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Volume One: The Past and the Present Chapter 702: The Undercurrent of Concubine Selection (Part 1)

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    "Qin Kang, we have to talk." Qin Kan's expression was serious.

    As the eldest son who will inherit his title in the future, Qin Kan feels it is necessary to teach him how to adapt to his identity. Identity is an ethereal thing that cannot be seen or touched, but the study room of the Duke's Mansion can be seen and touched.  They are all covered with white money. The future Young Master Qin can regard his identity as a floating cloud, but he must not regard the money as a floating cloud. Therefore, when his sister sets a fire, the future Young Master Qin should do his best to strangle it in the cradle.  Instead of sitting by the patio with arms crossed and thinking about life

    Qin Kang puffed up his small chest, and his young face showed a seriousness like an adult, as if he and his father were discussing a major event that would determine the rise and fall of the world.

    "Dad, tell me."

    "You are the eldest son in the family. Apart from me, you are the oldest in this family"

    Qin Kang rolled his eyes vigorously.

    Qin Kan had no choice but to change his mind: "Of course, your mother and second mother are older than you."

    After making up his mind, Qin Kan changed his mind again: "There may be another Sanniang in the future, and she will be older than you."

    Sanniang naturally refers to Tang Zihe. Five years ago, Tang Zihe returned to the capital tiredly with a face full of dust. As soon as he saw Qin Kan, he threw himself into his arms and just said "I'm tired", and then  She actually fell asleep in his arms, and Qin Kan took her to the foreign house that had been set up for a long time. From then on, Tang Zihe lived in the foreign house and never left the capital again.

    A few years later, Tang Zihe never stepped into the Qin family. She said that she did not want to make Du Yan sad, let alone conflict with her for her husband's favor.  Tang Zihe is always proud. She has learned the ways of governing the world, but she never bothers to care about the favor and disgrace of her family.

    Qin Kang curled the corner of his pink mouth and said coolly: "Mother said that there was another daughter of the Duoyan tribe in the grassland, who was almost killed by her horse with a sword"

    Qin Kan¡¯s face looked a little ugly.

    It is true that Du Yan and Tana from the Duoyan Department are not getting along, but the so-called killing Tana is obviously nonsense, and it is obviously putting gold on his own face.

    After Tana returned to the grassland, she had to listen to Qin Kan and convince her father, Huadang Khan, to allow intermarriage between Han and Meng, of course.  The results were unsurprising.  Hua Dang spat on her daughter's face and looked up to the sky and yelled that the Han people were too yin-destroying, and that his heart was to be punished, for the great and almighty God of Immortality would not bless him to make a fortune, and so on.  Tana, however, was preoccupied with Hua Dang.  This girl is too simple-minded.  She was too thin-skinned. She thought that since she returned to the grassland, she could not live up to Qin Kan's wishes, no matter how shady the Han people were.  After all, it is also to allow the Duoyan tribe to survive better in the cracks between the Ming court and the Tatars. It is better than the Tatar tribes often gathering armies to fight and kill Duoyan. In contrast, the Han-Mongolian intermarriage proposed by the Ming court  The method is much gentler.

    Tana stayed on the grassland for four full years. During these four years, Tana pestered Hua Dang every day, trying to persuade him. Unfortunately, Hua Dang was not as simple as Tana. He saw through Qin Kan's conspiracy at a glance, and deeply felt that  Huadang Khan, who is proud of his Mongolian ancestry, cannot accept that his tribe has become a hybrid tribe of Han and Han. The good pure-blooded Tibetan Mastiffs suddenly turned into a group of Pekingese and Pakistani Chuanchuans who can only roll around and stick out their tongues.  Huadang Khan felt that his heart might be very tired

