After becoming the king of the subjugated country

On the sixth day of January, the West Street where the dignitaries lived was extremely lively. Outside Sun’s house was surrounded by a circle of imperial guards.

All the gates of the nearby houses were closed, and the gatekeeper in charge had already shrunk in. Only one or two bold servants poked their heads out near the side entrance, listening carefully to the movement there, and watching the scene in fear.

The members of the Sun family cried loudly, and the scene became chaotic. Many people looked at the gold, jade, jewellery, silk and satin, books and letters that were carried out, and tried to grab them back but did not dare. The timid people had fainted. The young children clamored to be hugged by their mothers, and the slightly older boys and girls watched all this in panic.Some seemed to be at the banquet just now, and the pearls and emeralds on their heads had not been removed, and some were in pajamas with messy clothes, as if they had just been pulled from the soft pillows of the high bed.

Ji Pei watched this scene with cold eyes. The young master of the Sun family who had been held in the palm of his hand hid behind him, looking at him in fear. Ji Pei showed a sneer, and the young master of the Sun family shivered again and hid in the crowd.

"Bang Dang!" There was a loud noise, and two members of the Royal Forest Army stepped forward on a ladder, took off the "Sun Mansion" plaque, and threw it on the ground.

Patriarch Sun's face was ashamed, and he felt blood in his throat, "Wrong, we were all wrong..."

He shouldn't think that Bi Xuan is easy to bully, and he shouldn't think that Bi Xuan is easy to handle. If he knew that Bi Xuan and Ji Pei had such a relationship, they would definitely go far away.

Ji Pei's face was indifferent, and disgust flashed in his eyes. Even today, what they regret is not hurting others deliberately to provoke, but regretting that they didn't get a soft persimmon.

If Bi Xuan didn't react in time, no matter if she was controlled by her father who forcibly recognized her, or was taken advantage of by the son of the grandson's family to propose a marriage, she would fall into this kind of complicated and messy relationship, and she would also suffer unceasingly.

Ji Pei was not a big villain either. The property that obviously did not meet the salary of the Patriarch of the Sun family was confiscated, and all of the woman's dowry was left to them, and the original Sun family's house was also left for them to live in and serve. His servants also stayed.If the Sun family didn't have enemies who hated them deeply before, and if they kept a low profile, they could survive in the capital.

But before evening, a group of hooligans came to find fault. The Sun family obviously couldn't stay in the capital anymore.The next day they found Ren Yazi, quietly sold the house, and the family moved to a village in the countryside. They decided to take a good rest and wait for a chance to turn around one day in the future before returning to the capital.

The deeds of the Sun family were quickly publicized, and the bulk of the stolen property went into the treasury, while the small portion was directly distributed to Ji Pei, Bi Xuan, and the imperial guards who were in charge of the raid.

Jing Zhaoyin also cooperated with Ji Pei to put the beggar-looking man and Bi San into prison, on the grounds that they deliberately touched the imperial court officials and intended to assassinate them, and they were exiled together half a month later.

The beggar-looking man and Bi San had been arguing for a long time in the prison, and finally they fought, "If it weren't for your incompetence and lack of money, why can't I even marry a wife now?"

"I'm not treating you well? I sold your two older sisters to support our grandfather. If you weren't so good at eating, I could sell people? You little bastard, even your stupid sister can't solve it. You should have It's useless to say that you want to commit suicide on the spot and force your sister to recognize you!"

"You obviously ran out of money just to drink by yourself, and that's not my sister at all! Just like my sister, it's not bad for her to find a rich family as a concubine, how can she become a female official!"

When the two were arguing, the yamen servant opened the door and pushed a person in. It was the young master of the Sun family.

The beggar man and Bi San stopped their hands at the same time, clenched their fists, and said in unison: "It's you!"

When he was acting, Mr. Sun said that nothing would happen.

But now, even he came in.

Young Master Sun: "..."

Young Master Sun Jia hurriedly covered his face, "You have mistaken the person."

"Ah bah!" Wanting to be exiled anyway, the beggar man and Bi San had accumulated a lot of resentment early on and had nowhere to vent it, so they simply walked towards Young Master Sun and punched him.

