Chapter five hundred and sixteenth nature is hard to change
"The master's calculation is quite good!" Liu Che praised...,
Wang Dao, who was next to him, misunderstood and asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, do you want a servant to say hello?"
"Huh?" Liu Che was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Wang Dao meant.
From the perspective of the ruling class, this family is a troublemaker who jumps up and down and is restless.
For the traditional imperial power, only honest and silent people can be called good citizens.
Guys like Shijia jumping around are as annoying as flies, and they want to be slapped to death!
What's more, this master's family has given so many gifts, but they have not given any gifts to the palace.
The eunuchs and chamberlains in these two palaces, big and small, would be in trouble if they wanted to be happy!
Liu Che smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "No need, I can't tolerate this little thing..."
Wang Dao hurriedly bowed: "No! I know this..."
Liu Che glanced at this guy and didn't say anything. He just gave a leisurely instruction: "Go and send an invitation to Princess Guantao's house and let Brother Chen Xu enter the palace!"
"No!" Wang Dao accepted the order and left.
Liu Che watched the guy disappear from sight and shook his head, knowing that it was time to support another trusted eunuch to play against the king.
It's not a question of trust or not.
It's something you must do as an emperor.
Besides, that was for the good of the king. Liu Che did not want to have to deal with this loyal slave from his previous life in the future.
Two hours later, Liu Che's two cousins, Chen Xu and Chen Xi, arrived hand in hand.
"Your Majesty..." When the two brothers saw Liu Che, they immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty has summoned the ministers to come here. What are your orders?"
Liu Che looked at the two brothers.
Chen Xu is the elder brother. He is two years older than Liu Che. Chen Xu is the younger brother. He is fifteen years old this year.
These two brothers looked like they were quite talented.
But unfortunately, apart from the fighting cock lackeys, Liu Che could hardly see their advantages.
In addition, it may be because their mother Guantao is too strong and seriously favors girls over boys.
Therefore, the two brothers looked a little timid and did not look like relatives or uncles at all, but they looked stupid.
But, it doesn't matter anymore.
Anyway, there is no need for these two brothers to contribute to the Han family's country. They can stay at home and fight cocks and lackeys and play with maids. They do not go out to bully men and women and act tyrannically. This is their greatest contribution to the country!
"Get up!" Liu Che stood up and said, "Come here, give your two beloved ladies a seat!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu, who was older after all, took his younger brother to thank him, and then sat down on his seat respectfully.
"Is Tangyihou's health okay?" Liu Che asked.
"Thanks to your majesty, my father has always been in good health..." Chen Xu replied immediately, even a little moved in his eyes.
Liu Che nodded and quickly skipped the topic. Liu Che knew a little bit about the old Chen family's family affairs.
Whether it's Chen Wu waiting for him in Tangyi or Chen's brothers, they are almost all decorations. They are redundant.
Liu Che didn't want to get involved in this family's family affairs.
"I'm going to go hunting in Shanglinyuan tomorrow. You two dear friends, please prepare your own bows and horses and follow me around. How about that?" Liu Che asked with a smile.
Chen Xu and Chen Xi were immediately flattered and worshiped quickly: "No, I am waiting for the imperial edict!"
Going on a game drive is a rare opportunity to get close to the emperor.
Although the two Chen brothers may seem like idiots to outsiders, they themselves don't think so.
After their younger sister became the queen, the two of them expressed at a gathering with many other young men of the same age that they would become the three nobles and nine ministers in the future, or at least be a cavalry general.
"Chen Xi..." Liu Che suddenly looked at Chen Xi and ordered: "Have you taken a concubine recently? From Master Luoyang's family?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, this is the decision of my mother..." Chen Xi bowed his head and bowed, with a trace of unwillingness flashing in his eyes.
If possible, Chen Xi would never take a merchant's daughter as his concubine!
You know, for the son of a prince to marry a merchant, it is too cheap to mention it. What's more, he is also a dignified maternal uncle. As long as nothing happens, he will definitely be named a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households in the future!
And accepting the daughter of a merchant will be a big stain on him in the future.
