After Li Zhongyi returned to the palace, his anger was still not gone, and even the most favored Li Qiniang was turned away by an unprecedented turn.

Li Qiniang is not a fool either. The man disappeared from her, obviously she was stimulated.

So Li Qiniang called Zhang Sanzheng and asked carefully. Then she suddenly realized and went to see Empress Xue in person.

When Empress Dowager Xue heard that such a big thing had happened, she immediately couldn't sit still and immediately got up to find Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi's slept with a knife in front of the palace gate, and when he saw Empress Dowager Xue coming, no one dared to stop him, so he had to give him a hand and notify Li Zhongyi.

The relationship between Empress Dowager Xue and Li Zhongyi is different from that of ordinary mother and son. After Li Zhongyi learned the news, he had to come out to greet him.

After getting off the carriage, Empress Dowager Xue kept holding Li Zhongyi's hand, and the mother and son entered the bedroom side by side.

"Dalang, you are the flesh that fell from my stomach. No one knows your temper better than me." Empress Dowager Xue gently patted the back of Li Zhongyi's hand and said with a smile, "You are the king of a country. Whoever makes you unhappy, let's make his whole family unhappy."

Li Zhongyi had never expected that Empress Dowager Xue would have such an attitude. Moreover, what Empress Dowager Xue said was roughly similar to a slogan in later generations, and it was quite funny.

"Mother, I'm not really angry. But there are some things that must be done in front of everyone." Li Zhongyi said with a smile, and Empress Dowager Xue immediately understood them.

"That's good, that's good. I'm worried that you will get angry for your mother, so that's trouble." Empress Dowager Xue let out a long breath, took Li Zhongyi's hand and patted it lightly twice.

In fact, Li Zhongyi was really angry at first, but after giving the order to arrest people, he gradually calmed down.

A person who had never been angry was annoyed. Li Zhongyi happened to use this anger to catch all the Confucian scholars who were causing trouble.

Thinking back to the beginning, Zhu Chongba killed more than 10,000 people, including many Confucian scholars. The Ming Dynasty continued its rule for more than two hundred years.

This dynasty did not kill scholars and officials, which was the national policy of weak Song. There was no such a ridiculous creed here in Li Zhongyi.

During Zhu Chongba's reign, the imperial power was still unable to reach the county, and the power vacuum below the county was still in the hands of the gentry.

However, Li Zhongyi's rule method was that the imperial power must be transferred to the county. Not only did he have to be transferred to the county, but he also transferred the officers into the village.

This means that Li Zhongyi's ability to control and mobilize the entire empire far exceeds that of Zhu Chongba.

If the old-school generals did not cooperate, Li Zhongyi would choose his iron-blooded wrist, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, sweeping them into the garbage dump of history.

If civil officials or Confucian scholars do not cooperate, Li Zhongyi still has a way to make them regret it, that is, he will always prohibit Confucian scholars and their family members from participating in the imperial examination.

It has been agreed upon to be qualified to participate in the imperial examination to become an official. If the power to participate in the imperial examination is lost, it means that no one in the entire family will be an official.

In an official society, if there is no official among family members, they will obviously become bullied.

Thinking back to the beginning, after respecting Confucianism alone, Confucian scholars used their monopoly imperial power to throw various schools of thought into the garbage dump of history.

Now, Li Zhongyi is just doing the opposite. He is obedient and candy, and he is not allowed to become an official. It is that simple.

Empress Dowager Xue didn't care about these things, she was only worried about Li Zhongyi's body. Since Li Zhongyi had solved the mystery, the mother and son hadn't seen each other for a long time, they naturally had a lot of chatting.

"Oh, I never dreamed of being the queen mother. This was all my blessing for you." Empress Xue said with emotion, "At that time, Cao was in charge of the family. She caused trouble for us both every day. She either scolded you for being useless or punished her mother for not being allowed to eat. Life was really hard!"

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and comforted Empress Dowager Xue: "Mother, it's been so long since the matter has passed, what do you remember? The good days for us mothers are still coming."

Empress Dowager Xue gently patted the back of Li Zhongyi's hand and smiled, "This person, once he lives a good life, he will inevitably be sad and sad. He is already content with his mother for this life."

Li Zhongyi suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "Mother, after this period of time, I will take you and my father to play with you in Jiangnan to play with me, okay?"

Speaking of which, Empress Dowager Xue was very pitiful. She was also trapped in the palace in her life. She had a great river and mountains that she didn't know what she looked like.

"I won't disturb the people, will I?" Empress Dowager Xue asked Li Zhongyi with some concern.

Li Zhongyi smiled and said, "We are on the waterway and live on the boat. One is not building an open palace, the other is not messing with the levy, and there is no situation of disturbing the people."

"That's good, that's good. I once heard your father say that Emperor Yang of Sui went to Jiangnan to make people suffer, and even lost his country and his body and head were different."

