The process of the emperor marrying the queen was very complicated.
But if it is a concubine, it is very simple. In the Ming Dynasty, a high eunuch could preside over it, and the status was obvious.
Fei Rumei was sitting in the sedan chair and secretly opened a corner of the curtain, only to see many people watching around her. She was so embarrassed that she quickly closed the sedan curtain.
The maid who grew up with her also came and will be a palace maid in the future. Of course, as long as the employment contract expires, the palace maid can apply to leave at any time.
Nowadays, Zhao Han's harem does not have many people even including the maids, and the annual expenses of one hundred thousand taels of silver are more than enough.
It would be different if they moved into the palace. There would be more and more female officials and maids, and the annual expenses could be hundreds of thousands of taels. The exact amount of money to be taken from the treasury depends on the situation. Zhao Han decided to spend ten years experimenting and finally determined
Come down with an amount.
As a rough idea, if the royal family's annual expenditure is 1 million, then 1.5 million will be taken from the treasury every year.
Many institutions of the inner court have been deprived of power. Since power has been transferred to the outer court, the outer court must bear corresponding obligations. For example, the construction of palaces and mausoleums was financed by both the inner and outer courts in the Ming Dynasty. In the future, the money will be taken from the treasury. The royal family will not
Take out a tael of silver.
Of course, when encountering a strong monarch, it is very likely that the rules will be broken.
For example, in the late Ming Dynasty, the emperor's internal funds were private money, and the national treasury also became the emperor's internal treasury.
Zhao Han tried his best to set the rules according to his own wishes. As for how he was changed by his descendants, he was too lazy to care and couldn't care.
Fei Rumei was taken to a courtyard, and the maid sat with her in the room.
It wasn't until the second watch that the door to the room was finally pushed open, and Fei Rumei's heart suddenly started beating wildly.
The maid bowed and left, leaving only two people in the room.
Zhao Han raised his red hijab, and his smile reflected the red candle, which was really moving and beautiful.
To be honest, Fei Rumei was prettier than her sister, but Zhao Han couldn't help but think of the way she changed her teeth when she was a child. She grinned, and her sinus widened.
"Sister...husband." Fei Rumei lowered her head in greeting, her voice as thin as a mosquito.
Zhao Han smiled and said, "You can also call me brother-in-law."
"Brother-in-law!"
Fei Rumei also laughed.
It’s autumn again and the weather is quite hot.
Wearing a red hijab, Fei Rumei had a layer of sweat on her forehead. Zhao Han picked up the hijab and wiped it off for her. With a gentle movement, Fei Rumei felt so sweet that she looked up and stared at Zhao Han in a daze.
My brother-in-law is still so handsome and mighty!
Fei Rumei became even more shy: "Brother-in-law, I'm sweating too. Do you want to wash it off first?"
"No need." Zhao Han helped her take off her wedding dress. As expected, even her vest was soaked with sweat.
Simply take off the inner robe, revealing the bright red bellyband.
Fei Rumei blushed and did not dare to open her eyes. She pressed her cheek against Zhao Han's arms and her body was trembling slightly.
"Sister said you have never been willing to get married?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.
Fei Rumei had long been led astray by Zhao Zhenfang and had a lively and generous personality. Although she was shy at the moment, she said boldly: "Those men can't compare with my brother-in-law. I have wanted to marry him for a long time. Don't worry, brother-in-law, I promise to be obedient."
, I won’t compete with my sister for favor from now on.”
Zhao Han hugged her and lay down, kissed her forehead and said, "How are your father-in-law and mother-in-law doing?"
Fei Rumei said with a smile: "They are very relaxed and happy. Two days before I got married, my whole family went to visit the West Lake, saying that we wanted to visit all the famous places in Hangzhou."
"Just stay free." Zhao Han's mouth moved all the way down, from her forehead to the tip of her nose, and finally landed on her red lips.
The red candle swayed, lingering.
The next morning, Zhao Han went to work and Fei Rumei went to see the queen.
Although he has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhao Han has not held court meetings for the time being, so the monarch and his ministers do not have to go to court every day.
