After being impeached by Li Yuande, Mao Xiuzhi and others, Gao Yun, Lu Xuan and other people were originally going to put forward the plan to let Zhao Junsheng take a concubine again at the court meeting and were forced to shelve.

After the court meeting dispersed, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked out of the main hall and came to the East Warm Pavilion, now the weather is getting colder, the space in the hall is too large, Zhao Junsheng usually deals with military and political affairs in the Winter Warm Pavilion.

There was a fireplace burning in the Winter Warm Pavilion, it was warm, Zhao Junsheng took the tea handed over by the eunuch and sat behind the imperial case and drank tea, Hua Mulan said with a smile: "It's so relieving to see those ministers being fined and ordered to think about writing reviews behind closed doors!" However, this punishment is too light, according to Li Yuande, Mao Xiuzhi and others, they should at least be pulled out to play dozens of boards if they commit the following crimes, big disrespect or something, you are so heavy, I am afraid that it will fuel their arrogance! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand to let the eunuchs and palace maids go out, and then said: "I'm here to save face for them, if they are smart, they will be more restrained in the future!" In addition, these people are all representatives of the family in the imperial court, and the court cannot all be ministers and officials from poor families and common people, and the rules and etiquette handed down by the ancestors are only understood by these officials from families. ”

Hua Mulan also felt some truth when she heard Zhao Junsheng say this, she has also seen many people who can't control themselves once they gain power, bully men and women, and do all kinds of evil, and there are many people who ascend to heaven when they get the way, and there are even some nouveau riche who are extremely swaggering, abusing power, and squandering after making a fortune.

"That's right!" Hua Mulan nodded, put down the teacup, walked over, sat next to Zhao Junsheng, grabbed his neck, shook him and asked viciously: "You said, what charity ambassador was I was asked to do in the main hall just now, why didn't you tell me in advance?" I don't even know if you are trying to fool those ministers on the fly, or if you really have this idea, I don't know how to deal with it! ”

"Let go, let go, oops, how do you say do it? Let go, let people see how bad it is! Zhao Junsheng shouted as he picked up Mulan's hand.

Mulan didn't really want to strangle him, the two just disturbed each other, and sometimes a little joke between husband and wife can also add some fun to ordinary life.

"Do you want to say it? If you don't say it, I won't let go! ”

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly said: "I said I said, let go, you want to strangle me?" ”

Hua Mulan finally let go of her hand, and Zhao Junsheng stretched out his finger and pointed at Mulan: "With such great strength, you really want to strangle me?" Oops, I almost suffocated me, drink saliva first! ”

After a cup of tea, Zhao Junsheng said: "Actually, I have had these thoughts for a long time, do you think, I decided at the beginning of the country, the orphans, widows, and lonely old people who were born due to the war do not know how many, not to mention the widows, only those orphans and lonely old people, if there is no one to support and support them, how many of them can survive?" ”

"It costs a lot to raise those orphans, but how much wealth will these children create for the country when they grow up? How many pillars will there be? It does cost a lot to support those lonely and widowed elderly, but this can bring a good social atmosphere to the world, and raising orphans and supporting the lonely and widowed elderly can make the people of the world carry forward the virtue of respecting the old and loving the young, which can make the world more stable! Although there are reasons why the people cannot survive in the turmoil in the world, there are also reasons why the social atmosphere is becoming more and more corrupt, and the rules and etiquette are completely destroyed! ”

"And those widows, most of them for the sake of fame, after their husbands die, they will never marry again, but if they marry again and have children, how many children can I add to my country every year? Our Qianguo is suffering from a lack of population, and the combined population of the Southern Dynasties is several times that of the entire North! Although they have a large population and eat more, they create more wealth, unless our productivity level can exceed them several times to close this gap! ”

Hua Mulan listened to Zhao Junsheng's words, thought about it for a while, and said: "I think it's very good what you said about building orphanages and nursing homes in various places, but it's more difficult to get those widows to remarry, people want fame, they want to be martyrs, you can't force people to marry, if you meet someone she doesn't like, you have to forcibly arrange for her to marry, isn't this pushing people into the fire pit?" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "What you think about is also reasonable, naturally it can't be forced, of course, this kind of thing has to be done by wishful thinking, so abide by the principle of mutual consent in the process of implementation, and you can't force it!" ”

Hua Mulan thought about it for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do this, when will it start?" ”

"Anytime!"

