The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 233 Who can love his wife more than His Majesty?

Chen Jingke was very dissatisfied with Queen Ma's behavior.

The little girl is only a few years old, but she is so anxious to teach her not to have relatives involved in politics. Can she understand?

And it would be bad if it gave her a psychological shadow.

It seems necessary to have a good communication with her in private.

But for now, let’s answer this question first.

"China has thousands of years of history, and there have been countless queen mothers."

"It's just that the former Queen Mother was just a Queen Mother and could not interfere in government affairs."

"Queen Mother Qin Xuan was the first queen mother to take charge of the government, setting a precedent."

"It set a good example for future queen mothers... After her, it was not uncommon for queen mothers to interfere in politics."

"And the methods used by latecomers to get involved in politics are basically imitating hers."

"So, her influence on China is extremely profound."

Queen Ma thought about it carefully, and it was indeed true.

In the two thousand years of history of Xia, Shang and Zhou, it is impossible that there was no queen mother.

Then the question arises: "Why did Queen Mother Xuan become the first Queen Mother to intervene in politics? Nothing like this has ever happened before."

Xu Miaojin also stared at him, waiting for the answer.

Children lack independent opinions and are most easily influenced by the people around them.

Whether it is father and brother, the emperor, queen, or even grandson, they all praise Chen Jingke.

The key is that Chen Jingke is indeed very talented and deserves all the praise.

In her heart, Chen Jingke is a very powerful person who deserves respect.

She also often heard Zhu Xiongying mention that Chen Jingke was very good at giving lectures and could say something unprecedented every time.

Therefore, she was still a little excited.

Could it be that the lecture begins now?

Chen Jingke organized his words before saying:

"If you want to understand this issue, you must first know what the Queen Mother relies on to interfere in the government's affairs."

Xu Miaojin said matter-of-factly: "Because she is the Queen Mother."

Chen Jingke shook his head: "No, no, no, although the Queen Mother's status is indispensable, it does not mean that she can do politics."

Seeing her confused look, Queen Ma said:

"It depends on people's hearts. Without the support of people's hearts, the emperor can become a puppet, let alone the queen mother."

Xu Miaojin suddenly understood and said: "I understand, that's why the Queen Mother will promote her natal family and use her relatives to intervene in politics, right?"

Queen Ma touched her little head and praised: "Our Miaojin is so smart, that's all."

"The Queen Mother is a female. It is more difficult for a man to hold power. The only one she can rely on is her family."

"As everyone knows, doing this is harming my mother's family."

"The really smart queens and queen mothers in history would take the initiative to restrain their natal family members."

"It's not that they are unkind, but they want to protect their mother's family."

These words can be said to be the voice of her heart.

Although she has no direct relatives, there are still many relatives in the Ma family.

When the Ming Dynasty was established, according to the rules, it was normal to confer officials and titles to family members.

Lao Zhu felt sorry for his wife, so he proposed to select a few outstanding children from the Ma family to be appointed officials.

But Queen Ma sternly refused.

When he was fighting for world hegemony, no one from the Ma family came out to support Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has been established, it does not deserve to enjoy the benefits.

And hastily appointing officials without merit will also cause dissatisfaction among the meritorious groups.

At that time, the Ma family will be harmed.

In the end, only the people of the Ma family were rewarded with property and no official titles were allowed.

Xu Miaojin nodded fiercely and said, "I know that the Queen Mother will return power to the emperor sooner or later."

"Once the emperor has his ministers, the emperor will promote those he trusts when he is in power."

"The Queen Mother's family will be the first to be targeted."

Chen Jingke was shocked. Is this something an eight-year-old child can understand?

No wonder Zhu Di, that guy in his previous life, couldn't help but think of an old cow gnawing on young grass.

Who wouldn't like such a sweet and caring girl?

It feels bad that such a good daughter-in-law is taking advantage of Zhu Xiongying.

If I were three or five years younger, I wouldn't be able to get his turn.

Guilty, sinful, Chen Jingke quickly thought to himself, this thought was so sorry for Fuqing.

A person must be single-minded.

After thinking about the train for a while, he said: "Your Majesty's words speak volumes. The most important thing for the Queen Mother to hold power is to win people."

"The Queen Mother Xuan became the first ruling Queen Mother, all because of one person who created the conditions for her."

Queen Ma thought for a moment and said, "King Qin Zhaoxiang? Because he was young, he gave Queen Mother Xuan the opportunity to rule."

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "No, it's another person, someone you would never expect."

