After hearing this, Queen Zhou did not speak immediately. She just waved her hand to the maid to exit with a cold face.
Seeing this movement, Zhu Cixiang felt a little cold on his back and a little hairy in his heart. But there is no way, this is his mother, even if he is the prince, it will be useless.
After a while, all the palace maids and chambermaids left, and then Queen Zhou approached the prince, with a look of hatred on her face, and said to Zhu Cixiang: "I heard the news before, and finally couldn't help but come over to take a look. I really bumped into you. Is this your attitude when it comes to handling national affairs and reviewing memorials?"
Zhu Cixiang lowered his head and remained silent, as if he was being scolded.
Seeing him like this, Queen Zhou couldn't help but get even more angry. She pointed at him and said: "You are the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and you will succeed as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future. You are so perfunctory about political affairs, could it be... do you want to Do you want to be a foolish king?"
This is a bit serious, but only Queen Zhou can say it. Others do not have the qualifications and courage to say it. For example, Cao Huachun, a veteran eunuch, didn't mention a word.
Hearing such straightforward words, Zhu Cixiang was so stimulated that he couldn't help but raise his head, with a little anger on his face. But looking at his mother's iron-faced face, the anger disappeared and he just replied: " I have no intention of becoming a faint king!"
"Then tell me!" When Empress Zhou heard that he still denied it, she pointed at his forehead with her finger. She was very angry and said in a hateful voice: "Did you say that your mother was blind just now? Your father's rule Yes, memorials on important matters need to be reviewed by you. How do you review them? Is there anyone who reviews them like this?"
After hearing this, Zhu Cixi lowered his head and continued to say nothing.
"Tell me, what do you want?" Seeing him like this, Empress Zhou couldn't help but become even more angry. Her voice became even louder and shouted, "Tell me, tell me! If you want to tell me one, two, three, you If there is a reason, mother will not care about you anymore? Are you telling me, do you really want to be a fool?"
Facing Empress Zhou's aggressiveness, Zhu Cixiang suddenly raised his head, with a bit of determination on his face, without any intention of shrinking, and straightened his neck and replied: "I just don't want to be Prince Yiwen!"
Upon hearing this, Queen Zhou felt as if she had been struck by a thunderbolt from the blue, and she stayed there for a moment.
Prince Yiwen refers to Zhu Biao, the eldest son of the founder of the country. His greatest achievement in his life was that he served as a prince all his life and did not become an emperor after his death. Because Zhu Yuanzhang lived longer than his eldest son.
Nowadays, Emperor Chongzhen is wise and powerful. Many people are already saying that the current emperor is much more powerful than Taizu. Judging from the current situation, Emperor Chongzhen seems to be in very strong health and has gone to fight in the Mughal Empire.
There was a twenty-seven-year age difference between Taizu and Prince Yiwen back then, but now there is only an eighteen-year age difference between Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cixiang. Judging from the fact that Taizu killed his son back then, it seems that the current Emperor Chongzhen has a high chance of killing his son.
The reason why Queen Zhou was shocked was because her son did not want to be Prince Yiwen, that is, he wanted to be the emperor. But if he wanted to be the emperor, either Emperor Chongzhen would become the Supreme Emperor, or Emperor Chongzhen would die. However, these two situations are absolutely impossible at present. So, does his son want to kill his father?
How could Queen Zhou not be stunned when she thought of this idea?
This news was so big that Queen Zhou didn't dare to be stunned for a while, but she immediately came back to her senses, looked left and right, then immediately darkened her face and shouted angrily: "You... you are so rebellious, You...you want to die, you..."
As she spoke, she was so frightened that she was a little incoherent. This was really beyond her acceptable range.
However, when he heard her say this and looked at her like this, Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a while, and then finally reacted. Suddenly, he was shocked and a little anxious, and quickly said to Queen Zhou: "Mother, Where did you think you were going!"
The tone was full of blame.
"I... where can I go?" After hearing this, Queen Zhou was stunned for a moment and said angrily, "Tell yourself, why do you have such thoughts? You are unfaithful and unfilial..."
Zhu Cixi didn't dare to listen anymore, and quickly stopped and said: "Empress...Mother, you have misunderstood me!"
When he said this, he could not wait to step forward and block his mother's mouth.
"Ah?" When Queen Zhou heard this, she was a little dumbfounded and couldn't react, "I... I misunderstood you?"
"That's right!" Zhu Cixiang nodded quickly and said at the same time, "What I mean is that I don't want to be like Prince Yiwen and achieve nothing in the end. As far as political affairs are concerned, who is more powerful, the son or the father? Did the father arrange these things? Who is more powerful, the minister, or the son-in-law?"
