"Your Majesty, Luo Sigong, failed to protect Long Live. This is actually a capital crime. Please be punished by Long Live!"

Before anyone arrived, the sound of crying and howling spread throughout the main hall. Luo Sigong burst into tears, which made Zhu Youxiao a little impatient.

In his opinion, it was his younger brother who protected him at the critical moment, and Luo Sigong's current behavior was too false.

He had followed his grandfather for many years, and naturally he heard a lot of comments about Luo Sigong from his grandfather.

"This person likes to have a false reputation. He is afraid of offending literati, so be careful when using him."

This was the comment Emperor Wanli made to Luo Sigong, and the young Zhu Youxiao also kept it in his heart.

"Get up." Although Zhu Youxiao didn't like Luo Sigong, he still told him to stand up, and then said to Luo Sigong:

"Lu Wenzhao has made a great contribution, do you know what to do?"

"I understand!" Luo Sigong saw this. Although he was jealous of Lu Wenzhao and was afraid that Lu Wenzhao would steal his position, he still treated Zhu Youxiao courteously and said:

"The Nanzhen Fusi still lacks a guard commander to dispatch the Nanzhen Fusi. Due to Lu Baihu's merits, it is absolutely enough to be promoted to the commanding officer to supervise the Nanzhen Fusi."

Jinyiwei Town Fusi is divided into two divisions: the South and the North. Among them, the "South Town Fusi" is responsible for the law and discipline of the guard and military correction. The "North Town Fusi" handles cases designated by the emperor and has its own prison (Edict Prison).

You can arrest, torture, and execute yourself without going through the judicial system.

Under the command, there are two third-grade commanders who manage the North and South Town Fusi respectively, but the North Town Fusi has greater power.

It's just that Nanzhen Fusi is, after all, the place in charge of law and order and military discipline. Although the manpower has been reduced sharply due to insufficient wages over the years, it is still a good place.

For Zhu Youjian, this person rarely does bad things, and at least it is easy to re-establish the law.

For Jin Yiwei, he doesn't need everyone to be his, but it is enough as long as every banner has his eyeliner.

Nanzhen Fusi can definitely do this.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Zhu Youxiao did not ask Lu Wenzhao to thank him, but first asked Zhu Youjian for his opinion.

This behavior is worthy of reasoning. If Zhu Youxiao directly calls Lu Wenzhao to thank him, it means that from now on, Lu Wenzhao is his person, and secondly, he is Zhu Youjian's person.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't do this. He first asked Zhu Youjian's opinion, because he didn't want to rob his younger brother.

"Lu Wenzhao, why don't you thank me?" After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youjian immediately turned serious and greeted Lu Wenzhao.

"My lord, Lu Wenzhao, thank you for your grace!"

Lu Wenzhao is not a fool. At this time, he cannot thank Zhu Youjian in person. He can only thank Zhu Youxiao first.

If he thanked Zhu Youjian first and then thanked Zhu Youxiao, he would undoubtedly push Zhu Youjian into the pit of fire.

"Well, you are a good person. My safety depends on your hands."

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with Lu Wenzhao's behavior. While his affection for him greatly increased, he also revealed a certain closeness to him.

This closeness made Luo Sigong feel even more stressed, and he understood Zhu Youxiao's dissatisfaction with him.

He could only lower his head, look at his nose with his eyes, and look at his heart with his nose.

At this time, Wang An, as the number one eunuch, seemed very calm.

Zhu Youjian saw this and said directly:

"Wang An, I heard that you have a man named Cao Huachun. Ask him to serve as an official in my Xuqin Palace."

"This..." A glimmer of light flashed in Wang An's dull eyes, and he looked up at Zhu Youxiao, as if asking him for his opinion.

"Just do what the emperor tells you to do." Zhu Youxiao disliked Wang An's foresight and hesitation, mainly because Wang An did not speak up when his mother was bullied to death by Concubine Li Kang last year.

