Chapter 22: Matchmaking?
When the whole Luoyang was in an uproar because of Lu Bu's father and daughter, Cao Bao had already taken out the new concubine system.
Overall, there is not much change from the current one.
Counting the queen, the new concubines will be divided into seven ranks.
Under the queen is Zhaoyi, if you compare it with the court, the queen is the son of heaven, and Zhaoyi is the prime minister, so Zhaoyi has a very high status in the inner court and can manage almost all the affairs of the inner palace.
The treatment is naturally quite high, and the general treatment of the prince, you can receive a routine 'salary' every month, Liu Xuan doesn't care about this, in fact, there are not many places in the palace that can be spent, these women have received money, and it is estimated that it is more used to reward the maids and these eunuchs - this group of people occasionally has the opportunity to go out of the palace, and they have the opportunity to spend money.
Under Zhaoyi is the concubine, in fact, Liu Xuan has been entangled for a while whether Zhaoyi is on top, or is the concubine on it? Because when I watched TV series in later generations, I would be a concubine when I opened my mouth and closed my mouth, and I always felt that this concubine should be very awesome.
In fact, it is almost the same, according to the later system, the concubine is in the first rank in the inner court, and she is the most powerful existence under the queen. If it was at another time, it would have been forgotten, but Zhaoyi was also the old rank of the Han Dynasty, and the status was still determined by Emperor Wu, so he should give his cheap ancestor a little face, and finally the concubine was ranked in the third gear.
At the same time, according to Liu Xuan's idea, the fact that there is only one queen cannot be changed, and Zhaoyi's is generally only given to one person, at most two. Two people are the limit, and it can't be more.
It's the position of the concubine, maybe you can seal a few more, but not too much, otherwise there will be chaos in this house.
The best way is, of course, one radish and one pit, but Liu Xuan was too lazy to make so many pits, so he set such a rule under Cao Bao's slightly helpless expression.
"Then the waiter is still divided into left and right waiters, so it's the same thing!"
Below the concubine is the nobleman, and the highest-level concubine under the original queen has now fallen to this point, but think about it, the nobleman is not very high in the original Han concubine system. It's just that Emperor Guangwu deleted it too ruthlessly, and the status of the nobles jumped up.
The limit on the number of nobles is lower, if the noble concubine is not good to seal indiscriminately, then the noble person is not so particular, basically as long as the Son of Heaven likes it, you can seal a nobleman, as for whether it can go further, it depends on the ability of the individual.
Under the nobles, there are Ronghua, talented people and beauties, and beauties are the lowest level in the concubine rank. But the treatment is better than before.
First of all, after Liu Xuan determined the rank of the beauty, he also arranged the 'salary' accordingly, not like before, the beauty can only rely on coaxing the son of heaven to be happy and then receive the reward, usually there is no money and food to receive except for normal meals.
At present, Liu Xuan's women are basically beauties. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Xuan was very gentle to all the women, he didn't have too much preference in normal times, and the number of concubines in the harem was not much, there would be no need for the women to fight for favor - more importantly, because there was no need to worry about the issue of heirs, the women had one more reason to fight.
Liu Xuan made it clear when he included them in the palace: he would not have children!
Although the women seemed a little disappointed, it was not incomprehensible, and they didn't have to worry about others being favored because of the child or being excluded by the women because of their pregnancy, etc., so after so many years. It's a pleasure to get along with.
Also, after Liu Xuan focused his attention on a few women, it was impossible for them to have a bad life because they didn't have a 'salary', after all, there were only a few women in the harem, and whoever wanted to have a bad life The emperor could see it at a glance, and no eunuch maid who didn't open his eyes dared to offend these people, not only served carefully. The food is basically the same as the queen. ...,
In this environment, it doesn't matter if there is a 'salary' or not, not to mention that there are few places where they use money, so they can arrange it with Cao Bao when they want to use it.
Therefore, although all the women are of the rank of beauty, their lives are no different from those of the queen, so naturally there is no dissatisfaction.
But it won't be known for sure in the future, Liu Xuan also understood after listening to Cao Bao's suggestion. There will definitely be more and more women in this palace, and the level of beauty itself is too low, the treatment is too poor, and there will be more distractions in the future, if you don't notice it, then the problem will come out.
