Chapter 171

Empress Dowager Qi lived in the apse of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

At first, she lived in the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Considering that the emperor was still young when he first came to the throne, the Inner Pavilion asked the Empress Dowager Qi to move to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to take care of Emperor Yuanyou.

The first emperor had only two sons, one was already a vassal at that time, and there was only one prince in the palace. They were extremely precious, so of course the queen mother can take care of them so that they can rest assured.

Empress Dowager Qi did take good care of her son. In the past few years, Emperor Yuanyou didn't even suffer from cold and cough.

After leaving the imperial study, Emperor Yuanyou came directly to the apse.

Empress Dowager Qi was reading Buddhist scriptures, and there were only two court ladies standing quietly on both sides, and the room was quiet and peaceful.

"I have seen my mother." Emperor Yuanyou walked in and saluted with a smile.

Empress Dowager Qi had put down the Buddhist scriptures long ago, and looked at her tall and tall son, who not only has the tall and straight figure of the late emperor, but also inherited the strengths of her and the late emperor's appearance, he is really a handsome young man, and graceful and luxurious.

"sit down."

Emperor Yuanyou sat on the side of Empress Dowager Qi, mother and son looked at each other, Emperor Yuanyou took the initiative to say: "Mother, just now I summoned Mr. and Mr. He Ge in the imperial study."

Empress Dowager Qi: "For tax reform?"

Emperor Yuanyou: "Yes, I prefer to use He Ge's method, and Mr. just agreed."

He told his mother exactly what Chen Tingjian had said.

Empress Dowager Qi silently turned the sandalwood beads on her wrist, looking at her young, frivolous and vigorous son, Empress Dowager Qi said: "As Pavilion Elder Chen said, this road is extremely difficult, you are not afraid, Empress Mother is very relieved, but there are risks in it,They still didn't dare to make it clear. If there are rebels everywhere, if some of them become popular and really threaten the court, if clansmen, officials, common people, and Beijing officials scold you together, will you be afraid?, will you regret it?"

Emperor Yuanyou: "Probably I will be afraid. As for regret or not, it depends on whether they win or I win in the end. If I win, no matter how difficult the front is, I will be happy later. If I lose, it will be a big deal to make people in this world, anyway.Reform, pampering clansmen, officials, gentry and common people, the country of the ancestors will eventually become someone else's country, and it has been like this throughout the ages."

Empress Dowager Qi: "What you said is really easy."

Emperor Yuanyou: "I understand my mother's concerns, and I also know that I dare to be fearless when I am young, but the throne has been handed down to this day, and I am the only one who dares to give it a try. When my husband and Mr. He Ge are gone, who else can I count on?"Do you advocate such a reform? Queen Mother, I don’t want to be scolded by the people all over the world like my grandfather, and I don’t want to indulge in mediocrity in the harem like my father. Even if I lose in the end, future generations will only regret my frivolity, not criticize mewrong."

Empress Dowager Qi: "The old ancestors would scold you, scolding you for losing your family."

Emperor Yuanyou: "The old ancestor would not scold me, he would scold those greedy princes and relatives, and scold those corrupt officials and gentry who are fish and meat."

Empress Dowager Qi: ...

It has to be said that the old ancestor did have such a temper, not only that, the old ancestor would also scold those unfilial descendants who ruined the ancestor's foundation.

Empress Dowager Qi thought of Chen Tingjian again.

She didn't know how long her son's frivolous loyalty could last, but she believed that Chen Tingjian would not make fun of state affairs. If Chen Tingjian agreed, he would definitely use iron and blood to stabilize the country for his son.The most difficult two years will be the two years before his son takes office. Therefore, at this time, the reform and infamy will be borne by Chen Tingjian, the Chief-of-Staff of the auxiliary government, for his son.Even if the reform fails in the future, the son can release the Inner Pavilion to the vassals and gentry to vent. The son only needs to change the Inner Pavilion, and he can continue to be a happy emperor who has no choice but to pamper the vassals and gentry all his life.

