With Huang Qiong's character of loving children so much, if it were his own son, it would happen that the old man's sons would kill each other in order to win the heir. Mrs. Cai didn't even know how distressed and painful that man would be. Therefore, in Cai's view, Situ Huanshuang, the royal concubine, was also the future queen. Whether she wanted to or not, she had to give birth to this child, and she had to give birth to a son.
Hearing Mrs. Cai's words and thinking of every time they had sex since they got married, Situ Huanshuang could only smile bitterly and shake his head and said: "I really can't accept it, serving him with others. Even if I feel so uncomfortable every time I see him, I have never done it before." I thought about finding someone else to help me, but every time when the critical moment comes, I still can't accept it. Even people who are as close as sisters on weekdays can't accept it."
"And even if I really accept it and let him leave it to me in the end, I may not be able to get pregnant in this life. My master once said that I was born as a very yin girl. I will get married in this life, all because of my innate constitution. Because of the relationship, it is difficult to conceive a child. Even if there is an accident, it is impossible to give birth to a son at all. At most, I can only give him a daughter. That’s why she persuaded me to become a nun. "
"Because no one can accept a wife who cannot give birth to offspring. Even if she gets married, there will be twists and turns in the marriage. Originally, I had this idea. After finishing the things that needed to be done, I returned to Guilin She was ordained as a nun in Qixing Temple and spent her whole life guarding the Master's Bone Pagoda. But I didn't expect that by some strange combination of circumstances, I met him and ended up becoming husband and wife with him today."
Situ Huanshuang's words made Cai feel sad. She was a mother, even though her children were all mutilated to death. But now he has flesh and blood in his belly, which can make up for the original pain. But just to call Shuang, there is a possibility that she will never be a mother again. How cruel is this for a woman? Especially since she still married into the Tian family and became the crown princess.
Although she didn't understand the meaning of a very yin girl, she had read poetry and books, and she was married to the Cai family from an official family, so she didn't know how much the Tian family, including those from famous families, valued their legitimate sons. But now as his concubine, Situ Huanshuang, just couldn't be a mother. Thinking of this, Mrs. Cai held Situ Huanshuang in her arms and said distressedly: "My poor niece."
"How come your fate is so twists and turns? Your parents left you to go west early, leaving you alone, living in a wild place like Guangnan West Road. Now, with great difficulty, you have met a husband who loves you very much. But she is unable to become a mother due to her innate constitution. In the future, how much pressure and grievance will she have to endure not only in the harem, but also in the heavenly family and in the court? "
Feeling Cai's heartache, although he was a little hesitant to be so close to someone because he was not used to it, Situ Huanshuang finally raised his hands, held Cai in his arms and said, "Nine times out of ten, life is not what you want it to be. Although I I can’t have my own children, but I still have him who loves me and loves me. Now that I have found my own family, I have nothing to regret.”
"Auntie, whether your child is male or female, he is also his child, and it belongs to the three of us. Although I am his cousin, I am also his aunt in this palace. Although he is not my biological child, he is also related to me. I have the closest relationship and the same blood. And I can also be with you, watching him and accompanying him as he grows up. This is enough for me."
Hearing that Situ Huanshuang called herself aunt for the first time since the two met, Cai was filled with emotions. But things had come to this point, and she gently stroked her belly. What else could she do besides lamenting that fate was playing tricks on people? Although doing this is a bit confusing, what else can be done? What's more, isn't this situation already in chaos?
Since it's already a mess, it's better to let nature take its course than to struggle here. At least don't worry about yourself or that master. He also refused to let himself leave the palace and live alone with his children. What else could he do? And I shouldn't hold him back at this time. Cai knew how much pressure Huang Qiong would feel now that the emperor had overtaken him.
Huang Qiong, who left Situ Huanshuang, naturally didn't know about the conversation between the two women about him after he left. Huang Qiong, who returned to the back of Wende Palace, was reviewing the paper. However, she received a notification from the eunuch that Concubine Shen had something to report to His Highness the Crown Prince. If His Highness the Crown Prince wants to know whose mouth something came from, it would be best to ask the Crown Prince to go to her.
The eunuch also reported that Concubine Shen said that Wende Hall was not the place she should come to. Therefore, I hope that His Highness the Crown Prince can spare some time today to pay her a visit. When Huang Qiong heard the eunuch report that Concubine Shen wanted to see him, Huang Qiong couldn't help but frown. What is this cunning woman doing? She wasn't supposed to come to the Wende Hall, but was the harem just something she could go to at will?
She knows how to avoid suspicion, but doesn’t she know how to avoid suspicion? Although she had never slept with the old man, she was still his concubine in name. Should I just go to her bedroom casually? What's more, the time I went there last year, she fell into her trap. She allowed herself to go again this time. I'm afraid the thing she said was just an excuse.
Privately, I might be wondering what tricks that cunning woman is going to pull out again. After thinking about it, Huang Qiong asked the eunuch to tell Concubine Shen that there were differences between men and women. Even though he was the prince, he could not just go to the palaces of other concubines. It's not convenient for her to go there by herself. If she has anything to do, she can just write a note and ask the eunuch to hand it over. As for other things, etiquette cannot be violated.
Perhaps because he knew Huang Qiong's temperament, he would not change his mind easily after refusing. After receiving the message from the eunuch, Concubine Shen over there never sent anyone again. Huang Qiong, who was busy discussing this year's income situation with the two Prime Ministers of Zhongshu Province, as well as officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, thought she had given up and ignored her. This year, Shaanxi and Longyou have not yet recovered from the severe drought the year before last.
