The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 391 A woman is related to royal dignity
After the Chaoyang Hall performance was over, Yang Tong hurriedly returned to the Chaohui Hall

Empress Wei Fengwu, Xian Concubine's eldest grandson Wugou, Wu Concubine Shui Tianji, Li Concubine Li Xiuning gathered together, as well as a sister-in-law Jiang Fengyi, the five of them didn't know what to say, it was very lively.

Yang Tong came to the hall, sat down on the seat, and said with a smile, "What are you talking about, it's so lively."

"Your Majesty!" Xiao Wu came over and put her arms around Yang Tong's arm, staring at her husband with big eyes that seemed to be talking: "My Majesty, there are too few people in the palace..."

Yang Tong said, "Then what do you want?"

Xiao Wu stared at Yang Tong: "The concubine wants to ask the emperor to issue an order to recruit some young beautiful women into the palace."

Yang Tong was puzzled and said, "I don't think Shenwu Palace is short of people."

Xiao Wu pointed with her fingers: "In addition to Shenwu Palace, there are also Jingzhao Daxing Palace, Xingqing Palace, Yishou Palace, Xianyou Palace, Bu Shou Palace, Fufeng Renshou Palace, Qiyang Palace, and Taiyuan Jinyang Palace." Palace, Loufan Fenyang Palace, Wuyuan Zhaowu Palace, Zhuojun Linshuo Palace, Beiping Linyu Palace!"

Yang Tong said: "Nearly 20 women from Goguryeo were robbed at the beginning of the year. Not long ago, Jieli Khan used [-] women to beg for surrender. Every time, some people are selected to come to the palace to listen to and use. Isn't that enough?"

Xiao Wu said helplessly: "You can't just use all bearded girls, can you?"

"That's true!" Yang Tong thought for a while and said, "In the past, when beautiful women were selected into the palace, they would not be released from the palace. Only when the new emperor succeeds will they be released and a new batch will be selected. If this After being the emperor for a long time, these court ladies stayed in the palace for the rest of their lives, and were finally kicked out of the palace by the new emperor, all of them were old and homeless, and ended up in a bleak end. We absolutely can't do this kind of thing."

Jiang Fengyi looked at Yang Tong with those watery eyes: "Then what does the Holy One think should be the best of both worlds?"

When Yang Tong let her catch her pretty eyes with autumn waves, her heart beat wildly.This sister Yu went to the grassland to live for many years, bold and unrestrained, compared with Xiao Wu and the others, she has a unique taste: "Just like recruiting an army, on the principle of voluntariness, recruit some beautiful girls from the people, and give the selected ones first After the training of these beautiful women is completed, they will be assigned to work in the nearby palaces, and they can retire and go home after four years of service, so that there will be no tragedy of the palace maid's bleak evening. And it will be changed from forced recruitment to recruitment , can prevent local governments from taking the opportunity to disturb the people.”

"My lord, my concubine thinks that the most important thing for a beautiful girl is to be virtuous, she just needs to be pretty..."

Yang Tong interrupted Xiao Wu's words: "Xiao Wu, you are now a virtuous and virtuous queen empress, and among the women in the world, you are the biggest except for a few elders. This kind of thing should be up to you If you don't understand, you can ask the emperor's grandmother for advice, if not, isn't there a big house manager? You can just play by yourself."

"You are fierce to me..." Xiao Wu's phoenix eyes were wet with tears.

"I do not have……"

"You have it!"

"Okay, okay, I have it, I have it, I was wrong... I solemnly apologize to the empress." Women have the right to make trouble without reason, they can't be scolded, they can't be hit, Yang Tong admits it.

"I forgive you." Xiao Wu raised her head, and the tears in her eyes were miraculously taken back, which made Yang Tong and the women beside her stunned.

Having been together for so many years, Yang Tong knew his wife very well. She was not a vexatious person, so he wondered, "Xiao Wu, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Wu simply stopped talking!

"Your Majesty, Eldest Sister wants to select some other virtuous and virtuous women to enter the palace to enrich the fourth concubine and ninth concubine!" Changsun Wugou said.

When Yang Tong heard this, he immediately understood Xiao Wu's mood.Her status as a queen forced her to consider the fourth concubine, nine concubines, nine Jieyu, nine beauties, and nine talented people for the emperor... But which wife would like to share her husband's favor with others?Between public and private, Xiao Wu is very tangled, contradictory, and unhappy!

