The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 884: remember
Chapter 884 Remember
The source of a country’s trends is the emperor. Just like when the emperor of the Jin Dynasty made elixirs, the noble families followed suit. For a time, they invited Taoist priests to their homes to make elixirs and took the elixirs. This actually became a symbol of power and nobility in the capital, and Taoist alchemists became very popular in the capital.
How many noble families imitated the emperor… and bought young children from human traffickers just to make elixirs to prolong their lives. Countless children died in vain in the elixir furnaces.
Such a court would surely cause greater chaos in the future even if my cousin did not overthrow it.
It was not until the evening of the third day that the memorials piled up in the palace were processed and the officials were escorted back to their homes by soldiers, dragging their limp bodies. The moment they came out of the hall, they felt as if they had returned to the days when they were young boys taking the imperial examinations, as if they had shed a layer of skin.
The news that Bai Qingyan sent soldiers to escort officials out of the palace and back to their homes spread to all the mansions. The mistresses of each mansion and their families stood at the door to welcome their masters or sons.
Prime Minister Lu had many descendants, and the gate of Prime Minister Lu’s mansion was crowded with Lu’s descendants and their relatives. Lu Yuanqing even rode his horse to the palace gate to wait for his father-in-law and uncle.
As soon as he saw his father-in-law’s carriage coming out, Lu Yuanqing immediately pulled up the reins and walked forward: “Father-in-law, uncle…”
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Lu opened the carriage curtain, looked up at his grandson, and said to him, “Let’s talk about it when we get home!”
“Yes!” Lu Yuanqing rode his horse quickly to the front and led the way.
On the way back to Prime Minister Lu’s residence, Lu Yuanqing saw many officials who got off the carriage being supported into the residence by their crying wives or children. He couldn’t help but feel worried, wondering if these officials had been severely tortured in the palace and were released only because they agreed to Bai Qingyan’s ascension to the throne as empress.
As soon as Lu Xiang arrived at the gate of Lu’s house, his sons, grandsons, granddaughters and daughters-in-law all surrounded him. Lu Yuanqing helped Lu Xiang get off the carriage, and then he heard the third daughter-in-law crying, “Father has suffered so much!”
Prime Minister Lu frowned, “What are you talking about? Your Majesty and I have been busy in the palace for three days and three nights dealing with the backlog of government affairs. Your Majesty has not complained, so how can we complain?”
Lu Yuanqing knew that Weng Weng was afraid that his mother would say something disrespectful to Bai Qingyan, which would be bad for the Lu family.
Lu Yuanbao hurried forward to support his father and said to Lu Xiang, “Father, let’s go home and talk about it.”
“Hurry, prepare hot tea and food for the master and father!” shouted Lu Xiang’s eldest daughter-in-law.
After helping Prime Minister Lu into the palace and the family sat down in the main hall, Prime Minister Lu’s eldest son dismissed his attendants, not even his personal attendants, and breathed a long sigh of relief. He looked at Prime Minister Lu and said, “Father, when we were in the palace, I didn’t dare to ask you, do you really agree with Princess Zhenguo ascending the throne?”
“I disagree. Do you have a better candidate?” Lu Xiang took a sip of the hot tea. “Although she is a woman, you have seen her foresight and broad-mindedness over the past three days. She has a deep understanding of the governance of Dayan and Xiliang. She can even use their essence to make up for the shortcomings of our national policy. She is also respectful and willing to listen to other people’s opinions! Most importantly… she has a great ambition to unify the world.”
Prime Minister Lu’s eldest son nodded. If Bai Qingyan wasn’t a woman, after these three days of contact, Prime Minister Lu’s eldest son would have been full of admiration for her.
“You dare to propose the implementation of new laws at this time, and you have already drafted the outline of the reform, which is very consistent with the current national conditions. You dare to vigorously promote this… strategy of putting people first, a rich people means a strong country, and a strong people means a strong army, instead of the previous strategy of putting the interests of the royal family and the aristocratic families first! If the prince ascends the throne, I am afraid he will not be able to implement the new laws! Only when the dynasty changes and the new monarch takes the throne will he not be constrained by the aristocratic families and the royal family! It can be seen that… replacing the Lin family’s imperial power and reforming the law, as she said, had already begun to be planned as early as the Xuanjia period when the Bai family members died in battle!”
After reading the new law, Prime Minister Lu was shocked for a long time: “From the time I had this idea, to now replacing the Lin family’s imperial power, it has only been three years! In just three years… Your Majesty destroyed Liang State and expanded the territory of Jin State, and then replaced the Lin family’s imperial power! Such courage… moving mountains and crossing seas! With such an emperor… Why worry about not being able to unite the world!”
“Yes…” After hearing what his father said, the eldest son of Prime Minister Lu nodded in understanding. “Three years ago, the Bai family was in trouble. Everyone thought that the Bai family had no place to stand in the capital. Who would have known that three years later… Her Majesty would lead the Bai family to make a comeback, pacify the southern border, destroy Daliang, overthrow the Lin family’s imperial power and take its place! What’s even more shocking is… three years ago, when the Bai family was on the verge of life and death, she had already begun to plan for the unification of the world! Even in poverty, she became more determined and never lost her ambition… Such a character is really rare.”
“This woman has her sights set on the whole world. She set up the School Affairs Office… not to monitor the officials, but to collect intelligence from various countries for future use!” Prime Minister Lu narrowed his eyes, staring at the slightly swaying candlelight, and shook his head, “Who in the Lin family can have such foresight? The kings of the past did not have such ambitions, and we court officials… have never thought about completing the great cause of unifying the world.”
Sitting nearby, Lu Yuanqing saw his father-in-law and uncle talking to each other, all praising Bai Qingyan, so he asked, “So, the father-in-law and uncle support the Princess Zhenguo becoming the emperor?”
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Prime Minister Lu suddenly closed the lid of the cup in his hand and warned everyone in the Lu family, “From now on, you all remember this. Although Your Majesty has not yet ascended the throne, the new dynasty, Great Zhou, has been established! We will be the ministers of the Great Zhou in the future! Especially you… Lu Yuanqing and Lu Yuanbao, after Your Majesty ascends the throne, he will implement new policies and will definitely boldly use new people. One of you is the second place, and the other is the sixth place in the second class. You may catch His Majesty’s eye. You must remember what Weng Weng said. Don’t look down on Your Majesty just because you are a woman! To be able to achieve such results in three years… let alone women, even men are probably rare! Your Majesty… is a person with real ability.”
Lu Yuanbao and Lu Yuanqing quickly stood up and bowed to Prime Minister Lu, saying, “Grandson, please remember your teachings.”
Even if Prime Minister Lu had not said this, Lu Yuanbao and Lu Yuanqing would never dare to look down on Bai Qingyan. After all… Bai Qingyan had outstanding military achievements. Not to mention this battle to destroy Liang, and the previous pacification of southern Xinjiang, when Bai Qingyan was young, he followed the King Zhenguo Bai Weiting to the battle and chopped off the head of the enemy general Pang Pingguo!
No matter what others say, this is King Zheng of the Kingdom doing this to save face for his granddaughter, but if Bai Qingyan does not have some real skills, it is impossible for him to chop off the head of the enemy general.
At this time, not only the Lu Mansion, but almost all the court officials expressed this idea after returning home.
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