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

Everyone knew that the Duke of Zhenguo in Xuan Mansion had a beloved wife, Mrs. Liu, but they did not know that Zhu Gang, the second son of Funing Marquis, had a nanny named Liu.

Qin Liu's whereabouts began to become a mystery.

Even her husband Ma Ang doesn't know how she is doing.

Qin Liu only sent him occasional messages, asking him to take care of the coal and iron mines in Datong and expand production when she came back.

Qin Liu is quite satisfied with his current life, but he can't help himself.

Funing Hou Zhu Qi was appointed as the chief military officer of Guangdong and Guangxi as early as September of the 12th year of Zhengde.

This is a huge fat hole.

The Ming Dynasty has implemented a maritime ban policy for many years, and the official ships of the imperial court went to and from the Guangdong Shipping Department.

As for the vast coastlines of Guangdong and Guangxi, if a private ship wants to go into the sea for smuggling, it will be strictly supervised by the general military officers of Guangdong and Guangxi.

In recent years, overseas trade has become increasingly frequent, and there are many private smuggling ships.

In order for these smuggling ships to travel safely, they must spend money to manage them.

The Marquis of Funing made a fortune every day without doing anything.

Marquis Funing, who had won the trust of Emperor Zhengde, kept half of it for his own use and handed the other half to Emperor Zhengde's small treasury, thus making a fortune in silence.

When he got rich, he remembered to win over Emperor Zhengde. Other officials in Guangdong and Guangxi also made a lot of money, and they were very stable.

Emperor Zhengde did not expect that the gains from Guangdong and Guangxi would be so huge, so he looked eagerly at the fertile south of the Yangtze River.

The coastline of Jiangnan is no shorter than that of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Before that, he visited the nine borders many times and eliminated the stubborn diseases accumulated by the border troops for many years.

Following the lessons learned from Anhua's brutal settlement of farmland, Emperor Zhengde added new farmland to the reclaimed wasteland in Shabaozi Town and even Xuanfu, and introduced cold-resistant and high-yielding crops such as corn and potatoes to the border army's farmland, thus solving the shortage of food and salary for the frontier army. The problem laid a solid foundation for the security of the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

Emperor Zhengde took Qin Liu and Zhu Gang to Luoyang.

Liu Jian, the former chief assistant who is nearly ninety years old, is still alive and well.

If Emperor Zhengde felt guilty for anyone the most, it must be the Liu family.

The first assistant, who was over [-] years old, advised him every day to study hard, make progress, and hold Buddhist scriptures.

Basically it goes in his left ear and out of his ear.

Later, Liu Xuejiang's incident occurred. Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others worked together to threaten the emperor to kill the Eight Tigers.

Emperor Zhengde agreed to Liu Jian and Xie Qian's appointment, didn't he feel guilty in his heart?
The trigger of this struggle was still being plotted against me.

As for the subsequent further persecution of Liu Jian by Liu Jin and others, it aroused his anger.

Liu Jin's explanation made him turn his suspicious eyes to the new chief assistant Liu Dongyang.

Liu Dong's life-saving kindness to him firmly nailed Emperor Zhengde to the pillar of guilt.

When the Empress Dowager left Liu Xuejiang in the palace, didn't he have the chance to let her out?
Of course there is.

But how could he want to?

He was selling dog meat under the guise of trying to bring Liu Xuejiang and Zhu Yue together, and he approached Liu Xuejiang openly and openly.

In fact, he is secretly improving his favorability.

The mottled bloodstains in the history books had long told him that as an emperor, he could not marry the granddaughter of his chief minister.

But this inability only aroused his inner desire even more.

As an emperor, he actually still has women he can't get? !
So, was there no deliberate connivance on his part when he was plotted?
However, he did not expect that it would trigger such a series of events.

The person who suffered the disaster was not him, but the weak Liu Xuejiang and the Liu family who had decentralized their power.And he owed the Liu family an apology.

Liu Jian did not visit Emperor Zhengde in person, citing physical illness as an excuse.

He was just an inconspicuous member of the Hanlin Academy at the beginning. He gradually rose to prominence after becoming Emperor Hongzhi's teacher.

Emperor Hongzhi had great trust in him. He had entrusted him with major affairs in the court for many years and often summoned Liu Jian to discuss matters alone.

After decades of knowing each other as emperor and ministers, didn't he have feelings for the gentle-tempered and diligent emperor's teacher and student?
Love the house and Wu.

At that time, Emperor Zhengde was still the prince of the East Palace and was bedridden due to illness. Emperor Hongzhi had no interest in government affairs for several months. As the chief minister, didn't he feel sorry for the father and son who had a deep friendship?

Emperor Hongzhi held Liu Jian's hand before his death. Wasn't this old man who was over seventy years old moved?

Therefore, he worked conscientiously to assist Emperor Zhengde in enthroning the throne and assisting in government.

However, he did not expect that his granddaughter, who was already engaged to Tanhua Lang of the Xie family, would be plotted against her.

His determination to kill Liu Jin and the Eight Tigers was to give the emperor the choice.

Between the old minister and the old minister's granddaughter, you have to choose one.

As an elder statesman who has been planning for many years, if he really wants to take revenge and kill the Eight Tigers, can he only rely on the indestructible method of becoming an official?

But he didn't expect that his retreat would lead to the death of his two sons and eldest grandson.

Only those who have experienced it personally will know the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person away.

If Liu Jian hadn't experienced too many difficulties when he was young and survived seven catastrophes, he might not have been able to persevere.

Qin Liuze had some respect and fear for Liu Xuejiang's grandfather in his memory.

Respect comes from Liu Xuejiang's memory, while fear comes from worrying that this mature politician will see through that she is not his real daughter-in-law.

Fortunately, I didn't meet Liu Jian face to face.

However, the appearance of another person plunged Qin Liu into great grief.

Cousin Hu Guangsi was familiar to her and felt friendly to her.

When Hu Guangsi talked to her, he did not avoid Emperor Zhengde and Zhu Gang.

"Ah Jiang, it turns out that cousin Cheng En did not die that year," Hu Guangsi said with a deep and sad face. "He survived and joined the rebel army. It is said that he also went to Bazhou and the village where you live. "

"Cousin Cheng En joined the rebel army, the famous Liu Hui. Because of his and Zhao Hao's efforts, the rebel army did not harass civilians. Yang Hu, who killed innocent people indiscriminately, also died in the battle."

Qin Liu was shocked.

"The Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprising lasted for several years, but not many ordinary people suffered from the abuse."

"The root cause is that cousin Cheng En used himself as a chess piece and sacrificed his life to join the game."

"Cousin Cheng En and Zhao Hao are real heroes."

"Because of the fierce resistance of the rebels, the imperial court reformed the Hebei horse system to reduce and alleviate the taxes and pressure borne by the people."

Emperor Zhengde couldn't hide the shock in his eyes.

The grandson and granddaughter of the chief minister all joined the rebel army against the imperial court!
Mr. Liu, does he hate himself so deeply? !
However, he left his blood behind and did not let it wither during the escape.

Although the Funinghou Mansion was behind this, he did not think that there was no effort from the Liu family.

Liu Jian's avoidance made Emperor Zhengde's search for inner salvation come to nothing.

Instead, he regarded Qin Liu as a life-saving straw that could forgive him.