It's appalling.

Tuoba Hong can be said to be the first, and perhaps the only, emperor in history to dissolve the harem.

Even though Feng Miaolian's thinking had already changed, she felt that this thing was incredible.

"Miao Lian, you don't have to worry, I will order them to go down as soon as possible and let them go to the fiefdom or leave the palace......"

She asked in a daze, "Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

He laughed, and his eyes became a little sly: "Miaolian, I actually think that the simpler life is, the better. ”

There are 3,000 women in the harem, and most of them have never even seen the emperor's face. But if you can meet each other, you naturally have to do everything you can, and the woman just wants to get Tang Seng into bed - if you give birth to a child, you have to give birth to a second one; If you are not pregnant, hurry up and find a way...... Gaining the favor of the emperor and getting rewarded and promoted is the royal way.

The variety of means and tricks is a kind of pride and blessing in the eyes of many men, but in the eyes of others, it can also be pain and disaster.

Men, where can they live in such a tempting environment every day?

What's more, every day when he came back, very late, he saw her waiting—waiting hard with dark eyes, so he was exhausted, but he was at a loss.

He did it all for her.

Abolish the queen, treat infertility, and dissolve the harem...... Everything he could and couldn't do, he was doing for her.

In a trance, thinking of his mother, how similar is the situation?

The female slave who died in the country, helpless, never received the favor of that man, and never even looked at it a few more times. In the harem of the first emperor's grandfather Luo Jia, she belonged to the category of being expelled from the palace, and gave a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and let her remarry. It's just that time has changed, and this time, it was his turn to expel the other concubines.

Everything that my mother couldn't think of in the past fell on me.

Mother died too early, she didn't have a deep impression of it, but in her bones, there were joys and sorrows, it was really a cycle of cause and effect, how tragic. Back then, Empress Dowager Feng's lover expelled her mother; Now, it is her son who expels other women for her daughter.

If there's such a thing as compensation in the world – then that's it, right?

In the dark, is it the blessing of the mother?

has been a concubine slave for a lifetime, wandering from one man to another, and this time, it was only when she was her daughter that she ended such a fate?

When it was cold, how many times did you ever hope that your daughter would become a queen one day?

Miao Lian curled up, not knowing whether the scene she was facing was a dream or reality.

The man next to him had a sense of awe.

It was he who held her so high.

How much determination and courage does a man have to do this? The clothes are not as good as the new, the new people are not as good as the old, only the newcomers laugh, who hears the old people crying? Tuoba Hong, isn't he afraid of the morning and twilight of the next few decades, and he can only face one person every day, won't he feel bored?

"Wonderful ......"

She was vague: "Your Majesty, I'm so sleepy......"

It wasn't sleepiness, it was fear — she didn't know how to deal with it.

His voice was surprisingly gentle: "I forgot, you can't stay up late...... Miao Lian, rest well, and talk about it when you wake up......."

She literally lay on his outstretched arm, and soon let out the sound of sleeping even breathing.

He also quickly closed his eyes, still thinking in a daze that as soon as this matter was resolved, everything would change completely.

On the second day, there was an uproar up and down the harem.

The concubines gathered together, in twos and threes, carefully plotting, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse, but one by one they felt that something terrible had happened: God, where is Your Majesty going to drive himself and the others?

Even though the fiefdom is gorgeous, rich, and free, where can I still see the emperor in this life?

The first to rebound was the foreign minister.

As soon as this edict came out, the cabinet was in an uproar.

The ministers who had followed Tuoba Hong for many years could not believe it: there had never been such a precedent in the past. Your Majesty, what the hell is this for? Therefore, after retiring from the dynasty on the same day, everyone jointly asked to see the emperor.

King Xianyang is mixed in a cadre of ministers, and he is more shocked than anyone else, but he knows more about the character of the imperial brother than anyone else. Once he really made up his mind, let alone dozens of ministers petitioning, even if everyone in the world signed a joint petition, it would be useless.

Fortunately, Tuoba Hong summoned everyone with a pleasant face, and there was no trace of confrontation between the monarch and the minister.

The first to kneel down was the hereditary prince King Dongyang. He is the eldest son of the old prince Tuoba Pi, and he is also in his early fifties. Tuoba Pi went through three dynasties, lived to be 80 years old before dying, was one of the most trusted Xianbei ministers under the command of Empress Dowager Feng, and every time he rewarded Li Chong and others, he was counted as a henchman. Although he has been dead for many years, Tuoba Hong also looks at his eldest son differently.

