Chapter 14: The Busy "Carpenter Emperor"
Last time, I said that the carpenter sent some tables and stools to the political envoy's yamen as agreed, and had a good conversation with him and determined the cooperative relationship, and the future is bright.
"Haha, could it be that you are urging the master to let Ling Ai participate in the palace draft? In order to attract the attention of Emperor Lao Tzu? The political envoy laughed.
"Uh...... How dare you! Seeing that the other party saw through his mind at a glance, the carpenter couldn't help but slander in his heart: "There is no such thing! ”
"Haha, Master Urging doesn't have to be like this. Now you and I share the same interests, and we are both prosperous, if I can pull you along, I would be very happy! ”
"Oh? Really? But after all, the villain is just a savage in a mountain village in a poor and remote country, and although he has many daughters, he has never received cultural education. The carpenter said embarrassedly: "In the eyes of the peasants, after the daughter is raised, she has to marry for nothing, and it is thankless, so it is better to raise pigs and kill them to eat meat!" ”
"Uh...... So according to what the master said, it is better to raise a daughter than to raise a pig? The envoy was surprised: "In this case, then things will be much easier." ”
"Oh? What's your best idea? As soon as the carpenter heard that there was a play, he immediately came to the spirit and said: "As long as the adults can help the villain, if he becomes a relative of the emperor and the country, he will be able to protect the great rights of the government and the opposition, and show his ambitions." Presumably adults won't look down on my little girls, right? ”
"Haha, what is the master saying?" The political envoy was waiting for this sentence, so he said loudly: "As the saying goes, 'the phoenix does not fall into the land of no treasure', and although the envoy was excluded by the eunuch group and was unwilling to participate in the 'Niu Li Party Dispute', it was not unprepared, and it was still possible to cultivate the lovers." ”
"Cultivating my little girl? This...... I'm afraid it will make adults bother, so how can I bear it! The carpenter was taken aback when he heard this, and pretended to excuse himself: "The little girls are still minors, and besides, there are many of them, and they have never received cultural education, so I am afraid that this cultivation is as difficult as reaching the sky!" ”
"Haha, no, no! As long as you and my brothers are united and advance and retreat together, I can recognize Lingai as a righteous daughter, and hire a well-known and proficient qin, chess, calligraphy and painting to teach them day and night as a 'righteous father', and I will definitely be able to turn the 'wild girl' into a 'golden phoenix', and I can participate in the palace draft! ”
"Oh? Really? That's a good idea! Villain, oh no, the little brother thanked the brother on behalf of the little girls! Seeing that the other party actually took the initiative to give up his lofty posture, and was willing to lower his identity and climb with himself, it was simply unprecedented, and it must be paid enough attention!
"Haha, of course it's true!" The political envoy smiled: "It's like this, how about you go in a few days in the embassy's office?" Our brothers are so close. "———— uh...... This one...... I'm afraid it's not convenient, so let's not do it yet, after all, the family is still waiting for the silver to buy food. ”
"Uh...... Hehe, do you see the foolish brother who is anxious? The political envoy said embarrassedly: "In this way, I will bother the virtuous brother to go through the identity procedures of the 'government staff' with my subordinate official first, and then I can receive at least five taels of silver per month for living expenses." However, in order to hide people's eyes, tables and chairs have to be sent. ”
"Go to the formalities? Can I get an offering? Five taels of silver a month? That's a good dare! Then thank you brother, hehe. ”
"Haha, it should be, it should be, after all, Brother Fool has been busy with government affairs recently, and he has to be ordered to deal with a lot of tricky things, and temporary conscription is inevitable, so the barracks urgently need dinner tables, stools, wooden basins, barrels, beds, doors and windows and other utensils, so please ask Brother Xian to think more!"
"Hehe, it's easy to say." As soon as Carpenter Cui heard the good news, he immediately came to his senses, so he said excitedly: "Brother is worry-free, the younger brother will go back to recruit disciples to speed up the production, and after making these tools, he will immediately send them to the elder brother for inspection, and I hope that the elder brother will take care of the younger brother's business!" ”
"Haha, with the words of the virtuous brother, the foolish brother can rest assured!" The political envoy thought to himself, from now on, you hillbilly will definitely be used by me, and even if you are the Monkey King in the world and have seventy-two changes and somersault clouds, you don't want to escape from the palm of my "Buddha", wait and see!