What she understood, Chen Tingjian would only understand better.

But Chen Tingjian still agreed to his son.

The Empress Dowager Qi raised her head slightly, and only after a while did she tell her son about this, and said with strong words: "If you really take this step, you still have a way out, but Chen Tingjian and He Qingxian are as if they have drawn a bow and there is no turning back. Once youIf they retreat, they must die."

Emperor Yuanyou thought of Chen Tingjian, the old man who treated him like a master and father would discipline him severely and pave the way for him with great pains.

He also thought of He Qingxian, who was loyal to the emperor and loved the people, but was imprisoned by the emperor's grandfather and despised by his father. It was not until this dynasty that he finally had the opportunity to display his ambitions.

The two old men could put themselves aside for the sake of the court people, so he would stand unswervingly behind them.

"I won't retreat, I'd rather be broken than broken."

Empress Dowager Qi smiled: "Then go ahead and do it boldly. No matter the merits or demerits, we, mother and son, will bear the burden together."

After the new year, the officials are on holiday again.

Hua Yang took Chen Jingzong back to the Chen Mansion.

Chen Tingjian was not there.

Sun: "I don't know what he's busy with. He enters the palace every day before dawn and comes back after dark. I don't think he even thought about it this year."

How could Huayang believe that his father-in-law didn't disclose any news to his mother-in-law? The implementation of the new policy next year will be thousands of times more difficult than the examination of the law and the clearing of the whole country. Not to mention the cabinet, the officials of the six ministries are also participating in it from dawn to dusk.New regulations revised.Including the younger brother, when Hua Yang entered the palace in the morning, he only saw the queen mother, and heard that the younger brother was also staying in the cabinet, and had to share three meals a day with the cabinet.

Hua Yang noticed that Luo Yuyan was a little depressed.

The sun was good today, and when the three sisters-in-law went for a stroll in the garden, Luo Yuyan finally had the opportunity to tell the long princess what was on her mind: "The third master said that next year he will be released to Songjiang Mansion in Nanzhili."

The imperial court is going to implement the New Deal, but the local government may not have heard of it yet, and there are already rumors in the Beijing official circles, so even if Chen Xiaozong didn't say anything in detail, Luo Yuyan would have guessed that implementing the New Deal is too difficult, and some officials dare not do it, so the father-in-law let hisIf the son goes, he should go to the rich and prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River where the gentry is deeply rooted.

When corrupt officials go to the south of the Yangtze River, they will naturally be respected by the officials and gentry under them, and they will eat a lot of fat.

Chen Xiaozong wants to fight against these local tyrants, the risks involved...

Luo Yuyan was about to cry.

She wanted to go with Chen Xiaozong, Chen Xiaozong said something unscrupulous there, promised that he would never be promiscuous outside, in short, he just refused to agree.

Yu Xiu took out her handkerchief and half hugged Luo Yuyan's shoulders, but her own tears also flowed down.

Hua Yang remembered that in his previous life, both Chen Bozong and Chen Xiaozong were released. Chen Xiaozong was the county magistrate in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, and Chen Bozong went to Guangdong to be the magistrate.

She had no way of knowing how many risks the brothers encountered outside, but she only knew that the one whip method in the two places was implemented fairly thoroughly in the past, until the father died of illness in August, and the brothers had to put down their errands and return to Beijing to take care of their filial piety.

In August, the father-in-law was buried in peace. In October, Chief-of-Staff Zhang Pan led the courtiers to impeach the father-in-law. In November, Chen Bozong died in prison. In the twelfth month, the whole Chen family was assigned.

I can't even think about it, let alone look at the two weak sisters-in-law beside me.

Hua Yang walked away.

Luo Yuyan twitched twice, and asked Yu Xiu with some worry: "Is the long princess angry, thinking we've turned her interest down?"

Yu Xiu: "The long princess is not that kind of person, but let's not be like this. The imperial court is just employing people, so we should be considerate."

