Chapter 8: A First Taste of Power

"Chen Luo Sigong, failing to protect Long Live is a capital crime, please Long Live the crime!"

Before the person arrived, the crying and wailing spread all over the main hall, and Luo Sigong looked like he was in tears, and Zhu Youxiao, who was watching it, was a little impatient.

In his opinion, it was his younger brother who protected him at the critical moment, and Luo Sigong's current behavior was too false.

He has followed the imperial grandfather for many years, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he naturally heard a lot of comments about him about Luo Sigong from the imperial grandfather.

"This person is so vain and afraid of offending the literati, so he should be careful to use it"

This is Emperor Wanli's comment on Luo Sigong at the beginning, and the young Zhu Youxiao also kept it firmly in mind.

"Get up." Although Zhu Youxiao didn't like Luo Sigong, he still told him to be flat, and then said to Luo Sigong:

"Lu Wenzhao has made a meritorious service, you know what to do, right?"

"The minister understands!" Seeing this, although Luo Sigong was jealous of Lu Wenzhao and afraid that Lu Wenzhao would rob him of his position, he still said courteously to Zhu Youxiao:

"Nanzhen Fusi is still short of Wei Commander Tongzhi to dispatch Nanzhen Fusi, Lu Baihu's merits, promoted to Commander Tongzhi, supervising Nanzhen Fusi is absolutely sufficient."

Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division is divided into two divisions: south and north. Among them, the "Nanzhen Fu Division" is responsible for the law and discipline and military correction of the guard. The "Beizhen Fusi" passed on cases ordered by the emperor, and had its own prison (edict), which could be arrested, tortured, and executed on its own without going through the judiciary.

Under the command, there are two commanders from the three grades, who manage the north and south towns respectively, but the north town is more powerful.

It's just that Nanzhen Fusi, after all, is the place in charge of law and discipline and military correction, although it has been a good place because of the shortage of money over the years and the sharp reduction in manpower.

For Zhu Youzhen, this person is not bad at all, and it is at least easy to re-establish the law.

He doesn't need everyone to be his person for Jinyiwei, but as long as every flag has his eyeliner, it is enough.

Nanzhen Fusi can do this.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Zhu Youxiao did not ask Lu Wenzhao to thank him, but asked Zhu Youjian's opinion first.

This behavior is worth reasoning, if Zhu Youxiao directly called Lu Wenzhao to thank him, it means that since then, Lu Wenzhao is his person, and then he is Zhu Youzhen's person.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't do this, he first asked Zhu Youzhen's opinion, that is, he didn't want to rob his younger brother.

"Lu Wenzhao, aren't you grateful?" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youzhen immediately put on a serious face and greeted Lu Wenzhao.

"Minister Lu Wenzhao, long live the holy grace of Xie!"

Lu Wenzhao is not a fool, at this time, he can't thank Zhu Youzhen in person, he can only thank Zhu Youxiao first.

If he thanked Zhu Youzhen first, and then thanked Zhu Youxiao, he would undoubtedly push Zhu Youzhen into the fire pit.

"Well, you're a good person, and my safety is in your hands."

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with Lu Wenzhao's actions, and while his good impression of him increased, he also revealed a little closeness.

This closeness made Luo Sigong feel pressured, and he knew in his heart that Zhu Youxiao was dissatisfied with him.

He could only bow his head, look at his nose, and look at his heart.

But at this time, Wang An, as the first eunuch, seemed very calm.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen said directly:

"Wang An, I heard that there is a person named Cao Huachun under your command, tell him to go to my Miaoqin Palace on an errand."

"This ......" A few glimmers flashed in Wang An's dull eyes, and he looked up at Zhu Youxiao, as if asking his opinion.

"If the royal brother tells you to do it, you can do it." Zhu Youxiao didn't like Wang An's forward-looking personality, mainly because when his mother was bullied to death by Concubine Li Kang last year, Wang An didn't stand up and speak.

