Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 442
Although Dorgon said that he can only complain about his illness because he has been run off by Jierharang and Haoge's faction, he is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty and knows that even if the Manchu Qing wants to rule the river with the Ming Dynasty, it must have grain production The base will do.

After all, due to the colder climate, grain production in the north is affected.

And once the war is over, the Eight Banners will definitely have a growing population. If they do not pre-occupy a few grain production bases, they will not be able to maintain the operation of the country. At that time, they will have to retreat to the customs to maintain the shortage of production by looting.

But now the Southern Expedition to Daming has failed twice in a row, and its military strength has been greatly damaged, and it is no longer possible to occupy Jiangnan.

Therefore, Dorgon also set his sights on Sichuan, which has the reputation of the land of abundance, that is, Zhang Xianzhong's department.

Now Dorgon has surrendered the He Zhen tribe who was entrenched in Hanzhong as early as two years ago, and obtained the conditions for occupying Sichuan.

At the same time, Hanzhong is also a well-known grain production area, which provided conditions for Dorgon to station troops and store grain.

This is why Dorgon suddenly decided to make Zhou Ze the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He wanted to play a pawn in Sichuan and Shaanxi before he was taken away from power by Jierhalang.

The reason why he chose Zhou was not only because of Luck Dehun's recommendation, but also because Zhou Ze's reputation was not obvious, and he would not alert Zhu Youjian and Zhang Xianzhong.

Jierhalang didn't see Dorgon's thoughts either, maybe he saw it and didn't expose it.

soon.

Jierhalang, Prince Zheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, passed a court resolution to send envoys to Ming Dynasty to ask for peace. make.

Tabai is the sixth son of Nurhachi, the clan of the Qing Dynasty. Although his reputation is not obvious, his status is not low.

Although Fu Yijian's official rank is not high, he is the first champion of the Qing court since he entered the customs, and his status is quite special.

It can also be seen from this that Jierhalang, Prince Zheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was quite sincere about negotiating peace.

……

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, the land occupied by the vassal king was taken back by Zhu Youjian, and the vassal king’s salary was also cut in half, which reduced the financial burden of the household department a lot. Coupled with the elimination of the threat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the war burden dropped sharply. , It also presents the prosperity of the people and the country's prosperity.

Neither the Northern Expedition nor commercial and tax reforms have been proposed yet, and the entire Ming Dynasty seems to have entered a period of rest.

Zhu Youjian's concubine selection has also come to an end.

Because Zhu Youjian called Concubine Selection this time to enrich the inner court, the number of concubine selections was directly doubled, and the sea election alone doubled to 1.

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian increased the age limit to 25 years old.

Therefore, it is not difficult to select [-] girls from good families with good looks and elegant manners.

For the follow-up screening, Zhu Youjian changed the previous example and first checked whether he could read and write, and those who could read and write would be promoted first, and then those with beautiful skin, white legs, long breasts and big breasts would be promoted.

Out of the [-] candidates, [-] will be promoted, and then the physical examination will be conducted. They will be led to the secret room, their breasts will be probed, their armpits will be sniffed, their textures will be touched, and [-] beauties will be selected.

According to the previous rules, 300 people will be screened again, and 50 of them will be selected as concubines.

But Zhu Youjian did not screen again, but kept all three thousand beauties in the palace.

As for the choice of concubines, Zhu Youjian did not let eunuchs and eunuchs intervene, but came to see for himself.

At this time, there were three thousand beauties standing outside the Qianqing Palace, all of whom looked elegant, shy and smiling.

As soon as Zhu Youjian walked over, it was like entering a bush of flowers.

He never thought that he would choose his woman in this way, just like choosing clothes based on appearance and bearing, and he didn't have to consider whether the other party liked him or not.

Now Zhu Youjian can't help but feel that being an emperor is actually not bad.

But Zhu Youjian has seen a lot of beauties now, and even slept a little, so he is not so hungry. Seeing the spring scenery in the garden, he doesn't know who to choose.

But after watching for a while, Zhu Youjian also saw a woman who could be described as love at first sight.

Not to mention fair connections, extraordinary bearing, and natural charm, the key is that Zhu Youjian's mind can be seduced by a pair of eyes. Even if he is an emperor, he can't help but feel ashamed.