"What do you mean?" Queen Zhou was a little confused by him and asked in confusion.
Zhu Cixiang didn't want to be misunderstood by Empress Zhou again. This matter was too big and he couldn't bear it if word got out, so he quickly explained: "In this political matter, no matter how hard I try, I will not be able to bear it." It may make a difference. But didn't the father also arrange things for the son? These are all important events that benefit the country and the people and affect future generations! The son worked hard for this. Not only was the steam engine invented, but it has also been used in various countries. People's livelihood. There are also steam-powered trains, steam warships, etc., which are all Erchen is busy with. No matter whoever mentions these in the future, they will definitely mention Erchen. Therefore, Erchen thought, instead of being here It is better to do more practical things than to do nothing in political affairs. This is what I mean, does the mother understand?"
At this point, he took a deep breath and said seriously: "I just want to live a valuable life, I want to do something with a sense of accomplishment!"
After hearing this, Queen Zhou finally understood what her son meant. It turned out that she had really misunderstood. Understanding this, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
However, I understand that a conservative person like her is still a little unable to turn around, so she couldn't help but say: "But, you are the prince!"
"Yes, I am the prince!" Zhu Cixiang said it, and it didn't matter. After letting go, his thinking became clearer, and he immediately said to Queen Zhou, "Because my son is the prince, he has been busy with these things. Doing these things will definitely have a very important impact on the atmosphere in the Ming Dynasty." The influence can guide the people of Ming Dynasty to work hard in these aspects, this is the greatest role of the prince, Erchen."
Having said this, he took a deep breath and whispered in a very affirmative tone: "I believe that my father also means the same thing, and he will be very happy for me to devote myself to these aspects!"
"This..." Queen Zhou couldn't help but be speechless after hearing this, because her intuition made her feel that her son was right.
"My son is also very happy!" Seeing that she was speechless, Zhu Cihong said solemnly, "Because my son also has a sense of accomplishment. If this continues, there will definitely be a place for my son in the history books, and he is no longer just a prince! "
Is Zhu Cihong stupid? He is not stupid at all! He knew that no matter how hard he tried, he could never compare to his father when it came to being an emperor. Even if he does become emperor one day, he will not be able to do better than his father. In the history books from now on, he will definitely be left in silence under the light of his great father.
Therefore, when he discovers new opportunities and can do things that give him a sense of accomplishment, he will naturally enjoy it. He will definitely not be interested in reviewing memorials.
After Empress Zhou understood the whole thing, she finally nodded slowly and had to admit that her son's choice might be the right one.
"My son, my mother is finally relieved!" Queen Zhou reached out her hand, touched her son's face, and said happily.
Although one is a queen and the other is a prince, in the final analysis, one is still a mother and the other is a son.
Hearing such words, Zhu Cixiang was very happy. He knew that his mother would never care about him no matter what he did in the future. So, his heart flew to Tianjin again, but it was a pity that there was no data on long-distance armored battleships, so he had to rely on himself to explore.
Queen Zhou put down her hands and prepared to go back. However, when she was shocked by his son's words, she had some thoughts and couldn't help but murmured to herself: "Then what should I do?"
Who wouldn't want to leave a name in history? Queen Zhou thinks so too! Now, her son has found his own bright path, but she doesn't know how to do it well?
She has always adhered to the ways of a queen and managed the harem according to tradition. Not to mention how excellent she is, at least she is worthy of the position of queen.
However, now that she is affected by her son's words, if possible, she also wants to leave her name in history and become one of the best queens in the past!
However, she really had no idea what to do to leave a name in history.
Hearing what she was saying to herself, Zhu Cixi couldn't help but said: "Mother, it's not that simple, just do what your father wants!"
"Ah?" Queen Zhou couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard this. She couldn't remember it for a moment, so she asked, "What did your father say?"
Hearing that his mother asked him for advice, Zhu Cixiang became energetic and beamed a little. He immediately pointed out: "Didn't your mother notice? My father has asked more and more women to come out to do things. Even the queen herself, isn't it? Are you in charge of a textile factory? I think my father’s intention is to allow all the women in the Ming Dynasty to do a job, not just stay at home to care for their husbands and raise children. What do you think..."
Having said this, he began to point out Emperor Chongzhen's new policies with his hands to Queen Zhou, including the establishment of midwives and other measures. Then he talked about the Ming Dynasty's expansion of territory, and now it encourages childbirth. From this, we can see that Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards The position of women in the future.
