Dressed as the Queen Mother to grasp the script of a strong country

After the polo match, in a restaurant.

The silly-looking man walked into the house holding a scroll.

"This Dajin not only has a lot of food, but also uses this thing called paper." said the silly-looking man.

"Dajin is indeed rich," said the serious-looking man.

As he spoke, he opened a scroll.

The serious-looking man was stunned. The silly-looking man looked over and saw the woman on the flower scroll.

"Isn't this person, isn't this person the boy on the polo field? She, she is actually a woman?"

"She turned out to be a woman." The man with a serious expression said.

The stupid-looking man looked at the inscription on the left.

"Jinhuan, the ninth princess of Dajin." said the stupid-looking man.

"She turned out to be a princess." said the silly-looking man.

"Indeed, I didn't expect that she turned out to be a princess." The man with a serious expression said.

"Can a Dajin woman also practice martial arts? Can she also go to the battlefield?" said the silly-looking man.

The serious-looking man shook his head.

"That's right, how can a woman go to the battlefield?" said the stupid-looking man.

"Does our loss this time mean that Daikin is not that easy to deal with?" said the silly-looking man.

The serious-looking man shook his head and said, "War is not necessarily just fighting on the battlefield."

The stupid-looking man looked at the serious-looking man in confusion.

The serious-looking man picked up a pen and wrote on the paper "Imperial examination, aristocratic family."

The silly-looking man looked at the words on the paper and understood.

There were footsteps approaching outside the door.

The two were alert.

The man opened the door and entered the house.

The two of them stopped being wary when they saw someone they knew.

The two people put the flower scrolls away, the man entered the house, and then saluted.

The person who entered the house was Huo Yao's envoy.

"I, Huo Yao, lost the polo match against Da Jin. It seems that Da Jin has extraordinary military strength. How can I explain to the Great Khan?" the envoy said.

"Envoy, don't worry." The serious-looking man said.

When the envoy heard what he said, he looked at the serious-looking man in confusion.

"The envoy has not heard that the provincial examination was haunted and the examination papers were burned." said the stupid-looking man.

"The provincial examination is haunted and burned?" The envoy was still puzzled.

"The envoy's head is not as functional as mine." The stupid-looking man said proudly to the serious-looking man.

The serious-looking man laughed when he heard the silly-looking man's words.

The two looked at each other.

The envoy was confused.

The stupid-looking man told the plan like an envoy.

A deserted alley.

Master Zheng Bingzhi looked at the person in front of him.

The man took off his mask.

"It's you, you are Huo Yao's envoy." Master Zheng said.

"Master Zheng, I would like to discuss cooperation with you," the envoy said.

"Cooperation?" Mr. Zheng said suspiciously and warily.

"Is the imperial examination a headache for Mr. Zheng? Perhaps Mr. Zheng can cooperate with Huo Yao." The envoy said.

Master Zheng thought deeply after the envoy told him about the imperial examination.

"What leverage do you have to allow me to cooperate with you?"

"Soldiers and horses," the envoy said.

"Soldiers and horses?" Master Zheng asked.

"You have food and I have soldiers and horses," the envoy said.

Mr. Zheng gradually started to think about the feasibility of cooperation from his initial vigilance.

After a long time, Lord Zheng made up his mind.

Said: "How to cooperate?"

"This envoy has learned that the Concubine Xian is pregnant. As long as she gives birth to a prince, Master Zheng can establish a new king, and the family's disaster will be solved."

Master Zheng was enlightened by the messenger's words.

Master Zheng thought in his heart.

"I can't shake the emperor by talking about ghosts and gods. I also need military strength. If I need to establish a new monarch, can I establish a new monarch without the troops to fight against the generals?"

Asked: "How can the new king be established easily without military strength?"

"Military strength? Has Prime Minister Zheng forgotten that Huo Yao can cooperate with Prime Minister Zheng, so that Prime Minister Zheng will not have military strength?"

Prime Minister Zheng asked excitedly: "Military strength? How to cooperate?"

