Domineering Daming

This time it was Luo Sigong's turn to shake his head, and said: "Your Highness may not understand that Jin Yiwei's allegiance is to the Emperor. Although he has the right to voluntarily judge himself, he cannot go beyond this premise."

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes, then smiled and said, "Since your lord wants to see me, you must have asked me for something, right?"

The two chatted for a long time, and they finally met Tuqiong Dagger.

Luo Sigong looked at Zhu Xu, his old face relaxed, and he smiled brightly, and said: "Being famous is worse than meeting, Your Highness is indeed extraordinary."

Zhu Xu smiled slightly, but said nothing.

Luo Sigong also saw Zhu Xu's vigilance, he pondered for a while and said: "To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, the old man's time is short, this time, he is here to ask Gu."

Looking at Luo Sigong's expression, Zhu Xu also felt that he was seriously ill, but he did not relax his vigilance, and said: "Your Excellency, you are joking, the Luo family has been favored by the emperor for generations, it is not a crime of treason, who dares to touch the Luo family."

Luo Sigong didn't play riddles with Zhu Xu, he looked straight at Zhu Xu and said: "The great scholars of the Manchu Dynasty, ministers, ministers, even if they are officials in the frontier, as long as His Highness can tell, I can send him to the township within half a month. jailer."

The corners of Zhu Xu's eyes twitched, he already had a high opinion of Luo Sigong, but he didn't expect him to be so powerful when he opened his mouth.Looking at Luo Sigong, Zhu Xu still didn't know his purpose, if he made a wrong step, he might be caught by him or stabbed onto Zhu Youxiao's imperial desk.

Zhu Xu was only silent for a while, and then smiled and said: "Your Excellency, I am proud of you. The adults in the hall are all knowledgeable and virtuous. How can this king harm people's hearts?"

Luo Sigong smiled, and said again: "In the past few days, I plan to imprison Yang Zhe, what advice does your Highness have?"

Zhu Xu frowned, and said, "Your Excellency, aren't you afraid of confronting Dongchang?" Liu Shimin is now the admiral of Dongchang, and he has already taken Shen Aodong, Li Jinyan and others into prison in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.If we go one step further, we will naturally find Yang Zhe who "dereliction of duty".

Luo Sigong tried it out when it was time to test it, and he had a bottom line in his mind. He changed the subject and said, "Your Highness, let me introduce someone to you. Zhu Zonghan, you have been with me for seven years."

The pale young man behind him took a step and bowed slightly to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu looked at this Zhu Zonghan. Before he entered the door, he felt that this person was a little strange, and he followed Luo Sigong's words: "My lord wants me to take him in, but what do you think?"

"Your Highness can arrange it as you like." Luo Sigong said.

Zhu Xu nodded and said, "Does your lord have other things?"

Luo Sigong stood up and said, "I will take my leave."

Luo Sigong bowed, stood up and walked away.Zhu Zonghan also bowed slightly, and walked along with him.

Cao Wenzhao watched the two leave with a strange expression on his face. He came over and said, "Your Highness, what exactly is the meaning of Lord Luo?"

Zhu Xu shook his head, but said with a smile: "However, he probably didn't come for Brother Huang, and he was indeed ill."

Cao Wenzhao's expression was weird when he heard the words, he didn't know why Luo Sigong came this trip?

Zhu Xu sat there for a while, then stood up and said, "Let's go to uncle's house."

Luo Sigong came out of the small teahouse, sat in the sedan chair, clutched his handkerchief, and coughed violently.

"My lord, I'll be back home soon, please hold on for a while." Zhu Zonghan said in a low voice outside the sedan chair.

Luo Sigong coughed a few times, and then slowly said: "Well, that medicine probably won't help, don't worry, just go slowly."

Zhu Zonghan's face was expressionless, his brows were wrinkled, and just as he was about to open his mouth, Luo Sigong said again: "It's a pity for Yang Zhe, if he hadn't flattered that one, I would have given him a face. Go ahead and sit down. Don't give outsiders a chance to intervene."

Zhu Zonghan bowed slightly and said, "It's my lord."

Luo Sigong coughed a few more times, and said: "Don't ask me why I met Hui Wang today, why is it so anticlimactic?"

Zhu Zonghan's expression remained unchanged, and said: "This subordinate is not curious."

"You are not curious, I want to tell you something." Luo Sigong wiped his mouth again, and said: "Because I can see that King Hui is a person who has no ambition, but has the ability to do great things. The hall is chaotic but also upright, he doesn't have that chance, so don't worry about it."

"I can guess five or six points of the emperor's intentions. If you really want to take revenge, you are right to follow him."

