Horse on the World

Chapter 894 Inner Court
Li Qing's original Marshal's Mansion in Dingzhou was expanded and became the current palace of Zhou King. Although compared with Luoyang, it looks extremely shabby, but in Dingzhou, it is also the most luxurious and magnificent building complex. Li Qing gave up his Marshal's Mansion, and he lived in Shang Haibo's residence. Shang Haibo was always the number two man in Dingzhou. Out of various considerations such as discussion and safety, renovations and expansions have also been carried out, making the current Prince Regent's Mansion occupy an area of ​​more than [-] mu.

Compared with ordinary families, a residential land of more than [-] mu is already quite large, but as Li Qing's current status as the actual controller of the vast area under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou, it seems very shabby. Merchants, such as Long Sihai, Xiang Wenjin, Qiyu, etc., also built mansions larger than here.

More than a hundred mu of land sounds huge, but when counting the number of people in Li Qing's mansion, it becomes extremely crowded. It is better at night, and some officials under the Prince Regent's mansion go back to their respective homes. During the day, this place is completely full of people. People come and go, the flow is endless.Even at night, with the people in the back house and a large number of guards, it still seemed extremely crowded.

Lu Yiming and others have repeatedly said that they want to choose another place or expand the Prince Regent's Mansion, but they were all rejected by Li Qing. After talking too much, Li Qing pointed in the direction of Luoyang and said: "I hope I can live in Luoyang as soon as possible." Go there, it's very spacious, so spacious that I can sleep in the same room every day, and it won't be the same for a few years, can you realize my wish as soon as possible?"

Speaking of this, Lu Yiming, Yan Nanfei and others also stopped their flags and drums. Luoyang Imperial City, in the majestic and extremely majestic outline of the inner city, there are tens of thousands of houses one after another, exactly as Li Qing said .

Li Qing didn't want to expand the palace, so the back house seemed very small. Yan Ran was the main wife, she lived in the east wing, Jiyue lived in the west wing, and later Bao'er had to go further back, near the garden, to tidy up. A few houses came out for Bao'er to live in. Compared with Yanran and Jiyue, the place is almost half smaller.

When the big guys live together, they keep their heads down and don't see each other. If anyone's voice is a little louder, the people on the other side can hear them clearly. In addition, there are Anmin, Jishi and Xinyi in the back house. The child became even more fussy.

Now that Yanran is pregnant, there are more people in the East Wing. Yanran has a noble status and is a regular wife, so she will naturally receive more care, and the child that Yanran is carrying in her stomach can be said to be a child who is still young. It has not landed, but the future of a large number of people is already attached to it, so after learning that Yanran is pregnant, the king of Zhou in the palace sent a large number of valuable medicinal materials and supplements. Among them, he made a rubber stamp very qualified. Except for stamping various orders with the handed down jade seal, he basically didn't care about anything. What made Li Qing even more satisfied was that the king of Zhou occasionally treated the ministers on the former island of Taiwan The request to see each other was also very straightforward and rejected one by one.

King Zhou is a bachelor, so naturally Li Qing can't treat him badly. The expenses allocated to King Zhou every year are several times higher than his own, so let him be bright and comfortable as an apartment, and After King Zhou arrived in Dingzhou, the controversy over who is orthodox in the entire Central Plains has been surging one after another, and the Dingzhou Supervisory Council has added fuel to the flames at the right time, so that this debate has never subsided, and it is well-intentioned Dingzhou finally had a harvest, and many Qingliu celebrities have arrived in Dingzhou through various channels.Moreover, after King Zhou ascended the throne in Dingzhou, Enke opened, and the number of applicants who came to take the test was several times that of the past, which made Li Qing very happy.

Of course, taking part in the imperial examination in Dingzhou does not mean that you will be awarded an official position after winning the imperial examination.Dingzhou is not like Luoyang where there are three articles for life, and this is only one of them. All the students return home without exception, and it is not feasible to write a good article in Dingzhou.Moreover, after passing the examination, one has to go through systematic training at the administrative school specially set up in Dingzhou, and then one will be awarded a corresponding position according to one's comprehensive ability, usually starting from a low-level position, like the number one scholar in Luoyang, the second place in the list , Tanhua and other top-ranked people have left their names in history, and besides the incomparable glory, most of the people in Dingzhou Zhongju are unknown.

Of course, Li Qing’s method of reforming the imperial examination is not without negative effects. Many scholars resisted this method of examination. Lu Yiming and others also suggested that Li Qing take it step by step, but Li Qing did not back down on this point. , the only compromise is to make those articles colorful. Those who are good at learning set up a Tongwen library to raise these people. Let such people concentrate on learning. , It doesn't necessarily mean that the official will do a good job.

Li Qing's actions made the people who were awarded official positions basically all extremely pragmatic scholars. These people may be average in writing and passable in knowledge, but they excel in professionalism and high efficiency.

But in Dingzhou, people like Ren Ruqing, Xu Xiaodao and other high-level people in Dingzhou, if you want to say how deep their knowledge is, that's hell, they can barely read, but when it comes to their professional attainments, look at them. Da Chu, it is basically impossible to find it.

