I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Immediately he humbly smiled and said:

"What the emperor said is that this Yuan Chonghuan is talking nonsense. Whether he has real skills or not, we have to drag him out for a walk."

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Youxiao reached out and dipped two drops of tea from the teacup set by the palace man, and touched it on the carved ivory seal.

As the thumb is applied, the rare rose-coloured ivory texture is revealed, becoming more translucent and crystal-like.

Meiyu is like a young man, and a young man is better than Meiyu.

Zhu Youxiao lifted up the small seal, and shined it in the sun, saying:

"The decree is that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Liaodong, will move to Ningyuan, control the four towns of Ning and Jin, and the four towns of Yan and Jian, and give Shangfang a sword to emphasize the power of affairs."

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes, as if he was concentrating on this small seal.

"Restraining Ning Jinsi—" Wei Zhongxian wanted to ask subconsciously, but he stopped abruptly, and did not continue to finish his speculation about the holy meaning.

Zhu Youxiao paused in his hands, but he was not angry, and said lightly:

"This time, Yuan Chonghuan will use it, but I will never have the misfortune of Wang Huazhen in the past again. I can't let this soldier prepare to act recklessly in Ningyuan."

With a look of sudden realization, Wei Zhongxian praised His Majesty for his wisdom.

Zhu Youxiao thought that talking to smart people would save trouble, put down the small seal in his hand, handed it to Wei Zhongxian, and said:

"Pretend this and give it to Hong Chengchou."

Wei Zhongxian first looked suspiciously, then took it from his hand, and saw that the small seal of Fang had turned blood red at this time.

There are also small characters engraved on the small seal, which are actually the name of Emperor Tianqi, Yubi, Guangyun, etc., and there are three characters at the bottom:

Zhu Youxiao.

Why should such a precious thing be given to Liaodong Governor Hong Chengchou?

Wei Zhongxian was terrified when he thought about it carefully, he was speechless with fright, but he didn't dare to ask more questions.

At this time, the Emperor Xu Shi saw that he was in doubt, and explained in a pleasant manner:

"When I was in the southwest, I found a good item from She Chongming. At that time, I engraved my name or something. I planned to keep it for myself as a souvenir."

"Thinking about it today, I think it's better to give it out, otherwise the courtiers should add another one to you and bribe me."

The emperor actually accepted a bribe from an eunuch. This statement sounds fake and untrue, but it is full of helplessness and sullenness.

Wei Zhongxian responded with a few words and withdrew.

After he left, Zhu Youxiao noticed the interrogation results on the table, lay down on the armchair, and began to read quietly.

There is only one meaning in the interrogation results. The assassin who assassinated the queen was caught by Dongchang. He is dead now, but he confessed before he died.

It's very simple, there is no proof, and there is no possibility of retracting the confession.

The key to this matter is what these assassins who have died without a sound confessed before they died.

The case was tried by Dongchang, so it was up to Old Wei to decide what to recruit.

Zhu Youxiao slowly put down the interrogation results in his hands, and sneered a few times. From today onwards, there will be another bloody storm in the court.

Wei Zhongxian's methods are indeed vicious.

In the interrogation results of Dongchang, Wang Wenyan was directly pointed out as the mastermind of this case. According to the confession of the two assassins, Wang Wenyan wanted to assassinate the queen and blame Wei Zhongxian for treason.

But the assassin was seen by the factory guards who were patrolling that day and caught him.

In this matter, there are a lot of rhetoric that can be seen as loopholes at first sight, such as how the assassins got in in the deep palace compound with tight factory guards.

Touched the vicinity of Kunning Palace, but failed to notice it?

For another example, how could these two assassins not commit suicide when they were caught, and they died after interrogation, there is no guarantee that they were not murdered.

Wei Zhongxian's side has already started, working hard, and the rest of the Wei party members will not stare blankly, and will soon get busy.

Snowflake-like memorials flew to Qianqing Palace.

Someone brought up the case of stiletto shooting again. At that time, Wang Zhicai was the presiding judge. Wei Zhongxian had forced Wang Zhicai to death a while ago.

Although people die, things can continue to be used.

