In the last episode, it was said that the carpenter was urged to use his great magic power to move 41 concubines from the palace and accept them as apprentices, and gave them a large amount of "settlement fee" on the spot.

"Giggles, Master, you are so good! If you think about everything for the sake of your disciples, can't you think about yourself? It's not easy to get so much money! Just when Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse was dumbfounded, Empress Zhang Yan reacted the fastest, and preemptively said the origin of the doubts in everyone's hearts?

"Haha, it's not profitable, I can't afford to be early, I think you all know it, this truth is applicable everywhere." After urging the carpenter to smile, he suddenly said with a solemn face: "Do you know why the teacher has so much wealth? Let me tell you the truth, these are all for the sake of the teacher's murder and robbery, how about it? ”

When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked, no matter what, they couldn't imagine that such a generous, benevolent and old-hearted master was actually a "big devil" who killed people without blinking, especially after listening to the carpenter tell about his previous many fights with the "hermit" Wako, as well as the experience of the baby and her mother walking at night, scaring everyone stupidly!

"Master, I really didn't expect that this 'cultivation world' turned out to be even more sinister than our secular world!" The women were already timid, and some people were almost scared to cry on the spot, but fortunately there was no incontinence. However, there are a few stubborn personalities such as Empress Zhang, but they are very interested.

"Apprentices, are you scared? Do you regret worshipping me to urge a certain door? Are you worried that one day you will be brutally killed by the enemy? ”

"Woo, Master, you're scared to death babies! Babies are timid! Woo woo...... "The women, including their husband Zhu Youxiao, couldn't help but wonder when they heard the carpenter describe one wonderful fight after another and every thrilling place.

"Haha, apprentice, apprentice, don't be arrogant and unrighteous because of "sinister rivers and lakes" and "complex society", but face the reality bravely, put it to death and live later, so that you can exercise yourself in adversity, stimulate your potential, become strong, and catch up with the others, so that you can finally defeat your opponent. ”

"But...... Master, we are all mortals now, how can we withstand the revenge of those who have great powers? You can't hide here all the time for your protection, can you? After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but frown, although the scene was full of gold and silver treasures, but they were not eggs.

"Haha, don't think too much, it's useless to think too much, let's cultivate according to the requirements of the teacher." After urging the carpenter to scare everyone half to death by telling stories, he gave them huge psychological pressure, and he was not afraid that they would fish all day long, eat and wait for death, after all, no one was willing to give up glory and wealth!

In the following time, everyone first hastily ate lunch, and then continued to count the money and keep accounts, not paying attention to the shocked expressions of the eunuchs and palace maids who delivered the food just now, after all, they had never seen so much money in their lives, and even they were worth a silver ingot!

Finally, according to the 1:10 standard for gold and silver comparison announced by the government in the market in the late Ming Dynasty, the value of 145678 taels of gold is equivalent to 1456780 taels of silver, plus the existing 12,345 taels of silver, there are a total of 1469125 taels of silver, that is, 1,469,125 taels.

In this way, among all the people present, except for the eunuchs and palace maids, each person can get an average of two or five dollars of silver!

Although each person can get less than 30,000 taels of silver, it is still a lot for those of them who have been "marginalized" by the imperial court, because the treatment of harem concubines is often directly linked to their respective ranks. In addition, the welfare of the concubines also includes various rewards, gifts, etc.

In the ancient feudal dynasties, the emperor's harem had many concubines, and the ranks were also very different, starting from the Qin and Han dynasties and continuing until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors' harem had a complete set of management systems. The concubines are roughly divided into 19 ranks, and the rank level is also very strict.

The first thing to mention is the "Queen". In the life of each emperor of various feudal dynasties, there is usually only one "queen" in office, that is, the emperor's "wife", who manages the harem on behalf of the emperor and presides over the basic affairs of the harem. Counting further down, there is the "imperial concubine", which is usually only one.

