"Take off all your clothes, don't hide it, if your posture is not up to par, you will be eliminated and complain about your old body!"

On the second day, when the show girls in the imperial city compound were gathered again, everyone nervously began to obey the arrangements of the female officials.

Although there was no elimination yesterday, it was because yesterday was mainly to select women with average appearance, and the show girls who could come here were all superior.

More than 1,500 beautiful girls were housed in 16 large houses, each of which was still in groups of 100 people.

Today, it was the female official who was in charge of the inspection, not even the eunuchs, and all Cao Huachun had to do was to continue to sit and wait in the main square to make sure that the eliminated women did not meet the standards.

As for the inspection in the big house, only the female officers could see it.

With their orders, the show girls who were in a good posture one after another untied their clothes, revealing their fair skin, for the female officials to check one by one.

Looking down on the stage, the room was like a "meat forest", and the cheeks of the show girls were red, and when they were swept by the eyes of the female officials, they couldn't help but be a little nervous and wanted to block some parts of their bodies, but when they saw the female officials frowning, they quickly straightened their backs.

Today's pass is mainly to check the facial features, hair, skin, neck, back, length of hands and feet, waist and span and other parts.

The facial features must not be defective, even the mole must grow in the right place.

The hair must be black and bright, and relatives within three suits of the family must not have obvious characteristics such as hair loss and baldness, and their hairline is too high.

The skin should not have defects such as fish scale skin, chicken skin, large scars, and obvious color difference.

The neck must not have neck lines, the back must be silky, the length of the hands and feet must be in accordance with the standard, and the same is true for the waist span.

For these high-profile show girls, if there is any of these inspections, or even a little unqualified, they will be eliminated directly.

"Raise your hand"

The female official's words sounded in the ears of Zhou Sujie, Shen Xiangjun, Yuan Xifei, Tian Xiuying and others, and they could only stiffen their bodies and raise their hands.

After all, she was circled red, so her treatment was higher than that of other show girls.

The seventeen selected national colors and the other ten show girls who were obviously in the upper position were placed in a large room.

Examining the twenty-seven of them was the Hakka who hadn't moved for a long time.

Since Zhang Yan gave birth to an heir, her status in the inner court has plummeted, although the emperor still respects her very much, but her status is not as good as before.

This draft was also sent by Zhang Yan.

Although Zhang Yan looked at the Hakka family very unpleasantly, after all, the Hakka family had taken care of Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen for a period of time, and knew in her heart what the former Zhu Youzhen liked, so Zhang Yan would send her.

"Xiao Nizi looks quite attractive......"

Walking in front of Yuan Xi's concubine, the forty-three-year-old Hakka couldn't help but be jealous of these national colors that captivated the country and the city.

She knew in her heart that among the twenty-seven show girls, there would probably be five concubines, so although she was jealous, she was still well-behaved and didn't put on any face.

According to the rules, she stretched out her hand to inspect the various parts of the twenty-seven beautiful women, including Yuan Xifei, Tian Xiuying, Zhou Sujie, and Shen Xiangjun.

After all, they are all innocent women who are not married, and in front of a "veteran" like the Hakka family, although the other party did not make any out-of-the-ordinary moves, it still made everyone blush.

Sometimes the Hakka hand is a little stronger, and the show girl who is pinched and hurt can't help but snort softly, but in order not to make the Hakka unhappy, everyone still tries their best to endure it.

Ke Shi didn't care, just carefully checked the twenty-seven women one by one, and finally walked up to the stage and sat down:

"Put your clothes on."

The Hakka washed her hands, and the twenty-seven women also blushed, and hurriedly put on the clothes next to them one by one.

After the clothes were put on, everyone's faces faded from the blush, and the Hakka family asked them to come forward one by one to answer according to the rules.

This process is actually similar to an interview, each person needs to report their age, place of origin, length, weight, family background, etc.

This process is not to introduce yourself, but to check the voice.

Show girls whose voices are too weak, whose voices are too muddy, whose voices are too rough, who can't speak clearly, or who are in a panic, are often eliminated at this level.

However, in fact, the local prefectures and vassal states have already checked it, and if the show girls don't speak the official language well, it is unlikely that they will come here, so there is no problem with the Hakka after the inspection.

All twenty-seven women have cleared the customs, and compared to them, the show girls in other big houses are a little worse.

