The plan is well made, but the so-called plan cannot keep up with changes. Sometimes the plan will be changed due to various emergencies.

Liu Xuan, who wanted to leave Luoyang directly in the spring of the second year and travel around, was unable to escape for the whole next year.

At the same time, Huang Yueying, who wholeheartedly began to study the cultivation of mythical beasts, also threw herself into the research, and had already put aside the private interviews in private.

Since neither of them has time, let's just put it aside for now. No one needs to worry about lifespan anyway. Even if they are busy for ten or eight years and then go out for a walk, it will not have any impact on them.

Even ten years from now, it will be even better.

After all, today's Han Dynasty is in a state of exhaustion, many places are busy, and after decades of war, the people are busy restoring their previous lives. Under this situation, it is difficult to see

what is the problem.

In addition, all kinds of work are being carried out in full swing everywhere, and some urban battles have almost turned into construction sites, and there is really nothing to see.

In a few years, at least these things will be almost as busy. All parts of the country will also change their appearance, and people's lives will also be upgraded to a higher level. By that time... there will be more sights to see.

A lot of it!

I will save these for later thinking. Now with the fall of Goguryeo, the three Koreas did not last long. When Cao Cao returned to the army, he took the opportunity to clean up the remaining soldiers of the three Koreas.

And he followed the emperor's teachings: Anyone who resists will be killed directly, and there will be no nonsense at all!

Although not all of those left behind are old, weak, sick and disabled, they are almost the same.

At this point, the entire Northeast and later the Korean Peninsula became the territory of the Han Dynasty and were integrated under the rule of Liaozhou. The designated administrative seat was Liaodong County. The specific division of counties and counties will be decided after detailed inspections by officials sent by the imperial court.

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But no matter what, Fengtian County, Jilin County and Harbin County were all gone. Liu Xuan decided on these places casually. No one asked much about this. At most, they were confused that the name Harbin seemed weird.

Does it sound a bit like the language of barbarians?

Liu Xuan didn't bother to explain. He had already decided on the name anyway, so who dared to say any more nonsense?

To the west of Liaozhou are the three kingdoms of Northern Yan, Northern Zhou and Northern Zhao. Among them, Northern Yan is located in the northernmost part of the three kingdoms, and a large area of ​​territory is connected to the Dai Kingdom established by Ke Bineng. It can be said that among the three Xianbei Kingdoms, it is the most threatened by the Dai Kingdom.

The one is Beiyan.

At the same time, if Dai wanted to destroy these three national traitors who had attached themselves to the Han Dynasty, then Beiyan would definitely be the first to be hit.

There is no other reason. If Beiyan is not defeated first, then whether it is attacking Northern Zhao or Northern Zhou, Beiyan may attack the flanks of its own army. It can be said that Beiyan's geographical location directly becomes a strategic factor.

At the same time, Beiyan also basically isolated Dai Guo's direct threat to Liaozhou.

It is precisely because of these many reasons that the Han Dynasty attaches great importance to Beiyan's Murong family's attitude. Especially after Chen Lin noticed that Beiyan's attitude was a bit ambiguous, she stepped up work in this area.

"It seems that the Murong clan of Beiyan wants to please both sides, trying to please both sides?"

At this time, some of Beiyan's actions were no longer hidden. Maybe they felt that the various resources sent by the big man were already in hand, and they would have some confidence even if they turned against each other at this time?

So Beiyan directly contacted Dai State and wanted to reconcile with Dai State. For this reason, they were willing to send the eldest daughter of the Murong family to Kebi to be a concubine. After the establishment of Dai State, although it was a Xianbei regime, many of them were retained.

The customs of the nomadic people, but they still imitated the Han Dynasty court and formulated some rules, and some systems were not much different from the Han Dynasty. Among them, Kebi was able to become emperor, and he also created queens and concubines of various levels.

It was even more complicated than the current simple hierarchy of the imperial court in the Han Dynasty. The concubines alone were divided into seven levels.

It is said that when this news reached Luoyang, it really caused a lot of turmoil. For example, Sima Fang, the Minister of Rites, united with Si Kong Cai Yong, Tai servant Lu Kui, Ting Wei Fu Wan, Da Si Nong Zheng Tai, Shaofu Han Sui and Yu Shi Zhongcheng.

