The queen has said this, and has the support of the emperor, Xu Xun really wants to be lazy, but I'm afraid that she will be a little embarrassed, not to mention that the queen took Li'er and said it thoroughly, she can't help but admit it, if she has the heart to make the life of the palace people and eunuchs better, then she must still have to take care of the palace, but when she has the opportunity to take over the power, she doesn't accept it because she wants to be lazy, what face will she have in the future to complain that the palace maids are too harsh?

Fortunately, after the New Year, the palace affairs are a lot easier, after all, the six bureaus and the first division are not dry meals, and most of the daily affairs can be handled by female officials, and Xu Xun only plays the role of a supervisor here. If Xu Xun is not able to manage the palace, it is estimated that the month will be weighed, and now she has not only proved that she has the ability to do things, but also has a very close relationship with the two palaces, and it is rare to meet between the queen mother and the queen...... In this palace, does anyone dare to put a trap on her? Naturally, she can focus on selling her abilities in front of Xu Xun, lest she not do enough and be pulled out by the concubine Niangniang - she is a person who dares to refute even the face of the Queen Mother.

Since he has to be a housekeeper in the next year, Xu Xun also adjusted his schedule accordingly, and used the hour after the morning to discuss matters. If she has something to do, then send someone to summon a few Shang Palaces over, of course, there are also a few stewards and young eunuchs of the twenty-four yamen, and occasionally they will be invited to Yong'an Palace to ask the right one - although Xu Xun is a noble concubine, but the twenty-four yamen is not used in the harem at all, in addition to the weak yamen such as the direct palace eunuch, among them, the celebrant eunuch, the imperial horse eunuch, the eunuch, etc., the status in the palace will not be much weaker than the ordinary concubines, Xu Xun wants them to come over, but also to say please.

Now that he is determined to be a good housekeeper, the problems that he did not study in depth before have gradually emerged, which is impossible to ignore. -- Although Emperor Taizu Gao's time clearly stipulated that the harem was under the control of the six bureaus and one division, and that the eunuchs were only for the purpose of 'sending messages back and forth and making rough miscellaneous servants', and there was no room for them to speak, whether inside or outside the palace, this is obviously not the case now, and the article 'Ministers shall not interfere in political affairs, The pre-cut brand, basically it is hung good-looking, since the time of Emperor Wen, the celebrant supervisor is full of knowledgeable talents, and now there is an inner study hall, the original eunuch who could not read and write, now there is a court scholar as a teacher. And this brought about an inevitable result: the decline of female officials and the rise of eunuchs.

Xu Xun doesn't have much opinion on this, even if they all use eunuchs to manage things, it is okay for her, after all, it is really difficult for female officials to find suitable candidates. Generally speaking, in the homes of innocent and well-informed people, looking for female moral role models over twenty years old with ordinary appearance and deep knowledge of literature and ink, that is to say, in addition to the basic ability to read and write, there must be a virtue and speech that is enough to serve as an example for the concubines, and it must be ordinary in appearance, and it is also necessary to enter the palace without a home - basically the meaning of a widow. Where to find a female officer who meets so many conditions? Besides, the palace is strictly forbidden, once you enter the palace, there is almost no chance to get together with your family, the so-called release, although there are records in the palace rules, but Xu Xun has never seen anyone have this dignity anyway, the only benefit, that is, if there is a grade after entering, the land under the name of the family does not have to pay taxes.

If it is a change of place, there should be a large number of people who would rather remarry than enter the palace, which is no wonder - but this also causes a very direct consequence, that is, now the palace will not be more than ten female officials selected from outside, and the remaining more than 20 people, basically palace maids are clever in the learning class, and are gradually cultivated, from the female talent to the female history, and now the grade is very low, in the six bureaus and one division, in addition to the Shang Palace Bureau and the Shang Dormitory Bureau are quite complete, the remaining four bureaus are not even able to fill in the establishment, Their original responsibilities had to be shared with the eunuchs, but there was no explicit provision for the receiving unit, and in many cases, it was inevitable that the rights and responsibilities would be unclear and mutually reinforcing.

