Zhang Weixian thought for a long time, looked up at Chongzhen and said, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what should Emperor Zhou do here?" ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a moment and then replied calmly: "I heard that the climate of Jeju Island is good, and it is also very nurturing. I plan to send the Zhou family to Jeju Island next month to retire, so I don't think they will have any opinions. ”

Zhang Weixian was silent after hearing this, and after a long while, he opened his mouth and asked: "The minister wants to ask Your Majesty for a favor, and the dog Zhang Zhiji also needs to find a place to recuperate, can Your Majesty also send him to Jeju Island?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked into the eyes of the British Duke for a long time before saying, "The climate of Jeju Island is not suitable for Zhang Zhiji, and I think Borneo is good." Borneo is rich in products, but it is vast and sparsely populated. I plan to relocate people to exploit Borneo's resources, and if there is a person with a higher status who mediates the conflict between the Ming immigrants and the indigenous tribes in the local area, I think it will be very helpful for the Ming to develop Borneo. ”

Zhang Weixian quickly nodded, and he reached a deal with Chongzhen. But although he made a deal with the emperor, his heart was not easy, and he still wanted to understand what Chongzhen's true intentions were. So he took the document on the table and asked, "Your Majesty can also ask them to hand over the land as long as there is a big case, why should you let the ministers deal with this matter?" Does Your Majesty not want to have blood on his hands, or does he want to give his ministers a chance to atone for their sins? ”

Zhu Youzhen's gaze flickered for a moment before he said: "Guogong thinks that in today's Ming Dynasty, no, in today's Beizhili, I want to do something, but can anyone stop it?" ”

Zhang Weixian thought carefully in his mind, and finally shook his head and said: "Your Majesty really wants to do something in Beizhili, I'm afraid no one can stop it." ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen say calmly: "Yes, it is precisely because no one can stop me that I don't want to be provoked."

An ancient philosopher in the West once said that there is a beast living in everyone's heart, and only by using morality or law to lock up the beast in everyone's heart can we become a complete human being.

It wasn't hard to get rid of the beast in my heart, but I didn't know how to get it back. So, what scared me was not the blood of others on my hands, but the fear that I would like the smell of blood..."

Zhang Weixian, with the support of Tian Ergeng and Zhang Shijie, walked down the noon gate. Until he sat in the carriage, he was still thinking about his conversation with the emperor.

After watching the British Duke get into the carriage and leave, Zhu Youzhen retracted his gaze and said to Wang Chengen: "Remove the confessions about the Zhou Emperor and the British Princess, and hand over the file to Shoufu for review, only Shoufu is allowed to read it alone, and he will take it back after reading it." Tell Shoufu that the British Legion will deal with the rebellion case next, and hope that Shoufu will restrain the cabinet ministers and officials of the six ministries and not intervene indiscriminately. ”

Wang Chengen agreed, and called two eunuchs to sort out the file. Wang Dehua suddenly realized that this case seemed to have nothing to do with him, and he was busy for several days and nights, quite unwilling to lose this opportunity to atone for his crimes.

"Your Majesty, the British Mansion itself is not clearly involved in the case, and now that the British Government is allowed to handle this case alone, will there be a move to shield the offender and raise a light sentence? The minister is willing to share His Majesty's worries and go to supervise the whole process of the British public case. ”

Zhu Youzhen turned his head and glanced at him meaningfully, before he said: "The important thing now is not to investigate and handle the case, but to determine how many of these honorable relatives in the capital are willing to be unconditionally loyal to me."

Eating from their mouths is a job to offend people, and the British Duke doesn't care, anyway, he is coming to the end of his life. You went to supervise the British public case, did you want the hatred of these relatives to be transferred to the palace again? ”

Wang Dehua suddenly retreated, and Zhu Youzhen turned his head at this time, looked at the sky and said, "It's not too early, let's go back to the study." ”

The carriage carried Zhang Weixian back to the front of his house, Tian Ergeng saluted to the British public who was supported by Zhang Shijie: "Old man, please go back to rest first, and come to the house to report early tomorrow morning, does the old man think it's okay?" ”

Zhang Weixian's eyes were half-open and half-open, and he said to Tian Ergeng weakly: "Okay, just do it, when you come over tomorrow, bring another two hundred households over..."

After listening to Zhang Weixian's instructions, Tian Ergeng got back on the horse and left with the carriage. After watching Tian Ergeng's convoy disappear at the entrance of the alley, Zhang Weixian entered the house with the support of Zhang Shijie and his servants.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Zhang Weixian stood on his heels and said to the housekeeper on the side: "Go and call the prince to the ancestral hall in the backyard, I want to meet him there..."

After hearing the old master's instructions, the servants who were waiting on the side suddenly became a little nervous, and many of them checked whether there was anything wrong with their clothing and behavior, so as not to be seen and punished by the old master. Opening the ancestral hall at this time, it is obviously to prepare to teach a lesson to a certain unruly descendant, the masters are not happy, if they make mistakes, they are naturally the best punching bag for the masters.