"This slave has received the order..." Seeing that Zhu Youxiao had already said this, Wang An didn't know what to say.

At this time, footsteps sounded, Zhu Youjian looked sideways, and saw that the eunuch he had ordered to find Fang Congzhe earlier had returned.

This eunuch was only twenty-seven or eighty-years-old. He was fair and handsome, but his personality was a bit dull and dull.

Looking at this eunuch, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but feel a headache.

Simply because this eunuch was none other than Chongzhen’s famous first companion in history, Wang Chengen.

As a companion eunuch, Wang Chengen is very good. Although he is dull and dull and not good at inner court battles, he is loyal and good at governance.

This can be seen from the fact that during the seventeen years of Chongzhen's reign, there were no major disturbances in the inner court.

As for why Wang Chengen appeared here, it was Zhu Youjian who called him from the Supervisor of Rites to work for him a month ago.

At that time, he was still a young eunuch with a low profile. He only did some chores in the ceremonial department. After he came to Zhu Youjian's staff, he gradually gained power.

However, he is not greedy for power and does everything Zhu Youjian tells him honestly.

Seeing that Lu Wenzhao was favored, he was not jealous, he just did his own thing calmly.

Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with his loyalty and honesty, but the fact that he was not good at fighting gave Zhu Youjian a headache.

It was precisely because of his character flaws that Zhu Youjian asked Wang An for Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun can be said to have a clear conscience regarding the internal eunuchs' struggles, although some people in later generations falsely accused Cao Huachun of opening the city gate when the capital fell.

However, after the epitaphs of later generations were unearthed, this false history was self-defeating. When the capital fell, Cao Huachun had already returned to his hometown for six years to retire.

Unless Cao Huachun could travel thousands of miles a day, it would be impossible for him to appear in the capital and take power to open the city gates for the invading army.

In short, with Cao Huachun, Zhu Youjian's idea of ​​controlling the imperial horse supervisor can be realized.

Thinking like this, he said to Zhu Youjian: "Brother Emperor..."

"I called you brother just now, why are you calling me emperor brother now?" Zhu Youxiao suddenly laughed. After hearing this, Zhu Youjian was very embarrassed and said quickly:

"Brother has been through a lot today. It's time to take a good rest. Tomorrow I will send people outside the capital to inspect the horse farms in various places of the Royal Horse Prison to see how many men and horses are left in the Fourth Guards and First Battalion."

"After identifying the troops, I will return to the capital to report to the Ministry of Household Affairs and calculate the money needed to build the imperial mausoleum for the emperor. After the national funeral, my brother will personally inspect the armies."

"National mourning?" Hearing Zhu Youjian say this, Zhu Youxiao looked confused.

Normally, the national mourning only lasts for one month. What Zhu Youjian meant was that he would leave the palace in one month to inspect the four guards and one battalion of the Imperial Horse Guards.

Although he knew that his brother had good intentions, he was still a little afraid of Li Kangfei and others.

After all, the shadow she caused on him was too great. If Zhu Youjian was not here, and he was the only one in this huge palace, and he was only a few walls away from Concubine Li Kang, then...

Thinking like this, Zhu Youxiao could only say to Zhu Youjian: "Just let Cheng'en and Wang An handle these matters. You should stay in the palace and deal with the national mourning with me."

Zhu Youxiao's words have been made clear enough. At least until he has dealt with Concubine Li Kang, he will not dare to let Zhu Youxuan leave the palace.

Zhu Youjian had no choice. He could understand Zhu Youjian's fear of Li Kangfei, but he was also in a dilemma as to how to deal with Li Kangfei.

Killing is not allowed, at least within three years, otherwise the world will surely say that the two brothers killed their adoptive mother out of revenge.

In this era where filial piety is paramount, even if Concubine Li Kang killed the biological mother of the two Zhu Youxiao brothers directly or indirectly, they would never allow Concubine Li to die.
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