Chongzhen Undergraduates

Obviously, Li Zicheng also looked down on these officials in the capital, so he let Liu Zongmin beat Wei Zaode in public.Now that Chongzhen is dead and the overall situation is settled, he doesn't think these ministers are of any use, especially after he just showed his lustful power, the performance of these ministers is enough to make Li Zicheng feel that there is nothing he cannot do.

It takes a lot of money to feed hundreds of thousands of troops. Li Zicheng originally thought that the palace was full of gold treasures.But when he broke into the palace, he found that the emperor was so poor that rats ran everywhere in the treasury, and there were not many beautiful maids in the harem.Last night, I wanted to give some maids to my good brother Liu Zongmin, but Liu Zongmin despised him, saying that the maids he took out were too ugly.

Li Zicheng was annoyed that he didn't get any money and the women he robbed were too ugly.In war, money is not everything; but after war, money is absolutely impossible.Li Zicheng's battle in the capital was obviously at a loss. If he lost money, he could only go to the officials in the capital to ask for it.

"Brother Zongmin, I will leave the matter of recovering the stolen goods to you. Be sure to squeeze out all their money." Li Zicheng entrusted the heavy responsibility to Liu Zongmin, who was the most reassuring.

"Brother, look at it, I'm the best at stealing money." As soon as money was mentioned, Liu Zongmin's eyes glowed with gold, and he licked his tongue and rubbed his hands happily.

Chapter 11: The ancestral handicraft of Lao Zhu’s family

"King Chuang, these two little bastards can't be kept, we have to get rid of the roots." Behind Li Zicheng, a 50-[-]-year-old man with squinting eyes, a goatee, and a thin face pointed at the two princes.

"Prime Minister Niu's words are wrong. Our army has already occupied the capital, and now is the time to gather people's hearts and stabilize the world. The forces of the former Ming Dynasty are still in power. Killing them at this time will definitely arouse the resistance of the entire Jiangnan. Not only can we not kill them, we can break through On the contrary, the king should treat him generously." Li Yan stood up to object, and the person he objected to was Li Zicheng's prime minister, Niu Jinxing.

Niu Jinxing was so angry that he blew his beard and stared when he saw that someone opposed him, and it was Li Yan who usually stole his limelight the most.At this time, Song Xiance also jumped out and said: "I also suggest killing! Anyway, Chongzhen has already been forced to death by us, so it doesn't matter if we kill these two little bastards."

"Well, what you said makes sense. Let's just kill them!" Li Zicheng glanced at the two princes, and waved his hand outwards, and the several escorting Chuangjun were about to drag them down.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Youjian didn't care about other things, so he broke through Chen Yuanyuan's obstruction and stepped forward to save people.Chen Yuanyuan was also impatient, seeing that Zhu Youjian couldn't be stopped, she ran out first by herself.

"Who is presumptuous?" The guards around Li Zicheng immediately drew their swords at each other.

"Yuanyuan, why did you come out?" Liu Zongmin looked embarrassed.

At this time, a gust of wind happened to blow, and the curtain on Chen Yuanyuan's face was lifted, revealing a particularly beautiful face in front of Li Zicheng's eyes.Li Zicheng's eyes lit up, he hurriedly stopped the guard's knife, and stepped forward to pull Chen Yuanyuan's hand.

Zhu Youjian happened to see Li Zicheng's salty pig's hand at this moment, and he pulled Chen Yuanyuan's arm along the way. As soon as the two of them slowed down, Li Zicheng's hand fell into the air.

"Hehe, you are Miss Yuanyuan. Zong Min misses you every day." Li Zicheng's hand stopped in mid-air in embarrassment, and he squeezed his fingers unwillingly, as if he had just touched some treasure.

"To King Chuang, the little girl is Chen Yuanyuan. The little girl heard that King Chuang is benevolent, and King Chuang himself said before that the two princes should not be killed for their crimes. Now that they are in full view, naturally they cannot be killed."

"Yes, yes. I just made a slip of the tongue. I did say that the princes are not guilty of death, but Miss Yuanyuan is smart." Li Zicheng saw that the beauty was out of control, he was talking, but his steps moved forward dishonestly a few steps.

When he was about to approach Chen Yuanyuan, he found a cold-eyed man wrapped in gauze standing beside Chen Yuanyuan.Li Zicheng didn't know the origin of the other party, so he could only say angrily: "Miss Yuanyuan, if you have anything to do in the future, just ask me, I will protect you."

Liu Zongmin knew that Li Zicheng was also a pervert, so he would not give him a chance, so he hurriedly stood up and pointed at Zhu Youjian and said, "Brother, I protect Yuanyuan every day. Look, this is the loyal bodyguard I found for her." .”

What Liu Zongmin meant was, Li Zicheng, don't try to trick Chen Yuanyuan, I not only guard her by myself, but also arrange a diehard fan to guard her.

"Oh? This is the hero cook who loyally protects the lord? It's really good." Li Zicheng pretended to praise Zhu Youjian, and took advantage of the situation and took a step back to resolve the embarrassment.

"Then, how does Miss Yuanyuan think these two princes should be arranged?" Niu Jinxing asked maliciously.Only Li Zicheng has the right to characterize the treatment of the former royal family.Niu Jinxing's question was obviously digging a hole for Chen Yuanyuan.

"Chuang Wang, my little girl has been short of a lot of gold and silver jewelry recently. I plan to open a gold and silverware shop recently. I heard that the ancestors of the old Zhu family came from a gold family. I wonder if the craftsmanship passed down by the Zhu family has been lost."

