Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Seeing Mr. Xie Ge leave with a depressed face, Emperor Zhengde laughed and said to Empress Dowager Zhang: "The empress dowager is brilliant, and only you can manage the elders in the cabinet. With your prestige, who would dare to disobey it?" .”

Zhang Yong and Liu Jin also laughed, their voices deliberately loud.

Turning around, Liu Jin had a gloomy expression on his face. He let out a groan in his heart, and secretly said bitterly: "Xie Qian, wait and see, once Long Live Lord takes charge, our family wants you to look good!"

He has been a eunuch in charge of rites and seals for a year, and he has already tasted the taste of power.

The supervisor of ceremonies holds the power to approve reds, and his actual power is even greater than that of the cabinet ministers.

A proper inner minister, although not named as a prime minister, has the reality of a prime minister.

Once the power is in hand, how can you give up.It can be foreseen that once the emperor is in charge, with his personal friendship with the emperor, how powerful Liu Jin will be.

Xie Qian's impeachment of the Supervisor of Rituals today can be said to have touched Liu Jin's core interests.There is no room for compromise in political struggle, you have to fight to the death.If Xie Qian and the cabinet were not brought down, Liu Jin would not know how he would die in the future.

Not only Liu Jin had this idea, but Zhang Yong next to him was also very moved.

The two enemies glanced at each other, and for the first time in their lives, they had a tacit understanding: it seems that if the supervisor of rituals wants to live a smooth life in the future, it is inevitable to have a showdown with the cabinet.This matter is related to everyone's vital interests, and we must temporarily unite as one, and put aside personal grievances.

Hearing her son's praise, Queen Mother Zhang said calmly: "Your Majesty, the so-called prestige is given by others. The ancients said it well, one's body is upright, and one does not follow orders; one's body is not upright, even if one is ordered to do so."

Zhengde didn't take it seriously: "Yes, yes, the queen mother is right. It's all my fault, okay!"

Empress Dowager Zhang saw that Zhengde was still playing mischievously, and sighed: "In half a month, the Ai family will change the government to you. This year, other people will naturally have to take a good rest, but you are the emperor, but you have no time to rest. .From tomorrow onwards, we will no longer care about the country's major affairs, and everything will be decided by His Majesty."

Although she was still a little worried, after handing over the heavy burden on her shoulders, she still felt a burst of relief.

Zhengde was stunned, he didn't expect everything to come so quickly: "Queen Mother, I haven't..."

Empress Dowager Zhang: "Your Majesty, there are some things that you can't escape if you want to. Just like what you said on the night of the late emperor's death: Being an emperor is the hardest and most tiring job in the world... Presumably, it was Su Mu who taught you that." Bar?"

Zhengde was a little embarrassed and did not refute.

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled: "The Ai family is now relaxed and relieved. This year, they are really heartbroken. Starting tomorrow, the Ai family will do something they like."

Zhengde coaxed the Queen Mother: "What do you want to do in the future, Queen Mother?"

Empress Dowager Zhang: "It's just to read Su Mu's novels and read his poems. By the way, Su Mu did a good job in reporting to the mansion. Over the years, the officials have been blindly finding fault with our royal family, even if there is nothing wrong with it." Son, they also want to pick some bones out of the eggs. In this way, the people in the world can only hear the words of the civil servants. We, the royal family, also need to make our own voice. However, I am afraid that the news in the Xindi report cannot be understood. , As for how to deal with it in the future, that is the emperor's business, and the Ai family can't worry about it."

Hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Emperor Zhengde laughed and said: "Yes, we can't just ask others to scold our Tian family, our royal family must also have someone to talk about. Su Mu did a great job."

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded with a smile: "It's good that you know this. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Let's have a good New Year. You will be busy after a while. I'm tired of mourning."

Said and stood up.

Liu Jin: "Congratulations to the Merciful Empress Dowager!"

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Damn it, working from four to four in the evening, Su Mu woke up very early every day after working in the General Administration Department for this period of time.

Even though he knew it was New Year's Eve and planned to have a good sleep, he still woke up when the time came.

After rolling on the bed for a long time, I couldn't fall asleep again, so I approved my clothes and got up.

I saw that the snowflakes in the sky were still drifting slowly, the wintersweet flowers in the yard were blooming brilliantly, and the breeze was blowing, and the fragrance was like essence.The trees are full of flowers dancing with the wind, and in the night and light, it is hard to tell whether it is plum blossom or snowflake.

Xiaodie has also developed the habit of getting up early in the morning. Seeing Su Mu coming out, she hurriedly washes his face, brushes his teeth, and serves him breakfast.

There is no need to hurry to go to the Yamen to be on duty, but today is rare and leisurely, so leisurely that Su Mu is a little bored.

After eating, I went back to the study and drank tea for half a day, and wrote a small section of the unfinished essay yesterday, and my genius was truly enlightened.

The servants also got up one after another, sweeping the snow, and pasting the Spring Festival couplets, which was full of joy for the New Year.

After staying in the study for a long time, I estimated that the time was almost up, so I prepared the sedan chair and went to Baiyun Temple.

Xiaodie already knew that her master had got an appointment from Hu Shun to go to Baiyun Temple to make a wish, so she followed her out, and whispered solemnly: "Master is probably going to the Hongmen Banquet this time."

"Hehe, Xiaodie, you are very knowledgeable, and you even know this allusion. Don't think that Master Hu Shunhu is just going to burn incense. You think too much."

"Master, it's not that Xiaodie thinks too much." Xiaodie said in a low voice: "That wild girl from the Hu family is almost 19 years old, and I don't remember her age. However, I think she is not young. At this age Girl, who is not married to someone else's wife. It would be a strange thing to say that the Hu family is not in a hurry. Besides, in half a month, the national mourning period will be over. Maybe the Hu family has other thoughts!"

Su Mu smiled: "That's not the case at all, we can't talk about it." He went to Baiyun Temple today mainly to deal with Hu Shun's heirs and the matter of raising a mistress outside, Xiaodie actually involved Hu Ying In terms of marriage, this thinking is also broad enough.

"Why is that not the case, master, you are too soft-hearted towards people, and you are not guarded at all!" Xiaodie stomped her feet and said anxiously: "I think that when I was in Baoding, my master was arrested by others to be a door-to-door son-in-law, why? And now you forget?"

"Zuo son-in-law, no, they don't dare." Su Mu smiled. No one else knew that he, Hu Shun, is now one of the top five secret agents in Jinyiwei, and he was also a participant in the King Huai incident in the spring of Hongzhi 16. , How could he not know the special relationship between Su Mu and the emperor.

Speaking of which, the reason why Hu Shun is able to be as rich as he is today is really thanks to Su Mu.

"Why don't you dare? Master Hu's official position is higher than that of you and Master Wu! It belongs to Jinyiwei again. Xiaodie heard people say that Jinyiwei has no good people. No matter how big an official you are, they dare Move." Xiaodie began to worry.