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The process of the emperor marrying the queen is very cumbersome.

But if it's Na Fei, it's very simple. In the Ming Dynasty, a great eunuch could preside over it, and the status is obvious.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Fei Rumei secretly opened a corner of the curtain, but seeing many people watching, she was so ashamed that she quickly closed the curtain.

The maid who grew up with her also came, and she will be a palace maid in the future. Of course, as long as the employment contract expires, the maid can apply to leave at any time.

Now Zhao Han's harem doesn't have many people even including the maids, and the annual expenditure of one hundred thousand taels is more than enough.

It would be different if they moved into the imperial palace, there would be more and more female officials and court ladies, and the annual expenditure could be hundreds of thousands of taels. How much money to take from the national treasury depends on the situation. Zhao Han decided to use ten years of experiments to finally determine an amount.

Roughly imagined, if the royal family spends 1 million a year, it will take 1.5 million from the treasury every year.

Many institutions in the inner court have been cut off from power. Since the power is transferred to the outer court, the outer court will have to bear corresponding obligations. For example, for the construction of palaces and mausoleums, the Ming Dynasty paid the money together with the inner and outer courts. In the future, all the money will be taken from the treasury, and the royal family will not give out a tael of silver.

Of course, encountering a powerful monarch is very likely to break the rules.

For example, in the late Ming Dynasty, the emperor's internal money was private money, and the national treasury also became the emperor's internal treasury.

Zhao Han tried his best to set the rules according to his own wishes. As for what kind of ghosts were changed by his descendants, he was too lazy to care, and he didn't care.

Fei Rumei was taken to a courtyard, and the maid accompanied her to sit in the room.

Until the second watch, when the door was finally pushed open, Fei Rumei's heart beat wildly.

The maid bowed and retreated, leaving only two people in the room.

Zhao Han picked up the red hijab, and the red candle reflected his smile, which was really touching and beautiful.

To be honest, Fei Rumei is prettier than her elder sister, but Zhao Han can't help thinking of how she changed her teeth when she was a child. With a grin, the dog's sinus opened wide.

"Sister... Husband." Fei Rumei bowed her head and greeted with a voice as thin as a mosquito.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "You can also call me brother-in-law."

"Brother-in-law!"

Fei Rumei also laughed.

It's autumn tiger again, and the weather is quite hot.

Wearing a red hijab, Fei Rumei had a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, and Zhao Han picked up the hijab to help her wipe it off. The movements were gentle, and Fei Rumei was so sweet in her heart that she looked up and stared at Zhao Han in a daze.

Brother-in-law is still so handsome and mighty!

Fei Rumei became more and more shy: "Brother-in-law, I'm sweating too, do you want to wash it first?"

"No need." Zhao Han helped her remove the wedding dress, and sure enough, even the vest was wet with sweat.

He simply took off the robe inside, revealing his bright red bellyband.

Fei Rumei blushed and did not dare to open her eyes, her cheek was pressed against Zhao Han's arms, her body was trembling slightly.

"Sister said you have always refused to marry?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

Fei Rumei has long been bullied by Zhao Zhenfang, and has a lively and generous personality. Although shy at the moment, he boldly said: "Those men can't compare with brother-in-law. I wanted to marry brother-in-law very early on. Don't worry brother-in-law, I promise to be very obedient, and I will not compete with my sister in the future."

Zhao Han hugged her and lay down, kissed her forehead and said, "How are your father-in-law and mother-in-law?"

Fei Rumei smiled and said: "They are very leisurely and comfortable. Two days before I got married, the whole family went to visit the West Lake, saying that they would enjoy all the famous places in Hangzhou."

"It's good to be free." Zhao Han's mouth moved all the way down, from his forehead to the tip of his nose, and finally landed on her red lips.

The red candle flickers, lingering.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Han went to work by himself, and Fei Rumei went to meet the queen.

Although he has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhao Han has not opened the court meeting for the time being, so the monarch and his ministers don't have to go to court every day.

The court meeting of the Ming Dynasty was only useful in the early days of the founding of the country. With the improvement of the cabinet system, the court meeting became purely a ceremony. Every court meeting, there are only three or five things discussed, and they are all government affairs that have been handled by the cabinet.