After all, in the era of feudal dynasty rule of "family world", "home is the country, and the country is home". Whoever it is? As long as they live within the territory ruled by the feudal dynasty, they are the "people" of the emperor's family, and the "queen" is also the "housekeeper".

If divided according to the rank, the "imperial concubine" of the Ming Dynasty is a member of the "Zhengyi Rank" court, which is equivalent to the "deputy queen". If the queen is no longer alive, or is not in the palace due to going out, being abolished, etc., then the "imperial concubine" can replace the position of the "queen", overseeing many concubines and handling harem affairs.

The second is the concubine who is equivalent to the "Congyipin", with a total of four, namely "Concubine Hui", "Concubine Shu", "Concubine Xian" and "Concubine De". These four concubines are divided according to the "conduct" of the concubines, which is also the standard for the emperor to canonize concubines, and their status is far beyond that of ordinary courtiers, and even more than the "Three Princes and Nine Secretaries".

Further down, it is the "concubine" whose status is equivalent to that of the "second grade", which is divided into "Zhaoyi", "Zhaorong", "Zhaoyuan", "Xiuyi", "Xiurong", "Xiuyuan", "Chongyi", "Chongrong", and "Chongyuan", a total of nine. This is from the Tang Dynasty after the fixed rank, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, thousands of years unchanged!

Then there are the harem beauties whose status is equivalent to the "Zheng Sanpin" courtiers, all of whom are "Jieyu", and there are four. After that, there are "three products", which are "Wanyi", "Fangyi", "Fenyi", "Deyi", and "Wenyi". After that, there are lower-ranking concubines, and the number is as large as thousands.

Among the concubines from the "four products" to the "nine products", the "four products" are "noble concubines", and the "four products" are concubines, all of whom are wives who are "certified by ceremonies" by the emperor with an edict. There are four "positive five products", namely "Xiaoyi", "Xiaoyuan", "Liangyuan", and "Liangdi", and those who "follow the five products" are "Guiji".

All the "harem beauties" below the level of "concubine" only get an edict issued by the emperor to identify their identity, but they are also higher than the court officials of the same grade, after all, they are all the emperor's women, in case one day they are lucky to be made by the emperor Lao Tzu to give birth to dragon sons and dragon grandchildren, maybe they will be the mother of the world!

As for the "harem beauties" at the back of the "grade", they are the "Ji" of the "six grades"; Those who "follow the six products" are "nobles"; Those who are "seven products" are "talents" and "beauties"; Those who "follow the seven products" are "always there" and "lady"; Those who are "positive eight products" are "selected servants"; Those who "come from the eight products" are "picking women"; "Positive nine products" is "promise";

"From the ninth grade" for the "change of clothes", the status is slightly higher than the ordinary palace maids, specializing in serving the "emperor" and "queen" or "concubines" to sleep, but in case they happen to have menstruation and can't have sex together, they have to half-push and half-push, if the emperor makes a big belly and gives birth to a baby, the status soars suddenly.

This is the approximate division of the rank of the "concubines" in the emperor's harem, in different dynasties, the division of grades will be slightly different, but overall unchanged.

In fact, the emperor's concubines have had wages since the Han Dynasty, and this system has not changed, but in some dynasties it has changed from the "annual salary system" to the "monthly salary system", or from the distribution of various goods and daily necessities to the distribution of real money. In short, its salary scale fluctuates greatly.

For example, if it is divided according to the "level of rank", the status of the "Queen of the Western Han Dynasty" is extremely high, although there is no clear record, but the "queen" has its own "fiefdom" and "private house", and there are many county-level administrative units in the country The tax revenue is the "Tang Muyi" of the queens, and the amount adds up to a huge amount.

In addition, in the Han Dynasty, whether it was the "former Han" or the "Later Han", the concubines in the emperor's harem were divided into 14 ranks, and their status from high to low was "Zhaoyi", "Jieyu", "Hao'e", "Fuhua", "Beauty", "Eight Sons", "Chongyi", "Seven Sons", "Liangren", "Long Envoy", "Young Envoy", "Five Senses", and "Shunchang".