It is even enough to become the focus of criticism from others.
A relative of a noble prince, he associates with the untouchables in the city, sacrificing the good and picking up the weak, pursuing the profit of the villain...
Chen Xi could almost imagine how the public opinion between the government and the opposition would discuss this.
But Liu Che's next words dispelled all the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Tomorrow, please bring your in-laws with you. Just in time, I have something I want to ask..." Liu Che casually ordered.
"No!" Chen Xi was overjoyed and kowtowed in the eyes of his brother who seemed to be envious and jealous.
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After returning home, brothers Chen Xu and Chen Yu were immediately called over by their mother for questioning.
Liu Prostitute was lying on the couch, looking lazily at the two brothers kneeling in front of him, and asked: "Why did the emperor ask you to go?"
"Your Majesty ordered your son to go on a safari tomorrow..." Chen Xu did not dare to hide it in front of his mother, and told the matter honestly: "In addition, Your Majesty also ordered my brother to take the people from the master's family to go with him...
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"Haha..." Liu Piao sat up, and a maid immediately came over to massage him.
"I know that the emperor will definitely fall in love with this master's family..." Liu Piao raised his eyebrows and said frivolously: "Go and call the master's family to me!"
"No!" The brothers didn't dare to ask their mother why the emperor would look at merchants like the master's family?
In the eyes of the two brothers, those untouchables were flattered by the first meeting.
But Liu Piao might be in a better mood today, so he sat up straight and gave his sons a rare lesson: "You two brats, how do you know the emperor's thoughts?"
"My nephew, the emperor, is more sophisticated and scheming than the previous emperor. Since his rise, every move he made has a profound meaning!" Guantao thought of many past events.
She watched her nephew, the emperor, step by step get to where he is now.
Especially the actions taken after taking the throne. She saw them clearly.
Others say that Guan Tao is the most corrupt person in Chang'an, no matter who he is. As long as he gives money, he will be able to buy it off.
But who knows, he doesn't get any money from Guan Tao.
Some money will be hot to hold!
She is not stupid, and she will not hate Weiyang Palace just for a little profit.
Over the years, outsiders have only seen that many people have stabilized their positions and received promotions through her. However, a few people know that most of those who have retained their official positions and received promotions are people whom the emperor did not want in the first place.
Disposal, or insignificant.
If it were true that giving money to Guantao could save him from death and get promoted, then the government and the public would have been excited.
When the time comes, even the old mother in Changle Palace may not be able to protect her!
In this palace, if you want to live a carefree life, the most important thing is to act according to the wind and observe what is happening.
For example, the late emperor was fond of women.
Guantao did not hesitate to choose the beauties from all over the world as the emperor's sister and eldest princess. Whenever the late emperor came, there would always be beauties with different charms from different places to serve him.
The late emperor was happy. Naturally, her status in the palace rose steadily.
As for the opinions of outsiders? What are they?
But nowadays, people don't care much about beauty. Every time I come to Guantao Mansion, I don't pay much attention to the beauties from all over the world.
On the contrary...
If others don’t know, doesn’t Guan Tao know?
Today, I have a big heart!
Like Emperor Taizong, he was reluctant to eat, let alone build a palace.
He only had three dishes and one soup for one meal. Not to mention compared with other princes, even the well-off families in Chang'an City had more food on their dining table than the emperor.
He was not very fond of beauty either. In addition to the young envoys and the like, the number of concubines who were canonized in the palace were only thirty or forty.
Compared with the hundreds and thousands of beauties of the emperors of the past dynasties, she is simply pure and devoid of desires.
But what is inversely proportional to his personal enjoyment is that since he came to the throne, he has been extremely generous to the people's livelihood and the army.
As soon as he came to power, he announced that he would never increase taxes and granted the people Dingnan four years. In addition to the previous food protection policy, Guandong Guantao didn't know about it, but in Guanzhong, his prestige today is almost the same as that of Taizong's period.
Guantao has no doubt that as long as he gives the order, millions of people in Guanzhong may take up arms and fight for him.
