The Great Qi Dynasty has been passed down for hundreds of years, and many noble families and wealthy families and even have complex and intertwined relationships with the royal family because of their in-laws.
In this era, marriage emphasizes a match for each other.
It is natural for marriage between officials, noble families, prominent families, and nobles to be married.
If the noble royal family wants to firmly control the world, they must also win over and promote huge forces that can be used.
The emperor's empress, imperial concubine, concubine, etc., the prince's princess, concubines, and princesses to recruit prince consorts must be to select suitable candidates from these huge forces.
The royal family is their favor for them.
It's also their glory.
It was precisely because of the huge influence of his mother's family that Concubine Cheng was included in the harem by the emperor.
In this way, problems arise.
Concubine Cheng’s mother’s family is the mother’s family of King Xin. The mother’s family is powerful, which is beneficial and harmful to the prince.
The advantage is that the mother tribe can help you fight for the throne.
The power of the mother tribe is very important to the prince.
In addition, the mother tribe's forces are also tied to the prince on the same rope. Most loyalty is reliable. If the prince loses power, it means that the mother tribe's forces behind them will be suppressed.
The relationship between the two is to prosper and lose with each other.
The disadvantage is that it will attract the concerns of other princes.
Even if you don’t fight, people will regard you as a thorn in your side.
Once he was promoted, almost all the princes with huge power in his mother clan had no good ending. The families behind him were either killed by the whole family or exiled to the border.
Because of the above reasons, it would be impossible for Concubine Cheng to not fight.
Another point is that Concubine Cheng is in a high position and can see the situation in Daqi clearly.
Knowing that there are many hidden dangers and hidden diseases in the court, it is difficult to cure them all at once. Even the emperor's control over the court is not satisfactory, and the princes also need to fight each other, and each wins over the factions to fight openly and secretly, and he has sufficient reasons to intervene and deal with some
Tough enemy.
Unless the emperor is quite wise and wise, wise and decisive, or cruel, unkind and incompetent, even if he is the emperor, he must have a legitimate reason to deal with his subjects. It is not that as the emperor, he can really do whatever he wants.
If you ask me to die, I will die.
The princes fought and wanted to succeed the throne, so as to win over civil and military ministers, and exclude each other from hostilities, and then became in chaos.
The old emperor can fish in the water.
Concubine Cheng, who understood this, knew that the emperor simply put her, King Xin, and his family on fire.
If you want to not fight, withdraw, or act as a chess piece, the first thing the emperor does not agree.
These helplessnesses are just small problems for Concubine Cheng.
Concubine Cheng's family is very powerful, with tens of thousands of people in his tribe, and he is quite old and can enter the palace. How many women are there?
But why, it was Concubine Cheng who finally entered the palace?
Because of its beauty?
Of course not. There are too many beauties in the palace courtyard. Even if you have outstanding appearance, you will never realize how beautiful you are when you enter it.
Besides, Concubine Cheng was not the most beautiful among the girls in the clan back then.
There are only two reasons why she was allowed to enter the palace.
First, no matter how beautiful a daughter born with a legitimate daughter is, she will never become a concubine due to her status.
He can't even be a concubine.
The emperor's empress, imperial concubine, and concubine are limited to the number of women born in the family of ministers and nobles. It is impossible to have a vacant seat for concubines with low status.
Of course, accidents can sometimes occur. If the concubine's daughter is beautiful and scheming, she may climb up step by step in the palace.
Second, Concubine Cheng was smart and was brought by her elders since she was a child. She was taught to be cunning, resourceful, and very ambitious.
Not smart and not know how to like, even if you have an extraordinary background, it is rare to be liked by the emperor.
If the emperor is not favored by him and has no ambition, how can he seek benefits for the family?
Concubine Cheng had great ambitions, which was the main reason why she had strictly taught King Xin since childhood. She wanted her son to become the emperor of Daqi.
With the help of my parents, you can completely settle down.
"We are not the ones that the emperor likes the most. We can fight for the throne. Then even if King Xiang's reputation is ruined and he is disliked by the emperor, he can still peek at the throne."
"Yes, my son understand." King Xin answered honestly.
There is no longer the pride and joyfulness that I had before coming.
When Zhao Chen left, Concubine Cheng sighed lightly and stroked her lower abdomen.
She was pregnant at that time, but after Zhao Chen, she was framed and caused a miscarriage.
Since then, my body has become a problem and I can never get pregnant again.
If the baby was born successfully and was a boy, even if she was not the eldest son, she would definitely focus all her attention on that child.
Zhao Chen really disappointed her!
Strictly speaking, Zhao Chen is not stupid.
But being in a high position and being mediocre means being incompetent and unable to deal with and control complex situations.
Now Concubine Cheng is the lord of the harem, and she has a deeper understanding.
