Listening to politics behind a curtain?Kill the Queen Mother at the beginning!

Chapter 58 You can do it yourself!

Luofu,

Xu time,

it was dark,

Continuous rain,

A very simple carriage stopped in front of the door.

"Eunuch Cao, please!"

As soon as the carriage came to a complete stop, the little eunuch at the side quickly got out of the carriage and ran to wait outside the carriage. When Cao Zhengchun came out, he held his umbrella very attentively.

The man with a lower status was even more straightforward. He simply bent down and lay under the carriage so that the man could step on his back, so that the soles of his boots would not get wet from the rain.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, even the palace is no exception. The eunuchs living in the palace are even more good at observing words and expressions. Your Majesty's attitude towards this person in front of him has long been noticed by many eunuchs. .

"Ugh……"

"They are all hard-working people, why are you so cautious?"

After Cao Zhengchun finished speaking, he personally helped up the young eunuch who was kneeling on the ground, and then leaned over to pat the water stain on his knee and sighed.

"Just wait here."

"Our family will come as soon as His Majesty's edict has been handed down." Cao Zhengchun avoided the umbrella and said to the little eunuch with a pleasant face, and then without pretense, walked into the mansion alone in the rain.

"crunch..."

The heavy wooden door was pushed open,

"Eunuch Cao, you are here."

Luo Porridge looked at Cao Zhengchun who was walking forward and said with a smile, since he entered the palace, he had never contacted him in private, and the few times he met was when the decree was delivered, why he came here today, of course he would not say anything And metaphor.

"My lord Luo, His Majesty's oral order asks you to come into the palace and listen to His Majesty's words. I'm afraid there is already a grudge in your heart about what happened yesterday." Cao Zhengchun said.

"Is it a must?"

Luo Porridge smiled, this was just the incident at the White Horse Temple, I don't know how he would react when the news about Qinghe County reached the palace.

"Early after the incident on Yongle Street, Li Gong already had the idea of ​​restricting Jin Yiwei, but he never found an opportunity. Now it seems that he has opened up his heart with His Majesty and explained the specific regulations."

"It's just that His Majesty is still hesitating."

Cao Zhengchun recalled Zhu Ming's expression and analyzed, otherwise he would not have asked such a question out of nowhere.

"Forget it, let's go and have a look."

Luo Porridge was not surprised by Cao Zhengchun's words, Zhu Ming let him call him into the palace, which meant that he still hadn't considered how to deal with him, but it was coming soon.

"Uncle Zhou, come here first."

Luo Congee said before leaving.

"Spend 100 million taels of silver from the treasury of the house. Remember, don't keep accounts, and don't cash in cash. All use bank notes." Luo Congee thought for a moment.

"Eunuch Cao, don't delay, this money is used for the management of the palace. The so-called money can make ghosts turn the clock, especially for those people in the palace. After all, they have no other thoughts, so they must pay close attention to this matter." The yellow and white thing..."

"If there is no silver in the future,"

"Just come to Luo Mansion to get it."

Luo Congee said in a low voice.

"Lord Luo, is it too much?"

Eunuch Cao was surprised when he heard the sound.

"The hesitation in your Majesty's heart will probably disappear tomorrow. Taking advantage of this opening, Eunuch Cao, you still have to hurry up and move up the position until you have someone in your hand, and you must spend money."

Luo Porridge looked at Cao Zhengchun and said solemnly, if nothing unexpected happens, this secret that has been buried for more than a year has finally come into play.

"Lord Luo, our family..."

Cao Zhengchun wanted to speak but stopped.

"I am waiting for you outside the palace gate."

Luo Porridge didn't stop after saying that, he went out alone, got on his horse and left, in order to avoid suspicion, he didn't choose to enter the palace with him, the more critical the situation was, the more he didn't want this dark chess to get entangled too much, and he acted too close .

"Eunuch, please."

As soon as Luo Congee left, Zhou Bo, the housekeeper of the Luo Mansion, brought a wooden box and walked up to Cao Zhengchun himself. When he opened it, there was a thick stack of silver bills, in addition to some scattered gold leaves.

"It's time to work, Housekeeper Zhou."

Cao Zhengchun cupped his hands and said, Luo Porridge gave it to him, and he didn't need to postpone it. After thanking him, he put the banknotes of varying amounts into his arms, and the scattered gold leaves on his sleeves Put it away.

"Eunuch Cao, you are being polite."

Uncle Zhou is also a caring person. Although he doesn't know the specific relationship between Luo Porridge and him, he also knows that this person is very important to his family, so he naturally spares no effort in doing things.

