Ouch, my dear grandson, come here and show me to grandpa. Tsk, tsk, tsk, half of your face is swollen. This little bastard is so cruel."

Uh...Father, do you say that about your son? I am a little brat, so who are you?

Seeing Zhu Youdong acting cute and pitiful in Wanli's arms, Zhu Changluo standing below felt confused: Is this the son who spoke with murderous intent just now?

"Chang Luo, come here!"

"Father?"

"Come closer, come closer, snap~~!"

"Father?!"

"If you hit my good grandson, I will hit you!"

While the grandfather and grandson were performing a live drama in the Qianqing Palace, in the Cining Palace to the west of the Qianqing Palace, a brother and sister were also glaring at each other.

"Queen Mother, you have to make the decision for our family. Look, you just beat his men and detained one of his men. What did this little bastard do? Kill people and burn down houses. Is there any royal law for this?" It’s okay for me to be slapped in the face, but it’s clear that I don’t take the Queen Mother seriously!”

Li Caifeng, the Cisheng Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty, is fifty-eight years old this year. Generally speaking, in terms of history, this Empress Dowager is scheming and skillful, but more importantly, she is measured.

Before Wanli was underage, she was extremely strict with Wanli. She appointed Feng Bao in the inner court and Zhang Juzheng in the outer court. She held great power and was the most powerful figure in the Ming Empire at that time. But when Wanli took charge, she could also be very happy He surrendered all his power and returned to Cining Palace completely.

She usually turns a blind eye to some of her relatives' minor problems and does not force them too much. However, if the trouble is too outrageous, she can also step in to stop or even punish her. In short, in the evaluation of history, in addition to saying She was too devout about Buddhism and was overzealous in building temples, so much so that she spent a lot of money. Everything else was pretty positive.

At this moment, she was sitting in the main seat, listening to her brother crying and fussing for a long time, but she still kept a straight face and didn't say a word.

"The Queen Mother? The Queen Mother~~ It's pitiful that so many people in our family have died. The Queen Mother, oh, my sister~~"

"Hey, all of you, please step aside."

After asking the serving eunuchs and maids to leave, Queen Mother Li walked down from her seat and said softly to Li Gao: "Let's forget about this matter. Don't make trouble, it will be good for you."

"What?!" Li Gao, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly jumped up: "That's unreasonable! Why? Sister, what seniority is that little brat? What seniority am I? Shouldn't you call that brat over? Then apologize to me and compensate for the losses?"

"Shut up! Marquis Wu Qing, you are getting more and more outrageous. Is this what you call your grandson? If you continue to be so arrogant, I will ask the emperor to deprive you of your title!"

After all, all honor and disgrace belong to the Queen Mother. After being scolded by his sister, Li Gao temporarily stopped talking.

"When I started serving the late emperor, it was still during the Jiajing period."

Sighing leisurely, Li Caifeng said: "At that time, people in the Ming Dynasty court were very tight. In the cabinet there were Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and in the local government there were Hu Zongxian, Zhao Zhenji, Hai Rui, Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou... Emperor Shizong was truly an emperor who could control these people with applause.

But! What happened last night, the aptitude shown by the great grandson is much inferior to that of Emperor Sejong. In my opinion, that is something that only the founder of the country, the great ancestor of Jingnan, has."

"What? Girl, are you over-praising me with what you said?"

"Hey, brother, you are also a Marquis. Read more books when you have nothing to do. Don't spend all day calculating where there are benefits and where you can collect money."

At this point, Queen Mother Li simply moved a chair to be next to Li Gao: "Look, Taisun received the news in the afternoon, but he showed up in Honghe Village that night. He killed people and burned houses. It's done cleanly and neatly. What's this called? Heroic and resolute, decisive in killing.

You may say that this is clearly a child letting out anger and doing things regardless of the consequences. But according to the information handed over by my sister's spy at Ciqing Palace, the grandson was fully involved in this matter. You have to know that the grandson is only four years old! If a child vents his anger, is there any need to brave the cold wind and go back nearly a hundred miles overnight? This is to lead by example and go to the battle line in person.

My sister also heard that after the incident, the boy gave a red envelope of five taels of silver to everyone who participated in the evening. Although the money was a little less, as long as he thought about the grandson himself, he had little money. That was preferential treatment for the soldiers, including Wu Qizhi The wind is blowing."

Although Empress Dowager Li read a lot of books after following Emperor Longqing and was very knowledgeable, she had been in a high position for a long time and her sensitivity to money became worse and worse. In fact, at least during the Wanli period, five taels of silver The purchasing power is considerable. The most typical example is the description in "Jin Ping Mei" written in the late Ming Dynasty: Ximen Qing, Hua Zixu and others became sworn brothers, and Ximen Qing bought a pig, a sheep, and several bottles of rice wine. , incense, candles, money, paper, chickens, ducks and other sacrificial supplies, as well as some other side dishes. They set up an incense table for sacrifice, and they also made a banquet with these ingredients... How much did it cost in total for the ingredients, labor, stall fees, etc.? Four taels of silver!

So Zhu Youdong is actually very generous.

"And brother, you have to see that for just one thing, nobles, generals and even the emperor all sided with the grandson in a very short period of time. It can be seen from this that the entire Ming Dynasty has a negative attitude toward Wu Qinghou's family. I've been impatient for a long time. What do you think will happen to our Li family in the future if we don't restrain ourselves?"

"Ah? Sister, how do you say this?"

"Humph, do you know about the incident between the British Duke and Uncle Ning Yuan's house? But what you need to know is that without the support of the emperor and Ouchi, the grandson and his entourage would have just left the city in the middle of the night. It was still dark. Can Liang successfully enter the city? What is the emperor's attitude? Do you still need to ask?"

"this……"

"Hey, brother. My sister knows that our family used to be a small family and lived a very hard life. So after my father was awarded a title, he relied on my sister's relationship to do some unethical things. Some of them were... If it goes too far, my sister will come out and say something. Yes, it will be over if she turns a blind eye. Is it because my sister doesn’t know the laws of the country? No, I just feel that my family has suffered too much before, and now I want to earn more. You should enjoy your money. However, when doing these things, you still have to prioritize and differentiate between people. You go take advantage of those businessmen and corrupt officials, and my sister never cares. But if you bully common people, my sister knows it. , when have I not scolded you? Our family used to be commoners, and we were bullied by nobles. How come you are able to do this when you are rich?

Also, there are some people in the Ming Dynasty who cannot be messed with. You can fool the emperor by pretending to be inferior tributes from various places. Although the emperor has problems of one kind or another, he is filial to his children and will not care about anything with you. But this

It does not mean that he has no ideas in his mind. You bullied the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, and you have offended the generals and nobles of the entire Ming Dynasty! Now you actually dare to offend the grandson?! You are not the one who witnessed the vision above Beijing more than four years ago

I didn’t see it! And what happened last night has made it very clear that the grandson will definitely be the hero in the future. Can you mess with such a person?"

Looking at Li Gao who finally fell silent, Queen Mother Li sighed again: "Brother, you are already sixty this year, right? My sister is also fifty-eight this year. I don't know when we will go to see the late emperor. If we

Now that they are all gone, what should we, the descendants of the Li family, do? According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the natal family of the Queen Mother is granted the title of Marquis. Over the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there have been only a dozen or so people who have been granted the title of Marquis because of the birth of a Queen Mother in their family.
Chapter completed!