Luoyang, Fuwangfu.

As the favorite son of the Wanli Emperor, King Fu, who was only one step away from the prince, came to Luoyang after the defeat of the political struggle, and Taichang did not treat him harshly because of his past grievances after ascending the throne (of course, it may not be too late at all).

After the collapse of Emperor Taichang, Tianqi ascended the throne, and Tianqi treated King Fu with gifts to his uncle and nephew, and treated him favorably, and this practice has not changed until Chongzhen, which makes Fu Fan seem to have become a behemoth in Luoyang.

The imperial power is not controlled, the local officials do not dare to rectify, the Fu Fan is like a huge bloodsucking worm sucking the blood and flesh of the people of Henan, the splendid Fu Wangfu has a faint momentum to compete with the Forbidden City, in fact, many people call it the "Little Forbidden City".

Perhaps it is to remember his own failures, the regulations of the Fuwang Mansion are all top-notch, and even have some encroachment, anyway, the imperial court will not ask, in Luoyang, which is not a wealthy city, to make such a magnificent building, the cost is immeasurable, and the blood and sweat of the people of Luoyang are incalculable......

In the main hall of the palace, the eunuchs of the Fu Domain have already received the names of the lords and have gone to the backyard to invite the Fu King.

Lu Weiqi took Wang Yinchang and others to sit on the sandalwood carved Taishi chair, looking at the luxurious decoration around him, and secretly marveled in his heart, Lu Weiqi is a person who has seen the world, even he was shocked by the luxury of Fuwangfu.

Wang Yinchang cautiously asked: "Lord Lu, the lower officials have seen the ugliness, your lord has also been to Jingshi and seen the Son of Heaven, I don't know how this Fu Wangfu compares to the Forbidden City?" ”

Lu Weiqi sighed slightly when he heard this, and said: "Fu Domain, a local vassal king, although this palace is not as good as the Forbidden City, but there will be no one who can stand out in the world, alas, the old man only knows why Henan bandits are so rampant today......

"My lord, be cautious" The prefect of Luoyang, who was accompanied by Yan Yan, was startled, for fear that the people of the Fu Domain would hear it, and hurriedly spoke to dissuade them, they were here to ask for help, and it would be difficult to do things if they offended the Fu Domain.

"Your Highness has arrived—" With the scream of the eunuch duck, Lu Weiqi and the others all sat up slightly, it seemed that the main lord was coming.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what kind of wind is blowing you here today?" A meat ball wearing a four-clawed uniform "rolled" all the way from the backyard, King Fu was too fat, and the fat all over his body had almost squeezed him into a ball, and he was a little trembling when he walked, and he still needed two eunuchs to be carefully supported before he could move forward.

Carefully sat on the beautifully made sandalwood Taishi chair, the fat body seemed to be difficult to bear the weight of the Taishi chair, and the pressure creaked, as if it was about to fall apart at any time.

Of course, the body is fat and fat, but the cunning eyes flashing in the flesh are very shrewd, King Fu is not stupid, this group of self-proclaimed civil officials ran to look at themselves at this juncture, it was a weasel and a chicken New Year's greeting, thinking with his ass, King Fu knew what they were doing.

When Lu Weiqi saw King Fu sitting down, he was not interested in going around the corner, so he immediately took the lead in getting up and saluting: "Minister, Lu Weiqi, I have seen His Royal Highness King Fu." ”

"Hey, Lord Lu, you can torture Xiao Wang like this" King Fu pretended to get up with difficulty, and after struggling a few times, he gave up.

"This king's body, it's not as good as a day...... "King Fu sighed slightly: "It's a pity, this King Fu's mansion has an empty shelf, and you can only leave a palace for you in the future, and I hope you will take care of the king's son in the future." ”

After speaking, Zhu Changxun's eyes were still red, and then he waved his hand and motioned to the eunuch to bring Zhu Yousong up.

This future Hongguang Emperor inherited his father's excellent genes, and he was also born with a fat head and big ears, and a simple appearance, but he was wearing a really civilian linen clothes, which obviously did not match his identity as a son.

"Haven't seen a few adults?" Zhu Changxun reprimanded in a stern tone.

Zhu Yousong knelt down ignorantly when he heard this, and wanted to kowtow, how dare Lu Weiqi let the blood of the heavenly family knock him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and said again and again: "I can't do it, I can't do it....."

Before he could catch his breath when Zhu Yousong was lifted up, King Fu's voice came: "My lords, although this king lives in the palace all the year round, he also knows that now there are thieves and thieves outside Luoyang City, and you are all ministers of the humerus and the pillar of the court, and Li Chuang can't become any climate if you think about it, but after all, this king has been in Luoyang for decades, and he should do his best....."

After speaking, Zhu Changxun waved his hand and motioned to the eunuch to bring the things up, and the eunuch hurriedly brought up the silver ticket that had been prepared a long time ago.

"This is a thousand taels of silver, which can be regarded as talking about the king's intentions, and the important matter of defending the city is still bothering your lords...... Zhu Changxun said earnestly.

"One thousand taels?!" The officials present were stunned, one thousand taels is indeed a lot, in the Ming Dynasty, when the silver had not yet depreciated, one thousand taels was enough for a common man to live a fairly rich life, but the question was that King Fu was an ordinary person?

Don't say it's him, it's a businessman with a head and a face in Luoyang, and he has to get a few hundred taels for a fundraiser, right? If there are many, a few thousand taels are possible.

"Your Highness, now that the thieves are about to attack the city, and the Luoyang Mansion Treasury is empty, this thousand taels ..... Xia Guan thought it was indeed unsustainable..... "The prefect of Luoyang was the first to stand up and speak.