Not to mention, the waterwheel currently being tested in Shanglin Garden, as well as those new agricultural tools and 'flour', 'soybean oil' and other products will make the world crazy in the future.
Others didn't know it, but after Guantao himself went to Shanglin Garden, he immediately paid for the Shaofu to install a waterwheel on his family's manor and land, and also purchased a large number of new farm tools.
As for the military, that's even more remarkable.
Since taking office, military spending has been rising steadily.
Even Guantao has heard that the northern and southern armies will complete the transformation of all iron ordnance this year and completely eliminate the old bronze weapons.
Since last year, the imperial court has built twelve new racecourses in Guanzhong, Longyou and Shangjun.
A certain general once made a drunken blunder at a banquet held in Guantao and said that the imperial court would have 100,000 standing cavalry by the year to come.
The emperor was busy sharpening his sword, and anyone who was not blind could see what he wanted to do.
In addition to these things, Guantao discovered a very interesting thing. Although the emperor seemed to be shouting at the merchants to kill them, a group of courtiers followed suit and shouted, "The strong base is strong and the weak base is weak."
It is also the official camp of Yantie, and it is also the place where powerful people from all over the world move to Maoxiang.
but……
The emperor seemed to be more protective of those merchants who had skills and strength.
Guantao himself had seen with his own eyes how the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family in Linqiong climbed to the throne of the emperor.
Now, there are beauties named Cheng Zheng and Zhuo in the palace. It is said that the emperor is very fond of these two beauties.
Not long ago, Nanyang put the local big businessman Kong's family on the relocation list, but Guantao heard that the emperor did not approve the list of Nanyang, and instead replaced the Nanyang County Sheriff. Today, there was news in the palace that the emperor wanted to use Zhang Tang
News for the governor of Nanyang County.
If you still don't understand after seeing this, then Guantao has been hanging around in the palace for so many years in vain.
The nephew emperor's attitude towards merchants was already very clear.
For useful merchants, the emperor would kill them first and then use them.
For example, the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family in Linqiong.
He showed no mercy to useless merchants. Whether it was when he was still the prince or after he ascended the throne, those merchants who were guillotined by Jin Shang were basically useless.
It's just that Guantao still doesn't quite understand what the emperor's nephew is, and what are the standards and boundaries for merchants to be useful and useless?
This time, Guan Tao felt vaguely about the affairs of the master's family, as if he had touched something.
But she was too lazy to explain this matter to her two good-for-nothing sons.
She just warned: "Chen Yu, from now on, you will always have contact with the master's family. Also, find a day to marry the master's legitimate daughter!"
Previously, Guantao had not set a wedding date. Her idea was: if she found out that the Shi family belonged to the emperor's "useless" category, she would immediately dock the family and abandon the Shi family. Anyway, the Shi family's daughter had not yet entered the family, so there were plenty of excuses.
To regret the marriage is to return the betrothal gift from the master's family at most.
Well, Guantao's reputation and conscience in this area are very good. After accepting your money, we will definitely do something for you. If the matter is not completed, you will definitely get a refund.
If the Shi family belongs to the "useful" group, it will naturally be good for you, me, and everyone. Guantao himself can also receive a huge amount of benefits. It can also take the opportunity to close the relationship with the emperor.
It's really a killing two birds with one stone.
Even Guantao himself admires his intelligence!
"Hey, it's a pity that I'm not a man!" Guan Tao sighed. She really felt that if she were a man, she might not be inferior to the late emperor.
After hearing what their mother said, brothers Chen Xu and Chen Xi naturally kowtowed immediately and said, "My dear mother, my sons have taught me, please remember it!"
"That's right!" Guantao suddenly stopped Chen Xi and ordered: "Go and ask the master to bring the legitimate daughter to me so that I can take a look..."
"No!" Chen Yu immediately kowtowed.
How could he know that his mother was thinking about something else in her heart at this moment: "When the late emperor was here, he seemed to like to eat secretly... Back then, Zhou Ren often looked after the late emperor..." This matter, to others,
It was a secret, but it could not be hidden from Guan Tao. Guan Tao also heard about it more than once. There were even rumors in the palace that the late emperor favored a certain wife, and the doctor ordered Zhou Ren to guard her at the door.
