Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 453 The Empress Dowager’s Heartache
Soon, Chen Xun and the others went out, leaving Lin Cunde and Zhu Qiyu in the study again!
Zhu Qiyu poured tea for Lin Cunde, and then said: "Chen Xun is probably grateful to the point of crisis. Now many ministers don't give Chen Xun face. As you said, I also made the cabinet become my staff instead of interfering. In addition, with the unfolding of the five-year plan, the power of the cabinet will also be reduced, so Chen Xun is probably unwilling to give in!
He wants to continue to hold power, but I don't agree. I am not unaware of the things the cabinet did before. Now I have passed the five-year plan to let the princes start to participate in government affairs and let the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Therefore, they are afraid that something will happen to his disciples again! "

Lin Cunde smiled after hearing this and said: "Chen Xun is also unfounded. Besides, what does the life and death of those disciples have to do with him? Besides, now that our Ming Dynasty has Yanglianyin, if they continue to be corrupt and are caught, Well deserved!
They are not greedy enough. Does Chen Xun still need to give them the answer? Besides, Chen Xun had earned several thousand taels of silver in one year, so he still needed his disciples to pay them tribute? "

"Ha, regardless of him, the cabinet now also needs mature ministers. However, Jiang Yuan and the others are also good now. Moreover, I have also added a few cabinet ministers, all selected from Hanlin, so that they can become familiar with government affairs and wait for the opportunity. When the time is right, let them go!" Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said to Lin Cunde!

The two people then started talking about the Ming Dynasty's army. The Ming Dynasty's army also needs reform. Although the guard system does not have any big problems now, there will still be problems after a long time!

The most important thing is that the recruitment system reduces the power of hereditary officers and increases the power of the Ministry of War and the Five Military Governors. Only then can the Ming Dynasty's army maintain combat effectiveness and solve the problem of loyalty!
Nowadays, there is no problem for the Ming Dynasty to be strong. Moreover, those generals don't dare to do anything?
But once a foolish emperor appeared in the Ming Dynasty, those generals would not be so honest!
Therefore, the problem of Ming generals needs to be fundamentally solved!

In addition, it is necessary to add fresh blood to the Ming Dynasty, and martial arts examinations must be carried out!
Moreover, the military officers selected every year must be trained as reserve officers and wait for the right time to be added to the army below. At the same time, the Ministry of War also needs to strengthen its investigation of military officers. If there is corruption, The behavior, the behavior of greed for life and fear of death, should be taken down immediately, the positions should be vacated, and handed over to those military officials!
Zhu Qiyu very much agrees with this point. Most of the officers of the Ming Dynasty are hereditary, which is very hindering in maintaining the strength of the army. Moreover, the generals Zhu Qiyu selected from the border this time have been in recent years. Give Zhu Qiyu a long face!

And Zhu Qiyu also knew that the emperor of Ming Dynasty must control the army!
How to control the army? Is that to control the generals? And how to control the generals is to continuously provide fresh blood to the generals team and ensure the generals' loyalty to themselves!

The two chatted for almost an hour before Lin Cunde stood up and said goodbye, preparing to go to the Queen Mother's palace to visit the Queen Mother. After all, the Queen Mother was also Lin Cunde's godmother, and she was also good to Lin Cunde!
Soon, Lin Cunde arrived at Cining Palace. The Queen Mother was very happy for Lin Cunde's arrival. She also knew that Lin Cunde would definitely come over today, so she prepared a lot of Lin Cunde's favorite snacks early!

"Mom, how are you doing lately?" Lin Cunde sat in front of the tea table making tea and asked the Empress Dowager who was serving snacks to him next to him!

"Okay, it's just boring. Mom went to see the mansion next to you and had it re-decorated. After the Chinese New Year, mom will move there. Then she can go to your house often, and wait for her daughter-in-law to give birth. After the child is born, mother will take care of the child for you!" The Queen Mother said to Lin Cunde with a smile!
"Okay, hehe, we will be much more relaxed then. Mom, you have experience, but your daughter-in-law and I have no experience!" Lin Cunde said happily after hearing this!

"Of course! How do you know this?" The Queen Mother also said happily, thinking about this matter in her heart. After Wang Meichun became pregnant, Lin Cunde wrote to her immediately. She basically sent her a letter every half month. Someone sent supplies to Luanzhou. They were all high-quality tonics!
No one dared to object. Although the palace was managed by the queen, Wang Meichun was the biological sister of the queen Wang Meilin. What objection could she have? It was too late for her to be happy!

"Shou Ming, there's something that mother has always been worried about!" The Queen Mother sat down and said with a sigh!
"What's wrong?" Lin Cunde immediately put down his teacup and looked at the Empress Dowager seriously!
The Empress Dowager sighed, and then said: "Even Concubine Sun, although she is dead, my mother still feels a little, eh, how can I say it, owe you something about this matter! Of course, my mother also knows that she must die. If she doesn't die, Your Majesty, the Queen, and the children are pitiful. But after her death, my mother felt a debt of gratitude. In any case, she was once the late emperor's queen, but His Majesty was buried as a noble concubine. It was inappropriate and inappropriate. That’s right!