The prisoners in the nearby prison watched this scene with relish, sighed with emotion from time to time, and still applauded.

The courtiers who had criticized the female officer and looked down on them suddenly became quiet as chickens. On the day the Sun family son was dragged out to parade in the street, there was no shortage of intelligent people in every family, and the dudes were called over to remind them repeatedly. It's an official of the imperial court, whoever dares to kidnap an official of the imperial court and deliberately create any "heroic deeds" is disrespectful to His Majesty and will implicate the entire family.

When Bi Xuan returned to the palace, the arrogant or obscene eyes that occasionally looked at her disappeared completely, and the palace maid happily told her about today's news, "In the future, no one will dare to underestimate you."

Bi Xuan was amused but also helpless, she murmured, "It's because I moved a lot slower."

The next day, Bi Xuan played a performance, saying that the former concubine and concubines of the Eastern Palace had made great contributions to the country, and now that His Majesty ascended the throne, the Eastern Palace should be readjusted, and the former concubines of the Eastern Palace should also have their own places and be properly arranged.

Ning Wenzheng followed quickly, formally requesting titles for the many women behind her, explaining their achievements in the past six months, fighting for the opportunity for them to also serve as officials in the court, and asking them to leave the East Palace and go home to live.

The people below started arguing again, are these women going to turn the world upside down? !Having one Ning Wenzheng and one Bi Xuan is not enough, how many people do they want to squeeze in now?

The disgruntled courtiers dragged Jiang Zilin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, to pour out their bitterness, saying how much His Majesty did not listen to their advice, how little these women valued their reputation, and finally they did not forget to curse that they would not be able to marry sooner or later!

Jiang Zilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, had his eyes brightened, he didn't even notice the last words of this man, he was only thinking about it in his heart, so many people were entrusted, it would not be too much for him to grab a few from the Ministry of Rites and share some of the work for him, right?

Jiang Zilin originally also paid attention to etiquette, but there is no doubt that meeting Ji Chen itself was an event that greatly affected the three views. During this period of time, he received too much stimulation, and the preparation for the empress's wedding ruined his life. Endurance, let alone a group of women, he can accept even any monsters and monsters without changing his face, as long as he can rest early and not stay up late, then he is very welcome!

Master Qian also had an inscrutable expression on his face, "What we think is not important, what His Majesty thinks is the most important thing."

He has even started to think, his own daughter is married, how about raising a granddaughter?When it comes to catering to your wishes, Mr. Qian will never admit defeat.

Xing Yi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, frowned, and reluctantly said: "They are indeed meritorious, and now His Majesty will have heirs sooner or later, it is indeed inappropriate to let them live in the East Palace, and now it is considered a grace to let them go home. The emperor's grace is mighty."

Ning Yuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was even more straightforward. He grabbed the person who came to him and sprayed his face, "Is the work done? Is the memorial written? Is the report for tomorrow sorted out? The canal is under construction, 50 yuan The surname is rushing to various regions, and the court is busy up and down, staring at these things all day long, are you in a panic!"

The man looked aggrieved, thinking to himself why didn't you say this when Bi Xuan and Ning Wenzheng went to the memorial?

Probably because his expression was too obvious, Ning Yuan mocked lightly, "That's because they wrote the memorials at home, but you came to me when you were supposed to be on duty at the Yamen."

The man blushed and retreated in shame.

At least they can become concubines of the former prince, and they also have their own families behind them. Now that they have a new place to go, someone will stand up to protect them for a while.

Even the supervisors of the Guozijian did not stand against them. The supervisors were young and proud, and they could not tolerate sand in their eyes. On the contrary, they detested such dirty methods, thinking that they should defeat these women and stand upright in court.

On the contrary, those who insisted that women should go home and take care of their children became lonely. Veteran ministers were busy with their work, mid-level officials were looking for opportunities for promotion, and the supervisors of the Imperial College looked down on them. For a while, they felt that they were the only ones paying attention to this matter. Things, jumping up and down in it, the rest of the people chose to remain silent or ignore it.

