Chapter 0296: Rumors

The Long Live Hall is more magnificent, but if you talk about the exquisite and gorgeous decoration, it is indeed the Baoci Palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but Lu Fei doesn't know much about it, and he doesn't have the time to carefully study these things...... The Imperial City of Bianjing belongs to him, but he has not observed it carefully in the past few years since he ascended the throne. It's like a person who gets rich and has a house full of expensive things, but never cares why those things are so expensive.

Lu Fei walked into the Baoci Hall and felt that it looked good, so he hurried to meet Zhou Wei. There seem to have been a lot of rumors in the imperial city, in the end, she was the queen of the former Tang Dynasty, and Lu Fei's coming was also an attitude.

Walking into a palace, several women and the attendants on the side saluted one after another, "Meet the emperor." Then there was a playful exit.

Lu Fei sat down on a soft couch, and Zhou Wei sat on a coffee table next to him.

A young palace lady came over and bent her knees and said, "Your Majesty, there is charcoal burning in the house, and the slave maid will serve you to take off your coat first, it will be hot for a while." ”

"Okay." Lu Fei let her take off the sweater and coat he brought back from the Hebei front.

At this time, Zhou Wei said in a rhythmic and soothing voice: "And the emperor is kind." A few days ago, I heard a letter from the north to the palace saying that the Liao people burned, killed and plundered the people of Hebei, and now the emperor captured the Liao people in Youzhou, and thought that he would slaughter them in retaliation, but the emperor did not kill them. ”

Lu Fei said: "Not slaughtering foreign civilians has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, what is the benefit of killing all the civilians of the Liao Kingdom." ”

"Oh?" Zhou Wei looked at him with interest.

Lu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "I am an enemy of the Liao State, so I am not afraid of a blood feud with the Liao people. But my dynasty and the later generations of the Han family, not only with the Khitans. It is understandable that our attack will inevitably kill, and it is intended to benefit our own people; However, preaching the slaughter and extermination of the clan will not only be feared by all the surrounding ethnic groups, but the Han family will be demonized and difficult to cleanse; And with a benevolent attitude, it is easier to be friendly with the countries and be worshipped. Strength is not about shouting, it is about strength. ”

Zhou Wei's eyes were bright, she nodded thoughtfully, and asked, "What is the emperor busy with recently?" ”

Of course, Lu Fei won't say: I'm busy changing the dynasty. He pondered for a moment and said, "The northwest and the clouds are calm for the time being, and it is time for me to free up my hands to teach a good lesson to the small state of South Vietnam who dare to be rude to me." ”

Zhou Wei was a little distressed and said, "The emperor is going to go abroad to fight again?" ”

Lu Fei cynically said: "The world is very big, I want to go for a walk." ”

Zhou Wei couldn't help laughing and said: "The emperor is so courageous, he actually treats fighting as a tour of the mountains and rivers. ”

Lu Fei shook his head and said, "No, no, it's just fun in my suffering, haha!" ”

Zhou Wei knew her heart well and pursed her lips and smiled.

Of the women in this world, I'm afraid only Zhou Wei can still understand what Lu Fei is saying.

Although Lu Fei ascended the throne as emperor, he found that governing the country was not an easy task...... Perhaps the average emperor just needs to follow the traditional experience. But his independent thinking method is very complex, and even ancient philosophy has to find a way to understand it. At the very least, you must know what the various doctrines are talking about, otherwise I am afraid that you can only be fooled by the scholars, and the emperor himself does not understand it anyway.

Within a few years, Lu Fei's Great Sage Dynasty regime expanded several times on the basis of the original Song Kingdom. After several months of deliberation, there are countless people from Bianjing to the local government who support the change of the country's name, and the time is ripe. Under the pressure of the ministers, Lu Fei announced to the world that the Great Sage Dynasty came to an end, and since the date of the edict was issued, the country name was changed to: The Great Sage Dynasty;

Change the Yuan Tiansheng.

The founding of the country is different from the situation of inheriting the throne and changing the year name, and now the day of the edict is the first year of the heavenly saint.

The great dynasty issued an edict, and the monarchs and ministers discussed the new temple and the ritual system every day, which was very busy, and most of the ministers and foreign generals of the court were promoted by Lu Fei.

