Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 457 Leftover Women (Special thanks to book friend Suifeng Pinhua for 2 monthly tickets!)

Sure enough, I heard Chai Zongxun say:
"I see that both of your daughters are good-looking and over 18 years old. Why haven't they married yet?"

When Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei heard this, their pretty faces immediately turned red.

Zhe Saihua was slightly confused and said:
"Your Majesty, my two daughters are not virtuous and beautiful enough, and no suitable family has come to propose marriage to them, so they have been waiting to be married, and usually help teach those naughty nephews."

Zhe Saihua thought:
"Your Majesty trusts my husband so much, it can be said to be a great favor from the Emperor.

If Your Majesty really wants to take the two daughters into the palace, it seems that we have no choice but to agree."

Chai Zongxun nodded slightly and said:

“Time is precious, especially for women. After the years of youth, it is difficult to find a suitable husband.

Yang Aiqing is my loyal minister. I already know your family's situation. I cannot watch your two beautiful daughters waste their lives in vain."

Zhesaihuaxin said:
"Here it comes! Here it comes! It seems that His Majesty really wants to take two girls into the harem!"

But Chai Zongxun sighed:
“As the saying goes, ‘A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

If I do not intervene in this matter, all suitable families will be squeezed out to Yang Aiqing's family. Although Bianjing is big, there is no good match for Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei!
I have two ways to help your two daughters find good husbands.

I will tell you now, and you three can discuss it."

Zhe Saihua and the two daughters were overjoyed. If it weren't for the desire to give birth to a prince, the daughters of a noble family like the Yang family would still not be willing to marry into the harem.

Folding flower path:

"Thank you, Your Majesty!

With Your Majesty in charge of my family, everything will be easy to handle."

Chai Zongxun nodded and said:
“For the first method, if you or Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei have young talents that you like, you can report to me and I will decree that the two girls will be married.

As for the second method, I heard that Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei have both followed Lord Yang in learning martial arts since they were young. I allow your Yang family to set up an arena for a "martial arts competition to recruit a husband". All young men in the Great Zhou can participate, and you can choose your husband from the winners.

The young men who can beat you two in martial arts are certainly not ordinary people. I grant them the same status as military scholars and select them into the Longxiang Army, Longxiang Guard, or Wude Division. "

The three girls were overjoyed and thought the emperor's idea was a good one.

After thinking for a while, Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei (these two women have no name records in the official history and both never married), who were usually brought up according to the standards of Chinese ladies, never went out of the house, so naturally they had no chance to make friends with young talents.

As for the method of "martial arts competition to win a bride", the winner would be granted the title of military scholar by Emperor Chai Zongxun, and would immediately enter the upper class of the Great Zhou Dynasty and be worthy of Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei from the Duke's family.

The three of them discussed quietly for a while, and Yang Bamei said:

"Your Majesty, I would like to choose the method of "martial arts competition to win a bride."

Yang Jiumei also said:
"My sister and I have the same idea.

Your Majesty, please make the decision for me and my sister."

Chai Zongxun said with a smile:

"Okay! That's settled then.

Chief Steward Tang, tomorrow you will issue an order to the whole nation to hold a "martial arts competition to recruit a husband" for Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei at the Yang Guogong Mansion in Bianjing on November 10, four months from now! " The three girls immediately thanked the emperor for his grace and left the hall.

Chai Zongxun glanced at the strong and slender backs of Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei, and thought:

"The 'leftover women' of my Great Zhou are much better than those leftover women in previous lives!

In the past life, those leftover women had strange personalities, no self-awareness, were not beautiful, had few advantages, and were full of disadvantages, but they all demanded that the other party have the wealth and power of a prince! What were they really thinking?

Fortunately, Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei are not Chaolu, Ying'er, or other peerless beauties like Gudian and Liuyun, so they will not make me fall in love with them.

Otherwise, the "Martial Arts Contest to Win a Bride" cannot be held."

After laughing for a while, Chai Zongxun thought:

"It seems that the civil officials in the court are increasingly unwilling to be inferior to the military officials, and they are jealous.

I must establish a balance mechanism as soon as possible so that the civil officials will no longer dare to use their expertise in political struggles to suppress and exclude the military generals. It is a blessing for the country if the civil officials and military generals each perform their duties and coexist peacefully!

When the Western Expedition Corps returned to Beijing, I established the "Military Cabinet" system. "

After the imperial edict was issued the next day, it soon became popular throughout the vast territory of the Great Zhou Empire.

I heard that His Majesty the Emperor was holding a "martial arts competition to win a husband" for the two daughters of Duke Yang. The age limit was between 18 and 30 years old, and the winner would be granted the status of a military scholar by His Majesty. The young talents among the people and those who practiced martial arts were overjoyed, while those who studied literature or were engaged in industry or business were greatly disappointed.

As a result, unmarried young men who practiced martial arts in various states who received the news prepared their travel expenses and luggage and set off for Bian Jing. This became a hot topic among the people of the Great Zhou, and there were various versions of the story.

"I heard that Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei have both learned martial arts from their father since they were young. They are proficient in all kinds of martial arts. They both want to find young talents who can surpass them in martial arts, so they have never married!"

“This is just one of them.

I heard that. By the way, you must not tell anyone else, otherwise you will get into trouble!

I heard that Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei have been learning martial arts from Governor Yang since they were young, so they have rough and dark skin, are tall and strong, and their arms are thicker than the thighs of ordinary people!

Therefore, among all the noble families in Bianjing, no one came to propose marriage to the two girls!"

“Nonsense! My sister married to Bian Jing. When she went to the Baoen Temple to burn incense last year, she saw Lady Zhe and her two daughters burning incense together and praying for the men of the Yang family who were going to the war.

My sister told me that Yang Bamei and Yang Jiumei are both beauties, but they are good at martial arts and have strong bodies!"

"Why think so much?
These are the two daughters of Commander Yang! Moreover, the winners can also be granted the same status as Jinshi by His Majesty, and join our Great Zhou army as officers, and rise to prominence!
If you ask me, as long as the Yang sisters are not as ugly as Wuyan, I will marry them immediately! "

"How arrogant! You speak as if you can win the first place in the "Martial Arts Contest to Find a Bride" and the Yang sisters are waiting for you to choose! I'm afraid that the Yang sisters can knock you off the stage with just a few moves!"

……

The commander of the Eastern Roman Army, Bardas, led his troops on a march of more than a month and returned to the capital Constantinople in mid-May of the 33rd year of Kaixi.

In order to quell the anger of Emperor Basil II, Badas sent an envoy early to Constantinople to explain in detail to Basil II the negotiations between Donkovo ​​and Yang Ye's Eighth Corps of the Great Zhou Longxiang Army.

After hearing the news, although Basil was furious about losing the five states of Donkwo that were almost within his grasp, he had already been shocked by the incredible combat power of the Great Zhou Empire's army over the past few years since the war between the Great Zhou Alliance and the Star Sect.

After discussing with the ministers in the court for several days, Basil, who was also a wise ruler, finally chose to swallow his anger and did not dare to raise an army to break off relations with the Great Zhou Empire. Instead, he sent a delegation of 100 people headed by Duke Rick to negotiate with the Great Zhou in late May.

(End of this chapter)