Wang Chengen nodded quietly, "Are you sick?" It's time to take care of this body and bones! We don't have this blessing, the emperor's affairs, don't we have to run more errands as slaves? ”

Who are Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe? Of course, I can hear what Wang Chengen meant! This is a cadre of people in Wen Nutian Ergeng and Wei Zhongxian! At the same time, it is to woo these people, because they are on duty, and they are not sick at home!

At present, Jinyiwei's power is divided into three parts, one part is that Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen has mastered the part of Xu Xianchun's list, and it has about a quarter of its strength! Some of them are Wei Zhongxian's diehards, most of them are ruled by clansmen, and this part has the largest number of people and the largest number! About half of them. The third part is a group of minions led by Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe, they were originally all the way with Xu Xianchun, they were all Wei Zhongxian's minions, Cui Yingyuan, Sun Yunhe and Xu Xianchun's men and horses combined, there are also half, although the number of people is about the same as Wei Zhongxian's people, but the ability is stronger, Wei Zhongxian's clansmen, many of them are not from Jinyiwei, they all came in through Wei Zhongxian's power, of course their ability is insufficient!

Wang Chengen knew that the emperor wanted to retain as much of the strength of Jinyiwei as possible and avoid all of them being demolished and rebuilt! Minimize the loss, so secretly use words to win over the two of them! These two are also one of Wei Zhongxian's Five Tigers! Minions who specialize in killing! But the more such people, the more they tend to waver! It's like that Xu Xianchun, who didn't use torture, he had already turned against him! For these people, they don't care about killing a lot of people, and they are afraid that the emperor will continue to use them!

Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe are also thinking about how to stand in line these days! Thinking about standing on the emperor's side, it is naturally the safest thing in the world! But I am afraid that the emperor will not trust him, and it will be troublesome to turn over the old accounts! Plus Wei Liangqing and Wei Liangdong are under too much pressure! is always in the swing, at this time hearing Wang Chengen's tone, everyone is secretly happy, and the flattering is even more attentive!

"Princess, being able to run errands for the imperial court, this is a blessing for me, it's too late to be happy, where do you dare to slack off?" Cui Yingyuan bent on his waist and served tea to Wang Chengen.

"Yes, if the prince has anything to do in the future, just tell the ministers to handle it, go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, just for the prince and the princess!" Sun Yunhe also bent on his waist to serve refreshments.

Of course, Wang Chengen will not take the flattering words of the two people to heart, for these people, the most disgusting words in the world are like commonplace in their mouths! "The ability of the two adults, the old slave knows, and naturally will express the loyalty of the two adults in front of the emperor."

Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe were overjoyed and knelt down for Wang Chengen, "Old man, you are really the intimate person of the minister!" The minister is willing to smear his father-in-law's liver and brain and go to the soup to fight the fire! ”

Wang Chengen smiled and waved his hand, "Two adults, what are you doing here?" Hurry up and get up, don't you want the old man to kneel down and be polite? Zhu Youzhen stood behind Wang Chengen, looking at this contrived officialdom, he felt sick to his stomach, although he had seen a lot, but he hadn't been in contact for a while, and he was still a little uncomfortable.

Although Cui Yingyuan, Sun Yunhe and other high-ranking officials of the Jinyi Guard had long noticed the masked man behind Wang Chengen, but seeing that he was wearing seven grades to serve, the people around him had no unusual respect for him, and they didn't take it to heart, thinking that this person was wearing a mask, it was estimated that there were some unsightly sores and scars on his face, right? can have the opportunity to please Wang Chengen, so naturally he will not care about these. The two of them stood up with a thousand thanks, and their old faces were twisted into a twist with a smile.

Wang Chengen said to the officials, "Our family is here today, it's not a big deal, everyone don't have to be nervous, relax, sit down and talk, let's tell everyone, everyone should know about Lord Xu's beating of Gonggong Xu, right?" The emperor is very angry, Lord Xu should not be able to return to Jinyiwei on an errand in the future, and his duties will be represented by the old man himself for the time being! You can tell the attendants of these three old slaves if you have anything, this is the inspection of Xunlou, these two are Gao Dewei and Gao Demeng, what is the matter, tell the two tall adults, they will tell the inspection adults, and the inspection masters will naturally pass it on to the old man to know. ”

