If he really wants to hug his thick legs, then he will hug the thick legs of Wang Chengen, the great eunuch of the next dynasty. Wait, Wang Chengen's legs don't seem to be as thick as his, but he is Emperor Chongzhen's most respected brother.

The reason why he values Wei Zhongxian is really because Wei Zhongxian is the ability of the Ming Dynasty...... Eunuch.

Although Wei Zhongxian in history has been repeatedly smeared by the Donglin Party, in the smoke and dust of history, Wei Zhongxian's talent still cannot be concealed.

Historically, during the reign of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, there was no peasant uprising in the Ming Dynasty, and the large-scale civil unrest came precisely from the reign of Emperor Chongzhen of the "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty". The country is still that country, the people are still those people, the difference is that there is one less eunuch, a eunuch who has the ability to govern the country and is not afraid of scolding.

Emperor Tianqi was very aware of Wei Zhongxian's talent, so he took Emperor Chongzhen's hand before he died, and told him that Wei Zhongxian must be reused. This is not the emperor's way to arrange his favored ministers, but to really hand over the capable ministers of governing the country to the successor emperor.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen didn't listen to his brother's words, killed the capable eunuchs, and let the Donglin Party ruin the Ming Dynasty alive.

If Zhu Youcheng and Wei Zhongxian are related by blood, and the two of them are in harmony, they can keep Wei Zhongxian, the white jade pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and build the purple gold beam of the sea.

On the contrary, if the two fight each other, judging from historical experience and their own temper, the end of this traitor must not be good.

This is from a big point of view, and from a small point of view, in terms of personal feelings, Zhu Youcheng can't stand the fact that he has no blood relationship with Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youcheng is a stubborn person, once he identifies something, the nine cows can't pull it back.

In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, Wei Zhongxian was still called Li Jinzhong at that time, and he rushed to climb relatives with Zhu Youcheng. However, at that time, Zhu Youcheng was poisoned by the Donglin Party (the one who revised the "History of the Ming Dynasty" was the Donglin Party who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty). Refuse to recognize each other.

Later, because of Wei Honglian's sad expression, he changed his name to Wei Honglian as Wei's mother and Wei Zhongxian as Wei's grandfather. Rao is like this, and the sense of strangeness in the title is still known as soon as you hear it.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian was besieged by the Donglin Party and was in danger. Other officials were busy drawing a line with Wei Zhongxian. But it was at that time that Zhu Youcheng felt Wei Honglian's full maternal love, but at this time he recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, officially recognizing Wei Honglian as his mother and Wei Zhongxian as his grandfather.

His confessional experience is enough to prove that his relationship has never been sold for a price.

Three years have passed since the incident, and he has long regarded these two people as his real relatives in Daming.

Now someone suddenly jumped out and said that he had nothing to do with these two people, and was a passerby at all, how could this make people embarrassed?

Zhu Youcheng's hand was clenched tightly, and he only heard a soft sound of "pop". The teacup was crushed in half by him, and the water in the teacup poured out and splashed on him, but he didn't realize it.

Liu Ruoyu called softly: "Lord Zhu, Lord Zhu ......"

Zhu Youcheng suddenly sobered up, threw the broken teacup to the ground, and only heard a "bang".

The guards hurriedly walked in and asked, "Lord Zhu." What's going on? ”

Zhu Youcheng waved his hand and said, "My hand slipped for a while and I didn't hold the teacup." You go out first. I still have something to say to my father-in-law Liu. ”

The guards retreated.

Liu Ruoyu snorted and said, "Lord Zhu, it scared our family." I thought it was a cup smash, and a bunch of axemen would rush in. ”

Zhu Youcheng stood up and shook the water on his body.

He said: "How can this official be so bad. My viciousness is aimed at the silverfish and rebellion of the Ming Dynasty. Father-in-law Liu rushed to report for me. How could I hold a grudge against you? By the way, this matter, Gonggong Wei knows or not. ”

Liu Ruoyu sighed: "Grandpa Wei doesn't know, Grandpa Li doesn't know, Grandpa Li doesn't know." We won't be on this trip. I heard that this matter was handled by Tao Tao, a fellow acquaintance of Hejian Mansion, and reported it to Father-in-law Wei as soon as it was done. It seems that Father-in-law Wei is going to receive a small Taibao again. ”

Zhu Youcheng was silent for a long time, and then asked: "Gonggong Li sent you over, apart from suing me about this matter, do you have anything to say?" ”

Liu Ruoyu said: "This is the first thing, and there is a second thing. Originally, there was no first thing, and the second thing was not called a thing. Now with the first thing, the second thing becomes a big thing. ”

Zhu Youcheng was almost stunned by Liu Ruoyu's tongue twister words.

He waved his hand and motioned for Liu Ruoyu to stop.

