To these people, Lu Xiaohao didn't waste any nonsense: "Brother Shuhan, from now on I appoint you as the fourth-rank Huangmen Zhonglang General, and you will be in charge of the imperial army in the palace for me."
"I accept the order and thank you for your kindness." Ge Shuhan was very excited. The emperor unexpectedly promoted himself from a fifth-rank general to a fourth-rank general. This was a huge favor.
"Get up." Gao Buyi continued: "Li Sheng and Yan Wu are generals. They will assist General Ge Shuhan in taking charge of the palace. At the same time, they should learn more from General Ge Shuhan."
"Yes! I obey your order!" Li Sheng was overjoyed as he went from white to general in one night.
Then Gao Buyi asked Pei Mian and Cui Yuan to become Hanlin officials.
After the rewards were given, they were sent back, but Gao Buyi didn't intend to stop there.
At this time, the gate of the palace was tightly closed. Nothing unusual could be seen from the outside, but things were boiling inside. First, Gao Buyi asked Chen Xuan to go to other guards in person to mobilize a large army. In addition to the personal guards, the palace was guarded. If it were changed again, if the prince had not been called into the palace at this time, the foreign officials would have thought that the prince was going to rebel based on this small move.
Inside the palace, the crown prince and Chen Xuan personally commanded the newly transferred Weiwei to set up defenses outside. In the inner palace, Gao Buyi personally watched the warriors and began to decorate. Gao Buyi's request was very simple, and he wanted to streamline the personnel.
Because his hearing officer reported it and found that there were more than 40,000 maids in the palace. I, this old woman, there are only 30 million women in the country at this time. No wonder the government in the later period was so miserable. This is really lost in the thousands of flowers. Yes.
So he asked the powerful men to pass the order. Except for the concubines who were titled, and each concubine was left with two maids and one eunuch, the other personnel gathered in the square outside Hanyuan Hall. They all brought their luggage and gave it to the two pillars. Fragrant time.
"Your Majesty, is the same true for the imperial concubine?"
"Did I say that the imperial concubine is not included?" Gao Buyi said impatiently.
Lux trembled, knowing that he had talked too much.
"I'll wait for you in Hanyuan Hall." After saying that, Gao Buyi turned around and left. The harem suddenly became lively, and there were cries everywhere. However, no one dared to disobey the emperor's order, so everyone could only hurry and not mess up. Act quickly.
At this time, the guards in the front palace had finished changing their guard. Seeing the emperor coming, the prince and Chen Xuan hurriedly saluted: "Kowtow to the emperor!" "Father!"
"No courtesy." Gao Buyi nodded to the prince with satisfaction: "Well done. Have you received the order for you to listen to the government?"
"I received it, so after receiving the imperial edict, I came to meet my father."
Gao Buyi felt awkward being called father by someone older than him, but he said calmly: "The life in the palace is too flashy. I will release Gong'e from the harem soon, and she will be here later." Assemble, make arrangements, I heard that many of your palaces are extremely luxurious. If there is something wrong with the palace, you can sort it out for me in the palaces of other princes and grandsons."
Gao Buyi was ready to help Li Heng, lest this guy lose his energy after being suppressed by Li Linfu.
After listening to Gao Buyi's words, Li Heng was overjoyed. He had long been dissatisfied with the luxurious life in the palace, but the emperor didn't say anything, so he had nothing to do. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly realized that this was a good thing.
The prince quickly said: "As you command!"
Soon, the palace maids appeared one after another in the Hanyuan Palace Square. What was originally thought to be accomplished in two hours, turned out to be that the sky turned white and the talents were gathered.
At this time, the sweaty warrior ran over and said: "Your Majesty, a total of 40,010 people are here."
"Where are the other three thousand people? Are there a thousand titled concubines in the harem?"
Hearing this, the powerful man quickly knelt down and remained silent, because some concubines were really hard to talk to, and he didn't dare to insist on them. There were more than thirty concubines left, all of whom cared about themselves and couldn't bear to be separated.
Although Gao Buyi was dissatisfied, he knew he couldn't force it too much, so he could only let the strongman get up step by step. When he walked to the railing, there was immediately silence below, indicating that the training was good.
Without too much nonsense, he said directly: "Those who are willing to leave the palace should stand on the left, and everyone else should stand on the right and start moving."
There were too many people and it was hard to hear everything. It took another half a day to finish.
As a result, more than 30,000 people were willing to leave the palace.
The strong man who didn't know what the emperor meant was trembling with fear.
"Okay! Open the palace door!"
As the heavy palace door slowly opened, Gao Buyi waved his hand: "Let's go!"
Seeing the street outside the palace gate, many palace maids shed tears. They thought they would live alone in this palace for the rest of their lives or fight to death. No one dared to hope that they would leave one day. Now that hope is in front of them, they all couldn't believe it. , both horrified and happy, everyone looked at Gao Buyi like this, but no one dared to leave.
This is embarrassing, so many beauties don’t give me face.
Fortunately, Lux responded quickly: "What are you waiting for? Don't you want to leave?!"
A sound awakened the dreamer, and a group of palace ladies rushed towards the palace gate. There were many officials outside the palace gate at this time. They were unaware of the situation and thought something bad had happened. They were about to stop him, but they saw the prince leaving in a hurry. Come out: "Your Majesty ordered them to disperse without any obstruction. All the palace ladies who left will be returned to their place of origin and given status. Those who dare to make things difficult will be killed without mercy."
For a time, Chang'an was in an uproar.
In the palace, there are still six to seven thousand palace maids left at this time.
After investigation, it was found that they were all those who had achieved a certain status in the palace and were unwilling to leave the palace. The oldest was no more than twenty-six years old, and the youngest was only fifteen or sixteen.
"Those who have family members alive should stand on the left." Gao Buyi said with a frown.
In the end, there were sixty people without relatives. Gao Buyi asked the imperial guards to forcibly expel the others from the palace. The remaining ones were temporarily sent to Hanyuan Hall. It was a bit cold outside and they were shivering.
Then the eunuchs were dismissed. Except for the one hundred and thirty who stayed, the rest were driven out of the palace, given their household registration, and given them land.
After doing all this, Gao Buyi felt a headache coming on. It was evening again, and the prince had been sent by him to reorganize the residence of the prince and grandson and to conduct an inventory of the imperial village.
Officials in the capital also took action after hearing the news. No matter what method they used to reduce the population in the mansion, many families were reunited. For a time, the people all over the world were grateful to the emperor, which Gao Buyi had not expected.
Looking at the empty Hanyuan Hall where sixty maids were standing, Gao Buyi asked the powerful man: "What's going on in the harem?"
"You ladies are so reluctant to part with me."
"How many people have banned accounts?"
"Thirty, the other nine are talented people belonging to the concubines, and there are twenty-seven each of Baolin, Yunv, and Cainv."
"Are these the emperor's women? I mean, have they all served in bed?" Gao Buyi knew some history, and there were people who recorded the emperor's and his concubines' love in bed.
"Only less than sixty."
This is incredible. This Tang Minghuang is really a pervert. Other things can be said that these women who are concubines are troublesome. If you want them to leave, there is no way. At best, they can only go to the cold palace or be buried with him, because they are serious children. There is no possibility of leaving the palace for a woman who is married to the emperor.