Feng... The old Liu family has always had such a habit of not caring about meat and fish.
When Taizu was Emperor Gao, he liked to sleep with the wives and concubines of his ministers everywhere.
For example, King Liu You of Zhao You and King Li Liu Chang of Huainan all came from this way.
Emperor Taizong did not change this habit. After he killed the rebel King Liu Xingju of Jibei, the government and the public knew tacitly where Liu Xingju's beautiful concubines ended up.
The late emperor was even more of a hero, and even several concubines of a certain monarch were raised by the late emperor later on.
The current emperor looks quite like Liu Xiahui.
I rarely went to the minister's house to hunt wild food.
but……
Has the dog changed its mind to eat food?
Liu Piao expressed deep doubts about this.
Rather than having this lucky opportunity taken away by others, it is better to take the initiative yourself.
She was just a concubine, and she was the daughter of a merchant. In Liu Piao's view, as long as the emperor could take a fancy to her, she would be sent to the emperor's bed as soon as possible.
As for shame and stuff...
Ahem, in this world, rituals and music have collapsed and are gone long ago!
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Liu Piao was indeed right.
At this time, Liu Che was thinking about getting a wife.
In the Weiyang Palace, wind and instruments played in unison.
The families of several ministers are visiting Queen Chen Ajiao in her Shufang Hall.
In the Han Dynasty, the ministers were under the rule of the emperor, and the wives and concubines of the ministers were under the command of the queen.
The annual silkworm offering was one of the most important political and religious activities of the Han Dynasty.
Today, it is almost the first month, not far away from the spring of March, the queen, together with the wives and concubines of the ministers and the daughters of the princes and clans, present silkworms and silk to their ancestors and the gods of heaven and earth.
Today's gathering was arranged by the East Palace. It was mainly for the minister's wife and daughter to get close to the queen and cultivate a tacit understanding with each other, so as to prepare for the silkworm sacrifice in three months.
But Chen Ajiao is too young, only a half-grown child.
Many things are half-understood.
Therefore, as the emperor, Liu Che naturally accompanied Chen Ajiao to this dinner.
The wives and daughters of the ministers who came were all worth more than two thousand stone.
The prime minister, the royal censor, and other principal wives and daughters of the three princes and nine ministers were all present. In addition, the wives and daughters of important princes and chief officials of sensitive departments with more than two thousand dan were also invited to participate.
Because they were all women, the entire Shufang Hall suddenly became lively.
Many of the legitimate daughters of princes and ministers were specially dressed up, like peacocks in full bloom, trying their best to show off their looks in front of Liu Che.
In this regard, most of the princes and ministers are optimistic about its success.
Even Tao Hou Liu She sent several beautiful concubines and two or three beautiful daughters to participate.
The Han Dynasty had extremely low moral standards when it came to female sex.
In the eyes of the Han family, it is not a shameful thing to dedicate daughters or even wives and concubines to the emperor. It is even a very honorable thing. It is an honor!
At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao visited Zhao State, and Zhao King Zhang Ao offered his beautiful concubine, which made Long Yan very happy.
Later, the beautiful concubine gave birth to Huainan Li Wang Liu Chang for Emperor Gao.
Even Liu Che's line actually came from this. The late Empress Dowager Bo was originally Zang Ba's woman...
However, Liu Che was not very interested in these gorgeous beauties. As an emperor, Liu Che had seen and tasted all kinds of women. To be honest, it was hard to attract him just by having sex.
But inadvertently, Liu Che saw a figure that was already vague in his memory.
This feeling is hard to describe.
It's just like a man from the Chinese dynasty in later generations who is already married and has children. He is already over 10 years old and has quite a fortune. He is barely considered a successful person. At this time, at a party, he suddenly meets his first love in junior high school or high school. This is even more shocking.
It's unbelievable that my first love is just as young and charming as before, full of vitality, and my every smile has not changed.
I believe many people will find it difficult to control.
If polygamy is allowed by heavenly law, then I am afraid that I will marry someone home at all costs.