He said: "Gonggong Liu, I understand what you mean, let's talk about things directly." This official dares to break through thousands of troops, are you still afraid of these trivial things? ”

"That's the case, Zhejiang Governor Pan Ruzhen gave Wei Gonggong a living ancestral hall, burning incense in the morning and evening, and Wei Gonggong was very happy, and he intended to promote him. The whole territory of the Ming Dynasty followed suit, and gave the Wei Gonggong Ancestral Hall, and in some places even destroyed the Yasheng Temple (to commemorate the Confucian sage Mencius) and the Tangtai Temple (to commemorate the Confucius student Tangtai Extinguishing the Ming Dynasty) to build the Wei Gonggong's ancestral hall......"

Zhu Youcheng was furious, slapped the table, and shouted: "Someone! ”

A group of guards rushed in outside the house, and Zhu Youcheng took out a gold medal from his arms and said, "Send a few people to Zhejiang, and use this brand to arrest the Zhejiang political envoy to the East Factory!" ”

Liu Ruoyu glanced at the gold medal, hurriedly stopped him, and said, "It seems a little inappropriate for you to use the waist card of the factory to catch the people of the factory father." ”

Zhu Youcheng said: "This waist card was originally given to me by Father-in-law Wei to let me act cheaply, why not?" ”

"This time, that time. Master Zhu, you let the guards out first, and let's think about it in the long run. Anyway, the ancestral hall has already been built, and whether it wants to be protected or destroyed is not in a hurry. ”

Zhu Youcheng was so smart that he had already figured out the joints, and he sat back in his seat weakly, waved his hand, and let the guards out.

Liu Ruoyu said: "Lord Zhu, you used to be the bloodline of Gonggong Wei, so naturally you could do whatever you wanted with his token." But now that you have nothing to do with Grandpa Wei, if you move the token again, I'm afraid it will arouse Grandpa Wei's suspicions......"

"yes, that trafficker really didn't show up at the right time......"

"Gonggong Li knows that Master Zhu is a literary champion and a disciple of a saint, and he must be very disgusted with the matter of demolishing the saint's temple and building a shrine, so he sent me to inform you, be patient, and don't affect the relationship between you and Gonggong Wei because of some trivial things. Lord Zhu is outside, Princess Wei is inside, and there is harmony inside and outside, so as to maintain the stability and unity of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Youcheng nodded and asked, "What about the others in the court?" They also seem to be saintly disciples. ”

Now that there has been a quarrel in the court, many people have written to impeach the officials who demolished the temple and built the ancestral hall, and even pointed the finger at Gonggong Wei. The emperor was furious, and dozens of people were caned, so he barely suppressed the matter. ”

The court battle is to strip the ministers naked and spank, which is generally the best way for the emperor to be angry and civil officials to seek fame. It seems that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is really fond of this great eunuch, and openly supports Wei Zhongxian in building a living shrine.

Speaking of this, Liu Ruoyu sincerely persuaded: "Lord Zhu, although you are also a disciple of a saint, you must think twice about this matter. Today, Lord Chen of Jinyiwei introduced your journey to me, and I realized that there are still good ministers and fierce generals in the Ming Dynasty. You and Gonggong Wei are the emperor's right-hand men. If you chase after you in this matter and arouse the suspicion of Gonggong Wei, no matter who wins or loses, the emperor will lose an arm. ”

Zhu Youcheng sighed: "Who said it wasn't? But Grandpa Liu inevitably underestimated me, although I am a disciple of a saint, but I don't worship those clay puppets, whether it is demolished or built, what does it have to do with me? ”

"Then why were you so angry?"

"I'm also thinking about Grandpa Wei. You should have heard the word prosperity and decline, Gonggong Wei is now in power, and he is in the limelight for a while, and it is inevitable that he will do things a little too much. Yes, the emperor now favors him, listens to him, and obeys everything, but what will happen after losing his favor? These excessively things will become the sin of his disaster. What's even more troublesome is that do you know if such a large-scale gift to Gong Wei Xiusheng Ancestral Hall is a poisonous plan by the remnants of Donglin? If there is a front hand, there must be a back move. If my guess is correct, the interlocking poisonous schemes behind it are enough to push Gonggong Wei to the point of no return. ”

"Poison scheme?"

"Have you heard of Liu Jin of the Zhengde Dynasty? Others call the 'Emperor', and they are about to be on an equal footing with the 'Emperor Sitting Emperor' Zhengde, his limelight is not worse than that of Duke Wei, why didn't he build a large-scale ancestral hall? ”

Liu Ruoyu was shocked and muttered, "Master Zhu is really an old traitor...... Oh, no, it's far-sighted, and he can even see through such a bad move, and he really deserves to be the person valued by the emperor and Grandpa Wei. ”

Zhu Youcheng smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I...... I don't even know who I am. However, the incident of the Seminary and my life experience collided, which always made me mind a little. Is this a coincidence, or is there something else? (To be continued......)