Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 88
"Send Cui Wensheng to Nanjing and Li Kezhuo to the army?"

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian, who came to have lunch, heard Brother Hao Huang's words, and his first reaction was that he was too light.

"Yes..." Seeing Zhu Youjian's appearance, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said:

"The censor Wang Anshun first went to the shuffle, and the censor Zheng Zongzhou, Guo Ruchu, Feng Sanyuan, Jiao Yuanpu, Wei Yingjia, Hui Shiyang, Taichangqing Cao Juan, Guanglu Shaoqing Gao Panlong, the principal Lu Weiqi and others successively went to the shuffle. Cure Cui and Li."

"The Ministry of Criminal Justice decided the case as the Hongwan case. After discussing it for a month, I handed in such a memorial. I also think it's okay to do so."

Zhu Youxiao is still kind-hearted. You must know that Cui Wensheng in the Hongwan case is Zheng Guifei's servant.

In the Hongwan case, there are many traces of Concubine Zheng's actions.

In such a case of donating medicine to kill the current emperor, Cui Wensheng, the mastermind, just ended up condemning Nanjing?
Zhu Youjian suddenly had a toothache. Cui Wensheng probably made a lot of money by being with Concubine Zheng for so many years.

Send this guy to Nanjing, are you sure you don't send him to enjoy the blessings?
Thinking about it this way, Zhu Youjian tentatively asked the good emperor brother:
"Brother Huang, have you forgotten how Concubine Zheng bullied you and Huang Kao?"

"I have never forgotten, but she is the imperial grandfather's favorite concubine after all." Zhu Youxiao sighed, still unable to do anything to Concubine Zheng.

And judging from the court situation, the courtiers would not let him attack Concubine Zheng Gui and Concubine Li Kang.

"Concubine Zheng Gui naturally wants to keep it, but Cui Wensheng can't do it!" Zhu Youjian frowned at this moment, causing Zhu Youxiao to be a little puzzled and said:
"Why?"

"If you don't punish this guy, it's inevitable that he will stir up trouble in Jiangnan." Zhu Youjian understood how prosperous Cui Wensheng was in Jiangnan in history.

As soon as Wei Zhongxian came to power, he sent Cui Wensheng an errand as the governor of the water transport, and it turned out that this guy made a lot of money in the water transport.

If you don't kill this guy, maybe your own people will be exploited by this guy after they go to Jiangnan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Youxiao, and after Zhu Youxiao hesitated, he said:

"I just killed him, I'm afraid Zheng Guifei will not like it."

"Brother, you are the emperor now, why are you afraid of her being an old woman?" Zhu Youjian never forgot to remind the good emperor brother's identity.

In his opinion, it is a good thing for a good emperor brother to have a good attitude towards his relatives, but it is okay for enemies like Concubine Li Kang and Concubine Zheng, somewhat weak.

It was precisely because of his connivance that King Fu invaded and occupied the land of the people in Luoyang, causing Luoyang's land tax to drop by half in just ten years.

Even from this point of view, Zhu Youjian thought that Cui Wensheng should be suppressed, either to win him over as his own, or to ransack his family and exterminate his family, so as to deter Concubine Zheng Gui and King Fu.

But this is his idea after all, Zhu Youxiao still hesitated and said:

"If you do this, I'm afraid Uncle Sanhuang will not like it."

"Brother, don't worry, Uncle Sanhuang doesn't have the guts!" Zhu Youjian sneered.

Zhu Changxun himself is a mediocre person spoiled by Concubine Zheng, even if he doesn't like it, what can he do?
Rebellion?Don't be funny.

Now Qin Liangyu has entered Jingzhou Mansion, and Sun Chuanting is still in Nanyang Mansion.

In such a situation, Zhu Youjian hoped that Zhu Changxun would rebel.

If he dared to rebel, Zhu Youjian dared to put him down and abolish King Fu's family as ordinary people.

Maybe you can earn a million taels of silver to support the army.

The vassal king's rebellion was put down, even if he was killed, no other vassal king would have any objections.

Daming was tolerant towards the clan, but tolerance was limited.

As long as the third server dares to rebel, the main culprit is a death sentence.

The representative figures are King Ning and King Anhua.

The rebellion within the third service is basically abolished as a commoner and imprisoned in the high wall of Fengyang.

The representative figure is Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu.

