The snow fell very heavily during the first month of the fifteenth year of Wanli, like jade dragons dancing wildly across the sky.
Huang Min was worried that Mrs. Xue would not be able to come back later, so she had to turn around and go to Concubine Yang in a hurry.
Because Zhu Yijun said he was coming tonight, Concubine Yang personally took out the milk that had been left overnight to prepare the cheese. After she separated the milk fat that floated on the surface after the milk had been left to stand, she began to put it into the milk. Pour four cups of homemade tea into the milk, put it in a copper pot and stir it over a slow fire.
"Is your Majesty still in the mood to cook this now?"
"The power has been taken away!"
A female official next to Concubine Yang agreed to Jiang. At this time, she asked Concubine Yang dissatisfiedly.
Concubine Yang smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty likes to eat the snowy cheese I make. He said that the snowy cheese I make does not hurt the spleen and stomach. This day is suitable for making it."
Mrs. Jiang rolled her eyes and asked, "Your Majesty, you really don't want anyone to inquire. Did Concubine Liu report on Madam Dou?"
"What are you asking about? She has already committed a serious crime, so why should I cause trouble?"
Concubine Yang continued to cook the hot drink she wanted to make seriously.
boom!
Suddenly, a violent slamming sound came from the door.
Concubine Yang just smiled without saying anything. When the milk in the copper pot was boiled until it was as thick as jade beads, she added dried fruits to it, poured it into a white porcelain cup, and left it on the table. Let it gradually cool down like snow.
Concubine Yang herself continued to read the medicine case from the side.
"The snow is too heavy, the emperor probably won't come."
Mrs. Jiang came back at this time, patted the snow on her body, walked over to Concubine Yang, picked up the snowy cheese and drank it.
Seeing this, Concubine Yang quickly put down her pen: "This is your Majesty's!"
Mrs. Jiang smiled and said: "Your Majesty is not coming, so I will reward you as a servant."
"Empress!"
Huang Min came over at this time, saw this scene, and shouted quickly.
Mrs. Jiang turned around and walked over with a smile: "You are here, but the Queen has any instructions for our Queen to do."
Huang Min replied: "The Queen asked me to return the book."
"Since you are returning the book, why bother Miss to go there in person? You are from Kunning Palace. When the Queen wants it, we will go and get it."
Jiang said with a smile.
Huang Min said: "Seeing that you haven't come to pick it up, the queen thought that the imperial concubine had forgotten it, so she asked the slave to deliver it in person."
Jiang smiled awkwardly and didn't know how to answer.
"I didn't forget!"
Concubine Yang, who was seriously re-separating the butterfat, replied softly.
Huang Min smiled slightly and handed the book to Mr. Jiang.
Concubine Yang nodded: "Hard work! There will be a reward!"
Huang Min thanked and left.
After Huang Min left, Li Jin returned to Ciqing Palace and reported to Empress Dowager Li that the Qin family was killed with a stick and set up a female school, and that the Dou family was sentenced to be cut in half for amassing money behind Concubine Yang's back.
"So this matter has nothing to do with Concubine Yang?"
Queen Mother Li therefore asked Li Jin.
Li Jin replied: "To talk about the relationship, it can only be said that the control is not strict."
Empress Dowager Li nodded after hearing this: "It means that the emperor advocates new etiquette and likes concubines who can benefit the country and the people, and does not believe that it is virtue for a woman to be without talent. Otherwise, with her Yang family's temperament, she will not be able to do anything in this palace." If I can’t survive now, I won’t be able to stay in the position of a noble concubine now, and still be as beautiful and energetic as I have been in the palace for so long.”
"What the empress said is that after the emperor came to the throne, the harem was indeed not as crowded as before. From the nobles to the palace people, they were not so trembling. Only those who had evil intentions and wanted to use various names to bully others would end up very badly. awful."
Li Jin replied.
"The establishment of a whistle-blower system, coupled with the fact that the inner court has always had more silver bounties, and the outside world is also reducing taxes and exempting them from military service, has forced many people to restrain themselves, making the entire harem more harmonious."
"Even my mother-in-law and her family have been rewarded with many subscription coupons, and now they have a lot less complaints against the royal family. In this case, I don't have to meddle in his business. If you want to set up a girls' school, let him set it up."
