In early April of the third year of Shenwu

Ma Jin in the Tai Chi Palace Yangxin Hall sat bored on the dragon throne. Today is the day when Ma Jin selected the daughter of the show. Due to the fact that Ma Jin could not go to the selection in person, he could only wait here. Seeing Ma Jin's eyes coming, Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has selected five beautiful girls in Cining Palace, namely Zhou, Xiangfu County, Yuzhou, Fanyang County, Youzhou, Duan, Wujun, Yangzhou, Ning, Jiannan County, Yizhou, and Lanshan County, Yanzhou, are waiting outside the palace to wait for Your Majesty to make an appointment."

When Ma Jin heard Wang Chengen's report, he couldn't help but feel refreshed and almost jumped up. He could finally see my beauties. Thinking of this, Ma Jin was restless in his heart, coughed dryly, and said, "Come in!"

"Old slave obeys the order." Wang Chengen bowed and agreed to retreat.

"Your Majesty has an order. Xuan Xiu's daughter will come to the palace to meet her!" an eunuch shouted in the voice of a duck.

It was not long, and five beautiful girls who were finally selected under the leadership of the eunuch Liu Bingyi, the eunuch in charge of Chu Xiu Palace, walked in.

"I will see Your Majesty!" Five beautiful women in high-end costumes knelt down and saluted Ma Jinyingying.

The five beautiful girls selected finally came to this point. Even if they could not be enthroned as queen by Ma Jin, they could still be enthroned as imperial concubines and would no longer be civilian women.

As for the unselected beauty, they were all left in Chu Xiu Palace to listen to it. As for whether there is any chance to fly up the branch and turn into a phoenix in the future, it depends on your luck.

"No gifts, flat!" Ma Jin looked at this and then that. His figure was graceful and graceful. It was pretty good, it depends on how he looked.

"Get up!" Wang Chengen shouted.

"Thank you Your Majesty!" The five beautiful ladies thanked each other and stood up according to the pre-arranged position under Liu Bingyi's eyes.

Ma Jin's eyes stopped on the woman on the far right, and saw that this woman was gorgeous and charming, with her big watery eyes, and her big watery eyes seemed to be able to speak. She was really the most beautiful among the other four people. The woman in the middle even had a cool and heroic temperament in her endless tenderness, which was unforgettable. It was so beautiful. She also selected thousands of people from all over the world, and then selected five of them from the thousands. What do you think she had to be beautiful? Ma Jin moved her eyes away reluctantly.

After watching for a long time, Ma Jin made up his mind and pointed at the gorgeous girl on the far right and said to Wang Chengen: "This woman can be the queen, and the other four can be the concubines."

Wang Cheng'en hurriedly bowed to receive the order and winked the girls, causing the girls to kneel down to thank them.

"I am Zhou Ehuang thanking Your Majesty for your kindness." Zhou Ehuang knelt down to thank him. Even though he had a quiet personality, he could not help but hear the great news of this day, and his voice trembled because of the surprise.

"My ministers Wang, Duan, Ning, and Lan thank Your Majesty for your kindness." The other four beautiful ladies who were named concubines also knelt down to thank him.

Ma Jin raised his hand and waved his hand to signal the girls to retreat. Ma Jin really dared not look at them anymore, it was too tempting. He was really afraid that he would do something unimaginable.

"Your Majesty, it's time to have lunch," Wang Chengen said in Ma Jin's ear.

"Yeah, my mate, don't say I'm really hungry." Ma Jin wiped the corners of his mouth as if nothing had happened.

Speaking of the food of the Emperor of Great Zhou, it was really good. He changed it every day. Take Ma Jin for example. His breakfast was nine dishes, lunch was forty-five dishes and eighteen dishes, and dinner was sixteen dishes and nine dishes. That was so luxurious that it was endless.

As far as Ma Jin knew, in the Shangshenjian, which specializes in cooking for the emperor, empress dowager and concubines in the Great Zhou Palace, there were hundreds of people in the imperial chefs alone who included cuisines from all over the country. Only unexpectedly, there was nothing that could not be eaten. These imperial chefs did nothing else on weekdays, and they just thought about new dishes and snacks every day to win the emperor's favor.

After all, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor was a country, and it was really not a dream to become an official and make money by the emperor's eyes. This is not without precedent. During the Jingwen period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was an imperial chef who cooked well. Even Emperor Jingwen loved him and was able to enter the court. Finally, he became a cabinet-sponsored political position. For this reason, Shang Shanjian became popular, and some poor children who had no choice but to use it as a pedal to enter the court. Therefore, there were many officials who used cabinets to go to court throughout the dynasties, and many famous officials had also appeared.

