Tuoba Tao has the title of "Princess Collector" in later generations. In his harem, there are princesses from various countries and daughters of noble chiefs. Many men envy him for marrying the most beautiful princess from all countries. Only he knows that, no He liked to marry a princess, but there was no other way.
He simply used sex to appease the men of the clans of various countries.
The same is true this time. The prestigious seats are given to Princess Rouran and the noble girls of various clans. Most of the Han women are either "sick" or have many disadvantages. Just an excuse to marry into the palace.
It would be good to have a prince, but unfortunately the Xianbei court is "the death of the child and the mother", not to mention that there is already a prince who has a high status and is smart since childhood, even if the prince can't be a prince, the five surnames do not want The daughter-in-law in the harem was so folded in the palace, because the "mother's death" system made it impossible for the empress dowager to interfere in the government, and it was impossible to directly shake the rule of the Hu people.
In this election, in addition to adding many more women to the harem, Tuoba Tao also ordered several things to be done.
One is that the women in the palace who were not released in this draft can choose not to enter the harem as concubine, but canonized as female officials, in charge of various chores in the palace. Female officials are like courtiers in the palace, with rewards and rest. When they are twenty-five years old, they can get married on their own, and the palace is responsible for handling the marriage.
Xianbei people don't often draft women, most of them are women from which family the emperor values, and call the head of which family to have a look, and then send them to the palace. But in the past few years, as the pace of conquest has become faster and faster, more and more objects need to be married, and many young and beautiful women have been selected together to enter the palace.
Among these women, some of them were actually Li Daitao who entered the palace, and some were unwilling to enter the palace as concubines even though everything was suitable, and only entered the palace due to family pressure.
Tuoba Tao had no shortage of women, and naturally he was unwilling to force people to die, but he was so embarrassed to tell him to let people out, so he simply issued such an imperial order to keep many women in the palace as female officials.
In the current palace, female servants are mainly promoted to female officials. Most of the palace maids have no knowledge or even literacy. Due to the remnants of the tribal system, many women brought their slaves with them when they entered the palace as concubines. These women slaves formed a faction, which further complicated the situation in the harem.
The criminal servants have a humble status, and naturally there are many things that they can do nothing, but the female officials composed of these noble women are not. They have high status, culture, family background, and background, and their methods are more powerful than the maids in the palace. With them there, the long-standing chaotic situation in the palace can be completely broken, and in order to successfully leave the palace and marry, these female officials can only choose to be loyal to the emperor.
Otherwise, on the whim of the emperor, the female official would become a "madam".
The second is that the harem was overcrowded, and Tuoba Tao released more than a thousand people from the palace, most of whom had been in the palace for more than ten years. And Huangzhuang, ranch office work.
Most of the palace maids are directly released for marriage.
It is said that on the day the palace servants were released, there were not many people outside the palace city who hugged their heads and cried, and there were also people who kowtowed outside the palace gate. These people are all in the palace because of their sins, and they don't know how long they will spend in the palace. Some of them have family and friends outside the palace. Once they leave the palace, they will return to their civilian status and can live freely.
There are many people who are reluctant to leave the palace. They have been convicted since childhood and have entered the palace. Apart from discussing in the palace, they do not know how to live, and some even want to stay. Helpless, Tuoba Tao was determined to send these people out, and the concubines in the palaces who were used to using these "old people" were helpless.
Because of letting people out, so many women were elected in the general election, and instead of being overcrowded, the palace was much more orderly. The old palace people from all sides were released, and there were many vacancies in the palace. The remaining young palace people worked hard to fill these vacancies.
Even Zhao Changshi sighed that the little eunuchs below him were faster than before.
***
Outside the Wuchang Palace.
"I didn't expect you to choose to enter the palace as a female official." He Mulan looked at Wang Muyun, who was wearing an official uniform and a Xianbei official hat, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid you'll have to work hard beside that Highness."
"I didn't want to get married in the first place. If I said this, it would be appalling. Even if my grandfather and mother are such an enlightened person, if I say that I don't want to marry, I am afraid that I will be forced to promise me someone else. In this case, it is better to be a female official in the palace. I am already eighteen this year, and I will be out of the palace in seven or eight years. I am not too old. ."
