[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Xing Xiuyan felt that this queen mother was dereliction of duty.

Because Tu Yuanyuan is a daughter, she doesn't need to go to the Royal Academy, and she doesn't need to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and she can still take it with her.But she didn't have time to spend time with her son and give him enough maternal love and education.

Xing Xiuyan didn't think that Tu Yuanyi was an emperor who was good at educating his sons. Although she didn't know how many sons he had in his previous life, she knew that his sons in his previous life were not as good as he wanted.

Tu Yuanyi has the current achievements, firstly, he knows some history, secondly, he has a hundred years of experience, and thirdly, he also has some self-taught talents and fortune to get the throne.

Everyone's success cannot be copied, just like in history, Empress Wei and Princess Taiping tried to copy Wu Zetian, but they were all unsuccessful.

Of course, Tu Yuanyi's sons can't be like him, first of all his cheating is gone.

So today Xing Xiuyan didn't live a shameless life with Tu Yuanyi, but put on a man's robe early in the morning, left Tu Yuanyi to handle the government affairs by himself, but took his son out to ride a horse.

Yan grass is like Bisi, Qin sang has low green branches.

Under the guard of Weifu Jinyiwei, Xing Xiuyan ran for ten kilometers with his youngest son, who was already a little weak.He is younger, and his skills can't compare with hers, let alone Tu Yuanyi.

Facing the heroic appearance of his mother, Tu Xu felt ashamed of himself, Xing Xiuyan took the reins and got off the horse, found a clean grass, and asked Jin Yiwei to spread it on the ground.

Sit down with Tu Xu and feel the wonderful spring in Haoran Heaven and Earth.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and wiped the sweat from his younger son's forehead, and said softly, "Are you tired?"

Tu Xu said: "After thanking my mother, my son and minister are not tired."

Xing Xiuyan stroked his head, and said: "Your bun is messed up, the queen mother will comb it for you."

As she spoke, she took out a small ivory comb from her purse, and asked Tu Xu to come close to comb his hair. Tu Xu's eyes were slightly wet.

They have triplets, but Yuanyuan is the daughter, the little padded jacket of the parents, the first baby; Tuchang is the eldest son, the future crown prince, it's hard not to think about it or not.And he himself is a sandwich biscuit, no matter what aspect he can't please.

"Thank you mother."

Xing Xiuyan said: "I'm a little angry with your father. I haven't been in Beijing for a few years, and he didn't take good care of you."

Tu Xu couldn't help panicking, and said: "Father loves his son very much, and Empress Do not be angry with him."

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "You don't speak good things about him, don't I know him yet? He has intelligence, structure, and sincerity, but he is a standard emperor thinking. If you don't stimulate him As for him, he always only knows what he wants and what he wants to give, but he doesn't think about what his relatives and lovers need most."

In the past, the straight male cancer emperor asked her for love and pampered her. Tu Yuanyi wouldn't understand if she didn't express her wishes after gaining his complete trust and heart.Because he is the emperor.

It was the first time for Tu Xu to hear someone speak ill of his wise and mighty father.In the first year of his father's accession to the throne No. 20, he created a prosperous era, he promoted various progressive innovations, he turned the world around, all civil and military officials were photographed by his majesty, and the common people also respected and loved him.Only the queen mother dared to say that.

"Father is very good, very good, queen mother don't blame him."

Xing Xiuyan smiled at him: "Wei Bang has also grown up."

Tu Xu said: "My son is stupid, far inferior to my elder brother, even my younger sister. My son is ashamed of my father, queen and queen."

Xing Xiuyan let out a long sigh and said, "Wei Bang, do you know what your mother was like when she was a child?"

Tu Xu said: "My son heard that the queen mother's family was not good when she was young."

"It's not just bad, there are also people who are holding back!" Xing Xiuyan sighed, and then talked about her childhood experience.

How the Xing family left the Li family, how they rented a house next to the Panxiang Temple with no fixed place, how she got Miaoyu to teach her to read and write, how Miaoyu gave alms to her when her family was struggling with hunger and cold, how she learned skills to make a living, How to be forced by uncle and sister-in-law to work hard and blind.