The subsequent "Wujuan", "Republic", "Yuling", "Baolin", "Good Messenger", and "Night One" all belong to the same grade, and their grades are the lowest.

Therefore, according to the "grade" to divide, the concubines of the emperor of the Han Dynasty from "Zhaoyi" downwards, their salaries decreased in turn, and the annual salary of "Zhaoyi" could reach 2100 stone corn; "Jieyu" annual 2,100 stones; "Hao'e" 1050 stones; "Ronghua" annual 900 stones; "Beauty" annual income 720 stones; "Eight sons" annual salary 540 stones;

The annual salary of "Chongyi" is the same as that of "Eight Sons", which is 540 stones; "Seven Sons" 450 stone per year; The annual salary of the "beloved" is 450 stones; The annual salary of the "long envoy" is 410 stones; The annual salary of the "young envoy" is 270 stones; The annual income of "five senses" is 240 stones; The annual income of "Shun Chang" is 180 stones; The rest of the "Wujuan", "Republic", "Yuling", "Baolin", "Good Messenger", "Night One", their annual salaries are 96 stone corn, according to the Han Dynasty each stone is equivalent to 120 catties in later generations, 96 stones is 11,520 catties of corn.

In the later period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the annexation of land by powerful landlords, the country's finances and taxes were sharply reduced, and the national strength weakened, resulting in a sharp reduction in the salaries of the corresponding concubines, which was far inferior to that of the Western Han Dynasty, so that the annual salary of many concubines was no more than a thousand stones. In the Tang Dynasty, the rank of concubines was more, and the annual salary was changed to a monthly salary.

Concubines like "Guifei" and "Shufei" can receive more than 9 yuan per month. "Zhaoyi", "Zhaorong", "Xiuyi" and other "Zhengerpin" concubines can receive more than 8 yuan per month. "Jieyu", these "three products" concubines, can receive more than 6 yuan.

"Beauty", as a "positive four-product" concubine, can receive more than 4 yuan per month. "Talented people" are "positive five products" concubines, who can receive more than 3 yuan per month. "Baolin" is the "Zhengliupin" concubine, who can receive more than 2 yuan per month. The "royal maid" is the "Zhengqipin" concubine, and she can actually receive 2 yuan per month, that is, two taels of silver.

During the Tang Dynasty, every 1,000 copper coins was equal to 1,000 coins, which was worth one tael of silver at that time. According to historical records, a bucket of rice was sold for only 5 wen yuan during the Zhenguan period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and usually one tael of silver was equivalent to 1,000 wen copper coins (consistent money), and 200 buckets of rice could be bought, indicating that silver was very valuable at that time.

1 according to 0 buckets for a stone is 20 stones, and a stone in the Tang Dynasty is about 59 kilograms in later generations, and then calculated according to the price of rice in later generations, one catty, two pieces of five, it can be seen that the value of a tael of silver in the Tang Dynasty is almost 6,000 yuan, and a copper coin is equivalent to a value of 6 yuan! But the further back on, the more silver there is, the more it depreciates.

In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could buy two stones of ordinary rice, and at that time one stone was about 94.4 kilograms, and one tael of silver could buy 188.8 kilograms of rice, that is, 377.6 catties, so it was concluded that one tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty was about 900 to 1,000 yuan, and one penny was equivalent to 1 yuan.

Although the concubines of the Song Dynasty were not much different from those of the Tang Dynasty, they basically continued to be distributed according to the standards of the previous dynasty. However, in the Ming Dynasty, due to the rapid development of the commodity economy, a large amount of silver flowed into foreign trade, so after the full promotion of the "One Whip Law" in the ninth year of Wanli (1581), silver became legal tender.