"What's more, although His Highness is only three years old, he is very intelligent."
Wang Muyun paused and said with a strange attitude: "I have never even seen a child smarter than His Highness."
He's only three years old, he already knows so many words, and he treats people and things very decently on weekdays, far from what ordinary children can compare.
"Your Majesty put you next to His Highness, firstly because you have a cheerful personality, and His Majesty does not wish to use an indecisive woman to raise his son, and secondly because you are highly skilled in martial arts and can protect the little prince's safety."
He Mulan sighed: "You're good, you didn't enter the harem. It's a blessing to not be a concubine. There are many who don't want to be female officials for a concubine, and they are all assigned to the harem to assist those ladies, all crying."
Everyone knows that the harem is too crowded, and even the third lady and Zhaoyi do not have independent palaces. There are as many as six people in a room, and as few as four people in a room. Even if there are so many people in the palace, there is not enough space.
Many noble ladies are also the direct daughters of golden branches and jade leaves at home. As soon as they enter the palace, they fall into the mud in an instant, and it is good that they have not collapsed.
"Thank you, I'm going back too. It won't be common in the future, and I won't be able to arbitrarily race horses and shoot arrows..." Wang Muyun was a little melancholy, then shook his head and chuckled again.
"Forget it, my own choice, I carry it myself."
"If you don't want to be a female official, I can intercede and let you go out of the palace."
The door of the main hall was pushed open from it, and Su Hejun walked out with a straight face.
"You made a mistake in choosing to enter the palace in the first place! Uncle is very happy in the mountains and rivers every day. You must know that you have sacrificed so much, and the good life in the future will become miserable!"
Wang Muyun saw that Su Hejun should have conditioned him to provoke him a few words, but she didn't know whether it was because of the sadness of parting or because she was really annoyed. She just rejected his kindness.
"My grandfather seemed to be unruly, but in fact he often misses his relatives and friends at home. My grandmother also knows that, so whenever he goes to relax, he follows him all the time, just because he is worried that he will regret it. Besides, I am a woman, so I can't spread the word. Attacking the court, what is the use of both civil and military..."
"You don't want to leave the palace?" Su Hejun frowned, "Why don't you think about it."
"You long-tongued man, why are you so enthusiastic? I didn't report my illness, and I don't want to enter the palace as a wife. How can I go out other than being a female official?"
Wang Muyun stared.
"Nothing to be diligent about, either a traitor or a thief!"
He Mulan looked at him and laughed in her heart, but she also agreed with Su Hejun's words, Wang Muyun sacrificed for her parents, but her parents didn't necessarily want her to do it.
She has become a female official this time, and it seems that there is no benefit except for the Wang family. If you can go out of the palace, you might as well give it a try.
"I watched the two of us know each other since childhood. For the sake of being close friends! If your cousins knew that you were a female official and I didn't help, they would definitely scold me to death!"
Su He Jun was in a panic.
"Then what can you do to get me out?"
Wang Muyun raised some hopes slightly, and looked at Su Hejun without blinking.
"I'm going to tell your majesty that I love you in my heart and don't want you to waste so many years in the palace. I beg your majesty to let you out..."
Su Hejun said with a blushing face, "Your Majesty has a generous personality and should be able to..."
"forget it."
Wang Muyun twitched the corners of his mouth, turned around and left.
"... Then I might as well stay in the palace for a few more years."
So He Mulan and Su Hejun watched the disappointed Wang Muyun leave, leaving only the two of them staring at each other.
Su Hejun's expression seemed to be slapped by someone and hit the south wall, while He Mulan was embarrassed and funny, not knowing what to show.
She just witnessed a tragedy in the world, and Su Hejun, who is arrogant and sought after wherever she goes, will be rejected without hesitation...
"Cough, in fact, you shouldn't say how you want to intercede, just ask her if she is willing or not." He Mulan coughed a few times and turned her head away.
"Now... what now?"
