At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 349: Tips for Saving Money

It is very understandable that Chinese people love to grow vegetables.

"That's true. We grow a lot of vegetables in the palace. We grow them ourselves and eat them ourselves, which reduces a lot of expenses," Queen Ma laughed. She didn't think there was anything wrong with growing vegetables in the palace.

On the contrary, she felt that this matter should be strongly supported.

Empress Changsun was shocked again. Empress Ma had shocked her a lot. She grew her own vegetables in the palace. Oh, why didn't she think of this?

This will indeed reduce a lot of expenses. The Tang Dynasty is already in a difficult time right now. Even though we have the immortal seeds from the little fairy, it is not possible to feed everyone all at once.

Empress Changsun felt that she had learned a lot and smiled gratefully at Empress Ma.

Queen Ma didn't understand what was going on, but she still smiled back.

In front of the sky curtain, many people were dumbfounded by Queen Ma's actions. She grew her own vegetables to eat, and she grew vegetables in the palace. Moreover, she was a queen. This really dumbfounded them.

Many people couldn't understand why a queen didn't enjoy being a queen and instead worked so hard. Some even thought that Queen Ma didn't know how to enjoy life.

However, many people think that this is not impossible. After all, flowers and plants cannot be eaten. They may look good, but they are useless.

It is indeed not as economical as growing vegetables.

Especially many founding emperors, they were all very poor, and they tried every means to save money.

Everyone thinks that Empress Ma is a good woman and a virtuous queen.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, they had already heard about the fact that the empress grew vegetables in the palace.

So I wasn't too surprised, but I was still a little surprised when it was confirmed.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, raised his chin with some pride, thinking that his sister was the best, the most virtuous and the smartest.

Look, the whole comment is full of people envying him for having such a good girl.

Let them be envious, there is only one girl.

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"Empress Ma, tell me, is there anything else we can save on?" asked Empress Changsun.

The three queens started a discussion. When it came to the issue of diligence and thrift, the three queens had a lot to talk about.

Li Wu had no say at all. She was not frugal. On the contrary, she was quite wasteful.

Many people in front of the sky curtain learned a lot from their thrifty methods.

It turns out that this is possible. They learned it, not only the women, but the men also learned it.

Especially the emperor, after all, he manages the entire country and needs money everywhere. Where does the emperor get so much money? He has to save money in various ways and dare not spend it on himself.

The three queens had a pretty pleasant discussion and all felt they had learned a lot.

"It seems that the queens have learned a lot of tips to save money," Li Wu joked. Although she understood them, she couldn't use them at all.

"Yes, it would have been great if I had met Empress Ma earlier," Empress Chang Sun said with a smile. They really hit it off at first sight and she had a lot to talk about.

"I have heard of you, Empress Changsun, for a long time," Empress Ma also said with a smile. Empress Ma had always admired Empress Changsun very much and recognized her. She thought she was very capable, but she also always felt that she was far inferior to Empress Changsun.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Then I will continue to talk about you, Queen Ma," Li Wu said, and several people nodded.

“Empress Ma, you also tried every possible way to protect the palace maids.

When Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, was very angry and blamed the palace maids, you, Empress Ma, would come forward to stop him and reason with him.

You have also achieved the ultimate in frugality. No queen in history can compare to you, Queen Ma." Queen Ma is truly frugal, which is very rare.

Queen Ma just smiled and said, "This is what I should do." She had seen too many people starve to death, and even she herself often went hungry. What else could she do if she wasn't frugal?

Moreover, the country had just been established and was already very poor. As the queen, she naturally had to set an example. How could she be extravagant?

When Li Wu saw the queens acting like this, she didn't say anything. They were used to being frugal, and this kind of frugality was not a bad thing.

"Queen Ma, you were even more inspired when you heard the story of Kublai Khan's Empress Chabi, who boiled bowstrings and wove silk clothes.

He ordered people to set up looms and personally weave some silk clothes, satin quilt covers and other things, which he then gave to the elderly and widowed people in the name of royal love.

The remaining fabrics were cut into clothes by you, Queen Ma, and given to the princesses and consorts, so that the descendants born in wealthy families would know the hard work of weaving and cherish their property," Li Wu admired Queen Ma more and more as he spoke.

Doesn’t this woman really get tired?

But seeing Empress Ma like this, Li Wu felt that she was enjoying it, which was a bit confusing.

But she didn't ask. I guess, in Queen Ma's heart, all this was worth it.

Empress Chang Sun's eyes lit up again, and she started discussing with Empress Ma, from whom she learned the story of the Empress of the Yuan Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan was somewhat happy when he heard the immortal mention his queen. It seemed that his queen was also a good and virtuous one.

He felt even more satisfied when he looked at his queen.

Queen Chabi blushed slightly and was a little excited. She was actually nominated by the little immortal.

Just being nominated is already very good.

There are so many people and so many queens in the long river of history, it is good enough to be remembered.

Li Wu continued speaking only after the three queens finished their discussion.

"It's not just these, there's also the matter of maternal relatives. Queen Ma, you lost your mother at a young age and were sent to your adoptive father's home to grow up. Every time you talk about this, you feel regretful and sad.

After Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty became emperor, he wanted to visit your family, Empress Ma, and confer official titles on them to comfort you.

However, you, Queen Ma, sternly rejected it.

You said that it is illegal to confer official titles on relatives by marriage, and that not all the people in your family, Queen Ma, are talented people. Once they become spoiled and disobey the law, they will repeat the mistakes of previous dynasties where relatives by marriage became arrogant because of their favor. So Queen Ma, you should not take this lightly.

If they really have the ability, they should take the imperial examination or do something beneficial to the country and the people. It is absolutely not okay to take shortcuts.

It is precisely because of the example set by you, Empress Ma, that there were very few disturbances such as concubines interfering in government affairs and external relatives' monopolizing power during the Ming Dynasty.

Your worry about this Queen Ma is not unreasonable. Just give them some property so that they can have enough food and clothing. As for giving them official titles or promotions, it is better not to do so.

Some people will really take advantage of their favor to become arrogant and bully the people. Then it will be difficult for you, Queen Ma, to do this. If they use your name to do it, it will be even more hateful. "This kind of thing is not uncommon, and there are many of them.

Some people are very good at taking advantage of their power, claiming that their relatives are high-ranking officials or concubines in the palace, and so on, and thereby oppress the people. There are countless such cases.

"What the little immortal said makes sense. After all, people's hearts are hidden, how can we understand so clearly?" Queen Xu also said. If they were kept in the dark, they would not know.