When it was time to light the lamp, Zhang Yanling had dinner with Xu Wanyi in the main room of the back house. Zhang Yanling poured himself some wine, while Xu Wanyi sat aside and drank soup.
After Xu Wanyi drank up a bowl of meat soup, he rinsed his mouth and sat on a reclining chair to rest. He was going to give birth in a month. Xu Wanyi's belly was already very big, and he could only lie on his back after eating.
Lie down and rest. Otherwise your stomach will feel uncomfortable.
Zhang Yanling looked at her with a smile and said, "It seems that you have a good appetite. Your bowl of soup tastes delicious. How many meals is this?"
Xu Wanyi said angrily: "Do you think I want to eat more? Isn't this to ensure the nutrition of the child in my belly? I can't eat too much at one time, otherwise I will vomit it out, so I can only eat less and more meals.
"
Zhang Yanling nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work. It is indeed very hard for a woman to be pregnant and give birth to a child. But fortunately, it will be over soon."
Xu Wanyi said: "I don't have anything. After all, I have experience. When I gave birth to my first baby, I was really scared and annoyed, and I didn't know what to do. Ruqing, Youtang and the others are just like me now.
.Hey, that’s what it’s like to be a woman. Husband, if it’s okay, go see them more often.”
Zhang Yanling said: "Don't we see each other every day? They come to the main room every day, and the three of you with big bellies laugh and talk together every day. I doubt that these three children will be born in the future. I'm afraid they will be three little talkative people."
Xu Wanyi spat and said with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about? We are just chatting and joking, why are we so talkative? But soon, the house will become noisy."
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Zhang Yanling said: "Why?"
Xu Wanyi smiled and said, "You still have to ask? When three children are born, the one in the east courtyard cries, the one in the main house cries, and the one in the back garden building cries. Isn't that going to cause a big stir?"
Zhang Yanling was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing and said: "That's true, you really can't think of a moment of peace. But the child's cry is not disturbing. To us, it sounds like the sound of nature. That's nothing."
Xu Wanyi smiled and nodded, deeply convinced.
Zhang Yanling drank the sixth glass of wine and felt a little drunk. Xu Wanyi suddenly asked: "I heard that your husband...rejected the emperor's request for you to lead the army in battle?"
Zhang Yanling put down the wine glass that was on his lips and said with a smile: "You know everything? Your father told you, right?"
Xu Wanyi nodded and said: "Yes. When dad came to see me in the morning, he had a conversation with me about this matter. Husband, I don't want to interfere with your affairs. However, you are unwilling to comply with the emperor's request.
Explain it well. There is no need to make the emperor unable to step down. Although he is your nephew, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After all, your husband is a minister of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Are you worried that if I offend him, he will raid my home and kill me?"
Xu Wanyi said angrily: "No. What am I worried about? Doesn't a husband have a sense of propriety in doing things? The emperor would not do this. What I mean is that no matter how great your credit is or how high your status is, you still have to remain humble.
Don't let people think you are arrogant and arrogant. Even if you don't think so, others will say so."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "The tone you speak now is a bit like your father. You didn't speak like this before."
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Xu Wanyi smiled and said: "You are really right. This is what my father said. I think it makes sense. I used to be young and ignorant, but now I understand many things. So I feel more and more what my father said.
It makes sense.”
Zhang Yanling wanted to refute her, but seeing her pregnant belly, she nodded and said: "I remember what you said. I just don't want to lead the army in battle anymore. You two are going to have a baby soon.
At that time, the emperor asked me to lead the army on an expedition, which was somewhat unkind. Besides, I also wanted to take a rest. There were so many good ministers and generals in the Ming Dynasty, couldn't they do it without me? I would be involved in everything, and I would not die of exhaustion.
."
Xu Wanyi smiled and said nothing. Zhang Yanling said: "Why are you laughing? Your smile is a little weird."
Xu Wanyi said: "Hey, some people have ghosts in their own minds, and they feel strange when they look at others. Is my husband really refusing because he is afraid of being tired, or because we are about to have a baby? I don't think so.
After being married to you for so many years, Wanyi still knows more or less what my husband is thinking. You are because..."
Before Xu Wanyi finished speaking, she heard the sound of rapid footsteps. The couple turned around and saw their maid Shiqing walking in quickly and said: "Uncle, Miss. Huang Si reported at the second entrance that someone is coming.
The guest asks to see my uncle."
Xu Wanyi said: "It's already dark, who is coming to see my uncle? Who is it? Is there a name card?"
Shiqing said: "No, Huang Si is very anxious. He asked me to go see him quickly."
Xu Wanyi waved his hand and said: "There is no name for anyone, so I asked someone to go see him, and he went to see him quickly. If he didn't go, he was sent away. It's such a big deal in our house."
Shiqing agreed and turned around to leave, but Zhang Yanling had already stood up and walked towards the door.
Xu Wanyi shouted: "I haven't finished eating yet. If you want to see me, let him wait."
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Zhang Yanling whispered: "It should be the emperor who is here."
Xu Wanyi was startled and shut up immediately.
…
After entering the study, Zhu Houzhao took off his cloak and handed it to the young eunuch, then sat on the chair behind the desk.
Zhang Yanling stood aside silently.
