The emperor is embarrassed

Ming Zhan encountered an unprecedented predicament.

Of course, the investment attraction of Tianjin Port is booming now.The reform of the salt class was extremely smooth, and the money was sent to the imperial capital one by one.Even the world is peaceful, although there will be wars in the northwest, but the old Khan is not dead, and wars will not come for a while.

I really don't see any trouble.

However, Ming Zhan felt a kind of pressure coming from all directions.

Since Ming Zhan was crying for half an hour, he took the small handkerchief Ruan Hongfei handed over to him and wiped away his tears. Why don't you try to persuade me."

"What do you want to persuade? It's fine to cry out when you're sad. If you hold it in your heart, you'll get sick." Ruan Hongfei can think about it. The pain and hardships he has experienced are beyond Ming Zhan's imagination. Judging from the identity of the person who has been there , The pressure that Ming Zhan is experiencing now is really nothing.

Ming Zhan grabbed the small handkerchief in his hand and said bitterly, "Damn, whoever dares to provoke me will be dragged out and beheaded! I thought I had a good temper, so I thought I was dough!"

Ruan Hongfei really didn't realize what a big deal it was, "Isn't it just about the sesame and mung beans of the Zhao family, and I don't want to be so angry."

"Why didn't you see that I just said that I support widows remarrying, and then something happened to Zhao's family. The dead Ji girl died because of her reputation." Ming Zhan bit his moist lips. He twitched his lips twice and said, "This is clearly aimed at me. Miss Ruo Ji is really wronged, I'm afraid someone will ask for a chastity archway for Miss Ji as a proof."

Ruan Hongfei said, "One yard is one yard. Just investigate the affairs of the Zhao family and the Ji family first. After you have a clue, make a judgment. Even if the Ji family really has a grievance, there is no need to set up a chastity archway. The emperor says nothing. Regret, who can change the order overnight."

"No one knows the truth." Ming Zhan raised his eyelids and looked at Ruan Hongfei, "I'm afraid there are still others."

Ruan Hongfei suggested, "Ming Zhan, you have to think of a way to win the hearts of the people."

"In this world, as long as an emperor grasps two things, he is an iron-clad country." Ruan Hongfei said in a deep voice, "One is the hearts of the people, and the other is the army."

"In terms of the army, Zhejiang and Fujian have been cleaned long ago. Huaiyang is now in the hands of Yongding Hou. You don't have to worry about Yongding Hou's loyalty." Ruan Hongfei analyzed for Ming Zhan, "Northwest is in the hands of Pingyang Hou, which is also trustworthy. .Liang Dongbo, the governor of Zhili, is at least the one chosen by the nobles. Needless to say, even the emperor, the Marquis of Yongning is your direct descendant. There are two inferiors in the southwest. The military power of the world is in your hands."

"Let's talk about people's hearts. You build a library and build a benevolent hall. In fact, officials have a good impression of you." Ruan Hongfei said, "The only hidden worry now lies in your attitude towards women. You don't support women's chastity. Many will object to your cause."

"Actually, it's just a trivial matter." Ruan Hongfei smiled when he saw Ming Zhan's eyes were flushed with tears, "The common people can't fight against the imperial court, even if the common people can't understand, they won't resist. After a long time, and with the temptation of money, the decree will naturally pass. It’s just that your unpopular move has been taken advantage of by someone with a heart. That’s why you are frustrated and struggling every step of the way.”

As soon as Ming Zhan heard this, it was the reason, and hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do?" He almost killed those shameless people.

Ruan Hongfei didn't speak immediately, he pursed his thin lips, and glanced at the teacup on the table at hand.Ming Zhan hurriedly poured two cups of tea, drank one for himself, and handed one to his lover, muttering dissatisfiedly, "I'm so pitiful, yet you still order me around."

Ruan Hongfei ignored Ming Zhan's complaints at all, took a sip of tea, and scolded him, "This is that worthless virtue, you just cry your eyes out, so what can you do! When something happens, if you don't want to solve it, just grinning Mouth howling, useless words, it was born just for you."

"Say it quickly." Ming Zhan acted like a baby cheekily.

