The 489th Chapter Palace Fight Is Not as Good as Rebellion (26)

Emperor Yongcheng hastily promoted reform without careful consideration.

Sure enough, chaos broke out, and people were forced to interrupt the reform and "apology".

At the juncture of such a crisis, the Empress Dowager He suddenly ordered someone to appear, which solved the crisis of Emperor Yongcheng and supported him to continue reforming!

As expected of a real mother, no matter how unfamiliar the mother-son relationship is, she will still come out to help her son at a critical time!

Let's talk about the officials up and down the court, even Emperor Yongcheng himself felt that Empress Dowager He was a good mother who came to help him deal with the aftermath.

Only a few old foxes represented by Wang Yuan and Feng Shou sneered secretly: Ha! You are so naive!

It is true that Empress Dowager He cleans up the mess for Emperor Yongcheng, but "help" or something is not necessarily.

Of course, since they are old foxes, they are very cunning.

Under the envious gazes of the courtiers, Emperor Yongcheng agreed with Wang Shijiu's memorial with mixed feelings.

Then, there is the compromise and cooperation between the family and the court.

Whether it is the setting of the salt administration department, or the policies of salt fields and salt taxes, Emperor Yongcheng only needs to grasp a general direction, and the relevant courtiers are responsible for the specific rules.

The first decree seems to have been implemented smoothly, and it forced the families to cut their flesh and let blood.

However, Emperor Yongcheng was not happy at all!

"It's like this again, it's always like this!"

Emperor Yongcheng began to play the donkey pulling the mill in his bedroom again.

"She does this every time, ostensibly for my own good, to make everyone say she is a loving mother!"

"But in fact, she just wants to control me and wants me to act according to her rules."

"Otherwise, she obviously has a new method for making salt, but why didn't she tell me in advance, but watched me fly around like a headless fly?"

"...Until a critical moment, she will never show up. She, she just deliberately wanted to see me suffer and learn a lesson, and then appear like a Bodhisattva who saves suffering!"

"she--"

Even if the court has been launched, she still wants to control his emperor, Yongcheng Emperor!

As the most favored woman of Emperor Yongcheng, she is also recognized as a "virtuous helper".

Of course, Zheng Nian'er stood in front of Emperor Yongcheng.

At this moment, when he heard these words of Emperor Yongcheng, Zheng Nian'er almost blurted out a word of "char siu"!

Isn't that a char siu son!

No matter what the reason for the Empress Dowager He was, they did help Emperor Yongcheng at a critical moment.

Even if Emperor Yongcheng is not grateful, he cannot be resentful.

Moreover, Zheng Nian'er didn't think that the Queen Mother He would have so many calculations!

How long did it take for Emperor Yongcheng to propose the salt policy reform?

Empress Dowager He wants to help her son, even if she has a new method of making salt, it will take time to operate.

Fortunately, it is spring, the sea breeze is frequent, and the weather is fine, creating a good natural environment for drying salt.

Otherwise, Empress Dowager He would not be able to get the 100,000 stones of sea salt.

Unless the Empress Dowager He had the ability to predict and predict that Emperor Yongcheng would be "stupid" in advance, he would have made preparations early.

But the problem is, Empress He doesn't have super powers.

Furthermore, as far as Emperor Yongcheng's thinking is concerned, it is an out of character. Except for himself, it is really difficult for outsiders to capture his law of conduct.

How to make predictions in advance? !

Instead of doubting whether Empress Dowager He "premeditated", it is better to think about how the method of drying salt in Empress Dowager He's hands came from.

Is it possible that the Queen Mother He also had "adventurous encounters"?

However, Zheng Nian'er did not smell the "similar" breath on the Empress Dowager He.

Even that rogue system also said that the Queen Mother He was an aborigines.

At most, she is more knowledgeable, more determined, and more decisive!

Zheng Nian'er felt guilty and was always worried about meeting someone with the same background as her.

Therefore, she always wondered why the Empress Dowager He knew about the new salt-making method, and she even secretly led Emperor Yongcheng to doubt it.

Emperor Yongcheng: ...what is there to doubt about this?

Mother must have seen the secret recipe from ancient books.

What's more, maybe it's the heirloom of a certain family.

Compared with the explosive upstart Zheng family, the treasure in the hands of the Queen Mother He has definitely reached a staggering level.

You must know that when the previous dynasty was chaotic in the last years of war, the He family was also a tyrannical force.

In the midst of the war, the wealth they plundered was simply not too much.

After the marriage of the He family and the Zhao family, the Empress Dowager He followed the late emperor to fight in the north and south.

