There’s a Dragon Girl in the Desolate Sea: 735|Sixty-second dragon scales (seven)

Sixty-second dragon scales (seven)

For the common people, whoever can make himself food and clothes to wear, and who leaves a few money after working hard all year round, is a good emperor. Therefore, Linglong is highly respected by the people. The princes, who had surrendered but still had a bit of a thief, gradually lost their hearts and dared not have any other ideas.

The courtiers who had other dissent in the DPRK, at the beginning, relied on the vassal king's power to oppose Linglong's policies in every possible way, and they did not provoke Linglong. If you don't reuse them, this little empress has a very small mind. Those who are not loyal to her, it is best not to make mistakes. Once they make mistakes, they will definitely be punished and dismissed from office! They were all admitted in the cold window of ten years, and the benefits were not enough, so I became more and more pricked up to be a man. Even the Empress Dowager Ren'an went out of the palace to sit in the women's school, the old-fashioned group who used to like to work against the little empress. Dare to fart one more time.

The overall situation of the Dali dynasties is naturally that men are superior to women, but this phenomenon is most evident among the high schools. Although ordinary people have partiality in their homes, they are not too extreme. People who are less than more than others have the most shackles on their own women. After the promotion of women's school, it was the common people who sent their daughters to study and calligraphy the most.

Those female officials who have nowhere to go have found their own suitable positions. Not only that, the court also registered their names in the register. Even if they are unable to move, the court will be responsible for their pension. However, as a teacher of a women's school, you also have to conduct an assessment every school year. If you fail the assessment, you will still be brushed down.

Linglong never thought of cultivating any amazing female students. The primary class of female school is basically literacy, literacy, and literacy. If you can't do anything, you will be blind and ignorant. If you have talent, you can enter In the intermediate class and even the specialty class, she gave women a very tolerant living environment. For a time, smart and capable women sprang up like mushrooms after a rain, and even immature girls raised their hands and said they wanted to take the top spot!

In addition, she also supports widows to remarry, and women who can't live can also go to the government to ask for divorce on their own, and the life of a single woman has become less difficult.

Smart people can realize that the improvement of women's status is a good thing for men to mutually benefit and help each other, but there are always those stupid and bad people jumping on the ground, thinking that the female emperor is fooling around, and nothing else. Say, how could Empress Dowager Ren'an show up outside to teach those orphans who have no father and no mother? !

No one dares to say this in front of Linglong, but there is still a lot of discrimination against women in all aspects of daily life. Linglong can only give them a good start. Whether it can be maintained and developed is a matter of human beings. . She's not their mother, so there's no reason to be in charge for hundreds of years, right?

The first imperial examination after the queen's enthronement was over, and the top three were freshly released. They were all young, educated and thoughtful talents. Linglong read their papers. She needed open-minded and upright ministers, like those in the court Old and stinky guys, I really want to drive them all out to be invisible!

Whether it is humanities or technology, the Dali dynasties are developing rapidly. After opening the customs, the imperial merchants who went to do business in other countries brought more good things that people have never heard of. He was sent by Linglong to study, and he was so busy all day that he could not touch the ground.

Being an official is not as easy as it was when Emperor Xiaozong was the emperor. Empresses make the best use of them, and can't wait to squeeze the last bit of value out of them. Whoever doesn't have a tight skin will wait to go home and drink the Northwest Wind!

However, what the ministers are most concerned about at the moment is the marriage of the Empress.

The little empress has grown up. She is no longer the little girl who sat on the dragon chair without her legs touching the ground, but has grown into a beautiful and moving girl!

Emperor Xiaozong had only one daughter at the time, and everyone in the world thought it was few. How could it be possible without a son to carry on the lineage? Now I see it clearly, the daughter of Emperor Xiaozong is not worth the dozens of sons of ordinary people!

But the little empress has no successor, so as long as there is a beginning, the people behind will be driven. Every morning, Linglong has to face the army of urging marriage.

She couldn't help complaining to Empress Dowager Ren'an: "...It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry for the eunuch!"

Hu Xiuhe said quietly on the side: "Your Majesty, the servant is not in a hurry."

Linglong glared at him, and he smiled and waited with a whisk in hand. He was really not in a hurry. Back then, Emperor Xiaozong was also a little empress who was only about thirty years old. of?

The Empress Dowager Ren'an held her daughter's hand. She hasn't spent much time in the palace recently, and her whole body has been slightly darkened, but she is extraordinarily energetic and has more determination in her eyes. "Although the ministers are annoying, they all care about you and want your bloodline to inherit the orthodoxy."

Linglong rubbed in the arms of Empress Dowager Ren'an: "Listen to my mother."

