Zhou Chuan left the Hall of All People amid the congratulations of the courtiers.

Before, he had planned to go to review the recitals first, but now he had to think about the previous things and went directly to the imperial study.

"Zhang Long, let Wu Suowei and Li Xiao come to the imperial study. Zhou Chuan sat on the dragon chair and said lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Long answered, and immediately waved his hand to the little eunuch outside the door, bowing his head and exchanging his ears.

It didn't take long for Wu Suo and Li Xiao to arrive.

"Minister, what you do. ”

"Minister, Li Xiao. ”

"Meet Your Majesty!"

The two knelt on the ground and said in unison.

"Flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

Zhou Chuan looked at what Li Xiao and Wu did, and said with a smile: "Wu Shangshu and Li Shangshu, guess what's the matter with you." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are stupid, I really can't guess. The two said in unison.

"It's not that you can't guess, but you can't tell. Zhou Chuan looked at Zhou Yu, shook his head, and said, "Are you afraid of being involved in the harem snobbery?"

"Your Majesty Mingjian!" the two of them did not hide it, and immediately said.

Since ancient times, whenever it comes to the harem, there are only two courtiers who are backers for the harem concubines.

First, become a relative and tilt the power towards the government and the opposition.

But this can happen only if those in power are incompetent, otherwise it is impossible for relatives to hold power.

The second situation is very miserable, if there is a slight mistake, it is the Zhulian Nine Clans.

Both of them are smart people, naturally they don't want to be involved in this pool of deep water, they just want the royal family of the Wuzhou Dynasty to spread out, as for the draft, they are unwilling to meddle in it, to put it bluntly, they are afraid of taking responsibility.

No matter who presides over such a major event as the draft, the threshold will inevitably be broken, and Wu and Li Xiao will consciously not be able to cope with it, and this is also where they hesitate.

But in any case, Li Xiao is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and this matter must come out of his mouth, and for this matter alone, the ministers of the DPRK and China have invited Li Xiao many times in order to make him speak.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Xiao hesitated in the court before, and after finally speaking, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty immediately echoed, and most of the civil officials were playing their own little Jiujiu in their hearts.

Zhou Chuan looked at what Wu did and said with a smile: "Wu Shangshu, it's true that you don't want to mix this matter, but now I want you to give me a solution." ”

"Your Majesty's worries are the worries of your ministers. ”

"Good!"

Zhou Chuan stared at what Wu did and said, "The draft is okay, but I don't want anyone to get in the way!"

After a slight pause, Zhou Chuan continued: "Of course, I don't exclude civil ministers and military generals, whatever regulations of the Ministry of Rites are in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Rites, whether it is the main family or the virtue, I will not interfere too much, but I don't want to disturb the peace of the government and the opposition because of this matter, so ......"

"I want you to think of a way to come out, not only to pay attention to this matter, but also to do it quietly, among the ten beautiful girls, the Wenchen family can only account for three, I think that my relatives should not be in power. ”

"This ......"

Wu did what he listened to, groaned slightly, but smiled bitterly, and said: "Your Majesty, you are a little embarrassed, and the minister can't think of any good way!"

Zhou Chuan said: "It's not a little difficult, how can you call the two of you to come?" Fan Xiang has been very busy recently, and he can't let him bother about this matter anymore, so the two of you will come up with a plan as soon as possible." ”

"Minister......

Wu Suo had a wry smile on his face, thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, the ministers of the DPRK and China will inevitably have some complaints, and the refusal of this family of relatives to take power may cause controversy in the court. ”

"As far as the minister knows, there are already many ministers in the court who have been preparing for this matter for a long time, and now even if Your Majesty gives an edict, it is not very useful. Moreover, it is not a big deal for relatives to be in power, and there have been relatives in power in all dynasties, and most of them are loyal and famous, so the ministers think that this move is inappropriate. ”

Zhou Chuan felt a little headache, what Wu did was right, there were indeed many examples of relatives in power in previous dynasties, most of them were really loyal and famous, and it was too difficult for folk women to be drafted, and they couldn't compare to the family members of the ministers of the court, whether it was etiquette or appearance.

But if all of them are selected from the daughters of the ministers, it will inevitably become a permanent example of the Wuzhou Dynasty in the future, and this head must not be opened.

Wu Suowei looked at Zhou Chuan and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, if Fan Xiang is here at this time, he will definitely be able to come up with a good way." ”

Wu is not an extremely flexible minister, so it is indeed a little difficult for him to think of a way, coupled with the preconceived concept in his own heart, he doesn't want to be involved in the battle for the position of the harem, there are more restrictions, and there are fewer ways to think of it.

Fan Zhongyan wants to, according to Fan Zhongyan's wisdom, maybe there is a way.

But now Fan Zhongyan has too many things to be busy with, and people have already arrived at Tongji, many things need him to settle down, if Fan Zhongyan returns to the palace now, then Tongji's affairs will have to be postponed for a few months.

"Alas, isn't there a good way to achieve it?" Zhou Chuan rubbed his head.

If there is really no good way, he can only let it go, and the final result will definitely be that this draft has become a permanent example of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and all of them are selected from the daughters and granddaughters of the ministers of the court.

When the time comes, not to mention anything else, once there is a little dispute in the harem, the court will immediately become a second battlefield, which is a scene that Zhou Chuan does not want to see.

Wu Suo sighed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I know someone, this person may have a good way." This person's ingenuity has been appreciated by Fan Xiang, and he is also known as a prodigy among the people. ”

"Oh?"

Zhou Chuan's heart moved, and he asked, "Who is it?"

"It's a student accepted by Fan Xiang before leaving, called Song Qingze, the son of the Song family in Yong'an Town, although he is young, he is very intelligent. ”

Song Qingze?

Zhou Chuan was stunned, when did Fan Zhongyan start accepting students?

However, when he thought of Fan Zhongyan's eyes on people, he nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then take me to meet him." ”

Fan Zhongyan's students, Zhou Chuan also wanted to see what ability Fan Zhongyan could value.

"This ......"

What he did was a shameful face.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Chuan asked.

"Your Majesty, I heard that this son loves wine and beautiful women all his life, but I am afraid that he is still in the Qinglou in the city, if His Majesty goes to that kind of place, I am afraid that tomorrow morning the court will be very lively...... "Wu said cautiously.

"This ......" Zhou Chuan was stunned, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Fan Xiangzhen is really ......" For a while, Zhou Chuan didn't know how to describe it, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "It's really unique." ”