How does it feel to have a son-in-law and a granddaughter in one day
Hu Rong: I am so excited! And I feel like crying!
However, when Hu Rong calmed down, he asked hurriedly: "Where is my daughter? Also, who are you? How many people are there in your family? How many acres of land do you own? What do your parents do? Is this house bought or rented? When did you and Shanwei get married?"
"It's too late to explain." Mu Chun pushed Shi Qianhu and said, "You go and talk. I'm leaving now."
Hu Rong didn't know Mu Chun, but he knew Shi Qianhu. It was Shi Qianhu who took their Hu family out of the capital and settled them in Kunming. He always thought that Shi Qianhu was his daughter's confidant, but he didn't expect that this person was actually his son-in-law's man.
Mu Chun kissed his daughter's plump legs hard and rode his horse at full speed. Just as he passed the chrysanthemum field in front of the house, he seemed to hear A Lei's thunderous cry. Out of fatherly instinct, he immediately turned his horse's head and galloped back.
Through the gap in the bamboo curtain, Mu Chun saw that A Lei had woken up. Her father-in-law Hu Rong was holding her in one hand and feeding her water one spoonful at a time with the other.
Hu Rong looked at his granddaughter carefully. Her facial features were very similar to his grandfather's, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes. Her eyes in particular looked like they were drawn with a compass, and her eyeballs were like shiny black grapes.
Perhaps because of the close blood relationship, Arei did not reject this stranger and even pulled his grandfather's beard curiously. Arei was very strong and would not let go of anything he grabbed with his little fist. He pulled out two strands of beard and chuckled, revealing a small tooth.
Hu Rong didn't care about the pain, but praised his granddaughter, blurting out, "My Shanwei is so powerful, small but strong."
It seems that Hu Shanwei pulled his father's hair a lot when he was a child.
Seeing this heartwarming scene, Mu Chun confirmed that his father-in-law would raise his daughter well. After all, Hu Shanwei was also raised very well - at least before the age of seventeen. Hu Rong was really a good father and had experience in raising girls.
Without any worries, Mu Chun made up his mind and left home again.
As soon as Hu Rong finished speaking, he realized that he had made a mistake by calling his granddaughter by his daughter's name. He then asked Shi Qianhu, "What's the little baby's name?"
"This..." Shi Qianhu was a little bit unable to say, "The night the young lady was born, there were lightning and thunder, and my father was almost struck by a rolling thunder, so her nickname is A Lei."
Hu Rong objected on the spot, "You can't play around with a child's name. The name will stay with her for life. She doesn't know much now, so it doesn't matter if you call her a cat or a dog. When she grows up, she will be laughed at by other children."
Shi Qianhu also felt the same way. "What Mr. Hu said is right. I have three daughters named Shuzhen, Shuqin and Shufen. They sound like ladies, but the names of the young ladies were chosen by the adults and the lady. I have no say in them."
Shi Qianhu was born a bandit in Jiangxi Province. The more uncultured he was, the more he wanted to pretend to be cultured.
After all, Hu Rong was born in a scholarly family, so his daughter Hu Shanwei was named fresh and refined, very particular, and was decided after much deliberation. Looking at his granddaughter who was as cute as a snowball, he couldn't bring himself to name her A Lei, and felt that it was unfair to her.
Hu Rong thought for a moment and said, "Since this is a sign of good fortune from heaven, let's call him Ah Xiang."
The captain of the household applauded and said, "Mr. Hu is very talented. This is a proper name for a girl."
Ah Xiang, who was drinking water nearby, saw Shi Qianhu clapping his hands, so she followed suit. Hu Rong's eyes curved with laughter, "You see, she likes this new name very much."
Mu Chun, who had just followed Ji Gang out of Kunming City, didn't know that his daughter's famous nickname had been changed by her father-in-law.
Thousands of miles away, the city of Nanjing.
The clan affairs office tried the case of treason committed by Prince Zhou and his son, and Duke Cao Li Jinglong seized the dragon robe and other irrefutable evidence from Prince Zhou's palace in Henan.
Without waiting for the official trial at the clan court, Prince Zhou readily wrote a confession, claiming that he was confused for a moment and wanted to get his hands on the throne. The Crown Prince's persuasion was in vain, and he had to conceal the truth out of filial piety. Now that he was caught red-handed, he had nothing to say and only hoped that the Emperor would spare the lives of him and his son because of their blood relationship.
Prince Zhou cried with tears in every word he spoke, and Princess Huaiqing also ran around everywhere. The princesses all felt grieving for their uncle as Emperor Jianwen had taken such a cruel approach to him, and they all pleaded for mercy for their brother Prince Zhou. Even Princess Qingyang, who had the highest seniority in the royal family, was invited by Princess Huaiqing to the clan house to plead for Prince Zhou.
