A few days later. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Jingshi. Buildings. The Empress Dowager's bedchamber.

In the dormitory, the Empress Dowager sat on a chair. On the side of the Queen Mother's head, there was a graceful and luxurious middle-aged woman. This middle-aged woman is the biological mother of today's son, Empress Dowager Zhao.

In front of the two, there were two kneeling men, a man and a woman.

The man is the Son of Heaven today. And the woman next to the man is the most favored concubine Pang in the palace.

The Empress Dowager has not been concerned about political affairs for a long time. Like today, the Queen Mother, the Son of Heaven and Concubine Pang were specially invited to come, and it only happened once on the day that Concubine Pang was canonized.

After the Son of Heaven and Concubine Pang finished greeting each other, the Empress Dowager did not let the two get up, but said to an old lady beside her: "You go and send the palace people back, and then personally guard the outside." Within 100 steps, if you find someone snooping, you will be killed directly. ”

The old lady gave a salute and bowed out.

When the Empress Dowager Zhao, the Son of Heaven and Concubine Pang heard the Empress Dowager's order, their hearts all burst out.

After a while, the Empress Dowager reached out and took out a pair of handwritten books from her sleeve, threw them in front of Tianzi and Concubine Pang, and asked lightly: "Your Majesty, do you know about this matter?"

The Son of Heaven unfolded his handwriting, and when he glanced at it, his face turned pale.

Concubine Pang secretly glanced at the handwritten book and said softly: "Old Ancestor......"

The Empress Dowager said coldly: "Shut up!"

Hearing the tone of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Zhao and the Son of Heaven tightened their bodies at the same time, and Concubine Pang immediately bowed to the ground.

The Empress Dowager reached out and took the fragrant tea at hand, took a sip gently, and said: "Since you entered the palace, the emperor has been extremely doting on you. Mourning the family looks at you, virtuous and virtuous, so they also indulge you a lot. Who knew that you would dare to collude with foreign ministers and make such remarks to the emperor!"

When Empress Dowager Zhao heard the Empress Dowager's words, she hurriedly got up from the brocade stool, knelt aside, and said, "The concubine has no way to teach, please punish the ancestors!"

The Empress Dowager sighed slightly, motioned for Empress Dowager Zhao to get up, and then said: "Empress Dowager, the mourning family knows that you have a very good heart, and you abide by the teachings of the first emperor and never interfere in politics. But you can't ignore such a big thing. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he hurriedly handed the handwritten book to the Empress Dowager Zhao. Empress Dowager Zhao only glanced at it a few times, her face immediately turned pale, her body shook, and she almost fell crooked.

The Son of Heaven and Concubine Pang climbed two steps forward, stepped forward to hug the Empress Dowager Zhao, and shouted, "Queen Mother!"

Empress Dowager Zhao struggled to straighten up, knelt on the ground, and said to the Empress Dowager with tears: "Please punish the ancestors!"

The Empress Dowager sighed and said to Empress Dowager Zhao, "You sit down first." ”

After the Empress Dowager Zhao sat down on the brocade bench again, the Empress Dowager said to Concubine Pang who was kneeling on the ground: "The matter of Xiangyang, but you specially warned the people in the palace not to tell the mourning family to know?!"

After that, the Empress Dowager's voice became more and more stern, and she said coldly: "You are so bold!

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Son of Heaven hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Ancestor, it is the sons and daughters who are worried about disturbing the Queen Mother......

The Empress Dowager shouted: "You also stop me!"

After drinking, the Empress Dowager slowed down her voice, and Concubine Pang, who knelt on the ground trembling all over, said, "You go to the Cold Moon Palace to live for a while." Without the order of mourning the family, you are not allowed to leave the Cold Moon Palace for half a step, and you are not allowed to contact any outsiders. If there is disobedience, you know the consequences. ”

When Concubine Pang heard this, she trembled, knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and said with tears streaming down her face: "Concubine Pang respectfully obeys the decree of the old ancestor!"

