Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 212 Apologize!

After Li Kuilong escaped, Shi Fenglai didn't continue to chase after him. He knew that now was not the time to be angry. He just couldn't accept the result and couldn't control his emotions just now.

Now that the source of Li Kuilong disappeared before his eyes, Shi Fenglai once again regained his stability as a elder.

After stabilizing his emotions, Shi Fenglai didn't delay, and as soon as he retreated, he asked someone to find a bundle of thorns for him to carry on his back.He didn't sit in a sedan chair, so he walked all the way with his upper body naked, ignoring the surprised eyes of everyone on the street, walking towards the palace step by step!

That's right!He is going to take the blame!

At this point, it doesn't make any sense to do other things and say other excuses. Based on his understanding of the new king in just a few months, this man is not someone who is willing to listen to your excuses. .

If you want to let the old man listen to your explanation on this matter, you must first admit your mistake, if you are right, you must admit your mistake, no matter if you are wrong or right, you must admit it!

Only in this way will the old man listen to your explanation and give you this chance!

So Shi Fenglai didn't hesitate, and immediately put on a gesture of pleading guilty. Now he doesn't ask Zhu Youjian to let him go, he only asks the new king to see that he has kept his own law and worked diligently during the past few months. In terms of the hard work of handling government affairs, at most he will be dealt with alone, and the Shi family will be spared!
Whatever happens, let him, an old man with half a foot in the coffin, bear it all!

With such a mentality in mind, Shi Fenglai walked towards the palace step by step.

And Shi Fenglai on Li Kuilong's side naturally didn't have no arrangements, after all, the origin of all this is this bastard, and he was completely dragged into the water by him.

Shi Fenglai was also afraid that this guy would see the situation going badly and run away with a bucket, so he sent almost all the strength in his family to Li Kuilong's house to watch this guy, and don't let this guy run away while he entered the palace.

If there is no such culprit, even if the Holy Majesty forgives himself in the end and promises to only deal with himself, once he finds out that Li Kuilong has escaped, he will turn his back on him immediately, so he cannot be allowed to slip away now!
Just as Shi Fenglai came to the palace to plead guilty, Zhu Youjian, who had just returned to the palace, received the news.

In the East Nuan Pavilion, Zhu Youjian listened to Wei Zhongxian's report with a calm face.

In front of Zhu Youjian, Wei Zhongxian recounted the news from his East Factory spies with a worried face: "Your Majesty, now Mr. Shi Ge is walking towards the palace with his upper body naked and a thorn on his back. There were a lot of onlookers."

Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian looked up at Zhu Youjian with a gloomy face cautiously and said: "Your Majesty, after all, Mr. Shi Ge is my Ming's cabinet minister, representing my Ming's face, so let him walk away naked with a thorn on his back On the street, will it lose the dignity of the court?

or?The servant girl asked the children below to drive away the crowd of onlookers? "

Zhu Youjian squinted at Wei Zhongxian after listening, and said coldly: "No need! Huh! Since he wants to plead guilty, let him plead guilty to me!
An apology should be made in the form of an apology. Could it be that he should be special because he is an old man?
Let the people all over the capital show me Shi Fenglai's gesture of pleading guilty!Since he can do these things, he has to bear the consequences!
Just let him carry those thorns on my back, and walk to the palace step by step, not missing a step!Only then will I be in the mood to listen to his explanation! "

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian suddenly changed the subject and looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "And you! Wei Zhongxian, don't think you can get away!
I remember that Li Kuilong seems to be your adopted son, or one of the five tigers under your command!

Now that your people are involved with the Jurchen Tartars, how can you explain it to me! "

The sweat on Wei Zhongxian's forehead suddenly fell like a spring, and he knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, it is clear! Before that Li Kuilong was indeed the adopted son of the servant, but since His Majesty ascended the throne, the servant has been divorced from these people." He has already found a relationship, and he also found someone else to sneak under, the servant really didn't know that he was actually related to the Jurchen!
If he knew, the servant Dongchang would clean him up without His Majesty finding out, and he would never be allowed to live to this day!

Your Majesty knows it!
The servant does not ask His Majesty to forgive the servant, but there are still many things that the servant has not done for His Majesty, please allow the servant a little more time, once the things His Majesty has ordered are done, the servant will understand himself and never let His Majesty worry! "

Wei Zhongxian kowtowed constantly, showing his loyalty.

Zhu Youjian watched his performance coldly like this, he knew that Wei Zhongxian knew that he would not kill him because of these things, not to mention that according to the investigation, he knew that Li Kuilong's contact with the Jurchens was when he broke off the relationship with Wei Zhongxian back.

