When Zhu Youdong and Zhao Shizhen were talking at Bingzhu Night, the current emperor Zhu Yijun was also chatting with his mother in Cining Palace.

Although during the original Guoben dispute, Empress Dowager Li stood firmly on Zhu Changluo's side and made Wanli very embarrassed. But on the one hand, Wanli's fundamental purpose in engaging in the Guoben dispute was not to abolish Li Li; , this fat emperor was really a filial son. Therefore, Wanli would still come to visit Empress Dowager Li whenever he had time.

Originally, Wanli was very tired after dealing with so many national events in the morning. Wanli just wanted to come over for a regular visit in the afternoon. But for some reason, the mother and son became more and more speculative after they started talking. , and finally abandoned the servant altogether, the two of them sat face to face at a close distance and talked all night long.

"The child remembers that when he was a child, he was ignorant, made mischief in the palace, and became drunk and crazy. As a result, the mother asked the child to read "The Biography of Huo Guang". Haha, looking back now, if the mother asked Yixi to be the emperor, and the child became King Lu, where would it be? It’s so hard like today.”

"Hmph~" Although the son in front of her has grown into a fat man weighing more than 200 kilograms, Queen Mother Li still gently poked Wanli with a finger: "That's not what you thought at the beginning. Then At that time, you were crying bitterly, kowtowing and begging for mercy."

"Hey~~ So I was stupid at that time. It was so difficult to sit in the position of the emperor, but at that time I was still rushing to take it. Look at Yili. I heard that he lived very comfortably in Weihui. He spent the whole day Here, I would recite poems and write poems with a group of literati, or paint for fun. How can I be like this kid, who spends his days worrying about the operation of the entire Ming Dynasty?"

"Wei Niang knows that you are living a hard life. The courtiers and even officials outside have known how powerful they are during the Jiajing period. But what can you do? Shimiao (Jiajing) once said to your father, as a king, , One person rules the world, and one person defeats the world. The emperor is destined to be hard and lonely."

"Haha..." After a helpless smile, Wan Li looked up at the roof: "Actually, when I was a child and became the prince, I felt that my father was too weak-tempered. Mr. Gao had the final say on everything. Mr. Gao had the final say. At that time, I thought, if Gao Gong had the final say on everything, then what was the point of being an emperor? Now it seems that my father is really a man of great wisdom. With Mr. Gao, he only needs to take care of Just live alone in Gao Gong. Mr. Gao will naturally deal with other courtiers and other problems. In this way, it will be much easier!"

"My mother has always admired your father. Outsiders thought he was weak, but in fact he was very firm inside." After raising her head and remembering her late husband for a while, Queen Mother Li looked at Wanli with a complicated expression: "Actually, you were originally There is also a chance to be like your father. It’s just that you are stubborn and too strong, so..."

"...Haier knows that when Mr. Zhang was here, my situation in Ming Dynasty was much better than it is now..."

"...Hey, after so many years, you finally said this. In the early years, when your father taught your mother to read history, he once told her about the king he admired most. Well, do you know who it is?"

"This? Emperor Xuan of the former Han Dynasty? Or Xuan Temple of this dynasty?"

"Haha, finally you know your father's temper, and you didn't mention the founding emperors like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Well, your father admires both Emperors Xuan very much, but he admires the most, King Qin Huiwen."

"King Huiwen of Qin? The one who broke up Shang Yang's chariot? How is this possible?"

"I want to ask you, did Shang Yang's reforms in Qin make Qin stronger?"

"Of course."

"But Shang Yang's reform also offended a lot of Qin's ministers, didn't he?"

"This, the reform will definitely be like this."

"In order to appease the emotions of these ministers, King Huiwen broke up Shang Yang's chariot, but completely retained the laws formulated by Shang Yang. Is this a wise move?"

"……clever!"

"Your father left too early. If you give him another ten or twenty years, Gao Gong's fate will not be much better than that of Shang Yang. Let Gao Gong reorganize the country, and then depose him when you come to power.

This is the reason why your father tolerated Gao Gong in every possible way."

"...In the first year of Wanli, how could my mother..."

"Because your father is gone, and Gao Gong was not promoted by you. If you still let him be the chief assistant, how can we control him? Do you think that the mother-in-law didn't know what happened when Zhang Taiyue and Feng Bao did those things?

