Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Zhang Zhao? Master said that he was a key official left by Sun Ce to assist Sun Quan. If he had no shame, he could have become a high-ranking official if he surrendered. But Sun Quan couldn't do that, so Sun Quan had to pull Zhang Zhao's people to his side."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji interjected.

He seemed to understand.

Master said that after Cao Cao went south, Zhang Zhao always advocated surrender, while Sun Quan advocated war.

Dad also said that those treacherous officials could become officials in any dynasty after serving in the Ming Dynasty, but they, the Zhu family, could not. Even if they let the insignificant Zhu family members live for a while, they would be killed sooner or later. For someone as powerful and prestigious as Grandpa, there was no way to survive from the beginning. The only thing he could do was to kill the entire palace.

That’s right!

My mother said that the treacherous officials in the capital were holding the emperor hostage to control the princes. Grandpa went back to the capital just for this.

Zhang Zhao was a bit like those treacherous ministers who assisted his cousin and were killed by his grandfather.

Sun Quan must have been surrounded by more than one Zhang Zhao, so he couldn't say it openly and could only recruit them secretly.

"Yes. Zhang Zhao, as a famous minister, could surrender to Cao, but Sun Quan, as a local overlord, could not bow to Cao Cao. So Sun Quan could only try his best to recruit people. The chapter on encouraging learning talks about the process of recruiting people. Sun Quan's sudden concern for Lu Meng seems reasonable, but in fact, it is a hidden secret. He used the smallest question to test Lu Meng, to test whether Lu Meng was willing to submit to him, and Lu Meng successfully passed Sun Quan's test."

Xu was so happy that she rubbed Zhu Zhanji's head.

This eldest grandson is really so smart.

"So Lu Meng is always a very smart person. I was right."

Zhu Zhanji nodded his head, looking relieved.

"Well, those who have their names in the Zizhi Tongjian are all smart people."

Xu nodded.

"Well, I can also hand in my homework to Master tomorrow. Grandma is also a smart person!"

Zhu Zhanji solved the problem in his mind, reached out his hands, hugged Xu and kissed her.

"Thank you so much for the compliment, my little fat boy. Go to sleep. Grandpa should be here tomorrow."

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji's eyelids began to droop, Xu patted the little guy lightly after she finished speaking.

After a while, the little guy fell asleep, and she got up and left, turning into the study.

"Raise the wick higher."

"Yes, princess."

Xu found a copy of "Zizhi Tongjian" on the bookshelf that he had read countless times and had frayed edges, and opened it and began to read quickly.

From time to time, I would take a bookmark and put it in the book.

After I finished reading the whole book and used up all ten bookmarks on the desk, I went back to my room and put them away with satisfaction.

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the next day.

Zhang Xin, who came to pay his respects to Xu, was kept by Xu.

"I have something to discuss with Xin'er."

Xu went straight to the point with a serious expression.

"Ah, if there is anything, just tell me. Why do we need to discuss it?"

Zhang Xin was a little confused.

Ever since she married into the palace, Xu's expression has never been as serious as it is today.

“This is not something that can be done by just giving orders.”

Xu's expression became more serious.

"What do you say, mother?"

Zhang Xin couldn't help but sit up straight.

"Your father is now the emperor. We are no longer the Prince of Yan's Mansion. Xin'er, you should have a set of rules for many things."

Xu didn't want to scare Zhang Xin, so although her expression was solemn, her tone was gentle.

"Mother, what does this charter mean?"

Zhang Xin was stunned.

"You are just too kind-hearted. You tried every possible way to rescue the victims, and even thought about how to resettle them after rescuing them. You cherished everyone, young and old. You should think about yourself first!"

Xu's feelings towards Zhang Xin are a bit complicated.

Logically speaking, the son should be closer to her. But after Zhang Xin got married, she really had nothing to say about her mother-in-law.

Everything has been thought of.

Especially her body.

She followed Zhu Di for these years, and although she said she had a good life, she had to endure it. She had given birth to so many children and had to take care of so many things.

Whether her body was feeling unwell or not was something only she could feel, and she would always try to endure it.

Zhang Xin asked Yao Niang to come over, and after two years of acupuncture, she felt much more relaxed.

Zhang Xin also took over the affairs of Prince Yan's Mansion early on.

There was not a single servant in the palace that Zhang Xin couldn't name.

These are still small matters; what happens outside the palace is a big deal.

There were so many concubine mothers, more than twenty princes, and more than twenty princesses in the late emperor’s palace, and they all needed gifts on their birthdays and during the New Year.

When someone in the vassal state got married, had a baby, or lost someone, there were also ceremonies required for enthroning the crown prince, the prince of a county, or the princess of a county.

Xu's parents' home, Wei's parents' home, and the two married daughters' in-laws' homes are also visited frequently during festivals.

There are also taboos in each family regarding the death anniversary of people who have passed away.

As for gift-giving, the things in the library are meant to be given and given back, so it is not impossible that one accidentally sends something back to someone.

But Zhang Xin didn’t.

And every time I pick out the ones that are pleasing and useful to others.

Xu was very impressed. She used to think she was a good housekeeper, but it turned out that she had never met someone who was really good at housekeeping.

She was impatient with such details, so she always gave the same three things as gifts: cloth, tea, and wine.

The difference is just a matter of degree. Fortunately, no one is particular about it, so we have been fooling around for these years.

Especially among the princes, because they were not allowed to meet privately, the princesses who were in charge of the backyard of the prince's palace had no chance to get together.

After Princess Ning came this time, we talked about it and found out that the gift Zhang Xin gave to Princess Ning's youngest son as a birthday present was actually twelve sets of Hundred Family Cloth Cloth.

It was made of cloth obtained from all the families, because Princess Ning’s youngest son was born prematurely.

Princess Ning also said with a smile that ever since Zhang Xin took over, she knew that the fourth sister-in-law's daughter-in-law could take over the burden of the mother-in-law, and that the fourth sister-in-law was really lucky.

Xu deeply agreed with this.

The Prince of Yan’s Mansion had gifts that were given out, and gifts that were taken back.

It was common for the things that were collected back to rot or get damaged in the warehouse in previous years. The Xu family was a big business, so it was enough to just sort them out regularly.

After Zhang Xin took over, the accounts and warehouse became much clearer.

But Zhang Xin never took credit for it and always did her job conscientiously.

People's hearts are biased a little bit like this.

After the incident, I felt a little disappointed with Zhang Xin.