At this time, Empress Meng turned back to Renming Hall and was gathering a cadre of concubines in the harem.

Zhao Xu supported her, and Queen Meng had nothing to fear.

In Zhao Xu's harem, there are eighteen concubines selected for him by the Empress Dowager Gao, most of whom Zhao Xu has never touched.

Now, except for Wang Jieyu and the others, everyone is standing in the hall honestly.

Empress Meng was not yet twenty years old, sitting on the main seat, looking down at the women, and said lightly: "In the past, this palace felt that the harem was harmonious, so it was basically left to you. Some of you know about today's events, and some of you don't. Whether you know it or not, today, there are a few rules to be established. ”

The person who knew looked panicked and bowed down.

The uninformed were a little dazed and a little disdainful, and said secretly: The queen who is going to be deposed, what is the spirit!

Empress Meng took in their expressions, her face was expressionless, and said: "First, if something happens in the palace, Grand Official Chen will block the palaces, and without the order of the palace, everyone in the palaces and halls will not be allowed to enter or leave!" ”

"Why!" Someone immediately retorted, looked directly at Queen Meng, and said, "Even if it's an official family, you can't do this!" Besides, we eat and drink, greet the Empress Dowager, and don't go in and out for a day, there was no such rule in the past......"

Empress Meng glanced at her and said, "Someone is here, Qin Meiren criticizes the official's family, and she will be punished for twenty strokes and moved to the southeast corner of the courtyard." ”

Immediately, a few palace maids came in, and they grabbed Qin Meiren with a somewhat fierce face and dragged them back.

Qin Meiren was shocked, and said hurriedly: "You can't beat me, I was selected by the Empress Dowager to enter the palace, and I want to see the Empress Dowager ......"

Empress Meng's face did not move, and her eyes looked at the others.

Some of the people who knew the situation, the shocked figures bowed more, and those who didn't know were stunned, and when they heard the screams of Qin Meiren coming from outside, their faces changed one by one, and they hurriedly bowed down, and there was no more indifference on their faces.

Qin Meiren was still screaming, and the Renming Hall was silent one by one.

Empress Meng looked at them and said, "Second, it is strictly forbidden to interfere in politics in the harem, no matter where you come from or who you have a relationship with, from now on, it will be cut off from this palace!" Whoever lets the palace find out, without the consent of the official family, the palace, as the queen of the middle palace, has the right to dispose of you! ”

A group of concubines secretly pursed their lips, frowned, and had their own ideas in their hearts.

They all have backgrounds, even if they didn't have them before, they will have them after entering the palace. Without support from outside the palace, it is difficult for them to gain a foothold in the palace.

Empress Meng swept these people one by one and said: "Third, in the future, each palace will have rules, entering and exiting, using degrees, palace maids, yellow gates, etc., must be allowed by the palace, and those who act without permission will be severely punished!" ”

The concubine bowed her head, and no one retorted.

Qin Meiren's voice had stopped, but it was echoing in everyone's hearts.

"Fourth,"

Empress Meng's words continued, and she said: "The will of the official family, all the concubines in the palace, except for Liu Meiren, will be demoted to the third rank!" Hugh has to say more! Think about what you've done and what you're going to do from now on! If you don't understand, the Baguio Palace outside the palace, the palace will send you to it in person! ”

In the Song Dynasty, the women of the clan often had monks, and Baguio Palace was one of the places.

Empress Meng's tone was flat, but a kind of concubine was terrified when she heard it, and she didn't dare to say a word.

Sending out of the palace is not a simple exit from the palace, but being abolished from all positions, which is equivalent to being degraded to a concubine and imprisoned for life!

Such a treatment is too harsh, they are only in their teens, where can they accept it!

Seeing that no one spoke, Empress Meng said: "Liang Congzheng, check for the palace, Qingqing, you go and accompany you." ”

Liang Congzheng is actually close to Liu Meiren, after all, Liu Meiren is the most favored and has the most servants, although she was born as a palace maid, and she can't sit in the position of the queen without the strong support of the outer court, but getting close to the favored concubine is a shortcut to the promotion of the Yellow Gate.

Seeing that Empress Meng was powerful and sat firmly in the position of queen, Liang Congzheng dared to think too much, and hurriedly came out and responded: "The villain respects Yi's will." ”

Qingqing, the female official beside Empress Meng, turned sideways and said, "Yes." ”

A group of concubines and concubines were silent, panicked, and they all felt that the harem was about to change.

……

The harem was turned upside down, Zhao Xu didn't care too much, he kicked for a while, felt that it was not interesting, took the towel, wiped his hands, and said, "What is Zhao Ji doing now?" ”

Chen Pi followed to the side, glanced at the sky, and said, "At this hour, His Highness Eleventh should be doing morning class." ”

Zhao Xu hummed, thought for a while, and said, "Let's go, go see him." ”

Chen Pi looked at Zhao Xu carefully, and secretly guessed whether Zhao Xu felt that the disposal was too heavy and he regretted it a little because he demoted Zhao Ji to a concubine.

Zhao Xu went straight to the Qingshou Palace, and before he could step forward, he heard a burst of shouting inside.

"Old Eleven, pass on, pass quickly!"

"You'e, why are you still so stupid, stupid!"

"Yes, yes, pass it to me, look at me!"

Zhao Xu stopped, tilted his head to listen, and then looked at Chen Pi.

Chen Pi shrunk his neck and lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Zhao Xu was expressionless, walked to the door, looked inside, and saw Zhao Ji, Zhao Qi, and Zhao You'e The three little guys were bowing, and they were having fun.

