Warat retreated, the capital was initially decided, of course, there are many things to do, such as sending troops to consolidate, build the towns that were broken by Wara, and organize the displaced people to settle on the spot - it was summer and autumn when Wara invaded, and the crops of Hebei for a year were wasted, of course, the local households had to run, how many people became abject poor overnight, and the landed ones were better, and they fled the famine this year, and they will go back in the spring of next year. He also put a straw mark on his head and sold himself just to get a bite to eat. After all, it was no fun for Warat to come in, burning, killing and looting along the way, and many of the cities that were beaten down were burned to the ground, and none of the refugees who fled from the city did not die.

In order to prevent a large number of displaced people from gathering in the capital, all the passes and counties in the north of Beijing have received orders to prepare for the resettlement of the victims for the winter, in addition to counting the battle damage, rewarding the three armies, rearranging the defense of the capital, and redistributing the various tasks of redistributing a large number of vacant official positions due to the death of the war, these are very specific affairs, if there is no counselor, the emperor will not be able to distinguish the cabinet at all. Whether the practice of the six departments is proper or not, coupled with the fact that the master of ceremonies also has a large number of experienced chamberlains who died in battle, Xu Xun, as the emperor's most trusted adoptive mother, will be invited to the Wenhua Hall every three or five times, or the emperor will inquire in private, and it will not be able to settle down at all, not to mention that there are still many things in the palace that need to be dealt with by her.

Compared with the outer court, which has been tossing and turning, the inner court has very little movement during the war, that is because no one paid attention to these things in the backyard at that time, and now that they have their hands free, there are many follow-up matters to deal with, for example, Princess Yu was finally sealed, and the emperor's enthronement ceremony was held first, and after the crown prince's canonization ceremony, it was her turn to canonize the ceremony - this money was still squeezed out of the inner treasury, and last year's war directly squeezed out the official treasury, and now there is no money to hold a third national ceremony even if you kill the household department.

is also for this reason, in the short term, there is only the major event of the princess of the servant, the concubine of the princess of the servant or something, all have to be postponed to next year's tax revenue treasury, even the concubines of the first emperor such as Queen Qian, now they can only succumb to a special circle of the West Sixth Palace - there is no money to repair the palace, Qingning Palace is where the Queen Mother lives, it is inconvenient to move this group of sensitive concubines to live together, Xu Xun's Qing'an Palace is very small, not enough to live, as for the Chang'an Palace where Hu Xianshi lived before, the meaning is too unlucky, Let them live there, a bit of a suspicion of mistreating the sister-in-law, causing people to discuss.

Of course, compared with court affairs, family affairs, as long as they are not excessive, most of them are done according to the emperor's wishes. The emperor hopes to repair the palace in Nannei next year, move the sisters-in-law to live, and then let the queen mother live in Renshou Palace, Xu Xun live in Qingning Palace, and the queen mother will be honored, and Queen Qian will be on the emblem, and Xu Xun will be respected as the queen mother, and even the honorific title and emblem will be set, the queen mother is the queen mother of the saint, and the queen mother is the queen of Zhuangsu, as for Xu Xun, according to the practice of the previous dynasty, she only got the queen mother, and there was no honorific title.

Respect Xu Xun, on the one hand, because of the emperor's filial piety, on the other hand, it is also his need to consolidate his position, and Xu Xun is now the truth that he is the person of the East and West Six Palaces, and he prevaricates more in this matter, showing hypocrisy, Xu Xun resigned a few times, and saw that the emperor was firm-minded, so he didn't say anything more, as for the outer court, no one would come out to oppose it at this time. In the final analysis, this kind of thing still depends on the emperor's own mind, although the emperor's origin, there are vaguely some problems, as if his mother is not a concubine, but he himself recognizes the concubine as his mother, the honorable number, invited into the Wenhua Palace, the mother and son are too close to each other, at this time, who said that the biological mother should be established, is not equivalent to his own death?

Now the Chinese New Year is coming soon, the court spends a lot of money, and there are indeed many things, the ceremony of the honorific title is scheduled to be held after the year, but now the queen and those concubines who have no name come to Qing'an Palace many times than to go to Qingning Palace to serve the sick, and the mouth is also called 'Queen Mother' one by one, as for the queen mother, it is called 'Shangsheng Niangniang', as for the ceremonial supervisor and other yamen, the sixth bureau and one division and other female official departments, the face of Qing'an Palace, naturally I don't know how much more respectful than before.

People are warm and cold, Xu Xun has long been used to it, he just laughs at it, he is idle occasionally, and he often goes to Qingning Palace to walk around, and he has never despised the Queen Mother about it, but he is still polite and thoughtful. How many storms have passed, and today, how can it be that because of the change of title, there is a mess of joy and sorrow?

