Zhu Youxiao was not in the Qianqing Palace most of the time, but worked hard in his carpentry room.

At this moment, he was wearing an apron around his body, holding a carving knife in his hand, and was looking at a screen of golden silk nanmu in front of him.

It took him more than half a month to cut the wood and assemble the screen, and the rest of the work was carving, sanding and painting.

In this regard, Zhu Youxiao is very craftsman, and strives to achieve excellence in every detail, at this moment he heard Wei Zhongxian call His Majesty beside him, he said without raising his head:

"This screen is at a critical time, so don't bother me if it's okay."

Wei Zhongxian has long figured out Zhu Youxiao's temper, in the past, he often deliberately chose Zhu Youxiao to do carpentry when it was most important, whenever this moment, Zhu Youxiao was basically not in the mood to listen to him say more, often waved his hand and said: "You just look at it." ”

So this caused the phenomenon of Wei Zhongxian covering the sky in the court.

In the past, Wei Zhongxian felt that he was very smart, and he could fool the Ming Son of Heaven in the palm of his hand, and he, a eunuch, could be regarded as the pinnacle.

But today he was a little apprehensive in his heart, because he suddenly realized that he had never seen the young emperor in front of him clearly.

"Your Majesty, now that the Ming Dynasty is financially empty, Sun Chengzong is struggling to go to Liaodong, the old slave thinks that the industrial and commercial tax should be opened, so that I can become more and more abundant in the Ming Dynasty, as long as I have silver, I can refuse the gold outside the customs, and I can fundamentally cut off the chaos of the rogue internally, I hope Your Majesty will approve it."

Wei Zhongxian finished speaking in one breath, and a pair of eyes stared at Zhu Youxiao tightly, wanting to see some clues from the other party's expression.

Who knew that Zhu Youxiao, as usual, didn't take it seriously at all, he waved his hand at Wei Zhongxian, and said lightly:

"This matter has been mentioned by Mrs. Feng Sheng, I think this idea is good, you can look at this matter."

Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhu Youxiao's expression and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, he muttered to himself in his heart:

"Am I overthinking, or is Your Majesty pretending to be confused as always?"

Thinking of this, he said again: "In today's Zhuyuan Poetry Club, Lin Ping'an, the president of Tai Hospital, also mentioned this matter, and he also advocated opening the industrial and commercial tax. ”

After saying this, he looked at Zhu Youxiao tightly.

Who knew that Zhu Youxiao's face was normal, and he didn't seem to be surprised at all, or he didn't care about this matter at all, he just nodded slightly and said:

"This kid is the director of the Tai Hospital, but he opened a restaurant to make money, and those perfumes for the queen are also used to make money, so it's not surprising that a businessman like him can think of this."

After saying this, he lifted the carving knife in his hand and cut it on the screen, and after a long time he said again:

"This was originally an extremely ordinary wood, but in my hands it has become such a beautiful screen, do you know why?"

"That's naturally because Your Majesty is highly skilled!"

Wei Zhongxian replied without thinking about it.

Zhu Youxiao shook his head, turned his head to look at Wei Zhongxian, raised the carving knife in his hand, and said:

"That's because my hands are steady, and my knives are fast!

If the hand is unstable, the lines will not be smooth, and if the knife is not fast, the lines will not be smooth. ”

Zhu Youxiao patted Wei Zhongxian, and said lightly: "You naturally don't understand these truths as a layman." ”

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to Wei Zhongxian, but began his carving again with concentration.

Wei Zhongxian was a little confused for a while, he vaguely felt that Zhu Youxiao's words were very high-end, and it seemed that there was something in his words, but he couldn't understand it for a while.

"Steady? Knife fast? ”

He muttered in his heart, bowed to Zhu Youzhen and withdrew.

On the way back,

Wei Zhongxian pondered Zhu Youxiao's words repeatedly, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it had a deep meaning.

"Steady hands, fast knives?" He muttered to himself again, and suddenly his heart shook and he understood.

"Is Your Majesty telling me that he has always been insightful of the Ming Dynasty, and I am the knife in his hand?"

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but be shocked when he thought of this.

"And if this knife doesn't work well, will he find another one?"

Cold sweat began to break out on his back, and he felt that he had understood the meaning behind Zhu Youxiao's words in an instant.

"It's horrible!"