Officials of the Wei Party included Wang Wenyan's matter in Wang Zhicai's case, so how did these two seemingly unrelated matters be linked together.

This has to praise Lao Wei's ability.

When Wang Zhicai was in charge of the trial of the stiletto attack case, he wrote an "Revenge Book". Wei Zhongxian found the original text, which made people imitate the handwriting and slightly changed it.

In this way, there will be truth.

Don't the Donglin Party want revenge? Our old Wei will give them a counter-revenge!

Wei Zhongxian first used the assassin's incident to claim that Wang Wenyan was a fraud and accused him of treason, and then because Wei Dang's civil servants brought up the old matter again, he combined this matter with "Revenge" and included it in Wang Zhicai's case.

As a result, Wang Zhicai's case had to be retried.

The first step in the retrial is to dismiss the relevant people, such as Wang Wenyan, and send them to prison. As long as they enter the East Factory, they will be tortured and beaten into tricks.

As for the result, Wang Wenyan's unlucky one was dead anyway.

But Wei Zhongxian made such a big commotion, did he just want to kill Wang Wenyan?Zhu Youxiao knew it well, it was impossible...

Wei Zhongxian's target should be the so-called Six Gentlemen of Donglin. If he can't get rid of all of them this time, he must at least kill a few more!

As for the members of the Donglin party, they gathered to discuss the matter, and the conclusion they came to was to abandon Wang Wenyan, so as not to give Wei Zhongxian a reason and cause a disaster of persecuting Donglin scholars.

Chapter 143 The Question of Southwest Governance of Barbarians

The time came to November of the first year of Tianqi.

In the past few days, the temperature has dropped suddenly, and the incense burner in the warm pavilion is "crackling" and warm, but it is terribly cold outside the hall.

The palace people in thin clothes walked between the palace walls, and some people were constantly stomping their feet in the cold. Fortunately, in a few days, the warm clothes from the Needlework Bureau will be distributed.

Thinking of this, the palace people are motivated.

Seeing that winter was about to enter, Wei Zhongxian, as the chief executive of the inner court, went to various prisons and bureaus a few days in advance, took his minions to inspect the treasury, and then reported to the emperor.

The palm print eunuch of the Acupuncture Bureau is carefully sending Wei Zhongxian out.

Seeing that there was no one around, the palm print eunuch came to his side, shook his head and began to flatter him, saying flatteringly:

"My lord, look at the rare things the servants found in the vault."

"Is there any rare item in the treasury of the Needle Industry Bureau?"

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he was still taken aback, and happily stretched out his head to look.

What the palm print eunuch held in his hand were several ancient copper coins, which were stained and stained, and it was unknown when and what generation they were produced.

Because he was in the market in his early years, he was fond of gambling and stealing, so Wei Zhongxian had a lot of research on this kind of stuff.

He took a quick look and knew that these ancient coins were definitely not made by Daming.

Immediately, Wei Zhongxian glared, quickly grabbed the copper coin in his hand, looked carefully, and saw the words "Tianqi Tongbao" written on the copper coin!

His heart sank, and he immediately felt that finding this thing was definitely not a good omen.

But maybe, I can take advantage of this...

The palm-printed eunuch flirted with flattery, but offered the wrong object when he didn't want to. Sure enough, the expression on Wei Zhongxian's long donkey face was cloudy and uncertain, and he was gradually deformed by anger.

Wei Zhongxian sneered a few times, and suddenly slapped the palm print eunuch.

Hearing a crisp sound, a red handprint suddenly appeared on the face of the eunuch from the Needlework Bureau, and with an ouch, he rolled down the stone steps.

He still didn't understand what was going on, but he saw Wei Zhongxian clutching several ancient coins tightly, his eyes rolled in their sockets a few times, then he turned and went straight to Xinuan Pavilion.

After Wei Zhongxian left, all the eunuchs from the Needle Industry Bureau ran out, and soon someone asked restlessly:

"Eunuch, what's wrong with the factory minister? He suddenly became so angry."

This palm print was slapped hard, whether it will save a life or not, how dare to mention it again, turned around and said angrily:

"What's there to ask?"

"The owner of the factory said that the progress of our stitching bureau is slow, and we have to get out the clothes from the East Sixth Palace before tomorrow's sunset."

