Yongxiang is a long and narrow alley in the palace, which was originally the place where the palace maids and concubines were located.

Later, as the palace war deepened, Yongxiang became a prison for female offenders in the palace alone.

During the period of King Xuan of Zhou, Yongxiang became synonymous with the history of the cold palace, and the kingdoms of the world followed the example of the Zhou royal family and set up "Yongxiang" in the palace.

Wu also has such a Yongxiang.

The people living in Yongxiang in Wu are all elderly or delinquent palace maids, and they all do menial work in Yongxiang, such as laundry, drying clothes, boiling water, sewing clothes, and so on.

It is worth mentioning that the menial work they do is quite heavy.

Because they have to sew and dry the clothes, they are all the clothes of the people of the Gong'e Temple in the palace, and the amount of labor is quite large!

At this time, at the behest of Queen Ji Ko, Qing Ji rarely took a walk with Ji Ko, who was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth, and unconsciously walked to the vicinity of Yongxiang.

Basking in the bright sunshine, Ji Ko's charming face couldn't help but be very comfortable, especially when she was supported and carefully cared for by Qingji, which greatly satisfied Ji Ko's soul.

"King, queen, this is the ...... of Yongxiang"

At the gate of Yongxiang, when Qingji and Ji Ko were about to walk in, the inner servant on one side couldn't help but remind him.

Yongxiang is a cold palace after all, and people like Qingji and Ji Ko are so honorable, be cautious!

Especially when Ji Ko is pregnant, it is even more inappropriate to enter Yongxiang!

However, Ji Ko didn't care, waved his hand and said, "This palace knows." ”

"King, shall we go in and have a look?"

"Okay."

Qingji bowed slightly, and immediately helped Ji Ko to cross the threshold of Yongxiang.

"Slave and maid see the king, see the queen!"

Seeing that Qingji and Ji Ko were actually coming, Gong E in Yongxiang hurriedly knelt down and bowed to the two.

Qing Ji just glanced at it, and saw palace maids of different ages dressed in various colors of coarse cloth, drying their clothes or washing the clothes in the wooden basin, and few of them were idle.

"Excuse me, flat."

"King Xie!"

The palace ladies stood up flattered.

At this time, Ji Ko suddenly set his eyes on Qingji's body and asked softly, "Have you ever heard of the story of Empress Jiang's hairpin?" ”

"I've heard a little."

Qingji smiled slightly.

The allusion to the hairpin after Jiang is not very famous in history.

In modern times, if you ask a few random people on the street, I'm afraid no one will know.

Even Qingji, who graduated from a military academy and has been a general for generations, has never heard of the allusion of Empress Jiang's hairpin.

However, as the son of Wu Guo, how could the predecessor of Qingji not know the story of Jiang Hou's hairpin?

In ancient times, the etiquette of a concubine when she committed a major mistake was generally to take off the hairpin beads, spread her hair, take off her luxurious clothes and change into plain clothes, and kneel down to ask for forgiveness.

The most serious is barefoot, because ancient women valued that their feet could not be exposed at will, so it was an insulting punishment.

It's equivalent to taking the guilt of petitioning!

"Empress Jiang, that is, the queen of King Xuan of Zhou, is the daughter of the Marquis of Qi."

"The widow heard that in the past, King Zhou Xuan often went to bed early and got up late, neglecting the government, so Jiang Hou took off the earrings and hairpins and came to Yongxiang to ask for guilt, and asked Fu's mother to tell King Zhou Xuan, saying that she made King Zhou Xuan have a heart of yinyi, so that the king was negligent in the government."

"The king's good fortune will inevitably lead to extravagance and waste, and in the long run, the world will be in chaos, which is why she asked for guilt. King Zhou Xuan was greatly moved after hearing this, and since then he has been diligent in court politics. ”

After saying that, Qingji couldn't help but have a strange look on his face, and asked: "Queen, do you want to follow Empress Jiang today, and advise the widow to be diligent in court politics?" ”

"The concubine doesn't dare."

Ji Ko pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "The king is wise and martial, and he has all the opportunities. When it comes to diligent government, how many kings in the world can reach the king? ”

"King Zhou Xuan can't be compared to the king, and the concubines are not as good as Queen Jiang!"

"The concubine entered Yongxiang with the king today, just to let the king be gracious once, which can also be regarded as a warning."

Ji Ko actually wants to admonish?

Qingji was interested, so he asked: "How can the widow be gracious?" But the queen said it was all right. ”

"King, please look, take a closer look, how is the palace in Yongxiang different from the palace in the rest of the palace?"

Hearing this, Qing Ji immediately glanced at the palace maids present, only to see that they were all wearing rough kudzu cloth clothes, and many palace ladies were already old and yellow, with white temples, and their faces already had rut-like wrinkles.

As for their hands, they are even more delicate and weak than the rest of the palace maids, and they are even rougher!

This is due to the fact that there is too much rough work, and it is not surprising.

"If the biggest difference is between the two, the old and the young are very different."

"The king is really as wise as a torch!"

Ji Ko patted Qingji's ass at the right time, and said with a smile: "The king, the palace of Yongxiang, most of them are old. According to the harem system of my Wu country, Gong'e is over forty years old, if there is no name, that is, to stay in Yongxiang, or if there is a crime Gong'e, it will also be degraded to Yongxiang. ”

"Yongxiang is like a cage, like a prison outside, confined so many palace laves."

"Many palace ladies are doing rough work in Yongxiang, spending their years in vain, until they die of old age, how sad is it?"

After a pause, Ji Ko said quite sentimentally: "If it is a criminal Gong'e, she will be imprisoned to death, or it will be fine." It's just that the palace ladies are just older, so they were sent to Yongxiang and suffered and suffered, how innocent are they? ”

"Not long ago, there were a few school-age palace ladies who begged to come to their concubines, and they would rather die than enter Yongxiang."

"Therefore, the concubines ask the king for mercy and allow the harem to be restructured, and those who are over thirty years old and have no name will be dismissed from the palace with discretionary pensions."

"One is humane, and the other is that they can marry a good man and have children, isn't it beautiful?"

What Ji Ko said is reasonable.

Qingji also agrees with it in his heart!

If it weren't for Ji Ko's reminder, the typical Qingji who was dark under the lamp would not have noticed this.

A palace maid who is over thirty years old still has the ability to give birth and raise, and it is better to marry and obey her husband.

This is very much in line with Wu's current national policy of encouraging population fertility!

Among the harem of Wu State, there are not many palace ladies who are nearly thirty years old, but there are not a few, and it is not beneficial for Qingji to keep them.

Dismissing them will allow Wu to increase some of its population, and at the same time allow Qingji to reduce some of the unnecessary expenses of the harem!

Of course, some older palace maids were dismissed, and Qingji could also recruit some young girls into the palace.

This creates a virtuous circle!

"Good!"

Qingji nodded, agreed, and said: "Queen, you are really a virtuous helper of the widow, and a generation of virtuous queens of my Wu Kingdom!" ”

"The king praises."

Ji Ko suddenly said with a smile on his face: "King, the concubines have thanked the king for those poor palace laves!" ”

Qingji immediately issued an edict, in the harem, all palace ladies who are over 30 years old will be dismissed, and the government will give bereavement property as appropriate.

The old palace lady who is already in Yongxiang is properly supported by the harem.

In the near future, Wu Wanggong will also recruit some young and beautiful girls to enter the palace and act as palace ladies.

This shows the name of Qingji's open-mindedness and benevolence, which is beneficial to the National University, so once this edict of Qingji is promulgated, no one dares to have any objections!

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