Chapter 365: The County Heroes (43)

In the study, Hou Dayong said with a smile: "Ha, ha," and said, "Give me a kiss, and from now on, Elder Liu will be the uncle." He ignored Liu Hongye's expression and said to the eunuch Yang, "Cleaning out the Wanfu Palace and preparing to let Concubine Liu Shu enter the palace."

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the queen Fu Ying was the most respected in the harem. The second one was the imperial concubine Gao Yueming, the concubine De Qiuju and the concubine Ajige. Now Liu Jiangjie has also become the concubine Shu. According to the Great Zhou system, the four of them belong to the same level and can all be called wives. The second one was Zhaoyi, Zhaorong and other female concubines. Wu Zetian was once Zhaoyi.

The female concubines are the concubines, beauties, talented people, and the above are twenty-seven women. In addition, there are twenty-seven people, each of Baolin, Imperial Girls, and Cai Nu, totaling eighty-one Imperial Wifes. This is the official organization of the harem since the Tang Dynasty. Any emperor who acts according to this organization must not be lustful.

After Hou Dayong entered the palace, Queen Fu Ying once introduced the harem to him. At that time, Hou Dayong kept shaking his head: Even if he changed one of these eighty-one wifes every day, they could only be rotated four times a year, and his iron-clad body could not stand such destruction. Beauty and food were actually very similar. It sounded beautiful and tasted comfortable, but excessive amounts were a torture.

It is precisely because of this reason that the Queen and the Fourth Lady were implemented, and Hou Dayong had no intention of continuing to expand the organization. He had been preparing to observe Xiaomei, who had a skin-loving relationship for a while before giving her a formal title.

Liu Hongye came to Daliang from a distance and was taken to the palace when he entered the city gate. Before he met his son Liu Jiangqing and daughter Liu Jiangjie, he decided to make two marriages in a blink of an eye.

However, Liu Lin and Princess Xiaoqing's marriage were still early, but Liu Jiangjie was about to enter the palace soon. As soon as she entered the marquis's house, she was as deep as the sea. What's more, she entered the palace. These two marriages made Liu Hongye feel fooled, but he was the first to provoke this matter. No wonder Hou Dayong, who was mute and could not speak out.

His Majesty's marriage was decided, and Liu Hongye could not regret it, nor did he dare to regret it. He was not an ordinary person. Instead, he was the elder of the Richie tribe, who was responsible for the lives of the whole clan, and he really did not dare to take a wrong step.

With guilt, Liu Hongye walked out of the palace. Daliang City was as prosperous as a sequel, and could not arouse his interest. He came to Liu Jiangqing's residence with all his worries.

Since Xiaoshu gave birth to a child for the Liu family, her status has been recognized by the Liu family. Because Xiaoshu was able to share hardships with Liu Jiangqing, Liu Jiangjie also forgot her identity as a singer and identified with this sister-in-law. This time, Liu Jiangjie arrived in Daliang, which was different from the last time. She officially moved into her brother Liu Jiangqing's underworld. She brought a lot of precious herbs produced in Shishan and earned a lot of Zhou Yuantongbao, most of which were subsidized to the Liu Mansion. It can be regarded as helping her brother Liu Jiangqing and Xiaoshu through the difficulties.

When the servant came to the yard to inform him, Liu Jiangjie was taking her nephew to play in the yard. When she heard the name of Liu Hongye, she immediately shouted: "Xiaoshu, come out soon, my dad is here."

The Liu Mansion was busy for a long time before he settled Liu Hongye. At this time, he was happy to see his grandson. However, he couldn't help feeling guilty when he saw Liu Jiangjie. When everyone in the mansion finished the gift, Liu Hongye said, "Xiao Jie, I want to talk to you alone."

Liu Hongye carefully finished the arrangements in the palace and carefully observed Liu Jiangjie's expression. When she saw her daughter not speaking for a long time, her expression was quite complicated. She thought she was not happy. She said, "Since ancient times, men should get married when they are old, women should get married when they are old. You are not young anymore, and you have long reached the age of talking about marriage. Your Majesty is brave and powerful, and he is really a good match."

A blush slowly surged on Liu Jiangjie's face, and she said shyly: "It's really what Your Majesty said in person."

Liu Hongye did not notice Liu Jiangjie's expression and still advised himself: "We met a strong enemy in the Khitan. Now the Khitans occupy the entire grassland, and are so strong that they are the leader for a hundred years. If we do not rely on the Great Zhou Dynasty, we will be swallowed up by the Khitan sooner or later. For the sake of our tribe, Xiaojie must enter the palace."

Liu Jiangjie lowered her head and played with the corner of her clothes, and her heart was like a deer jumping.

"Wang Zhaojun of the Han family married to the Huns and brought 60 years of peace to the grassland. If Xiao Jie enters the palace, she can keep the blood of the Richie tribe." Speaking of this, Liu Hongye said again: "My father is the great elder, and he must consider the whole clan. I will give Xiao Jie a big gift on behalf of the clan." As he said that, he acted and wanted to kneel down.

Liu Jiangjie quickly stood up and whispered: "Dad, I agree to enter the palace."

After a while, Liu Hongye felt even more uncomfortable. He stared at his daughter and said slowly: "Xiao Jie, don't blame my father, this is the life of a woman. Your Majesty has only one queen and three concubines so far, so he doesn't feel wronged. "

Liu Jiang Jienian looked at her father's guilty look and said, "Dad, when His Majesty was in the Northern Expedition, he met me. He knew I was a woman."

