After crossing, I was dragged by the bamboo horse and became a queen

Chapter 791

Chen Qiyu, who had met Chen Cainu, returned disappointed, looking stricken and listless, which made it difficult for a group of overtime workers working in Chongzheng Palace to find some thought to care about him.

"I won't listen to any persuasion." Chen Qiyu clarified his dispute with his cousin in a few words, then sighed and shook his head: "Are all young girls nowadays so stubborn?"

His words made several middle-aged officials over 40 years old couldn't help laughing, such as Wang Shangshu, Shen Shangshu and Lu Shangshu, as well as Wang Shouzhe, Zhan Shi of the East Palace.

"Qi Yu himself is only in his early twenties, and he is still a young man." Lu Shangshu, who has a teenage girl in his family, said with a smile: "Why do you sigh like this? Could it be suitable for us old men who have been together for a long time?" , don’t know how to talk to young girls?”

"Maybe that's the case." Wang Shangshu couldn't help laughing: "Staying with us all day, people become old-fashioned, and they can't even get a daughter-in-law."

Everyone thought about the group of young counselors in the East Palace. It seemed that the only two married women were Su Qingyun and Ye Hanxing, and the rest were single. They were all single, even the son of the eldest princess.

"Why didn't even the king of Huaiyuan County get engaged?" Shen Shangshu said with a smile: "It must be that our East Palace is too busy with government affairs, so that this group of young people can't take care of other things. It's all the fault of the prince and princess. "

In a word, the overtime party in the entire Chongzheng Palace laughed, and even Chen Qiyu, who was frowning, couldn't help showing some smiles.

Chen Qiyu was worried for several days, but finally he couldn't think of a way to persuade Chen Cainu.This worried cousin who couldn't let go finally went to ask Su Qingyun, hoping to persuade Chen Cainu through Shangguan Yuan.

"I didn't expect to beg you." Shangguan Jing, who took the time to visit her little nephew, learned about it from Shangguan Yuan: "It seems that Mr. Chen is really worried about his cousin."

"He probably thinks that I will stay in the palace forever and take care of some chores for you and the prince. Even if I can't persuade Chen Cainu, at least I can help take care of her." Shangguan Yuan replied.

"It should be." Shangguan Jing nodded, "I haven't heard him mention this before."

"How dare he talk to you and the prince." Shangguan Yuan couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "It's not that he doesn't know why Chen Cainu entered the palace. To be honest, if it wasn't for the sake of Mrs. Chen Come on, I don’t want to help with this. I have never liked that Chen Cainu very much. Because she missed the prince, she entered the harem by mistake and reaped the consequences! Even if she stays in the harem for a lifetime, there is nothing wrong with her. In the past, she My aunt is the empress, and her life in the harem is no worse than others, now that Empress Chen is down, you are kind enough to give her another way out."

"Okay, there's nothing to be angry about." Shangguan Jing hurriedly coaxed Shangguan Yuan with an apologetic smile: "Jing Heng thinks it's troublesome to raise so many concubines and concubines for the emperor for nothing. It's not that my sister doesn't know that raising one more concubine is in the palace. In the village, a lot of money can be wasted in a year. Even the lowest-ranking daughter-in-law eats three meals a day, and clothes can’t be saved in four seasons, and people have to wait for them. That’s why we thought that if someone wants to go out of the palace, they will all be given away. Go back and forget it."

"You," Shangguan Yuan stretched out her hand and poked Shangguan Jing's forehead: "I don't know you yet, I just have good intentions. Those are the emperor's women, but you dare to make decisions for the emperor. In the end, I don't see what they miss about you it is good."

"I don't need them to miss me." Shangguan Jing shrugged indifferently: "It costs money to be raised in the palace! Sending it out saves trouble. And what happened to the emperor's woman, I'm afraid of offending anyone, I don't care I'm not afraid of offending the emperor, what am I afraid of with my elder sister here?"

