The Heroine Took the Villain Script

   Chapter 489 Palace fight is worse than rebellion (twenty-six)

  Emperor Yongcheng hastily promoted reforms without thorough consideration.

   Sure enough, chaos broke out, and people were forced to interrupt the reform and "apology".

   At such a critical juncture, the Empress Dowager He suddenly ordered someone to appear, which solved the crisis of Emperor Yongcheng and supported him to continue reforming!

   As expected of a real mother, no matter how unfamiliar the mother-son relationship is, she will still come out to help her son at a critical time!

  Slowly talk about the officials up and down the court. Even Emperor Yongcheng himself felt that the Queen Mother He was a good mother who came to help him deal with the aftermath.

   Only a few old foxes represented by Wang Yuan and Feng Shou sneered to themselves: Ha! You are so naive!

   It is true that Empress Dowager He cleans up the mess for Emperor Yongcheng, but "help" or something is not necessarily.

   Of course, since they are old foxes, they are very cunning.

  Under the envious gazes of the courtiers, Emperor Yongcheng agreed with Wang Shijiu's memorial with mixed feelings.

   Next, is the compromise and cooperation between the family and the court.

  Whether it is the setting of the salt administration department, or the policies of salt fields and salt taxes, Emperor Yongcheng only needs to grasp a general direction, and the relevant courtiers are responsible for the specific rules.

   The first decree seems to have been implemented smoothly, and even forced the family to cut flesh and blood.

   But, Emperor Yongcheng is not happy at all!

   "It's like this again, it's always like this!"

  Emperor Yongcheng began to play the donkey pulling the mill in his bedroom again.

   "She does this every time, ostensibly for my own good, to make everyone say she is a loving mother!"

   "But in fact, she just wants to control me and wants me to act according to her rules."

   "Otherwise, she clearly has a new method for making salt, but why didn't she tell me in advance, but watched me fly around like a headless fly?"

   "...Until a critical moment, she will never show up. She, she just deliberately wanted to see me suffer and learn lessons, and then appear like a Bodhisattva who saves suffering!"

"she--"

   Even though the court has been launched, she still wants to control his emperor Yongcheng!

   As Emperor Yongcheng's favorite woman, she was also recognized as a "virtuous helper".

   Zheng Nian’er was of course standing in front of Emperor Yongcheng.

   At this moment, when he heard these words of Emperor Yongcheng, Zheng Nian'er almost blurted out a word of "char siu"!

   is not a son of BBQ pork!

   No matter what the reason for the Empress Dowager He was, they did help Emperor Yongcheng at a critical moment.

   Even if Emperor Yongcheng is not grateful, he cannot be resentful.

   Moreover, Zheng Nian'er didn't think that the Queen Mother He would have so many calculations!

  How long did it take for Emperor Yongcheng to propose salt reform?

  Empress Dowager He wants to help her son, even if she has a new method of making salt, it will take time to operate.

  Fortunately, it is spring, the sea breeze is frequent, and the weather is fine, creating a good natural environment for drying salt.

  Otherwise, the Queen Mother He would not be able to get the 100,000 stones of sea salt.

  Unless the Empress Dowager He had the ability to predict, and predicted that Emperor Yongcheng would be "stupid" in advance, he made preparations early.

   But the problem is, Empress He does not have super powers.

   Furthermore, as far as Emperor Yongcheng's thinking is concerned, his temperament is out of the question. Except himself, it is really difficult for outsiders to capture his behavior.

   How to make predictions in advance? !

   Instead of doubting whether Empress Dowager He was "premeditated", it is better to think about how the method of drying the salt in Empress Dowager He's hands came from.

  Is it possible that the Empress Dowager He also had "adventures"?

   But, Zheng Nian'er didn't smell the "similar" breath on the Empress Dowager He.

   is the rogue system, and also said that the Queen Mother He is an aboriginal.

   At most, she is more knowledgeable, more determined, and more decisive!

  Zheng Nian'er has a guilty conscience and is always worried about meeting someone with the same background as her.

   Therefore, she always wondered why Empress Dowager He knew about the new method of making salt, and she even secretly led Emperor Yongcheng to doubt it.

  Emperor Yongcheng: ...what is there to doubt about this?

   Mother must have seen the secret recipe from ancient books.

   What's more, maybe it's the heirloom of a certain family.

   Compared with the explosive upstart Zheng family, the treasures in the hands of the Queen Mother He have definitely reached a staggering level.

   You must know that when the previous dynasty was chaotic at the end of the year, the He family was also a strong one.

   In the midst of war, the wealth they plundered is not too much.

  After the marriage between the He family and the Zhao family, the Empress Dowager He followed the late emperor to fight in the South and the North. During this period, he made an unknown amount of money.