After receiving the news, Ji Chen silently smiled, and picked a good time to distribute the cabinet's order.

Five letters of decree were sent to Xing Yi, Lord Qian, Ning Yuan, Qin Sheng and Bai Qi respectively.Among them, Ning Yuan was the chief assistant.

The members of the cabinet are rotated every three years, and the chief assistant cannot serve concurrently concurrently.

These five imperial edicts were like thunder, and the entire capital was stunned.

Among them, Mr. Qian is in charge of food and grass allocation and other work, Xing Yi was originally from the Ministry of War and was transferred to the Ministry of Punishment, Ning Yuan is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and is still in charge of building the canal, so he is in control.

But Qin Sheng is different, Qin Sheng is only 28 now!Bai Qi is even younger, at the age of 23, many people who have just entered the court are older than him, but this person is now in the cabinet!

Although the cabinet apparently cannot directly revise the memorial, everyone knows that this is the closest position to His Majesty and the closest to the imperial power.

"Your Majesty doesn't pay much attention to seniority. There are so many old ministers to choose from..." Xing Yi invited Ning Yuan out to taste wine on a happy day. Now he is a little drunk, but he is a bit puzzled, "Why do you have to How about picking out Qin Sheng and Bai Qi?"

Ning Yuan couldn't see it clearly before, but now he can see it more and more clearly, "I said brother Xing Yixing, don't just look at his age, just say Qin Sheng, no matter his background or work, there is nothing wrong with him. Picky, when he had the courage to go on an envoy to the Baiyi tribe, few people dared to stand up at that time. Let alone Bai Qi, don't talk about how he is, just talk about himself. Your Majesty, you can be regarded as having the merits of being a dragon. We can't envy his luck!"

Xing Yi thought about it for a while, but felt reasonable, "Speaking of which, brother Ning is also lucky, and now it happens to be during the construction of the canal, brother Ning can be considered to have made great achievements, if it were at another time, the people below may not be fully convinced. "

Ning Yuan said leisurely: "It's not just luck. In my opinion, Your Majesty is thinking that I am the oldest and I will retire in a few years. Then I can make way for Qin Sheng!" Of course, during these three years, I'm afraid that His Majesty also has the heart to hope that he can support Ning Wenzheng again.

Xing Yi and Ning Yuan toasted, "If he doesn't have enough achievements in the future, I won't be convinced. Tsk, I don't think I'm old. Now that I have this opportunity, I have to compete with these young people again."

Seeing that Xing Yi was drunk, Ning Yuan put down his wine glass and sighed deeply. There is a lot of mystery in this quota division.

Everyone was beaming with joy, except for Bai Qi who lived in the palace and couldn't easily send gifts in, the thresholds of the other families were almost broken.

There was an endless stream of people who came to give gifts and make friends, especially Qin Sheng, who was promoted the most rapidly. If the Qin family had not always been very powerful, Qin Xiang, who was originally an official, was still in the Qin family. The concubine beauty sent it over.

In the casino, a group of people who had won the bet excitedly called the dealer to come out to exchange the silver.

Boss Zhou laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth. Although he had to donate half of his family wealth to the national treasury, at least he had climbed up to His Majesty. Now that he got the news, he made a lot of money. He made a lot of profits for the past year in one go.

Boss Zhou came out kindly, and cupped his hands to the surroundings, "Everyone, don't worry, everyone doesn't know enough about the officials in the court, and it is very possible to make a wrong bet now. But now, apart from the cabinet, there is another important matter. to be held."

"I dragged a lot of people to inquire, and I heard that on February 32th, the re-election for the show girl will be held. In this re-election, according to the previous rules, the queen of this dynasty will also be born in it! [-] Choose one, and someone will win." Boss Zhou said proudly: "I spent a lot of effort, and finally got a draft list. If I win the queen, the odds are ten times!"

The crowd was silent at first, and then there was an uproar. Countless people rushed towards Boss Zhou, wanting to ask more details, and also want to guess, who will be the mother of the dynasty?

Seeing this scene, Boss Zhou hurriedly said: "Everyone, please don't discuss loudly when you go out. These are all court matters. If anyone violates taboos, this small casino of mine is not responsible."