"Aren't you going to work soon?"

The eunuchs muttered a few times, but they didn't dare to ask any more questions, and they all dispersed like birds and beasts.

"presumptuous!"

In Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao angrily threw the brush into the hall, saying:

"Donglin Academy actually has the ancient coins of 'Apocalypse Tongbao'. What are they trying to do by hiding this kind of thing?"

"Rebel!"

Seeing that the emperor was so furious, Wei Zhongxian couldn't tell for a moment whether it was acting in cooperation with him, or if it was really Long Xing.

He turned around and shouted outside the hall:

"Didn't you listen to the emperor's words, whoever proposed the year name, beat me to death!"

Wang Chaofu stepped out of the Qianqing Palace and gave instructions to a certain eunuch outside the palace, and the little eunuch turned around and went to Dongchang.

"Didn't Zhao Kuangyin say that the prime minister needs scholars?" Zhu Youxiao gasped for a moment, sneered, and said:

"My Hanlin Academy is full of talented scholars who have passed the scientific examinations from all over the world. They are famous, knowledgeable, and nice to speak."

"When the year name was drawn up last year, why did no one know that this year name was used by someone else?"

"Interesting, what a group of good talents, actually let me have such a big oolong in this apocalypse."

Wei Zhongxian was silent for a moment, then clapped his hands joyfully, and said: "My servant congratulates the emperor."

"What do you like?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at the memorial without raising his head.

"This is a blessing from heaven, and it is a sign of an inexhaustible source of money after my reign!"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was amazed by Lao Wei's ability to examine the holy will, and he was very cooperative, his eyes lit up, and he was quite happy.

He leaned on the recliner and sighed deeply:

"Going back to Beijing for one month, I have more things to do than my own conquest for several months, Zhongxian, I am so tired..."

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately retreated from the crowd, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the servants are here to share your worries, what kind of shit, they just put it on me."

Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao acted on the spur of the moment and said:

"Zhongxian, go and make arrangements. I haven't been to Nanhaizi for a long time, so I'll go tomorrow!"

"Prepare the bow and horse, and use the war horse from the expedition."

Wei Zhongxian was not like the Donglin Party, he just obeyed the emperor's orders, he immediately responded and retreated quietly.

Because Queen Zhang Yan's belly became more and more protruding, Zhu Youxiao went to Yongshou Palace, one of the West Six Palaces, tonight.

Nanjing Yingyangwei Duan's family was selected as a pure concubine after the third election last time. She was also selected out of 5000 people, and she was a beautiful woman.

Having not been exposed to rain and dew for a long time, when she was lucky enough to drive, Concubine Chun was overwhelmed with surprise. After finishing dressing up and bathing nervously, she welcomed the emperor into the palace with the best posture.

That night, at the moment of the Spring Festival, there is no need to mention it again.

……

Just after the Xiayuan Festival, without waiting for anyone to catch their breath, the Ministry of Rites and the cabinet submitted a memorial, the theme of which was the imperial examination questions on the ninth day of February in the second year of Tianqi.

It was originally proposed as two, asking about the emperor's heart and the emperor's government.

The Palace Examination, also known as the Imperial Examination and Policy Questions, belongs to the highest level of the imperial examinations. Those who can make it this far have more or less real talents.

When Zhu Youxiao saw these two questions for the first time, he also frowned and was at a loss. This is too general, what can he ask?

In the Ming Dynasty, the topics of policy questions were all the same. Many candidates could guess the politics of the country, the heart of the emperor, or the rituals of the past and the present.

In the palace examination in the second year of Tianqi, the number one scholar was Wen Zhenmeng, and it seemed that there was also Lu Xiangsheng. Zhu Youxiao remembered that this person was a rare all-rounder among civil servants.

Looking down at the memorabilia in his hand, Zhu Youxiao's reply soon came down, the meaning was very simple, no, the title had to be changed!

Originally, policy issues such as etiquette and political discussion should be possible, but there must be a reason for the emperor's failure to pass.

The ministers can get to this position, naturally they have two brushes, the cabinet and the Ministry of Ritual work together, and soon someone proposes a new policy issue.