At this time, a voice came from outside the house: "Who is this absolutely unexpected person?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked in with flying steps, it was Zhu Yuanzhang.

Followed by Zhu Xiongying.

"See your majesty, see your grandson."

Everyone saluted.

Zhu Xiongying quietly moved to Xu Miaojin and showed a flattering smile.

He thought he was doing it without anyone noticing, but he didn't know that everyone saw it, but they just didn't bother to expose him.

In other families, he would most likely be criticized for doing this.

But the Zhu family understands everything.

After Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, he smiled and said, "What are you talking about?"

Empress Ma repeated the topic just now: "We were just talking about who was the person who created the conditions for Empress Dowager Xuan to take charge."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "That must be King Qin Huiwen. Without his favor, there would be no Queen Mother Xuan."

Queen Ma disagreed: "During King Qin Huiwen's time, Queen Mother Xuan was only a favorite concubine, not even a queen."

"After King Qin Huiwen passed away, Queen Mother Xuan was driven to her son's fiefdom..."

"If King Wu of Qin hadn't tried his best to raise the cauldron and died, there would have been nothing to worry about between the two of them."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, and it was indeed the case: "It's neither King Huiwen of Qin nor King Zhaoxiang of Qin, so it can't be King Wu of Qin, right?"

"Boy, stop being so pretentious and tell me who it is."

Only then did Chen Jingke reveal the answer: "It's Shang Yang."

Everyone was surprised. They never expected that it would be Shang Yang.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "When Shang Yang was in power, Queen Mother Xuan had not yet married to Qin, right?"

"You don't mean to say that he left any back-up plan, do you?"

Chen Jingke knew very well why they thought so. Without analyzing it from a historical perspective, it was really impossible to connect the two things.

"This can be explained from two aspects: the Queen Mother's background and system..."

"Let's first talk about the background of the Queen Mother..."

"If the Queen Mother wants to be in power, she must appoint people she trusts."

"Actually, to put it bluntly, they are my mother's family, what ordinary people call relatives."

"Without a relative in charge of key departments and executing her will, it will be useless no matter how powerful she is."

"Empress Dowager Xuan also relied on the 'Four Nobles' to successfully control the power of the country."

"Even Wu Zetian has to reuse Wu Sansi and others. This is the reason."

"But in the pre-Qin period, marriages between countries were frequent, and most of the harems of the leader of one country were noblewomen from other countries."

"Those who can become queens and queen mothers are basically princesses and noblewomen of other countries." "So, relatives are also nobles and even royal families of other countries."

"These people are powerful in their own countries, and few are willing to serve in foreign countries."

"Even if they want to go, they will be collectively attacked by the nobles of that country."

Everyone couldn't help but nod, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this angle.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang raised questions: "Then why can Empress Dowager Xuan appoint her elder brother and younger brother."

Chen Jingke said: "This question is a good one, so I have to mention the pre-Qin system and Shang Yang."

"Before Shang Yang's reform, classes in various countries were solidified, and most positions were hereditary."

"Only the descendants of Great Sima are qualified to be Great Sima, and only the descendants of Great Sikong have the opportunity to be Sikong."

"The descendants of common people will always be common people, and the descendants of slaves will always be slaves."

"It can be said that it is a carrot and a pit, and this pit is still hereditary."

"Confucius traveled to many countries, why did he eventually return to the state of Lu to serve as an official?"

"Because he is a noble of the Lu State and can enjoy the political resources left by his family."

"In other countries, he is just a foreign carrot."

"Even if other countries adopt his political ideas, there will be no room for a carrot like him."

"Pfft." Zhu Xiongying couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

Everyone also smiled and compared Confucius to a carrot, no one else.

Fortunately, none of the people present were Confucian disciples, otherwise a verbal spat would have been inevitable.

Chen Jingke continued: "In a highly solidified society, the power of the nobility comes not only from the king, but also from blood inheritance."

"Everyone just needs to follow the rules left by our ancestors and live step by step."

"The Queen Mother cannot promote and reuse people she trusts, so naturally she cannot run the government."

"Shang Yang's reform broke the bloodline inheritance system, hired talents based on ability, and fully implemented the farming and war system."

"From now on, as long as you have the ability and can make military exploits for the state of Qin, you can change your identity and become a public minister."

"Although Shang Yang died, his system has been preserved."

"And this provides the institutional conditions for Queen Mother Xuan to promote her brothers."

"This then creates opportunities for her to take charge of the government."

