Chapter 233: I have the final say

"Call Zhao Benzheng in..."

As soon as Zhao Benzheng, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, entered the Xinuan Pavilion, he bowed down and knelt down: "The slave has seen the emperor..."

"Zhao Benzheng, you go and take someone to Empress Yi'an's residence first to inform the emperor's sister-in-law, and ask her to send the middle palace steward to go to the Huanyi Bureau with you, and kill the Hakka staff in the Huanyi Bureau in front of everyone."

"Slave and maid command..."

"Slow..."Wang Chengen immediately became anxious, hurriedly stopped Zhao Benzheng who was leaving, and then knelt down and said: "The slave should die, please calm the emperor's anger, the slave has something to say." ”

Wang Chengen pulled Zhu Youzhen to grow up, naturally he wouldn't mind, he was just curious about what Wang Chengen wanted to do.

"Emperor, the matter of killing the Ke clan with a cane must be considered carefully."

Zhu Youzhen frowned: "Why?" Did you take them a favor? ”

Wang Chengen shook his head: "How dare the slave and maid accept benefits, the slave and maid learned not long ago that the younger brother and son of the Nake clan are in Chen Caoding's army, and the military rank is not low, and the relatives of Na Tian Ergeng are also officials under Chen Cao. ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly became angry: "Okay, these rebels and thieves have already thought of a way out... In this case, I can't kill any of these pickled goods..."

"The emperor is angry..."Wang Chengen persuaded again: "This matter is actually not without room for change. ”

Inspector General Zhu was angry: "Speak..."

"According to the emperor's previous order, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka clan were ordered to go to Fengyang together, and the old slave could arrange for someone to pretend to be a strongman in the middle of the road to intercept them, no matter what level, the emperor is also merciful..."

Zhu Youzhen thought about it carefully, and it was not impossible to do this: "You get up...

I don't want to see them again..."

"The slave will definitely live up to the emperor's orders..."

"Chen Cao, Chen Cao, do you really want to be like what the imperial brother and the old gelding said, let it go?"

When Wang Chengen heard this, he couldn't help but say: "Emperor, everything in the country is difficult, there is money everywhere, if Chen Cao can get money, it is not impossible for him to use it..."

"Wang Banban, that guy's approach is no different from rebellion, if these rebels and thieves are not eradicated as soon as possible, wouldn't they be allowed to become bigger and stronger?"

That is, Wang Chengen grew up pulling Zhu Youzhen since he was a child, otherwise he would not have talked so much to a eunuch.

Wang Chengen nodded and said: "The emperor of Daxing can use it, why can't he use it when he arrives at the emperor?" Emperor Daxing had told the emperor several times before his funeral to be cautious and make good use of this person, and...

The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor of Daxing likes carpentry and lets Wei Zhongxian use Chen Cao can also control it, and now the emperor is close to everything, and it stands to reason that he can use this person better. ”

Zhu Youzhen felt that what the eunuch in front of him said was very reasonable, so he nodded thoughtfully: "But the ministers of the previous dynasty had a lot of complaints about Chen Cao's evaluation, and some of them were even worse, the teacher once said that the eunuch party had money, but I listened to Cui Chengxiu's words and made a donation, and the civil officials all had no money, and the eunuch party actually got nearly five million taels with a donation..."

Wang Chengen: "Slaves and maids should not discuss the government in vain, but the slaves and maids themselves think that since these people can be so rich, there must be a way to make money, and the emperor will use money everywhere after he ascends the throne, but he can use these people, as long as it is not too much, the emperor can not only enrich the treasury, but also will not let the civil officials feel that there is something wrong with the emperor...

If it really causes public anger, the emperor can also learn from the grandfather's method and take some people to open the knife, so that the civil officials will also feel that the emperor is a wise monarch who accepts advice. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "What Wang Banban said is very reasonable, I have figured it out, but I really don't like Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family." ”

"Hey... What the emperor doesn't like to get rid of is that the whole world is not the king's land, and without him Wei Zhongxian, it is not impossible for the emperor to support the next Liu Zhongxian and Li Zhongxian to come out..."

Zhu Youzhen nodded thoughtfully: "I know what you said...

But I still need to think about these things, so you can go and do things first. ”

...

"The emperor asked Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family to go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum together, Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun were both dismissed and imprisoned, and Cui Chengxiu was decided."

Zhao Xin said and handed the official document to Chen Cao: "The emperor of the court was furious, threw the imperial inkstone in public, and said that you are a rebel and thief, but I heard that the emperor was ready to die the Hakka staff in the Huanyi Bureau, and was persuaded by Wang Chengen." ”

"Zou Weilian's errand is doing well, he is good at Shuntian Mansion, send him some money."

Chen Cao looked at it for a while, and then said with a smile: "Zhao Xin, do you guess the emperor will kill me?" ”

Zhao Xin smiled: "If his subordinate is the emperor, he will definitely be killed, and the grandfather's current actions are not a big tail?" Besides, he is writing anti-poems and leading troops to resist the decree, no one can tolerate it..."

"Well," Chen Cao nodded: "It seems that I need to kill you to sacrifice the flag..."

"Grandpa, my subordinates are loyal..."

Chen Cao sneered: "You know too many secrets about me, you will die." ”

Zhao Xin raised his eyebrows: "Grandpa means that the emperor still wants to kill Wei Zhongxian?" ”

"Yo, you're smart now?"

"Hey, if you're still stupid with your grandfather, wouldn't you be a bad thing..."

