In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 357 Mrs. Hua
  When Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun and others drove a carriage to the palace gate, the palace gate was already crowded.

Countless literary talents had faces full of anger and loudly vented their dissatisfaction, especially those who were standing under the notice, such as Mao Bijiang, Fang Yizhi, Hou Fangyu and other talented people who had returned to society, their faces all turned red. Pork liver color.

Because almost all of them participated in the competition for central council members, they obviously looked down upon the provincial council members.

Despite their reputation, after a month and a half of busy work, only two people were on the list, and they were still the last two at the bottom. Among them, Fang Yizhi ranked ninth with more than 2000 letters of recommendation, and Mao Bijiang only had more than 1000 letters of recommendation. The letter ranked tenth at the bottom.

The first place is suddenly Dong Xiaowan, with a total of 11852 letters of recommendation, a full 2 more than the second place.

Others can forget it, but Dong Xiaowan almost married Mao Pijiang as his concubine, and now his letter of recommendation is a fraction of Dong Xiaowan's. How embarrassing is this for Mao Pijiang?

Although Fang Yizhi and others were angry and dissatisfied, due to the reputation of Mao Bijiang and the friendship with Dong Xiaowan and others, they refrained from questioning. However, the people behind them did not care so much, especially some old scholars.

"How can a mere brothel girl get more than [-] people to write letters of recommendation to her? This is obviously fraud and fraud. You must give an explanation, otherwise I will never accept it!"

"Yes, a brothel girl not only tries to impress people, but also dares to commit fraud. This is simply unreasonable and absolutely unforgivable!"

"The world is getting worse, the world is getting worse!"

"A prostitute from a brothel was listed on the list in a dignified manner..."

Everyone was yelling and cursing, and smoke was almost coming out of their noses. If there were not soldiers with sharp blades standing by to guard and maintain order, someone would have rushed up to pull down the notice and tear it to pieces.

Of course, those who were dissatisfied, questioned, and abused were mainly the literati and officials in the immediate vicinity, while the small businessmen and hawkers in the periphery mainly watched the excitement.

Seeing this situation, Dong Xiaowan and others did not dare to move forward, so they immediately went back home, planning to wait a few days to see them again.

"Let your lady in charge come out quickly!"

"Otherwise, we will meet the Queen and ask for justice."

Everyone saw that there was still no movement on the tower after a long time, so they started shouting regardless of their status.

After all, when they first learned that Dong Xiaowan was running for parliament, everyone just took it as a joke and didn't take it seriously.

Because in their opinion, the Statistics Bureau would probably not accept Dong Xiaowan's recommendation letter, but the fact is that the Statistics Bureau not only accepted it, but also ranked Dong Xiaowan first.

This means admitting that Dong Xiaowan is qualified to run, so regardless of whether Dong Xiaowan can actually become a member of the House of Representatives in the end, no one can accept this alone.

With such a big commotion outside, Na Muzhong and Madam Lu were naturally alarmed in the palace.

Na Muzhong, who was about to fall ill when she heard that someone dared to make trouble at the palace gate, immediately became energetic and wanted to suppress and control those arrogant people. Fortunately, Mrs. Lu persuaded her in time.

Mrs. Lu learned that it was caused by the Bureau of Statistics and Investigation's announcement, and immediately called the lady in charge over.

"I pay homage to the Queen and Lady Hua!"

Lin Rui handed over the primary election of members of the provinces to the Bureau of Statistics. The person in charge of Jiangdong Province was a lady named Xu, a second-grade imperial concubine, who was also a veteran. When she came in, she hurriedly approached Na Mu Zhong and Madam Lu. I saluted, but I felt a little uneasy.

"Okay, I'm too lazy to take care of these messy things. You guys should deal with them quickly. If you're still noisy after half an hour, don't blame me for using force to solve it." Na Muzhong left after saying a few words. I was already very annoyed with this group of intellectual talents from Jiangnan who had nothing to do all day, so they arranged for her. Now they dare to make noise at the entrance of the palace. If Mrs. Lu hadn't said that it was the time when the New Deal was being implemented, and they arrested people rashly, the impact would be too great. , she had long since arrested all those people and beaten them up, venting the evil anger in her heart.

As for other things, she would not care about them. After reading so many Han people's books, she naturally knew that it was taboo to interfere in politics in the harem, so in the past two or three years, in addition to military matters, whether it was political affairs or She never asked about the affairs of the royal court, it was all handled by Mrs. Lu.

"Sister, sit down, what's going on?"

After Na Muzhong left, Mrs. Lu asked. Obviously, she usually did not ask about the matters of the Bureau of Statistics and Investigation. After all, the Bureau of Statistics, the Bureau of Supervision, and the Bureau of Intelligence were no better than other yamen in the inner court.

If there hadn't been such a big commotion at the palace gate, she wouldn't have asked.

The main purpose of her coming to Jiangnan was to take back the salt industry in Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers to the royal family, open a branch of Huangdian Bank, establish a royal silk textile factory, select some beauties for His Majesty, etc.

"Madam, it was Dong Xiaowan's candidacy as a member of Parliament that caused this..."

Although Mrs. Lu's tone was very affectionate, Mrs. Xu did not dare to neglect and hurriedly explained in detail.

"What? You actually ranked Dong Xiaowan first?" Mrs. Lu was almost shocked after hearing this. At the same time, she also understood why those literati were making such a fuss.

"Madam, it's not that we ranked Dong Xiaowan first, but she did have the most letters of recommendation, more than [-] of them. Not only were they neatly handwritten, but they were also signed. So according to His Majesty's regulations, we can only put her First in line." Mrs. Xu explained innocently.

Madam Lu frowned slightly, remained silent for a moment, and then asked, "Has Your Majesty ever ordered that women can also run for parliament?"

"Back to Madam, His Majesty has not given any instructions, but he has not said that women cannot run for office. Dong Xiaowan's reputation has indeed met the requirements, so we do not dare to make the decision without permission. We have decided to submit the list to the capital and let His Majesty decide!"

Although Mrs. Xu is telling the truth, as a woman, it is impossible to say that she is not biased towards Dong Xiaowan at all.

Mrs. Lu is actually the same. When she heard that Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute from a brothel, dared to run for parliament, she was quite impressed. After all, this would be criticized by thousands of people.

So I heard that Lin Rui didn't clearly stipulate that women were not allowed to participate, and he didn't plan to care anymore. He nodded and said: "In that case, let's follow your decision. Do you want me to come forward and explain it to you?"

"It would be great if Madam comes forward in person."

Mrs. Xu was also overjoyed. After all, she was the director of the Jiangnan Branch of the Statistical Investigation Bureau and not many people recognized her. Most of the intellectual talents would not be convinced by what she said.

But Mrs. Lu is different. Not to mention that her daughter is a royal concubine, she is also the chief steward of the inner court. Just her status as Mrs. Hua cannot be compared to others.

There are many first-class wives in Dahua, but the only one with the title is Mrs. Lu, and she is still titled Mrs. Hua.

It can be said that in the entire Dahua, apart from the queen, concubines and princesses, Mrs. Lu has the most respected status, and most concubines are probably not as good as her.

So if she personally comes forward to explain, I believe those talented men of letters will stop making trouble, right?

"Let's go then!"

Mrs. Lu stood up and said, obviously worried that Na Mu Zhong would become impatient after a long time and go for violence.

(End of this chapter)