Chapter 51 The Question of Military Salaries
Liu Chengye saw Liu Wu carrying Tong Junde and smashing it towards him, grabbed Tong Junde with one hand, and then put Tong Junde on the ground.
As soon as Tong Junde landed, he snorted and cried, and began to accuse Zhu Cihong and others of their crimes.
"Commander Liu has made you here, and the official has been waiting for you so hard. There are two Diao people here, one pretending to be His Royal Highness the Prince, and the other pretending to be Her Royal Highness the Princess. After they were captured by the palace, they refused to confess their crimes, and connived at their subordinates to harm the officials of the imperial court. Look at the one who has caused me the scourge of Shuntianfu, this official implores Commander Liu to take action and arrest these troublesome thugs. ”
After hearing this, Liu Danshan hurriedly said, "Really? There are still people at the feet of the Son of Heaven who dare to pretend to be His Royal Highness the Prince? Where are the people? Lao Liu: Today, I must take care of this daring man. ”
Zhu Cihong walked out with Zhu Yujiao in his arms, and said lightly: "Don't look for it, the palace is here." ”
As soon as Liu Chengye saw Zhu Cihong, he immediately kicked Liu Danshan's leg, Liu Danshan didn't expect Liu Chengye to kick himself, so he was attacked by Liu Chengye and fell to the ground.
Liu Chengye hurriedly knelt down, and when he saw Liu Chengye kneeling, everyone in Jinyiwei also knelt down. Liu Chengye respectfully saluted Zhu Cihong, "The commander of the minister's brocade guard is Liu Chengye, see Her Royal Highness the Prince, see Her Royal Highness the Princess!" The subordinates were not strict in discipline, and they collided with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a while, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to punish him! ”
Tong Junde was dumbfounded after hearing this, it was really His Royal Highness the Prince. Thinking of what he had just done, Tong Junde couldn't wait to slap himself a few big mouths. At the same time, he stared at Gu Tianlin, who was unconscious on the ground, resentfully, if it weren't for himself, how could he provoke His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Zhu Cihong didn't care what Tong Junde thought at this time, and said with a sneer: "Commander Liu is so majestic, didn't he say that he wanted to clean up this daring man in the palace?" The main palace is here, are you coming? ”
Seeing this, Liu Chengye just wanted to slap his two big mouths, he originally just wanted to deter the fanatics who pretended to be the prince, but he didn't expect to meet the real prince. This is good, I also planned to take advantage of the opportunity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to save his life, and befriend His Royal Highness the Prince, but I didn't expect to offend His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today.
Thinking of this, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Liu Chengye's head, and he hurriedly explained: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince This is a misunderstanding, and the minister can explain it!" All this is because of Tong Junde, if it weren't for his flying pigeon to send a message saying that someone was making trouble, the minister would have hurried over, and without understanding the reason for the matter, he listened to Tong Junde's words, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince admitted his mistake and asked His Royal Highness the Prince to deal with it! ”
Zhu Cihong said coldly: "Liu Chengye, there are people in this mansion who are making trouble, it's not up to you!" If you can't give an explanation to the palace today, the palace will definitely go to your father and the emperor to participate in your dereliction of duty, and then the commander of the brocade guard may have to be replaced. ”
After listening to this, Liu Chengye said with a wry smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister also has a last resort to be like this. In recent years, the treasury has been empty, and Jinyiwei's military salary has also been in arrears from the beginning, to the current delay is several months of military salary, and the brothers are relying on this mission to feed the whole family. Today's crime of dereliction of duty is all the idea of the minister, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to blame, blame it on the minister's head, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to let go of these brothers under him. ”
Zhu Cihong's complexion gradually improved after hearing this, and he thought about it from his own position, if he was Liu Chengye, his subordinates would not even be able to eat enough, and he would definitely have to make some extra money to fill the household like a way, so that it was better than those corrupt officials who looted the people's fat and cream.
Zhu Cihong said lightly: "Get up, the palace will not care about today's affairs, if there is a next time, the palace will be severely punished." Regarding the matter of military salary, after returning to the palace, I will definitely show my father and the emperor, and I will definitely not treat anyone who works for my Ming Dynasty. ”
After listening to this, Liu Chengye said gratefully: "On behalf of the brothers, thank you Your Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will never forget today's kindness Chengye, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sends something in the future, even if he orders Lao Liu, Lao Liu will never give up." ”
After hearing this, Zhu Cihong shook his head and said helplessly: "Okay, get up, if you go to the soup, you don't need this palace, as long as you do your best to protect my Daming." Is there anything else you Jinyi Guard is going on? If there is nothing else to do, let's step back first, and this palace must also clean up this bully who bullies men and women, as well as this corrupt official who bends the law for bribes. ”
Liu Chengye hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, his subordinates have other official duties, so they will retire first, and the ministers will come to the door to apologize in person another day." After speaking, he took the Jinyi Guards and the others away, and disappeared from everyone's sight after a while.
After Liu Chengye left, Zhu Cihong swept Tong Junde who was in a daze on the ground, and said coldly: "Okay, Master Tong, do you have anything else to say?" If you don't have anything to say, then go into the palace with the main palace to face the saint. There's no way who will let you be the 'Imperial Palace' after all, no matter how great the power of this palace is, it has no right to dispose of the Imperial Palace. When talking about the imperial palace, Zhu Cihong specially accentuated his tone.
Tong Junde came back to his senses after listening to Zhu Cihong's words, crawled towards Zhu Cihong in a panic, knelt down in front of Zhu Cihong, and cried: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister knows that he is wrong, please have a lot of adults, spare the minister this time, there is an eighty-year-old mother and a newborn child, please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to look at these parts, spare the minister this time." ”
After hearing this, Zhu Cihong said coldly: "Master Tong, isn't it the first time that you and Gu Tianlin have done something similar?" If you let this palace spare you, then who will spare the people who have been persecuted by you? If you were to replace it with an ordinary child's child today, I'm afraid that the girl would have been harmed by you a long time ago! My daughter is only four years old, and you can't bear to do it? Needless to say, this palace has eliminated harm for the people today and dealt with you, a faint official who oppressed the people. ”
Tong Junde hurriedly shouted injustice: "Your Highness, the minister is wronged, and the minister is forced to do all this." It's all Gu Tianlin, and all this that the minister did was instructed by Gu Tianlin! ”
After hearing this, Zhu Cihong slapped the table angrily and roared: "You are also a three-grade imperial court, you said that you were instructed by a gentleman, you really think that the palace is young and ignorant, right?" What if his grandfather was the first assistant of the court? This palace doesn't know that the official who was personally canonized by my Ming Dynasty became the dog of his Gu Xian family? Isn't it true that the world has changed his surname to Gu? Is your imperial palace for the people's parents, or his Gu Xiancheng's dog. ”
Tong Junde was about to say something after listening to it, but Zhu Cihong directly asked Liu Wu to find something to plug Tong Junde's mouth. then found a prisoner car, threw Tong Junde and Gu Tianlin into it, and began to return to the palace.