The court storm that began in October of the first year of Zhengde did not end with the resignation of the two cabinet elders and the exchange of blood among the officials of the six Tai and half halls, but intensified with Liu Jin's purge.

In the first month of the second year of Zhengde, when the news of "changing the Jinyi Weizhang Zhenfu Division to command the secretary Mu Bin in the south town to manage the division", Shen Rui was already in the territory of Beizhili.

And a few days later, Du Laoba came in person and brought the latest news of the matter - Mu Bin was thirty of his staff and went down to 100 households to live idle.

Because there was no secret room in the inn, Du Laoba was extra cautious and only had a secret conversation with Shen Rui alone, and Wang Gongzi and Tian Feng were also guarding outside.

"These days, the court staff is used a little too much, and it is said that it has something to do with Liu Jin. Mu Bin's matter, I heard that Liu Jin also lost a lot of people to go to Jinyi to guard the prison, intending to torture and torture more people, but Mu Bin ignored it and treated these people quite kindly, so he angered Liu Jin. Du Laoba's expression was solemn and said, "But both the owner and the owner thought that Liu Jin was afraid that Wang Yue's matter was on Mu Bin's head, so he killed the killer." ”

Since being allocated to Zhang Hui by Zhang Lun, the prince of the British princess, Du Laoba has completely changed his words, no longer calling Zhang Hui's second son, but using a businessman's usual title - the owner, who volunteered to be Zhang Hui's shopkeeper and even a young man.

On the surface, he Du Laoba was no longer a guard of the British government or a helper of his grandson, but was purely a street bastard. secretly helping Shisun do things, that's another matter. Now this change of tone is more appropriate.

Shen Rui nodded after hearing this: "When Brother Stick told me about the matter, I also thought about it repeatedly, and there was no flaw in that matter. It is also common sense to be thought of what Jinyiwei did. ”

This is not to let Mu Bin take the blame, Mu Bin was not Liu Jin all the way, Liu Jin is on the top, and Mu Bin's position itself is unstable.

Knowing that Liu Jin would inevitably replace Mu Bin with a fellow party, Shen Rui couldn't help but ask: "...... is the current commander Is there an obstacle with Second Brother Zhang? ”

"The owner is now concentrating on Jingwei martial arts, and he has nothing to do with these people." Du Lao Badao, "The new commander is Yang Yu, and he is not a powerful person. ”

Seeing that Shen Rui was obviously very unfamiliar with this name, Du Laoba further explained: "Yang Yu's father was the commander of the first Jinyi Weidu, and the Hongzhi Dynasty was gone, and Yang Yu inherited his father's lack of children, which was originally released. Hey, he doesn't have his father's ability, he has been convicted of thousands of households, he is partial to shit luck and pardon, and he is transferred to all the divisions, and he was cheeky and begged to stay in Beijing last year. ”

An obvious look of sarcasm can also be seen on Du Laoba's bearded face, which shows his disdain, "...... His reason was that the tomb of his aunt Mrs. Wei Shenggong was in Beijing, and his descendants had to be filial. The emperor agreed. Isn't this guy just waiting here, he hasn't been out for a long time, so he won't get a high position. ”

Shen Rui was even more unfamiliar with the titles of the nobles in Beijing, and Du Laoba added, "Mrs. Wei Sheng Gongxu is the nanny of the first emperor." ”

Shen Ruifang was stunned, and couldn't help but sigh.

A person who has attained the Tao of the chicken and dog ascends to heaven, since ancient times, both the folk and the heavenly family are not exempt from vulgarity. Among the redundant officials in the Ming Dynasty, a considerable proportion of them were close to the emperor's sons and nephews.

The emperor's nurse and nanny, the big eunuch with a head and a face in the palace, and the official position he asks for is not small!

Not long ago, the younger brothers of Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin had just been knighted, either as a person or as a hereditary brocade guard.

These redundant officials are also one of the reasons for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

Du Laoba didn't know what Shen Rui was thinking, and when he saw him sighing silently, he changed the topic and said, "That matter is completely over here, and Shen Ergongzi doesn't have to worry about it anymore." There is another thing, before a certain family came out, Lord Deng of Liaodong asked the court to increase the annual silver of Liaodong by 50,000 taels, and the owner mediated from it, and the emperor was already approved. ”

When it comes to Liaodong, Shen Rui can't help but feel refreshed, he has many, many ideas related to Liaodong, and Liaodong is also one of the places he wants to operate the most.

50,000 taels of silver is nothing for Liaodong's huge military expenditure, and I don't know what the reason for Deng Zhang's invitation is.

"I heard that Lord Deng is going to repair the granary and barn," Du Laoba's eyes flashed with a sly smile, "There is also a horse farm." ”

He smiled and said: "At the end of last month, the supervision of the imperial history Wang Ji had an excerpt, oops, it is long, a certain can not be remembered, in short, this person was ordered to go out to investigate the matter of raising horses in Zhili, Henan, Shandong and other places, and found that this year, the pony under the mare has been few, and they are too weak to run, and they are not useful at all. The emperor allocated 50,000 taels first. ”

50,000 taels is a lot, but if you want to build a large number of horse farms, it is still far away.

