Great Zhou Empress

Xue Zhijing felt a little heavy after seeing the gentry and elders.

In the end, in order to let more children, or even all children, have the opportunity to read and write, she discussed with everyone a brand new plan.

Change elementary schools in rural areas from full-day to half-day, allowing children to go home and help their parents with work.Evening schools are set up. Girls between the ages of ten and 15 who cannot go to school during the day must attend evening schools. Auditor seats are added to evening schools, and people can attend regardless of age or gender.

All these tasks were carried out under the supervision of low-level officials and gentry elders.

For Xue Zhijing, it is nothing to increase the night school and add an additional expense, but she is afraid that things will not be able to achieve what she wants.

Xiao Liege comforted her, "You have to take your time. You see, horseback riding and archery is a kung fu that takes years to master. If you want to teach all children to read, that is even more difficult than horseback riding and archery." Son. It could take years."

Xue Zhijing smiled at her, "My darling has become so open-minded."

"How grumpy do you think I am? I am also a person who has been honed on the throne. I still have the ability to endure and wait."

Xue Zhi nodded and smiled.

After returning to the palace, Xiao Liege's attendants sent her a letter.

Even though she is in Bianjing, the news with the Liao Kingdom has not been cut off on weekdays. Her eldest nephew also knows where her aunt has gone, but how much her eldest nephew knows about Xue Zhijing is not clear.

Xiao Liege stationed his soldiers and horses on the grassland closest to the border between Da Zhou and Liao Kingdom, not only completely handing over the political space to his eldest nephew, but also leaving a way out for himself. If she is in a bad mood, she will hurry up After crossing the border, it is an area that she can control.

However, it has never been used so far.

Seeing Xiao Liege's solemn expression, Xue Zhijing asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Liege put away the letter, anger gradually gathered on his face, "Yeluyan bullied my eldest nephew."

"Yeluyan, she is your eldest nephew's queen now, what's wrong with her?"

Xue Zhijing was also deeply impressed by this aristocratic woman from the Liao Kingdom. When she was in the Liao Kingdom, she really saw how arrogant and domineering she was. At that time, she wantonly bullied the young emperor Xiao Derui, and she also bullied herself because she regarded her as a rival in love.

But who made Xiao Derui and her a political marriage, Xiao Derui had to endure it, and Xiao Liege could only force them together.

Fight, for sure.

"That Yeluyan, she is absolutely heinous!" Xiao Liege became more and more annoyed as he said, "It's fine to speak sarcasticly to Xiao Derui on weekdays, and it's okay to say what you want, but now she has started killing people. Xiao Derui's newborn son, she actually They drowned him, said that the child was possessed by an evil spirit, and found a group of wizards to exorcise the evil spirits in the royal court, and tied several women of Xiao Derui through the mouth of the wizards."

"Don't worry," Xue Zhijing comforted, "Then how did Xiao Derui deal with it?"

"Xiao Derui?" Xiao Liege suddenly became angry, "This idiot, how could he be so stupid, he can't even control his own wife, I'm so mad, no, I have to go back and help him deal with that Yeluyan."

Xiao Derui is Xiao Liege's nephew, so Xiao Liege will look at this issue from Xiao Derui's perspective, and even subconsciously protect Xiao Derui.

But Xue Zhijing valued Xiao Derui's status as the emperor more, after all he has grown up and is in charge, so he can't be like a child in everything, let his aunt help.

"Baby, don't worry, I don't think it's that simple. I also have an impression of Yeluyan, who is indeed arrogant and domineering. But I remember when I was in Liao, Yeluyan had a heart for you , I wonder if she has feelings for Xiao Derui after so many years?"

"She..." Xiao Liege frowned, "How would I know?"

"Then Xiao Derui and Yeluyan, do they have a plan to conceive a child together?"

"I don't care so much about the affairs in Xiao Derui's room."

Xue Zhijing pulled her to sit down, and said slowly, "Xiao Derui and Yeluyan, one is the emperor of your Liao Kingdom, and the other is the empress. Their identities are special, and their every move may affect the direction of the entire court. If they are in harmony, It is naturally a happy thing for everyone to be able to conceive an heir together. But now it seems that not only the relationship between the two is at odds, but also some more troublesome things will appear."

"I also think they have a harmonious relationship, but the two of them are like enemies. No, I think Xiao Derui is okay, but Yeluyan never gave Xiao Derui a good face."

