Summary of the previous chapter: On his way to court for the first time after the New Year, Ma Xiaoquan was stopped at the gate of the Forbidden City by Wei Zhongxian's minions...
In front of the gate of Qianqing Palace, all the court officials lined up in two rows, waiting quietly. Dingdian Novel,...
Almost an hour had passed, and everyone was thirsty and thirsty, but no one saw the emperor coming.
Ma Xiaoquan stood at the end of the queue, raised his head and looked at the sky, and shook his head helplessly.
In sharp contrast to the two neat rows, under the shade of a tree, Wei Zhongxian was sitting on a chair, squinting his eyes, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and sipping.
Several officials who had a good relationship with Wei Zhongxian stood respectfully beside him, each holding a cup of tea, enjoying the comfort brought by the fragrant tea and the shade of the trees.
Yang Lian couldn't stand it anymore, walked up to Wei Zhongxian and said loudly: "Wei Zhongxian, the court officials are standing here, but you, a eunuch, dare to sit on a chair and drink tea in the palace. You have such a high status, ah?" "
Wei Zhongxian had always been afraid of Yang Lian. When the other party said this, he immediately stood up and snorted: "Master Yang, what are you talking about? This imperial chair was given to me by the emperor. Do you think I made it? Okay, Then you are awesome, come and sit down." Wei Zhongxian said, pushing the Grand Master's chair in front of Yang Lian.
Yang Lian didn't know whether what Wei Zhongxian said was true or not, so naturally he didn't dare to sit on the Taishi chair. When Wei Zhongxian saw this, he smiled and said: "Since Mr. Yang knows that this was given to me by the emperor, what else can he say? Isn't the chair just for sitting?" Yes, besides, the emperor said that this chair can only be kept in the palace and cannot be taken back, so what do you want me to do, offer it to burn incense, then the emperor must not scold me to death?"
"Wei Zhongxian, you" Yang Lian was choked by Wei Zhongxian and gritted his teeth and stamped his feet in anger.
Ma Xiaoquan walked over, chuckled, and asked, "What's wrong? Why is it such a loud noise?"
Yang Lian saw Ma Xiaoquan coming and said, "Master Deacon, you are here at the right time. Tell me, is it right or wrong for Wei Zhongxian to sit like this in the palace?"
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes and glared at Wei Zhongxian, who was startled and jumped back quickly.
"Well... I heard Eunuch Wei just say that this chair was given by the emperor, right Eunuch Wei?"
Wei Zhongxian felt a little guilty: "Yes...yes, what's wrong?"
"Oh," Ma Xiaoquan said, "but I remember that the emperor hasn't made any chairs recently. With the emperor's craftsmanship, it would take at least a few months to make such a chair. But starting from the day I returned to Beijing, , it seems that you haven’t heard of the emperor doing it?”
Wei Zhongxian felt guilty and said: "That's because you were not here. The emperor did a lot in your absence."
"No, no," Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, "I came back and checked it out, and there seems to be something wrong. Well, Eunuch Wei, I'm not saying there's something wrong with your chair. I'm just discussing the matter. Well, I have to go back and check this matter again today. Check, if we find any clues, I'd better give everyone an explanation, right?"
"Ma Xiaoquan, you...are you suspecting that this chair was not given by the emperor?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "I didn't say it, I just wanted to check. Suddenly there was such a chair in the palace. As the deacon of Jin Yiwei, I have to check it, right? There is a unicorn on it, eh? No, this unicorn looks like Is it for military generals? Eunuch Wei, why don't you sit on this chair? Do you want to fight on the front line? If you really want to, then I'll tell my father that you go to Ningyuan. They happened to be fighting with the Jurchens recently. "
When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he waved his hands quickly: "Who said I was going to fight? Isn't it okay for the emperor to carve a unicorn on this chair?"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand impatiently: "Don't open your mouth and the emperor shuts up every time. Does the emperor have the ability to call you so casually? It's enough for you to raise the flag. Okay, don't say anything anymore. I, Jin Yiwei, will take this chair first." Buttoned”
"Ma Xiaoquan, you"
Ma Xiaoquan walked toward Wei Zhongxian, and immediately two bold Huangmen guards came forward to protect their master.
Ma Xiaoquan's eyes widened: "Why, the little Huangmen, taking advantage of the power of others, wants to attack me?"
The two Huangmen didn't seem to be afraid of Ma Xiaoquan's scolding. Not only did they smile slightly, but they even started gearing up.
"Okay, very good." Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, "In the morning at the gate of the palace, you two slaves were very disrespectful to me, and now you are like this again, well, it's interesting, it's kind of interesting, I will remember you two." Ma Xiaoquan still kept the smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
At this moment, the gate of Qianqing Palace suddenly opened, and a eunuch came out and said loudly: "Xuan, my lords, come into the palace."
Ma Xiaoquan put away his smile, pointed at the two Huangmen guards, and then followed the officials into the Qianqing Palace.
In the palace, Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youzhao was sitting on the dragon throne, looking at the officials below with high spirits.
All the officials took three steps forward and said respectfully in unison: "I will bow to the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep."
Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said: "Everyone loves you, please be safe."
"Thank you, Your Majesty"
It was rare for Zhu Youxiao to go to court, so he naturally had to ask about the recent people's livelihood and national conditions and the war in Liaodong.
As a "person who came back from Liaodong", Ma Xiaoquan naturally had to explain the war situation in Liaodong to Zhu Youxiao in detail.
Relying on his understanding of history and the gossip he secretly sent to find out, Ma Xiaoquan successfully deceived Zhu Youxiao with his war speech. Of course, what Ma Xiaoquan said was not entirely false. At least the war in Liaodong continued to be tense, and food and wages were not enough. Real thing.
Since Zhu Youxiao ordered Wei Zhongxian to overthrow the richest man in Beijing, Zhang Tianhao, the treasury has been filled with a lot of money. When Ma Xiaoquan raised the issue of food and wages, he immediately approved 50,000 taels with a wave of his hand and ordered him to be sent to the front line.
Little did Zhu Youxiao know that he felt that the treasury was full of money. In fact, if Wei Zhongxian's corruption was added up, it would be too much.
Zhu Youxiao planned to leave the money to Ma Xiaoquan. When Ma Xiaoquan heard about it, he immediately passed the job to Mr. Huang, his ally whom he had just recruited in the morning, on the grounds that he had just come back and needed to straighten things out at work.
Sending money is actually a good job. Although it's a bit hard on the road, going to Liaodong can get a feel for the people's sentiments and feel the atmosphere of the battlefield on the spot. This is only good for an upright person like Mr. Huang. There is no harm in it. Besides, under normal circumstances, if the food and salary are delivered to the destination safely and returned safely, the officer can be promoted to half a level.