"Emperor Maode, one person gave fifty yuan of money and sent those imperial relatives away......"

In the vertical arch hall, Han Zhen was eating dinner.

Lao Jiu on the side stood aside to report what happened in the city today.

Dinner was very light, only two plates of side dishes with cooking cakes.

Han Zhen picked up a chopstick pickle and put it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "This Emperor Maode is very clear, so it's okay." ”

Swallowing the cooking cake in his hand in three or two bites, Han Zhen took a big sip of the teacup, and then asked, "By the way, how is Zhao Gou?" ”

"According to the brothers in the scout camp, after Zhao Gou got fifty yuan today, he bought some food, paper and pencils, and then met Zhao Zhi......"

Lao Jiu inquired about the news of the scout battalion soldiers, and told it as it was.

He didn't understand why the official family would pay attention to a prince of Zhao Song who no one cared about.

That Zhao Gou is the ninth son of Song Huizong, and his mother is from a royal background and has a low status.

When he was pregnant with Zhao Gou, he was just a Pingchang Junjun.

Mrs. Jun, it sounds very high, but in fact she is the lowest column in the harem, and above this there are Mrs. Guo, beauties, nobles, talents, and Jieyu...... and more than 20 grades.

The four words "mother and son" are destined to have no chance with Song Huizong's harem concubines.

It's really too capable of giving birth to this guy, a prince like Zhao Gou is not as good as Zhao Zhi, and he belongs to the transparent people among the transparent people.

Two years ago, when he opened the palace, he only sealed a Taibao and an envoy to the Qingyuan Army.

Look at Zhao Kai again, before the mansion was opened, he was crowned Taifu, moved to Jingnan and Ningjiang Military Festival Envoys, and was in charge of Jiangling and Kuizhou.

Lao Jiu proposed: "Your Majesty, these princes seem to be plotting to flee to the south, will they be locked up next?" ”

"Don't worry, let the soldiers of the scout battalion continue to stare at it, catch the thief for the stolen goods, and catch the traitor for double."

Han Zhen waved his hand and asked with interest, "Zhao Gou refused?" ”

Lao Jiu replied: "It seems that he refused, Zhao Zhi only said a few words, and Zhao Gou left in a hurry." ”

Han Zhen chuckled and said, "Ninth Sister is a smart person. ”

Zhao Gou is indeed a smart person, otherwise he would not have lived to the age of eighty-one unharmed in the hands of the Southern Civil Bureaucracy.

As I said earlier, the south is a swampy quagmire.

Once you're stuck in it, it's hard to figure it out.

You must know that after Zhao Da Chen Qiaobing became the country of Hou Zhou, the Qian family, the lord of Wu Yue, who was entrenched in Liangzhejiang, took the initiative to surrender, and in return, Zhao Da did not move, nor did he dare to move the land of Liangzhejiang.

In other words, the land of Liangzhejiang is ostensibly attributed to Zhao and Song, but in fact it is a country of China, and it is still surnamed Qian, and it is still controlled by the powerful gate headed by the Qian family.

After the Jingkang Change, Zhao Gou was a small transparent prince who had a fart foundation in the south of Liangzhejiang, and he was a puppet in Hangzhou.

Let you be the heir, say that you are scared by the Jin people and become impotent, you will have impotence, and finally arrange someone from the Taizu line to take over the throne to disgust.

Zhao Gou didn't even dare to let out a fart, but if he dared to struggle, he would immediately get sick and die.

Of course, in Han Zhen's opinion, Zhao Gou is also a little clever and does not have much ability, if he has half of the political means of his son Zhao Ji, Yue Fei will not die.

"Ninth sister?"

Lao Jiu looked puzzled, the official family has no brothers and sisters.

Han Zhen didn't explain, and continued to ask, "Isn't Qin San'er awake yet?" ”

Lao Jiu replied: "I woke up a few times, but I fell asleep again after a while, and the imperial doctor said that his body was too weak, and he lost too much blood, so he didn't dare to take strong medicine to make up for it, so he could only slowly adjust his body." ”

Han Zhen nodded and advised, "When he is better, remember to inform me." ”

At this moment, Liu Xi's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, He Fuyin and Wu are asking to see each other." ”

With Liu Qi's relationship, Han Zhen naturally would not treat Liu Xi harshly, and asked him to reorganize the forbidden army in the imperial city, and temporarily serve as the deputy envoy in front of the palace.

Compared with the forbidden army in Beijing, the combat power of these forbidden troops defending the imperial city is not bad.

"Xuan!"

Han Zhen commanded.

Not long after, He Li and Wu Min walked into the main hall together.

The two bowed: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Han Zhen asked, "What's the matter?" ”

He Li played: "Your Majesty, now that the trial of the offender has been completed, and the city is also tending to be stable, whether to lift the military control." Under the military management, all industries withered, and the people had no livelihood and could only rely on disaster relief to make a living, which increased the burden on His Majesty, and the cities and shops were closed, which also made the life of the people in the city inconvenient. ”

Hearing this, Han Zhen pondered for a moment and nodded, "Yes." ”

He Li's face was delighted: "Weichen thanked Your Majesty on behalf of the people." ”

After He Li finished playing, Wu Min stepped forward and said: "The shop has been sold, and the accounts are here, please look at it." ”

After taking the account book and looking at it casually, Han Zhen ordered: "The money from the sale will be charged to the treasury." ”

"Wechen retired."

Wu Min was about to leave, but was stopped by Han Zhen.

"Wait, you two are here just in time."

