I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Zhu Youxiao didn't react too much, he didn't even blink his eyes.

"Alas—" After a long time, a heavy sigh came from the Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Next, Zhu Youxiao's voice seemed to be a different person, full of tiredness.

"You, let me down."

"Wang An, you have failed my love for you—"

Wang An's heart is bleeding, but in the face of the big right and wrong in his heart, he will not soften his heart, let alone turn his head back.

It is his life creed that he would rather bear the emperor's grace than violate the name of loyalty and integrity.

Wang An's lips trembled slightly, avoiding Zhu Youxiao's eyes that seemed to be punishing him, and said:

"When the late emperor was around, the slaves were doing nothing. When the emperor was around, the slaves were repeatedly convicted. Now I beseech the emperor to show grace and decree, let's just let the slaves..."

"Heh..." Zhu Youxiao smiled coldly, looking at Gong'e, who was trembling all over, carefully treating her finger wound.

The next moment, his hand caressed this Gong'e's beautiful face, causing her to tremble even more.

Just listen to Zhu Youxiao's deep voice:

"Since you said so, if you don't allow your request, it would be mean that the emperor is mean and ungrateful?"

Hearing this, Wang An lowered his head and looked at the ground, a certain emotion flashed in his eyes, he parted his lips, but still stubbornly chose not to say a word.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian had already burst into laughter in his heart.

I thought it would be extremely difficult to deal with Wang An, but I didn't expect that this guy insisted on courting death and deliberately going against the emperor, would he have a good end?

Seeing him raise his head with a smile, he persuaded: "My lord, my father-in-law has served the late emperor for many years, and he has worked hard even if he has no credit. Please treat him sympathetically."

Zhu Youxiao turned his head and looked at him for a while, until Wei Zhongxian was so guilty that he lowered his head timidly.

"Wei Zhongxian?" Zhu Youxiao called out.

"Ah... Your Royal Highness?" Wei Zhongxian felt terrified.

"What you said is reasonable." Zhu Youxiao closed his eyes, as if he had made some decision, and let out a long breath.

The next moment, Zhu Youxiao's voice was as cold as a stone.

"I will be a gentleman today, with a good reputation as an adult. Wang An, these days, please bother to teach me, otherwise, I am afraid that I will still be an illiterate emperor."

Hearing this, Wang An felt that a catastrophe was imminent, and raised his head in horror.

"My lord!?"

"Go down." Zhu Youxiao leaned on the couch and said three words lightly.

Wang An stood on the spot uneasily, the emperor's words just now made him feel a chill down his back.

Why does he feel this way?

Because the words "illiterate emperor" are the catchphrases that Donglin party members often talk about in private!

How would the emperor know?

Thinking of this, Wang An looked at Wei Zhongxian, who had a pleasing eyebrow.

Wei Zhongxian seemed to notice his gaze, raised his head and smiled evilly, then made a beheading gesture, and quickly lowered his head again.

"Sir, why don't you leave..." Zhu Youxiao still didn't raise his head, but his voice was full of murderous intent, "Do you still need me to personally send you out of the palace?"

Everyone in the world said that when the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses.

People like Wang An are not afraid of the emperor's wrath, but what he fears most is the emperor's utterly disappointed look.

No matter what, Wang An bowed down and left.

When Wang An left, Wei Zhongxian was relieved, but he seemed to be shackled by heavy shackles.

He stayed where he was, without moving for a long time, as if he hadn't reacted yet.

His old enemy for many years, was killed by himself like this?

Outside the Forbidden City, the afterglow of the setting sun at dusk shone in along the window eaves. Zhu Youxiao, who had been depressed for a long time, said quietly:

"From today onwards, you will be in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies."

Wei Zhongxian knelt down to thank En, and Gong'e, who had just wrapped up the wound, was about to retreat with him, but the emperor behind him said without emotion:

"You can stay in Xinuang Pavilion today."

