Jiang Mandun also said: "Look at her sleeves, they are so white that if they are stained with a little mud, they will become unreadable. The hem of her skirt is still dragging to the ground, ugh~"
Jiang Liniang burst out laughing: "They don't have to go to the ground to plant rice, nor do they have to go out to pick up manure, so how can they be like us?"
Fei said angrily: "Are you really drunk or are you pretending to be drunk? Can you move? Get up and work if you can move!"
Jiang Liniang chuckled twice: "Only your mouth can still move!"
Fei kicked her to the side again: "Get away, don't get in the way."
Then I remembered to go off topic: "Yuan Niang? What did you say?"
Yuan Niang wiped the table clean with a rag, and while wiping it, she said: "Mu Lang asked me not long ago and said that the late emperor had left many concubines, all of whom were still very young. What did the Queen Mother mean? Yes, there is no point in asking them to spend their lives in the palace with her. He wants to follow the old example of the previous Emperor Zong and let them out. He was undecided and asked me what I thought..."
Fei said "Oh" as if she didn't understand, and then clicked her tongue and said, "The emperor marries so many women, can he sleep well?"
Jiang Liniang suddenly shuddered as if she was just waking up from a drunken stupor!
The late emperor's concubine, an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang...
The first thought that came to her mind was - the emperor's brother-in-law wouldn't ask them to be buried, right? !
Isn’t this a complete reversal of history? !
Those are all fresh human lives!
Jiang Liniang sat up as soon as she was erect: "Sister!"
She shouted: "What did you say?!"
Fei was furious when he saw this. He put his hands on his hips and asked, "Are you drunk or not? Get up and work when you are not drunk. Don't idle there!"
Yuan Niang pursed her lips and smiled. Seeing that her sister's face still had stains from lying on the table just now, she wiped it with a handkerchief.
She said: "I told Mu Lang a story. Once upon a time, there was a scholar-bureaucrat named Zhang Ning, who had no children when he was old. He asked his ancestors in his family temple, what sin had I done? As for cutting off children and grandchildren? A concubine next to me said with hatred, delaying our life is damaging our moral character."
"The late emperor has already made a big move and asked young concubines to leave the palace and remarry, which is also to accumulate virtue for the late emperor. The court has always encouraged widows to remarry in order to increase the population. However, some places are closed and the decrees are difficult to pass. Now they are asked to do so. You know, even the late emperor’s concubines can remarry after the late emperor’s great success. Isn’t this fact much more powerful than a government decree?”
Jiang Liniang's eyes were bright and she put her head in front of Yuan Niang: "What did my brother-in-law say? Did he agree? Did he agree? Did he agree?!"
Yuan Niang smiled and nodded.
"Wow!"
Jiang Liniang felt relieved and excited, and hugged her: "Sister, you are indeed the master of the world~"
Chapter 63
For Jiang Liniang, this is really good news.
First of all, this proves that my sister is to the emperor's brother-in-law what Empress Ma is to Zhu Yuanzhang - she can persuade the emperor's brother-in-law, and her words are very useful!
Secondly, it proves that the emperor's brother-in-law, Zhu Yuanzhang, is not 100% Zhu Yuanzhang - he really listened to the advice and did not let the late emperor's concubines be buried like the historical figures. Instead, he carefully considered his sister's opinions and planned to bury the emperor's concubines. They were all released from the palace!
As for the third one...
Jiang Liniang laughed twice: "Brother-in-law, why can't he make up his mind and ask sister? He deliberately wants to make sister look good and increase her reputation!"
Yuan Niang looked gentle and silent, but there was a hint of shy joy between her eyebrows.
Jiang Liniang was about to tease her a few more words, but Fei's ears were pinched and she said angrily: "Jiang Liniang, I've tolerated you for a long time! Get up and work quickly before you're drunk, go get a broom and clean the floor!"
Jiang Liniang shouted: "Mom, it hurts! Let go quickly!!!"
Jiang Mandun and his son both turned away and snickered, and the whole room was filled with warmth.
…
Jiang Liniang was right. Zhu Yuanzhang was not really undecided. He just wanted to take this opportunity to show his old wife to the government and the public, and by the way, he also wanted to sell Empress Dowager Dou a favor.
In this life, after all, she has no memory of her previous life, and does not know how to perform the specific duties of a queen. With the help of Empress Dowager Dou, she will be much easier to do.
