The draft girl began in Shunzhi for ten years, to Zhenwu here, has gone through more than 60 years, has already formed a set of complicated and meticulous system, from the determination of the show girl list to the selection to the final determination, to go through layers of selection, the Beijing Eight Banners officials are also familiar with this process, everyone knows, the most important is the first round, the second round of selection.

According to the process, on the day of the election, the draft girls will be sent to the Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City in person by the leaders of each banner, the leader, the Xiao Riding School, the leader, the patriarch and the wives of their parents or uncles, parents, and brothers, and they will be arranged in turn, and they will be handed over to the internal supervisor by the household department for reading, which is the first selection, which is the so-called audition, because there are many show girls who are sent to the election, and the emperors and queens have no time or energy to select them one by one, so they can only be led by the eunuchs. Those who are selected by the eunuchs to be registered are eligible to enter the next round of selection, and those who are not named will be allowed to marry by their own families.

The second round of selection is still selected by the eunuchs, so that the best of the best are selected, and after two rounds of selection by the eunuchs, the selected roster will be submitted to the emperor, and then the emperor will personally carry out the next round of selection.

If you want to pass the first and second rounds of auditions, the eunuchs who are introduced are the key, if you don't do a good job of the eunuchs who are quoted, you won't even be able to see the face of the emperor and queen, let alone be selected, the question is that the eunuchs who are introduced dare to unscrupulously brush off the show girls who are excellent in all aspects during the audition?

Dare! Nothing to dare! The draft girl in the palace is not just about appearance, this year is about all evil and lewdness, the emperor is lustful is a taboo, it is extremely dishonorable, the beauty is a disaster for the country, the red face is a disaster, whether it is the emperor or the ministers or the scholars, they can come at their fingertips when they need it, and they are right.

Furthermore, whether it is the queen mother or the concubines of the harem, they do not want to choose too beautiful show girls to enter the palace, the queen mother does not want the emperor to indulge in women, and the concubines are unwilling to share the favor of the new show girls, most of them have explanations or bribes for the eunuchs who are introduced.

That's all, of course. It was not enough to make the eunuchs unscrupulous. What makes them dare to be unscrupulous is the standard of draft women, the draft girls in the palace, the first is morality, followed by the family, and then the appearance, the door cannot be faked, but the morality and appearance are very much to do, these two points are also the key points of collusion between the ministers of the court and the eunuchs, playing tricks.

Although knowing the importance of quoting eunuchs. But the ordinary flag man can't find the temple gate with a pig's head, even if he wants to bribe the eunuch, he can't find the way, and he can be the eunuch who can be the eunuch, but he is not a little eunuch in the palace, and he has a bit of status in the palace, and the average flag man can't get in touch at all.

In the household department, Zhao Can, who was inlaid with the blue flag and the Han military flag, was at a loss for anything after hearing the news that the draft would start in three days. His eldest daughter, Zhao Mengtong, is sixteen years old. Born beautiful, pure and well-behaved, he has always been proud, loves like a treasure, and hopes that his daughter can enter the palace to change the embarrassment of the entire family, but he is just a pen post in the household department, and there is no way to bribe and introduce eunuchs.

The pen post style is also divided into three kinds of banners: Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han Army, and the main responsibility is to translate documents and take charge of thin books. The grade of the pen post style is quite low, except for a very small number of chief titles of the pen post style for the six products, generally seven, eight, nine products, Zhao Can is a seven-grade pen post style of the household department, the seven products of the official release, can do the county, but in Beijing. But he can't be called an official at all.

Although Zhao Can has no way, but after all, he is staying in the household department, and he still has knowledge, he knows very well in his heart that with his identity as a Han military banner, even if his daughter is outstanding, if she does not bribe the eunuchs, she will not be able to pass the selection of the first and second levels, this draft girl is too tired, not only the concubines in the palace are trying their best not to let the beautiful show girl enter the palace, but the ministers in the court are also doing everything possible to suppress the beautiful show girl, the grandiose reason is that they are worried that the emperor will indulge in women, but in fact, it is to clear the obstacles for their own daughters, Get rid of competitors.

This is on the surface, secretly, every draft is actually a political game, a secret contest between various forces, wrestling, Zhenwu is only twenty-six years old, and the harem is empty, the meaning of this draft girl, in the long run, can even be comparable to the merit of support, and the competition will be more intense.

I was bored, Zhao Can didn't have the heart to sort out the literature, I sat in a daze, and Ma Haiyun came in, and when I saw this situation, I guessed the reason, turned around and covered the door, and he sat down in front of Zhao Can and said, "Brother Zhao is worried about the draft?" ”

Zhao Can came back to his senses, and when he saw that it was his friend Ma Haiyun, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Don't you know that the consultant, the little girl is sixteen this year, and if she misses this draft, she will have no chance." ”

"It's a good thing if you don't see it when you enter the palace." Ma Haiyun said softly; "It's like gambling, everyone sees the winners, but few people see the losers."

