Hanhou

After touching the Empress Dowager Dou's nose, when Princess Guantao walked out of the Changle Palace, it was inevitable that she was a little upset.

"Mother."

Just as she had nowhere to vent her anger, Chen Jiao's voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Liu Xing turned around and looked at her daughter who was walking towards her with a smile on the bamboo slips. She wanted to get angry but couldn't bear it, so she could only continue to be angry with herself.

"Is mother angry?" Standing one step away from Princess Guantao, Chen Jiao raised her head and smiled.In addition to the golden moth, there are two more exquisitely crafted jade flowers on the hair.Liu Xun recognized at a glance that it belonged to Empress Dowager Dou.

"It's not out of anger." Liu Xun sighed, "It's just that the queen mother doesn't let go, and your marriage with the prince will not be settled. I'm always worried."

"Mother, are you smarter than Mother?" Chen Jiao asked suddenly.

Liu Xun was stunned on the spot.

As early as the period of Empress Lu, Empress Dowager Dou entered the palace as a family member, and was later given to the acting king Liu Heng, who was later the father of Emperor Han Wen, Liu Xing and Emperor Han Jing.

Having experienced Zhulu's chaos and Wenjing's two dynasties, Empress Dowager Dou's political wisdom and experience in dealing with affairs are extremely comparable.Her control over power was even more extraordinary than ordinary people, and it lasted until the reign of Emperor Wu after the death of Emperor Jing.If Empress Dowager Dou did not die, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty might not be able to truly act arbitrarily.

Similarly, if Empress Dowager Dou was still in Changle Palace, Dong Zhongshu, Gong Sunhong and others would not be able to go online safely, and even if they did, they would be severely photographed.For its fate, you can refer to the fate of the group of Confucian scholars not long after Emperor Wu ascended the throne.

Liu Xun considers himself not stupid, and also has considerable political wisdom, but compared with Queen Mother Dou, he is still quite a long way behind.

Just when she was deep in thought, Chen Jiao's voice sounded again: "Auntie, Auntie told me something before, let me keep it firmly in my heart."

"What?"

"The eldest mother told me that the prince is intelligent and tenacious, and he will not be happy to be restrained by others."

Liu Xun didn't make a sound.

"Then my mother told me about Empress Bo."

"Queen Bo?" Liu Xing frowned.

Empress Bo was Emperor Jing's first empress. She had been married to Emperor Jing for [-] years and had no favors or children. She was deposed two years ago.Although he is in the palace now, he is silent and will be forgotten at any time.

"My aunt told me that Empress Bo was deposed, and it was doomed from the beginning. Because she and Empress Bo are of the same family." Chen Jiao continued.

Empress Dowager Bo is the biological mother of Emperor Hanwen, and she controls as much power as Queen Dowager Dou today.The Bo family is not weaker than today's Dou family.When Emperor Jing ascended the throne, he was also supported by Empress Dowager Bo and the Bo family.

However, no relatives can last thousands of years.

If Queen Bo had a son, the situation might be different.The problem is that Emperor Han Jing didn't have this plan, how could she have a baby by herself?

These words were told by Empress Dou to Chen Jiao in private, so that she gradually understood how similar she was to Empress Bo.

Liu Xing's expression slowly changed.

"The queen mother said so?"

"Yes." Chen Jiao nodded.

"I want to think about it." Liu Xing is not stupid, on the contrary, she is very smart.If not, it is impossible to be so favored just by being a princess.

It's just that she is not reconciled.

The temptation to make Chen Jiao the Crown Princess was too great, and her desire for power was too deep, making it impossible for her to overthrow the previous plan easily.According to what Empress Dowager Dou said, it would undoubtedly benefit Wang Zhi's mother and son for nothing, but she got nothing by fetching water from a bamboo basket.

"Mama might as well put yourself in the shoes of my mother. If someone helped my mother and kept bringing up the matter afterwards and asking for something in return, wouldn't my mother be annoyed?"

Chen Jiao's words hit Liu Xing's heart like a heavy hammer.

Thinking about Queen Dowager Dou's evaluation of Wang Zhi, Liu Xun's face darkened slightly.

Maybe she should really think about it.

Watching Liu Xing leave, Chen Jiao stood in front of the palace gate, her sleeves were blown up by the wind, rustling.

These days, she has been accompanying Empress Dowager Dou in the palace and learned a lot from the latter.Before that, she might still want to become a princess, but after listening to the teachings of Empress Dowager Dou, she had a different mind.

Two young girls came from the opposite side, they were both in blue and dark clothes, with gold ornaments on their hair.When he got close, he saw the jade flowers on Chen Jiao's hair, and obvious jealousy flashed in his eyes.

"Chen Jiao, are you rude when you see us?" a girl asked.

