A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

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Outside the imperial city, the housekeeper of the Chu family was crying.

"Mother, look at the Chu family. Su Shi has made it a living hell. If you don't care anymore, the Chu family will become extinct..."

This man was crying so loudly that it gave him a headache.

A sergeant said: "How about driving us away?"

Another sergeant shook his head, "He said he is a relative of the Queen Mother, so it's hard to do anything!"

Finally, I asked for instructions. No one dared to take action, so I asked someone to report it.

If you encounter any trouble, you should just leave it to Shangguan.

Summer is pretty good for Empress Dowager Cao, at least not as deserted as winter.

Gao Taotao would ask the princesses to come over to accompany her from time to time, which was considered filial piety.

Today's visitor is Zhao Qianyu, who is admiring some pots of flowers with her outside.

The girl was carefree, with a smile naturally hanging on her lips. Sometimes she would lean down and sniff the fragrance of the flowers intently; sometimes she would hold her nose and step back, with her eyebrows and nose wrinkled into two characters.

--youth.

"My queen, come quickly!"

Zhao Qianyu waved with joy as if she had discovered a treasure. Empress Dowager Cao smiled slightly and walked over slowly.

"This flower smells so good!"

Zhao Qianyu pointed at a pot of flowers as if she was offering a treasure and was happy.

The girl's joy is without any distracting thoughts, and people can't help but feel happy along with it.

Those worries and boredom gradually dissipated. Empress Dowager Cao leaned over and smelled it, and praised: "It's refreshing."

Zhao Qianyu immediately smiled and said, "I knew your queen would like it."

Queen Mother Cao squinted at her and suddenly stretched out her hand.

Zhao Qianyu subconsciously wanted to hide, but was not as quick as Queen Mother Cao.

"There are bees."

Queen Mother Cao retracted her hand, holding a bee between her two fingers.

"Ah! It's so scary." Zhao Qianyu couldn't help but feel scared.

When she was in the Prince's Mansion, she and her sisters often played, and bees were not uncommon.

"It hurts to be stung." She raised her head with an apologetic look.

This is to feel guilty for hiding.

This is still a childish girl!

Queen Mother Cao smiled slightly, loosened her fingers, and the dead bee fell to the ground.

"Send this pot of flowers to Bao'an."

Zhao Qianyu couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, and then quickly waved his hand, "No, this flower smells so good. My dear, please keep it for yourself."

"Flowers bloom for one season and bloom again next year. As I get older, just look at these things and leave no trace."

The days in the harem are lonely, so it is best to maintain a calm attitude. Once you like something, it will leave a mark and you will care about it.

There are too many worries in my heart, and my life is miserable.

Not as good as bland.

Zhao Qianyu agreed, happily telling people to be careful.

"Send it to me, little one." Ren Shouzhong smiled flatteringly and went to hold the flowers.

The queen loves this princess the most. If she can please her, there will be many benefits in the future!

"Empress."

Someone came, but he hesitated to speak. Empress Dowager Cao frowned and said: "I have been in the palace for many years, what else can't be said to others? Say it!"

The visitor said: "Madam, there are people outside who say they are from the Chu family in Xiangfu County and are your relatives..."

Queen Mother Cao thought for a while, nodded and said: "The Cao family has such a relative. I remember that they are indeed in Xiangfu."

The visitor breathed a sigh of relief, "What did that person say... His family was ruined by Su Shi, and he said he asked you to make the decision."

"The family is ruined?"

Queen Mother Cao raised her eyes, a sharp look flashed in her eyes.

Su Shi is going to be in trouble!

The person who came was a chamberlain delivering news. Seeing this, he couldn't help but mourn for Su Shi for a moment.

"Su Shi..." Empress Dowager Cao said calmly: "I know that Su Shi is an extremely cheerful and open-minded person with a bold temperament and disdains sneaky things."

Well!

Why did you, the old man, take a stand without investigating clearly?

