This summer empire is a calamitous autumn, in June, the Yellow River burst, a few days later, the typhoon signal landed from Macao, Guangdong suffered the biggest typhoon disaster after the founding of the People's Republic of China, if Ye Zhao is familiar with the historical records of these years, he may be able to prevent one or two, but he is not a god after all, and the disaster seems to come suddenly.

Royal officers and soldiers, armed police and militia quickly joined the ranks of disaster relief, the local political axe response was timely, newsprint long reports, large donations from all over the country, and the people of the empire, because of these disasters once again cohesion, the concept of the state was further rooted in the hearts of the people, which is the only thing worth consoling brought by natural disasters.

The royal family cut the cost, and the heavy industry, finance, and commerce groups of Taihe donated a total of 10 million silver dollars, of course, in the name of the Zongren Mansion, which almost covered most of the country's disaster relief expenses, but the national treasury budget was not greatly affected.

However, the country has a state system, and the emperor is committed to eliminating the idea of "family and world", separating the royal income from the national treasury, and even the royal family does not need to allocate funds from the national treasury.

The emperor and empress went to Guangdong, Henan and other provinces to inspect and comfort the victims, and created a precedent for the royal family of the dynasty, and it was the end of July when Luan drove back to the capital.

At this time, the "International Geographical Conference" held in Belgium has come to an end, in addition to the academic discussions of geographers, the participating countries have also launched a war of words on the "development" of Africa, Portugal has the most interests in Africa, but its national strength has declined, Africa has become the last virgin land in the eyes of the colonial powers, in order to maintain its own interests, Portugal has to seek the help of Britain and China.

Although Portugal was close to China, it also maintained friendly relations with the British Empire.

The Chinese support Portugal, but like emerging countries such as Germany, they are eager to explore the continent, which is still in the fog of the interior.

The interests of the countries were complicated, and the conference did not achieve satisfactory results for all parties, but the letter written by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany to King Bechuaner, a British protectorate, was exposed, causing a fierce reaction from the British.

The Chinese governor of Maputo, Mingde, had a difficult time negotiating with the Boers, and the British may have seen China's eagerness to expand westward from Maputo, and his Cape Governor was planning a visit to Dewaslan Boer-controlled territory, which was widely seen as a move by the British to prevent the Chinese from expanding their influence on the east coast.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, looking at this message silently, Ye Zhao did not squeak.

The actions of the empire on the African continent were extremely low-key, but they still attracted the attention of the British, and perhaps the appearance of the Chinese in Africa was already very eye-catching in itself, and every move touched the nerves of many people.

Next to the table, Rong'er was helping Ye Zhao sort out the folds, and when she was cleaning up a page of scattered folds, Rong'er was stunned, but she didn't speak, just silently folded it and put it aside.

Ye Zhao saw Rong'er's expression and said, "What, are my words harsh?" It was a telegram from Rome, the Imperial Consul General in Italy, Hutchibo, wrote a letter to praise the emperor, because some European media are now quite amazed by the efficiency of the imperial officers and soldiers in disaster relief, and are also reflecting on the [***] system, Hatchbo took the opportunity to praise the emperor as "the holy monarch of the ages", "bow down to all the people", and praise it more sensually needless to say, Ye Zhao immediately criticized it as "A gentleman is also a thing, and love is benevolent; For the people, benevolence and affection. Kiss and benevolent people, benevolent people and love things. Do you have a love for things? Although he did not reprimand him sharply, he was warned that at this time, it was boring to sing praises of virtue.

Rong'er listened to Ye Zhao's question, and said gently: "The concubines don't dare to discuss political affairs. It's just that Hatchbo is the father of Fucha's promise, and when the upstart enters the palace, the emperor always has to encourage more. ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, it turned out to be the father of the Fucha clan, and he really didn't pay attention to it, and the new concubines seemed to have been forgotten by themselves.

Rong'er said again: "The emperor should meet them." ”

The four new concubines were treated equally, and they were all sealed and promised, originally the seven girls were expensive with their sisters, and Rong'er proposed to make them nobles, but they were stopped by Zhu Sisi, and the four daughters began to live in Chuxiu Palace with Meisaki, and yesterday they were assigned by Rong'er, and each followed the main concubine, and the seven girls went to her sister's Changchun Palace, Qin promised to live with Misaki in Chengqian Palace, so that the baby went to the Xianfu Palace of Weiyue Yiori, and the Fucha family went to the Yonghe Palace of Shawa and Hua Ji.

