Chapter 21: The Concubine System

The plan is very good, but the so-called plan can't catch up with the changes, and sometimes the plan will be changed due to various unexpected accidents

Liu Xuan, who wanted to leave Luoyang directly in the spring of the second year, was not able to get out in the following year.

At the same time, he began to study the cultivation of divine beasts wholeheartedly, and Huang Yueying, who was in the method, also threw herself into the study, and had already put aside the matter of the private interview with the microserver.

Since the two of them don't have time, then let's put it aside for now, anyway, everyone doesn't have to worry about their lives, even if they are busy for ten or eight years, and then go out for a walk, it won't have any impact on them.

Even ten years from now, it's even better.

After all, today's Han is in a state of ruin, many places are busy, after decades of war, the people are busy restoring their previous lives, in this case, I am afraid it is difficult to see what the problem is.

In addition, all kinds of work are in full swing in various places, and even some city battles have almost become construction sites, and there is really nothing to see.

In a few years, at least these things can be busy, all parts of the country have changed a different look, and the lives of the people have also been upgraded to a higher level, at that time······ There will be a lot more to see!

These are kept for later, and now with the fall of Goguryeo, the three Hans did not support it for long, and when Cao Cao returned to the army, he cleaned up the remaining remnants of the three Hans.

And follow the teachings of the Son of Heaven: Whoever resists is killed directly, and there is no nonsense with him at all!

Although not all of those who remained, they were old, weak, sick and disabled, but in fact they were almost the same.

At this point, the entire territory of the Northeast and the later Korean Peninsula became the territory of the Han Dynasty, and it was merged under the rule of Liaozhou, and the administrative office was Liaodong County, and the specific division of counties and counties was decided after the officials sent by the imperial court returned from a detailed investigation.

But no matter what, Fengtian County, Jilin County and Harbin County didn't run away, Liu Xuan casually settled these places, and everyone didn't ask much about it, at most, they wondered if the name Harbin seemed to be weird, a bit like the language of the Hu people?

Liu Xuan didn't bother to explain, anyway, he had already set his name, who would dare to say any more nonsense?

In the west of Liaozhou, there are the three kingdoms of Northern Yan, Northern Zhou and Northern Zhao, of which the location of Northern Yan is located in the northernmost part of the Three Kingdoms, and a large territory is connected with the Dai State established by Kebi, it can be said that the Northern Yan is the most threatened by the Dai State in the Xianbei Three Kingdoms.

At the same time, if Dai Guo wanted to destroy these three 'national traitors' who were attached to the Great Han, then Beiyan would definitely be the first to be attacked.

There is no other reason, if you don't get rid of Beiyan first, then whether it is to Beizhao or Northern Zhou, it is possible that Beiyan will attack the flank of his army, it can be said that the geographical location of Beiyan has directly become a strategic point, and at the same time, Beiyan has basically isolated the direct threat of Daiguo to Liaozhou.

It is precisely because of so many reasons that the Han Dynasty attaches great importance to the attitude of the Murong clan of Beiyan, especially after Chen Lin noticed that Beiyan's attitude was a little ambiguous, and he stepped up his work in this regard.

"The Murong clan of Beiyan seems to want to curry favor with both ends and meet the source left and right?"

At this time, some of Beiyan's actions are no longer hidden, Xu feels that the various resources sent by the Han have arrived, and even if they turn their faces at this time, they will have a certain amount of confidence?

Therefore, Beiyan directly got in touch with Daiguo and wanted to reconcile with Daiguo, so they were willing to send the eldest daughter of the Murong family to Kebi Neng as a concubine - after the establishment of Daiguo, although it was a Xianbei regime and retained many nomadic customs, they still made some rules in the Han court, and some systems were not much different from the Han, among which Kebi was able to be called the emperor, and also made the queen and concubines of various levels. ...,

Even more complicated than the simple division of the inner court hierarchy of the Han Dynasty today, the concubines alone are divided into seven ranks.

