At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"No one has provoked the concubine, the concubine just wanted to come and see His Majesty."

Cao Lan turned her head aside.

Guo Peng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"It's been so many years, Alan, we're going to be over 40, why bother?"

Chapter 981 Nine hundred ninety-one

For Guo Peng's rhetoric, Cao Lan suddenly became angry.

So she stared at Guo Peng with very unfriendly eyes.

"Your Majesty also knows that he is 40 years old?"

Cao Lan's tone was full of sourness: "I'm 40 years old, and I still don't pay attention to my body? Isn't it enough to have two sisters, Daqiao and Xiaoqiao? They are only in their 20s. How many people does your majesty plan to recruit to control the concubine's body?" ? Your Majesty thinks that the authority of the concubine is too small, so he found a subordinate for the concubine?"

Guo Peng scratched his face.

It's been a long time since I was bullied by Cao Lan, and I'm a little unaccustomed to it.

After all, he either slapped people in the former court, or slapped people in the Palace of Qinzheng, or slapped people on the bed, and he was slandered relatively rarely.

And also inexplicably a little guilty.

"Alan, those women were presented to me by Wen Lie and the countries of the Western Regions. They were presented to me by Wen Lie and the countries of the Western Regions. If I don't want them, they will panic and think wildly. It is beneficial to the stability of the country, so I must accept these women, so that they can feel at ease."

"Wen Lie...Okay, very good, our Qianliju has finally grown up."

The corners of Cao Lan's mouth curled up slightly, and the chill from the corners of his eyes made Guo Peng feel that Cao Xiu's life in the future might not be easy.

But Cao Lan obviously did not decide to let Guo Peng go because of this.

"Not to mention anything else, His Majesty sent those more than 100 women away, and he didn't seem to feel distressed at all."

"So didn't I keep a dozen or so? I didn't give away all of them."

"..."

Cao Lan's big eyes stared at Guo Peng.

Guo Peng shook his head helplessly.

"Then, if you don't want to, you won't have your seal on the imperial edict. I can't do anything if you don't. It all depends on what you think."

Guo said that he gave up the decision-making power to Cao Lan.

Can Cao Lan not understand what Guo is thinking?

"I'm not worried about other things, I'm worried about whether those women from the Western Regions have ulterior motives, or whether they are someone's eyes and ears, or someone's dagger."

Someone Guo laughed.

"The eyes and ears are still possible, and the dagger...that's purely looking for death, but it can't be said that there are no worries about this aspect. How about it, Alan, I will hand them over to you, and you will examine them. When do you think it's okay? , I'll do it again, how about it?"

Cao Lan froze for a moment.

"Really?"

"You are the queen, you have the final say on the affairs of the harem. If you don't let me touch them, I will not touch them. I have six sons, and there is no shortage of offspring. It's just pure novelty."

A certain person from Guo took Cao Lan's hand and smiled: "When you see fresh ones, you will inevitably move your mind and have some ideas, but if you really don't want to, then forget it, I will give them to you, you Handle it however you want."

Cao Lanzai looked at Guo Peng's face carefully.

Then he smiled.

"That concubine really took them away. It's hard to say when they will be returned to His Majesty."

"Okay, you can return it to me whenever you want, it doesn't matter if you don't, you can stay by your side to serve you, or send them out to others, anyway, I haven't touched them, it's all up to you Happy, okay?"

Guo Peng looked like he was intimidated.

"Then if someone talks about what happened today, it will be passed on to later generations, saying that His Majesty wants to be blessed with two women, but was stopped by his concubine, and His Majesty is not allowed to do so, and His Majesty did not do so, and then said that the concubine is a jealous woman , what should I do without the heart of my mother Yitianxia?"

All right, this is all taken into account.

It seems that Cao Lan is not a queen for nothing.

Guo Peng was amused by Cao Lan.

"It's easy to handle. What happened today will never be known. Everyone, including future generations, will only know that you are a queen with a broad mind and respect for the world. No one will know that my emperor even has two women. Can't handle it."

Guo Peng immediately expressed his determination to protect Cao Lan's reputation, and he did not hesitate to hand over the rights to enjoy his lower body.

"Really?"

Cao Lan couldn't hold back a smile.

"Really, I swear."

Guo Peng swears to Cao Lan.

Cao Lan looked at Guo Peng for a long time.

"Your Majesty, do you have any other questions?"

"What else can be wrong? With these two newcomers, the six of you must be together. I guess, you won't take the initiative to come to me. It must be Ah Lu who came to me. Straightforward.

Then the other three, including her sister, must support this point of view behind their backs, and then urged you to come to me. Ah Zhen may not be involved in this matter, but she will definitely not stop you. "

Based on his knowledge of these six women, Guo Peng restored the matter to a complete extent.

"Your Majesty is not angry?"

Cao Lan couldn't hold back, she pursed her lips and smiled.

"Alan, I'm the emperor. There are so many things I want to be angry about. What kind of things in the court don't I want to be angry with? If I want to be angry about this kind of thing, I won't live.

Alright, take them away, how you want to deal with it, the six of you can discuss it among yourself, anyway, you are the queen, you decide, and I will listen to you. "

Someone from Guo hugged Cao Lan.

Cao Lan finally felt relieved and nodded.

"I really took them away, and I don't know when they will be returned, but, Peng Lang, you have to remember, they..."

"Don't worry, they will never have children, royal blood, there will be no accidents."

