Chapter 763 At that time, His Majesty was still very young
After Liu Xie left, the ceremony officially came to an end.
The old royal family is coming to an end and the new royal family has stepped onto the stage of history, ready to play their role.
Later, Liu Bei took his family to their new residence.
The original General's Mansion is no longer inhabited. Only the Sixth Department is still working. Liu Bei and his family have moved to the palace.
The imperial palace of the Eastern Han Dynasty was called Beigong.
During the Qin Dynasty, the Beigong already existed, but was later destroyed by war. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty rebuilt it in the third year of Yongping.
square meters.
There are East Palace, West Palace, Changle Palace and Changxin Palace in the North Palace, which are respectively used as the emperor's palace, the emperor's bedroom, and the palace courtyard where the empress dowager and the empress dowager live.
The East Palace is the court courtyard. To the south of the main hall, Chongde Hall, there are Zhangtai Hall and Zhangtai Gate. This is generally where national government affairs are handled. Most of the official agencies located in the palace are also here. It is also where the emperor handles government affairs and meets with ministers.
here.
The West Palace is the emperor's dormitory, so its main hall, Deyang Hall, is also called the Yeting Hall in the North Palace. There is Duanmen in front. There are also Hande Hall, Tianlu Hall, Wenhui Hall, Yingchun Hall, Yongning Hall and Chongqing Hall in the North Palace.
There are palaces such as the Zhengdian Palace, and Yongle Palace, the palace where the Empress Dowager lives, is in the northwest of the Deyang Palace Palace.
After Liu Bei and his family moved in, the West Palace became their residence. The main palace, Deyang Palace, became the residence of Liu Bei and Han Ningxin. The remaining palaces such as Hande Palace, Tianlu Palace, and Wenhu Palace were given to several concubines by Liu Bei.
Room living.
Liu Bei's mother lived in Yongle Palace as the empress dowager.
Because of the rush of time, many living places are not ready, some are messy, and some are dirty.
Liu Bei asked Zhang Rang to send people to tidy up the Yongle Palace first, so that his mother could live comfortably, and then tidy up the Deyang Palace and other palaces. There were some places that were too late at the moment. Liu Bei's concubines did not show any pretense and personally led the people to tidy up and clean up.
A virtuous look.
Seeing the eunuchs and maids busily tidying up the huge palace, my mother, like Han Ning, felt as if she was in another world.
"Are we becoming a royal family now?"
"This is how I...became a queen?"
The two women stared blankly at the huge palace, seemingly unable to accept the fact that they had become the two most noble women in the world.
There is nothing unfamiliar to Liu Bei. Anyway, he has long been the de facto emperor, but he does not live in a palace.
This palace is larger, more spacious, and requires more walking. Simply speaking, it is a comfortable place to live. On the contrary, Liu Bei felt that this palace was not as comfortable as the General's Mansion.
Moreover, as the palace becomes larger, it will require more people to take care of it, and it will cost more money and effort to maintain it, resulting in a lot of expenses. This is a big challenge for Liu Bei who is used to a simple life.
While his mother and Han Ning were regaining their normal state of mind, Liu Bei took the Tiger Guards and Zhang Rang to walk around the entire palace where the emperor lived, trying to find any places that did not need to be used and sealed them up.
When I got up, there were too many places in the province and I had to send people to maintain them. As a result, I had never set foot in them.
That's pure waste.
While wandering around, Liu Bei discovered several relatively remote palaces. He felt that he would never visit them in the future, so he ordered Zhang Rang to seal these places so no one could come here again.
After wandering for half an hour, Liu Bei and his party arrived at the gate of the West Garden.
Looking at the main entrance of the West Garden that had not changed much, Liu Bei was in a trance and went back to more than ten years ago, back to the moment when he risked his life to challenge Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong and broke into the West Garden to find Liu Hong.
With nostalgia welling up in his heart, Liu Bei walked to the gate of the West Garden and turned to look at Zhang Rang.
"Remember here, you tried to cover my mouth, I grabbed your hands and made you unable to move, and then the late emperor opened the door, right?"
Zhang Rang looked a little embarrassed.
"His Majesty was still very young at that time."
"I'm not old now. I can live for decades."
Liu Bei stepped forward and pushed open the main gate of the West Garden. He stood at the door and looked in, only to see a desolate and dilapidated scenery, which was completely different from the lush and prosperous scene that he had seen before.
He couldn't help but sigh.