But obviously she won't have children, but she doesn't need to say this to Empress Ren'an. Empress Ren'an loves her, and it is impossible for her to understand her idea of ​​not wanting children. After all, she was the daughter of Emperor Xiaozong. If she didn't have a child, wouldn't there be no successor in Emperor Xiaozong's line?

But for now, let's worry about the choice of the queen first!

In the words of the courtiers, it is to follow the pattern of the selection of the emperors of the past dynasties, but it is not a woman but a man who enters the palace to run for election. The empress has a very high reputation among the people, and she has a stunning face and a lot of admirers. Even the top three in the palace this autumn, when they see the empress, they blush and swear to follow him. I have to say that it is good to look beautiful.

The empress and her concubine, Lu You also became more and more interested in Linglong. Linglong did not care about the background of the imperial husband. In addition, she also stated that if the imperial husband had the ability, he could continue to serve in the court. This is undoubtedly a monstrous giant cake! Those concubines who are still princesses are not allowed to be hired, but the royal husband can enter the court as an official! Linglong became a sweet treat for a while, and no matter where she went, someone shyly and timidly stole a glance at her. With that posture, she wished she would rush to her self-recommended pillow seat.

Unfortunately, Linglong is very picky. After the banquet, the draft was put on the charter, and Empress Dowager Ren'an made the decision. She chose a royal husband and four royal servants. Wholehearted. It is strange to say that these few actually never competed and were jealous, and only devoted themselves to learning. In order to please the empress, the imperial husband also took the initiative to apply to be a teacher of women's studies. He came from a scholarly family and had a high reputation among literati. Immediately, many men also supported women to study.

However, the queen's stomach has not moved, and the courtiers are still quite worried. Linglong sat on the dragon chair and sneered at them, urging marriage and birth. This group of people is more strict than Queen Mother Ren'an, and it depends on her. Happy or not, it is useless for others to be in a hurry.

Twelve years after the Empress ascended the throne, the Grand Canal, which took eight years to complete, was finally completed. It is nearly 3,000 kilometers in length and runs through the territory of the Dali calendar. It is changing with each passing day, skyrocketing.

To be able to complete the construction so quickly is inseparable from the improvement and innovation of various instruments under the guidance of Linglong by the Ministry of Industry. On the day when the Grand Canal began to sail, the Empress came in person, the people knelt down and shouted long live, the atmosphere at the scene reached its climax. !

In recent years, the barbarians have become more and more rampant. Seeing the prosperity of border crossings, the nomadic life is getting harder and harder every day, especially in winter. Seeing that the people of Dali wear light and thin clothes but not cold, they can eat antiques around the oven. Soup, these beast-like barbarians can't sit still anymore!

At first, they were just playing a small game, occasionally grabbing something, and there were not many people sent. If they grabbed it, they ran away, but it didn't hurt anyone's life. Border officers couldn't send people just for a windbreaker or a bag of seeds. They chased it directly, and then the barbarians gradually became more hearty. The things they stole, they could not crack the secret recipe by themselves, just like those seeds, which can grow all kinds of food when planted on the land of Dali. But planted on their grasslands, nothing will grow!

There is also a windbreaker that is very popular from soldiers to civilians at the border. The fabric is strange. Even if it is cut with a knife, I can't understand how it is made. Not sure how to use it.

So, after another robbery, they not only took the goods, but a merchant!

This can be regarded as poking a hornet's nest!

Qin Zheng was furious when he found out, and immediately lit the wolf smoke and sounded the war drums to declare war, indicating that if the barbarians did not send back the abducted Dali people unscathed within a day, they would level the grasslands!

But these barbarians, who grew up and drank blood, would not be called "barbarians" by the people of Dali if they knew how to be polite and honest. Not only did they not obey Qin Zheng's warning, but they shredded the businessman's body overnight and dumped it on the border!

In this way, it is not only Qin Zheng who is angry, but also the Empress.

Linglong doesn't care about the lives of these ordinary people, but now she is the Empress of the Dali. What do those barbarians mean by doing this? They dare to move the people she is covering?

It's actually going to be an expedition!

The Queen Mother Ren'an and Hu Xiuhe were so frightened they almost fainted!

Qin Xiao and Lu You are supportive, the latter agrees no matter what the empress makes, but the former is the real empress licking dogs. Don't look at Qin Xiao's calm and unsmiling appearance, in fact, every time she sees Linglong's eyes, there are stars twinkling in her eyes, and Linglong's riding and archery skills are quite good. When she asked Qin Xiao to teach her, she scared Qin Xiao Jumping, all the men of the Qin family are talented in martial arts. For example, Qin Xiao, who practiced all the boy's kung fu, has a very good foundation. Although the female emperor is a half-way monk, her talent is not bad at all!

And with him guarding, nothing will happen.