Hearing this, the little Gong'e, who was only about fifteen or sixteen years old, stopped her steps, with hot tears streaming down her eyes.

That night, the chief eunuch Wang An resigned, and Zhu Youxiao ordered him to return to his hometown for retirement with the gift of "teaching me how to read and write will be a great contribution to the society".

On the same day, Wei Zhongxian was in charge of the seal of ceremonies, and wiped out Wang An's gangsters and eyeliners who had been in the palace for many years.

All the officials were terrified when they heard this, and they all said:

Wei Xie's power declined for a while, and Daming was in danger.

……

Since sending Wang An away, Zhu Youxiao never smiled.

It's not that he really has any feelings for Wang An, it's because compared to Wei Zhongxian's flexibility, his pedantry is really disappointing.

On this day, Zhu Youxiao was lying on the desk, piling up one after another of the memorials, but he didn't read any of them, his head was depressed and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Not long after, Wei Zhongxian came from outside the Nuan Pavilion with another pile of memorials, and said: "My lord, the cabinet has reached a conclusion on the issue of Governor Denglai."

"who is it?"

"You are satisfied with the guarantee this time!" With a smile on his face, Wei Zhongxian took out a copy and handed it over, "Your Majesty, please take a look."

"Yuan Keli!?" Zhu Youxiao took a look, but stood up abruptly, pointed at him and said, "Wei Zhongxian, you, you have merit!"

"My servant thanked the emperor." Seeing Zhu Youxiao's happy face, Wei Zhongxian was also happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

But it would be great if the emperor's reliance on him wasn't a show.

No matter how high you fly, how badly you will fall, Wei Zhongxian naturally understands this truth.

Zhu Youxiao wanted Yuan Keli to be the governor of Denglai for a long time, but the court discussed and discussed, and there was never an accurate charter.

After Wei Zhongxian took charge of the Supervisor of Rites, the Donglin Party lost their most powerful ally in the court, and they were like a blind tiger in dealing with Wei Zhongxian, apparently losing their energy.

After Wang Zaijin and Gu Bingqian entered the cabinet, they have always been in the name of eunuchs, and they dare not exert their strength at all.

This time they also united to advocate Yuan Keli Governor Denglai. The opinions of the two cabinet ministers deserve the attention of the rest of the cabinet ministers.

Whether he likes it or not, Yuan Keli's name must appear on the list.

In fact, the biggest problem for Yuan Keli as governor of Denglai is not whether to let him go, but whether to set up the post of governor of Denglai.

If you really want to ask, there is no problem for Yuan Keli to be the governor of Denglai.

But the Donglin Party just didn't want him to do it, why?Because they are not all the way!

Yuan Keli is quite similar to the later Sun Chengzong, both of them are Qingliu, but they don't belong to any party of Donglin and Qi Chuzhe.

It's just that compared to Sun Chengzong's pro-Donglin, Yuan Keli's style of being the emperor and only serving the people is not recognized by most people.

Before the imperial court discussed the establishment of Denglai governor, Yuan Keli had lived at home for many years and had no friends in the court.

Before that, Yuan Keli had worked as a "people-friendly official" for a while, personally went to the grassroots level, and understood what the people needed most.

Donglin obviously would not feel comfortable with such a person coming up to serve as the chief official of the frontier.

Wei Zhongxian did not disappoint Zhu Youxiao, he made such a big gift just after he took office.

Chapter 58 A Ginseng

With Wei Zhongxian in charge of the Supervisor of Rituals, his power has soared, and the civil servants are all whispering in private.

Because compared to Wang An, a veteran of the three dynasties, the name Wei Zhongxian was really unfamiliar and harsh to them.

Since the Wei family came to power, countless eunuchs and female officials in the inner court have been expelled for far-fetched reasons, just because Wei Zhongxian's party is the same.

Wei Zhongxian arranged for his party members to enter the palace, but Zhu Youxiao ignored him, and either went to Nanhaizi or was on his way to Nanhaizi all day long.