Of the 1,527 people, 565 were eliminated on this day, and only 962 people remained, which can be regarded as truly one in a million.

The five hundred and sixty-five people who were eliminated, after Cao Huachun and others saw it, they all felt that there was nothing to regret, so they agreed to eliminate it.

Cao Huachun asked each of them to pay ten taels of silver for the journey, and then asked them to pack their things and go to the post house in the inner city.

There, provincial officials arrange for them to be escorted home.

Ten taels of silver is a lot for some of the show girls, but for many of the show girls who have been eliminated, it is just pocket money.

In fact, their family members have long accompanied them to the capital, and since they have been eliminated, they will take a carriage and go home under the escort of the servants in the palace......

"Twenty-seven national colors are left, which is not bad."

arranged a place to eliminate the show girl, Wang Tiqian glanced at the document book in his hand and sighed slightly.

Cao Huachun took a sip of tea, and then said:

"This is just the second level, and tomorrow the third level will be passed, and they will pass the primary."

"Well...... "The relationship between Wang Tiqian and Cao Huachun is not so bad, he took the document and said:

"Tomorrow's third level, you and I will continue?"

"No, the Imperial Horse Supervisor is busy, so let Cheng En come." Cao Huachun put down the teacup, got up and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Wang Tiqian and Li Yongzhen also got up and left, while the Hakka family took the document book that passed the checkpoint after the selection and sent someone to give it to Zhang Yan and Concubine Liu.

When the document arrived, Zhang Yan and Concubine Liu were enjoying lunch, so the two read the book at the same time, after all, Concubine Liu was an old man in the Wanli period, and she had chosen a princess for many princes, so after seeing the number of people left, she couldn't help but be surprised:

"The quality of this draft is surprisingly high......

"After all, with all the lords joining, it's not surprising that the quality is good." Zhang Yan closed the book and put it in front of the table, while Concubine Liu continued to read.

"Those seventeen national colors are not bad, and they meet the criteria for choosing concubines."

"Especially this Shen Xiangjun and Zhou Sujie......"

Concubine Liu praised without hesitation, but Zhang Yan frowned and said:

"That Zhou Sujie's body is a little thinner, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to give birth to a child in the future."

"It's also ......" Concubine Liu did not refute Zhang Yan as she did in history, because Shen Xiangjun's situation was indeed better than Zhou Sujie's.

"Tian Xiuying and Yuan Xi's concubines are also good, as for the others, the waist span is a little narrow, I'm afraid it is easy to give birth during childbirth, but it is Li Shaoxi of North Korea, all of which are superior."

Concubine Liu pointed out to the seventeen national colors, while Zhang Yan said with a few hints of discussion:

"Although Li Shaoxi is said to be the show girl of my first foreign domain in the Ming Dynasty, she can't be a concubine, but she can be a concubine."

"As for the princess, if there is no problem with the memory in this book, then Tian Xiuying is not bad, and she is proficient in calligraphy, painting, guqin, guzheng, dong flute, and can also ride a horse and play chess, female red gardening, as the palace is not bad."

Zhang Yan was very satisfied with Tian Xiuying, and Concubine Liu also looked at Tian Xiuying's introduction and was equally satisfied:

"Indeed, her waist span is wider than Zhou Sujie, and being able to ride a horse means that her body is good and she can give birth."

"Let's wait for them to pass the first test tomorrow and then take a look, if there is no problem, select five concubines and thirty concubines."

"Isn't thirty too much?" Zhang Yan frowned, but Concubine Liu smiled:

"The prince chooses a concubine, often only once, more concubines, more heirs."

"Then listen to the mother, but the concubine is curious, what His Royal Highness and Banzai always did when they were young." Zhang Yan bowed slightly, no longer entangled, but began to discuss others, such as some "stupid things" that Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen did when they were children.

"They......" Concubine Liu's eyes were a little reminiscing, and then she smiled and said:

"Banzai and His Royal Highness have different temperaments."

"What's different?" Zhang Yan was curious, and Concubine Liu also smiled:

"At that time, Emperor Shenzong ordered people to collect golden silk nanmu to prepare for the construction of the three major halls, but because of the lack of wood, he was worried that the craftsmen would not have good craftsmanship, so they asked them to repair the East Palace, the East Sixth Palace, and the West Sixth Palace first."

"Banzai is young and always likes to observe, so I like these skills as soon as I come and go."

