Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 8 The First Taste of Power
"Chen Luo Sigong, failing to protect Long Live is a capital crime, please punish Long Live!"

Before the people arrived, the sound of crying and howling spread throughout the main hall, Luo Sigong burst into tears, Zhu Youxiao was a little impatient.

In his opinion, it was his younger brother who protected him at the critical moment, and Luo Sigong's current behavior was too hypocritical.

He has been with the imperial grandfather for many years, under the influence of his ears and eyes, he naturally heard a lot of comments about Luo Sigong from his imperial grandfather.

"This person has a false name and is afraid of offending literati, so he should use it carefully"

This was Emperor Wanli's comment on Luo Sigong back then, and the young Zhu Youxiao also firmly remembered it in his heart.

"Get up." Although Zhu Youxiao didn't like Luo Sigong, he still told him to flatten, and then said to Luo Sigong:
"Lu Wenzhao has done a great job, you know what to do, right?"

"I understand!" Luo Sigong saw this, although he was jealous of Lu Wenzhao and feared that Lu Wenzhao would take his position, he still showed courtesy to Zhu Youxiao:
"The Nanzhen Fusi still lacks the command and acquaintance of the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi. Lu Baihu's achievements are absolutely sufficient to be promoted to the commander and supervisor of the Nanzhen Fusi."

The Fusi of Jinyiwei Town is divided into two divisions, the South Division and the North Division.Among them, "Nanzhen Fusi" is responsible for the legal discipline and military correction of the guard. "Beizhen Fusi" passed on cases appointed by the emperor, had its own prison (imperial prison), and could arrest, torture, and execute on its own without going through the judiciary.

Under the command, there are two commanders from the third grade, who are in charge of the North and South Town Fusi respectively, but the North Town Fusi has more power.

It's just that Nanzhen Fusi is, after all, the place in charge of law and discipline and military corrections. Although the manpower has decreased sharply due to insufficient salary and money over the years, it is still a good place.

For Zhu Youjian, this person rarely does bad things, at least it is easy to re-establish the law.

For Jin Yiwei, he doesn't need everyone to belong to him, but as long as every banner has his eyeliner is enough.

Nanzhen Fusi can definitely do this.

"What do you think, brother?"

Zhu Youxiao didn't ask Lu Wenzhao to thank him, but first asked Zhu Youjian for his opinion.

This behavior is worthy of reasoning. If Zhu Youxiao directly calls Lu Wenzhao to thank you, it means that Lu Wenzhao is his person from now on, and then he is Zhu Youjian's person.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't do this. He asked Zhu Youjian's opinion first, because he didn't want to rob his younger brother.

"Lu Wenzhao, don't you want to thank you?" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youjian immediately greeted Lu Wenzhao with a serious face.

"Minister Lu Wenzhao, thank you for your long live grace!"

Lu Wenzhao is not an idiot, he can't thank Zhu Youjian face to face at this time, he can only thank Zhu Youxiao first.

If he thanked Zhu Youjian first and then thanked Zhu Youxiao, he would undoubtedly push Zhu Youjian into the pit of fire.

"Well, you are a good person, my safety is in your hands."

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with Lu Wenzhao's actions, and while his affection for him greatly increased, he also revealed a little closeness.

This kind of closeness made Luo Sigong feel more pressure, and he knew in his heart that Zhu Youxiao was dissatisfied with him.

He could only lower his head, look at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose.

But at this time, Wang An, who was the number one eunuch in the court, seemed very calm.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian said directly:

"Wang An, I heard that you have a man named Cao Huachun under your command, tell him to work in my Xuqin Palace."

"This..." A few gleams of light flashed in Wang An's dull eyes, and he looked up at Zhu Youxiao, as if asking for his opinion.

"The emperor tells you to do it." Zhu Youxiao disliked Wang An's foresight and hesitation, mainly because Wang An didn't speak out when his mother was bullied to death by Concubine Li Kang last year.