Listening to Du Laobadao: "Second son, you called the stick back the idea of the long and short distance carriage and horse shop, the owner felt that it was wonderful, so he also wanted to invest money in Liaodong to build our own horse farm, and the business of the carriage and horse shop will rise in the future, horses and cows, all of which are wanted." ”

Shen Rui knew what he meant to ask himself if he should also invest in silver, he thought for a while, and said, "How much silver does it cost to open a racecourse, can Second Brother Zhang calculate?" What about the people who raise horses and heal horses? The summer is good, but Liaodong is bitter cold, and the winter is long, where do you prepare this hay and bean cakes? ”

Du Laoba was stunned, scratched the back of his head, and said: "This, this, I sent someone to Liaodong and took the silver, and I can always find someone who knows how to do it." And the Ma family. Speaking of the Ma family, he couldn't help grinning, "The Ma family always knows how to raise horses." ”

The joke is cold enough. Shen Rui couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, but he shook his head and said: "The Ma family is the general, but it is located in Liaodong, and it is easy to trade horses, and it may not be hard to raise horses at home." ”

He put away his smile and said seriously: "Second Brother Zhang is in a hurry to send you, I'm afraid that I'm waiting for him to reply over there, but in my opinion, there is no need to invest in a horse farm now, and it is easier to trade horses with Liaodong." If we are afraid that others will block our trade routes and we won't be able to get horses, we can also contact some small Nüzhi tribes on the outskirts of Yiju and hire them to raise horses for us, just like tenant farmers, how many horses and how much silver they need every year, and even the grain, cloth, medicine and even iron tools that their tribes need, there are always some that we take out and they can't refuse. ”

"Lao Du, I understand your concerns, but foals are not raised in a day or two." Shen Rui patted Du Laoba's shoulder and said, "Bring my words to Second Brother Zhang, I hope he can wait and see, Master Deng has already sold a big favor, that is, the horse farm will rise in the future, we can't get involved, and it will not be difficult to get some horses out with this favor." ”

Du Laoba smacked his lips and said, "Okay, a certain family doesn't understand the Tao here, so I'll go back first." Zuo, but in a few days, the second son should also return to Beijing. ”

He paused, and said with a smile: "The carriage and horse shop in the city has been properly established, just wait for the time when the order will be issued to open the West Garden, and there is no shortage of horses for the time being." If the second son has leisure when he goes back, please go to a certain car dealer for guidance. ”

Shen Rui said with a smile: "Lao Du, when your store opens, I will go even if I don't pay respects." ”

The two of them couldn't help laughing, and then Du Laoba said again: "Speaking of Xiyuan, I haven't congratulated the second son, your brother-in-law and his father ......" He hurriedly covered his mouth again, hehe said twice, and said: "A certain coarse person, this, this, the second son is not strange, ...... blame"

Shen Rui couldn't help but wonder, knowing that he was talking about Li Yanqing's father, Li Qi, and couldn't help but be curious: "Master Li is supervising the construction of Xiyuan, what's the matter?" Received a reward from the emperor? ”

Du Laoba's eyes narrowed with a smile, and said: "A while ago, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zeng Zhishi was a scholar, and within a few days, the old man drove to the west. Thanks to his speed, he was not treated like Zhang Shilang in office, and Boss Zeng was given a funeral by the prince Taibao by the advanced Ronglu doctor. ”

Shen Rui already understood, and sure enough, he heard Du Laobadao: "Now, Master Li Li is already the secretary of the Ministry of Industry......

*

Last year, he had changed the secretary of the military department and Xu Jin to the secretary of the ministry. And just a few days after the death of Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Min Ban, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Yan Zhongyu, who was not long after the left servant of the Ministry of War, Jin Shangshu, all wrote to him because of illness, begging for bones, and returning to his hometown.

So far, in less than four months, the six books have been replaced.

And the secretary of the Nanjing military department was also replaced, on the same day that Li Li was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

As Shen Rui expected, it was impossible for the emperor to promote Wang Shouren again, but this candidate for the new Shangshu also reassured him - He Jian, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, was promoted to the counselor of the Nanjing Military Department.

He Jian has worked with Shen Cang for many years, and he has a good personal relationship, and because He Dongsheng, the right attendant at that time, was quite restless, He Jian became closer to Shen Cang.

After Shen Cang's death, the Tongwei case was discovered, and the three divisions were tried, and He Jian and Yang Zhen generally stopped walking around with the Shen family because of avoiding suspicion, but he was there in person for Shen Cang's two anniversary festivals.

This time he was transferred to the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Shen Rui believed that he and Wang Shouren could get along well.

In the end, it is the emperor's means, Shen Rui thought of Brother Shou's still childish face, and shook his head, Brother Shou was not worried about Wang Shouren's promotion to the Ministry of Soldiers, but he still wanted to use him, and he refused to let others go over to hinder him, so he chose He Jian.

Shen Rui only thought about it, but he didn't know that transferring He Jian was also fulfilling Liu Jin's wish.

The newly promoted Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the former Imperial Capital of the Imperial Court Tu Xun took refuge in Liu Jin.

changed the central government and started cleaning the place again, but not all of them were instructed by Liu Jin.

On the day Shen Rui arrived in Tongzhou, the Zhengde Dynasty began to lay off redundant officials in large numbers for the first time.

First of all, the officials sent a letter to the minister, saying that after the previous order was issued to investigate and discuss Tianshun, a total of 129 internal and external officials were added, during which 70 were important and could not be reformed, and 26 members were added to the two capitals......

A thick book of chapters, densely written, "Yu Heng is in charge of the armor factory and Zunhua Tieyelang, two members of the Communist Party of China", "Heaven and Earth Altar Shrine Shrine Worship Cheng Taifu Temple Changyingku Ambassador Shuntian Mansion Ambassador", Shou Ge was dizzy for a while.

The wind blows into the curtains in the middle of spring, which is warm and makes people drowsy.

