Dongdu Garden covered an area of more than 400 square kilometers in the Sui Dynasty, and only half of it was left in the imperial dynasty.
This may be the largest royal garden/hunting ground in the world. It reaches Xiaoshui in the west, Mangfu in the north, Jufeishan in the south, and connects Luoyang Valley in the east. Luo Ershui meets in between, with pines and waves, a sea of bamboos stretching to the sky, clusters of flowers, and streams.
Gurgling.
The Forbidden Garden has already begun comprehensive restoration work, and the city walls, palaces, and gardens are under construction. There are five gates on the north side of the garden, from west to east, namely: Chaoyang Gate, Lingji Gate, Xuanpu Gate, Yudong Gate, and Yingfu Gate.
Door.
Shao Shude entered Dongdu Garden through Yingfu Gate.
It was already late at night. He Lianjun, the Shaoqing of the Guards, Qingcheng Palace Supervisor, and Wang Chan, the North Supervisor of Dongduyuan, had been waiting in the cold wind. After seeing Shao Shude riding a tall horse, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "See you, Your Highness."
The palace guards also saluted together.
Shao Shude got off his horse, threw the riding whip to Li Yixian, returned the gift and said: "You guys have worked hard, please leave. I will go back to the palace to rest."
Having said that, take the lead and leave.
Sergeant Yin Anzhi spread out widely, guarding the front, rear, left and right, and headed towards Suyu Palace.
Suyu Palace is located in the northeast corner of Dongdu Garden, not far from Yingfu Gate. Wei Ji presided over the construction. It is adjacent to the large pond in the south, with flowing water and rocky water. The place is not big. Strictly speaking, it is not as big as Ziwei City and one of the Shangyang Palaces.
The palace is large.
This is actually quite normal. Most of the buildings in the Forbidden Garden are of a resort nature.
Take Suyu Palace as an example. It is surrounded by woods, facing the lake, and has a quiet scenery. It is originally a place where people can relax after working hard - Suyu refers to the bird that roosts at night, which shows its environment.
Suyu Palace is within the jurisdiction of Wang Chan.
Under the old system of the Guo Dynasty, the Forbidden Garden had four prisons, and Shao Shude also followed this system. Currently:
The Qingcheng Palace Supervisor was the northern supervisor of the Forbidden Garden, managing Suyu, Qingcheng and other palaces.
The Mingde Palace Supervisor was the prisoner on the south side of the Forbidden Garden, managing the palaces of Mingde, Huang Nu and others.
The Hebi Palace Prison is the west prison of the Forbidden Garden, managing the Hebi, Feixian and other palaces.
Cuiwei Palace Supervisor is the east supervisor of the Forbidden Garden, managing Cuiwei, Lengquan and other palaces.
In addition, a farm supervisor of Dongdu Garden was appointed to oversee all the miscellaneous matters in the garden.
Wang Chan is a member of Wang Yanfan's clan, and is also a good candidate for the next generation of his family to enter the palace. He has been training for many years. There was a shortage of people. After a screening and inspection, he quickly rose to the position and became the supervisor of Qingcheng Palace - of course, Qingcheng Palace
Still under construction.
Shao Shude strode into Suyu Palace.
The palace servants and eunuchs immediately became busy, and someone brought over the freshly brewed tea - yes, Wang Chan always paid attention to Shao Shude's whereabouts, making sure that when he arrived, he would have hot tea to drink, hot food to eat, and bathing
Even soaking your feet and taking care of people is a profound knowledge.
"Everyone wants wealth. Wealth is indeed intoxicating." Yin Anzhi's soldiers took turns guarding outside the door. Shao Shude ordered them to prepare meat and wine, then sat down and sighed.
The palace attendants brought hot water over and washed his feet. This was Shao Shude's habit. He didn't have this condition when he was in the army, and he didn't want to humiliate the warriors. Now that he returned to the palace, he was served by gentle and gentle palace attendants. It was indeed
Fairy days.
"I heard that there are still many vacancies for palace servants in Shangyang Palace, and they have not yet been filled in. Is this possible?" Shao Shude asked.