Therefore, as long as Zhu Changxun dared to rebel and was later put down, for Daming, it would only waste hundreds of thousands of taels of military expenditure, but he would get millions of taels in return.

Not to mention that if Zhu Changxun rebelled because of a eunuch, everyone in the world would cast aside him, and no one would pity him.

So in the face of Zhu Youxiao's hesitation, Zhu Youjian rarely showed a decisive side and said:

"Brother handed over Cui Wensheng to Lu Wenzhao, so it's my begging."

"Alas..." Listening to Zhu Youjian's words, Zhu Youxiao only thought that the other party was trying to vent his anger on him.

But after thinking about it, he really hated Zheng Guifei and Li Kangfei, but because of moral requirements, he could not retaliate against them.

Killing a eunuch seems irrelevant...

"In that case, hand over Cui Wensheng to Lu Wenzhao."

"Brother Xie Huang!" Zhu Youjian became happy when he heard that Cui Wensheng was in his hands.

This old eunuch has worked under Zheng Guifei for more than [-] years, and it is a lie to say that there is no money.

If it is handed over to Lu Wenzhao, maybe a sum of military expenses can be knocked out.

Anyway, it was the eunuch who died, and no civil servant would stand up for him.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian suppressed his excitement, had a good meal with Zhu Youxiao, and then returned to Xuqin Palace after Zhu Youxiao's lunch break.

"Call Lu Wenzhao!"

As soon as he entered Xuqin Palace, Zhu Youjian greeted Wang Chengen. Seeing this, Wang Chengen asked Jin Yiwei to summon Lu Wenzhao.

When he was summoned, Lu Wenzhao had just sent Lu Jianxing and the others away from the capital, and he didn't know what happened.

After entering Xuqin Palace in a daze, Zhu Youjian first asked:
"How is Lu Jianxing and the others? Have they gone south?"

"Return to Your Highness, Lu Jianxing and others have already gone south, and the humble staff sent people to follow them to protect them going south."

The protection that Lu Wenzhao said was actually just surveillance. Zhu Youjian could understand it, but in his opinion, Lu Jianxing was very ambitious and a proper official fan.

Compared with money, he is more obsessed with power, so he will definitely not run away with money.

So he didn't care about this, but said to Lu Wenzhao:
"Cui Wensheng, who is being detained by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I asked Brother Huang to come."

"You take someone to bring him up and question him carefully. This old guy has hidden a lot of money."

"When I was young, he often brought people to the East Palace to show off his power. This has fallen into my hands. You should bring people to punish him."

"As long as he spits out the silver, it can give him a way out and let him go back to his hometown."

"Yes! I understand!" Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Lu Wenzhao also became interested.

Since taking charge of Nanzhen Fusi, he has not tortured anyone again.

This time Zhu Youjian nodded, and the other party was an eunuch who had offended the current emperor and the only prince, which meant that he could take action to rectify it.

"See if you can win him over. If you can't win him over, don't kill him too quickly. It will make you lose face..."

Looking at Lu Wenzhao's appearance, Zhu Youjian knew that he was interested, so he mentioned it.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I know how to do it, and I won't make it difficult for Your Highness." After hearing this, Lu Wenzhao bowed and led others back.

Zhu Youjian looked at his back, and there was also a kind of joy of revenge in his heart.

Although Zhu Youjian's experience in the past was not his, but that memory appeared in his mind from time to time, so it was rare to reveal a fierce side.

I just don't know how long Cui Wensheng can last in Lu Wenzhao's hands.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian showed a playful expression on his face...

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"Peach patter..."

Ice-cold water was poured from the top of his head, and the biting chill of the icy water woke Cui Wensheng from his coma.

Through the swollen eye slits, he saw two lumps of light vaguely, which were the candlesticks of the prison.

A day ago, Cui Wensheng was taken out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, then put on a black cloth bag hood, and was locked here by Jin Yiwei.

He originally thought that the place where he was imprisoned was a prison, but when he opened his eyes, he realized that it was not.

But even so, in his current opinion, this place is even more terrifying than Beizhen Fusi Prison.

Behind the candle, a man in crimson clothes had a flat face and a cold voice:

"Get him up!"

"What do you want to do... I belong to Mrs. Zheng! What do you want to do..."

Snapped!
"To shut up!"

Under the terrified gaze, a Jin Yiwei gave Cui Wensheng a whip.

