Chapter 160 Outburst
Wen Qu asked Zhou Yi and Liu Ya to meet on purpose, but now he ran outside by himself and said that he was ready for wine.
After Wen Qu left, Zhou Yi looked Liu Ya up and down. Liu Ya was pregnant earlier than Li Yingru, and her belly was already big at this moment, "Fourth Sister, you have been wronged.
" She shed tears, where did she suffer any grievances, Zhou Yi just heard the wind and solved her worries thousands of miles away.
"Liulang, I have never been wronged. I have the most capable younger brother in the world!" Speaking of this, she felt happy. At first she didn't know that Zhou Yi had written a letter to Wen Qu, but Mrs. Wen Those few days were always unhappy, but she didn't mention the matter of finding a concubine for Wen Xin again. She found out that before she didn't know, Liu Lang had already solved it for her. When the father-in-law gave away his concubine, he didn't dare to mention it to Wen Xinna, and Liu Ya felt relieved.
"Your method is great. I originally thought that if my mother-in-law insisted on taking a concubine for Xianggong, then I would have to start with Xianggong. I didn't expect you to solve it so neatly. You are smart!" Liuya Smiling freely and comfortably, her younger brother really protected her as he said to her before getting married, but: "Liulang, if you do this, will there be a gap with your father-in-law?" Liuya is still a little worried.
Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, Mrs. Wen won't take it to heart." The siblings chatted for a while, and Zhou Yi saw that Liuya's big belly was hard to move when she was sitting and lying down, afraid that she would be tired, so she went Let her go back to the house to rest, and go drink with Wenqu. That boy Wen Xin was pouring wine on the side, and he seemed a little embarrassed when he saw Zhou Yi. Also, before he married Liuya, he himself said that he would not take concubines like Wen Qu. Unexpectedly, he just got married. One year, he almost broke his promise and asked his brother-in-law to write such a letter to his father. Of course Zhou Yi knew what Wen Xin was thinking, but he didn't say a word, as if he had completely forgotten about it, and called each brother-in-law very affectionately. Seeing him like this, Wen Xin secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Wen Qu could see clearly from the sidelines that this Zhou Yi was truly extraordinary. Although Wen Xin was not allowed to accept a concubine this way, it was after all a meddling in his brother-in-law's family affairs. This meant that he had met him. Even if Zhou Yi was targeting Mrs. Wen, as the head of the family, he would not complain when he saw his wife being made so difficult. As a native feudal man, Wen Xin took concubines as a matter of course. Zhou Yi stretched his arms too far in doing so.
So Zhou Yi didn't mention that matter at all at the moment, which not only eliminated the little resentment in Wen Xin's heart, but also made him feel more guilty. I'm afraid it will be better for Liu Ya in the future.
Why isn't such a child from their Wen family?
After drinking with Wen Qu, it was already the willow tree on the moon.
Since the establishment of commerce and the abolition of all kinds of exorbitant taxes, the capital city at night is obviously more lively than before. Looking at South Street, there are more hawkers setting up stalls on both sides of the street than before.
Zhou Yi walked along the South Street, and never saw the servants carrying knives to collect likin from the peddlers. Zhou Yi found a biscuit stall, and after waiting in line for three, it was finally his turn.
I got a sesame seed cake, and when I gave the money, I realized that the price was one penny less than before. Zhou Yi hurriedly asked, "Brother, why is the price of the sesame seed cake so low?"
The sesame seed stall was run by a middle-aged couple. The husband baked the biscuits very quickly with his hands and feet, and the wife was responsible for collecting the money.
Hearing Zhou Yi's question, the couple looked at each other with a comfortable smile on their faces: "Hey, my little brother, the price has dropped a long time ago. You must have not visited the night market much these days, right?"
Zhou Yi nodded with a gentle smile: "I have left Beijing for business these days, and I really haven't visited the night market much."
