"Ah?" After hearing this, Yang Guozhu was a little confused and wondered.
In fact, Lu Xiangsheng briefly explained his plan without him asking, and then said to him solemnly: "I still have to rely on you for this matter, do you understand?"
"No, sir!" Upon hearing this, Yang Guozhu responded excitedly, "No, sir, let's replace him!"
"The Tatars will not agree." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "No need to say more, it's settled!"
The next day, in the evening, in the Forbidden City of the capital, a group of eunuchs were surrounding the eunuch Wang Zhixin, the eunuch in charge of the royal horse, listening to his orders from time to time and then flattering them one after another. The atmosphere was harmonious.
But at this moment, he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from outside the palace gate. This made Wang Zhixin a little surprised. He raised his head and looked in that direction and said: "It's such an eventful day. I'm afraid the emperor will have to rush on his way in such a hurry." So happy!"
"No, the previous things have just settled down. What kind of bad news is there? It's strange that the emperor is in a good mood! We have a sad life..." A eunuch quickly agreed.
Hearing this, Wang Zhixin was a little unhappy. She turned around and gave him a cold look, and interrupted coldly: "Our mood is just a little better. Which pot are you not picking up?"
He was also one of the eight palm print eunuchs who had written confessions, so naturally he didn't like others to mention his punishment again. Even if the emperor held them high and let them go gently, he would not be willing to mention them again!
"My child deserves to die. My child has such a foul mouth. Dad, please don't be as knowledgeable as your child!" The eunuch was startled when he heard this, his face changed, he quickly slapped himself in the mouth, and apologized at the same time.
Wang Zhixin saw it and snorted coldly: "You really deserve a beating for that foul mouth!"
Then he ignored the man, turned around and left.
At this moment, there were rapid footsteps coming from the fork in the road ahead. Wang Zhixin looked up and saw a man wearing a red python robe with a tired look and a few eunuchs coming in a hurry.
"Hey, Eunuch Cao, why are you in such a hurry?" Wang Zhixin immediately showed a friendly smile and greeted quickly.
The person who came was Cao Huachun, who had traveled back day and night. He could not walk steadily and had to be supported by his eunuchs before he could walk. Just like that, he kept urging "hurry up, hurry up".
Hearing the voice, Cao Huachun looked up and naturally recognized the eunuch Wang Zhixin, the eunuch in charge of the horse eunuch.
"Eunuch Cao, you are lucky to have escaped!" Wang Zhixin smiled bitterly again, "You don't know, something bad happened in the palace..."
He did not allow his subordinates to discuss the unfortunate incident, but it was necessary for a eunuch of the same level to come and say a few words and explain something by the way.
However, before he finished speaking, Cao Huachun, who was already approaching, not only did not respond with a smile, but looked at him coldly, let out a heavy "hum", and then walked away in a hurry without stopping.
Wang Zhixin suddenly felt a little stupid. Looking at Cao Huachun's back, he thought to himself: Why are you so angry? Our family provoked you? You didn't write a confession, so you must be happy that we made the emperor unhappy, right? I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m not stepping on your tail?
Wang Zhixin was not happy about being treated coldly for no reason, and left in anger.
Little did he know that since he was one of the eight eunuchs with palm prints, he might be the one who complained. Cao Huachun knew about the report, and it was impossible for anyone to admit it. When he heard that he was vaguely mentioning the matter, he guessed that he was here to distance himself. For Cao Huachun, he did not believe anyone.
Now that you have made a decision and rushed back in a hurry, you decided to take revenge, why do you need to look good?
Along the way, my mind was racing, thinking about the next thing, and soon I arrived at Emperor Chongzhen's side.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had just finished reading another day's memorial and gave some instructions to Chen Baoting and others. When he was preparing to drive to have dinner, Cao Huachun arrived. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen knew clearly where Cao Huachun went and what he said along the way.
"Your Majesty, this slave has come back to reply. Liu Shoufu has understood that Lu Shangshu will never interfere." As soon as Cao Huachun entered the palace, he knelt down and said, "Congratulations to the emperor, Lu Shangshu is invincible and has been conquered by hundreds of thousands of people." The Qing army surrounded Haoshui Bridge, but they were still able to break out and have now taken refuge in Jiazhuang. Director Gao's department has been ordered to rescue, and everything is getting better!"
First of all, we need to reply to the decree. This is a business matter. If it is a little exaggerated, it can be regarded as reporting good news to the emperor and making the emperor feel better. This way, it will be safer to bring up the matter of sin.
Emperor Chongzhen naturally would not say that he already knew. He nodded and said with a smile: "Cao Daban did a good job. Just hope Lu Shangshu is fine!"
Hearing this, Cao Huachun immediately changed his expression, with a look of regret on his face. He knelt on the ground, raised his head, looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and cried again: "Your Majesty, this slave deserves to die. This slave is obsessed with money. Suddenly I forgot your majesty's entrustment and caused Dongchang to lose its due responsibility of supervision. This slave deserves death. I rushed back at night to ask your majesty to punish you!"
We are all actors, start acting!
When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, the smile on his face disappeared, but his tone was not cold. He just said with a bit of hatred: "It's good that you know! Did Wang Chengen tell you everything?"
"My crime deserves death. I must hand over all the dirty money. If I dare to take another dirty silver in the future, I will definitely die a hard death!" Cao Huachun burst into tears and cried bitterly, "I have failed your majesty. I have been entrusted to you. I regret that I have committed a crime that deserves death. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Haha, while saying that he would not dare to take dirty money again in the future, and at the same time asking himself to be punished, doesn't this imply to himself that he promised to forget the blame, and even if he is punished, he still has the power, and he will not be greedy again.
Emperor Chongzhen thought in his mind, and after sneering, a smile appeared on his face. He even stood up from the throne, walked down, and stood in front of Cao Huachun. He didn't mind that he had a lot of tears and nose, and helped him. He stood up and said: "Cao Daban, you are the old man next to me. I have always trusted you. I believe you should know what I want now? Since I have made a promise to Wang Chengen, I will naturally make a promise to you as well. understand?"
When Cao Huachun heard this, he was so moved that he knelt down again, thanked him repeatedly, and at the same time once again condemned his money obsession!
This time, Emperor Chongzhen did not help him anymore, but looked down at him and said: "I am in urgent need of money now, and I believe my companion knows it. Otherwise, it is just a little money, and it doesn't matter if I treat it as a reward to you. understand?"
"This slave must hand over all the dirty money and never keep any of it secretly." After hearing this, Cao Huachun quickly expressed his stance, "Your Majesty is so kind to this slave, and I will never be able to repay you in my lifetime!"
Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to be so hypocritical anymore, so he said to Cao Huachun: "Okay, I understand. Let's forget about the past. I will just see how the big companion behaves next. You should know, what do I need urgently now? "
"I understand that I will fulfill my duties, serve as His Majesty's servant, and will never disobey His Majesty's trust again!" Cao Huachun immediately swore to the sky with a responsible look on his face.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, looked up at the sky, and suddenly sighed and said: "I am very worried. Money and food are one problem, and the army's combat strength is another problem! I think in the years when the Ming Dynasty was founded, the army here in the capital was It is the most elite army in the country! In this way, even if there are problems with the border troops, I will not worry!"
Behind the scenes, he was very dissatisfied with the army in the capital.
