On a sunny afternoon, Wei Ming entered the capital. As soon as he entered the city gate, a man in plain clothes showed Wei Ming the gold medal and asked Wei Ming to follow him into the Forbidden City. Wei Ming shrugged, looking indifferent. The others wanted to follow but were stopped. What should I do? These are the words of the emperor. Other people can only look at Wei Ming helplessly, hoping that Wei Ming can still come out of the Forbidden City alive.
Before entering the capital, An Bangyan and She Chongming were tied up. This is what Wei Ming meant, and An Bangyan and She Chongming also expressed their understanding. I told them a long time ago that I don't know whether I can live out of the capital, let alone you. When he comes, he is killed by others, and there is nothing to complain about. She Chongming and An Bangyan also think so. Perhaps it is the team with the most confidence in Wei Ming. With the chain on, he went directly to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, waiting for interrogation. Both people's faces were calm, as if they were going to a banquet instead of going to the prison.
Wei Ming followed the man into the Forbidden City. It's not the first time I have come to this most sacred place in Daming, but Wei Ming has never felt like it. The surroundings are gloomy, giving people a feeling of depression. It’s no wonder that the eunuchs and court ladies are the most in the palace. The emperor is the only one who can be called a man. Can it not be gloomy? I will never come here when I'm fine in the future, this is Wei Ming's voice.
Dangling like walking through a maze, he turned one door after another and came to the imperial garden. Wei Ming is no stranger to the Imperial Garden. The tunnel leading directly to the outside from Zhu You School is inside the Imperial Garden. Wei Ming has visited it before and feels very good. But now it's winter, and the twelfth lunar month is approaching, and the vegetation has already withered. The imperial garden is the same as outside, the leaves that should fall, and the trees that should wither are also withered. And Zhu Youxiao was sitting in the middle of the white snow that hadn't melted away, with a big cloak on his body, and a stove in front of him. There was a hip flask on the stove, still steaming.
The man sent Wei Ming to the Yu Huayuan and signaled Wei Ming to go in by himself, while he guarded outside the Yu Huayuan, apparently not intending to let anyone in.
"Knowing that you are coming back today, the wine is ready for you. Whatever you want to eat, order whatever you want, and I will let the Imperial Dining Room make it for you." Zhu Youxiao said with his back to Wei Ming. He was still fiddling with the hip flask in front of him.
"Forget it, the big fish and meat is not interesting, just give me a bowl of Yangchun noodles. In the south, I ate rice all day, and I haven't eaten noodles for a long time." Not being polite with Zhu Youxiao, sat opposite Zhu Youxiao, picked up a wine glass, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank with his head up. In his previous life, Wei Ming basically didn't drink liquor. It's really impossible to surrender this thing, and it will be uncomfortable for a whole day to drink one or two. However, after the Ming Dynasty, the beer was still drunk, and the white wine was also a little bit. Gradually, the amount of alcohol increased. A cup of warm white wine in the winter, I still feel very good.
"Come here, give Weihou a bowl of Yangchun noodles!" Zhu Youxiao greeted him, and someone outside immediately agreed, and a bowl of Yangchun noodles came up soon. Wei Ming had been hungry for a day. Even if Zhu Youxiao cut himself off for a while, he must first serve his five internal organs temple. Snoring ate a bowl, feeling uncomfortable, and asked for another bowl. Zhu Youxiao saw that Wei Ming was eating well. He was still a child and wanted a bowl. Following Wei Ming’s appearance, holding a large sea bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, he kept pushing the noodles to himself. Fill your mouth, um, it feels really good.
After the two of them had finished eating, Zhu Youxiao wiped his mouth and said to Wei Ming, "Are you bringing An Bangyan and She Chongming back?"
"Well, I brought it back. What to do with you." Wei Ming said, removing the hip flask and replacing it with a teapot. He had given his cloak to Liang Dingxian a long time ago, and asked Zhu Youxiao for a cloak to put on him. I don’t know what kind of madness is going on at Zhu Youxiao. People who have to eat outside in the cold weather, can’t we just eat in the house? But seeing Zhu Youxiao's feelings of depression, let it go. It feels like Zhu Youxiao has taken mouse medicine, so it's better to provoke him less.
"I plan to chop them off." Zhu Youxiao said lightly. Wei Ming's hand pouring the tea shook, but he soon recovered his calmness, and said, "Do whatever you want. After all, they have rebelled, so they should be responsible for what they did."
"If you don't kill them, what are you going to do with them?" Zhu Youxiao said with a frown.
"I originally planned to let them go to sea to help me fight pirates, but now it seems, forget it." Wei Ming shook his head with a wry smile. In the end, you have to die. Who made you come to the capital
"Huh, forget it, they're better off with you." For some reason, Zhu Youxiao suddenly changed his mind. Wei Ming was taken aback and shrugged. How about love.
The two people seemed to never be able to return to the previous moment of heart-to-heart. After a long silence, Zhu Youxiao broke the silence and said, "This time the matter is very serious."
"I know. I didn't intend to do this official to the end. Sometimes people have to know how to be satisfied. If you are always dissatisfied and want to eat all the food in the world, then it is a bit too much. You have all the benefits, so others can't live anymore?" Wei Ming said, his expression indifferent.