Although the Queen Mother is now going to set up a women's school, it is more or less to improve the situation, but from investment to effectiveness, it will take a few years, and in these few years, how to maintain the operation of the six bureaus and one division is a problem. The most urgent thing is that the female doctors are almost all wasted, only the southern medical woman is the only one who is left, and the other doctors who know a little bit about medical science are basically gone.

According to the rules of the palace, low-level concubines below the concubine level cannot be asked for a doctor when they are sick, and they can only be consulted by the Nan Yi Po - the Nan Yi Po is a good person, but Xu Xun has a good idea of how well she has medical skills. During the months when she was in charge of palace affairs, if a palace concubine reported illness, she would usually ask the imperial doctor to go over to diagnose the pulse. But the palace maids can't have this treatment anyway, the eunuchs are okay, and they can go out of the palace on their own to extend the treatment, if the palace maids can't wait for the south doctor, the condition will deteriorate and become serious, and they will be sent to the inner peace hall near the Lingxing Gate, and they can continue to come out to serve. It is because the palace is afraid of a thousand people, and the most feared thing is to get sick, once it is not a small illness such as flu and cold, there is almost no possibility of appearing in front of people again.

Xu Xun didn't trust Nan Yi's medical skills, if anyone in her palace was sick for her to know, they all invited the imperial doctor to come over, even if the eunuch was sick, he would also take silver and write notes to make him go out to see a doctor by himself. There were only a few attritions, and it was because these people had diseases that were not suitable for service, such as tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and there was really no way but to find a secluded place and wait for death, even so, she would reward some silver taels to pass. Therefore, over the years, I really didn't know that the situation in the palace had been so bad, and now after listening to Liu Shanggong talk about it, I couldn't help but be surprised. It's just that the rules in the palace are like this, how can it be so simple to improve this situation for a while?

"It's a shame that you and the queen mother are calculating me together," irritated, and couldn't help complaining to the emperor, "It's like a mess in this palace, how can people take care of it?" I'm not as capable as an old lady or a queen, and I can't even eat just thinking about this mess of things. ”

The emperor said curiously, "There is such a thing? Isn't it just those things that make it difficult for you to be like this? ”

Xu Xun snorted, waved the fan he had just gotten in his hand, and complained, "The weather is really hot this year—why not?" I'll tell you one by one. ”

The shortage of female officials, the lack of an exclusive eunuch institution in the harem, the lack of medical treatment for the illness of palace girls, the ambiguity of power and responsibility, and the arbitrary rewards and punishments were put out for the emperor, and the emperor listened to it, and was speechless for a long time, and after a while, he smiled a little mockingly, "You still say that you are not as capable as the old lady and the queen?" These problems, when Empress Renxiao was there, I was afraid that there were no them. Isn't it that over the years, the old lady and the Hu family and the Sun family have come out little by little? ”

Xu Xun's original intention was not to arrange a few predecessors who would not be housekeepers, but at this time he wanted to distinguish between them, but he didn't know where to start, so he thought about it and said, "This can't be said either, after all, the old lady is the crown princess most of the time, you have to blame, you have to blame ......"

Saying this, she brought the concubine of the Temple of Literature in again, and she couldn't help but be slightly annoyed, "Oh, no one is allowed to blame anyway!" In the past few years, the stewardship has changed like a marquee, and it is strange that there is no problem. ”

The emperor haha smiled and gave Xu Xunshun Mao, "It's really not good, then change it, now you just want to turn the sky upside down, I'm afraid that the old lady will call you haode, and the queen won't add to the blockage - then what are you afraid of?" Are you afraid that I will not agree? ”

Xu Xun glanced at the emperor, whether he wanted to smile or not, but when the emperor saw it, he couldn't help but be stunned, "What, do you really have something you want to change for fear that I won't agree?" ”

He is familiar with Xu Xun's spirit, in the past, when he was entangled in the funeral, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was abolishing such a big topic as the funeral, and he didn't have a little weakness, and now she showed this look, which made the emperor a little weak-hearted, but thinking about it, it was just a topic related to the people of the capital, and what could he not bear? Then he said, "You just say it - it's always okay to say it." ”

After all, it's still a margin, and I'm a little timid.

