Money, power, women...these are the three mountains that all men cannot avoid, the mountain of desire!
The Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains for almost three hundred years. What did they rely on? Is it all about slaughter and suppression by force? Obviously not. In the early days of the dynasty, you might use more knives, but in the middle and later stages of the dynasty, you can't always kill people.
If you want to gain the loyalty of the Han group, these three magic weapons are indispensable!
Why Yang Zhi surrendered to the Manchus? In the final analysis, the Chinese did not satisfy him with these three things. Although Xiao Letian also offered a high salary, no matter how high it was, it could not be higher than Yang Zhi's current family property.
In Ryukyu, Yang Zhi was just a rich man, but in Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Yang Zhi could be said to be a super rich man. The cash stored in his family for a long time exceeded two million silver dollars, not to mention the real estate that even he himself could not count. , fields, pastures, workshops... and countless investments.
Millionaires are not allowed to run away!
As for power and status, Yang Zhi is already a third-grade minister. As a second-rank minister who just surrendered a few years ago, his status cannot be higher. He has to go through seniority later!
woman! How much does the woman Yang Zhi have? He himself couldn't count it all. Although the Chinese people have not abolished polygamy yet, they still have rules in private.
In the Chinese officialdom, as an official, you can't have more women around you than your superiors, right? And there can’t be more officers than Xiao Letian!
Xiao Letian now only has two equal wives, Huniu and Fuhui, and twelve big girls who are known as the twelve golden hairpins in the back garden of the head of state!
European Princess Sissi is just a lover, she has no status!
There are only fourteen people. To be honest, Xiao Letian has not slept with all fourteen people. He has a lot of work waiting for him every day, and he really doesn't have the time to think about these messy things all day long.
There are only so many women in the head of state's house, two wives and fourteen concubines, so the officials below must be reduced according to this standard!
The highest-status people below Xiao Letian are the Four Heavenly Kings and the Far East King Long Ye, while King Yi is not counted as he is living overseas.
These Four Heavenly Kings and the Far East King both have lewd characters. Luo Huo has no future and has one wife and four concubines. However, Wang Huaiyuan only has one very ordinary wife and does not even have any concubines.
Now the officials below can only continue to reduce the number of wives they have. By the time Yang Zhi reaches this level, he can only have one wife and one concubine!
The real senior Chinese people know very well that Xiao Letian originally wanted to promote monogamy, just like Europeans, but for various reasons, he got two wives of his own, and as a result, this rule could not be implemented.
But improving women's rights is not just empty talk by the head of state, but real action. Women's rights to education and work have now been written into the Chinese code.
Xiao Letian can't do it. Sooner or later, his heir will have to promote monogamy. This is the general direction!
What goes up works and what goes down works, knowing what the head of state hates, the people below him don't dare to blatantly expand the harem, which makes Yang Zhi very unhappy!
In his eyes, doesn't a good man want a group of wives and concubines to start a business? There is no way a man can fight without a woman! If you don't let me get more wives, I'll do nothing to Xiao Letian!
After defecting to the Qing Dynasty, Yang Zhi naturally took in wives and concubines as he was rich and powerful. He had four houses in Sijiu City and three manors in Xishan. There were no less than 500 women hidden in these seven houses, all of them his. plaything!
Cixi and others like this kind of courtiers. They are not afraid of your faults. What we are afraid of is that there is nothing wrong with you. You have the ability but still have faults. Such ministers are so easy to control.
There are plenty of women in the court. As long as you make money for the court loyally, the court will definitely benefit from you.
Yang Zhi was originally in charge of money, so it was meaningless for the court to give him money, and his official position was almost high enough, and he would have to give rewards to the Long Live Lord in the future.
None of these can be rewarded, so women can only be used to win people's hearts. Cixi was so happy today that she selected four beautiful maids from the harem and gave them directly to Yang Zhi.
After coming out of the Yangxin Gate and passing the military aircraft office, the ministers, Zhang Jing, and Bi Tieshi who stayed behind watched Master Yang bring out four more delicate maids from the harem, and they all swallowed their saliva greedily.
"Look at the bottom of the flowerpot...the waist of the water snake...the pigeon breast...it's so beautiful, the Queen Mother is so willing..."
"There's nothing you can do about it, and don't be envious. Why don't you have the ability to make money? Don't look at it. Your eyes will fall out if you look at it again..."
Yang Zhi walked in front, and the four maids followed shyly behind. When they reached the military aircraft, the housekeeper and the guards came to greet them. When the housekeeper saw the four maids, he quickly said to the guards, "You... understand these people first." Go to the palace, Master! Where are these four arranged?"
"Let them live in the house in Nancheng first. I will live in the city tonight and won't leave the city..."
The housekeeper smiled bitterly and said, "Hey...Master! I forgot to tell you that Xiao Liu, the steward of Nancheng House, also came to me this morning and said that Prince Gong sent two Korean women directly to the house... "
"Today, six people entered the house in one day..."
Hiss... Yang Zhi felt that his lower back was sore at that time, and his joints were cold. Having too many women was troublesome, especially women like this who were gifted by the Queen Mother and the Prince.
To say that they are concubines is better to say that they are spies. These are all spies placed around him. It is not good for you to be indifferent, and it is not good for you to be too heartfelt.
You don’t dare talk in your sleep at night, and even your sleep talk must be recorded when sleeping next to you!
What's even worse is that you still have to favor the queen mother and the woman who was rewarded by the prince. How dare you not sleep with her? What do you mean? Do you look down upon your master's reward?
The fact that you don't sleep proves that you have second thoughts!
Yang Zhi stamped his foot and said, "Put them all together... Don't bite me if there are too many lice... Make ginseng soup and Sanbian soup for me tonight!"
After seeing off the four women, Yang Zhi wanted to say a few words to the military aircraft on duty, but he didn't expect that the military aircraft minister on duty had to go on errands.
But in the innermost room, I saw the figure of my old acquaintance Li Tuo. The two didn't speak, they just blinked at each other. This was the code.
"Let's go... Since the military ministers are not here, let's go home first... Let's have a sumptuous meal tonight to welcome the new aunts and wives!"
Yang Zhi's house in Nancheng is a five-door courtyard. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary wealthy household with green tiles and white walls, but once inside, it is a different world.
All the houses were renovated, with newly carved rosewood doors and windows, bright paint, and blue brick floors. Twelve huge Jingdezhen white porcelain water tanks were planted with lotus flowers and goldfish.
The pines and willows in the back garden were all brought from the Taihang Mountains hundreds of miles away, and each one is hundreds of years old!
In order to protect his own safety, Yang Zhi not only bought this five-yard courtyard, but also bought the surrounding small courtyards. All of them were stationed by his guards. There were more than 300 people protecting the house. The water is blocked.
The back house is a woman's world. From concubines to maids and housekeepers, more than a hundred women live here. Yang Zhi is more comfortable here than the emperor.
But tonight he had no intention of spending time with a woman in the dark. From behind the rockery in the back garden, a secret door opened and Yang Zhi sneaked out.