Huang Wan jointly submitted a petition, hoping that the emperor would restore the system of fourteenth-level concubines.

When the Han Dynasty was founded, the system of the Qin Dynasty was followed. The concubines in the harem were divided into eight grades. After Emperor Wu, the number was increased twice, and finally there were fourteen grades in total.

As for the so-called fourteenth-level concubine system, it was a system during the heyday of the Han Dynasty. In addition to the queen, there could be up to three thousand beauties in the inner palace, divided into fourteen levels.

Among them, below the queen is Zhaoyi, whose title is as high as the princes and kings, and next to Jieyu, who is as high as Liehou, and then down to the fourteenth grade, Wujuan, Yu Ling, etc., each has the equivalent of a hundred stones.

In addition to these fourteen grades, there are also various titles with various styles, but the treatment is relatively poor. In addition to the meals provided by the royal family, there is no additional salary, money and food to receive. Basically, they can only rely on rewards from the emperor.

At this time, there were really a lot of people in the palace. If the emperor wanted to sleep with his women one by one, it would be impossible for ten or eight years.

This situation lasted until the Guangwu Zhongxing period. Emperor Guangwu advocated frugality and abolished most titles. In the end, except for the queen, only the nobles remained.

Although there are beauties, court ladies, and concubines below the nobles, these are no longer concubines. If they were given to an ordinary wealthy family, it can be said that these levels can only be regarded as concubines and sleeping maids.

that level between.

Later, during the Ling Emperor's period, the treatment of beauties was slightly improved and she was considered a real concubine, but the palace servants and maidens were still not included in the hierarchy.

Although Liu Xuan has reformed many things since he came to the throne, he has never touched the system of concubines in the harem. First, he feels it is unnecessary, and second, he has so many names that he cannot use, and it gives him a headache to look at them.

But he thought so, but his ministers would not think so. If the Han Dynasty was still in dire straits, the emperor's behavior would naturally be praised by everyone. He just felt that today's emperor puts the world's major affairs first, does not covet beauty, and does not indulge in sexual intercourse.

Among them, there is indeed a promising king.

But now that the Han Dynasty has recovered its vitality, and its national power is getting stronger day by day, what needs to be considered at this time is not how to increase national power through frugality, but how to allow the emperor to enjoy it appropriately.

Of course, these proposals are not because the ministers are considering the emperor and want the emperor to live a good life. In fact, there are a lot of nonsense in them.

Among them, the emperor's acceptance of concubines represents a new round of reshuffle of the inner court forces. No matter how much the emperor likes these concubines, as long as a new person can be included, the emperor will always turn his attention to them.

And what if this newcomer is the daughter of someone outside? This faction is likely to get some support. This support may not be noticeable, but it may play a life-saving role at a critical moment.

Although these ministers in the so-called Cunning Rabbit Three Caves are not rabbits, they have made many preparations.

Another point is that when times were hard in the past, we didn’t say anything and everyone stood up for it! But now that things are getting better and better, and your emperor is still living so frugally, what should the people below do?

Of course, they can also be as careless as Cao Cao - who in Luoyang City knows about Cao Cao's lust? Basically, every family with beautiful daughters and concubines hides them from Cao Cao. Fortunately, although Cao Cao is lustful, he is also

It's not like robbing him by force. Anyway, as long as he doesn't let go after biting him to death, Cao Cao won't force him.

After all, Cao Cao also believed in Legalism and believed that governing the country according to law was the royal way. As an important minister of the imperial court, he was extremely disgusted with those who violated the royal law, so he would not do it himself.

However, most people still have concerns. They can't bear to see the emperor's palace with only three or five concubines taking concubines, right?

What's more, the Han Dynasty actually has clear regulations on how many women a person of any rank can take as concubines. The most typical example is that a prince can only take a maximum of forty concubines, and the king is second only to the emperor in terms of status, but

One can only imagine the people below. It would be okay if they offended a little in a remote place, but they were right at the feet of the emperor, and the matter of concubinage... really could not be hidden from anyone.

Of course, if the emperor reinstates fourteenth-level concubines and opens the inner palace to accept three thousand beauties, then the restrictions on the people below will be relaxed a lot accordingly.

