Cheng Yue shook his head and said: "The concubine was wrong, the minister has never changed his mind, and the minister still thinks so now." The minister doesn't want to take care of it, but he must also manage it when he should take care of it. What is said in this article is right, there are so many concubines in the palace, and there are a lot of rewards for spending every year. In order to support so many concubines, there are many palace maids, chamberlains, cooks, palanquin drivers, purchasers, guards, and so on. The two emperors have passed away, what are the many concubines in the harem still raising? It's good that no one mentions this matter, and if someone brings it up, the minister can no longer avoid it, and must give the people an explanation, otherwise who will believe that the minister can enforce the law fairly? Didn't what the minister said before become a joke? ”

Yang Shufei was speechless when asked by Cheng Yue, and she also knew that Cheng Yue was indeed reasonable. As soon as this article came out, Cheng Yue couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Concubine Yang Shu suppressed her panic, tried to calm down, and said, "Dadu Governor, from this point of view, could someone deliberately send this article behind his back, wanting to separate the relationship between the palace and the Dadu Governor?" ”

Cheng Yue smiled and nodded: "The concubine heard what the minister meant. That's right, it's not impossible, but even if there is, this is a conspiracy, not a conspiracy, and the minister must be the best. ”

There was silence in the building, except for the occasional sobbing. Yun Luo and Ba Ji looked at these concubines in front of them with sympathetic eyes, who would have expected that in just one article, they would fall straight from the sky in a blink of an eye, becoming lambs to be slaughtered, and they had no power to resist.

After a long time, Concubine Yang Shu sighed and asked, "I don't know what the Metropolitan Governor is going to do?" The concubines in the palace have served the two emperors, and the two saints do not want to see them suffer, and hope that the governor will have mercy. ”

Cheng Yue immediately noticed that countless pleading gazes were projected on him. Shen said: "The minister plans for all the nobles. It's not impossible to stay in the palace. However, you nobles will not be as comfortable as before, and you will have to work in the future and earn money to support yourself. ”

The concubines only heard that their eyes lit up when they could stay in the palace, sat up straight, stood up, and waited for Cheng Yue to speak.

Cheng Yue continued: "The minister knows that all the nobles have small savings in their hands, and if they believe in the minister's character, they can be handed over to the minister." The minister can let the nobles have some shares in many businesses, which is a stable source of wealth. However, this is far from enough, and you must really work to calm the dissatisfaction of the outside world. Therefore, there are some things that I want to leave to you nobles to do. ”

Yang Shufei opened her eyes wide and asked, "What kind of work?" ”

Cheng Yue said with a smile: "Don't worry, the concubine is all scattered work, for example, I designed some underwear, I want to find a woman with exquisite craftsmanship to sew it, and then start to promote it from the palace and here, and it happens to be handed over to the nobles, so you can do nothing to bother the two masters." And I'm going to worsted some fabric, made of cashmere. Xiuxiu has been trial-produced and will soon be mass-produced. You can do this too. Both of these jobs are important and cannot be handled, and there are requirements for quality and quantity of completion, but the remuneration is not low. As long as the nobles can be self-reliant, the minister can use this as a reason to refute the remarks that he wants to move the nobles out of the palace. Otherwise, the minister has no choice but to follow the trend. ”

Yang Shufei also stood up, looked directly into Cheng Yue's eyes and said, "Can the Metropolitan Governor guarantee it?" ”

Cheng Yue smiled and said, "Concubine, when was the last time the minister lost his trust?" ”

Yang Shufei bit her silver teeth and said angrily: "Since the governor of the capital is willing to make a guarantee, the slaves will go back and divide the concubines and maids in the palace into two teams, and as soon as the raw materials of the governor arrive, the palace will immediately start to work." As for the affairs outside the palace, the slaves are all entrusted to the Grand Duke, and the fate of our group of women in the second half of their lives is in the hands of the Grand Duke. ”

Cheng Yue smiled and said, "The concubine is wrong again." Ladies and gentlemen, you are so young, isn't it too early to mention the second half of your life now? It will be another twenty years before the same can be said. ”

Concubine Yang Shuran smiled and said, "The Metropolitan Governor always has something to say. Since the Metropolitan Governor is confident, the slave will return to the palace to report the good news, and he will leave immediately, so as not to hinder the Metropolitan Governor from resting. ”

Cheng Yue listened to her affectionately, and teased her a little, knowing that she was thinking too simply, and said with a smile: "Concubine, the ugly words of the ministers have to be said in the front, and the work for the ministers is not so easy, and the palace will not be idle anymore." Also, if there is someone who doesn't want to work, or who procrastinate and fool things up, as long as the minister knows, he will expel her from the palace. If the management of the palace is chaotic, the person in charge is also responsible. If the minister inadvertently divulges the secrets that the minister requires to be kept, the minister will never leave half of the law, and the maximum is a capital crime. The minister said that the minister does not support idlers, nor does he tolerate lazy people. What the minister said has always counted. ”

Yang Shufei's smile froze, and she realized that Cheng Yue asked them to work seriously, not just casually. The smiles that had just appeared on the corners of the concubines' mouths were also retracted, originally they thought that they only needed to make a show, but now they had to think about how hard they had to work from now on, otherwise the smiling Metropolitan Governor in front of them could sweep them out at any time.