Hua Yang did not let Chaoyun and Chaoyue follow, and came to the lotus pond in the garden of the Chen Mansion by himself.

She sat on the stone on the side of the arch bridge, facing the ice reflecting the sun to calm her mind.

I don't know how long it took, a small stone suddenly flew by and slid along the ice surface for a long, long way.

Hua Yang stared blankly at the small stone that slowly stopped.

Chen Jingzong's voice came from the bridge: "Why are you hiding here, like a pissed off daughter-in-law."

Hua Yang looked up and saw him lying on the railing, with his back to the sun, his handsome face was bright and compelling, his posture was sloppy, like a playboy.

Hua Yang glared at him.

Chen Jingzong: "You won't be bullied by sister-in-law or third sister-in-law, right?"

Hua Yang didn't even bother to answer the completely impossible matter.

With a sound of "bang", Chen Jingzong climbed over the bridge railing and jumped straight down, causing Hua Yang's whole body to tremble, and the next moment he was afraid that he would shatter the ice and fall!

"Come up!" she urged angrily.

Chen Jingzong stomped on the ice under his feet: "The water in our small pond is not as deep as my waist, so I'm not afraid of falling."

Hua Yang just stared at him.

Only then did Chen Jingzong come to her, squatting on one knee, supporting the rock she was sitting on with one hand, and lifting her chin with the other.

Hua Yang knocked his hand down.

Chen Jingzong looked into her eyes: "Gold bumps again?"

Hua Yang pursed his lips.

Chen Jingzong: "I think the elder sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law are also crying, because of the matter that the elder brother and the third brother will release in the next year?"

Hua Yang: "Didn't you go to play with Da Lang and the others, how did you spy on our female relatives?"

Chen Jingzong: "I didn't do it on purpose, I saw it on the way back."

Hua Yang was silent.

Chen Jingzong: "Sisters-in-law and three sisters-in-law are reluctant to part with their husbands. It is only natural for human beings. Why do you feel reluctant to part with a younger brother?"

The familiar yin and yang strangeness, the familiar indiscriminate sourness.

Hua Yang: "You try to say something nonsense again?"

Chen Jingzong: "To be serious, the old man arranged ten guards for each of them. They are sure to be safe, but they need to spend some brains and lip service. This is what civil servants are good at. You really don't have to worry about it."

Hua Yang lowered his eyes: "I'm not worried about them, I just admire my father, who obviously can let the eldest brother and the third brother enter the six-part experience, but send them to do the most difficult and most offensive errands."

Chen Jingzong: "You, you know that I am the most bitter old man, but you still want to say that."

Hua Yang pushed him hard.

Chen Jingzong sat on the ice.

Suddenly there were a few giggles above their heads, the couple looked up at the same time, and saw the three brothers Wan Yi, Wan Qing and Da Lang sneaking over at some point, with five big and small heads leaning side by side on the guardrail, like five fat dogs.Doodle sparrow.

Hua Yang: ...

Chen Jingzong patted his trousers and stood up, raised his hand and yelled at them: "No matter big or small, go aside!"

Seeing that the long princess's fourth aunt blushed, Wan Yi seemed worried that they would hear her self-confessed words, and explained with a smile: "We just arrived, and we didn't hear anything, only to see fourth uncle fall a big somersault."

Chen Jingzong: ...

Fourth aunt's face is important, so don't worry about his, right?

"Let's go, or else fourth uncle won't give lucky money this year!"

Wan Yi winked at her fourth uncle, and took away her younger siblings.

Chen Jingzong watched his nephews and nieces go away, just about to squat down again, Hua Yang stood up, and said to him bossily: "This year's New Year's Eve, let's go to Hongfu Temple."

Chen Jingzong: "Why?"

Hua Yang: "I want to offer the first stick of incense in the new year."

Too many things happened in the third year of Yuanyou, Hua Yang wanted to pray for the success of the New Deal for his younger brother, and also for the Chen family to wish that everything goes well and the whole family is safe.