So they persuaded the emperor at this time, "It's time to enjoy it!" In fact, it was also for themselves.

Liu Xuan really didn't know about these things at first. The laws of the Han Dynasty were so long that Liu Xuan couldn't remember every article in detail. He could just let the Minister of Punishment and Tingwei do this work. He couldn't make trouble for himself.

Anyway, these two are important ministers of the court. They are always at hand when something happens. If you don’t know something, why don’t you just ask? These people are like mobile encyclopedias. They guarantee that they can answer whatever you ask - of course.

Have a professional counterpart.

Later, Cao Bao said to him in private: "Your Majesty does not accept more concubines, but establishes more concubines. Even if the princes of the dynasty want to accept more than two concubines, they will not dare to do so! Now that the world is at peace, these people

I also want to live more good lives!”

Only then did Liu Xuan understand why these people were so excited and what emotions were like!

"Hey, that's what I meant!"

As for the thoughts of this group of people, Liu Xuan didn't comment much. In fact, he didn't mean that he didn't want to attract more beauties, but he had a high vision, and not only did he have to be beautiful, but he also had to be a well-known figure, otherwise he would mention

Not interested - This is also related to the technique he practices, because those women who can leave their names in history must have their own merits, and they are also very helpful to his practice.

As for an ordinary woman, she may be beautiful, but if her talent is not good, what will happen if she grows old first after decades of being raised in the palace?

After all, talent is hard to say. Even if Liu Xuan has great skills and can make those with less talent live for hundreds of years, there is an end. And after hundreds of years, even a pet will have deep feelings.

Could he just watch his woman die?

That was simply bringing trouble to himself. This was also the reason why he never accepted any concubines.

Cao Bao did know a little bit about the emperor's thoughts. After all, he had been practicing for a long time, and now his cultivation was superb. He could feel that he was different from ordinary people in many ways.

But he looked at things from another perspective: "Your Majesty, several empresses in the palace have served your Majesty for many years, but their status as... a minor official, to put it bluntly, is really a bit inappropriate!"

Except for Cai Yan, who is the queen, and Diao Chan, who is the noble, the other women are all beauties. Although they are called empresses together, their rank is too low.

Liu Xuan was stunned, but he had ignored this. He always felt that those were all false names, but sometimes this false reputation could also be the source of trouble. It was nothing at the moment, but over time, these women would inevitably feel dissatisfied.

That would not be beautiful.

"But I ignored this!"

I lowered my head and thought for a while, and found that the concubine system had really been reformed. At least there were a few more levels to arrange the women like myself.

"Your Majesty, please say one more thing!" Cao Bao, as a regular minister, was originally an important minister in the inner court. He was almost in charge of all matters in the palace, and could also assist the emperor in handling political affairs to a certain extent - but he did not rely on this status to participate.

The world's major events, this is why Liu Xuan always reuses him.

When Liu Xuan asked Zhang Rang to teach Cao Bao, he didn't know that Zhang Rang told him as soon as he opened his mouth: "Now that the emperor values ​​you, you will definitely have many opportunities to get involved in many important things in the future... Now your Majesty wants me to teach you."

You don’t have anything else to say. You are smart by nature, and many things are obvious at a glance, so there is no need to say more. This is the only thing you must remember!"

"No matter how much the emperor values ​​you, you should not get involved in that big thing in the future... It is best not to even comment. Even if the emperor asks, don't answer! As long as you can do it, then your position

It will never waver.”

Cao Bao kept this instruction in mind and resolutely carried it out. After so many years, he gradually understood the meaning of Zhang Rang's instructions.

For so many years, Cao Bao has been following Liu Xuan obediently. Although he works conscientiously, he has never revealed anything. Nowadays, it is indeed very rare for him to take the initiative to make suggestions.

It's not that Cao Bao couldn't help but want to reach out for big things in the world, he just simply talked about Liu Xuan's matter.

"If your Majesty can learn the wonderful Dharma of the Immortal Family and enjoy immortality, then this world will be your Majesty's for hundreds of thousands of years! Maybe we won't see a woman who can live up to your Majesty's words in a few years or decades, but in a few hundred or so

What about a thousand years?”
To be continued...