Everyone suddenly realized, and Queen Ma even said repeatedly:

"Okay, okay, Jing Ke hit the nail on the head and got to the core of the problem, answering my doubts that I have had for many years."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded and said: "It makes sense. No wonder you often say that everything is connected."

"Shang Yang and Empress Dowager Xuan have never met, but the former did achieve the success of the latter."

Queen Ma echoed: "The truth is sometimes so unbelievable, if it weren't for what Jing Ke said today."

"I never imagined that it would be Shang Yang who made the Empress Dowager Xuan come to power."

Xu Miaojin was also very excited, and there seemed to be little stars in her eyes when she looked at Chen Jingke.

Although she didn't understand many things, it didn't stop her from knowing that Chen Jingke had made a great conclusion.

It's really as Taisun said, Chen Bandu is so awesome.

Even His Majesty and the Empress were restrained.

Zhu Xiongying is very satisfied. Chen Jingke, let’s see how I deal with him in the future.

Afterwards, several people discussed the issue of the empress dowager's involvement in politics throughout the past dynasties.

The focus is on Lu Pheasant and Wu Zetian. There is no way, these two people are representative figures of the Queen Mother's involvement in politics.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were very critical of these two people.

And it's not just them, historians have also criticized the two of them thoroughly.

Wu Zetian's reputation improved, but also benefited from the evaluation of her by great people.

At that time, women's liberation required the improvement of women's status.

Wu Zetian, the only empress, is too easy to serve as a benchmark.

Then, her reputation began to improve.

Once, Chen Jingke was influenced by history books and hated Lu Pheasant, but he liked Wu Zetian very much.

Later, when I grew up, I read history books to understand their experiences.

There was a completely different attitude.

When Wu Zetian came to power, the people suffered from domestic political turmoil and almost no victory externally.

It was her who raised the post-Tujue.

On the contrary, Lu Pheasant is the real hero.

When the Han Dynasty was established, the Lu family made great efforts.

Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu several times and went to join Lu Ze and others alone.

Relying on the support of the Lu brothers, he regained his strength time and time again.

The Lu family can be regarded as Liu Bang's political partners.

When Lu Pheasant was in power, the political situation was quite stable.

Recuperate internally and let the people live and work in peace and contentment, at least they can survive.

Externally, it eased relations with the Xiongnu and gained time for development.

To say that it was uncomfortable, it was only the members of the royal family surnamed Liu who felt uncomfortable.

From the perspective of the common people, Lu Pheasant has no problem.

But unfortunately, history books are aristocratic histories, books used to record the affairs of emperors and generals.

The Lu family was eventually liquidated, and family-related deeds were erased.

Future generations can only find the truth from a few words.

Now that the matter was brought up, Chen Jingke could not help but say a few good words for Lu Pheasant.

After all, Lao Liu really couldn't do anything about his character.

Especially when it comes to Lu Pheasant, he is not even considered a man.

Lu Pheasant is not a little white rabbit with three obediences and four virtues, but a man-eating tiger.

When Liu Bang died, the tiger lost the cage that restrained her.

Naturally, all the grievances suffered before must be vented.

Then there were pigs, and the Liu clan was dealt with.

Chen Jingke had no intention of overturning her case.

Although people often said in previous lives, don’t encourage others to do good unless they have suffered.

But there is also a saying that killing people can only be done with a nod of the head, and the fact of being a pig is too inhuman.

Therefore, Chen Jingke still gave her a relatively fair evaluation.

There are merits and demerits.

At the end, he added:

"It is Han Gao who is sorry for Empress Lu. In terms of loving his wife, he is not worthy enough to carry your shoes for Your Majesty."

"You will reap what you sow. The evil he did to Empress Lu was ultimately repaid by his descendants. No one else can be blamed."

"If he could love Empress Lu as much as His Majesty loves his empress, nothing would happen later."

Originally, Lao Zhu was dissatisfied with Chen Jingke speaking for Lu Pheasant.

Can you wash off such a poisonous woman?

But after hearing that last comment, my attitude immediately changed.

"Haha... Jing Ke knows how to tell the truth. When it comes to caring for my wife, I won't lose to anyone."

Queen Ma rolled her eyes, but she was very happy in her heart.

Compared with Lu Pheasant, she was simply too happy.

Zhu Xiongying on the side also agreed with it and said: "Jing Ke is right. Husband and wife are one body. They should help each other and raise eyebrows together."

After saying that, he secretly observed Xu Miaojin's expression with his eyes.

(End of this chapter)