Great Zhou Empress

As time continued to move forward, the Great Zhou Dynasty had things to deal with every day, but it was not a big deal, just follow the steps.

Just like life, most of the time it is mediocre, and the occasional thrilling is enough to make people remember deeply.

Regarding the selection of the imperial husband, Xue Zhijing dragged it on for a while, and then a new situation appeared.

Ding Shan, who had obtained a viscount title because of his persuasion, appeared again.

He now has a knighthood and a position in a less important department.

Xue Zhijing knew that meritorious service must be rewarded, so he gave him corresponding rewards, but his ability was not enough to take on bigger tasks, so he could only go to this point.But Dingshan himself doesn't think so, he has a kind of man's natural pride, he thinks that he is the most powerful person in the whole world, the reason why the empress doesn't give him a bigger position now is because the empress doesn't understand him.

Most of these people have a narcissistic personality, and they tend to exaggerate their self-worth.

Somehow, the selection roster given to the empress by the officials got out and was circulated throughout Bianjing City.

Those men who were on the roster were all arrogant, as if they were going to enter the palace to be the emperor's wife tomorrow, and then they would be the most honorable men in the dynasty, and the empress would be nestled in their arms.

Those who are young even linger in restaurants and brothels all day long, accepting the flattery of others.

I know, it is said that they are on a roster called the selection of imperial husbands, but those who don't know think that they will enter the Military Aircraft Department as top officials tomorrow.

Back then when Ding Shan persuaded him to come in, he thought about becoming the Empress's husband. Now, when he saw the gang of dudes in Beijing, he immediately looked unhappy.

If you want to be the imperial concubine, I will be the one. Don’t you look at it, the empress only relied on the auspicious things I concocted, and I worked tirelessly to persuade her to become the throne again and again. Where did it come from, do you have any credit for the empress?

So, supported by his anger, he secretly collected a lot of information about these people.

Similar to part of Xue Zhijing's thoughts, he also knows very well that to be the emperor's husband, no matter what, you have to be a virgin, but in this era, it is not easy for a son of an official's family to be a virgin.

Ding Shan is very talented in this area. He easily collected all kinds of gossip information about the men on the roster, such as when and which brothel they all went to, how many maids in their family, Who already has several concubine sons and daughters in the family, and who has raised a foreign room and so on.

Don't blame those officials, in their eyes, it's nothing to go to a brothel, have a housemate, or have a concubine. As long as they don't get married in a serious way, they are all single. In their hearts, they have always been single. There is no concept that a man should guard his body like a jade.It's just that the sons and daughters of the concubine may be more troublesome. After all, heirs are involved, and those who have children probably cannot be the emperor's husband.

The document Ding Shan sent to the empress made Xue Zhijing a little dumbfounded.

She didn't expect that these high-level officials' children would have so many women alone.

In order to promote population growth, all dynasties and generations will more or less limit the number of wives a man can marry, eventually forming a monogamous system.The relevant laws of the Dazhou Dynasty followed the Dacheng of the previous dynasty, so it also stipulated the monogamy system. If a man has no children at [-], he can only take concubines and have children.However, after the rank of officials increased, the number of concubines that could be taken increased.

But even with such a restriction, it can't stop the children of official families from crazily possessing women, such as house maids, concierges, and even arrange them to be servants at home without a name or title. They have many ways to go up.

Among the rosters sent by the officials, there are hardly a few who have never experienced women.There are three or two kittens, Xue Zhijing highly doubts whether they just like men.

In Ding Shan's article, at the end, he said with snot and tears running down his nose, "Your Majesty, I really feel sorry for you. How could these people deceive Your Majesty like this? Your Majesty is so beautiful, there should be a talented man to marry His Majesty, such as me .

Xue Zhijing had goosebumps all over his body.

She felt like a piece of pork, and everyone wanted to share a piece.

At noon on the second day, the courtiers started talking about this matter again, and Xue Zhijing could hear the cocoons in her ears. She had no choice but to say, "Okay, since you are all so concerned about my life's affairs, today I will talk to you." You guys have a good talk."

"First, from ancient times to the present, there has never been the status of an emperor's husband. Regardless of whether the emperor is a man or a woman, the emperor can only have an offspring and cannot have a husband. Xunzi said that the emperor is the only one, how can anyone sit on an equal footing with the emperor, so The Son of Heaven can only have heirs, who are the ministers of the Son of Heaven."

As soon as this remark came out, many of the courtiers below were a little shocked.

They all have children on the roster. Although they didn't say anything, they were secretly happy. If a child was married to the empress, their family would be prosperous from then on.Moreover, when a woman recruits a husband, it is always handled by the husband, and the Empress should be no exception. Then why is this son a prince, with all the power in the court.

But now, the empress' position is to be a "queen", so it's not about recruiting a husband.

"Secondly, after the emperor, he must be clean and pure, so this person must have never experienced human affairs. At the same time, because there are many women in the palace, this person cannot leave the palace at will, nor can he walk around in the palace at will, so as not to The court is dirty and messy. Since you are the queen, you have to act as a matter of the future, and the affairs of the palace will be managed by him, and you cannot participate in politics."

