Chapter 607 Instructions
The Empress Dowager did not see him in the Zen Room this time. Since the beginning of winter last year, her body has been getting worse day by day, and she has long been unable to recite Zen.
Eunuch Qiu went into the west wing warmer pavilion and reported it, and soon raised the curtain and said, "Come in, the queen mother is welcome."
Qin Lei tidied up his clothes, walked into the warm pavilion quickly, kowtowed to the emperor's grandmother respectfully, and heard her kindly say, "Get up and let grandma see." Then he straightened up and looked at the Empress Dowager lying on the easy chair. The old man's face was thin, his eyes were deep, his eyes were muddy and dull, and there were a lot of old spots on his face. He was indeed old.
Qin Lei felt his nose sour and couldn't help but say a little awkwardly: "Grandma, why are you old so fast?" Perhaps in addition to Mrs. Chen, this old woman is the best elder in the world. Although this love is mixed with some purpose, love is love and should still be grateful.
The Empress Dowager stretched out his hand with difficulty, and Qin Lei quickly turned over and let the Empress Dowager's cold palm touch his face.
The old woman looked at her grandson lovingly and said happily: "Good child, she is a complete adult."
Qin Lei smiled hard and said, "The grandson is about to be a father, so of course he is considered an adult."
Wenzhuang nodded slowly and said, "I know, it's your girl, I'll take her here for my grandma to see after the full moon." Qin Lei smiled and said, "That's natural, and the child will not forget."
The Empress Dowager smiled and placed her hand on the back of Qin Lei's hand, murmured: "Yutian is going to be a father, and of course grandma is about to be buried."
"Grandma, don't say anything discouraged," Qin Leiqiang smiled and said, "You are just a little unhappy, so don't think about it, just have a summer."
"Who knows who has the body?" Shaking his head slightly, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang whispered: "Grandma has already had no oil and she has dried up. The reason why she has been holding on to her eyes is nothing more than a few things that have not been completed. I die with my eyes closed..." As she said that, she looked at Qin Lei and said: "Yutian, do you blame me for not leaving the throne for you?"
The sudden question caught Qin Lei off guard and said, "What did you say? The second brother is the prince chosen by you and your father. The throne should be his."
"It should be yours." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang said in a deep voice: "It's yours after all." As she said that, she pointed to the pillow on the bed opposite. Eunuch Qiu nodded understandingly, then went over and turned the pillow over, twisted the satin with scissors, took out a roll of exquisite imperial edict from it, and respectfully handed it to Qin Lei.
"Open and take a look." Seeing Qin Lei looking at him in confusion, the old woman smiled and said, "This is what your second brother gave to you."
Qin Lei took the imperial edict and opened it and was shocked. It was the edict of the crown prince that Emperor Tianyou made him the crown prince. Before he could come back from the shock, he heard the empress dowager whisper: "This edict has been archived in the cabinet, and it will be announced to the world on the auspicious day."
"Why?" Qin Lei frowned and said, "Why did the second brother do this?"
"I didn't ask him the reason, but I agree with him doing this." Wen Zhuang said in a deep voice: "Your second brother is a smart man, especially after some things, he is even more like a mirror." He muttered indifferently: "I also think that doing this is the wisest choice, and it can also be your reputation throughout the ages." He raised his eyes and looked at Qin Lei, and said in a deep voice: "His health is very bad, don't worry about waiting too long."
After hearing what the old lady said so bluntly, Qin Lei's face was burning and said embarrassedly: "Grandma, don't think of grandson as shameless."
The old lady looked at Qin Lei and suddenly burst into laughter, "Little monkey, don't you know you?" She said, shook her head and said, "It is grandma's first wish to not let you fight each other. Maybe you can fulfill it for me?"
After looking at the imperial edict in his hand, Qin Lei thought for a moment, and finally nodded slowly and said, "The grandson will start and end well with his second brother."
The old lady nodded, leaned on the back of the chair and rested for a while, then slowly said: "The second thing is the foundation of my ancestors of the Qin family." She patted Qin Lei's hand and said: "You have done a good job over the years, and grandma is very pleased. Especially at this moment, the spirits of the ancestors and the ancestors in heaven should also thank you."
"This is what my grandson should do." Qin Lei grinned and said, "Only with Qin, there is a prince of Qin, just protecting himself."
"Only with the Great Qin, there is the prince of the Great Qin..." The old empress dowager repeated this sentence and suddenly laughed: "You have a broader mind than grandma. I only considered the foundation of our Qin family, but you have the territory of the Great Qin in your heart." Qin Lei smiled and didn't say anything, only heard the Queen Mother Wenzhuang continue: "But mind does not represent ability, ability does not represent method. Do you have a way to solve the chronic disease that has troubled me, the Qin family for two hundred years?"
"Aristocratic family..." Qin Lei whispered: "There is nothing good for the child."
"Yes, it's a clan." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang said in a deep voice: "Since the beginning of the founding of the country, they have been parasitized on the body of my Great Qin, sucking the blood of my Great Qin, strengthening their strength, and secretly competing with my Qin royal family. Not only did they lose the power of my royal family, but they even ignored the safety of my Great Qin for their own selfishness. They were extremely greedy and selfish!" As she said, she coughed violently and said: "If we don't clear them, how can we talk about revival in our Great Qin? How dare we hope to unify the world?" Eunuch Qiu hurried forward to smooth his back and smoothed his anger for the Queen Mother. After a few times, she waved her hand to stop him, so she had to step down and let the two of them talk.
