"Young people had fun, but now they are lazy. Spring cannot be left unattended, drinking wine by the side of flowers depends on the depth." [Recalling Qin'e·Jiaxu Spring Appreciation]
"My servant is washing the queen." Chang Yu came in with several maids holding basins and scarves in their hands and stood outside the silk tent.
Empress Dong was still lying on the bed, looking up at the top of the bed tent, with a warm smile on her face. This smile was very rare on the face of the always majestic and dignified Empress Dong. The Changyu beside her knew that only when she thought of the emperor
It was only then that such a look appeared on Empress Dong's unfailingly warm face.
Only at this time did Chang Yu dare to joke with Empress Dong: "The empress looks really good. It seems that she slept very well last night!"
She deliberately lengthened her tone so that the meaning in her words was indescribable. After hearing this, Empress Dong was not annoyed. Instead, she smiled softly, with a different charm, as if she was really blessed by the emperor.
Stretching out his hand softly and weakly, Chang Yu quickly reached in from outside the tent and held it: "Hel me up, and then light the incense in the Boshan stove."
Empress Dong stood up lazily and slowly under the service. The skylight outside the window just shone on Empress Dong's face without makeup. Those two eyebrows, slightly closed eyes, and half-open breasts made this graceful lady indifferent.
Don't mind having a happy couple.
She held her hands empty, put them back into her sleeves, and asked casually: "Your Majesty is gone?"
"The state took a bath and changed clothes in the east hall, had breakfast and then left. It seems that there is a regular court today." Changyu helped Empress Dong, and as he spoke, he smoothly smoothed the wrinkles on the mattress behind her. This was supposed to be
A casual act of tidying up caused her hand to touch the wet spot on the quilt: "Hey, what is this?"
Empress Dong suddenly turned around. The laziness in her eyes seemed to be just a momentary illusion. The dozing lion showed its original majesty: "Stop talking!"
She grabbed the Chang Yu's wrist tightly and pulled him in front of her. People around her fell to their knees, not knowing what had happened.
Empress Dong whispered in Chang Yu's ear: "You changed the bedding and said that I poured the water on the bed. You can't tell anyone about this. Otherwise, even if you are the maid who grew up with me,
, I will not spare you."
"Wei, Wei." Chang Yu's face turned pale with fright, and he hesitated, "But, this smell..."
After saying that, Chang Yu glanced at the kneeling palace servants around her. She was as old as Empress Dong. Although the maids and servants in the palace were all young, they had no idea what would happen to the man at what time.
, what things are like, even if you have not seen them with your own eyes, you can probably know them clearly through gossip.
Empress Dong's face brightened slightly, and she let go of Chang Yu's hand, and also glanced at the palace people. She knew that this action could not be hidden from anyone who wanted to do it. Instead of covering it up, it was better to nip it in the bud.
Thinking of this, she deliberately slowed down her voice and said seductively: "Smell it, what does this smell like? Tell me what you know. If you are right, you will be rewarded!"
Who dares to covet this ‘reward’?
Regardless of whether they understood or not, everyone hurriedly replied: "How do you slaves know?"
Empress Dong's expression changed: "If you don't know, just stop talking nonsense. If anyone talks too much, I'll whip him to death!"
Everyone was trembling with fear, some even covered their mouths involuntarily, while others leaned their heads on the ground, wishing they could bury their heads in it.
Soon, Empress Dong was supported by Chang Yu and walked into the main hall of the Jiao House, preparing to meet the two nobles Fu and Song after having a meal. Her expression was calm and peaceful, as if nothing happened last night, but she was there
Privately, he gave instructions to Chang Yu: let her take some time out of the palace to go to the Dong Mansion.
The fact that the emperor was finally able to perform the courtesy of Duke Zhou was still a secret. Empress Dong wanted to take advantage of the emperor's body and mind before the news leaked out.
Every woman will remember the first man in her life forever, and conversely, the same goes for men.
For the emperor himself, he vaguely knew that his first wet dream not only represented physical maturity, but also would bring about a storm. This storm would disturb the peace of the originally peaceful harem, and also cause the former dynasty to have trouble.
The storm is surging.
However, at this time, he had no time to pay attention to the follow-up of this matter. Instead, he focused entirely on the seal submitted by Wang Yi, the governor of Hedong County.
"This is the official title of Wang Yi. Both Xun Jun and Jia Gong have a look at it first." The "Shangfeng Shi" that arose in the Han Dynasty was the origin of the secret system in the late Qing Dynasty. Only the emperor could be the first to read it.