"Recruitment is in progress." Wang Chan said: "His Royal Highness is traveling around the world and dealing with many things every day, so he naturally needs people to serve him. The palace supervisor specially asked that His Highness like to stay in Shendu Garden, so he should first prepare all the palace people and household items here."
Being a eunuch really needs to be smart.
Shao Shude only said the first half of the sentence. Wang Chan had already figured out the hidden meaning and immediately told the reason.
Recruiting palace people is actually not that simple.
Palace people are a general term. In a broad sense, concubines are also considered palace people, but they generally refer specifically to court female officials, ungraded palace ladies, female musicians, female workers, handymen, etc. The division of labor is clear and there are many personnel.
There are also four major categories of sources: first, those who are hired into the palace by courtesy, such palace people are of high status, such as the Du family, Pei family, Xiao family, Wei family and others who served Shao Shude before; the second one is the selection of girls from good families.
Those who enter the palace are usually women from well-dressed scholars and families; thirdly, those who enter the palace as offerings are many, and their identities are complex. Some enter the palace because of their outstanding virtues and talents, some because of their outstanding appearance, and those who have special skills.
In short, there are many; fourthly, the crime is not committed in the palace, and they are also called official slaves and official bitches.
In fact, the number of palace residents who entered the palace due to crimes is beyond your imagination. Many palace maids, female workers, female musicians and other miscellaneous households have this identity.
Shao Shude nodded, gently caressed the cheek of the palace man kneeling in front of him, and asked: "Who is this girl? How come I haven't seen her before?"
"Your Highness has forgotten." Wang Chan said with a smile: "This is one of the daughters of Sin Chief Absi, and His Highness once visited her."
Shao Shude was a little embarrassed. During that time, he would crawl on the women of the Arbus family every day, and he would go in carelessly after grabbing a snow-white buttocks, but he didn't take a good look at their appearance.
"Aren't those who have committed crimes and entered the palace afraid of hidden dangers?" Shao Shude dared to play with these women, but he basically didn't spend the night with them because he was afraid.
"There will be no hidden dangers. Your Highness can enjoy it with peace of mind." Wang Chan said: "The wet nurse of Emperor Gaozong, Mrs. Lu, was the wife of Du Caihan, the general manager of Huazhou. Caihan was executed for treason, so Mrs. Lu was not in the palace, and later became Gao's wife.
Clan wet nurse."
"During the Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong was having a banquet with Wang Gui, the minister of Huangmen. There was a beautiful woman by his side. She was also the concubine of Wang Ai of Lujiang. Ai was defeated and her status was banished to the palace."
"Before Hou Junji was about to be executed, he begged Quan for one of his sons to sacrifice, and he was granted permission. His wife was exiled to Lingnan, and the whole family was wiped out. Among them were two beauties who had drank human milk since childhood but refused to eat anything. Taizong loved them and ordered them to come
serve."
Shao Shude was greatly opened his eyes.
He didn't know some of the secrets. They only existed in some inconspicuous old papers and no one paid attention to them.
Taizong gave his ministers a banquet and took Li Ai's concubine with him. The two beauties who "drink human milk" specially given to him by Hou Junji eventually fell into Taizong's hands.
Professionals from the eunuch family know best about these dirty facts.
"Very good, you are very attentive." Shao Shude praised, and then patted the girl's cheek. She quickly dried Shao Shude's feet and left with the footbath.
Shao Shude put on his boots, sat back at the table, and while enjoying dinner, he said: "Let your uncle come over."
"As ordered." Wang Chan knew that there were some things that people of his level could not participate in, so he immediately responded.
After Shao Shude had almost eaten, Wang Yanfan rushed to Suyu Palace out of breath. After wiping his sweat and breathing evenly, he walked into the palace room and said: "See Your Highness."
"Sit down." Shao Shude put the bowls and chopsticks aside, wiped his mouth, and stood up to pace.
Wang Yanfan watched his eyes, nose and heart, and did not dare to move.
King Xia returned from the Weibo front line, and he certainly knew what was going on. He, his chamberlain Qiu Silian, Wei Weiqing Murong Fu, and Chishui Army envoy Fan He were all involved in this major event. They discussed it repeatedly in advance and secretly surveyed to ensure that
There is no problem.