Brother Shou really couldn't arouse his interest, so he paced to the small table where the dim sum fruit was placed, pinched up a pickled plum and threw it into his mouth, and soon his whole face shrunk into a ball with acid.

Seeing that the little fire man standing on the side was also sore, he couldn't help but shrink his neck, and also showed a general expression.

However, Brother Shou didn't spit it out immediately, but squinted his eyes, as if he was savoring it, and only after a while did he seem to say to himself: "This candied fruit that Concubine Xian entered is really ...... Gee...... Acid two teeth......"

The little fire is not very old, but the days of serving Brother Shou are not short, and the rules of the imperial front are very good, knowing that it is not easy to answer at this time, he forced out a smiling face, just waiting for the master to open his eyes.

Then out of the corner of his eye, he saw a young chamberlain at the door, and the two made eye contact, and the chamberlain quarreled with the emperor to Nunu's mouth, and the little fireman sighed, and then approached the emperor and whispered "Long live the ......"

Brother Shou raised his eyelids, saw the person at the door, and waved lazily.

The young chamberlain carried his robe, trotted in, kowtowed, got up, hunched his waist, laughed with him, and whispered a few words in Brother Shou's ear.

Brother Shou's sleepiness was swept away, he jumped up, his spirit was hundredfold, a big smile bloomed on his face, he turned around and picked up a plum and threw it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Go, take a look." ”

The young man hurriedly ran out again, and shouted the order, "Get up, Xishou Palace." ”

In the afternoon, the Xishou Palace is also quiet, at this time when the Queen Mother takes a nap, except for a few close palace maids serving in the warm pavilion, a few inner servants in the outer hall to listen to errands, the palace people next to them are scattered to find a place to rest.

However, at this time, there was a group of people standing in the courtyard outside the palace.

Three women, four chamberlains, wearing heavy palace clothes, even if the spring breeze is warm, standing for an hour like this, it is also sweaty and heavy.

The four chamberlains are fine, and the two palace ladies are already flushed, showing that they are a little physically exhausted.

Only the woman in front, with heavy jewelry on her head, stood for a long time, but she didn't even bend her neck.

A concubine is a concubine, but she is more disciplined than the palace lady who has been trained in the palace for many years, so that the most picky discipline grandmother can't find anything wrong.

At this time, there is no insect chirping, only a few birds hanging under the eaves, which makes it more and more quiet and depressing inside and outside the hall.

A crisp sound of footsteps came, and those standing palace people couldn't help but glance over from the corner of their eyes, but Concubine Wu De at the front did not squint, always staring at the main entrance of the main hall.

An attendant ran in, and soon a female official followed him quickly, and when she saw that Concubine Wu Defei was still standing there, she obviously hesitated, but still didn't say a word, saluted slightly, and hurried out.

The palace people behind Concubine Wu Defei all showed disappointed eyes.

But soon, the eyes became warm.

Because of the eunuch's sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived in ......"

With the words, the imperial chariot stopped outside the courtyard gate, and the little emperor took his hand and walked into the Xishou Palace.

Looking at the people kneeling in the courtyard, the little emperor casually raised his hand and paced to Concubine Wu De's side, as if surprised: "Concubine Ai is also on the queen mother's side." ”

Concubine Wu De's voice is always so calm: "The concubine came to greet Niangniang." ”

The little emperor smiled and said, "The queen mother is taking a lunch break?" ”

Concubine Wu replied: "The concubine didn't dare to disturb the mother, so she waited." ”

The little emperor raised his eyebrows, stopped talking to her, turned his head and asked the female official on the side: "Is the queen mother still resting?" ”

The female officer had seen sweat on her forehead, but it was not hot, but urgent.

The Queen Mother has already sent a message, saying that she can't see Concubine Wu De. And when she heard that the emperor was coming, the queen mother didn't even have the intention of letting go, and she didn't even see the emperor.

Just now, the female official had already welcomed out and told the emperor that the queen mother was resting, and the emperor insisted on coming in, and asked again, she only felt that the pressure had increased sharply, and she was almost out of breath, but she could only bite the bullet and replied to the emperor: "...... Mother, still asleep...... The Emperor ......"

She racked her brains and thought, the emperor must come in, what if he also said to wait.

However, of course, the little emperor will not be as tame as Concubine Wu De, he raised his eyebrows again, as if he was very surprised, and said: "It's unfortunate, then I won't disturb the queen mother's rest, and I will come to the queen mother to say goodbye later." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and glanced at Concubine Wu De, who was looking at her nose and nose, and suddenly burst into a smile, and said softly: "It's here and right, since Changle Palace is near the left, it's better to go to Concubine Ai's palace and sit down." ”

The palace people brought by Concubine Wu raised their heads violently and looked at the emperor with almost ecstasy.

Since the emperor's wedding, in this month, half a month is resting in the queen's palace, half a month is resting in the Chang'an Palace of the virtuous concubine, and a few days are resting in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

As for Changle Palace, since Concubine Wu De entered the palace, the number of times the emperor has been here is almost counted on one hand.

If it weren't for the fact that Concubine Wu De was a girl from the Queen Mother's family, she would have been trampled into the mud by a group of minions who were used to stepping on low and holding high.

Even so, they haven't gotten any good faces anywhere when they come out of Changle Palace.

Today, when the emperor's words came out, even a fool knew that he was not here to greet his mother, but to take Concubine Wu De away.

The emperor was able to rush over to relieve Concubine Wu De's mother, and took the initiative to go to Changle Palace to sit, and the palace people were almost stunned by this good thing that fell from the sky.