"At the beginning, I liked to build houses, and I liked to be clever, and often after the house was built, I was so happy that I danced with my hands, and pulled King Jian Huai, King Qi Si, and King Huaihui to appreciate it repeatedly, and when I was happy, I picked up the axe and destroyed it immediately, and rebuilt it to make a new one, and I never got tired of it."

"In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, Wan Sui also personally built a small palace in the courtyard, the form imitates the Qianqing Palace, no more than three or four feet high, but it is tortuous and subtle, small and exquisite, and ingenious."

"At that time, Emperor Shenzongxian was very happy to see it, and specially gave him a piece of agarwood."

"But I don't want to get agarwood on the first day, and the next day I made the agarwood into a rockery, and carved the pond and forest hall on it, carved meticulously, and the craftsmen of the outer court applauded."

Concubine Liu fell into memories, while Zhang Yan was a little unhappy that her husband liked carpentry, so she specially asked: "Long live has no other hobbies?" ”

"Naturally." Concubine Liu replied subconsciously, and then said:

"Long live when I was about ten years old, I liked to play ball, and I often took King Jian Huai and them to play ball with the eunuchs in Changle Palace."

"At that time, Banzai felt that it was not enjoyable to play, so he took out his own 300 taels of private money and personally designed and built five Keyuan halls."

"Later, the situation in the palace was complicated, and Banzai rarely went to the ball......"

Speaking of this, Concubine Liu also felt a little embarrassed, but Zhang Yan heard a different Zhu Youxiao.

"Niangniang, there is one thing that the concubine is very concerned about......" Zhang Yan finished combing the story and asked very puzzled:

"In your words, Long Live often plays with King Jian Huai, King Qi Si, and King Huaihui, what about His Royal Highness King Qi?"

The stories that Zhang Yan heard from Concubine Liu's words rarely appear that Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen appeared together to play, but the two brothers are very close at the moment, which makes her very curious.

"King Qi?" Concubine Liu was stunned, and then said:

"King Qi liked to read very much when he was a child, and after Concubine Liu Xian (Zhu Youzhen's mother) was killed, he rarely went out, and even when he went out, he didn't smile."

"I remember that once Emperor Shenzong Xian asked the kings to take the prince to Wansui Mountain to play, and the other princes were playing and playing, and he was sitting on the grass with a book and reading it."

"At that time, he was taken care of by Concubine Li Kang, but Concubine Li Kang didn't like him very much, and as Princess Le'an grew up, the money in the Qingong Palace where he lived was often deducted by Concubine Li Kang, so he had very few clothes."

"But he has very few clothes, and he will tidy up his clothes every day, and if the clothes are not washed, he will not see the chamberlain if he is not worn."

"No clothes to wear?" Zhang Yan was a little surprised, he really couldn't imagine that the majestic King Qi at the moment would have such an unbearable thing.

Zhu Youzhen's childhood experience is almost like him in Zhang Yan's eyes, so she couldn't help asking: "Long live doesn't you love King Qi very much?" ”

"That was after that...... "Concubine Liu smiled bitterly:

"Forty-five years ago, Wan Sui liked to play with King Qi Si, because the two had similar personalities and were very lively."

"It was only after the death of King Qi Si that Long Live paid attention to King Qi."

"King Qi is good at reading, long live the books and papers of Ciqing Palace to him, and every time a good silk comes to the East Palace, he also sends someone to send it to Miaoqin Palace."

"King Qi has a cold temperament, and Long Live has been pestering King Qi for about a year, and King Qi is willing to mess around with Long Life."

"That's it......" Zhang Yan thought thoughtfully, she heard a different story today and learned about a different Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen.

It's just that from the current point of view, Zhu Youzhen's personality seems to have changed a lot, so she can't help but be curious:

"According to Niangniang's words, King Qi only liked piano, chess, calligraphy and painting when he was a child, so why is he skilled in bowing and horses now?"

"I don't know about this, it seems to be ......" Concubine Liu thought for a while, and then said:

"Probably after Banzai succeeded to the throne, the two often rode horses and shot at the back left gate, and then they liked it."

"I heard Wang An say at the time that King Qi was very talented in martial arts, and he could skillfully fight waves and press waves on his first horseback ride, and he could ride and shoot the bull's-eye within ten steps, and he could shoot a bow and arrow that only a few years older than him could be opened at a very young age."

