Although Dolgon is now being squeezed by the Zilharang and Hauge factions, he is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and knows that even if the Manchus want to rule the Ming Dynasty, they must have a grain production base.

After all, now due to the colder climate, grain production in the north is affected.

And once the war is over, the children of the Eight Banners will definitely grow more and more, and if they do not occupy a few grain production bases in advance, they will inevitably be unable to maintain the operation of the country, and then they can only retreat to the customs to maintain the shortage of production by looting.

But now the Southern Expedition to the Ming Dynasty has failed twice in succession, and the military strength has been greatly damaged, and it is no longer possible to occupy Jiangnan.

Therefore, Dolgon also set his sights on Sichuan, which has the reputation of the land of abundance, that is, Zhang Xianzhong's department.

Now, Dolgon had already recruited the He Zhen tribe entrenched in Hanzhong two years ago, and obtained the premise of occupying Sichuan.

At the same time, Hanzhong is also a well-known grain production area, which also provides conditions for Dolgon's troops to store grain.

This is also the reason why Dolgon suddenly decided to make Zhou Ze the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he wanted to play a pawn in Sichuan and Shaanxi before he was robbed of power by Zilharang.

And the reason why he chose Zhou Ze was not only because of Luck Dehun's recommendation, but also because Zhou Ze's reputation was not obvious, and he would not let Zhu Youzhen and Zhang Xianzhong arouse alarm.

Zilharan didn't see Dolgon's mind either, perhaps he didn't debunk it.

Soon.

The Manchu prince Zheng Jierharang passed the court meeting to resolve the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to request peace, of which the Manchu ministers were the auxiliary princes of Tabai, as the main envoy, and the Hanchen was the Hanlin servant Fu Yichuan, as the deputy envoy.

Tabai is the sixth son of Nurhachi, a member of the Qing Dynasty, although his reputation is not obvious, his status is not low.

Although Fu Yijian is not a high official, he is the first champion of the Qing court since entering the customs, and his identity is also relatively special.

It can also be seen from this that the Manchu Prince Zheng Zierharang is still quite sincere in negotiating peace.

……

At this time, the land occupied by the vassal king in the Ming Dynasty was recovered by Zhu Youzhen, and the vassal king's Yulu was also cut in half, which reduced the financial burden of the household department a lot, coupled with the elimination of the threat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the burden of war was sharply reduced, and it also showed the prosperity of the people and the country.

Whether it is the Northern Expedition or the commercial tax reform, it has not yet been proposed, and the entire Ming Dynasty seems to have entered a period of recuperation as a whole.

Zhu Youzhen's selection of concubines has also come to an end.

Because Zhu Youzhen's name this time was to enrich the inner court, the number of concubines was directly doubled, and the number of auditions alone doubled, that is, 10,000 people.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen increased the age limit to 25 years old.

Therefore, it is not difficult to select 10,000 girls from good families who are superior in appearance and elegant in manners.

For the follow-up screening, Zhu Youjian changed the precedent, first to check whether to read and break words, and give priority to the promotion of literacy and hyphenation, and then the promotion of people with beautiful skin, white legs, long breasts.

After 10,000 miles are promoted to 5,000, a physical examination will be conducted, and what will lead to the secret room, probe their breasts, smell their armpits, and touch their textures, etc., and finally leave 3,000 beauties.

According to the previous rules, it was necessary to screen again and finally leave 300 people, of which 50 were selected as concubines.

But Zhu Youzhen did not screen again, but left all the 3,000 beauties in the palace.

As for the choice of concubines, Zhu Youzhen did not let the eunuchs and eunuchs interfere anymore, but looked at it himself.

At this time, there were three thousand beautiful women standing outside the Qianqing Palace, who looked elegant and smiling.

Zhu Youzhen walked over as if he had entered a flower.

He never thought that he would choose his own woman in such a way, just like picking clothes, only based on appearance and bearing, and he didn't have to consider whether the other party liked him.

Now Zhu Youzhen can't help but feel that being an emperor is actually not bad.

But Zhu Youzhen has seen a lot of beauties now, and even slept a little, so he is not so hungry, and he doesn't know who to choose when he sees the spring in the court.

However, after looking at it for a while, Zhu Youzhen also saw a woman who could be described as love at first sight.