Tu Xu was born as the first prince, even if he felt that he couldn't compete with his elder brother, everyone respected him. He couldn't imagine such a day.

"The queen mother suffered a lot when she was young, and I will be filial to you in the future."

Xing Xiuyan said: "My mother knows that you are a good boy. Wei Bang, what have you seen from my mother's childhood experience?"

Tu Xu said: "The queen mother is very intelligent and not afraid of hardships."

Xing Xiuyan said: "But I can see different things from both sides."

"Which sides?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "One angle is that I can always meet noble people, and I am a blessed person; another angle is that I have struggled all my life, pursued diligently, and kept climbing, but my end point is your starting point."

Tu Xu said, "I don't quite understand."

Xing Xiuyan said: "I'm not always supported by noble people, I will always be that poor girl who doesn't understand anything. I can change my own destiny, don't you think I am very lucky?"

Tu Xu nodded and said, "I am also very grateful to my aunt and the others."

Xing Xiuyan pursed her lips, pondered for a while before saying: "But you must understand what you have to experience before accepting the support of the nobleman. You have a strong enough mentality to face the reality. The nobleman may just give you alms at will, treat you and others There is not much difference between beggars on the street. I also met your aunt back then, and the Shi family is also a kind person, but when we first met, I was not equal to their family. Do you understand?"

Tu Xu shook his head: "I don't quite understand." He had never experienced it, and all the people he met in Xing Banchao were in awe of his mother.

Xing Xiuyan said: "How can the families of the poor and the families of officials be equal? ​​But these are all human things. Not all people are born with all the honors like you. People live in the world, and dignity is of course important. , but we must also learn to be sociable and not to be surprised by favor or humiliation. Do you understand what is sophistication of human kindness and not to be surprised by favor or humiliation?"

Tu Xu said: "Should I be courteous to corporals and show more grace?" Tu Xu heard from Tu Yuanyi that his mother was very good at winning people's hearts and employing people.This is the standard royal way of thinking, and Xing Xiuyan couldn't help but smile when he heard it.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "As a poor girl, how can I be courteous and gracious to others?"

Tu Xu said, "How is that?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Practically human, not to be surprised by favor or disgrace, that is to say, you have to correct your mentality and maintain your original intention. No matter if people outside look down on you, ignore you, treat you wrong, or all kinds of unfairness, you have to do it. Be happy with things, not sad with yourself. Because there is a reason why you are treated like this, you should not complain or feel ashamed, but you must firmly believe that if you are in full bloom, the breeze will come."

Tu Xu seemed to understand, but said, "But I'm not as talented as my mother."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "This is another angle I want to talk about: the end of the goal I have strived for all my life is just the starting point for you. So it comes down to 'this world is never fair', the relationship between me and you The starting point between you and the children of common people is unfair, even the starting point between your brother and you is also slightly unfair."

Tu Xu couldn't help his heart skipping a beat. No one had ever dared to say such words. He is already a teenager and knows many things. He understands that his elder brother will have a different future from him.

Even in the Shang Study Room and the Royal Academy, the teachers valued Brother Huang more than him.Now that the father is in the prime of his life, and everyone has not reached the time to speculate in Conglong, but those elders will be very relieved to see the emperor's brother showing excellent qualities, and feel that there will be a successor to Da Zhou.But no matter how hard he tried, the attention he received was far less than that of the emperor's brother.

He knew he shouldn't have, but he was also jealous of Brother Huang, and often wondered why he was born half an hour earlier than himself.

But the queen mother understood him, and he couldn't help feeling sour.

Xing Xiuyan said: "This kind of unfair starting point often makes you feel at a loss. It's easier said than done, right?"

Tu Xu said: "Mother, my son knows that he is wrong."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "This is not a fault, it is human nature."

Tu Xu looked at his mother with a pair of handsome eyes full of admiration, and Xing Xiuyan lovingly caressed his immature cheeks.

