It is the emperor's prerogative to recruit show girls, but the term show girl is already a very distant thing for the Wei Dynasty, in the past, there will be a lot of show girls in every dynasty and every generation who have been included in the palace, but because Yang Rui herself is a woman, and she has been in power for 20 years, there are very few small palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, let alone concubines and show girls. Now that Han Jian has ascended the throne, he has immediately pacified the rebellion in Yuzhou and Xianbei, and put the power in the north into his hands, and the people below will inevitably flatter, and it is obviously the best way to offer a show girl.

Han Jian was noncommittal, and Ning Yuan said: "Your Majesty is generous and benevolent, but the inner palace needs to be filled, and it is also for Your Majesty's thousand-year foundation." Lao Chen and the people of various families in Luoyang have a detailed explanation, and the pre-selected show girls are all to be treated as maids in the boudoir between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and there will be a selection by the Ministry of Rites and the female officials in the palace...... What's more, according to the old system, all the female officials in the palace are also from the show girl, even if His Majesty is not ready to leave the show girl in the palace as a concubine, he can let her enter the palace to be taught, and in the future, he will not lose His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness. ”

Because of the previous purge of the old ministers of the old faction of the Wei Dynasty by Han Song and Ning Yuan, many people were worried that Han Jian would carry out a second round of large-scale purges after he ascended the throne and changed the Yuan. It can also attract some families for his use.

Han Jian could have refused, but some things were to conform to public opinion, and the palace was deserted and needed to increase manpower, Han Jian was relatively open-minded, and he didn't want to increase the number of little eunuchs, so the best way was to increase the number of palace maids. and then select female officials from the show girls to be used by the palace, so that Luoyang and the northern families can feel at ease, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

After thinking about it, Han Jian nodded and said, "Then the matter will be handled by Taishi Ning." ”

"Thank Your Majesty for your love, and the old minister will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust." Ning Yuan was also a little relieved in his heart, in the recent incident where he played Han Jian. Most of them were refuted by Han Jian, he knew that this was Han Jian settling old scores, if it weren't for the relative reliance on him, he would have investigated the previous cooperation with Han Song's clan to suppress dissent. Only in the matter of the draft girl, Han Jian agreed to his request, which made him feel that the way of sending a woman was effective for Han Jian.

According to the previous rules, the queen should be the leader, and the female officials in the palace should be responsible for the selection, and the emperor will not participate, and the women who are selected to the palace are only named. Finally, according to the needs of the selection of different numbers of show girls into the palace, to the show girl after the age of twenty-two, the palace is not involved in marriage, but before that, all the women who left their names on the list of show girls in the palace, whether they were selected to enter the palace or not, are not allowed to marry, once the marriage and even the family will be implicated.

After talking about the draft girl, Han Jian said: "Master Ning is not in a hurry to leave. Wait on the sidelines, and then Shangshutai and the people from the military department will come. There is still something to discuss. ”

Ning Yuan originally thought that it was done, and he wanted to go back to discuss with his people, and there were some special arrangements for entering the draft girl, mainly to provide channels for his cronies to enter the palace, so that the women of these families could be successfully selected as show girls to enter the palace. But after hearing Han Jian's words, Ning Yuan knew that Han Jian was not staying in Ye'an Pavilion to wait for him to do something. This time I invited the ministers of Shangshutai and the Ministry of War, it seems that there are civil and political things to say, or it may be military, after Han Jian ascended the throne, the distribution of yamen responsibilities in the imperial court was relatively centralized, but after Han Jian returned to Luoyang. Only then did the military department, which had been almost abandoned, be reused, and the generals and strategists of the original military yamen were also uniformly deployed to the military department, and the military yamen was almost vacant.

Soon Shang Shutai and the ministers of the military department came, and there were quite a few, more than twenty people. When they were almost there, Han Jian informed Su Tingxia of the withdrawal of troops, and the people present did not immediately express their opinions, for Su Tingxia, these people can be said to be in a complicated mood, according to reason, Su Tingxia is the hero of the sniper Xianbei cavalry in the Bohai Sea and the hero who swept the grassland for 3,000 miles, psychologically speaking, Su Tingxia's management of the army is really "evil", using the strategy of fighting to raise war and even robbing and killing his own people, and his reputation among the people is also very poor. It is not a good thing for such people to withdraw their troops and come back, these people will inevitably think that this is because Su Tingxia can't loot oil and water in the north, so he withdrew his troops and came back, then the people of the Hebei generation are about to suffer, they have just been looted by the Xianbei people, and now Su Tingxia's return means that he will face a second round of looting.

