"What are the benefits, it is not clear to Wechen at the moment!" Han Xiao replied, "But Weichen thinks about it, the Queen Mother is not secretly fueling the trouble because she wants to get any benefits!" ”

"What's that for?" Zhang Lingyang sneered, "Could it be for the first emperor's spirit in the sky?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Lingyang was a little dumbfounded.

Because Zhang Lingyang clearly remembers that just before Mama Zhou died, what he said to himself was not without reason.

If the thinking of future generations is judged that Zhao Chenxi, who was killed by Zhang Lingyang fifteen years ago, is not the son of Empress Dowager Xu, then Empress Dowager Xu has no reason and motive to murder Zhang Lingyang.

Because even if Zhang Lingyang died, Empress Dowager Xu would not get any benefits.

And if Zhang Lingyang is alive, under the condition of maintaining a superficial mother-son relationship with Empress Dowager Xu, Empress Dowager Xu will benefit instead.

Because the Empress Dowager Xu holds the throne of the Empress Dowager, her brother Xu Ziji will get great benefits, at least when Zhang Lingyang is alive, the Xu family will not fall, because Zhang Lingyang is nominally Xu Ziji's nephew.

In other words, as long as the Xu family does not do anything to rebel, at least when Zhang Lingyang is reincarnated, the glory and wealth of the Xu family are indispensable.

Because Zhang Lingyang 'has' half of the Xu family's bloodline, from this point of view, Zhang Lingyang will not take the Xu family.

But there are some things that cannot be thought of in the future, and cannot be used only as a reference point for interests.

Empress Dowager Xu was the wife of the first emperor Yongkang and the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family.

From this point of view, Empress Dowager Xu has reason to want to get rid of Zhang Lingyang.

And after the first murder of Zhang Lingyang failed, although Empress Dowager Xu began to keep a low profile, she always had such thoughts in her heart.

That's why there was an incident that instructed Zhao Chenfeng to make trouble in Liaodong.

Because of the entire Zhao royal family, only Zhao Chenfeng alone holds the military power, and the Empress Dowager Xu can only rely on him to restore the Zhao family's country.

On the other hand, the Zhenguo Mansion, the Ningguo Mansion, the Dingguo Mansion and other great Zhou noble families, the Empress Dowager Xu will not rely on them, because the Empress Dowager Xu knows very well in her heart that during the first Jiangnan Rebellion, these people did not stand up to support themselves, and this time they are afraid that they will not support themselves.

The reason why these noble families of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been prosperous for two hundred years is that in addition to their own hereditary titles and meritorious deeds for the country, they are only afraid of more because these noble families have always wandered on the periphery of the struggle for imperial power and have never participated in it.

It is precisely because Empress Dowager Xu knows this that she chose Zhao Chenfeng, a distant relative from the royal family.

It's just that what Empress Dowager Xu didn't expect was that Zhao Chenfeng would be so unbearable, with the unique land of Liaodong and the Thirteen Guards in his hands, he was defeated so quickly.

What Empress Dowager Xu didn't expect was that the Anping Mansion was also entangled in it.

Especially when the identity of Zhao Tan, the illegitimate son of the prince of Anping, was discovered, Empress Dowager Xu may have realized that the family of King Anping was no longer difficult to preserve.

That's why there was a self-immolation of King Anping's family later. Perhaps it was precisely because of the incomparable guilt in her heart and the reason that she felt sorry for King Anping, the only brother of Emperor Yongkang, and her brother-in-law, that Empress Dowager Xu was extremely guilty, so that she finally died of emaciation.

After clarifying everything, Zhang Lingyang looked at Han Xiao and said, "Get up and talk back!" ”

"Thank Emperor Longen!"

Seeing Zhang Lingyang let himself up, Han Xiao understood in his heart that the emperor's anger had calmed down a lot, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"You said that you found evidence of the secret collusion between the Queen Mother and Zhao Chenfeng in Liaodong, so have you ever found out who is the person who delivered the news?" Looking at Han Xiao, Zhang Lingyang asked.

"It's a little eunuch surnamed Zhou!" Han Xiao replied, "Weichen thinks about it, this Zhou eunuch should have something to do with Mama Zhou beside the Queen Mother!" ”

"Then hurry up and find out!" Zhang Lingyang said, "After finding out, directly execute the Zhou eunuch and all those who know about it!" ”

"Wechen understands, Wechen will do it!" After speaking, Han Xiao hurriedly left the Chen'an Palace.

After Han Xiao left, Zhang Lingyang felt a little panicked in his heart.

In Zhang Lingyang's opinion, he actually treated the Empress Dowager Xu well, and he had already let her go on the eve of the Jiangnan Gentry Rebellion, and he didn't want the Empress Dowager Xu to give up.

Now, Zhang Lingyang even wants to cancel the funeral of the Empress Dowager Xu.

But Zhang Lingyang didn't do it after all.

Because he is now holding the identity of 'Zhao Chenxi', and he is the nominal son of the Empress Dowager Xu, if the funeral of the Empress Dowager Xu is canceled, he will be criticized by the whole world.

Besides, Zhang Lingyang didn't think that he would deal with a dead man.

Before her death, no matter what the Empress Dowager Xu did, she is now dead, and everything has returned to dust and dust.

Therefore, the funeral of the Empress Dowager Xu was still lively and very grand.

On the day of the burial, Zhang Lingyang personally helped the soul and buried the Empress Dowager Xu next to the tomb of Emperor Yongkang.

In order to show that he had not forgotten the grace of Empress Dowager Xu's 'birth and raising', Zhang Lingyang soon promoted Concubine Xu to Concubine Xu, and rewarded Xu Ziji with a large gift, which was regarded as a show of 'filial piety' to Empress Dowager Xu.

On Han Xiao's side, he quickly found out the relationship between Eunuch Zhou and Mama Zhou, and executed all those who knew about it, and the matter was completely over.

It's mid-July, and the sky is covered with autumn rain.

It wasn't until the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival that the autumn rains, which lasted for nearly a month, stopped.

However, although the autumn rain has stopped, the sky is still overcast.

In front of the Chen'an Palace, looking at the hazy sky outside the window, Zhang Lingyang was a little worried.

At this time, Zheng Yongji, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the ministers of the six ministries and nine secretaries all gathered here, and Zhang Lingyang sat there with a sad face.

"It's been such a long autumn rain, it hasn't been seen in thirty years!" His Royal Highness, Zheng Yongji also frowned, "And the scope covered by this autumn rain is so wide that it has implicated 31 prefectures in the five provinces of southern Henan, Anhui, Hebei, Shandong, and Jinzhong, I am afraid that the grain output of these provinces will be greatly reduced this autumn!" ”

"yes!" Zhu Kaishan, the head of the household, echoed, "The rain that lasts for such a long time and covers such a wide area is the first time that Wechen has seen it in his life.

Even if you look through all the archives since the 100th anniversary of Big Tuesday, such a large area of rain is only a few times.

The minister is even worried that the 31 prefectures of these five provinces may even have no harvest this autumn, but it is not necessarily! ”