Before leaving, Linglong handed over the affairs of the DPRK and China to Hu Xiuhe and Lu You. Her attitude towards Lu You always made Qin Xiao feel very strange. If it is said that His Majesty trusts Lu You, many things are not known to Lu You. But if His Majesty doesn't believe in Lu You, such important matters as supervising the country can be handed over to him.

However, Qin Xiao has always been taciturn and would never ask these questions.

The Grand Canal has been completed, and the waterway is smooth sailing. It only takes seven days to reach the border. Qin Zheng was extremely surprised. He never thought that the Empress would come to the battlefield in person. The two hadn't seen each other for several years. The little girl back then was now tall and slender, and her aura was still majestic.

Although His Majesty said that he would go on a personal expedition, who would dare to put her on the battlefield? Qin Xiaona is even more closely followed by his attendants!

However, the barbarians saw a woman in silver-white armor on the border gate from a distance, and laughed uncleanly. They were very fascinated by the Dali women, because compared with the sturdy and brave grassland women , Dali women are so delicate and docile, playing with them and tearing them apart is the favorite thing for warriors on horseback.

"What are you talking about birdsong?"

Anyway, Linglong didn't understand a word. She motioned Qin Xiao to bring the bow. This bow is what Qin Xiao uses on weekdays. It weighs more than ten kilograms. The girl who is delicate and weak can't pull it. Linglong holds it in her hand like a play. There was a large totem of strange shape on the face of the barbarian. The foul language said it was a mouthful of foam, and he laughed while talking, as if Linglong had become their possession.

"Qin Xiao, do you think my arrow can go through his throat?"

Qin Xiao said: "This will inevitably dirty your Majesty's hands, let the minister come?"

Linglong smiled slightly: "I don't know why, I always feel that I can do anything, and I can get whatever I want. This arrow will pass through his troublesome mouth, so that he knows what to say. , what should not be said."

After saying that, it was actually a bow and an arrow, and it was shot with the force of a gust of wind! The arrow broke through the air, and happened to pierce the barbarian's throat when he turned his head and laughed!

The man swayed on the horse's back and fell down stiffly, the smile on his face didn't even disappear.

Linglong returned the bow to Qin Xiao, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "Trash."

The tower was silent for a moment, and then a burst of howling broke out. The soldiers who were in charge of the scolding in front of the battle seemed to be beaten with blood, and they scolded with savage words. Even Qin Zheng in the vanguard team was surprised and dared not. He looked back at the tower with confidence - he saw with his own eyes that the arrow that killed the barbarian leader was not shot by his eldest son Qin Xiao, but the empress!

The Dali army is like a rainbow. , Qin Zheng didn't ask people to chase him anymore, he just kept people guarding the entrance and exit, there was no water in it, but he wanted to see how long the fish that slipped through the net could last.

It turns out that they only lasted for less than three days. When they escaped, there were still about 100 people. After three days, there were only about 20 people left. Qin Zheng didn't stay. With Linglong's approval, the Two dozen barbarians were pulled to the execution stand at Caishikou in Bianguan.

These barbarians have harmed so many frontier people over the years, such a simple death is simply cheap for them!

At this point, Linglong finally ate the roasted whole lamb and cheese on the grassland. After the barbarian exterminated the clan, she played all the way back to the capital, and Qin Xiao was always on the side. Qin Zheng had been at the border all his life, and he didn't want to go back to Beijing, and he had nothing to do when he went back. He couldn't get those things. , it's better to stay at the border and eat meat and drink in a big bowl!

After Qi was taken back, Linglong dispatched Qin Zhan to serve as the commander of Qi Province. There are many mines in Qi Province, but the ancient smelting technology is backward, cold weapons are very easy to break, and blacksmiths are also very scarce. The biggest task of the commander is to develop a weapon that cuts iron like mud and is light. Of course, the golden finger that Linglong gave them is indispensable. Among the six departments, the Ministry of Industry seems to be the darling of the Empress. The most inconspicuous officials of the Ministry of Industry in the past are now walking with wind!

However, high salaries correspond to high-intensity work. The Ministry of Works cannot tolerate people who fish in troubled waters. In Linglong's words, it is from the top to the official book. Everyone in the Ministry of Works is a technical nerd, and they only want to do it. technology.

It is impossible to make oil and water, and it is impossible in this life.

Sixteen years after the Empress ascended the throne, the fourth imperial examination was held, and a new women's examination project was established.

After 16 years of hearing and seeing, even if there are people who think that women's scientific examinations are ridiculous, they don't dare to say it in a high-sounding manner. The one sitting on the dragon chair is a woman. You have the ability to speak in front of her. ? If she doesn't peel you off, it's all your creation!

