With Wen Ling's reminder, Gu Xun changed his previous style, and did things really vigorously, Gu Xun sorted out and perfected the methods proposed by Wen Ling, and then officially proposed it in the court.

The civil and military officials were a little surprised, but more panicked.

Originally, under the deliberate arrangement of Du Zhong, "Gu Rin" had a very high reputation, but because of "Gu Rin's" illness, "Gu Rin" had some impersonal practices in doing things, and it was not "Gu Rin" who died, so he wanted to suppress "Gu Rin" by his reputation, and embarrassed "Gu Rin" above the court, so that "Gu Rin" looked forward and backward, and let the officials see that "Gu Rin" was not actually a emperor's benevolence.

Who knew that now "Gu Rin" came up with the idea of reducing the number of people in the palace, while cutting off the old man's hands left by Kang Yi in the palace, while raising money from hundreds of officials, and "selling" officials with silver merit, but the reason is to re-run the imperial examination and give the children of the poor family hope to enter the office, so that people have no rebuttal. As soon as this policy comes out, will the people complain? Naturally not, not only will they not feel that the imperial court will lose face with this method of "selling" officials, but they will be grateful to Dade, the emperor's grace is vast, and it is not easy for the people of all families to understand the national situation.

What's even more terrifying is that for many years in the court, there are always so many officials who are hungry for profit, thinking of taking this step to the next level, and giving more silver, but they can't lie back, and for a time several ministers were implicated in bribery, mostly Du Zhong's minions, which gave Du Zhong a headache for a while.

But that's what happened after that.

There is a festival in July, which is called Qixi in the Qi country and Qiqiao in the Jin country.

Unlike the Qi Kingdom, Qixi prays for marriage, and most of the women who have not left the pavilion pray to marry a beloved, while the Zai Jin Kingdom is called the Begging Festival, because more women are prayed for ingenuity, diligence and ability. This is a relatively large festival in the Jin Kingdom, no one in the palace told Wen Ling about this, Wen Ling also knew when he read a book in early July, when he was alive, every year on the begging festival, he would personally go to the temple to preside over the blessing, and would gather all the courtiers to go together.

But because the harem has been ownerless for many years, the matter has been stranded, and there is no one in the harem to remind Wen Ling.

At the beginning of July, Wen Ling ordered the head of the Internal Affairs Office to come over to report on the situation in the palace, and at the same time, in order to cooperate with the policy of "Gu Rin", reduce the use of the palace, and formulate new rules.

"Niangniang, Mama Zhang and Mama Liu are the grandmothers of the emperor and King Rong, even if the emperor wants to cut the use of the harem, but the two grandmothers are hard work, if the two grandmothers are driven out of the palace, then ......." Ning Xi, the current chief eunuch, heard that Wen Ling was going to lay off these people, and his face was a little stiff.

In fact, Wen Ling didn't do anything deliberately.

She just asked Ning Xi to report the age of the palace people, and probably guessed that even the people cultivated by Kang Yi should be a little old. And according to Kang Yi's scheming, those who can survive and be old in this palace either have a background or Kang Yi's manpower, so now a group of eunuch palace people who are over thirty years old are on the list, this is carefully calculated, it is really Kang Yi's manpower, Ning Xi looked at the list and suppressed the panic in his heart, trying to persuade Wen Ling.

"It's not about getting out of the palace." Wen Ling said solemnly, "The two grandmothers are meritorious people, and they have kindness to the emperor and King Rong, so naturally they can't be driven out of the palace, but since the two grandmothers entered the palace, they have neglected the affairs of the family, and now the emperor has ascended the throne, and the two grandmothers are also old, so they will give them a sum of silver, so that they can go home and take care of their grandchildren, so that it can also be said to be the emperor's grace." ”

If she remembers correctly, when she first entered the Jin Palace, it was that Mama Zhang who inexplicably talked about the jade pendant on her body.

At that time, her marriage with Gu Xun had not yet been made public, and the grandmother was different.

But the two grandmothers couldn't move, so now it's time to find a suitable reason to release them out of the palace, otherwise in the future, Gu Xun really found out that the two grandmothers were doing things for Kang Yi, and they would be punished, and if they were spread out by someone with a heart, they would have a bad reputation.

"...... What he said was...... "Ning Xi didn't have the slightest rebuttal, but this time there were too many people to cut, if this was really cut out, it would be a big loss," Niangniang, Gonggong Li, who was in charge of purchasing, heard that he had two words to tell Niangniang. ”

"Say what?" Wen Ling asked.

"Gonggong Li was responsible for purchasing in the palace when the first emperor was alive, it was connected to the outside of the palace, and then it was taken over by the Internal Affairs Office, although Gonggong Li is old, but Gonggong Li is a eunuch, and our eunuchs are looked down upon when they go out of the palace, Gonggong Li has been in the palace for so many years, hoping to stay in the palace and be a cow and a horse for the emperor and Niangniang." Ning Xi said again.