The two palace maids of Changle Palace couldn't wait to get started and push the master Niangniang, so that she could quickly learn from the appearance of the virtuous concubine, and she agreed to come down with a thousand charms.

Not to mention the appearance of her master, it is almost unparalleled in the world, how can there be a man who does not love it.

It's just that this cold temperament is not likable!

However, Concubine Wu De still looked faint, responded meekly, and said to the female official of the Xishou Palace, the concubine will come again tomorrow to ask for peace, and Fang followed behind the little emperor.

The female official of Xishou Palace was dumbfounded, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time, until the royal driver left, and the little attendant on the side trembled and called out, "Auntie." ”

The female official eased up, looked back viciously, and stared at the little chamberlain in a panic, before she withdrew her gaze, took a few deep breaths, stabilized her mood, turned around and walked back steadily, but her heart was a mess.

Last year, the emperor chose the warriors of the Xiyuan Leopard Room, and the queen mother's niece and son-in-law Liang Ji'an, the second son of Baoding Bo, wanted to go in, and Mrs. Shouninghou begged the queen mother, and the queen mother agreed, but the emperor didn't want him. The Queen Mother was very angry, and the mother and son were not angry until the turn of the year.

This time, the Queen Mother is ready to ruthlessly rectify Concubine Wu De's mother, originally the emperor didn't want to see Concubine Wu De's mother, but now she came to rob people and left, this, this, this is clearly against the Queen Mother......

The female official couldn't help but shudder, and her brain was thinking faster and faster, and the Queen Mother asked what to do, how to appease the Queen Mother when she was angry, and how to deal with falling things.

Soon, there was a period of chaos in the inner hall, and the palace people in the courtyard outside the hall were still silent, only the birds and birds were jumping and chirping carefree......

*

There was also chaos in Changle Palace for a while.

No one thought that the emperor could come over, boil water, make tea, and urge snacks in the imperial dining room, and the palace people in the courtyard were busy.

Because Concubine Wu De has always been frugal and doesn't like to make trouble, she will use whatever is sent from the imperial dining room, and many of these second-class things must not be put in front of the emperor.

Ordinary emperors want to come, there are always people who come over early to inform, naturally everything is done properly, but this imperial car suddenly arrived, not to mention the urgency of Changle Palace, the imperial dining room is also anxious.

It is an old rule in the palace to watch people put down dishes, but this matter must not be stabbed in front of the master, especially when the master suddenly comes, who knows if Concubine Wu De is going to be transferred!

The big eunuchs in the imperial dining room are not easy to come in person, and it seems too deliberate to come in person, and it is easy to run out of room for maneuver, so they launched two small stewards and eunuchs of the dim sum bureau, carrying two large food boxes and all kinds of snacks that the Lord likes all the way.

When the two stepped into the temple gate, they peeked at the long live master holding a piece of cake and eating, and he was worried in his heart, and the hand that placed the plate trembled unconsciously.

I heard the long live master laugh and said: "The old lady likes this taste." ”

It turned out that it was Concubine Wu Defei who took the dim sum rewarded by the Empress Dowager and paid tribute to the Long Live Lord.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and silently recited the Empress Dowager 10,000 times in their hearts, and quickly set up the plates and bowls, and quickly withdrew.

Wang Xian, the steward of Changle Palace, was already waiting outside with a smile, and when he saw them coming out, he hurriedly smiled and went over, took the hands of the two and said, "I'm tired of the two", and when he was talking, he had already stuffed his purse.

In the past, the two of them would have taken their purses and left with arrogance, but now they are smiling, but they stuffed the purse back, and one laughed and said: "Brother can be tormented brother." One said: "I have to take care of my brother in the future." ”

Today's news came, I don't know how many of the twelve prisons in the inner court have to change their attitudes and re-weigh the weight of Changle Palace.

Wang Xian narrowed his eyes and pretended to be polite with them, sent people away, looked back at the palace, and couldn't help sighing, he had already been tempered by his own master, and he didn't mention that he was looking forward to the master's favor and happiness with his family.

In the inner hall, Brother Shou was skimming the tea with the lid of the bowl while looking at the furnishings in the hall.

He went to the Chang'an Palace of the virtuous concubine once every three or five days, and every time he went, there was something different, or the ornaments on the desk, or the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, but nothing was changed, and she could also think about changing the arrangement, and moved the bookcase Bogu shelf at two ends in three days to change the place, so that the house changed a lot.

Concubine Xian is just like him, she loves to play and make trouble, and there are always fun and delicious things to send to him.

And Concubine Wu here, he can't remember when he came last time, it was about the New Year's Festival. And since she entered the palace, this Changle Palace has been like this, at best, the flowers in the vase have changed from the chrysanthemums in autumn to the plum in winter, and now, it is the peach blossoms in their sparkles, and there is no other change.

Brother Shou retracted his gaze, took a sip of tea, glanced at Concubine Wu De, and said, "Look, you don't have enough people here, why do you still send people out?" ”

But not long ago, Concubine Wu returned the two eunuchs to the inner eunuchs, and even sent the four maids brought from outside the palace directly out of the palace - of course, these four maids were all given to her by the Zhang family.

Empress Dowager Zhang was also very angry because of this, and called Concubine Wu De and Queen Xia over and gave her a severe punishment.

Queen Xia was directly scolded and cried, but Concubine Wu De did not move at all, neither admitting her mistake, nor letting go of her mouth to call people back.

Today, Empress Dowager Zhang intends to learn from Concubine Wu De, cut her face, and set up rules for her, so that she will be hung outside the palace.

