Duguhua was so stunned that she didn't faint. She was so hit that her eyes rolled up.
If she could discuss this experience with the Empress, she would definitely be better prepared for it. However, it is impossible for her to listen to the Empress's teachings, and her physical fitness is also far behind Li Bi back then.
The sudden shock and squeezing made Duguhua hold his breath in his chest and almost spit it out. His brain turned into a ball of mush, and it took him a long time to recover.
After she woke up, the first thought that came to her mind was not that it hurt, but that this was the consequences of offending the emperor? It can be seen that the tutor from a famous family was very successful, and some ideas seemed to have become her instinct.
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Li Po calmed her down thoughtfully. This sandbag was very good, with a soft body and full elasticity...
"How about it, body and strength are the same, go with the flow, women are weak and can't compete with men, but their agility is much better than men. You have to learn to use your strength skillfully.
Just like just now... I used Xu Jin well, but I thought it was too simple, so when I fell to the ground, I didn't have any defense, so the fall was harder."
He had nothing to do, so he didn't mind "teaching" the sandbags.
Seeing Duguhua's scattered eyes finally condensed, "How is it? Can you still hold on?"
Duguhua immediately climbed up from the ground with strength. She had already made mental preparations for this since the first day she became a sandbag.
He shook his dizzy head and said, "Your Majesty taught me a lesson, I will remember it."
Look, what a good student (sandbag), if only Mrs. Li Bi could be so docile... Well, forget it, it would be too boring.
This is like comparing domestic cats with wild Siberian tigers. Although we are all cats, the difference is huge.
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Bang, Duguhua was knocked to the ground again. This time she really didn't want to get up.
Li Po also stopped, sat down, took a breath, and pointed at his head, "This place of yours is not very easy to use. You have been sparring with me for a long time, but you haven't made much progress.
And...can anyone inquire about my whereabouts?
The last time I allowed you to take charge of Wude Palace, I was in a good mood, so why did you become Benjili?"
Duguhua sat up immediately, his whole body ached, and his heart felt cold. The emperor's posture, or it could be said that his mood was good or bad, was enough to determine the fate of the concubines in the harem.
Those few words that were fluttering were as heavy as a mountain to Duguhua. Hearing them suddenly, he felt fear.
It's really hard to guess the emperor's heart. It turns out that the emperor is blaming her for resorting to such tactics, which is why he took such heavy action today.
She leaned down deeply and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I know I was wrong..."
Li Po smiled and said: "Since you are still useful in the palace, I will tolerate you one more time, but you have to remember that it is only three things, so you can take care of yourself."
The harem is not his territory, and he doesn't bother to say too much.
The Dugu clan... used to be a famous family based on the Dugu tribe back then, but they were not as well-established as the Han family.
Over the past few decades, as the Xianbei people gradually integrated into the main ethnic groups in the Central Plains, these large Xianbei tribes showed a tendency to be unable to succeed.
Because when it comes to cultivating talents, they have congenital flaws, and without the talisman of Xianbei noble relatives, it is almost inevitable that they will go downhill.
The Dugu family has been able to survive for a long time thanks to the shadow of those three famous women.
Murong, for example, is now so rare that it seems to be a rare animal.
The eight Xianbei surnames at that time were Qiu Muling (Mu), Buliugu (Lu), Helan (He), Dugu (Liu), Helou (Lou), Wanniuyu (Yu), Hexi (Ji), and Yuchi (wei).
These surnames were all well-known Gao clans in the Northern Wei Dynasty. In order to maintain the rule of the Xianbei people, the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty often fixed their hierarchies in the form of edicts and in accordance with the rules of the nine-rank Zhongzheng system.
The so-called meritorious service in the world is to be as high as the princes, with the same four surnames, and not to be awarded low-ranking officials.
What do you mean by four surnames? It refers to the four surnames of the Han people at that time, including the four famous Han families of King Cui, Lu and Zheng.
What is a humble official? The rank below Jiuqing is a humble official.
Just by briefly talking about it, you can clearly feel the complacency and arrogance of the Xianbei people. It is actually no different from the later Mongolians and Manchus who took over the Central Plains. There are also about the same few means to maintain their rule. The only difference is that they have How many traitors were there to help them?
Later, Xianbei nobles had Han surnames one after another, which was what later generations called ethnic integration.
Because these foreigners had few people and poor means, they were already in poverty by the time of the Sui Dynasty. Families like Dugu still persisted, just because they still had pride hidden in their bones and remembered their original glory.
If you were to visit the Dugu clan's home now, in fact, few people would show off their Xianbei clan identity.
In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian had already done a round of it, getting rid of the Hu customs and returning to Han rites, and he was very successful.
By the early Tang Dynasty, after the baptism of war in the late Sui Dynasty, it was the general trend for the Han family to regain control of the Central Plains. To give another example, for example, the ancestors of Liu Zhenghui, the minister of Zhongshu, were Huns. He himself was least willing to let others mention this matter. Who would mention it? He just falls out with someone.