   Not to mention anything else, it's just the private library of the Queen Mother--

  Tsk tsk, piles of gold and silver jewels;

   Antique calligraphy and painting, precious medicinal materials, stuffed box after box;

   There are also some aristocratic families who were exterminated in the war, or the big clans who were rescued by the "rebels", and their collections and ancient books basically fell into the hands of the Queen Mother.

   Rows of bamboo slips, rolls of brocade books, and many isolated and rare books that were said to have been burnt in the war were actually treasured by Empress Dowager He.

  It is said that Wang Liulang was willing to agree to the invitation of Empress Dowager He to serve as the owner of the museum as a celebrity. There is an interesting talk in the market——

   Wang Liulang's most desired volume of pre-Qin rare books, he has traveled everywhere for many years but could not find it.

   Empress Dowager He ordered a box of bamboo slips to be delivered to Wang Liulang's vigil. After Wang Liulang read it, he immediately accepted Empress Dowager He's appointment!

   He not only wanted this rare book from the pre-Qin period, but also wanted to see more ancient books in the hands of the Queen Mother He.

   And those sons of aristocratic families have come to the Bowen Museum to compete for jobs, except that the Bowen Museum has official officials "organized", but also for those books!

   Even aristocratic families coveted it so much, which is enough to prove that Empress Dowager He's collection is rich and the value of those ancient books is high.

   Therefore, in so many ancient books, Emperor Yongcheng did not find it strange at all that any new method of making salt was discovered!

  Zheng Nian’er: …Dear, ancient books or something, it’s just an excuse for me to talk about it.

   Empress Dowager He is really unusual.

   "Host, you don't have to worry too much!"

   Gongdou system felt Zheng Nian'er's entanglement and worry, and took the initiative to jump out without releasing the task.

   It said in a standard mechanical voice, word by word, "Don't underestimate the skills of the ancients. The method of drying salt is also obtained by the ancients through their accumulated work experience."

   "Perhaps, before the records in the history books, there was already a method of drying salt in the folk. However, the ancients paid attention to secret recipes, and were best at 'broom self-preserving'."

   In this era, wars are frequent, and some new technologies are "lost" in the war before they can be popularized.

   Maybe it was just recorded by someone in the handwritten notes and journals, and these handwritten notes and other personal notes may also be privately hidden, or burned and fought.

   "Huh? It seems to make sense!"

   Zheng Nian'er savoured the Gongdou system, and suddenly felt that this rogue system is not just a rogue, but is quite good at analyzing things.

  Gongdou system: ...This system can hear your voice, you don't know it, right? !

   So, are you scolding this system on purpose?

   "No, I didn't scold you, I really think you are amazing!"

   Zheng Nian'er felt the "dissatisfaction" of the Gongdou system, and hurried to accompany him carefully and explained in a good voice.

  wuwu, she didn't want to anger the Gongdou system, and then let it give her a difficult task to rectify herself.

   "No! I can't admit defeat! I will never become her puppet and will be controlled by her forever!"

   Just when Zheng Nian'er was secretly arguing with the Gongdou system, Emperor Yongcheng suddenly thought of something, and a decisive look appeared on his childish face!

   Zheng Nian'er's heart skipped a beat, she was really worried that Emperor Yongcheng would be stimulated and act recklessly!

  The reform of the salt administration hasn't passed yet, so he shouldn't make a fool of himself.

   "Erlang, maybe you misunderstood the Empress Dowager—"

   Zheng Nian'er's words are not all to comfort Emperor Yongcheng, but really think that Empress Dowager He is not as calculated and ruthless as Emperor Yongcheng imagined!

   However, Emperor Yongcheng's prejudice against his mother was too deep to be resolved with just a few words of persuasion.

   "Nian'er, I know you are kind and soft-hearted, but there has never been any misunderstanding between me and my mother!"

  Although Emperor Yongcheng was a little dissatisfied that his lover actually helped Empress Dowager He to speak, he still felt the care and kindness of the other party.

   Alas, his family Nian'er is so kind and beautiful.

  In her world, there are not so many conspiracies, scheming, ghosts and ghosts.

   How does she know what kind of plans and cruelty a strong mother will have for power.

  Zheng Nian’er: …Dear, you have gone too far. Wouldn’t your conscience hurt by demonizing your own mother like this? !

  Emperor Yongcheng certainly won't feel pain. When he met his mother, the Queen Mother He, he seemed to have no "conscience" at all.

   "Look at what she has done these days, she is clearly reluctant to let go of power!"

   "What kind of female waitress, female minister, and another blog, and now she has to intervene in Yanzheng..."

  Emperor Yongcheng continued to complain.

  But, talking and talking, some word woke him up, and he suddenly realized——

   "No! Something's wrong! Does she really want to form an alliance with the noble family?"