Ruan Hongfei smiled, drank half a cup of tea, then put the tea cup on the table, put his arm around Ming Zhan's shoulder and said, "It's not difficult. Although there were some discussions about the Chaste Archway in the court, it was not so intense after all. But your inclination to govern has already been shown in the lawsuit between Wu Wan and Nanfeng Bofu. Later, someone suggested to award chastity memorial to the concubine Zhong, but you directly refused and made a big fuss in the newspapers."

"Although everything is trivial, it's not difficult to guess your thoughts." Ruan Hongfei said, "The reform of the salt department and the construction of Tianjin Port are issues of imperial court construction. Do. As far as the people of the world are concerned, they cannot fully appreciate the benefits brought to them by these two things. For the imperial capital, the salt lesson has not been changed, the sea ban has not been opened, and the imperial court has not fallen. It is a direct blow to the humanistic ethics for hundreds of years."

"Salt class reform, Tianjin Port, you only offend the interests of some people. For example, salt merchants, such as aristocratic families, although they also represent a certain power, but this power is definitely not comparable to the imperial court." Ruan Hongfei sighed, "The archway of chastity is different. For hundreds of years, men have been educated as 'men are superior to women'. How many women a man has is called flirtatious. If a woman has how many men, this is called lasciviousness. This kind of ethics, It's not that who is right and who is wrong, it's just a concept. For hundreds of years, everyone has followed such rules, which have been deeply rooted in people's hearts and carved into everyone's bones. You suddenly changed the rules, and everyone in the world Can you adapt?"

"Furthermore, from a woman's point of view, women have learned the 'three obediences and four virtues' since childhood. In their view, being a chaste woman is the right thing to do. If you do it well, it is an extremely honorable thing for the imperial court to reward the memorial archway. "Ruan Hongfei looked into Ming Zhan's eyes and said, "This kind of honor is not only the honor of the chaste woman herself, but also the honor of her husband's family. Both families will be proud of it. You suddenly said that women don't have to keep chastity, and widows remarry , and money. This makes women's chastity for hundreds of years a big joke! How embarrassing are the families that are famous for their women's chastity! Even in women themselves, how many years of education women have received is completely reversed, and they may not necessarily I will accept your love."

Ming Zhan pouted, "Isn't it hard work for me?"

"You were always thankless."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

I don't have the ability to do it myself, and I blame others.Ruan Hongfei asked with contempt, "I told you, will you listen?"

There is still a limit to Ming Zhan's shamelessness, he shook his head, "No."

Ming Zhan rubbed Ruan Hongfei's face with his cool face that had been washed by tears, and he said softly, "Feifei, you mentioned our status, what do we still need? I just want to make the country better and make the country better. It is easier for them to live. Even the saints say that food and sex are also sex. When you are young, you will have the need for lust. And women, you see, many women are not incapable of doing it, but men do not give them such opportunities I'm not partial to women. It's better in the countryside now, and women have to work in the fields. But in the city, it's important to stay out of the door and not to go out. So many women are trapped in the inner house and fight each other. After all, there is nothing to fight. If If women can put this kind of mind on serious things, at least one-third more people in the country can work. This is not only for the women themselves, but also for the country. It is also of great benefit. Furthermore, women My eyesight is broadened, and it is good for raising the next generation. Since I am the emperor, even if I don’t succeed, I want to give it a try.”

Ruan Hongfei sighed, "Since this is the case, you have to understand that what you want to change is a hundreds of years of ethics and morality. Could it be that just by writing two nasty words in your newspapers, you can get a few women out to do things? Can people's views on women be changed? Even women's definition of women's own status will take time for them to accept."

"So, now someone is against you, and someone is setting you up to get you to take advantage of something." Ruan Hongfei concluded, "It's simply a very normal thing. What's so sad? You dare to do this. You have to be prepared for a tough fight.”

"Being an emperor, how can it be so easy? Could it be that you really want to get everything you want when you are an emperor?" Ruan Hongfei smiled, "I'm afraid you won't be so comfortable even if you are a god."

