Chen Xu had just returned to Qinghe Courtyard after inspecting Zhongshu Province, and was holding his second daughter and Fan Caiying to talk about the bet with Zhao Wei and Versace at noon, when a steward hurriedly ran in to report that there was news from the palace that the emperor was preparing to abolish the harem, and he also said that the gossip that had spread had a nose and eyes.

After hearing this, Chen Xu let out a long breath, and a stone in his heart finally landed.

The so-called intentionally planted flowers do not bloom, and unintentionally planted willows and willows, but I didn't expect that because of the appearance of perfume, the emperor really wanted to abolish the harem.

And listening to the tone of the steward's report, this time the intensity of the dismissal is very large, at least thousands of women will be dismissed from the palace, and the men involved in the service management, such as the attendants, eunuchs, eunuchs, and internal officials, will also be abolished in large numbers, so the huge harem will be reduced by at least half.

Once there are so many fewer people, the expenses of the Shaofu will be reduced by at least half.

The most important thing is that these women have stayed in the deep palace for seven or eight years or even more than ten years, and they can finally be liberated and free, and they no longer have to die alone in the deep palace.

And the emperor's restoration of the royal traditions established by the Zhou rites would also make Confucianism and many other sects that followed the ancient rites more supportive of the rule of Great Qin.

At least after the first emperor reintroduced the feudal system, Confucianism now has much less criticism of the emperor, and once this matter is confirmed, there must be many famous people in Confucianism who want to write articles praising merit and virtue to express their excitement in the Daqin Metropolis Daily.

The first emperor's harem concubines and palace maids are tens of thousands, taking care of other people's wives This kind of thing is completely unacceptable to Confucian disciples, the upper and lower respects, the right door, courtesy, righteousness and shame, benevolence, forgiveness, honesty and filial piety, ethics and morality, these are the traditions upheld by Confucian disciples, and the first emperor robbed other people's property, and the mother-in-law of others, this is simply a heinous act of losing all conscience.

Confucianism has never advocated the concept of war, what they advocate is that the king should improve his own cultivation, use benevolence to influence the enemy, pay attention to the invincibility of benevolence, pay attention to the convincing of virtue, even Xunzi, the Confucian leftist who integrates and governs the country through magic, advocates the rule of etiquette, advocates winning without fighting, winning without attacking, and serving the war of the world with benevolence and righteousness.

But the eggs, from the primitive society began to fight with the sky and the earth, and the Chinese nation that fought against wild beasts and natural disasters, the mouth of benevolence and righteousness is not as good as a brick, and the person is not as good as a fist, the gentleman is frank and eggy, and the villain hides a few, for the Qin Shi Huang who keeps fighting and bleeding into a river to get the world, Confucianism is not like or even disgusted, and several times Feng Chan Taishan summoned the Confucian students of Ludi to write articles praising virtue, which will naturally be rejected, so that the Confucian disciples and the emperor both look at each other unpleasantly, Naturally, they don't get along very well.

However, due to the huge influence of Confucian theory and the disciples all over the world, Qin Shi Huang also maintained enough caution and respect, recruiting a large group of Confucian celebrities to serve as doctors and doctors to participate in the discussion of the imperial court.

In Chen Xu's understanding, if Huaxia completely abandons Confucianism, then Huaxia may not be Huaxia, Huaxia can survive for thousands of years, and the etiquette and morality upheld by Confucianism are indispensable, and the etiquette adhered to in this etiquette and morality allows Huaxia to pass down the ancient civilization little by little in various solemn ceremonies that seem to be red tape.

Later generations feel that the festival atmosphere is getting weaker and weaker, in fact, it is to go farther and farther on the road to etiquette, there are no serious and serious ceremonies, less solemn sense of ceremony, then many festivals have no great significance, such as the coming-of-age ceremony that has been passed down for thousands of years, the men's twenty crown ceremony, the women's fifteen ceremonies, are extremely grand etiquette, that it is the most important ceremony in life in addition to marriage, choose a date, invite guests, banquet master, all kinds of links are extremely serious and grand, This also gives rise to the idea of a true adult in the minds of children.

These etiquettes were not created by Confucianism, but were slowly handed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but Confucianism has always insisted that this kind of etiquette can make people more mature and steady, be able to assume their own responsibilities and obligations, and learn more ways to behave in the world.

In the Qing Dynasty, in order to wipe out the national culture of the Han people, the imperial court ordered that no more coming-of-age ceremonies should be held, thus this solemn ritual that had been preached for thousands of years came to an end, and during the reign of the Qing Dynasty, many Han etiquette was abolished, and the Confucian inheritance of benevolence and virtue was discarded, and only the words of loyalty and filial piety were retained, and the Chinese civilization was emasculated beyond recognition.

Chen Xu himself sighed that when he was a child, the rules for the New Year and the festival were old-fashioned and serious, and when he grew up, those rules gradually disappeared, replaced by boredom and loss, as if the New Year was just for a meal, and there was no taste of the New Year.

The emperor's abolition of the harem has set off a heated discussion among the people, almost surpassing the construction of the library and the voting of the hundred sages to become the most lively topic in Xianyang, and it is at the top.

"Master Hou, the concubine heard that those palace maids are living very pitifully in the palace!" Fan Caiying said while sorting out her daughter's clothes.

"The ancient palace is sparse, and the palace flowers are lonely and red. The white-headed palace maid is here, sitting idle and talking about Xuanzong...... The deep palace is lonely and cold, what if it's pitiful, it's just their lives! Chen Xu let out a long sigh.

"Husband has another good poem!" A gentle voice sounded outside the door, and soon Shui, dressed in a black dress with a ponytail on his head, gently led Chen Xi in.

"Xi'er meets Daddy!" Xiao Chen Xi Fuli.

