Mu Bin raised the outer room, and there were very few people who knew about it, except for the henchmen around him, it was unlikely that anyone else would know that he had raised the outer room.

Of course, it is not excluded that powerful people like Zhang Ru released people in some places, and they happened to know about his outer room.

The two possibilities were intertwined in his mind, and he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and in the end he didn't come up with a result.

The ninth year of Hongzhi will soon be over, and Emperor Zhu Youzhang's body is gradually improving under the conditioning of Old Man Li, and he basically doesn't ask about the affairs of the court now, but he just walks around every day when he has nothing to do, and plays with his son Zhu Houzhao by the way.

The affairs of the DPRK and the Central Committee were all handed over to the cabinet, and occasionally there was something that the cabinet was not sure about, and it would be sent to his desk through Zhang Ru's hand.

This was originally the task of Wang Zhi, the master of ceremonies, but now there is a different person, which makes Wang Zhi very uneasy.

On this day, five days before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Wang Zhi happened to meet Zhang Ru, who had sent him into the palace, and after bowing down to say hello, he said intentionally or unintentionally: "Hou Ye must not be idle every day, why should he bow down to some small things, this kind of thing should be handed over to the people under the miscellaneous family." ”

Zhang Ru pretended to sigh: "Alas, there is no way, who made me born to be a hard worker!" Father-in-law Wang doesn't have to be so humble, why should there be so much politeness between you and me. You know my ideals, and I know that you will definitely move forward for our common ideals. ”

Wang Zhi didn't know what he meant, and said with a smile: "That's nature, Hou Ye's grand cause, even if the miscellaneous family has only made a little effort, Hou Ye will never forget the hard work of the miscellaneous family." Your Majesty is now more and more distrustful of the people around you, that is, the Hou Ye, and can still get His Majesty's trust. I really don't know how the miscellaneous family and the little ones under it will live in the future. ”

Zhang Ru said with relief: "Father-in-law Wang can be relieved, if Your Majesty doesn't believe you, how can he continue to keep you by his side." The Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Celebrant East Factory are all in your hands, if you have any serious intentions, the first unlucky one is Your Majesty. You are a minister, and a minister has a heart more than me, a minister. ”

In polite words, in fact, Zhu Youzhu only believes in a few people now, the living old guys of Tianmen Jiuwei are naturally in this ranks, and the queen Zhang Yaoyao is also one, and among the rest of the people, except for Old Man Li, he only believes in Zhang Ru and Li Dongyang.

Both of them are foreign ministers, and their identities are completely different from the others, and they both have a certain position of power in the court. The former threw his arm and called for at least half of the millions of generals in the army to gather to respond, while the latter did not have too many protégés for the time being, but the cabinet ministers who were good friends with him had protégés all over the world.

One can command the military generals to urge the camp to pull out the village, and the other can command the civil officials to guide the country, if these two cannot get the absolute trust of the emperor, they will not live long at all.

Wang Zhi had a small abacus in his heart, and after greeting Zhang Ru a few more words, he stood aside respectfully, and after seeing Zhang Ru go away, he straightened his waist and looked at Zhang Ru's back meaningfully.

In the East Warm Pavilion, Zhu Youjiao, who was already in good health, was lying on the soft collapse, Lao Li Tou was napping on the recliner on the side with his eyes half-squinted, Zhang Ru came in and successfully woke up Zhu Youzhang, but failed to wake up Lao Li Tou, who was sleeping pretendly.

Zhang Ru did not shy away from it, and after putting the fold on the table, he sat on the stool with his butt and poured the tea: "Youjiao, the situation is a little bad." ”

Zhu Youzhu chuckled and said, "Brother Hu, don't complain, you don't look at my current physical condition." In this Manchu Dynasty, there are not a few people who have ghosts in their hearts, and it is extremely difficult to achieve unity of mind. Even when the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, it is just a part of the main war and part of the main peace. Brother Lao Hu, you have bothered a lot, this court, leave it to you, I can rest assured. ”

Zhang Ru said: "Don't think about being lazy, it's not a problem if you want me to lead troops to fight, and if you want me to intrigue, I can be considered an expert." But if you want me to govern the government, I'm really not that material. If nothing else, just the noisy voices of those old ministers who rely on the old and sell the old in the court, sometimes I can't wait to jump up and give them two slaps. ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Don't shirk it." ”

Zhang Ru looked at Zhu Youzhang's eyes half-truthfully and said, "You must push me to the opposite side of the ministers, and finally make a ruin, are you willing?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said hurriedly: "Brother Hu, don't think about it, if you don't want to deal with those trivial matters, I'll handle it myself." ”

Zhang Ru sighed: "Alas, it is said that it is good to be an emperor, but who knows the distress of being an emperor." Youjiao, you and my brothers have trusted each other and helped each other for so many years, without you there would be no me today, and without me there would be no you at this moment. You and I both understand the truth of interdependence, but you have to calculate with me for the sake of the country and the afterlife, and I also have to fight for the lives of the people around me.

You tell me the truth, this time I went back to Beijing, and you pretended to be sick and handed everything over to me, is it true or false? ”

It is said that the sacred heart is unpredictable, even if Zhang Ru and Zhu Youzhu are friends and brothers from childhood to adulthood, Zhang Ru is still a little uncertain.

He did so much preparation work in Fuzhou, and he was not guarding against the Ming Emperor, who seemed to have great trust in him.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Brother Hu, my brother will tell you the truth, for the emperor, he has no heart to defend against people, and the throne is not stable." When you were in Fuzhou, I did doubt it, I was afraid. Growing up, you've been perfect, and I'm a little brother hiding behind your back.

In the long run, if you are the son of your father, I am afraid that it will not be my turn to sit on this throne.

Before his death, his father told several ministers that if the prince could govern, he would kill Zhang Ru to prevent future troubles.

I was very scared, afraid that after the Ming Dynasty was really strong, the common people and hundreds of officials only knew that there was a Zhang Wenxuan, and they didn't know that there was an emperor Zhu Youzhang.

When Master Li told me, I had the idea of completely pressing you down. However, this idea was quickly dispelled.

I can't forget the tiger brother who pushed me away when the assassin inserted the tip of the knife, the tiger brother who covered the wound in his abdomen and still shouted for him to leave, and I can't forget the tiger brother who patted me on the shoulder after the tragic death of my mother and said that it was okay to be here.

So I rejected Master Li's proposal and chose to believe Brother Hu.

This time, I returned to Beijing earlier than I expected, but I was not unhappy at all. If it weren't for Brother Hu coming back in time, I'm afraid that the DPRK and China would have been in a mess. I heard the doctor say that if it weren't for Brother Hu's mistake and making him pierce the wrong place, he wouldn't be completely sure that I would wake up.

Therefore, if you don't come back, I believe in you, and if you don't come back, I still believe in you. ”

Zhang Ru listened and was silent for a long time.

It had been a long time since there had been such an exchange between them, and he suddenly felt a lot of emotion when he suddenly communicated like this