When the whip hit his body, it was painful at first, and then the concentrated salt water stained on the whip began to irritate Cui Wensheng's wound.

What kind of pain is that?It was as if a flame was attached to the wound, and the flame turned into countless jagged spikes, tearing off Cui Wensheng's skin, with shreds of meat still hanging from the spikes, and ruthlessly penetrated into Cui Wensheng's body.

The skin around the wound twitched like water waves. Cui Wensheng lowered his head, looking through the torn coat, watching his flesh being whipped crazily.

The severe pain interfered with Cui Wensheng's nerves, and the muscles all over his body twitched, which looked very strange.

Cui Wensheng couldn't feel its pain at this moment, but it caused Cui Wensheng's shoulders and abdominal muscles to twitch together, as if a crazy parasite had burrowed into his flesh.

But soon, the burning caused by the severe pain turned into a warm current, and Cui Wensheng actually felt warm.

"look up!"

Suddenly, the whipping stopped, and Cui Wensheng raised his head with difficulty, and looked at the man sitting behind the candle.

The man was sitting on a chair in the prison, drinking a small wine with stewed vegetables, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Cui Wensheng stared at him, but he didn't care.

After the plate of stewed vegetables was finished, the man got up and said:
"Enough here today, continue tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, the man walked out of the dark room with Jin Yiwei, and blew out the candle, so that the whole room could not be seen, and no light could be seen.

Cui Wensheng began to fear, fear, and even yelled frantically towards the door:
"What do you want?! Tell me! Silver? I have a lot! I can give it to you! Let me out!"

"let me out……"

Painful howls came out of the room and spread in the dark corridor, but no one responded.

At this moment, Cui Wensheng was in despair, with such a dark feeling, as if he was the only one in the world.

In such a space, time seems to be a useless existence.

Cui Wensheng didn't know how long it had passed, but he felt that his throat was howling dry, and it hurt like a fire.

There was no sensation in the flesh of the whole body, and only when he moved his body would he feel pain, reminding him that he was injured.

"squeak……"

Suddenly, the wooden door where he was imprisoned opened, and Cui Wensheng, who saw the light and the living again, wanted to move excitedly, but was restrained by a rope.

The consequence of moving indiscriminately is burning and severe pain, and his psychological defense line has been defeated, and he said madly:
"Whatever you want to know, I will tell you, just let me out!"

"Don't worry..." The man from yesterday reappeared. He looked at Cui Wensheng with a slight sneer on his face, and then signaled to a Jin Yiwei.

Jin Yiwei understood the meaning, and immediately poured the water in his hand on Cui Wensheng.

"what!!!"

When the water splashed on Cui Wensheng's body, he let out a painful scream that only hell can hear.

In his perception, the water splashed on him was like a bucket of magma, burning with pain.

This is no ordinary water, this is salt water...

Cui Wensheng had just noticed something, but the next second he felt that the light in front of him was extremely dazzling.

"Tell me, how much is your entire net worth, and where is your money..."

Cui Wensheng reluctantly opened his eyes against the burning pain.

When he looked in front of him, he realized that the surrounding area was filled with candlesticks, and the man in charge was sitting behind the candlesticks, leaning on the chair with a flat expression, looking at him like looking at livestock.

horrible……

Cui Wensheng, who had never experienced this before, had already been defeated. When he heard the other party's question, he immediately said:

"In the sixth house on the left hand side of the third lane behind the Longfu Temple in Renshoufang, there is a dark room under the floor in the study, and all my silver is stored in it, [-] taels of silver."

"What else?" The man continued to ask, but Cui Wensheng could only despair when he saw this:

"And among all the vases in the third row of the bookshelf on the left side of the study, there are a total of thirteen vases. After smashing, you can get all my houses and land deeds."

"Tongzhou and Jiangnan have a total of [-] acres of dry land, [-] acres of paddy fields, and six houses."

"There is a water pavilion behind Qinhuai Street in Nanjing, and there are thirty thousand taels of silver under the floor tiles of the study in the water pavilion..."

"Is it gone?" The smile on the man's face became stronger, and he got up immediately and said:

"Tell me, what Concubine Zheng instructed you to do, and what was recorded in the correspondence between King Fu and Concubine Zheng."

"..." Hearing this question, Cui Wensheng didn't dare to speak again, and his actions also aroused the man's dissatisfaction.