"The maidservant leads the decree..." Seeing that Zhu Youxiao had said that, Wang An couldn't say anything.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and Zhu Youjian looked sideways, but saw the eunuch whom he ordered to find Fang Congzhe earlier came back.

This eunuch was only twenty-seven or eight years old, and he was fair and handsome, but his personality was a bit dull.

Looking at the eunuch, Zhu Youjian couldn't help feeling a headache.

Just because this eunuch was Chongzhen's famous companion in history, Wang Cheng'en.

As a companion eunuch, Wang Chengen is very good. Although he is dull and not good at inner court battles, he is loyal and good at governing.

This can be seen from the fact that there was no major disturbance in the inner court during the seventeen years of Chongzhen's reign.

As for why Wang Chengen appeared here, it was Zhu Youjian who called him from the Supervisor of Ceremonies to work for him a month ago.

He was still a young eunuch at the time, and he was soft-spoken. He only gradually gained power after he came to Zhu Youjian's hands after doing some chores in the supervisor of ceremonies.

However, he is not greedy for power, and he will do what Zhu Youjian orders honestly.

Seeing that Lu Wenzhao is favored, he is not jealous, but just doing his own thing peacefully.

Zhu Youjian is very satisfied with his loyalty and honesty, but he is not good at fighting, which makes Zhu Youjian a headache.

It is precisely because of his character flaws that Zhu Youjian asked Wang An for Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun can be said to be clear about the battles among eunuchs, although some people in later generations framed Cao Huachun for opening the city gate when the capital fell.

But after the epitaphs of later generations were unearthed, this false history was self-defeating. When the capital fell, Cao Huachun had already returned to his hometown for six years.

Unless Cao Huachun can travel thousands of miles a day, it is impossible to appear in the capital and still be in power to open the city gate for the invading army.

In short, with Cao Huachun, Zhu Youjian's idea of ​​mastering the Yumajian can only be realized.

Thinking of this, he said to Zhu Youjian: "Brother Huang..."

"I was called brother just now, why is it called brother emperor now?" Zhu Youxiao suddenly laughed, and Zhu Youjian was also very embarrassed when he heard it, and quickly said:

"My brother has experienced a lot today, so I should take a good rest. Tomorrow, my brother will send people outside the capital to inspect the horse farms in various places in the Yumajian to see how many people are left in the Four Guards and the First Battalion."

"After finding out the troops, return to Beijing and report back to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and calculate the amount of money used to build the imperial mausoleum for the emperor's examination. After the national funeral, the ministers will inspect the troops in person."

"National mourning?" Hearing what Zhu Youjian said, Zhu Youxiao's face showed embarrassment.

Generally speaking, the national funeral is only one month. What Zhu Youjian means is that he will go out of the palace to inspect the four guards and one battalion of the Yumajian in one month.

Even though he knew that his younger brother was kind, he was still a little afraid of Concubine Li Kang and others.

After all, she caused too much shadow in his heart. If Zhu Youjian was not around, and he was the only one in this big palace, and he was only a few walls away from Concubine Li Kang, then...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao could only say to Zhu Youjian: "Let Cheng En and Wang An handle these matters. You should stay in the palace and deal with the national funeral with me."

Zhu Youxiao's words were clear enough, at least he didn't dare to let Zhu Youjian leave the palace until he finished cleaning up Concubine Li Kang.

Zhu Youjian had no choice. He could understand Zhu Youxiao's fear of Concubine Li Kang, but he was also in a dilemma as to how to deal with Concubine Li Kang.

Killing is not allowed, at least not within three years, otherwise the world will definitely say that his two brothers killed their adoptive mother for revenge.

In this era when filial piety is paramount, even if Concubine Li Kang directly or indirectly killed the biological mother of the two Zhu Youxiao brothers, they absolutely could not kill Concubine Li Kang.

Zhu Youjian still needs to think about how to deal with Concubine Li Kang...

(End of this chapter)