The boss showed a clear expression: "Let me just say, the price of the night market has been reduced for more than two months, and this is all thanks to the imperial court. I heard that the emperor ordered the cancellation of those lijin. You don't know, little brother, we For small stalls, the total amount is only a small amount of money per month, and the lijin of the imperial court is very heavy. We have no choice but to raise the price, but the price is too high, no one buys it, and often it takes a whole day to earn The money is not enough to pay the likin." The boss was very fast, and he had already baked a piece of biscuit while he was talking, and passed it to the person behind him. He seemed to be talking about it, and continued to chat: "It's different now, no With those heavy taxes, even if the price is lowered a little, you can earn more than before! Life is more enjoyable these days!” Seeing
Zhou Yi’s focus on listening, the eldest brother continued: “You know why the court suddenly canceled those Is it heavy taxation?" He lowered his voice on purpose, appearing mysterious.
Zhou Yi shook his head.
Big Brother gave Zhou Yi an expression that I knew you didn't know: "I heard that it was suggested by a Master Zhou in the imperial court, who said that border trade and commerce should be opened up. Well, we ordinary people don't understand these things, but who would be right? Well, we still know, among those officials in the past, which one has such a good heart, can't wait to scratch the ground and suck the blood of our common people, only Mr. Zhou, it is this!" The boss stretched out his thumb , Praise from the heart.
"However, you know that although the imperial court issued such an order, the officials are still trying to extract money, but it is much better than before. However, do you know what happened in the past two days?" Boss The voice became lower and lower, and he moved closer to Zhou Yi, making it look like two underground parties in contact. Zhou Yi still shook his head. The boss saw it and immediately said: "Two days ago, I heard that Mr. Zhou arrested a lot of corrupt officials. He frightened them all, so he didn't dare to accept any likin. When Mr. Ri and Zhou returned to the capital, there were many prison cars behind them, filled with high officials. Hey, I was too busy that day, so I didn’t go to see it. Otherwise, I would have to go to meet Mr. Zhou. You know Mr. Zhou How old is your lord?" Before Zhou Yi could answer, the boss stretched out his thumb again: "I heard that this year, lord Zhou is only eighteen years old, it's really amazing!" Speaking of this time, the boss's eyes The brightness increases sharply, which can be said to be very flattering!
Zhou Yi rubbed his nose, feeling embarrassed and ashamed at the same time. What he felt was that some of the things he did were seen by others. What was shameful was that he heard others praise himself so violently in front of his face. , I'm really uncomfortable.
When Zhou Yi was walking back with the biscuits in his hands, he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth. Even though he got so angry in the court and was harassed by those villains, but now that he heard what he said, the little bit in his heart The anger disappeared without a trace.
Zhou Yi has overcome the difficulties here, but the aftermath of this early court has only spread. I always feel that with so many people in the court attending Zhou Yi, even if the emperor protects them, they will inevitably suffer some hardships. Not only was there nothing wrong with it, but it also killed the enemy, especially the censor who participated in Zhou Yi, who was really miserable... Not only the officials in the capital are paying attention, but the local officials are also paying attention. After all, there is such a evil star, if he falls, it's fine, if nothing happens, then who will dare to blatantly embezzle in the future? Hearing that nothing happened to Zhou Yi, and he lost a censor. The officials in these places were angry at first, but they had nothing to do with Zhou Yi. The emperor valued it. This time, the alliance of big bosses in the court and the snow-like Shen Zhouyi failed to get him down. What can these local officials do? They can only restrain themselves in the future. After all, Zhou Yi is not counted Clean killing, not too greedy, he didn't move! Everyone thought that this was the end of the matter, but they didn't expect that a few days later, the Da Viet Times, which was published all over Da Viet, suddenly published an article. The main author was Zhou Yi. The title of the article was "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it ", the content of the whole article is roughly as follows: "I am with the monarch, and I often hear you lamenting the sufferings of the people in the world, worrying about the people, and officials being corrupt. This has happened since ancient times. The monarch is insomnia for the people of the world, so I ordered Yu to investigate corrupt officials... ..." Later, I briefly talked about the general situation of the investigation and handling of corrupt officials.