The officials saw that the masked man was originally called Jian Xunlou, wearing an official uniform from the seven-grade small flag, and the other two were in civilian clothes, and they didn't take these three people to heart, but they all respectfully agreed loudly, "Obey the official order of the factory!" ”

Wang Chengen's words did not surprise Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe, what they wanted to know was how the emperor would treat them next, they were all Wei Zhongxian's cronies! Although private property has long been transferred! The cronies in his hands are lurking, but the emperor really wants to move seriously, killing these officials on the surface is really like pinching ants to death! No matter how powerful Wei Zhongxian is, at most he is engaged in a palace coup, and he really wants to openly rebel, he does not have such strength, nor does he have such soil! Otherwise, it will be done when the Emperor of the Apocalypse dies! Even Wei Zhongxian didn't have such strength, of course he Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe wouldn't think that their strength could fight against the imperial court!

Sun Yunhe gave Cui Yingyuan a look, Cui Yingyuan nodded, "Factory father, if there is nothing to do, the minister wants to invite his husband to have a light meal before leaving, I wonder if my husband can appreciate it?" ”

Wang Chengen took a sip of tea, "Oh, don't be polite, two adults, there are still a lot of chores in the old man's inner palace." ”

Cui Yingyuan glanced at Sun Yunhe, and Sun Yunhe hammered Wang Chengen's shoulder affectionately, "Old man, no matter how busy you are, you have to rest, don't you?" It's just a simple meal, just the three of us. ”

Wang Chengen laughed, "Okay, don't eat your meal, turn around and say that the old man is holding the shelf." ”

Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe happily agreed, and helped Wang Chengen to the back hall one left and one right, "You all step down, go to your own errands, don't slack off a little." ”

A group of officials scolded in their hearts! Busy you fuck! Patting the sycophants to take credit, you two have always been on the front line! Eating and flattering is nothing for us? Wei Zhongxian's cronies are even more resentful! I can't wait to correct Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe's two walls on the spot!

Sun Yunhe, Cui Yingyuan and Xu Xianchun's large group of subordinates are a lot more relieved, looking at this, Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe are going to take refuge in Wang Chengen! As for these Xu Xianchun's subordinates, it seems that although the emperor has disposed of Xu Xianchun, he still has to use them, otherwise he will not let Wang Chengen take over in person! Regardless of whether Wei Zhongxian can make a comeback or not, anyway, if his master can rely on Wang Chengen, he will rely on the emperor, and that is always the safest thing!

Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe also took this consideration into account, so they didn't care about the opinions of Wei Zhongxian's clan, and they were determined to tie up Wang Chengen!

Zhu Youzhen took Gao Dewei and Gao Demeng to follow Wang Chengen, and Cui Yingyuan whispered, "Princess, it's just a casual meal, the three of us talk more cheerfully, do you want the attendants to go down first?" ”

Wang Chengen sighed, "It's okay, Gao Dewei and Gao Demeng, the two of you go down, Xunlou is a relative of the old man, and it is not in the way on the side, if you have anything in the future, tell Xunlou directly, just like telling the old man!" ”

When Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe heard Wang Chengen say this, they began to pay some attention to this masked man, and at the same time nodded towards Zhu Youzhen, "Lord Zhen will take more care of me and other ministers in the future?" If there is anything we can't do properly, the prosecutor just has to say it! ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "The two adults are polite, Jian Xunlou is a small official from the seventh grade, where do you dare to let the two adults be so polite." ”

Cui Yingyuan said angrily, "Really, how can a relative of our prince-in-law's family be a small flag?" The old man immediately played the book to the emperor, and the master of the Bao Juju was promoted to a thousand households! ”

Sun Yunhe was also very angry, "Yes! It's really a burying talent! The old minister also wants to sign a joint agreement with Lord Cui, can Lord Cui? ”

Cui Yingyuan nodded, "Deserve it!" How can you bury talents? This is a loss for the imperial court! ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, he still tried to talk as little as possible, Wang Chengen smiled, "The good intentions of the two adults, the old slave understands it!" It's just that the age of Xun Lou is still young, just came out of the countryside, don't rise too fast, his affairs, the old slave will arrange it, thank you two adults. ”

Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe naturally knew that Wang Chengen was in charge of the celebrant eunuch, and that power was much greater than the two of them! It's just polite, if people want to promote their relatives, where do they use them. But with such a contrived appearance, the three of them are much more affectionate!