And admonishing the emperor to release the concubines of the Daxing Emperor from the palace was also a move to demonstrate the queen's benevolence. This dynasty always selects scholars based on virtue and talent, and even virtue must be ranked before talent. With this With such a deed going on, no one would dare to point out the old wife's origins.
Kill several birds with one stone.
Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the palace, and immediately issued an order to establish the throne. Because Shi Yun was the teacher of the three Jiang brothers and sisters, he had to avoid certain taboos, so he appointed Sikong Gengzhang as the chief envoy and Shangshu ordered Pan Hui as the deputy envoy. The Jiang family went to announce the decree and officially appointed Yuan Niang, the daughter of the Jiang family, as the queen.
At the same time, he honored Yuanniang's father who died young as the Marquis of Fuyang, and his uncle Jiang Mandun as the Marquis of Yuening. After giving him a mansion, he gave the Jiang family 60 million yuan and 500 hectares of fertile land.
The etiquette officer who taught etiquette had arrived at the Jiang family's house a long time ago and taught him the etiquette of receiving orders and thanking him from beginning to end. But even so, when he heard that his niece-in-law had given him 60 million yuan, he also had When there were five hundred hectares of fertile land, Jiang Mandun and Fei's legs were weak and their eyes were straight. At least they had a pair of children behind them to support them, so they didn't fall to the ground on the spot.
Five hundred hectares of fertile land—it would take a long time to cover it on horseback!
There are still 60 million yuan - this is worth three-fifths of General Dou!
People may be able to share hardships when they are poor, but once they become rich, they may not be able to share happiness.
Jiang Liniang had seen many people's hearts corrupted by interests in her previous life, and had read a lot of history books. She was too afraid that one day her parents and elder brother would be blinded by power and do something stupid!
You know, that's Zhu Yuanzhang!
If I say I'm going to peel off your skin, I'm going to peel off your skin, no ambiguity at all!
Even if the emperor's brother-in-law admits it for the sake of his sister, what will happen next?
Can the next emperor’s nephew endure it?
If the Jiang family really dares to fly and imitate General Dou in being domineering, it will be over sooner or later!
Jiang Liniang was planning for a rainy day, so she asked her parents and brother to put aside what they were doing and stay at home to listen to her lectures.
What to talk about?
Talk about the fate of the relatives of the past generations, and the bloody human skin of General Dou hanging on the city wall!
She was afraid that her family would not take her seriously, so she went out of her way to say hello to Shi Yun, then turned around and said to her family - the teacher asked me to teach you on his behalf, please listen well!
Jiang Liniang's lectures may not be taken seriously by the Jiang family, but under the banner of Shi Jun - she is not only the benefactor of the Jiang family, but also the teacher of the three children of the Jiang family, and a contemporary scholar, so what she said can be wrong. ?
You must listen carefully!
By the time Jiang Liniang finished teaching the lesson she had prepared overnight, Jiang Mandun and Fei were already stunned, their faces pale and their whole bodies cold.
Fei's teeth were chattering, her voice was trembling, and she asked her daughter: "That Emperor Jingzong killed everyone in his uncle's family without leaving a trace of blood?"
Jiang Liniang sneered: "Don't talk about blood, not even chickens or dogs left!"
Jiang Mandun was also sweating coldly: "That's his uncle, how could he do this?"
Jiang Liniang said: "What happened to my uncle? In the past, when the royal family was fighting for the throne, who hasn't killed several brothers? If a son kills me, and I kill my son, who is my uncle?"
Jiang Ning has read a lot and knows these allusions. He asked about another thing: "That human skin..."
His voice became erratic: "Is it really General Dou's?"
Jiang Liniang smiled and said: "How can it be false?"
If it had been another emperor, she would still have doubts in her heart. Maybe she had just found a dead human skin to count, but if it had been Zhu Yuanzhang...
100% genuine product, no deception!
Fei was so scared that she started biting her fingernails: "General Dou, isn't he the biological father of Empress Dowager Dou? She let him peel off his skin, and she didn't stop him?"
Jiang Liniang asked her: "Mom, do you think the relationship between the Queen Mother and your brother-in-law is good?"
Fei thought for a moment and said, "Of course it's good. If not, can you come to our house with your brother-in-law?"
Jiang Liniang asked her again: "Mom, if someone wants to take off my grandpa's skin, if you can stop it, will you stop him?"
Fei rolled her eyes at her: "Does this need to be said? That's my biological father. How could I watch him suffer like that? Killing him with one knife is more satisfying than skinning him alive!"
