The three of them moved to the small garden where Han Dongwen usually walked. They backed away from the others and found a stone pavilion to sit down.
"Liu Cheng, what's so important to you that you can't wait to make an appointment with Taishu Pavilion?"
Han Dongwen smiled on his face, but felt a little anxious in his heart: "I have quite a lot of free time these days, and I often go to Taishu Pavilion. If you are worried about not being able to see me, then there is no need."
Liu Cheng bowed his head in response: "Your Highness, I have no choice but to report this urgently today, lest I waste time and damage His Highness's holy name."
Damn the holy name?
Han Dongwen frowned in confusion: "When is it exactly?"
"His Royal Highness issued an edict to the court the day before yesterday to select girls from all over Simeng and move them into Yihong Tower. According to the rules, this edict will be officially announced to the world in two days."
"good."
Liu Cheng added: "Even though the announcement of the draft will not be issued to the public until tomorrow, this matter has always attracted a lot of attention from the people. After these two or three days, I am afraid that there have been various rumors among the people and they are actively preparing for this matter. .”
Han Dongwen didn't understand and asked, "Even so, so what?"
"Your Highness..."
Liu Cheng looked at Zhong Lilin with some embarrassment, and the latter nodded to him, indicating that it was okay to speak.
"However, if this matter is officially announced to the people, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the people!"
Han Dongwen was a little stunned after hearing this: "Dissatisfied? How dissatisfied?"
"Your Highness, just because of this draft, the girls who have always been selected to enter the palace to serve the emperor, but now they have entered the Yihong Tower. Such a contradiction, even if the people misunderstood it first, it still harms the holy name of Your Highness. I hope His Highness will learn from it!"
"Liu Cheng, in my request to the Finance Department and the Legal Department, I have to give these women the same salary as the palace maids, but it is not beyond the realm of possibility. How about this..."
"Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with salary."
Zhong Lilin spoke and nodded slightly: "It is one thing to serve you. I will serve you no matter who gives me money. I will not refuse anyone who comes. That is another way of saying it. It is the duty of a common woman to be drafted into the palace. The only difference is that Your Highness It doesn’t matter whether you are good or not, but if you select all the folk girls to enter Yihong Mansion according to the rules of the draft, I am afraid it will be against ethics and cannot be called a wise move."
After listening to what Zhong Lilin said, Han Dongwen felt a little headache. He looked sideways at Liu Cheng and tapped the table gently: "You go down first and put the issue of the edict on hold until Taishu Pavilion drafts a new edict. Discuss."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Liu Cheng stood up and bowed his head respectfully, bid farewell to Han Dongwen, turned around and walked out of the back garden.
When he was far away, Han Dongwen sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose, and said in annoyance: "Zhong Lilin, you tell me."
Zhong Lilin was stunned and understood that His Highness wanted to find a way.
He suddenly felt excited. For the first time in such a long time, Taishu Pavilion finally played the role that Taishu Pavilion should have - admonishing the emperor and discussing the imperial court.
Although, this is the case...
"Your Highness, in my opinion, the most important thing is to distinguish this matter from the draft. In any case, it cannot be done according to the method of drafting into the palace."
What Zhong Lilin really wanted to say was that you shouldn't worry about Yihong Mansion and do more serious things while you're interested, but naturally he didn't dare to say it out loud.
"How about just signing up on a voluntary basis?" Han Dongwen asked.
The selection of civilian girls has never been voluntary, just because the most beautiful girls should be the private property of the king, and this ridiculous thing of hiding beauty among the people must never happen.
Extrapolating this principle into reality, no matter the common people, even the rich daughters of important ministers and high officials are begging to climb the dragon pillar, but the ones who are trying to climb the dragon pillar are not palace maids, but concubines like Jiang Keyin.
It is said that in the past, when the monarchs were at the height of their power, their officials and their richest men would even be willing to serve as palace maids. Such a thing happened.
Now, Han Dongwen has decided to come on a voluntary basis. He must make his words clear first and don't fool the people. If those who want to make a living come and sign up, there should be no problem - just like people selling meat and software decades ago. Se Qin is the same. He consciously and voluntarily refuses to force or lie. If he eats this bowl of rice with his face on the ground, he should not build any more memorial arches.
"No."
Zhong Lilin said again.
Han Dongwen asked curiously: "Why not?"
"Your Highness, yesterday at Taishu Pavilion, I tried to discuss this matter with Mr. Wen of the Pavilion. I also thought so, but Mr. Pavilion pointed out the problem."
Zhong Lilin said respectfully: "If this premise had been announced to the world in advance, then this draft would almost be a sure thing."
"When I built the building, I said it was not about loyalty and kindness, it was just an expression of the most basic love for the people. Why is it so unpopular now?"
Han Dongwen was a little annoyed. He had never thought that such a thing would be so complicated, just like the National Law Department might have embezzled An Haijin. This idea went smoothly all the way, but the actual operation was stumbling and he was a little frustrated.
"It's not that Feng Chen is inappropriate, but if this is the premise, then please think about it, Your Highness, how can any parent participate in this draft again?"
After listening to Zhong Lilin's words, Han Dongwen frowned.
Indeed, this is not the same as reality.
A few decades ago, people could voluntarily sell meat and vulgar photos in order to make money. This was a simple problem of market supply and demand. If we put aside high-level factors such as values and social civilization, there is nothing to criticize in its underlying logic. .
If someone needs it, someone will satisfy it and obtain the product in return, or the symbol of the product - money.
The reason why these contents are not encouraged is precisely because of higher factors such as unhealthy values and incompatibility with social civilization - and he, Han Dongwen, does not feel that the current situation of himself and Simeng is luxurious enough to pursue these factors and has protected the bottom line. Even if we don’t start selling directly, it should be said that we have made a huge effort.
But the draft is different.
The draft is like - it's like the Ruanseqin platform holds a recruitment conference, and parents sign up their daughters to participate. How can people watch this?
How can there be any comparison between making a personal choice and losing face for a half-grown girl?
Even if someone does fall into the eyes of money, how many such people are there?
Han Dongwen couldn't help biting his lower lip and thinking hard.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had not considered it well. If he simply asked for a voluntary request, who could guarantee that he was not forced to "volunteer" behind the scenes?
"In your opinion, what should we do?"
Different from An Haijin, Zhong Lilin was sitting next to Han Dongwen at this moment.
Zhong Lilin nodded slightly, lowered his head and said word by word:
"Robbing people."
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The French team was like a slowly crawling crawler. After a long time, Unit 1 finally took a few steps forward.
"Next!"
The officers and soldiers shouted at the window, so the person at the front of the team walked forward, and the people behind them moved a little further forward.
Unit No. 1 stood there, motionless.
"Back up, back up!"
Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the outside of the team on the side of the crowd.
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