After Concubine Pang withdrew, the Empress Dowager sighed and said to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, you should also get up." Stand and talk. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he secretly glanced at the Empress Dowager Zhao. Empress Dowager Zhao said angrily: "You dare not listen to the words of the Empress Dowager?"

The Son of Heaven hurriedly got up and stood with his bow.

When the Son of Heaven got up, the Empress Dowager asked in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the mourning family asks you, how many years have I been in power?"

The Son of Heaven replied cautiously, "Two hundred and eight years." ”

The Empress Dowager then asked: "How many of the rivers and mountains passed down by the ancestors are still in your hands?"

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven did not dare to answer, so he pounced and knelt down again. Empress Dowager Zhao also hurriedly got down from under the brocade stool and knelt on the ground.

The Empress Dowager said to herself: "When the first emperor was alive, the four seas were subdued, and the five continents came to the court. But now, the mourning family only hears about the northerners every year, or the Japanese people are in rebellion, and then the westerners disturb the border. At this time, hundreds of thousands of troops of the northerners were outside the city of Taiyuan. And my Central Plains, since Datong, thousands of miles away, millions of Li people, are weeping blood and struggling under the iron hooves of the northerners, looking forward to my Wang Shi to come to the rescue. ”

Speaking of this, the Empress Dowager coughed lightly twice, took out a brocade handkerchief, and wiped it twice on the corners of her eyes.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhao and the Son of Heaven hurriedly bowed to the ground again, and shouted: "Please take care of the phoenix body!"

The Empress Dowager reached out and took the fragrant tea on the table again, but the fragrant tea was already cold. Empress Dowager Zhao hurriedly stood up, changed a cup of tea for the Empress Dowager again, and knelt back to her original place.

The Empress Dowager said to the Son of Heaven: "Do you know how much disaster my Central Plains land will face if the things on the handwritten book are done by Qin Mu?!"

Seeing that the Son of Heaven wanted to speak, the Empress Dowager said again: "You don't need to defend Qin Mu. The mourning family knows that this matter must be approved by you. Otherwise, no matter how bold he Qin Mu was, he wouldn't dare to do such a thing. ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven kowtowed again and again, the Empress Dowager said angrily: "Stand up!

When the Son of Heaven got up, the Empress Dowager said: "You only want to be in a safe corner, and you don't want to forge ahead, so that's it." The mourning family does not expect you to open up the territory and reproduce the glory of the ancestors, but only hope that you can keep it. But have you thought about it? If you cede all the north of Taiyuan to the northerners, and then lose the loyal and brave generals and warlike soldiers at the hands of the northerners, when the northerners come again in the coming year, how should our dynasty resist? At that time, what places do you want to cut off to the northerners? Do you want to take the mourning family and the queen mother to escape again? Or are you going to be at sea?!"

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he wanted to kneel down again, but the Empress Dowager shouted, "Don't kneel!"

After drinking, the Empress Dowager asked: "Since the matter has happened, the mourning family wants to hear it, what is the emperor's plan next?"

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was babbling for a long time and was speechless, the Empress Dowager Zhao snorted, knelt on the ground again, kowtowed to the Empress Dowager and said: "It's all the fault of the sons and daughters who taught the unruly, please ask the ancestors to punish the sons!"

The Empress Dowager sighed again and said, "Since you are called a son, you know that the mourning family and your mother and son have always been a family. Heavenly home, heavenly home, we must make this world our home. If we don't care about the world, the world won't care about us. Get up. ”

When the Empress Dowager Zhao got up again, the Empress Dowager said: "Your Majesty, since you don't want to say it, let's say it." Write it down and don't forget it. ”

After that, the Empress Dowager said to the door: "Take the four treasures of the study." ”

With the words of the Empress Dowager, the old lady from before flashed into the house, and after offering the four treasures of the study, she bowed down again.