Xun You also had no way of knowing the contents of the seal.
When Xun You and Jia Xu opened the soap bag containing the seal to look at it, the emperor said at the side: "Although the case of Fan Xian and others in Hedong has been settled, the war situation is dangerous, the government's treasures are exhausted, and there is no way to collect taxes.
We rely on the imperial court to allocate funds for everything, so it is advisable to repair it as soon as possible. Since the land east of Hebei is close to Hebei, and since it looks to the Central Plains, it is an important military area, so farmers should be encouraged to accumulate grain as a means of destroying thieves."
"Wang Yi, Du Ji, Liu Wan and others are all good officials for a while. As long as they work diligently in farming and rely on the benefits of the salt pond, they will have a prosperous economy and have funds to support the army and the country." Xun You forwarded the seal to Jia Xu and said
: "As for what Wang Wendu, the governor of the county, said in the Feng Shi, that people from other places should be moved to replenish Hedong, I think it is not advisable. The world is in trouble, and it is not just Hedong. If the people of Sanfu and Hongnong are moved to Sanfu, the land will be empty.
The conquests continue and cost a lot of money. If a war breaks out at this time, how will we have the military resources to defend ourselves against the enemy?"
Xun You finished speaking in one breath, turned slightly to one side and looked at Jia Xu.
"If the people of neighboring countries are not reduced, and the people of the poor are not increased, why not increase it?" The emperor casually mentioned a sentence from "Mencius" and said leisurely: "What Jun Xun said is reasonable, and I did not intend to issue an edict to approve it.
It’s just that Wang Yi’s memorial also mentioned the issue of local restructuring, so this is the main issue that we, the monarch and his ministers, are discussing today.”
The local system of the Han Dynasty was only divided into two levels: counties and counties. The "state" above it was just an officially designated supervisory area. At first, the governor was only a 600-stone official responsible for supervising local counties and counties, and his jurisdiction was only "the six articles of governor".
'. However, as the situation changed, the authority of the governor expanded, and he gradually became the governor of counties and counties. This was something that was not anticipated at the beginning of the design. It is still necessary to retain the three-level local system of prefectures, counties, and counties. The emperor
He didn't want to create a 'province', so what he used Wang Yi's title to play here was specific local departments.
Just like the emperor has three ministers and nine ministers who are divided into different categories to handle government affairs for him, the governors of prefectures, counties and counties also need various subordinates to handle specific affairs for them. For example, the prefectures have special officials, governors, and Cao Cao, etc.; the counties have meritorious officials.
Cao Cao, Bing Cao, etc.; even counties have similar vassals.
The professionalism and division of labor of these functions in governing local areas have been achieved, and they can basically meet the needs of local governance. However, there are still two drawbacks. One is that the governors of prefectures, counties and counties recruit their own staff, and all the staff are appointed by local officials.
Scholars, this resulted in local government affairs being usually controlled by the powerful families. If the officials did not cooperate with the local powerful people, they would likely be sidelined and fall into the same predicament as when the king first arrived in Hedong.
In response to this shortcoming, Emperor Guangwu adopted a compromising approach. He directly used the excuse of "less household registration consumption" and "more official service and trouble" as an excuse to abolish more than 400 county-level institutions, and also reduced the number of counties in Guandong and Hebei.
The staff establishment of counties and counties has effectively reduced the power of powerful people to be promoted.
Emperor Guangwu had many reasons for doing so, but the emperor did not. His legal system and authority at this time were much stronger than that of Emperor Guangwu. Naturally, he did not have to worry about those constraints, and his methods were more decisive. Emperor Guangwu was only restricting, and
However, the emperor directly blocked the door for recruiting subordinates without authorization:
"For the general election of officials, officials, and officials in counties and counties, all appointments are made to locals, and foreigners are not used. This is a bad local custom. It not only opens the door for the powerful, but also divides counties and counties, creating the idea of districts.
"The emperor pointedly said: "From now on, in Hedong, from the county magistrate, to the county magistrates, and even to the petty officials, they will not be allowed to conquer each other. The county magistrates, county magistrates, cao magistrates and other officials are all under the imperial court's guidance.
Examination, or selecting and dispatching the best among the three officials. As for minor officials, they should also imitate the method of the imperial court's examination, and the county guards should organize the planning and assign officials to each county."