Two days later, Tan Jinglai reported that there were 5,000 palace maids, 5,000 miscellaneous eunuchs, 2,300 internal guards, and about 8,000 eunuchs who had not returned to Beijing from other places, as well as the eunuchs who guarded the palace, Nanjing, and Huangzhuang Huangdian, for a total of 15,000 eunuchs. However, it is estimated that there are 20,000 castrated people around the palace who have not registered, and they are either waiting for the opportunity to enter the palace in the outer residence of the great eunuch in the palace or around the imperial city. Wang Tiqian also reported that the shops around the imperial city were rapidly selling at lower prices, and it was estimated that someone in the palace heard the rumors and wanted to get back the capital, and there were very few eunuchs and female officials who directly admitted that they were related to him, and asked what to do with the apocalypse? The apocalypse asked him to buy some good shops at the port, especially the shops near Chang'an Gate, Dong'an Gate, and Xi'an Gate, until he spent three million taels of silver. As for saying that the silver that those people took back doesn't matter for the time being, the palace is so big, can it still fly?

In the evening of this day, Tan Jing asked who to sleep tonight, Tianqi looked at the list of three waves of records and calculated who was the most likely to conceive, and finally chose a person named Feng Siqin.

In the evening, when the apocalypse entered the dormitory, he found that the whole house was completely new, and the red candles, stickers, and window grilles made the whole place full of joy. This is the advantage of being an emperor, you can be a groom night and night and marry a bride every day as long as you want. At this time, the bride was sitting upright on a stool, with a big red dress, a pink face, and a head full of beaded flowers that dazzled people's eyes, everything was dressed as a bride but without a hijab.

Seeing the apocalypse come in, Feng Siqin and Feng Xuanzhi immediately squatted down to salute the apocalypse, and after the apocalypse pulled her up, she looked at it carefully and couldn't help but be stunned, it turned out that this Feng Siqin was the tall woman who replied that day. That day, everyone smiled after receiving the rewards of the concubines, but her face was calm, and the apocalypse was a little surprised at the time, and today I wanted to ask her when she still looked calm.

Tianqi took Feng Siqin's hand and asked her to sit on the edge of the bed, and when she saw the sweat on her forehead, she said: "Today, the fire in the ground is burning strongly, you take off your cotton clothes and change into single clothes, you see that I am also wearing single clothes." ”

Feng Siqin turned around to change her clothes after agreeing, and seeing that she was a little shy, Tianqi said, "What, are you still embarrassed in front of me?" ”

Feng Siqin lowered her head and said, "The concubine doesn't dare." ”

Apocalypse asked her to sit beside her and asked, "The last time I saw you calm in the face of the concubines' rewards, what did you think in your heart?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "The guest of the land is not the king's minister, and even the concubines themselves belong to the emperor, how can they have likes and dislikes because of foreign things?" ”

Apocalypse said: "Then why are you so indifferent to such a celebration here today?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "The emperor blamed the concubine by mistake, this is how the concubine is happy." ”

Apocalypse shook his head and said, "No, you have to give me a smile." ”

Feng Siqin saw that Tianqi wanted her to laugh, so she tried to bend the corners of her mouth up, and Tianqi saw that she was smiling a little stiffly, so he said: "Forget it, you have to learn how to laugh with Sanlang, you see how nice it sounds to laugh like a donkey barking." ”

Listening to what the apocalypse said, Feng Siqin unconsciously smiled, and the apocalypse said: "This is the real laugh." ”

Feng Siqin blinked her eyes and said, "The emperor said that the concubines would not laugh, and the concubines were also worried when they saw the emperor. ”

Tianqi was stunned for a moment, and naturally said: "There are too many things that I need to worry about, such as military affairs, government affairs, government affairs, and money, although there are a few capable people who are helping, but it is always unreliable if I don't personally take care of it." ”

Feng Siqin said: "The concubine is bold, I have a few words to say, I don't know if the emperor is willing to listen to it?" ”

Tianqi pondered for a while and said: "Although the concubines and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, I am allowed to say that it is not considered to be in politics, and you can say whatever you have to say." ”

Feng Siqin said: "The concubines like to read, and from the books, they found that many ancients made mistakes, and the emperor is now the same as the ancients. ”

Apocalypse said, "You want to point out my faults through the ancients, right?" Then you can talk about it, and there will be a prize for what you say. ”

Feng Siqin said: "The concubines looked at the Three Kingdoms and found that Zhuge Liang, who was praised by everyone, was actually not very good. ”

