Bringing the guards and changing into official uniforms, Wang Lanping came to the palace, walked past the layers of guards wearing armor and holding knives, and the palace maids and little eunuchs along the way all retreated when they saw him, a person who even dared to be put under house arrest, pinched to death a few palace maids and eunuchs as if they were playing, but Wang Lanping would not do anything with them.

Song Xian has been staying in the palace these days, and when he saw Wang Lanping coming, he hurriedly greeted him, "Commander"

Wang Lanping nodded, "Is the emperor sorry for you?" ”

Song Xian smiled, "No, I often hear him cry in the palace in the middle of the night."

"Hmph, compared with his cousin Chongzhen, it's far worse, he is guarded, he is not allowed to meet any ministers privately, he is allowed to enter and not leave the palace, but he must also restrain the soldiers, and he must not be rude to the emperor and the people in the inner court, you know?"

"Yes!"

When I came to the side hall, this is the place where Emperor Hongguang usually receives ministers, and the eunuch on duty hurriedly came up to salute and asked the emperor to come out.

At this time, Zhu Yousong was lying on the bed in the dormitory, covering his chest, humming straight in his mouth, it seemed that he was really sick, not only sick, but he was also afraid that the soldiers outside would rush in, these days he has been thinking, what kind of ending will he be, is he like the Han Xian Emperor at the end of the Han Dynasty who has been in the bag for a lifetime, was forced to abdicate, and finally sank into Zhangshui to feed the fish, or like the queen of Shu to be a playful person, and finally happy to think about Liu Chan, pretending to be a grandson for a lifetime, compared with the two, it is better to be Liu Chan, but can Wang Lanping let himself play happily?

Thinking about it, Zhu Yousong's whole body began to hurt, and he was sweating vigorously.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Dingnan asks to see you," the old eunuch came to the bedside and said softly.

"Who?" Zhu Yousong sat up with a bone, and on a hot day, he quickly pulled a quilt, wrapped it around his body, and said with a panicked expression, "He's coming to arrest me, he's coming, he's going to abolish me, he's going to usurp the throne, I'm not here, I'm not there, I'm not there, oh no, I'm sick, I can't see the minister."

The old eunuch didn't dare to move, the palace was surrounded by people, where can you fly to the emperor.

"You go quickly, let him go" Zhu Yousong grabbed the pillow and threw it at the old eunuch, this frame did not look like a sick person at all.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Dingnan came alone, and he didn't bring any generals, there may be something big here, so it's better to meet him" The old eunuch didn't dodge or dodge.

Up to now, Zhu Yousong has nothing to do, and he can't hide for a lifetime, he is always coming.

With the support of the two palace maids, Zhu Yousong came to the side hall nervously.

"The emperor has arrived!"

Wang Lanping heard the sound and knelt down towards the door, "Weichen see the emperor" After all, he is still the son of heaven, and this etiquette is still required.

"Wang Aiqing, please get up quickly, come, give me a seat" Zhu Yousong moved his huge body with difficulty, and sat on the couch, his hands covered with sweat.

"I heard that the emperor is bowing and hugging sick, and the minister came to visit," Wang Lanping arched his hand.

Zhu Yousong said in his heart: I can't be like this without you?

"Aiqing has a heart, I'm fine, do you have anything to do here?" Zhu Yousong secretly prayed to the ancestors and ancestors, don't let Wang Lanping abolish me.

Wang Lanping said, "The emperor's dragon body is unharmed, it is the blessing of all the people, the minister is here to ask the emperor for the future of these soldiers in the palace, the minister moves, do not dare to have the heart of blasphemy, just because the thieves everywhere have swept the south of the Yangtze River recently, their spies have already mixed into the city, the emperor gave the minister the position of Nanjing garrison, there is a loyal duty for the emperor's safety, the emperor rest assured, they are just protecting the emperor's safety, if anyone dares to disrespect the emperor, please tell the emperor to tell the minister, the minister will immediately engage in military law"

Zhu Yousong couldn't help but shout: It's you, you have engaged in your own military law.

But he didn't dare, and he didn't dare to borrow his guts, Zhu Yousong said, "There is Laoding Nanhou"

Wang Lanping continued, "The second is for the death of Li Zhi and Liu Zeqing to present the original situation to the emperor, the minister was in charge of the military at the beginning, seeing that the army's heart was loose, and the battalions secretly harbored ghosts, disobeying each other, the minister was to coordinate the whole army, so that the emperor could unify the order, had to kill Li Zhi, in order to set an example, the heart of the army, and later the minister received a secret report, saying that Liu Zeqing secretly sent his family from Hangzhou to Huai'an, and was actively mobilizing military horses, intending to enter Nanjing to force the palace to usurp the throne, the general is outside, the minister is not in a hurry to ask for orders, can only suddenly make trouble, fortunately, the emperor is blessed with Qitian, The minister took him down in one fell swoop, Liu Zeqing died in the chaos, this is the stolen silver seized from Liu Zeqing's military camp, according to Liu Zeqing's generals, these money is the military expenses he intends to use for the incident, a total of 3.2 million taels of gold and silver, and now the minister is handed over to the emperor to see and hear, please hand it over to the household department on his behalf."

