Chapter 22: Recommend Li Banghua

Zhu Youzhen pulled Wang Jinlong up, "Wang Aiqing, it seems that you are right, I have done a lot of foolish things in the past, and the memorial hall will do what you say, I will definitely change my course in the future, I hope Aiqing will often point out my shortcomings like today!" ”

Listen, Zhu Youzhen wanted to save face, and he actually said that what he did was very wrong.

However, it is not bad to be able to say such things as an emperor, the Li Shimin who speaks the wise words and listens to them is clear and biased, and he is not the old miscellaneous hair who often hates Wei Zheng who often wants to kill Wei Zheng who can't speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister is so sick, he can't speak, when he is excited, he dares to be blind and bald, he always wants to be quick to talk, and he sees Wang Chengen and his father-in-law another day, and the minister still has to compensate the prince and the princess. Last night, the prince was not lightly scared, mainly because Wang Chengen was confused as a close minister, who do you think he got for the emperor? Wang Zhixin, Du Zhizhi, Du Xun, and Gao Qiqian, aren't they all from his subordinates? The minister wanted to take the opportunity to beat him, and it was not okay to do something wrong with good intentions, if the official did such a thing, the emperor would have cut off his head a long time ago. The minister is also to remind Wang Chengen to stand on the overall situation, don't be like some little eunuchs who like to play with power and greed for money, which will harm the emperor. But Wang Chengen is indeed loyal, that is due to his long-term family affection with the emperor, and it is not intentional to do something wrong, so there is no need for the emperor to investigate Wang Chengen's fault. What the minister said was the truth, and in front of the emperor, the minister felt that he could not tell lies, but he had to know everything and say everything. ”

Dig the groove! Wang Jinlong is really good at talking.

However, Zhu Youzhen listened to it very useful, and sent Wang Zhixin, Du Zhizhi, Du Xun, Gao Qiqian, etc. to supervise the army It was his order, and now Wang Jinlong, this kid, said that Wang Chengen recommended the wrong person in a foolish way, and took care of his face, but Zhu Youzhen also admitted that Wang Jinlong said that it was difficult for eunuchs to be loyal, because people came to this palace to have a good life for themselves, not to be loyal and filial to you as an emperor.

Zhang Yan and Zhou Yufeng were surprised and admired, this kid is really not small, he only saw the emperor last night, so he directly scolded Wang Chengen? Wang Chengen is the emperor's most trusted person, covering the sky with one hand, the ministers don't dare to offend easily, just now, he almost turned the emperor's back on him, it's really good! However, Wang Jinlong is right, Wang Chengen does have problems in this regard.

What is a loyal servant? This is a loyal minister! No matter how Zhang Yan and Zhou Yufeng look at it, they all think that Wang Jinlong is pleasing to the eye.

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "That's right! Right! Right! I also like to listen to Wang Aiqing tell the truth, as far as the relationship between our monarch and minister is concerned, if you tell a lie, don't say that I will be unhappy. To be honest, none of those bastards ever told me the truth, and I knew how to use them for internal officials. ”

Zhu Youzhen is also a smart person, and immediately borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

Wang Jinlong thinks that Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, is still good, no matter what, at least ambitious, or to encourage, "Your Majesty, to be honest, you are mainly unlucky, if you change to other eras, you are definitely an emperor who has made great achievements, and you will definitely make the Ming Dynasty prosperous, in fact, the historical experts of later generations still have a high evaluation of you, they generally believe that the Ming Dynasty has fallen to this point today and does not blame you, mainly because the previous emperors did not do a good job, and the mess left for you is not ordinarily rotten." ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately began to be alert, I'll wipe it! Have you just lost me, and then you're going to start losing my elders? Boy, can you speak? Those old ancestors of mine are dead, do you want to call them from their graves and whip their corpses? Do you want to die?

