How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

What is Emperor Star?

The ancients believed in the divine right of kings. The emperor's rights were given by God and could not be deprived by anyone.

Therefore, we need to find a star in the sky, which represents the emperor star, which is the guardian star of the emperor himself.

After the Ziweixing was selected, it has been passed down for thousands of years.

What does the swaying emperor star mean now?

Does it mean that I am about to encounter something unexpected?

Not only that.

If the sky shows an evil eye or a guest star appears in the palace, it is a sign of great misfortune.

What is going to happen to my country?

In the Yangxin Hall, Zhu Youxiao's eyes were gloomy and he was breathing heavily, quietly listening to the report from the Qintian Supervisor.

"Your Majesty, after I discovered the strange phenomenon in the sky, I originally wanted to report it to you in person, but..."

Jian Zheng glanced at Wei Zhongxian and spoke quickly.

"But Mr. Factory Master discovered the abnormality of the sky one step ahead and went to the minister to inquire. The minister did not dare to hide anything. Telling everything is really a capital crime...a capital crime..."

After saying that, Jian Zheng knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Wei Zhongxian sneered, thinking that you should show some appreciation, otherwise we will kill you first.

Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to listen to these nonsense and waved his hand.

"Okay! What are you talking about? Tell me, where is the danger?"

The job of the Qin Tianjian is to predict the stars and judge good and bad luck to ensure the stability of the dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao asked this just because he wanted to prepare in advance and not be so passive.

For example, if the evil is in Liaodong, it means that the war in Liaodong is tense and Nurhaci is about to attack.

If the disaster is in northern Shaanxi, it means that civil unrest is about to happen again, and early prevention is necessary.

pity……

Even if the prison officer beat him to death, he would not dare to tell where the murderer was.

According to his judgment, the three omens of great misfortune were all pointing to the capital city.

what does this mean?

It means that either the capital is about to undergo drastic changes, or the emperor loses his moral character and the sky brings disaster to punish the emperor.

Either the capital city will be hit by a disaster and all life will be ruined.

But how many heads in Jian Zheng dare to say this truthfully.

He could only continue to kowtow his head until it was bloody.

"Your Majesty... I am stupid, clumsy, and incompetent. I really can't see where the evil lies. I am asking for your forgiveness..."

"You loser!"

Zhu Youxiao was furious when he heard this. He stood up and rushed over, kicking Jian Zheng on the head.

The prison official was worried about how to get out alive. When he saw this, he collapsed on the ground and fainted.

No matter if you are really dizzy or not, you are dizzy anyway, do whatever you want.

"Carry him out! Carry him out for me! Chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs!"

Zhu Youxiao was really furious.

Pretending to be dizzy?

Okay, don't pretend to be dizzy, just mix it into stuffing for steamed buns.

At this moment, Emperor Tianqi, who had been sinking for a long time, finally showed some majesty.

When Jian Zheng, who had just fainted, heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly got up, kowtowed to spare his life, and planned to tell where the murder was.

It's a pity that Wei Zhongxian no longer gives him this opportunity.

The evil lies in the capital?

What do you mean, it means that my eunuch party brought trouble to the court and caused the wrath of God.

How could our family carry such a blame on us and be infamy for all eternity?

As he waved his hand, a guard in royal robes rushed into the hall, lifted up the prisoner and left.

Jian Zheng still wanted to shout, but the handle of the knife hit him hard on his waist. The pain was so painful that he could no longer speak.

"tui! Damn it, you can't even tell where the murderer is, so what's the use of you!"

Wei Zhongxian took a sip and looked angry.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him, becoming more and more irritated.

"Okay, factory minister, go and call me Xu Guangqi. I want to ask him what to do."

Xu Guangqi?

Wei Zhongxian was shocked.

Who is Xu Guangqi? He was a weirdo in Wanli and Tianqi dynasties.

Although this person is a scholar, he never does the things of a scholar.

After Zhongzhi entered the court and became an official, he became obsessed with Western things and worshiped foreigners.

He didn't talk about the Four Books and Five Classics, but spent all day pondering arithmetic, astronomy, agriculture and other strange techniques.

This person even got acquainted with Matteo Ricci during the Wanli period and believed in that Western sect.

This kind of behavior simply brings disgrace to scholars all over the world and has become a shame for Confucianism.

If he hadn't been a member of the Donglin Party, Wei Zhongxian would have killed him long ago.

Even so, Xu Guangqi was dismissed from office and driven back to the countryside to farm.

If he hadn't known Tang Ruowang, a priest from Ao Island, he would have been able to get French cannons to defend against the Jiannu.

Wei Zhongxian really couldn't remember this person anymore.