Not to mention anything else, it's just the private library of Empress Dowager He——

Tsk tsk, heaps of gold and silver jewels;

Antique calligraphy and paintings, precious medicinal materials, are stuffed into boxes after boxes;

There are also some aristocratic families who were exterminated in the war, or the big clans who were rescued by the "rebels", and their collections and ancient books basically fell into the hands of the Queen Mother He.

Rows of bamboo slips, rolls of brocade books, and many isolated and rare books that were said to have been burnt in the war were actually treasured by the Queen Mother He.

It is said that Wang Liulang was willing to agree to the invitation of the Empress Dowager He and act as the owner of the museum as a celebrity. There is an interesting talk in the market——

Wang Liulang's most desired volume of Pre-Qin Rare Books, he has traveled everywhere for many years and has never found it.

But Empress Dowager He ordered a box of bamboo slips to be delivered to Wang Liulang's Jingshe. After Wang Liulang read it, he immediately accepted Empress Dowager He's appointment!

He is not only for this rare book from the pre-Qin period, but also wants to see more ancient books in the hands of the Queen Mother He.

And those aristocratic family members came to the Bowen Museum to compete for jobs, except for the official "organization" of the Bowen Museum, it was also for those books!

Even the aristocratic family is so coveted, which is enough to prove that Empress Dowager He's collection is rich and the value of those ancient books is high.

Therefore, in so many ancient books, what new method of salt production was discovered, Emperor Yongcheng was not surprised at all!

Zheng Nian'er: ... Dear, ancient books or something, it's just an excuse for me to talk about it.

On the Queen Mother He's side, it is really unusual.

"Host, you don't have to care too much!"

Gongdou system felt Zheng Nian'er's entanglement and worry, and jumped out without releasing the task.

In a standard mechanical voice, it said word by word, "Don't underestimate the knowledge of the ancients. The method of drying salt is also obtained by the ancients through the accumulated work experience."

"Perhaps, before the records in the history books, the folks already had the method of drying salt. However, the ancients paid attention to secret recipes, and were best at 'self-preserving brooms'."

In this era, wars are frequent, and some new technologies are "lost" in the war before they can be popularized.

Maybe it was just recorded by someone in the handwritten notes and journals, and these handwritten notes and other personal notes may also be kept privately, or burned and fought.

"Huh? It seems to make sense!"

Zheng Nian'er savoured the words of the Gongdou system, and suddenly felt that this rogue system is not just a rogue, but is quite good at analyzing things.

Gongdou System: ... This system can hear your voice, you don't know it, right? !

So, are you deliberately scolding this system?

"No, I didn't scold you, I really think you are amazing!"

Zheng Nian'er felt the "dissatisfaction" of the Gongdou system, and hurriedly accompanied her carefully and explained in a good voice.

Woohoo, she didn't want to anger the Gongdou system, and then be given a difficult task by it to rectify herself.

"No! I can't admit defeat! I will never become her puppet and will always be controlled by her!"

Just when Zheng Nian'er was secretly arguing with the Gongdou system, Emperor Yongcheng suddenly thought of something, and a decisive look appeared on his childish face!

Zheng Nian'er's heart skipped a beat, she was really worried that Emperor Yongcheng would be stimulated and act recklessly!

The salt administration reform is not over yet, so he shouldn't make any other fuss.

"Erlang, maybe you misunderstood the Empress Dowager—"

Zheng Nian'er's words are not all to comfort Emperor Yongcheng, but really think that Empress Dowager He is not as calculated and ruthless as Emperor Yongcheng imagined!

However, Emperor Yongcheng's prejudice against his mother was too deep to be resolved with just a few words of persuasion.

"Nian'er, I know you are kind and soft-hearted, but there has never been a misunderstanding between me and my mother!"

Although Emperor Yongcheng was a little dissatisfied that his lover actually helped Empress Dowager He to speak, he still felt the care and kindness of the other party.

Alas, his family Nian'er is so kind and beautiful.

In her world, there are not so many conspiracies and calculations, ghosts and ghosts.

How could she know what kind of plans and cruelty a strong mother would have for power.

Zheng Nian'er: ... Dear, you have gone a bit too far. Wouldn't your conscience hurt by demonizing your own mother like this? !

Of course, Emperor Yongcheng would not feel pain. When he met his mother, the Queen Mother He, he seemed to have no "conscience" at all.

"Look at what she has done these days, she is clearly reluctant to let go of power!"

"What is the waitress, the book of women, and the creation of a blog, and now she has to intervene in Yanzheng..."

Emperor Yongcheng continued to complain.

But, talking and talking, I don't know which word woke him up, and he suddenly realized--

"No! It's not right! Does she really want to form an alliance with an aristocratic family?"