"The Chu family is in Xiangfu, what is Su Shi doing in Xiangfu?" Empress Dowager Cao remembered Su Shi's latest poem and couldn't help but recited it silently.

The cultural context of the Song Dynasty is 100%, Su Shi only has 70%!

Ren Shouzhong knew about this and said, "Madam, Su Shi went to Xiangfu to supervise the matter of the exemption money."

"Free money? Tell me."

Empress Dowager Cao didn't ask much about the affairs of the outer dynasty, not because she wasn't curious, but because she didn't want to embarrass Zhao Shu.

"...It means that the rich households will pay the exemption fee, and the government and the government will subsidize it, so that the poor will not have to serve."

"It's a good thing." Empress Dowager Cao put her hands behind her back and turned around, "I have often heard of people rebelling before. I think those people would not commit suicide for no reason. The only reason must be that they are extremely poor and cannot survive. The exemption money is It’s a good thing, after being exempted from corvee service, those people don’t need to worry about outside things and can concentrate on farming, good!”

Zhao Qianyu listened on the side and couldn't help but admire him secretly. She imitated Queen Mother Cao and straightened her body, then put on a straight face...

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't learn that proud aura, so she gave up.

"Mother, are the people from the Chu family still outside?"

"Chu family..." Empress Dowager Cao did not look back and said calmly: "Tell them that if they have any grievances, go to Kaifeng Mansion. If there are no grievances, just be honest. The commotion is so great that I have a headache."

Well……

Later, the chamberlain appeared outside the imperial city gate. When the Chu family's housekeeper saw it, he couldn't help but rush towards him with joy, "My lord, what do you say, your Majesty? Are you going to kill that Su Shi?"

Someone on the side laughed and said: "You have found a backer!"

"She is a relative of the Queen Mother, so of course she will take care of her. Otherwise, there will be no benefits. Who will be willing to marry the Cao family in the future?"

The others were probably ready to watch the fun, but the chamberlain said with a straight face: "My Majesty said, if you have any grievances, go to Kaifeng Mansion. If there are no grievances, then don't make a fuss and cause your Majesty a headache."

Isn't this right?

Is this your attitude toward relatives?

These words are clearly excusing Su Shi!

If you have any grievances, report them to the official. This sounds right, but the last sentence gave the queen a headache, and something suddenly felt wrong.

——Don't make any noise anymore, otherwise I will get a headache. After the empress has a headache, she will probably take care of others.

Rumor has it that the Queen Mother patrolled the palace at night with a sword in hand, and killed any thieves she saw.

I can’t afford to mess with such a bitch!

The butler almost spat out his blood and said in shock: "This is impossible! My lord, have you misunderstood me?"

The chamberlain said with a straight face: "A certain person has been delivering messages in the palace for many years and has never made any mistakes. Are you sure of what you say?"

This attitude is very cold, and a bit blunt and rejecting people thousands of miles away.

It seems that the Queen Mother doesn’t care much about this relative!

"Why?"

The housekeeper said sadly and angrily: "Then Su Shi led his army into the Chu family and broke Lang Jun's legs... Why didn't you care? My dear!"

"Don't disturb me, ma'am." The servant raised his head slightly, then turned around and went back.

"Empress..." The housekeeper wiped away his tears, feeling that the Queen Mother might not have been driven crazy by the lonely life in the harem, so she ignored the Chu family.

"There is also my uncle. I beg my uncle to go."

In the palace at this moment, Zhao Qianyu spread out a piece of paper, rubbed the ink slowly, and then handed over the brush.

"My dear, whose words do you want to write?"

Empress Dowager Cao took the brush, thought for a while, and said: "Su Shi's poems are majestic and majestic. Every time I read them, I feel broad-minded. You are still young, so you need to cultivate such a majestic spirit. I will write a poem by Su Shi." Here you go, remember that women should be strong in the future..."

"good!"

Empress Dowager Cao was eloquent, and the two most precious women in the palace couldn't put it down for Su Shi's poems and articles. They were like fans...

