"When there is no storm or strong rain, who can survive until the clouds open and the moon shines brightly." [Water Margin]
In May, Fu Shou finally gave birth to the emperor's second son, who was named Liu by the emperor on the day he was born, which made him famous. When this child with extraordinary significance was one month old, his biological mother Fu Shou
The second queen who was officially canonized as the emperor.
This post seemed a little late for Fu Shou. In fact, after Empress Dong was deposed, everyone in the palace unanimously believed that this position belonged to her. This was indeed the case. Even the emperor was canonizing
The night before, he told her personally: "You deserve it."
Fu Shou looked at his son sleeping soundly in the gauze tent and expressed some anxiety: "I don't know what to do..."
"How to be a queen?" The emperor took the circular fan from Fu Shou's hand to repel mosquitoes. The somewhat old fan still clearly outlined the lines that the emperor had drawn by hand. He looked over it over and over.
Yuan Fan said softly: "You don't have to deliberately learn what to do. You are already good enough. What you were before will be what you will do in the future. It's just a change of position."
He lowered his head and looked at the fat white boy who was sleeping soundly in the tent. He didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly said with emotion: "I was not born to be an emperor. There were so many hardships in the middle, but didn't I get to where I am today step by step? There are too many fates in life.
, who could have predicted what would happen in the future?”
"Your Majesty." Fu Shou quickly stopped and said half-annoyingly, "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"
"I'm just feeling a little emotional." The emperor returned the fan to Fu Shou, looked at his son for the last time, and said jokingly: "This boy is lucky. He has everything in his life."
Only then did Fu Shou realize that the emperor was recalling his tragic childhood. Her heart softened and she pulled the emperor to stand up: "What happened today? Just say these words."
"I don't know why I remembered the past, so I talked too much." The emperor chuckled and let Fu Shou pull him to the couch and sit down. After taking a sip of tea, he added: "But he is indeed blessed.
Yes, you will be the queen tomorrow, and he will be the eldest son. From now on...'
"Your Majesty." Knowing that her child will be the future prince, Fu Shou was naturally happy, but she did not express it in words, but interrupted at the right time: "The child is still young, it is too early to say this.
."
In the Han Dynasty, the prince was always established at the age of seven or eight, and he was established as the prince as soon as he was born. This had never happened before.
Emperor Fushou Xinyue had hidden meaning in his words, but she did not dare to reveal it. She just changed the topic lightly and did not want to talk in depth. Anyway, after tomorrow, she will be the queen of the Han Dynasty, and her child will be the eldest son.
If anything unexpected happens, the future heir apparent is almost certain, so there is absolutely no need for her to fight for it now.
"He's still young. Let's wait until he grows up. Then I will choose a few virtuous teachers and friends for him to teach him, that's all." The emperor also felt that it was too early, so he just said softly and sat down.
On the couch, he no longer mentioned the matter, but suddenly asked: "What do you think about the eldest son of the emperor?"
When mentioning Liu Xi, the eldest son of the emperor, Song Du was bound to be mentioned. Fu Shou's heart skipped a beat and he took advantage of the situation and said: "Song Du is the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor. Now that I have a newborn son, I'm afraid I can't take care of him..."
"Then let her live in your current place for the time being. Just let her take care of the eldest son of the emperor." The emperor sighed softly and said: "Now Zhen Mi and Wu Ran in the palace are pregnant. From now on, you
You need to remember more."
"I know this," Fu Shou nodded.
The emperor took a deep look at Fu Shou and finally said reassuringly: "Of course I believe you."
The next day, Fu Shou was officially enthroned as empress. The emperor granted a special amnesty to the whole world. Those who were not pardoned for the most heinous crimes would have their crimes reduced to one level and be exiled to farm in Jiaozhou, Youzhou, Liangzhou and other border areas nearby. Those who committed serious crimes were commuted to government labor for twenty years.
Once in Chengdu, he rushed to a government project and was released from the misdemeanor.
Fu Shou's father, Zuo Zhonglang General, Bu Qihou Fu Wan was moved to the position of General Wei, adding thousands of households to the city. His eldest brother Fu Debai was made the Captain of Fengche, and his second brother Fu Yabai was made the Prince Sheren.