The Empress Dowager said to the Son of Heaven: "You are here to draw up the decree. After the draft is completed, immediately use the seal, invent the purpose, and announce it to the world. ”

When the Son of Heaven was tremblingly ready, the Empress Dowager said: "The first two, there is no need to make an order, just send the will." First, Qin Mu resigned as prime minister due to a sudden illness. Major matters in the DPRK and China are decided by the six ministries directly reporting to the Son of Heaven. Second, the mourning family sent an oracle to Pang Wenyuan. The northerner Koubian, the court was in trouble, so he asked him to do less things that were spent on drinking. These days, he is not allowed to contact Concubine Pang again. If he dares to disobey the yang and the yin, let him go to Lingnan to retire. ”

After that, the Empress Dowager ignored the face of the Son of Heaven, and then said: "Next, the proposed purpose." How to write, the emperor himself will do it. ”

"First, Zheng Guanjin, the general of Datong, was greedy for merit, lost his teacher and lost his land, and he should be beheaded according to the law, and he connected the nine clans. Remembering his merit in guarding Taiyuan for several months, he commits his merits, demotes him to a commoner, and sends him to Lingnan, and he cannot recover for life. Zhang Xun, the deputy general of the Taiyuan City Army, was loyal and brave, familiar with military affairs, and had meritorious service in resisting the enemy. Qin ordered him to be promoted to General Yunlu, and led the soldiers and horses of the Ten Routes in the north to fight against the northerners.

Second, the imperial commander with Daolang, the prince of the Baoguo Mansion, and Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan, the eunuchs of the six gates, were loyal and brave, saw through the treacherous conspiracy of the northerners, and killed the northerners in Xiangyang City. Qin ordered, promoted to the royal sword loyal general, given the palace to ride a horse. On this matter, polish it well. Announce the matter of the fake prince of the northerners to the world. Remind all the ministers and all the people of the world that if the northerners fail to make a plan, it is very likely that they will make a divisive plan again, stir up wind and rain in our Central Plains, and spread rumors and make trouble. Let all the ministers and all the people of the world not believe the rumors, let alone spread the rumors, so as to prevent the handwriting from leaking, so as not to harm the national body.

Third, Meng, a righteous man in Qingyunzhai, was framed by a traitor and suffered an unjustified injustice. Qin ordered to redress the grievances of Meng Wuji, and at the former site of Qingyunzhai, build a martyr's tomb for him and set up a monument to the martyrs.

Fourth, Qingyunzhai righteous Liu Yunfeng, Tie Zhu, Dugu Han, Zhang Ming, and Bao Youcai, who are well aware of righteousness, loyal to the monarch and the country, and helped Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan to break the treacherous conspiracy of the northerners. Qin ordered, Xuan Liu Yunfeng, Tie Zhu, Dugu Han, Zhang Ming, Bao Youcai five righteous men entered Beijing, on the Jinluan Palace, face to be rewarded.

Fifth, the soldiers and civilians of Xiangyang bravely killed the enemy, fought bloody battles with the northerners, and martyred the country. Qin ordered six ministries and three divisions to carefully investigate the identities of the martyrs and civilians, and give generous compensation to their families. And set the day of the bloody battle of Xiangyang as the national mourning day.

Sixth, the mighty Marquis Cheng Zhennan, sitting on the border, but he did not think of serving the country, he was arrogant and lascivious, indulged in evil, and deceived the court. Qin ordered, took away his title, and was demoted to a commoner. ”

Speaking of this, the Empress Dowager stopped and said, "Next, the emperor can handle it." It does not have to be written into the Holy Decree. ”

"First, go and ask Qin Mu. Since the establishment of our dynasty, there has been no heavy armor and no sword. Ask him, where did the heavy armor Mo knife come from, and where is it now?

Second, ask Qin Mu again. What kind of person is the master surnamed Fan in his house? What is his intention in taking this person in?

Third, ask Pang Wenyuan and Qin Mu. In Xiangyang City, who instructed the Legalists, the Mo Family, the Miscellaneous Family, and the Fan Monks to come?"

