After Zhang Yan glanced at the direction of the political affairs hall, she returned to Kunning Palace.She knew that the emperor, who had hurt her a lot last night, was dealing with the affairs of the court in that inconspicuous-looking room.That's why Zhang Yan glanced at the direction of the political hall.But not long after Zhang Yan returned to Kunning Palace, a strange palace maid came to her and gave Zhang Yan a salute: "Slave Su promised to see the queen's mother." ”Then, Su promised and said, "Our concubine Niangniang came to invite the queen to come over." ”Zhang Yan frowned, because now that the snow was getting heavier and heavier, she didn't really want to go, so she couldn't help asking, "Dare to ask which concubine it is?"
”"Concubine Liu."
This Su promised to reply.Zhang Yan nodded, not knowing how to refuse."
When will the Queen Lady leave?"
Su agreed to ask."
Me."
Zhang Yan was the queen on the first day, and she didn't know how to refuse, but suddenly she thought of what Zhu Youxiao told her, and suddenly said: "The palace is lacking, what is the matter with her, let her come to the palace by herself, remember to inform the people in the palace before coming." ”Zhang Yan said and went back to the back room.And this Su promised to be stunned, and then replied, "Yes!"
”and left the place.Soon, Concubine Liu learned about this from this Su promise, and she was very surprised: "The queen mother is only fifteen years old, and when she first entered the palace, she began to look like a queen?"
Well, I'll go see her myself in the future, and now I have to rely on her to leave the Qianqing Palace!
”Su promised and said: "It can only be like this, but I don't know if the queen can persuade the emperor." ”Concubine Liu sighed: "Just do your best, the emperor will not be able to leave a nurse in the Qianqing Palace after all, and it will hinder the reputation of the Holy Shangqing, not to mention, you are right, now the emperor has become so brutal and murderous, I am afraid that it has nothing to do with the Hakka family, I, the Liu family, is the first emperor, and I can't see the Daming Society ignore it." ”"What the concubine said is that the elder of the pavilion means, if it really doesn't work, there is no need to force it, although the emperor is brutal and murderous, but in the end he is not faint, it is better to go and see the fifth highness of Dongli, if the emperor has no heirs in the future."
Su promised to say nothing more.And Concubine Liu nodded: "What if the emperor has an heir?"
”"That's another plan, according to the meaning of the elder Ge, no matter who he is, as long as he teaches him the way of the saints, so that he has the heart of benevolence and love for the people, he will come from the meeting for a generation of saints!
Whether it is the Fifth Highness or the heirs of the emperor, they are all taught by Wenchen, as long as the scriptures are orthodox for my Ming Dynasty, I will not worry about the future. ”Sue replied in agreement.Concubine Liu asked again: "Then why hasn't the emperor been taught to be what he should be?"
”"The elder said that this is not the emperor's fault, but the loss of the temple, the temple makes the crown prince study late, and the emperor was the emperor's eldest son when he only had to teach the text privately, and in the future, he had to choose Hanlin Qingliu as the master of the East Palace and teach him the way of the sage, and he became the new emperor, and the new scripture banquet lecturer Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong, although Sun Chengzong knew how to teach the Son of Heaven, but for some reason was transferred to Susong by the Son of Heaven, but Xu Guangqi was also appointed as the scripture banquet speaker, this Xu Guangqi is a miscellaneous person who receives the same kind of people, and Li Zhen is the same as this kind of person, for my Shilin heresy, With him as the emperor's teacher, there will naturally be big problems. ”Sue agreed."
It seems that this root is still on Xu Guangqi, and I don't know why the emperor favored him."
Concubine Liu spoke."
The elder said that the emperor was left out in the cold because of the light temple in his childhood, and he studied the carpentry work, so he fell in love with the way of strange skills and tricks, and now this Xu Guangqi is also a kind of person who likes to be in the forest, so His Majesty favors his people, and also sets up the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering by his hands, in order to collect the world's good skills and tricks, the slave and maid heard that now even the three relatives who have become the upstarts of the imperial court have been recruited into the Academy of Sciences, which shows that this Xu Guangqi has the meaning of forming a party through the Academy of Sciences."