He finally couldn't help but whisper in his mouth, and at the same time strengthened the judgment in his heart.

That is, the person standing behind Lin Ping'an is definitely the night watchman, and it can even be said that it is His Majesty the Emperor, and the thirteen-year-old boy is just a newly found knife by the emperor, but this knife is not as sharp as himself for the time being.

Thinking about these clearly, Wei Zhongxian suddenly felt relaxed, and secretly congratulated himself that he was not put to death by Lin Ping'an because of Zhou Yingqiu's incident.

In the carpentry room, Zhu Youxiao's hand slowly stopped, and the gaze in his eyes became as sharp as the carving knife in his hand.

"Lin Ping'an even proposed to open the industrial and commercial tax?"

He thought silently in his heart, and a trace of doubt rose in his heart.

The Hakka clan had mentioned this matter in his ear two days ago, and he knew that it must be Wei Zhongxian's idea.

But this was a good idea, he was still a little impressed by Wei Zhongxian at that time, but he didn't expect that this eunuch, who didn't know a single big word, could also think of such an idea.

But at this moment, I heard that Lin Ping'an also put forward such a proposition, which made him a little confused.

Lin Ping'an is only a thirteen-year-old boy, how can he understand these important national affairs?

If he doesn't understand, who taught him to say these things?

"Could it be that the Hakka family saw that I didn't express my position at the time, so they asked Lin Ping'an to say it in front of the public at the Zhuyuan Poetry Club to build momentum?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help frowning.

"If that's the case, then how did the Hakka clan and Lin Ping'an get together?"

"Could it be because of the last time Hakka had a headache, Lin Ping'an went to heal, and the two had contact?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao shook his head instantly, because he knew the Hakka family too well, and this woman was big-chested and brainless, so it was impossible to think of this.

The only explanation is that all of this was instructed by Wei Zhongxian.

"But isn't that Lin Ping'an a celestial veiner?"

"How is it possible to obey Wei Zhongxian's arrangement?"

Zhu Youxiao muttered in his mouth, about the fact that Lin Ping'an was a celestial veiner, when he heard it from Hua Fang's mouth, the whole person was a little stunned.

This was the first time he had heard the words "Celestial Veiner", and a burst of ecstasy followed.

The birth of the Heavenly Vein Person, it means that God blesses the Great Ming, but the Flower Bloom says that the Heavenly Vein has its own style of acting, and others do not need to intervene, even if it is the emperor, it is best not to instruct more.

So he can only pretend that he knows nothing about it.

What kind of situation is the Ming court, he knows better than anyone in his heart, as long as the game between Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party and even the Zhejiang Party can be controlled within a range, this is a situation that he, the emperor, is more willing to see.

But if the Tianmai and Wei Zhongxian got together, then it would never be possible!

This matter was very strange, Zhu Youxiao couldn't determine the relationship between Lin Ping'an and Wei Zhongxian, he felt a little headache, so he walked out of the carpentry room and walked towards Zhang Yan's Kunning Palace.

Looking at the "Biography of Zhao Gao" in Zhang Yan's hand, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile in his heart.

Obviously, when the queen heard that he was coming, she temporarily held the book in her hand, and the purpose was not clear to him, it was nothing more than to remind himself not to reuse Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch.

"A woman is a woman after all!"

Zhu Youxiao sighed in his heart: "If there is no Wei Zhongxian, wouldn't the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party want to annoy me to death?" ”

Zhang Yan put down the "Biography of Zhao Gao" in her hand, and looked at Zhu Youxiao with a pair of beautiful eyes, she was a little strange, at this time in the past, Zhu Youxiao was usually in the carpentry room, how could she be interested in coming here today?

"I have a headache, and the queen gives me a button."

Zhu Youxiao said and lay down on the couch.

Zhang Yan sat in front of Zhu Youxiao's head, stretched out ten slender jade fingers and pressed them on Zhu Youxiao's temples, and asked softly:

"Your Majesty, what is on your mind, even thinking about it?"

Zhu Youxiao closed his eyes and said, "Then Lin Ping'an actually proposed to open the industrial and commercial tax, don't you think it's funny?" ”

Zhang Yan was shocked when she heard this, "Isn't he too hospital?" And just a teenager? ”

Zhu Youxiao was silent for a long time before he spoke:

"Actually, he's a celestial veiner!"