"Then what are you going to do when you go back?"

"Of course, teach Yeluyan a good lesson and let her remember how to be a queen."

"Actually, I have an idea, you can listen to it," Xue Zhijing said, "If the two of them are really incompatible, you should ask Xiao Derui to find another queen. The relationship between husband and wife is not good, and it is uncomfortable to have them get together. .”

"That won't work. The Yelu family has been the queen for generations, so how can they be easily replaced?"

"Then let Xiao Derui find another one he likes at Yelu's house, it's fine."

"I was so worried back then. I didn't like that arrogant and domineering young lady Yeluyan. I didn't even want to see her. I liked her father, but whoever let her father be her only daughter, There's no way around that."

"The emperor and empress are at odds, and the court is prone to instability. I remember that your empress of the Liao Kingdom has a high status. If she wants to do something, maybe Xiao Derui can handle it?"

But don't let Yeluyan learn to usurp the throne and become an empress, that would be bad.

Xiao Liege became anxious again, walking up and down the room in circles.

"Xiao Derui is very face-to-face, he can't handle it at all."

"Don't worry too much." Xue Zhijing also stood up and comforted him, "I used to be Xiao Derui's husband before. Although Xiao Derui is not as brave as your aunt, he is still a kind child. Although his reaction is not fast, but What he said was carefully thought out, and he had his own ideas in his heart."

For example, if you are afraid of your wife, you will find more women to have children. This is what such a boy can do.

"No, I still have to go back, I have to clean up Yeluyan, if she is not honest, I will choose a few more women from Yelu's family to Xiao Derui, let them restrain each other." Xiao Liege said.

Xue Zhijing: "..."

Well, one Miss Yelu has become countless Miss Yelu, I don't know if Xiao Derui you can bear it or not.

But this is Xiao Liege's family matter after all, so I can't say much more as Xue Zhi's attractions are over.

This matter is very urgent, Xiao Liege will change if he is afraid of delay, after all, it seems that Xiao Derui and Yeluyan are already in the same situation.

On the bed, Xue Zhijing hugged her from behind, Xiao Liege was still muttering what she was going to do.

After a long time, Xue Zhijing sighed, and asked sullenly, "Is it true that you are leaving tomorrow?"

At this moment, Xiao Liege seemed to realize that there was something wrong with Xue Zhijing's tone.

"Well, let's go early and deal with it early."

Xue Zhijing's arms tightened, and he pulled Xiao Liege into his arms, "Hey, I'm a bit reluctant."

Xiao Liege is a bit late, but the most important thing in her heart is her elder nephew who was raised by her protection, how can she feel the pain of leaving, maybe when she returns to Liao Kingdom, she will be alone. Only when she was asleep, would she think of Xue Zhijing's reluctance for her now.

"After finishing the housework, you will come back, right?"

"..."

Xiao Liege was a little silent. She hadn't thought about it yet. Firstly, she didn't know if she could handle this matter properly. After all, she couldn't easily break up a political marriage. Changes, maybe things are even more troublesome.Second, she suddenly began to worry about her eldest nephew. Two years ago, she saw that her eldest nephew had grown up and had a stable court, so she impulsively left the royal court and let her eldest nephew be in charge. The son who died can't keep it, can he face a little more?

It's just that after Xue Zhijing became a little silent, Xiao Liege turned over, faced her, and reached out to caress her face, "I'll deal with it as quickly as possible, I'll be back."

Xue Zhijing smiled hard, and pressed her hand, "No, tomorrow I will start to build the accompanying capital. The capital will first build the imperial palace and some administrative organs. I am not going to build the city wall anymore. I will allocate a piece of land to Auction, each merchant can buy land and build a house by himself, which is also fast. There are too many places to spend money recently, and I don’t have any extra money to repair the house.”

"If you don't build a city wall, you won't be afraid of people coming to attack you."

"Who dares to hit me, you?"

Xiao Liege choked, and suddenly understood what Xue Zhijing said, that area was the border of Liao Kingdom and Da Zhou, if it was said that the easiest way to fight over, wouldn't it be their Liao Kingdom.

"Yes, our Liao army came here just across a river. I won't bring troops to attack you. What if some unscrupulous nobleman from Liao came over?"

"Do you ignore me?" Xue Zhijing looked into Xiao Liege's eyes and asked softly.