Someone laughed kindly, "Don't worry, Boss Zhou."

On January 32, inside the casino, 32 lines of red silk fell from the second floor and stopped about one meter above the ground.The names of the 32 people who participated in the draft are depicted in gold powder on the above, and there are brief introductions about their family backgrounds below. Among the 30 people, [-] are girls, and the remaining two are men.

People who like to join in the fun also came to place bets. Passing in front of these red silks, some people shook their heads and sighed, "Boss Zhou is too strict, two men, can they really be crowned queens? They should just put their names on the line." go."

I knew in my heart that this was the last gamble. Boss Zhou had spent too much time arranging the casino, insisting that this gamble should be known to thousands of people.Of course, he couldn't help scratching his mind, who will be the final queen?

On the eighth day of February, the month-long betting time finally expired. The girls participating in the draft passed the street in a carriage, escorted by the Royal Army on horseback, and the common people watched and joined in the fun. The gate of the palace opened to them. wide open.

In front of the gate of the palace, there were palace people playing musical instruments, and the whole journey was lively. The beautiful ladies entered the palace full of excitement.

There are a total of [-] girls participating in the draft, which will last for one month. During this period, they must live in the palace, and all the basic necessities of life will be taken care of by the palace. After their assessment and re-election are over, their future will also be dusted.

In the anticipation and urging of the crowd, this draft finally kicked off.

Not only the courtiers were very concerned about this, but they were looking forward to the birth of an heir in the palace. Bai Qi was also very concerned about this matter. He directed the eunuchs and maids around, divided the beautiful girls into a unified residence in Chuxiu Palace, and arranged Nunnies and court ladies take care of them in daily life, and outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering and leaving the harem to ensure their safety.

Ji Shao looked at him curiously from the side, and it took him a long time to reflect, "You want this draft to go on safely and end quickly, and don't have any moths in the middle, and send them all to be female officials as soon as the time is up, right?"

Bai Qi smiled without saying a word.

Ji Shao snorted softly, "Why did the second brother take a fancy to you?"

Ji Shao thought, did her second brother take a fancy to Bai Qi's appearance?Bai Qi looks like Mr. Pianpian, but he is also ruthless inside, and he is not a figure of glory.

Look at that pigeon, how poor it is recently, it has lost a lot of weight.

Seeing that Bai Qi didn't explain, Ji Shao awkwardly came over to apologize again, feeling that what he had said was too much, "Actually, you and my second brother are quite a good match when you stand together."

Bai Qi seemed to be quite tolerant towards her, and made up the knife slowly, "It's nothing to say that you are also my sister."

The smile on the corner of Ji Shao's mouth completely disappeared.

Sure enough, this person was still at odds with her as always.

Seeing that Ji Chen hadn't come yet, Ji Shao secretly asked again, "Will my brother make you queen?"

Bai Qi shook his head, "He sealed me into the cabinet, so he won't make me queen again."

Ji Shao was at a loss.

There were bits and pieces of smiles in Bai Qi's eyes, "He said at the time that the two places of generals were given to Xing Yi and Lord Qian respectively, and the two places of civil servants were given to Qin Sheng and Minister Ning of the Ministry of Industry. Yuan, the last remaining spot is for the royal family or clan."

And this spot is now occupied by him.

He is not a member of the clan, only those who become Ji Chen can be considered members of the royal family.

Ji Shao was dumbfounded for a moment.

After a long time, she sighed, "You guys are really amazing."

Even though the courtiers were entangled in their hearts, they didn't dare to ask Ji Chen whether Bai Qi represented civil servants or generals. After all, they were more afraid that if Ji Chen disagreed, the last window paper would be pierced.

So the minister who had thought through the truth naturally understood everything, and the courtier who was dissatisfied with Bai Qi's promotion speed forcibly suppressed a lot of words, pinched his nose and recognized Ji Chen's will, and had to help Ji Chen explain it, because Bai Qi's achievements and irreplaceable role over the past year.

Seeing Ji Chen coming, Ji Shao got up and left, "You guys talk, I won't bother you anymore, I'll go see how Xiu Nu is doing."