…… Lu Fei sat down in front of a desk, took out a stack of files from his arms, and re-examined the upcoming military system reform. This is a plan designed by him and several Privy Council Ministers and Cabinet Assistants, and it will be taken to the Council Hall early tomorrow morning to discuss with the generals.

The most important thing after the founding of the country, so Lu Fei has been thinking about this all day long, and he has thought about it countless times.

There is only one goal in this matter: to give knighthood and a generous salary, and to buy military power. I hope to reach an agreement with the generals.

Because the treasury did not have so much land and money, it was impossible to reward and "buy" the forbidden army at one time, so Lu Feijun's plan was to spread the benefits evenly to the future court expenditures.

First of all, all the generals above the middle level of the forbidden army were given knighthoods, such as duke, marquis, and uncle, collectively referred to as the nobles of the Great Sage Dynasty.

The newly founded nobles had substantial benefits from the imperial court.

The biggest benefit is the six dukes: Yang Yanzhao, Tie Hammer, Cao Keming, Hu Yanzan, Zhang Jiang, and Luo Cheng. They are the Duke of Dingguo, the Duke of Zhenguo, the Duke of Fuguo, the Duke of Yasukuni, the Duke of Chengguo, and the Duke of Huguo.

These six dukes, the title is hereditary, as long as the Great Sage Dynasty exists, their descendants can always inherit the title. The saying on the table is that "the founding heroes share the world with the royal family".

In addition to the six dukes, there were eight marquises, and most of the people who gave them titles were people who held important positions in the forbidden army.

…… But the title is not given in vain, and the imperial court will take back all military power and carry out military reform. The military power of these military generals above the intermediate level will be fully recovered.

Lu Fei imitated the Ming system of later generations, reformed the military system, and established the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

The Privy Council has the power to transfer troops, the military department is in charge of military salaries, money and food, the governor's office of the five armies is in charge of commanding the army, and the ordnance supervisor is in charge of the storage and control of armor, weapons, firearms, and war horses.

…… In this way, when there is no war, in fact, the largest unit of the army is 500 men in command, and the commander of the army cannot mobilize the army, pay the army, or master the weapons.

In the next step, the imperial court will also carry out similar changes to the border army, in addition to the decision-making power of the chief general, four divisions directly under the imperial court will replace the military power of the chief general.

…… Lu Fei had tested the attitude of the generals in the early stage, and there seemed to be no dissatisfaction. Because in addition to military power, under the new military system, the benefits they get are far greater than before; The previous generals only had a small amount of money, or waited for the emperor's reward, with few actual benefits and no long-term commitments.

In addition to obtaining actual benefits and status, the role of military power is to rebel! If he doesn't want benefits, but asks the emperor for military power, what does he want to do?

Once this military system is implemented, it will inevitably lead to a situation in which "soldiers do not know the generals and the generals do not know the soldiers," which will lead to a decline in the combat effectiveness of the army. However, because of the subdivision of military power, it involves a wide range of troops to mobilize troops to fight, and it is almost impossible to suddenly rebel, so it ensures that the imperial power is not attacked by internal force and increases security.

All the ministers believed that after the key territory of Youyun was recovered, the great war of the whole country might not be big. The pros and cons cannot be taken into account, and in this current situation, it is more appropriate to adopt a strategy of consolidating political power.

And there are two reasons that can make Lu Fei make up his mind: first, after years of war, the current generals and soldiers of the forbidden army can gain the trust of the soldiers even if they temporarily let a certain general lead the troops, because the emperor and the generals are very famous in the martial arts. At least in this group of people, the change in the military system will not have much impact on combat effectiveness.

Second, with the advent of firearms, organizational forms and tactics will gradually change.

Lu Fei's original intention in implementing the reform of the military system was to use a few yamen to supervise and disperse the power of military generals; However, the decision-making in charge of training and leading troops into battle is still the general...... This is also his idea of using firearms and cavalry tactics as the core to carry out changes in military organization.

But now it seems that there will inevitably be a fight between checks and balances, and it is impossible to think that everyone is sensible.

However, there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and Lu Fei was still busy carrying out the innovation. Now he is presiding over the reorganization of the army.

All the cavalry of the forbidden army were organized into the Tiger Army. The infantry of the forbidden army, the mounted infantry, and the inland water army are the crane control army, and the army is divided into two compartments; The Crane Control Army also has an inland water division.

