Chapter 306 The Empress Dowager Jiang was speechless for a moment
Jiang Fang put away the article and returned to Empress Dowager Jiang. Since Jiang Fang had already found out that the top scholar Wen was an imposter, it is estimated that not all of these six people were innocent.
Empress Dowager Jiang stared at the imperial examination official and asked sternly: "The Ai family has such high hopes for you, so why did you choose such a loser for the Ai family?
Where do you put the country and the country? Where do you put the late emperor's high hopes for you? Who gave you such courage to confuse right and wrong in talent selection?"
The official was so frightened that he knelt down. He didn't expect that he had been fooling around like this in the past few years and actually overturned here.
Although Queen Mother Jiang has been interfering in government affairs in recent years, Jiang Huaigu is still there after all, and she has not gone too far and turned a blind eye to some things.
But she didn't expect that in such a short period of time, this group of people would be so bold and stuff these straw bags under her nose.
No wonder she always felt that the efficiency of the ministers in the court in recent years was very low. It turned out that their positions were occupied by this group of useless people.
If Jiang Fang hadn't reminded him in time, the court would have been in chaos by the time it was discovered. Originally, Empress Dowager Jiang had always thought that the imperial examination was the only way to attract talents, but she didn't expect that she would have created these wine bags and rice bags.
Empress Dowager Jiang closed her eyes and said, "Whoever comes, please bring them down to the Ai family. Don't taint the Ai family's eyes here!"
Just when the imperial guards from the palace came in, several people shouted that they were wronged. Jiang Fang whispered to Queen Mother Jiang: "Although some of them are idiots, I don't think it is possible for all six of them to be replaced, right?"
Queen Mother Jiang then opened her eyes and looked at the people below. One of them said: "The Queen Mother clearly knows that the common people have not participated in the fraud. This article was really written by the common people themselves. The common people can memorize it on the spot."
Jiang Fang said: "If you don't memorize someone else's article, then you really feel that there is no one in Yong State. Let me give you a chance. You can write an article and submit it later."
The man kowtowed quickly. Jiang Fang saw that the clothes on his body looked like new, so he asked someone to take him down without asking any questions.
Queen Mother Jiang was so angry that she continued to lose her temper when she returned to her palace: "Every day, do they just think that the Ai family is dead? They did this to deceive the Ai family!"
Jiang Fang followed behind and said: "Mother, you should be glad that you found out early and did not ruin your hard work over the years. In the future, you can use more close friends when selecting talents."
Queen Mother Jiang sat on the chair, waved to Jiang Fang and said, "Come here, sit here."
Queen Mother Jiang patted the seat next to her and motioned Jiang Fang to sit next to her. Jiang Fang obediently sat over. Queen Mother Jiang said: "During this period, you have been helping the Ai family.
If it weren't for you, the Ai family might not be able to move forward. This time when you go south, the Ai family knows that you escaped death. However, Huaigu has just left, and the Ai family is busy with official duties. You also know that these two princes have also returned to Beijing.
Ai Jia really wants to find time to ask you, but the matter just can’t be solved. You didn’t blame Ai Jia, right? But it’s also because Ai Jia is incompetent as a mother.”
After saying this, Empress Dowager Jiang took Jiang Fang's hand. Jiang Fang naturally pretended to be a loving mother and a filial son. Now that she is saying this, she may have discovered her usefulness again and started to play the emotional card.
Jiang Fang said: "I knew that my mother and my queen would never be like an ordinary mother and daughter, and I also knew that my mother did this just to have a better life in the future.
Is this strange or not? The son is no longer the three-year-old child. The son knows the mother's painstaking efforts. But the mother should not always feel that she owes the son. If the mother had not walked through the gate of hell, how could she have done it?
Do you have any children?"
Queen Mother Jiang stood up until Jiang Fang said this, and her heart felt relieved. She touched Jiang Fang's head and said, "If you really think so, the Ai family will feel relieved."
After speaking, Jiang Fang continued: "The two princes have come back to congratulate you on your birthday in the past few days. I'm afraid it won't be that simple, but you must not be anxious about your enthronement.
Only when the foundation is stable can we move up step by step. If the foundation is not stable, we will fall down sooner or later. If we are anxious, we will not be able to eat hot tofu.
Although the people now support it, I heard that the sons and ministers in the court still have objections, and the queen mother should find a way to defeat them one by one."
Empress Dowager Jiang's expression was solemn: "You are right. The formation of power in this court did not happen in a day or two, but it is nothing to be afraid of. It is the Yan Qingyan Pavilion that always gives the Ai family a headache."
In fact, Jiang Fang had also heard about it, but he didn't know much about it, so he asked: "Is Mr. Yan Ge the founding hero of the Yong Kingdom together with the late emperor?"
Empress Dowager Jiang nodded: "At that time, Mr. Yan Ge was still the teacher of the late emperor. He was a veteran of three dynasties and held a high position in the court. No one could challenge his position.
In addition, he has many students under his disciples, and now the mainstays in the court are basically his people. He also has a student who holds military power and controls the southeastern area.
This is what troubles the Ai family the most. He is a stubborn old man. He loudly declares that there has never been a woman in the court. The Ai family's persuasion has been to no avail. Now, he even wants to remove the Ai family from the early court, saying that it is a woman's family...
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Queen Mother Jiang sighed after speaking. Jiang Fang probably knew what kind of person Yan Qing was from Queen Mother Jiang's description.
This man is probably a male chauvinist, which is why he has never seen a woman take charge of the family. However, Jiang Fang heard that there seemed to be no heirs in his family.
The Yan family seems to be a single generation. It seems that up to Yan Qing's son Yan Chuan's generation, no one seems to have heard of having children. A chauvinistic man like Yan Qing will definitely not want to lose his family.
So Jiang Fang asked: "Mother, is there only one son in this Yange family?"
Although Empress Dowager Jiang didn't know what Jiang Fang meant by asking, she replied: "I only have one son, Yan Chuan, but it seems that I heard that there is a happy event in his family, and he should be expecting a child."
Jiang Fang was a little frustrated when he heard this. If this baby was a boy, then he would not be qualified to make Mr. Yan Ge compromise.
Otherwise, you can try artificial insemination to make an exception for him to have a grandson, in which case he won't be so strongly opposed.
At this time, Empress Dowager Jiang seemed to have remembered something and said, "It's just that his wife is pregnant with four children, and now her family has been looking for a miracle doctor to save her life."
When Jiang Fang heard this, he instantly felt confident. In ancient times, giving birth to a child meant going to hell. Today's obstetric technology is backward, and giving birth to a child is like a life-threatening situation.
But this Yan Qing family actually had four children. If it were in ancient times, she would definitely die. But who made Yan Qing lucky enough to meet him.