  Zheng Nian'er had a question mark face, and as he talked, he changed the subject.

  Why did the Empress Dowager He join the family?

   As if he heard Zheng Nian'er's question, and as if he was telling it to himself, Emperor Yongcheng said slowly:

   "Wang Shijiu and other female officials are all daughters from aristocratic families!"

   Zheng Nian'er wiggled her lips and wanted to tell Emperor Yongcheng: Dear, in this era, only daughters from aristocratic families get the best education.

   Their abilities and knowledge are the highest among many women.

  The Empress Dowager He wants to choose a female official, so she naturally wants to choose someone with outstanding ability.

   And the daughter of the family has the most advantage.

   In fact, this is also the embarrassment of the current election system.

  Everyone knows that the aristocratic family is powerful and has seriously threatened the rule of the imperial power.

  When the late emperor, in order to break the monopoly of the aristocratic family, he carefully implemented the system of examination and selection of officials in a small area.

   His original intention was to select the poor and let fresh blood into the officialdom.

   But, sadly, among the young people who came to apply for the competition, although there were some scumbags from aristocratic families who were not popular, but the best performers were often the sons of aristocratic families.

   There is no way, the family monopolizes the world, and educational resources are also occupied by them.

  It is extremely difficult for someone from a humble background to read a book.

   As for the family members, they can have the best educational resources from the moment they land. There are countless books in the family, and any slave or maid can casually say a few allusions and poems.

   With such unique resources, the success rate of family members is also very high.

   Therefore, even if the late emperor rejected the aristocratic family, he still had to hire the children of the aristocratic family.

  The current Empress He is also the same.

   Of course, it is not ruled out that the Empress Dowager He is trying to win over the family. After all, she is a woman and needs the "acquiescence" of the family if she wants to intervene in the government!

   "The owner of the Bowen Museum is the son of the Prince of Langya, and those officials such as bachelors are also from aristocratic families!"

  Emperor Yongcheng couldn't hear Zheng Nian'er's thoughts, and was still analyzing it by himself.

   The more he spoke, the more suspicious he became, "What on earth is she going to do? Does she not know the last wishes of the royal father? For the sake of power, in order to continue to be able to control me, she is going to seek skin with a tiger?"

   Emperor Yongcheng did not seem to be close to his father and mother.

   But between the two, Emperor Yongcheng admired the former even more.

   First, it was a long-term lack of love, which made him want to get that kind of nihilistic "father's love" even more.

  Secondly, my father was the founding king and a real strong man. As for men, they all have a strong mentality.

   And his throne itself was inherited from his father, and he has a sense of responsibility and mission of the "successor".

   He wants to inherit his father's legacy and continue to implement the policy of weakening the family, so that the Zhao family can be passed down steadily and for a long time.

  The Empress Dowager He, as the most honorable woman in Da Yuan, the original wife of the late emperor, did not say that she had upheld the last wish of the late emperor, but in turn colluded with the family.

  When Emperor Yongcheng thought of this possibility, he was inexplicably sad and angry!

   He even felt betrayed.

   "She really is a selfish and cold person. It's only been a few years since her father passed away, and she has forgotten all her long-cherished wishes!"

   "No! She can forget! I can't forget!"

   "I want to continue the great cause that my father has not completed, and I want to completely take back the power from the family!"

   "I will never be a puppet of a noble family and mother—"

   With the shouting of each sentence, the eyes of Emperor Yongcheng ignited a raging war.

   Zheng Nian'er had a bad premonition that the emperor was going to cause trouble again.

   However, as the emperor, Emperor Yongcheng is really not easy to be overridden by the family.

   This year's noble family, although a little more "low-key" than in previous years, would not change the emperor at every turn.

   However, the aristocratic family is still a huge force, which has seriously hindered the concentration of imperial power.

  If you want to break the monopoly of the aristocratic family, it is necessary to reform the election system of the imperial court.

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   Zheng Nian'er's mind flashed, "The imperial examination system!"

   Yes, the imperial examination system!

   Historically, the Sui and Tang Dynasties implemented the imperial examination system in order to break the family's monopoly on the appointment and removal of court personnel.

   And it was this relatively fair election system that knocked the family down from the altar.

   "What imperial examination system?"

  Emperor Yongcheng vented, and his emotions recovered a lot.

   At this moment, he heard Xiao Qingmei's muttering at the tip of his ear.

   "Oh, that's..."

   Zheng Nian’er roughly described the system and process of selecting officials for the imperial examination.

  Emperor Yongcheng did not have the surprise in Zheng Nian'er's tone. Instead, he said casually, "Oh, it's the examination and selection of officials, and the emperor did it before!"

  Zheng Nian’er: …Huh?

  Gongdou system: ... Dear, I said, don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients!

   (end of this chapter)