After hearing what Ruan Hongfei said, Ming Zhan felt much better. He pulled Ruan Hongfei's shoulder and smiled, "Have you ever seen a god? Just say such big words."

Ruan Hongfei laughed, picked Ming Zhan's chin with one finger, and said teasingly, "Fat, haven't you heard that saying, you only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals. We are uncomfortable with mandarin ducks, let alone gods."

When Ming Xiaopang heard such sweet words, he immediately became energetic. He twisted out an orchid finger, flicked it at Ruan Hongfei, and winked, "I hate it."

Ruan Hongfei almost vomited.

Ming Zhan quacked and laughed strangely, threw him on the ground, kissed him, scented him, kissed him, and bit him.

Ming Zhan cheered up.

Ruan Hongfei personally likes Zhao Qingyi, and Ming Zhan's imperial decree for bestowing marriage has already been issued, so it's not that the world has no reason to withdraw the imperial decree.It's just that Ming Zhan has just ascended the throne, who can take back the imperial decree hastily.

In order to express his concern about this case, Ming Zhan sent Dali Temple Secretary Du Rufang and Youdu Yushi to personally investigate the marriage case between the Zhao family and the Ji family.

If it is found to be true, your Zhao family is a fraudulent marriage.

I have already asked you, are you married or engaged?You shook your head, I just gave you the marriage.

Ha, now that the imperial decree has been promulgated, the marriage is about to take place, and the incident of the previous marriage broke out again, and people died because of it.If it weren't for riding a tiger, Ming Zhan really wanted to draw the Zhao family to the East China Sea to feed the fish!

In fact, not only Ming Zhan was very angry, but even the Zhao family was extremely panicked because of this memorial.

Ming Zhan's previous attitude was entirely due to his kindness to his in-laws.

Since the incident of the memorial came out, the Zhao family handed over the sign several times to try to make a difference, but Ming Zhan didn't want to see them at all.

Ruan Jiarui, who was far away in the princess mansion, gradually lost weight. Mingyan advised her, "What's wrong with you? Although something happened to the Zhao family, we are not married yet. It has nothing to do with you, so why are you looking sad? Could it be?" Are you really interested in the Zhao family?"

"Your Highness." Ruan Jiarui said frowningly, "Your Highness, that's not what I mean. Your Majesty kindly granted me a marriage, but something like this happened to the Zhao family. I am born with a poor life. Your Majesty intends to take pity on him, so he doesn't know where he will go? Let alone have a marriage?" Ruan Jiarui was very grateful to the royal family.

"It's just that my marriage is so rough. If many people will say that my fate is hard, I won't say anything about my father and my mother. Now that I just got engaged, something happened to the Zhao family. Will it be Kefu?" Ruan Jiarui asked hesitantly.

She is still young, no matter how quiet and mature she is, she cannot compare with Mingyan, the mother of four children.

Mingyan laughed, "Where did this muddled mind come from?"

"Think about it, Zhao Qingyi was chosen because the emperor wanted to marry you. If it weren't for the champion Tanhua who already had a wife, and the age was not suitable, I'm afraid it would not be the Zhao family's turn." Mingyan smiled, "If I can marry you Well, the Zhao family has accumulated many lifetimes of blessings. How dare they have other intentions? If so, it would be disrespectful."

Ming Yan said softly, "This is what I want to tell you. You are married by the emperor, and the dowry is not low. Even though you have no father or mother, you have lived with me for a long time. I like your sensible temper. Just take care of yourself." Just treat me like your own sister. In the future, if there is something wrong with your in-law's house, just come back and tell me, and I will definitely give you justice. "

"Your Majesty, you have always been very kind to girls." Mingyan raised her eyebrows with a bit of arrogance, "Now it is the Zhao family who is involved in a scandal, and it has nothing to do with you. Although the order has been made, if this marriage is really impossible, your Majesty I won't let you marry either. There are so many young talents in the court, who can't be picked better than Zhao Qingyi?"

"Look at the girl from Xu Xiang's family, she married the wrong person, and went home with Li, and her life is still going well." Mingyan smiled and patted Ruan Jiarui's hand, "Besides, you are not married yet, so why worry about it."