Zhang Yan agreed with what Wang Jinlong said, "What Jinlong said is completely right, emperor, our Ming Dynasty has come to this day, and I really don't complain about you, just take your brother as an example, the mourning family often reminds him that he is close to the virtuous ministers and far villains, but he just can't listen to a word, reuse the non-class, Wei Zhongxian controls the government, but he almost tampered with the Jiangshan Sheji of our old Zhu family!" ”

Wang Jinlong said: "Actually, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is at fault, and there is no way, people are professional carpenters, and they have to be emperors, isn't this forcing ducks to be on the shelves?" Fundamentally speaking, all this should be said to be caused by the old emperor of Wanli, and later historians have said that it is not unreasonable for the Ming Dynasty to die in Wanli, and the minister also thinks so. ”

Zhu Youzhen was surprised, Wang Jinlong, why don't you say that I will forget it, what is my brother? Professional carpenter? You're hurting my brother like this? Also, why did you hurt my grandfather? How many years has he been dead?

Zhang Yan, Zhou Yufeng, and Zhu Cihong were all surprised, and they all felt that this Wang Jinlong really dared to say that the first emperor was going to be killed.

Hi! Boy, keep your mouth shut, I was sweating just now!

I only heard Wang Jinlong say: "It is said that the older generation of emperors, as the courtiers of the later kings, should not say that they are not, it is a crime of killing the head, but if you don't talk about it, the ministers feel uncomfortable in their hearts!" I'm also sorry for the emperor's trust! ”

Zhang Yan glared at Wang Jinlong, mother! Is this the beginning? You kid, can you drink honestly and stop talking nonsense?

Zhou Yufeng was also very worried, of course, she didn't want to listen to Wang Jinlong's example of the old emperor, didn't it all pass.

Zhu Cihong wanted to hear what Wang Jinlong had to say.

Everyone's idea is different!

Wang Jinlong said: "Emperor Wanli has not been out of the palace for 30 years, ignoring the government and politics, not suburbs, not temples, not courts, not seeing, not approving, no one in the court, not out of control, and Zhang Juzheng's policies have been overturned, how good is that Zhang Juzheng, seeing that the country is getting better and better, what do you think this old emperor thinks?" The minister really doesn't understand, there are so many ministers in the court, he doesn't care if he doesn't ask, people don't start to think about their own affairs, some people develop the habit of forming gangs to fight for power and profit, isn't it all caused by the old emperor? ”

Regarding that period of history, Zhu Youzhen, Zhang Yan and Zhou Yufeng all knew that Wang Jinlong was right, but in fact, it was like that. But Zhu Youzhen felt that it was okay for Wang Jinlong to talk about it, otherwise, he didn't work day and night, and he had to carry the black pot, and all the responsibility was on his head, which was quite wronged.

"Actually, the Donglin Party at the beginning is not bad, if you want to save the country and save the people, you just get together to discuss current politics and coercion, but when it comes to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the Donglin Party has completely changed its taste, Wei Zhongxian has co-opted a group of Qi Chu Shaanxi Party to suppress the Donglin Party, and the means are more inferior, of course, it is very powerful, the Donglin Party is afraid, and they have begun to learn to become mercenary, but they can't do Wei Zhongxian, they can only keep the hatred in their hearts, the emperor got rid of Wei Zhongxian, who brought disaster to the country and the people, they felt that the rival was gone, and thought that the opportunity had come, So, they want to control the court like Wei Zhongxian, they don't care about the good or bad of the country at all, and that morality is just on the lips, becoming a fig leaf for them to sell dog meat on the head of a sheep, they know all day long that they stand on the commanding heights of morality and scold Huai, the water is not right, say that it is not good, the key is to work against the emperor, all of them are special hypocrites. ”

Zhu Youzhen loves to listen to this, and feels that what Wang Jinlong said is too right, Wang Jinlong also scolded the Donglin Party for being a group of hypocrites, Zhu Youzhen was so happy to hear it, Wang Jinlong, you are really the like-minded bosom friend I dreamed of, so Zhu Youzhen felt that Wang Jinlong was quite intimate, "Aiqing is right, it can be said that the true face of the Donglin Party is divided into three points, I really hate these guys." ”