Under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou, a complete set of bureaucratic system that is very different from that of the Great Chu has been basically established. Under their management, Dingzhou's power is booming, which makes Li Qing extremely happy. Several wars launched this year have been won by Dingzhou In the end, although there is a confrontation on the front line, Li Qing believes that it will not be long before this confrontation will be broken under the combined blows of Dingzhou's politics, economy, military, and people's livelihood.

Yan Ran was pregnant, which made Li Qing feel unexpected again, but what worried Li Qing was that Yan Ran was still too young, only 16 years old this year. Rolling around like a baby in his arms, he is still just a middle school student, but here, he is already a wife and will soon be a mother.

The younger you are, the more difficult and dangerous it is to give birth to a child, so since Yan Ran became pregnant, not only King Zhou was nervous, but Li Qing was also very worried. Regular customers have to go into the palace every now and then.The King of Zhou also sent an experienced imperial physician over here, but Huan Xi unceremoniously drove him back. Huan Xi felt that this was an insult to him.

No matter who Huanxi is, it is not an exaggeration to call him the father of Dingzhou's medical treatment. Doctors, military doctors, and doctors in all armies in Dingzhou can more or less work with him. Involved in the relationship, and his nephew Huan Qiu is the highest manager of Dingzhou's medical system. Apart from this level, the relationship between Huan Xi and Li Qing is also extremely deep. Courtesy three points.

Yanran was leaning on the soft couch, and behind her stood two middle-aged maidservants. After learning that Yanran was pregnant, the king of Zhou specially sent her to Yanran. King Zhou can feel more at ease. Li Qing laughed at King Zhou's statement, because Li Wu, who was the commander of the palace guards, immediately reported the old background of the two middle-aged maids to Li Qing. The two middle-aged maidservants have never been married in their entire lives, let alone had children. He Lai said that the only reason they came to Yanran's side was because the two women were strong in martial arts. They came to protect Yanran. In case of unexpected events.

Of course Li Qing knew who they were guarding against.Of course, the backgrounds of these two women were checked clearly before they were allowed to enter the Prince Regent's Mansion. Otherwise, if two women with unknown details but strong martial arts were sent to Li Qing's backyard, wouldn't it be like hanging a knife in Li Qing's backyard? overhead.

Huan Xi sat across from Yan Ran, and was taking Yan Ran's pulse with her eyes closed. Yan Ran was not used to this kind of face-to-face with other men, letting him feel her own wrist to feel her pulse. For women like them, the doctor will draw a curtain between the two when taking the pulse, just stretch out a hand from it, and even talk about the pulse diagnosis by hanging silk, but Li Qing scoffs at this kind of statement, seeing and hearing, asking, and Chinese medicine Basically, the way of doing things like the one above is completely reckless. Compared with the Central Plains, Dingzhou's folk customs are much more bold and unrestrained, and these rules and regulations do not exist here.

After getting along with Huanxi for a long time, Yanran got used to it.Seeing Huan Xi withdraw his hand, with a thoughtful expression on his face, he became a little nervous: "Mr. Huan, are you okay, no, there is no problem, right?"

Huan Xi coughed dryly, "Princess, with me, Huan Xi here, how could something go wrong? Does the concubine not believe me?"

Yan Ran knew she had made a slip of the tongue, what Huan Xi couldn't tolerate the most was someone questioning his medical skills, so he smiled awkwardly, "Of course I firmly believe in Mr., but I don't know what orders Mr.

Huanxi nodded, "My lord, you have a noble status, and you have everything you need in the palace, with sufficient nutrition, and your child is developing well, but you should pay attention in the future, don't eat too much supplements, and it may be better to eat more light vegetarian food." good."

Yan Ran said strangely: "But the doctor in the palace told me that now is the time to need a lot of nutrition!"

Huan Xi raised his beard, "They don't know what to do, this is a joke on that lady's life!"

Hearing Huan Xi's disrespectful words, the two maids behind Yan Ran showed angry expressions on their faces, but when they heard the words from Huan Xi's mouth, they were startled and uncertain, even Yan Ran was a little dazed. She, she absolutely does not believe it.

"Mr. Huan, where did you start talking about this?"

Huan Xi picked up the tea bowl from the coffee table beside him and took a few sips slowly. He didn't speak for a while, the anger on the faces of the two maids grew stronger, but they remained calm and collected the ginseng soup handed over by the maids, and slowly sipped it.

"My lord, may I ask how old you are this year?" Huan Xi asked suddenly.

"Bold!" A maid behind her shouted angrily.

Huanxi looked at Yanran without even lifting her eyelids.

Yan Ran smiled slightly, "It's no secret, I just turned sixteen this year."

Huan Xi sighed: "The age of twenty-eight is the best time of youth, and it is not a good age for a woman who is about to give birth. Princess, with all due respect, the best time for a woman to give birth is two Ten years later, the empress is only sixteen now, and it is actually very dangerous to have children, and the empress obviously values ​​this child very much, all kinds of nutrition are too sufficient, and now the child is a bit big, which will make the empress have children in the future in great danger."

Yan Ran's face was slightly hot, but since Huan Xi said so, he must have his reasons, and in Li Qing's words before, he also vaguely revealed that he was deeply worried about having children at her age .

(End of this chapter)