Ning Yuan saw that others didn't speak, so he took the initiative to ask: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a reminder that General Su pacified the Bohai Sea, so he might as well crown General Su as the Duke of Bohai and let him guard the Bohai Sea forever as a reward, I don't know what Your Majesty wants?" ”

Han Jian sneered: "Master Ning, don't you want the soldiers of my three armies to return to the court?" Bohai Gong ...... As you can see, now the land of the Bohai Sea is included in the territory of our dynasty, but now the Bohai Sea is almost barren, how can it be rewarded? In the eyes of the officers and men of the three armies, it is better to say that it is exile! ”

Ning Yuan hurriedly pleaded: "The old minister is not thoughtful, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

As he said this, he was also figuring out what Han Jian meant, since Han Jian didn't want to exile Su Tingxia, he was going to cook a rabbit and a dead dog after Su Tingxia returned to the dynasty. Since Su Tingxia and his soldiers and horses are difficult to control, they simply use the most direct method to kill Su Tingxia when he returns to the court, or send someone to put him to death on the way back.

Han Jian said: "I came to you, mainly to discuss how to coordinate the withdrawal of troops, the grain and grass and the materials for the reward of the three armies should also be immediately transported north without delay, the military department is responsible for the coordination of the soldiers and horses along the way, Shang Shutai came up with a plan and made a detailed list of the rewards of the three armies, I don't want to wait for the soldiers of the three armies to return to the court, because of the reward and any changes!" ”

"Obey Your Majesty's royal decree." The officials present all saluted and received the order.

Han Jian said: "I will immediately send an order to Beiguan, the officers and soldiers of the three armies can retreat south at any time, but there must be no disturbance to the people along the way, and the military department will also send people to keep an eye on it, if it is violated, I will definitely be held responsible." ”

Han Jian said that he wanted to be held responsible, but he did not say that he was to be held accountable by Su Tingxia's department, or to be held accountable by the officials of the military department who went to the inspector. The people in the military department also have the feeling of being dumb and eating yellow lotus, and they are very clear about the style of Su Tingxia's department, this is simply a group of thieves. Wherever they go, where to grab them, where to divide the Xianbei people and the common people, I have to admit that this way of fighting makes these soldiers different from ordinary soldiers, and they can kill red eyes on the battlefield, but they have the least deserters among all kinds of soldiers and horses, and their combat ability is also the highest. Otherwise, when fighting with the Xianbei people, only Su Tingxia would be able to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the battle.

The officials retreated, Han Jian returned to the inner garden of the palace, and Han Jian knew very well about Su Tingxia and his men and horses that it was also because of the lack of soldiers and food that Han Jian forcibly handed over the less than 20,000 new troops recruited by Luoyang to Su Tingxia, so that Su Tingxia could hone into a group of robbers. Su Tingxia's department had nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses at its peak, but most of them were vassals. Before Su Tingxia led the troops north out of Beiguan for 3,000 miles, there were about 20,000 people, and there were only three or four thousand local soldiers in Luoyang, and the rest of the men and horses were some soldiers and horses who surrendered from Hebei, and some were Jiangdu soldiers and horses.

Han Jian went directly to the palace where Yang Li'er had just settled down. When I arrived at the door, there was also a little palace maid helping to clean up the flower pots. Although it was already night, the carriage carrying goods from the East Palace's palace to the palace was still ongoing. The large objects were basically not moved, but some bits and pieces, including the original decorations of the courtyards, were also transported to the palace.

"The concubine greets Your Majesty." Yang Li'er had been waiting at the door, and when she saw Han Jian coming back, she greeted her and greeted her. Because she is in front of the palace maid, she also looks very like the lord of the six palaces. Didn't deal with yourself like I did in private before.

Han Jian looked at the little palace maid who was busy at the door, and smiled: "The concubine is flat." ”

Yang Li'er smiled, this way of getting along was very unaccustomed to even herself. Han Jian and Yang Li'er walked into the palace courtyard, but saw that the palace courtyard was actually hanging a rope to dry clothes, Yang Li'er said: "It's very cold in winter. If you can't dry it earlier, it won't be easy to dry when it snows. ”

Han Jian couldn't laugh or cry, this is simply treating the palace as the courtyard of the ladies in the East Palace, sweeping the snow in front of the door, if you even have to dry your clothes in the main palace, where is the majesty of the imperial palace?

