"Brother Yu, what exactly happened?"

Seeing Li Hongyu stumbling and spitting out a look of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhu Wanting's heart suddenly hung up, in her impression Li Hongyu has always been calm and calm, and she has never been so sad, so she suppressed her nervousness and comforted, "No matter what happens, there is always a solution!" ”

"That...... County Lord, I have nowhere to go at night, I wonder if the county lord can take me in? ”

Li Hongyu knew that Zhu Wanting had misunderstood what he meant, and in the face of Zhu Wanting, who looked concerned, he hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, looked at her with a smile and asked.

"Take in?" Zhu Wanting was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu with a stunned expression, and did not come back to her senses for a while.

"County Lord, the maid is going to add the bedding."

Just when Zhu Wanting was stunned, the personal maid who followed her was suddenly overjoyed, and turned back to the house happily after Zhu Wanting's blessing.

The so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and in the eyes of the personal maid, Li Hongyu's words naturally mean to stay here with Zhu Wanting, which is a great thing, Zhu Wanting has been looking forward to it for so many years and finally got Li Hongyu's approval.

Zhu Wanting reacted immediately when she heard this, realized the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, her cheeks became crimson with a brush, and she couldn't help lowering her head, her heart was like a deer, all this came too suddenly.

"Let's go!"

Li Hongyu felt a little cold, and the two of them couldn't stand here like this in the middle of the night, especially Zhu Wanting just came out with a coat, so he turned his heart sideways and led Zhu Wanting, who was standing there with his head down, into the courtyard, no matter how he said that he was a man, this kind of thing can't let women take the initiative.

Zhu Wanting, whose cheeks were ruddy, followed behind Li Hongyu like a human, she was extremely excited, she felt that the scene in front of her was like in a dream, her eyes became moist unconsciously, it was not easy for her to get to this point.

The back house of the Li family is said to be quite big, but it is said that it is only composed of several large courtyards, so Li Hongyu ran to Zhu Wanting's small courtyard in the middle of the night, and finally spent the night in Zhu Wanting's boudoir The matter spread to Naren Tuoya and Qin Yue early the next morning, which made the hearts of the women can't help but ripple layer by layer.

Obviously, Li Hongyu spent the night at Zhu Wanting's place last night, it must have been Zhao Xin's intention, Li Hongyu went back with Zhao Xin last night, if it wasn't for Zhao Xin, how could he run to Zhu Wanting's boudoir in the middle of the night?

This means that Zhao Xin has begun to exercise the power of the head of the Li family's back house, so that more people can spread the branches of the Li family.

Sure enough, when everyone got together for dinner at noon, Zhao Xin announced that he was going to take a concubine for Li Hongyu, in addition to the young Yamashita Sakurako, Zhu Wanting with a special status, and Naren Tuoya, who had been given a marriage by Emperor Wanli, including Chen Ting, who had already held a marriage with Li Hongyu, and all accepted Qin Yue and Youlan and others as Li Hongyu's concubines.

In ancient times, the affairs of concubines in large families were handled by the wife, which was a power of the wife, and the kind of concubine room that was accepted without the consent of the wife was not recognized by the family, and it was impossible to go to the family tree at all.

Li Hongyu didn't know about this matter in advance, and was taken aback when he suddenly heard Zhao Xin announce this matter, and almost squirted out a sip of tea that he drank into his mouth, according to Zhao Xin's arrangement, he had to take in several concubines in one breath this time, which was too much.

However, Qin Yue, Youlan and others have been waiting for Li Hongyu for so many years, and Zhao Xin really has no way to leave one of them, so he simply took advantage of the fact that he was in Baihe Town, and by the way, he paid tribute to his ancestors and wrote his name into the family tree.

In ancient times, fame was very valued by the outside world, and it was also extremely important to women, if Qin Yue and Youlan and others could become Li Hongyu's concubines in Baihe Town, then it meant that they would rightfully become members of the Li family.