Concubine Wu Defei listened to the emperor's question, and glanced at him in a little surprise, she thought that he would pretend to be confused, but he didn't pretend, and came to ask her directly.

She turned around in her mind, then knelt down upright, and said, "The emperor forgives the sin." ”

Brother Shou sneered, waved his hand, and said, "Get up, what are you doing like this, where does the sin come from." He casually put down the teacup, dusted off his clothes, and said seemingly casually: "My beloved concubine, send a few slaves and maids, is there still a crime?" ”

Concubine Wu De knocked on Long En again before getting up.

She sighed faintly, lowered her eyelids slightly, and said in a low voice: "It's all the concubines who have no ability, and they shouldn't have said it, but the emperor ...... inquired about it."

The meaning of the words seemed to be a great grievance, but her voice was cold, and she said it with such indifference, and it seemed to be telling the truth.

"The emperor knows that the concubine is from a small family, and there are no master and servant rules at home, and then entered the Shouning Marquis Mansion, which is also a stay, but there are only two little girls and two rough servants in the courtyard, and the concubines have not learned how to restrain people, and when they arrive in the palace, there are so many people to serve, and they can't control it for a while......"

Brother Shou stared at her face, this stunning face, like a wood carved porcelain sculpture, with an impeccable expression, without even a single crack.

He seemed to smile and hooked the corners of his lips, mumbled, and said, "Why didn't you send the palace maid away, but sent the Zhang family and your people out?" The queen can answer you. ”

Concubine Wu De still looked still, opened her mouth lightly, and sighed, "It's the concubine who has affected the queen's mother......"

She paused, and then said: "The palace people still know the rules, each has their own errands, and acts separately, but the four of them rely on the Queen Mother's lenienness, stealing and playing tricks, usually lazy, and prevaricating, even if they stay and use them, they want to eat and drink well, and their hearts are bigger, and their hands and feet are not clean...... The concubines will not and dare not raise such a slave. ”

Unclean hands and feet are a common excuse for picking people off.

And these four people are not just stealing and playing tricks, they are still the eyes of the Queen Mother here.

Brother Shou looked at Concubine Wu Defei with interest, thinking that the reason why the Queen Mother was so angry was not only because she hurt the face of the Zhang family by driving the servants of the Zhang family, but also because Concubine Wu Defei did this is equivalent to cutting off the Queen Mother's eyeliner, is this to break away from the Zhang family and the Queen Mother's control?

His voice became softer and softer, and he said, "Such a slave, Concubine Ai has handled it correctly." As if intentionally or unintentionally, "The Zhang family is too, the rules are inevitably loosened, and the hearts of the slaves are bigger." ”

Concubine Wu Defei seemed to subconsciously straighten her spine, her eyes flowed, as if she was thinking about something, but her voice became more and more calm: "The emperor doesn't know anything outside, forgive the concubine for offending, and say a few words to the emperor." In a big family like the Hou Mansion, many old servants who have accumulated years, especially those who have served the elders, are decent, and even the younger masters must be respected. And the children of such old servants also have dignity. ”

"With the face of Lao Tzu Niang, they pick and choose a position in the house that is light and economical, and they blindly cheat and play tricks, while the master has to look at their Lao Tzu Niang's face and repeatedly tolerate it. What's more, the concubines have heard the old servants say outside, and in some high-ranking families, the servants are also world servants, and the children of several lifetimes of the family have married each other and intertwined into a net, and there are slaves who bully the master, forcing the master to have no son. ”

Brother Shou crossed Erlang's legs and listened, the smile on the corner of his mouth never disappeared, but his eyes were full of inquiry, and when he heard her say this, he couldn't help but sneer: "This family is also like a small court." ”

Concubine Wu De didn't dare to answer this, and immediately lowered her eyes and said: "The concubine is ignorant, she only hears some village dialects, and she shouldn't learn it from the emperor." ”

Brother Shou waved his hand, as if talking to himself, and seemed to be talking to Concubine Wu De, and said: "In the imperial court, the sons and nephews of civil officials are at most shaded to enter the country, and they all rely on the imperial examination to enter the office, and the sons and nephews of military officials are also the future of the battlefield, only ......."

Only the nobles and relatives are in the middle, and the sons and nephews are unduly suotian.

Concubine Wu's face changed, she was as smart as her, and she was constantly pondering the emperor's intentions today, and at this point, she had already understood something in a trance.

Understood, understood, however, how to do it?

She looked at the young emperor for a long time, and said slowly: "The four slaves and maids sent away by the concubines, some of them were grandmothers who served beside Mrs. Changguotai, and some aunts were married by Mrs. Shouninghou.

"After entering the palace, they also clashed with other palace people, relying on Lao Ziniang to have a head and face in the Shouning Hou Mansion, and they felt that they were the queen mother's people, and they took themselves more and more seriously, and wanted to overpower others everywhere. The rules issued by the palace were picked by them, and they went out to make trouble, which hurt the concubines and even the face of the queen mother. ”

Brother Shou raised his eyebrows slightly, still looking at Concubine Wu Defei with a smile, and his eyes were already a little cold.

Concubine Wu De's long eyelashes covered her eyes, but her expression became solemn, and her tone became more and more solemn: "They have errands but they don't have bad things, they have a share of silver, they don't have them, and even they will drag other palace people on errands, it's better not to have them." This is no longer the case, they can still get an inch, blindly pulling things into their pockets, and this food is used in the palace!