Yes, after Liu Hong passed away, he closed the West Garden on the grounds that it cost a lot of money, moved out all the things that were a waste of money, and then held an auction within the circle of powerful people, and sold all the rare and exotic animals, flowers and plants.
Sold for a good price.
It can be regarded as an end to Liu Hong's extravagant behavior.
After that, no one came to live in the West Garden. Only some eunuchs regularly cleaned and repaired it, so it was very clean, but it could not hide its desolate and dilapidated appearance.
Liu Bei then stepped forward and walked inside. As he walked, he recalled what happened more than ten years ago when he followed the gorgeously dressed palace maid here. It seemed that everything at that time could be reproduced before his eyes.
Standing in front of the main gate of Xiyuan Palace, he suddenly felt that the man who made him feel very complicated was still in the lobby in front of him, lying in a very slutty posture, enjoying the wonderful music, closing his eyes and concentrating, completely ignoring the dancing girls.
She danced with all her strength and danced beautifully, trying to please him.
He felt so comfortable and happy at that time.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei does not want this expensive palace to continue to exist.
"I remember that it was widely circulated at that time that there was a special swimming pool in the West Garden. The late emperor liked to swim in the summer very much, especially swimming with his maids. Is this true?"
Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Zhang Rang.
"It's true."
Zhang Rang said slowly: "When the heat was unbearable, the late emperor would swim in Yechi with his maids to relieve the heat. It was a beautiful thing. Could it be what your majesty said..."
"It's not that much. Don't get carried away. I don't like swimming."
Liu Bei stood at the door of the main hall, looked in, and said slowly: "Old Zhang, do you think that every emperor wants to be extravagant and lustful, regardless of the world's affairs, as long as he is happy?"
Zhang Rang blinked.
"Some emperors are like this, but an emperor like Your Majesty will definitely not be like this."
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang with a smile.
"Most of your efforts are focused on this mouth. Other aspects are mediocre, but at least you are not a fool. You are worthy of the advice I have given you over the years. Lao Zhang, from now on it will be just the two of us.
, don’t fall behind.”
"According to the decree."
Zhang Rang wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and did not dare to say another word.
Liu Bei shook his head, turned around and left the West Garden. When he stepped out of the gate of the West Garden Palace, he stopped again.
"After all, it is such a spacious palace. If it is left unused, it is a waste. It has no serious use. It will inevitably be reopened by unscrupulous descendants in the future. It is not a good thing after all. Lao Zhang, what do you think this place can be used for? Yes.
No suitable serious use?"
"Real use?"
Zhang Rang said slowly: "This is the place where the late emperor used to play, live and enjoy the cool weather. The palace equipment is complete and the place is spacious. It can accommodate a lot of people, but if it really has any serious use...it seems that there is no shortage of serious things in the palace."
That’s where the Erba Jing is…”
Zhang Rang frowned and couldn't think of a reason. Liu Bei thought for a moment and suddenly had a special idea.
"You say, how about we transform this place into the central kitchen of the entire palace? It is responsible for the meals of everyone working in the palace. The previous central kitchen was in a small, cramped place. I have heard people complain more than once that the place is too big.
Small and not enough.
Now the West Garden is empty. There are so many palaces and houses, so many open spaces, and even such a big pool. Wouldn’t it be a waste if it is not used? Why not just turn it into a large central kitchen, and ask the cooks to come over?
Cook for everyone.
You see, those palaces can be used as kitchens, and many vacant houses can be used to live in and store food. So many open spaces used to be used to grow flowers and plants, but now they are all used for growing vegetables and fruits. Don't swim in the pools.
Let’s raise fish to eat, what do you think?”
Zhang Rang was stunned.
"fish culture?"
In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the time Liu Hong played here with the beauties in the palace many years ago, and then imagined the scene of raising fish in this pond...
It seems a bit...
Weird?
But it was Liu Bei who brought it up. Seeing Liu Bei's excited look, Zhang Rang swallowed his words back in his stomach rationally, changed his words, and said with a smile: "You're right, if you raise fish, just raise them."
Fish, raising fish is very good, and fish is very delicious!”
"Right? Not only can you raise fish, but you can also raise poultry, pigs, etc. It would be too wasteful not to use such a large open space. Moreover, raising your own ingredients can also save the cost of cooking. The little bit you can save is the best.
It’s not easy to make money either.”
Liu Bei clapped his fingers and said with a smile: "Grow some vegetables and fruits, raise some chickens, ducks, fish and pigs, and then turn this place into a central kitchen and transform the main hall into a big canteen so that everyone can come here to eat. I
If you’re busy, you can come here to eat, don’t you think it’s great?”