Just say that I still need to use Wei Zhongxian to check and balance the court, so I can't kill him for the time being.

So Zhu Youjian simply scoffed at Wei Zhongxian's nonsense that he would kill himself after the treatment was completed!

But talk!

Although it is not the time when Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs and his family dominate the court now, he also supported Huang Liji to come out and fight against him.

But there is still a force lurking in the court, which seems to have no sense of existence, but affects the court all the time. The Donglin Party, a force that wants to return to the court, still exists!

And although Wei Zhongxian broke contact with his former party members under his own order, this contact could be broken so easily at that time. Although Wei Zhongxian is no longer in the court, as long as it is not dead, the former eunuchs in the court The members will spontaneously report to the group to form a force, and Huang Liji will pull a part of the forces that belonged to the end to form another force, and the other elders will represent Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other parties to form a small force. Under such a three-party check and balance, the court will be so peaceful, and the Donglin Party can't hold its head up.

Once Wei Zhongxian is killed by himself, it will undoubtedly create an illusion for the members of the eunuchs in the court, that is, to clean them up by themselves, then naturally they will not be as cohesive as they are now, but will disperse From finding a way out.

And once this biggest force falls, there will undoubtedly be a power vacuum in the court in a short period of time, and although Huang Liji and other parties such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang under the elders of the cabinet can also snatch and make up for the many losses caused by the downfall of the eunuch party. Vacancies.

But the Donglin Party, which has been lurking in the dark and waiting for an opportunity, will undoubtedly get a piece of the action at this time, and thus return to the court to cause trouble for itself.

So what I have to do now is to maintain the current balance of the imperial court, the three parties check and balance each other, and mediate by myself.

Most of the time, it is Huang Liji and other parties under the elders who jointly contend against Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party under the "name" of Wei Zhongxian. After all, the eunuch party has been operating for so many years, and its strength is still amazing.

Although Wei Zhongxian lost his previous rights, their background is real. The newly-emerged Jiangsu and Zhejiang parties and Huang Liji's newly established forces can only barely compete with them if they unite.

So naturally Zhu Youjian would not let Wei Zhongxian die, Zhu Youjian just watched Wei Zhongxian kowtow to him coldly, until the eldest brother, his forehead was bleeding from the knock, and he finally let out a cry Leng snort!
"Hmph! Don't put on a show for me, get up! Don't talk about self-sacrifice, I know very well whether you are responsible for this matter, so you just do things honestly!

But what I said earlier, although this Li Kuilong is no longer your subordinate, he was still yours after all. Now he dares to collude with the enemy and betray the country. Although you don't know it, you are also jointly and severally responsible!

From now on, one-third of your east factory's intelligence system will be handed over to Yuhuatian and the others. The west factory has just been established and these aspects are still insufficient. ? "

Zhu Youjian looked at Wei Zhongxian and asked.

Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a moment, but he could hear that although the Holy Majesty seemed to be asking, the tone in his tone was basically an order, and he didn't give himself a choice at all.

Dongchang's intelligence system has been established and improved since he took over Dongchang. When his power was at its peak, he even directly merged many intelligence channels that originally belonged to Jinyiwei into Dongchang.

Therefore, among the three major factory guards, Dongchang's intelligence channel is the most complete and the largest!

This time, one third will be handed over to the Xichang led by Yuhuatian. It would be a lie to say that Wei Zhongxian doesn't feel sorry for him!

But even if it hurts, what can I do?

Who let that damned Li Kuilong used to be his own person, and now he is completely implicated, there is no room for choice, so even if he is not reconciled, he has to bow his head!

Wei Zhongxian showed a wry smile at the corner of his mouth, and lowered his head to meet Zhu Youjian's stern gaze, and replied: "I have no objection, and everything will follow His Majesty's arrangement. After returning, I will immediately hand over one-third of the intelligence system to Xichang to help Xichang establish as soon as possible." Establish a complete information channel."

"Well. So, very good!"

Zhu Youjian nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Wang Chengen, who had just gone out and came back, and asked, "Where is Shi Feng?"

Wang Chengen immediately bowed his head and replied: "Your Majesty, according to the latest news from the spies, Elder Shi Ge has arrived at the Meridian Gate, and is kneeling in front of the Meridian Gate with a thorn on his back, bowing his head and bowing his head."

"Meridian Gate?"

Zhu Youjian muttered something, then waved his hands and said, "Okay! Since he likes to kneel, let him kneel for two hours before letting him come in to see me!"