"The quota is limited, they take one point, others have one less, and as time goes by, what do those who feel at ease to do errands think? How can they be good and bad if they are resentful. If you want to have no complaints, then you have to add a degree, everyone is together, regardless of superiority. However, if one or two are like this, then the entire palace will have to be added. Where did the palace use come from? ”

She suddenly raised her eyes to look directly at Brother Shou, and met his sharp gaze, but she did not show weakness, and her eyes flashed with brilliance, and her voice was steady but sonorous: "The use in the palace comes from the people's worship, the more the palace asks, the heavier the people's labor, they are like this, not only staining the concubines, staining the reputation of the queen mother, but also staining the name of Your Majesty." And the people offered tax silver to the court, and the court used so much silver, how could such little silverfish be allowed to get up and down their hands! ”

Brother Shou's smile gradually expanded, and his eyes narrowed with a smile, properly hiding the cold light.

He clapped his hands lightly and exclaimed, "Well said! Ai Fei is very insightful! ”

He looked at Concubine Wu Defei with a smile, and there was still a bit of sincerity in his voice: "Today, Concubine Ai has also taught me a lot. ”

A smile slowly appeared on Concubine Wu Defei's calm face, but it did not add a little beauty to her beautiful face, but was more like a sad and bitter smile.

She bowed down deeply, lowered her head and said: "The concubine is foolish, so the emperor laughs." ”

She paused, and finally said: "I am very fortunate to be loyal to the emperor." ”

When she couldn't see, Brother Shou had already put away his smile and stared at her with a gaze that was colder than her.

Hearing her last sentence, Brother Shou raised his eyebrows.

I just thought that she was a smart person, and she was chosen in vain, but she came out like this.

Isn't it broken?

So, is this smart person who refuses to pretend to be stupid all the time still a smart person?

It's just clever.

Well, though, it's good to be smart.

*

The emperor "rescued" Concubine Wu De from the Queen Mother and stayed in Concubine Wu De's palace.

This matter has not yet set off a huge wave in the harem, and the huge wave of the previous dynasty has come.

The next day, the ban first issued an order to lay off 445 redundant officials in the provincial capitals, prefectures, counties, etc., all of whom were added after Tianshun to manage grain, catch thieves, and persuade farmers.

The officials did not dare to be so generous, and they were busy playing several important things, and there should be 248 people who should survive.

But the emperor didn't listen, and all of them were reformed, and said that he would "leave no silverfish that should respond to affairs and waste national funds".

During this period, he happened to hit the muzzle of the gun, and Huang Ying, the deputy of a brocade guard, died without a child, and his cousin and nephew begged to take office.

The Ministry of War said that there is no such rule, it is just a military position, not a title, where did the brothers and nephews inherit the truth. If it is said that there was a previous dynasty, it is also the grace of heaven.

This person recognized the eunuch Huang Fu as his father-in-law, and the nephew went to ask for this providence as a righteous grandson.

Huang Fu had already been cast under Liu Jin's door, and he was also a little decent, thinking about a trivial matter, he went straight to the front of the emperor, but unexpectedly, he was directly refuted by the little emperor.

An old face was disgraced, as if it reminded the emperor of a redundant official, and then a series of noble relatives and nephews were demoted.

Wang Zan, the nephew of Concubine Yingmiao, and Wei Xun, the nephew of Concubine De; Empress Xuanmiaozhang's nephews Hu Xi and Sun Gang, Concubine Gong's brother Yang Jin, Concubine An's nephew Yao Jin, and Concubine Xian's nephew Bai Jun; Wei Zhen, the grandson of the nanny of Xianmiao, Yang Xi, the nephew of the nanny of Xiaomiao, etc., as well as many nephews and nephews of the late eunuchs, are all rewarded with the title of brocade guard, and they receive empty salaries, but now they are all demoted to one or two ranks, and they are hereditary.

Because most of them are old people from the previous dynasty, they have long lost their connections, let alone demotion, even if they are cut down, no one will come out.

Wenchen is still competing to applaud, now that the treasury is empty, it is time to rectify redundant officials, the emperor is really wise.

Only that Huang Fu became the target of everyone, and now he offended many people, and he was scolded to death by Liu Jin, and he was almost kicked out of the celebrant supervisor, and he had the heart to wipe his neck.

As for the cousin who was still trying to take up his post, he was also called by the demoted people, and he couldn't stay in the capital, so he hurriedly rolled up and returned to his hometown.

But the matter of cutting redundant officials is not over, and gradually, the rectified characters have cleared from the former dynasty to the current dynasty.

First of all, there is a purpose, cutting redundant food examples, Sun Bojian, a scholar in the middle school, Shen Rui, deputy Shen Rui of the right temple of Dali Temple, Lu Yongchun, Sun Boyi, and Sun Boqiang, the master of ceremonies, halved.

Although it was mixed with others, the discerning person could see at once that it was for the three brothers of the Sun family.

This Sun Bojian is the ex-fiancé of Empress Dowager Zhang. At that time, the Sun family took the initiative to withdraw from the marriage due to illness because the daughter of the Zhang family wanted to be drafted, and then won three officials with the Hou Wan Party of Shouning. This time, the three brothers of the Sun family, Bojian, Boyi, and Boqiang, have very small official positions, which are not worth a reduction, but their salaries have been halved.

Then, eleven people, including the imperial prince Zhang Yue, Zhang Chen, and Jin Qi, were demoted. Just like Qi Wan in the previous dynasty, the commander and the commander were directly reduced to 1,000 households, and 1,000 households became 100 households, and it was not for nothing that they were masturbated.

This is already directly involved in the Zhang family and Mrs. Jin's mother's family, the Jin family.