Hua Mulan stretched out her hand: "To prepare for the establishment of the Charity Federation, to build orphanages and nursing homes in various places, to recruit personnel, to buy food, clothing and other daily necessities, these must cost money, right?" What about money? ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "In this way, take out 20% of the royal family's annual income to invest in orphanages and nursing homes, and then raise donations from the people, orphanages and nursing homes can also apply to the local government for funding some property!" ”

"Okay!" Hua Mulan agreed, and then asked: "Also, you said that you should take in beggars from all over the country and organize them to build roads, clean rivers or open mines, this is ······?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "This thing has to be handed over to the government to do, it is not good to do it in the name of the Charity Federation, some people are definitely not willing to be contained to build roads, open mines and clean up rivers, if you do it in the name of the royal family, I am afraid that it will leave a bad reputation, and it is different to do it in the name of the government!" ”

Within two days, Hua Mulan began to do things, first of all, to prepare for the establishment of the Charity Federation, although this is not an official yamen, but she is the princess of the Qianwang, this Charity Federation is more or less semi-official, it needs to have an office location, and someone needs to do things.

After consideration, she brought a few maids from the palace as the senior level of the Charity Federation, and some middle-level personnel, she planned to find a way to bring in their wives or young ladies from the homes of ministers and officials, and the specific staff of the Charity Federation were recruited from the people, mainly for men and women from poor families, which could also solve some employment problems.

Hua Mulan arranged specific affairs for the five maids she brought out of the palace: "During my absence, Lilac was in charge of the overall affairs of the Charity Federation; Guixiang is responsible for the custody and expenditure of finances; Lanxiang is responsible for personnel management and arrangement; Hexiang is responsible for the formulation, supervision and implementation of the rules of association; Qingxiang is responsible for raising funds from the private sector! ”

The fifth girl agreed: "Yes! ”

Lilac asked, "Niangniang, where is the site of the Charity Federation?" It takes a big house! ”

Hua Mulan thought for a while and said: "Every year, if a magistrate is promoted to Beijing to perform his duties, the imperial court will give him a house to live in, so there must be a surplus house for the Yamen, Lilac, you go with me to find the Yamen of the Si and persuade them to take the lead in donating a set of houses as the site of the Charity Federation, they are the Yamen of the Imperial Court, and they must always support the policies of the Imperial Court, right?" The others are in charge of their own affairs, and once the location of the Charity Federation is decided, your respective responsibilities will be able to come in handy immediately! ”

"Yes!" The women agreed, and went their separate ways.

Hua Mulan took Lilac to the Ministry of Industry in a carriage, and Wu Da, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, heard that Mulan was coming, and was so shocked that he immediately came out to greet the officials from the Ministry of Industry.

From a distance, you can see Wu Da wearing a white-washed official robe and leading the officials out, Lilac whispered in surprise: "Niangniang, this Wu Da is also a book, why is he dressed so plainly?" ”

Hua Mulan said in a low voice: "This Wu Da is one of the first officials to follow the king, in the past, he was a cattle herding baby who only listened to the private school for a few years, and when the king was the captain of the baggage camp in Jinling Daying, he was the history of the treasury at that time. This person is very picky, you can see when you look at his clothes, this clothes will not be worn out to meet guests in the farmhouse, but he is wearing it to the yamen on duty, it can be seen how much this person picks the door, he is a veritable iron rooster, if you want to get something out of his hands, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky! ”

Lilac was a little worried: "Hearing what Niangniang said, the little maid has no bottom in her heart, how to let him donate a set of houses?" ”

"You can only take one step at a time!"

While the two were talking in a low voice, Wu Da came over with the officials of the Ministry of Industry and came to the ground, "Niangniang is coming to the Ministry of Industry, Wu Da and his colleagues from the Ministry of Industry are very honored, welcome the late, please forgive Niangniang!" ”

All the officials said in unison: "Welcome Niangniang!" ”

Hua Mulan raised her hand and said with a smile: "Wu Shangshu and everyone are exempt, today this palace is here to find Wu Shangshu to discuss something with you!" ”

"What does it take for the mother to come in person? Send someone to say it, and the ministers will immediately attack to see Feng Jia! ”

"Since Niangniang is here, please go to the Ministry of Industry to talk in detail!" After Wu Da finished speaking, he bent over and retreated to the side, and all the officials also retreated to the side to let Hua Mulan and the others go first.

Hua Mulan nodded, took Lilac and a few maids and guards into the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Wu Da and the officials followed, and personally led the way.

When they arrived at the lobby of the class room of the Ministry of Works, Mulan was invited to sit on the main seat, and the others sat on both sides.

Hua Mulan said to Wu Da and the officials: "The king said at the court meeting a few days ago that he would prepare for the establishment of the Charity Federation, build orphanages and nursing homes in various places to raise orphans and support the elderly. ”