If time could be turned back a year and a half, Wei Zhongxian estimated that when Concubine Li heard the name "Zheng Haizhu", she would blurt out: "What is this bitch going to do who doesn't marry, but just hangs out with men?"
After all, when Ke Yinyue persuaded Wei Zhongxian to let go of the Songjiang velvet handkerchief to Qianqing Palace, Empress Xili in front of her made a fuss and cursed her when she took out the handkerchief.
But today is different from the past, Xili has become a noble concubine, and the pleasure of winning the female competition temporarily covered up a bit of her shallowness and savagery.
When she saw that Zheng really just liked running around, her resistance faded away.
Zheng Haizhu returned to Beijing on his own accord last year and presented a set of rubies. He said that when his family was sailing overseas, they received high-quality goods from Burma and asked the craftsmen of Prince Lu's Palace to carefully craft them to congratulate the queen on her concubine.
At this point, Concubine Li had forgotten the word "bitch" not only in her mouth, but also in her heart.
At this moment, Concubine Li looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Huh? How could she care about my father's gravesite?"
Wei Zhongxian smiled and said: "My slave told her that she has capable people, so why don't we use them? She is sensible enough to volunteer."
Concubine Li rolled her eyelids: "Then call her in quickly."
Zheng Haizhu walked into Yikun Palace, and after saluting, he first took off the dowry box slung on his forearm and said: "My Lady, a few days ago, the overseas shopkeeper sent back gems again. This time, the canal exchanged from Songjiang was sent directly to me. In the shop in Beijing, I saw a Burmese ruby, the color of which matched the one on the hairpin. I quickly sent it to the palace so that the craftsmen in the palace could make a ring for the empress."
Concubine Li's eyes lit up: "Bring it here and let me take a look first."
The palace maid took the box and opened it when she met the imperial concubine.
Concubine Li took off the hairpin from her head, compared them, and smiled happily: "They are really like a pair of twins, Mrs. Zheng, please take the trouble."
Suddenly he got excited again and said to Zheng Haizhu in a teasing tone: "I heard that you have a pretty boy in Beijing? Oh, I never noticed it before. You are always serious and caring about the country and the people. It turns out that there is still anger in my heart?"
As your status increases, your quality may not necessarily follow.
Zheng Haizhu has seen enough of this kind of people in modern society, and now he wants to use the empress's hand to get rid of Ke Yinyue. Therefore, Zheng Haizhu did not react to Concubine Li's vulgar and superficial words. feel.
She pretended to be sarcastic and said: "I am joking, you are not a pretty boy. He is one or two years older than me, and has a weird temper. He is imitating the style of celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. I have no choice but to do this."
Concubine Li gave a disdainful "chi": "It's strange that you don't like so many people with breast enhancements. Okay, let's not talk about your romantic affairs, let's talk about Changping."
Changping is the place where Concubine Li chose "good land" for her father.
The emperor Zhu Changluo did not wear the dragon robe until he was middle-aged, so after he ascended the throne, the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian followed the usual rules and made arrangements to select a mausoleum for him.
After taking a look at the ventilation water, I settled on the area near "Jingtai Wa" in Changping.
After Li Guifei heard about it, she also clamored to change her father's home from Cangzhou to Jingtaiwa, saying that she would definitely go to Jingtaiwa after she died, and she could visit her father at any time, just like returning to her parents' home.
, besides, the title of the father-in-law is "Chang Ping Bo".
When Zhu Changluo saw this domineering concubine, he was extremely annoyed. Everything she said was "good, good, good" to prevent her from making trouble again.
Unexpectedly, after the excavation of Chang Pingbo's tomb, water continued to seep into the ground. The official in charge of Jilin reported that not only did the drainage manpower need to be increased, but the drawings of the tomb itself also had to be changed, and the costs would increase.
Concubine Li asked the Ministry of Industry for money, but the Ministry of Industry retorted and said that the Ministry of Revenue would not agree. He also said that even Wanli's biological mother, Concubine Li, and her father, Xiu Jirang, had spent this amount, and they had never heard of it.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was more expensive to dig a grave for a prince with the title of earl than for a real prince.
"If you eat the salary of our Zhu family and don't provide good services to the people of the Zhu family, if this happens during the reign of Master Jiajing, let alone Wushamao, your life will be lost with a stick!" Concubine Li said bitterly.
