Chapter 144 Giving a wife to a man from North County

The barbarians from the north moved into Beijun. If they were moved directly into a place where the people of Daxia gathered, it would probably cause conflicts between the barbarians and the people of Daxia.

But without any communication between the two sides, it would be impossible for the barbarians to completely transform into Daxia.

So Lu Chen came up with a compromise plan and set up some counties in Beijun specifically for barbarians to live in. Of course, every household must be registered and strictly controlled, but as long as they are allowed, they can also enter the Daxia people. A city to live in.

The most important point is that the relatives of the barbarian captives can directly visit the barbarian captives, which makes the barbarian women who have just moved to Beijun very happy.

But some people are happy, while others are worried. Those barbarian women whose men have died will not be able to see their men even when they arrive at the barbarian prisoner camp.

And there are so many such women. The barbarians are not monogamous, but polygamous. Two hundred thousand men died in one fell swoop. Although there were some from the Northern Xianwang tribe among them, hundreds of thousands of men were also gone. It’s conceivable that And one knows how many widows the Sirius King tribe left behind.

Suddenly there were so many barbarian widows in Beijun, which was not a good thing for Beijun.

In the early morning, after Lu Chen got up, he simply ate something and then went to the study.

In the past few days, he went to Yelu Nanyan almost every day. Although he was very happy, Lu Chen did not stay in Yelu Nanyan just because of his gentleness. As a vassal king, he did what he should do Do it every day.

The study in the outer courtyard is now his office space. Basically after getting up in the morning, he will go to the study to deal with various political affairs.

Lu Chen didn't feel busy when he came to Beijun, but suddenly things in Beijun suddenly became a lot. Lu Chen stayed in the study from morning to night almost every day, and most of the time he even ate his meals in the study.

This also made Lu Chen realize that there were too few people working under him. To be precise, there were too few civil servants.

Although Beijun has its own administrative team, the previous Beijun did not need reform at all. Most of the time, it was governed by inaction. The officials in Beijun basically did not work, just waiting for the court to issue food and salary.

Now that he wants to reform the entire North County, the first thing he faces is the problem of not enough officials, and the second is that most officials are not motivated to work, and many of his tasks cannot be completed in the first time.

At this time, Lu Chen looked at the information about the officials on the table and frowned.

The world is as black as crows. Although Beijun is relatively poor, there are still places where officials can make money.

Not only are they corrupt, but they also don't do their jobs. Such officials are no different from those idlers.

It needs to be cleaned up.

At this moment, a maid's voice came from outside the study.

"Your Majesty, Master Li and Master Mo are here."

Lu Chen said calmly: "Let them all come in."

After Lu Chen finished speaking, the door of the study room slowly opened, and then Li Rui and more than 20 people entered the study room.

The study room seemed a little crowded at this time.

Normally, vassal kings have their own place to discuss affairs. However, after Lu Chen came to Beijun, he basically did not deal with political affairs at first and stayed in Beiwang Mansion all day, so the main hall for discussion was not built.

At first, Li Rui thought that King Bei didn't have anything to do anyway, and it would cost a lot of money to build a palace for King Bei. So he followed the idea of ​​saving money when he could, and simply didn't bother to build a palace for King Bei.

But now Li Rui has discovered that King Bei is not indifferent at all, but he just hasn't arrived yet. Next, King Bei will definitely make big moves. His previous perfunctory attitude will definitely no longer work, otherwise he will be beaten one day sooner or later. King Bei took off his hat as a county guard.

After entering the study, everyone immediately saluted Lu Chen and said, "See you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!!!"

Lu Chen nodded slightly, and then said, "If you have any questions, please tell me one by one."

Different from the imperial court in the capital, Lu Chen's "small imperial court" is still relatively orderly. They have things to talk about and don't buzz like flies as soon as they come up.

At this time, Li Rui took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, now that the number of affairs in Bei County is gradually increasing, the study room in Bei Prince's Mansion is no longer suitable as a place to discuss political affairs. It is time to build the Government Palace."

In Daxia, the vassal kings who were enfeoffed had great power. Except for the fact that the land belonged to Daxia in name, they had almost all rights.