"Huo Yao can send troops after the birth of the prince, making it difficult for the generals to be distracted on the battlefield, and Master Zheng can establish a new king."

Mr. Zheng hesitated.

The envoy saw Master Zheng's hesitation and said: "There is no need to worry about the return of the generals. Then there will be time for Master Zheng to recruit people to form an army.

What's more, the soldiers are loyal to the Dajin Emperor. As long as there is a prince, there are still worries about the soldiers not obeying. The prince has the blood of both the noble family and the Dajin Emperor. Lord Zheng will never lose. "

Mr. Zheng thought about it and felt that it was very feasible.

There are two people watching here in the distance.

"It seems that Mr. Zheng has agreed." The stupid-looking man said.

The serious man nodded.

Zheng Fu.

The army and the royal guards entered the house.

Master Zheng saw countless armies and countless candles.

"Why wasn't the emperor poisoned to death? Why was it like this?" Lord Zheng thought to himself.

But before all of this was answered, he lost his life.

In Zheng Wanyi's palace.

A silence.

Palace entrance.

A palace maid took out a pair of bracelets from her arms.

"Mommy, this is all I have for this slave. I'll do my best and arrange the slave into other palaces."

The nun who was holding a pair of bracelets looked at the bracelets and said, "You have too little. You also know that everyone has given money to go to other palaces recently. I'm afraid you can't do it with this little money."

"Mammy, mammy, do well, do well." The palace maid begged.

"Okay, I'll arrange for you to leave as soon as possible." Mammy said with difficulty.

"Thank you, mama." The palace maid said with tears of gratitude.

"What are you doing?"

The two of them saw the maid next to the Concubine Xian.

The two stopped talking, and the nanny left in a hurry.

The palace maid turned around and said, "Sister, we just chatted for a while."

The maid next to the Concubine Xian obviously didn't believe it.

"A bunch of white-eyed wolves, how kind my queen is to you on weekdays." The palace maid said, and then left with disdain.

"No matter how good it is, can it be used as food? The Zheng Mansion is finished, and so is the Concubine Xian. Why don't you leave?"

inside the house.

The Concubine Xian was sitting on the bed reading a book.

"White-eyed wolf." The palace maid said without anger.

"There is nothing wrong with pursuing a better future." Concubine Xian said.

"Your Majesty, you are kind-hearted."

The wise concubine did not smile, and then watered her orchid.

"Concubine Shu has arrived."

Concubine Xian didn't hear it and still watered the orchids.

The maid greets Concubine Shu.

"The virtuous concubine is actually so elegant." Liang Shuer said proudly.

Concubine Xian did not speak.

When he saw Concubine Xian, he didn't talk to her.

Liang Shuer was angry, and then gloated: "Does Sister Xian Fei know? Wang, Lu, and Cui Bin committed suicide."

Concubine Xian paused while watering the flowers.

"The family is the life of the daughter's family. Without them, the family will naturally..." Liang Shuer gloated.

"But Sister Xianfei's Zheng family is gone. Oh, no, no, Sister Xianfei still has a prince. This prince is so pitiful that the emperor has no time to care about him since he was born.

Oh, look, the emperor comes to accompany Shu'er every day now. Shu'er has forgotten that she should remind the emperor to come and see her sister and the prince more often. Sister Xianfei has not seen the emperor for a long time. "

Concubine Xian didn't want to pay attention to her words, so she didn't reply.

But this was indeed painful and pitiful in Liang Shuer's eyes.

After Liang Shuer finished speaking, she gloated and left.

"Empress, are you okay?" the maid said after Liang Shu'er left.

"I'm fine. You go down first. I want to be alone for a while."

The Concubine Xian stared at the orchids quietly, lost in thought.

A decision arose in her mind.

I don't know whether it was the death of Cui, Lu, and Wang's concubine or the end of the family's downfall that caused the emperor, whom he had not seen for a long time, to appear in the palace of Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian saw the emperor at the door of the house.

The two looked at each other.

