The tenth year that Linde became the throne, the tenth year that Lin Xuan was under house arrest.

Linde put down the zipper in her hand and rubbed the root of her nose. She is getting older, and her eyes will always be acidic after a long time.

The court lady whispered beside Linde: "Your Majesty, there is a zipper over there."

No one in the palace dared to call the county king, but dared to call that side.

Linde was taken aback, and his hands shook unnaturally: "Really? Take it."

The maid handed it over. Linde opened the paper and looked carefully and carefully. This was the first time Lin Xuan had written the paper after their elder brother turned their faces. He would write to her to scold her in the future, but he admitted his mistake inside.

Lin Xuan said that he had lived up to his uncle's expectations and the courtiers who followed him. He had never thought of being an enemy of his sister.

There were many people around him at that time, and they said in his ear every day that his sister was a woman and the world could not be delivered to a woman. When those people mentioned Linde, they wanted to eat her flesh.

Lin Xuan felt that as long as he became the emperor, everyone would perform their duties, and the sister would be a princess, just like their mother, wouldn't it be great?

He said that he knew he was wrong now, but he knew it a long time ago, but he couldn't lower his head, admitting that the mistake had ruined so many things.

After reading the zhezi, Lind put the zhezi back in again.

The court lady asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't you go and see it?"

Linde shook his head and leaned on the chair: "No, in the future... during the holidays, give more things to go down, you go and tell the House of Internal Affairs, all the consumption of the county palace should be compared to the palace."

Maid: "Yes."

"Go down," Lind said.

The court lady stepped back, Linde pressed her lips tightly, looking at the plaque above her head.

This plaque was inscribed by Emperor Xian himself. At that time, she was still a little girl, and she was held in his arms by Emperor Xian. Emperor Xian said that the plaque was written "righteous and bright."

When the first emperor died, she was supported by several veterans to sit on the throne.

When she was most frightened and feared, her brother took the lead and forced her to give way.

She was sitting on the dragon chair at that time. It was obviously midsummer and she was wearing a jacket, but she felt cold, to the bone.

So her fear disappeared. She was too late to be afraid. She took the edict of the first emperor and remembered what the emperor said to her.

"Linde, if someone tells you that you are wrong one day, don't listen to him."

"The courtiers can only admonish you, not force you, if they force you, they will kill him."

"Once you regress, your fate will only be worse than death."

"Come on!" Linde heard his own voice, "Drag the offender out and cut it!"

That day the gate of the palace was stained red with blood, and those who followed her and those who did not follow her were frightened, and then she was not afraid.

She didn't kill Lin Xuan. She still remembers that Emperor Xian once said to her: "If one day, your brother makes a mistake, and if you don't have to kill him, you can save him a life."

Until now, she felt that Emperor Xian hadn’t left yet, she was still in this palace, and General Chen was always behind him. Emperor Xian seldom laughed. Only in front of the general and their family members would she smile. Xian Emperor was also very thin, he He is always energetic and easy-going, even when he is old, his eyes are not cloudy.

Linde was not afraid that her emperor's position would be unstable. What she was afraid of now was that she could not meet the expectations of the first emperor, and that she could not catch up to half of the achievements of the first emperor in her life. Anyone share.

Now she has two daughters. The fathers of these two daughters are not the same. She also learned from the first emperor. When she was alive, she didn't set up a prince and let them go to Liubu activities.

She has had several lovers, but lovers always want more from her.

Want to confuse her with love, confuse her with a young and attractive body, just like confuse an ordinary woman, they believe that Linde will give up power because of love, and will let them get more because of love, even Unexpected benefits.

Those lovers Linde can't remember anymore. It seems that there is a very beautiful one with a pair of dimples and small tiger teeth. He is always full of enthusiasm and has a lot of things he wants.

But more, she can't remember.

Lind closed her eyes and rested. She went back to when she was a child. There was no need to think about anything. She could act like a baby in her mother's arms, go to her grandmother to be lazy, and her uncle was serious and kind. She would take her younger brother to hide in the palace. , Laughing every day, they will fantasize about life when they grow up.

At that time, he wanted to be a general, and Lin Xuan wanted to be a military adviser.

No one would take it seriously in childhood without restraint.

The palace has never changed. The sun will rise from one place every day, day after day, never the same.

The life of the people is getting better and better. The first emperor has made a good start. The trade road has been opened. The surrounding countries are only from the Ming Dynasty. Mongolia and Jurchen are getting closer and closer to the Central Plains. She may not see the days of true unification. Maybe she The children and grandchildren can do it.

She didn't do anything magnificent in her life. What she can do is to protect the first emperor's hard work, so that everything formulated by the first emperor can be carried forward without any obstruction.

"Your Majesty, rest early." The court lady whispered.

Linde stood up and walked to the bed.

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The imperial examinations are about to start again, and various places are busy preparing. During the first emperor’s time, foreigners were allowed to participate in scientific examinations, but there has never been as many as this year. Most foreigners who participated in scientific examinations were grandparents and began to marry the Han. Said to be a foreign nationality, in fact it is no different from the Han nationality.