"I won't talk about it now, she will only be more angry later. According to His Majesty's character, I want to ask for this, and he will definitely give us a marriage. If she wants it or not, it is possible to have a bloody bridal chamber."
Su Hejun smiled wryly.
"I thought that no matter how much she hates me, it's better than spending time in the palace. At least I'm still a person who knows the bottom line. I didn't expect that she would rather stay up to twenty-five than accept my kindness."
"It's not me, you are a little bit like taking advantage of the fire." He Mulan shook her head, "Not to mention that Yunniang and you have no previous relationship at all, and it's a ghost if you can promise. If you really love her, you might as well take advantage of her in the palace. Contact her more and take care of her more when you are here, and the two of you have some emotional foundation, so you can talk about marriage!"
Su Hejun made a foolish move when he was impatient for a while. After listening to He Mulan's words, he nodded again and again, probably because he wanted to use his status as a close minister to the emperor to gain Wang Muyun's favorability.
What worried He Mulan was the age of Su Hejun. He is already in his twenties, which is almost an anomaly among the Xianbei people who married early. If he waited for Wang Muyun for a few more years, I am afraid that he would have to wait until his 30s. Even if Su Hejun can afford it, Su Hejun's family may not wait. Affordable.
But these are not issues that He Mulan should consider. Tuoba Tao has chosen his concubine, and he will stay in the palace during this period of time to "make people". .
The same is true for Su Hejun. He is in charge of the egrets in the world, and there are many things to deal with. Even if he wants to have a long relationship with his sons and daughters, he does not have much time for him to solve personal problems.
He Mulan sometimes even wonders if the world in those loves is the real world. Where does the time come from for a male protagonist who has to compete for dominance in the world, organize production, and talk about love
She is just a little general, and she is already busy enough to have forty-eight hours a day. Tuoba Tao often gets up early to handle official business after he is lucky enough to go to the harem, and then goes to court. He is tired like a dog. Hejun, Kumoti and others are all masters who only sleep less than three hours a day...
It's no wonder that this era is all about the words of parents' life matchmakers. Apart from the fact that young people don't usually see each other, any promising young people have no time to fall in love, so they can only get married first and then fall in love. Maybe that's the reason.
***
Not long after Tuoba Tao's election, another major event happened in Beijing.
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, when the state was established in the early period of Wei Dynasty, he did not know how to develop the country in order to achieve long-term stability. He tried many methods, and it is also one of the people to educate the people with the concept of Buddhism. At that time, the Han people did not have a large number of official positions, and Buddhism developed rapidly in the early years of the Northern Wei Dynasty. There were thousands of Buddhist temples inside and outside Pingcheng, and there were not many nobles who believed in Buddhism.
In this atmosphere, a large number of Xianbei aristocrats made statues, copied scriptures, erected monuments, and dug Buddhist caves on the cliffs. , Buddhist temples, Buddhist tablets and stone carvings.
Kou Qianzhi is a genius, and he is indeed a person with ability. He was able to take the upper-level route and fight his way out of the way when the Buddhist family was dominant at the time, giving Daomen a chance to develop.
Confucianism was almost ruined in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, when metaphysics and Huang-Lao’s learning were the mainstream, and extended to the Northern Wei Dynasty, from Cui Hao to other Han scholars, all took the skin of Confucianism, used the flesh and blood of Taoism, and practiced the essence of legalism. , Daoist and Han people want to combine the interests, only to get the status of Confucianism and Buddhism.
Originally, this kind of court rivalry was evenly matched, until Tan Wuzhu, an eminent monk from Beiliang, came with the envoy, and finally returned to Wei State and entrusted himself to Huguo Temple.
Tan Wuzhen was an eminent monk from Tianzhu, Beiliang ruled the country with Buddhism and had his own system. The national conditions of Beiliang are more complicated than those of the Northern Wei Dynasty. There are many horse thieves and gangsters in the territory, and various ethnic groups often revolt.
Therefore, Juqu Mengxun used "Buddhism" to educate the people, making them believe in Buddhism and love their lives. He also said that the King of Beiliang was the Buddha who sent the world to extradite people to become Buddhas.