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The housekeeper of the Chu family went all the way to the Cao family and learned that Cao Yi was having a treat today. He asked for the address of the restaurant and went straight there.

After arriving at the restaurant, he behaved a little better this time and did not go directly to ask for help. Instead, after finding out that Cao Yi was on the second floor, he booked an adjacent private room and quietly went up to the second floor.

Cao Yan was standing outside the door of a room on the second floor, talking to a servant.

"...What did Anbei say?"

Isn't Anbei just Shen An?

The housekeeper entered the room and listened carefully.

"Jungong Shen's sister is feeling a little unwell. He said he would come later."

The housekeeper shook his head, thinking that his sister was nothing, but she used this as an excuse to neglect his uncle. Wouldn't his uncle be happy?

It's okay if you're not happy. You'll have a reason to cry later.

"Guo Guo?" Cao Yan frowned and said, "Is it a serious problem?"

"I was cutting vegetables in the kitchen and hurt my hand. It's not serious."

puff!

The housekeeper almost burst out laughing.

The sister of the richest man in the Song Dynasty actually went to the kitchen... This shows the difference in Shen An's tutoring.

Daughters of wealthy families must be able to sew and thread, but only just.

As for the cooking skills, the most is that the servants cut the vegetables, and they give instructions or stack them. Cut vegetables by yourself...haha!

Therefore, the housekeeper was very disdainful and felt that Shen An had raised his sister like this, and her future marriage would definitely be difficult.

"Guoguo is such a good boy! What to cook? Anbei is too demanding."

"Does it mean that if Guoguo doesn't know how to cook, his future husband's family will dare to dislike him? Then I'll kill a few cooks and ask him how many people are in his family. Is it satisfactory for one cook to serve each other?"

The housekeeper couldn't help but be stunned, thinking how could Guo Guo have such a great reputation and let his uncle say such cruel words.

The butler ordered a few dishes and a bottle of wine, and he ate slowly alone.

Later there were footsteps outside.

"You are neglecting your uncle."

Is this Shen An?

The butler put down the dishes and walked to the door to listen.

"How's Guoguo?"

"It's okay. After treating the wound, I wanted to cut vegetables again, but someone stopped me."

Then comes the serving of food.

The housekeeper walked to the partition between the two rooms and put his ear against it.

"Your Majesty proposed the exemption money this time, but I remember that you mentioned this matter a few years ago, saying that it was too hard for the people to serve in the army, and we had to find a way to relieve it."

"The people of the Song Dynasty are too miserable." Shen An said: "The powerful and powerful gentry are so high up there that no one pays attention to the poor people. They are arrogant now, but I think about those times when wars were raging, what powerful and powerful gentry were under the control of the people?" My hands turned into ants... Killing at that time was like reincarnation... So the powerful and wealthy gentry should not think that they are gods, otherwise sooner or later they will be unlucky."

"So you just keep donating?"

"Yes!" Shen An said: "Why keep so much money? Count the rich people in history. How many generations can their wealth be passed down? Even the most powerful family has disappeared now. What about that money? Where did it go? Either it went to the grave or became someone else's property. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net So, if you want your children and grandchildren to live a good life, it is best to teach them the way to self-improvement, otherwise the money The more you leave, the more unlucky your descendants will be.”

“The more people buried in a tomb, the more likely it will be coveted by tomb robbers, and eventually the bones will be exposed outside the coffin.”

"Leave countless money to your descendants, but if your descendants don't have the determination and ability, the money will become the source of their ruin..."

There was silence for a moment next door, and then Cao Yi's voice came, "Goodbye, Anbei. I thought about it for a while, and that's exactly what happened to the Cao family! When our ancestors were here, the Cao family was prominent for a while, but then gradually declined. The next generation... the next generation will also It's not much better. If it weren't for you and the king to help, the Cao family would have been wiped out by now..."

The Cao family was actually brought together by Shen An and the king?

The housekeeper next door felt cold all over.

This is wrong!

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