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Mongolia Chapter 71: Approval of Dragon Scales

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    As soon as it got light the next day, Li Dong called Wang Shouren and Li Xiang into the palace and told them what he had thought last night. Both of them were dumbfounded. Li Xiang was a dabbler in the military, so naturally he didn't.  He knew whether this strategy was good or bad, and Wang Shouren had been familiar with military history since he was a child, and he had devoted a lot of effort to military affairs. Naturally, he knew the source of the strategy mentioned by Li Dong, but after all, it was something in a book.  It was hard to say whether it would work in reality. He pondered for a long time and felt that although Li Dong's plan was unimaginable and audacious, after thinking about it carefully, it was really the best way to solve the current predicament.

    "Your Majesty is a genius, I admire you endlessly, but" Wang Shouren lowered his head and hesitated for a moment. When he raised his head, his face was full of worry. "I am a civil servant. Although I have never directly led an army, I know how to use the army in a proper way."  , to win by surprise, but if we just rely on dangerous methods, we will lose everything if we are not careful. Although I also think that your majesty¡¯s plan is very good, butI am worried that if it is not handled properly, it will easily backfire on me, causing me to  The Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, so I ask the emperor to be careful and take it seriously!"

    Li Dong smiled and nodded. When he heard Wang Shouren's agreement, he knew that what he thought was right. The remaining work was to make detailed arrangements and consider things as thoroughly as possible. Now he needed Li Xiang.  For a planned strategy to be successfully implemented, the accuracy of intelligence is crucial.

    In the next few days, Li Xiang tried his best to collect all kinds of information to Li Dong according to Li Dong's request. Li Dong analyzed the information in detail with Wang Shouren and complemented each other, although some information still required Li Xiang to send people to further improve it.  I went to investigate, but things finally became clearer.

    On this day, after Li Dong finished handling the matters at Yangxin Hall, he got on the sedan chair and headed to the harem.  The recent planning between him and Wang Shouren was very satisfying, but the string in his heart still couldn't be loosened.  Alas, since becoming the emperor, there have been too many headaches.  This war with the Mongols is destined to be fought, and this war will not only severely damage the vitality of the Mongols, but also consolidate the forces of the northern provinces for Li Dong's use. Thinking of this, Li Dong whispered to Zhang Hu beside him  , and asked him to give an order to Zhao Dongxu. The Guards must intensify their training without any neglect. In the end, the real success must be achieved by getting closer to the Guards.

    War is about logistics. Li Dong often said this to his subordinates. This sentence was a wise saying in the army in his time. However, in this era of cold weapons, there is also a saying that soldiers and horses must go before food and grass are used. However, no matter what  It all makes the same sense. A war has not yet started. Where can the military expenditures come from? Does it mean that Li Dong is required to supplement the money himself?  If this is the case, I am afraid that this war will destroy all my old capital. I wonder if the imperial court can share the burden.

    The examination law has been implemented, and all state governments are checking past accounts. According to Li Xiang's report, although it appears to be vigorous, it is actually not the same thing at all. The secret documents sent by Jin Yiwei say that the provinces that have been cleared out  The officials owed more than two million taels of silver in total. The cabinet had issued an order to the provinces, asking them to escort the cleared silver taels to Beijing. However, the provincial and state officials used various excuses to evade, either to report natural disasters or to repair rivers.  What is even more annoying is that after accepting bribes from some provinces, Liu Jin actually wrote a letter to speak for them. Liu Jin is still useful and cannot be moved. Li Dong had no choice but to grant his request, so the court now  It¡¯s hard to say whether the country¡¯s finances can be expected to improve.

    Liang's sedan was walking forward leisurely. Li Dong sat in the sedan and turned east and west, letting his thoughts fly wildly.  Suddenly, there was a burst of noise from the front, mixed with the shrill scoldings, dragging and pushing sounds of the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it became a chaos.  There was also a woman among them who shouted with a louder voice, "Let me go, let me go quickly, don't do this. I want to see the emperor. Your Majesty, where are you? I have something to ask you."  . . ¡±

    Li Dong felt something in his heart and had a smile on his face, huh?  Besides Zhang Qingying, how could there be such a fierce woman in this palace?  And the voice sounds unfamiliar. Who is it?  Could it be that someone has a secret crush on me?  He tapped his foot in the sedan and the sedan stopped.  Li Dong walked out and saw that he was at the entrance of the draft palace.  He turned around and asked Du Shaohua who was following him, "Go and have a look. What are you doing over there?"