What Liu Jiangjie said was still somewhat reserved. During the Northern Expedition, the two of them took the same boat together. Liu Jiangjie's heart had long been left on the Northern Expedition Commander Hou Dayong. This layer of girlish feelings were like window paper, thin and crisp, but by chance, and Liu Jiangjie was secretly sad about this.

Liu Hongye's mouth opened and hesitated for a while. Seeing her daughter's face getting redder and blushing, her face filled with a happy expression, she woke up, "I said why did Your Majesty point and ask you to enter the palace? It turns out that you have known each other a long time ago, why didn't you say this earlier?" He stomped his feet and said, "If I refused Your Majesty on the spot, wouldn't it be a big deal."

"Do your brother know about this?"

Liu Jiangjie's smile became more and more obvious. She said shyly: "Brother knows about this. Before he can report his father, he was exiled to Shamen Island. He came back from Shamen Island and was appointed as the supervisor. Now he is following the Sichuan camp to attack Western Shu."

"Why didn't he bring the letter back when he was exiled to Shaman Island?" Liu Hongye did not expect that his son's experience was so complicated. "What did your brother do after he arrived in Daliang? What did this little summer come from? Tell me carefully."

After hearing Liu Jiangqing's experience, Liu Hongye's brows were locked. He stood up and walked around the house for a few times. Then he said: "Your brother is very smart and has smooth sailing in the stone mountain. He has never experienced setbacks. Therefore, he is very high in himself and has less calmness. From this point of view, he is not as good as Wu Ruogu. His Majesty asked him to exile on Shaman Island and made him serve as the supervisor. If I expected it, it was to sharpen your brother's mind."

Liu Hongye paused and said, "Of course, if there were no Richie's troops, your brother would have the same fate as Zan Jurun."

Because he asked his brother to exile on Shamen Island, Liu Jiangjie also thought that Hou Dayong was ruthless and unrighteous. She never thought there was so much content in it. Her father pointed out the key points of the problem, and she smoothly linked up what happened before and after. Suddenly, a thought moved in her heart: "Hou Dayong asked me to enter the palace, in fact, not for the friendship on the boat, but for winning over the Richie tribe far away in the stone mountain." As soon as this thought appeared, it was like mushrooms on a warm rainy day, growing constantly.

In the palace, after Liu Hongye left, Hou Dayong left Liu Jiangjie's marriage behind. Xue Juzheng, the political governor, sat in His Highness with a sad face. Several memorials were placed in front of Hou Dayong, and he watched them one by one.

After reading these memorials, Hou Dayong's face became strange. He said with a smile: "Langzhou is the old nest of Wuping, and has always been the granary of the world. Zheng Jun has always been known as a capable official. Why do these ordinary people go out to beg for food? These memorials all talk about this. It seems that it is true. Xue Aiqing, tell me what happened."

Langzhou is located on the border, and Zheng Qi was appointed as the governor. Zheng Qi once served as the second chief of Kaifeng Prefecture and was also a capable official. After several ups and downs, he was attracted by Hou Dayong. After the Great Zhou army captured Wuping, Hou Dayong asked Zheng Qi to be appointed as the governor of Langzhou.

"Why is there no memorial for Zheng Qidi?"

There were two political leaders in the New Dynasty of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one was Xue Juzheng and the other was Sima Ling. However, Sima Ling was seriously ill and rarely went to court. Xue Juzheng became the deputy prime minister who was busy with affairs. Since Fan Zhi was executed, the prime minister Wang Zhuo has completely become a hand-off manager. He drank wine and walked among the tramps every day, and lived a very casual life. For such old ministers in the previous dynasty, especially those from Chanzhou, as long as there were no serious crimes such as rebellion, Hou Dayong turned a blind eye and let him go.

Xue Juzheng knew that Zheng Qi was a general who was personally ordered by Hou Dayong, so he tried his best to say objectively: "Langzhou has the longest journey, and he will arrive after he comes the memorial."

Hou Dayong took the memorial handed over by Xiangzhou and said, "Xiangzhou is not close to Langzhou, and it is also separated by Jiangling. There are many Langzhou refugees in Xiangzhou. I believe that life in Langzhou is not easy."

While the two were talking, another sting official hurried over.

Hou Dayong read the memorial and said nothing, and handed it to Xue Juzheng, saying, "General Shi is now in Jiangling. He used military rations to rescue refugees in Langzhou and other prefectures. It seems that there is indeed a problem in Langzhou."

Xue Juzheng's mind was very fast, and he said, "Envoy Zheng is in charge. Without his memorial, you will not be able to draw a conclusion. After waiting for two days, if the memorial of Zheng is not yet here, I will send someone south to Langzhou."

"This matter must not be taken lightly. Refugees from Langzhou are a trivial matter. However, Langzhou is a newly recovered state. If Langzhou is well settled, it will have a demonstration effect. The resistance of the prefectures and counties in Western Shu, Southern Tang and Southern Han will be much weaker. If Langzhou is in chaos, it will inevitably add doubts to the southern states and will not surrender easily."

Xue Juzheng said respectfully: "Your Majesty is far-sighted. I understand that Langzhou is harmonious and harmonious, which is conducive to the attack of Western Shu. I will choose a capable official to go to Langzhou." Hou Dayong waved his hand and said: "The affairs of Langzhou are extremely important. Xue Qing will go there in person. Shen Huaijing once participated in the battle to attack Jinghu, so follow you."

Shortly after Xue Juzheng left, Zhang Mei, the envoy of the Third Division, and Meng Shu, deputy envoy, handed over the book again.
Chapter completed!