Chapter 8
At noon, Princess Changping comforted her grandson. After Li Ang left, Princess Changping sighed, and the nanny who served beside her said, "Princess, the young master is filial and ambitious. When he grows up, he will have a bright future."
"Ang'er is young but he can see that the Li family is in trouble." Princess Changping did not complain about her temper. After she finished speaking, she said, "If I live longer, I can protect Ang'er more."
The title of princess cannot be inherited. Once Princess Changping passes away, the Li Mansion will become an ordinary mansion.
The branch of Taizu's eldest son, Prince Weiyang, did not have a good time. Prince Weiyang was posthumously honored. Princess Changping got married early. The Li family was an ordinary family at that time. Her husband was a scholar with mediocre knowledge. Later, Taizu founded the country and became emperor. He posthumously honored the emperor with various titles. The Li family rose a little thanks to Princess Changping.
But the Li family's children were not very good. Not only were they mediocre in their ability to be officials, they were also somewhat cowardly and confused. The son-in-law once got into trouble after drinking, and he was so scared that his face turned pale and he fell seriously ill. After that, he resigned from his official position and lived in seclusion in the mansion. After his retirement, his son was unable to take over.
At that time, Taizu loved his eldest son very much, and Princess Changping still had a respectable status in Shengdu. However, the throne was changed one after another, and now, Princess Changping's eldest son is like her husband, incompetent and cowardly, but fortunately he has not been infected with other bad habits.
Some of the sons of the royal family in Shengdu were playboys who loved playing with jade and antiques and were even more addicted to gambling.
The second son had average talent and was a little timid - all the men in the Li family were timid. Fortunately, he knew that his family had only a reputation for wealth, so he honestly worked in an idle position in Taiping Temple.
The salary is not much, but at least I am working in the government and have an official position, not a commoner.
"Ang'er stood up today and had the courage, that's enough." Princess Changping was still very happy. Her grandson was better than the two sons she gave birth to.
As a result, in the afternoon, the second son Li Tong, who worked as a bookkeeper in Taiping Temple, came back in a hurry, his cheeks were slightly red, and he was a little drunk, but his eyes were very bright.
"Mom, my son got a promotion." Li Tong came in to tell his mother the good news. He was incompetent and knew that he had been living on his mother's dowry for so many years, which was really unfilial.
Princess Changping had just woken up from her nap. After hearing this, she looked at the nanny serving her, confused.
Li Tong felt sad when he saw this, he knelt down and kowtowed to his mother, and said everything in one breath: "Today, the emperor summoned my son and mentioned Ang'er. He said that Ang'er was smart and clear-headed in the palace today, so he thought of me..."
"He will report to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow. When his colleagues at the Taiping Temple heard about it, they congratulated him and gave him a few glasses of wine."
Otherwise I could come back earlier.
After hearing this, Princess Changping immediately realized that the emperor promoted his son not because of his second son's talent - Li Tong was her son, so there was no such thing as talent.
"Because Ang'er spoke for Duoxuanfu." Princess Changping immediately thought of what happened in the palace in the morning. She didn't expect that her grandson said something for Duoxuanfu, and the emperor actually wrote it down.
I was speechless.
Li Tong was not so stupid as to say that. He nodded and said, "Son knows." He was also considered a member of the Nine Thousand Year Old faction. Seeing the emperor's expression today, it seemed that he tacitly agreed, but he did not mention it openly. He needed to think about it further.
No matter what, Li Tong's promotion was great news, as he was in the Ministry of Revenue, which had real power. For this, Princess Changping rewarded the servants with half a month's salary, and the palace was filled with joy, more lively than the New Year.
When Li Ang learned about it, his face was filled with joy, and he thought to himself: I will play more with Xuanfu when I go to school. It won't be a big deal even if I am laughed at by other royal family members.