Longyou suffered another military disaster last year. Although the impact was not too wide, the issue of Ningxia Mansion's aftermath was also a major matter. When Huang Qiong was in Xijing, although he tried his best to raise a batch of money and food for Ningxia Mansion, the amount was still far behind. But relying solely on the support of Longyou, whose treasury is now empty, is completely unrealistic. And restoring the losses caused by the war is not just about exempting money and food and giving some discounts.
What's more, Huang Qiong decided when he was in Xijing that he planned to mobilize a group of landless refugees in the Central Plains to settle in Ningxia Prefecture. The Yellow River has nothing but wealth. Nowadays, land annexation in the Central Plains is becoming increasingly serious. A large amount of land has been annexed in various areas, resulting in farmers losing their land. Under such circumstances, it would be too wasteful to leave the Hetao Plain with rich water and grass under the Helan Mountains unused.
In this way, we can move the area that was abandoned in the late Tang Dynasty to the south of the Yangtze River and develop it again. It can also greatly alleviate the increasingly acute crisis in the Central Plains. More importantly, it can change the population structure of Ningxia Prefecture. Ningxia Prefecture was originally a place where Dangxiang people and Han people lived together, and the number of Han people was far outnumbered by the Dangxiang people. After this Tuoba rebellion, the population dropped sharply.
Especially the Han people, under Tuoba Jiqian's conscious consumption, their ten houses were empty. When I was dealing with the aftermath in Ningxia, although I canceled my Dangxiang ethnic status, I regarded all Dangxiang people as Han people. But this integration time will take hundreds of years or even longer. Although he had completely solved the Pingxia tribe, which was a serious problem for his confidants, as well as the Yeli tribe, the largest tribe of Ningxia party members, from the root.
But there are still a large number of small tribes of Dangxiang people there, and they are located close to Northern Liao. In the past, when Tuoba Jiqian deliberately provoked ethnic strife, the conflict between the Dangxiang people and the Han people still intensified. Although under his strong suppression, the party members did not dare to do anything extraordinary. He canceled the original discrimination against party members and eased the conflicts.
However, over the past hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court's discrimination against party members has caused scars that cannot be eliminated in a short time. If this situation is allowed to develop, the party members in Ningxia Mansion will still be an unstable factor. Ningxia Prefecture is connected to the hometown of Pingxia on the North Shaanxi Road, and Yinzhou and Suizhou are connected by mountains and rivers. This time it was my luck, and I was able to put out Tuoba Jiqian's rebellion as quickly as possible.
The Dangxiang tribes on Shaanxi Road and Longyou Road were only a few small tribes. Next time, we may not be so lucky. If the Dangxiang people rebel again and spread to the Dangxiang tribes in Longyou and Shaanxi Road, and even the Tubo tribes in Qingtang, the entire northwest will be in chaos. Neither the Sinicization of Dangxiang people nor the establishment of the Qingtang Tubo League and Flag system was achieved in a day.
If you want to speed up the Chineseization of Dangxiang people, the fundamental way to completely solve the problem is to give the Han people in Ningxia Prefecture an advantage as soon as possible. In this case, immigration becomes the best choice. This point has been stated many times in Zhang Qian's secret report to himself. It is a top priority to move Han people to Ningxia Prefecture as much as possible within the land capacity.
Before, when I was in Xijing, I had already issued a decree. Jingzhao Prefecture and other prefectures on Henan Road were ordered to search for the refugees and send them to Ningxia Prefecture for cultivation. The Ministry of Household Affairs was also ordered to raise a batch of money and food in sufficient amount to ensure that there would be no shortage of food rations when the refugees moved. Don’t starve to death on the road because of lack of food rations. Refugees who are willing to go to Ningxia will be loaned seeds and cattle by the government after arriving in Ningxia.
As for these displaced refugees, Huang Qiong's idea was to organize them into Baojia and regiment training, and set up a separate military preparation channel in Ningxia Prefecture for the mobilization and command of the Xijing Military Department. Select experienced civil and military officials to serve as chief and deputy military readiness envoys respectively, and provide training during busy farming and leisure time. Once there is police in Western Xinjiang, groups can be recruited and trained on the spot. If the party members rebel again, they can directly mobilize the regiment to exterminate them on the spot.
If Ningxia Prefecture does well in this regard, Huang Qiong is ready to promote this method to all Qi-Liao border prefectures. But Huang Qiong did not expect that his decree to move the refugees to Ningxia Prefecture was not actively implemented in all the Henan prefectures, including Jingzhao Prefecture. Even Jingzhao Mansion still had some resistance. Therefore, Huang Qiong will bring all the involved yamen here for discussion today.
In the Wende Palace, to Huang Qiong's surprise, Lu Mengzheng, who had just been transferred from the Hebei Road Economic and Technological Strategy and was transferred to serve as the Deputy Minister of Political Affairs and a direct bachelor of Longtuge, bowed and said: " Your Highness's original intention is good, and he wants the refugees to have land to farm. However, the refugees are living hard, and they originally came to the capital to make a living and support their families, and Ningxia Mansion is located in Longyou, which is a wilderness."
"At least in the eyes of the common people, it may not be as prosperous as the capital city. If you go voluntarily, I'm afraid no one will respond, and if you are forced to move, I'm afraid there will be big trouble. Especially the refugees around Jingzhao Mansion, who already live in groups inside and outside the capital city. Once chaos breaks out, no one can bear this responsibility. This is also the reason why the officials below are unwilling to implement it. In my opinion, it is best to take care of this matter slowly."