In this way, the carpenter's family inexplicably fell into the calculation of the "Guangnan West Road Chengxuan Political Envoy". However, this is not a bad thing for Carpenter Cui, after all, there is an unknown prophet of the "Immortal Lord" in the family, even if he faces the "Carpenter Emperor" in person in the future, he will win.
As everyone knows, in the history of the ancient kingdom of the Nether East, the emperor who liked to do carpentry was Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong. Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao was born in 1605 and died in 1627, the fifteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the eldest son of Zhu Changluo of Ming Guangzong, and his biological mother was a concubine and served Wang.
Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao is the half-brother of Ming Sizong Zhu Youzhen, who ascended the throne at the age of 16 and reigned for seven years. Zhu Youxiao is very distinctive among the emperors of the past dynasties, because he is ingenious and very interested in making woodware.
The lacquerware, beds, combs, etc., made by Ming Xizong himself, are all decorated with colorful colors, exquisite and exquisite, unexpected, but Zhu Youxiao is not an emperor who can make a difference, because he was born a carpenter, and his favorite thing to do is nothing more than sawing wood, planing wood, painting, carpentry, and his craftsmanship is very clever.
Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch he trusted, always took advantage of his engrossion in carpentry to deliberately ask him for review of important pieces. So, how could Zhu Youxiao let go of his beloved carpenter and ignore it? He waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, you can just watch and do this little thing." ”
In this way, it was in line with the intention of Wei Zhongxian, the head of the eunuchs, so it was natural to do what he wanted, resulting in tyranny.
Seeing that Wei Zhongxian, the "leader of the eunuch party", was so powerful, there were a group of sycophants and shameless people in the Ming Dynasty who went to flatter him, because the emperor was "long live", those traitorous villains openly called Wei Zhongxian "nine thousand years old", and sarcastically said that the "Gonggong Wei" had the final say, and the emperor said it or not.
In order to curry favor with Wei Zhongxian, the "leader of the eunuch party," these corrupt officials and corrupt officials did everything they could, not only desperately looting the people's fat and ointment, causing unspeakable misery to the people all over the world, and intensifying class contradictions, but also manipulating the secret service organs to wantonly kill political enemies, frame Zhongliang, and shake the foundation of the country.
However, Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong still works as a carpenter in the palace every day, and he is not even very interested in pampering concubines and passing on the ancestors. However, after a long time, I get bored. So, the little eunuch placed by Wei Zhongxian's side told the powerful minister Wei Zhongxian about this.
In order to let the emperor continue to indulge in it and ignore political affairs, this "old eunuch" Wei Zhongxian hurriedly gathered his cronies to discuss countermeasures. In the end, everyone finally came up with a plan, that is, to plan a "carpenter competition in the world", and the selected leaders entered the palace to test the carpenter's skills with the emperor.
Because those who promise to surpass the emperor in their craftsmanship can get extremely rich rewards, Wei Zhongxian entered the palace to tell Zhu Youxiao about this matter, and Zhu Youxiao also felt very fresh and exciting, so he agreed to it. When Wei Zhongxian returned to the house, he ordered his subordinates to plan this matter with all their might.
However, the paper could not contain the fire, and this matter was soon discovered by people of insight in the world, and secretly began to discuss the solution to the problem, and decided to return the favor to the other person. However, it is difficult to find a carpenter with extremely skilled skills and willing to sacrifice his life to assassinate Wei Zhongxian!
At the same time, when the carpenter left the palace of the political envoy, he suddenly felt that he was being calculated by the other party, and he should also ask the name of the political envoy, so as not to die without proof in case of an accident, so he asked: "Dare to ask the elder brother, the villain has not asked the name of the honorable person?" ”
"Uh...... Hehe, your surname is 'Lu', the word 'Zhong Dian', Dongyang people, hehe. The political envoy smiled: "Brother Xian don't worry, everything is under control." If you are still not at ease, you can also inquire about the dog Hongchun, raise the five years of Wanli Jinshi, confer the title of Jingde Zhi County, and promote the chief priest of the ancestral hall of the Ministry of Rites. ”
"Oh, I see, father and son are in politics, they are both court officials, but the villain is too worried! Disrespectful, farewell. The carpenter was relieved.
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