    After a while, Du Shaohua ran back with sweat on his face, "If I go back to Long Live Lord, they are selecting a palace maid over there."

    "Oh, choosing a palace maid? I haven't seen it before, go and have a look." The Ministry of Etiquette is really efficient in doing things, and they sent the palace maid in so quickly.  It seems that the waiter Fang Qianwei is a talented person.

    Li Dong walked over there with a smile. Because he had just finished handling state affairs, Li Dong was wearing a bright dragon robe. As soon as he appeared, a large number of women knelt in front of him, more than two hundred people.  These are the show girls waiting for selection. They have been kneeling here for a long time waiting for the emperor.  When they saw the emperor arriving, everyone was so frightened that their faces turned pale.Terrified, they all fell to the ground and kowtowed.

    When the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw the holy driver coming, they hurriedly stepped aside.  He was in charge of the official duties. While wiping his sweat, he said to the girl who was shouting, "You ignorant bitch, the emperor is here. Why don't you kneel down quickly? Do you want to be beaten?" He turned around and said again.  He angrily yelled at the eunuchs around him, "They are all worthless things. Don't be stupid. Come over here and push her down and make her kneel down!"

    Li Dong stopped them with a wave of his hand, "Don't do this, call her over. What's going on?"

    The girl was brought over, but she still stood there stubbornly, refusing to kneel down.  Li Dong glanced at her and saw that she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed like a palace maid, and her round and round face was childish and naive, but full of anger.  He probably had a fight with the eunuchs just now, and his clothes were torn.

    Li Dong asked softly, "What's wrong?"

    Before the woman could reply, the official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs next to her stepped forward and replied, "Long live my lord, this child is from the family of Xu Jinghui, editor of the Hanlin Academy. Originally, it was considered that her family background was innocent, so the Ministry of Rites selected her to serve in the palace, but  She is crying so much that I have already sent someone to tell her father."

    Li Dong waved his hand impatiently, "Did I ask you a question? Get out of here." He turned around with a big bad wolf smile and continued to ask the girl, "What's your name?"

    "Xu Chunhua."

    "Well, Chunhua, this is a very good name. How many people are there in the family? Who are you?"

    Xu Chunhua was stunned, she didn¡¯t expect the emperor to be so amiable.

    "Five people, grandpa, grandma, father, mother and me."

    Li Dong nodded and smiled, and spoke in a softer tone, "Chunhua, this is the forbidden garden of the inner palace. There are naturally a set of rules and regulations. Are you not allowed to make any noise? On my way here just now, I heard you making noise here even though I was far away.  Hu Xiaoyao, you mentioned me repeatedly, I¡¯m fine, but if I don¡¯t come today, it will be against the law, and if you are caught, you will be beheaded.¡±

    Mingxiu plucked his disheveled hair and said without any fear, "Behead him or her. Long live your life, I want to ask you something."

    Li Dong was stunned, "Oh? Okay, you can ask."

    "Excuse me, Lord Long Live. Do you know what it feels like to be hungry?"

    She looked up at Li Dong and saw that Li Dong was looking at her inexplicably. She pointed to the beautiful ladies kneeling on the ground and said, "Long live, do you know when we girls came in? You know we are kneeling."  How long has it been? Do you know that we have been brought into the palace since dawn, and we have not even touched our lips with a sip of water. We have been kneeling here waiting for your introduction and your choice? Today you  If you don¡¯t come, do you still want to starve us to death?¡±

    "Long live, although we are the daughters of a poor family, our parents endured hardships to bring us up. Isn't it a new dynasty now? Long live your edict today, saying that you will "refresh the officialdom". Tomorrow  Another edict was issued, saying that we should "rest with the people". We also built a free garden and opened it to the people. You probably didn't say these words to make people happy, or to make the people happy. But, long live you did it again  What did you do? You have only been on the throne for a few days, and you are hurriedly recruiting girls to enrich your harem! Yes, since Long live the world, it is really unreasonable not to choose a few beauties to accompany you. But  Long live my Lord, have you ever thought about it? Shandong suffered a disaster last year. Mongolian invaders invaded Shanxi and Datong borders every year. Recently, the rebellion of King Anhua has caused great harm to Shaanxi. It is the time when money is needed everywhere. Can you  Okay, it happens that at this time we have to do a beauty pageant, we have to select girls, if you do this, what do you want the people to think?"