The fiefdom where the vassal king is located is also called a feudal state. Each vassal king has his own administrative team and his own political hall.

In the past, Lu Chen didn't care about anything, and it didn't matter whether there was a place to discuss political affairs, but it was different now.

As the number of their administrative team increases and there are more and more things to do, they can't still be crowded into such a small study room when discussing political affairs in the future.

Now there is no room for more than twenty people in the study. If the number of Beiwang's staff or officials increases, they will have to stand in the courtyard to discuss political affairs.

This is definitely not possible.

After hearing Li Rui's words, Lu Chen said calmly: "Okay, let's leave this matter to Mr. Li."

Li Rui then bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty.

Then Li Rui retreated to his position.

Lu Chen continued at this time: "By the way, the Yizheng Palace will be built next to the North Prince's Mansion in the end, so don't be too far away."

Li Rui said: "Your Highness, don't worry. When we first built the Northern Palace, we reserved the location of the Government Hall next to the Northern Palace."

Hearing this, Lu Chen didn't ask why Li Rui didn't build the political hall in the first place. Most likely, Li Rui and other North County officials thought they had no need for the political hall, so they simply didn't even have a place to discuss political affairs. Build it for yourself.

Lu Chen didn't want to dwell on these issues. He continued to ask, "What else does the others have to do."

Mu Changtian took a step forward at this time and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many howitzers now. The soldiers in the artillery battalion have nothing to do most of the time, and they can't even conduct training. I think the artillery battalion should be abolished. From now on, howitzers will be assigned to the ordinary army."

The howitzers only had a thousand shells. After the battle with the barbarians in the Wanning Valley, the shells had basically been used up.

Mu Jingwu, who is in charge of the artillery battalion, doesn't know if Lu Chen still has any artillery shells. They don't even dare to use live ammunition for training now, for fear that they will be gone once the shooting is over.

Mu Jingwu's idea was that if there were no more artillery shells, it would be a waste to continue to maintain an artillery battalion of 10,000 people. It would be better to distribute these soldiers to other barracks, so he asked Mu Changtian to mention it to Lu Chen Let’s see what Lu Chen thinks about the artillery battalion.

After hearing Mu Changtian's words, Lu Chen thought for a moment.

This is indeed a problem.

They do not have the ability to manufacture howitzers now. Although the howitzer reward given by the system helped him survive the crisis in Bei County, after the shells are fired, if the system does not have subsequent shell rewards, then these howitzers will basically just sit and eat ashes. .

Lu Chen frowned slightly when he thought of this.

Only then did he remember that his women had not conceived children for him for a long time.

Their own system is a system of many children and many blessings. Only when they are pregnant or give birth to children can they receive richer rewards.

In fact, he was not idle during this period. He worked hard almost every night.

Of course, the main reason why Mu Zixuan and Da Zhou and Xiao Zhou did not get pregnant so quickly was because they had just given birth to a child. Therefore, Lu Chen had some control. He deliberately prevented the three of them from getting pregnant, fearing that their bodies would suffer. damage.

Although his rejuvenation hand can help them recover from their injuries, who knows if giving birth to a child will result in the loss of something that cannot be recovered, so Lu Chen still has some restraint in this regard.

But Wang Qingci is different from Bai Qingqing and recently Yelu Nanyan. He takes special care of the three of them. For example, Yelu Nanyan. Since Yelu Nanyan came to the palace, Lu Chen even spent a lot of money every day. Several hours were on her body.

The expression on Lu Chen's face kept changing. He thought for a long time and felt that this was not going to work. Wang Qingci, Bai Qingqing, and Yelu Nanyan were all warriors. The first problem was that warriors were not so easy to get pregnant, and One problem is that warriors can use their skills to expel impurities from the body.

It can be said that if the three of them don't want to have their own children, there is no way he can force them to conceive their own children.

Then will he have to focus on his princess and Da Zhou Xiao Zhou again?

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't speak, Mu Changtian continued: "Your Majesty, if you still have howitzer shells, the artillery battalion does not need to be dismantled, but I don't think we can let them sit idle like this every day."