Princess Qingyang was the niece of Emperor Gaozu. According to the royal family rules, the emperor's niece should be given the title of Princess, and the niece's husband should be given the title of Junma. But Emperor Gaozu said, "When our family was poor and we had nothing to eat, it was my brother who starved to death and gave us food. I treat my brother's daughter as my own, so I give her the title of Princess and treat her the same as my daughters. My niece's husband was given the title of Fuma Duwei, but the Fuma Duwei would receive the salary of a Junma."
Princess Qingyang's consort was named Huang Chen, who had been guarding Zhongdu Fengyang. This shows how much Emperor Gaozu valued and trusted him. After all, Emperor Gaozu once had the crazy idea of moving the capital to Fengyang.
Princess Qingyang is the oldest member of the Ming imperial family. She gave Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, a lesson, but she felt it was not enough. She went to the palace to persuade Emperor Jianwen, "Your Majesty, killing people is not enough. Prince Zhou has already written a confession. Your Majesty, please spare his and his life."
All the aunts came to persuade her, and even Empress Ma whispered in her ear, repeating Hu Shanwei's words in a different form, saying that her husband had just ascended the throne, and that he had to use both kindness and power. His power had already been displayed, and now was the time to show kindness.
He added, "Since the purpose of weakening the King of Zhou is to scare the tigers, and weaken the King of Yan, then let King Zhou live, and give the uncles a way out. As long as they give up their military power and reduce the power of the princes' palaces, the uncles are still uncles. If they must be put to death, and they are pushed to the limit, what can we do if the uncles collude and become desperate? If they can't survive, won't they be able to do anything?"
Emperor Jianwen thought his wife's words made sense. It was indeed different when she became the empress. Her vision was higher than before. Anyway, the purpose of reducing the feudal system had been achieved.
It's done. The King of Zhou is just a useless person. The royal family is almost unanimous in wanting to save the King of Zhou's life, so let's just do him a favor.
Emperor Jianwen said: "My uncle knows his mistakes and can correct them, but the big mistake has been made and it is hard to reverse it. The Zhou Palace will be demoted to commoners. Except for the King of Runan who sacrificed his relatives for the sake of justice, the whole family will be imprisoned in Zhongdu Fengyang."
After hearing this, all the princesses praised Emperor Jianwen for his kindness.
Princess Qingyang was proud of her status and was used to being treated well during the Hongwu Dynasty. She had a vague understanding of the current emperor. She was somewhat dissatisfied with her nephew's drastic actions against the royal family as soon as he came to power. She sighed for a moment, thinking that if Emperor Gaozu was still alive, how could the honest child of Prince Zhou fall to this point? She couldn't help but say, "In this way, Emperor Gaozu can also rest in peace."
Upon hearing this, Princess Huaiqing felt that something bad was going to happen. Following Hu Shanwei's reminder, she should never praise the greatness of the first emperor in front of Emperor Jianwen. She hurriedly observed Emperor Jianwen's expression and saw that the emperor remained calm and did not get angry or take back his order. She felt relieved and thought that the emperor still had some face.
This is Si Yan Haitang who is beside Empress Ma. She comes and says that the Empress has held a banquet in Kunning Palace and invites all the princesses to come over for tea.
Emperor Jianwen was eager to send this group of elders and aunts away as soon as possible, thinking that the Queen was truly my good wife and knew that I hated dealing with elders the most.
The princesses said goodbye and went to Kunning Palace instead. Emperor Jianwen finally had some peace and quiet, and he quickly summoned all the ministers to discuss how to dethrone the next vassal king.
The banquet in Kunning Palace ended and the princesses returned home. No matter what, the lives of King Zhou and his son were saved.
Princess Qingyang had just returned to the princess mansion when the imperial edict of Emperor Jianwen arrived, saying that the royal rules could not be abolished and that the princess should be given the title of a princess. Now her title was changed to Princess Qingcheng, and her husband Huang Chen was also changed to a prince consort.
She never expected that the words "Emperor Gaozu would also be able to smile in his grave" would lead to the downgrading of both her and her husband's titles!
Princess Qingyang was stunned at the time: I was granted the title of princess by Emperor Gaozu as an exception! Emperor Gaozu had only been gone for two months, and his words were no longer valid
However, despite her dissatisfaction, Princess Qingyang... no, Princess Qingcheng still obeyed the order and went to the palace to express her gratitude.
Emperor Jianwen received the elder in his gentle manner and said, "County Ma Huang Chen has been guarding the Zhongdu Fengyang. The princess and his wife have been separated for a long time. Now that the county ma is old, it is time for him to return to the capital to enjoy his grandchildren and live out his days with the princess."
