I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 197 I want to have fun with the people!

Following the order from the chief eunuch Wang Chengen, seven or eight strong eunuchs rushed in immediately.

"The prince!"

Those few eunuchs bowed to salute, they were not as servile as other eunuchs, they seemed to be senior figures of some status.

"Liu Mingsi asked this Second Master Li for a fee on the occasion of delivering the decree, and he has a group of accomplices, take them all down!"

Wang Chengen handed seven or eight pages of "confession" to a strong eunuch, turned around and left.

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, Li Zicheng, who was torturing Eunuch Liu, stood up and said with a grin, "Your Majesty, you don't need to leave in such a hurry, our case hasn't been cleared yet through the interrogation."

"Oh? What else can Second Master Li teach?"

Wang Chengen snorted coldly and asked indifferently.

"I don't dare to be a teacher, but Eunuch Wang can be a witness of this matter." Li Zicheng said, smacking Eunuch Liu's cheek with a stick.

The sound of a donkey's hooves stepping into the mud was accompanied by a miserable howl.

Eunuch Liu's cheek was directly pierced by a stick, and half of his teeth spit out blood on the blue brick floor of the hall, whirling around endlessly.

"Okay, our goal has been achieved."

Li Zicheng threw down his stick, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "Actually, what we hold back in our hearts is just a mass of grievances. I think that this Eunuch Liu shouldn't be so arrogant because he is the person next to Long Live Lord." big shot.

He pointed fingers at us, don't you know that in the eyes of ordinary people like us, it is the attitude of Long Live God towards ordinary people.

It is tolerable and unbearable.

But, we can't chase him to death, can we?

Our attitude towards this Eunuch Liu is not the same as the attitude of ordinary people towards our Long Live Lord of the Ming Dynasty. How could we go too far? "

Li Zicheng was not good at talking at first, but when there was any dispute, he still liked to reason with people with fists and slaps.

However, facing the current situation...

He chose to compromise.

He can't fight these dead eunuchs.

Wang Chengen pretended to help Li Zicheng handle the case, but in fact, this was a big pit, once he jumped into it, he would not be able to live in peace.

He is honest and honest, not a fool with dementia.

"Eunuch Wang, let's just expose this matter, how about it?" Li Zicheng laughed loudly, "We are a rough man, we were bullied by others, we beat him down with a few sticks, our anger dissipated, and the matter was settled.

Okay, okay, let's go. "

Li Zicheng waved his big hand to let those strong eunuchs leave.

The seven or eight people were at a loss for a while, so they had to look at Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen's face was a little ugly, and he silently waved his hands to let them all leave.

Then, he turned to look at Li Zicheng, and said in a neutral tone, "Second Master Li, is this the end?"

"It's over."

"Long Live Lord, how to explain?"

"This is the confession."

Li Zicheng said seriously: "The meaning of Long Live Lord, our courtiers dare not speculate randomly, but it is definitely not random killing.

The old man is a soft-hearted person, how could he want to kill people indiscriminately for the slightest thing?
Isn't that a tyrant, a faint king?
Hahaha. "

Li Zicheng was proud of what he said, but Wang Chengen's face was cloudy, and he didn't know how to deal with the muddy leg in front of him.

Long live God is kind and soft...

Wang Chengen's nameless fire gradually subsided inexplicably.

Thinking of the way Long Live Lord governs people, the eunuch couldn't help shivering.

Even people like Wei Zhongxian have been subdued by our Long Live Lord, and there is no room for resistance at all.

There are also Cui Chengxiu, the eight major Shanxi merchants... and Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of Long Live God!
"Second Master Li, in fact, our family's intention is to rectify the internal officials on behalf of Lord Long Live, and express bad temper to Second Master Li by the way, since Second Master Li said let it go, then let it go.

Eunuch Liu, why don't you thank Second Master Li? "

Wang Chengen's attitude took a big turn, which made Li Zicheng a little confused.

However, the anger in his heart had already erupted, and even if he was asked to deal with this Eunuch Liu at his feet, his enthusiasm had already faded.

He is good at reasoning with his fists.

He is not very good at this kind of provocative fighting style.

It's time to report the result of the trial to Lord Long Live...

……

The idiot emperor Zhu Youjian was learning a foreign language, when he heard the eunuch accompanying him outside the door whispering that Li Zicheng asked to see him.

The trial is over so soon?
This Li Zicheng seems to be really a rough guy, probably he just killed that eunuch Liu regardless of 21, right?

"Send him in." Zhu Youjian said casually.

"Anna, let's discuss something..."

"Not negotiable!"

"Come on, just for a while?"

"Okay, but you can only choose one of the two!"