Liu Che is meeting such a person now.
It turned out that after twenty or thirty years, many things were forgotten, even his appearance and name.
I only vaguely remember those happy days and happy times.
And now, she appeared again, just like in her previous life, sitting alone in a corner, wearing a small white flower on her head, which symbolized widowhood. She was dressed in plain clothes, but her figure was surprisingly plump. Even in a wide Hanfu,
It's hard to hide the fullness of his chest.
Liu Che immediately remembered her nickname.
"Ya'er..." Liu Che sighed in his heart.
The other party was Liu Che's first woman in this world in his previous life, the eldest daughter of the former Prince of Hejian, Wei Zhang.
Calculating the time, she should have been married again by now, right?
Liu Che was not sure.
So, he waved his hand, called Wang Dao to his side, and asked in a low voice: "Let me ask, whose daughter is that woman?"
Wang Dao immediately took the order and left. After a while, he came back and reported: "Reporting to your majesty, the lady is Wei Shi, the eldest daughter of Jianling Marquis. It is said that she was widowed four years ago. Now, she seems to have been promised to Chen Kai, the Marquis of Ji, as her successor. …”
Jihou? Liu Che shook his head, wondering where this Liehou came from.
But Wang Dao immediately added with great knowledge: "Jihou is one of the 108 princes in the founding of the country. Our ancestor Ji Kuanghou Chencang, with Zhongjuan, followed Taizu in Feng County, accompanied by cavalry generals, and with generals attacking Xiangjui. , Lu Wan, Gong, Hou, seven hundred households, this generation of Chen Kai is the second generation..."
Liu Che nodded. The 700-household princes had a very low status among the princes.
No wonder Liu Che was not impressed.
However, no matter how few feudal lords have food, they are still lords, especially since Jihou has been passed down for more than 50 years, which is considered a long-standing qualification among the lords.
Wei Wan was granted the title of Marquis of Jianling just the year before last due to his military merits, and the person he was conferred upon was the late emperor. In order to consolidate his status, it would be a good choice to marry his daughter to an established marquis.
only……
Liu Che felt inexplicably angry.
"Old Wei Wan, are you too ignorant?" Thinking about his previous life, when he was forced to give up on Wei Ya'er, Liu Che became even more furious.
I couldn't help but slap the table, and suddenly, the whole room looked at him in surprise.
"Go and tell Marquis Jianling and Marquis Ji that I think this marriage is very inappropriate!" Liu Che ordered calmly and left the table immediately.
Although Liu Che's voice was small, only a few people heard it.
When Liu Che left the banquet, Queen Chen Ajiao was still young, so it was naturally difficult for her to control the situation.
Everyone started to inquire.
With money as the road, nothing can be hidden from the ladies, wives and daughters in the palace.
Everyone soon knew what the emperor said before leaving the table.
"The marriage between Marquis Jianling and Marquis Ji is inappropriate?" Many people scratched their heads and wondered why.
But everyone still vaguely guessed something.
Some people looked at the location of Jianlinghou's house, their eyes full of uncertainty, envy, jealousy and even disdain.
On the contrary, it was the Jianlinghou family who got into trouble first.
The person who led the team to the palace this time was Wang, the wife of Jianlinghou Weiwan.
Mrs. Wang was a second wife, and she had just married into the Wei family two years ago. At that time, Wei Wan had just gotten pregnant, so Mrs. Wang naturally felt that she should be the head of the family.
It's best to send those stepdaughters and stepsons away.
Only then did the eldest daughter, who was unwilling to marry the old man, be forced to marry Ji Hou.
What he covets is also the dowry given by Jihou.
More importantly, after marrying off the eldest daughter and sending away the other sons, her son can inherit the title of Marquis of Jianling.
Wei Wan was an honest man and could not resist the young and beautiful new wife, so he agreed to the marriage.
However, at this time, Wang's face was pale and her fingers were trembling.
The emperor announced that the marriage between Jihou and Jianlinghou was inappropriate.
That must be very inappropriate!
More importantly, what does the emperor mean?
Why did the emperor say such things? (To be continued...)
