Haitang couldn't help but ask Haijiao one more question: "After the new monarch eradicated Sun Ge Lao, did he abolish the new law?" ”

Haijiao shook his head: "No." It is said that Emperor Deguang had a will before his death, and the new monarch put filial piety first, and refused to abolish the new law no matter how the hundred officials asked for their lives. Not only that, but the officials of Sun Gelao's faction, as long as they didn't follow him with their hearts and didn't make a mistake, almost all of them were retained, so everyone said that the new monarch was benevolent. Although there are many people who do not agree with the new monarch's approach, because the court is much better than before, most people will be done with a single advice. On the contrary, it was some powerful people of the family who had made great efforts to defeat Sun Ge Lao, and they made a lot of trouble all day long, adding a lot of chaos to the new monarch. ”

Hai Jiao recalled the enemy who killed him in his previous life, and it was one of these people who pursed his lips. In this life, he will definitely do his best to prevent them from gaining power again!

Begonia didn't know what Hai Jiao was thinking, she just couldn't help but sigh.

If there is a problem with the new law, the new monarch will definitely repeal it, and the hundred officials will fight to the end. Even if Emperor Deguang had a will, the new monarch did not treat Sun Guifei and Sun Ge's old father and daughter well. Under the banner of filial piety, he insisted on implementing the new law despite the opposition of officials, and it was certain that the new law would be beneficial to the country.

A change that is beneficial to the country is a good change.

Haitang remembered what she had seen and heard more than 50 years ago when she was still a nurturing grandmother in the clan mansion, and she knew better.

At that time, the phenomenon of civil land annexation was already very serious, the people lived in poverty, and the families and magnates lived luxuriously, but the imperial court was always unable to allocate military funds and disaster relief because of the lack of money and food. The expenses in the palace were also supported by the sale of fabrics and utensils by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Even if she is only a female official in the inner court and a female dependant of the inner house, she knows that the country's finances are on the verge of danger. Da Chu dragged on for more than 20 years before he began to change the law, and it has been a long time.

Since it is a change related to the national economy and people's livelihood, it is not surprising that the emperor always connived at the father and daughter of the Sun family.

The emperor has been on the throne for more than 30 years, and Sun Ge Lao has been in power for so long. As the pioneer of the emperor's reform, he has been bound to the reform himself, and can almost be said to be the spokesperson of the new law. Unless the emperor gives up changing the law, denouncing such a person is tantamount to sending a signal to the outside world: the new law will not work.

Therefore, even if Sun Guifei and Sun Ge Lao have done some things too much, as long as they can bear it, the emperor will tolerate one or two.

It's easy to belittle a Sun Ge Lao, but after he steps down, who can carry the banner of law change?

As for enduring a Sun Ge Lao, the emperor needs to pay the price...... The queen who came from a political marriage, Sun Guifei, who had retired, and the virtuous concubine supported by the Empress Dowager Zhou, as well as the harem concubines with various family backgrounds, there was no difference to him. Whoever of them gives birth to a prince will become a prince, it is the same for him.

In that case, why can't he keep reusing Sun Ge Lao?

He gave preferential treatment to the father and daughter of the Sun family, which was to show his ministers that he was a kind monarch, and as long as his subordinates were loyal and hardworking, they would be protected by him.

It's really no good, he can also sacrifice the father and daughter of the Sun family, let everyone's resentment and anger be vented on them, and then he will be a just and virtuous king again.

When the emperor died, the law change was carried out for so many years, and the results basically came out. As long as Xinjun is not stupid, he will continue to implement the new law, and it no longer matters what happens to the Sun family's father and daughter.

Haitang sighed and sighed, and said to his brother Haijiao very solemnly: "Brother, I think it's better not to think about dealing with Sun Ge Lao now, let Master Tao Yue Tao settle old grievances with the Zhou family and get along amicably." ”

Hai Jiao also understood what she meant: "I understand, Sun Ge is always a hard bone, and it is not so easy to gnaw down, let's not be in a hurry, just take your time step by step." The Zhou family is still in charge of the border army, several young generals are still safe and sound, and the old marshal is also alive and well, and Sun Ge Lao has no way to take them for the time being. The Zhou family suffered from the loss of no one in the court, so when something happened, no one interceded for them. But if Master Tao is willing to speak for the Zhou family in front of the emperor, how can the emperor give his cousin a little face. ”