Wang Jinlong continued: "Even so, it's okay, they don't do the right thing, there are always people who want to do the right thing, but the Donglin Party is a cabal, they can't tolerate anyone, anyone who is not their Donglin Party is an outlier, they don't care about indiscriminate exclusion, don't they just rely on the strength of the people?" ”。

"I tell you, Your Majesty, those people in the Donglin Party have long been out of concern about the future of the country, and what the court wants to do is in their interests, so they won't say anything, if it is not in their interests, then the dog will jump over the wall and sabotage shamelessly, alas! The key is that they are numerous and powerful, and it has become a climate, so the emperor has no choice, trust them, right? No, because they don't care about the life or death of the country at all, let's open them, it won't work, there are too many people in the court, and the emperor is really difficult! ”

Zhu Youzhen was moved, the only person in this world who understands me is Wang Aiqing.

"The hateful thing is: there are also a group of nobles, all of whom are ungrateful, corrupt and pervert the law, and are in the body of our Ming Dynasty all the time, they are the nobles given by the emperor, and the people have recorded the bad things they have done on the emperor's head, do you say that the emperor is wronged? The key is that they did this, causing the people to be alienated from the emperor. Your Majesty, do the math, how many nobles are there in the court, and there are really two people who are really with the emperor, aren't there only two people, Zhang Qingzhen and Wang Guoxing? The rest of the people are estimated to be the same as the Donglin Party, they only care about how much benefit they have gotten, who can still care about the emperor's Jiangshan Sheji, maybe they will still hook up with the Donglin Party, and kill the emperor. ”

Zhu Youzhen liked to listen to what he said, and felt that what Wang Jinlong said was right, and it was all heartfelt words.

Who's good to me? It's still Wang Jinlong, a kid, who gave me ideas and got me money.

Wang Jinlong was very satisfied, and lost no time in giving the nobles another eye medicine, judging from the expression on Zhu Youzhen's face, he felt that the effect was good.

Zhu Cihong picked up the wine, and he wanted to pay tribute to Wang Jinlong.

This guy is so right, so good, that he is fundamentally right.

He agreed with what Wang Jinlong said, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru are both Donglin Party, and Xungui is not a good thing, Wang Jinlong sees it more clearly than his father Zhu Youzhen.

What made Zhu Cihong the most angry was his grandfather Zhou Kui, Mom, he made so much money, it was not enough, Dad called on everyone to donate money to save the country, you take two less and no one will say anything about you, and you took the opportunity to find the queen mother to cry poor and embezzle the money given by the queen mother, isn't this a brute? Even the beast is not as good, the crow still knows how to feed, and the lamb still knows how to kneel and suckle?

Grandma's, you are unkind, don't say that I am unjust, now Daddy loves face and doesn't clean you up, you wait, in the future, this prince will clean you up.

This account must be settled, and this prince doesn't care who you are! You deserve to die if you do such a thing, for the sake of your old life, you didn't even talk about a little basic family affection, and even gave this prince to Li Zicheng, this account prince will never forget.

Hasn't happened yet? It's too late to wait for that to happen.

When Zhu Youzhen saw the wine in the bowl, he felt that the original wine was about to come up, and hurriedly said: "I can't do it, you two drink it, it's dry, it's dry." ”

This is what he wants Wang Jinlong and Zhu Cihong to drink to cultivate their relationship, young people, one drink can make a friendship.

Now that Zhu Youzhen gave the order, Wang Jinlong and Zhu Cihong really drank the first bowl.

This bowl of wine was drunk happily, and it was all dried in one gulp.

"Pour! Pour it on! Zhu Youzhen continued to shout,

Wang Jinlong and Zhu Cihong competed to pour wine.

Zhu Cihong quickly picked up the wine jar and filled it for Wang Jinlong first, and then filled his bowl with wine.

