The Long Song of Reincarnation of the Tenth World

Seeing that the queen mother was really ill, Yang Jing felt somewhat guilty, so he often visited with Xiao Canghai and the prince.The family of three chatted and laughed with the queen mother, especially the prince Yuxue was cute and lively, the queen mother was much happier.

That day Yang Jing casually said to the Empress Dowager: "I heard that the Dharma can calm people down. There is a new abbot at the White Horse Temple. His Dharma is profound and his knowledge is admirable. Why don't I invite him into the palace to talk about the Dharma to the Empress Dowager?" It's also good to relieve boredom."

At this time, not long after Buddhism was introduced to Dasheng, it was not as prosperous as in the later Sui and Tang Dynasties, but there were already many believers.

The empress dowager has nothing to do with this, since she is idle in the palace anyway, since her son said yes, then listen to it and relieve boredom.

Unexpectedly, the host of the White Horse Temple is really knowledgeable, and the Dharma he explained is simple and easy to understand.

The Queen Mother was fascinated after listening to it once.Every few days, Master Xuan Yuanlin went to the palace to give a lecture on Buddhism, and even went out of the palace to offer incense at the White Horse Temple in person.

Immersed in Buddhism, the queen mother gradually calmed down a lot.It is the end of the year when the Empress Dowager recovers from her heart disease.

Prince Yang Rong passed his second birthday, but according to Dasheng's custom, he is three years old.

After busy celebrating the prince's birthday, he started to prepare for the new year.Both Yang Jing and Xiao Canghai were very busy.

In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth year of Wuhe, and the five-year draft began.All of a sudden, there was a lot of beauty in Luojingli, and the business of shops such as rouge silk and silver building treasures suddenly increased.

The talent show is a big event, and the queen mother paid close attention to it at first, but after becoming a concubine and believing in Buddhism, the queen mother's mind has become much calmer.However, she still cheered up and looked at the thick stack of information about the show girls (show boys?).

The first round of primary selection is to check the body, the second round is to examine the etiquette, posture and rules, and from the third round onwards, the masters of the harem will be selected.

Because before the second round, the show girls had to be gathered for some training, and there were various trivial matters in between, so it took a total of one month or so.

Before Xiunu entered the palace, the queen mother had successively called several wives into the palace to learn about their children.Xiao Canghai was not idle either, he was also studying the list.But he studied unmarried candidates among the royal children.

At present, apart from the empress dowager and empress, the original concubine Jin and the current concubine De have the highest status in the harem.All three will be present at the draft.

Some time before the start of the draft, Xiao Canghai refuted most of the beggars' proposals on the pretext of being busy with palace affairs, so many people turned to Concubine De to beg.

Concubine De has always been cautious in dealing with things, and she is very respectful to the queen.She was originally a court lady, and her father and brother are only minor officials in Jinling. They don't have a strong natal background, and there are not many relatives in the family.

She reported all those who wanted to go her way to the queen one by one.Xiao Canghai was satisfied with her attitude, so he was also willing to give her face, and he agreed to everything he could, and to those who couldn't...he gave her some hints.

Concubine De is not an idiot either, she knows that the Empress is using her as a weapon.But after thinking about it, there is no harm in being a gun.The emperor's love for the empress is well known, and the empress' instructions must also have the emperor's meaning in it. In short, the empress is on top, so she can do what she has to do here.

When I went back, I gently persuaded those who came to her to stay in the palace, "Now the emperor treats the queen... you all know that it is not an exaggeration to say that you are the only favorite. You can stay in the palace for more than ten years. , are all fresh and delicate girls like flowers, and when they are released after the age of 25, they will be old girls. Even if you are looking forward to the dragon's favor, it will take you step by step from talent to beauty, but I don't know how long it will take."

While talking and drinking tea, seeing the visitor clenched the handkerchief tightly, with a bit of hope and unwillingness on his face, he said unhurriedly: "Your girl is naturally good, I want to get a A good future is also a parent's heart. I sincerely say that I have been in the palace for more than ten years. I have watched the emperor grow up since I was a child. The emperor's thoughts... Cough, the love for women is a little less. If you are willing to put If the son is brought in, I might be able to help."

Although male concubines can be chosen this year, sons are preferred over daughters at this time, and men are going to inherit the family business and lead the family. How many families are really willing to send their sons into the palace?Even if there are so few families, they are all concubine sons.But the bastard's status is just there, how much future can he win?

Most people don't mind hearing this.Those who really love their daughters, how can they be willing to marry their daughters to a man with broken sleeves?Even the emperor is the same.What's more, the emperor cut it more thoroughly, the queens are all men.

There were a few families who were not reconciled and expressed their willingness to send their sons in. Concubine De added slowly: "It's fine if it's a bastard. The queen is the direct son of the Xiao family in the south of the Yangtze River. What kind of character is that? Say no." Nice to hear, what light does a stubborn stone have in front of a pearl?"

Well, another group of people's minds were rested.

Concubine De successfully completed the task, at least dispelling the thoughts of a dozen or so families.Those families also have relatives in the draft, and when they go back to publicize, more people will lose their minds.In this way, most of them look forward to walking around the palace and staying until the last round before going home, which will save face and make them easy to marry.It would be even better if they could be directly accused of marriage.

When Xiao Canghai saw the result, Concubine De was really on the right track.When I told the emperor, the emperor was also happy, went to Concubine De's place to rest for three days, and rewarded a lot of things to 'encourage' Concubine De to make persistent efforts and continue to work hard.

Although the emperor and queen didn't tell her clearly, "You can continue to attack those draftees, it's best to hit them so that they stop participating in the election", but Concubine De has served the emperor for more than ten years, so she doesn't know What means?So she cheerfully met those who turned the corner and handed over the signboards to enter the palace, and even mentioned a few relatives of her own family who had been related for three thousand miles.

This really saves a lot of heart.

As I said before, Dasheng's draft system is not as perverted as in the later Qing Dynasty. Whoever has a few girls and boys of the right age are all registered in the register, and there is a special jurisdiction of population statistics. You can't escape the election.

Dasheng's draft system is much looser, especially for those children of high-level officials who come to the position of concubine, they are all voluntary.If there are people of the right age in the family, please report. If there is no one, there is no need to report.If there are several prostitutes and prostitutes of the right age, you can apply for whoever you want, and you can apply for one or two.

So Concubine De helped the queen to 'sweep' the queen openly and secretly, and when the official candidate list came up, one-third of the names were missing.