Zhengde is a character who can come whatever he wants, after seeing the Journey to the West sent by Zhang Yong, he immediately grabbed it and watched it, regardless of whether everyone was drinking. However, Liu Jin and the others had long been accustomed to Zhu Houzhao's temperament, and they didn't dare to disturb him, so they sat there and waited one by one, and no one dared to leave without permission.

It's a pity that Zhu Houzhao is naturally very reluctant to read, even if he likes the content of Journey to the West very much, but after watching it for a while, he felt uncomfortable all over his body, and immediately pointed to one of the Eight Tigers: "Dayong, you come to read to me, my eyes hurt." ”

"Slaves obey!" Gu Dayong saw Zhu Houzhao let him read by name, and immediately stepped forward with a smile and picked up the book and read it, which made Liu Jin and others very dissatisfied, among which Zhang Yong glared at Gu Dayong fiercely, obviously he found Journey to the West, but the errand of reading fell on Gu Dayong, and let him pick up a cheap one in vain.

Zhengde sat there listening to Gu Dayong reading, and from time to time he picked up the wine glass and tasted the wine, his eyes narrowed, and he looked particularly enjoyable, fortunately, he had not forgotten Liu Jin and the others, only to see him raise his hand and wave his hand to Lu Xia, Liu Jin and Zhang Yong and others understood, and stood up one by one and left the hall, leaving only the sound of Gu Dayong's reading echoing in the hall.

Liu Jin strode out of the main hall, but at this moment, he suddenly found that Zhang Yong, who was following him, suddenly took a few steps, and then walked out of the main hall side by side with him, which made Liu Jin angry, and turned his head and glared at Zhang Yong fiercely. There is a strict hierarchy in the palace, especially among the eunuchs and palace maids, who can show their status in every word and deed, and now Zhang Yong is walking side by side with him. This is clearly a challenge to his position as the head of the Eight Tigers.

Compared to Liu Jin's anger. Zhang Yong was very relaxed. Even at the moment when he walked out of the hall, he deliberately took a little bigger step, so that he walked out of the hall in front of Liu Jin, and then smiled at Liu Jin proudly, turned around and left without looking back, which made Liu Jin really tremble with anger.

Regarding the small movements of Liu Jin and Zhang Yong in front, Gao Feng and the other five people who followed behind also saw it, but they all looked at each other and smiled tacitly. No one spoke. Liu Jin used to be the head of the eight of them, but since Liu Jin came to power, he has become much more domineering, taking all the benefits on himself, but they can only eat some leftovers, they are all the same Eight Tigers, Zhang Yong and Gao Feng They are naturally not convinced, and now Zhang Yong jumped out to compete with Liu Jin, and the rest of the people are happy to see jokes.

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Yong, who was leaving quickly, and turned around to look at him, although he lowered his head. But Gao Feng and others who obviously had a smile on the corner of their mouths made Liu Jin even more angry. I saw him flick his sleeves, snort coldly and turn around and leave.

"Phew! Zhang Yong, a martial artist, dared to humiliate the miscellaneous family so much today, he will be returned a hundred times in the future! In a luxurious mansion in Xizhimen, Beijing, Liu Jin, who had just returned from the palace, scolded angrily while slapping the table.

Although Liu Jin was a eunuch, he did not usually live in the palace, but built a mansion outside the palace. Now Emperor Zhengde doesn't care about things, and hands over all government affairs to Liu Jin to deal with, and even occasionally when he goes to the court, the ministers first salute the emperor, and then salute Liu Jin, so the court and the opposition call him "Emperor Lidi", and the mansion where he lives is called "Lidi Emperor's Mansion" by people who do good things.

In the hall of the Emperor's Mansion, in addition to Liu Jin's tantrum, there was also a middle-aged man in his forties sitting on the chair next to him.

I saw Sun Cong watching Liu Jin almost vent the anger in his chest, and then he smiled and said: "Brother, Zhang Yong is just a martial artist, nothing more than arrogant and domineering with the favor of His Majesty, what is there to be angry with this kind of person?" ”

Hearing his brother-in-law Sun Cong's words, Liu Jin sat down angrily, picked up the teacup and drank it all, then took a breath and said: "You didn't see Zhang Yong's arrogant appearance today, isn't it just a set of broken books, almost let him his tail to the sky, but unfortunately the most difficult work to read is still cheaper Gu Dayong, haha haha~"

When Liu Jin said the above words, the expression on his face was full of resentment like a resentful woman who had been abandoned, but when it came to Zhang Yong's dedication to the book, but Gu Dayong snatched away the reading of the book, which was close to His Majesty, he couldn't help but turn his anger into joy, and even gloated Da Lu laughed.

