I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 269 Let Li Yuan get out of the palace?I have a coup

These words are also spoken in this harem with people close to her.

In front of others, he is of course still a dutiful son, even if his father said that he wanted to move away, Li Er would not agree.

"It's not difficult."

Xu Fenglei smiled lightly,

"I ask you, how many servant girls are there in the imperial palace?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, then turned to look at Changsun Wugou.

As the lord of the harem, the Empress Empress, who is in charge of the account books, naturally knows the most clearly.

"No less than six thousand."

The eldest grandson Wugou responded.

Li Shimin was startled, and said with some surprise:

"There are so many?"

This is a huge difference from the number he estimated in his heart!
Grandson Wugou said softly:
"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, women have been selected from all over the Tang Dynasty to fill the palace every year, either as beautiful women or as slaves."

"600 people are selected every year, and in the past nine years, there will naturally be more than [-]."

"However, most of them are redundant. Taking our East Palace as an example, a hundred or so maids are enough, but in fact, there are no less than two thousand maids waiting for use in the East Palace. The number of three thousand, and those who serve those harem concubines..."

Li Shimin's face gradually darkened.

"That's too much..." he murmured.

"So much redundancy is actually a huge burden for the palace."

Xu Fenglei said,

"Thousands of people are idle, even if they don't need to pay much money, they still have to take care of three meals a day. This is equivalent to an army of 5000 people eating empty wages there."

"But now, the population of the Tang Dynasty is declining, and it is time for marriage. If these thousands of court ladies can be released and let them have free marriages, in a few years, they will bring tens of thousands of newborns to the Tang Dynasty. Son! In two more generations, tens of thousands of households will be added!"

"This time around, it's a world of difference."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"That's a good idea of ​​yours!"

he clapped his hands,

"It is indeed a pity that these thousands of maids are alone in the palace!"

"But...what does this have to do with Father?"

Xu Fenglei smiled.

"Your Majesty can find an excuse. It doesn't matter if there are too many shady people that are bad for the court, or let them go out to marry and give birth. Anyway, if you release the maids, the ones from your side will naturally be released from the Supreme Emperor's side."

he said,

"Play it a few more times, and the Hall of Liangyi will naturally become deserted. The Supreme Emperor knows what you mean, so he will naturally back down."

"This is a conspiracy. Letting the palace maids out of the palace is a matter of praise from the world. Everyone has to call you benevolent! In this way, you will have both face and sympathy."

"When we do things, what we pay attention to is to be decent. It is best if the Supreme Emperor is willing to be decent. If he is not willing to be decent, His Majesty will help him to be decent."

Li Shimin pondered for a while, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise slightly.

"That's a really good idea..."

He murmured something, then quickly restrained his smile, and sighed softly,
"Hey! It's not that I want my father to move out, but the ministers have already criticized me a lot in the Eastern Palace, especially the Ministry of Rites. I've said it several times."

"I'm under a lot of pressure!"

"As a prince, it's not a problem to live in the East Palace, don't you think so?"

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"The son of heaven, the master of the world, should be the sky and the gods. The east palace, the place where the prince lives, should be shaken and thunder."

he mused,

"The Son of Heaven lives in the East Palace, that is, Qian lives in the Zhen Palace, which is the hexagram of Tian Lei Wu Wang."

"This is not a good hexagram. It is easy to suffer from unwarranted disasters, such as sudden natural and man-made disasters, such as drought and locust plague. These are all unwarranted disasters."

"So, both public and private, His Majesty should move into the main palace as soon as possible to correct the fortune!"

Li Shimin frowned upon hearing this.

"Is it so important?"

he exclaimed,
"I don't know..."

"Of course there are, everything from the big world to the small rice paddies in the farmhouse, none of them can be seen in the form of yin and yang and gossip." Xu Fenglei said seriously, "The geography of the yang house and the dragon veins of the yin house, the combination of the two is the feng shui pattern, which can account for people's luck Thirty percent, His Majesty must not take it lightly."

Li Shimin's expression suddenly became serious.

"Since you say that, then this matter should really be put on the agenda."

He responded, turned to look at Changsun Wugou, and said,
"Guanyin servant girl, please make arrangements."

"First draw up the first batch of dismissal lists, and list those court ladies who really have nothing to do, and let them go home!"

"Remember to take your time, cut ours first, then cut other places, and finally touch Father's, so as not to gossip about me being unfilial."

Changsun Wugou nodded, and immediately got up.

"With the East Palace alone, I can lay off 800 people."

she said,

"How many servants are there in Tiance Mansion before? If you add them all up, it's only five hundred."

"I will keep the old people who are familiar with it, and let all the other newcomers be laid off."

Li Shimin nodded.

Xu Fenglei suddenly added:

"Your Majesty should first list those court ladies whose father and brother died in battle. Their families have no pillars, and even if they return home, they will be in a very difficult situation."

"For them, they should be compensated. Otherwise, they will be alone when they leave the palace, and they will not have the capital to settle down. It will be very difficult to live."

Hearing this, the servants and maidservants serving in the courtyard all had red eyes and burst into tears.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Li Shimin said in surprise,

"Why are you crying? Could it be that your father and brother..."

Hearing the emperor's question, one of the servants held back his sobs and said:

"Your Majesty... the servant's father died in battle four years ago, and several elder brothers also died on the battlefield. I don't know what happened to my mother and sister..."

"Many servants in the palace are like this. The servants are fortunate to be able to serve His Majesty and Empress in the palace, but they are also worried that the mother and sister at home will not be able to support them... Hearing what the young master said, the servants can't help crying when they think of the past, please Your Majesty." Forgive me..."

"Woooooooo..."

Li Shimin was startled, and a ripple appeared in his heart.

"In the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the foundation of the country's wars in the south and the north, and the repeated defeat of powerful enemies, was based on the fearless sacrifice of their father and brother."

Xu Fenglei sighed,

"From 800 million households to more than 200 million households, how many wives and children have been separated, and how many families have been destroyed..."

"Your Majesty, please... treat these court ladies kindly. Although they are as humble as grass, they also represent the future of our Tang Dynasty and represent the vitality."

"His Majesty treats them kindly, that is to treat Datang kindly."

The words caused constant weeping in the court, and several court ladies were already weeping unceasingly.

People are like this, no matter how difficult or painful they will not shed tears, they will just endure silently.

But if someone caresses and touches the softest part of my heart, once the defense line in my heart is broken, the tears will break the embankment and can no longer be held back.

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(End of this chapter)