Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 234 Chapter 230 Three What is great filial piety?
In Xiyuan, the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty reached a consensus. If the case is announced, it will definitely become a joke in the streets across the country and damage the majesty of the court.

So regarding this matter, the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers unanimously decided that Yan Shifan and Luo Longwen would be sent to the Mint, and other people involved in the case would be executed secretly by Jin Yiwei, and no report would be sent to the lower authorities.

After the matter was resolved, Emperor Jiajing said again: Since this incident was exposed, the imperial court did not provide enough protection for the personal safety of senior officials.So Lu Bing was ordered to assign six more personal guards to Wang Daoqiu, and also send additional house guards to the Wang family. When Wang Daoqiu's parents, wife and children went out, someone in Jinyi Guards must accompany them.

His own family must be accompanied by Jin Yiwei when they go out. Does Emperor Jiajing care?Wang Daoqiu was a little confused, he and his family will be guarded by Jin Yiwei in the future, is this not surveillance?

Wang Daoqiu's guess was not bad. As Wang Daoqiu became more capable, he also had overseas connections.Emperor Jiajing felt that it was time to strengthen control over the Wang family, at least to completely monitor Wang Daoqiu's parents, wife and children.Wang Daoqiu of the province later developed his power overseas, so he took his parents, wife and children away, broke away from the Ming Dynasty, and established his own country overseas.

Protect Wang Daoqiu and don't let the bad guys dig up your money tree.Monitor the Wang family and don't let the money from the money tree not belong to you. It can be said that this is what Emperor Jiajing is thinking now.

Wang Daoqiu thought that Emperor Jiajing might be taking this opportunity to strengthen his control, but he had nothing to do. After all, he didn't have the strength to take on the Ming Dynasty.

Don't worry about these things that can't be helped. Since his parents are ordinary people, and they are followed by royal guards when they go out, Wang Daoqiu is afraid that his parents will feel uncomfortable.So he told Emperor Jiajing about the matter and asked Emperor Jiajing to let the Jin Yiwei disguise himself and follow him secretly instead of coming in the open.

After hearing Wang Daoqiu's words, Emperor Jiajing laughed loudly and said, "Wang Qing, your father Wang Zhaowen is loyal, diligent and solid. I and all the court officials are very satisfied. Regarding the promotion of your father as a Qing official in Shandong Province The secretary's documents are already in the Ministry of Officials, and they will be issued soon. By then, your father will be a fifth-rank official, and a fifth-rank official will be followed by four knights of Jinyiwei. This is also decent. So follow your father's Jinyiwei , there’s no need to disguise yourself, just be honest.”

"As for your mother? I heard that after your mother came to Beijing, she still didn't change her true nature as a farmer. She shoveled the back garden of your house, planted grain and vegetables there, raised chickens and ducks. She also used the vegetables, chickens and ducks she produced. , pick them and sell them in the market. Because these vegetables, chickens and ducks were grown by you, a six-yuan-ranked, first-grade bachelor's house in the current dynasty, the common people in the market heard that your vegetables, chickens and ducks were elegant, so they started to compete for them. Purchase, yes or no?”

Emperor Jiajing knew all about his mother's trivial matter. Emperor Jiajing was indeed spying on his family.

His mother was under surveillance, Wang Daoqiu felt very uncomfortable, but on the surface, Wang Daoqiu still replied with a smile: "Your Majesty made a joke, my mother lost her father at the age of eight, and she worked hard since she was a child. After marrying into my Wang family , because my father is a scholar and doesn't do production, so all the farming and mulberry work in the minister's family should be done by the minister's mother. Over the past few decades, the minister's mother has been used to the life of labor, and if she has no work to do, she will lose her energy .”

"Just like when she first came to Beijing, there was no land for her to grow here, so she fought with the servants at home to clean the yard, fetch water for laundry, and even went to the front yard to clean the stables and the concierge, which frightened the servants at home. Later, my father sternly reprimanded her, not allowing her to be so dishonest. Then she had no work to do, and she was like an eggplant beaten by frost every day. She had no energy, restless, and was helpless. I felt very distressed when I saw her."