"Now that I think about it, King Qi should have liked horseback archery at that time."

"His later exploits, the concubines who watched him grow up in the inner court were very surprised, and they couldn't believe that his temperament could still lead troops to fight."

Concubine Liu said a lot of secrets for Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan wanted to continue to ask after hearing it, but Concubine Liu glanced at the pendulum clock in the palace, and subconsciously got up and said:

"It's not early, Your Highness should take a lunch break early, and they still need your counseling in the afternoon."

"Well, I'll send my mother's ......" Zhang Yan heard this, and immediately got up to escort Concubine Liu.

The two chatted about some things about Zhu Ciran and others before leaving the palace gate, and it was not until they walked out of the palace gate that Concubine Liu left with the female officials and palace maids in her bedroom.

After they left, Zhang Yan looked at Concubine Liu's back thoughtfully, and a young female official who was brought into the palace by Zhang Yan also took the opportunity to say:

"I really didn't expect His Royal Highness King Qi to be so embarrassed when he was a child."

"It's not strange...... Zhang Yan shook her head and sighed: "The heavens will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skin......

"His Royal Highness King Qi can achieve such feats now, it is estimated that it is related to his experience when he was a child, compared to His Royal Highness, long live is still too smooth."

With that, Zhang Yan turned around and returned to Kunning Palace, and when she said this, an arrow hundreds of miles away was also shot, and with a sound, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the Yan Mountain.

"Hit! Don't go up there, beware of this beast going crazy! ”

Zhu Youxiao's excited voice sounded, and at this moment he was riding on horseback and besieging a black bear with more than a dozen soldiers of the cavalry guard.

It's just that in the face of the black bear, the war horses under their crotches are a little restless, constantly spinning, and difficult to control.

"Shoot him with an arrow!"

Zhu Youxiao ordered excitedly, but the Xiao cavalry guard soldier next to him said: "Long live, if you shoot arrows, the fur will be ......."

"How do you kill that?" Zhu Youxiao asked rhetorically, he was very excited, because this was the first time he had hunted a bear, albeit a small black bear.

"Just wait for it to bleed." The chief flag officer of the cavalry guard replied, and at this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard again in the distance.

Zhu Youxiao looked at it when he heard the sound, but saw that his younger brother was wearing a fish-scale armor and came with more than a dozen horsemen and guards.

I have to say that Zhu Youzhen is more tall and handsome as an adult, and it just rained this morning, and then the sunny Yanshan Mountain made the picture of the horse more beautiful.

The horses' hooves trampled, the water in the grass splashed, and more than a dozen horsemen rushed to attack.

"Phew!"

Because the speed was too fast, Zhu Youzhen accidentally slipped the horse under his crotch and stumbled for a while.

The people next to him looked nervous, but Zhu Youzhen dismounted sideways without panic, and while stabilizing the war horse, he drew his bow and arrows, and raised his legs to walk towards the black bear.

"Brother is dangerous!"

"Your Highness!"

Everyone shouted worriedly, and Zhu Youzhen took his bow and arrows, and walked towards the black bear without stopping.

"Roar ......"

The black bear who was in pain from the arrow looked at Zhu Youzhen who was coming, and couldn't help but be a little frightened in his heart, and he was about to rush towards Zhu Youzhen.

However, as soon as the roar sounded, Zhu Youzhen opened his bow and set up an arrow, and before the black bear could run, with the sound of the arrow breaking through the air, Zhu Youxiao and the others did not react, and the arrow penetrated into it from the eye socket of the black bear, and the black bear ran a few steps and rolled down and lay down.

"Peeling."

Zhu Youzhen threw the longbow to Sun Shoufa, who was following him, and calmly ordered the Xiao cavalry guard.

Everyone was frightened into a cold sweat by him, but he was very calm.

Zhu Youxiao saw that the black bear was dead, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked to Zhu Youzhen's side and looked:

"Brother, this is too ......"

As he spoke, he looked at the motionless black bear, a little amazed in his heart, and pinched Zhu Youzhen's arm by the way.

"Really sturdy ......"

"Ahem!"

Zhu Youxiao sighed with his hands, and Zhu Youzhen was pinched uncomfortably, coughing and reminding his brother to pay attention to his image.