"The royal history of our Great Qin, even the royal history of Qi and Chu, can be regarded as a history of fighting against aristocratic families." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang said with great effort: "... Although there are many outstanding talents among the aristocratic families, there is a proven truth that the imperial power is strong and the country is strong, and the imperial power is weak and the country is weak. Do you know why?"
"Because," Qin Lei's heart for a long time. He nodded and said, "These aristocratic families regard the world as the royal world. They only want to seize benefits from it, but not to fulfill their obligations." This is what Qin Lei felt the most deeply. He sighed and said, "If the imperial power is strong, they can force these geniuses to do this and that for the country. But once the imperial power is weak, these guys who have no control will split up their families and protect themselves. What's more, they will have a great national crisis and will continue to expand their strength!"
"You have a deep understanding, too." The Empress Dowager nodded and smiled, "But grandma is better than you, because I have a way to solve this chronic disease."
"Grandma, please speak." Qin Lei said happily: "The achievements are for thousands of years!"
"What great achievements and fame are all pursued by you men." The old lady shook her head slowly, and her eyes contained endless love: "For us women, home is everything. For our own home, women can sacrifice their lives! Although grandma is old, she is also a woman, and she can sacrifice her lives for her own home and her grandson!"
When Qin Lei heard this, an ominous premonition suddenly surged into his heart. He couldn't help but say, "Grandma, don't do stupid things." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang smiled and shook her head, "I just said a few words of emotion. I am a silly old woman, and I don't have the ability to do stupid things even if I want to do stupid things." Then he took the blood swallow cup handed over by Eunuch Qiu, took a few bites to replenish my vitality, and then continued, "I have a plan. Even if my grandma gives me the last time, you must be obedient."
"My grandson knows." Qin Lei thought about it, and the old lady was not in danger, so he nodded and said, "I listen to my grandma's trick."
"Your strength is already very strong, even three points stronger than Li Hun." The old empress dowager said softly: "It is said that you still have 300,000 troops in the south, but is there such a thing?"
This is no secret. Qin Lei nodded simply and said, "It's like this. It's probably a year before it can form an army. It's my grandson who is preparing to attack Qi." In fact, it was used to "snatch squads and power" first, but of course he wouldn't say that.
From this perspective, Qin Lei also felt that Emperor Tianyou’s choice was wise. In this chaotic world, whoever has more soldiers is respected. Those Three Bonds and Five Constant Forces, Benevolence, Righteousness and Morality are just fig leafs for stealing the country. Of course, it’s better to have them. If not, it would be fine. At most, it would be a little ugly and embarrassing.
Of course, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang would not ask Qin Lei why she was so concerned about the national defense cause. She only heard her scream and asked: "If your 300,000 troops are available, can you have an overwhelming advantage over Li Hun?"
"If the grandson would have an army of 400,000," Qin Lei pondered: "Li Hun has a 100,000 direct lineage, and his servants can reach a 100,000. Judging from the books alone, forty to twenty, we will have an overwhelming advantage." He said with a wry smile: "But no matter whether it is forty or twenty, it is all my Qin army. The bitter wine of the civil war is highly poisonous."
"I can understand that you don't advocate starting a war?" Empress Dowager Wenzhuang asked softly.
Qin Lei nodded slowly and said, "Yes, it's better not to fight this civil war unless it is absolutely necessary." But he gritted his teeth and said, "But he said it in both directions. When it is absolutely necessary, I will never be ruthless and strive to fight quickly!"
"You still have to fight." The Empress Dowager shook her head, closed her eyes and said, "Then listen to me. Grandma's method can minimize the losses." She paused and said, "And all the aristocratic families can clamp their tails and dare not compete for power with your brothers."
"Then let me be happy with my grandson." Qin Lei smiled and said, "My grandson is so itchy."
"I can't say it now." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang still shook her head and smiled sly, "It won't work if you say it."
Qin Lei had no choice but to give up and said, "Okay, I can't do it if you don't say it, but you should tell your grandson what should I do?"
"Practice your soldiers well, the faster the better." A sharp light flashed in Empress Dowager Wenzhuang's eyes and said, "When you have a day when your soldiers are completed, I will naturally tell you everything."
Qin Lei nodded and agreed, "Then I will go to the south to supervise the training in a few days."
"It's better to wait until the child is born before leaving." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang smiled kindly: "After all, it's your first child, so don't worry about it."
"The grandson understands." Qin Lei nodded softly and said, "Then I'll set off in April."
"Yes." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang nodded, her expression was obviously much tired. When Qin Lei saw it, he stood up and said goodbye, "Grandma is tired, so let's take a break first, and grandson will come over to talk to you later."
Wenzhuang shook his head and said, "No, grandma's body is so bad. She will be drowsy at night. It's better to finish the matter in one go." He said softly, "The remaining two are private matters, and they are not that complicated."
Qin Lei had no choice but to sit down and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, I will definitely do it for you."
Wenzhuang laughed and said, "Grandma hasn't loved you in vain." He said, "One of them is my own. I'm about to be buried. Where are you going to bury the old woman?"
Qin Lei lost his ignorance of the first land of Guijing and knew that people attach great importance to the place where they sleep after death because they believed that there would be another world after death. In the eyes of people at that time, the so-called tomb cemetery was a real second house.
So the Empress Dowager naturally asked about her mausoleum, and Qin Lei also replied naturally: "Of course I was buried with the Emperor's grandfather."
"It's better not to do it." But the old lady shook her head and said, "It's enough to have Empress Dowager Ciwen accompany the late emperor, so I won't bother them."
Qin Lei was finally surprised and said, "Then you want..."
Chapter completed!