"Lu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Dugu Sun, the minister of affairs, and other traitorous officials have committed treachery and murdered the saint. Have you found out the case?" Shao Shude stopped, looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, and suddenly asked.
Wang Yanfan Yilin, this is final.
The saint is not wrong, but the minister is guilty. The crime is not murdering the king of Xia, but wanting to kill the king.
As for whether the slightly nonsense reason for regicide is reasonable, no one cares. Anyway, what King Xia said is what it is, and no one dares to question it.
"Your Highness, does the saint want to..." Wang Yanfan asked in a low voice.
Although middle-ranking officials always bully the emperor, there must be only a few who dare to commit regicide. If Liu Keming had not been accidentally injured by Jingzong and shot an arrow in the root of the thigh, he would have thought that the emperor found out that he was a fake eunuch with eggs.
, and even raped more than a dozen palace residents, including Concubine Dong Shu, and would not even think of regicide.
This psychological pressure is actually very great.
"The saint was deceived by traitors, what's wrong?" Shao Shude asked rhetorically.
"Yes." Wang Yanfan breathed a sigh of relief.
If the regicide really happened, wouldn't it be the eunuchs like them who would do it? It would be too ugly to send soldiers into the palace to kill people, and it would be difficult to stop the people in the world from talking about it.
Even though King Xia had a reputation of being generous, anyone who directly committed regicide would definitely not end well. It would be best if he did not get involved in this matter.
"However, the saint is so restless and intends to rebel, so he needs to be beaten." Shao Shude said: "Let this matter be dealt with, don't make it too ugly. Let all the confidants he brought out of the palace be released.
."
"Are all the thousands of people in Ziwei City allowed to disperse?" Wang Yanfan asked, somewhat surprised.
How many palace people are needed in the palace is a question.
Since the Han Dynasty, the number of palace residents has been increasing.
During the Taizong period of the Chinese dynasty, Li Baiyao, the Minister of Rites, wrote: "I have heard that there are tens of thousands of useless palace people in Da'an Palace and Yeting."
During the Xuanzong Dynasty, there were 40,000 people in the palace.
Even after the An-Shi Rebellion, when the state was in decline, there were still tens of thousands of people.
The Tang Dynasty should be the dynasty with the largest number of palace people in the history. In later generations, the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was generally difficult to exceed 10,000 people.
Xuanzong loved to enjoy himself, so it is understandable that there were many people in the palace.
Although Taizong also liked women, he had many women in his harem because he inherited the harem from the former Sui Yang Emperor.
In the early years of the imperial dynasty, mainly in the two dynasties of Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong, a major source of palace personnel was the concubines and maids left over from the former Sui Dynasty. The new dynasty incorporated them in place and continued to let them stay in the palace to serve. The reason was that "Sui
"In the next year of the clan, there are endless requests for maids." To put it bluntly, the country is in chaos and the population has dropped sharply. It is difficult to choose new palace maids. It is better to use the ones left by Yang Guang.
There is actually no safety risk in this, as it has been done this way since the Northern Dynasties.
Palace man Chen Huashu entered the palace in the fourth year of Jiande of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (575) and served five emperors: Yuwen Yong, Yu Wen Yun, Yu Wen Chan, Yang Jian and Yang Guang. He was extremely senior.
During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, he was a member of the same palace, and he even served seven emperors until the Mingzong period of the later Tang Dynasty. He was also very powerful.
"Do more screening." Shao Shude said: "The country is in chaos and the people are in dire straits. The selection of palace officials should be avoided if possible. Let some of the old palace people go, punish some of them, and comfort the rest and keep them."
"As ordered." Wang Yanfan responded.
Shao Shude walked a few more steps.
After the matter was dealt with, there was no one familiar to the saint except his children and concubines. This should also be his last struggle. After experiencing this, he should have resigned himself to his fate.
Of course, this is Shao Shude's idea. As for whether the saint will be intimidated, he still has to observe and observe. If it doesn't work, he will be abolished, let the prince come, and then go through the whole process.
"Go down and ask Murong Fu to come over." Shao Shude waved his hand and said.
Well, there's a conference tomorrow, and this chapter says the function should be blocked these days.
I can see what you said in the background, but the chapter page is not displayed. It will probably take a few days to be released.