Rather than wait for the problem to come out and then solve it. It is better to take some countermeasures as soon as possible, such as determining the treatment of all the women first.
For example, the level of this concubine must be lowered, and the first thing is to promote Diao Chan and Zhen Mi to concubines, and at the same time, the Qiao sisters and Huang Yueying are promoted to nobles.
This promotion is basically set in the order of entering the palace, so it is impossible for the women to have any dissatisfaction, although Huang Yueying has not long since she really established her reputation, but she has helped Liu Xuan the most, and she is even an official in the court, so naturally no one will object.
As for the empty Zhaoyi or something, it is to give the women a head, who can help him enough in the future, then this can also be used to determine his status among the women.
And the rest of the talented women, beauties, or something...... Let's leave it empty first, which woman will I like in the future, and there will be an arrangement after being recruited into the palace.
In the end, Liu Xuan, who was a palace person, a girl and the like, simply ignored it, he originally wanted to revoke these titles, but after thinking about it, he still forgot about it, anyway, it didn't hinder anything, and if he really found any 'good seedlings' in his palace, it would be an unexpected surprise.
Busy, after the final decision, the edict was issued directly, originally according to the general rules, this reclassified the concubine level, and added a few vacancies, it seems that there should be a 'sea audition' or something to fill the inner palace.
But Liu Xuan didn't make this edict, and many ministers were a little confused.
"Could it be that Your Majesty has already chosen someone in his heart?"
"Hey, it can't really be the Lu family, right?"
Although the matter of Lu Bu's family has passed for a while, it is still the talk of most people in Luoyang City, and they will take it out for discussion from time to time.
Some say that Lu Buhu's father has no dogs and daughters, some say that Lu Bu is really a rough man, and he can't even teach his daughter well, and there are also those who purely watch the show...... Of course, there are also some people who join in the fun and go to the Lu family to propose marriage-these people were all beaten by Lu Lingqi without exception, and this reason also said that they were ashamed to death: "I can't beat them, what confidence do you have to say marry me?"
In addition to adding a lot of jokes to the idlers in Luoyang City, it made Lu Lingqi's fame bigger and bigger, although this reputation was not very good.
But who made the Lu family one of the most powerful families in the Han Dynasty now? So even so, it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of those who came to mention their relatives, and as a result, Lu Lingqi didn't go home for three days. He went to the barracks again.
Liu Xuan didn't know about this matter originally, but who called Lu Bu 'the most trusted general of the Son of Heaven'? Coupled with the subsidence of the war, the Han Dynasty once again began a new round of steady development, and it seemed that there was nothing else to do for Lu Bu, except for going to the palace from time to time to talk to the Son of Heaven.
And chatting, it is inevitable to talk about this child's affairs.
Lu Bu is not young now, don't look at the appearance has not changed much. This mentality is completely different from back then.
As I get older, I see more and think more, and I naturally see things differently than before.
At this time, although Lu Bu looked like he was in his prime. Not even half of his hair has turned white, but the temperament exuded by the whole person makes people not think of him as a young man at all. ...Meantime...... This Lu Bu also became nagging.
"Alas, Lingqi, this girl, is not young now, although you don't have to worry about getting older or anything after learning the magic of the immortal family, but it's not the same thing to always not marry, or Your Majesty will make an edict to give my daughter to whoever she marries!"
Liu Xuan almost squirted out the sip of tea he had just drunk in his mouth and looked at Lu Bu. It doesn't seem like a joke, the arranged marriage in this feudal society is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the world's first fierce general is generally thinking about this kind of thing.
"Who do you want to marry your daughter to?"
He wasn't curious about anything else, but he was curious about which kid Lu Bu had fallen in love with? You must know that this Lu Bu is very arrogant, and he will never look down on ordinary people.
Those who can get into his eyes must not only be excellent in martial arts, but also not bad in appearance - Lu Bu himself is a handsome guy. It is also related to Zhang Fei's appearance with a leopard's head and eyes, and Yu's appearance like a red date is very different.
