The city of Beijing in November is already very cold, and the winter of the past few years seems to have come earlier than usual, but just in November, the city of Beijing has already had a few heavy snowfalls, adding a bit of gloom to the center of the empire.

Different from the cold outside, there were several burning red braziers in the duty room of the celebrant at this time, making the temperature in the room as warm as early spring, but Wei Zhongxian still felt cold on his body, and couldn't help but tighten the fox fur cloak on his body again.

"Alas, this person is old, but his body is easy to be weak, and he can't stand the cold!" Wei Zhongxian took a sip of the cup of hot tea in front of the table, and then felt a little more heat on his body.

When the eunuch Wang Tiqian, who was reading the fold on the side, heard this, he put down the fold in his hand, and a flattering smile appeared on his face.

"Father-in-law must take care of his health, you are the pillar of the imperial court, no one can miss you without the Ming Dynasty, there is a century-old ginseng in our house, wait for the next value, I will send someone to your house!"

According to the functions of the palace internal eunuch, the functions and powers of the palm seal eunuch and the Bingbi eunuch are almost the same, and even the power of the palm seal eunuch is still above the Bingbi eunuch, but Wei Zhongxian is deeply favored, and he is in charge of the East Factory in his hand, and his authority overwhelms Wang Tiqian.

Wang Tiqian is also willing to live under him, Wei Zhongxian is illiterate, every time the General Administration Department sends a hundred officials, Wang Tiqian will read it to Wei Zhongxian word by word to make a decision, so Wei Zhongxian also regards it as a big help.

"Dry body, your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter!" Wei Zhongxian's mood seemed to be much better when he got this sycophant, and he praised Wang Tiqian with half-squinted eyes.

Wang Tiqian, who was praised by his master, was also in a good mood, and he felt much more comfortable at the moment, and the speed of reading the twists and turns was also faster.

"Father-in-law, Fujian Governor Zhu Yifeng sent a report of success!"

Hearing this name, Wei Zhongxian's eyebrows jumped, this Zhu Yifeng is a difficult person, since he was appointed as the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, the Donglin Party has pulled a group of officials to constantly criticize him, intending to pull him off the horse.

Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the ministry, once gave Zhu Yifeng a letter to invite him to write a letter of impeachment, but Zhu Yifeng did not respond, Wei Zhongxian learned the news, thinking that Zhu Yifeng intended to show favor to him.

It just so happened that he also lacked the support of the local officials at this time, so he also sent someone to send him a letter and a silver tael to win him over, but this Zhu Yifeng received the letter and the silver but there was no news, which couldn't help but make Father-in-law Wei very angry.

At this moment, hearing Zhu Yifeng's success, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but think of Zhu Yifeng's release of his pigeons some time ago, and he couldn't help but feel a little yin and yang at the moment.

"Fujian is not Liaodong, it has been quite substantiated in the past few years, what a good thing Zhu Yifeng has reported!"

Wang Tiqian looked at Zhu Yifeng's recital again and said.

"In this recital, it is said that half a month ago, the Nanyang red-haired ghost led four warships to invade the coast of Fujian, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the officers and soldiers to sneak attack the left post of our Zhenhaiwei and killed hundreds of soldiers and civilians along the coast of our country.

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian opened his eyes that had been squinting for a long time, and there was a hint of playfulness on the corner of his mouth: "This Yang Yingqian is a person who can fight!" ”

"If it weren't for my father-in-law's discernment and wisdom, and he was brought up as this commander and acquaintance, how could he be a little hairy child who has not dried up!" Wang Tiqian lost no time on the side and slapped a sycophant.

Wei Zhongxian touched his smooth chin and muttered thoughtfully.

"That Yang Mingren is also a wonderful person, some time ago, our family asked the emperor to give him a promotion to the imperial history of the right capital, this Yang Mingren actually carried two baskets of Fujian mandarins to our house in the middle of the night to thank our family for their kindness, it is interesting!"

At this time, although Wei Zhongxian already had the power to lean towards the government and the opposition, most of his subordinates were eunuchs and military attachés, and the civilian group was still controlled by the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian was still in opposition, and most of the other civil officials also had a wait-and-see attitude, so Wei Zhongxian was quite happy to have civil officials move closer to him at this time.

Wang Tiqian observed Wei Zhongxian's face on the side, and saw that Wei Zhongxian seemed to be quite interested in this uncle and nephew, so he rolled his eyes and said.

"This uncle and nephew are extraordinary people with one article and one martial arts, especially this Yang Yingqian, who should be a soldier, if the father-in-law can take these two people into his pocket, maybe he will also be a big help in the future!"

