you were in the army in Daming Mansion?"

Lin Chong frowned. He seemed to have heard the name before, but he had no impression.

Seeing that Lin Chong was thinking hard, Chai Jin poured a bowl of smoky tea soup into his mouth, grinned and complained full of complaints.

"Good tea, without dried fruit, actually cooks thick soup like this to serve guests. Your Highness, you are learning from the savages."

Lin Chong poured him another bowl, sat back across from him, and lightly scolded him, "Are you drunk? Officials don't like to drink tea with dried fruits, have you forgotten? There are a lot of meat and meat here in Zhongjing, so naturally we have to eat yan tea." Yes. What Yanqing are you talking about? I really want to hear about it, but I have no impression."

Chai Jin shook his head, "Forget it, let me remind you, do you have any impression of Hebei Yuqilin?"

Lin Chong nodded.

"By the way, that Yanqing is his adopted son. Ah, bah! I don't know who it is. It is said that Lu Junyi is the most rare of Yanqing's white flesh. He hired a master and spent a lot of money to tattoo him. It's emerald green. Many people in Daming Mansion have seen his tattoos. Let me tell you, Chief Governor, Yan Xiaoyi is a character. He is handsome and young. He is proficient in playing, playing and singing. Especially his eyes , is most capable of seducing people's souls."

Lin Chong frowned while listening, and slowly remembered Xiao Yi who was by Lu Junyi's side.He also drank a lot of wine, and when he got drunk, he grabbed Chai Jin and asked, "You mean the officials recruited him into the palace?"

Chai Jin struggled to catch his breath, and clasped Lin Chong's big hand with both hands.

"Hey, hey, let me go, or I won't tell you anymore."

"Tell me quickly, did the officials recruit him into the palace?"

Chai Jin shook his head, making Lin Chong let go, "Ahem, you treat me like this, it's a shame that I have to tell you this. My wife said that Tong Guan wanted to lure him into the palace to serve the official family, but was rejected by the official family. When I arrived in Beijing on the Lantern Festival, someone sent a lot of children to the gate of the palace that day, all of them were very beautiful and attractive."

Lin Chong sent Chai Jin away, but stared at him and asked, "Which one did the officials accept?"

"No, no, none of them are confiscated. Put your heart in your stomach first. Tch! You still say that there would be others without Wu Erlang?!"

Lin Chong smiled wryly. He thought he would take it easy, but it turned out that it was not like that when things came to an end. .