Empress Dowager Xue was beautiful when she was young, otherwise Li Dahe would not have bought her as a concubine.

As the saying goes, marry a wife and be virtuous, and take concubines and be spoiled. From a modern perspective, Empress Dowager Xue's appearance can be at least 85 points.

"Oh, by the way, there is something that is about to be discussed with you. Brother Bao is not young anymore and continues to live in the palace. I am afraid of causing gossip from others. Why not live in the house early?" Empress Dowager Xue is a sensible mother. Although she is very reluctant to leave, her youngest son Brother Bao is indeed not young and should live in the house two years ago.

Li Zhongyi thought for a while and said, "Mother, this dynasty will not be awarded no title without military merit. Even if Brother Bao is my younger brother, this example cannot be broken."

Empress Dowager Xue is a sensible person. She understood what Li Zhongyi meant as soon as she heard it, and couldn't help but smile and said, "After all, it's your brother who is the same as your father and mother. You can do it. Could it be that you, the elder brother, still hungry for him?"

Li Zhongyi immediately smiled. The more sensible Empress Xue was, the more he felt that he could not treat Brother Bao unfairly.

"Mother, why not do this? Let Brother Bao go to guard Qian'er for me?" Li Zhongyi said lightly, but Empress Dowager Xue understood that Ming was actually giving Brother Bao a great favor to guard Qian'er.

The Qiandi Mansion in the present day is a place of dragon development and a forbidden area for the ministers. Who dares to act rashly except the emperor himself?

"No, that's too conspicuous." Empress Dowager Xue rejected Li Zhongyi's kindness and sighed, "It's not easy for you to be an emperor, so as not to talk about others for nothing, and it's not good for your brother."

"Then let's get a big house and be a big official from Brother Bao." Li Zhongyi was quite willing to invest in his only brother and truly became a friend of his brothers.

As for Brother Bao, he really regarded Li Zhongyi as his father.

Brothers are friendly and respectful, this is a situation that Empress Dowager Xue likes very much. She nodded and told Li Zhongyi: "The house must not be too luxurious, so as not to harm Brother Bao."

The mother and son discussed it and finally finalized Bao Ge'er's official position, the governor of Caozhou, and the so-called title of envoy.

In the Later Zhou Dynasty, the prime minister was already a false title, that is, he enjoyed the treatment of the prime minister but did not have the real power of the prime minister. It was purely a consolation or encouragement award.

After entering this dynasty, the Jiedushi was even more void with no soldiers. Not only that, he even stood aside in the Political Affairs Hall, and his work with the Secretary of the Central Committee became a worthless void title.

After Li Zhongyi ascended the throne, the principle of separation of military and political affairs implemented quickly strengthened the centralized system and greatly weakened the real power of local forces.

The mother and son agreed on Bao Ge'er's place to go, and the topic immediately touched Tianya, which was also a heart-wrenching problem of Empress Dowager Xue.

"As the saying goes, marry a man and get married, and get dressed and eat. However, Tianya was born in the royal family and there is no worry about eating and getting dressed. I am only worried that she is not married and lives a hard life."

Poor parents in the world, Empress Dowager Xue was so worried about her twin children.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "Mother, Tianya is still young, so you don't need to rush to get married." This is just his excuse.

The real reason is that Tianya is only fourteen years old now and her body has not yet matured. If she gets married too early, she may be sad in the future where she has children.

In this era of shortage of medical treatment and medicine, even if Li Zhongyi is a famous doctor in the world, he dare not ensure that Tianya can give birth smoothly.

"Silly, Tianya is already fourteen years old, she is not young anymore, and it's time to talk about her. Thinking about her mother's age at that time, she was already your father's concubine." Empress Dowager Xue's words blocked Li Zhongyi so much that she rolled her eyes.

"Mother, Tianya is my only sister. Even if she doesn't get married, she must choose a good husband." Li Zhongyi could only find excuses to try to block Empress Xue's mouth.

However, Empress Dowager Xue's concept of marriage was completely inconsistent with Li Zhongyi, and neither mother nor son could convince anyone.

Empress Dowager Xue glared at Li Zhongyi and said unhappily: "You can't drag it anymore. If you drag it on, be careful that no one wants her."

This is a typical forced marriage!

Li Zhongyi was not good at fighting with his mother, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Mother, why don't you go and ask Tianya what she meant?"

"Hmph, marriage is always the order of parents. When does the matchmaker need to ask her what she means?" Empress Dowager Xue was unhappy and glared at Li Zhongyi fiercely.

"Mother, why don't you talk about a good family first? When Tianya is eighteen years old, then she will get married in a grand manner?" Li Zhongyi couldn't resist Empress Xue and had to choose to compromise.

"This is almost the same." Empress Dowager Xue was actually quite reluctant to let Tianya go. She got engaged first and then got married. At least her daughter could stay by her side for four years.

The mother and son reached an agreement, and everyone was happy for a moment and each got what they wanted.
Chapter completed!