Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 217 Looking Back
Yaoguang Temple is such a sensitive place, Gao Cheng, the great Wei Zhongliang, is determined not to set foot here.

But under his instruction, the people inside could sneak out of the temple at night.

Gao Cheng brought a lot of small items made of animal casings or fish maw, fearing that the other party would get pregnant and cause a scandal.

As for who invented this small object, it was definitely not Gao Cheng, it might have been made by Gao Longzhi.

Xiao Gaowang really doesn't strive for merit, and there is no other reason, but the father of that thing is a bit ugly.

However, when I got there, I realized that this was not a one-on-one Buddhist teaching.

"I also ask the general to take pity on this concubine, and save me from Yaoguang Temple. I am willing to serve the general as a slave and a maidservant."

A group of young concubines aged 25 and [-], led by Queen Yuen Long, greeted them.

Now Gao Cheng hesitated, originally planned to make it clear that he would only be Lushui's husband and wife, if he wanted, he would stay, if he didn't, he would leave.

It is impossible for him to bring these concubines into the house, not because he is worried about public criticism.

No matter how much you criticize, it will not affect Gao Cheng's notoriety much.

What he worries about is restlessness in the backseat.

Listening to their self-reported identities, these people are not only the wives and concubines of Yuan Long, Yuan Gong, and Yuan Ye, but also the concubines of Emperor Xiao Ming and Emperor Xiao Zhuang who once competed with Er Zhu Ying'e for favor.

That's right, 9 years ago, Emperor Xiaoming Yuanxu was only 18 years old when he died, and Emperor Xiaozhuang Yuan Ziyou was only 7 years old when he died 24 years ago. How old can they be as concubines?

Not everyone is as obsessed with Sister Yu as Gao Cheng.

They are all hard-working people who spent their youth in Yaoguang Temple.

Now give these concubines an empty promise, maybe they can enjoy the joy of the world.

But Gao Cheng, who was always blushing and heart-beating when coaxing his subordinates, could never say that good word.

Perhaps it is the conscience of modern people that makes him unable to deceive these poor people.

Desire subsided, rationality regained the high ground of IQ, Gao Cheng helped these women up one by one.

"Everyone, I understand that, if there is any change in the society in the future, I will open the gate of the temple and give you a decent job, let you go or stay, and be a slave, please don't mention it again. "

There are so many precedents of usurping the country by powerful ministers in the Southern Dynasties, there is no need for Gao Cheng to elaborate on what changes will happen to the country.

"Does the general dislike my concubine's broken body?"

A beautiful woman wept.

Seeing the gloomy expressions of the delicate concubines in the room, Gao Cheng had no choice but to explain:
"If you have this intention, why would you come here today? If you want to leave this Yaoguang Temple, you will have a chance in the future. Cheng can do nothing more than that. The night is getting dark, and the wives and concubines at home boiled sugar water and waited." , leave it alone."

After finishing speaking, Gao Cheng turned around and left.

Seeing Gao Cheng strode away, many women were greatly disappointed. Many of them wanted to enter the Bohai Prince's Mansion, rather than leaving Yaoguang Temple to earn a living by themselves.

Although Yaoguang Temple is lonely, life is well-fed and pampered.

In the final analysis, I still envy Erzhu Ying'e and Xiao Erzhu, who were supposed to be like them. They entered Yaoguang Temple and endured hardships.

What's more, I heard people say that the powerful minister looks handsome.

This encouraged the timid Queen Yuen Long to invite her.

Gao Cheng stayed away from Yaoguang Temple, but he was not in a hurry to go back to the residence. He visited Li Zuyi and Yuan Jingyi first, then Gao Cheng met with you in the concubine, and finally stayed in Yuan Mingyue's courtyard.

In order to prevent favoritism among the back houses, Gao Cheng simply took turns, resting in each courtyard overnight, taking turns.

Yuan Zhonghua was raised in Qinghe Prince's Mansion, Li Zu'e stayed in his hometown in Hebei, and Gao Cheng had nine female relatives by his side.

