Chapter 779 The Emperor Has Opened His Cheats (Seventeen)
“I thought the hero had opened up some amazing ‘magical power’!”
"Ha! Mind reading! I'm sure this wave will win!"
Gu Qingcheng scolded the troublemaker and then ignored it.
She was a little excited. Allowing an emperor to have the ability to read minds, haha, is it giving him a cheat or setting a trap for him?
Originally, Gu Qingcheng thought that it would be somewhat difficult to overthrow a male emperor.
First, he is the emperor. In ancient times when imperial power was supreme, he was the most supreme being.
Second, he is the male protagonist and has the aura of the protagonist given by the small world.
If you go against him, the male protagonist doesn’t even have to do anything himself, he will have to bear the backlash of the protagonist’s halo.
Third, they are "men"! In a patriarchal society, it is very, very, very difficult for women to subvert men.
The only female emperor in the history of the Celestial Empire was able to ascend to the throne not because she really had the ability to defy heaven, but because of various factors including the right time, right place, and right people.
Moreover, the empress had to wait until her husband, the emperor, passed away, and deposed several of his sons before she was "helplessly" forced to ascend the throne.
She didn't just kill her husband.
Although Gu Qingcheng's mission this time did not mention usurping the throne or becoming empress.
But, "Sister is the queen", yes, the original owner said so, Gu Qingcheng felt that if she didn't "give it a try", she would be somewhat sorry for the "political legacy" left by the original owner.
First, the original owner was the empress, the emperor's wife, which also had certain advantages;
Secondly, the marriage between the original owner and Min Huang was a combination of interests and a cooperation between the royal family and the aristocratic family.
Although the original owner did not have the "X Family Army" with thousands of troops behind him, he did have a very large aristocratic class.
Not to mention anything else, just as the original owner was the queen, she also had the opportunity to handle state affairs.
Min Huang knew the truth that "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics", but he had no choice.
The Queen Mother is in power and has control over both the harem and the court.
Since Min Huang raised Queen Gu to compete with Queen Mother Wang, he had to give her certain "rights".
At first it was just the "palace affairs" of the harem, and then some small matters of the previous dynasty.
There is no way. The former dynasty and the harem seem to be clearly separated, but in fact they cannot be separated at all.
For example, Min Huang’s four concubines, the bright rose-like Noble Consort, the orchid-like Virtuous Consort, the white lotus-like Shu Consort… On the surface, they are all the women that Min Huang is obsessed with.
It seemed that Min Huang accepted them into the palace out of his "sincere heart".
In fact, there may be true love, but more of it is the families behind the four concubines.
The imperial concubine’s surname is Yu. Her father and brother are both brave generals who led troops to fight in battles.
By marrying her, you can achieve cooperation with the military honor class.
Concubine Cui De was born into the Qinghe Cui family, which was also a prominent family.
In this fictitious Dajing Dynasty, perhaps not as noble as the Jingzhao Gu family, but it also has a certain influence.
In particular, Cui Defei’s grandfather was not only a famous official but also a famous teacher, with many students all over the world.
Many of the court officials were his disciples.
By taking her into the harem, Min Huang would be able to gain the support of a large number of scholars.
There is also Concubine Su Shufei. Although her family has declined, her mother's family is a wealthy family in Jiangnan.
Among the four classes of people, scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants are indeed at the bottom, but they are also really rich.
When Concubine Su Shu entered the palace, she brought with her dowry of one million taels of silver.
The emperor was also short of money! Especially when he wanted to train his troops, secretly manage his own strength, and didn't want to be constrained by court officials all the time, it was particularly important to have a rich private treasury and a purse that could be supplied with blood at any time.
Even Consort Dong Xian, who was forced upon Min Huang by the Queen Mother, was not the daughter of an ordinary family.
Her father was Marquis of Jing'an. Although he was a marquis, he was a founding hero and his title was hereditary.
It can be said that Concubine Dong represented the power of the old nobles.
The military power of these old nobles was taken away by the previous emperor, but their foundation is still there.
Some of the bigwigs in the military were their former subordinates.
In addition, they also divided up the land of the capital and nearby states and counties.
They all have very strong family backgrounds.
The old nobles cannot be said to be the local tyrants in the capital region, but they are almost the same.
By winning them over, the emperor seemed to feel particularly safe and secure living in the palace.
In addition to the four concubines, there are also nine concubines.
The nine concubines had slightly lower origins, but they were all noble ladies from famous families.
Behind every concubine, there is a family, the only difference is the size of the family.
As for Min Huang, he relied on "marriages" one after another to connect himself, a ninth prince of humble origin, with many forces in the court.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Queen Gu is in charge of the harem. To manage the concubines, she not only has to consider the concubines themselves, but also the families behind them.
Therefore, she "had to" be familiar with the developments in the court and the open and covert struggles among various forces.
In order to allow Queen Gu to better fight against Queen Mother Wang, Min Huang had to temporarily abandon the rule that "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics" and took the initiative to ask Queen Gu to "help" handle some government affairs.
Queen Gu is not an ordinary woman; she is an elite carefully cultivated by the Gu family.
She had a mind and insight that transcended her gender. She accurately seized the opportunity and extended her hand to the court.
Three years is a period of time that is neither long nor short. Queen Gu has quietly built up a small force of her own - the Queen's Party!
Well, although they are just some low- and middle-level officials and do not have very prominent identities, they are among the "current managers".
Once there is any major action, the role they play will be greater than that of the so-called famous ministers and generals.
"This Gu family is exactly what I like!"
The more Gu Qingcheng sorted out the original owner's "political legacy", the more satisfied she became.
She even smelled an extremely familiar scent on the original owner.
If it were her, Gu Qingcheng, she would probably have made a similar plan as Queen Gu.
The only thing that Queen Gu was criticized for was that she had no children for three years after her marriage.
Outsiders just thought that Queen Gu was not destined to have children yet, but Gu Qingcheng, who had merged the memories of the original owner, knew that Queen Gu did this on purpose.
Although the Gu family invested in Min Huang, Queen Gu did not ultimately choose this man.
For a true noble lady from an aristocratic family, "any man is available to her".
However, once a woman has a child, she will really be caught in a dilemma.
Queen Gu wanted to give herself three years to see if Min Huang was worth it.
She was very careful in her work. In order to avoid any consequences of her contraception, she told Min Huang:
"Your Majesty, although the emperor is in mourning, he can use days instead of months."
"But, after all, you are not the daughter of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager is very powerful, so we must be fully prepared!"
If status is not enough, virtue can make up for it! Min Huang is indeed just a concubine's son, but what if he is pure and filial.
Queen Gu's words touched Min Huang, "The Queen is right, I also wanted to observe mourning for three years!"
Replacing the moon with the sun?
No, that's something an unfilial son would do.
He, Min Huang, is a filial son with 999% purity.
And since you have to observe mourning, you can't have children.
Therefore, not only did Queen Gu’s wish for contraception come true, but the situation of having a "bastard eldest son" in the harem was also avoided to the greatest extent!
(End of this chapter)
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