Zheng Haizhu suppressed the disgust that welled up in her chest and told Concubine Li that after hearing Wei Zhongxian talk about the empress's difficulties, she immediately wrote a letter asking her former subordinate Mr. Song, who was now employed by Prince Lu's Mansion, to come to Beijing and go to Changping to do the work.
After the survey, you will definitely be able to think of a good solution to current water pumping and future drainage.
Seeing the sincerity of this woman's words, Concubine Li thought for a moment and couldn't think of any disadvantages here, so she said happily: "Okay, you have done this, and you can be regarded as getting rid of those who offended our Li family in Tongzhou."
The mistakes have been made up for."
Wei Zhongxian chuckled: "Madam, that time in Tongzhou, it was this servant who worked with Madam's village head. At that time, Mrs. Zheng spoke to several villagers, but she was actually deceived by Zuo Guangdou."
After saying this, Concubine Li suddenly realized something. She stared at Zheng Haizhu and said, "Why do you understand better than before? You must think that those civil servants are not very good, so it is better to be closer to us."
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Zheng Haizhu put on an expression of "the empress is wise".
After the first move, Wei Zhongxian continued to stay and listen to Concubine Li Guifei's performance, while Zheng Haizhu left the Yikun Palace and headed south to the Wenhua Palace to see his two favorite disciples.
At the beginning of the year, Zhu Youxiao was granted the title of Crown Prince, and Zhu Youjian was granted the title of King of Letters.
Zhu Youjian was only twelve years old. Although he became a prince, he could still live in the Forbidden City for a few years before becoming a feudal lord, so he still went to Wenhua Hall to study with his brother.
Sun Chengzong, who is in charge of the prince's education, will soon go to Xuanda Town to serve as governor according to the imperial court's decree, filling the vacancy left by Cui Jingrong's resignation.
It happened that Lu Xiangsheng was awarded the second-level Jinshi, which was about to be awarded an official position in another state. Sun Chengzong particularly liked this Donglin rookie who was not only talking about words, so he made a little effort and asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to arrange for Lu Xiangsheng to go to Datong to work as an official.
Zheng Haizhu was overjoyed when she heard about it.
Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Mingshi, Ma Xianglin, Man Gui... In this way, the important town of Xuanda, from civil to military, are all capable ministers and generals, and through themselves as middlemen, they can further integrate resources.
Wait for Ma Xianglin and Mangui to go east and join Huang Zunsu and Huang Zude in Daning Town. They will build up Daning and solidly station troops who dare to fight the Tatars in the field. They will build a strong defense line from Xifengkou to the north of Xuanda.
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Lu Xiangsheng is also very satisfied with this place of office - he, a military fan, can finally go to one of the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty, just like Mrs. Zheng and others in Fushun in Liaodong and Mongolia outside the Great Wall, practice firearms to defend and kill the enemy.
It’s time to play.
Only Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian were not very happy.
They like Master Lu too much who talks about the Four Books and Five Classics which is not boring and makes all kinds of warships more fun.
Zhu Youjian even came up with an idea with his brother, or simply report to the emperor's father and let Master Lu marry their sister, the sixth princess, Zhu Huiyan. Once a scholar in the Ming Dynasty became a prince-in-law, he could no longer be an official.
Zhu Youxiao really took these words into his heart. Just because he was closer to Zheng Haizhu, he went to tell Master Zheng about this idea first. As a result, Zheng Haizhu bluntly scolded him, saying that if they really respect and love Lu
Master, how can you hinder Master Lu's ambition to serve the country?
Today is the last time Lu Xiangsheng gives lectures to the two princes before he goes to Xuanda University to take office. Zheng Haizhu naturally wants to take a look.
She had just passed Wenzhao Pavilion when she suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Ahead, is this Mrs. Zheng?"
Zheng Haizhu turned around and saw a man wearing a brown and green fifth-grade imperial robe. Although he looked to be in his forties, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were quite obvious, but his face and facial features were still handsome.
It's just that the look in his eyes not only wanted to express the etiquette of an elegant gentleman, but also clearly showed an unconcealed condescension and a sense of research, which made Zheng Haizhu's first impression not very comfortable.