The Ming Dynasty's court meetings were only useful in the early days of the founding of the country. With the improvement of the cabinet system, going to court became purely a ritual. At each court meeting, only three or five things were discussed, and they were all government affairs that had been handled by the cabinet.
If there are fierce disputes in the court, it means that there has been a huge conflict between the monarch and his ministers, or between his ministers.
Although it is just a formality, the meeting must be preserved.
Zhao Han decided that after the palace was repaired, a court meeting would be held every Saturday, that is, on the sixth, sixteenth, and twenty-sixth day of the month.
Now Zhao Han interacts with ten caos every day. Ten caos are equivalent to the six subjects of the Ming Dynasty. The chief officers of each cao are called Zuo Shizhong and You Shizhong.
The left and right servants are all handling government affairs, and every day the ordinary servants take turns reporting to Zhao Han.
Zhao Han only read a few copies of the government affairs that the cabinet, ten cao, and ten ministries had unified opinions on. He quickly browsed the others, signed his signature, and asked the ministers to take them to the ministries for execution.
Of course, even if the three major agencies have the same opinion on extremely important military and political affairs, they must be listed separately and submitted to the emperor for review.
For example, deploying troops for war, promoting officials, building water conservancy projects, etc.
Zhao Han smiled brightly and felt very happy after seeing a copy of the book sent by Bing Cao.
Yang Zhan, the hereditary military general of Jiading (Leshan), led one government (Xuzhou Prefecture) and two states (Jiading Prefecture, Luzhou) to request submission to Zhao Han, and asked Zhao Han to quickly send troops to break through Chongqing.
The cabinet was not far from Shicao, so Zhao Han immediately called the three cabinet ministers.
"The booklet doesn't make it very clear. What happened to Yang Zhan?" Zhao Han asked.
Pang Chunlai explained: "The officers and soldiers of the previous dynasty in Sichuan went out to Sichuan to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits under the orders of Chongzhen. After many defeats, the entire army was annihilated. Due to the government's excessive expropriation and natural disasters and drought, Sichuan has already become a powerful force."
Li Banghua spread out a map of Sichuan.
Pang Chunlai picked up the magnifying glass and put his head close to the map. He wanted to point to the map to explain, but found that he had blocked the map, so he said, "Mr. Li, let's explain."
Li Banghua pointed to the map and said: "Wu Shangxian and Long Zhengguo of Zunyi Prefecture rebelled, defeated the officers and soldiers of the former Ming Dynasty, killed the prefect and proclaimed themselves king. They not only occupied the entire Zunyi Prefecture, but also sent troops to capture Yongning Division (Xuyong County) of Xuzhou Prefecture.
, has been fighting for more than a year with Yang Zhan, who asked to surrender."
After the Bozhou Rebellion was settled, the Bozhou Xuanwei Division was divided into two.
Among them, Zunyi Military and Civilian Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Sichuan, and Pingyue Military and Civilian Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Guizhou.
In the early days of Zunyi Mansion's reform, it could be said to be prosperous.
The land owned by the Yang family in Bozhou was all distributed to the military and civilians. Each guard soldier could be allocated 30 acres, of which the income from 24 acres belonged to himself, and the other 6 acres were used for military expenses.
A large number of immigrants were also carried out, and Han citizens could be allocated up to 50 acres of land, and officers above the command level could be allocated up to 100 acres of land.
Starting from the second year of Chongzhen, taxes were increased crazily.
The imperial court did not increase taxes much, but local officials took advantage of the situation and made it difficult for even the gentry to survive.
Therefore, Wu Shangxian and Long Zhengguo rebelled. The former was a Han landowner and the latter was a minority. The people of Zunyi responded in large numbers and killed officials one after another in rebellion. In just half a year, they occupied the entire Zunyi Prefecture.
Pang Chunlai said: "After Wu Shangxian occupied Yongning Division, he was attacking Luzhou at this time. The purpose was to seize Yang Zhan's Fushun Salt Farm after occupying Luzhou."
Li Banghua said: "The richest people in southern Sichuan are Fushun, and the two of them have been fighting to the death for the salt field."