As everyone expected, the Queen Mother was furious.

However, because the Zhou family and the Wang family also had children and nephews who were demoted, she did not leave her anger at the beginning.

It was not until there was news that it was Concubine De who told the emperor when she was sleeping that "the treasury does not allow silverfish to get up and down its hands" that made the emperor decide to rectify redundant officials.

The Queen Mother immediately summoned Concubine De over, but unfortunately, Concubine De had been sick for a few days - claiming to be seriously ill and bedridden. Even if the Queen Mother knew that she was pretending to be sick, she couldn't force people over, such an unkind reputation was not good for the Queen Mother, especially since this was still from the Zhang family.

So, she couldn't let out this breath, so she naturally sprinkled it on Queen Xia and Concubine Shen Xian.

Don't have anything to scold the two? Then you will be punished, and as long as you come to say goodbye, you can just stand outside......

*

Chang'an Palace, inner hall

Concubine Shen Xian burned her feet while grabbing a melon seed from one of the small boxes in a row on the table, avoiding her front teeth, snorting lightly between the teeth at the corner of her mouth, licking her tongue flexibly, and the melon seeds were already in her mouth.

She chewed carefully, and said to Tao Rui indifferently: "Oh, the old man scolds if he wants, and he doesn't hit the board, he stands for a while, what should he do." I've been learning the rules longer than this. ”

Taorui is still very aggrieved for her mother, but seeing that the parties are all so big-hearted, she has no choice but to be generous and respond.

Concubine Shen Xian sneered in her mouth, lowered her voice and said, "The surname Wu is not a good stubble." You see what I said is right, just rush her last time to squeeze the second lady of the Hou Mansion of Shouning, oops, oops. Also, the Zhang family almost killed her, where can she listen to the Zhang family. This time I got the chance, hey, push a big rock down, hey, hey, hey...... Look at the old man treating us like this, I'm afraid that the Zhang family is crazy. ”

In the past six months, Taorui has become accustomed to her mother's mouth.

As long as Niangniang has something to say, she will immediately send all the palace people far away, and she will wait for her to come closer, just because she is afraid that Niangniang will say it again.

"If you offend the Queen Mother, who else can protect her? Naturally, he wants to hold the emperor. After talking and eating, Concubine Shen Xian had already rinsed her mouth twice, and ate the melon seeds that had changed the two boxes, and said vaguely in her mouth, "But this is a suggestion, hey, can't she remember that she has a good skin?" ”

Tao Rui sighed softly, Niangniang's big heart is really boundless.

When it comes to appearance, she is also a person who has followed the old lady to the eunuch's house for banquets many times, but she has never seen a lady with the appearance of Concubine De, there is no one outside the palace, and there is no one in the palace.

Her own mother is also a difficult beauty, but when she is placed in one place with Concubine De, she will lose her luster in an instant.

Such a fairy-like Concubine De Niangniang has never taken beauty seriously, and this beautiful and brainy Concubine De Niangniang wants to compete for favor, her own mother ......

Concubine Shen Xian is really a good hand at eating melon seeds, her hands are fast, she keeps throwing melon seed skins, squints at the peach rui with a melancholy face, and poutses: "Don't worry about this, if you have that leisure, you might as well figure out the rouge cream." ”

While speaking, she suddenly spat a mouthful of melon seeds into the spittoon, picked up the tea cup and rinsed her mouth for a long time, before pointing to a carved daffodil box and frowning: "This, the cinnamon has been put too much, and it is bitter." Ren is such a good thing, and more is not that taste. And that, in the peony box, the frosting is good, but the timing is not right, and when the heat is too big, there is a mushy smell......"

Tao Rui hurriedly raised her head and listened, these instructions were to be conveyed, so that the things sent in next time would be more in line with the master's mind.

Alas, I hope that the master's fun-loving temperament can always be right for the spleen and stomach of the Long Live Lord.

*

Kunning Palace, inner sanctum

"Niangniang, this is a generation." The palace maid Da Xia rubbed Queen Xia's legs in great distress, and couldn't help complaining, "Niangniang is too soft-hearted, she shouldn't have responded to her because of that person's words!" ”

Empress Xia sighed and explained in a low voice: "It's not, it's reported stealing...... Those whose hands and feet are not clean, how can they stay in the palace, and they are not in accordance with the rules......"

"Niang Niang is solid! After checking again, it can always be delayed for a few days, and it will not take a few days until the Queen Mother listens to the letter, and she can't send it out. Da Xia said angrily.

Xiao Xia, the big palace maid on the side, stabbed Da Xia, glared at her, told her to shut up, and gently rubbed Queen Xia's shoulders, and said, "Niangniang, don't pay attention to those, Niangniang just take care of your body." Didn't the old lady say ......"

She doesn't repeat it.

Empress Xia also subconsciously touched her lower abdomen and sighed again.

She wants to learn from the Queen Mother, and she also knows that as long as she is stable, whether she has children in the future will be the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother.

But, but...... In the end, it is not the same to have your own children.

It's been half a year, and I haven't been pregnant yet.

The emperor has been with her for the longest time.

Although the virtuous concubine is delicate and pleasing to the emperor, the emperor is not spoiled every day.

Concubine De ...... Concubine De is different.

That kind of look...... Who wouldn't like that? In the past, it was indisputable, but if it came to fight......

She is not afraid of losing her status, she will go like the Queen Mother if she does not make mistakes. However, if the emperor doesn't come to her, she doesn't expect to get a child.