Passing through the palace road, Ji Shao enjoyed the beautiful scenery all the way, but when she reached Chuxiu Palace, she realized that all the beautiful scenery was inferior to the beauties here.

They are either dignified and gentle, or gorgeous and lively, each with distinct personalities, and their clothes and jewelry are all excellent. Now that they see Ji Shao coming, they all stand up to say hello. Ji Shao also felt quite comfortable with the indifferent way of getting along with each other just right.

She is indeed a woman who was cultivated by the family and went all the way to the end of the draft.

Ji Shao is also a little regretful, most of their talents and abilities are good, but their family values ​​their appearance more, so this talent is wasted in vain.

But Ji Shao didn't come here to admire their looks, she had something serious to say.

Gathering everyone to the side, Ji Shao cleared his throat, "Everyone, the second brother has some important things to do recently, and I will preside over the draft for the time being. My name is Ji Shao, and everyone must have heard that His Majesty doesn't pay much attention to beauty now. Pay more attention to talent and morality, if you want to stand out among the show girls, I hope everyone will perform more in the future."

On the first day, Ji Shao said that His Majesty is modest and prudent, and does not like prosperity. On the second day, most of the beautiful women changed out of their complicated clothes, and their makeup became more simple and natural.Unable to react, Xiunu took a look at the crowd, her face was pale, she took off the gold step Yao on the spot and asked the maid to send it back to the room.

Ji Shao was quite satisfied, and then asked someone to bring a lot of old account books that Eunuch Xin couldn't handle, "These account books are the account books of the palace for the past 50 years. In the past, Guanglu Temple was in charge, but later Guanglu Temple was taken over by the Song family. Buying, there are two big shortfalls in silver, and I need your help to deal with one or two."

The show girls present must be the same.

Someone quietly tugged on the cuffs of the beautiful girl beside her, "Sister, is it also like this in previous drafts?"

The beautiful woman next to her shook her head, "I don't know, His Majesty must have revised a lot of content. This is not wrong, after all, whether it is the lord of the first palace or the queen, one must be able to take care of the affairs of the harem." good."

There are not a few beautiful women who have the same idea. Basically, all of them have learned to read the account book butler, so although the work is a bit cumbersome, they can complete it properly.

The court lady standing in the corner silently watched the group of beautiful ladies, and wrote down the best among them.

On the fifth day, Ji Shao called someone to preside over the maintenance and cleaning of the palace. On the eighth day, the rest of the people went to sort out the palace classics. The beautiful woman who is good at reading and sorting out history quickly found her place, No. 11 ...

The clothes of the show girls are getting simpler and simpler. The long skirts are replaced by neat palace clothes. abacus.

Ji Shao spent more than [-] days with these beautiful girls, and finally gave them a mission.

"Now His Majesty is asking people to repair the canal, and these people also need food, clothing, housing and transportation. Account books from all over the country are sent to the capital for final accounting. People need to be connected continuously, and materials need to be distributed." Ji Shao's mouth curled up. A smile, "Yes If you want to participate, just come and sign up with me."

Some people have already calculated in their minds that for such a long time, the emperor has never been here, and the princess has been here all the time, and the rewards given to them are all because of their swift and proper performance in those affairs, and the smart people naturally have a vague reaction.

Now those who are willing to strive for the upper reaches naturally have more lofty ambitions in their hearts.

The harem doesn't need them, so what about the front court?

In this world, they can finally find their own world.

This bold and lofty ambition only lasted an hour after they walked out of the palace.

Zhao Xiunv, who became the head of all the beautiful women, quickly assigned tasks to everyone, and began to clear the supplies from various places by herself. After she was busy for a full half an hour, there was a knock on the door outside.

Zhao Xiunv raised her eyebrows, stood up and opened the door, and said impatiently, "Why—"

She got stuck in the middle of her speech, and her tone changed from gentle to panicked, "Father! Why are you here?!"

Zhao Dacai was at a loss. Looking at his daughter who was dressed like a man, he couldn't help scratching his head, "Daughter, I should ask this question. Why are you here?"