Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 28

Tongguan Mountain is located about four or five miles southeast of Tongling County. It was named after the pre-Qin Dynasty set up Tongguan here to manage mining and copper smelting.

The Ming court also set up a yamen to manage mining and copper smelting here. In the past, there were officials on duty here, but now the copper official has become Fengyu Chen Feng of the Yumajian.

To be precise, he is not a copper official, he is a mine supervisor.

However, he regarded himself as an imperial envoy, the one who saw the third rank of the official university, and he changed the original official office into a mine tax inspection office. People inside and outside the office saw him, and they had to call him Dugong .

He is a good duke, every day besides making money, he eats, drinks and has fun. Local officials behave like grandsons in front of him. In Tongling, he is like an emperor.

One day, he was eating meat and drinking with some dog legs in the backyard of the yamen, when a yamen servant dressed as a gangster suddenly ran in and hurriedly said: "Duke, Dugong, Eunuch Cao is looking for you."

What Eunuch Cao?

Chen Feng took a sip of wine unhurriedly, and then asked lightly: "Who? Where did you come from?"

The little gangster recalled: "He said he was Cao Huachun, the imperial horse inspector in the palace."

"puff."

When Chen Feng heard this, he was so frightened that all the wine he just drank spit out.

The gangsters he recruited were the kind who idled around all day long and didn't do their jobs. They only knew how to steal chickens and dogs and fight. How could they know the official rank in the palace.

There are 24 eunuchs in the inner palace, and the total number of eunuchs in charge is two to three hundred, and he doesn't bother to introduce them one by one to these bastards.

The palm seal of the Yumajian is a senior eunuch of the fourth rank, and he happens to be the eunuch in charge under the Yumajian, and he is also the one with the lowest rank, from the sixth rank.

This is his immediate boss!

He hastily rinsed his mouth with tea, wiped a few swabs on his mouth vigorously, then got up and shouted anxiously: "Where are you, where are you?"

The little gangster hurriedly said: "He said he will wait for you in the lobby."

When Chen Feng heard the words, he immediately ran to the lobby.

At this moment, Cao Huachun was already sitting on the court hall with a strong horse and a golden sword. On both sides of the court hall, there were more than [-] Jinyi guards neatly lined up at the original position of the government office.

As soon as Chen Feng saw the battle, he quickly lay down on the ground and respectfully said: "Young one kowtows to the father-in-law."

Cao Huachun used to be the eunuch in charge of Ciqing Palace, so he knew it naturally, and he also heard that Cao Huachun had already taken charge of the imperial eunuch, this must not be false, he just didn't expect Cao Huachun to come to Tongling suddenly.

What is this guy doing here?
Cao Huachun was condescending, stared at him coldly for a while, and then said indifferently: "Chen Feng, you have made a lot of money outside these few years, right?"

Uh, trouble, it looks like I'm here to fight the autumn wind!
Chen Feng quickly denied it: "Not much, not much, the little ones are just eating."

When Cao Huachun heard the words, he said slightly mockingly: "More than one hundred thousand taels a year is not much, how much do you think is enough?"

This!
Chen Feng was a little dumbfounded, he didn't know how to reply.

People even know how much he has made in a year, so it seems that this knife is a deal.

Seeing his appearance, Cao Huachun couldn't help snorting coldly: "Usually it's fine if you don't give filial piety to the miscellaneous family. This time the miscellaneous family accompanied the emperor to Jinling, but the emperor fell ill on the way. To show filial piety, the miscellaneous family must buy something for the emperor." It’s not a good medicine, so how about it, the miscellaneous family doesn’t want more from you, just 10 taels, no problem, right?”

Why don't you go grab it!

Is it easy for me to earn this little money?

Chen Feng said with tears in his voice: "Elder-in-law, the little one really didn't earn much. You also know that most of the taxes collected by the little one have to be handed over."

Cao Huachun continued to snort coldly: "Who are you fooling? Concubine Zheng has fallen, Pang Bao is gone, and you didn't give the miscellaneous family a penny. Who did you hand it over to?"