The younger brothers Fu Jun, Fu Zun, and Fulang were sent to the Imperial College to study and receive careers.
Because Fu Shou was established as a queen, the Fu family became famous almost overnight. The Fu family, which had been busy with traffic in recent times, was now even more bustling with people coming and going in an endless stream.
Fu Wan was originally worried about slander and fear of ridicule, but the Dong family was not far away. He didn't want to be so public, but it couldn't stop the excitement of his sons, so he had to open the middle door wide to welcome guests. He was thinking about the recent past.
It was the birth of the legitimate eldest son, and his daughter was named queen. It was a happy event for the family and the country to celebrate together. After thinking about it for a while, Fuwan just let it go.
As a result, the Fu family's reputation grew stronger and stronger. Considering that the other party had many heirs and was very powerful, some good people gradually compared the Fu family with the Wang family.
Only the two brothers of the Wang family supported each other. In Wang Fu's eyes, their own limelight was overshadowed by the other's. However, his brother Wang Duan was not worried but was happy and even sent someone to give Fu Wan a congratulatory gift.
Wang Fu knew that the relationship between the two families was not incompatible, but he couldn't bear to see the ebb and flow of the other. On this day, he couldn't help but go to find Wang Duan. He happened to see Wang Duan, who was Xiumu at home, holding his infant daughter and coaxing her.
Sitting next to her was Mi Zhen, who had just given birth.
"You're here just in time." Wang Duan was wearing Yanju's regular clothes, and his wide collar was wrinkled by the baby. He couldn't get away for a while. When he saw Wang Fu coming, he immediately said: "Your sister-in-law has prepared some gifts, pick them up for me."
Let’s go to Mi’s house.”
"Is there any happy event?" Wang Fu asked doubtfully. He remembered that there seemed to be some noise just now, and he didn't know what they were celebrating.
"Second brother has been favored by the emperor and has been appointed as Zhao Xiang. He will take up his post in a few days." Mi Zhen chuckled softly, her smile still bright and kind.
"Is this true?" Wang Fu asked in surprise. Mi Fang was very generous. Although he was much older than Wang Fu, they often interacted with each other because of their relatives. Since Mi Fang lost to Yuan Shu's offensive in Xuzhou a few years ago,
Since returning to the imperial court, he has been holding the post of Captain Fengche. Now, somehow, things have turned around and he has been worshiped as the Prime Minister of the country, and he is...
Prime Minister Zhao!
The birthplace of their Wang family is Handan, State of Zhao!
Now that a relative of his own is serving as the Prime Minister of Zhao, the status and power of the Wang family in Zhao will naturally be different in the future, and even the King of Zhao cannot underestimate him.
Wang Fu knew that there must be the emperor's intention in this, and perhaps it was also because Wang Duan, Mi Zhu and others contributed to it, but the emperor's appointment at this time greatly appeased Wang Fu, and at the same time reiterated Wang's wishes from the side.
status.
"I'm going over right now. It's been a long time since I've been back to my hometown, so I just asked Mi Zifang to do something for me..." After saying that, he hurriedly took the gift list, greeted others and got ready to go out.
Wang Duan frowned and warned: "Just stay calm and please don't mess with the rules for personal matters!"
The other party left like a breeze, forgetting even what he wanted to say when he came.
Wang Duan sighed. In fact, he was not very happy about this matter. Mi Fang's appointment as the governor of his hometown would indeed bring various conveniences to the Wang family, but it would also bring more inconvenience. The content of the conversation with the emperor that day was that he
He still kept it in mind, knowing that if Wang Fu made another mistake, he would be driven back to the Kingdom of Zhao, and now appointing Mi Fang as the Prime Minister of Zhao...perhaps it was the last "goodwill" that the emperor had preset for him.
In fact, Mi Zhu didn't want Mi Fang to be the Prime Minister of Zhao. The land of Hebei was full of powerful people. Even Wang Yi, the governor of Jizhou, implemented the New Deal according to the Hedong model. He didn't think that Wang Yi, Chen Deng, Liu Ye, and Tian Chou were defeated by the emperor.
In Jizhou, where all the capable officials who have been praised are troublesome, my mediocre brother will be like a duck in water.