The banquet in the back hall was so sumptuous that even Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen was amazed, there were not many dishes for the three of them, that is, eight dishes and four soups, but what kind of vision did the emperor have, he could see at a glance that the dishes on this table were hundreds of taels of silver! This table of wine and food can't be served without two thousand taels! The quality of the dishes surpasses Ouchi!

Wang Chengen smiled quietly, "Two adults, this is too expensive!" Too luxurious, right? The country is in turmoil, how can we be so luxurious? ”

Cui Yingyuan moved the chair out a little, "Don't be polite, what is your identity?" Except for Long Live Lord, it's you! As long as these dishes can meet the appetite of the factory father, the minister is a great blessing! ”

Sun Yunhe also hurriedly helped Wang Chengen to sit down, "That's right, the dishes on this table, I'm afraid that the Lord Can't eat it in the palace!" This dish of mullet roe alone is made with thousands of adult mullet roe as ingredients, and it takes ten days to make. These time-consuming dishes, it's not that Ouchi can't make them, but he doesn't dare to make them for the emperor, if the emperor eats comfortably, and he wants to eat every once in a while, the stewards of the food supervisor are afraid that they will be scared to death. ”

Wang Chengen listened to the flattery of the two people, but he didn't show the slightest sound! He just wants Emperor Chongzhen to take a look at this Ming officialdom from the first perspective!

And at this point, there is no point in cheating! In my heart, I was scolding the two of them for speaking without proportion, you don't know that the emperor is in front of him, blindly flattering, and raising the old man higher than the position of the Long Live Lord! I'm afraid that I have already offended the Long Live Lord!

Zhu Youzhen's heart was not shaken, although he had seen these things for the first time, he had already heard of them, coupled with the developed information of later generations, there was nothing impermeable in the world, and he had heard a lot of secrets, so there was no fuss about the corruption in these officialdoms.

Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe waited for Wang Chengen to sit down, and the two of them went to bring out two brocade boxes, and said in unison, "Godfather, be careful, I hope that Godfather will smile." ”

At this moment, Wang Chengen is okay, but Zhu Youzhen can't help sweating! I'm afraid you're only a few years older than Wang Chengen! Why can this godfather be called so heartfelt and natural?

Wang Chengen coughed dryly, "Two adults, please get up quickly, how dare our family be?" ”

Cui Yingyuan said, "Godfather, if you don't accept this money, the two of us will definitely not get up!" Godfather is on top, please be worshiped by his son! ”

Sun Yunhe and Cui Yingyuan kowtowed to Wang Chengen as they spoke! Wang Chengen saw that the matter had come to this point, he was still silent, took the brocade box from the two hands, and handed it to Zhu Youzhen's hands, "Okay, okay, our family knows your filial piety, let's all get up?" ”

Wang Chengen thought that since the little emperor wanted to take over Wei Zhongxian's old forces! That's just a matter of calculating, and you can't do it if you don't. Sun Yunhe and Cui Yingyuan saw that Wang Chengen took the brocade box, and stood up happily, Cui Yingyuan smiled like a flower, "Godfather, hurry up and use the dishes, it's not delicious when it's cold, we have been waiting for this day for a long time, and we must accompany my godfather to drink a few cups today." ”

Sun Yunhe also asked flatteringly, "Otherwise, the inspector will also sit down and eat together?" ”

Wang Chengen nodded, "Xun Lou, can you also sit down and eat?" ”

Although Zhu Youzhen wanted to taste the taste of those dishes, he still excused himself, "The villain has a low status, how dare he serve it?" I'll just look at it, thank you for the love of a few adults. ”

Sun Yunhe's eyes rolled, "Well, I didn't expect that Master Jian was still polite!" It's all their own people, and the princes have spoken, so there's no need to be polite. ”

Wang Chengen and Zhu Youzhen are both nervous! Wang Chengen is not wrong, which of these Beijing officials is not a human spirit? He only said a complete sentence, and Sun Yunhe had already heard the flaw, and the ability of the criminal officer of Dongchang was not small!

Wang Chengen said with a smile, "He has read some books, but he can't get into the exam, and there is no ink and it causes a sour smell, sit down, Xunlou, you are not outsiders, and you will have to rely on the two eldest brothers to take care of it in the future." ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that Wang Chengen was helping him cover up, so he thanked him and sat down to eat with him.