After that, Wang Lanping took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, held them up and sent them to Zhu Yousong, in fact, there are not so many of them at all, these days he is changing Zheng Sen's clothes, rewarding his subordinates, and replacing and adding many weapons, and it is not even two million taels.

In these years, the army was in chaos, many people and stragglers bravely took risks, took advantage of the chaos to do a business of robbing the road, made a fortune in the country, caused the road to be inconvenient, there was no soldier to escort even the official road was not safe, the folk merchants and the people did not dare to go out with cash on the road, so they had to change it for a silver ticket, many silver accounts took the opportunity to make a fortune, and the business was prosperous.

Zhu Yousong saw such a big pile of silver tickets in front of him, but he didn't know what to do, Wang Lanping, what tricks are you playing? People are dead, where can I go to them to testify, but this silver ticket is really here.

"Please accept it" Wang Lanping lowered his head and raised the silver ticket forward.

Zhu Yousong's heart was moved, I was about to die of poverty, this was just to solve the problem of the palace, thinking of this, he moved it manually, and wanted to pick it up, but he heard the old eunuch on the side cough lightly, and looked at himself vigorously, which clearly meant that he should not take it.

The old eunuch is such a shrewd person, how could he give away the silver that Dingnan Hou Fei made so much, if he didn't bring it up, the matter of the silver would not be known, since he said it and offered the silver, it was just for show, the emperor, you must not take it, take it and spit it out, it will be even more shameless.

Zhu Yousong salivated at the silver ticket in front of him, extremely disappointed, and said in his heart, "No, no, Dingnanhou is so concerned about me, I should also share your worries, and this silver will be rewarded to you and your subordinates."

The eunuch on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly nodded to the emperor.

Wang Lanping smiled secretly, put away the silver ticket again, and said, "The emperor is so sympathetic to the soldiers, and the ministers can only serve the country wholeheartedly and repay each other with death."

Zhu Yousong said against his will, "Dingnan Hou is loyal and brave"

Wang Lanping said, "Emperor Xie praised, the emperor, the minister heard that in recent days, many officials of the six ministries in Beijing have claimed that they are ill and inappropriate, and I heard that the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Ma, is suddenly seriously ill and cannot be a director, and many political affairs have been backlogged."

Zhu Yousong said in his heart: It's not thanks to you.

Zhu Yousong smiled bitterly and did not answer.

Wang Lanping continued, "As a minister of the ministry, how can you be so wasted on political affairs, how can you delay the emperor's state affairs, your Majesty, how difficult it is for the court now, foreign enemies are eyeing you, and the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty has to be helmed by you, the emperor."

Zhu Yousong has this ability, otherwise he will not fall into the fate of being at the mercy of others, he said, "Dingnan Houwen has the wisdom of Kong Ming, Wu has the courage of Zhao Zilong, there is Aiqing, I have no worries" In fact, Zhu Yousong wants to tell Wang Lanping that I want to be a Liu Chan, or you will be Zhuge Liang of the Ming Dynasty, the military and political power will be all for you, and I only want peace and wealth.

How could Wang Lanping not know, and smiled modestly at the moment, "The emperor has won awards, and the minister has received the favor of the emperor and the emperor, how dare he not serve his life, but the minister is a military position, and if he interferes in the affairs of the six ministries, he may be criticized."

Zhu Yousong said secretly: Say, what else do you want me to reward you, except for my country and the queen, I will fulfill you whatever you want, and give it to you, oh no, it's not for you, you can take it yourself, I still have a few concubines, if you want it, please, it's best to exhaust you in bed.

"What does Dingnanhou want to do? Do you want me to make a will to ask you to act on my behalf?"

When the eunuchs on the side heard this, they were all in a hurry, and they could say it casually, acting on behalf of the sky, this is the bottom limit, the supreme power, if you want to keep safe in the future, you have no reward and no seal, your emperor, you are forcing others to usurp the throne.

Wang Lanping suddenly felt that this emperor was too cute, so cute that it was ridiculous, but this matter really shouldn't come down, that would become the fault of the world's governors, any general with a strong soldier will follow the same example, and the strong soldiers and horses must enter the palace to act on behalf of the sky, especially Zuo Liangyu and Zheng Zhilong of Fujian.

Wang Lanping said, "The minister didn't dare to have this intention, but the minister felt that some old ministers in the court were too old, and the directors were not energetic, and there were some people who wanted to have a false name, and they lived in official positions, but they had nothing to achieve, and they wasted the country's money."