"The slave and maid are ......" Seeing that Zhu Youxiao said so, Wang An couldn't say anything.

At this time, the footsteps sounded, and Zhu Youzhen looked sideways, but saw that the eunuch he had ordered to find Fang Congzhe earlier had returned.

This eunuch is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and he is white and delicate, but his personality is a little dull and woody.

Looking at this eunuch, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel a headache.

Just because this eunuch is Chongzhen's famous companion in history, Wang Chengen.

As a companion eunuch, Wang Chengen is very good, although he is dull and not good at internal court battles, he is loyal and good at governance.

This can be seen from the seventeen years of the Chongzhen period, and there was no major chaos in the inner court.

As for why Wang Chengen appeared here, it was also Zhu Youzhen who called him from the celebrant a month ago to be an errand for him.

He was still a little eunuch at the time, and he was soft-spoken, but he only did some chores in the celebrant eunuch, and after he came to Zhu Youzhen, he gradually gained power.

However, he is not greedy for power, and he does everything that Zhu Youzhen commands.

Seeing that Lu Wenzhao was favored, he was not jealous, but just did his own thing.

Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied with his loyalty and honesty, but he was not good at fighting, which gave Zhu Youzhen a headache.

It is precisely because of his character flaws that Zhu Youzhen will ask Wang An for Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun's battle for the eunuchs can be said to be clear, although some people in later generations framed Cao Huachun for opening the city gate when the capital fell.

But after the epitaph of later generations was unearthed, this false history was self-defeating, and when the capital fell, Cao Huachun had returned to his hometown for six years.

Unless Cao Huachun can travel thousands of miles a day, it is impossible to appear in the capital, and he can still take power to open the city gate for the army.

In short, with Cao Huachun, Zhu Youzhen's idea of mastering the imperial horse prison can be realized.

Thinking so, he said to Zhu Youzhen: "Brother Huang......"

"I was called my brother just now, why is I called my brother now?" Zhu Youxiao suddenly laughed, and Zhu Youzhen was also very embarrassed when he heard it, and hurriedly said:

"My brother has experienced a lot today, when I am resting, my brother will send people outside the capital tomorrow to inspect the horse farms in various parts of the Imperial Horse Prison to see how many people and horses are left in the four guards and one battalion."

"After finding out the people, I will return to Beijing to return to the household department, calculate the silver taels for the construction of the imperial tomb for the imperial examination, and after the national funeral, the ministers will personally review the armies."

"A national funeral?" Hearing Zhu Youzhen say this, Zhu Youxiao's face was embarrassed.

Normally, the national funeral is just a month, and Zhu Youzhen means that he will go out of the palace to inspect the four guards and one battalion of the imperial horse supervisor after a month.

Although he knew that his younger brother was kind, he was still a little afraid of Concubine Li Kang and the others.

After all, the shadow she caused him in his heart was too great, if Zhu Youzhen was not there, he would be the only one in this huge palace, and he would only be a few walls away from Concubine Li Kang, so ......

Thinking so, Zhu Youxiao could only say to Zhu Youzhen: "These things, just let Chengen and Wang An do it, you should stay in the palace and deal with the national funeral with me." ”

Zhu Youxiao's words have been clear enough, at least before cleaning up Concubine Li Kang, he will not dare to let Zhu You out of the palace.

Zhu Youzhen has no choice, he can understand Zhu Youxiao's fear of Concubine Li Kang, but he is also very embarrassed about how to clean up Concubine Li Kang.

You can't kill it, you can't kill it for at least three years, otherwise the world will inevitably say that your two brothers killed their adoptive mother in order to take revenge.

In this era of filial piety, even if Concubine Li Kang directly and indirectly killed the biological mother of the two Zhu Youxiao brothers, they would never be able to kill Concubine Li Kang.

How to clean up Concubine Li Kang, Zhu Youzhen still needs to think about it......