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"Yin'er, I haven't seen you enter the harem recently, must be very tired?" Zhang Meiniang asked with concern.

Xiang Nan smiled, "It's okay, I'm not tired."

He has been busy promoting educational reform these days.

Books such as "Mathematics", "Physics", "Chemistry", "Legal System", "Nature", "Punctuation Marks", "Simplified Chinese Characters" and other books have to be edited by him, and the workload is naturally not small.

What's more, he has to review the memorials every day, and discuss the state with the ministers... To be honest, he can keep an eye on him because of his martial arts.

Changing to another emperor, I'm afraid he would have been exhausted long ago.

"No matter how busy you are, you have to go back to the harem for more time and walk around more." Zhang Meiniang persuaded, "The emperor is now a prince, and he is really a little thin. You should spread out more."

Xiang Nan was taken aback, and nodded.

It's not safe to have only one child.

Not to mention the poor medical technology in ancient times, some diseases may be cured.Even if he can live a long life, if his talents are not high, he can easily ruin his country.

Just like how wise and powerful Qin Shihuang was, it turned out that Qin II Hu Hai was brutal and incompetent, aroused civil uprisings, and ruined the country within a few years.

"I also know that there are only two concubines in the harem, which is indeed a bit monotonous." Zhang Meiniang said again, "The emperor should find more concubines."

In the harem, after Gao Ruyi was demoted, there were only two concubines around Xiang Nan, one was Qu Xiaofeng and the other was Zhao Sesel.

According to the ancestral system of the rich dynasty, the emperor's lineup of concubines is very large, including the queen, four concubines, nine concubines, 27 wives, and 81 wives.If it is full, there will be 120 people.

"No need?" Xiang Nan said quickly when he heard it.

I thought it would be a great thing to be the emperor and the 72nd concubine of the Sixth Court of Sangong.But in fact, after becoming the emperor, I realized how cheating it was.

One person has to deal with more than 100 people, how can he have so much energy.Even if Xiang Nan was strong in martial arts and full of energy, he couldn't stand being ravaged like this.

Furthermore, if one person handles more than 100 people, one person per day will have to wait three months for each round.It takes three months to see each other, so what kind of emotional foundation can there be?But without an emotional foundation, it's just like prostitution, so there's no fun at all.

What's more, he had only three concubines before, and they were already intriguing with each other, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.Plus more than 100, it is really going to kill.

Just balancing the contradictions in the harem every day has exhausted him physically and mentally, and he still expects to do great things.

"Why don't you use it. You are the emperor of the rich dynasty. How can the harem be so shabby? It doesn't make sense for those foreigners to look at it." Zhang Meiniang persuaded, "Enriching the harem is the only way to have more children and grandchildren, and it will also help you win over courtier."

Seeing what she said, Xiang Nan thought about it and thought it made sense.

"Okay then, leave this matter to the queen mother." Xiang Nan thought for a while and said, "But not too many, just limit to three, too many will not work."

Zhang Meiniang nodded.

……

Afterwards, Zhang Meiniang issued a decree, requiring officials of the fifth rank and above in the rich dynasty to select marriageable girls from the family and send them to the capital for draft.

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was shocked.

All officials above the fifth rank took active actions.

Those who have daughters and younger sisters are naturally happy; those who don’t have them also give them to cousins;

After all, once Queping is selected, they are the emperor's women.And when the wind blows beside the pillow, prosperity and wealth can be obtained at your fingertips, so naturally everyone is brave.

Therefore, for a while, the post roads and canals leading to Shangjing were filled with the beauties of the Shangjing draft, Yingyingyanyan, very lively.

When Xiang Nan heard about this situation, he couldn't laugh or cry.

He just wanted to choose a few beauties to enrich the harem, but he didn't expect to cause such a big mess.

It is really a feudal society, where the monarchy is supreme, and the whole country is shaken by an order. He has a deep understanding.

"Made, I pushed 'Everything goes to the mu' before, why weren't you so active?" He couldn't help complaining again.

When he pushed for "salts into the mu", "officials and gentry pay food as one, and do errands as one", and "education reform", those officials were very uncooperative.

Now when choosing a concubine, you are so active, you really go for it when you see it is cheap, and you hide when you see difficulty, and you have to beat them hard.

……

The beauties sent to Beijing have to go through layers of screening.

Those who are too tall, too short, too fat and too thin are not allowed; check the facial features, hair, limbs, neck and back, and those who are unqualified will also be eliminated; those with weak and muddy voices will also be eliminated; Habits, those who fail to pass will be eliminated...

Finally, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Queen will be tested together to see her speech and manners, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knitting female red, etc., and finally choose the best from the best, and select the last ten people.

Then Xiang Nan will choose the three most promising people.

There were more than 4000 officials of the fifth rank and above in the Rich Dynasty, plus princes and nobles, so nearly 4000 beauties were sent to Beijing this time. Selecting three out of [-] people can be called one in a thousand.

The selected beauties are undoubtedly good in terms of appearance, figure, temperament, conversation, and talent.

When Xiang Nan saw it, he was almost dazzled, and wished he could accept it all.

But in the end he restrained his greed and only chose three.

In this case, a total of five concubines can still be dealt with.

Besides, choosing a concubine is not a one-time event.

According to the ancestral system, concubines should be selected once every three years.But most emperors don't do it that often.Like the last time Li Yu chose a concubine, it was ten years ago.

In addition, in addition to the emperor's sea selection of concubines, there are also women from neighboring countries who have paid tribute to make peace.

People came here with good intentions, and it would not be appropriate not to accept them, so we have to reserve some places for those foreign women.

Therefore, it is not bad to add three concubines.

……

In the next few years, Xiang Nan did not choose Luo's concubine again, but was busy promoting reforms.

For example, the national land census and population census are in full swing.

A large number of refugees were resettled, and the unowned fields were redistributed, so as to ensure that the tillers had their fields and the residents had their houses.

Such as promoting the popularization of science and the application of advanced tools.

In the past, salt households produced salt by boiling, which was a waste of firewood and manpower.Xiang Nan taught them how to make salt by sun-drying plates and sun-drying tanks, which greatly improved production efficiency, saved costs, and greatly reduced the price of salt.

For example, the duckbill pliers used in obstetrics and gynecology has been launched, which can effectively improve the chances of a baby's natural delivery.We must know that the ancients got married relatively early, and there were many people who had children at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

And this age group is not yet fully developed, so the chances of dystocia during childbirth are extremely high.Using duckbill pliers can effectively reduce the chance of dystocia.

For example, the method of promoting vaccinia has effectively curbed the spread of smallpox...

For example, the introduction of the sextant and the production method of ocean-going sailing ships have greatly improved the navigation technology...

Xiang Nan also laid the first railway in the capital, using steam engines to transport grain from the wharf to the city.The railway is only ten miles away, but the construction cost is as high as 50 taels of silver, which is quite extravagant.

But when they saw the steam train roaring, pulling thousands of tons of goods, and running on the railway, the people in the whole capital were still too shocked to speak.