Sava and Hua Ji are both concubines, and they should each live in the main hall of the same house, but the two have a close relationship and are willing to live together, saying that they sleep in the same bed, although the surnames are completely different, the friendship between the little sisters is getting better and better.

Hearing Rong'er's words, Ye Zhao bowed slightly, in fact, now he can always see them even if he doesn't want to see them, although Ye Zhao occasionally recruits concubines to come to the Yangxin Palace or the Qianqing Palace to sleep, but most of the time he still goes to sleep in the palaces, and he will always see them in the future.

"The emperor is going to Changchun Palace tonight, right?" Rong'er pursed her lips and smiled, and finally became naughty.

Ye Zhao glared at her, Rong'er was a roundworm in his stomach, although the matter of the concubine was no longer important to Ye Zhao, but Si Si still felt awkward.

Ye Zhao thought for a while and said, "I'll go and see Jingping." ”

Princess Jingping was born by Wei Yue Iori, less than two years old, but she is extremely smart, and every time she sees Ye Zhao, she will shout "Father" to be coquettish. The surname of Weiyue Yiori is quiet, and Xianfu Palace was originally significantly deserted everywhere, but since Jingping was born, Xianfu Palace has suddenly become a lot more lively.

In the middle of summer, the sun sets, but the palace is also cool and breezy, the red palace lamps of Xianfu Palace are hung high, and the vermilion wall and blue tiles are embellished, and the royal style is magnificent.

Xianfu Palace is specially equipped with a chef, the light food is quite appetizing in the summer and summer, and today it is said that Iori himself made a few sashimi dishes for Ye Zhao.

Holding the little princess and sitting at the dining table, Ye Zhao smiled and teased the little guy, looking at her dark eyes, Ye Zhao smiled at Wei Yue Yizhi: "Livelier than you." ”

Wei Yue Iori is now wearing more Central Plains clothes, but today she is wearing a purple pink flower kimono, which is gorgeous and beautiful.

teased the little guy for a while, and the palace maid next to him hugged Jingping down, so that the emperor could talk to his mother.

"Do you want to go for a walk? If you are bored, go back and see, and now the situation in Edo and other places has stabilized. In front of the quiet Reedyue Iori, Ye Zhao always had a feeling that he didn't know how to hurt her.

Wei Yue Iori shook her head lightly and said, "The emperor doesn't have to worry about his concubines, and the concubines are not bored." ”

Ye Zhao said: "These words, I will worry more about you in the palace, you, I heard that you are stuffy in the palace all the time, don't get sick." ”

Wei Yue Yiori pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Then I recently choreographed a dance for Mr., and you will know that the concubine is bored after watching it." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and bowed his head, he is already a mother, it is indeed different from before, there is more tempting taste in the gentleness, it seems that he knows more and more how to please "Mr.", and now he specially wore a kimono, just for this dance?

In the harem, no matter how harmonious it is, it is inevitable to compete for favor, and Iori Weiyue doesn't want to fight, but if the emperor comes less, the palace maids will feel that the sky is falling, and over time, fighting for favor may become a part of harem life, but there is no bloody rain, and it is also a fun of a slightly boring harem life.

Weiyue Iori said again: "Your Majesty, Bodan promised not to eat yet, right?" She only moved in last night, and she was afraid that she would not get used to it. "Mongolians don't have family names, but Bodan is a good family name.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Call her to come." ”

Wei Yue Yi weaving in the main hall, like a baby living in the side hall, the palace maid went out to speak, after a while, I listened to the sound of small footsteps outside, the restaurant door curtain was raised, and a graceful and beautiful woman walked in, cut a well-fitting corsage red silk jacket and trousers, dotted with gold lace, simple and noble, beautiful lake blue satin high heels, and her soft body was convex and backward, extremely sultry.

Nowadays, the royal costumes, the style tends to be simple and atmospheric and gorgeous, and many concubines are beautiful with high heels to set off their figures.

It's just that this beautiful little woman didn't take two steps, suddenly her heel twisted, and she almost fell, her pretty face was flushed, and she covered up her embarrassment with blessings, and said: "The concubine Bodan is as good as a baby to see the emperor, and the emperor is blessed with Jin'an!" "The sound is very crisp and beautiful.

Ye Zhao smiled dumbly and said, "Get up, you are like a baby?" ”

"Yes." Bodin agreed to get up slowly, looking down at his feet.