When Xu Xun saw his performance, his heart was a little colder, but he was still unwilling to give up hope, and he said for a long time, "I think, although there are also 'white-headed palace maids here, sitting idle and talking about Xuanzong', but in the end, in the past dynasties, except for my dynasty, it is rare to see the rule that palace people can not come out after entering the palace......"

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, "Are you going to let a group of people go back?" ”

Xu Xun smiled lightly and corrected a little shyly, "I think, it's better to set up a rule in the future, the palace maid is a few years old, if she returns, and she voluntarily goes out, she can give silver back." What do you think, big brother? ”

This...... The emperor had the urge to sigh: he thought that she had changed her style this time, but he didn't expect it to be the same as before, and it was such a big deal as soon as she opened her mouth......

It is not a big deal to release the palace maid once, after all, there are a lot of redundant people in the palace, and it can also have the meaning of accumulating virtue and praying for blessings when released, but the palace maid is released regularly, which affects the personnel system of the entire palace. There will be no shortage of all aspects involved, and the emperor really can't agree to it in one bite, so after thinking for a while, he can only conservatively say, "I'm afraid this matter will have to be discussed with the old lady and the queen - but what does this have to do with the disadvantages you mentioned?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Xu Xun said naturally, "I just think this is also very important, seeing that you have a big tone, you naturally want to try your luck." ”

The emperor was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but say angrily, "Don't make these lofty plans, let's solve those problems first, okay?" The concubine. ”

Seeing his attitude, Xu Xun knew that most of this matter was hopeless, so he couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, and said, "Actually, these problems are basically impossible to solve." Let's talk about women's learning first, the queen proposed a number of methods, the old lady was not satisfied, I asked Mama Zhou, in fact, the queen has thought of the extreme, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Aren't the teachings of those who are willing to enter the palace at the same level as Wang Zhen? How many of them have both ability and integrity? The level of teaching is not good, how can the female officials who are taught serve as role models for concubines in addition to doing things? There are also university scholars as teachers in the inner study hall, teaching by word and deed, and the little eunuchs who have come out over the years are all gentle and courteous, and they are quite loyal when they look at it. What if there is no teacher in a female school, and there are students? In the final analysis, there is still no way to choose from outside, but there has always been no entry and exit in the palace, so many people are not competing for their daughters to marry? There are few widows who are willing to enter the palace, and there are nowhere to find them like looking for a needle in a haystack, and there is no successor to the first division of the six bureaus, it seems that there is nothing to be done. ”

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help nodding secretly, combined with Xu Xun's words just now, he had already guessed a little. "What you mean is to abolish the six bureaus and one division, set up an inner eunuch hall steward, like the twenty-four yamen outside, and then set up a way out for the palace maids who have one less way out, that is, when the year comes, they will be released--it's just that the palace maids have no medicine and there are no rewards and punishments, how to solve it?"

Xu Xunsui and Pantuo said, "Compared with female officials, doctors with real skills are even rarer, and the number of imperial doctors is not large, so they can't consult the palace people." If the palace is released to the palace to diagnose the disease, not to mention the cost of money, it will inevitably have another way of internal and external transportation, and it will not be accurate in the future, and some people will get some ghosts from this road. ”

The emperor listened to these words reasonably, and he nodded frequently, "The great defense inside and outside the palace is the top priority, and this one cannot be changed." ”

"Since it can be released, if the palace people have a serious illness, there can be two ways, one is to go out of the palace and return, and the palace will give her some silver taels to treat the disease, and the other will be sent by the doctor to the inner peace hall to help the pulse, so it is good to see the destiny of heaven." Xu Xun actually felt that it was a bit black-hearted to do this, the daughter raised by a good family, was plundered into the palace, and there was no reward of a penny of silver, so she had to do hard labor in vain, and if she was unlucky to meet a bad-tempered master, she would have to be rubbed a lot, and if she was sick, she would be driven out, and she would take a little silver that could not be too much - it could be regarded as the 'virtue and politics' in the palace. But in any case, such a change can be made through the heavy scrutiny of the emperor, the queen mother and others, and it is possible to come true, after all, it is better than waiting for death when you are sick.

