Hearing the news that the internal troops were transferred and Wang Chaofu and others were taken away and imprisoned.
Wei Zhongxian's face turned pale for a while, and he sat on the chair dejectedly. Internal sex was his greatest confidence and biggest trump card.
Now he has been kicked out of the cauldron and has lost the qualification to fight the emperor to the death. Although he still has a large number of party members in the court, he has shown signs of failure in this struggle.
Lin Yueru came over and gently massaged Wei Zhongxian's shoulders, while saying: "The godfather matter has come to an end. It is useless to regret it anymore. It is better to think of a way out as soon as possible."
Wei Zhongxian roared: "Our family will not admit defeat, and we will not lose. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are all members of our family. He can't convict me even if he wants to touch me. The Three Law Departments, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, and the Dali Temple all belong to our family." People in our family. Even the censor is a dog raised by our family. Please tell me, at this juncture, if anyone causes diarrhea in our family, our family will kill the whole family. We all know the bad things they do. , our family is ruined, and they can’t get better either.”
His chest rose and fell sharply, and he swept all the tea bowls to the ground.
It crackled and shattered all over the floor.
Lin Yueru sighed, knowing that no more persuasion would be useless.
She was an abandoned baby, and she didn't know who her parents were. At that time, Wei Zhongxian was still working as the lowest-level little fireman in the Royal Horse Prison. He went out to buy horse feed and picked her up in the snow.
Wei Zhongxian, whose original name was Li Jinzhong, changed his surname from his stepfather to Wei. He was married. His wife's surname was Feng. He had a daughter who married into the Yang family.
He practiced martial arts for a period of time when he was young. He could draw a bow with both hands and his archery skills were very accurate.
But his family was very poor. In order to escape from poverty, he fell in love with gambling and dreamed of getting rich overnight and changing his destiny. However, the God of Luck did not favor him at this time. He had bad luck in gambling and was often insulted because he could not pay off his gambling debts. .
He owed a lot of foreign debt due to gambling and was desperate. During his escape, he sold his several-year-old daughter to a family as a child bride, so that his daughter could survive.
He used the money from selling his daughter as travel expenses and went to Beijing to become a eunuch.
In his heart, he felt very guilty for his daughter. He felt compassion for the baby and couldn't bear the baby girl freezing to death, so he took her back.
He and several other eunuchs in the fodder farm secretly fed the little girl milk from the cows fostered in the palace.
Maybe he had done too many bad things in the first half of his life, and this accidental good deed changed his destiny.
Soon he was favored by the eunuch Sun Xian and transferred to the royal warehouse as a manager. This was a fat job. From then on, he took the right step and step by step. Things turned out well for him and he began to rise steadily.
After he was promoted, he moved to the imperial city to live. It was inconvenient to raise Lin Yueru, so he was fostered in the home of a run-down scholar named Lin.
The old scholar couple had no children, so Wei Zhongxian gave them 800 yuan a month to raise them on their behalf. Lin Yueru's name was given by the old scholar, and Lin Yueru also settled in his family.
Lin Yueru was secretly trained at a very young age, and was transferred to Dongchang as a spy at the age of eight. Taking advantage of a child's inconspicuous advantage, she monitored civil servants. Lin Yueru lived up to expectations and gradually accumulated merit and was promoted to become a stall owner in Zunhua.
Using the Tianxiang Building opened by Dongchang as a secret base, she used the title of Qinghuan and No. 1 to hide her true identity and monitor every move of this largest steel center in the north of the Ming Dynasty.
Wei Zhongxian spent a lot of effort on Lin Yueru to train her. Although Lin Yueru is only eighteen years old, she has already been working secretly in the East Factory for ten years. Both experience and professional skills are top-notch.
She holds Wei Zhongxian's real secrets.
Dongchang is affiliated to Wei Dugong's private secret intelligence network, and is also managed by Lin Yueru behind the scenes.
Duke Wei's group is huge and requires a huge flow of funds to support it, and these flowing funds are also in the hands of Lin Yueru.
Wei Zhongxian devoted more to her, and his feelings for her were much deeper.
In my heart, I raised her as my own daughter.
So there are some words that only Lin Yueru can persuade.
At this time, if the rapids retreat bravely and hand over all power, they may still be able to save their lives.
The purpose of political struggle is power itself, and everything else is trivial. If you negotiate good terms at the right time, hand over power, and do it well, you can still retain some benefits and land safely.
But the godfather is reluctant to part with the power in his hands.
My godfather has gone from being a scoundrel in the market to reaching the pinnacle of his life at the age of 9,900. He has suffered so much, endured so many sins, and taken so many risks. It is not easy to get to where he is today.
It is easy to talk about retreating from the rapids, but it is difficult for anyone to give up.
In history, too many emperors and powerful ministers died soon after losing power. This is because they have long regarded power as their life, assimilating themselves with their official positions. They have reached this point in countless struggles. Once they lose their power, Power will lose the meaning of living.
Losing power means losing your soul and living like a zombie. This is often the beginning of the end of life.
Lin Yueru was filled with sorrow. This old man was her only relative. She didn't want to watch him go to destruction. She wanted to find a way out for her godfather.
But who in this world dares to risk offending the emperor to help her.
She understands that nothing in this world is absolute. There is no deal that cannot be negotiated, only a price that cannot be afforded.
In a trance, a figure appeared in front of her. It was a person who she could not see clearly, but she knew that this person had great supernatural powers. The most important thing was that he had no fear of the Ming Dynasty or the emperor.
He was like a bystander, with the same disdain and amusement as watching a play, watching these ordinary beings with cold eyes, innocent and ugly at the end of their lives.
Is he willing to help himself? Does the bargaining chip in his hand have enough exchange value for him?
Under her massage, Wei Zhongxian calmed down and closed his eyes to rest.
Lin Yueru looked at the gloomy sky outside the window, knowing in her heart that a storm was coming.
The day after the Royal Horse Prison was captured by Chongzhen. Wei Zhongxian entered the palace, met with the emperor, and took the initiative to request an end to the construction of shrines for him in various places.
Wei Zhongxian originally used the construction of the Sheng Temple as a means to test Ming officials. After thinking over and over again about forcing them to stand in line, he decided to use this as a breakthrough to test Chongzhen.
This issue involves too many issues, is very difficult to deal with.
If you are not careful, all the officials who built the Shengci Temple will be in danger. As long as Chongzhen and the vast majority of officials are alienated and on guard against each other, they will have a chance to make a comeback.
Chongzhen said casually: "If it has been built, let it be like this. If it has not been built yet, don't build it."
Wei Zhongxian was dumbfounded. For the first time, he used his cloudy old eyes to carefully look at this young emperor whom he had never thought highly of.
Is this his true method?