"I don't know that." Zhao Can sighed lightly and said: "The emperor is young and extremely heroic, over the years, rumors about the emperor have been in Beijing one after another, how many women of school age in the Jingshi Banner do not want to enter the palace?" Besides, there are not many good Eight Banners disciples of ordinary people now, so it is better to enter the palace and break in. ”

"Brother Zhao wants to say this, and the people who offend will be in the sea." Ma Haiyun chuckled.

Only then did Zhao Can realize that there was something wrong with this, and he was embarrassed to say: "Isn't this our old brother chattering." ”

With a slight groan, Ma Haiyun restrained his smile and said in a deep voice: "Although my niece is outstanding, I advise you to die of this heart." This draft, not more than usual, the meaning is extraordinary, you don't know it, because last year was not selected, this year's age is relaxed by one year, and the women in the flag between the ages of thirteen and seventeen are among the candidates, and I just went around in the divisions, and I heard that there are especially many women in the minister's family this year, and. ”

Seeing that Ma Haiyun wanted to speak and stopped, Zhao Can couldn't help but glance at him and said, "What else can't be said?" ”

"There's nothing to say." Ma Haiyun paused slightly, and then continued: "Listen to them, this draft is of great significance, and it can even affect the power pattern of this dynasty, you also know that the draft in the palace is not only to enrich the emperor's harem, but also to marry the prince's son and grandson, or to marry the son of the prince and the prince of the county."

Now that it is a new dynasty, the emperor is vigorously promoting overseas separation, and the forces of all parties are gradually forming, and marriage is undoubtedly the best link. ”

Zhao Can nodded slightly when he listened, the draft girl looks very fair on the surface, but in fact, there is no fairness at all, the daughter of someone like them, if she wants to fly on the branch and become a phoenix, the difficulty is not ordinary, after a while, he sighed lightly and said: "If you don't try your best, why don't you go home to see the little girl." ”

Seeing that Zhao Can and Wang Ba ate the scales, Ma Haiyun couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "How is Brother Zhao going to try, do you have a way to meet the eunuch?"

Shaking his head slightly, Zhao Can said, "I'm not worried about this." After saying that I was finished, he glanced at Ma Haiyun suspiciously, and said, "You shouldn't have a way, right?" ”

Ma Haiyun shook his head slightly, and said, "As far as our sesame officials are concerned, what can we do?" Besides, even if there is a way to introduce it, others will not look down on it, otherwise, how can I persuade you to die of this heart? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Can's heart was completely cold, this is really good, even if he can see the eunuch, what can he bribe? Those eunuchs only recognize silver, this kind of thing, without a thousand children and eight hundred silver, they can't take it at all, where to raise this silver?

Zhao Can is worried that there is no way for his daughter to be successfully selected into the palace, but Zhou Daoxin, the political envoy of the third grade, is thinking about making his daughter Zhou Roujia lose the election, Zhou Daoxin is a man with a red flag and a Han army bannerman, he knows very well that the harem has always been the world of Manchu and Mongolian women, and the Han army flag is the most excluded in the harem.

Although Zhou Roujia is smart and sensitive, good looking, but her temperament is soft, after entering the palace, she can't adapt to the intrigue of the harem, even if she is favored by Zhenwu, it won't last too long, so, it will not help his career, he has always loved this young girl, with his current status and Zhou Roujia's appearance, as long as he doesn't enter the palace, he doesn't have to worry about finding a good in-law's house, he can find a good family, and the help to his career is also not small.

Zhou Daoxin is not too worried about how to make his daughter lose the election, the show girls who have always had outstanding qualities are the targets of the harem concubines and the central government to jointly attack, it is not easy to enter the palace, and it is still relatively easy to lose the election, however, this matter cannot be careless, and it should be dealt with in place.

Even if you spend a little more money, it doesn't matter, if you are elected to the palace, you will regret it, now there is no queen mother in the harem, and no one in the harem concubines dares to disobey Zhenwu's will, once her daughter passes the primary election, she will definitely be left behind by Zhenwu.

Of course, people like Zhou Daoxin who are unwilling to send their daughters to the palace are a minority after all, and they still hope that their daughters can be selected, after all, the opportunity for this draft is really good, as long as they are selected, even if they can't stay in the palace, they can marry the prince and the prince of the county, and that is also full of glory.

Therefore, after hearing that the date for sending the draft was set, a group of officials who sent the draft girls crossed the sea one after another, tried their best to pull the relationship, and found a way, and the whole inner city became lively.

And a group of draft girls are not idle, they have visited each other's girlfriends and girlfriends, inquired about the various situations of the show girls, and began to pull relationships, climb friendships, form alliances, harem disputes, before the election, quietly kicked off in the Yingsheng Yan language, which of course benefited from their respective tutors.