The atmosphere in Lanzheng Hall was somewhat depressing.
Since the emperor returned from his new favorite concubine Zhang, everyone in the palace held their breath. The eunuchs and eunuchs all lowered their heads and frowned, wishing they could blend into the air so as not to attract the attention of the emperor who was reading silently at his desk.
The palace is not a place where secrets can be kept secret, especially Zhang Bin, who was promoted from a talented person to the lord of the palace in just half a year. She did not know what happened to arouse the wrath of the saint, and she is still kneeling in the courtyard of her palace.
The eunuch Gong E was not seen moving around in the palace, so the news flew to every corner like wings.
Concubine Wen took up her pen and wrote half a sentence on the note, then paused. She hesitated for a moment and sighed, then threw the note into the pen wash.
Empress Qin of the Manfu Palace was leaning on the couch and watching the new play rehearsed by the daughters of the palace. Her hands painted with Dankou were beating time, and then she saw her confidant nanny stepping forward and squatting beside her ear. Pan said this and that.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, snorted lightly, waved her hand casually, and continued to listen to the babbling music. It looked like just fallen leaves floating on the lake, but only the lake knew how big the ripples were.
At this moment, Emperor Chengyuan, who everyone thought was very angry, was not that angry at all.
He just didn't expect that just a few days ago, he asked Duke Sheng Guo to prepare a garden party, which made the Daqi family nervous, and even sent money to his harem. Even a proud person like Zhang Bin spoke for them, which was really impressive. .
"Yang Daban, bring me the Great Chukun Map."
Hearing this, Yang Xun, the eunuch of the palm print, immediately changed his behavior from the wooden stake just now and hurriedly fetched the map of Kun in person.
"Go down." As soon as the Kun map was laid out, Emperor Chengyuan waved his hand and stared at the border line of Dachu.
From the rebellion of Emperor Yan to the present, the three dynasties of Yan, Chen, and Chu have lasted more than 600 years. From Emperor Yan Cheng's conquest of Chuanping to take back the old land of Yongliang; Qu Gan fought hard to take back Tubo; in the end, he fought against all the opposition and annexed Daqi, taking back the land of plenty. Only then could he regain the old territory of thousands of years ago.
The vast territory of Chu today is not due to him alone, but to the continuation of the three dynasties, which used hundreds of years of national strength to support thousands of troops and thousands of horses.
In the past, all the princes in the court had doubts about swallowing Qi. If he hadn't been afraid of the ambition of A Rong in the grassland, and feared that future generations would be attacked by A Rong and Qi from both inside and outside, they would not have made this decision.
Thinking of the many losses suffered by Chu in the battle of Tun Qi, Emperor Chengyuan still feels trembling in his heart.
He considered himself to be either a warlike emperor, or Emperor Yan Cheng, Emperor Yan Ping, and Emperor Chen Xuan. According to historical records, they were all gentle people. The reason why he fought continuously was just to find more land outside the aristocratic family to support more people. common people.
Around this time, most of the emperors of the three dynasties had strong military virtues. Although the Chu family rarely gave up the land they controlled, they did not dare to annex it wantonly.
But this is the case, as the population of the people increases, Dachu's land will still face the situation of not being enough.
The common people cannot live in peace without land, and the court cannot develop better without a large amount of manpower. Therefore, the land issue must be resolved sooner or later.
Both the Aristocratic Family and Emperor Chengyuan knew this, and they also knew that the other party knew this, so the balance between them was temporary.
Emperor Chengyuan was bound to find a way to solve the problem.
This was also the reason why he decided to take the women's imperial examination.
He intended to take over the imperial examination for women and put the imperial examination, which had been controlled by aristocratic families from all over the country, back into the hands of the emperor.
Emperor Chengyuan believed that given time, when the future of all the men and women in the world is tied to one emperor, the family can end peacefully on the stage of history. Only then can it truly be regarded as "the land of the king in the whole world, and the shore of the land." Wangchen”!