Mu Changtian thought to himself that King Bei probably didn't take out the howitzer shells on purpose. After all, this terrifying weapon was too destructive. What would happen if it was aimed at Bei Wang's palace? Needless to say about the consequences.

This kind of killing weapon must be in the hands of King Bei.

Lu Chen said: "General Mu, put aside the artillery battalion matters for now. Does anyone else have anything else to do?"

Seeing that Lu Chen had already said this, Mu Changtian didn't say anything more.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the words fell, Mu Changtian retreated to his seat.

At this time, Qin Yushan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the barbarians from the Sirius King tribe have entered Beijun. According to your plan, General Xiao will arrange them in the six counties of Beijun. However, General Xiao asked his subordinates a question. , he asked his subordinates to tell you."

"The barbarians lost hundreds of thousands of men in one fell swoop. Now there are many widows in the Sirius King's tribe. If each widow builds a house, then it will be necessary to build twice as many houses as originally estimated."

"Secondly, after these barbarian women entered Beijun, they were not very familiar with life in Daxia and did not know how to farm. It was difficult for them to survive."

"General Xiao hopes that the prince can find a way to solve the problem of these barbarian widows."

Upon hearing this question, Lu Chen immediately said: "I have been thinking about how to solve this problem recently. It just so happens that you are all here today. Let's discuss it and see if we can come up with a good solution."

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, Li Rui, an old man, said immediately: "My lord, the people in Beijun are poor. Some single men have never been able to find wives. Barbarian women are hardworking and hardworking. I think those single men will like them very much."

"It is better to distribute those barbarian widows to the single men in Daxia. This will not only solve the problem of poor people in Bei County not being able to find wives, but also solve the problem of barbarian widows not being able to survive."

As soon as Li Rui finished speaking, Mu Xingping said from the side: "Master Li, your idea is good, but the people of Daxia have a long-standing hatred for the barbarians. Are the people of Daxia really willing to marry the widows of the barbarians?"

Hearing this, Li Rui smiled and said: "Captain Mo, you are a well-fed man but you don't know how hungry a man is. Those bachelors have been single for a long time and can look at cows with delicate features. How can they care about whether their wives are barbarians?" woman."

"Besides, there is no difference in appearance between barbarian women and Daxia women. Why don't they marry?"

Mu Xingping didn't know how to refute Li Rui's words, so he simply stopped talking.

Lu Chen said at this time: "Master Li, this method is good, and I also have this intention. I wonder if the rest of you have any other methods?"

Having said this, Lu Chen glanced at the other people in the study, but no one spoke again.

Lu Chen was speechless.

There were more than twenty people in the study, and it turned out that only Li Rui and two of Li Rui's subordinates were considered civil servants, while the others were all generals.

He can't use military generals to govern Beijun!

Lu Chen then said: "Since no one has any other opinions, this matter has been decided."

"By the way, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people in Beijun to marry barbarian widows, I have decided to make Yelu Nanyan and Xiao Wenyao my concubines in a few days."

Hearing this, Mu Changtian said with some worry: "My lord, if you marry a barbarian woman as your concubine, it is very likely that the court will be dissatisfied."

After all, Mu Changtian had been an official in the capital for decades and knew the situation in the court very well. Once Lu Chen really did this, a bunch of ministers would definitely impeach Lu Chen.

The ministers in the capital will definitely say that King Bei is a prince after all, but he actually takes a barbarian woman as his concubine, and one of them is a widow, which is detrimental to the royal family's face.

Hearing Mu Changtian's words, Lu Chen smiled faintly, and then said: "The imperial court will definitely be dissatisfied with what I do in Beijun, but in the next few months, they will not care about what I do in Beijun. .”

Mu Changtian reacted instantly. Emperor Xia was about to attack the family. The ministers in the court were more or less related to the family. The Xia Dynasty was about to be in chaos. The officials in the capital would definitely not care too much about King Bei's presence. Beijun did something.

Lu Chen said: "Okay, this matter is settled, let's talk about the next thing."

Having said this, Lu Chen glanced at everyone again, and finally his eyes fell on Wen Renlie and Xuanyuan Chen.

"General Xuanyuan, I wonder what I told you last time. Have you told Dayu City whether the people in Dayu City are willing to move to Beijun?"