Xiao Chen naturally had no interest in butt-wiping paper, but he couldn't resist Zhang Cheng's enthusiasm, so he reluctantly walked around with him.
When I walked into a workshop, I saw that the papyrus made there seemed different. The material used was actually fabric and satin?
Then he stopped and asked, "What is this?"
"Uh... this? This, this, it's this..." Zhang Cheng looked a little weird and hesitated to speak.
"Why can't you say it? It's a confidential item?" Xiao Chenxin said no, what secrets can you, the Treasurer, have?
"What kind of secret is it? Even if it is a secret, is there anything I can't tell you, Eunuch Xiao? What is this? A sanitary belt used by women during menstruation. It was originally the job of the Shangyi Supervisor, but someone found it dirty. Just transferred to me..."
When Zhang Cheng talked about this, he was still a little angry.
"That's it, hahaha!" Xiao Chen suddenly realized and laughed loudly.
"Father-in-law, look, you're making fun of us too!" Zhang Cheng sighed helplessly.
"No matter what errands you do, you are loyal to the emperor. You must do your best, but you can't complain." Xiao Chen stopped his smile and spoke in an official tone.
"I'm already holding my breath. If you don't complain to Eunuch Xiao, who should you complain to?" Zhang Cheng smiled playfully.
In the minds of this era, sanitary belts used by women were considered very unclean, and even the eunuchs who made butt wipes despised them.
The people who work in this workshop are all punished people who have redeemed themselves for their sins.
Xiao Chen is a modern person and has no taboos about this.
He was even inspired and had an idea, could he rely on his scientific knowledge to research and invent some modern tampons and sanitary napkins?
Not only to please the queen and concubine, but also to make a contribution to many female friends in the contemporary era.
It's a small effort.
But this is a female product after all, and there are many taboos in the palace, so it can't be done in a big way, so it can only be studied secretly by oneself first.
It’s not too late to wait until the research is successful.
He immediately asked Zhang Cheng to prepare some fine cotton, satin, finely sifted plant ash and the like and send them to his residence. Then he made a list and sent Xiao Lizi to the Imperial Treasure Supervisor, the Needlework Bureau, and the Shangyi Supervisor to get some needed materials. Raw tools go back.
No one knew what Xiao Chen was going to do, but naturally no one dared to ask.
Even if I ask him, he won’t tell!
All the memorials in the archive hall were cleared out. Xiao Chen asked the Royal Treasurer to make a batch of new wooden bookshelves and place them neatly in categories.
I also created several thick detailed catalogs, which are clearly listed according to time, place name, person name, and position. No matter what year, month, or person you are looking for, you can quickly find it by searching according to the picture. .
Gong Shouli came over to check it out in person, but still left without even farting, because Xiao Chen's job was ten times better than he expected!
There's literally nothing wrong with it.
Xiao Chen was also a little bit angry. Since you asked me to take care of the archives hall, I will work here from now on. Don't ask me for anything else, so I will be happy and free.
When I had nothing to do, I looked through the memorials. At first I was just curious, but then I became more and more fascinated.
There is so much contained in these memorials!
People's livelihood, economy, customs and customs across the country; national affairs at court, information about ministers; military deployment on the border, the number of soldiers, and all kinds of information about neighboring countries... It's all there!
There are also some interesting excerpts in which each other plays with each other. Most of the officials have a high level of education, and the articles they write are all written in Spring and Autumn style, that is, they can curse people without using curse words, and kill people without seeing blood.
It's obviously a complaint against the ginseng, but if you only read the superficial article, it feels like you are praising the person.
For example, when a magistrate participated in a promotion official, he said that the promotion official had always been "good-natured" and "disciplined" in doing things. He was very kind to those robbers who committed murder and arson and committed heinous crimes.
Not only did he not kill them, he also sent them to his own torture chamber to serve as police officers.
Another governor participated in the performance of a general, saying that this general was "brave and good at fighting" and "fearless of death", but he was a little eager for success, so much so that when he was clearing out the remaining bandits of the previous dynasty in the mountains, he "injured innocent people" and led to local People 'have quite a bit of criticism'
But there are also those who are uneducated. What they write is really straightforward. Even vulgar words such as 'dog thing', 'bastard' and even 'shit' are all written on the page. I really don't know that Li Wanjiang read this. How do you feel after reading this memorial?
Are you angry about the crime, or are you smiling about it?
Because the world has only been peaceful for more than a year, many officials are now promoted temporarily. It can be said that the good and the bad are mixed, and many officials are even blind and cannot read a lot of big words.
And those bandits and bandits who were recruited became even more exaggerated after they became officials, openly claiming that I have taken refuge in you, Da Zhou, for the sake of glory, wealth, money and beautiful women!
Is it bullshit to rob a few civilian women and kill a few gentry?
I've done this before!
Now that I've helped your Li family conquer the country, why don't we be allowed to have fun?
The struggle in the court was even more complicated, and there were thousands of pieces of information that involved each other!
Among them, there are more than a hundred people who participated in Chen Jisheng's performance. He has participated in everything. Some people even say that he is a rebellious person and has some kind of ulterior secret between him and his dead father's concubine...
But there is no suggestion that he is greedy for money, which shows that this person is really a man of peace and quiet.
Xiao Chen also found several memorials from Western Xinjiang, which were sent to Murong Heng, the Duke of Western Xinjiang by General Zhen. The contents were similar, and they were all urging the imperial court to issue food and salary.
Murong Heng was the father of Queen Murong Danqiu. He had 100,000 soldiers under his command to guard Luomachuan, the northwest border pass.
In the previous dynasty, he also guarded this place, and was favored and honored. He was awarded the title of first-class Zhenxi Marquis for his military exploits.
After Li Wanjiang pacified the Central Plains, he was the only one left, but he did not surrender.
Li Wanjiang knew that this man was brave and good at fighting, so he personally led an army to conquer him. As a result, he failed to capture him after several months of fighting, and he was almost cut off from his food supply.
Later, at the suggestion of his younger brother Li Wanyun, the two brothers entered Luomachuan without any soldiers, and used their interests to persuade Murong Hengxiao to surrender.
Murong Heng did not expect that Li Wanjiang had such courage and deeply admired him.
And what Li Wanjiang said makes sense. Now that the previous dynasty has been destroyed, the battle between their two armies will not be able to reverse the overall situation regardless of victory or defeat. Apart from heavy casualties, it is meaningless.
But it will allow the countries in Western Xinjiang that have always coveted the Central Plains to reap the benefits. If they take advantage of it, the world will be in chaos again. In the end, it will be the common people who will suffer!
Only then did he agree to submit to the Zhou Dynasty and be granted the title of Zhenxigong. He still led his former subordinates to guard the border.
In order to appease and win over the old general, Li Wanjiang welcomed his only daughter Murong Danqiu back to Fengyang and made her the queen.
In this way, Murong Hengke would be the father-in-law of the country, and he would no longer have any second thoughts.