I also saw the other three wives looking sluggish, their beautiful eyes shrouded in light mist, this is a sign of lack of sleep, if they are in good spirits, their eyes should be as bright as jewels, their moods are obviously the same as Xiao Wu's, they are all entangled The problem of enriching the harem.Yang Tong couldn't help feeling guilty, feeling that he had neglected them these few days after becoming emperor, and comforted him softly: "I never said that I want to enrich the harem, neither did the elders, the four of you found it for yourself. Not happy."

"You won't lie, will you?"

Shui Tianji already knew that Yang Tong thought so, why worry about it?After making her sad for so many days, she felt resentful in her heart.

"But the eldest sister said that in addition to one queen, four concubines and nine concubines, the emperor's harem also includes Jieyu, beauties, talented people and nine people. These 27 people are collectively called world wives; Baolin, Yunu, and Cainu each have 27 people. They are called 81 royal wives. All of them add up to 120 two."

Although Shui Tianji's tone was angry, her heart was about to explode with joy. The four of them were so worried about this problem that they couldn't sleep or eat for two days. Now hearing what Yang Tong said, how could she be unhappy, the joy in her eyes exhaustive.

"You're right, but it's impossible for the emperor to have so many wives. Let's take Emperor Wen for example. Under Empress Wen, there are only Mrs. Xuanhua, Mrs. Ronghua, and Mrs. Hongzheng; besides the emperor's grandmother, Emperor Wu only has Empress Nangong. , Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Cui! As for me..."

"How are you?" The four girls asked nervously.

"If I linger in the land of gentleness, the Great Sui Empire that I have worked so hard for will be ruined in a short time. I don't want to be Emperor Yang of Sui." Yang Tong said with a smile.

"It's my fault for being small-minded. I know it shouldn't be like this, but my heart feels uncomfortable and panicked, as if cut into pieces by a thousand knives." Xiao Wu snuggled into Yang Tong's arms gently in a low voice, and said disappointedly.

"Because I care, I'm jealous!"

"Our sisters are not jealous ladies. One queen, four concubines and nine concubines are still acceptable." Xiao Wu said affectionately.

"..." Jiang Fengyi, Changsun Wugou, Shui Tianji, and Li Xiuning stroked their foreheads and sighed, how could they reveal the bottom line just like pouring water from a bamboo tube in just a short while?

"Your Majesty, the Taibao has something to see!" At this moment, a sword servant hurried over and said, "It's urgent."

Yang Tong was stunned, how long has it been since we parted?

After thinking about it, he returned to Chaoyang Palace.

"My lord!" In Chaoyang Palace, Yang Gongren and Ling Jing hurriedly saluted.

"sit down!"

"Thank you for sitting!"

After Yang Tong sat down, the two sat down.

"But where is the side trouble again?" Yang Tong said with a smile seeing that the expressions of the two were not very good-looking.

"My lord, the Black Ice Terrace has just sent an eagle letter from the Central Plains, and the news on it is related to the face of the royal family." Ling Jing said solemnly.

"Royal face?" Yang Tong looked at Ling Jing suspiciously. Most of the Yang family's children died in the Jiangdu Incident, and some unlucky ones became puppets in the hands of various anti-kings during the period when there were most rebellions against the king. In the end, except for his elder brother Yang Tan who escaped, everyone was torn apart.

How can there be royal children in the Central Plains?
"Your Majesty, do you still remember the marriage between Wang Shichong and Li Mi?" Ling Jing bowed.

"Of course I still remember that Li Mi adopted a woman with five surnames as a righteous daughter, and planned to betroth him to Wang Shichong's third son, King Xuanqiong of Wu, as his wife; if it wasn't for the seclusion and isolation of the country during the Western Expedition of the Sui Dynasty, the king and Li did not dare to provoke me. I'm afraid I even have dolls now." Yang Tong shook his head, although he doesn't advocate marriage and marriage, but he can't take care of other people's family affairs.

Suddenly realizing something, Yang Tong looked at Ling Jing and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is this girl related to my Sui imperial family?"