Xing Xiuyan smiled kindly, and said: "My mother knows that Wei Bang is a good boy, and she never thought about competing with her elder brother. Humans have emotions and desires, and there is nothing shameful about those feelings of loss, because you have not done anything that is beyond the tolerance of heaven. The queen mother is also a mortal like this. When she was young, the queen mother would think, "Why do I have no money, why do I have to be so poor, why do those official ladies wear silk and satin, gems and pearls, and I can only wear Jingchai cloth skirts?" God created all things, so he forgot about fairness. But there are more things worth caring about in this life. Ask yourself, what do you want to do in this life, and how can you make your life not in vain? Live. Because injustice is given to you by God, and what you do is up to you. Everyone has a different starting point when they are born. Some people spend their entire lives to reach Kyoto, while others were born in Kyoto. Same, so standing taller than others is not a great thing, the real great thing is that you have improved from your previous self. Your eyes should not look at Weiguo, but at yourself, past, present and future Yourself. You should think about where you will be in this world full of infinite possibilities, and how you want to create your own story. I use my life's persistence and sincerity to obtain my power and love, and let You were born with both wealth and wealth, and what kind of starting point will you give your children in the future."

Tu Xu didn't expect that his mother knew everything about him, so he was moved and said, "My queen, I shouldn't be so small-minded, I shouldn't be jealous of elder brother, and I shouldn't even be jealous of Yuanyuan. The three of us came to this world together and grew up together." , I should support my brother and love my sister, I have let my mother down."

Tu Xu didn't go to the military camp to be a low-level officer, because he was smart and didn't know how to deal with himself. Should he try to be better than him, or be his brother's tail forever.Will the former make people think that he harbors evil intentions, and what's so interesting about the latter?

Xing Xiuyan said: "The queen mother is not disappointed. I think Wei Guo is also envious of you. He bears too many people's eyes and feels uncomfortable, and he has to shoulder the burden of the country. Your father, the emperor, has been wise all his life as a jewel. How to be an emperor who will not disappoint the subjects of the world. And you have more freedom and more possibilities than him. You don't have to be sensitive and arrogant, and you don't have to be arrogant. The queen believes that you can blaze a trail of your own. .”

Xing Xiuyan hugged her son, Tu Xu hadn't been hugged by his mother like this for a long time, even his loving father Tu Yuanyi hadn't hugged them since they went to the Royal Academy.He is deeply attached to his mother's embrace. Although the mother is stricter, the strictness cannot separate the distance between mother and child.

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When Xing Xiuyan took Tu Xu on a horseback riding outing, Xing Cheng also dealt with a group of businessmen represented by the Wu family.In the private room of the restaurant, after drinking for three rounds, Wu Liang mentioned the matter of buying fire/arms again.

Xing Cheng said with a big tongue: "You are really smart enough. If you want to talk about this fire/weapon, it is very difficult to get it if you ask others. As for me, there are still some doors. How many people are there in this court? My family's relatives are my family's guests, and how many people in Sichuan are also inextricably related to my family. I want a fire/arms to hunt and defend myself, who dare not give face?"

Wu Liang poured wine for him, smiled flatteringly and said, "That's right, who doesn't know the name of Uncle Guo! So we don't even ask others."

Xing Cheng burped and said, "It's useless if you ask."

After Li Chengdong toasted, he said with a smile: "Uncle Guo is so respectful and virtuous as a corporal. It is also our blessing. We have been traveling for a long time on trade routes in Mongolia, the Western Regions, North Korea and other places. We are afraid of tigers and wolves. If we don't know martial arts , I have also bought guns/guns, but although the fire/guns we bought are not weak, they are extremely troublesome to reload. Burning fire sticks is really only for snacks, as there are slaves in my family who have died like this."

Xing Cheng looked at him mockingly, and said disdainfully: "Li Shaodong's family, the kind of firecracker you use is rubbish! Like my sister, oh no, it's the empress."

