The queen hesitated for a moment. She was not afraid that Mingda and Changyu would be bullied by her husband's family. The Wei family had a clean and upright family tradition. If Wei Zhi's character ranked second in the Jin Dynasty, no one would dare to rank first.
Regardless of his talent, the son he trained has a passable character, at least he is a gentleman.
She only worried about Chang Yu bullying others, never worried about others bullying Chang Yu.
As for Mingda, even less so.
Everyone in the Bai family is a loyal and honest person. She agreed at the time because she took a fancy to this, and the other thing was Bai Er's affection for Ming Da.
However, personal guards are still needed, not to prevent them from being bullied by their husbands, but with personal guards, it will be easier for them to do what they want to do outside.
The wise daughter is Mo Ruomu. She still knows the temperament of her two daughters. It would be nice to have some personal guards around.
But a thousand is not necessary.
According to regulations, the princesses of the Jin Dynasty all have personal guards, ranging from eighty to five hundred, depending on the emperor's favor and rewards for them.
Currently, the emperor's sister Princess Zhao has the largest number of personal guards. However, Princess Zhao has passed away. Most of the remaining princesses have two hundred or three hundred personal guards.
It's not that the emperor is stingy, but that these personal guards are paid by the national treasury, so except for the particularly beloved princess, few can get the highest grade of five hundred.
The emperor originally selected five hundred personal guards for Mingda, but now he feels that five hundred is not enough.
Don’t Wang’s daughters have a dowry?
That must be true, but she was still bullied. Why?
That's naturally because the dowry is not large enough. If her dowry were large enough, could the Ma family take over and dismantle it in one fell swoop?
It's a pity that the queen is not willing. Otherwise, he can afford to support him with an extra five hundred. At most, the extra people will go to his private treasury. Well, otherwise, it is fine to let Mingda raise it by herself. Just give her some more property.
She didn't do anything, and the money she got out was enough for military pay.
The emperor was planning in his mind and said to the queen: "Yin Li mentioned before that the capital was crowded, and even the houses in Yongzhou were sparse and crowded. Many people who came to the capital had to live in the villages below, and it was very inconvenient to travel. I
How about expanding Yongzhou City and building a new city street?"
The Queen looked at him and asked: "Where does Your Majesty want to expand?"
The emperor coughed slightly and then said: "I think the southwest of Yongzhou is good. It is close to the Wei River, the land is flat and wide, and it is close to the capital. By the way, Yongzhou City is not far from Yueyang, and Yueyang is thousands of years away.
The county is close. If it is expanded, Yongzhou and the capital will be almost connected together in the future. This way it will be closer to Beijing and more convenient for travelers."
Although the queen knew that he had selfish motives, she thought for a moment that this would be beneficial to the people, so she smiled and nodded, but still reminded: "Your Majesty, please don't go too far."
The emperor was so excited that he nodded repeatedly, stretched out his hand to hold the queen's hand and said, "I know, don't worry."
The emperor mentioned this matter to the courtiers the next day. Wei Zhi and others also knew that the capital was crowded now, especially now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe. More and more people come to Chang'an, including those who come here every year to study, do business, work, and all kinds of things.
Everyone has it.
Wealthy people can naturally buy or rent a house in the capital, but what about those who have no money or few assets?
Even locals may be squeezed out of the capital.
Two years ago, Wei Zhi proposed to expand the Chang'an city, but it was shelved due to various problems. Now instead of expanding the capital, it would be good to expand Yongzhou.
Yongzhou is the companion capital. It is not far from the capital and can be reached in two hours. However, the area chosen by the emperor for expansion is even closer. Once the road is built, it will basically take one hour to reach Wannian County from Xincheng. This is quite convenient.
There are many students from poor families studying in the capital.
So everyone discussed it, and as for the scope, people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works need to jointly survey it, and then report the data to the officials of the DPRK and China for discussion.
After this major incident came to an end, the people Yin Li found went to great lengths to impeach Spurs Shi for his lax management of the family, bringing to light the matters that the Wang family, the Cui family, and the Ma family had kept secret.
The expressions of the ministers in the court did not change much, but they were full of complaints and were surprised.
Among them, the most seriously injured person was not the Wang family or even the Ma family, but the Cui family.
Although it is not stated clearly in the booklet, anyone who inquires will know that Wang's daughter was sent back to the Ma family by her aunt Cui, and it was for this reason that the Ma family tortured Wang's daughter unscrupulously.
When people pity Wang's daughter, they can't help but question Cui's upbringing. But for Cui, who now relies on her in-laws for survival, this is a fatal blow.
In the capital, the daughters of the Cui family in the back houses of each family all hated the Wang Cui family to death. But at this time, they could do nothing. They had to pretend to share the same hatred and deal with the Ma family first.
Mrs. Tang didn't expect that this matter would be brought to court. They were already keeping a low profile. So she couldn't help but frown and became a little worried.
Lord Tang smiled and comforted her and said: "Don't worry, if things happen, Cui will not let it go. Don't worry, even if your father doesn't take action, Cui will not let the Ma family go. They will definitely deal with this matter."
It would be better if all the faults are placed on the Ma family."
Then he said: "What you have to do now is to keep an eye on the Ma family and don't let them jump over the wall and do anything to the children."
Mrs. Tang said: "I have already written to my father."
She sighed: "As soon as this incident came out, our Wang family became famous."
Mr. Tang smiled and said, "There is Mr. Cui standing in front of me. Don't be afraid."
Mrs. Tang glanced at him and said, "What's so exciting about this? There are many Cui girls in our Wang family's back house."
Not to mention, her grandmother’s surname is Cui!
Mr. Tang touched his nose and said, "It's my husband's fault. I shouldn't be so gloating about my misfortune. Then let's send a letter of comfort to my father."
"Go away, you don't think your father is bothered enough?"
In fact, the royal family leader is not really worried. Taiyuan is not very far from the capital, and news is always delivered faster. He just received the news that Ma Hongzhong returned to Bingzhou with a bruised nose and face, and he already knew what happened in the court.
Bingzhou is not far from Taiyuan, and the Ma family lives in a county close to Taiyuan. It takes an hour to get there quickly.
Wang Cheng stopped Ma Hongzhong and beat him up again before he entered the county town. This time, without Mrs. Tang's intimidating stop, he was a bit harsh. Although he didn't beat the man to death, the injuries on his body looked terrible.
After the beating, Wang Cheng followed the fourth and fifth sisters home.
The royal family chief met them in person, asked Ma Hongzhong about his reaction, and as soon as he got the news from the capital, he summoned a steward and said, "Go to Ma's house and take Mr. Biao out."
Wang Geng was stunned for a moment and then said: "Uncle, take the child out now. If the Ma family sues us for robbing the child..."