Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

The choice between reason and emotion made Emperor Zhengde unable to face Li Dongyang well.

Of course he can use some excuses to knock Li Dongyang into the dust.

But if he does this, will anyone else stand up and sacrifice their life for him in the future?
His initial outburst of anger had delayed Liu Jin and scared away how many people who had taken refuge with the emperor?
If he is a knight-errant who travels the world with his sword, he can of course let his personal emotions, likes and dislikes be used to avenge and complain without caring about the consequences.

However, he is the emperor who controls the world. If he wants to fight against the powerful group whose interests have become an ironclad, he has to sacrifice.

When Emperor Zhengde went to Xishan again to offer incense to Liu Dong's father, he silently recited these words in his heart.

He can only rely on Liu Dong to understand and forgive himself.

And Liu Xuejiang has already walked out of her own life path.Whether it was her entanglement with the prairie prince or her participation in the peasant uprising of Liu Liu Liu Qi, she used her unique choices to lead a different life, a willful and unscrupulous life.

Emperor Zhengde finally came out of his past emotions and started a new life.

However, it was then that he discovered that none of the women he had complete control over could give birth to children.

After trusting the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctor, he had to be convinced that he had lost his fertility.

Perhaps because he was poisoned when he was young, or perhaps because he fell into an ice cave in the suburbs of Beijing. Although his body was still healthy, he no longer had the ability to give birth to offspring.

This discovery hit him like a bolt from the blue.

In other words, Erlang, Zhu Gang, who was raised in Funinghou Mansion, was his only heir.

Emperor Zhengde did not dare to bring Erlang into the palace, so he found an excuse to see the child outside the palace.

The raised corners of his eyes were exactly the same as his own, leaving him with no doubt that Erlang was of his bloodline.

But do you want to take Erlang back to the palace and recognize each other?
If we really do this, we have to find a biological mother with suitable status for Erlang.In the first year of Zhengde, he chose one of the maids he had interacted with before his wedding.

Emperor Zhengde was still doing these things quietly, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager soon became aware of his appeal.

Before he could decide on the candidate, someone was eager to take action.

In the first month of the ninth year of Zhengde, a fire broke out in the Qianqing Palace, killing countless maids and eunuchs serving there.

How could Emperor Zhengde not understand the reason behind this?

He looked at the fire that had been burning all night from a distance in the Leopard Room, and had to sneer: "What a big fireworks."

From then on, Emperor Zhengde completely gave up the idea of ​​taking Erlang back to the palace and inheriting Emperor Zuo.

This emperor seems to be the most noble person in the world, and also the person who can't help himself.

He only has this strand of blood, as long as it can keep him safe and happy, as for the throne, whoever wants it should take it!
In order to appease the people, after the fire in Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhengde also issued an edict to punish himself:

I respectfully inherit the destiny of heaven and uphold the achievements of my ancestors. I work hard day and night and strive to govern. However, the Qing Dynasty palace suffered a disaster. I am frightened and do not know what to do. I am almost unable to fulfill the ritual of respecting heaven and serving gods. The laws of the ancestors and saints have not been fulfilled. Failure to guard, use of property may not be appropriate, punishment and reward may not be fair, expropriation is too heavy and harms people's wealth, labor and labor are prosperous and the people's labor is exhausted, flattery and then outright speech is ignored, bribery is fair but the government is perverse, treacherous Coveting the Dharma and failing to practice many professions, and failing to appease and suppress the thieves at the right time, all of which are enough to cause harm and disaster.

Think about it quietly, and then you will realize your repentance. Your civil and military ministers have been appointed by me, and they are all righteous. They should clean up their past, change their past, and improve themselves. It is related to my current affairs and the loss of soldiers and civilians. It is appropriate to speak out without hiding anything. I am vigilant and fearful in response to God’s benevolent condemnation.

The memorials of civil servants flew to the Qianqing Palace like snowflakes.The cabinet ministers Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu and Fei Hong submitted memorials to impeach themselves.

The Qianqing Palace was burned down, and a large amount of money was spent on its construction.

Zhao Jing, the young minister of Taipu Temple, supervised the Qianqing Palace project as a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, and swallowed up hundreds of thousands of treasury funds.After Zhao Jing's death, Qian Ning pretended to send a school captain to attend the funeral and forced Zhao Jing's wife to help Zi carry out the funeral. His other concubines and family belongings were all taken by Qian Ning.

The situation in Beijing was stable, and Emperor Zhengde was no longer satisfied with sitting firmly in the capital.His eyes turned to Bian Town.

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In the 11th year of Zhengde, Zhu Gang, the nine-year-old second son of Funing Hou, went to Xuanfu accompanied by Old Man Lou.

A nine-year-old child is at an ignorant age where he is both sensible and ignorant. There are too many temptations in the capital.Even Funing Hou Zhu Qi cannot guarantee that he will not be affected by some people with ulterior motives.

After much thought, Zhu Qi decided to send Zhu Gang to Zhu Yue of Xuan Mansion for education and training.

Only by truly seeing the cruelty of life can we learn to cherish it and not be led around by others.

On this day, Qin Liu was reading the account books in the newly opened inn, but he didn't want to meet two guests, one big and one small.

She didn't raise her head, but just greeted: "We have a guest."

In recent years, the money she could make from selling coal was limited, so she had no choice but to turn to her old job - opening an inn.

There was a lot of traffic between Datong and Xuanfu. She opened an inn next to the official road and made money much faster than mining coal.

With Ma Ang's background as a third-grade military attache, acquiring land and building a store is not a big deal.

Because there was a successful case of Jiang Xuezhai Inn, she simply copied the Jiang Xuezhai Inn opened by Ma Yue in Datong. Some of the staff needed by the inn could be hired from Ma Yue.

The newly opened inn is not that popular, and business needs to be accumulated slowly.Currently there is still a floating loss on the books.

"The shopkeeper." The visitor just called out warmly.

Qin Liu's hands couldn't help but tremble.

She couldn't believe it and raised her head after a while.

The gray-haired old man in front of her, with his hands and shoulders hunched, and wearing a muslin cotton-padded jacket that was not new and old, was her old friend in Yanzilou, Old Man Lou.

Qin Liu's eyes quickly turned from Old Man Lou to the young man next to Old Man Lou.

The young man looked eight or nine years old, with fair skin and slightly raised eyes. He was dressed in silk and satin clothes. His eyes were bright and he looked at the decoration of the inn curiously.

"Why does this place look familiar?" The young man asked Old Man Lou beside him curiously.

Tears instantly blurred Qin Liu's eyes.She looked at Old Man Lou questioningly for confirmation.

Old Man Lou just smiled at her and nodded.

Qin Liu burst into tears for a moment.

In order to find Baers, who had no news, she left Duolun resolutely and never saw her child again.

After many years of separation, the child stood in front of her again, but she could not recognize it.

The young man was frightened by Qin Liu's loss of control, and pulled Old Man Lou to leave: "How about we change to an inn, or live in a post station." He didn't have any official duties, and living in a post station would harm the Funinghou Mansion. He did not want to cause more trouble for the Funing Hou Mansion, which was extremely low-key nowadays.

It would be bad if someone took the opportunity to impeach Marquis Funing.

But Old Man Lou smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, won't you welcome us?"