Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 468
"Master! Don't pick up the Queen Mother?"

Wang Yin was a little surprised.

"Since the Zhang brothers are unreliable, let her suffer for a while longer and stop thinking about it, so as not to keep thinking about it and continue to toss about it in the future."

Qin Shao laughed.

"Uh, lord, I got it, I'll do as you said, I'll let people keep an eye on it, so as not to cause major problems."

After all, Wang Yin has been with Qin Shao for many years. At first, he only wanted to send someone to pick up Queen Mother Zhang as soon as possible to solve his father's troubles. Now Qin Shao explained, and soon understood his father's intentions.

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Xingji Town, Cangzhou.

Zhang Heling was lying on the bed with bandages wrapped around his head, and his face was swollen like a pig's head.

"master……"

Zhang Heling's wife Sun Shi was sobbing aside.

"Don't cry, I have a headache!"

Zhang Heling said impatiently.

"I won't cry, sir, but . . . but what is to be done now?"

Sun resisted crying and asked Zhang Heling worriedly.

"Did the Queen Mother go to live in Yanling's house?"

Zhang Heling said with a sigh.

"Well, I have already gone. A group of people came early in the morning and cleaned up all the things in her yard. There was not even... a piece of paper left. I will tell the mother next to the Queen Mother about your situation. The mother said that the queen mother said that our family has nothing to do with her in the future... This... This is too much... We have served her here with a good voice, and we still have such complaints..."

When Sun said this, she couldn't help feeling sad.

"Don't talk so much! Since she wants to cut off from our family, we can't afford to put a hot face on her cold ass. This relative doesn't care! We can live in our own family! Tell the children, the life at home will be better and better in the future. The more difficult it is, save a little in life, study hard and do things well!"

"Master... Queen Mother... Queen Mother really doesn't care about us?"

Sun was a little worried and asked eagerly.

"You stupid woman, don't cry all the time, since she doesn't want to recognize me as a younger brother, it's fine! During the past six months, she lived in my house to eat and drink, and all kinds of extravagant expenses tossed most of my property. I think I didn't treat her well, and I don't think that our Zhang family has long been deprived of the title. Those fields have been confiscated in the early years, and the family doesn't have that much income. I reminded her to save some flowers, but she felt that I was not willing When Yan Ling came back, she treated her differently. She was partial to the Java country and refused to admit it. The second child will do whatever she wants. No matter how much my heart is for her, it won’t be warm. Think about it, if I have the time It's better to be nice to your own children!"

"From tomorrow onwards, the door of the mansion will be closed, and the family should not come and go there anymore. They have nothing to do with us, and don't let the children visit there! Although she is a queen and is now the queen mother, she has not grown up. How much, Xiaozong and Wuzong are okay, now the throne has been changed, she still can't understand the situation, she will act recklessly, I wanted to let her save a little bit, the life in the palace will be difficult in the future, but the good intentions have become the liver and lungs of donkeys, I It doesn't matter, everyone has their own lives, and she doesn't want to, she is a down and out childless queen mother who died of her husband, what good fortune can she have in the future, it will be good if she doesn't implicate us, let Yanling and the others toss it, they won't be able to stay for long You'll know in a month!"

Zhang Heling was very happy when Queen Mother Zhang visited Cangzhou.

After all, the Zhang family of Shouning Hou, the former relative of Fengyun in the capital, was not only deprived of the title of his relative, but also returned to his hometown in Cangzhou. Zhang Heling's loss can be imagined.

But compared to Zhang Yanling's fearless publicity, Zhang Heling is older and wiser after all.

Knowing that the throne has been replaced, it is already very good that they can keep their lives and the old house.

And now they still have nearly [-] mu of land in Cangzhou. If it is not too high, it is still possible to be a farmer.

The younger brother was exiled to the frontier, the older sister was in the capital, and he returned to his hometown in Cangzhou. Zhang Heling was lost when he returned to Cangzhou.

Zhang Heling is very excited that her elder sister, Queen Mother Zhang, can come back to visit her relatives. After all, she is a mother and compatriot. Afterwards, relatives meet again, and the previous trivialities are basically forgotten.

After undergoing drastic changes, the Empress Dowager Zhang also suffered a great blow to her spirit in the palace, and was lingering on the sick bed for a long time, almost losing her life. Now she can still see her relatives. Although she is not her most beloved little brother, she is also I sighed in my heart, not only tears in my eyes.

After they first moved in, Zhang Heling and Queen Mother Zhang got along very well, and even looked back on the past glory days from time to time.

It's just that as time went on, there was gradually a suspicion.

The reason is that after Zhang Heling returned to Cangzhou, the economic conditions have deteriorated, and their family's daily expenses have been reduced a lot.

Empress Zhang went smoothly in the early years, her husband doted on her, and her son obeyed her. Naturally, her life was more luxurious.

