It is precisely because Qiao Mu knows all these things.

Therefore, she had to send a miniature insect robot to protect Zheng Jinlian, because according to the records of the wild history, Zheng Jinlian was secretly killed by the Empress Dowager Zhou before she died.

First, it is to be able to die without proof, so as not to go wrong in this matter, and at the same time, by her, a person who is about to die, Emperor Hongzhi will not be too angry.

After all, she was dying.

The second is that she knows that time is running out, and the Zhou family may be in danger after her death, so she used Zheng Jinlian to show favor to Empress Zhang, hoping that Empress Zhang would not target their Zhou family after her death.

And Empress Zhang is indeed as she wishes.

Didn't go against the Zhou family.

However, this time with arbor intervening,

The future may not be the same.

……

A few years later, in the seventeenth year of Hongji

The inner court of the imperial palace, the east palace, the Chunlin hall.

At night, everyone else slept, and Zhu Houzhao, who was just thirteen years old, secretly opened his eyes.

Ran to the side hall where it was more enclosed, and met the cold-faced master who would come over every night to teach him for an hour.

And then everything was the same.

As always, one teaches, one learns.

I don't understand the question.

The sound is very low.

Try not to make any noise to any palace eunuchs.

It wasn't until the end that Zhu Houzhao asked the master a digression very entangled:

"Master, is my father really as bad as you say? But the ministers of the court and the central government all said that the father and the emperor were a Ming monarch and a holy monarch, and they would never meet it for eternity! ”

"They are indeed such obedient emperors for thousands of years, how to be, I have basically taught you, can't you tell the difference?"

Although Qiao Mu had already sent a bionic robot to teach Zhu Houzhao a few years ago, in fact, she only sent the body of the bionic robot, and the real teaching was still handled by herself, so the one who was talking to Zhu Houde now was actually Qiao Mu himself.

It's her controlling the robot remotely.

"Points...... Distinguish it.

But why did my father and the emperor do this, I can see the plans of these ministers.

Father, how could he ......?"

After several years of Qiao Mu's teaching, Zhu Houzhao has already matured and is not inferior to adults.

At this time, he didn't believe Qiao Mu's words.

He just felt that his father figure was a little crumbling, not as tall and bright as before.

It was a little hard to accept for a while.

"I think that your father may not have seen it, he just didn't expect that the greed of those ministers was far beyond his imagination, let alone that those ministers were so bold.

And your father is not a virtuous emperor in the first place.

Let me give you an example.

Empress Zhang's younger brother, you know, it's your nominal uncle, what kind of virtue are the two of them, it should be known to everyone, I don't believe your father will not know, but did he do anything to them, just an ordinary virtuous minister and a righteous measure to kill relatives, but what about him?

That alone is not enough for him to be a virtuous man.

Jiangnan cuts taxes every year, do you think he doesn't know Jiangnan wealth, Jiangnan wealth is something that everyone has known since the Song Dynasty, no matter how stupid your father is, he will not be so stupid that he doesn't know this.

The fact that a merchant is rich has been known since ancient times, and your father can't be so stupid as not to even know this, but he still reduces taxes and taxes in Jiangnan every year, and the really poor northwest has not been reduced for almost a year.

Why do you think that's the case? ”

Qiao Mu's purpose at this time was to completely shatter Zhu Houzhao's only remaining illusions, so that he could recognize the cruelty of reality and the collapse of his father's image.

"For ...... Why? ”

Zhu Houzhao had actually thought of some possibilities, but he didn't dare to say it, and he didn't want to say it.

Qiao Mu glanced at him through the bionic robot, the corners of his mouth pulled up slightly, and he smiled sarcastically:

"Do you know how many of the ministers of the DPRK and China are from Jiangnan, how many are from the southeast, and how many are from the northwest, from places like Lingnan?

There are 100 officials in the DPRK and the central government, and the north and south are divided into eighty-two.

More than half of the officials in Jiangnan are in high positions, and which of the old ministers above the court was not born in Jiangnan.

Officials in the northwest are not only of low status, but also small in number, and almost have little right to speak.

Jiangnan officials united.

It can almost shake the court.

It won't be long before they say bad things about a person together, and that person will become notorious and even stinking for thousands of years, but if they say good things about a person together, even if he may not be very capable, he will become a great Confucian sage.

their right to speak.

It's much bigger than your father.

After so many years, your father doesn't want to be said badly by others because of some trivial things.

So I can only continue to boil it.

Anyway, the back mess is for you.

His good reputation was preserved. ”

Zhu Houzhao was silent again, although he wanted to deny it, but he didn't know where to start denying it, because what his master said was true.

Not to mention the origins of officials above the court.

Let's just say that he has a total of sixteen people from the East Palace, Taifu and others, of which twelve are from Jiangnan, three are from Qufu in the southeast, and only one is from the Li family in Longxi.

From point to point, without investigation, he also knows that there are definitely a lot of Jiangnan officials above the court.

More than half, probably polite.

That's because they split the rankings between the north and the south.

Otherwise, the situation could be even bleaker.

Although theoretically speaking, the number of officials in the north and south created by the north-south division should be roughly the same, but in fact, the positions of high-ranking officials in the court have long been occupied by southern officials, and without the promotion of officials, those jinshi born in the northwest are not only difficult to confer officials, but also difficult to promote.

In the long run, officials in the south who have an identity and background and have people above them are naturally rising step by step and quickly entering Beijing to be promoted, while those who have no background in the north may still be nested in which county seat as a county magistrate after more than ten or twenty years, so after several generations, even if the north and south are separated, it will not be able to suppress the tilt of the north and south officials' right to speak in the court.

"Master, if I become the emperor, can you help me, I want to change the situation.

Me, I'm afraid I can't do it alone. ”

After being silent for a while, Zhu Houzhao finally clenched his fists and made a determination in his heart, a determination to change the situation.

"Haven't I been helping you all the time?

I have been testing you before, and now that you have finally made up your mind to change, then the teacher will tell you the truth, the teacher was sent by the Empress Dowager Qian, and over the years, the Empress Dowager Qian has been following the will of Yingzong to secretly develop her power.

wants to assist the Ming Dynasty to produce a martial emperor.

The situation of checks and balances between the civil and military forces will be restored.

Your father and your grandfather are not good, they have both been educated by civil officials since childhood, and they are basically abolished.

Only you are different, you have always been rebellious.

I don't even like to study much.

And if you want to break the current situation, you need an emperor who is unwilling to follow traditional etiquette.

Wait for His Highness to succeed to the throne.

Empress Dowager Qian will do her best to help you.

At that time, you don't have to worry about the threat that the harem may bring to you, you just need to concentrate on dealing with those officials of the previous dynasty and expanding your armament. ”

Be a little more honest about the general situation and reveal it to Zhu Houzhao, it was originally Qiao Mu's plan, and it was not long before the death of the Empress Dowager Zhou and Zhu Houzhao's father, and now he seized the opportunity, Qiao Mu revealed some information to Zhu Houzhao and let him understand.

It's better for both sides to be honest than to be found out later, causing a gap between them.