"According to my estimate, he will ask you to help him do some dark things, so do it well."

"Cultivating nature, I'm afraid I will have to take care of you in the future."

Zhu Zonghan listened to Luo Sigong's intermittent words, pondered for a while, and said: "My lord, do I want to confess my identity?"

"Don't hide anything." Luo Sigong let out a long breath and said, "Your Highness is far smarter than you think, and his methods sometimes surprise me."

Zhu Zonghan looked serious, and expressed his doubts: "My lord, I am a golden man, can Your Highness really rest assured?"

Luo Sigong in the sedan chair, with a pale and flushed face, said with a smile: "Hehe, you underestimated him, he can tolerate even Wei Zhongxian, why can't he tolerate you?"

Chapter 117

Zhu Xu sat in the carriage and walked towards Fu's residence.

He also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he has always been very vigilant towards Luo Sigong, if Luo Sigong is really suspicious of him and uses some means against him, his secret may not be able to be completely kept.

When they came to Fu's mansion, Fu Changzong had been waiting at home early in the morning. When the two came to the secret room, Fu Changzong still had a worried expression on his face.

"What's the matter, uncle?" Zhu Xu sat down, looked at Fu Changzong's face and asked curiously.

Fu Changzong sat opposite Zhu Xu, poured herbal tea for Zhu Xu, shook his head and said: "I read the papers presented by various places in the yamen today, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, drought is severe, many prefectures and counties have no harvest, even Jiangnan has been affected, and I am worried that this year's tax money may not be collected in full."

Zhu Xu laughed and said, "Uncle is worried."

Seeing that Zhu Xu was indifferent, Fu Changzong said again: "If the disaster is serious, the civil uprising will be more serious, and the court will spend more money. If this continues, the court will not be able to afford it sooner or later."

Zhu Xu took a sip of herbal tea and said, "Uncle, you think too much. The court has long been unable to make ends meet, and it started in the 40th year of Wanli."

Fu Changzong took up the post of servant of the household department, so he naturally knew more about the state treasury than Zhu Xu. He looked at Zhu Xu with strange eyes and said, "Xu'er, when did you earn the money..."

Zhu Xu understood Fu Changzong's meaning, shook his head and said, "Uncle, it's too early for you to think about me now, and it will be about five years later."

Fu Changzong paused, nodded, and sighed: "I also know, but the princes in the court are also worried about this, but they are unable to take action. Perhaps, I should have listened to you, and now there may be money for emergency. "

"It's not too late now." Zhu Xu also knew that Fu Changzong had always been scruples about what he did, so he didn't dwell on it, so he changed the subject: "By the way, how is the arsenal's preparations going?"

Fu Changzong looked at Zhu Xu, knew that he didn't like to be involved in the affairs of the court, and pondered for a while and said: "The firearms factory, I have already chosen the address. It is in a village outside the city. This village has made a living by blacksmithing for generations. It’s an inconspicuous yard, it’s been dug in the ground, and it’ll be ready to use after a while. Gunpowder, I’m not lucky at the moment, it should be more convenient at the end of the year, and pig iron and coal are fine at the moment.”

Zhu Xu nodded, this is what he cares most about right now.He didn't ask Bi Maokang to make a very practical flintlock gun all at once. What he wanted was a firearm suitable for actual combat, which was constantly improved and adapted. He could wait three to five months, three to five years, or even ten years. rise.

Seeing Zhu Xu nodding, Fu Changzong thought for a while and said, "Xu'er, what do you think about water transportation?"

Zhu Xu smiled, he knew that Fu Changzong would ask this question, and he also knew that no one knew his real thoughts.

He narrowed his eyes and organized his words: "Sea transportation has stopped, and land transportation is long and long, with many checkpoints, not to mention tolls and bandits. Therefore, water transportation is the most important channel connecting the north and the south. I want to curb this channel."

"It's just like that?" Fu Changzong frowned, and said in a puzzled way: "If you want to expand your business to Jiangnan, there's no need to make such a big fuss?"

Zhu Xu's face moved, and he said with deep eyes: "Of course not, I want to strangle this passage and strangle some people's necks. I want them to help me expand my business, whether it is a workshop, a bank or Illegal salt. Most importantly, I must control their businesses!"

Fu Changzong still didn't understand, and said, "You mean Donglin? If you want to get rid of them, you don't need to do that? I'll use some tricks at the Ministry of Accounts, and you should be able to do it with a little cooperation."

Naturally, Zhu Xu couldn't tell him that what he was targeting was actually the Eight Great Families in the future. These Eight Great Families were too important and harmful, and Zhu Xu would never let them go.