Qian Lide knelt on the ground with a grunt when he heard Zhu Hongyi say this, hugged Zhu Hongyi's leg and cried: "Big brother, the little brother really didn't say anything about that matter, he didn't say anything to anyone, even my wife, I didn't say it!" As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Lide suddenly remembered that saying this was not just admitting that he knew about it, and quickly changed his tone and cried: "No, I don't know at all, eldest brother, I haven't been to Beijing at all, please eldest brother must defend me in front of the emperor!" ”

Zhu Hongyi looked at Qian Lide and scolded angrily: "Hurry up, you are also a high-ranking official of the second grade, this hanging appearance is not ashamed, if this king doesn't save you, it will be Li Chengen!" ”

Hearing Zhu Hongyi say this, Qian Lide stopped crying, got up and sat down, and said: "Please eldest brother must tell Your Majesty, the younger brother really didn't go out to talk nonsense, although I, Qian Lide, am a bad person, but I still know the priority, and I won't joke with my family in Guangdong." ”

Zhu Hongyi, who said this, nodded again and again, he knew Qian Lide too well, although he was a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death on the surface, but he was a very good person on the inside, otherwise the emperor would not have handed over such a big thing as reorganizing Jinyiwei to him.

"It's good that you know the importance of this matter, even if it's rotten to the stomach, don't say it, I'll go back to see the emperor in a while, the emperor will definitely see you again, and then you can think about how to say it yourself!"

After Zhu Hongyi finished speaking, he stood up and ordered Jinyiwei to take care of Qian Lide, and go back to Zhu Hongsan to recover his life. Out of Jinyiwei's torture room, Zhu Hongyi looked at the sun that had just jumped out of the sea level in the east, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he and Zhu Hongsan had fought all their lives, and now they found that they couldn't read this cousin more and more. In the past, Zhu Hongsan was not this kind of character who cared for his reputation, he killed people and set fires a lot, and others liked to talk about it, but he didn't expect that now that he is the emperor, he will be restrained.

Zhu Hongyi didn't know that Zhu Hongsan was a bandit leader, a gangster, and a hooligan before, so naturally he didn't have to care about his reputation, and his reputation was bad, but it reassured Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Hongguang, but now it's different. Zhu Hongsan has become an emperor, and his management is not a gang of bandits and thugs in the past, but a big force with a population of tens of millions. Even if Zhu Hongsan hates the Donglin Party and the-stirring sticks of the Donglin Party, for the sake of his own reputation and his own great cause, he must reuse these Donglin Party members headed by Qian Qianyi, because they have an important weapon, public opinion.

Zhu Hongsan's attack on Qian Lide also meant to warn other people close to him, don't feel how close you were to Lao Tzu back then, now Lao Tzu is already the emperor, and he is no longer the deflated San before, so you must pay attention to your identity.

Now that the sky is bright, Zhu Hongsan is having breakfast. Zhu Hongsan's daily life is very simple in this era, Zhu Hongsan has never been particular about food and clothing, each meal is only four dishes and one soup, and the dishes are just ordinary home-cooked stir-fried dishes, which are very unworthy of his status as an emperor. Not to mention that compared with other emperors, even with scholars like the Ma family and the Qian family, it can't be compared. Ma Mingyuan must have four dishes and eight bowls for each meal, and there are eight dishes as an appetizer alone, and there are more other delicacies from the mountains and seas. Qian Qianyi eats simpler, but the process is complicated, a chicken soup needs to be stewed for five or six hours, plus more than a dozen Chinese herbs to make it.

Compared with them, Zhu Hongsan simply lived an ascetic life. In fact, Zhu Hongsan feels very good on this kind of day, although the daily dishes are simple, they are all from the hands of the imperial chef, and they are much stronger than the dishes that put MSG to death in later generations. In addition, Zhu Hongsan just ate it himself, and he couldn't eat too many dishes, so it was all wasted.

Today's breakfast is very simple, four crab roe soup dumplings, a small bucket of fragrant rice porridge from Luzon, a plate of salted cucumbers, a plate of sauced meat, a plate of salted cabbage hearts, a plate of sauced radish, Zhu Hongsan drank too much yesterday, and when he saw these side dishes, he asked Li Chengen to give himself a bowl of fragrant rice porridge first, and ate it with salted cucumbers. A bowl of hot porridge made it a lot better, and Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but let out a sound of satisfaction.

Li Chengen, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help crying when he saw Zhu Hongsan eating so simply, Zhu Hongsan saw Li Chengen wiping his eyes and asked strangely: "Old Li, what's wrong with you?" ”

Hearing the emperor's question, Li Chengen knelt down and said: "The old slave is sad for the emperor, the emperor is rich and eats so easily, probably except for Emperor Taizu Gao, it is none other than the emperor!" ”

Listening to Li Chengen's flattering words, Zhu Hongsan smiled faintly and said: "Lao Li, you don't know, I used to live a hard life before, and I really can't stand the big fish and meat every day!" ”

Hearing Zhu Hongsan say this, Li Chengen slandered in his heart, he was really born as a rich man, probably in the heart of this emperor, the emperor eats whole chickens and fish every day! But Li Chengen only dared to think about this kind of thing in his heart, and he definitely didn't dare to say it.

"The emperor is well aware of the people's suffering, and he will definitely be able to restore the Ming Dynasty in the future and become a generation of saints!"

