After careful calculation, apart from the nobles who were packed away, the first minister to be imprisoned was Donglin Tangren. In their view, this should not be a good sign.
During this extremely sensitive time period, if you go to the palace to inquire about information, as long as you see the prince, no matter what the other party says, it will have the effect of throwing stones and asking for directions.
But Yaoji has no intention of fulfilling their wishes. If he really wants to go to the palace to see me, he can pay 10,000 taels for the ticket!
Don’t think it’s too expensive, I’m not something anyone can see with their money!
"Your Highness, these two are both lecturing and reading for the East Palace..."
Out of good intentions, Yang Jinchao reminded the young prince gently not to neglect the two teachers.
"That's just right. I've passed on this palace's oral decree. From now on, these two people will no longer hold the post of lecturers and readers in the East Palace. They only need to perform their original duties. Let's do it immediately!"
It's okay not to mention it. Since you mentioned it, there is no need to see these two scourges in the palace again in the future.
If you don't know what's good and what's good, and you go to the outer court tomorrow morning to find trouble, then don't blame me for being ruthless.
Yang Jinchao, who was "smart as ice and snow", noticed the displeasure in the prince's tone and did not dare to say anything more. He had to go out and send away the two guests who were still waiting.
"My son, I wish to express my regards to my mother!"
After dinner, Yaoji came to Kunning Palace again. The beautiful biological mother had also eaten the royal meal, and her beautiful face still had a hint of sadness. She was probably angry at the cheap grandpa who was greedy for money and deceived the king.
"Brother Hong has just recovered from a serious illness. There is no need to be so polite. Come and talk quickly!"
Seeing her precious son, Queen Zhou forced out a smile and greeted her eldest son in a sweet voice.
Originally, the beautiful biological mother wanted to say a few good words to Guozhan afterwards, to somewhat ease the tense relationship between grandfather and grandson.
But when she saw the amount of confiscation reported by Fang Zhenghua, Queen Zhou, as her daughter, was no longer willing to excuse her biological father.
Three hundred and fifty thousand taels!
Three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver alone were taken from the Zhou Mansion!
Facing the mountains of silver, Guozhan's previous rhetoric about his poor family was shattered in an instant!
It was really hard for me to deceive myself. I wanted to advance money for the national war last time, but I didn’t expect it...
Looking at the embarrassed Guozhan, Queen Zhou suddenly felt that to her father, the relationship between father and daughter was not as good as boxes of silver.
He deceived the emperor, deceived the queen, deceived the prince, Guozhan was so audacious and deceived everything!
If the Zhou Mansion hadn't been raided today, no one would have known that Guozhan regarded wealth as life, and even his own daughter's repeated persuasion was of no avail.
As a national battle that attracted everyone's attention, when the national crisis hit, instead of being generous, he was extremely stingy. When faced with the prince's questioning, Guozhan actually lied a lot and even signed the document with a shy face. Afterwards, it became irrefutable. Even his daughter Queen Zhou felt extremely embarrassed.
It’s just that those nobles were unwilling to donate money. As a national warrior, the emperor’s father-in-law, the queen’s biological father, and the prince’s grandfather openly declared in the main hall that his family was poor and had no money. After it was recorded by the historian at the court meeting, It will definitely become a shameful event in the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years!
If compared, the aloof Guozhan is not as good as a chamberlain like Wang Chengen.
Family members are not as good as domestic slaves, which is sad and ridiculous!
The entire Zhou family, including the queen, seemed to have become a big joke in one day!
Regardless of whether they are old people or children, they can point out the royal family.
Yao Ji did not beat around the bush, but directly asked softly: "Is the Queen still worried about the national war?"
Queen Zhou couldn't afford the hearts of others, and the only thing she worried about was her family.
The beautiful biological mother sighed, stood up and apologized sadly: "Mom, I have to apologize to brother Xang after the war!"
Both the emperor and himself were deceived by Guozhan's little tricks. If Brother Xun hadn't been smart and witty and set a trap, Guozhan would still have no flaws to this day.
After this incident, Queen Zhou changed a lot in how she treated the issue of Guozhan. For the sake of the relationship between father and daughter, as long as Guozhan was not questioned, she would not plead with her son.
For this deliberately deceived father, there is nothing wrong with living like ordinary people. Before he became successful, his family lived happily even though they lived on a meager diet.
If you accept such a great gift, your life will be shortened. Yaoji hurriedly stopped him and said, "Guozhan deliberately deceived the emperor and should be punished. The queen mother is kind-hearted and there is no need to apologize!"
Fortunately, the mentally retarded Marquis Yangwu is standing in front of him. Otherwise, if he exposes such a thing as a national battle, the civil and military officials of the whole court will be watching. If he doesn't punish him severely, he will be in trouble.
For a stingy man with a lot of wealth, having all his wealth confiscated and leaving him penniless in the world is the most severe punishment for him!
Killing this guy will make the beautiful mother sad, and for Yaoji, it won't be much of a relief.
It would be better to keep it in captivity like this and let Grandpa Guozhan live in poverty every day.
I used to pretend to be poor, but now I don’t have to pretend to be poor. I am so damn poor!
I don’t have much money left, so I won’t tolerate you from now on!