King Dongyang looked around and knew that everyone was thinking the same as himself, so he said bluntly: "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly decide to disband the harem?" ”

Tuoba Hong also looked around, and when he saw that everyone's eyes were full of doubt, he stood up with a smile: "Didn't I make it clear in the edict? ”

King Dongyang was bold: "The ministers thought that the content of the edict was unreasonable, so they pressed it and didn't send it." ”

King Dongyang and others were almost equivalent to the status of prime ministers in the cabinet, and the emperor's edicts were rarely promulgated directly, and were generally issued to them first and then promulgated. Theoretically, if the minister felt that the emperor's recital had made a very big mistake, he could keep it and not send it. However, this possibility is very small, and there is basically no question of arbitrarily refuting the emperor's edict.

But this time, too, for the first time, they used the right to refuse.

Tuoba Hong seemed to have expected it, he didn't get angry, and asked, "So, what does King Dongyang think is the problem?" This is just my family matter, do I still need to take it to the court to discuss? ”

"The emperor has no family affairs, half of the harem, and His Majesty's family affairs are also the state affairs of the ministers."

This is already very polite, almost beyond the boundary between the monarch and the minister.

Tuoba Hong stood up from the dragon chair and stared at King Dongyang: "Okay, you prince, just tell me, what's wrong with my decision?" ”

"This ...... This ......"

The king of Dongyang was hesitant, although he knew that it was wrong, but he couldn't say where it was wrong, and he was not a person who could speak well, he couldn't get the gist after talking for a long time, he held back for a long time, his face turned red, and he turned to the king of Xianyang beside him: "King Xianyang, you talk about it." ”

King Xianyang didn't want to have a direct confrontation with the imperial brother, but at this time, he had been pushed to the forefront, and all eyes were on him, so he had to bite the bullet and cough dryly: "It stands to reason that the imperial brother's family affairs, those of us who are ministers should not interfere......"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Immediately there was a coughing sound below, and everyone and the others glared at him angrily. People elected him to be a loyal minister of "direct advice", not to curry favor with the emperor.

King Xianyang panicked, knowing that at this time, he must not be at both ends of the first mouse, otherwise, his status in the eyes of Xianbei nobles will be greatly reduced. Moreover, the decision of the royal brother is also a huge blow to himself.

He simply let it go: "The younger brother also thinks that the emperor's decision is inappropriate. The harem has always been a very important part of national politics, who is in charge of the harem is in charge of half of the country, and, now the palace under the queen of the mother, not only noble concubines, but also many of the daughters of wealthy families, we moved the capital to Luoyang, these wealthy families have made great efforts, if the royal brother sends them to their respective fiefdoms, how will all parties feel? You must know that the scholars of the Southern Dynasty have always regarded marriage as very important, and they will never allow their daughters to be divorced easily......"

This is a very powerful remark.,The implication is to remind:You Tuoba Hong yourself called everyone to marry.,But you took the lead in sabotage.,If it goes on like this,How can the Sinicization reform be completely consolidated and expanded?

Everyone immediately echoed in unison: "Yes, what King Xianyang said is ......"

"Your Majesty begs you to think about it......"

……

Tuoba Hong was still unhurried, he waved his hand, and everyone immediately fell silent.

"Who said I was going to divorce the concubines?"

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you.

"You may have misunderstood the contents of the edict. I disbanded the harem, not to depose the concubines......" He bit the word "deposed" very hard, "I just want to change the way to let the children and grandchildren grow up more healthily." Since Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, he has divided the kings, and when he grew up, he lived in various fiefdoms. In the past, there were not many mothers who went to fiefdoms with their sons. However, I think this is very inhumane. Think about it, what is the greatest filial piety in the world? ”

Everyone looked at each other.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it was true that all the kings had to go to other places. The most famous was Emperor Wen of Han, who was born to Liu Bang's most unfavored concubine, Bo. Bo's appearance is mediocre, and because of the introduction of his sisters, he occasionally gets Liu Bang's favor overnight. After a night of romance, the man didn't remember anything, and the next day he ignored her. Unexpectedly, she actually got pregnant and gave birth to a child.

But for the emperor, one more son and one less son are nothing, and there is no big reward and status, so he simply sent it to his son's fief to represent the country.

It is precisely because of this that she was lucky enough to escape Lu Pheasant's poisonous hands, the mother and son were safe, and when Lu Pheasant's own son died, the sons of other concubines were also killed, and the acting king naturally became the emperor, which achieved a generation of "Wenjing Zhizhi".

Tuoba Hong gave this example, and the ministers really can't find fault with it.

"There is no better way in the world than to support your mother. I thought about it, what is the most important thing in the minds of a mother? It must be their children. And in the minds of children? In the same way, it is definitely the mother who is the most important. If the mother and son are separated from each other for a long time and cannot see each other all year round, wouldn't this be against the righteousness of humanity? Confucius Ziyun, 'Parents are here, don't travel far', if all the little princes can grow up by their biological mother's side in the future, and fulfill their filial piety, the mother and son will naturally have deep feelings and enjoy the joy of family, isn't this a very important thing? Moreover, this is also the foundation of our northern country, and it is also the wish of Grandpa Taizu and others......"