?It’s just a matter of following the current. Besides, if we get Gao Gong down and Zhang Juzheng up, there will still be someone to do the work!”

"What mother is going to say, I know, Zhang Juzheng was Shang Yang during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. After his death, it was right to cancel all his honors to calm the public anger. But the laws he made should not be changed...

"

"That's right. So after Zhang Taiyue dies, you have to liquidate him as your mother and don't say anything, but you absolutely shouldn't. You just think your own method is better than Zhang Taiyue's. Then slowly change it.

Various decrees he left behind.”

"Why didn't the mother warn her son earlier?"

"Haha, your father admires King Qin Huiwen the most, and who is his mother? The one he admires the most is the former Empress Ci Shengguangxian of Song Dynasty. That Empress Dowager Cao was very powerful. When there was a big civil war, she could quickly lead a group of palace maids and eunuchs to defend her.

Renzong and Yingzong were not in good health and could not go to court, so they dared to proclaim themselves emperor. When Yingzong recovered, he could immediately give up all rights and never hold back. Such a hero among women, my mother read about her for the first time.

When I saw your deeds, I made up my mind to follow my example for the rest of my life... Therefore, in the tenth year of Wanli, you are already twenty years old. Of course, my mother must return the power to you. Since I have returned the power to you, if I still do it right, my mother

Aren't your various interferences in governance too mean-spirited?"

"My child... My dear, I'd like to thank my mother. However, the country is in trouble now, and my child just feels depressed inside. In addition, my child is too fat, and his body... I often feel dizzy and have a heart attack. I really can't bear it. Of course, my child hopes to be able to bear it."

Someone stepped forward to help the child. However, in the Ming Dynasty, there were nearly one hundred thousand officials and nearly one hundred thousand internal servants. But looking around, I felt that none of them looked like Zhang Juzheng in the past."

"It has been rare to see a figure like Zhang Juzheng for hundreds of years. It is normal that we can't find him now. However, my Zhu family also has Qilin'er."

"Did mother mean Dong'er?"

"Of course, there is no need to talk about the vision of heaven and earth when this child was born. Even though my mother ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name all day long, I still remembered the words that the child was silent and had strange power and chaos. So when Dong'er was born, I still remembered it.

I was just a little surprised. However, the things he has done in recent years really amaze me."

"...Well...what mother said is that Dong'er is not yet six years old, and it has only been less than two years since he was enlightened. He has made such achievements. Although many things this child does are against the way of a saint.

, but I really want to see what step he can take."

"So, we must try our best to support him. My mother never studied in school when she was a child. When she served the late emperor, she was first taught to read history books by your father. When your father decided to switch the switch, there was a lot of opposition from the ministers in the court.

His mother once asked him why he was going against the ministers. At that time, he worriedly told his mother that it had been almost two thousand years since the First Emperor unified the world. There were so many dynasties, but only the Zhao and Song Dynasties had a reign of more than three hundred years. Moreover,

The Zhao and Song dynasties still only managed to survive for three hundred years with half of the country surviving. It has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty by Taizu. There are so many problems in the country. If we don't take measures, we may be unable to escape the same mistakes. So no matter how much opposition there is, we will definitely succeed.

To switch.

Wei Niang will remember these words all her life... As for Dong'er, what he does is a bit deviant, but Wei Niang feels that only in this way can we, Ming Dynasty, have hope of escaping from this cycle of chaos."

"Haha..." After smiling bitterly for a while, Wanli said: "The child finally understands why the mother was silent when Zhang Juzheng's decree was changed. The child feels uncomfortable hearing what the mother just said. If the mother had stood there more than 20 years ago,

If you come out to criticize the child's governance, I'm afraid that the relationship between mother and child will also be damaged. However, the child is older now, so although the mother's words just now made the child uncomfortable, the child knows that it makes sense."

"Well, actually, my mother has noticed that after so many years, your ideas have gradually changed. You have begun to pay more attention to the cultivation of future generations."

"My child is over forty years old, and he has such a figure... Chang Luo is a good boy, but he is too loyal. My future as a Ming Dynasty still has to fall on Dong'er. So, as long as it is not too excessive, my child
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