Tianqi looked at Feng Siqin and asked in surprise, "Why did you say this as a woman?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "People say that Zhuge Liang Wen can help Wu Neng to stabilize the country, but the concubine thinks that he can't use people and soldiers, and he can't advance and retreat, and he can't protect himself." ”

Tianqi thought about it and stood up, pulled Feng Siqin up with his hand and came to the table with him to sit down, stretched out his hand to let Feng Siqin pour the wine, and said after seeing that the wine was poured: "Tonight is our good day, I am really happy, if you can explain what you started and convince me, we will drink together, you have two glasses of me, if you say it is wrong, how about two glasses of me?" ”

Feng Siqin smiled and said: "The concubine obeys the order, first say that Zhuge Liangwen will not use people." Most of the ministers around Liu Bei, the first emperor of Shu, were loyal and righteous, and few were able to govern the world, so it was time to let the courtiers do more things and discuss more, and slowly improve everyone's ability. And Zhuge Liang has personally done everything, he not only limited the minister but also limited the lord Liu Chan, so that the ability from the emperor to the minister is gradually regressing, his teacher table said 'the palace and the house are one' is proof, the prime minister's mansion can handle the affairs of the palace, then the queen has nothing to do, the ability to regress was ridiculed as a dou who can't be supported and laughed for a thousand years, Zhuge Liang can say that there is no responsibility? ”

Apocalypse thought for a while and said, "If people don't use it often, their wisdom will be exhausted, and it makes sense!" Come, drink! After saying that, I had two toasts.

Feng Siqin also raised his glass lightly and drank it all before pouring three empty glasses full of wine, and then continued: "It is said that Zhuge Liangwu will not use troops because he has not been able to flexibly send troops according to the form. He said to him in Longzhong: "Once there is a change in the world, he will order a general to take the army of Jingzhou to Xiang Wan and Luo, and the general will personally lead the people of Yizhou out of Qinchuan." The idea was that when Cao Wei was weakened or defeated, he divided his troops to attack in order to conquer the Central Plains in one fell swoop, but in fact it was not Shu that attacked Cao Wei but Wei and Wu who attacked Jingzhou, so that Shu Han lost Jingzhou and the general Guan Yu. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "At that time, Zhang Fei was reckless, and everyone else was an outsider, so Guan Yu became the best candidate to guard Jingzhou. After that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it.

At this time, Feng Siqin said: "Your Majesty, don't be reluctant, the concubine hasn't finished speaking." ”

When Tianqi heard this, he put down his wine glass and said, "Then you can talk about it in detail." ”

Feng Siqin said: "Shu Road is difficult, it is not easy for people outside to attack, and in the same way, it is not easy for people inside to kill quickly. The purpose of sending troops should be to focus on captives, plunder, and capture dangerous passes, rather than attacking cities and plundering land. Zhuge Liang traveled thousands of miles to spend money and food to confront the enemy, which was really unwise, unless the people of Cao Wei responded to the call or waited until the Shu Han soldiers were strong and the financial resources were sufficient to win, but at that time, it was not surprising that he returned from Qishan in vain. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "If you go against the trend, you will lose, you didn't say that he 'knows the small and seeks the big, and the power is small and the responsibility is heavy' is already polite, I drink two cups." ”

After the two drank three more glasses, Feng Siqin said again: "It is said that Zhuge Liangjin cannot strengthen the country because he is constantly spending money and making the national strength dry day by day. The people must first be well fed and clothed, and then eat and dress well, and then practice martial arts, strengthen their bodies, learn literature, increase their wisdom, cultivate their lives, increase their mouths, and increase their mouths, so that the country can become stronger and stronger. Zhuge Liang accumulated some property and took it to the front line, conscripting soldiers again and again to fight constantly, just like the saying goes: 'There is no hot glutinous rice in the kennel', and the people's and national strength have been scavenged by him again and again. ”

Tianqi couldn't laugh at this time, the Ming Dynasty also spent thousands of miles of national strength to fight with the Jurchens in the past two years, not to mention the loss of troops again and again, not to mention making it difficult for the country's financial resources to make ends meet, which was similar to the Shu Han at that time. Tianqi said softly: "You got to the point about this, I actually understood this truth a while ago, but unfortunately I understood it a little later, so I came to drink." ”

After another three cups, Tianqi's face was as usual, but Feng Siqin, who was talking eloquently, was already flushed, and Tianqi smiled slightly: "Go on, let's go to bed after speaking." ”

Feng Siqin said softly: "Needless to say, if you can't protect yourself, is a person who dies early at the age of fifty-four a person who can take care of himself?" This is all due to his dedication to everything. ”