12-2 Dark Left Hand

At five o'clock the next morning, just after dawn, the sound of squeaky wooden wheels sounded on the stone road of Wuyi Lane in the south of the city, Liu Ziguang was still sleeping in the backyard, the gate of the front yard suddenly opened, and then the sound of Yahuan and the person talking, Liu Ziguang's ears were sharp, and he could hear it clearly from afar.

My own maid said: "Why didn't the third brother Wang come to deliver milk today?" ”

The person who came had a sharp voice, and when he heard it, he was the eunuch in the palace: "The third brother Wang has been promoted to the imperial dining room to enjoy the blessings, and in the future, the errand of delivering milk will be done by the younger one, and the elder sister will have to speak a lot in front of the eldest princess to be ......."

The maids of their own family are all served by the capable palace maids around the Queen Mother, and they are naturally familiar with the people in the palace, but what is the matter with this milk delivery? Liu Ziguang hurriedly woke up Zeng Cheng and asked, "Does the emperor have to give milk to our family every day?" ”

Zeng Cheng slept in a daze, was stunned for a moment before waking up, and replied: "It's not the milk given by the emperor, it's given by the queen mother, it is said that it is a high-grade cow specially raised in the imperial village, and it is fed by listening to music and drinking beer, and the milk produced is more nutritious than human milk, and you can grow up after eating." He has been drinking this since he was weaned, and he has never broken it every day. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "I won't give him a drink today, I'll take the milk to test it." ”

Zeng Cheng is a smart person in ice and snow, she opened her eyes wide and said: "The milk sent by the queen mother also needs to be tested, do you doubt ......?"

Liu Ziguang said: "The queen mother will naturally not do anything to her grandson, but it is difficult for others to say, the most ruthless emperor's family." ”

After that, the two of them hurriedly got up, and even the maid didn't dare to trust it, so they personally brought the bottle in and pretended to feed it, but in fact, the milk was changed to another bottle, and Liu Ziguang took it away and handed it over to the South Factory for inspection.

The South Factory has a special chemical weapons agency, and has raised a group of Taoist priests who are good at alchemy, and the business leader is Huangshi Zhenren, but these bull noses have grown now, not only will they use small balances and alchemy furnaces, but also use beakers, measuring cups, crucibles, alcohol lamps, microscopes, and prepare poisons or something, all of which are accurately measured with measuring cups, and they are no longer matched by experience as before.

The test results of the bottle of milk came out quickly, and it was really a highly nutritious high-calcium milk, especially suitable for infants and young children, Liu Ziguang breathed a sigh of relief, in his subconscious, he always felt that Zhu Youxiao was not a vicious character who could poison his nephew, but the precautionary psychology made him have to take the milk for testing, fortunately, the results were reassuring, otherwise he would really turn against him.

At the same time that Liu Ziguang was testing the milk, the top secret spy organization directly under the emperor himself received information that the little grandfather did not drink the milk of the day, and the chemical laboratory of the South Factory received the testing task of Zhen Guogong himself today, and the target was a bottle of milk.

Zhu Youxiao sat in the imperial study and listened to Wei Zhongxian's report, and when he listened to it, he showed a smile: "My brother-in-law is really suspicious, but I still have the opportunity to take a step ahead of him." Wei Zhongxian flattered: "The emperor is like a god, and the prince of Zhenguo can't catch up, but this matter is still very mysterious, as the emperor said, this person is suspicious, I am afraid that there is no evidence that he will also suspect that he has done something in the palace, this is his only son, I am afraid that he will take risks at that time, which is not good for His Majesty, and the slave knows that His Majesty has arranged this way for the good of the eldest princess's family, but Zhenguo Gong may not have this feeling, so His Majesty has to make plans in advance." ”

Principal Zhu You sighed: "Or Xiao Weizi, you know me best, I do this for the good of the imperial sister and nephew, the nephew was born to be the emperor's life, but since ancient times, how many emperors can die well, instead of being an emperor who died young, it is better to be a rich man who lives a long life, even if he is a little stupid, it doesn't matter, Xiao Weizi, don't you say?" ”

Wei Zhongxian had already been moved to tears, and he whimpered and echoed: "Your Majesty Shengming, you are really a benevolent monarch through the ages. ”

Zhu Youxiao said again: "Now that the border troubles have been settled, my brother-in-law should also take a good rest, I am an emperor who has made a difference, and I will never do the thing of cooking a rabbit and a dead dog to chill the people of the world, I will listen carefully to Mr. Huang's opinion on this matter, and he is the best at this." ”

Huang Zongxi is indeed a very qualified emperor, teaching Zhu Youxiao how to control talents and balance the forces of the imperial court in all aspects, if it were not for him to give advice and guidance, the suspicious Zhu Youxiao would not have waited for the end of the Western War to seize Liu Ziguang's military power, and now that the four seas have finally been leveled, the emperor can also do his own thing with peace of mind, Huang Zongxi has made great contributions.