Although the throne has changed now, and although the new emperor Zhu Houxi has tightened up a lot of expenses in the palace, the monthly profit of the Empress Dowager Zhang has not decreased much, it is just that those things that Xiaozong and the first emperor gave endless rewards in the early years have decreased.

With the generous monthly income in the palace and the private houses hidden in the hands of Queen Mother Zhang in the early years, the life will not be too bad.

But after arriving in Cangzhou, Empress Dowager Zhang still maintained her previous spending habits, which was a lot of expense for Zhang Heling.

Because Empress Dowager Zhang was favored as a queen very early, the Zhang family, including Zhang Luan and his wife, put their daughters first, so Empress Dowager Zhang can be said to be the same at home.

The parents took a fancy to their daughter and doted on their youngest son Zhang Yanling.

Zhang Heling has become an object that is easily overlooked, and he also respects his sister and responds to requests.

Obviously unable to afford the Queen Mother Zhang's expenses, she dared not or said she was embarrassed to speak to Queen Zhang to explain the situation, and kept slapping her face to pretend to be fat.

Later, I couldn't afford it, so I could only gradually lower the level of food.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhang felt a little displeased. She felt that her elder brother was really cunning and instigating. She took care of him in the early years and gave him a lot of land and property, which was selected by the previous eunuchs in the palace. He also has a lot of money in his hand.

She didn't have much time to live here, and she started to skimp on food, as if she couldn't afford it, she was very unhappy in her heart, the relationship with her brother was not so far behind, and now she is even more divorced .

With Zhang Yanling's return, the conflict between the two sides intensified.

Zhang Yanling has suffered outside for two years. Although he has learned a lesson, his nature has been formed and it is difficult to change.

He doesn't dare to cause trouble outside now, but his pampering habit hasn't changed much in his own home.

On the way back, he had heard that Queen Mother Zhang was already in Cangzhou, so he hurried back.

The Zhang family used to live in the capital, and they always thought that they would set up camp in the capital. There was no expansion of the house in their hometown, only one old house.

After Zhang Yanling came back, the two families lived in the same house, not to mention crowded, and the expenses increased a lot.

Although Zhang Yanling was in exile, they still let their family take the family's private property, and apart from the remoteness of the place, they didn't suffer too much.

But Zhang Yanling was spoiled and spoiled, and for him, it was hard work, and in the exile, he spent almost all the private property that should have been saved.

He didn't have too much money in his hands, so the burden was naturally on Zhang Heling's side.

Because she really couldn't afford it, it was not easy for Queen Mother Zhang to know about it. After all, she was a going out girl. Even if she was the Queen Mother, Zhang Heling felt embarrassed to ask Queen Mother Zhang to pay for the family.

Although the Empress Dowager Zhang has given a lot of money to help their family because of Zhang Yanling's return these days, she and Zhang Yanling are both big spenders, and the money can't cover all the expenses at all.

Zhang Heling consulted with Zhang Yanling:
The meaning is naturally that the two families have a large population, not to mention Zhang Yanling, Zhang Heling has two sons, the eldest son already has a child, Zhang Heling is also a grandfather, Zhang Yanling has a group of wives and concubines, there are three sons, and two daughters who go out, There are also three daughters born to concubines.

It is not convenient for two families to live together.

Zhang Heling discussed with the Sun family to divide the front and back yards of this big house into two parts, and build a few more rooms, so that the two families can live separately.

Ordinarily, such an arrangement is reasonable, but when Zhang Heling discussed it with Zhang Yanling, Zhang Yanling suddenly became unwilling.

In the past two years in the exile, Zhang Yanling has almost exhausted his savings for many years. Now that he has finally returned to Cangzhou, just as he was about to take it easy, his brother talked about the separation of the family. Of course, he is unscrupulous and doesn't take his brother seriously.

Zhang Yanling directly quarreled with Zhang Heling on the grounds that Zhang Heling monopolized his parents' property.

The quarrel between the two alarmed Empress Dowager Zhang, who, as always, favored her younger brother.

Originally, she felt that Zhang Heling was instigating that when she came to her mother's house to visit her relatives, her older brother would be so stingy, and she was very upset, but now that her younger brother said the same thing, she was naturally on the same side as her younger brother.

She angrily reprimanded Zhang Heling for not knowing how to take care of her younger brother and for taking money too seriously. She immediately proposed that she would buy a homestead and pay a lot of money to build a luxurious house for Zhang Yanling.

"Empress Dowager, you... you only have the self-serving money on hand now, and you still have a lot of time to spend when you return to the palace, so you should save some money, after all, the new emperor is not the first emperor... this kid just wants to deceive you money……"

Zhang Heling knew that although his younger brother Zhang Yanling was not stingy, he was very good at coaxing Queen Mother Zhang.