I was so unhappy about this meal, Zhu Youzhen just cared about eating, listening with his ears pricked up, and listening to the three people say that there was no substance, but every sentence was very harmonious! It feels funny.

Because Wang Chengen didn't get the emperor's instructions, it was inconvenient to show too much tone, so he was very cautious!

Sun Yunhe and Cui Yingyuan were naturally most concerned about how the emperor would treat Wei Zhongxian and himself next, although they had Wang Chengen as their backer, they were still nervous.

After three rounds of drinking, all four of them are drunk! Wang Chengen, supported by Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe, walked through the back door, and Zhu Youzhen carried two large brocade boxes. Gao Dewei and Gao Demeng took a group of attendants and answered at the back door.

Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe lit up the brocade guards and sent Wang Chengen back to the private house outside the palace with great fanfare, and then left!

As soon as he entered the inner courtyard and returned to the emperor's courtyard in the palace through the secret passage, Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down for the emperor, "The old slave should die, the old slave should die!" ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water, and said with a smile, "Big companion, you are majestic enough outside the palace!" But don't worry, I'm not angry, don't underestimate me, I still know a little about officialdom. Get up. ”

Wang Chengen wiped his sweat and stood up with his knees, "Your Majesty, where did you go in person for just such things?" Every time the old slave finishes an errand, he reports everything to His Majesty, isn't the effect the same? In fact, it's quite hard to deal with these corrupt officials and wrongs? ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, "Yes, it depends on whether you like it or not, if you like it, you will never get tired of it, and you will be stuck in it and can't extricate yourself!" But I still have to say that I was right to leave the palace! If I hadn't been able to go out today, how would I have seen first-hand information? How can you see the attitude of Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe? Daban'er, tell me what you think, how can you take over Cui Yingyuan and Sun Yunhe's system, get rid of Wei Zhongxian's clansmen, completely control the Jinyi guard, get Wei Zhongxian's secret faction system, dig out the deeply hidden Wei Zhongxian's remnants, and get all of Wei Zhongxian's private property? I estimate that the amount of Wei Zhongxian's private property is definitely an astronomical amount! ”

Wang Chengen smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, where in the world is there the best of both worlds?" You have seen it today, it is almost impossible to get the Jinyi Guard power in the hands of the Wei Zhongxian clan! The easiest way now is to arrest and kill all Wei Zhongxian's clansmen! In fact, we have been able to control half of the Jinyi Wei very well, and some losses are inevitable, as for the private property transferred by these people, how much can be dug up, I'm afraid it will be difficult! ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen said categorically, "My goal must not be limited to such a small range~!" That's not enough! I need money, I need money! I need to dig up all the remnants of Wei Zhongxian! Pocket Wei Zhongxian's secret sect system! This is a very important step for the restructuring of the entire Ming Dynasty! ”

Wang Chengen sighed, "Your Majesty, you have seen it today, Wei Zhongxian's people don't come to tie up with the old slave, which means that they have reached a tacit understanding, it is absolutely impossible to throw themselves on the emperor's side, if they don't come to tie up, even if the old man sticks it himself, it will be useless!" The old slave admonished His Majesty, don't move the idea of reactivating Wei Zhongxian! The influence of that government is too bad, and the impact on the imperial power is too bad, and it will be strict zhòng to damage the Tianwei of His Majesty! If you get Wei Zhongxian's qiē like that, it's better not to do it, the image of His Majesty can't be exchanged for anything, which is why the old man has been persuading the emperor not to demolish the palace, even if you demolish the palace, how much silver can you get in exchange? And the land of the old palace, who dares to ask for it? Who would dare to buy it? ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "I was just acting like it at the beginning, and I also figured it out, it is impossible to demolish the palace, it is too unrealistic, I can already expand the palace." I am just using the matter of demolishing the palace to divert the attention of Cao Huachun, Xu Xianchun and Xu Yingyuan and distract them! I think I'm bent on being rich and powerful, and I'm a rational emperor! Let them despise me! ”

Wang Chengen is overjoyed! "The emperor is right to think like this, if you don't have any money, you must find a way, you must not treat yourself badly, the province will not save the silver! Let the old slave open the brocade box and take a look? See how much silver we've gotten today? ”

Zhu Youzhen had already had this thought, nodded busily, and stood on the edge of the brocade box.

Wang Chengen opened the two brocade boxes, and there was a large stack of silver tickets with a denomination of 1,000 taels!