Although the Junggar Department has surrendered, they want to send a county lord into the palace, and Yuan Zhi still can't make up his mind about this matter.

Therefore, he asked Su Zhiming and Prince Yong and others to discuss.

Prince Yong joked with Su Zhiming on the way to the Qianqing Palace, "Our emperor is too upright, and he is not greedy for women at all." He didn't ask whether the county lord of Na Minmin was beautiful, what temperament and appearance, and only thought about what impact this matter would have on the court. Alas. ”

Prince Yong's words are full of ridicule, that is, he, who is an uncle, and Su Zhiming, who is an uncle, complain and complain, and this cannot be said to other ministers.

Su Zhiming also smiled when he heard this, "The prince doesn't know how proud he is, but he said so." If the emperor ignores the court for the sake of women, then the prince will be worried. ”

Prince Yong gave him a "you know" look.

He said: "However, the women of different races are naturally different from the official eunuchs in our capital, they are all very outgoing and lively, and the emperor may not like it." I don't think it's a big deal, people are sending their daughters here, can't we push it out? ”

Su Zhiming nodded, "I think so too." The Jungar Department was about to have palpitations, and was always worried about being liquidated again, so they sent the county lord to come, with the meaning of harmony. Since this is the case, I should persuade the emperor to accept it, if you don't like to be cold, there will be no fewer such women in the palace in the future. ”

In all dynasties, which harem does not have this kind of ornamental woman for political marriage?

The two reached an agreement, and they were going to go to the Qianqing Palace to talk to Yuanzhi, and when they walked outside the palace, Su Zhiming suddenly stopped.

"Something suddenly occurred to me."

"What's the matter?"

Su Zhiming said: "The prince still remembers that a few years ago, some courtiers persuaded the emperor to accept more concubines, saying that there were not many concubines in the harem, and there were two more pregnant women, but the emperor was not very happy. Maybe in the emperor's heart, he doesn't want those superfluous decorations. ”

Prince Yong nodded, he knew it in his heart, "Ask the emperor in a while, let's go." ”

……

The news that the Jungar Ministry was going to send the lord of Minmin into the palace spread in the harem.

Empress Zhou didn't react when she heard the news, but said: "Now that the Jungar Department has surrendered, it is part of the land of Jiangshan. Even if a Jungar woman is added to the harem, what is so strange? ”

Dan'er listened to Queen Zhou's calm words, and couldn't help but reflect that she was too grassy and soldier, "What Niangniang said is." Although the woman is the county lord, she is of a different race in the end, and she is untenable in the capital, and the mother doesn't need to mind at all. ”

"Why does this palace care?"

Queen Zhou was reading a book, raised her eyelids and glanced at Dan'er, "If she enters the palace, she will be the emperor's concubine, the sister of the palace, and the palace will treat her well, what do you care?" Which big family has seen a wife who can stand up and take care of the concubine in the family day by day? ”

Dan'er stuck out her tongue after hearing this, "It's all slaves and maids who are not good, the queen, slaves and maids should also read more books." From now on, the mother will study, and the slave will be grinding ink on the side, and she will learn more from the mother's tolerance and generosity, so is it good? ”

Queen Zhou couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, "You don't have anything to learn, just be more open-minded and think about how to take care of Chen'er, don't stare at other concubines all day long." Just like yesterday, Concubine Li folded the peach blossoms and sent them to the Qianqing Palace, why are you not angry? ”

"The slave maid is thinking, Niangniang also said a few days ago that she would fold flowers and send them to the Qianqing Palace for the emperor to enjoy, but I didn't expect Niangniang to do it yet, and she was preempted by Concubine Li."

Dan'er was also a little aggrieved, if this was done by Concubine He or those two Chang Zai, she would not be angry, but Concubine Li made her feel uncomfortable.

What's more, Queen Zhou mentioned it first, she always felt that Concubine Li was deliberately ahead of Queen Zhou.

"She is a concubine, thinking about how to serve the emperor well, this is a good thing, just don't step on other people's heads."

Empress Zhou was immersed in the book again and no longer paid attention to the matter.

……

Within two days, the matter of sending the county lord Minmin to the palace was decided, and Yuanzhi came to Kunning Palace to officially tell the queen.

"I'm here to tell you this, so that you can be mentally prepared so that you can arrange it in advance. Second, I will also discuss with you what position this Minmin County Lord should give her. ”

"This matter is related to the previous dynasty, and the emperor's opinion of the concubines is only for reference, and it is up to the emperor to decide."

Empress Zhou thought for a while and said: "It stands to reason that the Jungger Department is a foreign tribe and its status is not high, and the women sent don't have to be given too high a position. But in the end, the emperor named their khan as the prince, and this girl was the lord of the county, if the position was too low...... It is inevitable that people will be criticized. According to the meaning of the concubine, it is better to seal the position of a nobleman, and if you want to be higher, you can only be a concubine. ”

Yuan Zhi thought about it for a while, and Queen Zhou's meaning was similar to him, "Then be a noble person according to your wishes, the title and others, you can just look at it, you don't have to go back and forth." I heard that this Minmin county lord is literate and knowledgeable, and he is about to communicate, so when the time comes, I will trouble you to teach. ”

"This is what a concubine should be."

Empress Zhou smiled, quite jokingly, "The concubines want to congratulate the emperor on getting a beautiful woman again, the courtiers asked the emperor to accept a new concubine, but the emperor refused, and now he has to be willing to refuse." ”

Yuan Zhi sighed slightly, "I didn't want to, but Uncle Wang and Uncle Wang couldn't say that it was easy to refuse, if they refused, they were afraid that the heart of the Jungger Department would change." I thought about it, but I didn't add a pair of chopsticks to the harem, so I allowed them to send people here. ”

"The emperor did the right thing."

Empress Zhou softly expressed her support, "From the perspective of the Jungar Ministry, only if the emperor accepts the lord of Minmin, can they fully believe that the emperor has accepted them." Only by trusting each other can we truly make the Dzungar tribe a part of our land and better assimilate these alien people. ”

"Assimilation?"

"yes."

Empress Zhou picked up a book casually, "We must let those barbarians learn Chinese characters, speak Chinese, and read Chinese, so that they can truly surrender." The so-called submission is not just a letter of surrender and a tribute to pay taxes, but to make them feel from the bottom of their hearts that they and we are people of the same country. ”

Yuan Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly smiled: "The queen is very clever in this statement, where did she learn it?" ”

"There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book."

Queen Zhou deliberately shook her head, learning from those sour Confucians, very cute, "There is any truth in the book, and the concubine naturally learned it from reading the book." If the emperor feels that the words of the concubine are somewhat acceptable, then the concubine's book is not read in vain. ”

"It turns out that the queen is not only studying to teach Chen'er, but also to help me."

Yuan Zhi also smiled, "I married such a good queen with a husband and children, it is really the blessing of my ancestors." ”