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Chapter 207
"You go to Renshou Palace first and tell me that I have something important to discuss." After Bi Maokang left, Hong Tao immediately got up and walked around the room, counting on his fingers as he walked, and stopped after a while, as if he had figured it out. .

"Chang Luo, the eldest grandson, pays homage to Her Majesty the Queen!" This time when Hong Tao arrived at the door of Empress Dowager Li's Nuan Pavilion, he did not walk in as usual, but greeted him according to etiquette.

"Come on in... This is not like the emperor's style!" It is true that the formation of habits can be corrected manually, and it is not difficult.Hong Tao's behavior not only surprised all the palace maids, but also surprised Li. His voice was different from before.

"Hey, hey, grandma, your grandson is asking for help. He must have a correct attitude."

You're not used to it, right? Well, Hong Tao immediately put away his aura and etiquette. Without waiting for the palace maid to pick up the curtain to lead the way, he rushed in with crab steps, and even raised a flower mound along his feet, a big golden sword. He sat in front of Ruaotai, his face full of suffering and pitiful.

"...Could it be that Zhou Gui was impeached again?" Mrs. Li was sitting cross-legged on a couch, twisting the Buddha's sutras and reciting sutras. Seeing the emperor's appearance, she stopped twisting the beads and the sutras as soon as she listened to the voice. After reading it, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Hehehehe... That's not true. Zhou Gui did a good job in Hangzhou, and it was very useful to run forward and backward during the food shortage. However, the Hangzhou magistrate Shang Shu said that he interfered in local government affairs, but Sun Tzu didn't believe him and scolded him directly.

If it weren't for Zhou Gui and others to help me keep an eye on it, I'm afraid the hundreds of thousands of Shinanyang rice would have been divided up by them. Then as usual, the grain ship would capsize and the granary would catch fire, and there would be no investigation! "

Although the Li family did not care about any court affairs after the death of Emperor Wanli, even the affairs of the harem were left to the two empress dowagers, and they devoted themselves to worshiping Buddha and enlightening the Tao, but as the ancients said, it is difficult to find the bottom of the water, and the tiger is still powerful. exist.

Back then, she was able to protect the underage Wanli, command the chief ceremonial officer, and the extremely powerful Zhang Juzheng and all the courtiers. She firmly controlled the imperial power without losing any of it. She must be a master in vision, brains, means, and connections. .

Even though Hong Tao was not afraid of heaven, earth, or death, this sight made his heart tremble.In order not to show it, he could only touch his chin without a beard with his hand and cover it up with a dry smile.

"...Could it be that the queen's stomach is moving?" I don't know if Hong Tao's smile was too weird, which brought back some memories of Li. The old lady actually thought of the emperor's heir.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, the two queen mothers can handle such trivial matters, and they won't let the imperial grandmother worry about it." If this were normal, whoever raised this issue would be blasting the emperor to leave.But this time Hong Tao endured it and couldn't be too willful when asking for help from others.

"...It's not this, and it's not that. If it's a matter in the court, I can't take care of it." The two things she was most concerned about in a row were not. The old lady didn't want to guess anymore, picked up the beads again, closed her eyes and muttered something.

"It can't be said that it has nothing to do with the imperial court... Grandma, your grandson has taken most of his family's property out and run it in private factories. Did you hear that?"

"Sigh... There is nothing we can do about it. I am very relieved that the emperor is willing to bow his head for the country and the country. Your father left early because he couldn't swallow this breath. The world only thinks that the royal family is sitting on a great river and mountains. Who can do that? Understand the difficulties involved."

As soon as she heard that it was for this matter, Li opened her eyes again.Although she is in the deep palace and is indifferent to the government affairs, who can really stay out of it.Not only did she understand why the emperor did this, but she also approved of it. She also lamented her son's misfortune, and there was water in her eyes.It is said that the royal family is ruthless, but people's hearts are full of flesh, so who can be truly ruthless?It's not forced. You can only bury ordinary people's emotions deep in your heart. If you show your head even a little bit, you may die.

"The imperial grandmother is overly worried. My grandson doesn't feel too wronged, but he is unwilling to let them take such a big advantage. He is afraid that his appetite will become bigger and bigger in the future and it will be difficult to satisfy him. The grandson thought of a way to check and balance, but he didn't know How to implement it, so I came to the Imperial Grandmother to discuss it."

When he mentioned Emperor Wanli, Hong Tao felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.Regret is out of the question. From a nation-state perspective, there is nothing wrong with killing him yourself.If we wait another 20 years before taking the throne, the situation may become worse, and it will be even more difficult to deal with internal and external troubles.

It would be unrealistic to say that I don’t feel anything at all.After all, this body of his is his son. Although he is not liked, he has not been harmed.According to Tian Yi and Chen Ju's wishes, they didn't stretch their hips when they should have protected him. Killing him with their own hands was indeed not in line with human nature.

"Check and balance...Wang Chengen, take them out and guard the door. No one is allowed to come within twenty steps. Remember, it's anyone!" Only then did Li realize that the emperor's arrival was not as simple as thought, but Instead of asking questions immediately, he kicked out everyone in the palace.

"Does the emperor want to attack the vassal king? This can't be done. They have been pampered for 200 years and have long since been abandoned. They can't fight against the courtiers. Besides, the emperor can't make this decree. The cabinet has many reasons to block it."

Until all the eunuchs and maids were taken away by Wang Chengen and stood in a row outside the palace, Mrs. Li was still worried. She stood up and sat on the edge of the cave with her face very close to her, her voice was very low, and her expression was very solemn.

"The imperial grandmother is too worried. How can my grandson not know the abilities of the feudal kings? The courtiers are wolves, and they are wild dogs. But besides the clan kings, there should be some people who can use it.

For example... Wei Guogong, Cheng Guogong, Ying Gong, Taining Marquis, Huaiyuan Marquis, Wuding Marquis, Ningyang Marquis, Zhenyuan Marquis, Funing Marquis, Yangwu Marquis, Longping Marquis, Anyuan Marquis, Gongshun Marquis, Funing Marquis, Uncle Xincheng, Uncle Chengshan, Uncle Chengyi, Uncle Pingjiang, Uncle Yingcheng, Uncle Xiangcheng..."

It’s really hard for the old lady to think of wooing the feudal king to fight against the civil servant group.Isn't this a food delivery? Don't you have any idea of ​​the quality of your relatives?But now that the words were said, there was no need to guess anymore. He took out a small booklet from his pocket and read out a lot of titles according to the script.

"...It is not impossible for the emperor to use force to control civil society, but this dynasty has a long history of using civil society to control military affairs. I am afraid that the nobles may not be entirely reliable."

Li's brows furrowed more and more as he listened. There was no need to explain what his grandson wanted to do, it was theoretically possible.But this method is not much better than delegating power to the vassal, and it is probably more dangerous in terms of confidentiality.

As long as one of them has connections with civil servants, the whole court will know about it before tomorrow.At that time, the emperor will still be beaten by a group of people, and none of the nobles will force themselves to come forward to help. The plan will be aborted before it even starts.

(End of this chapter)