According to Sun Ding'an's meaning, the matter of apportioning into the mu should be slowly figured out.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, it will cause a nationwide riot.

Although Zhang Lingyang also understands this, Zhang Lingyang understands even more that reality can't give him such a long time to figure it out.

Especially after meeting Wilson and Victor from England, Zhang Lingyang felt more and more the urgency of time.

Through the side attack on Wilson and Victor, Zhang Lingyang knew that the revolution in Europe had begun.

Today's European powers are enclosing territory on a large scale around the world.

And if Zhang Lingyang is still acting unhurriedly at this time, let alone getting a piece of the pie from the European colonial wave, he is afraid that others will hit the doorstep, and he doesn't know it.

What's more, in fact, the European powers have already hit the doorstep of the Great Zhou.

Today's Nanyang Islands, except for a few Great Zhou vassal states such as Cochin, Burma, Siam, and Ryukyu, which still remain independent, the rest of Southeast Asia has been carved up by European powers.

I am afraid that it will not be long before the strong ships and cannons of the European powers will come to the coast of Dazhou.

At that time, Zhang Lingyang was afraid that he would become the first emperor of the Great Zhou to sign an unequal treaty with a European power.

How could Zhang Lingyang be willing to see such a thing?

Therefore, even though he knew that now was not the right time to reform the tax system, Zhang Lingyang still made up his mind.

Because Zhang Lingyang wanted more time to face the Western powers.

However, throughout the Great Zhou, except for Zhang Lingyang, who has such a sober cognition, the rest of the people are still dreaming of the big empire, and they don't know anything about the outside world at all.

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When the situation in the court was weird, the harem was not very calm.

In the past few days, Empress Dowager Xu has met with several old ministers who have already sent a message, and no one knows what they said.

Although Zhang Lingyang heard a little wind, he didn't care.

In Zhang Lingyang's opinion, it is nothing more than that the Queen Mother is a little lonely in the palace and wants to talk to some old people.

I didn't want this day, Empress Dowager Xu suddenly ordered Mama Zhou beside her to come to the Heart Cultivation Hall and ask Zhang Lingyang to go to Cining Palace.

Although Mama Zhou's expression was a little weird and a little solemn, Zhang Lingyang didn't take it to heart.

In Zhang Lingyang's opinion, maybe Mama Zhou heard too many complaints from the old ministers in Cining Palace, so she didn't have to say that she had some opinions.

When Zhang Lingyang came to Cining Palace, it was already evening.

"Erchen has seen the queen mother!" Seeing the Empress Dowager Xu, Zhang Lingyang made a salute, and then sat down on the soft collapse beside the Empress Dowager Xu, "The queen mother called her sons to come, but what do you have to say?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu looked at Zhang Lingyang's eyes, a trace of inexplicability flashed, and then she returned to normal, and greeted Zhang Lingyang warmly.

"These days, the emperor hasn't even come to see the mourning family once, is it that the mourning family has reached the point where people hate it?" As she spoke, Empress Dowager Xu wiped the corners of her eyes.

"What the queen mother said made her sons a little embarrassed!" Zhang Lingyang laughed dryly and explained: "Isn't this these days, there are more things in the DPRK and China? Erchen was a little lacking in skills, and forgot to come to Cining Palace to ask the queen mother for peace, and asked the queen mother not to be surprised. ”

Even after such a long time, every time he faced Empress Dowager Xu, Zhang Lingyang still felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

After all, after poisoning Zhao Chenxi, Zhang Lingyang himself can be regarded as the enemy of Empress Dowager Xu.

"Alas!" Empress Dowager Xu sighed and said, "That's what the emperor said, but the mourning family knows in his heart that the emperor is unwilling to face me, an old woman.

That's it!

The mourning family left the palace in a few days and went to Wutai Mountain to give the emperor a clean life. ”

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Xu said this, Zhang Lingyang said in his heart: "Sure enough, the Empress Dowager is still thinking about it!" ”

Although I wish that Empress Dowager Xu could leave the palace for a few more days, so that she could give herself a little more free space.

But Zhang Lingyang persuaded him: "What the queen mother said, made the sons a little embarrassed!" ”

Empress Dowager Xu glanced at Zhang Lingyang meaningfully and said: "This is not to blame the emperor, it is the mourning family himself who is a little quiet!" ”

Saying that, Empress Dowager Xu smiled again: "The mourning family has ordered someone to prepare some wine and food, the emperor will eat here at the mourning family tonight, it should all be practiced for the mourning family!" ”

"It's nature!" How dare Zhang Lingyang refuse? Otherwise, a big hat of 'unfilial piety' will be buttoned off again.

Seeing that Zhang Lingyang agreed, Empress Dowager Xu nodded to Mama Zhou, and then went down and ordered someone to go to Cai.

After talking with the Empress Dowager Xu for a while, she saw Mama Zhou come back and said, "The Empress Dowager, the emperor, the wine and food have been nearly arranged!" ”

Zhang Lingyang nodded, and helped the Empress Dowager Xu to sit down at the dining table.

Mama Zhou was busy with the cloth dishes, constantly passing behind the Empress Dowager Xu and Zhang Lingyang.

Empress Dowager Xu glanced at Mama Zhou and said, "You don't have to be busy, you are going around, and you are dizzy!" ”

"Yes!" Mama Zhou's mouth responded, but her head shook slightly unconsciously.

Empress Dowager Xu glanced at Zhang Lingyang deeply, and her eyes flickered.

"Why does the queen mother look at her sons like this?" Seeing that Empress Dowager Xu's gaze was a little wrong, Zhang Lingyang asked suspiciously.

Empress Dowager Xu sighed with emotion and said: "The mourning family is a little relieved to see that the emperor is older!"

The mourning family remembered that when the emperor had just ascended the throne, he was thinking about how to come every day.

Now the emperor also has his own son, and he is more and more sensible! ”

Suddenly, Empress Dowager Xu seemed to think of something, glanced at Zhang Lingyang, and said: "A few days ago, Mr. Zhou presented a good daughter red on the altar to the mourning family, but the mourning family is old and can't eat a few bites, and today it will be cheap emperor you!" ”

Saying that, Empress Dowager Xu ordered Mama Zhou to fetch a pot of her daughter's red come.

Taking the wine jug handed over by Mama Zhou, Empress Dowager Xu personally poured a glass for Zhang Lingyang and said: "This is the daughter red who has been cellared for 30 years, the wine is a little strong, the emperor drink it slowly!" ”

Zhang Lingyang nodded, but drank it all.

In Zhang Lingyang's opinion, what kind of liquor he had not drunk in his previous life, and the degree of these wines is no different from beer now.

Zhang Lingyang drank three glasses in a row before putting down the wine glass and picking up the dishes.

"This wine...... This wine is not right! Before he could eat a few bites of food, Zhang Lingyang felt a little dizzy, and then fell to the table.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Xu was not surprised.

Getting up, Empress Dowager Xu came to Zhang Lingyang's side, lightly checked Lingyang's right ear, looked at the root behind the ear, and sneered: "Sure enough, it's not the emperor of the mourning family!" ”

Mama Zhou stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, presumably what Mrs. Zhou said is true, the emperor has been killed by this thief, should we give him to ......"

As she spoke, Mama Zhou made a movement to wipe her neck......