Chapter 21: The Bath

Li Mi successively gave three recitals to Chang'an, and the last time was a long exposition of the military and political problems of Youzhou and Khitan, and he finally returned to Chang'an in early April of the second year, and was not intercepted and blocked by Youzhou officials. Xue Chongxun summoned Li Mi, who had returned to Beijing, in the greenhouse hall on the east side of the Zichen Palace, but this time there were no other ministers present, except for Bai Qimei and other people who had little influence, only the eunuch Yu Liben had some knowledge.

The palace is still set up with a wall, a mat, a smoker, and an incense table. In the past, Li Mi had seen Xue Chongxun himself in the Jin Palace, but this time he could only see a figure from a distance, kneeling and bowing to that figure.

Xue Chongxun asked directly: "Will Governor Zhao Qu and Changshi Wang Xianzhi rebel?" ”

Li Mi had the illusion of being in the Jin Palace's mansion for a while, because Xue Chongxun's question was still so crisp. At the same time, the simpler the question, the more difficult it was to answer, and he would even prefer to hear Xue Chongxun ask him for lengthy details rather than such a sentence.

"The minister does not dare to make assertions." Li Mi hurriedly bowed down and said, "But the Khitan does have a trace." ”

Suddenly, a crisp voice sneered: "Your Majesty asked you about Khitan again, but you are talking nonsense, it won't be because you have received other people's benefits, right?" The palace was originally very quiet, and the palace people standing around didn't dare to move, let alone make a sound, and suddenly a crisp female voice became extra clear.

"Ministers are dead...... Li Mi was startled and hurriedly fell to the ground, "I am not greedy for any gold and silver." At this time, he quietly looked for the voice and took a look, and the person who spoke was a young lady in white, who was standing behind the incense case, and she was covering her mouth and laughing. Li Mi was stunned, why did this woman run to the palace?

At this time, Xue Chongxun said: "You have been to Youzhou to inspect on the spot, and if you have anything, you will say anything, and I will not blame you for your words." Will Youzhou be opposed? ”

Xue Chongxun had already asked this sentence for the second time, Li Mi didn't dare to avoid the topic anymore, he knew that it was better to say the wrong thing at this time than to be vague, otherwise, just as the little lady said, could it be that he Li Mi accepted the benefits of others...... The emperor didn't mean to blame the little lady in the slightest.

Li Mi said with a straight face: "The minister thinks that Youzhou will not oppose for the time being, and he will not dare to rebel." There are two reasons: Changshi and the Governor do not trust each other; The Youzhou scholars were also dissatisfied with them, and Zhao Qu and Wang Xianzhi failed to gain the support of the scholars such as Fan Yang Lu. The scholars despised the barbarians, and were especially dissatisfied with Zhao Qu's large number of Hu people. ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Do you mean that Youzhou has an antipathy, but the preparation is not yet mature?" ”

Li Mi stiffened his head and said, "As His Majesty said." ”

Xue Chongxun wanted this sentence, so he didn't ask any more. The report submitted by Li Mi to the imperial court was long, and Xue Chongxun didn't read it very closely, just wanted to get a judgment and that's it. Maybe the life and death of those people in Youzhou are just a bunch of numbers in Xue Chongxun's eyes now, and he can't have too many feelings such as pity for life.

After Li Mi withdrew, Xue Chongxun met with several ministers, some of whom summoned Zhao Qu and Wang Xianzhi back to Beijing to ask for the guilt, but others were worried that this would force the anti-Youzhou to be self-defeating. Xue Chongxun didn't say anything, but he thought more than the ministers, who thought about governing Youzhou, but Xue Chongxun thought about ethnic integration, and the memory of the Anshi Rebellion also had an impact on him.

He didn't study literature and history in his previous life, but he also knew the three main themes of ancient times, even if he was suspected of talking on paper, he still couldn't get rid of the influence of this insight on himself. Three issues: land, monarchy, and ethnic integration. He thinks that he has no way to do it, and he established a cabinet as soon as he ascended the throne, thinking that he wants to centralize the monarchy, but there is no way because he has seized the monarchy by himself, and no one is stupid enough to get along with himself, of course, the greater the power, the better.

After seeing the minister, he went to the bathing pool near the greenhouse hall to take a bath, and he didn't want to ask how the government hall would come up with a solution, anyway, if there was no "monarchy" in the end, it would not be able to be implemented.

In addition to these administrative troubles, he feels that his life is not bad now, and he has gradually adapted to the living environment in the palace in the past few months, anyway, the pleasures that can be obtained in this era can basically be satisfied. Perhaps, as Tang Tuanlian said, sometimes it's not a good thing to think too much, but it's hard for people to control themselves from thinking about it.

The establishment of the Jin Dynasty was different from the re-establishment of many dynasties after wars and demographics, and in fact this dynasty was usurped and did not go through the stage of destruction. The change of political power, but the society did not follow such a cycle, and the problems that caused it were in the past are still the same, just like land annexation, which cannot be considered to destroy order and prevent the process of land concentration in the hands of a few.

