At this time, Wei Guogong's heart was already full of hatred, why couldn't these people talk quietly? Why do you have to come to this place? Did you take the wrong medicine?

Wei Guogong secretly glanced at Chen Hong and found that the old eunuch was also looking at him, and he was smiling so weirdly.

This made Wei Guogong hate it so much.

What do you mean by looking at me then?

Are you still looking at me? Do you still watch?

Forget it, just watch it, I don't look at you.

Wei Guogong turned his head directly and began to ponder what to do for a while.

The people over there apparently finished talking about the matter, and really started to joke, and called a lot of girls.

Chen Hong stood up at this time and said, "Our family is almost done, now we can go and report to Your Majesty." Wei Guogong, why don't you go with our family? ”

Looking at Chen Hong's small appearance, Wei Guogong wanted to ask him rhetorically, I want to say that I won't go, can I do it? Ask what such useless!

Wei Guogong could only bite the bullet and said with a smile: "Of course, Gonggong Chen will invite first." ”

"Don't." Chen Hong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Our family is a person with no eggs, waiting by His Majesty's side, how dare you break the rules?" Grandpa Guo is the pillar of the imperial court, and he has guarded Nanjing for the Ming Dynasty for generations, and Grandpa Guo is invited first. ”

Wei Guogong glanced at Chen Hong and showed an ugly smile.

He didn't know whether Chen Hong's words were intentional or unintentional, and he always felt that these seemingly praising words were full of mockery.

This made Wei Guogong very unhappy, but he couldn't lose his temper at this time.

The two left the No. 2 room and soon transferred to the No. 3 room.

Seeing Wei Guogong and the two walking in, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "It seems that the matter is over." Come, tell me about it. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the two with interest.

Chen Yu'er stood up at this time and said, "Son, the slave family will retire first." ”

This is a wise woman who knows what to listen to and what not to hear.

Zhu Youxiao didn't embarrass Chen Yu'er, nodded directly and said, "Okay, you can go out first." After you go out, go to Qian Laosan and ask him to arrange it for you. ”

"Walk with you when you go, you need someone to serve you these days. When I arrived in Nanjing, I was not familiar with the place, and I didn't even have a caring person, which was really disappointing. Seeing that you're not bad, just follow along. ”

When Zhu Youxiao said this, his tone was very light, but this was not the point.

The point is that when he said this, Zhu Youxiao did not look at Chen Yuer, but at Wei Guogong.

That is, there are words in the words, which makes Wei Guogong's whole person feel a little like pins and needles.

Although he was talking about himself, he didn't mean to ask himself at all. Chen Yuer also knew that there was no way to resist, so she nodded obediently and retreated, and closed the door from the outside.

After Chen Yu'er left, Wei Guogong picked up his robe and knelt on the ground, and said directly without the slightest hesitation: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" ”

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was stunned, and then quickly stood up and walked in front of Wei Guogong, stretched out his hand to support him, and asked, "Guogong, why is this?" Hurry up, get up, get up quickly, so old, why is this so? ”

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao helped Wei Guogong up and said, "Don't say that there is nothing, even if there is something, I will not say anything." It doesn't have to be like that. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao looked at Chen Hong and said, "But what is involved in the Wei State Mansion?" ”

"Yes, Emperor." Chen Hong hurriedly replied on the side.

Although Wei Guogong was helped by Zhu Youxiao and sat down, he was also appeased. But Wei Guogong knew in his heart that he couldn't get out of this matter at all.

What the emperor said, just listen to it. Can you really take it seriously?

Whoever takes it seriously is a fool.

Wei Guogong is obviously not a fool, if His Majesty didn't want to deal with him, then he wouldn't have been called here. It's clear that it's going to knock him out.

Of course, if His Majesty wanted to kill him completely, he would not have been called here. To put it bluntly, His Majesty is going to beat him, and he will beat him harder, so that he will bleed heavily.

As for those reassuring words, just listen to them. Or tell Wei Guogong that you still have a way back, and you don't need to die and break the net.

Of course, it could also be a deliberate attempt to comfort him and turn around and kill him.

In any case, Wei Guogong can't get rid of this matter, just be beaten and admit punishment. So Wei Guogong also corrected his mentality, sat there and waited for Chen Hong to say, he couldn't hide anyway.