She was like standing alone on the top of the mountain, and there was a group of people around her, and everyone wanted to pull her down.
Once you fall, you will end up being crushed.
It can only rely on one's own confidants and the open and secret struggles of various forces to consolidate oneself and cleverly guide and maintain the balance of all forces.
This way you can always stand at the highest point.
Chen'er... Even if Zhao Chen can inherit the throne in the future, he may not have the ability or scheming.
Fortunately, I still have my parents' home.
Concubine Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
June is already summer and the weather is getting hot.
The sun hangs high in the air, like a stove, with the roasted grass leaves hanging down and wilted.
Outside the city, although the strong people were tired and hot, no one dared to be lazy.
Otherwise, if you are discovered, you will be driven away by your wages.
A few days ago, there was another post post, which stated that women were recruited.
So the working people ran home immediately and brought their wives with them.
Although the work here is hard, it can be filled with food.
It is much better than staying at home and running around digging wild vegetables, cooking some coarse grains, and barely eating half full.
Exercise cannot be compared with hunger.
As a result, the population of Lingtong County grew rapidly again, and in just a few days, it almost doubled.
In a few days, many people were worried about the elders and children in their families, and brought their families all again. So now the streets in Lingtong County are bustling with people, bustling with people, stalls, juggling, hawking on loads, and shoulders.
Rub heels.
Xiao Fan counted it last night.
The number of new population in Lingtong County has reached nearly 40,000!
Among them, there were about 18,000 people who dug the river and the people who were about 18,000.
Fortunately, Jiang Long asked the black-clothed guard to help buy and transport grain worth 50,000 taels of silver, otherwise it would be impossible to buy grain from the surrounding county towns.
It will also increase the price of nearby grain.
It will make life even more difficult for people who are already unable to eat.
With a population, the economy will naturally develop rapidly. People who have daily wages and have money, will also make some meat, buy some toys and candy for their children, and the circulation of money will accelerate economic development.
However, all of these silvers were subsidized by Jiang Long.
But is Jiang Long so selfless?
No, of course not!
Jiang Long cannot do such selfless things, but cannot do them.
Everything needs to have a rule, and business transactions are the same. You need to have in and out, otherwise sooner or later, the property will be squeezed out.
Then how could Jiang Long get back his capital and even make a big profit?
It's very simple, just renovate it in the city.
In the past, there were no plans for the private houses in the county town and they were built randomly. There were no cities here at that time. Until the population was large, the court allocated silver and built tall city walls on all sides.
Without planning, there will be a lot of waste on the land.
Although Jianglong has increased the area of private houses, after renovating them, there will still be many empty houses that can be sold.
In the past, the house could not be sold for money.
But now, the population in Lingtong County has skyrocketed and the economy is becoming more and more prosperous. The prices of private houses are rising rapidly.
Just for private houses, you can make a big profit after they are renovated and sold.
Of course, Jianglong has no plans to sell it yet, and the current prices of private houses are far from reaching their peak.
After building it, you can rent it out first.
In addition to private houses, Jianglong also needs to renovate street-side shops in the city, and commercial housing is the most profitable.
There are two rows on both sides of the street, all of which are folded into three layers. One of them is allowed to be selected by the original shopkeeper, and the other two layers are then sold.
This money is definitely not a small amount.
Also, in addition to the reconstruction area, Jianglong has added several streets in the planning.
Of course, shops and shops must be built on both sides of the street, which is another big sum of money.
In short, Jiang Long will not do a loss-making business.
But Lingtong County is too poor now, so he just took out the money first and used it as working capital.
When the time comes, more funds will flow into his pocket.
He is an official and it is difficult to make money directly, so he signed many contracts with Hou Jiang. Now the bricks and cement for building the house are fired from the caves bought by Hou Jiang. At that time, the silver will be transferred from Hou Jiang.
Go to his wallet.
The time when housing prices really rise to their peak should be the moment the farmland is reclaimed.
At that time, no one will doubt it anymore.
Lingtong County is the largest granary in northern Xinjiang!
After a few days of busy life, Jiang Long had already drawn the river route almost the same, and just handed over the rest to the yamen runners to do it.
It's rare to have a free time today.
He brought Tudu and others to a nearby field.
The fields are very fertile, and green seedlings grow in it.
Jiang Long squatted down and smiled on his darkened face because he saw the seedlings.
The temperature is higher in summer, so the peppers sprout and break through the soil and grow happily.
Thinking that fresh chili, which is green or red, will be able to eat it soon, Jiang Long drools.
"This ghost weather is too hot during the day and I wish I could take off all of it, but it was still cold at night and I couldn't sleep without wrapping it with a quilt." Tu Du wiped the hot sweat on his forehead and complained.
When Jiang Long remembered a word when he heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.
Wear a fur coat in the morning and wear gauze in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the stove!