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Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was the third year of Longchang.

Inside the Hall of Diligent Governance, the Emperor's office.

“Your Majesty, the current price of rice and cloth in the market…”

The newly promoted Chief Eunuch Zhang, with lowered eyebrows and obedient eyes, knelt on the ground, looking at a middle-aged man with ordinary features, who was reporting to the Emperor behind the imperial desk.

Since Emperor Longchang ascended the throne, he has always followed the old ways, and the court is calm, like a pool of stagnant water.

And it is in this pool of stagnant water that, over the past three years, the officials and even the whole world have gradually accepted the fact that the new emperor is in power.

This is actually not easy, representing the consolidation of the emperor's authority.

Fang Xing finished reading a memorial, feeling a little tired, and looked at Eunuch Zhang: “What happened in the harem again?”

Hearing this, the Bad Handsome immediately kowtowed: “This subject takes his leave!”

Eunuch Zhang looked at the back of the Bad Handsome with great regret.

This newly promoted Bad Handsome is deep and thoughtful, but on the surface, he looks like an ordinary, thick-browed, and honest person, and he also knows when to advance and retreat, making him very difficult to deal with.

“Your Majesty, Consort Yu went to Chaotian Temple to burn incense three days ago… Recently, Prince Kang intends to submit a memorial, requesting Consort Yu to leave the palace and reunite with her son.”

Eunuch Zhang said.

This Consort Yu is the birth mother of Prince Kang.

Since Fang Xing ascended the throne, Prince Kang has always been respectful, and the Great Qian Dynasty does not have the tradition of princes being enfeoffed.

In Fang Xing's view, the enfeoffment of princes is actually tacitly allowing the princes to act arbitrarily in the local areas, in exchange for court stability.

It is equivalent to selling the interests of the local people, which is very uneconomical.

Of course, there are hidden dangers in keeping the princes in the capital, but for him, they are not a big problem.

This body is maintained by internal strength, and it is taking from the world to support one person, so there is no problem in living to be a hundred years old without illness or disaster.

It is even more impossible for any accidents to happen, so he can relax a lot.

“Prince Kang has always been respectful since I ascended the throne, so be it… If he asks, then allow it.”

Fang Xing waved his hand.

On the other hand, Prince Tai and his birth mother, Consort Shu, were a little restless back then and were suspected of secretly investigating the death of the late emperor, probably wanting to make trouble.

Fang Xing dealt with them with a backhand, first of all, Consort Shu, like the other concubines, was a consort, and her position was greatly reduced. Without Fang Xing having to do anything, those she had offended when she was a noble consort all pushed her when she fell.

In addition, after the Crown Prince's wife was promoted to Empress, she officially gained power in the harem. A new emperor has new officials, and the power of the former noble consort is naturally rapidly declining, and now it is no longer a threat.

Moreover, if Prince Tai submits a memorial requesting to take his mother out of the palace to support her, he will definitely not agree.

‘This birth mother of the prince… how does it feel like a hostage?’

‘This ancient politics, it seems that there are elementary questions hidden everywhere…’

‘However, it’s none of my business… I’m just here to farm for innate spiritual treasures.’

Fang Xing looked at Eunuch Zhang: “What else is there?”

“Your Majesty…”

Eunuch Zhang's face was covered with cold sweat as he handed over a booklet.

Fang Xing opened it and was first stunned, then smiled: “Among this year’s selected women, there are truly hidden dragons and crouching tigers…”

As long as he is the emperor, he will inevitably become the focus of contradictions.

Moreover, even a slight move will harm someone's interests.

And this time, after three years, the first selection of women is simply a performance by all parties, and I don't know how many trade-offs of pros and cons, conspiracies, and tricks are mixed in…

‘If a dozen or so are selected, the harem will be lively… No, it’s already very lively.’

Fang Xing is keen of hearing and sight, and he has seen a lot, so he can be called the supreme poison medicine master.

After visiting the palace before, he immediately felt that there were many wronged souls in every palace.

And the concubines poisoning each other and framing each other… it can’t be said to be commonplace, but it is also not uncommon.

Even if he is as wise as the founding emperor, it is difficult to avoid.

After all, there is no magic in this world, everyone is a mortal, and their energy is limited, so there must be omissions.

Sometimes, Fang Xing feels that this world is like a huge makeshift stage.

‘Well, in fact, there is no need to think too highly of the founding emperor. I feel that three years ago, even if I didn’t have supernatural powers, I could have successfully broken the situation?’

‘The worst thing would be to directly raise troops to rebel, kill the emperor, and frame Prince Tai… Probably no one in the capital would believe this, but it’s hard to say in the world. As long as the propaganda is good, how would outsiders know the truth? I am the Crown Prince, why would I rebel?’

‘Then, the world would be in chaos, and I would start from scratch? Because I have accumulated experience, and I can also make steel and develop soil fertilizer… The key is that I have the righteous name of the Crown Prince, so I can calmly recruit and accept surrenders. As long as the defeated acknowledge that Prince Tai killed the emperor, I can accept them. Maybe in less than three years, I can still pacify the world, but more people will die…’

‘Moreover, doing such domineering things, it’s okay in the early and middle years, but it’s inevitable that people will be jealous in the later years, and even the wife will be estranged. If someone provokes them, there is a greater possibility of father and son killing each other…’

‘It seems quite interesting… Crown Prince killing the emperor side quest? Incidentally, bearing the name of suspected patricide, sweeping away a big mess?’