Because it is the wife's right to take concubines for her husband, and Li Hongyu can't accept anyone first and then whom, so he became the shopkeeper and handed over this matter to Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin chose an auspicious day in early February to hold a concubine ceremony, although the concubine room is not as good as the wife, there is no wife when the door is a lot of etiquette, but there are also corresponding processes and rules, only in this way can you become a good concubine who can be on the family tree, otherwise it can only be a cheap concubine who cannot be recorded on the family tree.

Although the guests who came to congratulate them during the concubine were not as good as those when Zhao Xin and Li Hongyu got married, the scene was also very lively, and all the local gentry and magnates who learned the news arrived.

Qin Yue and the others wore phoenix crowns and red hijabs, which were the same as the bride's dress, which was Zhao Xin's meaning, so no one cared whether this move was inconsistent with the etiquette.

What those guests never expected was that Li Hongyu actually accepted several concubines in one go, and each one was more graceful than the other, so they all envied Li Hongyu's good fortune and praised Zhao Xin's generosity.

Of course, the happiest among all is naturally the Zhao family, the more concubines Li Hongyu has, the more concubines the Li family will prosper in the future, and she will finally be able to explain to the ancestors of the Li family after a hundred years.

In mid-February, a few days after the concubinage ceremony ended, Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin and others embarked on the journey back to the capital north.

Youlan, Yang Li'er and Yamashita Sakurako returned to Jiangnan first, and Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin will rush to Jiangnan to join them after reporting to Emperor Tianqi, not only to avoid disputes in the court, but also to let Zhao Xin raise the baby with peace of mind.

When Li Hongyu and his entourage arrived in the capital, it was already the end of February, and as soon as they entered the capital, he and Zhao Xin felt that the city was shrouded in a tense atmosphere, which was extremely depressing.

It turned out that the recent affairs surrounding the taxation of the ceremonial supervisor and the Donglin Party have been in trouble, and the Donglin Party wants to abolish the mining tax in various parts of the Ming Dynasty on the grounds of people's livelihood and suffering, but the ceremonial supervisor has pushed back, and has a counterattack to increase the commercial tax in Jiangnan, which is strongly opposed by the Donglin Party.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin looked at each other helplessly and smiled bitterly after learning about this, taxation is one of the foundations of the imperial court, so how could the Emperor of the Apocalypse make concessions to the Donglin Party.

When the Wanli Emperor compromised with the civil official group, the result was that the people in the north did not live a stable life for three consecutive years, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse would not repeat the mistakes of the Wanli Emperor, and would definitely not make concessions on taxes, and maintaining the stability of agricultural taxes was the top priority to ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

During the period of the Wanli Emperor, only the three major expeditions had already consumed the treasury, and the later battles of Sarhu, Liaoshen and Guangning were even more expensive, where is there any surplus money in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty and the inner treasury of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and how can the imperial court operate if there is no money? How does the army fight?

The Ming Dynasty was prosperous and wealthy, and it was natural to increase the commercial tax under the condition that the agricultural tax remained unchanged, but because the commercial tax involved too many entanglements of interests, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had no good way for a while, and only to increase the mining tax to ensure the source of funds for the imperial court.

It is undoubtedly whimsical that the Donglin Party wants to move the mining tax, and it will definitely be counterattacked by Wei Zhongxian.

Although the people of the Donglin Party now control the cabinet and the six ministries, it is Wei Zhongxian who has the power to criticize the red and the chief celebrant is Wei Zhongxian, who adheres to the will of the Emperor of the Apocalypse and will never back down to the Donglin Party, which makes the two sides also start a senseless quarrel, and then the situation falls into a stalemate.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were not interested in these messy things in the court, and after arriving in the capital, they entered the palace to meet the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was very happy to see the two of them returning, and specially set up a banquet for the two of them to catch the wind and wash the dust, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in a lot of spirit after not seeing the Emperor of the Apocalypse for more than half a year, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

Li Hongyu naturally knew why the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in such a good mood, don't look at the current uproar in the court, but everything is actually under the control of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse easily divided the civil official group with a little trickery, broke the balance of power within the civilian official group, and made those officials of the Qi Chu and Zhejiang factions turn to support the imperial power, in fact, he is the biggest winner of the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Qi Chu and Zhejiang factions.

