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  Chapter 168 166【Destiny】

   "Headquarters, here is a secret message from Nanchang!"

  Receiving the good news, Zhao Han arranged some affairs and was about to return to Ji'an as soon as possible, when he suddenly received a secret letter from Xu Ying.

  After translating with the code, there are only eleven words: Our army won a big victory, the people of Raozhou rebelled, and Fucheng fell.

  Zhao Han suddenly laughed, Jiangxi is really a powder keg, the news of the defeat of the officers and soldiers came out, and the peasants in Raozhou Prefecture immediately rebelled.

  In terms of taxation and labor, the whole of Jiangxi should belong to Raozhou Prefecture and Jianchang Prefecture.

  The people of Raozhou Prefecture have to support King Huai.

  The people of Jianchang Mansion have to support King Yi.

  Although these two vassal kings occupy countless fields, the salaries of their clan children (including the vassal king himself) have to be provided by the local government, and the central court will not pay.

   There are countless children in the clan, how can the common people afford to support them?

  Even when Zhang Juzheng reformed, a whip method could not be implemented here. Until Chongzhen was hanged to death, farmers in the two prefectures still turned in their grain.

  In addition to food and taxes, there are also labor.

  If the vassal kings want to repair the garden, the people in a radius of tens of miles will suffer, so obediently bring your own dry food and go to the corvee.

   Now it's cool, the peasants rebelled and captured Fucheng, and I don't know if that King Huai has escaped.

   It can only be said that Zhao Han's successive victories have given great confidence to those who tried to rebel.

  By the time Zhao Han returned to Ji'an Fucheng, more than a dozen messengers had already gathered there, even the Mi Tantric Sect in Nanfeng County sent people.

   "Congratulations to the general town for its triumphant return!"

  At the southern pier of the city, officials of all sizes shouted in unison, and many common people also shouted.

  Perhaps a few months ago, the common people were afraid of the imperial court, but now a huge victory has immediately calmed people's hearts.

  Even gentry and merchants have become more honest.

  A dozen anti-thief messengers from other places subconsciously wanted to bow down. But halfway through kneeling, he was stunned again. The local officials actually just bowed. They kneeled in the crowd, but they were different.

  Zhao Han bowed his hands to Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others and said: "I have been fighting abroad for more than two months, and it is all up to you to manage the rear."

   "Don't dare to be."

   "A matter of duty."

   "Do your best to serve the general town!"

   "..."

Surrounded by officials into the city, Pang Chunlai said as he walked: "More than a dozen rebel envoys have come one after another, saying that they want to elect the general town as the leader of Jiangxi. Especially the rebels in southern Jiangxi were severely beaten by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Fujian. They were defeated, and they asked the town to send troops to rescue them."

   "We'll talk about this later."

  Of course it is impossible for Zhao Han to send troops. He had just fought a big battle, and the food and grass were seriously consumed, and the soldiers were a little tired. They had to rest for at least half a year.

   Moreover, the weapons store has already opened, and after all the equipment is changed, the combat power can be greatly improved.

  Song Yingxing even encouraged Zhao Han to capture Ningdu County, because Ningdu has sulfur mines, which are necessary for making gunpowder.

  Ningdu is just to the east of Jishui County. Zhao Han wrote a letter to directly deny it. He would rather send people to buy it than continue to expand in the short term.

   "Let them wait, I'll go home to visit Madam first," Zhao Han winked and said with a smile, "Madam is pregnant."

  Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua glanced at each other with surprise expressions on their faces.

  The benefits brought by this news are no less than the defeat of the official army. The rebel leader has descendants, which can make the interior more stable and reduce many unnecessary troubles.

   Entering the General Military Mansion, they went to work immediately, without delaying Zhao Han's return home to visit his wife.

  Fei Rulan was standing at the gate of the inner courtyard looking around. She didn't go to the pier to join in the fun. Firstly, she was afraid that her tires would move, and secondly, she didn't want to show up too much.

  Seeing Zhao Han approaching, Fei Rulan smiled and said, "Congratulations to my husband on his return after a great victory."

  Fei Rulan still had to salute, Zhao Han hurriedly supported her and helped his wife go in and sit down: "Be careful when you're pregnant, can you invite an experienced old lady?"

   "Please," Xiyue came over with tea, "Master, drink tea."

  Zhao Hanniu took a sip, then stroked his wife's lower abdomen, which was already slightly protruding.

  The pregnancy was confirmed in early May, and now it is early July. Counting the time before the diagnosis, the child is at least four or five months old.

   "Do you still vomit often?" Zhao Han asked.

  Fei Rulan said with a smile: "Occasionally I still want to vomit, not as much as last month."

   "Be careful when walking, and don't bend down casually, be careful of fetal gas." Zhao Han urged.

  Fei Rulan's heart was sweet, but at the same time she said with a smile: "Okay, you haven't been pregnant before."

  Zhao Han called the old lady over again, and asked some questions about raising the baby, so that Fei Rulan wouldn't eat anything indiscriminately.

   He very much disbelieves in ancient levels of motherhood!

  When Zhao Han read novels before, he knew about a kind of midwifery forceps, but unfortunately he didn't know what it looked like. And even if he could invent it, he would not dare to use it when his wife gave birth, because if it is not operated properly, it may cause brain damage to the baby, and even lead to dementia in the baby. Some countries have banned it.

  That day, Zhao Han was restless at home, for fear that Fei Rulan would bump into him.

  Finally, he simply hid in his study and began to write some medical knowledge. He is too professional and doesn't know. He only knows that it should be kept clean during delivery, everything must be boiled in boiling water, and the room must be ventilated during confinement.

