As early as the early years of the Holy Han Dynasty, the imperial palace promulgated the "Palace Law" regarding how to deal with the former emperor's concubines, which clearly stipulates: After the death of the emperor, the former emperor's empress and the new emperor's biological mother shall be ranked as the empress dowager and empress dowager in the West Palace.
If the former emperor has no queen, the imperial concubine will automatically be promoted to
The Empress Dowager, this is also the reason why Zhang Guifei became the Empress Dowager Zhang. As for other concubines of the former emperor, the "Palace Law" requires that they be sent to the Yangyang Palace in the West Palace to be raised, but their treatment needs to be reduced, and the service staff and
The monthly salary will be reduced to one-third of the original amount.
The Yangyiyuan is located in the West Palace and is under the management of the Queen Mother of the West Palace. And the Queen Mother Zhang is not a generous person, so the concubines of the former emperors in the harem often end up miserable. It is only August of the second year of Dade, and there are already six former emperors.
The concubine hanged herself to death, which caused a lot of discussion both inside and outside the court.
Emperor Dade said: "The late emperor's concubines are troublesome. The palace needs to spend a lot of money to raise them every year, especially since my father has more than ninety beauties. The cost of raising the Summer Palace accounts for three-thirds of the palace's expenses.
One day, I decided to rectify the Yangyuan, but I was worried that by reducing the treatment of the Yangyuan, outsiders would make irresponsible remarks. You know what my father is like
There are more than ninety concubines and beauties, the oldest one is fifty-three years old, and the youngest one is nineteen years old. If we continue to support them, I am afraid that the internal treasury will be exhausted by them." He smiled bitterly.
, and asked: "First of all, please tell me how I can reduce the cost of maintaining the Summer Palace without blaming them harshly or making people make irresponsible remarks?"
This kind of question is indeed too difficult. Zhang Xiaowu immediately waved his hand and said: "I am an outsider. How can I answer the matters in the palace? Moreover, it concerns the late emperor. I won't say it anymore. I won't say it anymore."
The Great Virtue Emperor said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Bystanders who know the authorities are confused. Once you say it doesn't matter, I may not listen."
Zhang Xiaowu thought for a while and said: "If I were to be happy, then I would boldly say it. I think the late emperor's concubines can be divided into two categories. The first category is the concubines who gave birth to the late emperor's children. These people are best dealt with. They only need to
Just give them to your children to take care of them until they die. I think they are willing to live with their children in their hearts, and your Majesty's brothers and sisters are also willing to live with their biological mothers. The beauty of adulthood is the greatest beauty in the world, and your Majesty can give it a try."
The Dade Emperor said: "But there has never been such a method of disposal before, and there is no record in the "Palace Code"."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Rules are dead, people are alive. All rules serve people, people do not serve rules. Your Majesty, if everyone lives by the rules, who will overthrow the Tiantang Empire? I
How did the Holy Han Empire be established? Rules are a constraint on correct behavior, but when some rules are no longer suitable for the times, new rules must replace the old ones."
The Great Virtue Emperor nodded and made a mental calculation. If he gave them to his children, the inner treasury would naturally save a lot of money.
Zhang Xiaowu added: "The second type is concubines who have never given birth to children. They can be sent to the cemetery to keep vigil. Some old eunuchs and maids in the palace can also go with them and allocate small courtyards for them in the cemetery.
Let them cultivate their own lives,
You can even ask your natal family to help, but outsiders are not allowed to enter the cemetery. Of course, they can bring their own gold and silver jewelry to the cemetery. If they are good-minded, they will definitely live well, but if they are not good-minded, they can only live a reluctant life.
, no one else to blame.”
Dade Emperor said: "You mean, let them fend for themselves?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "The imperial court can give them seeds, grains and some silver, so that they can live on their own. They only need to send the imperial guards to simply maintain order and prevent outsiders from entering the cemetery. I don't think there will be any big trouble."
"Great goodness, that's how it is." The Great Virtue Emperor laughed and immediately asked Laixi to write it down.
At this time, the eunuch who sent the message said that Concubine Tang was here. It turned out that Concubine Tang had heard that Empress Dowager Zhang was driven back to the West Palace by Emperor Dade, and that the old nanny was killed. She was afraid of a conflict between mother and son, so she hurriedly ran to Yangxin Hall to persuade peace.
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However, Tang Guifei did not understand the real reason why Emperor Dade wanted to kill the old nanny. It was not that the old nanny offended him, but that he warned everyone through the old nanny's blood not to get involved in the imperial power. Today, the empress dowager favored her.
Old grandma, tomorrow may be his ninth brother, King Jin, or his seventh brother, King Chu.
Emperor Dade let Zhang Xiaowu go down and told him to recruit him to the palace at a later date. Zhang Xiaowu accepted the order and left.
When Zhang Xiaowu left the palace, he saw Gou Delu again. Eunuch Lu was waiting for him at the gate of the palace. When he saw him coming, he smiled and gave him a bag of silver. Zhang Xiaowu was surprised. Foreign ministers always stuffed money into his father-in-law and eunuchs.