Meat, it’s best to eat it once a week. It can help you lose weight and avoid getting high!
As for the clothes, coarse cloth will do. You don’t have to do any heavy physical work, and you don’t have to worry about wearing out the cuffs.
As for the house, it is a good house if there is no air leakage, so that everyone in the family can experience the "Beijing Farmhouse".
The family’s monthly living expenses of fifty taels should be enough to put food on the table, but there’s no need for more anyway!
By the way, I won’t be able to move around freely in the future, since we are in captivity...
Uh~ "support", naturally there are sentries at the door to "protect".
All the nobles who have been demoted to common people must do this, accept unified management, and report on time every morning. Otherwise, how can they appreciate the majesty of the emperor's grace?
You just "fell in love" with me at the court meeting, and now I "love you" back. This is the "price of love"!
Any courtier who is tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, or tired of living in the courtyard of a mansion, can go in and experience it, and it is guaranteed to gain countless insights!
Empress Zhou didn't want to mention the sad thing about the national battle anymore. She took Yaoji's little hand with great pity and sighed: "My son is still young and has to take over the government. It's really burdensome!"
Just after her husband passed away, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were confiscated from Guozhan's family. Not only the capital, but also the imperial city, everyone was in panic.
Not only that, in the face of the deception and questioning by the courtiers, without this caring little baby to share her worries and solve her problems, Queen Zhou really didn't know what to do.
Seeing the beautiful mother's expression of love and pity, Yaoji hurriedly comforted her: "Mom, there is no need to worry about it. As a prince, my son is a prince. The country is facing a crisis. It is his duty to supervise the country and manage its affairs. In less than ten days, it will be as usual." , Queen Mother, please rest assured. It’s just that Queen Mother still needs to be led by Queen Mother in this residence, and there must be no noise."
The father who dumped the blame has become a vegetable, and there are a group of old women living in the back house. It is inevitable to chat and discuss, but as long as nothing big happens to kill people, then it is not a hindrance.
If they are asked to discuss government affairs as little as possible, there is no way. One way is to give orders directly, and the other is to divert the attention of these old ladies.
The former method is relatively rigid and difficult to obtain ideal results. The latter method is to take advantage of the situation and adapt to human nature.
"Before today's court meeting, the queen mother was still very worried, but Brother Xang didn't panic when he got into trouble, and he is so confident now, so the queen mother feels at ease!"
Empress Zhou was initially doubtful about her eldest son's return from a study tour in the fairy world, but during the day, her precious son had a verbal battle with the ministers and gained the upper hand, which made her dispel more than half of her worries.
A child who is only ten years old, without extraordinary wisdom, is definitely no match for those veterans who have been in the court for many years.
If you think about it carefully, Brother Hong may have the talent to argue this time because he was inspired by Emperor Taizu of the immortal world.
"Brother Xang?"
After Queen Zhou finished speaking, she saw that her eldest son was still in a daze and did not reply. She hurriedly asked, don't become stupid again.
"Oh~! Don't worry, mother! I just remembered a very interesting card game, so I was stunned for a moment!"
Come up with this thing, and the noble people in the back mansion who are bored will have something to play with. I guarantee that they will wake up early and have sex at night...
What Yaoji wants to do is mahjong. If he works hard, he might even be designated as the "Quality of Ming Dynasty"!
The predecessor of Mahjong is "leaf play", which is the kind of tiles with little figures painted on the thin and long plastic sheets.
It is said that this thing has been around since the Tang Dynasty, but it is definitely not made of plastic. The material should be wood chips or paper shells.
Li Yu, the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was a master of "Yi Zi Opera" and wrote famous theories such as "Little Leaf Ge", "Golden Leaf Ge" and "Zhao Meng Ye Ge".
The "Ma Diao Ye" popular in the Ming Dynasty is very similar to mahjong, with chip units of Wen Qian (a few pieces), Suo Zi (string of money), Wan Guan, and Hundred Wan Guan.
According to other rumors, there is a description of Jinlian and Chaoer having a fight in "The Bottle", but when Yaoji was reading, this non-violent plot was almost skipped...
When Wu Weiye, the "Iron-Skeleton", wrote "Suiguan Jilue", he did not forget to criticize the scholar-bureaucrats, saying that they indulged in horse-drawing and neglected government affairs all day long, so that the Ming Empire was defeated by the "Qing Dynasty King" Bang Bang Smee is big!
It is estimated that this guy's playing skills are not even close to half a star, and he always loses money, so that he has to use his own work to complain about others.
In the 47th chapter of "A Dream of a Certain Building", Jia Mu, Wang Xifeng, and Aunt Xue play cards together. They play the Qing Dynasty's "Mohe Card" which evolved from "Ma Diao Ye".
By the end of the Qing Dynasty, after hundreds of years of evolution, mahjong gradually became similar to modern mahjong, so Yaoji can be sure that the spinach market in Ming Dynasty has great potential!
"What kind of card game can make Brother Xun think so hard?"
When her precious son mentioned it, Queen Zhou also became interested.
The nobles in the palace did not have much leisure and entertainment activities except horse riding. Firstly, there were very few entertainment items at this time, and secondly, they were not allowed to leave the palace without permission.
