When Zeng Yukun left, Qin Mingyue sat there alone and didn't move.

It has been more than 200 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The first emperor was very absurd, the harem was vast, there were many heirs, he once set up a prince twice, and abolished the prince twice. All of this happened under his own master, Shen Guoshi. Therefore, this time, when Qin Mingyue told Shen Guoshi about the crown prince of the dynasty. Shen Guoshi once joked, I originally wanted to pass on the position of national teacher to you earlier. Seeing this situation, let's wait. Wait until the prince really rebels, and then he is deposed, and then pass it on to you. Anyway, when I am in office, it is already common for me to abolish the prince.

When the first emperor, the treasury was empty, the people were not happy, in fact, it had been revealed, the current emperor was originally the youngest son of the first emperor, when several brothers took the heir, all relied on the mother and queen mother, escaped several major disasters, stayed in the harem peacefully, and secretly contacted Shen Guoshi, and the relationship was handled very well. In the later years of the first emperor, the adult princes were basically abolished and killed because of the succession, and they lost their power and were confined in their fiefs. In the end, it was Emperor Changping, who was the youngest son, who got the throne.

Of course, thanks to the Empress Dowager, she was very wise, although as a successor, Emperor Changping is also a son-in-law, but the Empress Dowager made her position early, saying that Emperor Changping was too young and not a good candidate to inherit the throne, so she asked Emperor Changping for a prince's title early in the morning, and was ready to go, and later, she said that she was not in good health, so she cultivated in the capital. This made those adult princes let down their vigilance.

Later, Emperor Changping, who lived in the suburbs of the capital to recuperate, became a strong Shen Guoshi, and with the help of the Empress Dowager, returned to the court, and finally got the throne. Therefore, Emperor Changping was very filial to the Queen Mother, and he also respected Shen Guoshi very much.

After Emperor Changping ascended the throne, he made great efforts to govern the country, and after decades of governance, he finally repaired the ship of the Great Zhou, which was about to collapse. The treasury was not only replenished, but also had a slight surplus, and the court was also calm.

However, underneath this calm, there are actually turbulent waves.

Just listen to what Zeng Yukun said today. And along the way, what Qin Mingyue saw and heard herself, although she spent most of her time in retreat, but after occasionally looking at the boat, occasionally secretly getting off the boat, and disguised herself with Xiao Rui, she still found a lot of things when she went to those small villages and towns.

The Great Zhou has been peaceful for a long time, and there are more and more nobles in the family. These so-called families, the family is multiplying day by day, and the children in the family will not know anything except the imperial examination, except for being an official and studying. Just like Zeng Yukun said that the master is in Zhili's Taishou, when they were young, they were always reading, ignoring things outside the window, and only reading sage books. The so-called sage books do not refer to books such as the study of agricultural mulberry crops, but Confucian classics. The words of the so-called saints.

Therefore, these scholars, once they become officials, don't understand anything, they can only write articles, they can only write poems and paintings, they are all artists, but none of them understand the people's livelihood. As for the affairs of the yamen that they have to manage after becoming officials, from the lawsuits of the common people, to the money, food, and servitude of a place, to the life and death of the people, they do not care about it, and all of them are handed over to the carefully cultivated staff, constant attendants, and servants in the family.

They themselves make fuss every day, raise concubines, have more children, and continue to educate their children to read, so it is good to make sure that the fragrance of books continues. Of course, the most important thing is to use their official hats to increase their family's assets more, and through the efforts of generations, the family's original only 200 acres of land have become 5,000 acres, 50,000 acres or even more. So that the family has a lot of land, a large number of shops, and business everywhere.

They protect each other, accommodate each other, marry each other, and are intertwined, and others want to do business on their territory to make money, which is absolutely impossible, and only those of the same class as them, and they are in-laws, can do business on their territory.

All the fields and properties of the world have been annexed in this way, and the money of the world has also been monopolized in this way. The people worked all day long, but they were not clothed, and gradually even the two acres of land that the family originally owned became gone, and finally they could only rent the landlord's land to cultivate in exchange for a meager subsistence grain.

Once there is something going on, such as a drought, a flood, or someone in the family is sick, then these people will be even more unable to survive, and they can only sell their children and daughters, and they can not even sell their children and daughters, so they can only be forced to rise up.

In the previous life, Qin Mingyue always thought that it was because of Xiao Xi's ascendancy, because of his perverse behavior, that the world was rotten, and in the end, the people rose up, and the whole Great Zhou was in turmoil.

In fact, Xiao Xi's mediocrity was a big factor, but that was only the last straw that pressed the camel's back. At this time, the people were already overwhelmed by the hands of Emperor Changping, who was still a Ming monarch. Therefore, later, Xiao Xi was so casual and mediocre, and he levied a little more, and the whole world was in turmoil.

As the guardian of the Great Zhou, as the person who has been set by the world to protect the people, Qin Mingyue's heart is very heavy.

Originally, she thought, in this life, her task is very easy, she just needs to prevent Xiao Xi from taking the throne, she only needs to beware of the prince's rebellion and not let Emperor Changping be caught off guard, which hurts her heart, hurts her body, and dies early, as long as she stops He Xiang's ascendancy, as long as she does not let Su Liuli, a demon girl who confuses the world, take power, then she can avoid the truth in her previous life, and she can make the Great Zhou continue and make the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Now, Qin Mingyue felt that she was wrong. Without Xiao Xi, without Su Liuli, without He Xiang, if the world continues to develop according to this situation, it will follow the same path as in the previous life.

If you want to change these, if you want to make the hard-working and simple people of Da Zhou live, there is only another idea.

Qin Mingyue sat there in a daze and thought for a long time.

Dongqu and Chunyin, who were waiting outside the door, were very strange, why did Miss talk to Zeng Shizi after Zeng Shizi left, and where did Miss sit in a daze? However, as strictly trained maids, they all knew that at this time, they must not disturb Qin Mingyue.

They could only wait cautiously outside the door with anxiety, how much they hoped that Xiao Rui did not go to the valley of the Yun family's ancestral tomb at this time, and how much they hoped that Xiao Rui was also in Fengyuan, so that they could persuade their own young lady.

However, until the time of the lantern, Xiao Rui did not come back. Fortunately, Qin Mingyue called someone over and ordered him to wash and eat. This made Dongqu and the others breathe a sigh of relief.