The snow in the first month of the fifteenth year of Wanli fell very heavily, like a jade dragon dancing wildly in the sky.

Huang Min was worried that the snow was too big and he wouldn't be able to come back later, so he hurriedly turned around and went to Concubine Yang.

Because Zhu Yijun said that she was coming tonight, Concubine Yang personally took out the milk that had been left overnight last night in advance to prepare snow cheese, and after she separated the milk fat that floated on the surface of the milk by standing, she began to pour four pots of home-made tea into the milk, and put it in a copper kettle and stirred it over a simmer.

"Niangniang is still in the mood to cook this?"

"The power has been taken away!"

A female official beside Concubine Yang agreed, and Jiang asked Concubine Yang dissatisfiedly at this time.

Concubine Yang smiled lightly and said: "The emperor likes to eat the snow cheese I make, saying that the snow cheese I make does not hurt the spleen and stomach, and this day is suitable for making this thing." ”

Jiang Shi glanced at him and asked, "Niangniang really doesn't let people inquire, did Concubine Liu denounce Mrs. Dou?" ”

"Inquire about something, she has already committed a big crime, so why should this palace make trouble."

Concubine Yang said and continued to seriously cook the hot drink she was going to make.

Bang!

Suddenly, there was a violent slamming of the door.

Concubine Yang just smiled, but didn't say anything, when the milk in the copper pot was boiled until it was as viscous as jade liquid bead glue, she added dried fruits to it, poured it into a white porcelain cup, and placed it on the table, so that it gradually cooled like snow.

Concubine Yang herself continued to flip through the medicine case from the side.

"The snow is too big, and the emperor probably won't come."

Jiang Shi walked back at this time, patted the snow on his body, and walked to Concubine Yang, picked up the snow cheese and drank it.

Seeing this, Concubine Yang hurriedly put down her pen: "This is Your Majesty's!" ”

Jiang said with a smile: "The emperor won't come, let's reward the slaves." ”

"!"

Huang Min came over at this time, saw this scene, and hurriedly shouted.

Jiang Shi turned around and walked over with a smile: "You are here, but what does the queen mother have to do, do you want our mother to do it." ”

Huang Min replied: "The queen asked me to return the book." ”

"Since you are returning the book, why bother Miss Lao to run it herself, you are a person from Kunning Palace, when the mother wants it, we will go and get it."

Jiang said with a smile.

Huang Min said: "Seeing that you haven't come to get it, the queen thought that the concubine had forgotten, so she asked the slave to send it in person." ”

Jiang Shi smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer.

"I didn't forget!"

Concubine Yang, who was seriously re-separating the milk fat, replied softly at this time.

Huang Min smiled slightly, and handed the book to Jiang.

Concubine Yang bowed her head here: "Hard work!" Reward! ”

Huang Min thanked him and left.

After Huang Min left, Li Jin also returned to Ciqing Palace here, and reported to Empress Dowager Li that the Qin family was killed by a rod and set up a female school, and the Dou family was sentenced to be beheaded for collecting wealth behind Concubine Yang's back.

"So this has nothing to do with Concubine Yang?"

Empress Dowager Li then asked Li Jin.

Li Jin replied: "If you want to talk about the relationship, it can only be said that the control is not strict. ”

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li nodded: "The emperor advocates new rites and likes concubines who are beneficial to the country and the people, and does not believe that 'a woman is virtuous if she is not talented', otherwise with her Yang temperament, she will not be able to live in this palace now, and she will not be able to stay in the position of a concubine now, and she can still be snowy and energetic after entering the palace for so long." ”

"What Niangniang said is that after the emperor ascended the throne, the harem was indeed not as tilted as before, and the nobles and the palace people were not so trembling, but those who were not right-minded and wanted to use various names to bully others ended up very miserable."

Li Jin replied.

"The establishment of the secret system, coupled with the fact that the inner court has always rewarded silver and grace, and the outside is also reducing taxes and exempting soldiers, so that many people have to be restrained, so that the entire harem is much more harmonious."

"Even with my mother's family, because of the many subscription coupons that have been rewarded, now there are a lot of complaints about the royal family, since this is the case, I don't have to worry about his nosy, if you want to set up a female school, let him set it."

