Chapter 1503: Loyalty
The "Eight Kings" became the "Eight Kings"? Zhu Youzhen almost didn't laugh, thinking that this was similar to his replacement of the "big taboo" with the "big scrotum" back then. This person calls himself "Lao Huang", presumably Huang Degong, who is known as "Huang Chuangzi". This person is so interesting, Zhu You stopped at the door and didn't go in, and listened to what other "high theories" this person had.
I only heard another gentle voice sigh slightly: "I can't figure out why the Holy Lord wants to use the old supervisor of Zhou Ge, and the old Zhou Ge does not use the victorious division on the line of the Yangtze River, but prefers to use Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong." Now not only has the disaster of killing good and reckless merits, but more importantly, the officials and troops in the northwest are like a plate of scattered sand, fighting their own battles, allowing the thieves to meet the source left and right.
"Now Zhang Xianzhong is in Longnan, and Li Zicheng is in the area of Ningxia Mansion to constantly attack cities and conquer places and expand their power, while Zhou Ge Lao only knows how to let the official army defend the solid plain. Although Guyuan Town is important, once Longnan and Ningxia are lost, Guyuan will become a lonely city. If Guyuan is lost again, the passage between Gansu and Shaanxi will be cut off, and Gansu will be in danger, alas! ”
"Two generals, don't be so pessimistic, okay?" A sharp and thin voice said, "Didn't Lord Long Live transfer Lord Sun Chuanting Sun to the governor of Gansu?" We... I, I know Master Sun, he is very powerful, with him, Gansu must be foolproof. ”
"You don't understand, don't talk nonsense!" "Lao Huang" spoke again, "Master Sun is powerful, but he also has to listen to Zhou Yanru, right?" If you get rid of Master Sun and Zhou Yanru, it may be about the same. That's not good, Zhou Yanru went to Gansu, and he had to lose Gansu! ”
"Okay, let's... I don't understand, you know, General Huang! The shrill voice was robbed of a few words, and said a little angrily, "But are you smarter than Long Live Lord?" Old Inspector Zhou Ge, that's the order of the Long Live Lord, Long Live Lord doesn't stand taller than you and see far? ”
"Maybe the saint was coaxed by those wretched officials who only know how to play with their mouths and pens?"
"You, you, you dare to say that it's not!"
"Yo ho, just you, do you still want to do something with Lao Tzu?"
"Our family can't beat you, but you can't say long live the lord! That day, under the nose of the traitor, our family was not afraid! ”
"Stop, stop, why are you two arguing again? No matter how fierce the noise is, it won't help. Shen Lang, a scholar, An Ansheng studies the drawings, but isn't it good? ”
"For the sake of General Weng, our family is not as knowledgeable as you! Hum! ”
"Hey! It's not that I want to quarrel, it's really uncomfortable! ”
Then there was the sound of footsteps and slamming doors, presumably the shrill man who was so angry that he walked into the room, and the quarrel ended. Zhu Youzhen didn't feel funny, pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.
He had just changed into the civilian clothes he often wore when working in the experimental field of Changchun Garden, and he looked like an ordinary farmer, and the two people in the courtyard didn't know him, so the one who had been scolding just now asked, "Who are you?" ”
"Your name is Huang Degong?" Zhu Youzhen asked with a smile.
Huang Degong was stunned for a moment, and then he was angry: "Lao Tzu came here, it is really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, and the phoenix that sheds its hair is not as good as a chicken!" I just quarreled with a dead eunuch, and I came to the farmer and called Lao Tzu's name. That's right, Lao Tzu is Huang Degong, what do you want to do? ”
As soon as he said this, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a person ran out angrily and screamed: "Who do you say is the dead eunuch?" We're with you today... Ah, long live the Lord! ”
Rushing out of the door was the godson of the former celebrant eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch Wang Chengen, who had met with Zhu Youzhen, who was the king of letters and the king of Qin, although Zhu Youzhen was dressed in civilian clothes, he still recognized it at a glance, and immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing his head while crying loudly.
Another white-faced scholar also reacted quickly, knelt down and kowtowed: "Minister Weng Yu knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!" ”
A young man also ran out of the room in a panic when he heard the sound, only kneeling and kowtowing, so nervous that he couldn't say a word. Only Huang Degong stared at Zhu Youzhen in a daze, then looked back at Wang Chengen, and said in disbelief: "He... Is he the Holy One? ”
"You are a rebellious Huang Chuangzi, you dare not kneel when you see Long Live Lord, our family will fight with you..."
Wang Chengen howled and rushed up to beat Huang Degong, Zhu Youzhen couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly stopped: "Okay, okay, you two haven't fought enough?" Huang Degong, what's the matter, do you still want to test the authenticity of me? ”
Huang Degong saw Zhu Youzhen's calm and unhurried bearing, and then looked at Wang Chengen's reaction, and finally woke up like a dream, fell to his knees in fright, and apologized profusely: "Minister, Minister Huang Chuangzi, ah no, Minister Huang Degong, Minister..."
"Don't be a minister, if you sink again, you will sink to the bottom!" Zhu Youzhen laughed and said, "Get up, I won't tell you, I haven't laughed so happily for many days!" ”
After making such a fuss, Zhu Youzhen didn't enter the room, just stood in the courtyard and talked with a few people. In addition to Huang Degong, Weng Yu, and Wang Chengen, the other young man was Shen Lang, a shipwright rescued by Huang Degong from the White Lotus Sect Shipyard. What happened to the four of them before, Zhu Youzhen has already learned in detail in the book of flying pigeons.
Among the four, Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen are the most familiar. He also knew that although Wang Chengen had not done anything good to benefit the country and the people in history, when the Beijing division was broken by Li Zicheng, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp surrendered without a fight. However, this eunuch Wang Chengen was loyal to Emperor Chongzhen and accompanied Chongzhen to hang the coal mountain. Although the eunuch is despised, his integrity and personality are not comparable to those shameless traitors who first descended to Li Zicheng and then to the Manchu Qing Dynasty!
Seeing that Wang Chengen still couldn't stop crying, Zhu Youzhen also sighed and said, "Wang Chengen, don't cry." I abolished the eunuch system and let all eunuchs leave the palace, this is a thousand plans, not for any specific person. In fact, the eunuchs are not all bad people, but most of them suffer at the bottom, and there are even fewer traitors like Wei Zhongxian.
"Speaking of which, although you and Wang Tiqian inevitably have some minor mistakes, on the whole, they are attributed to me, and I have not forgotten it, and you also took the initiative to return the money you received that year. However, the big plan can't be implemented, and if you want to do it, you can only do it across the board, and you and Wang Tiqian can be regarded as aggrieved. ”
"With the phrase Long Live Lord, it's worth it for a slave to get into the oil pot!" Wang Chengen choked up.
"This time you have made a great contribution, I have clear rewards and punishments, and I will not treat anyone badly." Zhu Youzhen groaned, "However, you can't enter the palace again." ”