Chapter 30 Sorry, we only take money, not work!

Speaking of Wang Zhi, Zhu Houzhao admired him very much.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he sat on the pinnacle of eunuchs, the position of the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and held the Xichang, which supervised all the officials in the East Factory and Jinyiwei. In less than twenty years, he reached the pinnacle that all eunuchs dreamed of.

This guy is still a savage man. He first came up with a colleague, and then the great-grandson of Yang Rong, one of the three Yangs. The grandson was beaten to death in the cell. He was also exiled and distributed by the army, and his family property was even wiped out.

Under his watchful torment, Manchao Wenwu suffered unspeakably, and was even so afraid that his body would tremble when he heard his name.

Do you think this is his peak?If so, he is just a cruel and cold eunuch, and the rest will be his cheating life.

In the 15th year of Chenghua, he inspected Liaodong, cooperated with the local army, and beat up Nurhachi's ancestors so badly that he almost died in the womb of the Qing Dynasty.

In 17 years, Wala invaded Datong. This guy cooperated with Wang Yue to attack the enemy camp for thousands of miles under the blizzard, beheading and capturing countless people alive.

Afterwards, the Tatars harassed Ming Dynasty, and this guy led the troops to chase the Tatars to nowhere. If it wasn't for the logistics and civil servants holding him back, this guy might be able to make an expedition to Mobei.

For such a great contribution, it would be easy for an ordinary official, whether civil or military, to be a marquis, but he is an eunuch. Xianzong did not dare to destroy the ancestral system, and only rewarded him with food records.

During those years when Wang Zhi was in the north, no matter who the prairie barbarians were, they would beat each other one by one, and they would have no temper at all.

But there is a saying that is good, distance does not necessarily produce beauty, but it can also cause a sudden change in the mind.

Wang Zhi's achievements blinded everyone's eyes and made people redefine eunuch again.

However, he was far away from Gyeonggi, and his relationship with Emperor Xianzong gradually became estranged.

Those ministers who were threatened by Wang Zhi's persecution have never stopped pouring dirty water on Wang Zhi since he left. The impeachment memorials are sent to Xianzong almost every day.

As a result, Wang Zhi fought for the country in the front, while the people behind him tried their best to hold him back and spoke ill of him in front of Xianzong every day.

After a long time, Wang Zhi was unable to come back to refute, and Xianzong began to have doubts in his heart. Of course, he did not rule out the psychology of envy and jealousy.

After all, Wang Zhi was raised by Concubine Wan Gui at the beginning. Emperor Xianzong may be jealous of this aspect. After the good impression passed, only jealousy remained, and he got Wang Zhi down.

As a result, Wang Zhi didn't even return to the capital, so he was sent directly to the Jinling Imperial Horse Supervisor.

In the same year, he was impeached many times and his salary was all deprived. He became an unknown eunuch in Jinling.

Except for the 11th year of Hongzhi, when Emperor Hongzhi wanted to call the other party back and was threatened by the officials to resign, there is no official record of this person.

Thinking about Wang Zhi's information in memory, Zhu Houzhao touched his chin and asked Zhang Yong who was still cleaning the wound beside him.

"Wang Zhi is still alive now!"

"What! Ouch!"

Zhang Yong didn't realize who it was at first, but when he came back to his senses, his hand trembled, and the cloth to wipe the wound directly penetrated into the wound, causing cold sweat to break out on his forehead.

It can be seen from this that Wang Zhi not only made the civil official group fear to the bone, but even the eunuchs were terrified of him.

Zhang Yong is brave enough among the Eight Tigers, but in the end, just hearing his name, his hands began to tremble.

"Your Highness, why are you asking him?"

Taking a breath and taking his hands aside, Zhang Yong looked at Zhu Houzhao cautiously.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at him indifferently, and Zhang Yong answered quickly.

"Alive, I heard from a friend in Jinling some time ago that he seems to be in charge of cleaning in Xiaoling now!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and under Zhang Yong's anxious gaze, he said slowly, "Write to Qiu Ju and ask him to find Wang Zhi."

"You don't need to talk nonsense to him, just tell him directly that you only need a Zheng He, and ask him if he would like to come."

"Your Highness!"

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao wanted to use Wang Zhi again, Zhang Yong knelt down on the ground regardless of the pain in his wound.

"Your Highness, this person can't be used, but he..."

Zhang Yong lost his voice while talking, and under Zhu Houzhao's indifferent gaze, he prostrated himself on the ground and did not dare to move.

"Do you have any other comments?"

"The servant is gone!"

He got up and patted the dust on his buttocks, "That's good, I'll leave this matter to you. Before I return to Beijing, ask him to come to Qufu to find me. If he doesn't come after I leave, you and Qiu Ju will accompany me." Follow him to sweep the Xiaoling Mausoleum together!"

Turning over on the donkey, Zhu Houzhao thought of something again, and said to Zhang Yong, who was lying on the ground and hadn't gotten up yet: "I almost forgot, and your younger brother, when you go to sweep the floor, don't forget to clean his lower body, too. Take it to sweep the floor, so that he won't be alone."

Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Yong's forehead, and he bowed his head to Zhu Houzhao, "Your servant takes orders!"

Riding a little donkey, he wandered back to the yamen of the Andong Weisuo.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, Zhu Houzhao immediately saw the officers and soldiers of the Anton Guard, lined up in two lines at the gate, and dozens of people waited quietly there.

"See Your Highness!"

Zhang Yu walked forward and knelt down on one knee to pay respects.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the blood stained on the opponent's armor, and then at the captive in civilian clothes guarded by the soldiers.

When he looked over, the soldiers guarding the prisoners lowered their heads guiltyly.

Zhu Houzhao chuckled, "Wu Xiong hasn't come back yet?"

"Return to His Highness, not yet, but the minister has sent someone to notify, and he will probably be back soon."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, and raised his finger to point to the captive who was under the watchful eye of the soldiers.

"Who are these?"

"The traitors of the Japanese pirates, when the Japanese pirates attacked the city just now, they attacked from the inside and tried to open the city gate."

A trace of disgust flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes. Compared with Japanese pirates, these traitors are more disgusting.

"Which one? Have you checked it out?"

"Return to Your Highness, I have already found out, the members of the Liu family in the city."

"The Liu family." Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yong who was following behind him, "I remember that there seemed to be a person surnamed Liu a few days ago. Would you like to invite me to dinner?"

Zhang Yong quickly replied: "Yes, Your Highness, he also sent 1000 taels of silver and said he wanted to ask you to do something. At that time, you accepted the money and sent it out. You also told the servants, like People who want to bribe should take their money, not do anything for them, and let them learn a lesson."

Zhang Yu, who was kneeling in front of the donkey and slobbering against the donkey, heard this conversation, a row of black lines appeared on his forehead.

He has been an official for so long, and this is the first time he has seen him, collecting black money so grandly!

"It seems that he still owes me a meal, but unfortunately, now that he has colluded with Japanese pirates and violated the national law, this meal may not be repaid." Zhu Houzhao rubbed his chin, pondered for a while, and said to Zhang Yong: "I am a person. What I hate the most is not being able to do what others promised, since you can’t invite me to dinner, then you take someone to get back the meal money, and it’s considered that he invited me to dinner.”

Zhang Yong understood in seconds, found a young man who accompanied him, and took a team of boy scouts to Liu's house to collect food money for Zhu Houzhao.

Watching Zhang Yong take the people away, Zhu Houzhao lowered his head and said to Zhang Yu: "He owes me food money, and I'll send someone to collect it. Is this reasonable?"

How could Zhang Yu not understand that His Royal Highness wanted to swallow up the Liu family's property.

With such a great victory over the Japanese pirates, the imperial court will definitely come and send people to investigate. The Liu family, who colluded with the Japanese pirates, naturally cannot escape the fate of confiscating their family and exterminating their clan.

The family property copied out naturally belonged to the imperial court, and Zhu Houzhao stopped it, it was the money in the black household department.

In order not to be impeached by the Ministry of Households asking for money and Yushi, Zhu Houzhao had to find a plausible reason.

Although asking for food money, this reason is very nonsense, but who made Zhu Houzhao the prince.

As the crown prince of a country, he eats delicacies from mountains and seas, so it is absolutely fine to pay a little more for this meal.

"It's reasonable and reasonable. Kill people to pay for their lives, and debts to pay back money. It's a matter of course. This reason makes sense everywhere."

Zhang Yu naturally agreed again and again.

"Very well, I like honest people like you."

Zhu Houzhao grinned, raised the donkey whip in his hand, and "slapped" it on Zhang Yu's body.

The soldiers around felt a chill in their hearts for a moment, and they couldn't figure out why the two who were chatting and laughing just now suddenly made a move.

Zhang Yu was also at a loss, but he didn't dare to ask, so he could only grit his teeth and bear it.

Patting the donkey's head lightly, the little donkey stepped forward very sensiblely, bypassing Zhang Yu who was kneeling in front of him, and headed for the city.

When passing by the officers and soldiers standing at the gate of the city guard, Zhu Houzhao glanced sharply at the officers and soldiers on both sides.

"This whip, he took it for you, next time there are wartime escapees, they will be killed without mercy!"

"But capital crimes can be avoided, and living crimes cannot escape. Gu promised to supplement your military pay and send it to you in a while, but as a punishment, when Wu Xiong returns, each of you will receive ten army sticks, and then serve in the saltworks for three months!"

It wasn't until this moment that the officers and soldiers realized that their escape during the war had been exposed.

If it is to be dealt with seriously, they will be exiled at the lightest, and even most of them will be beheaded.

Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is lenient and spared them a dog's life, just punished them lightly, everyone was so moved in an instant, they knelt down on the ground and said: Your Highness is kind!
 Thanks: Origami origami is a lonely 1500 reward, thank you boss, let the boss spend money!
  
 
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