Then in the next paragraph, Zhou Yi expressed his feelings eloquently: "The emperor is the monarch of the world. He has no desire to expand the territory. He only wants the people in the world to live and work in peace. Even though it was not sufficient, the emperor still canceled all kinds of taxes. In order for the people to eat enough and wear warm clothes, he would rather live frugally. The emperor has worked so hard, but corrupt officials are eating away at Dai Viet like moths. Basically, they failed the trust of the emperor!!! When I seized the money stolen by corrupt officials and saw the people being persecuted by them, I was so angry!!! Very angry!!! It stinks, a human tragedy with frozen bones on the road! The emperor is the ninety-five supreme being, and he is so troublesome for the people of the world, but he is deceived by a group of corrupt officials!!! Difficult, I will persevere! The court will not relax the investigation of corruption, corrupt officials, you will eventually become bedbugs and be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!!!" "Okay!!!" Quan Da
Yuefan Those who read this article were immediately blushed by Zhou Yi, stood up and applauded, wishing to follow in Zhou Yi's footsteps and kill those corrupt officials!
"Your Majesty, Master Zhou..." After someone read it, they immediately bowed in the direction of the capital!
"It turns out that the emperor valued us so much. We blamed those corrupt officials. In the past, we all blamed the emperor by mistake!" Such voices came from the streets and alleys from time to time.
"Master Zhou is also amazing. I heard that so many corrupt officials were arrested this time. It is all thanks to Master Zhou. Master Zhou is a good official. With such an emperor and such a good official, those officials will never again Dare to treat us little people like this!"
"No, look, since Mr. Zhou arrested those, all the yamen who used to charge for everything have disappeared on this street!" "Everything else is
fine. , It’s Mr. Zhou’s article, why are there so many vernacular words, I can understand it without reading any books.” One person wondered.
"What do you know, Mr. Zhou wrote it like this just to take care of us, otherwise you can only listen to other people's explanations when you write about those people, but they can explain the wonderfulness of Mr. Zhou's article? Look, even if it is like this The vernacular, it makes people feel excited after reading it!"
"That's true!!!"
This kind of discussion was staged everywhere in Da Viet, and of course some people who read this article were indignant, "This evildoer, it seems that he is right and wrong. When we got stuck together, the official didn’t understand, he was an official himself, he was born from the same root, so he didn’t understand why it’s too urgent, ah!!!” Then he slammed the Dai Viet
Times They patted it on the table, but that was all they could do to vent their anger. They should keep a low profile. After all, Zhou Yi said that the imperial court will not relax the investigation of corruption. If they are not careful, maybe the second batch of They are the only ones in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice!
"Hahaha..." In the emperor's bedroom, Emperor Chongzheng laughed loudly.
It was dinner time at this time, and Emperor Chongzheng liked to read the Dai Viet Times at this time every day. There were so many interesting things in it, and Emperor Chongzheng read it with great interest every time.
This time, when he picked up the Day Viet Times as usual, he found out that Zhou Yi had published an article. After he finished reading it, his good mood could go straight to the sky.
"This Zhou Qing!" He is always so close, putting him first in everything. An article like his directly expresses his own suffering (of course, this is what Emperor Chongzheng thinks himself) , How much the people of the world should love him now! How lucky is he to be like this!
After laughing for a long time, Emperor Chongzheng gradually calmed down, and said affectionately: "This boy, these words, why are you so shallow, and I personally ordered the number one scholar, it is really embarrassing to me." Saying so, But Emperor Chongzheng still ordered people to keep the copy of Dai Viet Times.
With a happy mood, Emperor Chongzheng was about to eat, when he looked at the dishes on the table, he suddenly remembered something, and said to the waiter: "Pick up each of these dishes and send them to Zhou Qing, just say that he has worked hard these days, I rewarded him."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
So when Zhou's family was about to finish the meal, they suddenly received ninety-nine and eighty-one dishes rewarded by Emperor Chongzheng. The eunuch brought the words to Zhou Yi and respected Zhou Yi very much, not even daring to accept the routine consumption.
"Liulang, what's going on, why did the emperor suddenly give our family so many dishes?" Zhou Er Er asked suspiciously.