If there are fierce disputes in the court, it means that there has been a huge contradiction between the monarch and his ministers, or between his ministers.

Although it is just a formality, the court meeting must be preserved.

Zhao Han decided that after the palace was repaired, he would hold a court meeting on the sixth of every month, that is, he would go to court on the sixth, sixteenth, and twenty-sixth day of the lunar month.

Now Zhao Han communicates with Ten Caos every day. Ten Caos are equivalent to the six subjects of Ming Dynasty. The chief officials of each Cao are called Zuo Shizhong and Right Shizhong.

The left and right servants are handling government affairs, and the ordinary servants take turns to report to Zhao Han every day.

Zhao Han only randomly read a few copies of the cabinet, the Ten Caos, and the Ten Ministries. Quickly browse through all the others, and then sign and agree, and let the servants take it to the various ministries for execution.

Of course, for extremely important military and political affairs, even if the three major institutions have the same opinion, they must be listed separately and handed over to the emperor for review.

For example, going to war, mobilizing troops, promoting senior officials, building water conservancy projects, and so on.

A booklet sent by Bing Cao made Zhao Han smile and feel very happy.

Jiading (Leshan) hereditary general Yang Zhan, with one prefecture (Xuzhou prefecture) and two prefectures (Jiading prefecture and Luzhou), begged to surrender to Zhao Han, and asked Zhao Han to quickly send troops to get through Chongqing.

The cabinet was not far from Shicao, so Zhao Han immediately called the three cabinet ministers.

"It's not very clear in the brochure, what happened to Yang Zhan?" Zhao Han asked.

Pang Chunlai explained: "The officers and soldiers of the former dynasty in Sichuan were ordered by Chongzhen to go out to encircle and suppress the bandits. After many defeats, the entire army was wiped out. Because of the excessive government levies, coupled with natural disasters and droughts, Sichuan has long been a warlord."

Li Banghua spread out a map of Sichuan.

Pang Chunlai picked up the magnifying glass and put his head close to the map. He wanted to point to the map to explain, but found that he blocked the map, so he said, "Mr. Li will tell you."

Li Banghua pointed to the map and said: "Wu Shangxian and Long Zhengguo of Zunyi Mansion rebelled, defeated the officers and soldiers of the former Ming Dynasty, killed the prefect and made themselves kings. They not only occupied the entire Zunyi Mansion, but also sent troops to defeat the Yongning Division (Xuyong County) of the Xuzhou Mansion. , has been fighting with Yang Zhan who asked to surrender for more than a year."

After the Bozhou Rebellion was put down, the Bozhou Xuanwei Division was divided into two.

Among them, Zunyi Military and Civil Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Sichuan, and Pingyue Military and Civil Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Guizhou.

In the early days of Zunyi Mansion's land reform, it can be said to be thriving.

The land of Yang's land in Banzhou was all allocated to the military and civilians. Each soldier in the guard can divide 30 mu, of which the income of 24 mu belongs to himself, and the income of the other 6 mu is used as military expenses.

A large number of immigrants were also carried out. The Han people could be divided up to 50 mu of land, and the officers above the command level could be divided up to 100 mu of land.

Since the second year of Chongzhen, taxes have been increased crazily.

The imperial court didn't increase taxes much, but the magistrates took advantage of the opportunity, making it hard for even the gentry.

As a result, Wu Shangxian and Long Zhengguo rebelled. The former is a Han landlord and the latter is a minority. The people of Zunyi responded, killing officials and rebelling one after another, occupying the entire Zunyi Mansion in only half a year.

Pang Chunlai said: "After Wu Shangxian occupied Yongning Division, he is now attacking Luzhou. The purpose is to seize Yang Zhan's Fushun saltworks after occupying Luzhou."

Li Banghua said: "Fushun is the richest place in southern Sichuan. In order to compete for the salt field, the two have long been fighting to the death."