"Heibingtai claims that this woman is most likely the wife of King Yan before she became a monk—Princess Pei." Ling Jing's voice was like a knife, full of murderous intent!
If the master humiliates his ministers to death, the master will be honored and all will be honored.

This is no joke.

Yang Tong asked in a deep voice, "My sister-in-law?"

"Exactly!" Ling Jing nodded.

Yang Tong nodded slowly, and the expression on his face gradually turned cold: Women in the royal family, let alone princesses, even ordinary court ladies are not accessible to subjects. If Yang Tong ignores Mrs. Pei, it will be a shame The great shame and humiliation of the royal family and the Great Sui Dynasty trampled on the dignity of Emperor Yang Yu at the least, and shook the confidence of the subjects at the worst.

Since the five chaos in China, the Confucianism in the Central Plains influenced by Hu Feng has withered, and the social atmosphere has deteriorated.

Gongqing had just died, and his concubines and maidservants were often married off and sold by his descendants, and some were even put directly into the house, so this improper atmosphere became a custom; After the death of a friend, he treats his friend as a passerby, and the indifference to the extreme is extreme. Some people hear that their friend is dead in the morning, and in the evening, they persuade their wives and concubines to remarry so that they can marry themselves. Shamelessly abandon all morality.

When the Sui Dynasty established the country, Yang Jian followed Li Er's words to revitalize education, reject derogation and frivolity, and vigorously prevent flamboyance and hypocrisy. In [-], a governor wrote gorgeous official documents and was accused of crimes. Since then, the Sui Dynasty abandoned the gorgeous and gorgeous and returned to the right way.

When Yang Guang ascended the throne, he further promoted Sinicization, and severely cracked down on Hu Feng's legacy, especially in terms of human ethics and morality, but in reality it did not achieve much effect, because most of the people above the court Most of them are people of mixed blood. They don't pay much attention to the etiquette of the Han family, and women are willing to marry, and men are willing to marry. How can the emperor's imperial edict control the desire of men and women?Therefore, marriage problems during this period are quite chaotic!

The "Civil Law" formulated by Yang Tong puts strict restrictions on marriage. Once someone marries a stepmother, a daughter-in-law, a sister-in-law, and a younger brother and sister, not only will they be killed without mercy, but all three generations will be reduced to slaves, in order to correct society. Ethos, ethics and morality.

It's just that when things came to an end, someone dared to rob his sister-in-law, it was really against the sky.

"Wang Chen didn't sign the 'Heli document'. The Pei family has a lot to do with the face of the Sui Dynasty. Even if Wang Shichong and Li Mi were attacked at the same time, they still have to take care of it. At worst, they would mobilize 40 to [-] slave soldiers to build a ladder." Yang Gongren announced domineeringly.

"Your Majesty, Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Qianshou, and Li Mi's close minister Bing Yuanzhen came to congratulate, and they are still waiting for the Holy Majesty to receive them, why don't you call them to ask?" Ling Jing said.

"Yes! Call them together. Save trouble."

Marriage in ancient times also had a humane side. In addition to being able to divorce their wives, normal couples can also divorce peacefully!The text they signed is called "Heli Document", and once signed, they will not interfere.

If Yang Tan signed the "heli document" with the Pei family, even if she married a few more husbands, it would have nothing to do with the Yang family, but after Yang Tan was usurped by Wang Shichong, he was sent to the north bank of the Yellow River. From the document', in this way, Yang Tan and the Pei family are still in a normal husband and wife relationship, and the Pei family is still the Yang family.Li Mi married the Yang family's daughter-in-law, but Wang Shichong's son dared to marry him. Where does this put the Yang family's face?
If the Yang family didn't have the ability to seek justice, they would admit it with humiliation, but the Yang family had the ability to beat Wang Shichong and Li Mi, so how could they accept this humiliation?What's more, the Yang family is a royal family, so they can't bear it, even dare not bear it, otherwise they will be regarded as a symbol of weakness by outsiders.

Just because he understood the consequences of Pei's marriage, not to mention Yang Gongren, an ancient man who values ​​moral integrity and family reputation, was blown up, even Yang Tong was furious.
In Yang Tong's view, Yang Tan has become a monk, and the Pei family, who is in his prime, has no children. It is normal to remarry, but the premise is that he must break the relationship with the Yang family.

(End of this chapter)