National integration is not so important in the short term, as long as you don't lead the recurrence of the Anshi Rebellion, you don't have to worry about Xue Chongxun in this life, but if the problem is still like in history, maybe you can prevent Youzhou, and there may be an Anshi Rebellion in other places, so it is really impossible to prevent it.

Xue Chongxun thought of this, so he asked Sanniang to come to the bath and let her write down his thoughts, he said as if talking to himself, "The Western Regions, the southwest, the north of Yinshan, and the northeast, you don't need to rush to sinicize when you get the sphere of influence, but you must try to prevent Hebei Huhua, the land of clouds is a barrier to prevent the Hu people from advancing south, and once you lose it, there will be no danger to defend in the future......"

Sanniang, who is often by Xue Chongxun's side, will always help him record a lot of "whimsical ideas", but this record is only for Xue Chongxun to occasionally look at and recall his own thoughts, and he did not take it to the temple to affect the national policy, after all, there are many things that he thinks are not mature to consider.

Sanniang had intimate contact with him, but they rarely talked about love when they were together, but there were a lot of strange exchanges like this, and I don't know if Sanniang could understand his thoughts, because she rarely said her own opinions. Perhaps these records will fall into the hands of the world in the future, how should future generations judge the heart of his usurping emperor? Or maybe it was "proven" to be a forgery? The palace maids who were waiting around didn't understand it even more, they were like listening to the book of heaven, they just stood aside in awe, thinking that Xue Chongxun was talking about the great avenues of heaven and earth, which were not something that mortals could understand.

Xue Chongxun was taking a bath, and on the other hand, he was talking to Sanniang without a match, and there was no reason in it, and he would say whatever he wanted, and Sanniang would not refute himself anyway. Suddenly, he asked an irrelevant sentence without warning: "Sanniang, you stay in these rooms with me all day long, won't you feel bored?" ”

The palace maid next to her, who was helping Xue Chongxun rub her back, understood this, and her face was slightly red, probably because she thought that the emperor was speaking strangely. Sanniang was still expressionless, she opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she finally didn't say it in a blink of an eye, just shook her head and replied succinctly: "It's not boring." ”

At this time, he found that the palace maid who rubbed his back was blushing, so he looked back, and at first glance, he only felt that this little girl was very cute, estimated to be only twelve or thirteen years old, born with a pure face, and the arms that rolled up her sleeves were white and delicate. Sometimes people are very tempted, even if it is this kind of motivation that Xue Chongxun feels wrong in his heart, but he used to know how to restrain himself from right and wrong, but now he is almost not bound by any rules, so he is very easy to indulge.

A trace of secret desire flashed in his mind, and he only felt that this palace maid was pure and lovely, and he reached out to touch her pure arm without thinking too much. The palace maid was startled, but when she subconsciously withdrew her hand, she was dragged by Xue Chongxun, and she fell into the wood-rimmed bath without paying attention, and suddenly turned into a soup chicken, and fluttered a few times in a panic. Her clothes were all wet in an instant, and her clothes were attached to her body, revealing all the curves of her immature body for a while, including her breasts, slender waist, and compact hips...... Xue Chongxun suddenly wanted to hold this lovely body in his arms, so he really did it.

The palace maid was in a hurry, seeing Xue Chongxun hugging her, she might have expected what would happen, and hurriedly begged: "Your Majesty, let me go......"

The other palace maids standing on the side bent even lower, and looked at the floor motionless one by one, as if they had not seen what was happening in front of them. Sanniang also stood without saying a word, just looked at the bath coldly, and couldn't see what she was like.

The palace maid in the pool pushed Xue Chongxun, but her little strength was too weak for the tall and strong Xue Chongxun. Xue Chongxun's hand touched her beautiful buttocks, and he was reluctant to let go when he looked at the two cute little nipples that were lifted up from the wet clothes, and he said calmly: "Do you want to go to the Taiji Palace or the Si Yi Bureau?" ”

"No...... No. The palace maid looked at him with a panicked and fearful expression, and could not utter a complete sentence. This palace maid is smaller than everyone else, and it may be forgivable that others can intercede for her, but everyone around dares to speak.

The Tai Chi Palace has now become a leaving palace, and going there at a young age is no different from going to prison, and even the diet is very harsh, and the meals may not be enough; The bureau is a tired palace bureau, and if you go there, you are not a female official or a eunuch of the inner province, or you are a coolie. When the palace maid heard Xue Chongxun's threat, she didn't struggle much, obviously it was too good to be able to get benefits when she was an errand by the emperor's side.

Xue Chongxun couldn't suppress the desire in his heart at this time, maybe it was just because no one could restrain him, he put his hand on the girl's face, she was like a pure elf. Looking at her silky lips, I wanted to kiss her, but there was nothing but horror in her eyes. But Xue Chongxun loved her very much, and his heart was filled with the contradiction of tenderness and desire for a while, so he buried his head and kissed her little mouth. Seeing this, the surrounding palace maids immediately turned red and lowered their heads.

The little palace maid closed her eyes sadly, and could only say "don't, don't", Xue Chongxun felt a little empty, but there was still a voice in his heart that wanted him to hurt this helpless girl. G