Yixiu is reborn, fights against her elder sister, and becomes the queen mother

Three years later

During the three years since the new emperor ascended the throne, the administration was clean and honest, commerce was vigorously developed, the economy flourished, and the entire Qing Dynasty reached an unprecedented prosperity.

For the people in some remote areas and border areas, the new emperor reduced taxes for them and sent imperial envoys to visit them every year to express his condolences.

At the beginning, many ministers in the court opposed it, because doing so would definitely reduce the court's taxes, and those border people were nothing in their eyes. What did it matter whether they lived a hard life or not? Their ancestors had lived this way anyway.

In response to these opposing voices, the new emperor implemented a policy of combining firmness and flexibility. At the beginning, he explained to them that the business in Jiangnan was developing rapidly and the overseas business territory had been opened up, so the court was not short of money.

If these old antiques still want to suck the blood of the people like vampire leeches, then he, the emperor, is not a Bodhisattva. They should be killed, punished, demoted, or exiled.

Thanks to the new policies implemented by the court, the lives of the people living on the border became better and better, which immediately aroused the jealousy of the Mongolian Junggars. They secretly sent people to harass the people on the border, but they were beaten to a pulp by Nian Gengyao who was guarding the border.

Nian Gengyao even broke directly into the Junggar camp and captured the Junggar Khan alive.

This matter was originally a conspiracy set up by the emperor and Nian Gengyao, through which they greatly weakened the power of Mongolia.

The emperor is the monarch. All land under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are his subjects.

Nowadays, the economy of Central Plains is getting better and better. If these people are sensible, they should recognize their own identities and not have some inappropriate thoughts.

The emperor directly ordered Nian Gengyao to bring the Dzungar Khan to the capital, and summoned all the Mongolian princes to watch how the Dzungar Khan was executed.

Those people were also very smart. They understood what the emperor meant and knelt on the ground in submission.

After the Dzungar Khan was killed, Princess Chaogui, who had been sent to pacify Mongolia, was naturally brought back.

The emperor not only built a princess residence for him in the capital, but also issued an edict to highly praise Princess Chaogui's contributions to the court. If anyone dared to spread any rumors, it would be considered disobeying the imperial edict and the entire family would be executed.

After the Junggar incident, the emperor abolished the rule that Qing princesses could not marry Mongolians, which made the concubines in the harem very happy. If they gave birth to a daughter in the future, they would no longer have to worry about their daughter leaving them.

After marrying to the capital, although we cannot see each other often, we can still see each other in the palace during the holidays. But if I marry to Mongolia, the mountains are high and the roads are long, and I am afraid we will never see each other again in this life.

Many ministers in the court initially expressed opposition. After all, in their view, marriage was a necessary condition for maintaining stability between Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty. It was just a matter of marrying a princess, which could bring stability to the court. Why not do it?

The emperor said nothing, but called all the Mongolian princes to the court.

In front of these ministers, he asked the Mongolian prince whether he was willing to marry a Qing princess or accept the Qing's trade plan?

This trade plan was the result of a joint discussion between Zhou Xiuniang and Yixiu. The two planned to set up a Ministry of Commerce in the court to trade with all parts of the country.

After hearing Zhou Xiuniang's eloquent speech, the Mongolian princes saw the huge benefits and said they wanted to trade. Even if the Qing Dynasty did not allow the princess to marry, they would remain loyal to the Qing Dynasty forever.

There are no eternal friends or eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests.

Driven by huge interests, the Mongolian princes chose the side that was beneficial to them.

They were really shocked when they came to Beijing this time. Although they were not short of money, after seeing the various new things from the West and the huge profits created in the past few years in Zhou Xiuniang's business summary, they all started to have ideas.

Just as Zhou Xiuniang said, Mongolia is rich in cattle and sheep. If these things are made into handicrafts and sold all over the world, it will be a considerable profit.

However, Mongolia is located in a remote area, and ordinary caravans cannot do this at all. Only the imperial court can make such a huge investment at the beginning regardless of manpower and financial resources.

Zhou Xiuniang made great contributions to the development of commerce. The emperor changed the precedent that women could not hold official positions for her and appointed her as a female official of the second rank, in charge of the Ministry of Commerce.

Zhou Xiuniang first used money and some shares to win over some ministers in the court. In addition, the emperor said that if Zhou Xiuniang was not appointed as an official, who would be in charge of the Ministry of Commerce?

Many ministers in the court were tempted, but after seeing the densely packed business empires, they chose to give up. This was much more difficult than the Four Books and Five Classics.

With the precedent of Zhou Xiuniang serving as an official, the emperor gradually broke the rules of the imperial examination and allowed more talented women to take the examinations and serve as officials in the court.

The person in charge of examining female officials was Yixiu.

On the first day that Yixiu took office, she personally issued an order that no one in the country, whether Han or Manchu, was allowed to bind their feet.

She found the officials in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel, and jointly issued an order to ban entanglement.

Women can become generals, officials, and do everything men can do in the future, and even do it better than men. But if they have bound feet, everything will be delayed.

This order was first implemented among officials in the court. If anyone's daughter or sister bound their feet, they would be punished and demoted.

In this way, with the officials taking the lead, it will be easier for the people to handle the situation.

The people's eyes are clear. They see that the benefits of having a daughter are no less than those of having a boy. They no longer favor boys over girls as they did before, and the number of abandoned baby towers across the country is gradually decreasing.

Due to the implementation of the policy of appointing female officials, the policy of selecting concubines also had to change. After all, since one could serve as an official in the court, who would be willing to be trapped in the deep palace?

The new emperor was not a lustful person, so he took this opportunity to change the selection mechanism from once every three years to once every ten years.

The new emperor also redefined the ranks and numbers of concubines in the harem, mainly to control the number of noble ladies, maids-in-waiting, concubines, and official girls. This would not only reduce unnecessary expenses in the palace, but also avoid many tragedies.

冮南

Zhou Xiuniang walked on the street and couldn't help but smile when she saw the harmonious atmosphere among the people.

At this time, a blond, blue-eyed foreigner was standing on a porcelain stall, gesturing constantly with the boss. However, due to language barriers, the two men did not understand what the other was saying, and it was difficult to make a deal.

After Zhou Xiuniang discovered this problem, she immediately reported it to the court. Yixiu knew that the business would grow bigger and bigger in the future, and the language barrier was indeed a problem.

After some discussion among the ministers in the court, foreigners were also included in the official inspection plan. Many officials complained bitterly, asking why they had to learn foreign languages?

But they don’t know that the benefits this will bring in the future are beyond their imagination.

(End of the article)

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