Father-in-law Lu is an old man in the palace who served the Son of Heaven for three dynasties, and when he left the palace, the Son of Heaven was rewarded, and a group of attendants saw off Father-in-law Lu.

No matter how you look at it, it's not desolate and expelled.

Duke Wei announced a day off and personally sent Duke Lu out of the palace.

As an internal servant, his body is disabled, and most of them have a short life. Someone like Grandpa Lu who can live to fifty years is a rare longevity. Father-in-law Lu had a serious illness, and although he survived, he fell ill. Walk with a slight bend down. When I left the palace today, my back bent even more.

Father-in-law Wei had already set up the carriage and helped Father-in-law Lu to get into the carriage: "Father-in-law is sitting down." ”

As soon as the word father-in-law entered his ears, Father-in-law Lu's eyes suddenly became a little hot, and he twisted his head to one side. After a while, he turned his head again and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that I would leave the palace alive one day." ”

A few years ago, from the day he betrayed Emperor Jianwen, he was mentally prepared to die at any time.

On that day, outside the Jiaofang Palace, he was arrested by Gonggong Wei, thinking that he would not survive the next day.

Unexpectedly, the emperor spared his life and only ordered him to leave the palace.

Gonggong Wei was silent for a moment before he said in a low voice: "When I entered the palace, I was only twelve years old. If it weren't for my father-in-law's support, I wouldn't have risen to prominence so quickly, and I wouldn't have been sent to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince. ”

"I am here and now, thanks to my father. I will never forget my father's kindness. ”

"The emperor is benevolent and willing to let his father-in-law leave the palace. The father-in-law should also be grateful for the emperor's benevolence. ”

"I bought a small courtyard for my father-in-law, and bought two slaves to serve my father-in-law's food, clothing, and daily life."

"After leaving the palace, my father-in-law forgot everything in the palace! In the future, I will be filial to my father-in-law, so that my father-in-law can live without worrying about food and clothing. ”

Grandpa Lu flashed Zhilan's figure in his mind, and soon, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "You're right. I'm old, and I don't have a few years left to live. After that, I will retire in a small house with peace of mind. When you're free, come and see me. ”

Grandpa Lu's departure from the palace is just the beginning. Next, a large number of "old and frail" chamberlains in the palace will be released from the palace. The era that belongs to the Empress Dowager Yu will also become a thing of the past with the departure of the palace maids......

This palace has completely changed its new owner.

The carriage moved forward slowly.

Grandpa Lu couldn't hold back in the end, lifted the curtain and glanced back.

The vermilion palace gate is getting farther and farther away. The court, where he has lived for decades, will also become his memories completely.

Father-in-law Lu's eyes turned red, and cloudy old tears slipped down.

……

In the evening, Gonggong Wei returned to the palace and entered the Yiqing Palace.

Sheng Hong, who had been busy for most of the day, put down the folds and called Gonggong Wei over: "Have you taken Gonggong Lu to death?" ”

Gonggong Wei nodded, knelt down neatly and kowtowed three times: "Thank you to the emperor for giving full attention to the minion." ”

As the Son of Heaven, it couldn't be easier to make a chamberlain disappear into the palace silently. Father-in-law Lu betrayed the lord and sent a letter, and it was not unjust to be beaten to death with a stick.

Sheng Hong was willing to let Father-in-law Lu leave the palace, all for the sake of Father-in-law Wei's face.

Sheng Hong didn't take this little thing to heart, and said casually: "Get up!" If you take Gonggong Lu out of the palace, you have to live well, and you must not make any mistakes. ”

Father-in-law Lu left the palace alone, and the two slaves around him were both Gonggong Wei's people, an old eunuch who was far away from the palace and had neither power nor power, and he couldn't make any trouble.

Gonggong Wei responded gratefully: "Yes, the slave must take good care of Gonggong Lu." ”

Sheng Hong looked at Father-in-law Wei with a grateful face, and felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

The waiter is also a human being, not blindly mean and unkind. Father-in-law Wei has affection and righteousness for Father-in-law Lu, the father-in-law. It is precisely because Father-in-law Wei is such a person that he will trust him more and more.

Sheng Hong thought silently, and some vague thoughts in his heart became clearer and clearer.

That night, after Sheng Hong returned to the Jiaofang Palace, he discussed with Xie Mingxi: "Mingxi, let the man enter the palace as an internal servant, it will hurt the heavens and the peace." It's too cruel for a man. ”

"I want to ban the chamberlain. Female officers were replaced. ”

Sheng Hong's occasional ideas are always different from what ordinary people think.

Xie Mingxi was a little surprised, and looked at Sheng Hong fixedly: "Are you serious?" ”

Sheng Hong nodded, his handsome face was really serious: "As a woman, you can't understand the cruelty of a man by purification." In fact, what the chamberlain does, let the female officer do it. ”

In this way, there will be fewer men who will be forced to enter the palace in the future. When a woman enters the palace as a female official, she will be more careful and dedicated when she does things. ”

Immediately afterwards, Sheng Hong took a certain dynasty in the future as an example and carefully explained the advantages of the female official system to Xie Mingxi: "...... Female officials are not tenured, just like the court election officials, the examiner is examined first. After the female officer examination, there is a study period of one to two years. Bright and talented people are selected from this to serve on important errands. ”

"The literary style of Daqi is prosperous, and there are many women who are full of poetry and books and outstanding scholars. It is not difficult to choose the best and the outstanding......"

Xie Mingxi also felt fresh when he listened, and listened with his ears pricked up. The more I listened, the more feasible I felt.

Sheng Hong wanted to replace the chamberlain with a female official, not only to get rid of the man's bad habit of purifying himself as an inquirement, but also to have his own selfishness.

He wants to make Ah Luo the empress and make Ah Luo the first empress of Daqi. I thought about planning for my daughter earlier. Replace the chamberlain with a female officer, and cultivate a group of loyal and reliable people for Ah Luo.

Sheng Hong talked for half an hour before stopping, took the teacup handed over by Xie Mingxi, and drank it all.

Xie Mingxi thought silently for a long time before he said: "This matter cannot be done overnight. Try it out in the harem first. If the effect is acceptable, the position of chamberlain will be slowly replaced by a female officer. ”

Sheng Hong knew it in his heart, and laughed in a low voice: "Boiled frogs in warm water, of course I understand this truth." ”

Men are respected in the world, and the court is even more of a man's world. The sudden appearance of a female official next to the Son of Heaven will definitely cause a violent backlash from the courtiers.

It's better to start with the harem first.

As the queen of the Middle Palace, Xie Mingxi should promote and appoint several capable female officials. There are "not enough" manpower, so a few female officials who can be used are "selected" to enter the palace by examination, which is not out of line.

The appointment of female officials and the determination of the grades of female officials are all "trivial matters" in the harem. The queen of the middle palace is in charge of the six palaces, how to toss in the harem, the courtiers have nothing to say.

When everyone slowly gets used to the female official system, one or two female officials can slowly appear around him...... From running errands and passing words, to doing errands, to keeping the imperial seal and herald......

All changes start from the subtleties.

If you want to introduce the female official system, you should not be in a hurry.

Take it one step at a time and take it slowly.