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On the way out of the palace, Xu Xiaoman wanted to understand why Li Tong was promoted. He was not really stupid. Although he did not like to study and could not write beautiful articles, he could read. In those years, Zhong Yun always grabbed him to teach him how to write, and punished him when he did not write well.
Don't mention that.
Zhong Yun wanted to form cliques for him. In addition to his territory of Dongchang, it seemed that he also wanted to place a pawn among the civil officials in the court... As for the purpose, Xu Xiaoman has not figured it out yet, but it doesn't matter.
Zhong Yun won't harm him.
The news of Li Tong's promotion spread throughout the various prefectures of Shengdu on the day he was promoted. The reason behind it was definitely not because the emperor remembered his relationship with his cousin Princess Changping.
Emperor Ningwu was not that kind of person.
"So you suddenly took a fancy to Li Tong's talent?"
"...Li Tong has been staying in Taiping Temple all year round. He is a minor official of the seventh rank and does not even have the identity to enter the Left Palace. How can he have the opportunity to meet the emperor? And he is impressed by his talent." It's really funny.
"Besides, there are so many places to go and so many times to get promoted. Why did he have to choose today? And he is filling Ming Jue's position. Ming Jue was arrested yesterday, and the evidence has not been released yet. He has not been dismissed yet. Your Majesty clearly believes in the East Factory."
"And today at the palace school, Tian Wenhe has done a lot of good fortune."
"I heard that it was Duo Fu who started it first—"
"No matter who made the first move, isn't it clear what the Holy Will is now?"
"I heard that Zhao Erxi was asking about the whole thing in Chongming Hall today. First, the group of people close to Tian Wenhe started talking. Zhao Erxi asked several times, and finally Li Ang stood up..."
"Li Ang? Li Tong's son, you are not trying to say that the current emperor promoted his father because Li Ang spoke for Duo Xinfu, right?!"
The transfer of court officials is no joke.
"Then tell me why Li Tong doesn't have any talent."
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Could it really be because of this?
The emperor trusted and valued Xu Xiaoman, so he was biased towards Xu Xiaoman's adopted son? No way.
It is said that emperors are ruthless. The previous emperor massacred all the members of his wife's family, and his son Zhongrui wanted to kill his other brothers. But now this emperor is so loyal and righteous that he values the official position of a eunuch. This is - too unbelievable.
Officials have complicated thoughts, it's no exaggeration to say they have very clever minds. After some discussion, they avoided the 'simple and correct answer' - Emperor Ningwu wanted to support Xuan Fu, and he was just a small official anyway, so after testing Li Tong, he would let him go and give it a try, and if he failed, he would replace him.
Li Tong is timid, or to put it nicely, cautious, not greedy, and careful in doing things.
There is of course a deeper meaning, but these officials dared not think about it no matter how hard they tried - Emperor Ningwu was paving the way for his beloved eunuch to become the empress, and although the chess piece is small, he should plan it slowly.
In short, these officials went around in circles and found what they thought was the correct answer.
The emperor used the Chongming Palace Academy to clean up the Ministry of Revenue. When Taizu was alive, he did not like the dominance of aristocratic families, and advocated the selection of talents for official positions through the imperial examination rather than the recommendation of aristocratic families. Forty years have passed, and now half of the people standing in the court seem to have come from the imperial examination, but they are all minor officials.
The real power and lucrative positions still fall into the hands of the aristocratic families.
Thinking of this, everyone fell silent. No one dared to speak further. They just hoped that the emperor thought Tian Ming was too arrogant and domineering and only wanted to deal with Tian.
The situation in the court was unpredictable and turbulent. Two days later, at the morning court, there was no memorial to the emperor that originally implicated Xu Xiaoman of the East Factory for arbitrarily arresting people. Everyone was trying to protect themselves, and Tian Ming hinted several times, but no one stood up.
Two days later, Xu Xiaoman, the chief of the East Factory, submitted a memorial to the emperor, listing the evidence of Tian Ming's crimes, including reselling official positions, embezzling disaster relief funds, and condoning officials to accept bribes and disregard human lives. Each and every one of these crimes was unforgivable.