"Do it!" He ordered Jin Yiwei to do it with a gloomy face, and Cui Wensheng was frightened and screamed like a frightened bird.

"What are you doing? This is not a jail, who ordered you to do this?!"

"What are you doing?! What are you doing!"

Cui Wensheng was still roaring, but he saw two Jinyi guards coming up and stretched out their hands under his frightened expression.

He instinctively wanted to close his eyes, but Jin Yiwei opened his eyelids and stabbed Cui Wensheng's eye sockets with a sharp iron hook. Cui Wensheng's pupils were blurred with blood.

His pain, anxiety, fear...

Just when he thought Jin Yiwei was about to blow out the candles and leave, Jin Yiwei filled the prison with candles again, then closed the wooden door and left the prison.

Cui Wensheng thought he was rescued, but as he couldn't close his eyes, he discovered for the first time that the light could actually penetrate the brain like a dagger.

The dormant brain was forced to wake up and was exposed to direct light. Cui Wensheng felt a hand reaching into the brain, stirring without hesitation, nausea and severe pain came.

His consciousness began to blur, struggling between awake and lethargic.

Suddenly, the light in front of him dimmed, and the surroundings were pitch black. Spots appeared in front of Cui Wensheng's eyes. His pupils stopped shrinking crazily, and slowly enlarged...

But before the pupils could relax, the bright light broke out again, Cui Wensheng felt that the hand in his head grabbed a certain nerve of Cui Wensheng, and gave it a hard twitch!
vomit--

In the prison, the abdomen was hit hard, and the empty stomach contracted crazily. A mouthful of acidic water spewed out from Cui Wensheng's mouth and nose, and flowed back into the air intake, bringing acid and hot stimulation, and he began to cough violently.

But then, a wet cloth soaked in water covered Cui Wensheng's mouth and nose.

Cui Wensheng struggled to breathe, but at the same time, the trachea was still urging Cui Wensheng to cough under the stimulation of stomach acid.

Cui Wensheng's breath was trapped in the trachea and esophagus, mixed with stomach acid, like a ball of angry gunpowder, about to explode through his body.

After struggling for a period of time, Cui Wensheng's consciousness began to slacken, and everything became quiet.

But suddenly, Cui Wensheng felt his body shake, he was hung upside down by the whole person, and the wet cloth on his nose and mouth was also taken away.

Stomach acid filled the nostrils, and Cui Wensheng's cough splashed them all over his face. Some stomach acid irritated Cui Wensheng's eyes, and the flesh around the eyes was still forcibly outlined by the iron hook, making it impossible to close the eyes.

The candle was lit again, and he felt that he seemed to be getting used to it.

But after a while, the candlelight dimmed, Cui Wensheng's eyes were loosened, a black cloth covered his eyes, and his body was straightened, no pain, and slowly fell into sleep.

While Cui Wensheng was soundly asleep, Cui Wensheng was awakened by severe pain and repeated the above process again.

Cui Wensheng didn't know whether it was night or day, the only thing Cui Wensheng could see when he opened his eyes was the strong candlelight

Finally, after being awakened and tortured countless times, Cui Wensheng's consciousness began to slacken, and countless memories flooded his mind.

At this time, he felt that someone was saying something, and he also felt that his mouth was opening and closing, as if something was coming out.

But at the moment, he can no longer form a complete consciousness in his heart. He can only see the iron hook on his cheek being removed, and he opens and closes his jaw like a toy, spitting out words one by one.

When the other party stopped asking questions, his body finally got a moment of rest, and the man who got the information also walked out of the dark prison with Jin Yiwei.

After passing through the dark and narrow corridor, the sun shone on them, and the man in the lead was Lu Wenzhao, the governor of Nanzhen Fusi.

He looked at the strong sunlight, covered his eyes with his hands, and said to the people beside him:
"Take Cui Wensheng down to rest and recuperate, and then return him to the imperial city after he recovers from his injuries."

"You don't need to kill him, keep him by Concubine Zheng's side, just treat him as eyes and ears, I told him when His Highness went back."

"You take someone to take back all Cui Wensheng's money, farmland, and mansion."

"Yes!" Hearing this, Jin Yiwei Baihu nodded, and Lu Wenzhao also led others away when he saw this.

They got into the carriage and arrived at the Donghua Gate of the palace half an hour later. After getting off their horses, they walked into the palace, shuttled through the outer court, and finally came to the rear left gate, where they saw Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian who were riding and archery two brothers.