Haitang asked: "Does the Zhou family really have no allies in the DPRK?" It's all about the Queen Mother? They have suffered a lot in terms of grain, grass and military resources, and they have not thought about looking for people in the DPRK for many years? ”

Haijiao said: "In addition to the ancestral duke title of Zhenguo, the Zhou family also has the title of Marquis of Chengen, which is now held by the fourth brother of the Queen Mother. He stays in the capital all year round. However, the old man on Thursday is not a military general, but a scholar, or a well-known calligraphy and painting master, with good popularity and extensive travel, but it is a pity that he has never entered the court, and he has passed on the news, and he can't interfere in military affairs at all. ”

Of course, scholars from the northwest frontier will also speak fairly for the Zhou family after becoming officials in the court. It's just that there are too few such people, and their official positions are generally not high, so they can't affect the overall situation.

The Zhou family held military power and was afraid of arousing the emperor's suspicion, so they were very honest. Anyway, there is still the queen mother in the palace, and the Zhou family has the merit of supporting it, where did you think that the cheap nephew would turn his face?

Haitang only felt that the Zhou family was too honest. After years of suffering losses in food, grass and military resources, they should learn to be flexible. If you know how to form a caravan to make money in exchange for grain and grass materials, why don't you know how to spend some money to buy the royal nobles and powerful ministers in Beijing? As long as someone is willing to help speak, why would the Zhou family suffer the losses of the Sun faction repeatedly?

Okay, Haitang didn't want to say anything, and only told his brother Haijiao what he thought: "Strictly speaking, the Zhou Tao family has no grudges. Empress Dowager Zhou's resentment against Concubine Tao Hui...... It is not so much that the person recommended by Tao Huifei to Chang Guifei may have killed Prince Xiaoming, but that Tao Huifei herself may be a person from Chang Guifei's faction. ”

If Tao Huifei hadn't been friends with Concubine Chang, she wouldn't have entrusted her maid to the latter. And since Concubine Chang was the favorite concubine of the first emperor, she naturally competed with Queen Zhou and was jealous. It is very likely that Tao Huifei, as Concubine Chang's follower, once blocked Queen Zhou.

But Tao Huifei died early and did not participate in the murder of Prince Xiaoming. The Emperor Deguang she left behind was a little pitiful in the past, and Concubine Chang didn't take much care of him when he was in the limelight with King Ji, and he was full of resentment, so he could only seek the protection of Queen Zhou, and Queen Zhou was willing to accept this adopted son because of this.

In this case, there is no irresolvable grudge between Empress Dowager Zhou and Concubine Tao Hui. Whatever the former thought before, now she's dying...... Is it possible for the Zhou family to persuade her to put the future of the Zhou family first and take the initiative to propose to the emperor to posthumously crown Tao Hui as a concubine?

As long as she took the initiative to bring up this matter, the emperor's complaints against her in the past thirty-one years would dissipate with the wind.

Haitang lowered his voice and said: "It's rare that Lord Tao Yue Tao came to the northwest as the main envoy of the peace talks, and my brother asked my grandfather and cousin to persuade the Zhou family." Sun Ge Lao's henchmen are in the peace negotiation mission, if you want the peace talks to work out as the Zhou family wants, Master Tao must win over! As long as the northwest can be peaceful for a few more years, and the military and civilians in the border areas can suffer less, what can not be compromised? Concubine Tao Hui posthumously crowned the Queen Mother, and it will not affect the honor of the Queen Mother Zhou. On the contrary, the current situation of the Zhou family is very much in need of a close minister who is trusted by the emperor to say good things for them......"

As for Lord Tao Yue's side, it depends on whether he still cares about Xie Wenzai's old friends. If he still attaches importance to his old friends, then he will have a good impression of the Zhou family, who has sheltered Xie Wenzai and others for more than 20 years, right?

Everyone is for the good of the country and the people, if the Zhou family is willing to take a step back, why should the Tao family take Qiao? Although the Tao family is the emperor's closest relative, they are weak......

If Lord Tao Yue Tao is dissatisfied with the emperor's actions, doesn't he want to increase his bargaining chips so that he can change the pattern of the court?