If Wang Xuan hadn't held him down with his arm just now, Zhu Youxiao would have definitely jumped up from his seat at this moment.
Like a thief, he raised his head and quickly scanned the surroundings. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone had indeed gone away and there were only the two of them here.
His hands trembled slightly, he looked at Wang Xuan with a red face, and lowered his voice and shouted: "Nonsense, that is my father's concubine, I, I, how can I marry her back!"
"Tch!" Wang Xuan curled his lips, with an expression that seemed like, "Hey, with all your little thoughts, do you still want to hide your brother Xuan's vicious eyes from society?"
Looking directly at Wang Xuan's penetrating eyes, Zhu Youxiao couldn't resist for even ten seconds. He only felt blood rushing to his head, and his brain seemed to be boiling. He was really shocked by Wang Xuan's gaze.
Unable to bear it any longer, he lowered his head and became silent.
"You are still not a man, why are you so timid? You are the emperor, don't you have the courage? Besides, you are not the first to do this. Tang Gaozong in the "Yonghui Reign" is your example. Tang Gaozong was
During his reign, he successively destroyed the Western Turks, Baekje (660), and Goguryeo. During the Emperor Gaozong's reign, the Tang Dynasty had the largest territory, stretching from the Korean Peninsula in the east to the Aral Sea (some say the Caspian Sea) in the west, Lake Baikal in the north, and South Korea in the south.
Hengshan, Vietnam, has been maintained for thirty-two years. This can be regarded as imitating the ancients, and it will definitely be passed down as a legend!"
you sure!?
Don't think you can lie to me because I'm young!
I will never agree!
Even though Zhu Youxiao is still young, and even though his mind is filled with the enchanting figure and smile of Zui Hongchen, he also knows that Wang Xuan's words are nonsense, it's a legend of a generation!
Gossip for a generation!
However, Zui Hongchen is so beautiful and attractive. The key is identity, hiss...
As he thought about it, Zhu Youxiao took a breath and felt that somewhere he was starting to become stronger.
Maybe being strong can be contagious. Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth for a long time, and finally a few words popped out from between his teeth, "Is it really possible?"
"Okay, there's nothing wrong with that!"
Wang Xuan vowed: "You two are not related by blood, and the age gap is not big. Why can't you be together? This is to break through the obstacles of the world, break through the feudal shackles of human nature, and release your true temperament.
Lovers will eventually get married. This is called flowers that can be broken and must be broken. Don’t wait until there are no flowers and branches. The ancients have already given you the answer, so what are you afraid of?"
"Really!" Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Xuan's mouth full of saliva and suddenly felt extremely sacred.
"Really, more real than real gold!" Wang Xuan nodded affirmatively.
"Those veterans won't agree!" Zhu Youxiao said and felt a little discouraged.
"Pa!" Wang Xuan smashed the table in front of him with a slap, and shouted angrily: "Who dares to stop me from watching the fun? No, who dares to stop the emperor from marrying, I will kill him immediately
He sent him to the city gate on his knees!"
You finally told the truth, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help rolling his eyes, but at this moment he pretended not to hear it, because Zui Hongchen is so sweet!
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao saw how pleasing Wang Xuan was. He knew very well that with Wang Xuan's vicious reputation, few civil and military officials in the court dared to stand up and oppose him.
As long as I can marry Zui Hongchen back, everything else is just a piece of cake.
"Go, go, get out!" Wang Xuan turned around and yelled at Wei Zhongxian and the others who had just poked their heads around after hearing the noise, and then thought of something else, "Wait a minute, you three come here."
Zhu Youxiao's face flushed very red, and he lowered his head with a guilty conscience. He did not look at Wei Zhongxian and the other three, but just listened to Wang Xuan's words with his ears raised.
"How many people are there in the palace?" Wang Xuan looked at Wei Zhongxian and asked.
"This..." Wei Zhongxian was stunned and said with some uncertainty: "It's close to 100,000 people. I don't know the specific details."
"So many!" Wang Xuan was startled, "How come there are so many people?"
"Well, there have always been so many people. After all, the palace is so big and there are so many concubines and concubines. The emperor and the prince need to be taken care of, so there are naturally more people." Wei Zhongxian said softly.
In fact, it is true. The more people there are, the more people are needed. The wives of three generations of emperors all lived in the palace, and each of them needed a large group of people to serve them. This time, the person who was serving someone also needed other people to serve him, to eat, drink, sleep, and clothe him.
, everything requires people. In the imperial dining room, there are more than 100 chefs who cook for the emperor and the concubines. If you include those who cook for the maids and eunuchs, there are thousands of people. After all, there are 100,000.
Open your mouth and calculate it like this. The person responsible for purchasing alone doesn’t know how many people do it every day.
If nothing else, the amount of shit produced by 100,000 people...
Wang Xuan couldn't help but tremble for a moment, raised his hand and said: "To reduce the population needed by the palace on a large scale, start from these empresses. You go back and come up with a plan and give it to me later. Okay, go ahead. I won't need you in the future."
Follow the emperor."
Wei Zhongxian was a little entangled in his heart, did the eunuch still have rights if he did not follow the emperor, but he also knew that Wang Xuan would be the one who had the final say in the future. His thoughts were confused for a while, and when Zhu Youxiao didn't speak for a long time, he could only retreat.
Wang Xuan turned to look at the two old eunuchs again, "You are also practicing the Sunflower Book, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"There should be a lot of secrets in the imperial palace that are specifically used to regulate the body and strengthen the body. It doesn't need to be very powerful in combat, it is just for regulating the body."