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In general, Li Po didn't like these Xianbei nobles. They always seemed to have some messy genes in their blood, and it was difficult for normal people to understand some of their behaviors.
Their outward manifestations are untimely ambition and cruelty, and sometimes you may even feel that their behavior is inexplicable, as if their instinct is driving them to do something.
But as an emperor, it's not that he can't tolerate it. The most important job of an emperor is to balance the various forces in the court. A family like the Dugu family must be treated with caution.
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Li Po didn't want to interfere with the affairs in the palace, so he strolled out of the gate of Wude Hall, leaving only Duguhua who was sent to the door, messy in the wind.
She was still a young girl, received a complete aristocratic education, and was sent to the palace to serve the king. However, her thinking was far from mature, and her enterprising spirit was remarkable. But in this way, she was most likely to do bad things.
Today she hit her head and suffered a serious setback.
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Li Po went to Tai Chi Hall and handled some government affairs.
On the last day of the fifth year of Yuan Zhen, there was not as much flavor as later years. Everyone was still waiting for the arrival of the Shangyuan Festival.
There were obviously fewer memorials placed on the emperor's desk than before, only a thin layer.
Li Po flipped through the pages and took a look. The most important thing was the memorial sent from the Ministry of Personnel. It was written and signed by Fang Xuanling, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
It is talking about the reduction of nobility next year. This actually marks the beginning of the rectification of officialdom. Let's practice the reduction of nobility first.
Nowadays, what seemed to be a difficult matter in the past is no longer a big deal. Five years have passed since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the events of the previous dynasty have gradually faded away, and even the shadow can hardly be seen.
The messy titles awarded by Li Yuan are not even qualified to be recorded in the court files. Now the so-called reduction of titles is to form a government decree and promulgate it openly and honestly.
What the Ministry of Personnel needs to do is to identify among them some people who have joined earlier and have meritorious deeds, so they can consider giving preferential treatment and be promoted or demoted based on their previous titles.
This seems to have become a task that requires the patience of officials.
If it were handed over to Pei Shiqing, he would think more, but that is not necessarily true for Fang Xuanling and Yan Shigu. They are both representatives of the young officials in the court.
His tactics will definitely be much tougher than that of Pei Shiqing, and it is Fang Xuanling who wrote the letter to rectify the bureaucracy. If he hesitates to reduce his rank, then he will not be able to face the complicated situation of county officialdom.
Li Po took a look at it and gave him an approval, saying that he could do whatever he wanted and there was no need to retaliate.
At this time, the attendants in the palace were Dou Wenbiao, the resident minister, Sun Fuga, the doctor admonishing Yi, and two casual knights who were regular attendants. These were all close relatives of the emperor.
It’s just that this year everything has changed.
Dou Wenbiao is the nephew of Dou Gui, the minister of the Ministry of War. They are the former Sui Taifu and Deng Guogong Dou Chi's branch.
Needless to say, the Dou family of Fufeng now has a prosperous family and many descendants. Let alone Li Po, they probably would not be able to count how many relatives they have who are officials even if they don't check their genealogy.
For example, Dou Wenbiao, his uncle Dou Gui is the minister of the Ministry of War, Dou Cong is the general of the Youtun Guard, and there are three uncles who are governors outside. There are more than ten brothers who are officials, and his sister is also in the palace, ranking as the ninth concubine.
That's just their situation.
The Dou family has a great business and has been prosperous for many years.
Nowadays, one of the key points is to reduce the title to others. When the Dou family of Fufeng took refuge with Li Yuan, they had all the advantages due to their in-laws with Li Yuan, Guanxi. The title was given to almost everyone, even the infants.
Li Po invaded Chang'an, which affected the Dou family to some extent. However, the Dou family seemed to have reached its peak of prosperity. The smoke on the ancestral graves was rising vigorously, and the change of dynasties was not something that could stop it.
Moreover, Fufeng is the hometown of the emperor, so the Dou family has unintentionally gained a lot of glory.
Five years have passed, and almost every yamen in the court have children of the Dou family serving in them. Compared with the Dou family, those famous families in Chang'an seem to be inferior.
Facing this kind of family, Li Po didn't have many good ideas. He could only let nature take its course. The most he could do was to create more branches to prevent them from getting together.
The most frustrating thing is actually that the surname Dou is quite special. Like Dugu, almost no one uses it among the people. Anyone in the court with the surname Dou is a descendant of the Dou family, which is a great advantage.
Dou Yan, the head of Dou Kang's family, was demoted to Luoyang as an official. Dou Kang's younger brother Dou Jing was in danger at the end of the festival. When he was serving as a supervisor and became an official, his nephew Dou Shilun severely read a book and said that he was too extravagant.
The affairs he oversees are always extremely luxurious and wasteful.
This was a quarrel between the uncle and nephew, and Dou Jing was dismissed on the spot after the investigation.
Li Po was aware of the bad things going on with the Dou clan. He saw that Dou Dan and Dou Shilun brothers were cleaning up the clan members they had not dealt with before, and at the same time they were gathering power in the clan...
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._
This chapter has been completed!