"Look up." Ye Zhao really hadn't looked at their faces carefully, and if he walked on the street, he wouldn't know them.

It's like a baby slowly raising her head, revealing a delicate and beautiful face, her big eyes are quite smart, and she is really a beautiful girl. It's just that she suddenly saw the man sitting in the right position shooting his gaze, and immediately her pretty face turned red, and her head hung down very quickly.

Wei Yue Iori walked over and took her hand to sit, both snow-white wrists were covered with jade bracelets, which were quite eye-catching.

Ye Zhao said: "Haven't you been a soldier? How did you survive the twisting and pinching? Let's have a meal together. ”

It's like a baby's face is white, she has wanted to enter the palace to see the emperor since she was a child, but she didn't want to miss the Mongolian draft, but by chance, she was named a concubine, even now, she is still a little confused, I don't know how to be good, become the woman who has been the emperor she has revered since she was a child and regarded as a god and father, for her, this feeling is too complicated, this is the dream of most women in the empire, but this happiness came too suddenly, so she was at a loss.

And every word of the emperor is like a heavenly sound to her, although it seems that the emperor is just laughing at random, but the "twisting and pinching" comments still make her hate her gaffe, and she has repeatedly been rude when she meets for the first time, how can this little girl bear it?

Ye Zhao didn't pay attention to Hao Ruwa's face, but just asked, "I heard that you have also been on the front line?" Is it dangerous? ”

Fortunately, the baby calmed down and whispered: "With Sister Arjuna helping me, I didn't encounter any danger." ”

"Arjuna?" Ye Zhao faintly felt that the name was a little familiar, so he immediately saved it and said, "Is it Chaganba and the little two?" ”

It's good that the baby doesn't want the emperor to know that Chaganba said that the eldest brother and Arjuna sister, and lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly: "The soldiers under their hands are categorically infallible, you, you are also a meritorious hero, use more today, don't be restrained, the main dish here can't be eaten elsewhere." ”

It's like a baby whispering.

Weiyue Iori personally helped Ruwa clip the chopsticks black fish fillet, she didn't talk much, but she was full of concern, obviously had a very good impression of the new neighbor, not to mention that the baby was with her, if there was anything wrong, the entire Xianfu Palace was gloomy.

"I'm not used to wearing these shoes, but in the future, you will still wear leather boots, which are comfortable." Ye Zhao saw that she was like a baby with her head down, and she didn't dare to speak, so she was a little more concerned.

It was like a baby's face was flushed, and she secretly shrank her feet back under the table, but she heard the emperor say: "You are angels on the battlefield, and you are the most beautiful when you wear military uniforms to treat the wounded." Good as the baby's face was even redder, and there was some joy in her heart, but she didn't dare to look up at him after all.

After eating, the baby retired, looking at her slender back, Weiyue Iori said in a low voice: "Mr. will stay in the side hall tonight." ”

The pure little girl, the jerky high heels and the gently twisted slender waist are very moving, but Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "I came to see you today." ”

Iori smiled and didn't say any more.

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Second, Ye Zhao summoned Qin Muhuai, the young secretary of the Dali Yuan, in the Yangxin Palace, and listened to him play the bribery case of the Suzhou parliamentarian in Jiangsu Province, among the several bribery incidents that were exposed, the bribery case of Suzhou parliamentarian Gao Jinxiang had the greatest impact, and the officials who tried their best to suppress the case involved dozens of provincial, government, and county officials.

Qin Muhuai was less than fifty years old, and his young daughter had just entered the palace, so he became more and more cautious, and he didn't dare to mention his daughter in the slightest between his words, but only explained the matter of the case to the emperor.

At the beginning of the establishment of the procuratorial organs, they were originally under the jurisdiction of the Dali Yuan, but later Ye Zhao, based on the national conditions, only felt that if the court was in charge of the procuratorial organs at this stage, although it did not intervene in the investigation and handling, and the relative separation of powers and responsibilities was relatively separated, it was still easy to appear that the judicial department was too strong. Since the previous year, the Attorney-General's Office has been classified as a reading department, which is directly responsible to the Prime Minister, and the local prosecutor's office is only responsible to the higher-level prosecutor's department, and does not need to intersect with the local political axe.

"What is the mantra of the Lord Banzai?" In the end, Qin Muhuai asked cautiously, pondering the emperor's thoughts, whether this case is strict or lenient, especially involving a political envoy and vice governor, if the sentence is severe, I am afraid that it will implicate people in the ministry, and it is really difficult to deal with it.