Su agreed."
The affairs of the court and politics, the old body can't manage it, your cabinet is a loyal country, and now I have to let you find me, the old body can help, but you have to be careful, now there is an internal factory in the harem, and the investigation is strict."
Concubine Liu spoke."
Don't worry, the concubine Niangniang, the elder of the pavilion said, he will not do anything sorry for the emperor and sorry for the court, the slave maid was selected to be the person next to you, it is just a coincidence, there are still many people like the slave maid who have been arranged in, and our purpose is just to find the concubines in the harem who are willing to think about the Daming Society, including the queen mother, if the emperor really investigates, he can only blame the elder pavilion, not you, because you can infer that you don't know this."
Sue agreed.Concubine Liu nodded: "The elder has good intentions!"
”Then, Concubine Liu asked, "Was the queen mother arranged?"
”Su promised and smiled: "The slave doesn't know. ”…… The Hall of Politics."
Your Majesty, if the minister has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?"
Fang Congzhe said to Zhu Youxiao after Wei Zhongxian and Liu Ruoyu were away.Zhu Youxiao saw that he was so serious, so he said, "Aiqing, please speak." ”"Although Your Majesty is the lord of the world, no one dares to disobey the emperor's order, but Your Majesty's current strict government is indeed against the will of the powerful gentry, for the gentry who are accustomed to being powerful and blessed and have no plan in their hearts and are strong and powerful, Your Majesty can kill them, and even those who use conspirators, Your Majesty can also conspire to deal with them, but for those who do not use conspiracy and yang conspiracy, it is difficult to deal with, such as playing chess pieces in His Majesty's harem on the grounds of the safety of Daming Sheji, and even laying chess pieces around the future emperor's heir, Let these people feel that acting against your will is for the sake of the society, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, or even just for Your Majesty, this way will make Your Majesty have to attack your loved ones, and their purpose is not simply to kill the king and seize power, they are only for the future After the country changes hands, the new emperor can meet their wishes, so it is not easy to grasp the handle of punishing them. ”Fang Congzhe said and said: "After all, people can't live forever. ”Zhu Youxiao's expression became solemn after hearing this: "Do you mean that my newly selected concubine has someone who supports them, or that the girl who has been arranged by them has become my concubine?"
”Fang Congzhe hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and the minister is just a hypothesis, this possibility cannot be ruled out, but once Your Majesty accepts someone as a concubine, this person is Your Majesty's woman, and naturally it will not harm Your Majesty's heart, but it can harm Your Majesty's government." ”"The Politics of Evil?"
Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this: "I understand!"
Get up. ”"Yes!"
When Fang Congzhe came together, Zhu Youxiao asked, "Did you also arrange someone to fill my harem?"
”"Don't dare!"
Fang Congzhe hurriedly knelt down again, and replied, not daring to look at Zhu Youxiao's eyes for a while.Zhu Youxiao laughed: "What don't you dare, aren't you afraid that after a hundred years, the new emperor or the new empress dowager will wipe out your family, and set up idle chess in advance, they can do it, why can't you do it?"
”"The minister doesn't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, if it is an ordinary king, the minister may have such a rebellious heart, but Your Majesty, you are such a wise lord, there are not many in the annals of history, at this time, the minister knows that only the more honest the minister, the longer he can live."
Fang Congzhe replied.Zhu Youxiao stared at Fang Congzhe for a while, he didn't know if he was telling the truth or a lie.But Zhu Youxiao admitted that what Fang Congzhe said was not wrong, he was indeed not an ordinary emperor, because he was a person from later generations, and the purpose of his strict government was not really to crack down on the powerful gentry and redistribute the cake, but to concentrate greater power, make a bigger cake for the Ming Dynasty, and prepare for the future competition with the West for global hegemony.Zhu Youxiao didn't limit his vision to the land of China at all.