It is said that when the news reached Luoyang, it really caused a lot of turmoil, such as Sima Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, united Sikong Cai Yong, Taifu Lu Kui, Tingwei Fuwan, Dasi Nong Zheng Tai, Shaofu Han Sui and Huang Wan in the imperial history to jointly put on the table, hoping that the Son of Heaven would restore the fourteenth concubine system

When the Han Dynasty was founded, it followed the system of the Qin Dynasty, and the harem concubines were divided into eight grades, and Emperor Wu added two more times, and finally there were fourteen and so on.

As for the so-called fourteenth-class concubine system, it was the system of the heyday of the Han Dynasty, in addition to the queen, there could be up to 3,000 beauties in the inner palace, divided into fourteen ranks.

Among them, under the queen is Zhaoyi, Jue is more than the princes and kings, and then down Jieyu is than the liehou, and then down until the fourteenth rank of no juan, entertainment and so on are equivalent to a hundred stones.

In addition to these fourteenth ranks, there are all kinds of names, a variety of patterns, but the treatment is relatively poor, except for the food provided by the royal family, there is no additional money and food to scoop, basically can only rely on the emperor's reward.

At this time, there are really a lot of warblers and swallows in the palace, and the emperor wants to sleep with his women one by one, and it is impossible to do it for ten or eight years.

This situation lasted until the Guangwu Zhongxing period, when Emperor Guangwu advocated frugality, abolished most of the people, and finally left only nobles except for the empress.

And under the nobles, although there are beauties, palace people, and women, these are no longer concubines, if they are scooped into ordinary large households, it can be said that these levels can only barely be regarded as the level between concubines and sleeping maids.

Later, in the period of Emperor Ling, the treatment of beauties was slightly improved, and she was considered a real concubine, but the palace people and women were still not in the ranks.

Although Liu Xuan has reformed many things since he ascended the throne, the harem concubine system has never been moved. One is that he thinks it is unnecessary, and the other is that he can't use it after getting so many names, but he has a headache when he looks at it.

But he thinks so, the courtiers below will not think so, if the Han Dynasty is still in dire straits, the emperor's behavior will naturally be praised by everyone, I just feel that when today's son takes the world's major affairs as the priority, does not covet beauty, does not linger in sexual affairs, he is really a promising king.

But now that the Han Dynasty has recovered its vitality and its national strength is getting stronger day by day, what we should consider at this time is not how to be thrifty to enhance national strength, but should let the Son of Heaven enjoy it appropriately.

Of course, these proposals are not for the ministers to consider for the emperor and want the emperor to live a good life or something, in fact, there are a lot of things to say.

Among them, the Son of Heaven's acceptance of concubines represents a new round of reshuffle of the power of the inner court. No matter how much the Son of Heaven likes these current mothers, as long as a newcomer can be stuffed in, the Son of Heaven will always turn his eyes away.

And if this newcomer is the daughter of someone from outside? The forces of this faction are likely to have some support. This support may be inconspicuous, but it may be life-saving at a critical time.

Although the so-called cunning rabbit three caves are not rabbits, the many preparations they have made are not only that.

In addition, there is another point, when life was not good in the past, I didn't say anything, everyone stood up! But now that life is getting better and better, your emperor is still living so frugally, what should the people below do?

Of course, they can also be as careless as Cao Cao - Cao Cao is lustful, and no one in Ruoyang City knows about it? Basically, everyone who has a beautiful daughter and concubine hides it so that Cao Cao will not see it. Fortunately, although Cao Cao is lustful, he will not rob him, anyway, as long as he bites to death and does not let go, Cao Cao will not come hard.

After all, Cao Cao also believes in Legalist thought, and believes that governing the country according to law is the royal way, and as an important minister of the court, he is extremely disgusted with some people who violate the royal law, so he will not do it himself. ...,

However, most people still have some concerns, they can't always look at the three or five concubines in the palace of the Son of Heaven, but they themselves take concubines, right?

What's more, the Han Dynasty actually has a clear stipulation, what level of people can accept how many women as concubines, the most typical is that the prince can only accept forty at most, and the king is second only to the emperor in terms of status, so you can imagine the people below. It doesn't hurt if they offend a little in a remote place, but they are at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and this matter of taking concubines ······ I really can't hide it from anyone.