Seeing Lu Wenzhao's arrival, Zhu Youjian reined in his horse and said to Zhu Youxiao:
"Brother Huang, Lu Wenzhao is here. I think there must be something to do. I'll go over there."

"Let's go together, I'm just a little tired, and I can deal with the memorial by the way." Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Lu Wenzhao's direction, and then rode over with Zhu Youjian.

"Minister Lu Wenzhao, see Long Live, Your Highness."

Lu Wenzhao bowed and saluted, while Zhu Youxiao nodded and said:
"Flat body."

"I thank you for your grace..." After returning the gift, Lu Wenzhao got up and took out a document that he had written earlier from his pocket and said:
"Your Highness, this is the dirty silver and fields that Cui Wensheng spit out, the house."

"Show it to the emperor first." Zhu Youjian glanced at the document and said indifferently, and Lu Wenzhao handed it to Zhu Youxiao after hearing the words.

Zhu Youxiao showed doubts on his face. He didn't know what his good brother was trying to sell, so he took the document and opened it with doubts.

"..." There was no swearing or other words, Zhu Youxiao just frowned slightly, and then handed it to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian took a look at the document before saying:

"The money in the capital is transported to the inner treasury, the house and fields are handed over to Huangdian and Huangzhuang, and the silver in the south of the Yangtze River is transported to Changping."

"A lowly official takes orders." Lu Wenzhao accepted the order honestly, and after he accepted the order, Zhu Youxiao said:

"There are many places where money is needed in the Yumajian, so you should keep the money."

"Where is the brother?" Zhu Youjian said with a smile:

"The Imperial Horse Supervisor spends a lot of money, so there aren't many places where money is used in the internal funds?"

"The [-] taels of silver, my brother can accept it with peace of mind. After all, I only took my brother's [-] taels of silver a few days ago."

"Hehe...you..." Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to say about Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian was acting obedient to Zhu Youxiao, and asked Lu Wenzhao by the way:

"How is the number of people in Changping? Five days have passed, you should have recruited quite a few people, right?"

In a blink of an eye, Zhu Youjian stayed in the capital for five days, and there was already a commotion in the north because of the notice of the high salary of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

Many people who agree with the conditions in Beizhili and the capital are preparing to join the army with their families and brave the winter snow. Zhu Youjian also dared to ask Lu Wenzhao after he understood the situation.

Lu Wenzhao also responded happily and said:
"At noon, the Imperial Horse Supervisor sent the news back. Since yesterday, a large number of people have gone to Changping, either wanting to reclaim wasteland at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Changping, or directly joining the army."

"Only yesterday, [-] people qualified to join the army. If you think about it, if you continue like this, you will be able to supplement the establishment of Yumajian and Habayashi Sanwei in about three months."

"Well, tell Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan to train them so that when the emperor needs them, he must do his best for the emperor!" Zhu Youjian said awe-inspiringly, causing Zhu Youxiao to give him a white look.

But after rolling his eyes, Zhu Youxiao still became interested and said:
"If they are really as brave as my brother said, then the rebels in Jianzhou may be cut off in just three or two years."

"Er... this..." Zhu Youjian hesitated after listening to Brother Haohuang's words:
"Brother, the battle is not that simple. Liaodong's terrain is rugged and full of mountains. The old slave has built hundreds of wooden forts. If he wants to attack the old slave, it will be difficult for the army to exert its strength between the crowded mountain roads."

"The most important thing is the war horses. At present, there are only a few thousand war horses in the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the old slave has subdued the Tatars in Nekarka, and almost every man has a horse."

"Based on the current speed at which the Yumajian's horses are raised in captivity, it may take three or four years before the army can advance and break through Hetuala."

"That time will be too soon." Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Youjian's words, from frowning at the beginning to stretching his brows, his mood improved a lot.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian also took the opportunity to say:

"By the way, brother, my brother has been in the capital for five days, and it is estimated that he will return to Changping in five days, that is, on the twenty-fifth day."

"But brother, don't worry, I will rush back to the capital at the fifth day of next month at the latest."

"Well..." Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Zhu Youxiao also nodded, knowing that Zhu Youjian stayed in the capital for so long because of himself.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two brothers dealt with several memorials sent by the supervisor of ceremonies, and then continued to ride horses and shoot arrows, so happy...

(End of this chapter)