This matter is complete, can't the two above hold it down?

Chen Feng had no choice but to say honestly: "Originally, Eunuch Chen Zeng and Eunuch Chen were in charge of Nanzhili. The younger ones have to give him half of the filial piety, and the other half are almost all filial piety to Eunuch Wei in the palace. Yes, the little one really didn’t leave much behind!”

Cao Huachun said expressionlessly: "Eunuch Wei, which Eunuch Wei, the Wei Dynasty?"

How can the eggless goods be covered.

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "It's Wei Zhongxian, the governor of the East Factory."

It's definitely this one.

Cao Huachun pretended to hesitate, but sneaked a glance at the "Hundred Households" on the left of Jin Yiwei who was wearing a chain mail and a helmet, covering his face.

The "Hundred Households" seemed to be slightly nodded.

That's it.

Cao Huachun snorted coldly again: "You mean to let the miscellaneous family go for nothing, don't you?"

How dare I!

Chen Feng said cautiously: "How about I find someone to make up for it and give you 1 taels, do you think it will work?"

1 taels!

Do you really think I'm here to fight the autumn wind?

Cao Huachun put on airs and scolded: "Then hurry up, the miscellaneous family is busy, and I don't have time to ink with you here."

Hearing this, Chen Feng hurriedly got up and ran to the backyard.

After a while, he came in with twenty yamen servants carrying ten boxes.

After the yamen servants put the box in order, he smiled apologetically and said, "It's a small thing, it's not a respect, I hope my father-in-law will support you a lot in the future."

Still supporting, the next time a miscellaneous family comes to chop you up, believe it or not?
Cao Huachun got up directly, and walked out with a blank expression.

Behind him, Jin Yiwei picked up the boxes on the ground one by one, and silently followed.

Seeing this, Chen Feng hurriedly followed with his head bowed, and walked all the way to the gate of the yamen. After Cao Huachun and the Jinyiwei Baihu got into the carriage and drove off, he turned his head, spat viciously on the ground, and cursed He grinned and said: "Hey, what is it, sooner or later I will ask Eunuch Wei to clean you up!"

At this time, on the carriage, the Jinyiwei Baihu had already taken off their helmets. If Chen Feng saw him, he would probably urinate out of fear.

This person turned out to be the former Crown Prince of the East Palace, and now the Emperor!
Taichang raised his hand to stroke his hair, and then said in a deep voice: "Remember, don't mention this matter after returning to the palace, especially not to Wei Zhongxian."

Ah!
Why does the emperor still favor Wei Zhongxian so much?
When Cao Huachun heard the words, he couldn't help admonishing him: "Your Majesty, please forgive my slaves for talking too much, Wei Zhongxian is a prodigal son with ambition, sinister and vicious, even more vicious than the ten servants of the Han Dynasty, it will be a disaster to keep it!"

What do you need to say?

Taichang looked at Cao Huachun, with a hint of hesitation on his face.

He asked Cao Huachun to fight Qiufeng this time just to make sure that it was Wei Zhongxian who continued to let these mine supervisors help make money.

If not, the mastermind behind the scenes must not be let go, if yes, forget it for now, as he doesn't know who the mastermind behind the scenes is.

Wei Zhongxian's mad dog is still useful to keep, and he can't kill it yet.

Question, should I tell Cao Huachun about this?

Cao Huachun was indeed a rare helper. He was not only strong in martial arts, but also loyal and unambitious.

He will definitely use this person when he takes care of Wei Zhongxian in the future, after all, the most powerful force in the palace is the imperial army.

Thinking of this, Taichang sighed slightly, and then said wisely: "Zi Ru, there are some things we can't do, and if we do it, we will leave a bad name, do you know that? Wei Zhongxian, we have to clean up sooner or later, you don't have to worry."

Cao Huachun couldn't help showing a hint of surprise on his face when he heard the words.

It turns out that the emperor has calculated everything!

He couldn't help cupping his hands and said: "The emperor is wise."

(End of this chapter)