"Salt? Why?" Chen Jiao raised her chin, her face showing arrogance.

"My mother is a queen!"

"So what? Uncle doesn't even want me to salute!"

"you?!"

The girl was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but Chen Jiao ignored her and turned back to the palace with the bamboo slips in her arms.Noticing that there was no movement behind him, he stopped on purpose, turned his head and said with a smile, "Why, didn't you come to say hello to Mother? Just to express my grievances."

The two girls bit their lips and stared at Chen Jiao bitterly.

They knew better than anyone else that Empress Dowager Dou would not care about them at all.If it really had to be dealt with, it wouldn't be Chen Jiao who would suffer in the end.

After laughing heartily for a while, Chen Jiao stepped into the palace gate.

A palace servant walked behind her and reminded in a low voice: "My lord, the two princesses will inform the queen."

"It's okay." Chen Jiao snorted.

As the eldest mother said, grandma is obsessed with power. If she can't change her mind, if she really wants to marry the prince, she will end up unhappy sooner or later.That being the case, why not have more fun while you can?

Besides, her Aunt is Tang Yihou, her mother is the eldest princess, her uncle is the emperor, and her eldest mother is the empress dowager. Retreat to the first palace.If you do too much, the clan will not agree!

Thinking of this, Chen Jiao's footsteps became more and more brisk.

How many people in the royal family are stupid, when she doesn't know where the rumors in the palace come from?

Isn't it rumored that she is arrogant and domineering?

Alright, she will show her arrogance to these people!

Liu Xing left the palace and sat in the carriage, the words of Empress Dowager Dou and Chen Jiao kept echoing in his mind, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.The riding slave waved his long whip, and pedestrians on the road ran away one after another.

Suddenly, the horse pulling the cart neighed and galloped forward like crazy, uncontrollable at all.The riding slave couldn't control it and was almost thrown under the car.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" The rider desperately grabbed the rein, his face pale.

The surrounding crowd also panicked and fled to the side of the road desperately.

The accompanying family boy didn't have time to react, the carriage had already driven nearly a hundred meters, Princess Guantao in the carriage was holding on to the railing, her face was also pale, and she couldn't even scold the riding slave.

At the most critical moment, a tall man rushed to the middle of the road, punched Crazy Horse on the forehead, strangled the horse's neck with both arms, and kept retreating with the momentum, leaving two long marks on the ground.

The carriage finally stopped.

Crazy Horse fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

The rider trembled and jumped out of the carriage, and almost scrambled and threw himself in front of the horse's head. He opened the horse's mouth, and carefully checked the eyes of the crazy horse, then knelt down on the ground, trembling even more. sharp.

The horses pulling the carts were drugged.

He didn't even know!

Princess Guantao was still in shock, she forced herself to get off the carriage, looked at the man who stopped Crazy Horse, and asked, "Who are you?"

The man immediately saluted and said respectfully: "Lang Guan Zhang Cigong has seen the nobleman!"

In the early Western Han Dynasty, in addition to being recommended and recruited by the court, they could also enter official careers by being a Langguan.

A scholar's family property reaches [-] yuan, and he can go to the capital to be a Langguan and wait for the imperial court to use it.During Emperor Jing's reign, the conditions were further relaxed, and the family assets were reduced to [-] yuan.

If you have no money and want to enter an official career, you can work as a small official in the county where your hometown is, provided that you have a certain ability to handle affairs.If you are mediocre, you will still be kicked out of the official temple.

After Zhang Cigong arrived in Chang'an, he first sold the cattle and sheep in the north of the city.

Due to the strict management in Chang'an City, he himself is not a businessman, and he has caused some troubles.Fortunately, with the help of fellow merchants, the matter was resolved smoothly.

In exchange for a large amount of silk and copper coins, Zhang Cigong prepared chariot and horse clothing according to the conditions, went to Nanguan Temple in the city to register, and after some inspections, he successfully became a glorious "big man candidate civil servant".

Not long after leaving the official temple, there was an accident with Princess Guantao's carriage.Zhang Cigong didn't think much, he rushed up to stop Crazy Horse, avoiding a possible disaster.

If Princess Guantao is injured by Crazy Horse, things will never be good.

Of course, with Liu whoring's temperament, regardless of whether he was injured or not, this matter will not be easily exposed.

"Lang Guan?"

Princess Guantao sized Zhang Cigong up, ordered the family boy to hand him a wooden plaque, and said, "Come to Tangyihou's Mansion tomorrow."

Leaving this sentence behind, Princess Guantao boarded the carriage again.

Crazy Horse has been towed away and replaced with a new one.The riding slave still knelt on the ground and was replaced by a house boy to drive.

