Fenghou

Chapter 1518
Lu Xiu is also trying to adapt to the status of queen, but her husband told her not to be too deliberate, just live the same life as before.

Chen Qing returned to the inner palace, as usual, he first came to his inner study, he walked into the room, Yao Mei hurriedly stepped forward to take off his outer robe.

"How is the little one?"

Yao Mei gave birth to a son, named Chen Xiang. The little guy had a loud voice, cried fiercely, and was very troublesome, requiring two wet nurses to take care of him.

"He fell asleep when I came, hey! Sleeping now, he's going to make trouble again in the middle of the night."

"Why don't you just leave the study here! Concentrate on taking the children there."

"I have two wet nurses! More than anyone else, I don't care what I do with the study?"

Although Chen Qing had ascended the throne as emperor, his living habits could not be changed. He didn't like eunuchs, and he didn't like other court ladies casually entering his inner study.

Chen Qing nodded, and didn't try to persuade him any more.

His six women, except for his wife Lu Xiu who was named Empress, Zhao Qiaoyun and Zhao Yingluo who were named Concubine De and Shu, Yu Ying who was named Zhaoyi, Yu Lian who was named Zhaorong, and Yao Mei who was named Zhaoyuan.

According to the etiquette system, out of the nine concubines, he still lacks the sixth concubine, as well as Jieyu, beauties, talented people, etc., and he will not consider it for the time being.

At this time, Lu Xiu came over with a maid, and Lu Xiu took the iced lotus seed and mung bean soup, and the maid waited outside the study. Seeing the Queen coming, Yao Mei saluted quickly and also retreated.

Lu Xiu put the lotus seed and mung bean soup on the table and said with a smile: "Although Yu doctor Liu said that you can't drink ice water when you just come back from outside, I don't think it's a big problem to have a cup once in a while."

Chen Qing was overjoyed, and quickly took a couple of sips of the iced drink. The heat disappeared, and he signaled his wife to sit down.

Lu Xiu sat sideways, took out a booklet and handed it to her husband, "Husband, take a look!"

"What is this?" Chen Qing asked after taking the brochure.

"These are the sixteen maids I selected from more than 1000 palace maids, and I want to arrange them as talent."

Chen Qing looked at the brochure, and said calmly: "You put so much thought into this kind of thing?"

"Husband is the emperor now, not the envoy of Xuanfu of Sichuan and Shanxi."

Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid you have misunderstood the emperor, thinking that all emperors are the 72 concubines of the Sixth Court of Sangong?"

"I know my husband doesn't want to marry more, but the imperial concubine is also a way to win over a wealthy family!"

"Let's talk about it later!"

Chen Qing threw the brochure on the table, "I'm not interested in these maids for the time being."

"All right!"

Seeing that her husband was a little unhappy, Lu Xiu got up to leave.

At this time, Chen Qing thought of something and said: "The lady said last time that she wanted to help the widowed elderly and orphans. I am considering re-establishing the Futian Courtyard and the Kindergarten in the Song Dynasty to accommodate the widowed elderly and orphans. In addition to the burden of the government, the court is also ready to accept External donations, all the money is used to help the elderly and orphans, all states and counties in the world also have to set up Futian homes and sales homes, what the Song Dynasty can do well, we must do better."

"How much does my husband think it is more appropriate for us to donate?"

"Donate [-] guan in the name of the two of us!"

"It's absolutely fine. I happen to have [-] coins in Sichuan-Shaanxi No. [-] Cabinet Shop. I'll go and give the receipt to my husband."

"Don't worry, give me time in the evening."

Early the next morning, Chen Qing held an internal affairs meeting in the side hall of the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace. Generally, internal affairs are held by the rotating prime minister who is in charge of affairs, but the emperor Chen Qing can also hold the meeting. Once he holds it, it is a small court meeting. , not only the seven prime ministers, but also more than a dozen senior officials will also participate.

In the side hall, the ministers were all discussing in low voices. The draft of today's meeting was sent to everyone yesterday, and everyone prepared it last night.