Concubine Xian picked up the chess piece she was playing and asked, "Your Majesty, can you play chess with me?"

The emperor nodded, came to the opposite side and sat down.

The two were playing chess together. "The destruction of the family is over. We can..." the emperor said.

Zheng Wanyi nodded.

The emperor also nodded.

"What will happen to Zheng Boying?"

The emperor did not answer.

"Can you spare his life?"

The emperor thought.

Zheng Wanyi put the chess pieces in, and the emperor lost one move.

The emperor nodded.

A piece of orchid was blown away by the night wind.

The two played chess all night.

The emperor was about to go to court in the morning. Looking at the emperor's leaving figure, Zheng Wanyi was lost in thought for a long time.

After the emperor left, Zheng Wanyi had breakfast and ordered the maid to bring the prince.

Zheng Wanyi was the only one left in the house.

She took out a bottle...

Then he took the prince to Liang Meng's palace.

In Liang Meng Palace.

"The Concubine Xian has arrived."

"Xianfei?" Liang Meng was very surprised why Zheng Wanyi came here at this time.

Liang Meng saw Concubine Xian walking in, holding a child in the maid's hands.

"Excuse me, the Queen Mother. Can you please stay alone with Wanyi for a while?"

Liang Meng was surprised.

But let everyone leave.

"what happened to you?"

"The Queen Mother, Wanyi has a request, can you please grant it?"

"Request? Please tell me. The Ai family will definitely help you if they can."

"Wanyi would like to ask the Queen Mother to protect the prince."

"Protect the prince?" Liang Meng looked at Zheng Wanyi in confusion.

Then the news that Lu, Cui, and Wang had committed suicide came to Liang Meng's mind.

Zheng Wanyi wouldn't commit suicide too.

"Protecting the prince is what you should do. You should personally protect him as he grows up."

Liang Meng saw Zheng Wanyi's intention to commit suicide and hoped that having a child would give her something to worry about.

"But I can't protect him when he grows up."

Liang Meng saw Zheng Wanyi's intention to commit suicide, and the child could not affect her, and said: "The Emperor cares about you. If you leave, the Emperor will be sad."

"emperor?"

Seeing Zheng Wanyi hesitated.

"Yes, think about the emperor." Liang Meng said.

"Your Majesty, he has a huge fortune to take care of. I don't think he will be too sad."

"I, I, I hate children the most." Liang Meng said when she saw that neither the child nor the emperor could make her give up.

Zheng Wanyi smiled and said: "The Queen Mother can't do it, the Queen Mother will help me."

Liang Meng didn't know how to answer.

"Why do you want to die? Are you the same as Wang, Lu, and Concubine Cui? The family is the family, and you are you. The destruction of the family does not mean that you must die? You can live for yourself." Liang Meng hoped to persuade her.

"For yourself? Like at the Royal Academy?

But what Wanyi has accepted since childhood is to obey her father at home, her husband when she gets married, and her son after her husband's death. A woman gives her all for her father, her husband, her son, and her family.

Even if Wanyi is smarter than Bai Ying, her father will just ignore her, and her mother will only tell me that a woman should assist her husband, brother.

Therefore, throughout my life, I have always thought that this is the way of heaven, and this is the only rule in this world.

Until I came to the Royal Academy, there was no family here, only Zheng Wanyi. Everyone was themselves. I could solve many things with my own intelligence. I was very happy. For the first time, I truly felt that I was just myself. "Zheng Wanyi said.

"It's you, yourself, not the family, not the son, not the husband, father, or brother. You are just you. You don't have to lose your life for the sake of the family." Liang Meng persuaded firmly.

"But, it's too late. It's like I've been poisoned. My whole body and mind will still be uncontrollable and I will sacrifice myself for the family." Zheng Wanyi said weakly and painfully.

"No, no, as long as you take the first step for yourself, you will have the second step, the third step... you will get rid of that poison."

"really?"

"it is true."

"It's such a pity that I can no longer take the next step."

Then blood flowed from the corner of Zheng Wanyi's mouth.