"Yes, I don't want any silver, just ask Your Highness to provide some grain and grass for the soldiers to eat!" Wang Shaoyu also echoed loudly.

Seeing these civil officials so faceless, King Fu's face suddenly changed, and the original sorrow instantly turned into annoyance, slammed the table, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the annual expenses of this king's Fu Wang's mansion are also very large!" In the past few years, the imperial court has not issued a full number of money, and last year it was not even issued at all, where is there still money and food in this Fuwang Mansion? This king is only a vassal king, and you are the officials who defend the land, this money and grain are gone, come to this king to ask for it, is there such a reason in this world? Does this Ming have this law? ”

"Your Highness, the thieves are outside the city, and at this moment, when they are working together......" Lu Weiqi raised his eyebrows slightly, why is this Fu Wang so ignorant, even if he wants to persuade him.

As a result, Zhu Changxun didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and directly interrupted: "This king knows that Lord Lu is a sensible person and a respected elder, but this king's palace really can't take out a single bit of money and food!" If Lord Lu and the adults have to work hard to force each other, this king can only cut off this body and give it to you......"

"King Fu's words are serious....." Lu Weiqi looked at the scoundrel King Fu and was speechless for a while, things have come to this point, do you still want to covet those things? Your Highness, the beginning of this year is cold, and the soldiers defending the city have no clothes and two short rations. Wang Yinchang hurriedly persuaded him.

"Wang Bingxian, this king asks you, are there soldiers who have frozen to death on the city wall now?" King Fu's eyes instantly stared at Wang Yinchang, and Wang Yinchang was stared at for a while.

"Shang ..... Not yet, there is no ......," Wang Yinchang replied tremblingly.

"Are there any rebels?"

"There is no ...... either"

"Since this is the case, it means that it is far from the situation that Wang Bingxian said, not to mention, there is indeed no money and food in this king's mansion, do you have to ask this king to open the treasury and let the adults go in to have a look?" Fu Wang Zhenzhen said eloquently.

Open the treasury of the vassal king? Lu Weiqi They don't dare, according to the character of King Fu, they really dare to do so, they have to go to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen still has a lot of protection for his family, and if he doesn't do it well, he will be unlucky for it.

"Don't dare, don't dare" Several adults said in a loud voice, of course, there are also honest ones, such as Wang Shaoyu, he didn't think so much, so he took the opportunity to say, "It's okay, let me wait to take a look, if it really doesn't work, just do it." ”

As soon as these words came out, King Fu jumped up like a rabbit that had been stepped on his tail, pointed at Wang Shaoyu and scolded, scolding him for opening the palace treasury of the feudal domain, not knowing the etiquette, being a rough man, and going to the table to impeach him, not only that, but King Fu even reprimanded Wang Shaoyu for really having the ability to bring soldiers to copy the Fu Wangfu, why do you have to act like this?

The next topic changed from donations, to Lu Weiqi and others proving their innocence, Wang Shaoyu was scolded for being bloody, and he didn't dare to speak, Lu Weiqi and others helped him explain, only fundraising, then there was no follow-up......

In fact, King Fu also has his own considerations, is the Fu Fan short of money and food? There is no shortage, so he got rid of those outside the city that could not be transported in, that is, half of the grain stored in his mansion was enough for the soldiers who defended the city to eat for three months, and after removing the grain, the Fu Fan still had a large amount of gold and silver, and these things were taken out to be very morale-inspiring, but King Fu just bit the Fu Wangfu and had no money and food.

On the one hand, it may be inherited from his father's stingy character, and on the other hand, it is also King Fu's misjudgment of the situation.

This shrewd prince stays at home, but it definitely doesn't mean that he doesn't know about Luoyang, there are only more than 2,000 troops outside Luoyang City, and there are 4,000 defenders in Luoyang.

Don't say that you are defending the city, even if you go out in the field, you can win, right?

Since he can win, then the question is, why does he have to pay, although Lu Weiqi and they have repeatedly assured that this is just borrowing money, and they will return it after retreating from the enemy, but obviously King Fu doesn't believe their guarantee at all, in the case of the Ming Finance, the ghost will go to lend money to the government!

In addition, Zhu Changxun is well versed in the urine nature of the court officials, and in the current situation, there is no danger at all, and as a result, he still came to himself to ask for money and food, in addition to really resisting the invading army, it is very likely that he wants to blackmail himself and ask for benefits from himself by besieging the city with rebellious soldiers.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Changxun was even more annoyed, he had been robbing the people's fat and people's ointment for a long time, but now these slaves still dare to pay attention to their heads? Give you a thousand taels, and if you get out of here, you should send it away!

With such a mentality, it is naturally impossible to reach any consensus, and Lu Weiqi's gang did not dare to come hard, and they were scolded like quails.

"Lu Gong, what should we do now?" Seeing that King Fu had no reaction here, Wang Yinchang could only bite the bullet and ask Lu Weiqi's opinion.

Lu Weiqi is also the first two big, and he scolded Li Xianfeng's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, this dog's greed for merit and recklessness, if he doesn't come back to help, he will definitely join him when he comes into contact with the crisis in the future!

"Let's deal with it first, first wronged and wronged, and then I'll think of a way......" Lu Weiqi said with a long sigh.

But will time really give him a chance?

That night, Gu Fuguang secretly met with a person, who was a newly recruited handyman in the Fuwang Mansion and Gu Fuguang's spy.

The spy told him what he saw and heard in King Fu's Mansion today, of course, he didn't know the specific content, he only knew that the last few officials were all walking with black faces.

"That's not the deal." Gu Fuguang suddenly laughed: "Help me this day, Luoyang, it's already in my hands!" Pass the order down and proceed to the second step! ”

"Yes!"