Guo Peng nodded to Cao Lan to appease her worries.

Cao Lan nodded.

Then, Cao Lan left quickly, and after a while, Su Yuan walked in.

"Your Majesty, the queen took away the dozen or so women from the Western Regions."

Guo Peng sat back on the desk and was dealing with government affairs.

"Well, I see. By the way, Su Yuan, how is the matter that you asked the people in the inner court to do?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the Great Medical Hall has a countermeasure and is preparing the medicine. There will be absolutely no problems. The Hua University Doctor has assured the old slave that there will be no mistakes, and none of the women from the Western Regions will have any problems."

"it is good."

Mr. Guo nodded slowly and continued to deal with government affairs.

This little disturbance attracted no one's attention.

Guo Peng strictly ordered no one to talk about the matter involving the queen, so no one discussed this matter. As for what happened to those women in the Western Regions, Guo did not care.

It's not what he wants to interfere with Cao Lan. Whether he can enjoy the two beautiful orchids from the Western Regions, Guo doesn't think about it, as long as Cao Lan is happy.

He hasn't been to the harem for several days, and has been discussing another important matter with his ministers in the Palace of Qinzheng.

He wants to improve the taboo system, and also change the rules of [removing the second name].

This is a rule set by Wang Mang after he became emperor.

Everyone is not allowed to use two-syllable names. They must be changed to one-syllable names. Only those who have committed crimes will be changed back to two-syllable names. Therefore, a single name is expensive and double names are cheap, which has influenced an era.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there were also two-character names such as Dong Zhongshu, Huo Qubing, and Zhu Maichen. There is not much difference between single-character names and double-character names.

But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, people in the upper class had all single-letter names, including Guo himself. There were no double-letter names, but they were extremely rare.

This is Wang Mang's fault.

After Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor, he carried out large-scale reforms, and various names were the first to bear the brunt.

Not to mention the names of people, the names of places and countries are all within the scope of the change, which has aroused large-scale resentment.

He has changed both domestically and abroad. The scope of the changes is very large, the number of times is very large, and there are even changes made every day, which makes people feel at a loss and disgusted.

The same is true abroad.

For example, he changed the name of the Xiongnu to Jiangnu, Shanyu to Fuyu, Gaogouli to Xiagouli, and forced the Xiongnu Shanyu to change his name into a one-character name.

It's enough to satisfy the addiction of the emperor of the heaven.

What to say?

capricious?

If policies such as country names and place names have political significance in them, then his policy of removing the second name made someone in Guo very disgusted.

The emergence of this policy also has social reasons, because under the strict etiquette system of taboo avoidance, the two names had to use a more convenient single-character name for the reason of [because it is difficult to taboo], so Wang Mang promulgated the [Order China There are two regulations.

Avoiding taboo is a big proposition and an important part of the feudal etiquette system. It is quite normal for someone like Wang Mang, who highly respects Zhou etiquette as the legitimacy of his governance, to adopt this policy to buy people's hearts.

Wang Mang's head is still in the hands of a certain Guo, and it is stored in a Luoyang warehouse as a political display.

Although he has been dead for a long time, this policy of embracing the ritual system really makes Guo feel depressed.

Chapter 982 Nine hundred and ninety-two, so the taboo system of the Wei Empire was established in this way

After Wang Mang's head was cut off in the last years of Xinmang, it has been collected by the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was taken to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo, he also took Wang Mang's head with him.

Later, after going around, this head was still obtained by someone Guo, and it was dedicated to Liu Jian together with the Chuan Guo Yuxi.

After Liu Jian took the Zen position, this thing naturally returned to Guo's hands.

Someone Guo could probably come up with a reason why the Eastern Han royal family collected this head, and it was probably a kind of mockery from the Han royal family.

Guo, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, is naturally different from Wang Mang who usurped the Han Dynasty. In order to show this difference, Wang Mang's head should also be kept in his collection.

So Wang Mang was really unlucky.

Even so, he was killed by a series of reforms that he didn't understand.

From top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, no one is satisfied with Wang Mang, and even the people at the bottom do not think that Wang Mang's New Deal is good for them, which shows how failed Wang Mang is.

Even so, his policy of removing the second name has been handed down.

Not only does it meet the needs of etiquette and taboo, but it also successfully makes people feel that single-character names are noble and double-character names are humble.

As a result, some prisoners had their names changed due to political reasons. Since then, they have been unable to hold their heads up in front of others, and in front of future generations. In severe cases, they even committed suicide.

The difference between single-letter names and double-letter names is terrifying.

But in Guo's opinion, this is not very convenient, and it is not very good.

During this period, the population was small, so it was good to do so, and the rate of duplication of names would not be very high.

After all, before Mr. Guo started his career, it was good for many ordinary people to have a surname. If they were illiterate, a small name would accompany them for life.

So there's nothing wrong with a one-letter name.

When Mr. Guo started counting the population, he required the common people to have a surname and a given name.

It can't be a nickname, it must be a big name, if you can't choose it, let the grassroots officials help them name it, so Liu Dawang, Li San and so on can only take single-character names anyway.

But later, as the demographics accelerated, more and more people were faced with the same name, and there were still many people who needed to be avoided.

Including after someone Guo became the emperor, his word [Peng] can no longer be used by everyone, and must be avoided. Guo Dan is the overlord, and the word [Shan] can no longer be used.