"Speaking of which, back then, I was also appointed by the Supreme Emperor to marry the young master of Miss Fuchang's family." Ming Yan sighed, "I have no choice but to give up because of this fate. There is a certain destiny for this fate and where to go. If it’s not yours, you can’t force it. If it’s yours, no matter how twists and turns it is, it’s still yours.”

Ruan Jiarui's heart gradually calmed down, and he brightened his color, and said with a smile, "You think too much, the emperor is willing to propose a marriage for you. As long as you understand his family, you will know the benefits of marrying you and treating you well."

Nowadays, Ming Zhan has a lot of fancy for the son-in-law family, and he will give you a chance for anyone who can be used.Furthermore, Ming Zhan abolished the summoning system of the princess mansion, and the situation of the son-in-law is not the same as before.Therefore, although marrying a noble daughter may have some restrictions on accepting children, it can really save you 20 years of struggle, so now both the court and the central government regard it as a beauty to be able to marry a noble daughter.

It's just that the princesses and princesses of the right age are all married, and the four princesses and five princes in the palace are all young, so they can't talk about their relatives yet.

Although Ruan Jiarui's life experience is unknown, the marriage that attracted the attention of the Empress Dowager shows that this woman does have some origins.In people's minds, although Ruan Jiarui is not a real noble lady, she is still an invisible little noble lady.

When the Zhao family was panicking, they naturally thought of Ruan Jiarui.

Zhao Qingyi didn't know anything about the relationship with Ji's family, so she had to ask her parents.

Mrs. Zhao sighed helplessly, "At your age, how can the family not arrange a marriage for you. But later, I heard the news that the emperor bestowed a marriage. Isn't this a great grace? With the sacred order first, our family can How to do it?"

Zhao Qingyi was terrified, and asked, "Mother, our family has really welcomed Ji's daughter through the door!"

"You're not at home, so let your third brother welcome you instead." Mrs. Zhao showed embarrassment, "My son, the family really doesn't know about the emperor's marriage. Wouldn't it be easy for the Ji family to send their daughter to the imperial capital to get married? But then the emperor bestowed a marriage, so what if the Ji family was welcomed first? Could it be that the noble daughter who was bestowed by the royal family should be younger? This is God's will, I Just tell her, no matter how hard we fight, can we win the royal family? She has to be young if she doesn't want to! Who knows that she has such a stubborn temper, just, just..."

Mrs. Zhao didn't know if it was because of nausea or because she felt pity for Ji's daughter, she couldn't help shedding tears, her hands trembling, "I'm also very uncomfortable. After you get married, I'll go to the public to plead guilty to her."

"Mother, I'll only ask you once." Zhao Qingyi stared into her mother's eyes, "Would you like to welcome Mrs. Ji in before you learned the royal marriage, or after you learned the news."

Mrs. Zhao was dumbfounded for a while.

Zhao Qingyi slumped in her chair disheartened, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault. In the beginning, the emperor bestowed the marriage, because the Ruan family had no six relatives because of his father's birth, I didn't want to, so I sent someone to send a letter home To complain to you. My father and mother are thinking of acting first, marrying Mrs. Ji into the family for me, and then find another way to dissolve this marriage."

"However, later I found out that the identity of the Ruan family was hidden, and the emperor and queen mother valued her so much. I was willing again." Zhao Qingyi covered her face with her hands, tears overflowed from her fingers, "I'm afraid that the previous letter will make you feel bad about the Ruan family. Feeling jealous, I sent someone to send a letter home, not wanting to be wronged by the Ruan family after the big wedding. But who knows that you have already welcomed the Ji family for me."

The Ji family is also a famous family in Fujian, and in terms of genealogy, it is even older than the Zhao family.

The Zhao family originally wanted to marry the daughter of the Ji family, but relying on the power of the Ji family and their own family, they pushed back the marriage of the royal family.After all, Fumin is far away from the imperial capital, and there is a custom of marrying a wife on behalf of the family.Since Zhao Qingyi already has a wife, she can't make Ruan a child, can she?