The so-called Lu Bu among people is not just a description of Lu Bu's strong martial arts!
Lu Bu smiled, and then said a name that surprised Liu Xuan: "I saw that Lingqi ran away from the Yulin Army, didn't she fall in love with that kid from the Ma family?"
Now the leader of the Yulin Cavalry is Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, and this so-called Ma family kid is naturally talking about him -- as for the other Yulin captain? That is Zhao Yun, but he is not surnamed Ma.
If you want to talk about Ma Chao, it is not casually called Jin Ma Chao in later generations, and his body shape and appearance are all first-class. Coupled with his excellent martial arts, everyone understands that this young man has a bright future.
What's more, Ma Chao is also considered a famous family, General Fubo Ma Yuan is also a famous general in the history of the Han Dynasty, and his father Ma Teng is also very prestigious in the northwest.
"That's it!"
If Lu Bu and Ma Teng become in-laws. Of course, a relatively strong faction will be formed, but Liu Xuan doesn't mind this, because whether it is Ma Teng or Lu Bu, they themselves do not have a good impression in the hearts of some old ministers in the court, it can be said that although Lu Bu has a high status, he has been in a state of being excluded in the court.
Although Ma Teng is better, it is also limited.
When the two get together, they can form a small circle to protect their own interests, and they can't afford to make big waves. As for what kind of military-political alliance? Ma Teng does not have this kind of power in the court, not to mention that with his own series of measures, the army is not Lu Bu alone.
shook his head and laughed at himself in his heart: "Alas, why are you thinking so complicated?"
Xu has been the emperor for a long time, and sometimes he thinks about things unconsciously in that direction, but he forgets that his Han is very different from the previous dynasty, and these messy things will not have any impact on his behavior for the time being.
However, his shaking of his head made Lu Bu misunderstand: "Your Majesty thinks it's inappropriate?"
Liu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and simply took over directly: "If Feng Xian thinks that this matter is okay, why don't you go directly to Xun Shoucheng to talk about it in person, or simply go to Meng Qiming to talk about it...... But it's best to say hello to your girl first, or else there will be some rumors about this Luoyang!"
Lu Bu smiled awkwardly, he didn't expect that the daughter he worked hard to educate was so strong, and it was quite similar to when he was young, but looking at it from the perspective of his father, it was really a headache.
Originally, he thought that there was nothing wrong with this, but he couldn't stand Lu Lingqi's mother whispering in his ear every day. Say that a girl should have the appearance of a girl's family, don't talk about dancing knives and guns every day, but now that she is so old, she can't even get married, but she runs to the barracks every day to lead the soldiers...... What is this like?..., if ordinary people don't want to listen to it, they will be scolded for a few words, but Lu Bu is a person who loves his wife very much, so he can't even say a few words of scolding. So I could only comfort with kind words, patting my chest and guaranteeing: "Solve Lingqi's problem as soon as possible!"
That's how it ended.
As for Liu Xuan's last joke, Lu Bu felt that the Son of Heaven was right, if he didn't explain it to his daughter first, he would help her contact her in-laws. When the time comes, the daughter will be angry and want to fight with herself again, and he won't be able to do that!
Looking at Lu Bu's appearance, Liu Xuan found it interesting.
People say that loving mothers are more defeated, but the Lu family seems to be reversed, Lu Bu, who treats his daughter as a baby, holds a loving father who is afraid of melting, and holds a loving father who is afraid of falling, but he has taught a terrible daughter, and ordinary people's sons are afraid that they are not so strong.
"Feng Xian doesn't need to worry, there are many young talents in the forbidden army now. Sooner or later, your daughter will have a catchy eye, I'm afraid that you won't agree when the time comes!"
In fact, there are countless outstanding young men in the court now, Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, and Sima Yi are all momentary talents, not very old and not bad looking.
Zhao Yun and Ma Chao on the military general's side, Guan Yu also brought back a godson from this expedition to Liaozhou, called Guan Ping, who was almost the same age as Lu Lingqi. The ability is also good (in the romance, he later fought with Pang De without winning or losing), plus he is stable, I can't guarantee that Lu Lingqi will fall in love with this kind of stuffy gourd!