At this time, a guard shouted: "His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

The ministers got up one after another, and saw the emperor Chen Qing walking quickly from the side passage, the pace was very fast, and there were no court ladies or eunuchs behind him to support him with fans or umbrellas.

This is the typical style of King Yong. Everyone secretly smiled bitterly. They are already emperors, but nothing has changed yet.

Everyone bowed and saluted together, "See Your Majesty!"

"Ministers, please sit down, please feel free!"

All participants are important ministers, and they all have their own seats, which has been passed down from the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Everyone sat down, Chen Qing said with a smile: "Today's agenda was distributed to everyone yesterday, and we will discuss three things today. Young people, this has been a tradition since the Qin and Han Dynasties. I believe everyone will agree that there may be some details that we need to discuss again. First of all, age. Some ministers suggest that they should be over 60 years old. The reason is that they can still do things in their 50s. The minister suggested over [-] years old, after all, the human life expectancy is not long, so I considered a compromise, to see if everyone can accept it?"

There was silence in the hall, and Chen Qing continued with a soft throat: "My plan is to give food at the age of 50 and food at the age of 60. The widowed and lonely old people over the age of 50 will be given two buckets of rice and a catty of salt every month, and a piece of cloth every year." At the age of 60, you can enter Futianyuan. If you don’t want to enter Futianyuan, and you have relatives to rely on, the imperial court will subsidize [-] yuan a month.

As for orphans, the age of 17 is the limit. Under the age of 17, they have to live in a nursery school. The imperial court is responsible for their food, lodging and clothing, and arranges for them to study and learn skills. No objection? "

Chen Qing looked around and nodded, "If there is no objection, then follow this plan!"

At this time, Xu Xiantu raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

"Xu Xiangguo, please tell me!"

"In the regulations issued by His Majesty yesterday, there is an article about accepting donations from the people. Can Your Majesty elaborate on it?"

Chen Qing nodded, "In fact, there have always been private donations. In order to obtain honorary officials, many big households use the method of donating food and money. It's just that they have been donating to the government before, but not this time. This time, they set up a separate organization , but this institution can’t touch the money, the money is stored in the counter. But the institution has the power of approval and supervision, so it is better for it to be affiliated with Yushitai.”

"Then how should the donations from the people be used?" Xu Xiantu asked again.

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Xu Xiangguo was worried that the money donation and the government appropriation would be repeated, but it was not the case. For example, if a disabled child was abandoned by his parents, the court would definitely not allow it. If the parents were to be held accountable, then this abandoned child Of course he can't be considered an orphan, even if the nursery takes him in, he can't support him. At this time, he can apply for the donated money.

If this is not clear enough, let me give another example, such as some non-government-run Futian homes and sales homes. We want to support them, but how?I feel that it is more affordable to use donated money to subsidize. In a word, the meaning of private donations is to pick up the leftovers and make up for the gaps. They will do what the government can't do. "

Xu Xiantu nodded, "Thank you Your Majesty for your explanation, I understand!"

Chen Qing glanced at everyone, and then said: "Then the first bill is decided in this way. The Internal Affairs Hall is responsible for drafting the details and implementing them as soon as possible. Let's talk about the second bill, which is about dealing with the threat of war in the north."

There was a murmur of discussion in the hall.

Jiang Yanxian said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to Your Majesty!"

The hall fell silent again.

Chen Qing then slowly said: "Everyone may feel strange, isn't the Kingdom of Jin destroyed? Why is there still a war?
The threat of war I am talking about refers to Xiliao, the new Liao Kingdom founded by Yelu Dashi in the Western Regions. If Xiliao keeps looking westward, then we don’t have to worry about it, but it’s a pity that the people of Xiliao want to go home. I started to look east again. I have received a message from the flying eagle in Ganzhou. The envoys from Gaochang Huihe are about to arrive in the capital. They are here to ask for help. I hope everyone understands that if Gaochang Huihe comes to ask for help, it means that the war is not far away from us. . "

(End of this chapter)