    Both father and daughter had bad tempers, so the matter of Han-Meng intermarriage became a stalemate.  Finally one time, Tana and Hua Dang had a quarrel. Hua Dang was so angry that he simply sent someone to pack Tana and courier it back to the capital. Qin Kan thought that his Mongolian father-in-law had given him a New Year gift, so when he unpacked it happily, the courier  The younger brother presented a letter from Hua Dang, telling Qin Kan that the water spilled by his married daughter was as the saying goes, it is difficult to recover after overflowing water. In the future, don¡¯t send her back to the grassland to cause trouble for your father-in-law

    Tana returned to the capital, and she and Du Yan were at odds with each other. It happened that Tang Zihe also returned to the capital. After meeting Tana, he somehow felt that she was very mean to him, so the two daughters lived in the outer house.  That's four or five years.

    Qin Kang was so young that he obviously didn¡¯t understand the romantic affairs of his romantic father. He counted with his fleshy little fingers seriously: ¡°Dad, mother, second mother, third mother, plus that Mongolian fourth mother¡­¡±

    Looking at Qin Kan, Qin Kang's cool eyes were a bit demanding: "Can the Mongolian one call her fourth mother?"

    Qin Kan nodded speechlessly.

    Then Qin Kang also nodded and said in the same cool tone as always: "There are five people in the family who are older than me. Why didn't dad talk to them and instead talked to me, the youngest?"

    ¡°As he spoke, he sighed solemnly: ¡°Does even dad find it pleasant to pinch soft persimmons?¡±

    Mr. Qin couldn't calm down anymore. He suddenly felt that educating children should not be too civilized. Appropriate violence was necessary.

    After a crisp burst of chestnuts, Qin Kan was greatly relieved. I have to say that it is really pleasant to pinch soft persimmons

    Qin Kang¡¯s little face turned red,He held his aching forehead and pursed his lips tightly, as if he dared not speak in anger.

    "Do you know what your father's title is?" Qin Kan said with a straight face.

    Qin Kang swallowed his anger and nodded: "The Qin Dynasty granted the title of Ning Guogong. It is hereditary and will not be replaced."

    "Do you know what hereditary neglect means?"

    "When my father dies, the title will belong to me and will be passed on to my descendants."

    Qin Kan was so relieved that he couldn't help but give him another chestnut blow as a reward.

    "It's the truth, but dad doesn't feel very comfortable hearing it" Qin Kan ignored his son's pitiful appearance of tears in his eyes and said leisurely: "Many years from now, you will be the owner of this Duke's Mansion. Think about it.  What would you do if someone set fire to your house?¡±

    Qin Kang gradually understood and clenched his fists angrily: "I should beat my sister up."

    Boom!

    It was another blast.

    "That's wrong. Normal people would choose to put out the fire first and then beat people up. However, your situation is a bit special. If I find out that you bully your sister, you will be beaten to death by me myself." He stroked Qin Kang's head lovingly.  Above his head, Qin Kan's pleasant smile hid a bit of murderous intent: "Little bastard, find your sister quickly!"

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    Education has a long way to go. Qin Kan now feels that educating his son is more tiring and strenuous than dealing with the civil servants in the court, and it has little effect.

    What's more, the Qin family also has a female demon king, Qin Le, who is just as good at causing trouble as Qin Kang.

    Due to his timely action, Qin Le's plan to set fire to the study room to vent his anger was aborted. The furious Qin Kan took his daughter to the front hall and forced her to kneel down, followed by Qin Kang who was gloating about the misfortune. After only a few words of reprimand, Qin Le felt aggrieved.  Tears, Jin Liu, who came after hearing the news, was also in tears. Mother and daughter Du Juan cried and cried in each other's arms. Although it was clear that Qin Le had been using this trick for nearly ten years, Qin Kan was still reluctant to punish her.

    In his two lifetimes, Qin Kan has never been cruel to women. He is too soft-hearted towards women.

    The turbulent Duke's Mansion had just returned to calm. The housekeeper came to report that someone had posted a message asking for an audience.

    The person who asked to see Qin Kan was relatively unfamiliar. Zhu Houzhao brought back the general after personally conquering the Tartars, and he appointed Jiang Bin, the newly appointed concubine and deputy envoy.

