In the imperial study, Kangxi had taken a breath and woke up from his rage.
Seeing Yuzhu come in, Kangxi asked him: "Did you beat Xu Yuanmeng?"
"Huihan Ama, Xu Shan has no father in his eyes and ignores the holy edict. Such an unfaithful and unfilial old thief should be beaten!" Yuzhu said confidently.
Kangxi suddenly sighed and said, "You saved his life and my reputation. Tell me, how should I reward you?"
He said I at the beginning, but I became me at the end. Yuzhu is not stupid. If he is asking for a reward now, then he just waits to be hammered.
"Hey, Khan Ama, you are lucky if you don't punish me. How can you ask for rewards?" Yuzhu salivated and looked at the old emperor eagerly.
The old emperor also knew that even if he chopped off Xu Yuanmeng's head, it had nothing to do with Yuzhu.
If it weren't for the old emperor's reputation as a saint, Yuzhu, who had always been too lazy to seize power, would have been too lazy to attack Xu Yuanmeng.
As long as your mind is pure and your heart is truly loyal to the Emperor, even if your methods are a little extreme, what's the problem?
"I am not a person who likes to kill. You can personally escort Xu Yuanmeng back. You must tell everyone in the Xu family that if Xu Shan has any shortcomings, I will ask them to die together." As soon as Kangxi said this, he was like putting the Xu family together.
Xu Yuanmeng was tied together and wanted to die together.
The supreme imperial power is so powerful!
If you are told to die, you must die even if you don’t want to die. If you are not allowed to die, even if you want to commit suicide, you must worry about the lives of the whole family and not dare to die.
"Hey." After receiving the decree, Yuzhu led people back to Xu Yuanmeng's side.
"Master Xu, according to the emperor's instructions, I will send you back to your hometown from Zaiwan." Xu Yuanmeng is the serious teacher of the deposed prince. Yuzhu is afraid to avoid him. How can he have any contact with him in private?
Xu Yuanmeng's highest official position is Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and he has no title. According to the rules of the officialdom, he and Yuzhu are colleagues of the same rank and slightly lower.
However, Xu Yuanmeng was not only the teacher of the deposed prince, but also the serious teacher of the third, fourth, fifth and seventh children.
Yuzhu was also the adopted son of the old emperor. Due to this relationship, he could not be openly rude to Xu Yuanmeng.
Xu Yuanmeng looked deeply at Yuzhu, turned his head to the side, and said coldly: "You troublemaker! My master is a holy king, why do I need your rescue?"
Yuzhu smiled hoarsely and said to himself, if it weren't for the worry that the old emperor would regret it after he killed you, the old man wouldn't bother to care about your mess.
"Master Xu, the sacred order cannot be violated, please come." Yuzhu was too lazy to talk nonsense to Xu Yuanmeng, and directly raised the old emperor's flag as a tiger skin.
"Huh." Xu Yuanmeng didn't look at Yuzhu, turned around and left.
The two young eunuchs who originally helped Xu Yuanmeng in knew that Xu Yuanmeng had suffered a lot, so they looked at each other and did not dare to move.
After all, Xu Yuanmeng was old, and he didn't bring a cane into the palace. He started to breathe after walking a few steps.
Yuzhu raised his chin, and then the two young eunuchs ran over, helped Xu Yuanmeng one on the left and the other on the horse, and got on the horse outside Qianqing Gate.
Xu Yuanmeng's Ama and Mafa are both left leaders under the Manchu Zhengbai banner and are serious Manchu officers.
As the commander of the infantry, Yuzhu naturally knew very well that according to the rules of the Eight Banners in the inner city, the Zhengbai Banner was located between Dongzhimen and Chaoyangmen.
Sure enough, after Xu Yuanmeng got on his horse, he ignored Yuzhu and went straight to Chaoyang Gate.
On the road, Xu Yuanmeng's horse walked very slowly, and it took a full hour to return to Xu Mansion.
Yuzhu understood at a glance that Douzhaocai Hutong, where the Xu Mansion was located, was just north of Chaoyangmen Street at the junction of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner.