How can any eunuch give gifts to foreign ministers? Zhang Xiaowu said: "Eunuch Lu, are you trying to hurt me?"
Gou Delu said with a smile: "This is a congratulatory gift. First of all, I would like to congratulate General Zhang on becoming a close minister of the emperor."
Zhang Xiaowu asked: "Mr. Lu, there is something I don't understand."
"General Zhang, please speak."
"Why does the emperor trust me so much?"
Gou Delu joked: "Do you still have second thoughts?"
Zhang Xiaowu immediately said: "Of course not. I am loyal to Your Majesty and to the Holy Han Dynasty."
Gou Delu applauded and said: "That's all right. Since the emperor trusts you, why are you uneasy? If you live up to His Majesty, His Majesty will naturally not live up to you."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "I just felt like I had suddenly dug up a treasure, and I was actually scared."
Gou Delu pursed his lips and smiled: "It doesn't have to be like this. The emperor trusts you naturally because you are trustworthy. You just need to run the errands for the emperor. Our family will also have to rely on the protection of the general in the future, and some matters in the palace require the general.
This can only be accomplished by cooperating with our family.”
"It's easy to talk about."
Gou Delu arranged for a small gate officer of the Royal Forest Army to follow Zhang Xiaowu and escort him to the inn of the Ministry of War.
This officer is also one of the Imperial Guards. The number of the Imperial Guards is less than 10,000, but there are many categories. Some are on duty in front of the emperor, some are serving as handymen, and some are working as coolies. This is like a civil servant, who both sits and
In the administrative building, people spend all day eating and getting food, and there are also people who work desperately on the front line of flood and disaster prevention. Although everyone is a civil servant, they are also divided into high and low. Did you know that every year, only one out of a hundred people take the civil service examination, but there are some jobs that are not open to recruitment
No one or no one cares about it.
The same is true for the Imperial Guards. People often say that the Imperial Guards are the Imperial Guards who protect the emperor, but that is just one part of the Imperial Guards that is responsible for standing guard. For example, this officer is actually responsible for providing services to various ministers who enter the imperial city.
Take care of the cars and horses, even arrange fodder, etc.
Zhang Xiaowu asked where Li Canglan was, and the gate officer said that General Li was checking everywhere, and he didn't know where General Li was. Zhang Xiaowu laughed. Li Canglan was really annoyed because he was tied up with the trivial matters of his mother-in-law and mother all day long.
His feelings for Du Shanbo were no longer what they used to be.
Zhang Xiaowu originally planned to live in a shop in Shunxingfang, but the Ministry of War arranged for them to stay in an inn in Liulicang, one of the thirty-six lanes in the inner city.
The Yamen of the Ministry of War is divided into two parts. The Yamen of the Ministry of War in the Imperial City is called the Inner Yamen of the Ministry of War, and the Yamen of the Ministry of War in Liulicang is also called the Outer Yamen. The Inner Yamen of the Ministry of War has only two functions. One is to store the archives and records of the Ministry of War.
The second is to prepare for the morning meeting in Huwei Hall; while outside the Ministry of War
The yamen is divided into nine departments, namely the Military Examination Department, the Honor Guard Department, the Functional Order Department, the Post Office Department, the Ordnance Department, the Military Pay Department, the Imperial Guard Department, the Inspection Department and the Military Affairs Department. Therefore, most of the work of the Ministry of War is done outside.
After the yamen was completed, it was finally summarized in Huweitang, the inner yamen, and handed over to the Minister of War for the final decision.
It is the job of the Post Office to arrange the food and accommodation for the border troops who come to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit. Although there are inns in Longdu, the Post Station in Longdu is only responsible for collecting intelligence from all over the world and is not responsible for entertaining the frontier troops. Therefore, the Post Office arranges for them.
Go to an inn in Liulicang. It is said that this inn is one of the properties of Shi Yongshi's family, the Minister of the Ministry of War. Every year, relying on this inn, the Shi family can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
After Zhang Xiaowu arrived at Liulifang, he first went to the Military Affairs Department to report, and then the Military Affairs Department attracted officials from the Yichuan Department and led him to the inn.
Many officials from the Ministry of War came to see what the ghost general looked like. Unfortunately, Zhang Xiaowu was too preoccupied at this time and had no intention of talking to anyone.
He met with the emperor, but caused a big disaster. Zhang Xiaowu just wanted to say: It's too difficult for me...
It was not Zhang Xiaowu's original intention to kill the old nanny in the palace. It can be seen that Zhang Xiaowu couldn't hold back the pain and killed the old nanny when he saw the old nanny being so unscrupulous in front of Emperor Dade. After killing the old nanny, he will definitely be impeached by all officials, especially
The impeachment of Party members Zhang has come to this, and there is no regret medicine to take. He can only take one step at a time. As for what ifs, there are no ifs, because even if he goes back a few hours ago, he will still kill the old grandma.