"Well, good, look at your sweaty head, where did you go with your aunt?" Chen Xu smiled and nodded.

"I took Xi'er to Huayu Palace on horseback to see the refining of essential oils, those distillation vessels made of glass and steel look so complicated, I don't know how my husband imagined it!" Shui said with a soft smile.

"Those are not what I thought, I just saw them in the Book of Heaven, why didn't Wan'er and Shiyan come back with me?" Chen Xu asked.

"Wan Niang and the fifth princess lived in Huayu Palace, saying that the perfume has not been sold enough recently, and they have to keep it and mix more and bring it back together tomorrow!" The water shook his head softly.

Chen Xu couldn't cry or laugh, handed the daughter in his arms to Fan Caiying and said, "It's been five or six months pregnant, why are you still so non-stopping, I'll go and pick them up!" ”

"Don't worry, husband, it will take at least an hour to go back and forth from Jingyang, it is almost dark now, and the road is not safe, I have arranged for the guards and maids to follow and take care of the housekeepers, and it will be fine!" The water gently explained quickly.

"Alas, it's okay, it's still your thoughtful arrangement, if you weren't at home every day, I think this family would be messed up!" Chen Xu held the water and said with emotion.

"The husband is busy with government affairs every day, and he should take care of the family for the husband, so he came in gently, and listened to the husband reading a poem, and it was quite lonely to hear it, and when it came to the palace maid, I don't know what the husband remembered again?" Shui looked at Chen Xu with a pair of beautiful eyes with concern.

"I just heard the report from the steward, I heard that there is news from the palace that the emperor is preparing to abolish the harem, and many old concubines and palace maids who have no heirs will be sent out of the palace, I am lamenting this matter!" Chen Xu explained with a smile.

"This is quite a bizarre thing, the First Emperor originally collected the wives and concubines of the six kingdoms, and tens of thousands of kings and concubines, princesses, and kings and grandsons to fill the harem, why did he suddenly dismiss them now......" Shui Qingrou wondered.

"What Madame said is very incomprehensible, don't kings always choose young and beautiful concubines in the palace, why would they be dismissed?" Fan Caiying also nodded confusedly.

"Hehe, I probably guessed something about this, and it has something to do with you!" Chen Xu smiled and squatted down to help his eldest daughter wipe the sweat on her forehead with her sleeve and said.

"Something to do with us?" The water was soft and Fan Caiying was even more confused.

"Because you were going to soak in the petal bath, I refined the floral essential oil, and then made a perfume, you sold it in order to subsidize the family, and the perfume was passed to the palace, and the emperor liked the smell of perfume, so he went to spoil Concubine Yun for a few days and caused a disease, and the perfume became an item that the harem concubines and palace maids rushed to buy, I heard Wan'er say a few days ago that most of the perfumes were ordered by the female officials of the palace, and these perfumes were a lot of expenses even if they were given a nine-percent discount. A bottle of thousands of dollars is not something that ordinary concubines can afford, there are countless beauties in the emperor's harem, I heard that there are two or three hundred ladies in an independent dormitory, plus there are hundreds of concubines of different grades, just eating, drinking, and traveling These daily expenses are millions of dollars per month, not to mention the purchase of such extravagant items, these money, after all, still have to come out of the Shaofu treasury in the end, but Shaofu Yan can support such a big demand, today at noon, Shaofu Ling Zhao Wei also invited me to a banquet, thanking me for helping him raise funds for the construction of the library by donations, otherwise, the Shaofu will spend more than 10 million dollars, I am afraid that next year will be even more stretched, and the emperor may have moved the idea of abolishing the harem in order to save expenses...... Look, is this related to you, haha! Chen Xu laughed heartily.

Shui gently covered his mouth and nodded with a chuckle, "What the husband said is right, it seems that it is indeed our reason, but the culprit is still the husband, if it wasn't for the husband to tell us the story of Tang Xuanzong, how could there be a perfume!" ”

"That's just as well!" Chen Xu nodded calmly.

"Why does the concubine feel that the emperor's abolition of the harem seems to have the shadow of the marquis?" Fan Caiying gently teased her daughter with her hand.

Chen Xu also hugged Fan Caiying in his arms and said with a smile: "You are really sensitive, the emperor last time he spoiled Concubine Yun for a few days in a row, he was unwell, and the imperial doctors and doctors all let him abstain from sexual desire, and then the emperor recruited me into the palace to ask about perfume, and I also reminded the emperor that if you want to live a long life, you must abstinence, self-cultivation, and cultivation, the emperor asked about the specific method, and I said that the best way is to be out of sight and ......."

"Husband, what is out of sight is pure?" The water was soft, and her eyes lit up.

"Haha, it means that you can't see it, it's pure, the emperor's harem is beautiful, and it's probably even more difficult to abstain from sex during your daily life, only if you can't see it, you can naturally be pure and self-cultivation, I think the emperor understands what I mean!" Chen Xu said proudly.

"It turns out that the initiator is still the husband, but the husband has done a good job, and the women in the palace are all miserable, so they will be dismissed from the palace as soon as possible to marry a woman, so as not to become the white-headed palace maid mentioned in the husband's poem, and finally die in the deep palace alone!" The water spoke softly and softly.

"I do have this idea, and it is also for the emperor's good, this matter will come out in a few days, the emperor will add a little respect in the minds of the people of the six countries and the disciples of the hundred schools, and wait until the library is repaired, the Great Qin River and Mountains will become more and more stable, and my task is almost half completed, let's go, since Wan'er and Shiyan are not coming back, let's go to dinner first, it is about to get dark, in a few days my father and mother will come to Xianyang, and the return of the Tongwu Hou class is almost there, and I am afraid that I will be more busy next......"