It is a pity that after Da Qi returned to Chu, the aristocratic families in Da Chu were ready to take action due to Da Qi's old rules.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chengyuan narrowed his narrow eyes and looked at the logo on Da Qi's original map with a chill in his eyes.
If the effect of the garden party was unclear, he would have to make preparations in advance, and he would not even have to disperse the Qi people to the vicinity of the mountain people. In short, the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River and the many ports must not be controlled by the Qi people.
But how to do it and to what extent it is done depends on whether those people in Daqi know what is right.
With this in mind, Emperor Chengyuan called Yang Xun again and said, "All the documents and documents submitted by the emperors of the Hanlin Academy are presented to me through your hands."
Earlier, in order to keep his eyes open and his ears blocked, he ordered the officials of the Hanlin Academy to express their opinions in detail every ten days. There were no restrictions on the requirements of the statements, as long as they were meaningful and true.
In other words, you can tell the emperor a joke, popularize some trivial knowledge to the emperor that he doesn’t understand, or describe the great rivers and mountains you have seen. Of course, if you have good governance concepts and new policies, you can tell them to him. It would be better if the emperor listened; or it would be good to remind the emperor about the loopholes in a certain department or service procedure. In short, this is another way for Emperor Chengyuan to open up a way to speak out.
Now that he was upset, he wanted to hold on tightly to the channel that only he had control over.
When Yang Xun heard this, he hurriedly obeyed the order.
When Emperor Chengyuan wanted to give other orders, a young eunuch reported that it was the prince who wanted to see him.
"Xuan!"
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Sheng Xiangxun naturally had no idea what was going on in the palace.
He was looking at his little girl with exclamations in his mind, and was very surprised that he could give birth to such a smart child.
"Boarding school? How did you come up with this?!" He couldn't help but rub the little girl's head, and then he held her head with both hands and looked back and forth, wishing he could figure out the reason.
Sheng Yuan felt that her little head was about to make her father faint, so she quickly slipped off her father's legs using both hands and feet, and ran away with her little breasts rolled up.
Good guy, this is her head, not a ball!
"Sanlang is even playing tricks on the child!" Ms. Zheng was also particularly surprised by her little girl's performance, but seeing the way the little guy avoided him, she just wanted to laugh.
Sheng Xiangxunmei felt relieved in her heart: "It's not me who is teasing the child, it's really the child who gave me such a surprise. I'm so happy that I don't even know what to do!"
Mrs. Zheng saw the obvious joy in his eyes and couldn't help but ask: "Sister Yuan's method is really good?"
Sheng Xiangxun nodded, and the expression on his face became serious: "That's right! I'm thinking that after a while, I will think about it carefully, write down this method, and hand it over to His Majesty when I go on duty."
"Is it really worth writing a note?" Ms. Zheng was a little surprised. She had heard her daughter mention the method before, but she thought it was good, but she didn't expect it to be good enough for her husband to write a note. You know, her husband is a lazy person. Since entering the Hanlin Academy, I have written twenty or thirty articles.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but leaned into her husband's ear and asked quietly: "Do you want to communicate with the prince in advance?"
Hearing this, Sheng Xiangxun shook his head and whispered: "I am an official of the Hanlin Academy. His Majesty previously ordered the officials of the Imperial Academy not to submit documents directly to the emperor without going through the cabinet. This is because he intends to seize this channel. If the prince comes before your majesty, You know, it's not good for anyone to be afraid; Your Highness and I are cousins, and with the Queen Mother and Aunt here, as long as we don't hold back, we will have the glory, so why bother standing in the same line openly!"
When Mrs. Zheng saw that what he said was reasonable, she stopped talking and happily offered to accompany him to write a statement. Sheng Xiangxun naturally did not want it, so the couple went to the study hand in hand, and they completed the statement with each word. Fan.