"What's your name?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, the daughter of the people Qi Deqi Dechu".

After the woman in front of her returned shyly, the eunuch Han Shoujing, who was in charge of selecting concubines, reminded:

"Your Majesty, she is the daughter of Qi Biaojia, who has been relegated to a remote place. She is also chosen because of her embarrassing appearance, Wen Ji Xue Tao's talent, and her father is no longer a high-ranking official."

"Lead her down to meet the queen."

Zhu Youjian nodded, and then continued to look at them. Their faces were as round as spring peaches in March, and their bodies were as slender as willows Fufeng, but they could always be seen when they looked at them.

At this time, a woman with long legs and half a head taller than Zhu Youjian attracted Zhu Youjian.

"What's your name?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Minnie Huang Yuanjie."

"Lead her down to meet the queen."

It took Zhu Youjian a while to choose dozens of them before he asked Han Shoujing, "How many have I chosen now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there are 47 in total."

"Choose three more", but Zhu Youjian took a look, and there were several rows behind, so he didn't bother to choose by himself, so he said to Han Shoujing:

"You go and tell them that they have seen what I look like now. Those who want to be my concubines, those who are not selected can raise their hands and come forward to recommend themselves, showing their best side, and showing their best side. An hour is the limit."

When Zhu Youjian said this, the remaining two thousand beauties stood still, their eyes were shining but their lips were tightly pursed and they dared not lift their feet or raise their hands.

They were indeed a little uncomfortable with Zhu Youjian's request. They thought they were just chosen, but they had to fight for it by themselves.

"I don't seem to be old yet. Now I have muscles, a long face and thick eyebrows, and a height of seven feet, neither ugly nor short. Among the remaining two thousand beauties to be selected, none of them is willing to take the initiative to become my woman ?”

Zhu Youjian deliberately shrugged his shoulders and asked Chen Yuanyuan who was beside him.

Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing: "Your Majesty, they are all embarrassed, how can they take the initiative to show themselves."

"It's true, but what I want now is a courageous woman. Wait for half an hour, and no one will stand up for half an hour." Zhu Youjian said and sat back.

However, at this moment, a young woman wearing a light red pleated skirt under a turquoise right lapel came over, raised her white porcelain wrist, her face looked like a silver basin, and her lips were like flowing water. Point and Zhu:

"The folk girl Huang Yuanzhen has met His Majesty, and the folk girl can play the flute."

"Blowing the flute", Zhu Youjian laughed dumbly, and asked, "What else?"

"Write poetry! I don't know if your majesty is listening to the flute or tasting poetry," Huang Yuanzhen asked.

"It's inconvenient to listen to Xiao at this time. Let's taste poetry, Xu Zhaohua, the one named Qi Dechun just now, you are all from a scholarly family, how about tasting her poems with me? As for Xiao, I'm the only one here. It’s better to listen to it in the dead of night.”

Zhu Youjian found that even though he was joking like this, no one had reacted. Except for Chen Yuanyuan covering her mouth and laughing straight away, she also realized that all the girls in front of her at this moment were women from a good family with outstanding female virtues. .

Zhu Youjian had no choice but to keep a straight face, and became serious and serious again.

　Thank you, book friend Baojia Alex? 100 reading points reward and do another small survey: Next, I will write about the selection of concubines, so that there will be no more human-destroying creatures like eunuchs.The protagonist decides to take advantage of this to gradually replace the eunuchs with the power of the inner court with women. After all, men are more inconvenient and prone to prostitution, etc., and there is no such thing as a slavery system like the Qing Dynasty, and even then there are still eunuchs.The protagonist now needs the inner court to fight against the civil servants, so the inner court cannot be cancelled, and only women can be selected to take charge of the inner court.But should these women in charge of the inner court stipulate that they will not marry for life (by default, they can raise faces secretly to meet their physical and emotional needs).Those who agree that women who hold the power of the 24 yamen in the inner court will not marry for life can leave a message, and those who disagree can propose better ways, such as not allowing marriage with princes, nobles, and officials' children, etc.The reason why these women marry or not is not because of anything else, but to prevent the inner court and the outer court from colluding to influence the imperial power.

　　
　
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