After Chen Xuanzhi and Princess Ningde left, the queen quietly looked at Tianqi silently, and Tianqi raised her chin and asked: "Empress, after listening to what I said at the beginning about recruiting palace girls to study medicine for the health of the people, do you think I am particularly great now?" ”

The queen said: "At first, there was a little bit, but then I always felt that the emperor still had something to say." ”

Tianqi laughed twice and said: "The queen is getting smarter and smarter, and it is true that I recruit palace girls to study medicine and want them to return to their hometowns to do things for the people in the future, but it is only one aspect, and the main thing is to let them specialize in treating female patients in the hospital I opened to make money." Not only to recruit palace ladies to study medicine, but also to choose interested palace maids to learn cooking, but also to learn the production of gold and silver jewelry and ready-to-wear clothing, when the time comes, my shop will be divided into male and female guest departments, whether it is food, clothing or medical treatment are divided into two departments, male and female, this is definitely a big initiative, it is difficult to make money at that time. ”

The queen smiled: "The concubine knows that the emperor will not do loss-making business, it turns out that there is still a taste of silver and copper coins behind the greatness." ”

Apocalypse laughed, "Those sour people say that the taste of silver and copper coins stinks, but I don't think so. A business without silver and copper coins behind it is not a long-term career, and the greatness supported by silver is the long-lasting greatness, and the people can be taken care of for a long time. My purpose is to set up a women's college in the palace, so that these palace maids can learn their crafts and go home to make money and benefit the people, what do you think of my thoughts? ”

The queen blinked at the apocalypse and said, "The concubine feels that the great taste of the emperor is now stronger, temporarily surpassing the taste of silver and copper coins. ”

Tianqi coughed twice and said: "This matter still needs the queen's help, last time the queen said that there were more than 2,000 people who were enough to leave the palace, but in fact they only walked more than 200, I think they don't want to go home, there is nothing to do, it is better to live in the palace and other reasons." The day after tomorrow told them that they were willing to go home, and allowed them to choose one of the things I said to learn, and learned that if they were willing to leave, I would give silver back to their hometown, of course, if they really didn't want to go and die in the palace, they could go to learn court etiquette and become a female official. ”

The queen asked, "Is that another way to recruit people?" ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "There is no hurry to recruit people, this period of things will be slowed down first, and at the end of the year, there will be palace maids who want to go back to their hometowns and then recruit people to fill them." However, it is better to recruit people who have a business foundation this time, such as the daughters of doctors and the daughters of other craftsmen, etc., or interest comes first, appearance second. Of course, you can't look too thrilling, doing business is to satisfy customers, what if you look like a pit all over your face and then scare customers away with your bloody mouth? ”

The queen said angrily: "This concubine knows that if the emperor wants to choose two people among them on a whim, he will have to let the emperor have a choice, right?" By the way, don't forget to choose a concubine for the king the day after tomorrow, I was supposed to wait until late May, but there are many things in May, so I will do it early. ”

Tianqi asked curiously: "There are many things to do in the DPRK and China in May, and when the Mongolian negotiations have a result, they will send people to repair the castle, and the road merchant bureau will gradually open in May, and the central money bank will also start to exchange silver for silver coins in large quantities throughout the country in May, and the canal affairs must also be sorted out as soon as possible." But what is going on in this palace in May? ”

The queen said, "The emperor forgot? At the beginning of May, the three businesses in the first palace opened at the same time, the branch of the Tai Hospital, the gourmet shop, the restaurant, the ready-to-wear shop, and the jewelry shop were all important at the same time, plus the emperor began to say that it would be divided into the male guest department and the female guest department, so there were many eunuchs and palace maids who needed to help. ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "Well, busy is busy, but don't have an accident, I remember to go after the big day." ”

According to the scheduled plan, two days later, that is, on the first day of April, the king chose a concubine, and the apocalypse wanted to take advantage of the two days to have a good rest, and at night he was lying in bed and discussing with the queen whether to go rowing or climbing the mountain, the queen said that rowing was dangerous, just like in May last year, when the apocalypse accidentally fell into the water and frightened many people. Climbing the mountain and tired, Chunying, Sanlang, Siqin and others have a baby and can't climb the mountain, and the final result of the discussion is to find a place with good air to put a few tables of mahjong to rub him for two days, and you can also call Zheng Lao Guifei and Li Kangfei and others to everyone to have fun together.

