At this time, Concubine Chen was pushed out. Is it because the queen had given birth to a prince? In case of precautions, she was hidden - Xiaomiao was hidden for six years when she was young, or was there something wrong with the queen's child?

Even if Zhang Hui knew about the matter, he could not give a single word.

But no matter which possibility is, the situation in Beijing is considered not very good. Otherwise, there is no need to recommend the fairy concubine to attract attention.

The emperor's move after move, no matter how he looks like... he wanted to force Ning Fan to rebel!

It is difficult to cut it to the end without any rebellion?!

Shen Rui frowned, but, the court is really ready for a battle?

The neighbors in the north are still eyeing them because of the drought!

Although King Ning in his previous life was vulnerable, his current teacher Wang Shouren is already the Minister of War in Nanjing. He has heavy troops and the navy has great combat experience, so it should not be difficult to defeat King Ning.

But what if the Tatars took advantage of the situation?

In the past two years, the national treasury has not saved up too much. If the war begins on both ends, it will be really unbearable.

The losses in the north will also directly affect the sensitive nerves of the Ming Dynasty officials after the Tumu Fort Incident. What will happen then?

The great situation that has been opened up in northern Xinjiang will be destroyed. What is even more terrifying is that once this inherent impression is planted, it may affect the Ming Dynasty's policy towards Mongolia for more than ten years and decades.

If you pick the pustule of Ning Fan, just pick it up. It’s better to pick it up early, but in the north, you must keep it no matter what. Shen Rui gritted his teeth and thought.

Then he locked himself in the study alone and began to write a secret letter, to his teacher Wang Shouren, Zhang Hui, Cong Lan, Chen Shu, Cai Song, Dai Dabin, Li Yanqing, Jiang He, Gao Wenhu...

"You must hand over the letter to Cong, Lord Chen, two of you." Shen Rui repeatedly reminded him when he handed the letter to Tian Feng.

Tian Feng was in Shanxi and Shaanxi for several years and was most familiar with people, so he sent him to the border to deliver letters. At the same time, he also sent a batch of veterinary medicines that Lantian led his men to make in a hurry in the past two months.

Lantian actually discussed with his teacher Li Dongyang and Pang Tianqing in Beijing. On the way to Henan, he had already found many simple prescriptions for using medicine in the cattle and horse classics, and also had a preliminary pharmaceutical plan.

After obtaining the full support and cooperation of Shen Rui, Lantian led the experienced veterinarians drawn from Zhangde and Huaiqing Mansion to select a group of clever and diligent apprentices from the victims, and quickly built a workshop to put it into production with sufficient funds.

Shen Rui’s requirements for their products are the same as those of Tianliangzi’s medicine - it doesn’t matter whether the disease can be cured well, and it must not be cured to death by humans, cows and horses.

The purpose of this batch of medicines is not to show off their skills and show how effective the medicine is, but to remind the grassland that some things will not be obtained by grabbing them, and they will only trade in the horse market.

"It's not for making money. You can exchange cowhide and wool for anything. As long as they know, there is a horse market, there will be these." Shen Rui said to Tian Feng.

Tian Feng responded repeatedly, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Second Master, I want to bring Chen Li with me. If I have to use it, I can keep him there. If anyone like them here in the future, I can let him go."

Chen Li was the leader of the Henan Prefecture, and he had thirty or forty people under his command. He was all very skilled and extremely brave.

Because he had a personal grudge with the mine thief Li Cai, Wan Dongjiang persuaded him to recruit him, helped Zhou Xian to wipe out Li Cai, and also served as a local wealthy man Li Gensheng who sold the stolen goods for Li Cai.

Although Chen Li and his group had no lives, they had many cases of robbery and were not easy to obtain a decent official identity.

As for a house like Li Gensheng, there were many bandits, horses, bandits, and mines tied up on the line. For a time, Chen Li became a "traitor" who "everyone can punish him" and it was difficult to survive in Henan Prefecture.

Tian Feng wanted to take this group of people to the border as a semicolon for the Shunfeng Bian, and specifically to receive escorts from the caravans who come and go to the Ma City.