Empress Dowager Li looked at the Buddhist scriptures as she spoke.

Zhu Yijun did plan to set up a women's school, and called King Zheng and King Su: "There can be people in the clan who are good at managing the internal affairs of the palace, both men and women, and the two of them will next prepare a book to recommend it, I want to reorganize the functions of the clan, strengthen the cultivation of the royal family, and not let some treacherous people do things that violate the new rites in the name of teaching the royal family and nobles." ”

King Zheng and King Su both surrendered their hands and said yes.

After Zhu Yijun saw King Zheng and King Su called, he announced to Qi Jiguang again: "The Princess's Mansion is the Sect Leader of the Qin Clan who asked for bribes from the horses, do you know about this?" ”

Qi Jiguang couldn't help but be stunned, and then replied: "Yes!" ”

Zhu Yijun sank his voice after hearing this: "Then why don't you play?!" ”

Qi Jiguang hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty! The minister is a foreign minister, and it is not good to interfere in the affairs of the royal family, and it is not good to let His Majesty worry about the internal affairs because of the dog. ”

"Do you still think that it's okay to give bribes, and it's okay to give more silver dollars to the Qin family, anyway, your Jiguo Mansion is now in and out of the prime minister, Lu is rich and profitable, and it is not bad for silver dollars?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Qi Jiguang had to grit his teeth and reply: "Yes!" The minister was willing to accept the guilt. ”

Zhu Yijun asked again: "Are you worried that your Qi family will be troubled, which will make the queen mother dissatisfied, and then lead to the disharmony between the mother and son of the heavenly family, so you would rather wronged your son and princess?" ”

Qi Jiguang replied again: "Yes! ”

"But the Queen Mother was not dissatisfied, and took the initiative to persuade me to kill the Qin family."

Zhu Yijun said.

Qi Jiguang stood aside silently.

Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang and said earnestly: "You, you are more suitable to be a daughter-in-law, not like a martial artist, let you go out and enter the prime minister, be a privy envoy, no wonder there will be a lot of civil servants who can accept it, but you are like this, can the new ceremony be implemented?" ”

"Just because the Qin family is the queen mother's person, you can mess around, and then just because the concubine is your son, you can be wronged, and even the princess can be wronged?"

Qi Jiguang replied: "What Your Majesty said is that the minister's understanding of the new ceremony is not enough, and the minister is guilty. ”

"It's good to know what is lacking!"

"At the beginning, Yu Qing and others advocated the new rites, for what, so that the etiquette law can conform to the interests of the country and the nation, can benefit the society and the common people, can ensure that the idea of enriching the country and strengthening the army and benefiting the people can be implemented, and can really respect the venerable and benevolent to the inferior, so that every Han person can be treated as a human being and can be respected, but those who are unkind and disrespectful will be resolutely eliminated!"

"It's good!"

"Just because I am worried that the Queen Mother will lose peace with me, I would rather sit back and watch the princess and the concubine be wronged, and sit back and watch her Qin family beat and scold her with the old etiquette and accept bribes."

"This seems to be saving the face of me and the Queen Mother on the surface, but in fact, it is destroying the atmosphere of the entire inner court, turning benevolence, righteousness and morality into a tool for cannibalism, and then it will be inaccurate in the future, and it will damage the atmosphere of the whole world."

"How will Qing deal with himself then?"

Zhu Yijun asked Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang hurriedly crawled on the ground: "The minister is willing to accept the guilt!" ”

"Let's be flat."

"It's easy to go to the thief, it's hard to go to the thief in the heart!"

"It is impossible to eradicate the remnants of the old rites in Qing's heart in a day or two, but I hope that Qing can eradicate the evil of the old rites in his heart as soon as possible."

"And in order to let Qing remember this lesson, I want to give some punishment to Qing, and punish him for one year, and he will not reduce his title for the time being, after all, Qing's title is obtained by military merit."

"However, Qing should continue to work hard to defeat the remnants of the old rites, first of all, to continue to strengthen our Ming army, so that there can be more external benefits to the people."

"Now that the Queen Mother is more and more reasonable, she is willing to accept my use of new rites to govern people, because Wuqing Bofu has received a lot of foreign benefits."

"Qing should understand what I mean, replacing the old with the new, relying on more than just killing!"

(End of chapter)