bookcurios Chapter 264: It should be able to wash away the bad luck, and good times will come
Chapter 264: It should be able to wash away the bad luck, and good times will come
Prince Li and others were still thinking about how to find a way to persuade him in a subtle way.
But their thoughts were known by Jing Yunzhang.
Jing Yunzhang was somewhat puzzled by the concerns of Prince Li and others.
When he decided to marry Zhao Susu as his queen, he didn't actually think too much about it. He just felt that as a man, he had ruined Zhao Susu's innocence, not to mention that Zhao Susu had given birth to a daughter for him.
He has the responsibility to take care of Zhao Susu and his daughter! This is what his mother taught him many years ago. As a man, he must be responsible. He must not abandon his wife after having an affair with her. He must repay her kindness and have the righteousness of his country in mind!
But as he got to know Zhao Susu better, he felt more and more that perhaps it was his mother's spirit in heaven blessing him that allowed him to marry such a good queen.
How could he be unhappy or even wary of Mingzhu's high reputation among the people?
That's a good thing. Mingzhu has a high reputation and is popular among the people, which is a help to him.
The people will not resist the court, and some government policies can be implemented better.
If he can't think of this, and even feels jealous and repressive, then what's the difference between him and Jing Hengyan?
Zhao Susu has already adapted well to the life of queen.
After all, as the queen, she did not have to manage concubines, had no mother-in-law to trouble, no concubines to compete for favor, and no children to worry about. Moreover, she could enter and leave the palace as often as she wanted without any restrictions.
There were also some sour Confucian scholars who felt that the queen did not stay in the harem and left the imperial city from time to time, which was a loss of status. Before they could quote from the classics, they were speechless after being criticized.
"The Queen must stay in the palace? She can't show her face in public, it's disrespectful?" A minister said indignantly, his eyes full of disdain for these sour Confucian scholars, "You people only know how to follow the rules of your ancestors, but don't you see what the world is like now! Whatever the Queen does, is for the country and the people?"
"Do you want to see what you are saying? Are you deaf or blind and can't see the gold and silver that the Queen gave to the treasury?"
Another minister immediately rebuked loudly, his voice was very excited: "Our queen is not an ordinary woman. When the treasury was empty, the queen generously donated her own private wealth to fill the treasury. How many people can do that?"
"Why didn't you say that the queen was a woman? Why didn't you say that women shouldn't be involved in these national affairs? Now you are here to criticize the queen for leaving the palace. Where is your conscience?
"How many people did the queen save by building charity halls among the people and providing relief to the poor and the weak? Many men could not do those things. Why didn't you say that the queen should stay in the palace?"
Pei Hongmiao couldn't help but speak up, "The queen has the world in her heart. The good things she has done are hundreds and thousands of times better than those of you who can only talk on paper! What qualifications do you have to criticize the queen here?"
Those sour Confucian scholars blushed under the accusations of everyone, but could not utter a word in rebuttal.
Zhao Susu entered and left the palace as if she were at home, without any resistance. The cumbersome procedures and the obstruction of conservative people disappeared without a trace like dust blown away by the breeze.
However, Zhang Yunzhang was well aware of the turbulent situation inside and outside the palace, and the hidden dangers everywhere. He carefully selected four skilled and meticulous secret guards to protect Zhao Susu secretly.
In terms of national affairs, agriculture and sericulture are of vital importance, and are related to the people's food, clothing and shelter. Zhang Yunzhang is well aware of Zhao Susu's intelligence and insight, and whenever he encounters issues related to agriculture and sericulture, he always asks for her opinion.
Zhao Susu did not disappoint. The suggestions she put forward often hit the nail on the head and opened up new paths for agricultural and sericulture development.
Not only that, Zhang Yunzhang would also discuss with Zhao Susu what kind of rules should be formulated for the merchants of Dashang, which is related to the prosperity and stability of the national economy. One of them has the wisdom and foresight of an emperor, and the other has a unique perspective and delicate mind. During the discussion, various good strategies came into being.
When the emperor and empress got married, they didn't have very deep feelings for each other. But as they got along with each other, they became more and more harmonious and had a mutual understanding.
Meng Yu lived in the palace for three months, and she could see that Zhao Susu was living a happy and fulfilling life.
She doesn't need to stay here any longer. The world is so big and she hasn't traveled all the way yet.
I believe that when she comes back again, her parents will give her a little brother or sister.
It's time for the college entrance examination again.
Cao Shuqing was very well prepared this time.
He believed the monk's words that he was unlucky. After all, nothing he did went well. Even when he was walking on the road, he would step on a fruit peel and fall.
He found it hard to accept his increasingly difficult situation.
He was reborn and knew all the developments in the future. He was very talented in writing and he could even recite the test questions of the provincial, metropolitan and palace examinations.
But what good was that? He didn't even pass the college entrance examination.
He also tried to change his current life.
But in his previous life, he only knew how to be an official.
He knows everything about officialdom.
Now he understood that if it were not for the great help of his father-in-law, the Prime Minister, and if he had not been in that position, he would not have been able to put into practice what he had learned.
He also thought that he could use the reborn prophet to predict what was about to happen and change his destiny.
However, he was immersed in the officialdom in his previous life, so how could he know what happened in the countryside? Because he didn't care at all!
He also wanted to use his sweet words, eloquence, and experience from an extra life to get in touch with the noble person from his previous life as soon as possible, but he was just a student and so young, so which noble person would meet him?
He could no longer afford the tuition fees for Ziguang Academy, so he simply lived in Jiazhou and never returned to Ningshan County.
In order to survive, he earned a meager income by copying books and selling calligraphy and paintings. At first, he lived in the slums in the north.
But the environment there was extremely bad and he lost things several times.
Later, he deliberately went to live in the temple for more than half a year. During this period, he devoted himself to studying, trying to win the first place in the case again.
He wanted to copy scriptures for the temple in exchange for long-term accommodation, but was rejected by the abbot. The abbot looked kind and said, "Donor, your fortune is not good now, so you should concentrate on studying. Copying scriptures is a waste of effort and energy, so there is no need for that!"
Cao Shuqing always felt that this was not what the abbot originally meant, but he had no evidence.
He stayed there shamelessly. He was already seventeen years old, poor and homeless anyway.
As for his mother, Li, she had already returned to the countryside. She grew up in the countryside and would not starve to death, so he did not need to pay much attention to her.
When he took part in the college entrance examination again, he felt that the six months in the temple should be able to wash away his bad luck and that good times would come!
When leaving, he said goodbye to the abbot of the temple.
The abbot also gave him thirty taels of silver.
He certainly didn't care about this amount of money in his previous life, but for him who was poor, it was a huge sum of money.
After he left, the head monk looked at the abbot, very puzzled: "Uncle Master, this man has a dark face and a cunning heart. He is not a good person. Why did you give him money?"