Of course, if the Son of Heaven replaces the fourteenth-rank concubines and opens the inner palace to accept three thousand beauties, then the restrictions on the people below will be relaxed accordingly.

Therefore, they persuaded the Son of Heaven at this time, "It's time to enjoy it!" in fact, it was also for themselves.

For these things, Liu Xuan really didn't know at first, the law of the Han Dynasty is so long Liu Xuan can't remember every article in so much detail, just let Shangshu and Tingwei of the Criminal Department do it, he can't find trouble for himself.

Anyway, these two are important ministers of the court, and they are at hand when there is something, and they don't know if it would be nice to ask casually? These people are like mobile encyclopedias, and they guarantee that they can answer whatever they ask - of course, they have to be professionally counterparted.

Later, Cao Bao said to him in private: "Your Majesty does not accept concubines, but sets up more concubine ranks, even if the princess of the Manchu Dynasty wants to accept two more concubines, he will not dare! If Chengping is today, these people also want to live a better life!"

Only then did Liu Xuan know why this group of people were so energetic, and their feelings were like this!

"Hey, that's what I thought!"

As for the thoughts of this group of people, Liu Xuan didn't comment on anything, in fact, he didn't say that he didn't want to draw more beauties, but he had a high vision, and not only did he have to be beautiful, but he also had to be a well-known person, otherwise he wouldn't be interested—this was also related to the exercises he practiced, because those women who could leave their names in history must have their own merits, and they would also be quite helpful to his cultivation.

And ordinary women, maybe beautiful is beautiful, but if the talent is not good, she hasn't raised herself in the palace for decades, she is old first, so what can I do?

After all, talent is not easy to say, even if Liu Xuan's means are all over the sky, he can make those with less talent live for hundreds of years, but that also has an end, and even if he is a pet after a few hundred years, he has a deep affection, can he watch his woman die?

That's just making himself unhappy, which is why he has never accepted concubines

Cao Bao also knows the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, after all, he has also cultivated for a long time, and now his cultivation is exquisite, and he feels that he is very different from ordinary people.

But he looked at things from the other side: "Your Majesty, several ladies in the palace have also served Your Majesty for many years, but this identity ······ Weichen said something unpleasant, it's really a bit mismatched!"

Except for Cai Yan who is the queen and Diao Chan who is a nobleman, the rest of the women are all beauties, although they are called Niangniang together, but the level is too low.

Liu Xuan was stunned, but he ignored this. He always felt that those were false names, but this false name was sometimes the source of trouble, and it was nothing at this time, but after a long time, these women would inevitably be dissatisfied, and that would not be beautiful.

"I ignored that!"

lowered his head and thought for a while, and found that the concubine system was really reformed, at least a few more levels were arranged for his own women

"Your Majesty, Weichen will say one more thing!" Cao Bao, as a regular servant in the middle court, is an important minister of the inner court, almost in charge of the affairs of the palace, and can also assist the Son of Heaven in handling political affairs to a certain extent - but he did not rely on this identity to participate in the world's major affairs, which is why Liu Xuan has always reused him. ...,

Back then, Liu Xuan asked Zhang Rang to teach Cao Bao, but he didn't know that Zhang Rang would tell him as soon as he opened his mouth: "If you are valued today, you will definitely have many opportunities to contact many major events in the future······ Now Your Majesty wants me to teach you, but there is nothing to say about you, you are intelligent by nature, many things can be seen at a glance, and there is no need to say more, only this matter, you must remember it well!"

"No matter how much the Son of Heaven thinks of you, you must not participate in that great matter in the future······ It's best not to even evaluate, even if the Son of Heaven asks, don't answer! As long as you can do it, then your position will never waver. ”

Cao Bao has always memorized this sentence in his heart and resolutely implemented it, and after so many years, he gradually understood what Zhang Rang's teaching meant.

For so many years, Cao Bao has been obediently following Liu Xuan, although he has been conscientious, he has never revealed anything, and now he takes the initiative to suggest, which is indeed very rare.

It's not that Cao Bao couldn't help but want to reach out to that big event in the world, but simply talked about Liu Xuan's matter.