Zhao Ji's little bastard yelled and ran around, where was he a little demoted to a commoner!

Zhao Xu was angry in his heart, and just as he was about to go in, he saw Concubine Zhu coming out of it, beckoning, and said, "Come in, rest for a while and then play, I made you dessert." ”

The three little guys immediately threw down the ball and ran towards Concubine Zhu.

Zhao Ji was the fastest, looked well-behaved, and took Concubine Zhu's plate.

Concubine Zhu smiled and touched his head and wiped his sweat.

Since Zhao Ji was demoted to a concubine, Concubine Zhu obviously took care of Zhao Ji.

Zhao Xu hesitated and didn't go in, if he went to teach Zhao Ji a lesson at this time, most likely Concubine Zhu would protect him.

Zhao Xu pressed his hand, signaled the few yellow doors he found not to make a sound, turned his head to look at Chen Pi, and said, "Xiao Niang knows about Cining Palace?" ”

Chen Pi said: "I shouldn't know, the villain blocked the palace gate for the first time." ”

Zhao Xu nodded, then snorted coldly, and said: "Clean up a room in Funing Palace, make a study hall for Zhao Ji, Mr. will take classes over there, give Mr. the syllabus I listed, let people keep an eye on it, if he continues to mess around, tell me as soon as possible!" ”

Zhao Ji, the little bastard, doesn't even care about being demoted to a commoner, he still acts recklessly, is he young or heartless?

Chen Pi didn't dare to say more, and responded softly.

Zhao Xu didn't stay long, left the Qingshou Palace, and went directly to the confidential room.

All the things that should be done in the 'military reform' are basically here, Zhang Kai, Xu Jiang spends most of his time working here.

Now, what Zhao Xu is most concerned about is 'military reform'.

The implementation of the 'military reform' was relatively smooth, with Zhang Kai in charge, the fold was suitable, and the middle class of the division led the troops to do the bomb pressure, and the progress was carried out in an orderly manner, although there were some chaos, but it could be solved very quickly.

The forbidden army and the box army that were dismantled were all classified as 'reserves', and those who had nowhere to go for the time being were divided into 'engineering armies', which were mobilized by the Ministry of Works and the Privy Council to build cities and walls, build bridges and pave roads, and govern rivers in various parts of the north.

The time is slowly approaching noon, and the green tile room is busy, busy, but there is an eerie quiet.

Suddenly, a scribe walked in, raised his hand to Zhang Dan, and said, "Xianggong Zhang, the Duke of Qi has sent an invitation." ”

In the blue-tiled room, Zhang Dian and Cai Bian suddenly stopped their movements almost in unison, and looked up at the scribe with burning eyes.

The scribe was taken aback by the two of them, and held up the invitation card with some anxiety, and said: "I just sent it, saying that it is to thank Zhang Xianggong for taking care of his son in Lingnan, and to thank him for a special banquet, and to accompany Ning Yuanhou." ”

Cai Bian suddenly understood, and said lightly: "Hongmen Banquet." ”

Zhang Dian took the invitation, threw it aside without looking at it, and said to the scribe: "Just say that I will go to the banquet on time." ”

The scribe was still a little confused about the situation, and did not dare to say more, so he should leave quickly.

Cai Bian bowed his head again and reviewed the official document in his hand.

He is looking at the Ministry of Industry's grant application, which plans to desilt and reinforce the main dangerous sections of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River this year for half a year, and strive to complete the first step of the plan before the rainy season arrives to ensure that there will be no major danger this year.

Looking at the figure of 'eight million guan', Cai Bian hesitated a little, in previous years, most of the income of the treasury was in the army, and eight million was a big number in civil affairs, and the imperial court might not be able to squeeze it out.

Cai Bian thought that he wanted to have a good talk with Yang Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Putting it aside, he raised his head to look at Zhang Dian, and seeing that he was packing up his things, Cai Bian said, "Ready?" ”

Zhang Duan arranged his table neatly, and said, "Since he is in a hurry to set up a Hongmen banquet for me, I also want to see what he has on this banquet, whether it is enough for me to eat." ”

Cai Bian groaned, but reminded again: "Among the nobles, there are many military positions, and they are scattered in all directions, so you must be cautious. ”

Now the authority of the Great Song Dynasty is basically controlled by the big families and nobles, and the family can say that their 'new party' can suppress it, and there are certain rules for the struggle between civil officials after all.

But the nobles are different, the nobles have been inherited for nearly a hundred years, intermarrying with each other, marrying, and infiltrating all aspects of the Great Song Dynasty, especially the army, whether it is hereditary or shaded or latecomer, it fills every place, and it affects the whole body.

Now that the 'military reform' in the north has just begun, if the nobles in the capital make waves again, not to mention the north, there may be unpredictable changes in the south.

Today's 'uprisings' are petty fights, but they can't be careless, which is a sign of danger!

Zhang Duan stood up, his eyes were as bright as a sword, and his tone was as cold as a railway: "I'll give them ten dares!" ”

Cai Bian was dark, and his face was thoughtful.

The fire to open the Fengfu has always been in the heart of Zhang Dan, and it is not easy to endure it until now with Zhang Dan's fiery temperament.

Qi Guogong also took the first step to set up the Hongmen banquet, this is because he thinks that Wang Jieyu in the palace has succeeded, and wants to lobby Zhang Duan to support Wang Jieyu as the queen?

Cai Bian felt a little uneasy in his heart, and said, "I'll go with you." ”

"No!"

Zhang Dian resolutely refused, and had already walked out, saying: "I just want to weigh their courage!" ”