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In fact, what Xue Zhijing said is very simple and very true. Since the Qin Dynasty, all queens have been like this, clean, pure, and unable to participate in politics. Everyone just thinks this rule is very suitable, and they continue to deepen this impression. Something for the system solidified it.

But if it falls to the empress, if it is reversed, everyone will feel uncomfortable everywhere.

Such a male queen, the courtiers can't choose, and they don't want to choose.

Finally, this matter has come to an end.

The capital of the Liao Kingdom.

Xiao Liege was almost pissed off by Yeluyan, and only after he came back did he realize that his eldest nephew was almost rubbed against the ground by Yeluyan. Xiao Derui's dead son was not a son, and there were several others in his stomach. I was beaten.

Is this Yeluyan a professional abortionist?

Xiao Liege scolded Xiao Derui head and face.

"Aren't you our Xiao family? Weakness can be bullied to such an extent, what kind of emperor are you!"

Xiao Liege even wanted to kick him twice, but Xiao Derui held his head and said, "Auntie, I can't help it, I can't tie those women to my belt every day, I have to go to court every day , to deal with government affairs, Yeluyan is the empress, she should naturally manage the harem, it doesn't matter what I say."

Xiao Liege looked at him bitterly, "You girls are all female slaves. For Yeluyan, she can easily shout and kill. Is there no noble girl you can fall in love with?"

Xiao Derui said pitifully, "If noble girls are like Yeluyan, I don't want them."

Xiao Liege raised his hand, wanting to slap him, but put it down bitterly.

"So, you only know how to sleep with those female slaves who listen to you, and leave it to Yeluyan to dispose of as you like. Is this your way of managing the family?"

Finally out of anger, Xiao Liege kicked him a few times.

There is no way, my nephew still wants to help after beating and scolding.

She went to Yeluyan's place.

Yeluyan only killed a few female slaves, which is not considered a serious crime here in the Liao Kingdom. Xiao Liege grounded her in the name of saying that she hurt the royal heirs.

For this reason, Xiao Liege discussed with Yeluyan's father for a long time, and grounded her based on the principle of educating Yeluyan.Yeluyan's father was already an extremely personable minister at this time, and he was not a fool, so he naturally knew that if his daughter didn't restrain her temper well, it might bring trouble to their whole family, so he also complied with Xiao Liege's arrangement.

Although Yeluyan was grounded, the palace she lived in was also very huge, and she could run and play in her own palace without any problem.

It may be because there are too many primeval forests in the north and northeast of the Liao Kingdom. It is convenient for them to use a large amount of wood by oxen and horses, so their palaces are built very simple and tall, and the tree trunks surrounded by three people are standard configurations.

Yeluyan was the queen, and the palace she lived in was actually as big as the Jianzhang Palace where Xue Zhijing often lived in Bianjing.

However, what matches with the simplicity and grandeur is a certain kind of arrangement that can be called simple and rough.

When Xiao Liege walked into Yeluyan's palace, she found that Yeluyan was practicing sword practice on the wide square. She naturally saw Xiao Liege coming in, and immediately the sword pointed straight at Xiao Liege. Xiao Liege Being sharp, he drew out the sword at his waist and wrestled with Yeluyan.

Yeluyan was angry with Xiao Liege in her heart, and repeatedly, as if to push Xiao Liege into a desperate situation, Xiao Liege had no choice but to stop caring for her, exuding his perennial ruthlessness, finally, in the At the crucial step, Xiao Liege lifted the sword from Yeluyan's hand.

Yeluyan groaned, her wrist was twisted, she covered her wrist and looked at her bitterly, and said, "Princess Raging Fire, who manages everything every day, is there still time to come and see me, a prisoner?"

Xiao Liege retracted his sword, and said to Yeluyan with a condensed expression, "Yeluyan, according to the etiquette, you should call me aunt."

"Etiquette? Auntie?" Yeluyan sneered, "What if I don't?"

Xiao Liege was a little angry, she also had nothing to do with Yeluyan, a young lady, the arrogant and domineering person, her parents couldn't control her, she couldn't beat her, and it was useless to scold her, there was really nothing she could do.

"Yeluyan," Xiao Liege had no choice but to suppress his temper, and tried to speak softly, "You are now the queen of our Liao Kingdom, and you shoulder the responsibility of connecting the Xiao family with the Yelu family. Those children's temper should be put away .”

Yeluyan walked towards Xiao Liege slowly, raised her chin slightly to look at her, and asked with a smile, "Then I'll ask Princess Raging Fire to teach me, how should I be the queen?"

"Dignified and quiet, like the emperor."

Yeluyan laughed so hard that her shoulders twitched, from a twitching shoulder laugh gradually to a loud laugh, she bent down so much, as if she had heard Xiao Liege say some nonsense.

Xiao Liege's face gradually turned dark.