Buhe is one of them. His grandfather is Mongolian, his grandmother is Han, his father is Mongolian, and his mother is Han. He lives in a city where Mongolians and Han people live together. He likes to read more than the Han children of his neighbors. all good.

He heard from his grandfather that before their family moved here, they lived on the grassland. They depended on the sky to eat on the grassland. A fire, a natural disaster, or a plague between cattle and sheep would destroy a family. Livelihood.

Therefore, he has always had a hope that he will be admitted to the scholarship, the Juren, the Jinshi, become an official, and then go to Mongolia, so that his people can live the same good life as him.

He thinks he is a Ming person, and he feels that being a Ming person is worthy of pride. Men are strong, smart, responsible, women are beautiful, capable, and wise. Only when countless Fanbang people flood into Ming, they know what the country outside is like.

Common people are poor, nobles are extravagant, and slaves are not human.

The more miserable those people are, the more they feel that being a man is a supremely glorious thing.

The Gentiles who fled during the Yuan Dynasty returned, and more and more Gentiles poured in.

But Gentiles cannot take the imperial examination.

Unless all three generations live in Daming.

Buhe said to his friend: "This is the tolerance of a big country!"

The friend shook his head and said: "Your Majesty... is a woman. Women are always softhearted and emotional. She sees the people of Fanbang pitifully, so let them enter the Ming Dynasty and become the people of the Ming Dynasty. This is a blessing!

Buhe was puzzled: "Isn't the Emperor Xian? Xian Emperor never forbids foreigners to enter the Ming Dynasty."

Friend: "Can you compare with Xiandi today?!"

The friend air said: "The first emperor is not a mortal, he was born an emperor star!"

Buhe looked at his friend, and his friend said: "I was born a few decades later! If I was born a few decades earlier, I would be able to live at the time of the Emperor!"

Buhe didn't argue with his friends.

He also admired the first emperor, thinking that he never made any mistakes in his life.

But my friend thought that the only mistake Xiandi made was not giving birth to his own children.

If it was the child of Emperor Xian, both male and female, they would definitely be better than Lin De Lin Xuan.

If the first emperor's daughter became emperor, they would recognize it.

But it is not.

Buhe stopped arguing with his friends. He just focused on studying. He occasionally went to the grassroots organization to investigate with his classmates. He was very busy every day, and his parents were worried that he was exhausted.

This year is Buhe’s second visit to Beijing. The last time he was named on the list, he didn’t have much confidence this time, but he always had to try, and he couldn’t let his previous hard work be wasted.

His family is not particularly wealthy, but it is not poor. There is no salary if you don’t do anything. Therefore, he became a scholar in the county office and could receive some grain and money. Since he became a scholar, the family’s Life is getting better, and I have saved some money.

Although he became a bookkeeper, he could still take the exam. After passing the request for leave, he went on the road.

Friends in the same group are always happy to talk about the prosperity of the capital. There are always countless people in the streets of the capital, including men, women and children. Nowadays, women’s life is better than before. Nowadays, women are no longer forbidden to participate in scientific examinations. The decree of the queen's second year ascended to the throne.

Although it was said that women’s scientific examinations were not banned before, no woman thought of using it to advance because of this habit, no matter how well they studied.

After the queen came to the throne, she used a lot of means to encourage women to participate in scientific examinations, opening the door to convenience.

There was constant opposition from both inside and outside the court, and there were still civil servants admonishment, which did not stop it.

Nowadays, many of the officials in Yamen are women.

There are many officials, but not many hold important positions.

Among the 100 officials who can go to court and discuss politics, there are less than ten female officials.

Probably because of this, the objections were lessened.

After entering Beijing, Buhe lived in the yard where he lived three years ago. It is still the same as the old one, but this time the male owner held a two-year-old doll in his arms. The male owner still remembers Buhe, and he said to Buhe , His wife went to work after giving birth. She was a little supervisor in the garment shop and managed more than a dozen people, making more money than if he went out to do odd jobs.

He guarded the yard, took and brought the children, and had a fulfilling day.

"There is a lantern festival at night, and every district has it. It is said that it is to be compared!" The host suddenly said, "You also go out and walk around at night. It is difficult to see such a big battle once a year."

Buhe nodded: "It must be seen."

The host held the child, stubbornly stumbled, and said: "Then I will go out first, and if you have any needs, please come to me directly."

Buhe sent the male host out, and there was a lot of excitement outside the door. The children ran and laughed all the way with their schoolbags. The young woman walked on the street wearing trousers and carrying a bamboo basket, seeming to be going for a walk.

Since women work more, it seems troublesome to wear skirts, and this kind of fabric-saving pants has appeared.

In the past, fewer people wore pants, but now fewer people wear skirts.

Buhe looked around, and finally made a four-word comment——

Peace and prosperity.