"Anyway, countless stories are written like this, the more brutal and willful the girl who jumps away, and finally marries that kind of stuffy gourd!"
However, he is not a professional matchmaker, so he will not participate in such a thing as Lu Bu's marriage to a daughter, as for his inclusion in the palace?
I touched my chin, which had never had a beard.
"Let's talk about it later!"
Talking about walking, he went directly to the Imperial Garden, and today his women are busy with things - Zhen Mi went to Taixue, and Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao went out of the palace with Cai Yan to see their father. Huang Yueying was still in the palace, but she was busy tossing the problem of the mount, and she hadn't seen her for a while--this girl didn't even know that she had been 'upgraded'.
As for Diao Chan, it seems that he has gone to cultivate?
He didn't know the specific situation, but he heard Cao Bao say: "Guifei Niangniang picked some young girls and trained them personally!"
As for what exactly is practiced. Cao Bao said that it seemed to be dancing and singing, but it was not clear otherwise, after all, he was Liu Xuan's close attendant, and it was impossible to follow Diao Chan every day.
With no one to accompany him, Liu Xuan chatted with Lu Buduo for a while, and even wanted to go out of the palace to see what was going on in the world after a while. Anyway, sooner or later, this matter will be told to everyone in the DPRK and China, and it makes no difference if you say it early or late.
"Your Majesty is leaving the palace again?"
Lu Bu was stunned, he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven didn't live in Luoyang for a few months, and he ran out again. Why is this son of heaven so different from the kings of the past, so he likes to wander around?
However, Lu Bu didn't advise, anyway, he could see the situation at this time, and he had a communicator in his hand, and the Son of Heaven would not affect the operation of the court outside, so he would go out?
What's more, being bored in the palace all day long is indeed very boring! Not to mention the Son of Heaven, even if it is him Lu Bu, he feels a little boring.
"Your Majesty travels, do you want to bring an escort?"
Liu Xuan thought for a while: "I won't lead soldiers!"
Don't bring troops, but the generals may bring a few, as for the accompanying service, he really doesn't plan to bring it this time, otherwise there will be no accurate number in the area, and when the time comes, a large group of people will go out, and they will also pay a private visit to a wool, and fools know that this group of people has a high status, and they can't guarantee what kind of big official or the relatives of big officials are.
Lu Bu thought about it for a while, and roughly knew His Majesty's thoughts...... If you don't bring soldiers or attendants, although there will definitely be no danger with Your Majesty's cultivation, a few ladies need some protection, so they will bring two or three generals. ..., "In this case, why don't you take Lingqi's girl with you, and let her walk around to see and see!"
In fact, Lu Bu didn't think about anything else, mainly because his daughter traveled with His Majesty, so his own family wouldn't be talking about his daughter in his ears every day, at least he could be clean for a while.
As for after coming back?
"Why don't you let Ma Mengqi go along?"
He wants to take Ma Chao with him, if his daughter can really look at Ma Chao, it is estimated that he will also be in love along the way, if he can't look down on him, he doesn't have to go to Ma Teng again, otherwise it will be too embarrassing for the two families to fall out because of their daughter after they have agreed.
Liu Xuan saw Lu Bu's thoughts at once, but he didn't object to this, so he simply nodded and agreed.
"If that's the case, just bring Zhao Yun with you!"
As for the Yulin Ride, although these three people are in charge of the Yulin Ride, they usually train their own tooth generals and Qu Chang to be in charge of the following, and their absence does not affect anything.
Anyway, the Yulin cavalry will not be used in a short time, and even if a war breaks out suddenly, it will not be possible for the Yulin cavalry to be dispatched - this mobile cavalry is used to attack. And when the Han was about to recuperate, a war suddenly broke out, and the initial stage must have been mainly defensive warfare, and at that time, the Tiger Guard Army and the Tiger Ben Army were much more useful than the Yulin Cavalry.
As for the counterattack, Liu Xuan would definitely rush back to Luoyang at that time, and he would not delay the matter.
"Then so be it! But the day of going out has not yet been decided, and it may not be possible to set off in a few years!" Before the words fell, Lu Bu's face suddenly became bitter again.