Houmen's concubine

Chapter 119
And the worst thing is to give concubines as gifts to your superiors or colleagues, not to mention being a concubine, and sometimes you don’t even have a title to be a man...
Otherwise, I will send my daughter to the imperial palace. No matter how many concubines the emperor has or how old they are, the ministers in the court will squeeze their heads to beat up the daughter who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they will never get tired of it. Sent from the Emperor's Harem...

Not to mention you, a concubine from a small merchant family?
"Big brother, my younger sister doesn't want to marry with my elder sister." Qin Jingxin blinked her wet red eyes like deer, and looked at Wang Tong'er pitifully.

Hey!
Unexpectedly, this little girl is still good for acting, she just said a few words, her little eyes were red, and she was about to cry, which aroused sympathy.

Qin Jingjing is only 15 years old and has just reached Jiji's age, at least a year away from getting married.

As the saying goes: Today I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, let alone a year from now?

Besides, the Qin family and the Zhu family haven't formally discussed marriage yet, so what are you worrying about, you little girl?

Thinking of this, Wang Tong'er could only give her a reassurance first, and said in relief: "Sanmei, you can go back with peace of mind, the two families have not discussed marriage. When it comes time to discuss marriage, if mother has that plan, brother will definitely make the decision for you. "

It is at least four or five miles away from Jingui Courtyard where Qin Jingxin lives in the most remote part of the Qin Mansion. Thanks to her running here every few days, she is not too tired.

Besides, I don't want to get involved in the inner courtyard, I just want to start a career.

However, I will definitely keep the promise to her in my heart, and I will definitely not let her marry Qin Jingjing together.

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At the beginning of April, a carriage with a striking sign of "Xie" was driving on the streets of the capital.

Sitting inside the car was a cold, ascetic, dignified and handsome young man, this person was of course Xie Yuheng, the eldest son of the Zhongyonghou Mansion.

Judging by his appearance, he looks more stranger than a month ago, cold and unruly!
He came out of the palace just now, and went back to prepare his luggage to accompany Emperor Mingzheng on a private visit to Qinzhou Weifu tomorrow morning.

In the previous life, there was no such thing as an emperor going to Qinzhou for a private visit.

I am afraid that I will be reborn in this life, and many things will be different from the previous life.

Qinzhou can be said to be the land of abundance, the prosperity there is no worse than that of the capital.

Emperor Mingzheng's trip was for the sake of sea salt. During the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Qinzhou area faced the sea and produced sea salt.

However, the output was too low to meet the needs of the people of Dazhou for salt.

As a result, illegal salt was rampant, and merchants smuggled private salt from neighboring countries.

The price is also unaffordable for ordinary people.

Therefore, this salt has become very precious, and poor people cannot afford it.

This does not include the collusion between government and businessmen to raise the price of salt privately.

As a result, people in some areas suffer from physical weakness caused by not eating salt for a long time...
Most of them use the crystallized nitrate on the stones in the latrine. Eating too much nitrate is very harmful to the body, and the things in the latrine are unhygienic.

Modern people can't imagine how the poor people lived in the past. After all, we were born in a good era, without the feudalism and emperor's dictatorship at that time.

Therefore, the Great Zhou Dynasty was basically purchased from the neighboring countries Qi and Yan at high prices, or obtained by exchanging goods.

It’s fine if there is no war, but if there is a war with these two countries, the source of salt will be cut off.

The Qi and Yan countries also took the opportunity to propose many unequal treaties to the Great Zhou. For the energetic new emperor Ming Zhengdi, salt has always been his heart problem!
While the state affairs were not busy at this time, he was going to Qinzhou for a visit.

In the imperial court, there is General Xu in military affairs, and the grand master Xu in Wen has supervised the country.

He was relieved to have these two humerus ministers staying in the palace to handle daily political affairs.

Emperor Mingzheng still didn't believe that the salt produced by the majestic Zhou Dynasty was not enough for the people of the country to eat?

When going to Qinzhou, other people don't need to accompany him, Xie Yuheng, the capable minister who is most reassuring to him, must be brought with him.

In the eyes of Emperor Mingzheng, Xie Shizi is not his mediocre father, loyal and brave Xie Yan, he is a capable minister who can ride and shoot to suppress bandits, and write poems to fight against!

And he's a pure minister, the kind who doesn't stand in line.

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The next day, at dawn, two black and gold carriages were driving on the spacious long street in the capital. After leaving the city gate, the carriages galloped on the flat avenue towards Qinzhou.

There are dark green accessories on the low-key and luxurious car in front, a tall and straight black horse, and a tuft of snow-white mane standing on its forehead.

Sitting in the carriage was a man wearing a black robe embroidered with dark patterns of gold and a jade crown, with a cold face and deep browbones, but he was extremely handsome.

This person is of course the young Emperor Mingzheng. The emperor in front of him has always had the coldness and coldness of a superior, and he speaks the same words, and his angry appearance is very frightening.

On the small red sandalwood table in front of him, a delicate ambergris incense was burning in the exquisite triangular purple sand incense burner.

Emperor Mingzheng liked to be quiet, so Wu Zhi, the head of the palace who served closely, tactfully took the initiative to ride a tall horse with Chen Xiao, the commander of the imperial guards, to protect the carriage.

The rest of the dozen or so guards followed closely behind, and there were also hidden guards hiding in the dark to protect the emperor's life at any time.

Sitting in the carriage behind was Xie Yuheng. Amidst the rumble of the carriage, he was getting closer and closer to Qinzhou, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

I'm still a bit timid and close to the country, and even more depressed
Qinzhou is a place that he can't let go of in his heart!

Xie Yuheng died aggrievedly in her previous life!

On the eve of his marriage to the Second Miss Shen Yushi, he was sent by Emperor Ming Zheng to suppress bandits at sea around Qinzhou.

At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty already had trade relations with several nearby overseas island countries, so there were pirates on the sea who blocked ships and robbed them.

From the few ships at the beginning to the appearance of organized and premeditated gang-like pirates, it has seriously affected the safety of life and property of ships traveling at sea.

The imperial court ordered the governor of Minqin to go to the sea to suppress the bandits. Unexpectedly, the dignified governor, Mr. Ning, returned home in defeat.

It is said that those sea bandits are wretched in appearance, with wooden drags on their feet, short in stature, but very fierce.

Everyone held a sharp long knife with a slight curvature in their hands, which was later known as the Japanese sword.

The governor of Min Qin fought against the pirates several times, and finally found out that those fierce bandits who murdered and robbed them were the Wag people that the Great Zhou Dynasty never looked down upon.

Japanese pirates are accustomed to using Japanese swords. They are light and agile, and the blade is sharp. They have advantages in many aspects and are always disadvantaged.

Emperor Mingzheng couldn't swallow this bad breath, and sent Xie Yuheng, the governor of Kyoto at the time, to lead troops to suppress the bandits at sea.

He forgot that Xie Yuheng grew up in Kyoto, which belongs to the northern region, and is a landlubber.

In Emperor Mingzheng's mind, he believed that anyone who sent Xie Yuheng to do things would be invincible, and wouldn't it be more than enough to deal with those dwarfs?

　Qinzhou is a place that he can't let go of in his heart!

　　Xie Yuheng died aggrievedly in her previous life!

　　He actually died at the hands of pirates in his previous life...
　　
　
(End of this chapter)