"Hahaha, of course it's one of the two, of course it's the one of the two." Zhu Youjian laughed loudly, picked up a book of sages, and started to read it pretendingly.

"Study and learn from time to time, don't you just say it? Is it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?"

The two foreign women gave the idiot Emperor a hard look, turned around and entered the suite of the Nuan Pavilion.

Whenever a minister wants to have an audience, the emperor starts to study. It seems that it is not easy for the Ming emperor of the Central Plains.

It seems that every minister is the emperor's teacher...

"Second Brother Li, come, come, sit down and have tea." After Li Zicheng entered, Zhu Youjian stared at the "Book of Sages", and pointed to a spring stool casually, "This former scholar is actually pretty good. Reasonable.

However, as we read and read, we change our taste. "

Naturally, Li Zicheng didn't dare to take his seat, and stood there obediently, watching the emperor read with stealthy eyes.

This is the legendary idiot emperor?
Blacksmith Emperor?

In fact, in the final analysis, he can be regarded as a scholar emperor...

People who are emperors are so diligent in their studies. He, a village head, plows a few acres of land, and he feels that he has made a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty. Thinking about it now, he is really ashamed!

"Huh? Why don't you sit down?"

After a while, until the idiot emperor couldn't hold it anymore, he put down the scroll in his hand, rubbed the center of his eyebrows with his fingers, and said with a gentle smile: "Look, I was so fascinated by reading that I forgot to see my second brother. sin.

Come come, sit down and talk. "

Zhu Youjian asked the eunuch to fill the tea bowl, and handed it to Li Zicheng himself: "This is the tea from the Qinling Mountains. It is astringent with sweetness, and sweet with bitterness. I can taste a taste of Qin opera.

People often say that when you leave your hometown, you miss your accent the most.

Second brother, when we build this Pengbao Island so that those foreigners and black widows don’t dare to invade, I allow you to go back to Mizhi’s hometown and have a few big bowls of steamed mutton! "

Li Zicheng took the tea bowl in bewilderment, listening to the emperor's non-stop chatter, he couldn't turn his head for a while.

"Long live, we in northern Shaanxi don't like to sing Qin opera very much."

"Uh, by the way, Mizhi's aunt, Suide's Han, come, second brother, give us a short tour of Xintian."

Li Zicheng: "What is Xintianyou?"

The idiot emperor laughed, pointed at Li Zicheng's nose and said, "You have the same problem with Wei Zhongxian, everything is good, but you are too uneducated."

"You don't even know about Xintianyou, how dare you call yourself a man from northern Shaanxi?"

"Do you want me to sing you a song?"

Li Zicheng: "..."

Lord Long Live is really knowledgeable and cultured.

"Long live, don't dare, don't dare." Li Zicheng said hurriedly, cupping his hands.

"Is there anything you dare not do, isn't it just Xintianyou?" Zhu Youjian became interested, and simply ordered the supervisor of Shangshan to hold a big banquet at night, and the Lord Long Live would sing and become a wheat bully.

"Second brother Li, you may still be a little unconvinced when you say it. Back then, he was the best singing among the yellow-robed courier brothers."

"Tonight, I will let you see what Xintianyou in Northern Shaanxi is!"

Li Zicheng smiled awkwardly, not daring to answer.

He felt that this 'Third Brother Zhu' was a little out of order...

……

That night, the flowers were full and the moon was full, and the first harbor city on Taiwan Pengbao Island was brightly lit and full of people.

According to the will of the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian, this kind of "Biao Song Contest" must either not be held.

If it is to be done, it must be done at the global level.

Don't be afraid to spend money, don't worry about extravagance and waste, isn't it just that the Long Live Lord is having fun with the people?Picking and searching, what kind of words are they like!

Therefore, except Zheng Zhilong's iron-clad warships cruising day and night, ensuring absolute safety for hundreds of miles, everyone else, regardless of military or civilian, as long as they can put down their work, they all come to sing.

Sitting in the lofty palace, Zhu Youjian looked down at the entire Harbor City through the window glass, with a strange smile on his face.

The great eunuch Wang Chengen standing beside him silently took half a step back.

He finally understood how heavy the burden was on his immediate boss, the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian...

Just for the lantern, the gold coins spent are staggering.

Not to mention the seven or eight miles long 'Royal Flowing Water Seat' on several streets, the entire Shangshan Prison plus hundreds of Jinyiwei, who are busy in the back hall, serving up 'Imperial Food' one after another.

The whole process is free!

Open your belly and eat!
Who doesn't like delicious food, it will kill you asshole!

This is what the idiot emperor said in person. Since he wants to have fun with the people, he can't let the emperor eat meat and drink, but let the people eat shit hypocritically, right?