This seems to be a sign of your majesty's unkindness. Mother told your majesty, but he just didn't listen. Moreover, she refused to let Concubine Sun and the late emperor be buried together. This was also inappropriate. In any case, he was the empress canonized by the late emperor. If she didn't agree with him, The late emperor was buried together. Who was buried with him? Empress Hu was not buried with the late emperor! Is it inappropriate for my mother to be buried with the late emperor? It’s inappropriate. When the late emperor was alive, I was just an ordinary noble concubine! I am not qualified for this!
But Your Majesty insists on doing this, eh, this is my mother's worry!
As the so-called debt disappears after death, even if Mrs. Sun had a huge fault, she is still dead. Those hatreds should be let go. No matter what, they need to be shown to the world!
Besides, Concubine Sun was planning to poison us and others back then, but after all, we didn’t die!

If Mrs. Sun insists on killing us, will we, mother and son, still be alive?
In addition, Zhu Zhen also lives in the palace. Zhu Zhen is good to His Majesty in every aspect. The relationship between the two brothers has always been good. Although it is not His Majesty's fault that Your Majesty is the emperor, , the former prince was still deposed by His Majesty. Although the reason was legitimate, in any case, he also robbed the throne of his brother's lineage!

Therefore, you also need to advise Your Majesty to be more generous, especially to Concubine Sun!
Over at Zhu Zhen, after Concubine Sun left, my mother would often go to see him and bring many things. In the past, he also respected me very much and protected our mother and son. This love is my mother's inheritance! No matter what happened to the two brothers, Zhu Zhen was kind to his mother!

Regarding this matter, you need to persuade Your Majesty to issue an edict to allow Concubine Sun to be buried together with the late Emperor, okay? "After hearing this, Lin Cunde nodded. Since the Empress Dowager asked, then he can just say it himself. Besides, as the Empress Dowager said, debts will be wiped out after death, and people are dead, so there is no need to continue to worry about those things. Got it!
Then Lin Cunde smiled and said to the Queen Mother: "Okay, I will go and talk to you when I have the opportunity. I don't know whether your Majesty will agree to it, but I will persuade her!"

"That's good, go ahead and speak, Your Majesty will listen!" After hearing this, the Queen Mother nodded with a smile and said!

Lin Cunde also smiled, thinking of Zhu Zhen, and asked, "Mom, how is Zhu Zhen doing now?"

When the Queen Mother heard this, she sighed and said: "Oh, I can't do it anymore. My body is broken. Your Majesty was afraid that Zhu Zhen would have a boring life in the palace, so he sent six beautiful girls there. Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhen was completely unrestrained. However, I also You know, he is bored in Nangong! Now, his body is very broken and he is very thin, and he is not good to Princess Qi. Princess Qi has moved to live outside the palace! "

"Ah?" Lin Cunde felt ashamed when he heard this. Did his plan succeed so easily?

"I have also advised Zhu Zhen to promise well every time, but he has not changed. If it is like this, it is probably difficult to live a long life. Hey, I also know this child. He probably has no hope in his heart, so he is like this. Disgrace yourself!" The Queen Mother continued to sigh!
Lin Cunde could only touch his nose and dare not speak. This idea was proposed by himself and Wang Ying chose the person. Therefore, he is responsible for the current situation, but Lin Cunde has no regrets. If Zhu Zhen does not die, Ming Dynasty will eventually There are still hidden dangers. Although the hidden dangers are not big, hidden dangers are hidden dangers. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. Therefore, Zhu Zhen must die in front of Zhu Qiyu!

In the evening, Lin Cunde ate at the Queen Mother's side. After finishing the meal, Lin Cunde went back!
And Wang Meichun also returned home. Originally, Lin Cunde and Wang Meichun had agreed to go to the residence of his father-in-law Wang Ying after leaving the palace, but it was getting dark and Lin Cunde stopped going. He would just go tomorrow!
"Come back?" Wang Meishun saw Lin Cunde coming back and came over with a smile to take Lin Cunde's cloak!

It's still very cold outside now, so Lin Cunde wears a lot when going out!
"Well, I originally wanted to go to my father-in-law's house, but who knew you would send someone to tell me that you have returned!" Lin Cunde nodded and said with a smile!

"It's getting dark, so of course I have to come back first. Just go back tomorrow. Dad said I want to have a drink with you and go fishing with you!" Wang Meichun hung her clothes on the hanger in the study and said with a smile!

"Well, okay, I'll go there in two days when I'm free. I probably won't have much time these days!" Lin Cunde nodded and said!

Both Lin Cunde and Wang Ying want to withdraw from the power level, but Lin Cunde can't do it now. Things in Luanzhou have not been settled yet, and the Japanese country has not been conquered. However, Wang Ying is very smart. He listens to Lin Cunde. Lin Cunde said that Wang Ying should not be too much. Interfering with His Majesty, otherwise there will be bad consequences. Wang Ying listened, so now Wang Ying is also delegating power!

Both Weng and son-in-law did not want to cause Zhu Qiyu's displeasure, and they did not want the officials to say that they, Weng and son-in-law, controlled the government!

(End of this chapter)