Queen Mother Li started reading Buddhist scriptures as she spoke.
Zhu Yijun indeed planned to set up a women's school, and called King Zheng and King Su over: "Is there anyone in the clan who is good at managing the internal affairs of the palace? Both male and female clan members must have them. The two of them will draft a proposal and recommend it. I want to reorganize the clan mansion." To strengthen the cultivation of the royal family, some evil people cannot be allowed to do things that violate the new etiquette in the name of teaching the royal family and nobles."
King Zheng and King Su both raised their hands and said yes.
After Zhu Yijun was summoned by King Zheng and King Su, he announced to Qi Jiguang: "Do you know that the Qin family, the teaching guide of the Princess Mansion, asked for bribes from the consort?"
Qi Jiguang couldn't help but be startled, and then replied: "Yes!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun's voice dropped: "Then why don't you play?!"
Qi Jiguang hurriedly raised his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I am a foreign minister. It is not good for me to interfere in the affairs of the royal family. It is also not good for your majesty to worry about the internal affairs of the royal family because of the dog."
"Do you still think that it's okay to give bribes, and it's okay to give more silver coins to the Qin family? Anyway, you, the Duke of Ji State, are now serving as generals and prime ministers, and you are rich in salary and profits, so you don't need silver coins?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
Qi Jiguang had to grit his teeth and replied: "Yes! I am willing to accept the crime."
Zhu Yijun asked again: "Are you worried that your Qi family's troubles will make the Queen Mother dissatisfied, which will lead to discord between mother and son of the Tian family, so you would rather wrong your son and the princess?"
Qi Jiguang replied again: "Yes!"
"But the Queen Mother was not dissatisfied and took the initiative to persuade me to kill the Qin family."
Zhu Yijun said.
Qi Jiguang stood aside silently.
Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang and said seriously: "You are more suitable to be a daughter-in-law. You are not like a warrior. If you are asked to serve as a general or a minister, it is no wonder that many civil servants will accept it. But if you are like this, the new etiquette can be implemented." Got it?"
"Just because the Qin family belongs to the Queen Mother, she can do whatever she wants, and then because the consort is your son, she can be wronged, and the princess can also be wronged?"
Qi Jiguang replied: "What your Majesty said is that I don't know enough about the new rituals, and I am guilty."
"It's good to know the shortcomings!"
"Why did Yu Qing and others advocate the new etiquette in the first place? It was so that the etiquette and law could conform to the interests of the country and the nation, benefit the common people of the country, ensure that the idea of making the country rich, strengthen the army and benefit the people can be implemented, and truly respect the venerable ones. Be benevolent to the humble so that every Han Chinese can be treated as a human being and be respected, but those who are unkind and disrespectful must be resolutely eliminated!"
"Well done, sir!"
"Because I am worried that the Queen Mother will be at odds with me, I would rather sit back and watch the princess and the consort being wronged, and watch her Qin use the old etiquette to beat and scold her and accept bribes."
"On the surface, this seems to be saving the face of me and the Queen Mother, but in fact it is ruining the atmosphere of the entire inner court, turning benevolence, justice and morality into a tool for cannibalism, which will ruin the entire world in the future. atmosphere."
"How will you deal with yourself then?"
Zhu Yijun asked Qi Jiguang.
Qi Jiguang crouched on the ground: "I am willing to take the blame!"
"Get flat."
"It's easy to get rid of thieves, but it's hard to get rid of thieves in your heart!"
"It cannot be eradicated in a day or two the remaining thoughts of old etiquette in your heart, but I hope that you can eradicate the sins of old etiquette in your heart as soon as possible."
"In order to make you remember this lesson, I will give you some punishment, and I will fine you one year's salary, and will not reduce your title for the time being. After all, your title is obtained by military merit."
"However, you should continue to work harder to defeat the remnants of the old rites. The first thing is to continue to strengthen our Ming army so that we can have more external benefits to benefit the people."
"Now that the Queen Mother is becoming more reasonable and willing to accept my new rituals to govern people, it is because Wu Qingbo's mansion will receive a lot of external benefits."
"You must understand what I mean. Replacing the old with the new requires more than just killing!"
(End of chapter)
