As if he understood Ning Ning's expression, Zhou Mingyu said proudly: "Mr. Ning, don't have that expression. You know who I am. Even if I give a perfunctory answer, the content is more reliable than the information bought from outside."

"So, if you analyze it seriously with me, you can also analyze a history of Daliang?"

Zhou Mingyu just smiled without saying anything and silently pulled out a piece of paper from the bottom of the drawing paper.

"You take a look at this first."

"?"

Ning Ning took it with confusion and was shocked when she saw the result. It was a list of court positions.

At first glance, it turns out that the organizational structure of Daliang is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, mainly using a system similar to the three provinces and six ministries.

At the top is the emperor, followed by the left and right prime ministers, then the six ministries of engineering, military, civil service, household, punishment and rituals, and below that each ministry is further divided.

For example, the Ministry of Justice, in addition to the Minister of Justice, has left and right vice ministers, and four departments, namely: the Qing History Department, the Siwu Department, the Zhaomo Office, and the Siyu Department. Each department has two directors and deputy directors.

However, Zhou Mingyu did not elaborate on those below the fifth rank.

He pointed to a name on the list and said, "Liu Yuzhou, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, is the person that Ah Qi asked me to focus on. Do you know who he is?"

"Who?" Ning Ning asked.

"He himself does not hold a high position, but he has a powerful niece. He is the uncle of the current Empress Dowager."

"?" Ning Ning still had her eyes wide open with a confused look on her face.

The two stared at each other for a while, and Zhou Mingyu finally realized: "You... you really don't know what's going on in the court."

Ning Ning nodded honestly: "Please explain this to me."

Zhou Mingyu sighed and could only continue to explain the content.

"Your Majesty, do you understand?"

"Yeah." Ning Ning nodded.

"The current emperor was enthroned as the emperor in times of crisis, but he is still young..."

Zhou Mingyu began to talk to Ning Ning about the situation in Daliang.

Ning Ning had always believed that the empress dowager was ruling the country from behind the scenes after the young emperor ascended the throne, and that the court was a competition between the empress dowager, the ministers, and Prince Ju. After Zhou Mingyu's detailed explanation, she realized that there was actually a concubine dowager between the empress dowager and the young emperor.

In other words, the empress dowager was the young emperor's legal mother, but the concubine dowager was the young emperor's biological mother.

The Queen Mother had only one princess and no sons, so the little emperor was fostered under the Queen Mother's name. This was very normal for the court and even for the aristocratic families.

If the late emperor had not passed away and everything had gone smoothly, the young emperor would have been grateful that he was being fostered under the name of the "Queen". After all, only in this way would he be qualified to ascend the throne.

But now, the emperor suddenly passed away, and the little emperor suddenly became the eldest, and his biological mother began to have all kinds of thoughts.

The first step is naturally to constantly promote your own family.

Look, in addition to the little emperor's grandfather, even his uncles were brought up and not only given mansions but also titles.

Admittedly, this is understandable. After all, the young emperor has ascended the throne, so it is understandable that he would raise his biological mother's status.

However, if the 100,000 taels of gold involved Liu Yuzhou, things would become troublesome.

No wonder Shang Wenqi had that look on his face last night.

Behind Liu Yanzhou is the Concubine Dowager. If the matter is related to him, it means that this is not an ordinary party struggle in the court, but a struggle in the harem.

The question is, what does the concubine want with these 100,000 taels of gold?

Ning Ning was very confused. Theoretically, the most practical thing to do was to station troops and buy food and fodder.

But the Queen Mother's son had already become the emperor, so there was no need for her to gather troops for rebellion. To put it bluntly, her biggest enemy was the Queen Mother.

It wouldn't take 100,000 taels of gold to kill the Queen Mother, right? Besides, the Queen Mother wasn't a gold official, so whether the gold was lost or not shouldn't have any impact on her.

Ning Ning couldn't figure it out.

Zhou Mingyu shook his head: "I am only responsible for telling you the situation in the court. You can only find out the conclusions yourself. In short, this is the situation about Liu Yuzhou. Is there anything else you want to know?"

"How about Prince Ju also speak up? And the two prime ministers on the left and right."

Zhou Mingyu raised his eyebrows and looked at her strangely.

"What's wrong?" Ning Ning was puzzled again: "We can't talk about these?"

No way, we have already talked about the palace secrets, so what are these?

Zhou Mingyu shook his head and thought to himself, this girl is quite perceptive, all her questions were about the people at the core of the court dispute.

He couldn't help but point again to the two prime ministers on the left and right under the emperor's seat.

"Ning Qingshan, the right prime minister of Daliang, can be said to be a legendary figure in the court. He was born in the Duke's Mansion and was a nobleman with a title at birth, but he never indulged in pleasure because of his noble status. At the age of 18, Ning Qingshan won the first place in the imperial examination, and then rose rapidly all the way to become the prime minister at the age of 25. He assisted the late emperor, the late emperor, and the current emperor, and is a well-deserved veteran of three dynasties. He is also the most upright old minister in the court."

Ning Ning nodded in understanding, and was just about to comment on how awesome this old man was when Zhou Mingyu spoke again.

"Besides, he is Prince Ju's grandfather."

“???” Ning Ning opened her eyes wide in shock: “Then…then…then doesn’t that mean…”

Prince Ju’s maternal grandfather’s family is so noble?

No wonder the Queen Mother is so wary of Prince Ju. If Prince Ju really wants to rebel, it would only take a few minutes, right?

"The Right Prime Minister did love Prince Ju very much before, but eight years ago, when Prince Ju was traveling in Bazhou, he met a beauty from Bazhou, and the Right Prime Minister didn't seem satisfied. In short, since then, there has been a rift between the grandfather and grandson, and they have rarely interacted in recent years."

"Is it that serious?" Ning Ning wondered. This was not the first time she had heard that Prince Ju was a lovesick man. She had previously heard from a storyteller that he was willing to break up with the late emperor for this beauty. Now she had heard from Zhou Mingyu that he had also broken up with his grandfather.

Although there are discrepancies in the rumors, Zhou Mingyu’s statement should be correct, right?

“We have investigated and found that although Prince Ju never had a wedding in the palace, he did marry among the common people.

His wife was indeed a famous beauty in Bazhong.

Unfortunately, the beauty was short-lived, and within a year, the lady passed away. However, the prince has been keeping vigil for his wife in Bazhou for the past eight years, and only returns to the Taimiao to fast for a month on the anniversary of the death of the former Taihuang."

"From this perspective, this prince who loves beauty more than the throne is not a big threat to the Saint."

Zhou Mingyu did not comment: "It was true before, but not long ago, envoys from other countries came to pay homage. At that time, the Minister of Rites proposed to welcome Prince Ju back and let him greet the envoys. The words implied that it was not appropriate to let outsiders see that Daliang was ruled by a woman, so as to prevent these neighboring countries from being disrespectful and provoking war."

"There's nothing wrong with thinking that way..." Ning Ning commented pertinently.

Zhou Mingyu looked at her speechlessly: "The Minister of Rites is the father of the Empress Dowager."

“……” Ning Ning.

Why does this toffee seem like she's trying to trick her kid?

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