When Zhu Youxiao was drawing up a list to be reused in the future in addition to the list of confiscated homes.
Wei Zhongxian began to interrogate Li Sancai.
"Eunuch Wei, I have admired your name for a long time, but I didn't expect that your Eunuch Wei values Li so much that he would target me so early and even bribed my close servants! Please also ask Eunuch Wei to be kind and give me a The dying man explains, why did he target me so early?"
After Li Sancai entered the imperial prison, he sat cross-legged in the cell, like an old monk, with his hands on his knees, and asked Wei Zhongxian.
"We are just a eunuch who has just joined the ceremonial department. How could he suddenly focus on you as a dismissed person? It's because the emperor has such great knowledge that he sent people to keep an eye on you as soon as he took control of the East Factory. , as for buying the confidant slaves around you, it is not a skill. As long as our family represents the emperor, it will be easy to win people's hearts! You should understand that your slaves will not feel that they will betray their master for the emperor. If you violate loyalty and filial piety, they will even take the initiative to kill you as long as our family gives you more benefits, because the emperor is the orthodoxy in the world! People's hearts are towards the emperor."
Wei Zhongxian spoke modestly.
Li Sancai only nodded: "You are right. Eunuch Wei is a very understanding person among the people. No wonder he can take charge of the East Factory in place of Wei Chao."
As he said that, Li Sancai smiled bitterly: "But how could your Majesty notice me? Before I was dismissed, I only served as governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang."
"Why do you have to be so modest? Who doesn't know about you and Gu Xiancheng? As for why the emperor noticed you, this doesn't mean that the emperor is wise now. Even if you, Li Sancai, are hiding behind the scenes, you can't escape the emperor's eyes! You are still Just explain it to me, and avoid the physical pain. Was it your instruction to plot to poison Xu Guangqi’s biological mother Qian? Why did you do this?”
Wei Zhongxian asked as he spoke.
Li Sancai did not answer Wei Zhongxian's words. He only laughed again and thought to himself: "What kind of emperor is Zhu Youxiao? Have I really underestimated him? Could it be that he is good at carpentry on purpose?"
"answer!"
Wei Zhongxian asked sharply at this time.
Li Sancai couldn't help but pull back his thoughts, looked up at Wei Zhongxian, and continued to say other words: "The advancement of printing technology has made it impossible for the aristocratic family to have exclusive access to the scriptures. Now your Majesty also uses miraculous skills to get the Xu family to receive three million in silver." , Eunuch Wei is right, your Majesty is so intelligent that he actually uses Mohist techniques."
Although Wei Zhongxian would subconsciously say that his emperor was wise in front of others, and praised that his emperor was more powerful than Tang Zong and Song Zu, he actually didn't really think so in his heart. At most, he just felt that his emperor's thoughts were a little different.
And the real purpose of him constantly wearing a hat on Zhu Youxiao outside was just to let the people in the inner factory around him hear it, and then let the emperor know that he regarded him as a god.
But Wei Zhongxian didn't expect that he was just putting a high hat on the emperor. Li Sancai really thought so and started to put a high hat on the emperor.
In this era, many people have a natural belief in the IQ of civil servants who were born in Jinshi. They think that these people are the smartest people in the country. They think that they are Wenquxing, and they are all figures like Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, Li Sancai's words are very convincing to Wei Zhongxian.
After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian began to really think to himself: "Is the emperor really as smart as he said?"
But for this reason, Wei Zhongxian did not want people in the factory to tell the emperor what Li Sancai said in praise of the emperor, causing Li Sancai to be spared by the emperor or even be reused, thus making himself more popular in the circle of the emperor's favorites. A competitor, so Wei Zhongxian hurriedly urged: "Your Majesty is naturally the most wise man in the world, so don't try to be arrogant and answer your questions honestly!"
Li Sancai smiled contemptuously: "Eunuch Wei, do you think I will admit to doing such a thing? Even if you forced Xu Shilin to confess, I can say that you jointly slandered me, and even many ministers outside would I say this because there are many people outside who won’t help me. If I do anything good, they won’t survive. They have too many leverages in my hands! Therefore, I won’t admit it. You can torture me, but Even if you torture them, they will say you are extracting a confession.”
After saying that, Li Sancai glanced at Wei Zhongxian and said, "I wonder if Eunuch Wei can grant the next request, and can I give you the black incense that I asked you to inhale before?"
Wei Zhongxian laughed: "You have to reply first."
"Give me!"
Li Sancai suddenly lost his temper and roared.
"You answer first."
Wei Zhongxian wasn't angry either, he just replied with a calm expression.
Li Sancai's heart felt like a cat scratching him, and he became more and more irritated: "I want to inhale the black fragrance!"
Wei Zhongxian laughed: "You are right. Your Majesty is indeed very wise. Your Majesty said that you scholar-bureaucrats will suffer a lot in the future in terms of strange skills and tricks. The current affairs of the Xu family are just the beginning. This time It's the same with your self-absorbed skills. You, Li Sancai, are still going to suffer from this. It's not just you, Zhou Yanru and the others have suffered from this for a long time. You can't control this thing. Be honest. Tell me, no one in front of you has defeated it."
"I want Wuxiang!"
Li Sancai still just shouted for Wuxiang.
…
"Your Majesty, this is the conversation submitted by the inner factory about Wei Zhongxian's interrogation of Li Sancai. Your Majesty, please take a look at it."
Qianqing Palace.
Liu Ruoyu handed Zhu Youxiao a secret book at this time.
After seeing this, Zhu Youxiao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said to himself: "These two guys really keep giving me high hats! How can I be so smart? I just know that technological innovation can improve productivity. As for you scholar-bureaucrats It is indeed a fact that groups will suffer great losses in this regard, so that historically they had to take the initiative to spend money on Westernization.”
At this time, Wei Zhongxian also came over: "Your Majesty, he has confessed to Li Sancai and confessed to all his crimes, including his theft of golden nanmu."
Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian and asked, "Did you use torture?"
"No torture was used, only black incense was used."
Wei Zhongxian replied.
Zhu Youxiao replied: "Very good! Tell me when he gets addicted again next time, and then in the morning, let him tell the civil and military officials personally about the bad things he did!"
"yes!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.
…
"Mr. Xiuwu has been arrested! I just got the news from Tongzhou."
At this time, Censor Zhou Qiyuan hurriedly saw Qian Qianyi and others and talked about what he had just learned.
After hearing this, Qian Qianyi's expression immediately became complicated: "How could such a thing happen?! Now that both Zhou Lian and Duke Zuo are in prison, and even Zuo Gong has been imprisoned, how come Mr. Xiuwu has also been taken away! Is there really something in this that we don't know about? Could the unexpected incident have happened?"
Yu Maoheng, the young minister of Dali Temple, also thought deeply: "Mr. Xiuwu must be saved! But now we have to wait and see what happens and see what Dongchang is going to do."
Qian Qianyi and other Donglin officials all nodded.