Only then did Jiang Liniang raise her last question: "Mom, what do you think a father would have to do to force his own daughter to let go and watch him being skinned?"
Fei shrank her neck: "I heard that General Dou committed many things..."
"That's right!" Jiang Liniang sublimated the central thought: "If we keep to ourselves and live a down-to-earth life, this kind of thing will never happen to our family. But if we have bad intentions, just follow Rich Master Liu He seems to be doing evil and harming the people in the village. My brother-in-law can tolerate it, but my nephew cannot tolerate it either. Sooner or later he will end up like General Dou!"
Both Jiang Mandun and his wife and Jiang Ning expressed that they had learned the lesson. They were all cold and their feet were unsteady. They went to the kang to bask in the sun for most of the day before they warmed up again.
It's not that Jiang Liniang doesn't feel sorry for her family, but since her cousin was canonized as queen, the Jiang family is definitely a cousin. Instead of the family corrupting their temperament and doing some outrageous evil things in the future, it's better to set a clear path for them as early as possible. Come on, let’s break it down!
…
The Jiang family has a lot going on in the past two days, and Jiang Ning and his son have inevitably taken a lot of leave in the past two days.
The Shangguan didn't say anything, but several colleagues with similar positions to him complained quite a bit. When Jiang Ning went on duty the next day, it was inevitable that he would hear a few slanderous words.
For example, young people should work hard and not slack off. Another example is not to embarrass the teacher under the banner of being a teacher, and so on.
Jiang Ning has always been a loyal person, and he will not argue with them when he hears this. A junior official like him in the eighth rank of the Shaofu is like a crucian carp crossing the river. He asked for leave for several days in a row, and was busy with the work at hand. They have to leave it to their colleagues, no wonder they are unhappy.
He remained silent, and the others also found it boring. They were both officials in the same place, so it was hard to get too tense. They said a few random words to get rid of the quarrel.
The Shaofu is in charge of all royal affairs and has very important powers. The wedding of the Emperor and the Empress is the most important one among the many errands at the moment. The newly appointed Shaofu orders Zhu You to marry the late Emperor and Empress Dowager Dou. After digging out the wedding ceremony and deliberately adding 30%, he ordered his subordinates to act accordingly.
The people at the top were talking, and the people at the bottom were running away and breaking their legs. The people below were drawing up business documents with reference to the articles of association of the late emperor's wedding, and they were talking about it: "The current queen's surname is Jiang, and she is a descendant of Lu Gongwang? Why haven't you heard of it before?"
Someone else said: "It is said that he is the disciple of Situ Shigong."
At this point, someone realized something was wrong and asked Jiang Ning cautiously: "Zhonggong's surname is Jiang, and he is a disciple of Lord Shi. Brother Jiang seems to be a disciple of Lord Shi too?"
Jiang Ning responded angrily: "She's my sister."
Several colleagues almost fell down, and then they recalled that Jiang Ning had indeed asked for a few days' leave a few days ago. He asked cautiously and got an answer quickly.
"First the emperor came to pay a visit, and then an etiquette officer came to teach etiquette, so I asked for a few days off." Jiang Ning said.
It scared a few colleagues - Brother, with such a tough background, you should have told me earlier? !
Thinking about the fact that several people had deliberately said slanderous words to get rid of him before, I was even more sweaty. They gathered together to discuss for a long time, and fearfully invited him to drink wine to apologize.
Jiang Ning declined at first, and then looking at the expressions of several people, he vaguely guessed what they were thinking. He sighed secretly and finally agreed.
Yuanniang's father who died young was posthumously granted the title of Marquis of Fuyang. Someone went to Xibao Village to repair the tombs of Marquis Fuyang and his wife. Since he had no children, the title would most likely be removed. Of course, if the second wife was willing to adopt her son in the future, she would That's another matter.
As the uncle who raised Yuanniang, Jiang Mantun was granted the title of Marquis of Yueyang, which allowed the title to be inherited for three generations and then be demoted. Jiang Ning, as his only son, would no doubt be the Marquis of Yueyang in the future.
The young man's order, Zhu You, politely invited Jiang Ning over, spoke to him politely for a while, and then politely sent him out. Not long after, Jiang Ning was promoted to six levels in a row, reaching the fifth rank. The order came down.
The awe and adulation of colleagues, the courtesy and courtesy of one of the Nine Qings, and the official position that was once elusive but elusive...
Jiang Ning should be happy, but this grand favor came too hard and too hastily, which made him feel at a loss what to do and frightened.