And there is no prophecy, and he is the candidate for the national teacher who Juqu Mengxun has great hope for.
In this era, it is extremely rare that a single person can support an entire religion or theory.
He is a native of Tianzhu. He has learned a lot and is proficient in Buddhism. He helped Juqu Mengxun to implement the system and culture of the Kushan Dynasty in ancient India in Beiliang, making it easy for Juqu Mengxun to make people all over the country believe in Buddhism , also believed him.
After Tan Wujin arrived in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was immediately protected by Tuoba Tao. Not only was there guards in Huguo Temple to protect him every day, but he was also given a lot of gold, silver and Buddhist artifacts to help him translate in the temple with peace of mind. scriptures, preaching Buddhism.
When monks from all over the Central Plains heard that Tan Wuzhu was in Pingcheng, they all went to Beijing to see him. The eminent monks of Liu Song heard that Tan Wujin had come to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and even crossed the border at great risk, just to see Tan Wujin.
Tan Wuzhu not only translated Buddhist scriptures, but also often told Tuoba Tao stories that happened in Tianzhu. At this time, Tianzhu had also experienced turmoil and various doctrinal disputes. What happened in Tianzhu could give Tuoba Tao some enlightenment about governing the country.
Even Tuoba Tao thought that Tan Wujiao had profound knowledge, so there would be more dignitaries and good men and women who came to visit, and Tan Wujiao's reputation in the Northern Wei Dynasty suddenly reached an astonishing level.
Some even made a direct appeal to the middle, hoping that Tuoba Tao would simply bestow Tan Wujiao as the "national teacher" of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so as not to start traveling around again after Tan Wujiao, and not be able to stay in Wei State for a long time.
Although this matter was later dismissed by Tuoba Tao, the Huguo Temple where Tan Wushen was located became the most prosperous temple, and many Xianbei nobles began to worship him spontaneously.
It's just that I don't know when it started, but a lot of rumors began to spread in Beijing. Some people claim that Tan Wushen is a "demon monk", saying that when he was in Beiliang, he claimed to know a "man and woman double body method", which was actually the secret art of Fang/zhong. All women in Beiliang asked him for advice in order to have children.
He taught these secrets to the princess and daughter-in-law of King Juqu Mengxun of Beiliang, so the royal family of Beiliang was lewd and promiscuous, and it became the norm for men and women to supplement each other. The point of mating.
In addition, there are rumors that Tan Wu was staying in the Northern Wei Dynasty in order to wait for an opportunity to approach Tuoba Tao, so as to wait for an opportunity to assassinate Emperor Wei and give Bei Liang a chance to breathe.
Tan Wushen is proficient in poison and incantation. He did a good job as a national teacher in Beiliang, but he suddenly entered the Wei realm, invited himself into the palace, and began to find ways to gain Tuoba Tao's approval. It is hard not to make people think .
These rumors spread all over Pingcheng almost overwhelmingly, and the reason was precisely because Tuoba Tao held an election, many people quietly visited Tan Wujia, wanting to get the secret of the legendary "Double Body Method", or hoping to run for election. Gu Chong's daughter was able to learn the "Double Body Method" and Gu Chong was revealed.
Although Tuoba Tao likes women, his personality is actually quite conservative, and he is not very interested in such things as "room/medium/skill".
There is no information in this era, and Tuoba Tao is not a person who believes in Buddhism, so that many nobles in Pingcheng know about Tan Wu Prophecy from various channels, but he does not know it.
By the time Tuoba Tao learned from the Bailu official that the name of the "demon monk" had begun to spread wildly in Beijing, things had gotten out of hand.
Reusing monks who are good at various techniques and proficient in classics is called thirst for talent, and reusing monks who are good at "secret techniques in the room" and fix their favor on obscure things is "Dark King".
Tuoba Tao did not intend to establish a country with Buddha, so he was very cautious about this, and even personally summoned Tan Wujin to ask.
Tan Wuzhen also felt very innocent.
