"The Xia Kingdom wants Tsushima Island?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu knelt on his couch, and the wrinkles on his forehead were like gullies in the mountains, which were obviously filled with shock and anger.

"Hi!"

The warrior bowed to his feet and did not dare to look up.

"Ba...ga..." Tokugawa Iemitsu gritted his teeth: "Wolf ambition, wolf ambition!"

Then he changed his voice: "Say, what reason does the emperor of Xia Kingdom use to cede my Tsushima Island?"

"General, the emperor of Xia State said that since the general wants to trade with each other, he will use Tsushima Island as a place to trade with each other." The warrior said tremblingly.

"Mutual market... is a good reason." Tokugawa Iemitsu took a breath slowly: "The founding kings of all dynasties in mainland China all have enough pioneering ambitions, but they are not as good as this one."

He was not stupid enough to say why Xia did not use the islands on the coast of North Korea to trade with each other. Now he is asking for Xia, not Xia, for him.

What he saw was the ambition of the founding emperor of the Xin Dynasty of China. What is Tsushima Island? It is the gateway of Japan and Japan. What is the intention to cede the gateway? This is the prelude to the attempt to get involved in the entire Japanese and Japanese!

He would not be so stupid that he said that even the Mongol Yuan Tatar Empire failed to succeed, so he thought that the Xia Kingdom could not succeed either. The Xia Kingdom's steel fleet showed off his power at the doorstep, and he had suffered a great loss!

"Come."

Tokugawa Iemitsu thought about it and said, "In the name of the shogunate, all the names are summoned to discuss major events here."

"Hi!"

...

It is said that it has been more than half a year since the founding of the Great Xia Kingdom, but the palace has not yet become fully plump. It not only refers to the concubines and beauties in the harem, but also many departments involving royal life have not been established.

Departments like Imperial Hospital have only gradually taken shape now.

The Tian family has the show of the Tian family, which is not just about luxury or not. It is flush with its status and is part of the famous instrument.

No less, only more.

If an emperor eats a plate of vegetables, dresses in a piece of hemp clothes, looks undressed, it is not frugality, it is a joke.

Majesty requires careful maintenance and care, and no sloppy in all aspects of life can be done.

During the Ming Dynasty in the previous dynasty, there were dozens of ministries in the palace, which seemed complicated, but there was a need for him to exist. The Ministry of Rites proposed to do it according to the rules of the previous dynasty. Although it was cut a little by Ying Yi, if all of them were to be built, there would be twenty ministries.

Because the palace was not full, there were not many female officials and maids in the palace. Now there are less than 500 people. The national talent show hosted by the Ministry of Rites has begun vigorously, and Ying Yi's wedding is about to be put on the agenda, so the palace must be fulfilled as soon as possible.

Therefore, the recruitment of female officials and palace maids is also carried out together with the talent show.

Under Ying Yi's instructions, at least one hundred beauties who finally entered the palace were selected. Those who could be selected must be ladies from a noble family. Not to mention being proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, at least one or two must be able to show off, and at the very least, they must be able to read.

According to the meaning of the Ministry of Rites, female officials and palace maids are selected from among the beauties who have failed to be selected from hundreds of people.

The original plan of the Ministry of Rites was to select one thousand people. But Ying Yi directly cut it in half and asked for five hundred people. In other words, the final number of female officials and maids in the palace was only about one thousand.

The palace is very large, and only a thousand people are put in, and it is probably sparse and there are not a few of them at a glance. Fortunately, there are some eunuchs left by the previous dynasty, with more than two thousand people, which is enough.

Of course, the number of eunuchs left by the previous dynasty was more than 2,000. However, the selection was conducted and the older ones, over thirty-five years old, were fired. Of course, they paid the salary for their pensions. The young ones were left, only more than 2,000.

This scale is not enough to be achieved compared to any dynasty. However, Ying Yi insisted that he did not need so many people, and the Ministry of Rites could not do anything.

Huang Zongxi thought that since there were not so many people, then it was more important than the essence. Since the emperor did not like eunuchs and replaced them with female officials, then choose some educated and knowledgeable ones.

The ministers in the court did not like eunuchs and replaced them with female officials. One person thought that this was not in line with the laws of the ancestors. However, no one thought that Ying Yi Huangyin - plus Zheng, who had not yet entered the palace, had only five concubines. This was incredible for any founding emperor of any dynasty.

They just felt awkward - their contact with the palace in the future became female officials, which made these ministers feel uncomfortable.

But the slightest statement is invalid.

When the emperor wants to be a talent show, it is a first-class event for both the temple and the world. There is much enthusiasm among the people - if the lady in the family is selected and ascends to heaven, what kind of glory will it be?

The first step in the Ministry of Rites’ talent show is local recommendations. There is no limit to this, whether it is a gentry family, a businessman family, or a commoner family.

It depends on the appearance and body shape. After passing this level, you will officially enter the draft process of the Ministry of Rites.

Taking counties as units, each county elects a hundred people. Then the Humanitarian Supervision and the Ministry of Rites send people to select them together. The Humanitarian Supervision represents Ying Yi’s own wishes - how does his aesthetic taste be chosen. The Ministry of Rites is responsible for handling related matters.

Each county takes one ten, and then one ten when you go to the prefecture level. The selection at this level involves demeanor and temperament. At the state level, it still takes one ten, involving piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and women's red.

Finally, they were gathered in the capital and watched by the emperor himself.

In the entire Daxia Empire, there were thousands of districts at the county level. If the number of elected people was full, there would be hundreds of thousands of women, and the first choice would be tens of thousands of women. There would be thousands of people entering the palace level. Basically, they would be able to enter the palace at the state level - concubines, female officials or maids.

In this regard, the Empire will not waste money on the people. As long as it is listed on the primary election list, all expenses of the draft will be reimbursed by the Empire. If you fail any level, the Empire will pay a return fee, so that the people will not be embarrassed.

It is said that it is a grand event, whether it is a talent show or other construction. The education system, transportation system, water conservancy and other infrastructure construction, and even talent show mobilize the entire empire. The national issuance of relevant new coins, the efficiency of labor use, and the gradual prosperity of commerce are all visible to the naked eye.

During this process, some of the remaining remnants left by the founding of the People's Republic of China, including the bandits whose business was getting worse and worse, and the bad gentry and businessmen who escaped by chance were all found out and accounted for one by one.

The order of the empire was further completely stable under such circumstances.

The sun is fierce in summer, and even the capital is so hot. Since the establishment of the empire, the cold climate has gradually begun to fade away and gradually tightened towards the most normal period in the past. People think this is God's will and think that Ying Yi's destiny will come to heaven.

In fact, it is a sign that the Little Ice Age is coming to an end.

In the imperial garden, under the shade of flowers and trees, Ying Yi was enjoying the cool air. Today Zi Niang also entered the palace, and she was having fun chatting with Chen Yuanyuan and others, fanning the balls and pursing the ice.

There are always some inconveniences in life - compared to before Ying Yi traveled through time. For example, in the hot summer, there was air conditioning in that era, and no matter how fast it was, there was an electric fan. But there was no here.

There are only ice cubes.

It’s not this problem that cannot be solved. In fact, Ying Yi already has relevant ideas, but it has not been able to implement it yet.
Chapter completed!