After being reminded, he withdrew his hand with a smile and said by the way: "My brother is up late." ”

It is now afternoon, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen originally agreed to go out hunting at six o'clock in the afternoon, but Zhu Youxiao waited for a quarter of an hour without waiting for Zhu Youzhen, so he set off to hunt first.

I never thought that Zhu Youzhen would appear after half an hour, and there was a reason why Zhu Youzhen was delayed.

"I was busy mobilizing the soldiers and horses of the Shangzhigong Guard Battalion to change the guard north, so I delayed for a while, and I originally wanted someone to inform my brother, but when I went back to make arrangements, my brother set off first."

Zhu Youzhen explained why he was late, but Zhu Youxiao said after hearing it:

"It's only July now, and there are still eleven months left until June next year, so you are ready so early?"

The transfer of the Gongwei battalion was naturally to change the defense of the 16th Guard, and the transfer of troops and horses of the 16th Guard was of course for the purpose of encircling and suppressing the prisoners.

Zhu Youxiao knew all this, but he felt that it seemed a little too early to start preparing at this time.

"The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and the foundation of the imperial court outside the customs is weak, and it is difficult to support the local people, not to mention the nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses."

"If you want to save people's manpower, you must first start to transfer grain to the north from now on."

"If you want to save effort to transfer grain to the north, you can only take the sea to enter the Liao River, and after landing from Daning Fu, you can take 500 miles to Taining by land, which will take two months."

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath, and then said:

"The six million stone grain in Yingzhou is enough to fight this battle, but after it arrives in Taining and Yidong River City, I am afraid that there will only be four million stone rice and wheat."

"If the army wants to be mobilized, three million stone grains must be made into military rations before departure, which will take three months."

"It takes five months to prepare the grain and grass, and the grain cannot be transported in winter, so in fact, this year the grain can only be transported to Daning Mansion for temporary storage after harvesting the grain in Yingzhou."

"When the snow melts in March next year, we will send the grain to Taining and Yidong River City."

"The grain will be reproduced into military rations when it arrives, and it will be completed by the end of May, and our army will launch a sweep in early June, so it is still relatively hurried."

Zhu Youzhen told Zhu Youxiao about the various processes, and he knew that there were so many ways to fight in the Northeast.

"My brother is at my ease, and this battle will be handed over to my younger brother."

Although he knew the doorway, Zhu Youxiao was not worried at all, because it was Zhu Youzhen who led the troops this time, and Zhu Youzhen never failed to lead the troops.

"This time, after the Jianyu is leveled, we have to hurry up and advance the railway to Liaodong and Nu'er, otherwise the imperial court can only restrain this place."

"The current danger of our dynasty still comes from the north, and the subordinate brother has to solve the problem in the northeast in the next few years, and then start to drive the northern captives."

Zhu Youzhen used it to drive away, because he was not sure that he could completely exterminate Lin Dan Khan.

Needless to say, how good Lin Dan Khan was in history was that Huang Taiji and Daming couldn't do anything about him.

Although Duogan was taken down by the Ming Dynasty at the moment, it is not ruled out that this guy will go to the Western Regions or Central Asia.

Although his strength alone is weak, but now that the three major divisions of Mobei and Karaqin have all surrendered to him, he can still pull out 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses.

Although this alliance is not very strong, if the Ming army really sweeps the north and wants to occupy Mobei for a long time, then this alliance can only move west.

Tsarist Russia had only explored the Yenisei River and had only an expedition of more than 2,000 men, and after the destruction of the Siberian Khanate, they did not garrison heavy troops in the Siberian steppes.

If at this time, Lin Dan Khan led people to the Siberian steppe along the Tangnu Ulianghai, and nearly 600,000 people from the Khalkha Gabulyaxi, Chahar, and Karaqin tribes in the north of the desert would probably mess up Central Asia, the Western Regions, and Tsarist Russia.

Therefore, what Zhu Youzhen wanted to do was to drive them away, and let Lin Dan Khan lead people to Central Asia to fight against Tsarist Russia, Kazakhstan, and Warat, and consume their strength.

However, he was not sure if these tribes would be willing to move west with Lin Dan Khan.

It's just that no matter what, the terrain of Mobei determines that it is impossible for Daming to eat it in one go, or it has to be a mile of railway, and a post station slowly eats the local area.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhu Youxiao, but at this moment, Zhu Youxiao was holding the bear skin that had just been peeled off, and he smiled happily......

(End of chapter)