Capital Datang

At the beginning of June, Li Yin's King of Qi returned to Sibi, and with his return, it officially marked the end of the war of the Wa Kingdom, but the army that attacked the Wa Kingdom had not yet withdrawn. After all, there were still some people in the Wa Kingdom It's not stable, but it's coming soon. Li Yin plans to completely stabilize the Wa country within this year, and part of the troops stationed there will gradually withdraw during this period.

However, just after Li Min returned to Sibi City, he suddenly issued a series of strange decrees. Generally speaking, these decrees are all decrees to encourage the people to have children, especially the decrees that govern the birth of the Han people.

For example, there is a decree stipulating that under the rule of King Qi, a couple of Han people must have at least two children. If both children are boys, they will be rewarded by the local government. Receive a certain amount of rice, noodles, meat, etc. from the government every month, which is equivalent to raising children for them by the government until they are 15 years old.Of course, the more children there are, the more food the family can receive. Even if a couple can have more than ten children, they will be listed as a tax-exempt family by the government and exempt from their property tax.

In fact, there were similar laws encouraging birth in the Tang Dynasty, but the number of Han people under Li Yin’s rule was relatively small, and his palace’s finances were also very abundant, so the rewards were much more generous than the official data of the Tang Dynasty, and the Han people under his current rule Most of the people are concentrated in Dengzhou, so they can not only receive the rewards from the court, but also the rewards from the Qi Palace. The sum is not a small amount, especially for those families with more sons, just relying on the rewards will not be necessary. Worried about being hungry.

In addition to the above decrees that are similar to those in the Tang Dynasty encouraging childbirth, Li Min also deliberately added a very special decree, which is the decree on the men of the Tang Dynasty taking women of different races as concubines.Capital Datang 394

The population of Dengzhou has reached more than 200 million.Dengzhou City alone accounted for nearly half, and Li Min took Silla and Baekje again.It is now divided into three Korean states, with a population of nearly one million.The island of Taiwan has also been established as a state and is developing. The number of Han people on the island is also gradually increasing. Now there are just over 30 Han people on the island. In addition, there are also a large number of foreign businessmen and even larger slaves.

Now the country of Wa has been taken down again. Although the population of the country of Wa is not yet clear, according to Wang An's estimation, it should be around one million.In addition to these.Li Yin also attracted 10,000+ prairie people from the prairie. Now they are temporarily living in South Korea, and they will soon be sent to Ezo Island, which is Hokkaido in later generations.

Calculated in this way, under Li Yin's rule, the total number of all Han Chinese only accounted for about half, and most of them were in Dengzhou, although these people can be regarded as Li Yin's subjects.But at the same time, he is also a citizen of the Tang Dynasty. If Li Yin really wants to go out independently in the future, how many of these Dengzhou people are willing to follow him?It is precisely because this problem has been considered long ago that Li Yin was calculating.He did not regard Dengzhou as his real territory, and Taiwan Island is the focus of his future development.

Excluding Dengzhou, the number of Han people in Li Yin's hands will be even smaller.Even if births are encouraged, there is no huge population base.This population growth rate is actually extremely slow, so Li Yin is based on this.Another decree was added, that is, when men from the Tang Dynasty enter the land of Sanhan and Wa, they must take local women as concubines. , and this person needs to stay in Sanhan or Wa country all the year round, the local government will help him designate a local woman as a concubine.

As soon as this decree came out, some people couldn't laugh or cry, shook their heads and said it was absurd, and some people happily sang and danced, shouting that His Royal Highness King Qi is wise, and some married women gritted their teeth and scolded Li Yin as a bastard.

In fact, as long as they are men, they will not have much rejection of Li Yin's decree, especially some businessmen who are more fearful of guilt. He almost wept with joy when he heard the news. He used to be ungrateful but not daring, but now His Royal Highness has ordered that if he wants to go to Sanhan and Wa, he must take a concubine. If the shrew at home dares to stop him, then Let her choose between eating sweets and taking concubines. After all, many of their businesses are related to Samhan and Wa Kingdom.

Although many women scold Li Min, once the decree comes out, it will not be withdrawn. Moreover, this is not a strict decree. In addition, there are many people who support it, so the implementation is very smooth. In Sanhan Merchants who dealt with the Japanese country accepted local women as concubines one after another, and some of the more lustful ones took more than one.The local women in Sanhan and Wa are also willing to intermarry with Han people. Although they are only concubines, they are at least figures from the heavens, and they are better than the man who married the king.

