Mrs. Zhang sat in a daze, as if she had aged more than ten years in an instant.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by.
The light inside the glass cover was still bright, but the curtains and window screens beside the bed kept shaking, creating a messy reflection under the light.
"No, no!" Ms. Zhang suddenly took Xu Huizu's hand and said loudly, "What you said is wrong. If you can think of this, the Supreme Emperor must also be able to think of it. You also said that he loves the prince the most and will never allow him to live for a hundred years.
Later, someone threatened the crown prince’s position..."
"That's another point!" Xu Huizu comforted his wife and forced a smile, "In addition, a deeper point! It is also the point that... scares me the most!"
"Say it quickly! Say it quickly!" Mrs. Zhang said urgently.
"Your Majesty is in his prime years, the most powerful years for a man, and he has a rift in his chest to plan for eternal inheritance." Xu Huizu said, "The Emperor is here, and the Emperor is unwilling to make a big move. After a hundred years, the Emperor will definitely implement the New Deal in a drastic manner and wipe out the Emperor.
A chronic disease that has not been resolved for more than thirty years."
"Does that have anything to do with this?" Ms. Zhang asked.
Xu Huizu smiled and said, "Yes!" He said, sighing for a while, "Let me ask you, what do you rely on to do your job?"
Zhang was speechless, these words were a bit profound for a woman of her family.
"We rely on people to do things!" Xu Huizu continued, "In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the disease of chronic disease has existed in all dynasties. If it is not obvious now, it will become a national disaster in a few decades. However, the root cause of the disease also lies in people, in a large group of people.
"
"If the emperor wants to replace these people, he must rely on people. He must rely on his trustworthy ministers to implement his ideas."
"But this process is bound to cause backlash and even turmoil. My Xu family, and the Tang family, Xian Fei's mother's family, are the emperor's in-laws and naturally have to side with the emperor. Moreover, a noble family like ours can also stabilize military power.
.”
Zhang was puzzled, "Isn't it a good thing for the emperor to reuse him?"
"Okay? Ha!" Xu Huizu smiled bitterly, "The same thing is true. The Emperor is in his prime, and the monarch and his ministers will be together for a long time. Sometimes it is impossible to be an official without party. Just imagine, if the Emperor uses us for twenty years, what will happen to us after our death?
How big of a crowd will it be?”
"If this group of people is used well, they will be loyal ministers and good generals. If not used well, they will threaten the imperial power. They will not lose their tail. When the time comes, when the princes are older and have the desire to compete for the throne, they will even have different ambitions and fight in teams!"
The words are more profound, and Mrs. Zhang doesn’t understand them even more.
"Li Shan has learned from Hu Weiyong's mistakes!" Xu Huizu sighed.
"Our family is different from theirs!" Mrs. Zhang said loudly.
"At that time, when we reach that position, it will be the same!" Xu Huizu smiled bitterly in a low voice, "And taking our family as an example, we are the founding county prince, the hereditary Duke, the prince's maternal family, and there is also a noble concubine in the palace.
Tell me, how powerful is it?"
"The founding fathers of the country hold high positions of power and have remained standing for decades. I am scared to think about it myself!" Xu Huizu sighed helplessly, "When the time comes, once involved in the turmoil, will we be able to escape unscathed?"
"You are a woman, so it is normal that you do not understand these words. I am a man, and my father has taught me to take one step at a time and see ten steps since I was a child. I have been cautious these years because I am afraid of getting involved in any right or wrong."
As he said that, Xu Huizu looked out the window and his expression became solemn, "Suppose that my younger sister marries into the palace as a concubine and gives birth to a prince. And the emperor favors me. In twenty years, once I am involved in the prince's heir apparent, the Xu family...
..will be destroyed in one day!”
"Don't scare me!" Ms. Zhang was stunned.
"Are you scared?" Xu Huizu said with a smile, "To be honest, the Emperor really means it. When the time comes, not only our family, but also those noble families who have been rich and prosperous for decades will not be able to escape!"