The old housekeeper, who grew up with Zhang Weixian since he was a child, quickly asked people to open the ancestral hall in the backyard and lit incense and candles to facilitate the worship of the masters.

The ancestral hall, which is cleaned every day, is exceptionally clean. The front hall and the back hall, coupled with the courtyard in the middle of the four sides, are the most typical ancestral hall pattern.

Generally speaking, the back hall is the place where the god tablet, genealogy, and sacrifices are placed, and the front hall is the place where the clansmen deliberate. However, this small ancestral hall in the British Mansion is mainly used for family worship in the mansion, so the area of the hall is smaller.

The bluestone paved floor, the dark red painted pillars and the two copper tanks placed in the patio are quite interesting together. It's just that Zhang Zhiji didn't appreciate these Yaxing today, as soon as he crossed the threshold, he heard his father roar: "Kneel." ”

Although Zhang Zhiji is already a middle-aged man, he has been the real person in charge of the British government over the years, but under this interruption, he still knelt down subconsciously. The collision between his knee and the ground made him feel some hot pain at the junction between his knee and the ground. But Zhang Zhiji didn't care about this, but desperately thought in his mind why his father was angry.

Before Zhang Zhiji could figure it out, Zhang Weixian, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair, had already asked him, "How did that housekeeper die yesterday?" Honestly confess, if there is half a nonsense, I will beat you to death in front of your ancestors and ancestors. ”

Zhang Zhiji immediately understood that he was the East Window incident. He didn't dare to hide anything anymore, and told the matter one by one.

The housekeeper was actually hung on the roof beam after Zhang Zhiji was drunk, and the reason why he was like this was because after the housekeeper didn't see the people in the palace who connected with him for several days, he felt that the situation was not good, so he came back to report to him.

Zhang Zhiji immediately understood that something was wrong in the palace, and if he found out through the housekeeper, it would be a big deal, so he ordered someone to kill him.

Zhang Weixian felt his head buzzing and almost fainted. He looked at his son fiercely and said, "So, it was indeed your hands and feet that sent that grandma into the palace to murder the prince?" ”

Zhang Zhiji's face turned pale and replied: "The child really didn't know about it at the beginning, the child just talked about the new deal when he was drinking with Dong Ningbo, and the recent so-called unified purchase of grain and cotton, and everyone complained for a while.

However, some people have proposed that Her Royal Highness Concubine Li has always been favored by His Majesty, and the son born to Concubine Li may inherit the throne, so it is better to get in touch with Concubine Li first, and in the future, it is better to ask Concubine Li to say good things in front of His Majesty and relax the land restrictions on the Xun family.

So the son was confused for a while, listened to their instigation, and sent a grandmother who was good at taking care of children to the palace. But not long after, the rumor that the Empress Dowager Xiaoding, who had been suppressed before, was going to punish His Majesty's heirs became popular among the nobles again.

Then I heard the news that the eldest prince was crying at night for no reason, and then the grandmother spread the news that she had done a good job of what her son had asked her to do, and that she would report her safety every other day in the future.

But my son didn't tell her anything, and I don't know what she did, but my son couldn't go to the palace to expose it, because the eldest prince's illness was already very serious at that time, and my son was worried that it would not be clean, so he could only wait for a safe release from the palace every other day..."

Looking at his son who was still chattering, Zhang Weixian felt that he should have drowned this idiot in the toilet when he gave birth to him. He coughed violently a few times before asking, "Where did you find this mamma?" Where is her family? ”

Zhang Zhiji replied a little dazedly: "It was recommended by Dong Ningbo, saying that Yangzhou people drifted in the capital and had no family." At the beginning, she saw that she was a fellow villager with Concubine Li, and she was neatly dressed and honest, so the child picked her into the palace. ”

Zhang Weixian immediately asked, "So how did Dong Ningbo find her?" ”

Zhang Zhiji replied: "It was recommended by a Qing guest under Dongningbo, saying that he was thinking of the friendship of his fellow villagers, and he couldn't bear her to live on the streets, so he recommended it to Dongningbo." ”

Zhang Weixian asked again: "What about the Qingke?" ”

Zhang Zhi replied blankly: "I went back to the south to visit relatives half a month ago..."

Just when the British Duke was interrogating his son, in a courtyard in the palace, Wang Dehua looked at a wet female corpse under his feet with an ugly face, and there were two trembling eunuchs kneeling next to the female corpse.

One of them was explaining to him: "This Mama Li was very cooperative before, and she recruited whatever we asked, and the villains were a little relaxed."

When she came back from Wufeng Tower, she shouted that she had a stomachache and wanted to go to the toilet, and the villain untied the rope in her hand. But I didn't expect that she just jumped into the well like this, and the villain should be damned..."