"What if I don't?" Yeluyan straightened up suddenly, and looked at her coldly.

"Your Yelu family has more than just your daughter. Your uncle and uncle's family also has many young and lovely young girls. I can discuss with your father to let them all come into the palace. Whoever gives birth to a son will replace her." The position of your queen."

Yeluyan said coldly, "Xiao Liege, do you think I don't care about the position of this queen? You forced me to be this queen. I never wanted to marry that idiot Xiao Derui."

Xiao Liege slapped Yeluyan with a slap.

"The emperor is also someone you can insult at will?"

I don't know if Yeluyan was stupefied by Xiao Liege, she turned her head slowly and looked at Xiao Liege, there was hatred in her eyes, she couldn't get what she wanted, and there was also a misery that was almost impossible to appear on her body.

Xiao Liege was even moved by her eyes for an instant.

But Xiao Liege quickly adjusted himself, how could she sympathize with Yeluyan, Yeluyan bullied Xiao Derui to such a situation, he should take good care of Yeluyan.

"Xiao Liege, do you know what I hate about you the most?" Yeluyan said bitterly, "I hate your self-righteousness the most. Do you think I don't know why you went to the south? You went to find your little slave, right? Well, that little slave was lucky enough to become an empress, huh. You let the birds fly, but you want me to stay in the royal court and be a canary in a birdcage. Don't worry, I I will definitely treat this birdcage well, and I will destroy everything."

Xiao Liege felt that he had nothing to say to Yeluyan.

She could only go to Yeluyan's father to discuss about arranging other women from the Yelu family to enter the palace.

That night, the palace where Yeluyan lived caught fire. The flames soared into the sky, and it is said that half of the grassland could be seen.

Yeluyan also disappeared.

Such a big fire could not be saved, everyone hurriedly left Shangjing City and camped outside the city.In addition, Xiao Liege and members of Yelu's family are sending people to look for Yeluyan.

Because of the fire incident, the Yelu family had no choice but to send several clan women into the palace to make amends to the royal family.

It's just that after this kind of thing, Xiao Liege didn't feel good and left directly. He could only pick up the job of governing again and help his eldest nephew clean up the follow-up.

She issued a strict order to Xiao Derui, within this year, a son must be born.

Xiao Derui, who was assigned to work as a stallion, happily returned to the harem, leaving behind Princess Raging Fire, who didn't want to work but had to work, to deal with the government affairs there angrily.

Xiao Liege missed Xue Zhijing very much, if Xue Zhijing could serve as Xiao Derui's husband for a few more years, maybe Xiao Derui would be able to grow into a qualified emperor.

What she didn't know was that Xiao Derui's ability was not bad, but he was still young and dependent. If she ignored Xiao Derui and threw him to the court to handle affairs again, he would grow up on his own in two years.Now, Xiao Liege shouldered the task again, immediately, Xiao Derui happily retreated to the back, everything was handled by my aunt, and I was in charge of giving birth.

Xiao Liege finally remembered Xue Zhijing's yearning for her the night before leaving, Xue Zhijing guessed everything, right, guessed that he might not be able to leave after returning to Liao Kingdom, right?

When he was sitting alone in the tent, Xiao Liege finally showed a weeping expression.

Big week.

Xue Zhijing spared a few days to go to the border.

There, her companion capital, Wan Guo City, was under construction in full swing.

The money comes from selling the land, the craftsmen are paid, and the farmers who participated in the construction are also paid.Therefore, the operation of the whole project did not consume people's resources, not only did not arouse people's resentment against labor, but also attracted a large number of farmers to sign up to repair houses.

Although Xue Zhijing said that everything should be kept simple, the craftsmen are better at building houses than she is, and the prototype of the palace built is already very tall and beautiful.

Xue Zhijing was confused when the craftsman said this to her.

Why is a bucket arch so complicated, but the craftsman said that this is nothing to them.

That's fine, Xue Zhijing will let the professionals handle it. As long as she guarantees that she will not easily decorate the palace with some gold, silver and precious stones, no one will think that she is extravagant.

Because many farmers participated, the construction of the palace was fast. Xue Zhijing stood on the foundation of the high platform that had been built in the main hall, looking at the surrounding fields.

Because this area is a border, there has been no population, and the land is naturally owned by the imperial court, which is why the city can be built so quickly.

However, the courtiers also raised a lot of objections. Although Xue Zhijing explained a lot, they still held a wait-and-see attitude.

Regardless of them, try to do it first.

This city, one is indeed Xue Zhijing's own selfishness, she knows that Xiao Liege's stay in Bianjing City will not last long, and building separate cities on both sides is a sustainable plan.Second, she also wants to do an experiment to see if she can really build an international and open metropolis in this era, just like the coastal cities of later generations.

If this city is feasible, she will build another seaside city along the coast, and connect this city of nations and that seaside city with fast horse lanes and rivers, so that several countries on land and a bunch of coastal cities can be taken into account. country.

Judging by the current speed, we should be able to move in next year.