Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 149 The carpenter emperor collapsed!

Envy turned to envy, Tong Lian still hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "In this Jinan mansion, Su Qianhu needs to take the lead in such a major event."

If possible, their Tong family would also like to build it themselves, but now everywhere are building ancestral halls for Wei Zhongxian, but the others are either the governor who came forward, or the governor took the lead. Mostly because of his reputation in Jinan Mansion, he was not qualified to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian. Even if it was built with hard work, it would not reach Wei Zhongxian's ears.

But Su Hao is different, with Su Hao's reputation in Wei Zhongxian's place, as long as Su Hao is willing to be named, the news will definitely reach Wei Zhongxian's ears, and then their Tong family will also be able to gain some fame.

"Let's discuss this matter."

Hearing Tong Lian's words, Su Hao waved his hands. Although Wei Zhongxian's power is in full swing now, he is very clear that Wei Zhongxian's glory will not last long. He remembers that in his previous life, Zhu Youxiao died in August, and Wei Zhongxian was dispatched by Chongzhen in November. Fengyang later sent people to hunt him down, so Wei Zhongxian was forced to commit suicide before he left Beizhili.

Of course, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty could have imagined that the Carpenter Emperor would die young, and the powerful Nine Thousand Years would end up committing suicide within three months.

"Su Qianhu..."

Seeing that Su Hao really didn't intend to stand out, Tong Lian was also anxious. Now Wei Zhongxian is in full bloom. As long as Wei Zhongxian is still alive, this Ming Dynasty will be Wei Zhongxian's world. Now that Su Hao has such a good relationship, if he doesn't want to get close, wait for two years Well, once Su Hao is transferred away, there is no chance for the Tong family to gain Wei Zhongxian's relationship.

"Tong Fuqianhu, Jiansheng Temple is just picking up people's teeth at this time."

Seeing what Tong Lian wanted to say, Su Hao shook his head and chuckled: "Could it be that Deputy Tong Qianhu forgot about the Kong family cursing a few days ago?"

"This………"

When Su Hao said this, Tong Lian was at a loss for words. They were all from Shandong. How could he not know about such a big thing? The reason was that half a month ago, there was a student supervisor named Lu Wanling who went to the school to propose that the On the west side of the Guozijian, a ancestral hall of Wei Zhongxian was built. Wei Zhongxian was used to worship Confucius, and Wei's father was used to worship Confucius' father.

This kind of rebellious proposal made the Kong family almost gnaw their back molars in anger. An eunuch who is doing harm to the world to worship Confucius is like throwing shit on the face of the Kong family, but facing the powerful Wei Zhongxian Even the Confucius family didn't dare to speak out against it, so they could only curse in Qufu in anger.

With such a shameless Lu Wanling in front of him, the Jiansheng Temple in Jinan Prefecture is really just picking up people's teeth. It is estimated that even if Wei Zhongxian heard it, it would be in the left ear and out in the right ear. The one who can leave an impression on Wei Zhongxian is probably only Su Hao.

But after thinking for a while, Tong Lian still gritted his teeth and said, "I hope Su Qianhu can take the lead."

Although most likely doing this is to make a wedding dress for Su Hao, it's good to show Wei Zhongxian's attitude. Wei Zhongxian is not a generous person. Because Hu Shirong of Jizhou Road refused to stamp the temple building document, Zunhua Because Dao Geng Ruqi refused to worship in the temple, the two censors were sentenced to death.

What's more, it doesn't need their children's family to pay for the construction of the temple, and the government government does not need to pay for the money, and the people's land is expropriated.

"Deputy Tong Qianhu, it doesn't matter if I say this. Governor Li and Governor Liang may not be willing to spend this effort."

Hearing this, Su Hao felt a little helpless, he had said it so clearly, yet Tong Lian still refused to give up.

Tong Lian hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Su Qianhu, the lower officials will go and persuade Liang Buzheng and Governor Li."

"Deputy Tong Qianhu, you can first ask Governor Liang and Governor Li to prepare the money needed for the construction of the Shengsheng Temple. We will discuss how to build the Shengsheng Temple."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao calmly said: "Since Deputy Tong Qianhu and you guys insist on building this ancestral hall, and I don't want to be the kind of person who steals people's tooth and wisdom, then the ancestral hall has to be ingenious and eye-catching enough."

Wei Zhongxian will die in a few months. He is ready to rebel and take down the Jinan Mansion by then. The money is all his. He is stupid to spend a dozen or two million taels of silver for Wei Zhongxian to build a life. temple.

"It's still Su Qianhu who is thoughtful, and the next official will make arrangements."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Tong Lian quickly responded.

.........

As time passed, everyone was thinking of various ways to flatter Wei Zhongxian, and in mid-July, a gossip spread in the capital.

Today His Majesty is ill, and very seriously ill!
All of a sudden, the whole capital city was undercurrented. Once the emperor and courtiers, Wei Zhongxian now relies on Zhu Youxiao to gain power over the world. If Zhu Youxiao dies, it is still unknown whether Wei Zhongxian can continue to maintain this power.

The most important thing is that His Majesty has no heirs today, and the closest relationship with His Majesty is the fifth brother of the emperor, Zhu Youjian, the king of faith, and Zhu Youjian's teacher is Wen Zhenmeng of the Donglin Party. Under the teaching of Wen Zhenmeng , Zhu Youjian's impression of Wei Zhongxian can be imagined.