Compared with the previous dynasty or the dynastic society, the imperial officials' rule is also compared with the previous dynasty or the dynastic society, but in fact, this bribery and corruption and secret money are not accidental.

Ye Zhao understood what Qin Muhuai meant, nodded and said, "Do it according to law." "Speaking of which, under the system of comparing [***], perhaps imperial politics is more effective in controlling corruption, the family is the world, the emperor is greedy alone, and the officials next to him are greedy, and one is not good, no matter how high his power is, it has become a yellow flower yesterday, but it is better to control than the entire collective greed for ink.

And the current imperial system, Ye Zhao knows that there are some differences, and many things are the beginning, but as long as they are improved one by one, it will definitely be a broad road, but this process of perfection depends on the wisdom of many participants.

When Zhao Sanbao came to ask for peace, Qin Muhuai immediately retired, Ye Zhao stopped him and said, "Change to say that Mrs. Ling can come to see her." ”

This dynasty is enlightened, not as deep as the previous dynasty when entering the palace gate, if it were not for the great grace of heaven, the mother and daughter would never see each other again. A hint of joy flashed in Qin Muhuai's eyes, and he bowed and retreated.

On the table, there was a thick stack of folds, the first of which was that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was a protest against the Russian Empire's sale of weapons to the Ural principalities and the training of new troops.

At present, there are constant border disputes between Russia and the Ural principality, and skirmishes often break out, and the empire has just sold the Ural principality 10,000 Canton-made guns, 50 heavy artillery pieces, ammunition, and a number of light and heavy machine guns, and has also sent the officer corps to help the Ural principality train a new army, which naturally makes Moscow hate it to the core.

Patting this excerpt, Ye Zhao said: "Tsarist Russia is starting to make trouble again. Although the Tsar was long gone, and the forces closer to the Tsar were split into two principalities, it was customary for Ye Zhaohe's subordinates to refer to Moscow Russia as Tsarist Russia.

Zhao Sanbao may be the official who has met the emperor the most and has not hindered him among the civil and military ministers, he grinned and said: "The emperor's strategy of using Russia to contain Russia has really worked wonders. ”

Ye Zhao nodded.

Zhao Sanbao said again: "The British and the French are looking forward to our Central Plains being contained by Tsarist Russia, and they just created a strong small country in the northwest, which is a headache for the old hairy people in Moscow. ”

Ye Zhao said: "It is not easy for you to see through the minds of the British and French. ”

Zhao Sanbao said with a smile: "The minister is still that big and rough, but he has read more books recently." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and asked again, "What's wrong with Lao Ha?" ”

Recently, Haritz and Han Jinchun had a very unpleasant quarrel, and even rose to the height of the idea of governing the army, and even made a literary prison, in Jinling Political School, Hariti's close general, Zhao Yipheasant, the director of the political school, was impeached because he talked about the past war examples in his lecture and called Ye Zhao "Regent".

Speaking of Han Jinchun and Haritzi, Ye Zhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, when a person reaches a certain status, he can no longer find the feeling he had before, after the founding of the previous dynasties, there will always be power struggles, this dynasty is still good.

pondering, Ye Zhao said: "Go back to your table and ask for credit for Lao Ha and Han Jinchun." "Zhao Sanbao's name was given by Ye Zhao, and all along, before Ye Zhao ascended the throne, Zhao Sanbao was Ye Zhao's absolute cronie, and there were fewer taboos to talk to him.

Zhao Sanbao bowed down and said, "The emperor is magnanimous. ”

Ye Zhao said again: "Over there in Tehran, you ask someone to prepare a telegram to the past, don't get into sectarian disputes, and pay attention to the movements of Britain and India." ”

Seeing that the Central Plains Empire began to be in close contact with the Tehran regime through the Boer uprising, and gradually became dominant in Tehran, the British would not be reconciled, mainly because of the Anglo-Indian political axe and some big businessmen, who were afraid that they would support the chieftains and tribes in Persia to resist the Tehran regime, and they were afraid that there would be a proxy war.

Having influence in West Asia, including the Turkish Ottoman Empire, is also a long-term consideration, and Ye Zhao is even thinking about how to split the Ottoman Empire, after all, it is not a good thing for a unified Islamic empire to spread across West Asia.

(To be continued)