When the manpower is exhausted, it will be impossible to take care of them for a while, but we have to visit them one by one every day to let them realize our care.

Gao Cheng was laughing and teasing with his eldest daughter A Mi in his arms in Yuanmingyue Room.

Including the second daughter, Guo'er, who was born a day late, they have long since lost their crumpled appearance when they were half a year old.

Especially A Mi, with big eyes and dark pupils, very much like her mother Yuan Mingyue.

Aunt Mingyue is not young anymore. As the oldest existence among the female relatives, the 29-year-old Yuan Mingyue has more charm than before.

This is something that a group of concubines in their twenties and even sixteen or seventeen years old don't have.

A Mi who got in the way was handed over to the nanny to sleep in her arms. After some cloud and rain, the two, who were considered old couples, embraced each other and fell asleep.

Soon it was the New Year's Eve again, and the six years of Taichang came to an end.

During this period, the policy should be promoted steadily, and new decrees are also brewing.

Looking back on the past year, the defeat of the Western Expedition led to financial depletion.

This is not just food consumption, but more about pensions for the families of the fallen soldiers.

If this is in short supply, who can you count on to work hard for you?

Gao Cheng promulgated a series of decrees, such as withdrawing the right to mint coins, rectifying the salt administration, etc., and turned to Buddhism and Taoism for alms. After the dried up finances were a little more abundant, in addition to promoting culture and education and building schools, Gao Cheng also distributed the pensions of the peasants in arrears. down.

At the beginning of the year, the finances were difficult, and he only cared about the families of the soldiers and the civilian husbands who died. Gao Cheng could only give a small amount of relief to ensure that their families would not starve to death.

Now that there is some surplus, even for those who remarried with their children, Gao Cheng also gave them a share of the pension they deserved.

The pensions for civilian husbands are much lower than those of soldiers in the middle army, but they can't stand up to the large number of people. After Gao Cheng's calculations, excluding the soldiers' salaries and officials' salaries, as well as the consumption of the imperial examinations in the coming year, the finances are already tight.

This is mainly due to the sharp tax cuts this year.

At the beginning of the year, 40 civilian husbands followed Gao Huan's expedition to the west, resulting in 40 tax-free households this year. This is the main reason.

However, the release of slaves by aristocratic families does not increase tax revenue. They are not hermits. Under the system of granting land to slaves and maidservants, these people are taxpayers.

Gao Chengduo hoped that there would be another Buddhism that would satisfy him.

More than 60 Chinese and foreign soldiers in the Eastern Wei Dynasty needed more than [-] million households to support them. In Buddhism alone, the number of monks and nuns who returned to the lay world and the hermit households sheltered by Buddhism totaled no less than [-] million households.

Raising an army for the Gao family almost by himself is no joke.

In addition to being grateful to Buddhism, Gao Cheng couldn't help but wonder where the quartet of Buddhist scriptures had gone in the past few years, and how many people were left.

Putting these distracting thoughts aside, this year is crucial to the Eastern Wei regime.

Gao Cheng reformed the official selection system, abolished the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and created the significance of the imperial examination system. However, the most important thing is whether the first imperial examination next year can be held smoothly.

A unified dynasty can properly delegate power to the local government, but among the three pillars, a country controlled by powerful ministers must weaken the local government and enrich the central government.

On the one hand, Gao Cheng granted high-ranking officials generous salaries, on the other hand, he gradually disintegrated the military strength of the gentry by searching hidden households and forcing slaves to be released.

Even the rectification of the salt administration and the prohibition of minting private coins seem to be enriching the central finance on the surface, but their connotation is to weaken the economic strength of the gentry.

The military strength and economic strength have been disintegrated and weakened, and today's Kanto gentry can indeed be said to be insufficient.

　There is still one chapter of 3000 words before twelve o'clock, and I will go home tomorrow, and the update will be two chapters, and it will return to normal the day after tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)