After the illness in the middle of the year, the queen mother is more and more careful to maintain her health, the precursor of stroke at that time, it is easy to raise it back, and now she is a vegetarian every day, and she has to walk around in the palace one morning, and she has nothing to do in the autumn and goes to the West Garden - all follow the doctor's instructions, and in the middle of winter, Fang is to change to walk in his palace, Xu Xun accompanies her and often goes to the warm house to walk, and often asks the eldest princess of Changde to come in and accompany her. Generally speaking, her life is not bad, her condition is also recovering well, now there is no need to ask about the major events in the palace, the emperor and the empress are also respectful to Qingning Palace, and the concubine gives face, but it is much more comfortable than when the previous emperor was in power.

However, when it comes to the former emperor, it means that there is a problem that the inner court and the outer court are very concerned about, and it has not yet been solved, that is, the name of the former emperor.

The first emperor must be dead, this point has been affirmed by the queen mother herself, and because the lord loudly proclaimed it on the city tower, it has become an official statement, if you go back and say that the first emperor is not dead, and take the person who was scolded as a traitor back to welcome him as the emperor, the face of the court will fall into the pit. But now, with the gradual revelation of many facts, everyone has gradually confirmed that the person is the first emperor, and directly announced his death, leaving him outside and leaving him alone, it doesn't seem to be a safe style - just for this matter, Lord Yu has been blamed by many people, anyway, no one cares when the situation is urgent, once the situation is stable, someone will turn over the old accounts, thinking that he obeyed the instructions of the queen mother, which is a 'Shangshang' move.

Now dragging on not giving the first emperor a nickname and not holding a funeral, on the one hand, it is because of the old problem, the court has no money, and on the other hand, if even the name is announced and the funeral is done, then there is no room for this matter to turn around, after all, there is still a group of ministers in the court who think that this is extremely inappropriate, plus this matter is very sensitive, and it is not urgent, everyone drags on it day by day, as if it is the same as it is said, no one mentions this topic, that is, even the emperor, as if he has forgotten about this matter.

"What is the thought in Zhuang'er's heart now?" The Queen Mother asked on this day, she and Xu Xun, Changde, and the eldest princess of Shanhua had just come back from a leisurely trip, and now they were sitting in one place warming up with hot tea. "I heard that before the winter, didn't you go to Datong and Xuanfu? shouted that the city was not opened, and it was also blocked back by this remark. It can be seen that this statement has spread all over the world, is it still necessary to insist on his own opinion and bring that person back? ”

Datong, Xuanfu, is the most important barrier between Warat and the capital, the geographical location is extremely dangerous, these two cities in Warat into the Kou are not broken at all - this is different from Huailai and other places, that thousands of miles of plains, there is no danger to defend, Warat can not be entrenched there not to go, when the time comes to be Datong, Xuanfu and the capital echo dumplings, but these two cities are different, Warat dreams want to take it for himself, at least burned, destroyed, in this way, the Qianli Plain will be no danger to defend, It was only a matter of time before they became their pastures. Although he also led the army to retreat first, it didn't mean that he would be so content, the army was still wandering around Datong and Xuanfu, eyeing them, just waiting to reveal a flaw, and then they would start the war again, after all, Huai Lai battle, but they were fed. It is conceivable that the person will naturally be used as a weapon and taken to the city gate to try it, and even if he fails, there will be no loss anyway.

With Lord Yu's example, how Xuan Dashou will react, of course, I don't know. This also makes the fait accompli caused by the Queen Mother have a greater impact, in such a situation, even if the emperor has any thoughts of a woman's kindness in his heart, and still cares about brotherhood or something, he must also consider the consequences of overturning this statement. In fact, although he was a little dissatisfied with Xu Xun's approach afterwards, he never argued with Xu Xun - the emperor's softness can be seen.

Xu Xun didn't want to hide it from the emperor here, and calmly told him afterwards that the queen mother's warrant was invited by her, but the emperor refused to talk about it again, and she couldn't urge too much, so she said, "This matter is not urgent, wait first, as Niangniang said, that person is no longer useful to Wara, and his barbarian temperament is the most snobbish, isn't the second emperor of Huiqin like a pig and a dog in the hands of the Jinren?" It's almost impossible to eat and clothe, and if you want to come to Warat, you won't treat him like a guest, and the north is bitterly cold, who knows if he can survive this winter. ”

The mothers talked about business, Changde and Shanhua The two eldest princesses were on the side, and no one dared to say anything - as they got older, they knew more and more about respecting and avoiding suspicion, but when Xu Xun said this, after all, they all showed unbearable expressions: Emperor Zhang has few children, and several children have grown up together, and the affection is naturally deep, and the eldest princess of Shunde went early, and now the emperor is in such a situation, they can't help but sigh and feel pity.