Zhu Houzhao waved to the eunuchs in the room and said: "Everyone, go out and exit the courtyard. No one is allowed to come near."
The two young eunuchs hurriedly accepted their promise and exited. Soon there were noisy footsteps outside, and the guards guarding outside also left the study courtyard. After a while, the surroundings were quiet.
Zhu Houzhao flipped through some books on Zhang Yanling's desk and asked softly: "Uncle, are you studying history recently?"
Zhang Yanling said solemnly: "Yes. I have nothing to do, so I can just read it."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Uncle is becoming more refined and scholarly."
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Zhang Yanling said solemnly: "You don't have to be a scholar to read history. Reading history can make you wise, and knowing the past can help you learn from the present. Many difficult things can be answered in history books."
Zhu Houzhao asked: "What is it that is difficult to find out?"
Zhang Yanling said: "The rise and fall of dynasties, the replacement of dynasties. Every dynasty rises and falls suddenly. Why is that? I have been thinking about the answer to this question. The Han and Tang Dynasties were prosperous, the Song Dynasty was glorious, and when it was strong, it was like the sun.
Zhongtian, when it declines, it is like a piece of rotten wood. Why is this?"
Zhu Houzhao had a strange look on his thin face.
"It flourished vigorously, and its demise was sudden. So, has uncle got the answer?" Zhu Houzhao asked softly.
Zhang Yanling said slowly: "There are many reasons, but I understand one of the main reasons."
"What is it?" Zhu Houzhao straightened his back.
"When these dynasties were strong, they all had wise kings on the throne, who were determined to forge ahead and worked hard to govern. They were able to consider the people of the world, at least to allow them to have food and clothing, to survive, and to have the world at home. But when the dynasties decline, they must
He wants to give birth to a foolish king. He does not care about the life and death of the people in the world, and only wants to live comfortably and enjoy himself.
Appointing treacherous ministers and indulging in flattery and praise. In the end, everyone in the world was angry, and the foundation of the ancestors was destroyed. A good foundation was thrown into pieces. The people's hearts were lost, the world was alienated, and the situation was chaotic.
The swarm rises, and in the end, if it is not killed by foreign enemies, it will be killed by internal strife." Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
Zhu Houzhao stood up slowly and said: "What my uncle means is that the responsibility for the decline of the dynasty lies with the foolish emperor. Is it the monarch's responsibility?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Exactly. At least I have to take the main responsibility."
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Zhu Houzhao's eyes turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "There are so many people in the world and so many people running the country from top to bottom. Is it all the emperor's fault?"
Zhang Yanling said solemnly: "Of course. Although there are many people in the world and the land is vast, they all belong to the monarch. No matter how powerful the ministers have power, they all come from the monarch. The imperial power is supreme. While enjoying all rights, they must also
Bear all responsibilities. If there are treacherous ministers, it means that the monarch cannot recognize people. If there is a famine or civil unrest, there must be something wrong with the court's policy. If there is a problem with the court's policy, it means that the monarch is not wise enough and does not know how to understand.
How to govern a country."
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "Doesn't that mean that everything must be counted on the monarch? It is too difficult to be a monarch."
Zhang Yanling said coldly: "Of course it is not easy to be a sage king. All sage kings work hard to be a good king. They are prepared for danger every day and consider the welfare of the country and the people. But in the eyes of a fatuous monarch, this
is the easiest thing in the world because he
He can do whatever he wants without considering anyone's feelings. He squanders the wealth built by his ancestors and the hearts of the people, and ultimately squanders his inheritance, leaving his descendants with a country riddled with holes and crumbling. It harms all the people.
It also ruined the inheritance of our ancestors."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes were sharp and he said slowly: "So... Lord Protector, in your eyes, am I such a person?"
Zhang Yanling looked at Zhu Houzhao's sharp eyes and said in a deep voice: "The emperor may not have been the emperor, but he will be the emperor soon. If you don't stay alert, the Ming Dynasty will be ruined in your hands."
The blood rose on Zhu Houzhao's pale face. He slammed the table and shouted sternly: "Zhang Yanling, you are so brave. How dare you be so disrespectful to me? Do you really think that I dare not touch you? I can let you die."
No burial place!”
Zhang Yanling looked at Zhu Houzhao quietly and said slowly: "Of course you can, you are the emperor, you can do whatever you want. I forgot something just now. That is, all foolish kings will like flattery and flattery.
Don't say anything offensive. If someone says something he doesn't like to hear, he will want to kill them. In the end, everyone around him tells him lies.
You can't hear a single truth anymore. Just kill me. Kill your uncle. Kill a man who has been putting out fires for you for more than ten years and fought bloody battles for the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty. Kill a man who told you.
The one who tells the truth may also be the last person to tell you the truth. If the emperor feels that he can take action, then don't hesitate. The sword is hanging next to the desk. The emperor can take action."
The muscles on Zhu Houzhao's face were trembling, and his face was like a purple liver. He really didn't expect that Zhang Yanling would be so bold. His words were actually calling him a fool in front of him.
He was originally going to come tonight to persuade Zhang Yanling to calm down and coax his uncle, hoping that he could calm down and put out the fire for him again and solve the trouble of defeat. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yanling did not give him any help at all, just like he did in the palace today.
Any meaning of one’s own face.
Can I really kill him to vent my anger? Can I do this?
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