Huang Zongxi was introduced to Zhu Youxiao by Qian Qianyi as a teacher, at first there was no official title, and later Zhu Youxiao read his merits, handpicked his Hanlin, and named him a teacher, which is a very high honor for the three orphans, but Huang Zongxi insisted on not accepting it, claiming that the mountain and wild horsemen did not deserve such a high honor, this selfless spirit made Zhu Youxiao very moved, and felt that Huang Zongxi was a trustworthy person, and obeyed him, although Huang Zongxi did not have any official position, but the power is greater than that of the cabinet ministers.

Zhu Youxiao has been in power for five years, from a sixteen-year-old boy to a twenty-one-year-old young man, but in the five years since the wedding, there are no heirs, and none of the beauties in the harem can conceive a dragon species, which makes people doubt the emperor's ability to inherit the lineage.

Zhu Youxiao's throne is not easy to come by, although he is the youngest son of the first emperor, but his mother is just a little concubine without a background, he was forced to join the battle for the heir since he was a child, and he was almost killed by the prince and his gang several times, after the prince was drugged and stupidized by the Empress Dowager Li, the power collapsed and became the king of Pengcheng County, Zhu Youxiao became a great treasure and became a puppet emperor, and since then he has been played by the Empress Dowager Li for ten years, during which the suffering is incalculable, as long as he shows a little disobedience, he will be abolished by the Empress Dowager Li, Randomly find a child of the clan to replace, such a life experience made Zhu Youxiao full of resentment and disgust towards the clan, coupled with the rebellion of King Ning of Jiangxi later, which added to this disgust, he felt that the clan was all parasites, and there was basically nothing else to do except spy on the throne and wait for an opportunity to rebel.

Huang Zongxi came up with an idea to help Zhu Youxiao solve this problem, and he suggested that the vassal kings scattered all over the country should live in the capital, first, to facilitate management, and secondly, the quality of life in the capital is relatively high, so that relatives should enjoy happiness.

The clan of the Zhu Ming Dynasty is very large, but after this battle for succession, those who have enough blood relations and strength to win the throne have been killed, and after King Ning's rebellion, the imperial court took advantage of this limelight to set up a few princes who were very close to King Ning, so now there are only a handful of princes at the level of princes, these princes are bullies in the fiefdom, occupy a large amount of land, bully men and women and do many evils, and the magistrates dare not care, let them leave the base to live in the capital at the feet of the Son of Heaven, who is not familiar with life. After that, how to be powerful, so the resistance of the vassal kings is very high, Zhu Youxiao used thunderous means to find fault with a prince, and the other princes had to move obediently, this disguised cutting effect is excellent, not only to eliminate the unstable factors in the bud, but also to restore the place quiet, the people and local officials are relieved, grateful to the emperor, and the ministers of the court also praise the emperor for his wisdom and love for the clan's relatives.

All this depends on Huang Zongxi's help, Zhu Youxiao's favor and trust in this person have also reached a very high level, but all major national affairs must first consult Mr. Huang, he once said to people, the world depends on Liu Ziguang, and the world depends on Huang Zongxi, this person's status can be seen.

There is another sentence that Zhu Youxiao didn't say, that is, if you don't decide to ask Huang Zongxi about big things, you can't ask Wei Zhongxian about small things, and you can discuss with Huang Zongxi about things that can be said on the surface, but those things that can't be seen can only be found by Wei Zhongxian, and now Wei Zhongxian's hands are in the hands of the Qin Mi Division, although the number is small, but they are all personnel in important departments, the means are smart and well-informed, and they are meticulous in their work, which is very reassuring, poisoning Liu Yu's milk is the masterpiece of Qin Misi, if Huang Zongxi is the emperor's bright right hand, That Wei Zhongxian is his dark left hand. The two are indispensable.

Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to pass Huang Zongxi, and the three of them discussed how to settle Liu Ziguang, Zhu Youxiao said: "If it is peaceful today, I should also put swords and guns into the warehouse, and the horse will be put in Nanshan. ”

Huang Zongxi said: "The local people are strong and easy to manage, they can have some severance pay, disbanded on the spot and return to their hometowns to farm, the Jing ** in the north and the Dingbian Army in the west can be reorganized, and the old and weak can be eliminated and left strong." ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Now the three teams that can fight in the imperial court, the forbidden army of Wei Guogong in Beijing, the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Dingbian Army, two of the three are teams run by Zhen Guogong, which is equivalent to saying that the safety of the Ming Dynasty is in the hands of Zhenguo Gong, and the reorganization will definitely have to dismantle the people, so they will definitely not be happy." Naturally, the Duke of Zhenguo will not disobey the holy order, but those who serve as soldiers are difficult to say......"

Wei Zhongxian, this guy is very insidious, saying that half of it is left and half of it is not as happy as Huang Zongxi, he opened his mouth and said: "Liu Ziguang will rebel within the year!" ”