"Let's talk about it." Zhu Youxiao also sat back and said, "Who are those people?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it's a few salt merchants from Yangzhou." Chen Hong said searching

"Salt merchant?" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong, hesitantly put down the teacup in his hand and said, "How could they implicate the Duke of Wei when they sell salt?" Even the Duke of Wei sells salt, so it's not a big deal. ”

"The Duke of Wei has contributed to the imperial court and the royal family, not only to the nobles, but also to the relatives. I can understand the big family, the large population, and the large expenses on weekdays. ”

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Guogong again and said, "Guogong doesn't have to be like this, it's not a big deal." ”

Zhu Youxiao's tone was casual, his attitude was gentle, and even his relatives moved out.

Why Honor?

It's not because there was a Queen Xu in their family back then, who was the queen of Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di.

Wei Guogong was sitting on pins and needles, he didn't feel relieved at all, and the whole person was not good.

"Back to the emperor, these people didn't say anything about salt." Chen Hong glanced at Wei Guogong and said.

"Didn't say anything about salt?" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong strangely and asked, "Aren't they salt merchants?" Why don't you talk about salt? Could it be that they have something else going on? ”

"Back to the emperor, they are talking about human affairs." Chen Hong said again: "Several of these people are the behind-the-scenes stewards of the painting boat on the Qinhuai River, and one of them is the steward of the Wei State Mansion. ”

"Oh, I see!" Zhu Youxiao looked suddenly enlightened, then turned his head to look at Wei Guogong and asked, "Is there still business in the Guogong Mansion on this Qinhuai River?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" Wei Guogong hurriedly said.

Zhu Youxiao not only did not get angry, but sighed guiltily and said: "It's not that you are guilty, it's me, it's me who didn't do a good job." People like the Duke of Wei, who have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for all dynasties, have been so poor that they have to rely on the business of running the Qinglou to live, which is not good for the royal family. ”

"It's my fault. I didn't expect that the life of the people below would be so hard! It's really heart-wrenching! Wei Guogong, the country's money has been tight in recent years, and he really can't take care of it. ”

"Your Majesty!"

After hearing this, Wei Guogong directly lay on the ground, his body trembling and kowtowing, and he kept knocking with his head to the ground.

You can't really listen to the emperor's words, you can't even listen to the opposite.

Is this a good word?

This is simply murderous words!

What kind of life these people lived, Wei Guogong knew very well in his heart, and they knew in his heart how much advantage he took advantage of the country every year.

In order to appease them, the royal family will have rewards every New Year's holiday, and there are all kinds of things in the palace.

Even if the emperor's life is very difficult, the rewards are still available every year, and it can be said that they are valued very much. The court is graceful, and the children are born, if they are miserable, then what are the people's lives?

glanced at Wei Guogong who was lying on the ground, this time the smile on Zhu Youxiao's face was gone, and he said directly: "Wei Guogong should stand up first and listen to the words obediently." ”

"I didn't say you were wrong. As for whether it is right or wrong, let's wait until Chen Hong finishes speaking. ”

Seeing that Wei Guogong was still lying on the ground, Zhu Youxiao frowned and said, "What? Didn't my words work? ”

After hearing this, Wei Guogong hurriedly got up from the ground, stood aside obediently, and waited quietly.

He knew that His Majesty was really angry this time, and he was going to be finished! I don't know what to do with his family.

Glancing at Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao ordered: "You continue." ”

"Yes, Emperor." Chen Hong hurriedly agreed, and continued: "They are actually here to discuss a group of people, and they also said that because of His Majesty's arrival, this is the last group. When His Majesty is leaving, when will it start again. ”

"Who?" Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes and asked slowly.

"It's a girl who bought it from Kamato." Chen Hong secretly glanced at Zhu Youxiao and said slowly: "After they bought these girls, they divided them into two batches. One batch was selected and sent to Yangzhou, and the other batch was sent here. Listen to their conversations, there are girls every year, and there are quite a few of them. ”

After Zhu Youxiao heard this, he didn't speak for a long time.

The atmosphere in the room instantly became solemn.

The so-called stove households are actually a kind of people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty, they are actually the people who boil salt, and they have been doing the same work for generations. Compared with the military households, the life of the stove households will be more miserable.

Military households, military households, and there is an army in front.

And the stove households, they are at the bottom.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Guogong and asked, "The one sent to Yangzhou is the famous Yangzhou thin horse, right?" ”

After hearing this, Wei Guogong's body trembled, and he said tremblingly: "Back to Your Majesty, exactly." ”

"Not bad, not bad." Zhu Youxiao nodded, his eyes instantly became cold, but he said with a bright smile on his face: "Well done!" ”

Exploiting the stove households with the salt merchants, and taking their salt is not counted, and it is not counted if you are greedy for the money of the imperial court, but you also have to take away their people? ”

"Do you have to go there every year and choose there? Let's see who has a beautiful girl, and if you like it, you will take it all away? ”