At this time, the sound of punishment outside had stopped, and a eunuch in charge of punishment said in a cold voice outside the door: "Long live Lord, that Li Song has been beaten to death! Do you want to test it?"
Zhang Jia didn't wait for Emperor Wanli to speak and said loudly: "What test is there for? Since he is dead, drag him out quickly!"
In this way, a eunuch who still had some dignity outside the palace died quietly outside the palace of Emperor Wanli. And the news spread throughout the entire palace in an instant. As for Queen Mother Li, she didn't say anything after hearing this.
After Feng Bao heard the news, he called a few people to inquire in detail, and then sent people to inspect various Zhuangzi. But he also knew that he was hated by Emperor Wanli because of this incident, but he didn't think he had done anything wrong. After all, he does not and cannot personally inquire about every matter in the Imperial Village.
But he was very dissatisfied with Feng Ning going to Emperor Wanli's palace to ask for news without permission! If Feng Ning hadn't been stupid, Emperor Wanli would not have hated him! So he simply sent Feng Ning into the Pure Army. I will probably never see him again!
The news reached the imperial court without causing any disturbance. Because civil servants never had a good impression of eunuchs. Even after Zhang Juzheng heard about this, he just said "I understand" when he asked about the whole story!
However, there were still voices in the court saying that Emperor Wanli had already shot eunuchs with his staff at a young age, which was a bit too violent! But these sounds soon disappeared completely. After all, it is quite common for a eunuch to die in the palace!
At this time, Liu Haojia had no intention of paying attention to these things. He was now living in Liuzhuang and was instructing the villagers to renovate the porcelain kilns and build mirror workshops.
After Liu Haojia took over Liuzhuang, those thugs were completely eliminated. Many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were also abolished. But not only did he not relax his management, he also made stricter demands on the bankers. It’s almost like using military law to manage the entire Liuzhuang!
However, the dealers who had benefited were afraid of offending the new boss and returning their good life to the way it was before, so they were very supportive of Liu Haojia's instructions and responded positively! Not only did they obey and learn the new system introduced by Liu Haojia, they also kept the entire village clean and tidy, and set up a team to patrol the village as requested by Liu Haojia!
Although I dare not say that Liu Haojia's management of the entire Liuzhuang is impregnable, but as long as he insists on maintaining the system, any outsider who comes in the village in the future will immediately be stopped and questioned by the villagers! Anyway, this is the Imperial Mansion, and the laws of the palace are followed. Even if outsiders are beaten to death, they are just reported to the palace. This gives Liu Haojia great convenience!
As for Zhang Qiang, he fully cooperated with Liu Haojia's every move, and actively studied various systems. He often pestered Liu Haojia to ask why he did this? And Liu Hao's family didn't hide anything, they explained the reasons clearly, and the two of them got along quite well!
Especially after Liu Haojia clearly told Zhang Qiang that he would not manage Zhuangzi in the future and that he was just overdoing it at present, Zhang Qiang thoroughly treated the strategy he formulated as an imperial edict! So the two of us had a great time working together!
Before the renovation of the porcelain kiln was completed, the two old kiln workers brought by Liu Haojia and the four kiln workers in the palace had full exchanges. The four old kiln workers in the palace are very experienced and know how to remove impurities from raw materials, so the first batch of raw glass solution was very successful! After refining, the flat glass is sent to the newly built workshop for back-coating production.
Although the produced mirror still has a bit of blue, it is quite light and does not affect use at all. Even looking at the blue mirror, there are some special light and shadow effects!
On the day when the coating was completed, the kiln worker put the mirror up. The four old kiln workers in the palace were almost shocked! In their opinion, this is a god-like skill! This made them admire Liu Haojia very much! When Liu Haojia taught them to use a diamond knife to cut a mirror, they became even more admired!
This day is the day when the ladies from outside the palace enter the palace. On this day, the prestigious ladies will gather in the palace of Queen Mother Li. Anyone who has the opportunity to enter the palace will not give up the opportunity to get closer to Queen Mother Li. After all, this is the most powerful woman in the world!
At this time, Queen Mother Li's palace can be said to be full of flowers! Because these wives who entered the palace not only came by themselves, but also often brought their daughters who were about to get married, hoping to be chosen by the Queen Mother for a good marriage!
And Queen Mother Li also liked this atmosphere very much. After all, she was very deserted in the deep palace. She had people to talk to and saw some young girls. Even she felt that she seemed much younger!
Just when Empress Dowager Li was chatting with the concubines in full swing, a palace maid suddenly announced: "Your Majesty, the Long Live Lord is outside asking for an audience! And the Long Live Lord brought something covered with red cloth, which seemed to be a gift specifically for the Queen. coming!"
When the ladies around heard what the palace maid said, they all praised Emperor Wanli in a joking manner! "Long live the Lord, you are so filial. If you have any good things, you always think of your Majesty!"
"That's right, my empress is a lucky one!"
"The things your Majesty sent must be extraordinary. Today we can take this opportunity to broaden our horizons!"
Queen Mother Li felt very comfortable with the compliments from everyone, so she said: "Then let Lord Long Live come in! Lord Long Live is not too old, so the children don't have to avoid it!"
After a while, Emperor Wanli walked in triumphantly with Zhang Jia and four eunuchs. The servants of Emperor Wanli walked in front, while the four eunuchs behind carefully carried an object covered with red cloth, but it didn't look very heavy.
When Emperor Wanli came in, the ladies and girls around him all stood up and saluted. Emperor Wanli waved his hand casually and said, "No need to give gifts! I am here today mainly to give gifts to my mother, so there is no need for you to be too polite!"
After saying this, Emperor Wanli quickly walked towards Empress Dowager Li and said, "Mother, I brought something good today, you must have never seen it before!"
Empress Dowager Li didn't care after hearing Emperor Wanli's words. She could see that what the four eunuchs were carrying was a rectangular, flat frame, which was either embroidery or calligraphy and painting! She had seen too many such things in the palace!
But since Emperor Wanli had the intention of presenting a treasure, it was always a good idea, so she still smiled and said: "Long Live Lord is interested, please open it quickly and let Aijia see what treasure makes Lord Wan Live so happy!"
Emperor Wanli turned around and signaled the eunuch to put the thing up. Then he stepped forward and pulled off the red cloth covering it, revealing what was inside. It turned out to be a floor-to-ceiling mirror as tall as a person!