The pros and cons of reforming the military system are not to know the results in a short period of time, anyway, Lu Fei has done everything he can think of, and if someone can threaten his power, it can only mean that he is a 2B.

No matter how he changes, there is another army, Lu Fei has not moved, that is, the sailors of the Great Sage Dynasty who are in full swing are being formed, and they have been personally given the name, 'Tianhe Water Division'.

Lu Fei was busy working in the front hall all day long, but there was nothing to do in the harem.

…… The spring sun is very good, and Concubine Tuoba Agarwood enjoys the sunshine in a corridor while watching the beautiful scenery of the spring court.

The brightly colored Luo skirt on her body is very beautiful against the flowers on the tree.

At this moment, a eunuch next to him muttered: "Look at her like that, I don't know and think it's the queen coming!" ”

Tuoba Agarwood looked up, and saw a tall and plump woman swaggering towards her, the woman's eyes were almost looking at the sky, and her demeanor was really very flamboyant, coupled with the eunuchs who were bending over and walking beside her, the contrast in posture was very obvious, making the woman look very strong.

"Who is she?" Tuoba Agarwood frowned and asked.

The people around him whispered: "White lady." ”

Tuoba Agarwood asked again: "What identity?" ”

"I don't have any identity, I'm not even a concubine, I am in charge of Jinyi Wei, and I have a lot of power, but my identity belongs to the category of palace women and palace maids."

A eunuch reminded in a low voice: "The emperor is very fond of her." ”

Tuoba Agarwood frowned deeply when she heard this, she was the county lord in Xiazhou, and she was usually let by others. It is enough to endure in this unfamiliar place, but not to the point of forbearance with a slave!

The two groups of people were getting closer and closer, and Tuoba Agarwood straightened up and walked straight forward.

"Concubine Niangniang." The white lady took the initiative to greet her, but that tone was a courtesy, not to mention putting herself on an equal footing, it sounded like it was slightly higher.

Tuoba Agarwood looked at her with a sneer, and said in her heart: Do you want me to make way for you with an imperial concubine?

The white lady stood for a moment, understood the meaning of Tuoba Agarwood, and waved her hand: "Make way for Concubine Jin......"

Tuoba Agarwood saw her demeanor, and she was already holding her breath in her heart. What kind of status can anyone bully them? Originally, I just wanted to put up with it, but when people see that you are so bullying, they will have to make inches! It's too much of a deception!

Unexpectedly, at this time, the white lady who was on the side said coldly: "Some people don't do anything to eat and drink, and they are so idle that they come out in a panic and wander around the road." ”

Tuoba Agarwood was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and Tie Qing pointed at the white lady with a blue face and said, "Where am I going, it's in your way?" ”

The white lady covered her mouth and smiled: "I can't say anything clearly, and I want to quarrel with people...... Yo! Do you still want to get your hands dirty? You have to weigh your own skills. ”

Tuoba Agarwood was dizzy for a while, her hands trembled, and she couldn't think of how to return the salute, she didn't often speak Chinese before, so she could only be regarded as okay. She said angrily: "How can this be true! Even the party members have nobility and humility, but the Central Plains Palace is gone? Thou shalt commit the following offences, and someone will ......"

"Who dare?" The white lady looked back left and right, she was more than half a head taller than ordinary women, and her temperament was strong, and her momentum suddenly pressed down so that even the people on Tuoba Agarwood's side quietly buried their heads.

Tuoba Agarwood turned around and said, "You people? Didn't you just say that she was like a queen? ”

The white lady looked at the eunuch: "Are you tired of living a good life?" ”

The eunuch "pounced" and fell to the ground: "The slave didn't dare to ......"

Tuoba Agarwood looked back left and right in amazement, and suddenly felt that there was only one one facing this fierce woman, and said angrily: "Is this palace actually this slave in charge?" ”

The white lady said coldly: "Who do you say is the slave?" Really think of yourself as a person, you are just the emperor's marriage, you look down on me, think I can afford you? ”

Tuoba Agarwood pointed at her, thought for a while, and said, "Let's go to Queen Zhou and say, I don't believe that such a big dynasty doesn't even have some rules!" ”

The white lady smiled: "Okay, listen to it." ”

Tuoba Agarwood turned around and left! She is not familiar with many places in this palace, but she has been to the Baoci Hall where the queen lives, and she has been very familiar with it.