The words "Emperor Gaozu can also smile in his grave" touched the dragon scales. Emperor Jianwen was reluctant to get angry on the surface, but later he became rude. Moreover, the Zhou family was imprisoned in Fengyang, and Huang Chen was stationed there, so Emperor Jianwen was worried.
Princess Qingcheng returned home and finally understood what it meant to be a new emperor and new ministers. She no longer dared to act like an elder and now had to behave herself. Emperor Jianwen's words were full of hidden meanings. On the surface, he was caring and concerned about her, but in fact, he was scheming.
After Princess Qingcheng returned home, she immediately wrote a letter to her husband and sent someone to Fengyang overnight. Huang Chen, who was suddenly demoted to a county horse, had nothing to understand? He immediately wrote to the emperor, saying that he was old, abdicated, and asked to resign.
Emperor Jianwen refused twice until Huang Chen wrote to him for the third time, then he agreed and sent his confidant to replace Huang Chen to guard the Zhongdu Fengyang and monitor Prince Zhou's family.
Emperor Jianwen's move chilled the hearts of most of the royal family, because princesses could not become emperors. No matter how the political power changed, it would not affect the interests of the princesses, so successive dynasties were very tolerant of princesses.
The princess's mansion became a county lady's mansion overnight, and this was a special favor from Emperor Gaozu. Moreover, Princess Qingcheng and her husband never relied on their status to cause trouble. They were kind and friendly, caring for the younger generation, and had great prestige in the royal family. They had never made any mistakes. Now they have ended up like this. What do the princesses think
Princesses of the Ming Dynasty: We miss our father so much! Even if he turned half of us into widows! But at least we are still princesses, and we still have the dignity of princesses!
During the time when Princess Qingyang became Princess Qingcheng, Duke Cao Li Jinglong went to the Prince of Dai's Mansion in Datong, Shanxi, and arrested Prince of Dai Zhu Gui's entire family on charges of treason, brought them to the capital, demoted them to commoners, and then imprisoned them in Fengyang like Prince Zhou's entire family.
Princess Xu of Prince Dai was the second sister of Princess Xu of Prince Yan and the daughter of Xu Da, Duke of Wei. Prince Dai and Prince Yan were brothers-in-law, so she was the second one to be deposed by Emperor Jianwen.
In the same month, Zhu Xun, the Prince of Min, who was enfeoffed in Kunming, Yunnan, was accused by Mu Sheng, the Marquis of Xiping, who was stationed in Yunnan, of illegally mining silver and competing with the people for profits. Emperor Jianwen was really hit by the wrist, and he immediately demoted Zhu Xun, the Prince of Min, to a commoner and confined him to Zhangzhou, Fujian.
In the same month, when Prince of Xiang Zhu Bo was accused of printing imperial notes privately and was about to be taken back to the capital for interrogation, Zhu Bo, who was proud by nature, did not want to follow the same path as his brothers and be imprisoned in Fengyang, so he simply locked his entire family in the palace and set a fire.
Before his death, Zhu Bo laughed loudly and said, "I have personally seen many ministers who were convicted by Emperor Taizu commit suicide because they did not want to be humiliated. I am the son of Emperor Gao. How can I be insulted by the jailers just to save my life? I am willing to burn myself to death to prove my innocence!"
In August, Prince of Qi Zhu Bo was accused of treason, demoted to a commoner, and his entire family was imprisoned in Fengyang.
Just like that, three months after Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he removed six of his uncles in one go and demoted a princess to a county princess.
Everything went so smoothly. No vassal king dared to send troops to resist. The Prince of Xiang only set himself on fire in protest and did not dare to openly confront the imperial army. There was no major chaos in the vassal states. Moreover, after Princess Qingyang was demoted to Princess Qingcheng, no member of the royal family dared to use the title of "Emperor Gaozu" or seniority to suppress Emperor Jianwen.
The world is finally quiet.
Emperor Jianwen tasted the pleasure brought by the supreme imperial power and could not stop. Yes, with imperial power in hand, nothing would be a problem.
This is the Son of Heaven, almost like a god, who can make his wishes come true. No wonder everyone wants to be an emperor. Emperor Jianwen wielded the 40-meter-long sword of imperial power, invincible, and a little proud.
Being an emperor is not as difficult as Grandpa Huang said...
Emperor Jianwen didn't know, and others didn't dare to remind him: right after coming to power, he forced his uncle's family to death, imprisoned five uncles, and demoted his aunt, a princess, to the status of a county princess. This made almost all the royal family members fear Emperor Jianwen, and everyone felt insecure.
This green nephew is so terrible—no matter how cruel the purges the late emperor carried out in the former dynasty and the harem, almost half of the princesses became widows, but he did not touch anyone with the blood of the Zhu family!