Sun Cong has long been accustomed to the relationship between Liu Jin and Zhengde, in fact, although the Eight Tigers are majestic, their power all comes from the emperor behind him, which also makes Liu Jin and them all change the law to coax Zhengde to be happy, after all, whoever can get the favor of His Majesty will have more power in his hands, so the Eight Tigers and the concubines in the harem are actually almost the same.

Waiting until Liu Jin laughed for a while, he suddenly said to Sun Cong: "Sun Cong, I have paid too much attention to the affairs of the court during this time, which has caused His Majesty to be a little alienated from me, you can help the miscellaneous family think of a way to please Your Majesty!" ”

Sun Cong is now playing the role of the first strategist around Liu Jin, and whether it is in the court or in the palace, Liu Jin is willing to listen to the words of this brother-in-law, speaking of which, after Liu Jin took power, he arranged some of his relatives to be officials, but among these relatives, only Sun Cong's brother-in-law is an official material, only because Sun Cong felt that his qualifications were too shallow, so he did not let Liu Jin arrange himself to an important position, and still did not be a petty official of his own Ministry of Rites, anyway, for him, the size of the official position does not matter at all.

I saw that Sun Cong thought for a moment after hearing Liu Jin's words, and then smiled very confidently: "Although Your Majesty has reached the age of twenty, he is still a child, and he likes some fresh and interesting things the most, such as mythological novels like Journey to the West. With His Majesty's temperament, it is not difficult to please him, it is nothing more than finding something new for him to play. ”

When Sun Cong said this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Some time ago, I accidentally saw someone in Guangzhou report that it was the Franc machine people in the extreme west who landed there, but they were driven out, I think it is better to send someone to find a few Franc machine people, it is best to be able to speak well, let him tell His Majesty about the customs and customs of the extreme west, presumably His Majesty will definitely like it very much!" ”

When Liu Jin heard this, he was also overjoyed and said: "Good way, I know the character of Your Majesty best, as long as you let that Franc machine exaggerate the things in the extreme west, he will definitely be interested!" ”

But when he said this, Liu Jin seemed to think of something again, paused for a moment and then said: "In addition, Zhou Chong, who wrote Journey to the West, can't let go, you go and tell Jinyiwei's people to find this person, since he can write a Journey to the West that makes His Majesty so interested, he will definitely be able to write a second book that will interest His Majesty, I don't care what method Jinyiwei uses, I must let that Zhou Zhong write a novel comparable to Journey to the West!" ”

Although Liu Jin has studied in the palace, he is not a formal education after all, so he does not know much about many things, such as writing novels, in his opinion, it is nothing more than making up a story, since Zhou Zhong can make up the first one, then he can definitely make up the second, there is nothing difficult at all.

Sun Cong, who was sitting on the chair, heard Liu Jin's layman's words, and just wanted to explain to him the difficulty of writing a book, but he quickly thought of the news he got some time ago, it is said that Zhou Chong, who wrote Journey to the West, is the quasi-son-in-law of his old rival Wang Lun, what does this kind of person do for him?

Thinking of this, Sun Cong nodded with a smile and wrote it down. However, he quickly thought of the business of coming to Liu Jin today, and said with a frown: "Brother, judging from the current situation, it is impossible for us to completely get rid of Xie Qian and others before, at most we can get rid of Wang Lun and these less important people, Xie Qian and these people will not die, and we can only watch the huge benefits of overseas smuggling, it is really unwilling!" ”

Hearing Sun Cong's words, Liu Jin's face also showed a little frustration, overseas trade is a profiteering industry, this matter has long been known in the DPRK, and even people with a little brain know that if the sea ban is opened, it will definitely bring huge tax benefits to the imperial court, but no one has ever dared to really open the sea ban.

This is mainly because of the existence of the smuggling industry, and behind the smuggling businessmen there are a large number of smuggling interest groups, most of these people are wealthy gentry in the southern coastal areas, and most of the officials in the DPRK and China are composed of these southerners, and most of these southern officials are from those wealthy gentry and have an inextricable relationship with the smuggling interest groups.

It is precisely because of the existence of smuggling interest groups that if the sea ban is opened, the interests of these people will inevitably be touched, so even if everyone knows that the sea ban policy is outdated, no one dares to mention the opening of the sea ban, and Liu Jin is no exception. What's more, he doesn't have any thoughts for the country and the people, Liu Jin now just wants to take the profiteering industry of smuggling into his own hands and become a tool for making huge profits for himself.

It's a pity that because of Xie Qian's existence, it is impossible for Liu Jin to master smuggling for his own profit, which is also the real reason why he wants to get rid of Xie Qian again and again. It's a pity that because the power of the officials in the south is too strong, and there is a cunning guy like Li Dongyang in the court, he tried to deal with Xie Qian several times in vain. (To be continued......)