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao calls him because he is also proficient in astronomy and stars.

"He? Your Majesty, this...uh..."

When Zhu Youxiao saw Wei Zhongxian's stammering look, he understood something in his heart and immediately became angry again.

"You old eunuch, did you kill Xu Guangqi too?"

Wei Zhongxian saw that the emperor was really anxious and hurriedly knelt down.

"Calm down, Your Majesty! Calm down, Xu Guangqi is not dead, he is just old and frail and resigned to recuperate."

"If Your Majesty calls him, I will call him right away..."

"Call him here? His hometown is Songjiang Prefecture in Nanzhili, thousands of miles away from Kyoto. How can we call him here? Wei Zhongxian, please tell me, how can we call him here?"

Zhu Youxiao's voice became louder and louder, and his roar echoed throughout the Yangxin Hall.

But he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Youxiao was confused, but he also knew Xu Guangqi's outstanding abilities.

Wei Zhongxian saw that he had no choice but to grit his teeth and say.

"Your Majesty, why don't you... call Guanshan Taibao Feng Lixin and let him see where the evil lies?"

Ok?

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was stunned.

Yes.

How could I forget this strange man?

Feng Taibao is a foreign alchemist, so he must know about astronomy and stars. Just ask him if he knows.

"Then go quickly!"

Zhu Youxiao yelled and Wei Zhongxian quickly got up and ran away.

"and many more!"

Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the emperor again.

"Call anyone you want, factory minister, and we will continue to deal with the memorial."

When a bad omen came from the sky, Zhu Youxiao finally restrained his stubbornness and just wanted to make up for his mistakes.

"well!"

Wei Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the memorials in his hand one by one.

"Your Majesty, this is the result of the flood in Henan Province. We are in urgent need of 200,000 taels of disaster silver and 800,000 bags of disaster grain..."

"Your Majesty, this is a message from Gao Di, Minister of War, asking for two million taels of silver to support Liaodong..."

"Your Majesty, this is a secret from Yunnan Road. Mu Qiyuan, Duke of Guizhou, came to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit. He also wants some silver to fight to the death with the Burmese army and recover the lost territory..."

"His Majesty……"

Zhu Youxiao's head was getting bigger after listening to the excerpts one after another.

money!

money!

money!

It’s all about money!

Damn it, money is needed everywhere.

But in my Ming Dynasty, where is the silver?

"Put it away, put it away! Keep it all in the center, put it away quickly..."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help it any longer, pushed all the pair of memorials to the ground, and sat there blankly, tears flowing out unconsciously.

"His Majesty……"

Wei Zhongxian felt uncomfortable when he saw that this child, who was only in his early twenties, cried because of the urgent national affairs.

In fact, in the past few years, he no longer dared to embezzle the treasury and internal funds, and dispersed all the money.

Sometimes you even need to spend some of your own money to get enough.

In terms of Wei Zhongxian's ability, he was starting to be stretched thin and in a dilemma, let alone the little emperor in front of him.

Zhu Youxiao shed tears and sobbed: "Daban, you said... you said... are we really going to throw away my Ming Dynasty?"

"No, Your Majesty! Absolutely not. Don't worry, the Ming Dynasty will never fall as long as the old slave lives for a day..."

Wei Zhongxian felt the same and went over to hug Zhu Youxiao, and the two cried side by side.

Zhu Youxiao was hugged by him, his heart warmed, and he finally understood Wei Zhongxian's difficulties.

It's not easy for this eunuch either.

I am now fifty-six or seventeen years old this year. After hard work and hard work, I have finally had a few years of leisure time.

Sigh...

After all, the Ming Dynasty is the setting sun.

Zhu Youxiao wiped his tears, let go of Wei Zhongxian, and said with a smile.

"Okay, okay! Don't cry."

"Three years of poverty, three years of prosperity, and another three years of mending. We, the emperor and his ministers, call on the people of the world to suffer a little more from top to bottom. When the slaves are defeated, everything will be fine."

Wei Zhongxian also smiled when he saw that the little emperor had regained his confidence.

"Yes, yes! Your Majesty, everything will pass, everything will pass..."

Zhu Youxiao returned to his former appearance and said again.

"That's right! I haven't bothered to visit Tianshou Mountain recently."

"How is the repair work on Fengli Xinxiu Mausoleum?"

"It just so happens that he will come over in a while. Please tell me the situation so that I can test against him!"

"Feng Lixin?"

Wei Zhongxian was serious for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the construction of your underground Xuan Palace has basically been completed. Now the ground hall is still under construction."

"It's just that Feng Lixin has been a little strange lately."

"Oh? What's weird?"

Wei Zhongxian spoke slowly.