Zheng Nian'er had a question mark face, and as he talked, he changed the topic.

Why did the Empress Dowager have an alliance with the aristocratic family?

As if he heard Zheng Nian'er's question, and as if he was telling it to himself, Emperor Yongcheng said slowly:

"Wang Shijiu and other female officials are all daughters of aristocratic families!"

Zheng Nian'er wriggled her lips and wanted to tell Emperor Yongcheng: Dear, in this era, only daughters from aristocratic families get the best education.

Their ability and knowledge are also the highest among many women.

Empress Dowager He wants to choose a female official, so she naturally wants to choose someone with outstanding ability.

And women from aristocratic families have the most advantage.

In fact, this is the embarrassment of the current election system.

Everyone knows that the aristocratic family is powerful and has seriously threatened the rule of the imperial power.

In order to break the monopoly of the aristocratic family during the time of the emperor, he carefully implemented the system of selecting officials by examination in a small area.

His original intention was to select the poor and let fresh blood in the officialdom.

But, sadly, among the young people who came to apply for the competition, although there were some scumbags from aristocratic families who were not popular, but the best performers were often the sons of aristocratic families.

No way, the aristocratic family monopolized the world, and educational resources were also occupied by them.

It is extremely difficult for someone from a poor family to read a book.

As for the family members of other families, they can have the best educational resources from the moment they land. There are countless books in the family, and any servant from the family can casually say a few allusions and poems.

With such unique resources, the success rate of aristocratic children is also very high.

Therefore, even if the late emperor rejected the aristocratic family, he still had to appoint the children of the aristocratic family.

The same is true of the current Empress Dowager He.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the Empress Dowager He is trying to win over the family. After all, she is a woman and needs the "acquiescence" of the family if she wants to intervene in the government!

"The owner of the Bowen Museum is the son of the Prince of Langya, and those officials such as bachelors are also from aristocratic families!"

Emperor Yongcheng couldn't hear Zheng Nian'er's thoughts, and was still analyzing it by himself.

The more he spoke, the more surprised he became. "What on earth is she going to do? Does she not know the last wishes of the emperor? For the sake of power, in order to continue to be able to control me, she actually wants to betray the tiger?"

Emperor Yongcheng did not seem to be close to his father and mother.

But between the two, Emperor Yongcheng admired the former even more.

First, it was the long-term lack of love, which made him want to get that kind of nihilistic "father's love" even more.

Second, his father was the founding king and a real strong man. As for men, they all have a strong mentality.

And his throne itself was inherited from his father, and he has a sense of responsibility and mission as a "successor".

He wants to inherit his father's legacy and continue to implement the policy of weakening the family, so that the Zhao family can be passed down steadily and for a long time.

The Empress Dowager He, as the most honorable woman in Dayuan, the original wife of the late emperor, did not say that she had upheld the last wish of the late emperor, but in turn colluded with the family.

When Emperor Yongcheng thought of this possibility, he was inexplicably sad and angry!

He felt even more betrayed.

"She really is a selfish and cold person. It's only been a few years since her father died, and she has forgotten all her long-cherished wishes!"

"No! She can forget! I can't forget!"

"I want to continue the great cause that the father and emperor have not completed, and I want to completely take back the power from the family!"

"I will never be a puppet of a family and my mother—"

With the shouting of each sentence, Emperor Yongcheng's eyes lit up with raging flames of war.

Zheng Nian'er had a bad premonition that the emperor was going to cause trouble again.

However, as an emperor, Emperor Yongcheng is indeed not easy to be overridden by aristocratic families.

This year's aristocratic family, although a little more "low-key" than in previous years, would not change the emperor at any time.

However, the aristocratic family is still a huge force, which has seriously hindered the concentration of imperial power.

If you want to break the monopoly of the family, it is necessary to reform the election system of the imperial court.

and many more--

A flash of light flashed in Zheng Nian'er's mind, "The imperial examination system!"

Yes, the imperial examination system!

Historically, the Sui and Tang Dynasties implemented the imperial examination system in order to break the family's monopoly on the appointment and removal of court personnel.

And it was this relatively fair election system that knocked the family down from the altar.

"What imperial examination system?"

Emperor Yongcheng vented, and his mood recovered a lot.

At this moment, he heard Xiao Qingmei's muttering at the tip of his ear.

"Oh, it's just..."

Zheng Nian'er roughly described the system and process of selecting officials for the imperial examination.

Emperor Yongcheng didn't have the surprise in Zheng Nian'er's tone, but said something casually, "Oh, it's the exam selection, and the royal father did it!"

Zheng Nian’er: …Huh?

Gong Dou System: ... Dear, I have already said, don't petty the wisdom of the ancients!