In order to be able to put the little Lori in his bowl completely, Liu Hong concealed his identity and took the little Lori around all day long in order to increase his feelings. Of course, if he could, he would have liked to do something else. But his small body doesn't have enough capital at all, even if he wants to do something else, he is powerless.

On this day, Liu Hong took little Lori to see the goldfish. Not long after I came back, his mother Empress Dowager Dong (in fact, Liu Hong did not get married, her current title is still the queen, in order to save trouble, she is directly called the queen mother.) Send someone to call him and ask him to go to Yongle Palace.

"What the hell is it that you want me to go to her bedchamber?" Liu Hong was very curious, because Empress Dowager Dong rarely looked for him, for so many years, the number of times their mother and son met was only a handful, and now they actually sent someone to invite him to the dormitory, which is a rare thing.

In great curiosity, Liu Hong came to Yongle Palace. found that not only the Empress Dowager Dong was in this Yongle Palace, but his uncle Dong Pet was also in the Yongle Palace.

Seeing Liu Hong coming, Dong Pet hurriedly saluted Liu Hong. Although he is Liu Hong's uncle and a generation older than Liu Hong, Liu Hong is the emperor and does not apply secular etiquette.

"Uncle, it's all a family, no need to be polite." Liu Hong helped Dong Pet up and asked the Empress Dowager Dong, "Queen Mother, I don't know why you called the child here?" ”

"Well, it's not for your uncle." Empress Dowager Dong sighed and said, "Hong'er, your uncle is not a big man, and he doesn't have anything serious to do. ”

Hearing this, Liu Hong's heart sank. Historically, as soon as the Empress Dowager Dong entered the palace, she sent someone to summon his brother Dong Zhong and named him a ruling Jinwu. Now there are a lot of deviations from history, Liu Hong thought that the Empress Dowager Dong would not summon her brother to Beijing again, but she didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Dong still raised this matter.

This is a problem for Liu Hong, if you arrange Dong Pet, don't say that he has carried out the reform of the official system, and the appointment of officials must follow the system, if he makes an exception, it will bring great harm to the reform. Even Dong Pet himself is not a smart person, if he is taken advantage of, he will definitely not be able to benefit. After all, Dong Pet was falsely asked for the will of the Empress Dowager Dong in history and was sentenced to death. The fact that an uncle was executed for such a thing is very revealing.

But if you don't settle him, you can't say anything. Don't say that Dong Pet is also his closest relative, just say that Empress Dowager Dong has never let him do anything, this is the first time, if he doesn't agree, this is a bit unreasonable.

"Uncle, what do you want to do?" Things have come to this point, let's ask Dong Pet what he thinks first.

"Your Majesty, I can do anything, you can look at the arrangement."

"You don't pick anything." However, the more Dong Pet said this, the more difficult Liu Hong became, which is typical of relying on him.

"Uncle, you must at least have a general direction, otherwise how do you ask me to arrange you?"

After listening to Liu Hong's words, Dong Pet didn't speak. This is the Empress Dowager Dong couldn't stand it anymore, and said: "Hong'er, from ancient times to the present, being an official is the right way, see if you can arrange an official position for your uncle." ”

"Queen Mother, it's not difficult to arrange an official position, but Erchen doesn't know his uncle's ambitions, what position do you let Erchen arrange for him?"

"Hong'er, we are all a family, don't talk about those false, official things, it's not a matter of your words. You look at arranging an official position for your uncle, as long as you don't lose face. ”

As soon as Liu Hong heard this, he knew that Empress Dowager Dong was about to start being unreasonable. However, this is also understandable, the Chinese people attach importance to family affection, Dong Pet is her own brother, and the Empress Dowager Dong can't sit idly by no matter what.

Seeing Empress Dowager Dong like this, Liu Hong simply opened up and said.

"Queen Mother, I didn't come to vain, this question is very important." As he spoke, Liu Hong explained to him, "If my uncle just wants to increase his face and get rich, this is a good arrangement." In any case, my uncle is my dearest relative, and it is absolutely as it should be to have a noble identity and enjoy a rich life. ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Dong nodded.

"But if my uncle is ambitious, then I will really not be able to arrange it."

"Why is that? Your uncle has high ambitions, that should be a good thing, why are you not arranged? Although this was asked by the Empress Dowager Dong, Dong Pet was also extremely curious, and listened with his ears pricked up.

"Queen Mother, you also know that the son-in-law reformed the official system some time ago. The appointment of officials must follow the system. This is not an exception, but if it does, it will have a great impact on reform. If my uncle had high ambitions, it would have been impossible for him to go to those idle places, but there are too many people who pay attention to those important official positions, and if I arrange my uncle in this way, my reform will ......."

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Dong also made a difficulty. Of course, she hoped that his brother would have high ambitions, after all, no one wanted their relatives to be fools. But Liu Hong's words are also very reasonable, with his brother on one side and his son on the other, Empress Dowager Dong doesn't know what to do.

Lofty ambitions, a person like Dong Pet, is absolutely impossible to have. But the arrogance of his relatives in the past, Dong Pet was very envious. Now that Liu Hong is not married, he is the most authentic relative, of course he wants to emulate those relatives. So he ran to the palace and asked the Empress Dowager Dong to help arrange it.

As soon as he saw Dong Pet's expression, Liu Hong knew what kind of score he was playing. He felt that it was necessary to ring the alarm bell for Dong Pet in advance, otherwise, he would end up in a different place like in history, and his face would not look good.

"Queen Mother, to put it mildly, the child really doesn't want his uncle to be a person with great ambitions, so he won't be in a high position." Liu Hong ignored Empress Dowager Dong's surprised eyes and continued: "Queen Mother, I said this for the sake of my uncle. If you don't believe me, you can see what happened to those relatives in high positions, and you can see why I said that. ”

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked, no matter how majestic and beautiful those relatives in power are, they can't get rid of the end of a dead family in the end.

After hearing this, Dong Pet directly shivered. Although he is not very smart, he is not a fool, he obviously heard the meaning of Liu Hong's beating. If he still wants to hold power, the fate of those relatives is his example.

"Your Majesty, don't be embarrassed, uncle, I am not a person with great ambitions, as long as I can enjoy wealth and prosperity, uncle, I will be content."

"If my uncle just wants to be rich, there is no need to enter officialdom. After all, after the reform, the officialdom is very different from before, and there is no big oil and water at all. ”

"Oh, if I don't enter the officialdom, what am I going to do uncle?" In this regard, Dong Pet is extremely curious.