The Zhao family had a wishful thinking and hurriedly welcomed the Ji family into the house.

It's just that Zhao Qingyi's second letter made the Zhao family very tempted. Zhao Qingyi secretly pointed out Ruan Jiarui's status.An invisible little noble girl, and the empress dowager is so willing to take care of Ruan Jiarui, this is of course not comparable to the girls of the Ji family.

You know, although the Ji family has a long history, it has failed to produce a single cabinet minister for three consecutive generations, and it has begun to decline.

Therefore, the Zhao family decided to regret the marriage.

Although the Ji family is no better than before, it is not easy to provoke.Among them, there was the despicableness of the Zhao family, and the toughness of the Ji family. In the end, Ji's daughter was forced to commit suicide, and her life was ended.

The Zhao family came to the imperial capital in a panic, and they were so eager to arrange the marriage, but they were just thinking about finalizing the marriage between their son and Ruan Jiarui.After all, a cooked duck will never fly out again.

If the royal family really likes Ruan Jiarui so much, it can't make Ruan Jiarui's husband's family lose power, can it?

They were already rushing to pick a date for the big wedding, and they couldn't believe that the Ji family's favor came so quickly.

Seeing that her son was so sad, Mrs. Zhao cried and persuaded her son, "It's all my fault, Yi'er, you don't hear anything, it has nothing to do with you."

Zhao Qingyi wiped away her tears, and persuaded her mother, "Mom, it's too late to say this now. You don't have to think too much, my son will send you back to your room to rest."

Mrs. Zhao persuaded her son again, and then, under the service of her son, she went back to the courtyard to rest.After waiting for her mother to rest, Zhao Qingyi looked at the clear sky, breathed out a breath of stale air, her eyes were a little bloodshot, and she had made up her mind.

Huaiyang.

Huaiyang governor Liang Dongchu persuaded Lin Yongshang, "If this case is not resolved, Yangzhou city will not be peaceful for a day, my lord governor. Those scholars are just waiting to see the result. This is also related to the reputation of Yongdinghou. "

Lin Yongshang was not in a hurry, "It doesn't matter. I have ordered people to post the progress of the case to the city. Those scholars who care about it will go to see it. Now it has been proved that it has nothing to do with Mr. He. Even the Qian family was trapped by others, the most urgent task is to find out who framed Qian and Mr. He."

Lin Yongshang raised his eyes and looked at Liang Dongchu with a smile, "Since the servants of the Qian family don't spit out, they can only continue to interrogate. There is also the kabuki who served He Ergongzi that day. A strong man can't be sent to the inner house of Qian's mansion just by a woman. Therefore, there must be accomplices. As long as you have patience and interrogate slowly, you may not be afraid that they will not recruit you."

Liang Dongchu sighed, "I'm just worried that the case has dragged on for a long time, and it will inevitably affect your reputation. Your Excellency will interrogate many members of the Qian family." After pondering for a while, Liang Dongchu said, "My lord, I'm sorry to say that the Qian family is a famous family. And it has a very high reputation among the students..."

"I understand Master Liang's meaning." Lin Yongshang sighed seriously, "Only Master Liang would tell me this."

"But what can we do now? This matter has already been brought to the fore. In the reply from His Majesty last time, he scolded me for not doing things well, which led to this scandal in Huaiyang." Lin Yongshang said worriedly, "If we can't find out the truth, we will be in front of His Majesty. There is no face to talk about. Not to mention the future."

Liang Dongchu stopped talking, and instead talked to Lin Yongshang about the reform of the salt class, and praised Fan Wei and Feng Zhi a lot.

Lin Yongshang smiled and said, "Fan Wei and Feng Zhi are all sent by His Majesty. This subject is already a high school. His Majesty immediately let them go to Huaiyang. Firstly, they have experience in reforming the Yunnan-Guizhou Salt Course. Second, His Majesty also intends to Experience them. Although they are young, their future is limitless."

"Who says it's not. It's rare that they are young, but they are thoughtful about everything."

Lin Yongshang began to control the initiative of the whole case with ease, but at this moment, he heard an unimaginable event!