"Are you talking about the Donglin Party?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"Hehe, you think so. The Donglin Party has indeed done a little too much. Now Quan Daming’s commercial development is much faster than agricultural development. Why can’t it increase commercial taxes but have to exploit those ordinary people? Obviously, It is the businessmen who support the Donglin Party. The businessmen want to fight for some political rights and suppress the landlord class. In recent years, natural disasters have continued, and the landlords have no surplus. The borders are unstable and wars continue. The cost of war is always Someone has to come out. It’s either a peasant or a businessman. If the agricultural tax is increased again, the landlords will definitely quit. If the landlord quit, the peasants will quit. In the end, it’s not the Bailian Sect’s clowns who come forward and Daming. The dynasty got it right, but the mud-leg farmers in the eyes of the merchants. Now more than 80% of the people should still be farmers? Even if it reaches more than 90%, I am not surprised. When so many farmers are If you stand up and oppose you, think about it, what kind of consequence is that?" Wei Ming said disdainfully. The Donglin Party members are the representatives of the businessmen, and they represent the interests of the businessmen. They must protect the interests of the businessmen before they can maintain their own interests. They are a community of interests, and everyone who suffers losses will suffer losses as a whole. You said the Donglin Party did something wrong? In fact, there is nothing wrong. People die for money and birds die for food. It's the same reason. But there is another thing in this world called fairness. Now merchants and farmers are the balance
At both ends, the emperor is the rod in the middle, which suppressed the peasants to death and lifted the merchants high. The peasants were unwilling to jump off the balance and stopped playing with you. What will happen to the merchant? The higher you can only be lifted, the harder you fall. In fact, from a higher perspective, all workers, peasants, and businessmen are a community of interests. Whoever loses is a loss to the whole, and it is a loss to the Ming Dynasty. If the scale is not evenly lifted, this day will not be able to pass.
"What you said is very reasonable. But now the Donglin Party is very powerful." Zhu Youxiao said worriedly. He wants to use Wei Zhongxian to weaken the Donglin Party, but he still feels that it is not enough, too slow. With the Donglin Party, there are many things I want to do but I can't do it. This feeling made Zhu Youxiao almost crazy. But what he didn't know was that as long as he didn't care about anything and left everything to Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party could hold on for only a few days. Sometimes, doing nothing is more efficient than doing everything.
"I know you want to borrow a knife to kill people. Since you want to borrow this knife, you have to give it to others, don't hold on to the hilt yourself. In that case, how can they kill people? By the way, are you interested in Liaodong? "Wei Ming asked suddenly, asking Zhu Youxiao to open his eyes.
"Of course I am interested." Zhu Youxiao finally showed a trace of excitement on his face. He was very interested and thought of what Wei Ming wanted to do.
"Well, after the Chinese New Year, the weather is warm, let's go to Liaodong and take all the affairs of North Korea to the cabinet. Of course, what the cabinet wants to do must have a red badge from the Superintendent of Rites. Only then can it work. Don't worry, Wei Zhongxian is indeed a good knife. There is no problem in killing the Donglin Party." Zhu Youxiao did not believe in Wei Zhongxian's ability, but Wei Ming believed very much.
"How can it work? What if the world is in chaos? Besides, it is no good that there is no royal person in the court staring at it. I have no sons, not even a prince, and it is impossible to have a prince to supervise the country, I How can I leave?" Zhu Youxiao still felt uneasy, feeling that Wei Ming's idea was a bit nonsense.
"You can't trust your brother?" Wei Ming said. He had thought about it a long time ago, it would be better to believe in the king and supervise the country. Although it was a bit ridiculous, but in the dynasty where the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty was able to decide by lottery, something nonsense happened with one eye and one eye was gone.
"Trustworthy." Zhu Youxiao showed a bright smile. He has never been to Liaodong. It is said that there are many interesting things there. Furthermore, he also wanted to see if the Houjin people had three heads and six arms. Why was it so difficult to fight
"That's good, temporarily promote him to be the regent, and supervise the country on behalf of the emperor. You say you are ill, and you can also cultivate in the harem. You can go to pastoralism directly, even if you say that you can be hunted in the north. Travel." Wei Ming said carelessly. There shouldn't be any problem in cheating a half-year-old child out to play.
"Wait, your business is not over yet. This time the Donglin Party people hate you to death and want to fix you to death. What do you say?"
Wei Ming was very speechless about Zhu Youxiao's question. People are going to get me to death, you still ask me what to do? Can I still say that I was chopped off
"You've all gone to Liaodong, and I can't stay in the capital. I can just go to the north and defend the border. It doesn't matter whether I love a small soldier or an auxiliary soldier. Sun Chengzong doesn't know what's going on, so I should go and see him. "Wei Ming said thoughtfully.
"Come on, let's just settle this matter!" Zhu Youxiao jumped up from the stone bench happily, there was still snow on the ground, and one of them couldn't stand firmly and squatted. After getting up, he was still smiling happily. Wei Ming also laughed, but Zhu Youxiao threw a snowball and smashed his face. Wei Ming never thought that Zhu Youxiao should be used to this problem. He grabbed the snow and squeezed a snowball before hitting it out. The man outside the door secretly looked at the two people playing in the Royal Garden and sighed. The emperor would only be so happy when he was with Weihou! But going to Liaodong, this is indeed a bit of a joke!
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