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  Chapter 625 622 [The emperor wants to accept a concubine]

   After all, she is a college student, and Lu Tianxiang is not so wild anymore, bowing in a respectful manner: "Meet Your Majesty!"

"sit down."

  Zhao Han was still reviewing the memorial, without raising his head: "Speak up if you have something to say, you only have fifteen minutes."

  Lu Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty, I have learned five hundred characters."

   "So?" Zhao Han asked.

  Lu Tianxiang said: "Let me be the female general. If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can take the test on the spot. I can learn more than five hundred characters, and I guess there are almost six hundred."

  Zhao Han finally looked up: "When did I say that you can become a female general after learning 500 characters?"

  Lu Tianxiang stared wide-eyed: "You said it, you are not joking."

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "I'm afraid you have misheard. Let me think about it, it seemed that I gave you a waist card at that time, asking you to learn five hundred characters and then enter the palace to have an audience."

   "Yes, yes, yes!" Lu Tianxiang nodded repeatedly.

  Zhao Han said: "The rest is all your own imagination, I didn't promise anything."

   "You...Your Majesty, your words don't count!" Lu Tianxiang was stunned.

   "I can't count what I haven't said," Zhao Han sighed, and asked, "Do you know that there is a female general in the Datong Army?"

  Lu Tianxiang said: "I know."

Zhao Han narrated: "Her name is Fei Ruhui, and she is the queen's cousin. She has fought for several years, made a lot of achievements, her waist has become thicker, her skin has become rough and dark, and she has been separated from her husband all year round. Last year, she voluntarily applied to be transferred from the combat force and transferred to a civilian position in the Governor's Mansion, where she became the deputy head of missionary affairs."

  Lu Tianxiang wondered: "Why doesn't she continue to lead troops?"

Zhao Han said: "When a woman is in the army, many things are inconvenient. Her children are getting older, and her husband is also an official. There is always someone at home to watch over her. Thinking of her hard work, she was named an earl, who is also a Datong. To the one and only lady."

   "I want to be a consort too!" Lu Tianxiang's eyes lit up when he heard that.

Zhao Han shook his head and said: "You didn't catch up with the good times, and it is still possible to go back ten years. Now that all parties have settled down, it will be even more difficult to rely on military exploits. What I want to tell you is that this Duchess fought Over the years, if you were a man, you would have risen even higher. She has suffered from her daughter. It is even more difficult for you to join the army now. Ten years from now, it will be the limit to lead hundreds of troops. The Datong Army has its own rules , it’s not that you are highly skilled in martial arts, you can directly become a general. Could it be that you are willing to be a soldier for a few years?”

  Lu Tianxiang hesitated to speak, she really didn't want to be a soldier.

  Zhao Han finally put down the ink pen in his hand, picked up the teacup, and looked at the little girl while drinking tea.

   This set of Yi costumes was brought by Lu Tianxiang from Guizhou. It is obvious that her head has grown again, and the skirt can no longer cover her ankles. The color of the clothes is bright and fancy, and it shows off the figure. The waist is deliberately tightened, and the legs are slender and the waist is full.

  Emperor Zhao suddenly moved the old man's heart.

  Of course there are also political considerations. Southern Sichuan, western Guizhou, and northern Yunnan are all territories of the Yi people, and many tribes are quite resistant to Sinicization. If a Yi girl can be accepted as a concubine and publicized in the Yi territory, it will definitely bring the relationship between Yi and Han closer.

  Just like the Yao nationality, after Zhao Han accepted Pan Qimei, the Ba Pai Yao in Guangdong were very obedient and took the lead in responding to various government policies.

  Guoshan Yao in Guangdong are primitive tribes of slash-and-burn farming. They don't understand what you say, and they don't want to listen, thinking that the Han people are lying. Just say that the emperor married a woman of the Yao nationality, and the Yao and Han are a family, and they can understand it at once.

  Marriage is a very primitive political method, but it can continue to play a role in modern society.

  In Guangxi and eastern Yunnan, there are still some Zhuang people who are restless, and it seems that they can accept a Zhuang woman as a concubine. Moreover, in the face of the Zhuang people, it can be advertised that the emperor likes the concubines of the Zhuang people the most, so he ordered that the Zhuang people must be treated kindly. Facing the Yi people, it can be advertised that the emperor likes the concubines of the Yi people the most, so he ordered that the Yi people must be treated kindly.

  Haha, this is a good idea, Lu Tianxiang brought inspiration to Zhao Han.

  He wrote a decree and said to Li Xiangjun, "Leave it to the cabinet."

  The content of the decree is very simple: Tongzu has a derogatory name, and it will be renamed Zhuang in the future, taking the meaning of the mighty and majestic soldiers. From then on, the Han Zhuang family was only allowed to be called the Zhuang family, and could no longer be called the Tong family. The Zhuang people not only have mighty men, but also dignified and beautiful women. The emperor proposes to marry a woman of the Zhuang nationality, and each village of the Zhuang family can select beauties and send them to the government for selection. The beauty pageant is all voluntary, and local officials are not allowed to force it. Once discovered, they will be severely punished!

  The cabinet received the decree, and the three cabinet ministers actually got together to gossip.

  Song Yingxing smiled and said: "Haha, His Majesty has finally offered to choose a beauty concubine."

   "Yes, it is very rare." Pang Chunlai was quite pleased.

  Li Banghua also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, stroked his beard and said: "It should be so, it should be so!"

  The founding emperor was amazing in martial arts and martial arts, and he was frugal, modest and not a womanizer. Because it was too perfect and too in line with the image of the sage, the ministers were overwhelmed.