With such an identity, I gradually understand the situation in the grassland and even cooperate with the people from the Siyi Pavilion. In the future, I will always have an official family background.

Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "They are different from Wan Dongjiang. They are both masters who are faster than their brains. Now it is very fast, so don't make things impulsively."

He pondered for a moment and said again: "Henan and others can't stay there, so they can take them to Shanxi and Shaanxi first, and put them in Shunfeng Bian, and then familiarize themselves. As for the Siyiguan, I asked us to lend someone to help. If you don't mention it, don't interfere easily."

After the arrangements here, Shen Rui submitted a memorial and asked the Henan Road branch inspector to station in Ruzhou to prevent mine theft, and then set off for Zhangde Mansion.

It's already May, and there is still not much rain. This year it's obvious that it's going to be drought again. This weather is really worrying.

Although Zhangde Mansion vigorously promotes new seeds and new planting methods and opens a canal, it is difficult for it to avoid being affected by the weather.

The preparations for the Shanshen Temple Fair are almost done. Now in this situation, we still have to urge the other side to start quickly.

However, as soon as he arrived at Zhangde Mansion, another shocking news came.

On April 29th, Empress Dowager Wang passed away.

The emperor was delivering the news at the same time as the emperor's imperative to call Shen Rui back to Beijing to report his duties.

*

The Empress Dowager Wang is the second queen of Xian Temple.

The first queen, Wu, was deposed by Xianmiao for just one month. After that, Xianmiao always wanted to make Concubine Wan the Empress, but Empress Dowager Zhou refused to agree and had to make Wang the Empress.

In the years that followed, Xianmiao actually wanted to abolish Wang more than once. However, Wang was cautious and low-key, and there was no mistake. How arrogant and domineering Concubine Ren Wan was always indifferent to her, there was no way to abolish him.

When the Hongzhi Dynasty arrived, Wang became the queen mother, but he was quiet and still acted as an invisible person in the harem, and never got involved in the dispute between Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Zhang.

Until Zhengde Dynasty, the old lady stood firmly behind Shou Ge from the beginning, supported his policies and cooperated with his actions, and solved many palace affairs for him. The last time she came forward to speak for Prince Chong Chengjue and cooperated with Shou Ge's layout.

Brother Shou was also very close to this grandmother and had added the imperial village to her many times. In the fifth year of Zhengde, he also gave her the title of "Cisheng Kangshou".

The old lady said that she had always been weak, but she did not sleep in bed from time to time like Empress Dowager Zhou when she was old.

There was no news of her illness this winter. During the first day of the year, she also congratulated her with the Queen Mother and the Queen.

It was beyond everyone's expectations that the sudden death of this time.

When the Empress Dowager passed away, the emperor was still in Xiyuan. When he heard the bad news, he ran back to the palace like crazy, and cried until he fainted in Renshou Palace.

When he appeared in front of others again, he was already haggard and had a sick look, which showed sorrow.

Empress Xia was even more sad and fell ill. The mourning hall was filled with several strong palace servants forcibly carrying her, and her face was pale and almost bloodless.

The empress dowager was polite to Empress Xia and the pregnant concubine Chen Xian, and ordered the two to rest for a long time, and the concubine Wu De completed other etiquettes on her behalf.

All the courts were called emperor and empress filial piety.

But at some point, such words were circulating in the public that the Empress Dowager had always been healthy and died suddenly, and that she must have been assassinated.

The death of the Empress Dowager was indeed very sudden, so some people believed this and there were a lot of discussions on the streets.

Some people soon said that the Empress Dowager had always been kind to others, and the royal family of the foreign relatives was even more peaceful and had never made enemies with others. Although the Empress Dowager had a noble status, she had no authority. How could anyone have assassinated her?

Then there was a concealment saying, I'm afraid that the little prince in Queen Chen's belly would defeat his great-grandmother...

There are also some sayings that the Empress Dowager actually died after taking elixirs, which was the one who was the one who led Tianliang Temple to the east.

This Taoist also knew that the medicine was inappropriate and was afraid of being pursued, so he first used Yunyou as an excuse to escape!

The emperor shouldn't have made friends with the monk Yaodao. He found that something went wrong, but in order to cover up his mistakes, he let the demondao escape and refused to issue a wanted order to arrest him for his grandmother. This is a great unfilial piety...

