When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but fell into silence.
Empress Ma persuaded her while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, please don't forget that the things he did are extremely secretive, and only a few people know about them. In the eyes of the world, he is still the man who has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Originally, he was the one who made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor only rewarded him with the title of earl, which is already a harsh treatment in the eyes of the world. If we do it again now, it will be a heavy blow to the emperor's prestige."
Lao Zhu's heart was filled with hatred, but he had to admit that what the queen said made sense. The world was complaining about him being made a count when his merits were enough to be granted the title of Duke. If they were to attack him, then Lao Zhu himself
I estimate that his prestige may be cut in half.
But Lao Zhu wanted to let it go, but he was unwilling to do so. After taking a deep breath, Lao Zhu seemed to have thought of something that made him feel heavy, and said with a solemn expression: "If it's just because of these, it's not like I can't let it go."
.But Han Du..."
"What nonsense is this bastard talking about?"
Empress Ma now just wants Han Du to stand in front of her so that she can slap her mouth twice to relieve her anger. Why does this insignificant person dare to say anything in front of the emperor?
Lao Zhu shook his head, "He didn't say anything. I don't know if he didn't know or didn't dare to say it. I noticed it from what he said."
Although the emperor's words were soft, an extremely solemn atmosphere was suppressed like a mountain. Even a person like Queen Ma, who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, couldn't help but be cautious and asked in a pensive voice: "What is the emperor doing?"
What did you notice?"
Lao Zhu was silent for a while and did not answer Empress Ma directly. Instead, he asked, "Sister, do you know why I had to force him to calculate the national fortune in the first place?"
Empress Ma was stunned when she heard this. When the emperor asked him to predict the fate of the country, he was indeed a little anxious, but Empress Ma thought that was the emperor's original intention. Now it seems that there may be a hidden meaning in it?
"Why?"
There was a hint of coldness in Lao Zhu's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "That's because I heard at that time that someone had approved the national destiny for the pseudo-Yuan Emperor."
Queen Ma's eyes widened when she heard this. She really didn't know about this matter. Someone actually approved the national destiny of the former Yuan Dynasty?
"What was the result of that criticism?"
"Haha..." Lao Zhu chuckled, his face quickly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice, "There will be no national destiny for a hundred years..."
Empress Ma immediately calculated in her mind that from the time Kublai Khan named the country Yuan to the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition to expel the Yuan Dynasty and capture Dadu, there were only ninety-eight years.
"This, is it really less than a hundred years old?" Queen Ma exclaimed in surprise.
Only then did she understand why the emperor was so eager to predict the fate of the country. If there was such a precedent, then the emperor's behavior would be understandable. Because this criticism was so accurate that no one could tolerate it.
No respect. Especially the emperor, who worked hard to establish the Ming Dynasty. How could he not want to know how long the Ming Dynasty's national destiny will last?
Although Empress Ma didn't know where the emperor knew this criticism, she could imagine how the emperor would feel when he knew this.
"But didn't Han Du say that the predictions about the national destiny are all fake? Is it possible that this is so accurate?" Queen Ma asked doubtfully.
Lao Zhu snorted coldly, "There are only two possibilities, either someone is playing tricks, or there is an artificial push..." When he said the last sentence, Lao Zhu's expression became very scary, and even
Queen Ma had never seen such a terrifying emperor.
"This, this is impossible?" Queen Ma felt cold all over, and she could clearly feel goosebumps crawling all over her body. Her lips trembled, and she said in disbelief: "That's Yuan Ting, who has such great power, can
To overthrow it? This is impossible!!!”
If there is such a power, then it was able to destroy the Yuan Dynasty more than ten years ago, then will it destroy the Ming Dynasty in the future? What is even more paradoxical is that Emperor Yuan once asked someone to approve the fortune, and got the approval of "No Hundred Years of National Destiny"
Said; now the Ming Dynasty also has the signature of "There will be no national destiny for three hundred years", this...
Although Empress Ma knows that there is no sustainable country in the world, and although the fortune of the country in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty is much better than that of the pre-Yuan Dynasty, even if the Ming Dynasty perishes in three hundred years, it will still be nothing in the history books.
Waiting for a long-lasting dynasty, but this does not mean that Queen Ma will accept someone attacking the Ming Dynasty in the future.
If it was a normal intermittent life and death, if it was defeated at the hands of her unscrupulous descendants, Queen Ma would not say anything. However, it is absolutely not allowed that the destruction of the Ming Dynasty was caused by someone's evil hands.
It's one thing to live and die intermittently, but it's another thing to have someone pull the strings.
"Is it impossible? We thought it was impossible at first, but after listening to Han Du's words, the more we think about it, the more we think it is possible." Lao Zhu said in a faint tone, looked at Queen Ma and asked: "Sister, we all
He is someone who has experienced the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. If you think about it carefully, were the pseudo-Yuan people at that time really in such a state that the people were in dire straits?"
Queen Ma hesitated, not knowing how to answer this question. As far as she knew, the life of the Han people at that time was indeed quite miserable, but due to her wealthy family, she really had no idea what life at the bottom was like.
It's not very clear.
Lao Zhu did not expect Queen Ma to answer, and continued to talk to himself: "Well, even if the people were really in dire straits at that time, then since the uprising of various rebel armies, everyone's life has become much better? Girls always
You don’t think that this recurrence will be so big in such a short period of time, right? We remember very clearly that at that time, we led the rebel army in all directions, and even if we captured a small county town, we would get rich harvests of gold, silver, and copper coins.
Food, cloth, and all kinds of supplies are all available."
"Do you think, with so much supplies, the people will really be in dire straits? Unless the county official is crazy, otherwise such a thing will not happen. Even if a county official is crazy, the entire pseudo-Yuan court cannot be
Are you crazy?"
Queen Ma listened silently, speechless.
Lao Zhu seemed to be brought back to the days of fighting in all directions by his own words. He looked relaxed and said: "Speaking of it, we really feel that those days were easier and faster than now. Gold, silver, jewels, food and cloth can be obtained casually.
When you come to a city, you have everything. It's not like the current imperial court which has been in deficit year after year and lives in extremely tight circumstances."
Having said this, Lao Zhu suddenly paused. Two gleams of light shone in his eyes. He suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the room.
Empress Ma didn't know what the emperor had in mind, but it seemed that the matter was not trivial, so even though she was doubtful, she did not disturb the emperor.