Eighty taels of this pile of banknotes are worth ten thousand taels, and the remaining twenty thousand taels are all one hundred, five hundred, and then one thousand, five thousand. After all, how much money each person pays depends on their status in the management of the palace. of.

"Then our family will leave first."

Outside the gate of Luo Mansion,

"Lord Luo rewards you, take them all."

Cao Zhengchun dropped a few golden leaves into the sleeves of the accompanying eunuchs, not even the kneeling man before.

"Thank you father-in-law, thank you sir..."

Everyone looked at the golden leaf in a daze for a long time,

His face was a little apprehensive,

According to the unwritten rules, no matter good or bad, as long as the people in the palace come out to deliver decrees or oral orders, they will be rewarded with some silver, which is not surprising.

If you don't take a penny,

After the emperor knew about it, he became suspicious.

But usually the leading eunuch accepts it,

How can it be possible to share the profits?

After all, the life of the eunuchs in the palace is not easy, and it is not so easy for the nobles to give rewards. On the contrary, if the slightest things are not done well, they will lose their heads, and the salary at the end of the month is not much. When going out of the palace to pass the decree, or when collecting filial piety money.

Most of the eunuchs are old and kicked out of the palace, and most of them are corpses on the street. At the end of the day, not to mention redeeming the roots of descendants, even coffin boards may not be able to buy a pair.

Therefore, most of the eunuchs in the palace regard wealth as life, just like the brave, they can only enter and exit.

Everyone looked down at the gold leaves in their cuffs, recalling the scene before they entered the mansion just now, their noses were inexplicably sore.

The humbler the man,

On the contrary,

The more you cherish the hard-earned respect,

……

outside the Meridian Gate,
Luo Porridge waited quietly in the rain,
Outside the Royal Study Room,

"Your Majesty, Commander Luo has arrived..."

Cao Zhengchun reported outside the door.

"Let him wait."

Zhu Ming was tasting the bowl of white porridge at this time without raising his head.

"Wait and wait,"

"Look at the attitude of my pro-military commander."

After Cao Zhengchun left,
Zhu Ming whispered to himself,
Before I knew it, the bowl of white porridge had bottomed out.

After another cup of tea,
"Does he look half impatient?"

Zhu Ming looked at Cao Zhengchun who just came back and asked.

"Return to Your Majesty,

"Commander Luo is currently kneeling outside the Meridian Gate."

"Looking at his expression, he is not at all impatient."

"Oh?"

"Kneeling?"

"Then let him continue to kneel."

hear the sound,

Zhu Ming's complexion improved a lot.

At the Meridian Gate,
"Does it look like you still haven't given up?"

Kneeling outside the Meridian Gate, Luo Porridge thought to himself, but he still had to do what he should do. The image of himself in his heart was that of sharp minions, not of being blind.

After more than half an hour, there was still no movement in the imperial study room.
Luo Porridge still knelt outside the Meridian Gate without saying a word, looking at the long white marble steps, his heart was not disturbed, if it was just the fact that the White Horse Temple was honored by others and violated by others.

Thinking about it, he only needs to kneel down and say dawn, the anger in his heart will disappear, and it will probably be over, but what should come is always inevitable, and I never thought that I could get away with it.

Maoshi,

When the first light of heaven and earth rises,

"crunch..."

The door of the royal study was pushed open,

Zhu Ming walked up to the white marble corridor, looked at Luo Porridge who had been kneeling all night at the bottom, looked at the clothes soaked by the heavy rain, and the strands of hair sticking to his forehead. tone.

the attitude you want,

He has given now.

"Well, let him come in."

"I, I have something to explain to him."

Zhu Ming waved his hand.

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

"There is an urgent report from Qinghe County..."

At this time,
An urgent cry came from outside the palace gate,
The muddy water under the horse's hooves splashed in front of Luo Porridge,

"Your Majesty, please take a look!"

The man took a note from the bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg and handed it to Zhu Ming.

"This is?"

Zhu Ming lifted the note, looked at the short words on it, and was stunned. His face was pale, his chest heaved uncontrollably, and finally he tore the note to shreds.

"Boom..."

Zhu Ming punched heavily on the railing,
I don't even know it's bloody,

"How dare you?"

Zhu Ming's veins puffed up and he looked at the figure kneeling outside the Meridian Gate and shouted harshly.

After a long time,

calmed down at last,

"That's it,"

"That's it,"

"Let him go back..."

"Let's do it for ourselves..."

Zhu Ming waved his sleeves and said expressionlessly.

"Boom..."

The door of the royal study suddenly closed,

Faint sawdust fell.

(End of this chapter)