Wang Jinlong picked up the wine, "The queen mother, the queen, the minister was just drunk in the morning, the minister knows that he will definitely lie down if he drinks again, while he is still sober now, the minister respects the queen mother and the queen, the minister did it first, the queen mother and the queen are free!" ”

After speaking, Wang Jinlong drank another bowl.

At this time, Zhang Yan was happy, Zhou Yufeng was really happy, just at this moment, the emperor forgot about Wang Jinlong's approval of dragon scales, it seems that the emperor is not really annoyed by Wang Jinlong, that's good! That's it!

In addition, the crown prince and Wang Jinlong are obviously close, and everyone says that the family and everything is prosperous, and this monarch and minister are single-minded, and the court is not prosperous. In their opinion, the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, that is, Wang Jinlong, really came to do things sincerely, and the others were all here for benefits, half-heartedly.

"Hey! Jin Long drank slowly, and the wine hurt his body. Zhou Yufeng said.

In Zhou Yufeng's opinion, Wang Jinlong, like Zhu Cihong, is still a child.

"Your Majesty, I respect you!" , Wang Jinlong picked up the wine.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly excused himself, "No, no!" I have said that I must not drink, I want to drink, drink another day, we monarchs and ministers have a chance, or you come to the Qianqing Palace at night, let's drink and talk about things. I said you should drink less, and we will count the silver in the afternoon! I'm going to see how much silver I can get back today. ”

My mother, Wang Jinlong is speechless, does the emperor still remember this, don't you look at it, can Yinzi run away on his own long legs? It seems that this Emperor Chongzhen is really poor.

"Hey, hey! Your Majesty, it must be indispensable. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "I know! If I really get back more than 20 million taels of silver, my inner treasury really can't hold it. ”

Wang Jinlong looked at Zhu Youzhen, "Can't hold it?" If you can't put it in the treasury of the household, the minister heard about it, and said that in the past, the treasury of the household department did not need to be guarded by anyone, and the rats had to cry out when they went in, and swore that they would never go again. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, although what Wang Jinlong said was exaggerated, it was also the truth, in the past, the state had no money, and the household department really had no money, so it was not easy to collect a little, and it was immediately arranged to be useful. This special Wang Jinlong is really humorous when he speaks, how good it is to talk like this!

"Haha, what you said is too vivid, I also filled the treasury of the household department, making Ni Yuanlu happy and happy, this guy is the same as me, he is worried every day."

Wang Jinlong smiled, "Ni Yuanlu is a good official, worried about the country and the people. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "I know!" I know! I know that Ni Yuanlu is a good official. At present, where should we start to rectify the DPRK? What I mean is that for the time being, we can't make a big move, and it won't be good to make a storm full of courts, but we also need to get rid of the things that have brought disaster to the country and the people. ”

Wang Jinlong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's actually very simple, to rectify the lawless nobles, start with the inspection of the troops, first check Li Guozhen, and follow the vine to find the melon." Is the emperor right, to master the rhythm and deal with the traitorous ministers? Just start with Li Jiantai, and come one by one, it is estimated that Li Jiantai, the old boy, should come back, the minister thinks, these corrupt ministers must be hooked, otherwise, they will not be able to do so many bad things. ”

"Hmmm! Aiqing is right! So, after cleaning them up, who is the right one to use? ”

"Oh, the minister thinks that those who are loyal to you will be used, but their abilities are big and small, their qualifications are different, and their positions are high, and the minister thinks that the cabinet must be done first, and with a good cabinet, everything else will be easy to do."

Zhu Youzhen also thought so, "Aiqing, who do you think will be the first assistant?" How many people can enter the cabinet? ”

Wang Jinlong picked up the wine and put it down, why do you always want to drink now? It's a precursor to getting drunk again! "The minister thinks that Li Banghua is more suitable as the first assistant, this old man has done a lot of errands in the past, and he has done a good job, he is experienced and loyal to the emperor."