Chapter 38: For the monarch, there is no good or bad courtier, only useful or useless

After chatting for a while, Zhu Zhangui and Ji Gang entered the Jinyiwei Edict Prison with a smile and went down to the bottom of the Jinyiwei Edict Prison.

Waiting for the two brocade guards to carry Emperor Jianwen to the cell, Zhu Zhangui personally stepped forward to untie his body.

"Uncle, the room in my nephew's place has been a little tight recently, and there is no place to place you, so you can live here for a while."

Ji Gang, who was at the door, was shocked when he heard this title.

I am afraid that the only person who can make Zhu Zhangui, the grandson of the second emperor, called Uncle Uncle and placed in this place, is probably the disappeared Emperor Jianwen.

Emperor Jianwen is so important, Zhu Di actually asked Zhu Zhangui to arrange it. It's hard for Ji Gang to imagine how far this trust has reached.

Plus Zhu Zhangui's promise just now.

It seems that Zhu Zhangui, the position of the grandson, may not be able to run.

Originally, Ji Gang also wanted to use his niece to temporarily appease Zhu Zhangui, and wait until he found an opportunity to retaliate.

But now it seems that his plan is about to change.

The kid in front of him is no worse than Zhu Di in terms of ruthlessness.

What he has done in the past few years, if you want to say that Zhu Di doesn't know, Ji Gang doesn't believe it at all.

The reason why Zhu Di has not yet found himself to settle is because he still has use value, or he has not touched Zhu Di's bottom line.

But the heart of the emperor is difficult to guess.

Ji Gang didn't dare to guarantee that Zhu Di would do it to himself one day.

So it is imperative to have a backstage that can save your life.

Ji Gang originally wanted to take refuge in the prince, but he and the prince were not all the way, and the prince didn't look down on him at all.

The same is true of the emperor's grandson, who looks down on himself in his bones.

Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui, although he intended to win him over, Ji Gang was not optimistic about him.

In the end, he couldn't find anyone to take refuge, so Ji Gang chose Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han.

But Zhu Gaochu is arrogant, and he also looks down on people like him who engage in intrigue and trickery.

Although he called him a brother and a brother, he didn't treat him as his own at all.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Ji Gang plans to rebel when Zhu Di turns his face in the future.

But there is no end to it.

Just when he was ready to give up on himself and finally go crazy.

Zhu Zhangui appeared in front of him and extended an olive branch to him.

Ji Gang doesn't know much about Zhu Zhangui.

But after a short contact just now, Ji Gang saw that Zhu Zhangui was a very ambitious person.

Accepting people only cares whether they are useful or not, and they don't care about the person at all, whether they are good or bad.

And he is ruthless, and he will not show mercy.

He clearly felt just now that if he dared to say a few more words, Zhu Zhangui would really shoot him.

"What's wrong? What are you thinking? ”

Just when Ji Gang was deep in thought, Zhu Zhangui, who had settled Emperor Jianwen, walked out.

"It's nothing, the minister is just shocked."

Zhu Zhangui smiled, stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Ji Gang's shoulder, and said as he walked out: "You just have to know it in your own heart, but you will lose your head if you say it." ”

Ji Gang nodded hurriedly.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the minister didn't see anything today, didn't hear anything."

Zhu Zhangui nodded, leaned into Ji Gang's ear and whispered: "Except for me and my grandfather, no one can come here to see him, if he needs something, you can send someone to him." At the same time, I also sent someone to keep an eye on me, not to let him die, not even to get sick. ”

Ji Gang hurriedly nodded in response.

patted Ji Gang's shoulder, Zhu Zhangui said with a serious expression: "He is going to die, and I can't protect you, so you have to put this matter first." ”

"Keep it in mind!"

"Also, you danced too hard before, the old man is already a little dissatisfied with you, if it weren't for your usefulness, you would have been exterminated a long time ago."

When Ji Gang heard this, the cold sweat on his forehead fell layer by layer, and he knelt in front of Zhu Zhangui.

"Please save my life, Your Highness."

Stretching out his hand to pull Ji Gang, Zhu Zhangui said with a serious expression: "Old Ji, you have to remember that there are only two kinds of people in this world for monarchs, one is a useful person and the other is a useless person. ”

"If a person is useful, no matter how evil he is, the monarch will turn a blind eye."

"If a person is useless, even if he is a peerless good person, as long as he touches the majesty of the king, he must die."

"Many of the things you did before, the old man knows a lot, and the reason why he didn't touch you is because you are still useful."

"But you've been a little drifting lately, and you dare to hoard armor at home and raise dead soldiers."

Ji Gang's body trembled, he didn't expect such a hidden thing, Zhu Zhangui was clear.

"Please save me, Your Highness is willing to go to the soup for Your Highness."

Ji Gang knelt down again.

Zhu Zhangui didn't stretch out his hand to pull it this time, but squatted in front of the other party, and said in a low voice: "I will send someone to take over your armor and dead soldiers, and after your niece enters the palace, I will teach you a chance to make up for your merits." ”

Stretching out his hand and pressing on Ji Gang's shoulder, Zhu Zhangui stared at Ji Gang's eyes, "As long as you are loyal to me, I will protect you Ji Gang as a marquis and make your family prosperous for all generations." ”

Ji Gang's eyes radiated a light of surprise, and he kowtowed fiercely.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhu Zhangui smiled slightly.

"I don't know if your allegiance is true or perfunctory."

"Minister..."

Ji Gang was just about to explain, but Zhu Zhangui stretched out his hand to stop him.

"But I don't care about that, as long as you do what I tell you to do, it doesn't matter if you don't have me in your heart."

"Now in the entire Ming Dynasty, everyone wants to kill you, everyone hates you and fears you. Without backstage, once you lose power, you will die with no place to bury. ”

"My father's character will not accept you. My second uncle doesn't look down on people like you who engage in intrigue and trickery. The third uncle is a good seller with you, and he doesn't believe in people like you at all. Although the old man admires your ability, he hates your arrogance, and thinks that when the matter is done, he will push you out to calm the anger of the people. Not to mention my eldest brother, he is a very arrogant person, and he doesn't look down on people like you at all, let alone use people like you. ”

Ji Gang had a wry smile on his face.

Zhu Zhangui is right, it is precisely because he has no choice that he chooses to give up on himself, intending to go crazy again before he dies.

"In the entire Ming Dynasty, except for me, no one can save your life."

"I don't know if one day in the future, in order to appease the anger of the people, I will kill you, but as long as you are loyal to me, and your niece is also satisfactory to me, I can let you fake your death and get out, find a place to enjoy your old age in peace, and at the same time not move your family at all."

"That's all I have to say, how you choose, it's up to you to think for yourself."

"The minister swears allegiance to His Highness."

Ji Gang took a deep breath, and after a little contemplation, he threw himself into the ground to pay allegiance.

Zhu Zhangui nodded with satisfaction, glanced at the prisoners in the surrounding cells and the brocade guards on duty, leaned into Ji Gang's ear and whispered, "Deal with it." ”

That night, a fire broke out on the bottom floor of Jinyiwei Prison, and dozens of prisoners and more than a dozen Jinyiwei died.