Wei Yourong was speechless. She didn't expect that her words would be exchanged for the Queen Mother's words. She thought that her eloquent words would allow the Queen Mother to finally speak and influence the emperor's decision-making. But now it seems that it was a miscalculation. As expected, that Lin Jue was very discerning, and it seemed that what he had prepared was about to be taken out. Although Wei Yourong refused to believe that he did not understand the Queen Mother as well as Lin Jue, at this moment he had to admit that his persuasion failed.
"Aunt, how could the prince sabotage the imperial plan? This is obviously just a reason for someone to add fuel to the flames. How much does aunt know about the new laws being implemented outside?" Wei Yourong smacked his lips.
"I don't know much, and I won't interfere in the affairs of the government, so what's the point? The emperor says what should be done to benefit the country, so it's up to the emperor to do it. We just don't want to cause trouble for him." The old lady stretched out her hand, and Wei Yourong hurriedly handed over a bowl of bird's nest tea placed on the small table next to her. The old lady took a sip and handed it back.
"Aunt, please don't blame me for being nosy. My niece has kept your teachings in mind and has never made any comments about this new law. But my niece is also doing good for the court, and she also wants me to have a prosperous Zhou Dynasty. So, My niece has heard a lot about this new law. Do you want to hear it?" Wei Yourong took the tea cup and put it on the small table again, closed the lid, and said softly.
Queen Mother Wei sighed and said: "That's what you came here to talk about today. You will be unhappy if I drive you away. Just say what you want. In fact, I don't care about the outside world at all. My legs It's a little sore, please hammer it for me."
Queen Mother Wei leaned on the backrest of the soft couch again. Wei Yourong quickly took a thin quilt and covered her legs, squatted aside and started beating her gently.
"Aunt, my niece doesn't know much about this new law. She just heard a few words from others and just listened to it casually. It is said that when this new law came out, it caused an uproar and made it a mess. The imperial court used to be very harmonious, but as soon as the new law came out, they immediately started quarreling with each other and divided into several factions, which caused the river to flood and made it impossible to live in peace."
"Just let them make trouble. Wasn't it like that when the late emperor was still alive? It was all trouble. The late emperor said that when you make trouble, you will have an idea. The affairs of the court are solved by making trouble. Then It's nothing." The old queen closed her eyes slightly and said calmly.
"That's what my aunt said. My niece has never seen a big battle before, so naturally she was making a fuss. But the commotion was quite outrageous. Did you know? Because of the new law, people were shouting and killing each other. Yes, both the master and the disciple have different purposes." Wei Yourong said softly.
"Is there such a thing? Are you exaggerating? How can you be so ridiculous?" Queen Mother Wei frowned.
"How dare my niece talk nonsense? Does my aunt remember the husband Princess Caiwei married? You have met Lin Jue, last year's top scholar."
"Lin Jue? Oh, I have met Caiwei's husband. What happened to him?"
"He was originally in favor of the new law and followed his teacher Fang Zhongcheng to encourage the new law. But this spring, Fang Zhongcheng expelled him from the school and kicked him out of the Ordinance Department. This Fang Dunru is really cruel. This is not allowed. As for Lin Jue's life, he did an incredible job of ruining his reputation and also ruining his future. After all, he was also the prince's son-in-law, the husband of Princess Caiwei, and his only student. He kicked him as hard as he wanted. It was too much. Very." Wei Yourong said in a deep voice.
"What? Is it because of the new law?" Old Queen Wei said in shock.
"Isn't that right? Just because Lin Jue opposed some provisions of the new law and had disagreements with Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru. Lin Jue was stubborn and refused to compromise, so he ended up like this."
The Queen Mother Wei frowned and said nothing. Wei Yourong continued: "Also in the spring of this year, Mr. Wu Chunlai of the Political Affairs Hall, Lord Wu, united more than a dozen ministers to submit a statement to oppose the new law, and convicted Yan Zhengshu and Fang Dunru of ten major crimes. Demand.
The imperial court dismissed these two people from their posts and brought justice to the Zhou Dynasty. They said that they used the name of the reform to mess up the imperial court and the world. The two factions in the imperial court criticized each other, but they almost didn't use the knife. Fortunately, the emperor later gave him a
After suppressing the pressure, both sides appeased each other, and finally calmed down. But until now, important ministers such as Prime Minister Lu, Deputy Prime Minister Wu, and Privy Envoy Yang Jun have not expressed their support for the new law. They are actually opposed to the new law. It is just because of the
It's just for the emperor's face. Do you think this is going to be such a riot that there are shoutings and killings? The imperial court seems to be monolithic, but in fact it has been torn apart. It's all caused by this new law." Wei Yourong sighed.
Queen Mother Wei frowned and said: "Didn't you say that this new law is great? What's wrong? Neither Lu Zhongtian nor Yang Jun support it? Since it's great, why don't you support it? They are inconsistent with the emperor, so what's the matter?
What’s going on?”
Wei Yourong sighed: "Isn't it? It just makes people confused. The new law is so good, why don't the important ministers support it? Is there any hidden secret here? It's very strange."
