God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

"What? What's going on?" Empress Changsun was taken aback and asked hastily.

The palace maid said: "Queen, according to your order, we are going to dismiss more than 50 people, and these court ladies have also paid for their travel expenses. Some of them left happily, but many people did not want to leave, so just now two palace ladies left I was about to commit suicide by jumping into a well, but fortunately, the patrolling guards found out and stopped me in time!"

"Quick, take Bengong to have a look!"

Empress Changsun looked serious, and hurriedly followed the maid to go out.

And Du He and the others also hurried to go.

When I came to the depths of the palace, I saw that there were already many people watching here.

Beside the mouth of the well, there were two court ladies lying on the ground, their bodies were bloody.

Empress Changsun asked, "What's going on?"

A leader of the forbidden army stepped forward and said: "Report to the queen, these two lowly maidservants dared to commit suicide by jumping into a well without authorization, just like the majesty of the royal family, I will beat them to death and throw them out of the palace!"

When Du He heard this, his heart turned cold.

This is the feudal era, and human life is worthless.

He was about to speak, but Empress Changsun raised her hand to stop her and said, "Wait a minute, I still have something to ask them."

With that said, Empress Changsun stepped forward and asked in a cold voice: "This palace treats you well. Even though it is dismissing you, it has given you enough money. Not to mention making you rich and powerful, you can live and work in peace. Can you wait?" Leave obediently, but want to seek death and life again, what is the reason? If you don’t give me an explanation, I will beat you to death and throw you out of the palace today!”

The palace maid who was beaten to death crawled on the ground, came near Empress Changsun, cried and said: "The empress is kind, it's not that we don't want to go, we grew up in the deep palace since we were young, and we have never been outside. Now If you want to go out of the palace alone, how can you survive, Empress, we don't want to go..."

"Queen, we don't want to leave!"

All the court ladies who were watching around knelt down in unison and burst into tears.

Empress Changsun couldn't help being moved when she heard this, and said helplessly: "This Palace is also helpless. Now Your Majesty advocates frugality. There is no need for so many people in this Palace. You can't let Your Majesty's internal treasury support you for nothing."

"Woooooooo..."

Everyone cried together.

Only then did Du He understand that a few days ago, Li Er ordered that the palace advocate frugality and keep everything simple. In the harem, Empress Changsun took the lead in thrift. More than 50 people were all dismissed, but many court ladies grew up in the deep palace since childhood, had no relatives or reasons outside, and had never been out, so they didn't want to leave, and some even wanted to die.

He thought for a while, then stepped forward and said: "Queen, I have something to say, in fact, there is no need to drive so many people away if we advocate frugality."

"Oh? If we don't send them away, will they be kept in the harem for nothing?" Empress Changsun frowned.

This idea is not a good idea.

Du He smiled slightly and said: "Queen, your majesty advocates simplicity in everything in the palace. It's just that there is not enough money and food in the inner treasury. There is an old saying that it is important to increase income and reduce expenditure. It is important to increase income. I think that the empress can give it a try. These idlers organize and prepare a job for them, so that they can make money for the palace."

"Can these people make money?"

Du He said: "Your minister has already inquired that most of the maids who have been dismissed this time have weaving and embroidery skills. Why doesn't the queen choose a free place in the harem and let them continue to weave and embroider to make clothes? The finished product can be sold outside the palace, because it comes from the palace, there is no shortage of people to buy it, and the price will be higher, at least five times the market price. In time, the food and clothing of the harem will not need to spend a penny in the inner treasury Money, completely self-sufficient."

When everyone heard it, it was indeed a good idea.

These court ladies have learned weaving and embroidery in the deep palace since they were young, and their craftsmanship is absolutely undeniable.

Empress Changsun shook her head, "I am the lord of the harem after all, and the empress of a country. How can I do such a thing as a businessman?"

"Queen, you are wrong!"

Duho said.

Everyone was taken aback.

Du He dared to say that the queen was wrong!

The courage is too big!

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(Second watch,)

Chapter 571 Charity Gala

Empress Changsun frowned.

Du He hurriedly said: "Queen, what you do is not for making money, but for two great purposes. First, as the mother of a country, you take the lead in advocating thrift and killing the idlers in the harem." To gather together and engage in production such as weaving and painting is to let everyone realize that every meal is hard to come by. There are no idlers in the palace, but they will not be ruthless to drive everyone away. Second, the queen does this , it is for the consideration of the people all over the world, [-]% of the money earned from the production and sale of items in the harem will be donated to the disaster-stricken state capital, the queen is doing this for the poor people!"

While everyone was still confused, Empress Changsun had already understood that this was making money under the banner of donating money for the people of the world and reducing the living expenses of the harem.

"Okay! Du He, your method is very good! However, I don't know whether it will succeed or not. Why don't you try it in two months!" Empress Changsun said happily.

However, Du He shook his head: "Queen, it's better not to be late for this matter, sooner rather than later, so I suggest that the queen can organize the people in the palace to clean up the idle things in the palace. The International Shopping Center is holding a charity sale, inviting the ministers of the DPRK and China, as well as big households from Chang’an, to let everyone know that the empress is really doing charity, and it won’t be too late for the palace to organize production after the sale is over tomorrow.”

"It makes sense...but why are you so concerned about this matter?" The Empress Changsun is also a good person, and she soon found out that something was wrong. She knew a long time ago that Du He didn't see the benefits and would not act, but now he is so considerate, it must be different unusual.

Du He laughed and said: "The empress is really smart, she can see through the minister's thoughts at a glance. In fact, the minister has built a luxurious international shopping center in the west of the city, but unfortunately no one knows the goods, so I want to take advantage of this matter and invite the ministers of the DPRK and China to visit Take a look at the scene... I decided that Chang'an International Shopping Center will reserve a store for the queen, which will exclusively sell things produced in the harem."

Empress Changsun covered her mouth and smiled and said: "You kid, you are very cunning. If this matter is done, I will not blame you. If it is not done well, I will deal with you at that time."

Du He hurriedly lowered his head, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Empress Changsun asked people to send invitations to the bigwigs in the court and the big households in Chang'an to sell the idle items in the palace on the third floor of Chang'an International Shopping Center in the evening of this day, one of which is to streamline the life of the harem Expenses, the second is to donate one of the money from the sale to the states and counties that have been hit by the disaster recently, for the benefit of the people.

The people who received the invitation dared not neglect, and expressed that they must be there in advance.

And Du He took a few of his men to walk the alpacas and pandas in Chang'an City.

On Renmin Avenue, Du He was holding the alpaca with his left hand, and with his right hand... nothing was held in his right hand, because this panda has a temper, and he just followed Du He. There was no way to tie it with a rope.

As soon as these two strange creatures appeared, they quickly caused a sensation.

"Wow, that... looks like an iron-eating beast, but it looks too fat, panting when walking, looks like an iron-eating beast, but it's not fierce at all, so strange..."

"Is that a sheep? Not like, the head is like a camel, how could it grow like this!"

"Where did the Marquis of Huyi County grab this thing!"

"The world is so big, there are no surprises, today I have learned a lot!"

People talked a lot, and then followed Du He and walked forward.

In a short time, thousands of people followed.

Soon, everyone in Chang'an City knew that Hou Duhe of Huyi County had captured two strange animals, one was an iron-eating beast, and the other looked like a sheep and camel.

It's a pity that the usually spacious People's Avenue is very narrow at the moment, and many people are far away from each other, so they can't see the appearance of these two strange creatures clearly.