Pang Chunlai also said: "In order to exterminate the bandits, the prefect of Chongqing ordered the recruitment of brave men. Now that the bandits have been eliminated, the prefect has also been killed, and the gentry regiments are attacking each other. A gentry named Wang Xiang has gradually grown and controlled the entire western part of Chongqing. .Wang Xiang from Chongqing and Wu Shangxian from Zunyi joined forces to attack Yang Zhan, wanting to carve up the profits of Fushun's saltworks."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Yang Zhan couldn't bear the attack from both sides, so he sent someone to ask to surrender to me."

If it hadn't been for Zhao Han's rebellion, Yang Zhan would have been admitted to Wu Jinshi by this time.

Historically, he defended Chengdu and was captured alive by Zhang Xianzhong.

On the execution ground, Yang Zhan snatched the executioner's knife, slashed each of them to the riverside, jumped into the river and fled.

On the way, he met the water bandit "Two Thousand Years", and single-handedly killed the gang of water bandits.

Then, Yang Zhan recruited Xiangyong, expelled Zhang Hualong, the governor appointed by Zhang Xianzhong, and successively occupied Renshou, Jianyang, Meizhou, Qingshen and other places, and was named Jinjianghou by the small court of Nanming.

Shen Yin in Zhang Xianzhong's Jiangzhong was left behind when Yang Zhan defeated many with less and killed the whole army.

After proclaiming himself emperor, Zhang Xianzhong was once beaten by Yang Zhan so that he could only work in northern Sichuan.

Yang Zhan is not only brave in battle, but also good at governing the people. The people in his territory are rich, and the military rations are completely self-sufficient. It's a pity that he was murdered by the brothers who worshiped him at a banquet, and both the tribe and the territory were annexed by the two brothers.

Zhao Han asked, "How is Mrs. Qin doing now?"

Pang Chunlai said with a smile, "The entire Kuizhou Mansion has been conquered."

Li Banghua said: "Four of the counties were photographed in Mrs. Qin's prestige, and they took the initiative to come to Xiancheng to seek refuge."

Qin Liangyu was still fierce, and occupied Kuizhou Mansion in more than half a year.

Zhao Han said: "Transfer Huang Yao's mountain division to attack Chongqing with Mrs. Qin, and wipe out that troublesome son Wang Xiang. As for Yang Zhan, give him the establishment of an independent regiment, and we will pay for the independent regiment. He paid for the military expenses of the rest of the soldiers himself. After Chongqing was captured, Huang Yao, Mrs. Qin, and Yang Zhan worked together to conquer Sichuan."

The fertile fields of Chengdu Prefecture in Sichuan are thousands of miles away, and the salt field in Fushun is also making a lot of money. These two sites must be won as soon as possible.

In Sichuan today, there are several major warlords and more than 20 small warlords. The further the delay, the worse the economic and people's livelihood in Sichuan will be. The warlords must frantically exploit the people in order to expand their territory.

After setting up a cabinet to share government affairs, Zhao Han really felt a lot easier.

I work eight hours a day, and I still have time to paddle in the middle, and I can read books, write articles and so on.

When I returned to the harem at night, the empress and concubines gathered for dinner, and I also called Chongzhen's sons and daughters, and the days were lively and comfortable.

It will be different when you move into the palace in the future, and everyone will be a lot stranger.

The maid brought the food, and Fei Rulan asked: "Has the date for Concubine Zhuang's entry to the palace be fixed?"

"It's fixed, next month." Zhao Han said.

Fei Rulan is the empress, Pan Qimei is the virtuous concubine, Fei Rumei is the Shu concubine, and Liu Rushi is the Zhuang concubine, according to the rankings of Xian, Shu, Zhuang, Jing, Hui, Shun, Kang, and Ning.

The harem at this time was indeed too deserted, with three concubines and only three princes and daughters.

Pan Qimei raised her left hand and asked with a smile: "Husband, this is the jade bracelet that my sister Concubine Shu gave me. Does it look good?"

"Looks good." Zhao Han nodded.

Fei Rumei just laughed, newlyweds, her excitement is not over yet.

Zhao Zhenfang pouted at the table, Fei Rumei, who grew up with her, was married, why hasn't that damned Zheng Sen come back yet?