A eunuch caught up and whispered: "That white lady is not easy to deal with, I heard that even the emperor spoils her!" Ministers and concubines. ”

Tuoba Agarwood frowned and said, "Why does the emperor favor her so much? ”

The eunuch pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "Is it because she has good skills in the room that she will confuse the lord?" ”

Tuoba Agarwood's face was slightly red, and he scolded: "Why did you go just now?" ”

The eunuch said with a look of grievance: "Niangniang can forgive us, it's okay for you to go against her, the slaves and maids were accidentally rectified, and there is no place to avenge their grievances!" This kind of thing, you have to show momentum, and then the slaves and maids have the courage, and it is up to the owner to beat the dog...... Who doesn't want to see the mother in power? Let's serve Niangniang, and when we go out, our waists are straighter, and our plain use can be much better. ”

A group of people came to Zhou Wei. Zhou Wei was having fun with the little prince, and when she heard that Concubine Jin was coming, she asked the nurse to take the child away, sit down in the main hall, and ask Tuoba Agarwood to tell her grievances.

Zhou Wei couldn't help but comfort Tuoba Agarwood: "I have never treated Concubine Jin as an outsider, how do you treat you normally?" ”

Tuoba Agarwood was so aggrieved that she almost cried: "The queen treats me well, but a slave bullies me, you have to make decisions for me......"

Zhou Wei smiled and said, "Go and call the White Lady to ask." ”

Next to her, a woman with a hood covering her face in the house answered the call and went out to send someone.

After a while, I saw that the white lady was brought in. When the white lady saw Zhou Wei, she smiled calmly, bent down slightly, and said, "Meet the queen." ”

Zhou Wei said: "The white lady sits down and talks." ”

The white lady said: "Queen Xie sits." ”

Zhou Wei pretended to be serious: "Concubine Jin said that you bullied her, and they are all in the palace, can't everyone be more harmonious?" ”

The white lady said: "Don't listen to her, what did I bully her?" ”

Zhou Wei looked at Concubine Jin again.

Tuoba Agarwood said indignantly: "You are rude to meet, you are disrespectful, and you intimidate my attendants!" ”

The white lady said: "The emperor asked me to take the waist card of the brocade guard, and it is my duty to restrain the words and deeds of the eunuchs, if you can't manage the slaves and maids and let them talk nonsense in the back, I have to take care of it for you, but I am a concubine, as the concubine who was bought back by the emperor with a large dowry, you resisted the decree and did not serve the bed, and also caused the emperor to be injured, and the emperor was in his own home, and his safety could not be guaranteed!" The emperor is benevolent and does not want to meet women in general, but the queen is the master of the harem, but she should discipline these concubines. ”

Tuoba Agarwood said angrily: "You dare to accuse the queen? ”

The White Lady said, "When did I accuse the queen?" The emperor's safety has always been handled by me, so why is it wrong for me to remind the queen? ”

Tuoba Agarwood's face was red, and his emotions were out of control and said, "You ......!" ”

"Alright, alright!" Zhou Wei looked a little upset.

Seeing this, Tuoba Agarwood hurriedly said: "The queen is the master of the harem, what are the rules, should the palace people be disrespectful to people with high status, you have to call the shots!" ”

Zhou Wei said: "It's all trivial things, and you will all abide by the etiquette in the future." ”

Tuoba Shen said in a deep voice: "A person of the status of the White Lady dares to be disrespectful to the imperial concubine, so everyone is disrespectful to the queen, and it is okay?" Then she blurted out: "You really don't believe me, so tell the emperor!" ”

"The queen sent someone to report, the white lady bumped into the concubine in the harem, the two met on the narrow road on the corridor, and made way to dispute, the concubine ......" Wang Fang bowed to the side.

At this time, Lu Fei was sitting on a chair, looking at a pile of scribbled words and some drawings on the table. He glanced back at Wang Fang: "Go tell Empress Zhou and let her ......"