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People can't take advantage of everything. Killing the old nanny is a statement to the emperor. Even if he offends the Queen Mother Zhang, he also offends Zhang Party. If he doesn't kill the old nanny, he will not get any benefits, but will offend him.
Why bother to do this to the great virtuous emperor?
"I came to Longdu, but ended up losing my position as the leader of the Ghost Guard. It's really not worth the loss." Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and laughed at himself.
After returning to the inn in Liulicang, Ruan Qingwen and others saw Zhang Xiaowu and gathered around him. Ruan Qingwen hurriedly asked: "General, I heard someone from the Ministry of War said that you were named a guard with a sword in front of the emperor. This guard with a sword in front of the emperor is no better."
He is an official of the fifth rank, and you are a general of the third rank."
Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "The news spreads very quickly."
Ruan Qingwen said: "A trafficker who specializes in selling information came to me and said that he would sell me a piece of good news and earn me fifty coins."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "There are actually traffickers who specialize in selling information?"
Ruan Qingwen laughed and said: "This kind of person is called Shun Feng Er, but he is nothing more than a news broker. Most of them are related to the servants of some official families who are not strict in speaking."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Then he must not know what will happen to me next."
"Disaster?"
Zhang Xiaowu then told everyone about his experiences these days, especially the palace murder of the old nanny. Everyone was stunned and silent for a long time.
"You killed her mother-in-law in front of the Queen Mother?" Ruan Qingwen shouted with wide eyes, "Did you really kill her? You - you can do such a thing." He then shook his head and smiled bitterly,
He looked up to the sky and sighed: "I gave you countless warnings, but I never expected that you would still be impulsive, too impulsive."
Wang Yijin, Chen Guanxi and others also lowered their heads, not knowing what to say. A general who can kill the Queen Mother is really brave. Of course, it can also be said to be reckless.
At this time, Kang Tianen suddenly applauded and said: "Use retreat to advance, self-destruction to revitalize the overall situation, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
"What did you say?" Ruan Qingwen said.
Kang Tian'en said: "I said that the general's move seemed to offend the Queen Mother, but in fact it showed his attitude to everyone. Uncle Dushan knew that he would definitely not be able to surrender to Zhang Dang, so he would not go into details. And Zhang Dang couldn't do it for a nanny.
And attack the imperial officials, especially the local officials in charge of military power. The most important thing is, by killing the mama, your majesty can finally transfer the general to Longdu, and then the general can show his talents."
"Show me your skills?" Zhang Xiaowu asked back, "You mean I'm about to be reused? I'm just the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army. What skills can I use?"
Everyone looked weird and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. They thought to themselves, General, you've got it. Can you stop pretending like this? What does it mean to be the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army? General Jinwu is the only one in the world. General Zhonglang of the Royal Forest Army is responsible for the entire Imperial Army, and
The task of General Jinwu of the Royal Forest Army is to protect the safety of the emperor. If you don't get promoted to a noble rank in the future, who can?
"Alas... I thought that Xiao Kai would show off his talents in Longdu after leaving me, but I didn't expect that I came to Longdu first and caused this incident. Alas..." Zhang Xiaowu tsked and smiled bitterly.
Kang Tianen said: "Unless the world is in chaos, it is better for the general to stay in the capital. With Uncle Dushan here, the general situation in the world will definitely not be in chaos. And the general can take the opportunity to make friends with dignitaries in Longdu, consolidate his power, and prepare for his future stay in the court.
Be prepared."
Zhang Xiaowu asked: "Do you want me to be the second Uncle Dushan?"
Kang Tianen asked back: "How can a real man live in this world and live among all living beings? The general is already like a unicorn in the clouds and a dragon in the water. Even if he hides in the corners of the world, he cannot escape this worldly strife. Even if the general can hide in the north of the Great Wall,
There are disputes in the DPRK, but if the general stays in the north of the Great Wall, he will look at the yellow sand in the sky and bow his head in the dirt for the rest of his life, repeating his life for decades. With the general's curiosity for curiosity so important, is he really willing to see a life where he will die at a glance? "
Ruan Qingwen said hurriedly: "You can't say that."
Kang Tian'en said: "Brother, do you know that no leaf can drift with the tide? Those who want to live in a dawdle will eventually make themselves the worst. Only those who dare to fight the waves can reveal their true colors."
"Well said, only those who dare to fight the waves can show their true colors as heroes!" Zhang Xiaowu laughed, and then said: "Today I will take you to eat something good, one pound, and tell the store to give us the best food and wine.
, come to Longdu once, brothers, don’t make yourselves miserable.”
"Okay!" everyone shouted hurriedly.
Bao Yin shouted: "General, can you ask some dancers and singers from the brothel to sing and dance for the brothers?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Of course it is possible, but the brothel dancers and singers are all cowards who sell their bodies but not their art. You sluts should not go up and touch others casually, do you understand?"
"I know, let's just look at it and not touch it." Everyone laughed.