Pang Chunlai added: "In order to wipe out the bandits, the prefect of Chongqing ordered the recruitment of village warriors. Now that the bandits have been eliminated and the prefect has been killed, the gentry groups attack each other. A gentry named Wang Xiang gradually grew stronger and controlled the entire western part of Chongqing Prefecture.
Wang Xiang from Chongqing and Wu Shangxian from Zunyi joined forces to attack Yang Zhan, hoping to share the benefits of Fushun's salt farm."
Zhao Han smiled and said: "Yang Zhan couldn't withstand the attack from both sides, so he sent someone to ask for submission to me."
If Zhao Han hadn't launched an army to rebel, Yang Zhan would have been admitted to the Military Academy by now.
Historically, he was captured alive by Zhang Xianzhong while defending Chengdu.
At the execution ground, Yang Zhan took away the executioner's knife, slashed each of them to the river, jumped into the river and swam to escape.
Encountering the water bandit "Two Thousand Years Old" on the way, he single-handedly killed and dispersed the water bandit gang.
Then, Yang Zhan recruited local warriors to expel Zhang Hualong, the governor appointed by Zhang Xianzhong, and successively occupied Renshou, Jianyang, Meizhou, Qingshen and other places, and was granted the title of Marquis of Jinjiang by the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
The sinking silver in Zhang Xianzhong's river was left behind when Yang Zhan defeated a large number with a small number and caused the entire army to flee.
After becoming emperor, Zhang Xianzhong was beaten by Yang Zhan and was forced to move around in northern Sichuan.
Yang Zhan was not only brave in battle, but also good at governing the people. The people in his territory were prosperous and he was completely self-sufficient in military supplies. Unfortunately, he was murdered by his brothers who held a banquet and his tribe and territory were annexed by the two brothers.
Zhao Han asked: "How is Mrs. Qin now?"
Pang Chunlai said with a smile: "We have captured the entire Kuizhou Prefecture."
Li Banghua said: "Four of them, because of Mrs. Qin's fame, took the initiative to come to the city to seek refuge."
Qin Liangyu was still so fierce that he captured Kuizhou Prefecture in more than half a year.
Zhao Han said: "Transfer Huang Yao's mountain division to attack Chongqing with Mrs. Qin and kill Wang Xiang, the son of Naraoshi. As for Yang Zhan, give him the establishment of an independent regiment, and we will provide the military pay for the independent regiment.
He paid for the military expenses of the rest of the soldiers himself. After taking Chongqing, Huang Yao, Mrs. Qin, and Yang Zhan worked together to pacify Sichuan."
Chengdu Prefecture in Sichuan is a vast area of fertile land, and the salt field in Fushun is also making a fortune. These two sites must be captured as soon as possible.
In Sichuan today, there are several large warlords and more than 20 small warlords, and they have become a mess. The longer we delay, the worse the economy and people's livelihood in Sichuan will be. The warlords will definitely exploit the people frantically in order to expand their territory.
Setting up a cabinet to share government affairs made Zhao Han much easier.
I work eight hours a day, and there is still time for paddling in the middle of the day, so I can read books, write articles, etc.
Returning to the harem in the evening, the first empress and the second concubine gathered together to have a meal, and several of Chongzhen's children were also called. The life was lively and comfortable.
Moving into the palace will be different in the future, and everyone will definitely be a lot stranger.
When the palace maid brought the food, Fei Rulan asked, "Has the date been set for Concubine Zhuang to enter the palace?"
"It's decided, next month." Zhao Han said.
Fei Rulan is the queen, Pan Qimei is the virtuous concubine, Fei Rumei is the shu concubine, and Liu Rushi is the Zhuang concubine, according to the ranking of Xian, Shu, Zhuang, Jing, Hui, Shun, Kang and Ning.
The harem at this time was indeed too deserted, with three concubines and only three princes and princesses.
Pan Qimei raised her left hand and asked with a smile: "Husband, this is the jade bracelet given to me by my sister Shu Fei. Does it look good?"
"It looks good." Zhao Han nodded and said.
Fei Rumei just smiled. She was newlywed and her excitement had not yet passed.
Zhao Zhenfang was lying on the table pouting. Fei Rumei, who she grew up with, was already married. Why hasn't that damn Zheng Sen come back yet?