Zhou Yi smiled: "Maybe the emperor suddenly remembered it." Of course he knew what was going on, it was the emperor who praised him for being a Taoist, and expressed his satisfaction with Zhou Yi in this way, and for Emperor Chongzheng. In this way, for a person who is famous and loves money, Zhou Yi's actions are all in the heart of Emperor Chongzheng.
Zhou Yi thought of the article he published in the Day Viet Times. Although he said some ignorant words, he directly packaged Emperor Chongzheng as a wise king who cared about the country and the people. My subject, in order to win the favor of Emperor Chongzheng, he had to write like this even though he was holding back his vomiting.
Just as Zhou Yi hoped, the Da Viet Times has reached the point where it can influence public opinion in Da Viet, from the princes and nobles to the traffickers and pawns, there is no one who has not heard of the Da Viet Times.
In the Crown Prince's East Palace, Concubine Huang Shu was eating oranges that were newly tributed this year with the Crown Prince. Although they were grounded, Emperor Chongzheng still did not strip the Crown Prince of his due decency, and all expenses were respected as before. Besides, the prince still has such a fierce old lady, and the queen's methods are unpredictable, these palace people dare not neglect the prince at all, the newly tributed oranges were naturally delivered to the East Palace on time.
When Concubine Huang Shu saw the orange coming, she breathed a sigh of relief, a flash of determination flashed in her eyes, but this look soon disappeared, her face turned sallow, and she no longer had the watery look she used to, and she couldn't help it Hearing this, the crown prince immediately asked nervously, "How is it? Do you want to take medicine?" Concubine Huang Shu began to feel dizzy and chest tight for some reason a month ago, and then she gradually felt as if she was drained of water. flowers, withered.
Although the queen said that she wanted to choose a new concubine for the prince, there was no rush. She made up her mind to choose a virtuous wife for the prince this time. Therefore, although Concubine Huang Shu was demoted, the prince took pity on her, and the prince happened to Being restrained by Emperor Chongzheng, the two faced each other day and night in the East Palace, and their relationship increased rather than diminished.
Seeing Concubine Huang Shu like this, the prince was heartbroken.
Concubine Huang Shu shook her head, thinking of the man's advice, her expression became weaker, and she looked at the prince with tears in her eyes: "Prince, the queen mother is already re-selecting a concubine for you, and you always see the newcomers laughing, but how can you hear the old ones?" Cry. In the future... will you forget me in the future? Cough...cough cough..." Concubine Huang Shu seemed to have expended a lot of effort when she said this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed non-stop.
The prince emotionally grabbed Concubine Huang Shu: "No, Zhiyi, the only one I like is you."
Concubine Huang Shu listened and smiled happily, but she looked so weak that she just twitched the corners of her mouth when she smiled .
"Zhiyi, this orange is only for tribute, my father likes it very much, it's very sweet, you can eat some." The crown prince hastily peeled an orange, divided a piece and handed it to Concubine Huang Shu's mouth.
Concubine Huang Shu opened her mouth to eat, and looked at the prince obsessively: "It's so sweet, prince, I'm afraid I'm going to die, even the imperial doctor can't find out what's wrong with me, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you, prince, in the days to come. You... You have to be good yourself, if you become the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, I will also look at you with a smile on the ground... Cough, cough..." "
No, you won't, I have already died The Imperial Hospital is trying to figure out a solution, there will definitely be a solution..." The crown prince grabbed Concubine Huang Shu and said urgently.
Concubine Huang Shu shook her head slightly, and looked at the crown prince: "Before I married you, I also thought about what my husband would look like, but with a glance under the peach blossom tree, I knew that I would not marry you... ..."
"Me too, the first time I saw you under the peach blossom tree, I made up my mind to marry you as my wife..." The prince hugged Concubine Huang Shu and said softly.
Concubine Huang Shu looked at the prince and sighed: "It's great, we are in love with each other, and we finally achieved a positive result, but I... I still didn't do well, and this time I caused such a big disaster for you, the prince, and let the queen mother Angry and worrying, if the world can start again, I will definitely follow my mother to learn the way of hosting the middle school, but now, everything is too late, I don't have much time..."