Wen Ling looked at Ning Xi, Ning Xi said that it was the words of others, but in fact, she just wanted to find some reasons to tell her one by one, so that she could think about whether these people should be driven out of the palace.

"Ning Xi, do you know how much an egg outside the uterus costs?"

Ning Xi didn't understand the meaning of Wen Ling's words, but he also replied thoughtfully, "It's about a penny?" ”

Wen Ling smiled, "Yes, the eggs outside the palace are a penny, but anyone who has bought vegetables knows that if you buy more, it may be ten pennies and eleven eggs, and one hundred yuan can buy one hundred and fifteen eggs, how many eggs does the palace need every day, how can the eunuchs who buy it not know." Ning Xi, he said that eunuchs will be looked down upon when they leave the palace, but have you forgotten how eunuchs entered the palace?"

Without waiting for Ning Xi to answer, Wen Ling continued, "It's silver, it's a lack of silver. If it weren't for the lack of money in the family, how many parents would be willing to sell their children, all for the little money they had in the beginning, right? ”

As soon as Wen Ling said this, Ning Xi seemed to think of something, and his eyes were a little red.

Yes, if it weren't for poverty, what parent would want to cut off their son's roots and send him to the palace?

Including himself, because he was the youngest son at birth, there were five brothers in the family, he was the youngest, and his parents thought that he did not remember, and the time they got along was short, and the relationship was not as deep as that of the brothers, so they sold him into the palace, and the money sold was given to the brother as a bride price.

"Therefore, Gonggong Li has merit, and it is not appropriate to say it, but Lenovo's original intention, now that he has earned enough silver, why should he not forget this palace." Wen Ling's words were a little ruthless, it seemed to be a rhetoric of two things, but it made Ning Xi wake up.

If Gonggong Li doesn't leave, the new queen will be able to thoroughly investigate the things that Gonggong Li is responsible for purchasing.

"Then Grandpa Li is gone, this ...... in charge of purchasing"

"Among the palace people I brought from Qi State, there is a eunuch named Lan Xin, when he was in Qi State, he was also responsible for purchasing, and the queen mother trusted him the most, so leave this matter to him, he is young, smart and easy to get started, let Gonggong Li take him to ...... in a few days"

“…… Is it ......" Ning Xi really couldn't find the slightest rebuttal, and looked at the list and said again, "Niangniang, there are so many people on this list, and now the treasury is not full, these people have cut off Niangniang's compassion, and they have given a lot of silver, which adds up, there are tens of thousands of taels, and the palace has so many expenses at once, but it is a burden...... It's better to wait for more ......."

"Although it seems that there are a lot of expenses at the moment, most of these layoffs are first-class slaves who are old and have boiled up their qualifications, and there are a lot more monthly slaves than low-level new slaves. As for the money, you don't have to worry, the palace brought a lot of dowry from the Qi country, and now the palace has married the emperor, and there is no secret secret. The expenses of this harem can still be borne by this palace. When he said this, Wen Ling was very confident, and he had the confidence to do so.

From the Kingdom of Qi to the Kingdom of Jin, if you want to say that Nian Yun prepared the most for Wen Ling, it is not silver.

In the past, what the Jin State needed most was food and soldiers, but because the Jin State needed it the most, the Qi State could not easily send it over, but as long as Wen Ling held the silver, then he could do a lot of things.

At this time, Ning Xi didn't have any suggestions, he always felt that no matter what he said later, this lady could call back his words one by one, and if she said too much, she would have to be suspicious.

"By the way, tomorrow's Japanese Palace will issue an edict to invite the daughters of the ministers' families who have not left the cabinet to go to Qianyun Temple to pray for Saiqiao." After Wen Ling finished speaking, Yi Yu handed over a list to Ning Xi, "I'm tired of Ning Xi's father-in-law preparing to prepare, the royal family has not held a begging festival for many years, that is because it is not there, the begging festival is a big festival for the Jin Kingdom, in this way, the palace naturally wants to continue the tradition, and the time is a little urgent, but if you want to come to the father-in-law's ability, you will definitely be able to prepare." ”

Ning Xi's heart didn't tremble.

Now that the harem is clear, the master's hands have been cleared out of the harem one by one, and the queen's words mean that if he doesn't arrange it properly, it will be his duty at that time.

At the moment, Ning Xi could only respond stubbornly, "Niangniang commanded, the slave must do his best to serve Niangniang." ”

Wen Ling nodded with satisfaction and asked Ning Xi to retreat.

Isn't this very good, no matter what others say, you are the master, you should say what is what, so that the people below don't dare to say a few more words.

"Niangniang, Imperial Doctor Ouyang is here."

Ouyang Cheng received the holy decree last month, and he officially joined the company at the beginning of this month, which is today.

At this time, Gu Xun had already gone down to court, and he should have met Gu Xun and came to see her again.

Wen Ling suddenly remembered Song Wanqing when she arrived, and now it is difficult for her to get out of the palace, but it is not easy to contact Song Wanqing, do you want to get Song Wanqing into the palace too?