Therefore, the "queens" of the Ming Dynasty received 1,000 taels of silver per year; The "imperial concubine" can get 800 taels of silver every year; Hui, Shu, Xian, and De are four "noble concubines" with an annual salary of six hundred taels of silver. The "ordinary concubines" below can get three hundred taels of silver every year, which is equivalent to an annual salary of 300,000 yuan!

The annual salary of the "nobleman" is one hundred taels of silver; "Changzai" can only get fifty taels of silver a year; And the "promise" is even less, you can only get 30 taels of silver every year, which is equivalent to the monthly salary of 2,500 yuan in later generations, it is simply hard, it is better to go home and "lie flat" or "rotten"! However, if this concubine with the lowest social status happens to be favored by the emperor or simply has a big belly and gives birth to a baby, then her status may soar!

In addition to the "salary", the "concubines" of the harem, as women serving the emperor, are also considered to be "civil servants" of the imperial court, and their welfare benefits are still very good.

However, like their salaries, their accommodation varies greatly. Concubines of higher "rank", such as "queen" and "imperial concubine", will undoubtedly live in single-family villas, that is, the so-called "palaces", which are extremely spacious and bright, the decoration style is very luxurious, and the utensils are also very complete.

The residence of the "queen" is extremely luxurious, with all kinds of jade cups, gold platforms, gold plates, gold ou, and jade, gold, silver, bronze, tin, iron and so on. In contrast, the "imperial concubines" of a lower "status", although equivalent to "the first rank of the imperial court", were only supplied with silver.

As far as the "grade" level is concerned, in the dormitories of "noble concubines", "concubines", "concubines", "nobles", "always present", and "promised", the number of heavy metals such as gold and silver decreases, and the low-level concubines even live in collective dormitories. In addition to living, in terms of food, the concubines are also treated very well.

Supplies such as pork, mutton, white noodles, tofu, and a variety of vegetables and fruits are abundant. Although this food standard is divided according to the "grade", the "low-grade" concubines still have a certain guarantee in terms of diet. As a woman, the concubine's love for beauty is indispensable.

Therefore, the concubines can get a lot of cloth for clothes, and there are many types of fabrics, including but not limited to python satin, woven gold, makeup satin, satin, flash satin, gold satin, cloud satin, cloth satin, blue satin, hat satin, Peng satin, palace, Lu, yarn, wrapped yarn, silk, spinning, hangxi, cotton, Korean cloth, three-thread cloth, wool green cloth, dark blue cloth, coarse cloth, gold thread, velvet, cotton thread, kapok, mink wrapping, Ula mink, etc., everything.

And these fabrics are in abundant supply. It is also divided according to the level of the concubine, the higher the grade, the higher the quality of the fabric and the greater the quantity.

In addition to salary, clothing, food, housing and transportation benefits, the concubines of the harem can also receive a lot of "rewards", such as "example money", "gifts", etc., which depend on the mood of the emperors. In addition, the most important task of the concubines in the royal family is to continue the heirs for the royal family and give birth to the "dragon vein".

If the concubines can successfully give birth to an heir, there will be a reward for giving birth to a boy or a girl. As long as they give birth to a baby, they will be able to receive various rewards from the emperor. And high-ranking concubines such as "queen" and "imperial concubine" can also receive large rewards from the emperor on their birthdays.

On the birthday of the "empress" of the Ming Dynasty, she could receive 90 taels of gold, 900 taels of silver, and various silk satins from the emperor. But when it comes to the "imperial concubine", the emperor will reward a lot of leathers, silks, tables and chairs and other furniture. After that, the "concubines" and "concubines" received fewer rewards.

As the saying goes, "Once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and then you turn back for life!" "The harem, there is no doubt that it is a place of glory and wealth, but how much glory and wealth do the "ladies" enjoy in the harem? This is closely related to the "rank" of the concubines themselves. Therefore, there will always be many concubines who are desperate to climb up.

In this process, there are many sisters and girlfriends who become enemies, but how far can they climb? It also depends on its own creation.

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