‘Forget it, I should still be a good fighter without brilliant achievements…’

Fang Xing looked at Eunuch Zhang: “For this selection of women, you must also prepare for a rainy day. You must watch the Empress, the concubines, and even the selected women… I don’t want to see chaos in the harem, such as abortion drugs flying everywhere, eunuchs and palace maids framing the ladies, and so on…”

Bang, bang!

Eunuch Zhang was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he kowtowed, his forehead showing blood: “Your Majesty, such things can never happen…”

Abortion drugs? The imperial physicians in the palace have rules, and they must be accompanied by someone every time. There are several copies of the pulse records. How could such harmful things enter the palace?

As for palace maids and eunuchs framing concubines? Plotting to harm the princes or something? Don’t they want their nine clans anymore?

Even if they are orphans and dead soldiers, how many can they cultivate, and how high can they climb?

Eunuch Zhang felt that His Majesty's words had a hidden meaning, and his back was already covered with cold sweat. He was almost so frightened that he was going back to prepare to commit suicide by poison.

“Oh? It’s good if there isn’t…”

Fang Xing nodded. In this mortal world, as long as the rules and procedures are specified completely, most problems can be solved.

As for whether the harem is chaotic or not, the emperor actually has the final say.

As long as the emperor does not love one person exclusively and is not affected by emotions, the harem cannot be chaotic.

As for the strange thing of doting on a beloved concubine to the point of personally strangling his only son, leading to the throne being inherited by his nephew, it is not within the scope of ordinary people's consideration.

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‘Or, simply have only one empress, and don’t have any other women, that’s also possible…’

‘Either love exclusively, or be a playboy. A little distraction will inevitably lead to chaos.’

Fang Xing shook his head, preparing to leave the affairs of the harem to the Empress to manage, and he would just pay a little attention.

The power of ancient righteous names is simply unimaginable.

Without being polite, even if the Empress can't deal with the concubines themselves, she is fully capable of cleaning up all the servants around the concubines.

With such a big advantage, it is basically impossible to lose.

“Wanting to be a wise ruler is actually very simple, and sometimes letting go is an advantage…”

“What’s holding me back, could it be the posterity score?”

Fang Xing thought for a while, even if some emperors are extremely wise and martial, and even outlive their own descendants in their later years, problems are still likely to arise in posterity.

This is the sadness of short-lived species.

He asked Eunuch Zhang to go out and continue to handle official business.

Suddenly, a memorial caught his eye.

“Yuan Zhao, are you preparing to retire and return to your hometown?”

Fang Xing felt a little emotional.

This commoner prime minister who followed the Taizu Emperor to conquer the world can be said to be conscientious in his work, but he is indeed very old.

Especially three years ago, the Taizu Martial Emperor, who had entrusted his ideals to the other party, died suddenly of a heart attack, which tormented the old man's spirit even more.

The other party can be considered to have reluctantly stayed for three years for the sake of the new emperor.

Now that all the affairs have entered the right track, it is natural to retire and return to his hometown.

‘This person is also clever, after all, he was the number one strategist back then… Now, retiring bravely, firstly, his body is really not good, and secondly, it is easy to have accidents if he stays.’

Fang Xing shook his head.

The Prime Minister of the Inner Cabinet is the head of all officials. No matter who sits on it, there will be a bunch of disciples and followers, gradually becoming a faction.

Even more of an eyesore!

After all, not to mention anything else, in the East Palace, a group of literati following Fang Xing are definitely eyeing the position of the Inner Cabinet.

If the other party doesn't leave, he may be attacked by all parties.

‘And for officials, the most important thing is to look at the relationship with the emperor…’

‘Yuan Zhao has a past with the late emperor, but he doesn't have much relationship with me… If he doesn't want to be accused of treason by the emperor in the future and have his nine clans exterminated, he should retire.’

Fang Xing smiled and directly approved it with a vermilion pen: “Granted.”

Of course, the retirement of the Prime Minister of the Inner Cabinet will definitely not be so simple. At least the honorary rank should be raised and gold should be given, so that both sides have face.

‘I hope this guy doesn’t suddenly have hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in his home like Xu Ge Lao of the Ming Dynasty… Otherwise…’

… …

Yuan Mansion.

This is a mansion bestowed by the Emperor. It is said that it was rebuilt from a former dynasty prince's mansion. Although many non-compliant things have been removed, the courtyard is deep.

At this time, Yuan Zhao was wearing casual clothes, teasing a parrot.

Compared to three years ago, he looks even older, but his spirit is still okay.

“Father…”

A middle-aged man came behind Yuan Zhao: “Once the memorial is submitted, there is no room for reversal.”

“Haha, I’m old. If I’m still greedy for power, the young people will resent me.”

Yuan Zhao grabbed a handful of bird food and suddenly said with relief: “What’s more… Our Emperor is not one to show his cards… but he is a formidable character, and I can rest assured.”

“Formidable character?”

The middle-aged man did not speak.

“Do you think that His Majesty has not done anything major in the past three years, governing by inaction, and anyone can do it?”

Yuan Zhao shook his head with a smile: “Young people should be wary of their temper. Our Majesty has been the Crown Prince for so many years, and he can endure this temper after ascending the throne, which is quite remarkable… Now the Imperial Guards are gradually submissive, and the Emperor's position is unshakable. Isn't that clear evidence? You must instruct the children of our family to have less contact with the princes, otherwise, disaster is not far away…”