Li Yuanjing was surprised and answered without thinking: "Of course I like your mother."
Li Chengtai didn't understand and said angrily, "Sister Leyou is afraid of mice, so the Empress Dowager asked Madam Qian to bring two cats, and the cats ate all the mice in and outside the Cining Palace. But there was a bad guy who harmed Mother, and you didn't kill him."
Li Yuanjing let out a long sigh.
He half-knelt down, his eyes level with Li Chengtai. Li Yuanjing said: "It is easy to eliminate rats, but it is difficult to eliminate people."
Li Chengtai said nothing.
Li Yuanjing touched his son's head and said earnestly, "You have a grassland with a few old cows. These old cows have big appetites and occupy the most fertile grass. Many new calves cannot get fresh grass."
Li Chengtai looked up blankly and said, "Then drive out or kill all the old cows, so that the calves will have grass to eat."
Li Yuanjing said: "Old cows are strong and they form gangs. If you kill an old cow directly, the other old cows will unite to deal with you as their master. The new young cows are not strong enough to help you."
After hearing this, Li Chengtai's eyebrows knotted and he clenched the palace lantern in his hand.
Li Yuanjing said earnestly, "So, you have to reduce the grass for the old cows little by little and distribute it to the group of young cows who support you. You also have to let the old cows fight among themselves, both of them will suffer, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop. Force the old cows to give up the grassland they occupy little by little."
The Daqing Kingdom is just a grassland, and the aristocratic families such as the Xie family, the Lu family, and the Tan Tai family are just old cows. Killing an old cow is not something that can be done overnight.
Li Chengtai was still young and did not quite understand what his father said. He retorted sullenly, "I don't care about the old cow or the young calf. I only know that you made my mother suffer."
Li Yuanjing patted his son's shoulder and said sadly, "The government and the country are the most important. Your mother's heart is full of me, but my heart is full of the world."
He naturally has Shen Wei in his heart.
But he is also the emperor of Daqing. He cares about the common people and works hard for peace and prosperity in the country. It is impossible for him to cause turmoil in the court for the sake of Shen Wei.
In five years at most, he would be able to completely eliminate several of the aristocratic families and stop Shen Wei and the children from suffering any grievances.
Li Chengtai looked dissatisfied, glanced at Li Yuanjing, and muttered: "Father always makes mother suffer. Humph, maybe one day mother will not love father anymore."
Li Yuanjing patted the child's head lightly and said unhappily, "You are talking nonsense."
His Vivi only has him in her heart and eyes. Their love is stronger than gold and they are determined and will never change in this life.
It was getting late and the night was chilly. Li Yuanjing took his son's hand and poured out his heart to him. After a while, he asked the old nanny to send him back to the Cining Palace, while he walked towards the Yongning Palace.
Under the eaves of Yongning Palace, colorful lanterns shine brightly.
When Li Yuanjing walked into the inner hall, Shen Wei was leaning on the side of the gold-embroidered concubine chair, reading a book under the lamp.
The windows were open, and the mosquito-repellent wormwood planted in the yard sent in bursts of fragrance. Shen Wei was wearing a light white satin nightgown, her long black hair falling softly on her shoulders. The candlelight outlined a halo around Shen Wei. Her profile was pretty, her fingers were green as green onions, and her whole person was gentle and bright.
Li Yuanjing was fascinated by the show.
I still remember that when she was in Prince Yan's Mansion, Shen Wei was not good at writing, let alone reading books and poems. Later, under Li Yuanjing's hands-on teaching, Shen Wei developed good handwriting and read many historical books.
A person who is well-read and well-read has a naturally elegant demeanor. Shen Wei also has a bit of elegant scholarly temperament.
Li Yuanjing was very satisfied.
Loving someone is like raising flowers. Chen Wei is the peony he cultivated with his own hands, pouring his hard work and love into her.
Hearing the noise at the door, Shen Wei put down the book in her hand and said happily: "Your Majesty, you are back!"
Her voice is like the spring breeze in March, full of spirit and vitality. Among the concubines in the harem, only Shen Wei's voice is the most lively.
Li Yuanjing curled the corners of his lips slightly. Weiwei was so clingy, how could she change her heart?
Li Yuanjing hugged Shen Wei in his arms as usual: "Have you drunk the detoxification medicine?"
Shen Wei nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I drink it on time every day, and my appetite has recovered a lot. I ate two full bowls of rouge rice at noon."
Li Yuanjing felt relieved when he saw Shen Wei's rosy complexion.
There was a book on the desk, with an old cover and the words "Qingshi" written on it. Li Yuanjing flipped through two pages: "Weiwei is interested in the history books of Qing Kingdom?"
Chen Wei smiled and said, "It's hot today, the maid took out the books from the storeroom to dry, and I saw this one, so I picked it up and took a look."
Li Yuanjing held Shen Wei in his arms, and told her in a steady and hoarse voice: "More than a hundred years ago, the aristocratic families of Zhao State in the previous dynasty were rampant, stationing troops and occupying land, monopolizing culture and official positions in the court. In the court, 'there were no poor families in the upper ranks, and no aristocratic families in the lower ranks', and even the emperor had to look at their faces."
Shen Wei leaned in his arms and listened patiently to his history.
"Li Chao, the ancestor of Qing, rose up in rebellion, holding the genealogy of the aristocratic families, and slaughtered hundreds of aristocratic families in Dazhao. He trampled the bones of the nobles in the streets... and established the Daqing Dynasty on the bones."
Shen Wei knows this history.
I have to say that the founding emperor of Qing was a really ruthless man. He hated the aristocratic families who exploited the people, and took the most direct approach - killing them when they were caught.
According to the family tree, all those above the third rank were killed.
The aristocratic families were massacred and blood flowed like a river.
Li Yuanjing said: "But... the aristocratic families can never be completely killed. The families of the meritorious officials who followed our ancestors have also developed into new aristocratic families over the past hundred years. I am the Emperor of Daqing, and I cannot let history repeat itself. I can only find a way to eliminate these new families."
Shen Wei held Li Yuanjing's hand and said softly, "Your Majesty has worked hard."
Li Yuanjing turned his head to look at Shen Wei: "The Queen asked the imperial physician to poison you, and I will not kill her for the time being. Weiwei, do you feel wronged?"
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