As he said that, he still held his fists in a solemn manner and continued to say: "The Empress has a production firecracker under her command, and she can shoot it fast, ruthlessly, and accurately. I heard that I am a buddy who is driving south. My son said that our fire/guns can kill the elephants of the Annan people from a distance. Let’s talk about Jiannu white armor soldiers, can wild boar skins be stronger than elephants?”

Several businessmen present and their entourage couldn't help feeling chills behind their backs.

Wu Liang asked, "Ask Uncle Guo, what's the difference?"

Xing Cheng chuckled and said, "Aren't you going to buy it? You'll know when the time comes? However, gentlemen, we are all good friends. If you give me face, we will give you face. Isn't that the truth?"

Wu Liang, Li Chengdong, Fan Tong, Bao Guangqing and others all smiled and agreed: "Thanks to Uncle Meng Guo for not giving up, it is our honor to treat us as friends."

Xing Cheng's face was flushed because of the wine, and he said: "The first time you had dinner, you said you would donate 10 taels of food to Dazhou. At that time, my sister had just arrived in Yongping. When I went to see my sister, I had already boasted Haikou can raise 10 taels of silver for the imperial court. You told me that if you want to make me lose face in front of my sister, then this is the end of my friend."

Wu Liang and the others glanced at each other, cursing in their hearts that all the officials are greedy, and the uncle of this kid from the Demon Kingdom is also very greedy.However, the uncle in this country has all the problems of being greedy for food, money, money and gambling. On the contrary, the most common mistake for young people - lust, he basically doesn't have it.

Several big businessmen also prepared a beautiful woman to serve him, but he kicked her away and said disgustedly: "Where did the ugly monster come to scare your young master?"

The beauty fell to the ground and howled, while these big businessmen were dumbfounded.

Xing Cheng grew up surrounded by beauties since he was a child. This beautiful sister hugged her, and that beautiful sister kissed her.Surrounded by maidservants and maidservants since he was a child, except for Jia Yuanchun and Jia Tanchun, he has embraced and kissed all of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, as well as his own sister and niece.How can he see ordinary beauties?He has seen even skinny horses. Although he will not have the reaction of a young man, he also feels that a skinny/horse is tacky.

Wu Liang hurriedly said: "Look at what Uncle Guo said, we have been raising money for this recently, and tomorrow the money will be brought to Uncle Guo."

Xing Cheng put Wu Liang's shoulders and said, "I'll just say, you are all my good friends!"

Wu Liang apologized, and Li Chengdong said, "What about the firecracker?"

Xing Cheng waved his hand and said with a big tongue: "The day after tomorrow, my master, I will make two for you to see and see, and you can decide on the location."

The young masters of several families couldn't help thinking to themselves: This cunning and money-greedy kid, the people from the official family are indeed much darker than them.This is to see things after collecting 10 taels, not less than one yuan, into the treasury tomorrow.

It is best to get the secret of Da Zhou's fire/arm and let Da Jin find a way to crack it.Da Zhou can't suppress Da Jin like this, it's better to be the same as before, neither side can win or lose, Da Zhou blocked the trade on the surface, but they smuggled goods inside and outside the customs, doubled their profits, and made a lot of money. A pot full of beryllium.

Since the Fusheng Bank Group was smashed more than ten years ago, they were just small traders in Houjin and turned into the largest trading group.Over the past decade or so, they have been full of food, and Daikin treats them very politely, because they still have advantages over the Mongolians in terms of price stability and supply.

If there is no big gold, where can they find such a way to make a fortune?

In the morning of the next day, several families brought several large boxes of silver in carriages to the temporary city patrolling yamen.Carrying the box into the Yamen yard, Xing Cheng listened to the report, and then saw Wu Liang and the others opened the box.

Uncle Guo, who was used to seeing babies, was dazzled for a moment.

These are all money earned by his slaves!

He can earn so much money at once, and his father's lifetime salary is not so much.

Xing Cheng suddenly realized a cruel reality from this experience: being an official is not as easy as ripping off profiteers and cheating.

This distorts Xing Cheng's future ideals and career development direction.