"Impossible, it's impossible for the Supreme Emperor to live until..."
"So, he took off the noose first. As long as he goes the right way, someone will definitely fall into the noose and be strangled to death!" Xu Huizu clenched his fists.
"Why?" There were tears in Zhang's eyes.
"The country!" Xu Huizu said with a bitter smile, "There are no military relatives, no powerful ministers, and no inherited family. In the Ming Dynasty, except for the emperor, the rest are people who rely on the emperor to give them fame and wealth."
"The Supreme Emperor loves the Emperor so much, how could he allow several aristocratic families to be born in the next few decades? The Supreme Emperor loves the prince so much, how could he allow a large group of people in the future who will need his precious great-grandson to put aside his stature to please?"
"Actually, if the emperor doesn't have someone he likes to help in the future, he may not tolerate us for so many years!"
Mrs. Zhang burst into tears and trembled all over.
It is true that she is a woman, but she still remembers the tragic scene when blood flowed into rivers in the capital and noble ministers fell to the ground with their heads.
Suddenly, she went crazy, "No way, you are overthinking!" She continued, "Tai Shuanghuang is the Supreme Emperor, and the Emperor is the Emperor. The Supreme Emperor will be dead by then, and the Emperor cannot treat my family.
..."
"The emperor is the emperor!" Xu Huizu smiled bitterly, "If the old prince were here, I wouldn't think about this at all. But the coldness in the bones of the current emperor is exactly the same as that of the old emperor." He said, sighing, "Taiying is a great and upright person.
If you can’t be an emperor, at least you can’t be a good emperor!”
"It's impossible. Who knows what will happen in twenty years. By then the prince will be old, and the emperor may not..."
"Definitely!" Xu Huizu interrupted Zhang, "The emperor will definitely give the throne to the prince. Even if the prince dies young, he will give it to the prince's son!" As he said, he looked at his wife and said seriously, "Why did the emperor choose
The emperor knows better than me. For the sake of the country and the country, as long as the prince is not violent or faint, he must be the prince. Even if the prince dies, the emperor will train the prince’s eldest son!"
"And at that time, the emperor will definitely not allow some people in the court who can affect the strength of his sons."
Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a long time, "How could the emperor be so ruthless?"
"You are a woman and haven't read much. If you had read, you would know that all the kings who have done great things throughout the ages are ruthless people!" Xu Huizu stroked his wife's temples, "Throughout the dynasties, there have been many kings in the court.
There will be a major purge every twenty years, or at least ten years, and no one can escape!"
In fact, he still had something left unsaid in his heart. He couldn't say it, and he didn't even dare to say it.
That is, the Supreme Emperor seems to have been tolerant of these noble families in recent years. In fact, the Supreme Emperor has always had murderous intentions.
The wealth and honor belong to his Zhu family, and only his Zhu family can inherit it in an orderly manner and be honored for all generations.
The emperor will reuse the second generation of these nobles in the future, which is the way for these noble families to die. The emperor has seen more conspiracies and tricks in his life than anyone else, and he is not only good at killing people. He can make people make a family...
Ten thousand ways will lead to a disaster.
"I'm not getting married!" Mrs. Zhang suddenly grabbed Xu Huizu's hand, "I'm not getting married. As for the head of the family, I will go to the palace tomorrow and tell Concubine Hui that I'm not getting married!" She said, bursting into tears, "You don't want to marry this official?"
Is it okay to do it? Our family will never be able to finish it in a few lifetimes, so we won’t be an official anymore. Let’s go back to our hometown in Fengyang, eat and drink without asking about these things, and live our own lives behind closed doors, okay?”
"Okay, okay!" Xu Huizu said softly, "But as a minister of the Ming Dynasty..."
"What's the benefit of being a minister of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhang asked anxiously, "Knowing that someone is plotting against you..."
"You don't understand!" Xu Huizu shook his head, "You don't understand men's affairs. As a minister, you can't help yourself. My father wrote to me before his death. No matter what, I, the Xu family, must be loyal ministers and filial sons of the Ming Dynasty!"