"Later, my mother told me that she wanted to shovel the garden in my backyard for planting. She mentioned this to my father, but my father severely reprimanded her at that time and did not allow her to do this. She begged many times. It was useless, so she came to ask for help. At that time, I was heartbroken about my mother, and knew that she liked to work and disliked leisure, so I temporarily softened my heart and agreed to plow the garden for planting, so that she could have something to do every day."

"But when I came back from a business trip, my mother not only plowed the garden in the backyard of Chen's family, but also raised all the houses in the backyard with pigs, cows, sheep, chickens and ducks, and the garden pond became a duck farm. The Chen family was harmed. It smelled so bad all day long that my father almost beat me because of it, saying that I had made him lose the place to express his poetry and picturesqueness. Later, my mother grew more vegetables and raised more chickens, ducks, and eggs, and the family couldn't finish them all, so she Just pick it up and sell it in the market."

"When I was young, my family was poor. Every time I went to the market in the town, my mother would take the vegetables grown at home and the chickens and duck eggs to the market to sell, and then buy some lamp oil, cloth, and salt that I needed at home. Every time I went to the market, Every day is the happiest day for my mother. She likes people to buy her things, even if she only sells them for a few copper coins, she will be very happy. So now she sells side dishes in the market. Although Chen feels that it is very shameless, she is also really cruel. I don't have the heart to stop her. My mother is old, how many more years can she have? Forget it, as long as she is happy and if others laugh at her behind her back, just laugh at her!" Wang Daoqiu said, expressing a hard-working and kind-hearted person. My mother also said that it is really difficult to change the living habits that a person has developed over decades.

As soon as he finished speaking, it was hard for those officials who grew up in wealthy families to understand that there could be such a bitch in the world. They had a leisurely and prosperous life, but they actually liked to work hard and squat on the streets selling side dishes all morning. Just earn a few copper coins?

Officials from wealthy families didn't understand this, but officials from peasant families, after listening to Wang Daoqiu's words, all of them had tears in their eyes, and some even couldn't bear it, squatting on the ground and crying.

Because Wang Daoqiu's words reminded them of their mothers, and their mothers were like this too.He likes to work but dislikes leisure. Once he is free, his mental state will collapse and his body will become worse and worse.

It's just that they were young and didn't understand this. They just thought that they were already officials and their mother still went to farm and sell vegetables at the market. This was too embarrassing.For this reason, they scolded their mother, not allowing her to do this again, and letting her enjoy her leisure time at home.

Later, as their hair turned gray, they understood human nature and reason, and they knew they were wrong.But their mother, by the time they knew they were wrong, was already a pile of dirt and could no longer ask her son to compensate.

Thinking of their mothers and their ignorance when they were young, these senior officials from humble backgrounds all cried, and their hearts were filled with guilt for their lost mothers.

Old Yu Maojian had a 74-year-old face with dead tree bark. With tears on his face, he came over to hold Wang Daoqiu's hand and said sadly: "Liangzhen, you are lucky. You can understand this truth when you are young. You can understand this truth when your mother is still alive. You are better than us old men, and you don’t have to leave such lifelong regrets in this life. Liangzhen, remember, no matter what those common men say, I tell you, You are right, you are a great filial piety."

After saying these words to Wang Daoqiu, Lao Yu Maojian knelt down with difficulty and said to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, I congratulate you for getting such a wise minister as Wang Liangzhen. I govern the world with filial piety, Taifu." Wang Liangzhen is an example to the world for his extreme purity and filial piety. I would like to ask your Majesty to commend Wang Liangzhen."

"Minister and others seconded"

Old Yu Maojian mentioned it and asked Emperor Jiajing to commend Wang Daoqiu. Other officials from poor families also immediately came out to express their support.

Most of these officials from poor families were officials of the Qing Dynasty. They were usually unhappy with Wang Daoqiu, and scolded Wang Daoqiu behind his back for being a traitor who got promoted by flattering the emperor and flattering him.

But now these Qingliu officials, under the righteousness of "mother", asked for rewards for Wang Daoqiu, who they usually called "the traitor". This also moved Emperor Jiajing very much.So Emperor Jiajing was delighted, and as soon as Chrysostom opened his mouth, he ordered Lu Fang to take the house belonging to Wang Daoqiu's family residence, which belonged to the inner official prison, and set aside ten acres of land to reward Wang Daoqiu.

(End of this chapter)