  The human heart is always like this.

  The emperor was too stupid, and the ministers thought he should be wiser. The emperor was too wise, and the ministers felt that he should be stupid, or at least have some character flaws.

  Zhao Han now takes the initiative to choose beautiful concubines, and all the courtiers are comfortable. An imperfect emperor is a good emperor, and a lecherous emperor is a good emperor.

   In fact, Zhao Han is not so perfect. He has been drifting away in recent years, calling himself "I" less and less, and calling himself "Zhen" more and more. When I first became the emperor, I basically called myself "I", and only called "Zhen" when I was angry, and now I gradually started to reverse it.

  He enjoys the power of controlling the world, and sometimes he likes to be lazy and not work. Even the royal family's expenses continue to increase, and life gradually becomes extravagant.

  The selection of Zhuang and Yi concubines is not only for political considerations, but also for successful men to expose their lustful heart.

  Zhao Han asked, "Who are your family members?"

  Lu Tianxiang replied: "Both parents are here, and there are two older brothers."

   "Do you like Nanjing?" Zhao Han asked again.

  Lu Tianxiang nodded and said, "I like it. Wazi is very fun to play. I go there every festival. It's much more fun than Shuixi."

  Wazi means Washer.

  The original intention of Goulan Washe is actually a large-scale folk entertainment venue, and prostitutes are only a small part of it.

  The main body is similar to a theater, with a stage for actors to perform. Singing opera, acrobatics, magic... Everything is available, and stars can be born, not only famous opera stars, but also acrobatic stars and magic stars.

   Around the theater, there are other entertainment venues and many vendors selling things, which is essentially an entertainment area.

   There is even a KTV!

  Rich people go to the KTV to drink and chat, and the ladies and sisters in the atmosphere group serve them. The band is also on call at any time. If customers want to sing, they can choose their favorite musical instruments, or they can directly sing to the building or to the fou.

  Fou are the most popular, there are pottery, porcelain, and copper, and they were originally wine jars.

  During the pre-Qin and Warring States period, the nobles liked to sing while beating the pot, that is, when they were drunk, they used wine jars as musical instruments to improvise.

Qin Wang drank with Zhao Wang, forced Zhao Wang to play the harp, and asked the historian to record: "Zhao Wang played the harp for the Qin King." Xiangru, please let the blood splash on your neck." There was no other way, the King of Qin had no choice but to hit the fou. Lin Xiangru asked the official historian to record: "King Qin beat fou for King Zhao."

  During the Tang and Song dynasties, beating pots and singing songs became an elegant affair for literati.

   A bunch of old men, drunk. Use wine jars of different sizes to slap different tones and rhythms, and sing generously there like howling ghosts and wolves, while the young ladies from the atmosphere group applaud and applaud.

  At this time, the entertainment industry in Nanjing is more prosperous than that in the late Ming Dynasty, and they like to engage in retro style.

  Fouguan is one of them, it can be called an ancient KTV, where the girls don’t sell themselves. Even if you sell your body, you don't sell it in the hall, you can only ask the young lady out.

Zhao Han asked about what he had seen in Nanjing, and Lu Tianxiang immediately said with great interest: "There is Zhang Jiuzhi in the tile, he is very famous. He has learned illusions from other people, such a big water tank..." Lu Tianxiang opened his arms and gestured, "Vat There was still water in it, and in front of hundreds of thousands of people, it was stuffed into the hem of the clothes and it was gone.”

   "What else?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

  Lu Tianxiang added: "He also has a cornucopia. Throwing one silver dollar into it can bring out dozens of silver dollars. Last year, a businessman from Zhejiang wanted to buy his cornucopia on the spot, saying that he would give three thousand taels of silver."

  Zhao Han found it interesting: "Have you sold it yet?"

  Lu Tianxiang said: "Not sold. Zhang Jiuzhi smashed the cornucopia and told the merchant that it is not the cornucopia that will produce silver, but his illusion. It is useless to buy the cornucopia."

Zhao Han nodded in approval: "It's very rare that this person is not greedy for money and cheating. It happens that the concubines are bored, so let that Zhang Jiuzhi enter the palace and set up a stage in the imperial garden for half a day. The off-duty female officials and maids also come to see the excitement .”

Lu Tianxiang talked more and more vigorously: "There are still people who practice the golden body kung fu in the tiles. They put the point of the gun against their throats and bent the barrel of the gun, and the point of the gun can't go in. Your Majesty can let the sergeants practice this kung fu." , on the battlefield, you must be invulnerable!"

  Zhao Han couldn't help laughing, so he simply asked the soldiers of the Datong Army to learn the boulders in their chests, and went to the front to perform to make the Tartars laugh to death.

Lu Tianxiang added: "Zhang Jiuzhi's illusion can also be used on the battlefield. He can cut off his own head with a single sword, blood spurts from his neck, and he can talk with his head next to him. "

  Fuck me, can you do head-moving magic?

  This is interesting, we must invite you to perform.

  Zhao Han said: "Since you like Nanjing, you don't need to go back to Guizhou."

  Lu Tianxiang muttered in a low voice: "You won't let me be a general..."

  Zhao Han asked: "Do you have a marriage contract?"

  Lu Tianxiang said: "Yes, Shui'an family, both father and son are exiled to Taiwan."

   "Then you can enter the palace and be a concubine, the palace is also very fun." Zhao Han laughed.

   "Okay... huh?" Lu Tianxiang was dumbfounded, then her face turned red, and she couldn't help but sneak a few glances at the emperor while lowering her head.

  (end of this chapter)