When Lu Fei said this, he didn't say any more, just shook his head and was happy, there are thousands of beauties in the harem, and there are people fighting openly and secretly every day for the sake of fighting for the wind, if Lao Tzu, the emperor, even has to personally inquire about these things, whether or not he can do political affairs, quarrel, quarrel, just let you relieve your boredom.

Lu Fei raised his hand and gently patted it twice on the table, and exhaled a long breath. This woman's affairs are as thin and messy as a fishing line, and they are not easy to handle, but he can control the world and understand the harem...... It's just that you are willing or not.

However, figuring it out is not necessarily a matter of being able to deal with it. The key is an identity issue, he has the power of life and death, but he can't talk to someone at night, just turn around and reason with her...... The best thing for this is for a woman to come forward.

Lu Fei stretched out his hand and rubbed it on his head for a while, and quickly grasped the point. He didn't ask what was going on, but only asked Wang Fang: "Did the White Lady give way?" ”

Wang Fang hurriedly said: "Let it go, but it's ......"

Lu Fei made a gesture, and Wang Fang hurriedly stopped.

He asked the second sentence: "What did the White Lady do wrong?" ”

"Hey, this ......" Wang Fang lowered his head and pondered, and suddenly said for a moment, "Concubine Jin said that she has a low status and has no courtesy, and the second is disrespectful to the imperial concubine and has broken the rules." ”

Lu Fei quickly said: "If the white lady gives way, she doesn't mean to fight for power, and what power does she fight for with a party woman?" She's just ...... I understand her. But there are tens of thousands of people in the palace, if there are no rules and justice, is there still order?

This kind of thing is inappropriate, I can only suppress it temporarily, and it can't convince people, but it adds to the chaos. The queen has to come forward, and you quietly tell her my suggestion: the fault lies with the white lady, you have to determine this; Then a little punishment...... The white lady was punished for half a month and was not allowed to go out of the gate of the brocade guard.

Disrespectful and disrespectful, this kind of thing can be big or small, and since the queen has seized the solid reason, she can control the proportions according to her own considerations, so as to establish authority; However, black and white right and wrong cannot be reversed, and if you want to convince people, you must be reasonable and follow the rules, which is the same as military law. ”

Wang Fang said with a look of admiration: "The emperor is wise. ”

Lu Fei said in a deep voice: "That's it." ”

"Whoa." Wang Fang bowed.

…… Half an hour later, I saw Wang Fang cautiously enter the study. Lu Fei said to Dai Xiong, who was standing in front of the imperial case: "Let's try this method, don't use iron casting, use copper casting cannons to see." ”

Dai Xiong glanced at Wang Fang slightly sideways, and bowed: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Wang Fang stepped forward, leaned over beside Lu Fei and whispered, "The White Lady has returned to Jinyiwei." ”

When Lu Fei heard this, he knew that the White Lady had accepted Zhou Wei's punishment, and she was not a completely unreasonable person, but she did ignore her a little for a while...... This woman is also a human being, and it's okay if she can't be left aside like a thing.

He immediately put down what he was doing, got up and went to Jinyiwei, not far away, just by the palace wall, which was rebuilt by the yamen of the Imperial City Division in the past, saying that it was rebuilt, but in fact it was only a plaque.

The hall of Jinyiwei has good lighting, the north, south and east sides are ventilated, and the sunlight spills in through a window.

The white lady was wearing a relatively simple and forgiving dress, and stood behind the light mist. Through the sunlight, her expression looked a little uncertain, as if she was a little apologetic, but her face was also like frost with an unyielding momentum.

When she saw Lu Fei, she squatted down slightly, and did a ridiculous etiquette. In front of the emperor, ordinary people can't convince her at all.

"White Lady." Lu Fei Wen called out, his eyes carefully looked at her face, at this time Lu Fei didn't think about anything else, his eyes were only her.

The words immediately shattered the stiff ice on the white lady's face. She replied with an "um", and her gaze was a little submissive.

Lu Fei pointed to the soft couch next to the chess table next to him and said, "Let's sit down and talk." ”

She silently followed and sat down on the couch beside Lu Fei. She didn't take the initiative to speak, although sometimes she was sharp-tongued, but Lu Fei felt that she was actually a stuffy gourd.

Lu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "After a while, when this little matter has passed a little, I will give you a title." ”

The white lady said: "I'm not rare. ”

Lu Fei: "......"