Zhu Hongsan heard Li Chengen slapping his ass here, and said with a smile: "Lao Li, it's not up to you to say whether you can become a saint or not, get up quickly, I'm giving me a bowl of porridge, I drank too much last night, and now I feel a lot better when I drink a bowl of porridge!" ”

At this moment, Zhu Hongyi came in outside the door, and Zhu Hongsan saw it and said with a smile: "It just so happens that the eldest brother is here, Lao Li, go and get a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and I will eat with the eldest brother!" ”

Zhu Hongyi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is here to report the case of Qian Lide!" Your Majesty doesn't need to be in charge of the ministers, please use it for yourself! ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, took a sip of porridge and asked, "What did Qian Lide say?" ”

Zhu Hongyi looked at Li Chengen on the side, and Zhu Hongsan waved his hand to let the others out. Li Chengen had no choice but to put down what he was holding and go out and wait.

Seeing that there was no one in the house, Zhu Hongyi said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has interrogated Qian Lide in detail, and the propaganda of His Majesty's old affairs is just to show Li Chengen and others his special relationship with His Majesty, except for these, he has not said anything else, he has sworn with his whole family's life in Beijing, and he will never say it!" ”

Hearing Zhu Hongyi say this, Zhu Hongsan nodded with satisfaction, Qian Lide would not know about the affairs of Beijing, although he did not do it directly, but with his shrewdness, he would definitely be able to guess. If Zhu Hongyi came back and said that Qian Lide didn't know anything about Beijing, then Zhu Hongsan would definitely kill Qian Lide, Zhu Hongsan was not afraid of his subordinates causing trouble, and what he was most afraid of was that his subordinates had something to hide from him. Now I hear Zhu Hongyi directly say that Qian Lide admitted to knowing about Beijing, and knows that Zhu Hongyi did not hide himself, so it is reasonable.

Zhu Hongsan put down the bowl and asked, "Big brother, what do you say about this?" ”

Listening to Zhu Hongsan ask about his opinion, Zhu Hongyi would never express his opinion before, but thinking of what Qian Lide said to him last night, he gritted his teeth and decided to say it.

"Your Majesty, although Qian Lide has no brains, he is absolutely loyal to Your Majesty. He was forced to be helpless this time! ”

"Forced to be helpless? As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he dared to force him, so let's hear it! ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know that Li Chengen, the eunuch of Dongchang, Luo Qifeng, the chief of Dongchang, and Han Qi, the eunuch of the imperial prison, rely on His Majesty's trust and use the power in their hands to bully the old department of Huguang. Qian Lide and his ministers said that just last month, Li Chengen falsely accused Tie Niu of having business dealings with the Zheng family, and sealed the six shops of the Tie Niu family in one go, and Tie Niu had no choice but to find Qian Lide and let him find a way to be angry for himself, so Qian Lide broke Li Chengen's nephew's leg and burned Luo Qifeng's house. “

Zhu Hongsan had heard of the dogs biting each other, but he didn't pay attention to it, the factory guards had to oppose each other at the beginning of his setup, and Zhu Hongsan also secretly instructed the factory guards to fight each other in his daily life, but what interests Zhu Hongsan today is why Zhu Hongyi, who has never interfered in the fight, cares about the things between the factory guards.

"Why is the eldest brother so concerned about the battle between the factory and the guard today, does Li Chengen, a minion, dare to bully the eldest brother? Big brother, don't worry, if that's the case, I will definitely make the decision for the eldest brother! Zhu Hongsan said lightly, but in fact, he wondered why Zhu Hongyi was abnormal today.

Seeing that the emperor doubted himself, Zhu Hongyi hurriedly distinguished: "Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers have a conflict with them, the property and a few factories that Your Majesty gave to the ministers are enough for the ministers to use for a few lifetimes." The minister is complaining about the old people of Huguang! Your Majesty, Qian Lide, Tie Niu, Xiao Laoliu, Li Fugui and others have followed Your Majesty for decades, and these people have made a lot of efforts at the beginning of Huguang's business, but when they arrived in Guangdong, they were persecuted by geldings like Li Chengen, and the ministers were really upset for them! ”

Hearing Zhu Hongyi say this, Zhu Hongsan knew that it was probably Li Chengen who had gone too far, and now they had bullied Zhu Hongyi. Although Li Chengen, these outsiders bullied the old department of Huguang, it was Zhu Hongsan's intention, but bullying was not the result that Zhu Hongsan liked to see, after all, he was still these people at all.

The old department of Huguang has been following him for more than 20 years and has made great contributions. When they arrived in Guangdong, these guys naturally cocked their tails to the sky, and some people began to buy assets in Guangdong, but the natural means were not very bright, and they also made a few lives. At the same time, these old subordinates are not civil officials, and they have never taken Ma Mingyuan in their eyes, and they don't listen to Ma Mingyuan's words, so there is no way only Zhu Hongsan personally sorts it out.

These old departments of Huguang are the basis of Zhu Hongsan's rule, and they can't be ruthless, but they can't be ignored, after all, Zhu Hongsan still has to maintain an image of being diligent and loving the people in Guangdong, so Li Chengen and others, who are outsiders, have become suitable candidates. Li Chengen, as the governor of Dongchang Factory, has a lot of power in his hands, and because Li Chengen's hometown is in Xuzhou, he is neither from Huguang nor Guangdong, so it is too appropriate for him to clean up these old departments of Huguang.