According to Mi Zhu's plan, they should take the path of Sang Hongyang who calculated his fortune to become an official. Now he is a big agricultural minister, and his chief minister is evenly defeated. It is precisely because he can uphold the emperor's wishes and serve himself
With great ambition, he greatly innovated the fiscal and taxation system of the imperial court and created a system model that would last for hundreds of years.
In his imagination, Mi Fang should serve as the captain of Shuiheng, and be in charge of the casting of the money of the three officials of Shanglin and the storage of property. First, Mi Fang had also participated in the family business, so he was not unfamiliar with this business method;
It was Taichang Chen Ji, who was in his seventies, who collapsed from exhaustion after completing the ceremonies such as deposing and establishing the queen. He fell seriously ill. He went to the funeral home several times and saw that he was about to die.
From Mi Zhu's point of view, regardless of his reputation, family background, and uncle-nephew relationship with Zhou Yu, as well as his support from the side, there is almost no suspense for Zhou Zhong to serve as Taichang. After Zhou Zhong left, the Zhou family reciprocated the favor.
As well as his own operations, will it be difficult for Mi Fang to take over as Captain of Shuiheng?
Unfortunately……
Seeing Mi Fang, who had been sitting on the bench for several years and was finally promoted to the head of the county, smiling and accepting the flattery of his slaves as "lord of the house", Mi Zhu didn't know what to say.
"After you go to Zhao State, do you know what to do?" Finally, Mi Zhu couldn't help but remind you: "I have to tell you again, Jizhou today is not a kind place."
"I know." Mi Fang waved his hand carelessly and said: "The prince of Jizhou has not received the imperial edict, so he can't be cruel to those powerful families for a while, and he is still a little cautious. In my opinion, he still has to learn from the Anping Prefect Man Chong.
, Wang Xiu, the governor of Hejian, tortured these lawless powerful people with severe methods. Fortunately, there is an explicit edict now..."
"What are you talking about?" Mi Zhu was startled by him and didn't know where the other party got the news: "Is there any clear edict from the imperial court?"
"Isn't this the edict to remove Wubai?" Mi Fang said doubtfully: "It was issued not long ago to abolish the self-built forts built by refugees and to investigate the powerful Wubai in various counties. Now some people are talking that the imperial court will issue an edict next.
Wubi is being abolished in various places. Brother, you also know that to those people, Wubi is like a small town in ancient times. It is surrounded by high walls and deep ditches. It is a world of its own within. You can't help but obey the order. The imperial court wants to destroy Wubi.
,How could those people agree?"
Mi Zhu didn't expect that the other party could see so far, or maybe the intention behind the edict was obvious and undisguised. Although he didn't know what kind of struggle it would cause in the end, Jizhou, which the emperor had high hopes for, would definitely be the fiercest.
It may be another good way for Mi Fang to go to Jizhou to serve as Prime Minister.
At this moment, Wang Fu came over in a hurry. He originally wanted to say congratulations, but he heard some news on the way and couldn't help but share it with the Mi brothers: "Have you heard? Taichang Chen Gong has just died of illness."
This incident had been in Mi Zhu's expectation. When he heard the news, he remained unmoved, but he still felt a little regretful about the arrangement he had originally planned for Mi Fang.
Mi Fang was startled, asked the reason quickly, and then opened his mouth to discuss: "I don't know who the next Taichang will be? The most famous ministers in the court are not among the nine ministers, but Dr. Guanglu
Zheng Gong, Zhongsan doctor Xu Gong, and Taizhong doctor Chen Gong..."
From Mi Zhu's point of view, it doesn't matter who he is right now, but he can help a group of Zhous with the purpose of forming a good relationship... He stopped the upcoming personnel discussion between the two, so as not to miss the point.
Of course, Mi Zhu, who cannot get benefits in exchange, will not devote all his efforts to helping the Zhou family. It is still unclear what the final result will be.
The death of Chen Ji does not mean that Jiu Qing is absent, and it is not the most heated discussion at home and abroad. Chen Ji was born in the Chen family of Yingchuan, and his death means that there is one less scholar in Yingchuan.
A celebrity with great reputation.
This is undoubtedly a blow to the Yingchuan family, not to mention that the court will further attack the old powerful men. The personal position of Cao Cao, the upstart of the court who has a close relationship with the Yingchuan scholars, is worth paying attention to.