Old Concubine Zheng and Concubine Li Kang are both considered to be the elders of the Apocalypse, and both of them thought about improving their own status in the palace with their wisdom and beauty, because the wisdom of the ministers in the court and the central government is a little higher, so both of them fell short and did not succeed. Speaking of which, they and the apocalypse have a bit of a holiday, although they have not reached the step of life and death between each other, but there will never be love, and everyone has the idea of not getting along with each other.

But there are always some variables in everything, since the Apocalypse began to let the rich people in the palace pay for the shares a year ago, the interests of Concubine Zheng and Concubine Li Kang have been closely linked to the Apocalypse. In addition, the apocalypse allows people to spread the new mahjong game everywhere in the palace, and the organic combination of interests and interests makes the mustard in everyone's heart suddenly disappear.

Sometimes when the mahjong bureau is not enough, they also invite each other to make up for each other, and the new upstarts in the palace such as Chunying and Sanlang, who are pregnant and idle, are addicted to mahjong, and Concubine Zheng and Concubine Li Kang are also interested in accepting, and several old, middle-aged and young women of different ages can also talk about each other at the mahjong table.

Everything in the world is unpredictable, and early the next morning, when Tianqi was just about to call someone to invite someone to hold a mahjong party, Yang Gongchun sent an urgent report from the Military Affairs Academy. According to the report, the military intelligence department received a report from Jinyiwei that the Jurchens had moved again, and that they were gathering men and horses everywhere, as if they were going to fight again, and according to what they had prepared, it seemed that they were going to the Mongols this time. The Military Affairs Yuan was ready to take advantage of the emptiness in Nurhachi's rear and order Mao Wenlong to send someone to harass him to see what the apocalypse had to say.

The second report was on the matter of stationing supervisory troops in the three military regions of Liaoxi, Jizhou, and Bohai, and the Military Affairs Yuan, based on their own wishes, age, ability, and other comprehensive judgments, decided to let the right deputy Yu Shi Wen Zhenmeng, and the left deputy Yu Shi Yuan Huazhong and Wei Dazhong go to these three places respectively. Wen Zhenmeng and the other three are now all the deputy capital of the third grade, and they can be promoted to a military position in the military region to show encouragement, and the Military Affairs Yuan asked the apocalypse to set a number of grades for them.

Since there is an agreement with Nurhachi to negotiate with a knife and a gun, it is not a pity for him not to take advantage of the fire to rob while he is in a hurry. In these few armies that are ready to be crowned with royal names, the cavalry is still very immature, and they have just sent tens of thousands of horses to Xiong Tingbi, the overseer of Jizhou, and only a few thousand veterans of the Ningyuan War can fight, if these thousands of veterans are sent to fight, it will be as luxurious as a farmer boiling grain seeds and eating them, and they have to rely on them as seeds so that the cavalry can continue to develop, so this time the action cavalry stabbing Nurhachi in the back is not considered.

Under Zhang Jing'an's arrangement, the mountain infantry had grown from the original 5,000 to 30,000 people, and Zhang Jing'an selected them from the troops who repaired the city and the local border people in western Liaoning and Jizhou. But courage alone is not enough to fight, in order to improve their combat effectiveness, Zhang Jing'an mixed the recruited people with the original 5,000 veterans for training. As soon as there are more recruits in this unit, the combat effectiveness will decrease, just like a bowl of dry rice with a few scoops of water becomes porridge, looking at a lot but not full, so the mountain infantry is not in the scope of consideration.

The apocalypse equipped Zuo Liangyu's car battalion with a lot of large and small cannons to set up a car artillery battalion, which had just been formed and had not yet formed combat effectiveness, and it was estimated that just how to make the war horses hear the sound of the cannons and escape without breaking free of the reins would stump many people. After all, only Mao Wenlong's troops were veterans, and the glorious task of sneaking up on Nurhachi was handed over to Mao Wenlong.

Tianqi thought about it for a long time and finally decided to let Mao Wenlong travel lightly this time, only to destroy and not do good deeds, that is to say, to go to Nurhachi's house to kill people and set fires, so that his old man could feel the taste of being harassed. As for the grades of Wen Zhenmeng, Yuan Huazhong, and Wei Dazhong, Tianqi decided to promote them to the second rank, even if the military generals could not manage the three overseers, lest the three overseers taste again.

After all the arrangements are made, let Yang Gongchun send his opinions to the Military Affairs Yuan, Tianqi has now passed an hour, but playing mahjong is not a long way, and there is nothing to go to Kunning Palace.