On August [-], Zhu Youxiao summoned the cabinet ministers and ministers of science and Taoism in Qianqing Palace, and issued an edict saying that Wei Zhongxian's loyalty to the emperor could be used to discuss state affairs.

A few days later, Zhu Youxiao summoned the emperor's fifth younger brother Xin Wang Zhu Youjian into the bedroom!
For a while, all the Donglin Party officials who survived in the court, big and small, were all beaming with joy, and even walked more briskly, while the eunuch officials were all preoccupied. Wei Zhongxian's private house, which was busy with traffic, suddenly became deserted. At least, except for eunuch officials, everyone chose to avoid suspicion.

On August 22, the emperor collapsed in Qianqing Palace!

For a moment, the whole capital was completely blank!
On August 24, the letter king Zhu Youjian ascended the throne.

.........

Wei house.

In the bedroom, both Wei Zhongxian and Ke Baba had sad faces, especially Ke Baba, who seemed to have aged ten years in a few days, and looked like an old woman.

"Wanwu, what do you think is the next step?"

Ke Baba said sadly: "That brat Zhu Youjian doesn't have a good impression of us, if he really wants to deal with us..."

Hearing Ke Baba's words, Wei Zhongxian sighed in his heart. He never thought that Zhu Youxiao would die young, so he never put Zhu Youjian, a ten-year-old baby boy, in his eyes before. After all, Daming's Even the vassals have no power, and in a few years they will just throw away the fief.

So even if he knew that Wen Zhenmeng had been saying bad things about him in front of Zhu Youjian, he never cared about it, but now that Zhu Youxiao died and Zhu Youjian became the emperor, his situation became embarrassing.

"Your Majesty told King Xin before he died that we can be trusted. Presumably King Xin will not do anything to us even if he doesn't listen to His Majesty."

Wei Zhongxian shook his head, comforting himself: "At least there should be no problem in spending his old age peacefully."

"really?"

Ke Baba was immediately overjoyed, now that she has already accumulated extremely rich wealth, even if she returns to her hometown, she can still live a life of delicacies.

Seeing Kebaba's appearance, Wei Zhongxian felt bitter, so what if it wasn't true, although he was called Nine Thousand Years Old, but all the power in his hands came from the emperor, and those eunuch officials only attached themselves to the emperor for the sake of the emperor to him.

In the past two years, he has been arranging his confidantes to various important places, but eunuchs only have the right to oversee the army, not to command the army, so he has no chance to rebel.

Cui Chengxiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also can't count on it. If Zhu Youxiao didn't die, then his order would still work, but now that the entire court knows that he is going to lose power, who would want to accompany him on this broken ship? Shen.

If Zhu Youjian made it clear that the chariots and horses were going to deal with the eunuchs, then the officials of the eunuchs might still stand together, but now that Zhu Youjian has done nothing, what can he do?

Although he still controls the Forbidden Army, it is meaningless at all. Even if Zhu Youjian is under house arrest, it is futile. Without one Zhu Youjian, there are not a few vassal kings from all over the country. People can enter the palace in the name of the Qing Dynasty at any time. Not everyone in the world.

Besides, Zhu Youxiao asked him to help Zhu Youjian before he died. Now that Zhu Youjian has no intention of doing anything to him, how can he be against Zhu Youjian first.

.........

Jinyiwei Yamen in Jinan Prefecture.

"Is it still dead?"

Seeing the news from the capital, Su Hao sighed lightly, once the carpenter emperor died, Wei Zhongxian would be almost as well.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao stood up, walked to the long corridor, looked north, it was his turn to be on the big stage of the late Ming Dynasty, although this time is not the best time to raise troops, but he didn't want to be disheartened anymore fled.

Over the past year or so, he has opened up five of his eight extraordinary meridians, and as long as he opens up three more, and then he can penetrate the meridians of his whole body and break through the realm of a martial arts master, then his strength will usher in another surge, breaking through the martial arts master Finally, as long as he doesn't frequently refine his energy into mana in a short period of time, the consumption of ordinary spells is already within his body's tolerance.

And it will take at most half a year to get through the three meridians. It is only the end of August now, and it will be two months before Wei Zhongxian's downfall. It will take at least one or two months for Zhu Youjian to clean up the eunuchs in the Liuchaotang. When it is their turn, it will be at least half a year later. Before the imperial army is assembled, he should be able to break through the realm of a martial arts master. With the strength of a martial arts master, even if the rebellion fails, he can easily escape.

Thinking of this, Su Hao went back to the desk and began to write letters. Over the past year, he has exchanged more than 200 great merits, and the chances of gaining the imperial court's wool are running out. If there is no rebellion, he will use up all the great merits in the future. These two 10,000+ taels of silver have become waste.

After writing the letter, Su Hao called Ding Zimo over.

"Zimo, you have to go to the capital, and give this letter to Fang Tongzhi for me, and exchange these great achievements into materials for my teacher. This is the list of materials."

Su Hao handed the letter and the list to Ding Zimo, Fang Haichuan treated him pretty well, now that Wei Zhongxian is about to fall, he doesn't want to see Fang Haichuan stay in the capital to die, but all he can do is remind Fang Haichuan to leave, If Fang Haichuan didn't want to leave, there was nothing he could do.

(End of this chapter)