He is a native of India. "Sex" is sacred in Hinduism. Love and sex are the two most beautiful things in life. Although he believes in Buddhism, Buddhism at this time was reformed and evolved from Hinduism. , leaving behind a lot of Hinduism, not abhorrence for this aspect.
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What he taught many women in Beiliang was not some ulterior motive, but an old classic in Tianzhu called the Love Sutra. Tianzhu people believe that "love" is innate and can be learned without a teacher, but "sex" must be learned through learning. This book was just one of the many classics he left Tianzhu, and was later discovered by the King of Beiliang, who then ordered him to translate it.
As for "wife and daughter must learn, often many people study together" and so on, it is even more misinformation. Although this book is known by the royal family of Beiliang, it has not been bold enough to "practice" together with a group of people, but the Sanskrit language is difficult to understand, and there are many difficulties in it. The female relatives of the royal family of Beiliang often read the Love Sutra. Ask him about the Sanskrit parts he doesn't understand, and sometimes they confirm each other, and gradually this kind of rumor spreads.
Juqu Mengxun probably also felt that this kind of news was not good, and later did not allow Tan Wuzhuan to translate the book again, and other female relatives could only study in private.
It's just "□□". If you show it to others in a generous way, others will not necessarily see it. Instead, it is ordered to prohibit it, and it is ordered not to discuss it. Instead, it is rumored and extremely mysterious. What kind of "dual body method" , about the "child-birthing technique", the messy remarks also came out, and Tan Wushen was portrayed as a monk who was good at this kind of secret technique, and he did not get rid of it even when he arrived in Wei.
Knowing that Tan Wuzhen really had such a book, and that he had "taught" it in the royal family of Beiliang, Tuoba Tao knew that Tan Wuzhen's reputation had been washed away.
What is even more worrying is that the rumors mentioned that all the women of the royal family of Beiliang practiced this technique, and even the sister-in-law and brother-in-law, the princess and the prince, and the guards all "verified" together. The land of monsters and monsters is generally, and the reputation of princesses and princes is also ruined.
Tuoba Tao was about to send a wedding party to Beiliang to marry Princess Xingping. At this time, this kind of reputation was like telling the whole world that Tuoba Tao was already full of green hats before he got married.
No man can tolerate such rumors, even if the rumors may be false. At least the Xianbei women of the Northern Wei Dynasty were open, and they were not open to the point where everyone could study "art in the room" together. The Xianbei clans would not accept that the princess of Beiliang had a proud "talent" in this regard.
As for the prince and his sister-in-law's "something to do", it was directed at Juqu Muqian. Juqu Mujian was the third prince. His two older brothers were both appointed as heirs, but both died unexpectedly. The two sisters-in-law became the guardians and heirs of the huge family property.
If it wasn't for him, and his other younger brothers had not married, he would also be wearing a green hat.
This rumor spread just before Tuoba Tao's election of his concubines. Egret officials did not foresee it, and the rumor attracted many people who believed it to be true. Huguo Temple was overtly and secretly stepped on the threshold of the election by those who were elected, which seemed to confirm this. Rumors are true.
As a result, not only was Tan Wujin banned by the Xianbei clan from entering and leaving the inner palace, but even Master Cixin, who had a good relationship with Tan Wujin and who often preached with him, was also questioned whether he accompanied He Mulan on his mission to the North. Cool conduct.
The extremely bad impact of this incident not only made Tan Wujia difficult, but also forced He Mulan's mission to Beiliang to move forward.
Because if it drags on further, the domestic opposition will grow louder and louder, and the marriage between Beiliang and Princess Xingping will come to nothing.
He Mulan had already received "hints" from various parties before he was almost ready.
And the "translator" given to her by the palace made He Mulan almost draw his sword in shock.
"This is a temple person from the former Honglu Temple. He is proficient in Lushuihu language and multi-ethnic languages. He has a loud voice and can speak well. Now he is the Shiren beside His Majesty."
Zhao Changshi, who came to announce the decree from the palace, led a small yellow-clothed official behind him to salute He Mulan.
"Zheng Zong, let's go to see General Huwei!"