    Li Dong stared blankly at this girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old. He didn't understand, how could this child know so much?  Why were her words so harsh?  He wanted to have an attack, but after thinking about it, he couldn't argue. It was really not the right time for him to choose a palace maid.

    Seeing Li Dong meditating, how could a eunuch like Du Shaohua fail to see Li Dong's embarrassment? He loudly explained to Li Dong, "How can you talk to the emperor if you are a bold and unruly man? What do you know as a kid? The palace is so big.  There are so many noble people, how can we do it without anyone to serve us?"

    Xu Chunhua glanced at Du Shaohua, "Okay, what you said is so good. Nobles have so much wealth, how can they do it without anyone to serve them? But, have you ever thought about the fact that for a poor family like us, we don't have a mother-in-law?"  Lao Tzu? Our parents don¡¯t want anyone to take care of them? Who doesn¡¯t know that as long as you are selected by the palace, you will never see your relatives again for the rest of your life. There are tens of thousands of people entering the harem, how many of them are there?  How many people can meet the emperor, and how many people can receive the emperor's favor? I just saw a few old palace maids here with my own eyes. Their hair was all white, but they still have to wait here! Your Majesty, have you ever thought about this?  Do you understand us girls?The wife's heart?  Long live the Lord, since you want to be the Holy Son of Heaven, you should think more about the people of the world.  Let me tell you, since the issue of draft girls was decided by the imperial court, of course the imperial court can abolish it.  If we don¡¯t draft women, or if we draft fewer women, will the emperor be unable to secure his position?  "

    She was speaking vigorously, but Li Xiang standing next to her couldn't listen anymore.  He took a step forward and reprimanded sternly, "How presumptuous! I've rebelled against you. Do you know who you are talking to? Do you know the rules in the palace? You are a wild girl without sex. Is it true that I can't kill you?"

    Xu Chunhua just raised her eyes and glanced at Li Xiang, and then looked at Li Xiang's official uniform. She smiled coldly and said, "Oh, isn't this Lord Li Xiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards? People in the capital are spreading rumors about how heroic Lord Li is.  How to assist the emperor to ascend the throne, how young to be, how to manage the public security in the capital Haha, there are so many more. However, when I saw her today, the little girl felt that she was not as arrogant as they said.  It's a bit different. If it were someone else. After changing the identity, wearing the official skin, what he said just now would never be worse than Mr. Li. The little girl heard that Mr. Li was also born in a poor family, and she should have known better that the poor are miserable.  It¡¯s bitter, but, bah, the great hero in everyone¡¯s minds turns out to be nothing more than that, just a person who bullies others and forgets his roots when he sees profit. It¡¯s boring, it¡¯s boring, it¡¯s so boring!¡±

    Being bullied by Xu Chunhua¡¯s words, Li Xiang was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He never expected that Li Xiang, a tall and dignified man, would be despised and humiliated by this little woman in front of the emperor today.  He really wanted to step forward and give this talkative girl a big slap.

    Li Dong burst out laughing. He held Li Xiang's shoulders and laughed loudly, "Well said, well said. I also think this boy is unreasonable. This little bitch is interesting. She can be said to have vented my bad breath for me.  Hahaha"

    Li Xiang also realized at this time that the other party was just a weak woman. Why should he argue with her? Besides, if he quarreled with a woman, wouldn't he think that he would live longer?

    Li Xiang shook his head with a wry smile, turned around and asked the eunuch next to him, "Is the father of this child here? If so,

    Just let someone take it back, this bitch is like a rouge horse, too strong!  "

    The official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Reply to Mr. Li, he is here and is waiting for questioning below."

    "Call up!"

    "Yes, Mr. Li!"

    Xu Chunhua¡¯s father had actually been here a long time ago, but he didn¡¯t dare to show his face.  His daughter has had a fierce temper since she was a child. She dares to speak and do things, and is not afraid of gods and ghosts. How could he not know that?  I also blame myself. I usually talk to her about everything, which makes Xu Chunhua's embroidery work sparse, but when talking about national affairs, she is very organized.