He Li was puzzled: "I don't know what else Your Majesty commands?" ”

Han Zhen got up and said, "Come with me to the back garden to meet Zhao Ji's queen and concubines, it's not a matter of living in the palace all the time." ”

He Li and Wu Min glanced at each other and hesitated: "This ...... I'm waiting for foreign ministers, I'm afraid it's not very convenient. ”

Han Zhen smiled and said, "When the two of you were willing to stay, didn't you just have this thought, why don't you go now?" ”

Careful thinking was exposed, and He Li and the others looked a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Han Zhen waved his hand: "Let's go." ”

The group walked out of the vertical arch hall and went straight to the Kunning Palace.

Kunning Hall is the residence of the queen, after Zhao Huan succeeded to the throne, he has been living in the East Palace, and he has no time or heart to rectify the harem.

Therefore, Empress Zheng has always lived in Kunning Palace.

At this moment, Empress Zheng is having dinner in the palace, and her dinner is the same as Han Zhen's, which is two dishes and cooking cakes.

It's good to let them continue to live in the palace, how can they still live a life of fine clothes and food.

Of course, Han Zhen did not humiliate them, the cooks in the palace cooked uniformly, and the harem women ate whatever he ate.

"Queen Mother, no, Han Zhen is here!"

The personal female officer trotted into the Kunning Palace, looking panicked.

"It's all the sins created by the Emperor, and what should come will always come."

Empress Zheng saw it clearly, sighed slightly, put down her chopsticks and said, "Go with the palace to greet you." ”

got up and walked out of the house, and saw Han Zhen coming towards him, followed by He Li and Wu Min, two former ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

"Meet Your Majesty."

Seeing the bright yellow cloak draped behind Han Zhen, Empress Zheng bent her knees slightly and made a blessing ceremony.

Han Zhen glanced at the other party up and down, although he was over forty years old, he could see the shadow of the once magnificent between his eyebrows, and with proper maintenance, he still had the charm at this moment.

After all, according to Song Huizong's character, if he wasn't extremely beautiful, how could he be supported as a queen.

"I've seen the Queen Mother."

Wu Min and He Li bowed with complicated expressions.

Even if they are under Han Zhen's command, Zhao Song is not dead, and Zhao Ji is still in the south, so he should be courteous.

Retracting his gaze, Han Zhen asked, "Empress Dowager Zheng has lived well during this time. ”

Empress Zheng replied, "Thank you Your Majesty for your hospitality, very good." ”

Han Zhen chuckled and said, "If you are wronged Empress Dowager Zheng, you will stay for a while, and after making peace with Zhao Song, you will send the Empress Dowager back to the south." ”

He has always been pragmatic, and with Empress Zheng as a bargaining chip, he can ask Zhao Ji for more money and food at that time.

"I'm causing trouble to Your Majesty."

Empress Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and saluted again.

"Don't disturb Empress Dowager Zheng's rest."

Han Zhen said and turned to leave.

He Li whispered: "The Queen Mother is fine, and I will be relieved." ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Zheng immediately understood, a trace of gratitude flashed in her eyes, and she bowed to He Li and Wu Minyingying.

Out of Kunning Palace, Han Zhen went straight to Yanfu Palace, and at the same time ordered Liu Chang, the eunuch with him, to call all the concubines of Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan to Yanfu Palace.

Liu Chang was originally a waiter in the Inner Servant Province, a low-level eunuch, who was favored by Han Zhen because of his neatness and cleverness, and temporarily stayed by his side to serve.

He was originally a scholar and a showman, and he felt that the imperial examination was hopeless, so he became a eunuch from the palace with a knife, wanting to earn a guarantee for his wife and children.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the profession of eunuch was the second upward channel for the people in addition to the imperial examination.

Most of them were ordinary people who voluntarily signed up for the palace.

These people either left heirs early, or there are many brothers in the clan, and they don't worry that no one will inherit the lineage, and entering the palace is just a career, and if they are lucky, they can also seal their wives and sons.

For example, Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng are like this, leaving heirs outside the palace, not to mention how chic they are.

After a short time, there were concubines who came to the main hall.

Immediately afterwards, more and more people came, until the whole hall was crowded with people, and women kept coming.

For a while, there was a smell of rouge gouache wafting in the hall.

Han Zhen said with a strange face: "How many concubines does Zhao Ji have?" ”

"This ...... Wechen didn't know. ”

He Li smiled bitterly, he is a foreign minister, how can he know the specific number of harem concubines.

Besides, I can't figure it out at all.

Every year, officials from all walks of life will pay tribute to a group of royal attendants, ranging from hundreds to dozens.

Over the years, the number is extremely exaggerated.

Looking at the warblers and warblers in the hall, Han Zhen was completely speechless.

He always thought that the three thousand beauties in the harem were just a metaphorical word, but he didn't expect it to be three thousand!

These women are extremely beautiful, Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, each with its own merits.

Some looked frightened, some looked calm, and even some of them threw flattering eyes at Han Zhen to show their graceful posture.

Liu Chang handed over a roster and said, "Your Majesty, this is the roster of the harem, please take a look at it." ”

Taking over the roster, Han Zhen looked at it for a while, then frowned and said, "There are only more than 380 people on this roster, why are there so many now?" ”

Liu Chang explained: "Your Majesty doesn't know, only ladies and above on the roster will be registered, such as royal attendants, Hongxia and other women, are not eligible to be registered. ”

"I see."

Han Zhen nodded abruptly.

Looking around the hall, Han Zhen suddenly pointed to a woman in the crowd and asked, "You! ”

"Meet Your Majesty."

The woman timidly performed a blessing ceremony.

Han Zhen asked, "How old are you this year?" ”

The woman replied, "Back to Your Majesty, the slave is eleven years old." ”

He glanced at it just now, and he felt that something was wrong, and he looked like a little girl.

Sure enough, he was only eleven years old.

Eleven years old!

Han Zhen couldn't help but scold: "Zhao Ji is really a beast!" ”

(End of chapter)