After that, the Empress Dowager asked, "Does the emperor remember clearly?"

The Son of Heaven hurriedly put down the wolf in his hand, got up and bowed, and said, "Erchen has remembered clearly." ”

The Empress Dowager stretched out her hand and motioned for the Son of Heaven to sit down, and said, "The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, you are all descendants of the mourning family. Today's move of the mourning family is not only for my Central Plains, but also for you. ”

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Zhao and the Son of Heaven were about to get up again, the Empress Dowager raised her hand to suppress them and said, "There are still a few small things, so I should tell you about the family affairs." If you say something common, don't spread it. ”

After the Empress Dowager Zhao and the Son of Heaven nodded, the Empress Dowager said: "There are still a few people's affairs, and when the time is right, the emperor will ask someone to handle it." The remaining Taibao under Qin Mu's seat can't be used. These people, watching the northerners, monks, and Japanese people kill and injure the people of our Central Plains, but they stand by and watch, and there is no bottom line. People who have no bottom line, if they continue to use it, it will cause a big disaster.

Xiangyang prefect Tan Sihuai can't be used either. This person first betrayed the Dajueyan Temple, burned the Dajueyan Temple with a fire, and hid his identity, and actually became the prefect of Xiangyang, with ill intentions. In Xiangyang City, this person even ordered the slaughter of the people, ruthless and bold.

However, none of these people can move now. Once I move, it will damage the face of my heavenly family. Let's talk about it later. The emperor just keeps it in mind. ”

When the Son of Heaven nodded again, the Empress Dowager's eyes closed slightly, and she said, "Your Majesty, the mourning family is tired." You go and make the order. The mourning family and the queen mother will talk for a while. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he hurriedly got up and retired after saluting the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Zhao respectively. After exiting the Empress Dowager's bedroom, a cool breeze blew, and the Son of Heaven immediately felt a shiver all over his body.

After the Son of Heaven withdrew, the Empress Dowager said to the Empress Dowager Zhao: "Empress Dowager, two days ago, Mrs. Lu brought a message to the mourning family and said that in the Qinling Mountains, this year's annual success is not good, and medicinal materials are extremely scarce. ”

Empress Dowager Zhao cautiously asked, "What does Old Taijun Lu mean is to reduce the amount of medicine supplied to the palace?"

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "Old Taijun Lu, this is not satisfied with my Heavenly Family's previous reaction to the matter of Qingyunzhai and Xiangyang! The mourning family wants to ask the Queen Mother to travel lightly, make a hard trip, go to the old capital, and go to Qinling to see Mrs. Lu by the way, how about it?"

Empress Dowager Zhao hurriedly replied: "The sons and daughters should share the worries of the ancestors!"

The Empress Dowager nodded, and said, "This time, the world is really going to be lively." The Confucian family, the Buddhist family, the Taoist family, I don't know how many more families have to stand up, making my heavenly family ugly!"

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Zhao wanted to kneel down again, the Empress Dowager stopped her and said, "It's none of your business. The Son of Heaven is young, and he favors Na Qin Mu, Pang Wenyuan and Concubine Pang, and it is inevitable that he will be negligent in his actions. You look for it, it's time to find a queen for the Son of Heaven to marry. Concubine Pang can't be the master of these six palaces. ”

After the Empress Dowager Zhao nodded, seeing that the Empress Dowager squinted her eyes again, revealing an extremely tired look, the Empress Dowager Zhao bowed to the Empress Dowager and withdrew.

When Empress Dowager Zhao withdrew, the Empress Dowager opened her eyes, and the old lady was already standing sideways.

The Empress Dowager said to the old lady: "More than a hundred years later, that sect is still thinking of a resurgence. You go and make arrangements, and find out where the leader of that sect is. There is a mourning family, and they can't take away this country. ”

After saying that, the Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes again, and said silently in her heart: "Old Taijun Lu, the Medicine King family has produced such sharp firearms, but they have not been used by my heavenly family. How do you make the mourning family good?" (To be continued.) )