Originally, Wang Antong sent all the servants around Zhu Youxiao to the foreign court, and the civil servants knew his conduct well.

Now the new batch is all "flattering" villains selected by Wei Zhongxian. In their view, the emperor is being deceived even deeper.

The civil servants of the outer dynasty did not know the details of the emperor's close servants, and they were all overwhelmed with uneasiness.

Even so, officials and officials will play several memorials on the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian and his henchmen every now and then.

What is different from the past is that even if Zhu Youxiao doesn't have to deliberately hide, he can avoid these useless ruling and opposition party struggles.

On this day, Zhu Youjiao watched Qi Jin demonstrate the internal exercises of the Yongwei Camp in the inner school grounds.

On the left, a young eunuch selected by Wei Zhongxian was reading a memorial for Zhu Youxiao, and on the right, Qi Jin waved his hand and asked a pacesetter to wave the military flag.

And seeing the military flag waving down, a burst of white smoke burst out violently from the arena.

"Long live the emperor, long live the Ming Dynasty!"

Amid the shouts of the soldiers, Zhu Youxiao's thoughts drifted to the remote Phi Island.

……

On the shore, Mao Chenglu touched his empty belly and muttered:

"Brothers went hunting with their heads up, and finally caught a badger and two rabbits, but they had to keep them until he came."

"Who is this king body?"

"It's not that I haven't eaten for two days, what are you talking about?" Mao Wenlong sneered a few times.

At this time, seeing that there was still no shadow of the ship, the soldiers beside him couldn't help but said: "General, I haven't eaten for two days..."

"So do we, I'm afraid the angel won't come, or we—"

The soldiers were eager to try, and they were about to catch the prey in the cage.

Mao Wenlong didn't turn his head back, and put his hand on the saber: "Dare to catch? I'm not afraid of violating the general's military law!"

Hearing this, the soldiers who were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs forced their eyes away from the cage.

This day is the day when Wang Tigan, the left soldier supervisor of the imperial court, came to Dongjiang.

Mao Wenlong looked forward to it day and night, and it was this day that he was waiting for.

If the imperial court didn't send people here, it would be impossible to know how precarious Dongjiang Town is now!

"It is said that the person who came is the servant who used to serve the emperor?"

"I don't know, anyway, it's not a small background."

"Then he came and saw us poor like this, wouldn't it be..."

Hearing the whispers of the soldiers, Mao Wenlong only sneered a few times in his heart, what were he afraid of?

The bigger the official, the better, and it's better to be able to talk to the emperor.

He didn't believe that the emperor's valet, who was pampered in the capital, could live on this isolated island where he had one meal for three days!

Couldn't wait, ran back, that was the best result!

Although it is now March, the solar terms at the turn of spring and summer, and everything in the Central Plains is recovering, but the place of Phi Island still makes people feel uncomfortable thinking about it.

Wang Tigan was in the cabin, waiting quietly, thinking about what that Phi Island should look like countless times in his mind.

I heard that this place was not a place where people lived many years ago, and there were wild beasts everywhere.

It was Mao Wenlong who came here with his subordinates to reclaim the land and be self-sufficient, which led to the present situation.

"General, the ship is coming!" Mao Chenglu pointed forward, his voice filled with unstoppable surprise.

Mao Wenlong shook the armor on his body, and said loudly: "All follow the general to meet him!"

Soon, Wang Tiqian met Mao Wenlong, the Zhenjiang general of the Ming Dynasty.

At first glance, Mao Wenlong was not as majestic as the court-style general in his impression. On the contrary, he exuded a rebellious and unruly personality.

At this moment, Mao Wenlong, with his iron armor covered with buckskin and tightly girded around his waist, was more like a free-ranging wild wolf than the ferocious Jianwai Jian captives.

When Wang Tigan looked at Mao Wenlong, the latter was also looking at him.

Sure enough, the people who came from the capital are thin-skinned and tender-skinned. Judging by the gorgeous clothes on this angel, it should not be someone who can endure hardship.