Bachelor

Chapter 337 Explained
Empress Chen nodded, and moved forward with the two maids.

Sun Dan didn't speak, but followed closely behind.

After walking a few steps, I came to a rockery made of Taihu Lake stones.This rockery is about ten meters high, as high as a three-story building in later generations, and it is led to it by a bluestone step.On the top is a big red pavilion. After Sun Dan took a closer look, he realized that Empress Chen had brought him to Duixiu Mountain.It turns out that this is where the emperor climbed up every year on the Double Ninth Festival. Standing on the pavilion on the top of the mountain, you can have a bird's-eye view of the entire Forbidden City.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, the two maids stood far away and did not dare to eavesdrop.

Empress Chen saw the secluded place, so she asked: "Now I have stayed with Zhang Huli for more than ten days, and my whole heart was seen by His Majesty just now, so it is time to strike while the iron is hot and bring up the matter of taking the Queen Mother to Beijing in front of Long Live Lord. Wouldn't that please His Majesty even more. Mr. Sun, how can you say that the time is not yet ripe?"

Sun Dan: "Your Majesty, you only know one thing, not the other. Have you ever thought about it, now that the ministers of the court are still entangled with His Majesty about the emperor's exam, and now rashly accepting the Queen Mother to Beijing, in what name? Queen Mother, or Queen Mother?"

Empress Chen was a little confused, and said: "The emperor's biological mother is naturally the queen mother. It is said that a mother is more expensive than a child. Could it be that the ministers are so unreasonable that they don't recognize this queen mother?"

Sun Dan said solemnly: "Empress, you still haven't thought through this question. If the imperial court welcomes His Majesty's biological mother into the city with the queen mother's standard, then, should King Xingxian become the first emperor? In this way, the question of the emperor's examination Is it easy to solve?" Sun Dan's words are very straightforward, in fact, if the emperor's biological mother enters the city with the specifications of the empress dowager.Then, the empress dowager's husband, Jiajing's father, naturally became the emperor.In feudal society, the hierarchical system of monarch, minister and minister is the ruling basis of the ruling class, and there is no room for chaos.

Listening to Sun Dan's explanation, Empress Chen didn't feel the seriousness of the problem. Instead, she smiled triumphantly, covered her mouth and said, "Mr. Sun, wouldn't it be better this way. If we can solve the imperial examination problem by welcoming the Queen Mother to Beijing , This palace can be regarded as a great service in front of His Majesty. No, I have to mention this matter before Your Majesty, and bring the Queen Mother into the palace as soon as possible, so that I can fulfill my filial piety as a daughter-in-law."

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, and she wished she could run to the emperor right away.

But when she saw the serious expression on Sun Dan's face, she suddenly felt a little uneasy.For Sun Dan, she admired him so much that she trusted him [-]%.Since Mr. Sun seems to disapprove of his doing so, then there must be his reasons.

Sure enough, Sun Dan asked suddenly: "If you bring this up before His Majesty, what if the ministers insist on following the Queen's standard instead of the Queen Mother to bring His Majesty's biological mother into the city?"

Empress Chen was stunned: "No way, how could the ministers do this?" Even though he said that, Empress Chen's tone became a little hesitant.

Sun Dan: "The group of ministers headed by Yang Shoufu are all hard-headed, and the senior officials among the ministers, who are not top-notch, how could they fail to see the obvious intention of taking the Queen Mother to Beijing? He would definitely refuse to use the empress dowager's etiquette to bring his majesty's birth mother into the city from the very beginning. This is not the biggest problem. If it is replaced by someone else, if he can reunite with his son, he will probably give in, and use the empress dowager's Li Yi entered the palace to meet His Majesty, but..." Sun Dan dragged his voice.

Empress Chen's heart sank, and she couldn't help but ask, "But what?"

Sun Dan, "But the queen mother has a strong character, she is not the kind of little-footed old lady in the countryside who doesn't understand anything."

Sun Dan said it casually, and when he called the queen mother an old lady with small feet, Empress Chen couldn't help but smile slightly.

In fact, there is really no difference between the kind of little-footed old women from the same town as the Queen Mother, and they are even more difficult to deal with.

Sun Dan looked deeply at Empress Chen, and said in a heavy tone: "However, if the Empress Dowager insists on entering the palace through the Daming Gate according to the Empress Dowager's specifications, but the officials do not allow it, how do you think this mess will end? Knowing the empress dowager's impatience, she is absolutely unwilling to go to Anlu just now, and she refuses to enter the palace with the etiquette of the queen dowager. Then, the biggest possibility is that the empress dowager will stop outside the city and stand in a stalemate with the officials. How should the empress who proposed to take the Empress Dowager into the city explain to His Majesty?"

Hearing what Sun Dan said, I remembered that the Queen Mother's character is indeed as Sun Dan said, a stubborn person.Well, the situation may be as he surmised.At that time, Empress Chen who came up with this idea will be in trouble.

Thinking of this, Empress Chen felt hot all of a sudden, and murmured unknowingly: "Mr. Sun, you came up with this idea, and what you say now is inappropriate?"

In fact, everything that could have happened has actually happened historically.At that time, it was also because the Empress Dowager was stopped outside the city that she was not allowed to enter the palace, which led to a great climax of the controversy over etiquette.

Hearing the queen's question, Sun Dan revealed the answer: "Didn't I just say that this idea is indeed my idea, and it is also a good way for the empress to consolidate her favor. But the time is not enough, if it is launched in advance, it will be a good thing." It will also become a bad thing. The so-called time and situation, when the time is not up, you can only secretly accumulate momentum. When the time comes, follow the trend, and bad things will become good things."

Empress Chen was a little confused when she heard it, and continued to ask: "Then, Mr. Sun, when will it be good?"

Sun Dan pondered for a moment, and then spit out a sentence: "When the spring curtain is announced, it can be activated."

Empress Chen was even more puzzled: "Why wait until then?"

Sun Dan talked for a long time just now, and he was already a little impatient.He no longer hid it, and said: "Now, the situation regarding the competition for the imperial examination is very clear. Although Wansui intends to rectify the names of his biological parents, the foreign ministers insist on etiquette. Everyone They are confronting each other. Although His Majesty is the emperor, sometimes he does not do what he wants. Everyone is evenly matched. If this gift continues to be discussed, even if it takes another 100 years, there will be no reason for it. Therefore, this matter needs to be discussed. A new force came out to break this balance. This new force must not only have a certain amount of resourcefulness and courage, but also have a certain reputation among scholars. When the spring curtain begins, the empress can suggest that your majesty go to pick up the queen mother to Beijing. Wait for this When Enke is over and the rankings are finalized, the Queen Mother should also go to the capital. At that time, the Queen Mother’s driver will stop outside the city, and the mother and child will not be able to reunite. Naturally, some people can’t see it, and this righteous person, except the Xinke Scholars , who else could it be?"

At this time, Empress Chen fully understood what Sun Dan meant, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Miao, it's according to what you want."

(End of this chapter)