"No, don't say such frustrating words..." In fact, the prince has doubts about the queen in his heart. He knows that his mother has always disliked Concubine Huang Shu. If he hadn't desperately pleaded for mercy that time, Concubine Huang Shu would have died long ago. But that was his mother. He knew that even if the queen did this, it was for his own good. Concubine Huang Shu caused too much trouble this time! So although he had suspicions in his heart, he didn't tell Concubine Huang Shu.
But he and Concubine Huang Shu are in love with each other, and seeing the flower-like person is about to wither like this, he is naturally heartbroken.
"My biggest regret is that I didn't win the favor of the queen mother. Prince, go and see the queen mother. You should also show filial piety for me and take these oranges with you. I heard that the queen mother is sick and is taking medicine these days. , this orange is so sweet, it’s good for my mother’s pain.”
The prince nodded, “I’ll go to pay my respects to my mother in a while.” Although he was grounded, if he wanted to pay his respects to the queen, it was naturally allowed, after all, In this era, filial piety is greater than the sky. But "the mother's harem will definitely not lack these, so I don't need to bring these."
Concubine Huang Shu sat up from the prince's arms, "Prince, can the ones in the mother's harem be the same as the ones you sent, whether there are in the mother's harem or not?" , this is all your kindness, I think the queen mother will be happy when she sees it, maybe she will be cured when she feels better." The prince nodded when he heard the words: "
Zhiyi, you are very sensible today."
Concubine Huang Shu looked There was a flash of panic, but he recovered quickly, "Maybe it's because I'm sick, people think more. These days, after thinking about it, I feel that I have done a lot of wrong things. No wonder the queen mother doesn't like it." The
crown prince opened his mouth, thinking that Concubine Huang Shu might have become like this because of her mother, but even after she became ill, she was still thinking about her mother, so she felt guilty and wanted to express her suspicions, but in the end she closed it Mouth.
The crown prince talked with concubine Huang Shu for a while, and then he asked someone to carry the oranges to the queen's palace.
When he arrived, the queen was reading a book, and when she saw him coming, she beckoned him to sit in front of her: "Prince, why are you here with oranges?"
"I got these oranges today. I tasted this orange. It tasted very sweet. I thought that my mother would drink medicine because of her headache, so I thought of taking it for you to suppress the taste. My mother, I will peel one for you." Prince Edward I reached into the basket and picked a big, red orange.
The queen was really happy when she heard this: "It's an old problem. It hurts once every year at this time. Why should you make such a fuss? Why did you bring it from the East Palace? It's not that I don't have it here. I don't lack anything here." The prince smiled
. Laughing: "Because the queen mother has everything, the son can only start with these small things. This can be regarded as the son's kindness. Mother, here you are," he said, handing a piece of orange to the queen.
The queen took it and put it in her mouth, "It's really sweet." She doesn't like to eat fruit, and she didn't move at all when she was paid tribute to the Summer Palace this year, but it was brought by the prince, so naturally it has a special taste.
While talking, someone from the palace brought up the boiled medicine: "Empress Empress, the medicine is ready."
After drinking this medicine for many years, it was useless, so she could only suppress it, but she suffered from headaches. It's not too bad, it'll be fine after this period of time, so the queen took it normally and drank it all in one gulp.
The prince frowned after watching the queen drink the medicine, and hurriedly handed the orange petals to the queen's mouth: "Mother, eat this quickly, it won't be bitter after eating." The queen nodded with a smile, and ate
a petal, the prince He handed over several petals one after another, and the queen ate them one by one.
However, after eating about a whole orange, the queen suddenly frowned deeply, and then as if she couldn't breathe suddenly, she grabbed her neck with both hands, and her whole body began to twitch... "Mother... Mother
... Hurry up to the imperial physician, please hurry up to the imperial physician!!!" The crown prince strode forward, held the queen down, and shouted tremblingly.