In the same year, the first batch of female officials officially entered the political center and became the confidants of the Empress. From the beginning, the male officials were contemptuous, suspicious, and surprised, and later only had a strong sense of crisis - according to the female officials so desperately three Mother's posture, will they be squeezed out one day?

With competition, there is motivation. In the early years, the old-fashioned old men were almost old. These few scientific examinations are exquisite and deliberately chosen to be open-minded and tolerant, and new ideas will always need new people. Come to promote, this is her, one year is equivalent to ten years of ordinary emperors, and she alone has pulled the development of the great dynasties forward for hundreds of years!

The only thing that worries the courtiers is that the Empress is in her twenties this year. She is already the age when Emperor Xiaozong had a daughter under his knees, but there is still no news about the Empress' belly. ?

Lu You has officially worshiped a high-ranking officer, and no one knows better than him how many earth-shattering things the little empress on the dragon chair has done - no, she can no longer be called the little empress.

It's just that she still looks very young. At the age of twenty-seven, she doesn't look much different than a teenage girl.

Lu You is unmarried so far. From the outsider's point of view, he, Qin Xiao and Hu Xiuhe can be called the three most popular people around the Empress. Only Lu You knows that he will always, forever, only be one of the Empress' hands. With a knife, he has to be bloodied, he has to be cold, and he has to stand on the opposite side of everyone in order to maintain such a grace.

And what he pursues is nothing but the dispensable ambiguity of the Empress.

Lu You is arrogant by nature. Since it is impossible for him to enter the Linglong harem, he wants to be the most special one in her life. If he can't, he must leave his own traces, which cannot be erased by anyone.

He had already surrendered, but he didn't know it.

Many times he felt that the Empress understood his affection, and many times he felt that she did not. He hoped that she would understand, but he didn't want her to understand. He always felt that the affection was hidden like this, which was better than saying it with great fanfare - yes, who would believe that Lord Lu Youlu would also be emotional? He is ruthless and deep, and has countless conspiracies. In this life, he should be a loner and be alone.

The world is peaceful, Haiyan and Heqing are clear, and the empress has started to do things again.

She is a person who can't sit still. Tell her to stay in the palace honestly for decades? Oh, best not to think about it.

The matter of the Empress sneaking out of the palace was not realized until the early morning of the second day, when all the ministers waited left and right, and the person on the dragon chair didn't realize it.

Hu Xiuhe shook the whisk calmly and let Lu You walk around in front of him. He didn't lift his eyelids, and said slowly, "Your Majesty has a decree to make Lord Lu supervise the country." /

How could Lu You not be angry!

He worked hard for her day and night, sang her black face every day to make her a good person, and he did everything to offend people. Although the court has been calm these years, there are always some people who want to fish in troubled waters. The people who come to assassinate Lu You can circle around the Dali Dynasty twice! But at this moment, the Empress slipped away!

It doesn't matter if you slip away, why don't you keep Qin Xiao as well? Why take Qin Xiao away? !

Hu Daban's expression was calm: "General Qin is highly skilled in martial arts, and naturally he has to accompany His Majesty, otherwise what should he do when he encounters danger? And the servants are old, and the servants are inseparable in this palace. Where is the Queen Mother? I also need a servant to help me, but Master Lu, you are the only one left!"

Lu You is in his early forties and has grown white hair with all his might.

He couldn't tell the restlessness and anger in his heart, it was his own secret. After a long while, he took several deep breaths in succession to be calm, and asked Hu Xiuhe, "... Has Your Majesty ever said when you will be back?"

Hu Xiuhe smiled and said, "It won't be long."

Lu You just breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Hu Xiuhe take another sentence: "It will only take a year and a half."

...Lu You felt that his hair was all white!

The most terrifying thing is that he has unconsciously become servile, and in addition to anger and despair, he has a trace of habits.

It turns out that people can really forget their own ambitions, forget what kind of lofty vows they once made, and even calmly look at what they want.

Lu You is reluctant to share with others, he is willing to be a worthy minister and live with the empress forever.

Lu You has never been close to the empress in his life, and when she came back a year later, he still kept the palace guarded. She brought back a little girl of unknown origin, and he immediately stood by her side, and even took the initiative to ask to be the little princess's grandfather. Twenty years later, when the Empress Dowager Ren'an passed away, the princess could be on her own, and the queen took Qin Xiao and Hu Xiuhe. When the two left, he could even stay calmly and assist the new empress to continue to create a prosperous era of the calendar.

In his life, he has lived himself as a knife.

Now the Empress has left him to the new Empress, and he has no complaints.

If you ask why, if you ask where his ambitions have gone, if you ask him if he still remembers his ambitions - Lu You thinks, he does remember, but those who can no longer make his heart surge and be tamed A wolf, even if the chain is removed, will not attack its master.

Even if it will eventually be discarded.

Will die of old age alone and have nothing.