Just when the Han men under Li Yin’s rule began to frantically take women from other races as concubines, Li Yin’s palace also became a quarrel because of taking concubines. Xi Jun's previous attitude, so Wu Meiniang did not go back to the palace to meet them, but found a big house in Sibi City, and lived in it for the time being, and everything will be discussed when Li Yin comes back.

Wen Xin and Xi Jun looked down on this 'Yang Mei'er' at first, but now that the other party came to Sibi, he didn't stay in the palace, and he didn't come to see their two sisters, so they were naturally very angry, so even if they knew that Wu Meiniang was pregnant, But they never saw each other.This made Wu Meiniang breathe a sigh of relief. After all, Wen Xin and Xi Jun had met her before, and if they met now, they would definitely recognize her. She wouldn't know how to explain it then?

After Li Yin returned to Sibi City, Lu Hong and Liu Rengui were busy with political affairs. For example, this time, the birth-encouraging decree was discussed with Liu Rengui on the boat, and then he and Lu Hong jointly promoted it.However, although he doesn't have to worry about political affairs, he can't leave it to others to do family affairs.

Today is the third day since Li Yin returned to the palace, but during these three days, Wen Xin and Xi Jun didn't give him any good looks, and they asked him to call Yang Meier into the palace overtly and secretly. So that the sisters can see who this woman is, and she hasn't come to visit them for a long time after returning to Sibi.

Regarding this matter, Li Yin also delayed again and again. After all, it was not a glorious thing for him to hijack Wu Meiniang back then, so he hadn't figured out how to explain it to Wen Xin, but now Wu Meiniang was seven months pregnant. When I went to see her, I saw that Wu Meiniang was only able to walk with the help of several maids, and her stomach was bulging. It is estimated that she will give birth in more than two months, so no matter what, I can't delay it any longer.

It is the beginning of June, and it is the hottest time of the day. Although the vegetation in the back garden of Sibi Palace is lush, it is also very hot, and it is impossible to stand people at noon.However, in this back garden, there is a place to escape from the summer heat, that is, the Water Curtain Palace. This palace is not large in size, and the whole body is built with huge stones, but there are no walls around it, and it is only supported by a few huge pillars. It looks a bit like a western temple.Of course, this building was naturally made by Li Yin.

The reason why the Water Curtain Palace is called the Water Curtain Palace is because the palace was built on the cliff, and the water flowing on the cliff was cut out by craftsmen from the top to form an artificial waterfall, which just fell on the top of the Water Curtain Palace. The roof of the palace is also specially designed so that the water flows down from all around the palace to form a series of water curtains, hence the name of the water curtain palace.

Not long after the completion of the Water Curtain Hall, when the surrounding water curtains fell, the heat of the scorching heat was taken away, making the hall extremely cool. Today, Li Yin held a banquet here to drink with Wen Xin and Xi Jun. Outside of the three of them, only Wen'er, Hua'er, and Lvzhu stood around, and the others were all driven out by Li Yin.

"Husband, you have been back for three days. How long are you going to hide that sister Yang?" Wen Xin took a sip of her favorite cherry juice and asked Li Yin with a half-smile.

"Sister, she has the flesh and blood of her husband in her belly, and she is delicate and expensive now, maybe she is waiting for our sister to come to the door to greet her in person." Xijun also spoke with something in his words, and the unknowing Huaer and Luzhu beside him There was also an expression filled with righteous indignation, only Wen'er, who had known Wu Meiniang's identity for a long time, was pursing her lips and snickering.

Seeing the two beloved women making trouble together, Li Min was also very embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Wen Xin, Xi Jun, it's not that Mei Niang doesn't want to come to see you, but she also has her own difficulties. If you see her , she will definitely be surprised, and she will also feel embarrassed, so I told her beforehand that she should not rush back to the palace, and I will talk about everything when I come back. I know these things, if you don’t believe me, you can ask her !"

As Li Yin said, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Wen'er, and Wen'er, who was snickering, immediately made a serious expression and nodded again and again. The reason why Wu Meiniang didn't come to see Wen Xin was because of embarrassment, and His Royal Highness had indeed given orders.Capital Datang 394

Hearing that this was arranged by her husband, Wen Xin and Xi Jun looked at each other, and the anger in their hearts also subsided a bit.Although Li Yin called out the name 'Meiniang', Wu Meiniang's pseudonym already had the character "Mei Niang", so Wen Xin and the others didn't think it was strange, they only thought it was Li Yin's nickname for Yang Meier.

"Okay, my husband, tell me, what is the reason for that Yang Meier to come to Sibi for so long and yet not come to see us?" Wen Xin asked again unceremoniously, but her tone was not as good as before. stiff. (To be continued.)

Chapter 390: Accepting Foreign Women as Concubines