Queen Xia sighed one after another, and when the two of them saw each other, they all shut up and began to change the topic, wanting to use what words to make the queen happy.

But there is really no way, the mother is just worried.

Until the outside shouted that the emperor arrived, everyone was shocked, and then hurriedly greeted him. That idea is all behind me.

The first thing the emperor said when he saw Empress Xia was, "I have asked the Ministry of Rites to draft a decree, and Xia Ru will be named Qingyang Bo, Xia Zhu will be the commander of Jinyiwei, Xia Chen will be the commander of Tongzhi, and Xia Jie will be hereditary." ”

Queen Xia was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "The Xia family is already a high-ranking official, how can it be plain and rewarding, and at this time, ...... This one...... Isn't that right? ”

Brother Shou couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He went to the palace of Concubine Shen Xian and Concubine Wu De, and told them that Shen Chuan and Wu Rang, the imperial princes, were promoted to command affairs, and the first reaction of the two concubines was to kowtow and thank them.

Concubine Shen Xian's eyes were shining, and she was very diligent, as if she wanted to make a promise in the play. Well, she's already made a promise.

Concubine Wu De was relieved at first, showing a smile, but there was a layer of faint sorrow between her eyebrows.

Thinking about it, she couldn't guess if this layer of honey was coated with arsenic, but she didn't dare not eat it.

Look at this little cleverness. Gee.

Only his queen, his honest queen, reacted like this.

She's stupid, but she's the most right-hearted.

Brother Shou pulled the person into his arms and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" He was also knighted a long time ago. Which ruler is not knighted? ”

Empress Xia still said to herself: "The emperor has given the Xia family a lot of rewards, and at this time, the emperor is cutting redundant officials and redundant food, although the concubines don't understand this, they don't want to cause chaos to the emperor." Her voice gradually weakened, "The Queen Mother's side ......"

Brother Shou smiled, poked her, and said, "Don't be afraid, appreciate the Xia family, and the Xia family will follow." He squeezed her hand again and said comfortingly: "The Queen Mother, I have wronged you." ”

Empress Xia couldn't help but reddened her eyes, but said in her mouth: "Look at what the emperor said, where are the grievances." The mother-in-law lectured, and the daughter-in-law listened, it was a matter of course, not to mention that it was the queen mother. ”

Brother Shou has never liked the topic of the Queen Mother, and he also felt that there was nothing to say about this situation, so he turned to say: "I also want to give Shuntianfu Wuqing County, Baoding Mansion Qingdu, Qingyuan County, and Guangping Mansion Qinghe County vacant land, totaling 2,228 acres and 90 acres to Qingyang Bo. ”

Empress Xia didn't even react for a while, who Qingyang Bo was, and when she reacted, where could she still sit still, she hurriedly waved her hand to get up, and said, "Don't ...... it"

Brother Shou tightly tied her and said with a smile: "Reunion, don't worry, it's useful for me to do this, and I didn't give it to Uncle Qingyang for nothing." ”

Empress Xia looked at Brother Shou suspiciously, and Brother Shou said, "I want to try to make a 'test field' for Shen Rui to give me a zi. Although this matter is okay in the imperial village, there are still many constraints, so I will simply allocate a piece of land to Qingyang Bo and farm in his name, with me behind my back, no one dares to talk more. ”

Empress Xia still couldn't help but whisper: "The Xia family, there are also some lands, the emperor can only tell them what he wants to do, and now he doesn't point to the production in this field to eat, even if he grows all the grain that the emperor wants, it doesn't matter." The emperor might as well use the Xia family's land first. This gives the field, this, these two thousand pours, two thousand pours...... It's also a lot. ”

Brother Shou was happy, rubbing her little fleshy hands, and said with a smile: "Then let's say it first, the land will return to the Xia family, but the harvest will be sent to the palace for you, so it will also be given to me, I don't have any money, but I have to ask you to spend it." ”

Queen Xia knew that she was coaxing her, so she couldn't help but blush with shame, buried her head in Brother Shou's neck, and said in a muffled voice: "The emperor makes fun of his concubines." ”

Listening to Brother Shou's wanton laughter, Queen Xia's gains and losses were all thrown out of the clouds.

*

Renshoufang, Shen Mansion

Shen Rui, who returned home, simply washed his head and face, and went to the upper room to greet the Xu family.

briefly talked about Songjiang and road affairs, and listened to Xu's talk about things at home.

The filial piety period has long expired, and it is time to get rid of filial piety, but because Shen Rui did not come back, the family did not do it, so he just waited for Shen Rui to return and then choose a date.

In addition to serving, a banquet for relatives and friends is also equivalent to publicizing and announcing the official return to the social circle.

In addition, there is a big incident about Shen Zhou.

"Your second uncle has quit." Xu Shi Dao.

Shen Rui couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Didn't you say that the second uncle taught quite well this time, and Class C had a lot of time?" ”

Xu Shi stared at Shen Rui and said with a smile: "It's just that he wants to resign." said to the Tian family that he was unwell. To the family, he said that he wanted to teach you only one at home. ”

This is for fear of teaching too well, and teaching Shen Rui an opponent in vain, after all, the number of places is limited, and one more person who does well in the exam will have one more opponent.

Shen Rui sighed in his heart, nodded heavily, but said with a smile in his mouth: "Second uncle is like this, my son only feels that the burden on his shoulders is heavier." The mother can rest assured that her son will do his best to live up to the high expectations of his mother and second uncle! ”

Xu Shi smiled with relief and said: "You don't have to be so burdened, you can wait for your mother, the Shen family can wait, you just do your best." ”

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