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Chapter 58
After watching the partisan struggles in the court for more than a month, and generally observing the fighting methods and habits of all parties, Hong Tao returned to his normal state. He met with the courtiers in the morning meeting every few days and accepted everyone's opinions humbly. Suggestions, but don’t take a word of it to heart.

After returning to the Yangxin Hall, I will have a quarrel with a few academicians in the cabinet for a while. I will listen to their opinions on all government affairs that are not serious. If I can't convince them on key points and it's not worth exchanging, I will use all kinds of excuses. Delayed and not approved.

In the afternoon, I rushed into the school grounds of Xiyuan and directed dozens of young eunuchs to play rugby, while instilling in them the idea that everyone except the emperor was a bad guy.In the words of the ancients, this is called entertaining and educating.

In the evening, I have to go to the queen's room and teach the queen and the two attendants how to use Arabic numerals and modern accounting methods to make accounts. When they are tired of learning, they play a few rounds of the mahjong tiles they invented and win a few small coins. Satisfied, I went back to the house to sleep.

Normally, this kind of life where he has nothing to worry about about food and drink, and is in control of the overall situation and not in a hurry or panic is not bad, but for Hong Tao, it is really not very comfortable. The reason may be related to his personality.

First of all, he is unwilling to follow the trend, especially when it comes to security issues. If he does not solve the problem for a day, he will not be able to sleep peacefully.

Over the past 20 years, he has picked up almost all the animal sleep methods he has honed in the apocalypse. No matter where he lies to sleep, he will wake up naturally every few minutes, and will wake up at the slightest movement or light change. He is always afraid He was assassinated in the middle of the night.

It also annoyed him to pretend to be a grandson with the courtiers all day long. There were obviously simpler and more effective ways to revitalize the economy, consolidate national defense, and strengthen the military, but he could only watch the old and broken system continue to operate. Not only could it not be changed, Sometimes I have to applaud against my will.

Secondly, he was not used to the food in the palace. There were at least dozens of dishes at every meal, but none of them was delicious.Moreover, the dishes we eat here and there are all fixed dishes, and we go back and forth in circles, but rarely come up with new products.

It's not that the supervisor is lazy, but he doesn't dare to give the emperor fresh dishes casually, and no one can take responsibility if something goes wrong.If you have to eat it, you have to have it tasted by the butler a few times to make sure it's ok and then gradually add it to the menu.

It is really not Hong Tao's habit to make the Chief Li Supervisor, the Supervisor Shang Shan, and the servants of the Yangxin Hall all restless because of his stuttering.If that's the case, no matter how good the food is, it won't taste good when served.So he added nothing except fried noodles and beef noodles.

Finally, there is the problem of children. It has been three years since the emperor's wedding, and the empress and the two chosen attendants have no reaction from their stomachs. In ordinary people, they would be asked all kinds of questions, but when it comes to the emperor, it is a huge problem.Not only did the empress dowagers of the two palaces ask about it when they met, but the empress dowager who served the Buddha in Renshou Palace was also very concerned.

The absence of a prince means that the imperial power cannot be continued smoothly, which means that the future of the country is unstable.Listen, it involves the political power and the stability of the country. It must be a major event.

Hong Tao knew this very well. When he was the eldest son of the emperor, everyone from the harem to the court officials regarded the establishment of the crown prince as the foundation of the country and fought desperately with the emperor, even if they were dismissed and exiled.

Now this matter is his turn. If he can't find a reasonable explanation, even if the empress dowagers of the two palaces and the empress dowager don't say anything, sooner or later the courtiers will have to swarm him and bathe him with saliva.

"What reason do you think I should find to reject the two empress dowagers?" After dinner, Hong Tao returned to the Yangxin Hall and frowned while soaking his feet.

The Empress Dowager of the East Palace just said that she has reached a consensus with the Empress Dowager of the West Palace to select several more concubines for the emperor together and strive to meet the emperor's grandson as soon as possible.What he meant was that he was complaining that the queen and the two chosen servants were infertile, and planned to change a batch of culture media.

Hong Tao knew clearly that it was not about the queen and the selection of attendants, but he could not explain clearly, so he could only vaguely agree with it a few times, neither agreeing nor objecting, and planned to find a way to deal with it when he came back. "Long live the Lord, give birth to a prince soon..." Wang An's mouth twitched when he heard this question.

If the person in front of him was not the emperor, he would want to go up and draw his bow left and right.It's so unbecoming of a man that he pretended to sleep with the queen without telling anyone even though he hadn't chosen a maid to sleep with him all day.

The other emperor's personal eunuchs had to squat outside the window every night, listening to the sounds in the main room with their ears bent, and after a while, they would remind the long-lived master to take an intermission and not be tired.It's better for me. Apart from reminding the emperor and empress to stop playing around when they reach the station four times, I can sleep freely all night, and I 100% don't have to worry about the emperor being addicted to women.

"...Long live my lord, I still have to choose a concubine. Not only can it make the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces feel at ease, but it can also silence the courtiers." But when he raised his eyelids, he saw the expressionless face and With dull eyes, his heart suddenly trembled.

The prince back then had become the emperor. On the surface, he still looked cowardly, but he knew exactly what he was doing in private.The methods are both skillful, clever and vicious, and even political veterans like Shen Yiguan, Shen Li and Chen Ju cannot take advantage of him at all. He must change his previous views in the future.

"All the maids in the Yangxin Palace are slaves of Lord Long Live. They won't say a word, that is..."

How to change it? The first thing is to drive the young prince out of his mind and replace him with an emperor who sticks to his word.The former requires constant reminder and protection, while the latter requires obedience and loyalty, especially loyalty.

"What is it?" Hong Tao probably understood what Wang An was thinking, but the details still needed to be worked out.

It sounds stupid in the first grade, but it might work in practice.During the Zhang Juzheng period, Emperor Wanli was forced to restore the daily records, allowing historians and internal officials to record the emperor's every move.But after Zhang Juzheng's death, this set of rules was slowly abandoned again.

The number of chamberlains and maids in the Yangxin Palace is already small, and after Wang An took the trouble to carefully select them, there is a high probability that they will be able to keep their mouths shut.In this way, no matter how many concubines are chosen to come in, it will be useless. There will be nothing except a few more mouths to eat, and the harem and outer court will not know the inside story in a short time.

"Long live my lord, the three main halls are not as good as the Yangxin Hall. I'm afraid that there will be too many people talking."

Wang An actually wanted to say that he could control the situation in Yangxin Hall. After all, the emperor had the final say here and the staff could be reduced to the minimum.But once he moves back to live in the three main halls, the number of maids will increase many times, and he will not be able to play anymore.

"The three main halls..." If Wang An hadn't reminded him, Hong Tao would have forgotten about the move.

There were fires in the 24th and 25th years of Wanli respectively, which partially burned down the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, Huangji Palace, Zhongji Palace, Jianji Palace and some surrounding buildings.

The three main halls were the first to be restored. The Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace progressed at a slower pace. In the middle of the process, Emperor Wanli passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. The restoration project was interrupted for a time and was only resumed in the middle of the year.

(End of this chapter)