    But as a father, he never imagined that his daughter would dare to be so bold in front of the emperor, and that Li Xiang, the commander of the royal guards, would be so unscrupulous. Wouldn't this bring trouble for him?  When he came in just now, he heard what his daughter and Li Xiang were saying. He felt dizzy, dizzy, numb, his legs were trembling, and he stood there like a fool, unable to move.  Hearing the summons from the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he shivered with fright, crawled to the ground and lay down in front of Li Dong, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty Please have mercy on Your Majesty and spare this child. She  I was ignorant and bumped into the emperor. I am willing to resign and go back to Go back and discipline her well I beg the emperor to have mercy on her and spare her this time"

    Li Dong looked at Xu Jinghui with a smile, "You taught your daughter all her knowledge, right?"

    Xu Jinghui wanted to deny it, but then he thought about it and realized that if he didn't admit it, it was because Xu Chunhua was eavesdropping on nonsense and discussing state affairs without permission, which would be a crime that would destroy the family and exterminate the clan. He hurriedly kowtowed and said in a trembling voice, "These are all things my subordinates told her.  I am willing to obey the law!"

    Li Dong waved his hand, "You have given birth to a good daughter. Even though she is just a girl, she can have such character, such knowledge, such courage, and know how to respect herself. I am very happy. She is so old, she dares to speak  Zuo, even when facing the King of Heaven and the Prince of Earth, there is no fear at all. It¡¯s rare, it¡¯s really rare. What I like is people like her. It¡¯s a pity that there are too few such people among the ministers of the court!  Okay, she's right, I didn't think carefully about this matter, so I'll let her do it!"

    No one here today expected that Li Dong would say such a thing, and everyone was shocked.  Even Xu Chunhua was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do.  Even though she was talking so eloquently and so logically just now, she was also willing to fight for it.  She knew that a girl like her from a poor family would be rootless even if she was selected into the palace, and would have no chance of meeting the emperor.  As for being favored by the emperor, becoming a concubine, and becoming the empress, that is more like a daydream.  If things don't go well, it's not uncommon to be sent to the laundry or other places to do hard work, and never see the light of day for the rest of your life.  On the surface, the selectedBeing in the palace is the honor and blessing of women like them, but if you really let them speak their minds, it will not be the case at all.  If you don¡¯t believe it, if the emperor issued an edict to allow those who want to enter the palace to sign up voluntarily, there probably wouldn¡¯t be too many people who want to be showgirls.

    Li Dong was really moved by Xu Chunhua's words today, with a guilty look on his face. "Fortunately, I happened to catch up today. What Chunhua just said is both reasonable and humane. The ladies are imprisoned in the palace.  Some of them have gray hair and cannot even reunite with their families, let alone get married and start a family. Chunhua is right, the new dynasty must have a new atmosphere, Du Shaohua!"

    "The slave is here!" Du Shaohua hurriedly bowed and stood up.

    "A decree was sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs that all palace maids who have served in the palace for more than ten years or who are over twenty-five years old will be released from the palace and allowed to choose their own spouses and get married. If there are no relatives at home, the Ministry of Internal Affairs can do it for them.  When choosing a mate, don't make one person homeless. This year's show girl will not be selected. I will decide when to choose one in the future. Now the people in each palace must be carefully checked. No one except the Queen Mother is allowed to be reduced.  In addition, the rest of the palaces are reduced in descending order. The eunuch side" Li Dong pondered for a while, "The eunuch side should also handle it as appropriate. Do you understand?"

    When Li Dong said something, Du Shaohua next to him agreed. When Li Dong finished speaking, he agreed with "I am the emperor" and turned around to deliver the order.

    Xu Chunhua looked at Li Dong in disbelief, is it so accurate?  Fortunately, his timid father suddenly woke up. He pushed his daughter beside him and said, "Quick, my child, why are you just standing there? Why don't you thank me? Kowtow to the emperor."  .¡±

    Xu Chunhua then knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Li Dong, "My little girl, Xu Chunhua, thanks the Emperor for his grace. I will set up a longevity tablet for you when you get back!"

    The beautiful ladies kneeling on the ground and the old palace maids standing waiting on the side couldn't help but burst into tears when they heard Li Dong's kindness. A cry of "Long live" resounded through the palace. It was estimated that this sound was when they entered the palace.  For the first time since then, I shouted from the bottom of my heart.
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