Zhang Cigong promised loudly, holding the wooden sign tightly, with a flash of excitement in his expression.

Tangyi Hou's Mansion... The one he rescued was actually the eldest princess!

Yunzhong County

After receiving the news that Wei Taishou had left the city, Zhao Jia went to the livestock farm early to wait.

The sound of horseshoes came from far to near, and looking up, besides Wei Shang and Wei Yue, there were five or six county officials accompanying them.Coupled with the accompanying cavalry guards, they rumbled all the way, with an astonishing momentum.It didn't look like he was going to inspect a livestock farm, but rather like he was going to kill people somewhere.

Feeling his inexplicable thoughts fly away, Zhao Jiace stepped forward to meet him.About twenty steps away, he got off his horse and greeted Wei Shang and others.

"I have seen Mr. Wei!"

Wei Shang has a pragmatic personality, and he doesn't intend to do more greetings, so he asks Zhao Jia to lead the way to see how to tame a cow.

Wei Yue rode his horse and followed behind Wei Shang, still smiling softly and harmlessly.But anyone who has dealt with him knows that he should not just look at the appearance.In terms of cruelty, this one is no less than Wei Shang.

"This way please, envoy."

Zhao Jia didn't talk nonsense, and led the group to the new circle on the east side of the livestock farm.

Uncle Xiong and several young men were waiting there, and when they saw Wei Shang and his party, they all saluted.

"No need to be polite."

Wei Shang dismounted from his horse, strode closer, looked at the steer fixed between two wooden stakes, and then glanced at the copper needles, cloth ropes, copper rings and other objects placed aside one by one, and immediately stepped back half a step, signaling can start.

Uncle Xiong held the bull's nose with one hand, picked up the copper needle with the other hand, and passed it through the nasal septum swiftly, without a single drop of blood flowing out during the process.Then put a copper ring on the nose of the bull, and tie the cloth rope to the copper ring, and go around the horn in the opposite direction to prevent the copper ring from falling off.

Qing Zhuang removed the board that locked the steer, Uncle Xiong gently pulled the cloth rope, the bull did not resist, and followed behind Uncle Xiong obediently.

Witnessing the whole process, Prefect Wei and several officials' eyes lit up.

"good!"

Seeing that there was a steer nearby, they asked Uncle Xiong, and they rolled up their sleeves to try it out for themselves.

Zhao Jia was taken aback, and hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it.Not wanting to be held by Wei Yue's shoulder, she shook her head at him.

"Don't worry, Hodor, my father has his own opinion."

Zhao Jia was just in a hurry, but after being reminded by Wei Yue, he immediately understood and did not stop him.

As a result, five or six county officials rolled up their sleeves and personally pierced the nose of the cow, regardless of the official image.

Prefect Wei asked one question after another, Zhao Jia couldn't get in the way, and it was Uncle Xiong who answered them all.When the last steer was put on the copper ring, several people were still a little bit unsatisfied.

"This method is very good!" Wei Shang smiled while wiping his hands.

The county officials who had been indignant for many days because of Zhang Tong's case also smiled.Farming is related to the foundation of the country, and the imperial court is promoting cattle farming. This method will surely increase the number of acres of land, increase food production, and live countless hungry people.

After seeing the method of taming the cattle, the prefect Wei looked over the entire livestock farm with great interest, and ordered the accompanying officials to record it in detail, so that no details could be missed.

At noon, the healthy women began to cook mutton soup.

The maid had already mastered the method of growing bean sprouts, and according to Zhao Jia's instructions, she sent the bean sprouts that had been grown before to the livestock farm to enrich everyone's food.Soybean sprouts are sprinkled into the hot mutton soup, boiled for a while, served with dough cakes and pickles, and you can have a delicious meal.

Wei Shang also has bean sprouts at home, which were given by Zhao Jia not long ago.The chef used it to cook soup once, and it tasted very good.

Seeing the hot mutton soup and dough cakes, Wei Taishou was not polite to Zhao Jia at all. He greeted the county officials present, each of them took a bowl of sheep soup, and skewered a few dough cakes with chopsticks. He didn't care if it was by the fence , While eating, while discussing what I just saw.

Witnessing this scene, Zhao Jia couldn't react for a while.

This kind of Wei Shijun is completely different from what he saw in the prefect's mansion!

Wei Yue stood beside Zhao Jia, also holding a bowl of mutton soup.First he took a sip of the soup, then picked up the bean sprouts on the bottom of the bowl with chopsticks, and said slowly: "Ah Weng often leads troops in battle, and the army always does things cheaply. You don't need to worry about it, just get used to it."

Used to it?

Zhao Jia looked at Wei Yue, and at the bigwigs of Yunzhong County who were squatting in a circle, and felt that all three views were crumbling.