"I will definitely take care of it. The movement of the nobles of the Liao Kingdom cannot escape my eyes. That is, even if there is no Liao Kingdom, what about the Xia Kingdom in the west?"

Xue Zhijing finally smiled, grabbed Xiao Liege's hand and kissed it on his lips, "Don't worry, I know it well. The imperial palace and administrative units must have city walls, and the reason why no city walls are built in other places is because I I want to build the whole city into an open commercial city. I have already thought of the name, and it is called Wanguo City. It is not just doing business with your Liao Kingdom, Xia Kingdom in the northwest, Tubo in the southwest, Dayue Kingdom in the south, and even borrowed All the countries in the Western Regions from your Liao Kingdom can come here to do business."

"Are you not afraid of being beaten when you do business?"

"You see, although Bianjing City has city gates, they are never closed all year round. They are quite open. If soldiers are really about to approach the city, it means that the overall national strength is failing. If the national strength is not good, the city wall can't be stopped no matter how high the national strength is. Strong, I am completely defenseless, and no one will dare to attack me."

"You are so confident!"

"Then how about this? You also build a fortress-like city on the other side of the border. If I am beaten, I will hide in your fortress, okay?"

"..."

After tossing and sweating, Xue Zhijing hugged Xiao Liege and said, "Protect yourself well and send me news every day."

"Daily?" Xiao Liege said lazily, and finally said with a long voice, "Mm--"

Xiao Liege left quietly, just like she came quietly.

The courtiers naturally also discovered that the Mr. Xiao next to their Empress has not appeared again. Everyone is actually guessing the relationship between the two, but it is only guessing. In this era, the relationship between the same sex Many people are used to it, but they still get married and have children.

After all, they think marriage is marriage and love is love.

Therefore, the courtiers began to appear again, and the matter of asking His Majesty to select the emperor's husband came.

Xue Zhijing was noncommittal at first, and then a courtier made his own claim and wrote a list of outstanding offspring of officials above the fourth rank and submitted it. When Xue Zhijing saw it, he was speechless.

However, she still looked through it curiously to see what "good fate" her courtiers had arranged for her.

Most of them are young children, ranging from 13 to 17 years old, a few of them are 19 or 20 years old, and very few after [-] years old, there will be notes, such as widowhood and so on.

Xue Zhijing couldn't help laughing, this group of ministers, no matter how widowed they were sent up, they didn't worry about feeling unlucky.

However, she also understands that in the official families of this era, children have to arrange marriages when they are teenagers. The early ones get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, the late ones are seventeen or eighteen, and the later ones may be because of studying abroad or the like. For a very special reason, single men over the age of 20 are not the only ones who have lost their wives.

Xue Zhijing wanted to put down this roster, and didn't want to pay attention to it anymore, but suddenly he remembered that he had Xiao Liege, and he didn't need a man to marry him. In case the empress needed it in the future, shouldn't he plan ahead and study it for future generations? Research?So she picked up the roster again.

Thinking of this, she put herself into it, thinking that as an empress, what kind of man does she need to marry?

The facial features are correct, the height is in the normal range, the body is healthy, and has the ability to bear children.

IQ should also be normal, without any bad habits.

It should be a virgin, otherwise what should I do if I get sick?

The family must be simple and not have a lot of relatives, otherwise everyone will be appointed as an official, and it will be bad for the descendants to mess up the government.

In addition, this person should also be able to accept the life of being a mascot in the future. He can be knighted, but he cannot have real power.Xue Zhijing thought of Wu Zetian's men, one of them burned down the bright hall that spent a lot of money to build, and the other two sealed up the palace.This is not good.

This person has to make sure that he can't have an affair with other women, otherwise, if he gives birth to a child, he will usurp the throne with the children, it will be unbeautiful.But it is very difficult to guarantee this point, is it possible to arrange a bunch of eunuchs for the palace?Not to mention that I can't bear to mutilate other people's bodies, even eunuchs can be xxoo. When I first came here, I still saw the night war in the next room. What if the emperor's man and the eunuch had a night and night singing?

Xue Zhijing's head exploded, but he still couldn't think of a perfect solution.

I feel that it is not easy to find such a person who has to meet so many conditions.

Forget it, if someone becomes the Empress in the future, she can figure out a solution by herself, and stop torturing her brain cells.