The reason why the Yimen Zheng family was able to get the emperor's personal title is to tell a story of the year. Zheng Lian, the head of the Zheng family, was involved in Hu Weiyong's rebellion, and when the official came to arrest him, Zheng Lian's six brothers rushed to admit the crime. When the news reached Emperor Gao, the emperor said, "How can a family like the Zheng family have rebellious ministers and thieves?" and so he forgave the Zheng brothers. Soon after, the emperor ordered Qin to inspect the Zheng family and gave two pears, saying that this was given by the emperor to all of you, and everyone should share it equally, and you should see how the Zheng family divides the food.

The story of Kong Rong Rang Pear only illustrates humility, and what the emperor wants to see is equality and harmony. But the Zheng family, with a large population, is a problem how to share these two Sydney pears and make everyone equal. At that moment, Zheng did not hurry to put the pear into the stone mortar and mash it, and boiled a pot of water, washed the boiling water into the mashed pear juice, and drank it with a small bowl for one person.

Zhang Zhaohua listened with relish and said: "In the past spring, I saw the children of the Taiyuan Wang family, although the Yimen Zheng family is not as profound as the Taiyuan Wang, but the poetry and books are heirlooms, why did they even make the yellow armor this year?"

In the past, there was none, but this year it appeared like a blowout, not to mention that a family has produced fifteen jinshi, that is, there are fifteen jinshi in a province, which are all good results.

"The Zheng family is loyal and filial piety," Gao Chi pursed his lips: "One minister does not serve two monarchs." ”

The Zheng family was prominent in both the Hongwu Dynasty and the Jianwen Dynasty, and many of their children were naturally reused by Emperor Jianwen. In the difficulty of Renwu and the subsequent purge, their fate can be imagined. This was because the Confucian idea of loyalty was at work, and the Zheng family refused to cooperate with the Yan king.

King Yan was naturally very angry with the Zheng family, but he couldn't treat the "first family in the south of the Yangtze River" personally sealed by Emperor Taizu like he did with other Jianwen relics, because above the lobby of the Zheng family, there was Emperor Gao's own handwriting, "Historians don't use Spring and Autumn pens, and the Son of Heaven personally writes filial piety"!

The Zheng family has stood by their beliefs for fifteen years. But King Yan is already orthodox, he clearly does not move the Zheng family, but there are countless ways to isolate the Zheng family. In that town, there are few people, except for the Zheng family, there is no one else!

On the one hand, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, on the other hand, inheritance and even the lives of the clansmen, such a choice is so difficult. Any family that is more than 100 years old has inheritance first, but loyalty and filial piety are beliefs that cannot be abandoned. They don't cooperate with the imperial power for a while, but can they escape its control forever?

"The Zheng family is like a widowed woman," Zhang Zhaohua said, "She thinks her husband is the best, but she has no way to make a living, she still has an oil bottle, and under the persecution of her husband's family, she still submits." ”

The Zheng family did not have the determination to sacrifice the whole clan, they seem to have learned a lesson from the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, a few generations later, maybe the descendants will not remember their loyalty at that time, but will resent them for using the corpses and blood of the whole clan to achieve the name of a cold loyal minister in the history books.

So the Zheng family finally chose to submit to the emperor after fifteen years of silence. The fact that they let the children of their clan participate in the imperial examination already speaks for itself. And the Zheng family's family education is indeed outstanding, and there are fifteen people on the gold list in this year's spring.

"Niangniang," Mama Qian hurriedly came in, her expression was very bad: "...... in the Taisun Palace"

"What's going on in the Taisun Palace?" Zhang Zhaohua said.

"Zhao Zhaoyi in the Taisun Palace," Mama Qian's face covered with old age spots wrinkled: "I was diagnosed with a happy pulse!"

Zhao Zhaoyi was happy, and did not let Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi show happy looks. The grandson concubine Hu is not pregnant, but she is a Zhaoyi, the first to inherit Lan Meng!

"How could she be pregnant?" Zhang Zhaohua said coldly: "Didn't you give her the Shunzi soup on time?"