Dig deeper, who recommended this man to the emperor? I heard that it was Shen Rui, who confiscated his house! He seemed to have some relatives with Shen Rui.

He also said that the emperor also took the elixir of the demonic Tao all year round, but I am afraid he is inseparable from it. Shen Rui has mastered such elixirs and said that he can reach the top. The emperor actually promised him to drag his favorite minister like Liu Jin off the horse!

Such remarks will naturally attract the attention of the court immediately.

The Jinyiwei arrested several waves of people and locked up several teahouses and restaurants that gathered people to discuss the Tian family. However, they failed to catch the "main culprit". After all the trials, they were probably rascals who had always used money to do things, and they didn't even know who gave them the money.

It has not been able to effectively curb the spread of rumors. Everyone will not say it openly, but there is a lot of discussion behind the scenes. The Jinyiwei has not really had the power to monitor the conversations of every citizen in the capital.

Especially when many officials and wealthy merchants and wealthy families have built secret rooms at home.

At this moment, in the secret room of the study outside the Shouning Marquis' Mansion, someone said something that would lose his head without any scruples.

*

"Now that the Empress Dowager has passed away, the Empress Dowager is the most noble in the palace. But there is still much left in the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's mother-son, haha, this marquis is afraid that he knows more than anyone else." The man said with a smile.

Zhang Heling had a dark face and said viciously: "What the hell do you want to say?"

"Since the Shen family is too angry, the Marquis can see it. What is the Shen family's dependence on? It's not the piece of meat in the belly of Concubine Xian." The man stared at Zhang Heling and said, "The queen has also been pregnant in this palace. Now Concubine Xian is pregnant, but Concubine De has not moved. Emperor, this is guarding against the Zhang family."

Zhang Heling's heart was shocked. It was not the other side, but the queen had been pregnant and fell out of this incident. She had been blocked for a long time, and no one outside the palace knew about it.

The Queen Mother knew everything about the clues after the child was gone, and she did not make any statement.

How did this person know?! After thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

"The Zhang family is now prominent because their nephew is the emperor. However, in the future, if the son of the virtuous concubine is to inherit the throne... the empress dowager will have the Zhang family's wealth one day, but if the empress dowager is a hundred years old... I wonder how glorious the Zhou family was in the Chenghua Dynasty, even in the Xiao Temple, it would be considered equal to the Zhang family. Let's look at it now?"

The man smiled and said, "The Zhang family had thought of this for a long time. What would have been the reason for sending Concubine De to the palace back then? It was not for the sake of wealth and honor in the next few generations! But, the emperor is not close to Concubine De..."

Zhang Heling became a little impatient and interrupted him, "What are you going around? Just tell me."

"When Empress Zhou was there, didn't she raise a few younger brothers in the palace for the sake of any reason?" The man leaned closer and said.

This incident was also a thorn in the Zhang family's heart back then.

Especially after Empress Zhang's death, such words were heard, how could the Zhang family stand it?

The Zhang family and Zhou family's beams became deeper and deeper.

Now, this person is going to use this to lobby the Zhang family.

Zhang Heling said angrily: "Where is the little brother who comes from now on to raise him?"

The man smiled and said, "Isn't my little boy just ready-made!"

Zhang Heling narrowed his eyes and said, "Just joking, this is a different generation!"

The man laughed and said, "It's all about family blood, generation, etc., and it's not about marriage. What's the point. The child is young and you have seen him. He is the most honest and filial. He recognizes it in the name of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager De, and it depends entirely on the Empress Dowager and the Marquis."

He paused and said, "There are also suitable for seniority, including the Prince of Zhao and the Prince of Zhou, both are suitable, that is, hehe, I just don't know whether I will listen to the Marquis. After all, those two people were brought up by Shen Qiong's house."

"If the Marquis is in trouble, you can discuss it with the Empress Dowager. Why would the young master stay in the coffin of the Empress Dowager of the Great Store and send her to the tomb and send her back to Jiangxi. There is still time to think about it."

Zhang Heling looked like "You are coaxing a fool" and was too lazy to say a word.
To be continued...