Wang Tiqian's words entered Wei Zhongxian's heart, most of these people who are now taking refuge in him are mediocre people, and there are few generals who can fight, so Xu Xianchun's brocade clothes are still useful.

If this Yang Yingqian is brought over, he may really be able to become a good knife in his hand, and he will cast a satisfied gaze at Wang Tiqian at the moment.

"Ti Qian's words are very much in line with my wishes, then our family will write a note to the saint in the next few days, and after a while, Yang Yingqian and all the soldiers under his command will be transferred to the capital!"

"Father-in-law is wise!" Wang Tiqian was another sycophant, and Wei Zhongxian's face suddenly had a chrysanthemum-like smile.

Wang Tiqian picked up the next letter and read it again, and after reading a few sentences, a strange expression appeared on his face.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but be a little strange when he saw Wang Tiqian's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping: "But what's wrong?" ”

When Wang Tiqian saw Wei Zhongxian asking, he said hesitantly: "Shen Congzhou, the director of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, impeached Yang Yingqian for fabricating evidence, persecuting good people, and befriending eunuch ........"

When Wei Zhongxian heard the word eunuch, his face suddenly darkened, during this time, he already hated these Donglin parties to the core, and hated others calling him eunuchs the most.

Before Wei Zhongxian could speak, Wang Tiqian continued to read the recital: "Shen Congzhou also made a statement to the emperor in the recital and asked the court to kill the eunuchs, and return the government to the Qingming ........"

The sound of the teacup shattering interrupted Wang Tiqian's voice, and Wei Zhongxian's face was already gloomy to the extreme.

"Okay, now a small head of the Ministry of Rites dares to argue with our family, and he really treats our family as a sick cat, and our family hasn't looked for him yet, since he Shen Congzhou wants to die so much, our family will fulfill him!" Wei Zhongxian said with a sneer.

"Father-in-law, this Shen Congzhou is Ye Shoufu's protégé, if you move him......" Ye Xianggao is still the first assistant of the dynasty after all, and his protégés have countless old days, if he really wants to go against him, Wang Tiqian's heart is really a little empty.

Wei Zhongxian smiled gloomily again: "Whoever makes our family uncomfortable, our family will make his family uncomfortable, if Ye Xianggao's old puppet dares to do a lot of things, our family will even clean him up, and the student will fornicate with the widows, so he, the teacher, is not responsible?" ”

As soon as Wang Tiqian heard that Wei Zhongxian had even thought about Shen Congzhou's charges, he couldn't help but sigh at Wei Zhongxian's ruthlessness, and he stopped saying anything at the moment.......

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Wei Zhongxian took the fold that Wang Tiqian had just written into the palace gate to prepare to meet the emperor, before he came, he specially found a small yellow door to inquire, and learned that the emperor was busy at this time, and it was a good time to come to report.

Before Wei Zhongxian entered the Qianqing Palace, he had already heard a clanging sound of knocking wood from the hall, and when he heard the sound, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and immediately walked a few steps into the hall.

At this time, the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Youjiao, was dressed in a bright yellow cotton robe, holding a hammer in his right hand and a chisel in his left hand, which was clanging in front of a screen.

Seeing Wei Zhongxian come in, Tianqi turned his head and looked at it and said with a smile: "Big Companion, come and see how about this screen I made?" ”

Seeing the emperor beckoning him, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly approached, seeing that although the screen made by the Emperor of the Apocalypse had not yet been completed, the exquisite carving and design had already seen the first form, and a lifelike peacock had already jumped on the screen.

"The emperor's skills are really ingenious, if those craftsmen see it, wouldn't they be ashamed!" Wei Zhongxian made a big fart, and the emperor couldn't help laughing.

"I'm afraid that my companion's words are suspected of being touted!"

Wei Zhongxian's eyes flickered: "The slave doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, if the emperor doesn't believe it, after a few days, when this screen is ready, he can send someone to send it anonymously outside the palace to see how much it can be sold, just the emperor's craft, those dignitaries and nobles will definitely flock to it!" ”

These words scratched Zhu Youxiao's itch.

"This is a brilliant idea, then I should hurry up and get to work!" Zhu Youxiao turned around again as he spoke, and continued to beat with a devoted.

The corners of Wei Zhongxian's mouth showed a hint of triumph at this time, and he took a step forward slightly.

"Your Majesty, the servants came this time to report to you about Shen Congzhou, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, colluding with the Japanese Kou......"

Before Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand at him without replying.

"I know, you just go and deal with it!" After that, he looked intently at the screen in front of him.

Wei Zhongxian respectfully withdrew outside the hall after receiving Zhu Youxiao's reply, and a subtle smirk appeared on the corner of his mouth.......