Empress Dowager Wei pondered: "It is indeed strange. The ministers are making trouble, but they will not ignore the country. Especially these important ministers, they will not be ignorant. Isn't there something wrong with this new law..."
Wei Yourong blinked, and finally gritted his teeth, reached into his sleeve, took out a folded piece of yellow paper, handed it to the Queen Mother, and said: "Aunt, I have something here, please take a look at it."
Queen Mother Wei leaned forward and asked, "What is this?"
Wei Yourong didn't answer and just handed the thing over. Empress Dowager Wei reached out to take it and slowly opened it. Suddenly she screamed in fright, threw it to the ground and shouted: "What is this? Why is it so dazzling?"
Wei Yourong said hurriedly: "Don't be afraid, aunt. These words are written in blood. They are a bit dazzling and frightened my aunt. My niece deserves to die."
Empress Dowager Wei clasped her hands together and said: "Amitabha, Amitabha. You scared me. You kid, where did you get this evil thing? A blood book? Who wrote the blood book?"
Wei Yourong picked up the blood letter and slowly opened it, opening it to the Queen Mother and saying, "This is a blood letter signed by tens of thousands of people in Hangzhou."
"Huh? What does it say?" Queen Mother Wei sat up and stared at Wei Yourong.
Wei Yourong said softly: "This is a letter of complaint jointly signed by tens of thousands of people in Hangzhou. It lists all the things Kang Zizhen did in Hangzhou to implement the new law. Kang Zizhen did many evil things in Hangzhou to implement the new law.
His wicked deeds caused many people to lose their lives. He also enriched his own pockets and took bribes. This man has done all kinds of bad things, and he really deserves to die. This blood letter was written by the people of Hangzhou to accuse him." The old queen was stunned for a long time and said coldly.
Said: "How did you get it? What do you mean by showing me this?"
Wei Yourong said: "Aunt, this is what Lin Jue gave me. He came back from Hangzhou, and the people in Hangzhou asked him to bring it to the emperor. But now that something like this happened, he did not dare to submit it to the emperor, for fear that the emperor would think
This was an act to exonerate the prince, so he was handed over to his niece. Looking at the crimes listed above, the niece couldn't believe that Kang Zizhen had done so many bad things. That new law... that new law... I'm afraid it's true
It's not a good law. My niece doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but looking at what is said above, the new law has forced many people in Hangzhou to lose their homes. If this is true, it would be terrible. I felt very worried after reading it, and I had long wanted to take it.
I came to show you, but I never dared. After I met the princess that day, I kept thinking when I came back. With the prince’s shrewdness, how could he not know that killing Kang Zizhen would be severely punished? But why did he do this?
?Later I figured it out, the prince was thinking about the country and the country, so he resolutely took action to eliminate the scourge of Kang Zizhen. Because the prince must know that this Kang Zizhen is a person who is highly valued by Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru. The emperor now treats Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru.
Dun Ru relied heavily on him, and if he tried to impeach Kang Zizhen, he would definitely not succeed. Besides, there was not one person in the Zhou Dynasty who was as committed to promoting the new law as Kang Zizhen, so the prince killed Kang Zizhen to tell the world. This was a wake-up call.
, I want to wake up the emperor. Your Majesty, you have a sincere heart."
The Empress Dowager Wei was astonished. She reached for the bloody book and unfolded it in front of her eyes. It was a piece of yellow paper several feet long and wide. The front listed Kang Zizhen's various actions in promoting the new law in Hangzhou, various tricks about the implementation of the new law, and the people.
The tragic situation of forced family destruction and death. There is also the story of Kang Zizhen's illegal activities of collecting bribes and dirt under false pretenses. Behind it is a whole page of names densely written in blood, which is really shocking and makes people tremble with fear.
"No, no. Is there such a chaos down there? Does the Emperor know about this? Does the Emperor know? What are Yan Zhengshu and Fang Dunru doing? What on earth is this new law doing? The prince knows that the emperor will not listen.
His, but he can't stand these things, so he decided to sacrifice his life to kill people to alert the court? Bing'er is really so brave, it is a move that is beneficial to our country." The old Queen Wei frowned and said to herself.
murmured.
Wei Yourong said softly from the side: "If the emperor is bewitched by those people this time and severely punishes the prince, these people will do whatever they want in the future. Aunt, although we in the harem should not get involved in these things, but it is related to
Everyone is responsible for the important things that happen to the people of the country, and my niece also feels it is her responsibility to speak out. That’s why my niece has the courage to come to see her aunt today and talk about this matter. If your aunt feels that your niece has violated your words, you can punish her at will. But aunt
But we must understand what is going on outside? We can’t let the great turmoil in Zhou Dynasty happen and you don’t know anything about it. We can’t let those ministers run amok and make the whole country..."
"Shut up!" the old queen shouted in a deep voice, her face as dark as water.
"Aunt, it's late at night, and it's time for my niece to leave. Aunt, let's go to bed early. My niece will come to visit in a few days." Wei Yourong knew that he couldn't stay, so he left immediately.
The old Queen Mother turned a deaf ear, as if she had not heard her words, and was just stunned. Wei Yourong bowed with his skirts and quickly left.