Zhu Yousong was stunned, what's the matter, is this going to do something to the hundred officials? He said, "What does Dingnanhou mean?" ”

Wang Lanping got up, knelt down in his robe, and arched his hand, "Enlighten the emperor, the minister asks the emperor to decree the implementation of the Beijing investigation, so that the mediocre people can not mix in the court, and then open up Enke, select talents, so that truly talented people can serve the country, the emperor should also clear the time as soon as possible, appoint the virtuous and use their energy, care about the people's suffering, reduce the burden of the people, so that the people will no longer be rebellious from the thieves, and the ministers will contact the generals of all parties to escort the emperor's governance, and within three or five years, the emperor can wave his army to the north, break the capture of the thieves, and return the capital to Beijing"

This remark came to Zhu Yousong's ears, if Wang Lanping's words were true, then in addition to being a little bold, it was more of a loyal heart for the country and the people, and it didn't mean that Wang Lanping wanted to be unfavorable to the emperor, but it was easy to say, everything was difficult to achieve, Jingcha? If you ask me to do such an offending thing, there will be no door. Paralysis when sweeping? I have been accumulating paralysis for more than 50 years, and if I have this ability, the first thing is to kill you. Reducing the burden on the people? I am poor enough, and the burden of the people is light, so you can pick and choose if I have a heavy burden. Be direct, just be the emperor, you can be the emperor.

Fortunately, these words are heard by Zhu Yousong, and they are reasonable, he Zhu Yousong is not the kind of person who does not know right and wrong, he also wants to be a Ming monarch, become a generation of holy masters, and he also knows that the national disaster is at the head, and the only flexibility can be strong, but he is suffering from the lack of ability to change all this, from this speech, he can still hear that Wang Lanping actually has no ill intentions towards the emperor, at least he will not do that kind of thing to kill the monarch and usurp the throne, with these, it is enough, why bother to go against him.

Zhu Yousong said, "The Marquis of Dingnan is really a minister who seeks the country, you are allowed to play, where do you think to start first?" ”

"Kyocha"

"Okay, I'll make an order" Zhu Yousong can't do it, this can be regarded as offending all the civil and military officials.

Wang Lanping arched his hand, "The emperor is shengming, the emperor, I heard that the project of building a new palace for the emperor has stopped?" ”

As soon as Zhu Yousong thought of what he said just now to reduce the burden on the people, he immediately said, "If you don't repair it, you can't repair it, I should cherish the people's strength, be sympathetic to the people, save a little if you can, stop."

Wang Lanping said, "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven should have the prestige of the Son of Heaven, now this palace is too simple, if the Son of Heaven lives no different from the people, how to make the people awe of the saint, how to make the subjects convinced, no matter how difficult the Ming Dynasty is, the emperor can not be wronged, not to mention, this holy decree, how can you give up halfway, the minister suggested, this new palace must be repaired, in order to show the prestige of heaven"

Zhu Yousong was really impressed by him, he really couldn't understand what kind of person Wang Lanping was, is it beneficial to the country to build such a large number of buildings? "Oh? Then, then according to your word"

Wang Lanping continued, "However, Your Majesty, the current state operation and maintenance are difficult, and the silver taels needed to build the new palace cannot be used with state funds."

Zhu Yousong said secretly: If you don't take it from the treasury, will you give the money?

"Where does the money come from?" Zhu Yousong asked.

Wang Lanping smiled slightly, "The emperor is not only the lord of the people, but also the lord of all officials, this expenditure can be contributed by hundreds of officials to solve the worries of the monarch's father."

Zhu Yousong now agrees no matter what he says, and there is no reason to object, "Well, okay, this superintendent will be handed over to you Dingnanhou" But there is still the second half of the sentence, he didn't say: Convulsions, you, just asked Beijing to check the hundred officials, and now you want to take silver from them to build a new palace for me, you are really roasting me on the fire, you can ask for money and silver from them, foolish dreams.

Wang Lanping's purpose for coming today almost got a satisfactory answer, and it was time for some blood, so he took out a silver ticket of 10,000 taels from his arms and handed it to the emperor, "This proposal is the first initiative of the minister, and the minister takes it as an example, and is willing to donate 10,000 taels."

Out of the palace, Wang Lanping went directly to the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu said that he was sick at home, and there was only one director of the Ministry of Industry on duty.

Wang Lanping explained his intentions, and took out a silver ticket of 100,000 taels to him, telling him that the matter of repairing the new palace should be paid attention to.

The main man cried with a sad face, wanted to excuse but didn't dare, his hand holding the silver trembled, 100,000 taels of silver to repair the palace, just kidding.

Wang Lan flattened his eyes and told him, then let's drive a few piles first, repair and grind first.

The palace will have to be repaired sooner or later, but not now, the current silver has to be used in practice, with the identity of this superintendent, and there is a name for a hundred officials, first get a sum of money from the hundred officials, as for when to repair, how to repair, let's talk about it later.

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