The son-in-law must land first, this is the consensus from top to bottom in the palace. Concubines like Zhao Zhaoyi have to take the avoidance soup every time they are favored, this kind of decoction, the Tai Hospital uses the mildest dosage, and it will not cause much damage to the woman, it is to ensure that the Hu family is pregnant with a son-in-law first, and after the birth of the sister-in-law, this decoction will stop for these concubines.

"Several grandmothers said that they would use it on time," Qian Mama said, "It's just that two months ago, the grandson spent the night in Zhao Zhaoyi's house, and when he saw her drinking the soup, he poured out the soup...... The grandmothers didn't dare to disobey the grandson, saying that Zhaoyi would not be pregnant that day, and that was the time. ”

In ancient times, the ovulation period and safe period of a woman were just the opposite of that of later generations, which is why many favored concubines in history could not give birth to children, and some people were only favored for one night but could give birth to children. Zhang Zhaohua suddenly remembered this when she said this, she couldn't help laughing twice, it seems that it is necessary to popularize the correct physiological health knowledge.

Mama Qian and Gao Chi saw Zhang Zhaohua laughing inexplicably and were at a loss. Gao Chi sighed: "This, alas, Brother Chun'er is really wanton, the Zhao family was pregnant before the Hu family, and if a boy was born, he would be the eldest son." ”

Zhang Zhaohua suddenly got up: "Do you still want her to give birth? My grandson has not seen the shadow yet, but let the grandson come out first?"

Before the words fell, I saw Zhu Zhanji roll in from outside, knelt in front of Zhang Zhaohua and gritted his teeth and said: "Zhao's fetus, although it is not in accordance with the rules, but it is the blood of the son, the Hu family has been in the palace for three years, and Fang Jin is not pregnant, and several Zhao families have also drunk the child avoidance soup for three years, and if they drink it again, I am afraid that the medicinal properties will penetrate deep into the intestines, and it will hinder the heirs in the future." It can't be that because the Hu family doesn't give birth, they don't give birth one by one, right?"

"When you got married," Zhang Zhaohua said coldly: "I said to let the Zhao family and them enter your palace every other year, you have to let them follow the Hu family in, and now they have a problem drinking the soup of avoiding children, and you want to blame me for this matter?"

"That's what the son meant," Zhu Zhanji hurriedly said: "It's just that the Hu family is a non-egg-laying person, the son has been in her room the most times, and so far he can't even see the shadow of the child, and the Zhao family can get pregnant without drinking medicine once, and he can get pregnant with ......."

"Bastard!" Gao Chi was furious, "you—what do you compare your wife to?"

"The books have been read into the dog's belly," Zhang Zhaohua said: "If you don't read into the dog's belly, how can you be ignorant of letting the concubine give birth to a son? Hu is your wife, but she has not been pregnant for three years, and you are so disgusted, Zhao has an egg in her stomach, and she is proud, why do you think that the glory and wealth in the future are all hers, right?"

"I also married you in the Yanwang Mansion for three years," Zhang Zhaohua said: "You don't have a cousin above, right? Why did you sit in the position of the grandson? Are you born with a vision, or are you outstanding in majesty? You have counted and counted, but you just occupy the position of the eldest son, and you are just a good saint grandson! The three generations of sons-in-law of the national dynasty, when they come to you, why do you think that the son-in-law is not precious? Let me tell you, in the future, whether it is a man or a woman, a hair will be a hundred times more valuable than the son born by the Zhao family, I don't want to divide them into high and low, originally they were all my grandsons, but the world is re-important, and the name is important, and no fake people can be made!"

"The Hu family was married by your imperial grandfather, the Ming media is marrying, and the Taimiao canonized," Zhang Zhaohua said: "She doesn't suit your wishes, but you can't deny the preciousness of her wife, let alone let a concubine blatantly bully her head, you are actually denying your own orthodox identity by doing this, because she is tied to you." Childlessness is only a temporary thing, really wait until Hu's infertility is diagnosed by the imperial doctor, you come over again and tell me about letting the concubine have children. ”