Is there such a reason in the world?
For this reason, even he, the chief eunuch accompanying him and the new eunuch Bingbi, was terrified.

Just one item of the water table...but it's a full 50 gold coins...

Moreover, the cost of this 'Singing Contest' is far more than eating, drinking, and gossiping.

There are also some hidden information expenditures, which are even more staggering.

For example, give each 'guest' a souvenir.

The best metal materials must be used for souvenirs, because the emperor's head and name, as well as the heads of the empress, the emperor's wife Zhang Yan, two foreign women, Miss Hongliu, etc. must be depicted on it.

In Zhu Youjian's original words, that is, 'We want to reflect the royal atmosphere, don't make people look down upon you'.

Thus, Zheng Zhilong's 10 taels of gold and silver were melted into various 'souvenirs' by a group of Daming Academy students...

……

"Tonight's Biao Song Contest, I will personally host it, you all have to give me a good performance!"

Seeing more than 200 million "prodigal value" in the account with his own eyes, Zhu Youjian was in a good mood.

Back then, for a mere dozen or so prodigal values, he was sweating profusely on the big bed in the Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, day and night, but it was always unsatisfactory.

It seems that if you want to lose your family, you must first lose with the common people, and that is the real loser.

Big defeat!

Have fun with the people, um, then have fun with the people.

"Wang Cheng'en, pass on the decree, let Supervisor Shangshan... no, ask Zheng Zhilong to send a team over to barbecue for the audience."

"In addition, pass on the word, all contestants tonight will be given three gold coins."

"There are 3 first prizes, [-] second prizes, [-] third prizes, participation prizes... all those who come will be given ten silver coins!"

"Everyone on Taiwan's Pengbao Island, regardless of officials or civilians, allocated [-] acres of land and asked them to open up wasteland and farm by themselves."

"Let Li Zicheng take command of this matter!"

Wang Chengen: "..."

What's going on here?

I guess it was because I was suffocated on Kuwu Island and didn't spend my money recklessly, so I came to Taiwan Pengbao Island to have fun?
"Long live, the gold coins we brought on board... are not enough." Wang Chengen said cautiously.

"Not enough gold coins?" Zhu Youjian smiled indifferently: "Then use land to pay for it.

How about ten acres of land worth a gold coin? "

Wang Chengen: "..."

Does this idiot emperor really not know, or is he pretending not to know?Taiwan Pengbao Island is a deserted island. Only those refugees who really have no way to survive, have gone through untold hardships and fled here to find a bite to eat.

Could it be that if you give someone a field, they are willing to take it?
"Long Live Lord, this island is barren and uninhabited for thousands of miles. I'm afraid no one will want the reward of the land."

After hearing Wang Chengen's words, Zhu Youjian shook his head, and said seriously: "My lord, do you know what is the biggest difference between you and Wei Zhongxian?"

Wang Chengen's heart skipped a beat, and he said quickly, "I don't know..."

"Wei Zhongxian was born in a poor family. Although he pretends to be domineering and arrogant, his methods of corruption are also the best in Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youjian sighed and said:

"However, his greatest advantage is that he also knows what the common people want most, and he also knows what those Jiangnan aristocratic families want most.

And you, Wang Chengen, are loyal if you are loyal.

But...we still need to learn more from Wei Zhongxian, and learn more about the world. "

Hearing the idiot emperor's cloudy words, Wang Chengen's heart beat wildly. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously.

"Go to work," Zhu Youjian waved his hand and asked Wang Chengen to deliver the decree.

Facing such a loyal "loyal minister" who was able to accompany Emperor Chongzhen to the end when the original owner hanged himself, Zhu Youjian felt a little complicated.

This is a useless loyal minister.

So, compared with the treacherous official Wei Zhongxian, which one should he favor more?
The answer is obvious.

Neither are favored.

The way of the Ming Dynasty had long since derailed him, the idiot emperor. In fact, even he himself didn't know how to go next.

Then stop thinking about it.

In the world, people always have different choices on different paths, and how to choose is up to them.

If you go astray and want to reach out on some things, that's easy to handle.

Whichever hand is stretched out, that hand is chopped off.

In short, don't chop off your head all at once.

"Second Brother Li, I think it's very interesting that you dealt with Eunuch Liu today." After Wang Chengen left, Zhu Youjian turned to look at Li Zicheng who was eating and drinking, "I thought you would kill him... …

Unexpectedly, you held it high and put it down gently, which is the trick of a big thief.

Brother Li, tell me, what will you do if you rebel in the future? "

Li Zicheng was eating a 'free dinner', when he heard the idiot emperor's words, he suddenly became agitated and couldn't eat anymore.

(End of this chapter)