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However, within just five days, the Minister of Revenue Tian Ming fell, and more than a dozen officials were implicated. Shengdu and local prefectures were all transferred. Those who should be dismissed were dismissed, their properties were confiscated, and some were executed or exiled. Naturally, there were also officials transferred from prefectures to Shengdu.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the court became serious.
The palace school was suspended for two days. On the third day, the young masters from all the mansions went to the palace to attend school as usual. However, the atmosphere was different this time. There were people missing in the palace. Tian Wenhe was not there, and Du Chong and others who usually played well with Tian Wenhe were not there either. It was said that Master Du was sent to another place.
Some people stayed away from Li Ang, while others came closer and played together.
Everyone knows that Li Ang's father got a promotion.
It must be because I helped many people speak.
Xuan Fu did not come to class as he is still recovering from his injuries.
Everyone was chattering away, unable to hold back. The small group was beginning to break up.
Many blessings of 'recovering from injury': It's so boring.
At the same time, he hoped that his father could come back earlier, because in the past few days, the emperor father had called him over for dinner at noon and in the evening. The food was very good, and the imperial chef's cooking was delicious, but in the middle of the night, he stood by the bed with a sullen face and silently tucked in his quilt.
So scared!!!
I also told him bedtime stories. Manyu Fu: Whose bedtime story is "History and Theory", which is like listening to English and mathematics, but the effect is immediate and he falls asleep.
Just as Fu was muttering, the Tian case finally came to an end.
On this day, Xuanduofu had just finished breakfast. Zhuyue and the others were afraid that he would be bored, so they brought some toys to play with him, such as "pearl version marbles", rocking horses, ancient version of jigsaw puzzles, etc. The way of playing had not changed for several days, making him feel that he was the one playing with them.
"The Lord Governor is here."
Xuanyuefu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he dropped the jigsaw puzzle in his hand and ran out. Xu Xiaoman changed his clothes and looked energetic. He came back last night and ran to Zhongyun when he saw that the child was sleeping soundly.
We agreed to stay for three days.
Zhong Yun personally gave his beloved eunuch a bath, served the Nine Thousand Year Old Man a midnight snack, and then took a nap while holding Xu Xiaoman in his arms.
Xu Xiaoman was so shocked that she pulled Zhong Yun's face, her expression was like: You changed people? !
"You've been up all night. If you don't sleep, I'll tell you if you've been replaced."
Xu Xiaoman was so scared that he closed his eyes and mumbled, "I'm going to sleep."
She was pretending to sleep, but soon after she finished speaking, she nestled in Zhong Yun's arms and slept soundly. They had breakfast together in the morning, and Jiu Qian Sui said to Emperor Ningwu a little shyly but generously: Last night didn't count as a night because we didn't do it.
Emperor Ningwu: ...
This fool.
"Nine thousand years old is really fair and just."
"Hehehe, who is like you? If I say three nights, then it means three nights."
He's showing off again.
Emperor Ningwu felt itchy when he saw this. He wanted this silly face begging for mercy under him tomorrow night - it could be on her body too, as Lengzi also liked to sit on top of her.
The Ninth Prince had no idea, and when he returned to the East Factory, he did not forget to drag him down: I said I didn't want it anymore but you shamelessly gave it to me. This is what it means to keep your word, so learn from me.
Emperor Ningwu: ...
At this time, the energetic Jiu Qiansui saw the cub happily jumping towards him, and was extremely happy.
This father-in-law is the most trustworthy and manly husband and father in the world, Xu Xiaoman thought.
"Dad will take you out of the palace to play today."
Xuanyunfu jumped for joy, "Dad! You are so kind, wise and brave dad!"
"Hehehe." Duoduo has good vision, just like him!
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Jiu Qiansui secretly treats Emperor Ningwu as his own wife.
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