    Qin Kan only hesitated for a moment and immediately decided to see him.

    Apart from anything else, the gift list that General Jiang sent along with the post of the same name was very heavy. Qin Kan had no grudge against Yin Zi. Not only was he not grudge, but he treated him like a relative and it was very impolite to block his relatives from the door.

    Jiang Bin's attitude was very respectful when he entered the Qin Mansion. He always had a smile as gentle as the spring breeze on his face. There was a hint of elegant demeanor of a Confucian scholar in his brows. He could only see the magnificence of his eyes wide open and closed when he walked.  It turns out that this man is a military commander who has been on the battlefield for a long time and killed many people.

    Entering the front hall, Jiang Bin immediately knelt down on one knee to Qin Kan, bowed his head and said respectfully: "The last guerrilla general of the Xuanfu, Jiang Bin, the deputy envoy for selecting concubines, pays homage to Mr. Qin."

    Qin Kan smiled and said: "General Jiang, please sit down and I'll serve you some tea."

    Jiang Bin didn't even dare to say anything. After a few words of humility, he took advantage of the situation and sat down on the chair on the left.

    Meaningless courtesies and flattery are inevitable in officialdom. After a few nonsense words, the two of them gradually got to the point.

    "Mr. Qin, the selection of concubines is a grand event of our Ming Dynasty. Now His Majesty's imperial edict has been promulgated by the General Affairs Department. The affairs of Mao Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites are complicated. I am afraid that the matter of selecting concubines will eventually fall on Mr. Qin and the last general.  The general is a warrior by nature, he is good at killing with swords, but not good at tasting incense and breaking jade. How will your majesty choose his new concubine? In the end, the general is willing to follow my father-in-law's lead."

    Qin Kan¡¯s face quickly darkened.

    Although he was suspected of being a villain and judging a gentleman's heart, Qin Kan always felt that this was not the right thing to say. It was like an innocent virgin who had never been to a brothel asking an old prostitute for advice.  Yes, you are not good at appreciating fragrance and breaking jade, am I good at it?

    Qin Kan twitched the corners of his mouth a few times with a smile on his face, and said leisurely: "General Jiang was deeply favored by the emperor as soon as he entered the capital. He was appointed by His Majesty as the deputy envoy for selecting concubines. He must be very knowledgeable in this way. Why should the general be so humble?"

    Even though he was a fool, Jiang Bin could hear the dissatisfaction in Qin Kan's words, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up and knelt down on one knee, and said in panic: "The last general made a mistake and deserves death. The last general is just a vulgar warrior from the border town and does not understand etiquette."  Rules, sir, please forgive me."

    Seeing Jiang Bin's frightened look, Qin Kan calmed down a little, thought for a moment, and said: "The heirs of the Tian family are a big deal. Your Majesty has achieved nothing in the fourteen years since he ascended the throne. The hearts of the people of the world are uncertain. This time, your Majesty is finally willing to issue a decree to select someone."  Concubine, this opportunity is extremely rare. Since you and I are the deputy envoys to select the concubine, we should do our best to serve the king and select a woman with dignified appearance and both moral integrity and talent, so that she can receive your majesty's favor and multiply the heirs of the Tian family."

    ?Too much talk leads to mistakes. Jiang Bin did not dare to say more, but nodded in agreement frequently.

    Glancing at him lightly, Qin Kan continued: "The imperial edict for selecting a concubine has been issued. In a few days, the female relatives of the officials in Beijing and local officials in Beizhili will almost arrive. For you and me, the foreign ministers, choosing a concubine for His Majesty is just a matter of course.  In the end, the real ones who choose the concubine are the eunuchs in the palace. How to know the right way to do it? I will ask the father-in-law in the palace at that time. If the general asks me about this matter, I can't deal with it."

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    PS: There is one more update.  .  .  (To be continued)
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