"Zheng Wanyi? Zheng Wanyi? You..." Liang Meng saw the blood on the corner of Zheng Wanyi's mouth.

Hold Zheng Wanyi's body in her arms.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for always calling me by my first name, and it never mattered that it was not my first name."

"After a long, long time, women will no longer be like you. They will put themselves first..."

"Really?"

Zheng Wanyi smiled.

Then Zheng Wanyi left this world.

At night, the rain pattered on the orchids, and pieces of orchids fell to the ground, leaving only the bare flower stems.

palace.

"Your Majesty, the Concubine Xian has gone."

"What did you say?"

Wait until the emperor rushes to the palace of Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian was already lying quietly on the bed, lifeless.

The emperor sat under the bed and recalled every moment with Zheng Wanyi.

"It turns out that this is the last time we play chess."

the next day.

The emperor still appeared in the court to handle government affairs.

Liang Meng looked at the sleeping prince and listened to Hong Yu telling that the funeral ceremony of the wise concubine was proceeding in an orderly manner.

"The emperor still goes to court?"

"Is this the love of an emperor?" Liang Meng said.

……

The emperor agreed, and the prince was raised in Liang Meng's palace.

Large aristocratic families were wiped out.

Imperial power became increasingly centralized.

In Liang Meng Palace.

"Emperor, there should no longer be a prime minister system in the imperial court of Dajin." Liang Meng said.

"Prime Minister? Shouldn't the Prime Minister always exist in the court?" The emperor asked strangely.

Liang Meng shook his head.

"Since the selection of officials can be turned into an imperial examination, why can't the prime minister be changed?" Liang Meng said.

The emperor thought and then nodded.

“The Prime Minister has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the emperor can feel much more relaxed after all official affairs have been handled by the prime minister.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. The prime minister can easily control the court. "Liang Meng said.

The emperor nodded.

The emperor recalled that every time the officials who came forward to stop me seemed to have been instructed by Prime Minister Zheng.

The emperor felt that he must not let his court be controlled by the prime minister.

Liang Meng saw that the emperor had been convinced by him.

He continued: "Since the prime minister system has advantages and disadvantages, then we should retain the advantages of the prime minister system and remove its disadvantages."

"How to retain the good and get rid of the bad?" the emperor asked.

"The Cabinet System and the Six-Ministry System."

"What are the cabinet system and the six-ministry system?" the emperor asked.

"The cabinet is composed of six people. They read the memorials of the officials and sort them out before submitting them to the emperor for review.

The so-called six ministries refer to the officials, households, rituals, soldiers, and punishment workers. Whatever the court needs to do, the six ministries will do it. "

"If this is the case, the number of prime ministers changes from one to six, which can help me review the memorials, and will not control hundreds of officials." The emperor said.

In the court, the cabinet system was applied.

Jia Zhongguo became a member of the cabinet.

The memorials of the officials were handed over to the cabinet, which was sorted out and handed over to the emperor.

Therefore, Yuan Gao had one more job, which was to sort out the memorials sent by the cabinet and send them to the emperor every day.

In the Queen's Palace.

Tuoba Lanrou looked at Jing Huan who was tasting cakes in front of him.

Jing Huan is still so innocent and innocent, even though they are almost the same age, why is he becoming more and more calm.

"Cousin, why are you eating both cakes and fruits today? Do you want to tell Jing Huan something?" Jing Huan asked.

Tuoba Lanrou lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and said with determination, "I do have something to tell you today."

Jing Huan looked at Tuoba Lanrou's solemn expression and said, "What's the matter?"

Tuoba Lanrou said anxiously: "Yes, it's your marriage."

"Marriage matter." Jing Huan's cheeks were stained with crimson and he said shyly.

"Yes, marriage." Looking at Jing Huan's appearance, Tuoba Lanrou said bravely.

"Marriage?" Jing Huan asked without realizing it.

Tuoba Lanrou nodded.

"Yes, the marriage between Huo Yao and Da Jin."