"That... that is indeed... indeed good."
Zhang Rang forced a smile on his face: "As long as you think it's okay, then it's okay, then let's do it like this..."
Liu Bei nodded.
"Well, Lao Zhang, this matter is left to you. You go to Zhen Yan and spend a sum of money from the Shaofu to rebuild the West Garden. You are familiar with the West Garden, so I can rest assured that you can handle the matter."
Zhang Rang saw that he had another errand, and he didn't know whether to be happy or speechless.
The luxurious place that the late emperor used to relax and enjoy himself was turned into a central kitchen by Liu Bei, and he also had to raise pigs...
That's pretty good.
Zhang Rang didn't say anything more. Who made Liu Bei the master here now?
After going around in a circle, we returned to Deyang Palace. It was already time to have dinner. This was the first dinner for the Liu family after they entered the palace. The whole family was here, waiting for Liu Bei to come back and greet them and start the meal.
In addition to Han Ning being named queen, Liu Bei's other concubines were also named nobles by him.
During Wang Mang's period, he relied on the ancients to reform the system and created three wives, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one royal wives. The entire harem was large in scale and had a large number of people, with a total of 120 people.
During the reign of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, in order to live a simple life, the system of concubines in the Western Han Dynasty and Xinmang Period was changed to only the fourth class.
Nobles, beauties, palace maids, beauties.
Nobles, gold seals and purple ribbons, salary no more than a few dozen dendrobium, beauties, palace servants, third-rate concubines, no rank, only some rewards at age for living expenses.
Generally speaking, the Eastern Han emperors did not have many concubines, especially since there were so many emperors who died before reaching adulthood and would not have any concubines at all, so Liu Bei's concubines were already relatively large in number.
Because they were all people who accompanied him, and Liu Bei also wanted to maintain the harmony in the backyard, he made them all nobles and did not grant other levels.
Not to mention whether there will be new people entering the palace in the future, anyway, only their family lives in this huge palace now, and more than 100 of the eunuchs and maids serving in the palace have been eliminated in a wave of purges and selections.
Ninety, so the whole palace seemed empty.
According to Zhang Rang's statistics, the total number of eunuchs and maids currently serving in the palace is only four hundred.
At the dinner table, Liu Bei talked about this matter and decided to leave it to Han Ning.
"The palace does need some popular people, whether it is eunuchs or women, we can recruit some. We need to recruit hard-working and willing people with quick hands and feet. If you come in, you will work more and talk less. I will leave this matter to you.
The queen will supervise."
Liu Bei looked at Han Ning with a smile and winked at her.
"Queen, is it possible to do this?"
"How dare you fail to complete the mission assigned by Your Majesty?"
At this time, Han Ning also regained some of her energy, became less confused, and began to carefully uphold her identity as a queen, and began to act as the master of the harem in a decent manner.
"That's very good. We can recruit more people this time, maybe seven or eight hundred people. In short, we need to have more people in the palace. For such a big place, someone needs to be cleaned."
Liu Bei patted Han Ning's hand and said, "As the emperor, I am busy with government affairs in the previous dynasty. The palace and courtyard behind this are all under the management of the queen."
"Um."
Han Ning nodded.
So Liu Bei looked at the other nobles.
"You are all people who have been with me for several years. I trust you enough and do not have too many demands. Apart from respecting the Queen Mother and the Empress, it is no different from the past. In the past, you lived in a small courtyard. Now,
Living in a big courtyard, my identity is different, but my essence remains the same.
Of course, you must also pay attention to the changes in your status. Some things you could do in the past are no longer convenient now. You must be more cautious whether it is the people around you or your family. And, the most important point is that
, cannot interfere in the government affairs of the previous dynasty."
When he said this, Liu Bei was very serious and showed no signs of joking.
The concubines also understand this truth very well.
Since Empress Lu ascended the throne, the emperors of the Han Dynasty have been more sensitive to the interference of the harem in politics. They have many restrictions on the queen and the queen's family, and they also have many restrictions on the contacts between the concubine and the outside world.
Despite this, due to the prevalence of marriages, insufficient legal provisions, and the worrying life span of the young emperors, harem politics still caused a lot of troubles for the previous dynasty during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Liu Bei planned to rectify it from the source, establishing it as politically correct that the harem should not be involved in politics, and resolutely put an end to family affairs and state affairs being confused.