PNB Chapter 111 Saving Queen Ma’s Son and Grandson 21
Chapter 111 Saving Queen Ma’s Son and Grandson 21
Li Shanchang was very ambitious and left behind quite a few treasures. He was a magistrate for three years and earned 100,000 silver coins. Li Shanchang held great power and was a high-ranking official. He had made a fortune by joining the conquest of the country and had saved a lot of money as an official over the years.
Xu Huizhen had found a bargain! Li Shanchang had a son born to a concubine. This old boy said nothing in the imperial prison. He was thinking about leaving a legacy for the Li family. But who was Zhu Yuanzhang? The Ming Dynasty's surveillance of officials started with Taizu.
The nine relatives of Li Shanchang's family, four from his father's family, three from his mother's family, and two from his wife's family, were all killed, and his concubine who he kept in Wutong Alley was also arrested.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not one to raise a tiger to harm him. Taizu already hated Li Shanchang, second only to Yao Guangxiao! He didn't cut him into pieces because he was afraid of discouraging the nobles who joined him in the war. Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would have cut him into pieces.
Li Shanchang saw that he had no way out and was completely speechless. This batch of treasures would eventually benefit Xu Huizhen!
This is also a cycle of cause and effect. In addition to the Mongol nobles, this batch of treasures also included part of Shen Wansan's family, whose property was confiscated! In addition to paying for military pay, the remaining part was divided up by Zhu Yuanzhang and the nobles.
Xu Huizhen looked at the hundreds of boxes, large and small. There were 50 taels of gold and 200 million taels of silver. The Mongolian nobles liked to eat with gold utensils, so there were more than ten boxes of gold tableware alone. There were also lotus leaf brush washers and rhino horn pen holders made of Hetian white jade, and other cultural relics and miscellaneous items.
The flowerpot is carved from a whole piece of jade. It is crystal clear and watery, and it looks very valuable. The "earth" is made of large grains of black jade, the branches are made of coral, and it is dotted with petals made of tourmaline. The stamens are made of pearls, which are exquisitely crafted.
Xu Huizhen was numb to all these treasures. She couldn't eat when she was hungry and couldn't drink when she was thirsty. How many people lost their lives because of gold and silver treasures! A family with thousands of acres of fertile land can only afford three meals a day.
When the maid woke up in the morning, she felt that she had slept too deeply. Fortunately, her master was not awake either, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.
Xu Huizhen lived her carefree life as if nothing had happened.
But Zhu Yuanzhang could not really live without a heart. He was always waiting for the son who broke his heart.
A month later, Zhu Yuanzhang welcomed his fourth son.
Zhu Di had a scruffy beard but looked fine. After all, he was Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son. Even if he made a big mistake, no one dared to embarrass him on the road.
Dealing with Zhu Di was something only Zhu Yuanzhang could do; no one else dared to mess with him. In stark contrast to Zhu Di was his subordinate Yao Guangxiao, who was beaten so badly that he was practically on the verge of death.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his fourth son kneeling on the ground, took off his cloth shoes and started to beat Zhu Di, cursing as he beat him: "I told you, little bastard, to learn your lesson. You ungrateful bastard, how did your eldest brother protect you since you were little?
How could you bear to break up with him? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog? Has your mother ever treated you badly?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sat down on the ground, tears streaming down his face. "Dad has been poor since he was young. He had no food to eat. Your grandparents and uncle all starved to death! I, Zhu Chongba, don't live alone. The lives of my family depend on me. I dare not be lazy and must live like a human being!"
Brothers are like brothers in battle, and I just want you to help each other and pass on our Ming Dynasty! You, the rebellious son, are only trying to undermine your own family!
"Xiaoying, this kid, every time he sees you, he calls you Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle. How could you have the heart to do that to him? You are so heartless, are you still a human being?"
Zhu Di knelt on the ground without saying a word. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Whatever you say at this time will be wrong!
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a lot of trouble. He would not even frown when killing ministers, but he could not bring himself to kill his own son.
"You and your family should walk to Zhongdu and apologize to your ancestors there!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and Eunuch Yun helped Zhu Di up and took him away.
Soon, Eunuch Yun came to report: "Master, everything has been arranged."
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his red eyes in hatred and said, "Yao Guangxiao should be executed by slicing! The fourth child was not like this before. He was the one who instigated all the good children!"
Eunuch Yun looked at his master's exhausted face and said, "Master, please take care of yourself. Would you like me to ask Marquis Xu to come and check your pulse?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and agreed: "Let Xu girl show it to the Queen, the Crown Prince, and Xiongying. My sister has been so worried that she can't eat these past two days. Don't disturb her with all this nonsense."
Xu Huizhen received the imperial edict and hurried to the palace, carrying her medicine box. She prescribed a prescription for Zhu Yuanzhang to reduce his liver fire, Empress Ma and Zhu Biao prescribed a prescription for health care, and Zhu Xiongying prescribed a month's worth of medicinal food. Then she quickly slipped away. The palace was like a volcano, and whoever caught up with Zhu Yuanzhang would be the loser.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still relatively restrained at this time, unlike the crazy he became after losing his wife, son and grandson as recorded in history. Zhu Yunwen could not command these nobles, but Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying were no problem. Zhu Xiongying's maternal family was the Chang family, and his uncle was Lan Yu. These people would naturally stand behind the prince.
Zhu Biao had always enjoyed a good reputation in the court and was very popular among the ministers. Zhu Yuanzhang had been cultivating him as the crown prince for decades. Zhu Xiongying was also a bright and hardworking young man.
Zhu Yuanzhang has no intention of taking action against the nobles now. This is a force left to his descendants, so that the civil and military forces can balance each other.
Historically, it was because of the deaths of Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying that Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that Zhu Yunwen would not be able to control the noble group, so he took action against Lan Yu and the Huaixi noble group.
As a result, Zhu Yunwen had a trump card in his hand, and was defeated by Zhu Di, who easily took over the throne.
Ever since the Lü family, the civil officials had been laying the groundwork to weaken the military nobility. Later, the civil officials grew even more powerful! After the Battle of Tumu, they began to dominate the imperial court. The military generals were looked down upon by the civil officials, forcing the emperor to bring in the eunuchs to counterbalance them. The court was in chaos, and the military generals were supervised in battle by the civil officials and palace eunuchs. It would be strange if a group of people who knew nothing about military affairs commanded the generals in battle.
This is the consequence of not holding the right position and not employing the right people!
Now the military generals of the Ming Dynasty have not been defeated by the civil officials, and the civil and military officials in the court check and balance each other, so that the court can be stable.
These have nothing to do with Xu Huizhen. Xu Huizhen spends her time at home writing books and doing handicrafts.
In Ding's words, why not take a break instead of just doing a money-burning business? Even though the pearls are not round, it is too much to grind them into powder.
She'd been at home all day, taking Mu Yang to make some rouge and powder. That wasn't her job. Mrs. Ding patted some tenderizing lotion on her face. It smelled really good, and her skin did look a bit softer after using it! Well, it wasn't a waste!