She sighed softly and added, "As for the rewards and punishments, this is because the palace rules are not clear. I have read "Internal Training", "Palace Rules", and "Palace Fan" these days, and there are still a little restrictions on rewards, and how to punish what is committed, there is not even a word. As long as the regulations are carefully weighed and repeatedly preached, the crime of indiscriminate punishment can be mitigated. ”

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but say, "How can the people in our palace have such good luck that you are in charge of the palace?" I'm afraid that the palace girls in the former Emperor Wen period can't be entrusted to the current palace. ”

During the reign of Emperor Wen, every day someone was wrapped in straw mats, carried out from the back of Jingshan and burned, the Yulu Rebellion was just a big outbreak, Xu Xun lived in the palace for many years, and he was no longer the ignorant Jieyu at that time, and he knew more clearly about the past than he did back then. She really wasn't sure about the unjust souls of that day, and she didn't want to come back to continue to be a capitalist, but she smiled faintly when she heard the words, and praised the emperor half-truthfully. "I'm just saying a few words in vain, and it's hard to say whether it will work out. But the kindness of the eldest brother was seen early. Listening to Liu Shanggong, there are far fewer people in our palace every year than in the previous dynasty. ”

The emperor couldn't help but feel a little complacent, he stroked his beard, and said humbly, "Do you always have to be merciful, I treat my subjects kindly, how can I treat all people with exceptions?" ”

After Xu Xun's rare few sycophants, he was in a much better mood, and his mouth was looser than just now, "This matter is big, you have to discuss it with the old lady first, you write a note and show it, and I will show it to my mother for reference." ”

Xu Xun was afraid that the emperor would veto it, then her idea would have no chance of success, and now that the emperor was relieved, she was fifty percent sure that the queen mother would not make a hindrance, so she smiled when she heard the words, "Big brother Shengming!" ”

Xu Xun turned around and wrote a note carefully, and copied two copies in duplicate, one to the emperor, and one to the queen mother, the queen, because of the consideration of the relationship between the two on the bright side is still 'very cold', in order to increase the possibility of the queen mother's support, there is no ventilation.

Since she wants to reform the palace affairs, she seems to be working hard and forging ahead, the queen mother is naturally happy, and as soon as Tiao Chen sent it over, she personally held it and read it, but no one wanted to read it.

"Something!" After only half of it, he was indeed rarely emotional, threw the fold to the ground, and shouted angrily, "What did she think of her ancestors as the Fa!" ”

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Let's talk about how our cats eat

First of all, she has a special name for eating, probably very anxious and urgent, and she meows loudly, and she knows that she wants to eat when she hears it. And then for two hours, if she was shut out of the door by me, she would call me to open the door at the door, and as soon as I opened the door, whatever I was out for, she would try to guide me to the kitchen, and lead the way, and when she got to the kitchen door, she would lie down on the spot and expose her belly -- to eat the standard movements.

Anyway, the cycle will basically be repeated all the time in those two hours...... It's really unbearable.

Let's talk about her appetite, our cat is fed with raw flesh and bones, it is really not a disadvantage, it is chicken, she can kill a chilled chicken leg in one meal, it feels like the amount of other cats in a day, she will come to ask for it after eating and seeing us eat something with umami...... What a cat with an insatiable appetite!

PS She's been sterilized, XD, so there's only appetite left in life, so I quite understand her haha......