It was Wang Chengen who hesitated for a long time before saying: "Uh... Your Royal Highness, it is the quarter of Xu time, and in three quarters of an hour it will be the night curfew (curfew, called night ban in Ming and Qing Dynasties). Kneeling there, waiting for the five-city soldiers and horses under the night ban to patrol here, if they are caught without knowing it, it will really be a big joke!"

Only then did Zhu Youjian think of it.

indeed!Now there is a night ban, night ban at 21 o'clock in the evening, non-disease, childbirth, death or death are not allowed to appear on the street, otherwise even the highest-ranking civil servants, the patrolling five-city soldiers and horses may control you [-] , Catch it first.

cough!Of course, this is subject to discussion, so to speak, but the patrols are not stupid, it is impossible to offend those high-ranking officials like this.

But I'm afraid that if you meet some patrol soldiers who are dedicated (brain) loyal (hard) duty (deadly) guarding (board), then you can only consider yourself unlucky, after all, they act according to the rules, even if you have to wear small shoes for them You have to wait later, the punishment you deserve, the whipping you deserve will be done for you on the spot, and it will be too late by then!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian turned his head to look at Wei Zhongxian and said: "Send someone to inform the Wucheng soldiers and Masi that Shi Fenglai is not to be cared about when patrolling past the Meridian Gate tonight. In addition..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian turned his head and looked at Wang Chengen and said: "At the end of Haishi, people will use a hanging basket to hang Shi Fenglai into the imperial city. After all, the palace ban system cannot be made an exception because of his breaking things. He is not worthy! "

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and yawned.

This ancient time is not good at all, there is no nightlife, and when night falls, there is nothing but to sleep except for creating a human being. I don’t have a wife now, so I should sleep!
After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian, who was tired all day, stretched his waist and walked out. While walking, he ordered without turning his head: "I'll go to bed first, and then I will take Shi Fenglai to the imperial study. wake me up!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Wang Chengen and Wei Zhongxian saluted in unison. After Zhu Youjian left, Wang Chengen looked at Wei Zhongxian with complacency and then slowly left Dongnang Pavilion.

But Wei Zhongxian stayed in Dongnuange for quite a while with an uncertain expression before leaving.

into the night!

Duang! Duang! Duang!

It's dry, be careful with candles!
Duang! Duang! Duang!

It's dry, be careful with candles!
……

The first watch has arrived, and the watchman starts to beat the watch with a gong, knocking all the way.

After hearing the sound of the gong, people didn't dare to neglect, and rushed to their homes one after another, because they knew that the night ban would soon come, and if they didn't want to be beaten, they should go home quickly, as long as they got home, it didn't matter whether you made a man or turned the sky.

In front of the Meridian Gate, Shi Fenglai was kneeling on the ground naked with a bundle of thorns on his back, his body was white and rosy due to the pampering all the year round, and at this moment, scratches were covered with thorns from the previous walks, and traces of blood It was left along the wound, and its entire upper body was dyed red.

Although this appearance looks scary, anyone with experience can tell at a glance that it is just scary, but it is just a superficial injury.

But even so, Shi Fenglai's ability to achieve such a level as a pavilion elder is enough to shock the entire capital.

The night wind blows slightly, and now the weather is in autumn, and the bleak autumn wind blowing on the body is enough to make people feel a little chill.

Not to mention that Shi Fenglai was still shirtless, and when the wind blew, he couldn't help but sneezed!
"Ah!"

But Shi Fenglai didn't dare to move, even if his cold body trembled a little, he knelt on the ground obediently, his body trembling non-stop.

Tread, step, step!

Time passed slowly.

There was a sound of orderly footsteps from far to near.

Shi Fenglai, who had been kneeling for a long time, was in a trance, but after shaking his head to cheer himself up, he remembered in his heart that this person should be the Wucheng soldiers and horses who were watching the night. He knelt here during the night ban. If he is arrested, when the time comes, the dignified old man will be whipped in the street by the soldiers and horses of the five cities because of the mere night ban, then he will really become a big joke!
Just when Shi Fenglai was nervous, the sound of neat footsteps came behind him, but these footsteps didn't stop at all, as if they didn't see him, they gradually went away.

Shi Fenglai breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately understood that His Majesty should have given the order, otherwise these five city soldiers and horse commanders would not turn a blind eye to him.

Thinking that His Majesty might be paying attention to his performance all the time, Shi Fenglai immediately cheered up, readjusted his posture and knelt on the ground without moving.

And he didn't know at all that Zhu Youjian, who he thought was watching him all the time, was lying on a large and wide dragon bed and fell asleep...

ps: The big chapter of more than 4000 words is not divided today.

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