"Withdrawn, withdrawn! What it looks like. Han Jian said, "Do you really think this is a small farm yard?" When you enter the palace, you will follow the meaning of the palace, there is a courtyard of clothes in the palace, and the clothes of each palace do not need to be taken out for decoration, and if there are clothes to be added, they also tell the people in the inner house that since they have entered the palace, they must adapt to the life in the palace. ”

Yang Li'er lowered her head as if she had done something wrong, but said with a sly smile: "Your Majesty's lesson is that the concubine knows that she is wrong. ”

After saying that, he immediately asked people to remove all the clothes that were hanging, and the little palace maid outside also came in, put away the clothes together, and sent them all to the Huanyi Courtyard to be washed and dried again. Inside, Han Jian sat down, but it was a simple wine and food that Yang Li'er asked people to prepare, because Yang Li'er knew in advance that Han Jian was coming, so she was also fully prepared.

"I've had a family dinner, what are you going to do with this?" Han Jian asked.

Yang Li'er drooped her head and said with a slightly sad look: "The concubine wants to serve Your Majesty well, but she is afraid that Your Majesty will be hungry at night, so she privately made the decision to let people prepare wine and food, and it seems that the concubine is wrong." ”

said that she was admitting her mistake, but her face was still sad, but it was difficult to hide the smile on the corner of her mouth. Han Jian smiled and hugged Yang Li'er directly into his arms, Yang Li'er exclaimed, but sat firmly on Han Jian's lap and complained: "Being seen by others...... How bad? ”

Han Jian said: "Where is this?" Do you still have so many scruples at home? Xi'er fell asleep? ”

"Hmm. The nurses took care of themselves, originally wanted Xi'er to sleep in the concubine's room, but they just changed places for fear that he wouldn't like it, and Xi'er was most afraid of giving birth. can know that the princess is coming, and the concubine can't do her duty as a mother, alas! ”

Han Jian saw Yang Li'er's shy and coquettish appearance, and felt happy in his heart, Yang Li'er was originally closed and self-contained and unwilling to open her heart to others, but now she is more and more like a housewife, and she has the charm of a mature woman, and her attachment to him seems to be a little more. Han Jian thought to himself that this was about Yang Li'er also feeling a little self-danger, the more women around him, the less care Yang Li'er could share, so even an ice girl like Yang Li'er had to learn to please him.

"Li'er, sit down, drink a few glasses of water and wine together, and talk to me." Han Jian let go of Yang Li'er's hand and let her sit on the chair, and the two of them could also speak in a normal tone.

Yang Li'er stood up, sat down on the chair next to her, and poured wine for Han Jian first, no wine was prepared at the family banquet that night, and Han Jian has always been not drunk with a thousand glasses, and this little wine will not be on the top, but Yang Li'er's amount of wine is very shallow, she knows very well that she poured a full glass for Han Jian, and poured less than half a glass for herself.

"Don't be surprised, the concubine is afraid that she will drink too much, and she will be dizzy for a while, and she won't even be able to find the southeast, northwest, and northwest." Yang Li'er showed the shame of her youngest daughter's family and said. Because she had also drunk with Han Jian before, but in the end she was unconscious, and the next day Han Jian laughed at her for her ugliness in the bed, so she felt a little ashamed.

Han Jian smiled: "It's okay, it's no big deal tomorrow, what's the deal if you're drunk?" Come, and fill it for you, husband. ”

Saying that, Han Jian personally picked up the wine glass and filled it for Yang Li'er, Yang Li'er stomped her feet and said: "Xianggong is sincere to embarrass the concubine, if she is drunk...... If there is any loss of manners, the husband is not allowed to bully the concubine! ”

Han Jian said with a smile: "Who wants to bully you, the husband wants to get you drunk and make you fall asleep, just go to other palaces." I want to think about whether to accompany Xin'er or to accompany Yi'er......"

Han Jian said, but was kicked by Yang Li'er, Yang Li'er looked at Han Jian in shame, but her mouth was a little disobedient: "Since the princess said so, the concubine body should not be drunk, lest the princess give up the concubine and leave!" ”

Having said that, she still honestly picked up the wine glass and drank with Han Jian, pursed the wine glass lightly with her lips, and took the wine into her mouth little by little. After only a glass of wine, his face was already red and very cute and cute.

But when the wine was finished, she still picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Han Jian, but she refused to pour her second glass.

Han Jian said with a smile: "Drinking in winter to ward off the cold, you might as well drink a few more glasses to warm up your body, you can finally move into the palace, and many things can be regarded as boulders landing, which is worth celebrating." (To be continued......)