"some."
"Starting tomorrow, you will be responsible for teaching the emperor how to practice. His body is too weak."
"Okay, okay." The two eunuchs were a little embarrassed. The willpower of emperors in the past dynasties was getting worse with each generation. There were a lot of Taoist health-preserving exercises. I couldn't find anyone who had the patience to practice bit by bit. If I didn't have time, I would follow them.
When the palace maids and concubines test the depths, they are enjoying other fun things. Boring martial arts training is absolutely irrelevant, but there are many people who seek help from the so-called elixir.
Moreover, the emperor cannot be beaten or scolded, and whether they can learn from it or not is entirely up to them.
After the two old eunuchs left, Zhu Youxiao finally calmed down a lot. He looked at Wang Xuan and mentioned the old things again: "Why do we need to reduce the number of people in the palace on a large scale?"
"I understand what you mean." Wang Xuan raised his hand and snapped his fingers, "But let me tell you, the majesty of the royal family is not maintained by large-scale palaces. From a historical perspective, the size of the imperial palace is increasing day by day.
As the dynasty grows bigger and bigger, there are more and more people. As a result, just managing the 100,000 people in the palace is enough for the emperor to have a headache. How can he have time to manage other things?"
"Look at me, I don't live in any bullshit palace, and I don't have three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines, but who dares not to listen to me!" Wang Xuan patted Zhu Youxiao on the shoulder, "I have a message for you.
, political power comes from the barrel of a gun, what about ruling the world with kingly ways, what about an army of benevolence, what about governing by doing nothing, it’s all nonsense, it’s all used by ministers who want to be in power to deceive you emperors.
"
"The founding emperors of the past dynasties, who used royal principles, benevolence, and inaction, the big man Liu Bang, was just a gangster, a bastard who abandoned his wife and children countless times, and even wanted a piece of the pie when his father was stewed."
"In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin killed his brother, married his sister-in-law, and imprisoned his father. After he ascended the throne, all the heroes who accompanied him in conquering the world were basically killed. Even after Wei Zheng's death, there was no peace."
"In the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, your ancestor, Zhu Yuanzhang, what kind of good thing did that one have? He didn't know anything about benevolence, righteousness and morality. Didn't he conquer the country for hundreds of years?"
I feel like you are just scolding me, and you already have the evidence!
Zhu Youxiao's face twitched. If you talk about Liu Bang, Li Shimin and the others, they are finished. What are you talking about about my ancestors?
"Hahaha, don't worry about these details." Wang Xuan patted Zhu Youxiao on the shoulder, "Listen to me, I won't trick you. Let's start with the palace. At least I can save you more than one million taels a year.
silver."
After hearing the money, Zhu Youxiao immediately shut up. Only the emperor who had been the emperor of the Ming Dynasty knew how poor the Ming Dynasty was. Even the inner treasury could run away with rats. At this time, Tianqi was almost as poor as Chongzhen. If it weren't for Wei Zhongxian's help
When it comes to making money, Tianqi is not much better.
"So many palace maids will all be married off when the time comes. After all, they are from the palace. Whoever you marry into will not give you more gifts. If he marries ten thousand palace maids first, even if the family gives you a gift of a thousand taels of silver..."
Before Wang Xuan could finish what he said, Zhu Youxiao jumped up, his face flushed and he held Wang Xuan's hand tightly, "One, ten million!"
It’s no wonder that Zhu Youxiao was so rude. He really had never seen much money. How much money could the Ming Dynasty’s treasury receive in a year?
"You're so excited about this small amount of money. It's really hard to tell whether it's better to call you pitiful or embarrassing." Wang Xuan said with disdain, "This person also needs to be selected. Some big businessmen don't get tens of thousands of taels of silver.
How dare you marry a maid from the palace!"
"Of course, as the emperor, you are not allowed to get a decent dowry?"
As soon as the word "dowry" came out, Zhu Youxiao's face immediately collapsed. What a joke, if tens of thousands of dowries were given out, that day would never be over and the palace would be mortgaged.
"You are stupid, you are the emperor, how can you use those yellow and white things as dowry, full of the smell of copper, how can you reflect the majesty of the royal family." Wang Xuan looked at the confused Zhu Youxiao and continued: "
You can inscribe a line, a poem, or a couplet to the newlyweds in your own handwriting!"
"This is a calligraphy written by the emperor himself. A newlywed couple blessed by the emperor is not enough for them to be awesome and coax them for a lifetime!"
"What kind of money are you asking? It hurts your feelings!"
Looking at Wang Xuan's raised corners of his mouth, his twitching brows, and his occasional laughter, Zhu Youxiao felt that he seemed to understand something.
The door to a new world slowly opened in front of him.
However, Zhu Youxiao vaguely felt that he had lost something important, but when he thought of the tens of thousands of taels of silver, he immediately forgot about any worries.
Once you enter the code, the words are as deep as the sea, and your moral integrity will be a passerby from now on!
It is recorded in later history books that Zhu Youxiao married more than 200,000 court ladies in his lifetime, made more than 4 million code words, and made more than 230 million taels of silver. With a price of 57,500/thousand words, he ranked as the strongest code word in history.
emperor'!
It is an example for all future authors to pursue throughout their lives!
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It will reveal the fact that the author is a cross-dresser, and the cross-dressing is so beautiful.))
"I am the light cruiser 'Misaka Mikoto', Kaidu, let's duel!"
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