In addition to the imperial chef, Shangshenjian has more handymen. There are also purchasing offices, Yujiufang, Yudianfang, Soup Bureau, Meat Bureau, Vegetarian Bureau, Dim Sum, Dish Bureau, Hand Box Bureau, Cold Soup Bureau, Water and Food Bureau, Feeding Bureau, Wine and Vinegar Noodles Bureau, Grain and Oil Bureau, Farm and Carbon Bureau and other institutions. Ma Jin feels like he is not eating every time he eats, but is eating money, although he still enjoys it very much.

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The sun shines on her body. Although it is early spring, even if it cannot make people feel warm, it will make people feel happy. However, Chunyu Yan, the cabinet's political officer, walked on the way to the Yangxin Palace with a few memorials, and felt so cold that he was trembling along the way. The reason is very simple. This is the first time Chunyu Yan went to see Ma Jin. He didn't feel anything before, but after Ma Jin used thunder to get rid of Li Shifang, Chen Ting, and King Jin, today, he felt a little frightened and dared not breathe.

Chunyu Yan came to Yangxin Hall and asked the eunuch who was on duty outside the hall to report, but he waited patiently for Ma Jin to summon him.

"Chun Yu Yan, the deputy general of the Xuan Cabinet, entered the palace to meet him." An eunuch walked out of the hall gate and shouted sharply.

Chunyu Yan responded to the imperial edict and entered the hall, kneeling down at the place, shouting long live the mountain.

"Premium!" Ma Jin raised his hand and said calmly: "Chunyu's beloved come, what's the matter?"

Chunyu Yan stood up and handed over two memorials to Wang Chengen to submit, saying, "I will report to Your Majesty. This is the etiquette charter for Your Majesty's wedding drafted by the Ministry of Rites and the accounting documents of the Ministry of Revenue. Please read the instructions for the imperial examination."

Even for ordinary people, marriage is a huge matter, and we must always do it as glorious as possible. The emperor's wedding is no exception. It is even more grand and the pomp is naturally extraordinary.

Ma Jin took the memorial and looked carefully. He saw countless etiquette rules in it. He couldn't help but shout, "This is too particular." He complained in his heart, why is it so troublesome to marry a wife? As the emperor, the wedding is an extremely solemn ceremony, and the procedures are naturally complicated and complicated.

Ma Jin had a headache when he saw it and decided not to think about it. He looked up at Chunyu Yan and asked, "How much does such a big ceremony cost?"

Chunyu Yan quickly bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, according to the calculations of the Ministry of Revenue, three.7 million taels of silver are required."

When Ma Jin almost jumped up when he heard this, his brows immediately frowned. How could there be so many? He picked up the memorial and waited for it carefully. He looked through it carefully and wanted to see where the expenses were spent.

Ceremony reward: There is a custom of giving out happy money for folk marriages, in order to celebrate the purpose of the people. Even so, it is even more impossible for the emperor to omit this point of weddings. From the recruitment to the wedding, a large number of palace maids, eunuchs, guards and countless officials were used in every step. Although they were on duty, it was considered a matter of duty, this happy money was absolutely indispensable. After all, it could not make people feel that the emperor was stingy.

Borrowing gifts: The people also need to receive brides. It is even more impossible for the royal family to save money. There are 1,000 taels of gold, 1,000 taels of silver, 1,000 taels of gold, 2, 2, 2, 1,000 silver tea barrels, 2, 1,000 silver pots, 60 horses, 20 pairs of armor, several rare treasures, etc. If you give less, wouldn’t it be a joke? The face of the Great Zhou royal family is put there.

Banquet: Can the banquet held by the palace be cheap? The expensive and rare ones are not enough to be eaten? You can’t just eat without watching it, right? There are lighting, singing and dancing, and you can’t just hold it for one day! You said that you can spend less money.

Clothing: We are going to get married, and ordinary people also have to buy wedding clothes. If the emperor gets married, there is even less of a crown, a phoenix crown, a crown, a nine-handed jade, a gold hairpin guide, a red tassel, two jade sticks... The materials include various gold wires, silver threads, jewelry and jade, which cost less?

After reading the accounting memorial of the Ministry of Revenue, Ma Jin felt a toothache and his heart twitched. He closed the memorial and pondered for a while. Ma Jin said, "The country is in troubled times, and the land is in chaos and has just settled to provide relief, and it also needs to provide relief to the government army that quelled the casualties. They need money everywhere. Now the treasury is empty, and my treasury does not have much money to use. I think this ceremony can be frugal. Well! I will cut two million taels to help the local governments and soldiers."

Chunyu Yan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is not your Majesty. I thank Your Majesty for your subjects in the world! I turned around and asked the Ministry of Rites to streamline the rituals of the Ministry of Revenue and reduce expenses."
Chapter completed!