You don't point your knife at outsiders, but only at your own family members. Are you stupid? Do you think we must obey you and accept the current situation where you can slaughter us
You think we have no other choice
Silence, either explode in silence or perish in silence.
Starting with Princess Qingcheng, those members of the royal family who were forced to choose silence successively received olive branches from Prince Yan—naturally, they were sent by Ji Gang through the former Jinyiwei spies.
Accept or not? The royal family members had their own choices, but they all tacitly did not expose the secret actions of the Prince of Yan.
Emperor Jianwen's efforts to reduce the power of the feudal lords had achieved results, and Hu Shanwei also made some achievements in the palace. Haitang brought her the suicide note of Wang Dianzheng, who followed Lady Fan and hanged herself. From the literal meaning, the suicide note was flawless, but Hu Shanwei knew Lady Fan too well. As female officials who were both promoted and guided by Lady Fan, Wang Dianzheng and Hu Shanwei were somewhat similar.
However, Lady Fan was used to passing the buck and pushing others to take the blame. Her cultivation of talents was definitely not selfless. The favor she bestowed was actually conditional. She was an ordinary official who used all kinds of means to maintain her position.
When you meet this kind of boss, you will have the opportunity to stand out, but you will also encounter dangers. Dangers and opportunities coexist. Just like when Hu Shanwei worked under Fan Shanggong, whether it was editing books, printing books, bestowing books, or going on a business trip to Xi'an to investigate the death of Liu Siyan, Fan Shanggong knew the dangers but pushed her to do it without mercy.
Therefore, Fan Shanggong's subordinates would be grateful for giving them the opportunity, but it is almost impossible for them to commit suicide for her.
Therefore, this sad and desolate suicide note, which claimed that the author wanted to follow his former boss, Lady Fan, was very suspicious.
But Haitang swore, "I compared Wang Dianzheng's handwriting with her suicide note and confirmed that it was written by her personally, not a forgery."
Hu Shanwei disagreed, "Writing by yourself may not be voluntary. If someone holds a knife to your neck, will you write or not?"
Haitang said, "But on the night when Wang Dianzheng hanged himself, none of the neighbors heard any quarrels or fights. Everything was peaceful and calm."
Hu Shanwei was thinking about the recent clues, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. "Don't you think Wang Dianzheng's death is very similar to that of a palace maid three years ago?"
Suicide is a serious crime, and there are only a few people who have committed suicide in recent years. Haitang thought about it and immediately said, "Baoqin from the former East Palace? The palace maid who spread the rumor that Concubine Hu had an affair with Ji Gang, the then deputy commander of the Imperial Guard?"
Hu Shanwei nodded, "It was her. She also hanged herself without anyone noticing and left a suicide note explaining the whole story. This can't be just a coincidence."
Back then, Baoqin was a maid in the palace of the Crown Prince and also a spy for the Crown Princess Lu of the Eastern Palace. Because she leaked the conversation between the Crown Prince and Hu Shanwei to the Crown Princess, she was sent to the Eastern Palace by the Crown Prince.
Afterwards, the Crown Princess resented Hu Shanwei for alienating the mother-son relationship between them, so she used Baoqin's mouth to spread rumors about Hu Shanwei and Ji Gang. Fan Gongzheng and Mao Xiang followed the clues and tortured them severely, and finally found out that they had reached the Eastern Palace.
The Crown Princess forced Baoqin to write a suicide note and put all the blame on Baoqin. However, Hu Shanwei and five other departments jointly carried out a sting operation and caught the fox's tail. As a result, Emperor Gaozu confined the Crown Princess in the East Palace in the name of recuperating from illness.
Haitang was smart. She was also a witness to this incident. She immediately understood what Hu Shanwei meant: "Do you think Wang Dianzheng's death is related to the current Empress Dowager Lu?"
Hu Shanwei nodded. "It's hard to change a person's habits. The method used to force Wang Dianzheng to death was exactly the same as Baoqin's. Empress Dowager Lu had a criminal record and was cruel and ruthless. I suspect that Lady Fan and Wang Dianzheng must have posed a threat to Empress Dowager Lu's interests and were killed by her one after another."
The author has something to say: I am not writing this for the sake of plot. The various jaw-dropping and stupid moves of Emperor Jianwen in this chapter are all real history, not fabricated. He immediately attacked the entire royal family as soon as he came to power, especially the part about Princess Qingyang. I think he was just too proud. Your grandfather made a special appointment to be a princess, but she did nothing wrong, but you demoted her to a princess. You simply pushed the royal family to the side of Prince Yan, forcing them to start a new family.
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№20 Netizen: 鷋 Comment: "Hu Shanwei" Score: 2 Published time: 2019-04-12 00:03:47 Reviewed chapter: 171
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