Li Hongyu knows the Emperor of the Apocalypse very well, and he is afraid that the Donglin Party, which monopolizes the government, will be hit by the Emperor of the Apocalypse in the future, and then restore the internal factions of the civil official group above the court to the balance of power, which is the ultimate goal of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Young Master, I heard that you have married several concubines in Baihe Town, and you have really enjoyed the blessings of Qi people!" The atmosphere at the banquet was very brisk, and while talking and laughing, the Emperor of the Apocalypse remembered something and said to Li Hongyu with a smile.

"The emperor doesn't want to make fun of the minister, I'm afraid the minister has now become a swinger who is merciful everywhere." Li Hongyu's face suddenly showed an embarrassed look, and he bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said.

"Talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven, the young master is a first-class talent in my Ming Dynasty, and a hero who is born on the battlefield, and is naturally the object of admiration of women all over the world, this is just human nature."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse saw that Li Hongyu was a little embarrassed, so he smiled and said, "The minister is looking forward to the children of the Li family making contributions to the Ming Dynasty in the future." ”

"Thanks to the emperor's love, the ministers must teach them carefully, so that they can become useful people to the Ming Dynasty." Li Hongyu bowed slightly when he heard this, and replied with a smile.

"Scholar, you should also take a concubine, although you have a deep relationship with the county lord of Zhaoxiang, but the county lord of Zhaoxiang is not a person who can serve people, so it is better to take a concubine as soon as possible, and someone will serve you in the future, and you can rest assured that you will be able to run errands."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned slightly when he heard this, then turned to Zhao Xin and said with a smile, "If the strength of the Zhaoxiang County Lord is too small, then I will stand up for you and find a young lady from a big family to serve you." ”

"The emperor's holy will is grateful, and the minister gets along very well with the lord of Zhaoxiang, and he has no intention of taking concubines for the time being."

Zhao Xin knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had good intentions, so he smiled and bowed and replied, how did the Emperor of the Apocalypse know that she was a peerless female Diao Chan, and she was also Li Hongyu's wife.

"If the lord of Zhaoxiang County can't give birth to an heir for you within three years, then I can only make the decision for you, the ancients have clouds, and unfilial piety is the greatest, you are my Daming Youchunfang University Scholar, I also expect your Zhao family children to work for Daming."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and then said to Zhao Xin that as his confidant and minister, he would definitely give Zhao Xin a head.

In the eyes of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Wanting is the county lord and has the right to take concubines, if she is unwilling, Zhao Xin will not be able to take a concubine at all, at most find a woman to sleep, even if she has an heir, she will be an illegitimate child, and she will not be recognized by the family and the outside world.

Although the concubines and concubines of the Ming Dynasty are eligible to inherit the family business, they do not include illegitimate children, who are not legitimate children of the family in the eyes of the world.

To put it mildly, God knows who left the bastard behind, after all, there was no way to identify the blood relationship in ancient times, so the concubine family only needed a name, and only with a name can it be determined whether it is an authentic family child.

"Your Majesty." Zhao Xin knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had good intentions, so he bowed down to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and thanked him in a proper manner.

Li Hongyu couldn't help but laugh on the side, it seems that he has to work harder, how can he make Zhu Wanting pregnant as soon as possible, so that Zhao Xin can "escape".

If the Emperor of the Apocalypse gave Zhao Xin a concubine room on a whim, then the county lord's mansion would be lively, and how to place the concubine room would become a headache at that time.

(End of chapter)

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