   On the second day after returning home, Zhao Han still didn't go to work, and only asked people to bring all the official business and documents that had to be dealt with to the study in the inner courtyard.

  Many things require his signature and seal, but in fact, the officials of the various departments of the General Military Mansion have already dealt with it. He didn't need to worry about small things, but some big things had to be stamped. Zhao Han carved a big seal of "Jiangxi General Soldier" for himself.

   Tanabata, moon viewing, stargazing.

   Fei Rulan sat beside her, waving a round fan in her hand, looked at Cowherd and Vega and said, "They meet once a year, and I don't know when they will be able to stay together forever."

  Zhao Han lay on the bamboo chair and said with a smile, "Madam, one day in the sky and one year in the ground."

   "There is such a saying." Fei Rulan nodded.

  Zhao Han pointed to the starry sky: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, don't they meet every day?"

   Not only Fei Rulan, but also Xiyue next to her was so teased that she covered her mouth and laughed, thinking that Zhao Han's statement was too funny.

  But the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet every day, it seems that it is not so romantic.

"Snapped!"

   Fei Rulan slapped the mosquito to death.

  Zhao Han quickly said: "There are many mosquitoes in the yard, let's go back to the room and sleep first."

  Fei Rulan was about to stand up, but Zhao Han and Xiyue were already supporting her left and right. Fei Rulan laughed and said, "It really doesn't matter. I don't even know how to walk when you're like this."

  Back in the bedroom, Xiyue fanned her for a while to make sure there were no mosquitos in the mosquito net, and then helped Fei Rulan to bed.

  The couple leaned together, and after Xiyue left, Fei Rulan suddenly said, "Husband, go to Xiyue's room."

   "Sleep." Zhao Han pretended not to understand.

  Fei Rulan said again: "I'm inconvenient, if my husband thinks about it, I can go to Xiyue at night."

Zhao Han had no choice but to make this matter clear: "I've already thought about it. If you want to be an emperor, you must have a concubine. The Sixth House. There can be at most one empress and two concubines, as long as the royal bloodline continues. Before I become emperor, I absolutely cannot take concubines, otherwise, wouldn’t it be the first to break the rules?”

  Fei Rulan also began to discuss this matter seriously: "What if a queen and two concubines give birth to daughters? Even if they are sons, what if they die young?"

  Zhao Han was speechless for a moment. He forgot the level of pregnancy and childbirth in ancient times, and also forgot the extremely high child mortality rate.

   One empress and two concubines really can't guarantee the prince's healthy adulthood.

   Zhao Han is sure to be the emperor, on the one hand out of selfishness, on the other hand out of publicity.

  If he engages in some outrageous political system, let alone implement it, there will be chaos when the news spreads. The situation in China is too complicated, and it cannot be copied and applied by any regime in Europe or the United States.

   What's more, are the European and American regimes really so perfect?

  Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "One empress, five concubines, it shouldn't be a problem."

   "Who knows?" Fei Rulan said.

   "Then it's decided, one empress, five concubines, no more, no more concubines!" Zhao Han immediately made a decision.

   As for the eunuch, should there be such a thing?

  I'm afraid Zhao Han said that he wants to abolish eunuchs, and the civil servants and military officers below will fry the pot. Civil officials hate eunuchs, but only hate eunuchs in power, and if they really want to cancel them one day, they will do everything possible to keep eunuchs.

  The superficial reason is to ensure the purity of the royal blood and avoid any old kings, old lis and old Zhangs in the harem.

  The deeper reason is also to maintain the stability of the court.

  What if someone with ulterior motives pops up one day and accuses the prince that he is not the emperor's own, or simply questions the emperor's problem, and uses this as an excuse to launch a coup or rebellion?

  The emperor's family affairs are no longer family affairs, but a major event of a country.

   If there is a slight mistake, there is a possibility that people will die, and blood will flow from the war!

  Zhao Han continued to think and decided to reduce the number of eunuchs and only use them in the inner palace. Even within the imperial city, as long as they are not in the inner palace, normal men can be used to work.

  The number of court ladies must also be reduced. After working for a certain number of years, the court ladies can be released to the people to allow them to marry, and a few old nuns who do not want to leave the palace can also be retained.

  Thinking about it, Zhao Han became more and more irritable, so he simply covered his head and fell asleep to deal with it later.

   After resting at home for three full days, Zhao Han finally officially went to work.

  The first people he met were not those anti-thief envoys, but Wang Diaoding, who specialized in theoretical research.

   "I heard, what article did you write?" Zhao Han asked.

  Wang Tiaoding presented a few pages of manuscript paper: "I haven't announced it to the public, and I don't know whether it should be announced to the public."

  Zhao Han took a look, frowned and said, "Chuan Guoyi's surname?"

"It comes from the Confucian Gongyang School's theory of Chuan Guo Yi's surname, but it has been changed. The destiny is unchanging, and only virtue is the auxiliary," Wang Tiaoding explained in detail, fearing that Zhao Han would not understand, "These two sentences come from " The Book of Songs and the Book of History are not apostasy, but serious Confucian speeches. The fate of heaven is impermanent and cannot be permanent. The Son of Heaven was born in response to the fate of Heaven, and his virtue is to promote benevolent government and nurture the people. Today's great son of heaven cannot practice benevolent government. It is impossible to caress the people. This is called losing virtue, which means losing the destiny. If a virtuous person climbs up and shouts, conducts benevolent government, and caress the people, then he will gain his virtue and the destiny will return!"

  (end of this chapter)