Within a few days of coming back, he got a lot of good Dongxu from the private collection of Empress Dowager Zhang.

Although Zhang Heling's life is not well-off now, he has never thought about embezzlement of Queen Mother Zhang's money.

My younger brother, husband and son are gone, so I can be regarded as a poor person!

Zhang Heling understood that the reason why the new emperor punished their brothers was because their family was too ostentatious, and Zhang Yanling was too aggressive.

But this is not the most important reason. The most important reason is that Queen Mother Zhang can't adjust her position. The new emperor punished their brothers just to show Queen Mother Zhang, and also to let her understand her position.

But this sister of mine is not good at thinking, and she doesn't understand these ways of the world at all.

After hearing that their brothers were sent back to their hometown, Queen Mother Zhang restrained a lot.

After Zhang Heling's blows, it seems that as long as the family is stable and the Empress Dowager Zhang keeps her own place in the harem, and she has the personal money she saved, the new emperor will not treat her monthly money too harshly. questionable.

Now that Zhang Yanling is coaxing Empress Dowager Zhang, she will have no money in the future, and only rely on monthly money in the palace, and her days will definitely go from bad to worse...

"You're the one who lied! You took over your parents' property, and now the queen mother takes care of me. You are jealous of me and deliberately sow discord, you bastard! You are not a thing of life!"

Zhang Yanling's temper exploded immediately, and he rushed up to fight Zhang Heling.

I completely forgot about two people and one parent.

Zhang Heling was also angry, swearing at his younger brother with his fists.

Zhang Heling is much older than Zhang Yanling, and his body is not as good. It is not as slender as Zhang Yanling who is in exile now, but Zhang Yanling has a lame leg!

Two people come and go, but they can't tell the difference!

Brothers, you have a fist and I have a shadowless claw. After a few rounds, they all failed.

Empress Dowager Zhang was so angry that she asked people to come forward to pull her, but neither of those people dared to offend her.

One of those two people, I will kill your old mother, and the other will kill your old father. They beat and scolded without stopping.

Empress Dowager Zhang twitched immediately after hearing the unbearable scolding!
"Stop beating! Stop beating! The Queen Mother has passed out!"

"Stop beating! Stop beating! The Queen Mother has passed out!"

An eager cry resounded throughout the yard.

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The news that the uncles of the two former emperors' family staged the whole martial arts and stunned Queen Mother Zhang quickly spread in Cangzhou.

"This matter... this matter... shall we go and see..."

Li Huan, the magistrate of Cangzhou, broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this!
Grandma, when the two troublemakers were sent back to their hometown in Cangzhou, Li Huan felt a headache.

After all, these are the two uncles of the first emperor, and they have not given eye drops to the new emperor. The new emperor obviously hates these two.

Therefore, when Zhang Heling was sent back to Cangzhou, Li Huan did not come to see him.

After all, he has been stripped of his title.

With the help of the Zhang brothers and court officials, the new emperor directly abolished the hereditary regulations on the titles of foreign relatives, and stipulated that all relatives who obtained titles for non-military merit should not be hereditary.

I heard that Lu Zhong, the mother's family of the new empress, only held the post of Commander in Wucheng Bingmasi. A courtier said that he wanted to be awarded the title of Commander Lu, but Lu Zhong directly rejected it!
The new emperor's old father-in-law doesn't want a title, nor is he entrusted with a title, how can others have the nerve to object?
Although there was a courtier who played, those who had been in the officialdom for a long time knew what was going on, but that person was just representing the attitude of the new emperor!

It's just that the lives of these two people are still preserved, and now the Queen Mother is still visiting relatives. This attitude is indeed a bit unclear, and Li Huan really doesn't know what to do.

A few days ago, when he learned that Mrs. Zhang was coming to Cangzhou, he was hesitating whether to visit her or not.

Although this empress dowager was the old mother of the first emperor, but now the new emperor has no old mother. This empress dowager is the only empress dowager in the palace. It is said that the empress dowager came to Cangzhou, and the officials of Cangzhou should visit her.

It's just that the situation is really complicated, and Li Huan has been hesitant.

Master Ren Tong suggested to wait and see first. After all, Queen Mother Zhang did not bring many people with her when she came to Cangzhou this time, and the higher-ups did not order them to receive them, so they just pretended not to know.

In order to avoid suspicion, Li Huan has been pretending to patrol the river these days, in order to have a reason when the time comes.

But now things are getting so big, if the queen mother burps them here, it won't be a good thing.

"My lord, this matter... this matter is indeed a bit too tricky!"

Ren Tong didn't know what to do with this matter.

After all, there is no precedent for this matter. Whether they are going to mediate or visit, don't make a fuss...

"Master! Master!"

Li Huanzheng was running around in a hurry, and the housekeeper's eager cry sounded outside the door.

(End of this chapter)