"That's all in the palace." Shangguan Yuan shook his head: "Why did I hear someone mention it a few days ago, saying that it was this Beijing treason case, and you don't plan to send anyone to the Jiaofang Division? Why? Could it be you Do you think that Prime Minister Chen plotted rebellion, but the prime minister's wife didn't know about it? Or do you think that his wife and daughter didn't take advantage of Anxihou's bribery before? You are going to be the regent now, how can you do whatever you want?"

"I know what the second sister is worried about." Shangguanjing couldn't help laughing: "I said that I would not send people to the Jiaofang Division, and I didn't say that the female family members of these families would be exonerated. If innocent people were implicated, naturally They can be exonerated, but whether the female relatives are innocently implicated or not depends on the results of the Criminal Ministry's interrogation, if they are related to the treason case, how can they be allowed to get off the crime casually. The court's law is not just a show."

"Then how did I hear..." Shangguan Yuan frowned.

"I really don't intend to send anyone into the Jiaofang Division." Shangguan replied with a smile: "Can we change the punishment method! It's not that my sister is not clear, many officials' wives who have committed crimes would rather commit suicide than Willing to join the Jiaofang Division. According to me, instead of forcing them to die, it is better to let them make some contributions to the court! I think that if you don’t go to the Jiaofang Division as an official, you can also make money for the court to atone. It's the same reform through labor!"

"Ah?" Shangguan Yuan looked at Shangguan Jing in confusion: "Reform through labor?"

"Yes!" Shangguan Jing nodded with a smile: "Labor creates value. For example, the imperial court can open a weaving workshop, and let the family members of criminal officials work in the weaving workshop to redeem their sins."

Shangguan Yuan felt that her younger sister was starting to be whimsical again, but she was used to it, her own little sister was like this, always having some weird ideas popping up.

However, Shangguan Yuan did not expect that Shangguan Jing would actually bring up her own ideas and discuss them seriously with the counselors of the East Palace.

Others don't mention it first, anyway, Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Accounts is very interested in Shangguanjing's idea of ​​labor creating value.

In fact, it is not without precedent for the imperial court to use convicts to work. Hard labor punishments also existed in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but generally those who were punished with hard labor were not serious criminals.Women's labor is generally punished by pounding rice.

That is to say, the current labor punishments are based on what to do, and there is no unified labor regulation. Therefore, the value created by labor is not uniform, but most of them are mainly heavy physical labor.

"Isn't punishing women into Jiaofangsi just to make them make money for the court?" Shangguanjing told Lu Shangshu like this: "But most of the officials' wives and ladies are unwilling, and they would rather commit suicide in order not to join Jiaofangsi. Not high? So it’s better to change the way and let them work, weaving and embroidery, so that they can honestly create value for the court.”

　---Here is the dividing line of the law--
　　Today I will answer two questions from my friends.Someone left a message yesterday, "Since the heroine wants to try her best to get closer to the modern concept of governing the country, then there can be no talk of sitting together, otherwise it will violate her long-standing personality."

　　It was also the same reader who left a message, "Since according to the law of the Great Zhou, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. This is the most important rule. Why doesn't the heroine abide by it? Why do other things have to be obeyed? If it is beneficial to you or does not hinder you, obey it, otherwise you won't Obey? What is the reason for this? It’s too contradictory.”

　　First of all thank you for thinking hard.

　　Secondly, what is Jingjing going to do, let me tell you about this.Does the heroine want to establish a new society with modern governance concepts?The answer is no, there has never been such a thing in her character design, the heroine is so pragmatic, even if she is in charge, she just wants to make the country better and the people's lives better, she has said it several times.

　　She never had a big dream and felt that she could change the world. She knew very well that she and Xiao Jingheng were both rulers of the feudal patriarchal society. The essence of sitting in this position was to maintain the class rule of the patriarchal society. Her Governance is fundamentally contrary to the "modern concept of governing the country".

　　Therefore, she is very pragmatic and does not want to change too much. The biggest challenge in her governance plan is actually to break down the relatively solidified class barriers, absorb the forces of the poor, so that the channels of class flow will not be blocked, and the distribution of political power will be relatively normal. The direction of health is developing, and this "health" is actually relative, compared to the current situation.That's all. (unfinished)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)