"Your Majesty has learned the magic of the immortal family and can enjoy immortality, then this world will be Your Majesty's for hundreds of years and thousands of years! Maybe you can't see a woman who can enter Your Majesty's words for a few years or decades, but what about hundreds of thousands of years?"

Liu Xuan was stunned, but he ignored it!

He used to only stare at these women in the late Han Dynasty, and he thought that there were only a few who could catch his eye, so even if he didn't increase the level of the concubine, it would be enough.

But if you really want to go down for hundreds of thousands of years, even if you draw one in a hundred years, it's not just these now!

"Looks like that's the case!"

There was a plan in his heart, and before the ministers had time to ask when he went to court the next day, Liu Xuan took the initiative to mention this matter.

"About the matter of the concubine level, it can be restored a few, but the fourteenth-rank concubine is too luxurious, and now the Han has just recovered his vitality, and everything is waiting to be enjoyed, so don't make it so complicated, it's enough to restore a few first!"

What is waiting for fun, it has nothing to do with the concubines, Liu Xuan's words are nothing more than beating those ministers in the court: I know what you think, you want to enjoy it, it doesn't matter, I'm right! But it's not allowed to make too much trouble, it's too much, I have the means to clean you up here!

This is the potential meaning of the words, although it was not said, but which of these people in the court is not a human spirit? Do you still need to say it clearly? As soon as you hear the statement of the Son of Heaven, you will understand, and you will immediately praise it in unison, saying that the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to the world, and it is really a rare Ming Jun.

Between the words, it is inevitable that the minister will have to meet Mingjun, and he should do his best to assist His Majesty, so as to make the Han more prosperous - it is nothing more than to say, the minister understands, thank Your Majesty for giving us the opportunity to enjoy ourselves, we know what to do, and we will never do too much!

As for the specific plan for the redivision of the concubines' ranks, these things don't need to be done by these ministers in the court, just ask Cao Bao, the middle attendant, to go back and negotiate with the eunuchs of the inner court and the queen's mother, and then scoop them out and announce them.

Anyway, looking at the meaning of the Son of Heaven, it is only a few levels restored, not even the fourteenth rank, and the luxury of the harem is not as good as that of the Emperor Wu period, so what is there to oppose? Just let Your Majesty toss and turn, what they have to consider now is, should they take this opportunity to send a few women into the palace?

This matter even involved the military generals, for example, some people who were close to Lu Bu were asking the one with the highest rank of today's generals: "The daughter of General Lu is a heroine, she is also of the right age, and her appearance is not worse than that of today's mothers, so she has never thought about marrying into the palace?"

Lu Bu was reminded by his words, but he had just talked about it with his daughter after he went back, and he almost had a life-and-death duel with his daughter!

Lu Lingqi expressed strong dissatisfaction with her father's desire to send her to the palace as an ordinary girl, but her mother was on her father's side, and the angry Lu Lingqi went directly to the barracks and refused to go home to live.

When Lu Bu went to look for it again, Li Su, the middle guard, smiled bitterly and said to him: "Captain Lu came to say that he was going to Yulin to ride a few days ago, and said that if I am not allowed, I will stay here and not leave!"

Lu Bu was also speechless for a while when he heard this, and finally scratched his head and put this matter aside.

As for Lu Lingqi's entry into the Yulin Cavalry, it is actually nothing, with Lu Lingqi's combat exploits and strength, it is more than enough to enter the Yulin Cavalry, but Lu Bu feels that he can get more opportunities for direct promotion in the forbidden army, and he can also take care of it nearby. Because if he entered the Yulin Cavalry, the troops and horses were directly under the command of His Majesty, and once they went into battle, it was a difficult task, and he was a little reluctant to let his daughter suffer.

Unexpectedly, this time he took the initiative to run to Yulin to ride in anger, this time even if he wanted to drag his daughter home from the army, he couldn't - Yulin Riding is not said to be able to enter, nor can he be said to retreat, not to mention that he is still in charge of nearly half of the soldiers and horses.

As for the idea of marrying into the palace? His father and daughter made such a big move, and the whole Yang knew about it, and they knew that it was impossible by looking at this posture.