"Sir, this king makes a bet with you. The farce of gambling on the queen and the princess will definitely overturn the entire court. ”

In the Five Princes' Mansion, Li Qingqing, the prince of Huangge, leaned on the beauty in the long pavilion, holding the railing with one hand, and sprinkling fish food slowly with the other hand like a boneless willow.

In the fish pond behind him, a group of black and red koi fish swam past the lotus bushes and swam towards the pavilion.

Li Qingqing broke off a weeping willow with great interest, teasing the fish with the end, and the fish jumped and hid, provoking the beauty to giggle.

The laughter poured into people's ears, and when they heard someone's heart, they retracted slightly, and only then did they hold a serious and righteous face.

"Don't gamble, your subordinates admit defeat." The man who came was generous, took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, put it on the stone table, and then respectfully stepped aside and stood still.

Li Qingqing raised his head, looked at the comer, laughed naughtily, and accepted the silver generously.

"Hey, sir loses to me every time. I'm afraid I'm about to lose all the monthly rules for the whole month. Li Qingqing pretended to lament, but she was very happy in her heart.

The man known as Mr. was not angry, but he deliberately broke this gamble, "Your Highness always gambles with his subordinates on the matter of winning. How can subordinates not lose?

If you really want to gamble, it is better to bet on undecided things. Bet on how the empress will respond to this big shock in order to protect the empress. ”

"Okay." Li Qingqing raised her eyebrows and accepted with interest, "What is the bet?" ”

"Gambling money, subordinates are afraid that they can't afford to gamble. What about the conditions for betting? If his subordinates win the bet, His Royal Highness will agree to the next condition. If the subordinate loses, the subordinate agrees to His Highness's conditions. ”

"Oh? Regardless of any conditions? Li Qingqing was full of interest.

"No matter what!" The gentleman nodded.

"Good!" Li Qingqing took the gamble.

The gentleman lowered his head and pondered for a while, then guessed, "My subordinates think that Her Majesty the Empress will not only punish the Empress Dowager in public to calm the anger of the Cao family. will also take advantage of this to open a decree to allow men to enter the court as officials, and support men's status to dispel the Cao family's mustard. ”

When it comes to gambling, we have to start from the source.

The queen lady Minghuang and the concubine had a big quarrel on the way into the palace, and the princess scolded the concubine for being useless and wasteful, and let Cao Yuan, the father of the concubine and the lieutenant of the concubine, hear it, and he was out of control.

This led to a struggle for the status of men and women, which indirectly led to a great debate throughout the country.

Since the matter has risen to the question of the status of men and women, it is not an easy thing to solve.

Li Qingqing guessed, "The princess wants to fight." The decree will also be opened, but not one, but two! ”

"Could it be that there is another one that is related to the hereditary position of the official?" Mr. guessed, after all, the Empress Fenghe didn't like men, and this time for the empress dowager, she made an exception to elevate the status of men, and allowed men to enter the court as officials, which was bound to be suppressed from the hereditary position of the official, so as to smooth out the political situation.

But in this way, it will also affect those hereditary female officials, and if it is not done well, it will not only fail to solve the farce of the crown princess, but will also add more dissatisfaction.

Therefore, he guessed about this decree, but he felt that the empress should not issue it.

Li Qingqing nodded affirmatively, and asked rhetorically, "In addition, is there any other way to suppress the power of male officials?" ”

The gentleman was stunned and shook his head.

Li Qingqing's eyes were full of clarity, "This is not over, so this decree will definitely be promulgated, as for how to promulgate it, it will have a deep meaning." ”

She hooked her lips meaningfully, and then motioned for her husband to sit down.

Mr. sat down in front of the stone table, Li Qingqing also leaned up from the beauty, sat in front of the stone table, and his lazy posture instantly turned into a serious and cold state, and his expression changed naturally and smoothly, all in one go.

That gentleman secretly sighed, if you say that the temper is most similar to that of Fenghe Empress Eze, it is none other than the fifth prince of the Great Qi Kingdom.

"Sir, think about it, this court was originally a woman as an official.

Every woman of the right age must marry a husband. If you marry a husband, you have to have a child, and during the birth of a child, you will not be able to do politics for ten months, and at this time, your majesty will usually choose another person to take the position.

Although most female officials are dissatisfied with this, the top and bottom of the court and the central government almost come and go quickly, not to mention that the replacement is also a woman, and she is also going to give birth to a child and leave the office. Over time, this wave of comings and goings reached a balance, and no one complained about it.

But once the man entered the court, the balance was broken. If a man does not have children, he will grow to occupy his position, which will not only attract dissatisfaction, but also overthrow the rule of women.

Cao, aren't the Xiao family a thorn in the heart of the mother emperor at present? ”

The Great Qi Kingdom is a country where women are respected, and women have always been respected, and men are either engaged in the most humble professions or are treated in the boudoir.

But when it came to the period of Empress Fenghua, she was Li Qingqing's imperial grandmother.

Empress Fenghua favored Emperor Yan Zhengjun alone, loved the house and Wuxia, and issued a decree to elevate the status of men and allow men to make contributions. Therefore, the general Cao Yuan ascended to the general position step by step by virtue of his exploits in killing the enemy, and became the first man to enter the court as an official.

After that, the Cao family had six sons and four daughters, all of whom were in the style of the gate. The fourth daughter has served in the military camp, and the sixth son is not as accessible as the previous emperor because he is not as good as the previous emperor, so he stayed in the boudoir.

Among them, Cao Xun, the eldest son of Cao, married the imperial daughter of the dynasty, and became the commander of the imperial forbidden army.

This can be regarded as winning over the Cao family.

But now, the empress dowager's public insult to Cao Xun is equivalent to looking down on men, which angers the Cao family and easily causes political chaos.

Therefore, from the perspective of the empress, one of these two decrees is the decree of the great equality of men and women, as guessed by Mr. Wei Li.

There is also a decree on the succession of official positions after this equality. If the empress doesn't want a man to occupy an official position for a long time, she has to break it from the inheritance of the official position.

At present, the official positions of the Great Qi State are hereditary, but the decree cannot be given to a man alone, so it is natural to consider the overall situation. The hasty abolition of the hereditary system will only cause dissatisfaction among the female officials of the family, so some changes can only be made from the hereditary position.

Li Qingqing guessed, "The mother emperor will definitely absorb the electoral system of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system under the regime of the male emperor of Beixingguo, and then make changes according to the national conditions of the country." ”

That's right, on this continent, the Beixing Kingdom is the male imperial regime, and the neighboring Kite Kingdom is the female imperial regime.

Li Qingqing's second emperor brother, Da Qi's second son, is to marry Kite Guo and his relatives.

Of course, this is a later story, Li Qingqing is more concerned about how the current turmoil will subside, and how she should deal with herself in the court.

Of course, the big picture is undecided, and it's useless to think about it now. However, Li Qingqing was suddenly very curious, what conditions Mr. Wei Li wanted to agree to herself, she couldn't help it, she wanted to ask.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Wei Li was about to retire with a flick of his long sleeves, and he didn't give her the slightest chance to ask.

I have to wait for the overall situation to be decided and ask again.