Chen Cao looked at the letter written by Zou Weilian as he spoke, and then shook the letter: "Zou Weilian said that the emperor met the Marquis of Fengcheng late at night, think about it, he didn't even look for the captain, but found a marquis." ”

Zhao Xin's eyelids blinked: "There are a lot of family members in the Lord's Mansion..."

Chen Cao nodded: "Zou Weilian also said that Wei Zhongxian brought hundreds of entourages when he set off..."

"Hey, this guy thinks he didn't die fast enough..."Zhao Xin said again: "Grandpa, the Marquis of Fengcheng is no more than the Marquis, how many people can he have in his family?" ”

"He doesn't have many family members, but his right army has a lot of soldiers in the Governor's Mansion..."

Saying that, Chen Cao thought for a while: "Wei Zhongxian's life and death are not for the emperor to have the final say, Wei Zhongxian's life and death, I have to have the final say..."

Chen Cao suddenly had a bad taste: "Zhao Xin, you personally run this matter, you and Zhang Fengnian took the family team all the way north, Wei Zhongxian's way out of Beijing to Fengyang must be from Hejian Mansion to the south, from there to Fengyang is the closest, we just happened to be in Shandong, it should be too late to rush over." ”

"My subordinates are going to go..."

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When Chen Cao was only the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he had dealt with Kong Tianxi of the Kong family in the Yanzhou Mansion, and at that time, the city guard searched for Chen Cao, and Xu Kaixian went to King Lu's Mansion to ask for help, but was rejected by King Lu, a timid and fearful person.

And now, Chen Cao walked into King Lu's Mansion as the Duke of Liangguo.

"The subordinates see the prince..."

Chen Cao still gave a salute to Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, in accordance with etiquette.

In the carrying hall, what is sitting at this moment is a banquet headed by King Lu and the kings of various counties in the city of Yanzhou, even the prefect of Yanzhou is not qualified.

Among them, it can be said that Chen Cao is the youngest duke in this country.

"Excuse me, Liang Guogong," Zhu Shouhong waved his hand: "Come on, arrange for Liang Guogong to sit..."

"The ministers thank King Lu for his kindness, the ministers are busy with the army, and they dare not stay for a long time, please forgive King Lu..."

Zhu Shouhong's brows tightened, he felt that Chen Cao had not set up any strings, and Changshi Wenliang immediately spoke: "Duke Liangguo, the prince invited you to be a guest, so he can afford you, and you still have to find some Qimen excuses to prevaricate?" ”

There are many county kings in the palace, including Taizu, Chengzu and the descendants of emperors in various periods, all of whom have a great relationship with King Lu.

Zhu Yifan, the king of Leling, put down his wine glass and looked at Chen Cao quite unpleasantly: "The official authority of Duke Liangguo is quite big, Prince Lu asks you to resign?" ”

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao raised his head and smiled, and then said: "The great grandfather has an order, the vassal king is not allowed to make personal friends with the minister, the minister is the lord of the country, and he has a heavy army in his hand, if he is remembered by someone with a heart, wouldn't he have suffered an unjustified disaster?" Besides, now is a sensitive period for the dynasty, and the minister will not dare to commit this taboo..."

It turned out that because of this, Zhu Shouhong liked Chen Cao even more, so he laughed and stood up: "It's okay, Chen Cao, you led the troops to relieve the siege of Yanzhou, this king, as the vassal king of Yanzhou Mansion, how can he not hold a banquet on behalf of the heavenly family to thank you for the merits of Liangguo Gong?" ”

"On behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the Dingwu Army, the minister thanked King Lu for his hospitality..."

Out of the gate of King Lu's Mansion, Chen Cao spit out a mouthful of old phlegm on the steps of King Lu's Mansion.

"It's not a thing..."

Xu Kai guarded outside the door first, and when he saw this, he greeted Chen Cao on the war horse: "Grandpa has been wronged?" ”

"A dog like a pig, and dare to taunt me everywhere," Chen Cao scolded in a low voice: "Made's idea of getting money actually hit me on the head." They really thought my knife was not fast...

Damn, when you leave Yanzhou Mansion, you must take care of this King Lu. ”

At this time, a sedan chair drove past Chen Cao's horse, Chen Cao looked at it, and asked, "Whose girl is this?" Actually carried it into King Lu's mansion? ”

Xu Kaixian glanced back: "I heard that it is the concubine of King Lu, and the people of the Kong family seem to be, and they often go to the temple to pray for blessings these days..."

Chen Cao was angry with Zhu Shouhong, and suddenly he was angry, so he jumped off the horse and pulled the war horse back: "Lao Tzu is going to borrow the toilet of the palace." ”

Chen Cao turned around and came back to the palace guards naturally would not stop him, and when he heard that Chen Cao was going to be flattering, he took Chen Cao to the outer courtyard on the right, and Chen Cao scolded: "Bastard thing, can the subordinate use the toilet?" ”

So, the guards took Chen Cao to the housekeeper in the inner courtyard, and the housekeeper took him to the thatched toilet in the middle courtyard, where the decoration was not bad.

A piece of silver was thrown to the steward: "Go and get some silk for my father..."

The housekeeper smiled, thinking that this Liangguo Gong is so extravagant, and Prince Lu only uses paper, and you still have to use silk, but for the sake of money, the housekeeper nodded: "Liang Guogong is slow, and the small one will go to Liangguo Gong to buy it." ”

Lu Wangfu is the most magnificent palace in Shandong, there is no one, the carrier hall is in the middle courtyard, the middle courtyard is the Yin'an Palace, the whole Yin'an Palace is not less than a hundred rooms alone, Chen Cao just crossed the wall into the Yin'an Palace, and saw the previous sedan car from the side door to the wall and turned in, stopped.