Xu Xun didn't say much, the Queen Mother saw the expression of the eldest princess of Changde, her lips moved, and she seemed to hesitate, and finally said, "Don't show that face, you think I'm indifferent and ruthless, and I have no mercy for him, not to mention that I was so angry with him that I fell ill twice, and I almost gave up my life." Let's just say that now, there are 50,000 or 60,000 refugees outside the city, not counting those who were led to Baoding and Daxing. Li Yuande, a scholar who had just returned to the DPRK, said that in this war, only the soldiers and civilians could have died 500,000, and the homeless people were at least 12 million. If he had been so pitiful, there wouldn't have been so many people stoning him that day at Deshengmen. ”

Those soldiers and civilians smashed the 'traitors', but the resentment and anger in their hearts were going towards the first emperor alive, the two eldest princesses were too afraid to speak, and the eldest princess of Changde was still a little unconvinced, and wanted to talk back, but her sister pulled her sleeves, and said in a proper manner, "Yes, my daughter knows that it is wrong." ”

It was getting late, and it was inconvenient for the two of them to stay in the palace, and they had to go to the queen to take a turn, so they left one after another, and the queen mother waited for them to leave, and then sighed, "Actually, what Changde wanted to say just now, I have a ...... in my heart She has felt that I am eccentric since she was a child, and she is often resentful about it, but she didn't expect that now the mother and son are such an embarrassing result, she wants to poke my scar, but it is a quasi-child. ”

Xu Xundao, "That is, Changde is not sensible, and this is also something that juniors can say?" ”

"Why move out of your identity and oppress people?" The Queen Mother's lips also put on a self-deprecating wry smile, "I do owe her a debt, I know that she has resentment and grievances against me in her heart after all...... If everything is good, maybe it's okay, but it's like this, thinking that this is the kind of person who took away her mother's love that day, where can she not resentment in her heart? ”

After a lot of things, the Queen Mother talked about these regrets, the unwillingness and toughness in her tone have subsided a lot, and the arrogance that she vowed to conquer fate when she was young has long been exhausted, and now there is only a faint emotion. She looked out the window and said to herself, "It's true, look at my life, I have worked so hard to calculate, and in the end, what can be as good as my calculations?" When I was young, I thought I could fight God, but now I know that God is actually playing with you...... Alas, I can't help but be unconvinced......"

As he spoke, he shook his head gently, embarrassed.

Xu Xun also knew the knot in the queen mother's heart, she said in a low voice, "Niangniang, I ......"

The Queen Mother shook her head and interrupted Xu Xun's words, "I don't blame you - if I were you, I would only make such a request earlier than you." ”

She sighed, a complicated smile vaguely appeared on her lips, and she seemed to say a little sourly, "Look, now you are also the queen mother......"

Xu Xun shook his head and said, "Niangniang, all these years have passed, do you still value these false names?" ”

"yes, how do you value that?" The Queen Mother whispered, "What else do I have besides this false name, and what do you have except this false name?" In the end, I'm far inferior to you. ”

In one sentence, Xu Xun has nothing to answer, for a person like the Queen Mother, what kind of comfort, isn't it all empty words? I could only shake my head and smile bitterly, "It's all fate......"

"Emperor Wen really has a set of people to look at." The Queen Mother also nodded and said, "Say I'm not blessed, I don't believe it, I tossed all these years, and finally became the queen, but it's still the same, he said that you are blessed, that is really blessed, all these years of ups and downs, in the end, the Queen Mother has to do it, this is not a blessing, what is it?" ”

Speaking of Emperor Wen, Xu Xun sneered, "What he said must be accurate-if there are really these things, those people who have killed in his life, I don't know what to do with him underground, and those karma that he has created, how many lifetimes will it be enough to pay off?" It's so boring to say that. ”

The Queen Mother was silent for a while, and then said softly, "Yes, this generation has really caught up with a good time, and at that time, it was not so simple to be a concubine......

She changed the topic again, and half-jokingly joked Xu Xun, "That's it, there's nothing to envy, you don't do everything well, if you want me to change it with you, I won't change it - I don't have a headache, but you still have Nan Nei to worry about, this year's New Year, is it agreed to invite her or not?" ”

Wu Meiren's half-□□-style residence in Nannei has not ended, and the location has not been moved, but everyone knows that this is not a long-term solution, and when the emperor frees his hands, he will definitely improve the treatment of his biological mother, and at that time, how will Wu Meiren, who hates Xu Xun, toss, but it's hard to say.

Xu Xun didn't have any thoughts of interfering in this matter, and when he heard the Queen Mother's question, he shook his head like a rattle, "Don't ask me, don't ask me, I don't care about this matter." ”

The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing, "Don't shake it, if you shake it again, the bun will be scattered." ”

In a light laugh, time passed quickly, in the blink of an eye, the year passed, spring arrived, even the year was changed, the original orthodox year name was no longer used, and the new atmosphere of the imperial court really began.

In March, the emperor issued an edict to be the empress dowager and the queen mother to be the holy empress dowager, the noble concubine to be the empress dowager, and the first empress to be the empress of Zhuangsu. Xu Xun's title, a few years after the death of Emperor Zhang, was promoted again.

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