Yang Shufei thought about it, but she still couldn't guess Cheng Yue's thoughts, and couldn't tell whether he was suing her. had no choice but to say: "Everything is up to the Metropolitan Governor, as long as you can stay in the palace, it shouldn't be difficult to do what you can." ”

Cheng Yue said: "Then it is a word, without further ado, tomorrow the minister will send the raw materials and design drawings for making underwear into the palace, and the requirements will be clearly written." Tomorrow morning's "China Daily" will disclose this matter, and the concubine must come up with qualified physical goods for sale as soon as possible, otherwise the minister will not be too protective. ”

Yang Shufei said: "Okay, the slave will also go back to collect the valuable things of the concubines and give them to the governor as shares, and the governor must be cautious." ”

Cheng Yue smiled and said: "I will live up to the trust of the concubine, and now there are many people who want to join the minister's business and send money to the minister, and the minister still doesn't want it." ”

Concubine Yang Shufei smiled and was about to leave, Cheng Yue asked: "I don't know which one is Yu Chongrong, which one is Mrs. Ankang Zhu, and which one is Anding Chen Cairen?" ”

Seeing Cheng Yue asking, the three concubines each stepped forward to greet Cheng Yue, and Cheng Yue looked at them curiously. didn't disappoint him, among the most outstanding beauties around Yang Shufei, Yu Chongrong was especially beautiful, on par with Yang Shufei.

Historically, after Mrs. Zhu and Chen Cairen surrendered in Lin'an, they were sent to Dadu by Boyan and other concubines. On the way, the two refused to be humiliated and hanged themselves. Those concubines who did not commit suicide were exchanged and played with by many Mongolian nobles and officials, and those who were used as prostitutes, and the experience was very bleak.

As for Quan Jiu in history, after arriving in Dadu with Emperor Zhao Xian, after all, she was the queen mother of the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan always had to be polite, and he was taken care of by Empress Chabi from time to time, and he had a decent life. After Chabi's death, Kublai Khan hinted many times that she should commit suicide, and even cut off her personal palace maid's head after the gang rape and hung it at the gate of her residence, but she gritted her teeth for Zhao Xian and endured it, refused to commit suicide, and was finally poisoned by Kublai Khan, and Zhao Xian was also poisoned after becoming a high monk.

After the third concubine and Cheng Yue saw each other, Mrs. Zhu just wanted to ask Cheng Yue why she mentioned them, but Cheng Yue only smiled and nodded to them, and then asked, "Is the fourth lady in spring, summer, autumn and winter available?" ”

The fourth lady also stepped forward to answer the salute when she heard this, Cheng Yue was particularly interested in them, and the woman who had handled political affairs, he actually wanted to come over as an assistant.

The four ladies are all extremely delicate, not inferior to Zhao Miaohui, and they stood in front of Cheng Yue shyly and timidly, which made Cheng Yue's heart beat wildly.

Concubine Yang Shu felt a little bad, did Cheng Yue hear which concubine was beautiful and who did she fall in love with? If he really wants to possess a concubine, he just needs to say that she doesn't work hard and then take her away, who can stop her? Could it be that Cheng Yue already has a goal, right among them?

Fortunately, Cheng Yue did not take any further action, and after seeing the seven concubines, he said: "The ministers have long admired the names of the nobles, and it is an honor to see them today." ”

Concubine Yang Shu didn't dare to stay any longer, and said: "The slave wants to go back to the palace immediately to arrange, so I will leave, and the metropolitan governor will take care." ”

Cheng Yue saluted and said: "The concubine and all the nobles take care and send them off." ”

Concubine Yang Shufei and the concubines said goodbye to Cheng Yue and the concubines, and hurried back to report to the two saints.

Sending them back, Yun Luo leaned in Cheng Yue's ear and said, "Official, why does the slave family think that this article is not so simple?" ”

Cheng Yue kissed her on the lips and said with a smile: "You're right, I'll go to the China Bookstore and arrange tomorrow's headlines." Yang Ting must already be investigating, he will report to me tomorrow, I'll just wait. ”

Cheng Yue walked out of Yaleju and found that many people on the street were already talking about this article, after all, this kind of direct challenge to the palace was rare, and most of the people who talked about it did not hesitate to affirm that the Metropolitan Governor would solve this matter, and it was impossible to let the palace provide for so many useless concubines.

Cheng Yue frowned slightly, this person's purpose has been achieved, and his arrangement today seems to be really necessary, otherwise in a few days, if he does not act for a long time, public opinion will be reversed, and he will soon be questioned. Who's behind it? Could it really be one of those people you guessed?

Cheng Yue rushed to the Zhonghua Bookstore and came to Zhao Miaohui and Ding Xiang's office. Zhao Miaohui was not surprised at all when she saw Cheng Yue coming in, she had been waiting for Cheng Yue to come after seeing the article. Fu Yifu said with a smile: "What do you have to say to the Metropolitan Governor?" The concubine body has been waiting from the morning to the present, and the governor must give the concubine a big headline.

Cheng Yue smiled, but still pulled Lilac and kissed her on the face as usual, before saying, "There is indeed an emergency, and a message will be released to me on the front page tomorrow." The other versions should also be let out as much as possible, this is a big deal, and you can't be hasty. As he spoke, he told him what he had just discussed with Yang Shufei.

Zhao Miaohui and Ding Xiang were extremely surprised when they heard this, and Zhao Miaohui said: "It is really unexpected that the metropolitan governor can think of using this method to save the harem concubines, but are the people willing to buy it?" (To be continued......)