Chen Yuanyuan's witty words made Li Zicheng laugh out loud.

"Okay, let these two boys make jewelry for Miss Chen." Li Zicheng happily ordered: "If the beating is not good, it's not too late to ask the crime."

In this way, Zhu Youjian's two cheap sons saved their lives.Li Zicheng arranged Chongzhen's son to be a craftsman, which not only showed his benevolence and righteousness, but also humiliated the face of the old Zhu family. It can be said that it was the most appropriate way.

Even Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance couldn't fault Chen Yuanyuan's idea.

"No, I want to keep my father's tomb and give him a funeral." The stubborn prince kept yelling.

"Keep the spirit, and give away the dirt. It's a great kindness for King Chuang not to kill you, and thank you King Chuang." Zhu Youjian ran up to the prince, and punched his head and face.

The prince was taken aback, why is this voice so familiar? Looking up again, he saw that the person who beat him was winking at him.The prince couldn't understand the situation, but he still understood that someone was protecting him.So I didn't struggle anymore, and this matter was settled.

"King Chuang, what about Chongzhen's coffin?" Li Yan felt that it was not good to just put Chongzhen's coffin here.

"If General Li doesn't bother you, you can handle it yourself." Niu Jinxing seized the opportunity and disgusted Li Yan.

"Li Yan can figure it out." Li Zicheng turned around and went back to the palace.

He was a little bored, looked at Chen Yuanyuan's figure, then looked at Liu Zongmin's eyes, and thought: Let's go back to the harem and find a maid to vent my anger first!

The blacksmith workshop in the city has now become a gold and silverware processing workshop under the name of Chen Yuanyuan.Zhu Youjian's two cheap sons were escorted here in chains and handcuffs, and became two gold and silver craftsmen.

"A lazy guy who looks like he's sitting or standing. You two can't be great." Zhu Youjian, who has never held a woman's hand in later generations, certainly doesn't know how to be a father at this moment.So, imitate the father's tone and scold the son.

It feels so good to be a father!

"Which onion are you, why should you teach us?" The third prince refused to buy it, and pointed at Zhu Youjian's nose and cursed.

"Oh, you dead boy, you dare to do something to me?" Zhu Youjian got angry when he saw this cheap son, picked up a stick and pointed it at Zhu Cijiong's ass and started beating him, only Zhu Cijiong screamed.

Traveling to the present, Zhu Youjian was full of anger, and just happened to beat the baby, and the feeling of hitting the baby was so cool that he didn't want it.

After beating Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Youjian saw Zhu Cihong staring at him in a blink of an eye.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"My father never beat us."

"Tch! I didn't beat you before, but from today on, I will beat you every day." Zhu Youjian originally wanted to say that he didn't beat you, but he dared to hack you to death with a sword.

"You are not my father." After being beaten up, Zhu Cijiong was still stubborn.

"When you left the palace, how did the father explain it? From now on, you will be ordinary people. You have to salute when you meet elders, and you have to bow down when you see officials. Have you forgotten?"

"Eh?" The mouths of the two cheap sons were wide open, their eyes were round and round, and their expressions were in disbelief.

"I just said why the voice I heard in the square is so familiar. Father, are you still alive?" The prince was so happy that he took Zhu Cijiong's hand and was about to kneel down.

"Hurry up, there are soldiers everywhere, you two are looking for death?" Zhu Youjian grabbed the two brothers and said in a low voice.

"You two stay here with peace of mind. Both of you belong to the prince. Uncle Zhang is a goldsmith, so learn his craft well from him." Zhu Youjian pointed to an old man not far away.

"Father, do you really want to be a goldsmith?"

"Nonsense, our ancestor was a goldsmith. Don't feel ashamed. Whose ancestor wasn't a mud leg before. Remember that when you see me in the future, don't call me emperor in person. You can call me general or chef Liu. This is me now. name."

"Okay, father. Oh no, it's the general."

"Uncle Zhang, are you familiar with the new formula for goldware? The first batch of samples must not be adulterated." Zhu Youjian waved at Uncle Zhang.

"General, I've already made it clear, add 1000% copper. Just now Liu Zongmin sent someone to send 1 taels of gold and [-] taels of silver, and I have already accepted them. According to your instructions, all the gold will be cast in full size." The square gold bars, plus the fire consumption, we put some in. It’s just that the Chuangjun guards are too strict, the gate has been heavily guarded, and the number of people entering and exiting is really high.”

"For the gold and silver sent over from now on, the silver will be cast into large silver ingots, and the middle will be filled with lead; the gold will be slowly added with brass in batches. Don't worry about those monitoring people, they don't know how to do it, as long as they have enough gold and silver. Finished. In a few days, the city will be in chaos, and they don't care about us. At that time, we only need to submit the same amount of finished products. The gold and silver that are intercepted will be hidden in the safest place in the city. , we can't ship it out now, and we can't put it in the workshop."

Zhu Youjian drools when he thinks about the fat job that Liu Zongmin just acquired. The total is as high as 7000 million taels, which is equivalent to the fiscal revenue of two and a half years in the late Ming Dynasty. He, Zhu Youjian, is really sorry for not getting involved.The entire Liaodong salary is only more than 1000 million taels a year, and this money can support the Liaodong defense line for several years.

"Okay, General. It's just that our manpower is a little short. I'm afraid we can't take on too many jobs."

"Think of a way to grab some people from the former Engineering Bureau, they are all treasures." Zhu Youjian sighed.