Not to mention the white skin, not to mention the extraordinary bearing, not to mention the natural charm, the key is that a pair of eyes can hook Zhu Youzhen's heart ripples, and Rao is that he is the emperor and can't help but feel ashamed of himself.

"What's your name?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the people's daughter Qi De Qi De Qi".

After the woman in front of her returned shyly, Han Shoujing, the eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi who was in charge of choosing the concubine, reminded:

"Your Majesty, she is the daughter of Qi Biaojia, who is now relegated to the remote, because she has the appearance of a closed moon and a shy flower, the talent of Wen Ji Xue Tao, and her father is no longer in the position of a high-ranking official, so she was also chosen."

"Take her down to meet the queen."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and continued to look at it, all of them had round faces like March spring peaches, and their bodies were as slender as willows supporting the wind, but they could always see that they had feelings when they looked at them.

At this time, a woman with long legs and half a head taller than Zhu Youzhen if she didn't bow her head attracted Zhu Youzhen.

"What's your name?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Minnu Huang Yuanjie."

"Take her down and prepare to see the queen."

It took Zhu Youzhen a while to select about dozens of them before he asked Han Shoujing: "How many have I selected now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are forty-seven in all."

"Choose three more", but Zhu Youzhen glanced at it, there were several rows behind him, so he didn't bother to choose himself, so he said to Han Shoujing:

"You go and tell them that they have all seen what I am like now, and if there are those who want to become my concubines, those who are not selected can raise their hands and recommend themselves, and show their best side, limited to half an hour."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, the remaining two thousand beauties stood still, their eyes were burning but their lips were tightly pursed, and they didn't dare to raise their feet or raise their hands.

They were indeed a little uncomfortable with Zhu Youzhen's requirements, thinking that they were just chosen, but they had to fight for it themselves.

"I don't seem to be old, I also have muscles now, I have a long face and thick eyebrows, and my body is seven feet long, not ugly or short, and none of the remaining 2,000 or so beauties to be drafted is willing to take the initiative to become my woman?"

Zhu Youzhen deliberately shrugged his shoulders and asked Chen Yuanyuan on the side.

Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile: "Your Majesty, they are all embarrassed, how can they take the initiative to show themselves." ”

"That's right, but what I want now is a woman with guts, wait for half an hour, and no one will stand up for half an hour", Zhu Youzhen said and sat back.

However, at this moment, a young woman dressed in a light red pleated skirt under her pine-green right blouse walked up, raised her white porcelain-like wrists, looked like a silver basin, and her lips were like water:

"The folk girl Huang Yuanzhen has seen Your Majesty, and the folk girl can play 0 flutes."

"Blow 0 flute", Zhu Youzhen smiled dumbly and asked, "What else?" ”

"Write poetry! I don't know if Your Majesty listens to the flute or tastes the poems," Huang Yuanzhen asked.

"Is it inconvenient to listen to Xiao at this time, let's still taste poetry, Xu Zhaohua, the one named Qi Deqian just now, you are all scholarly families, how about tasting her poems with me, as for Xiao, it is better for me to listen to it alone in the dead of night."

Zhu Youzhen found that although he laughed like this, no one reacted, except for Chen Yuanyuan who covered his mouth and smiled, he also realized that at this moment, the people in front of him were all virtuous and virtuous daughters, and they said some evil hidden words, and people didn't understand them at all.

Zhu Youzhen had to keep a straight face, and became serious and serious again.

Thank you book friend Alex for protecting his hometown? 100 reading points to reward another small investigation: the next thing to write about the selection of concubines, in order to no longer appear eunuchs, creatures that destroy human nature. The protagonist decides to take advantage of this to gradually replace the eunuch with a woman to hold the power of the inner court, after all, men are more inconvenient and easy to green, etc., and they can't have a coated slave system like the Qing Dynasty, and even then there are still eunuchs. The protagonist now needs the inner court to contend with civil officials, so the inner court cannot be canceled, and only a woman can be elected to take charge of the inner court. However, should these women in power in the inner court stipulate that they will not marry for life (by default, they can raise their faces behind their backs to solve their physical and emotional needs). Those who feel that they are in favor of holding the power of the 24 yamen in the inner court can leave a message for life, and those who do not approve can propose better methods, such as not being allowed to marry princes, nobles, and children of official eunuchs, and so on. The reason why these women don't marry is not because of anything else, but to prevent the inner court and the outer court from colluding to affect the imperial power.

(End of chapter)