After entering the Xu Mansion, Yuzhu ignored Xu Yuanmeng and directly ordered people to find all the children and grandchildren of the Xu family.
"You all listen carefully. If Master Xu is even slightly injured, I can guarantee that you will all go to Ninggu Pagoda and become slaves of the armored men." Yuzhu had nothing to say to the children and grandchildren of the Xu family.
Chi Guoguo's threat was particularly domineering.
Who is Yuzhu? The Xu family really didn't dare to ignore the threats he made. They nodded like chickens pecking at rice.
No matter how stubborn Xu Yuanmeng's temper is, he cannot ignore the future of his children and grandchildren. If he dares to commit suicide, Yu Zhu really dares to kill and maim a few of his children and grandchildren.
When Yuzhu returned to the palace to deliver the order, he told the old emperor the cruel words.
The old emperor twitched his beard and squinted his eyes, and smiled softly: "You kid, you have grasped Xu Shanchang's Achilles' heel. The sons in his family are not very popular, but the Yao Sun is a little prodigy. It is said that the Yao Sun is in Xu Shanchang.
Home, pampered in every way, and everything you want."
Yuzhu thought to himself, isn't this the same as you?
When the old emperor doted on Yinreng, he also wanted the stars but not the moon. As a result, raising tigers was a problem, and Yinreng complained in public: How can there be a prince who has been thirty years old?
Yuzhu was afraid of raising a prodigal son. Several of his cubs, including his younger brother Bajiu, were no longer allowed to stay in the inner house and study when they reached the age of five. They had to study in the outer study.
The hired enlightenment teacher was none other than Yuzhu's examination master, Wu Xiang, the third son of Wu Jun.
Wu Jun had arranged his posthumous affairs early. Among his sons, some were officials, some were in business, some were housekeepers, and some were out to contact the powerful.
Wu Xiang, the Juren master, was the representative of the Wu family who took shelter under the Yuzhu Gate.
These days, even a big family with a little bit of foundation cannot put all their eggs into one basket.
After coming out of the palace, Yuzhu took a carriage to Lao Wu's place.
Lao Wu's Prince Heng's Mansion is located in Chaoyangmen, in the Shaojiu Alley of Fujia Road, North Street. In fact, it is only one street away from Xu Yuanmeng's house, so it is not far away.
As soon as Yuzhu's carriage stopped in front of the Prince's Mansion, he saw Shi Ede, the head of the Prince's Mansion, bending over and coming over to greet him respectfully.
"Please be safe, Mr. Zhu."
"Haha, I've told you so many times, don't be so pretentious." Yuzhu was also helpless, and Ede treated him as a serious master every time.
Ede said with a smile: "Master Zhu, look at what you said, no matter what you say, etiquette cannot be abolished."
Yuzhu couldn't do anything about Ede. Lao Wu specifically ordered it, and Ede was just following orders.
"Master Zhu, please slow down, our prince has already given the order, don't be in a hurry." Ede greeted Yuzhu affectionately and walked inside.
Prince Heng's Mansion in Lao Wu and Chunjun Prince's Mansion in Lao Qi are the only two palaces that have close ties with Yuzhu.
The old emperor also knew that Yuzhu had a close relationship with Lao Wu and Lao Qi.
However, these two sons, one with a crippled face and the other with a crippled leg, were both eliminated early and will never have a chance to be high-ranking.
What's more important is that Lao Wu and Lao Seven are very law-abiding and never form cliques for personal gain.
Therefore, Lao Wu and Lao Qi took charge of part of the Eight Banners forces in the capital.
Lao Wu's palace is the smallest prince's palace in Beijing.
The entire palace, except for the main hall, is the garden on the west side.
According to past practice, Yuzhu was led into Lao Wu's inner study.
Lao Wu was still the same as before, smiling and greeting him at the foot of the stairs.
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, the prince was courteous to all his officials. When Lao Wu came to greet him, he already regarded Yuzhu as a real brother.
In fact, Lao Wu is also Yuzhu's only sworn brother.
Even Sun Chengyun recognized Long Keduo as his godfather and became Yuzhu's godbrother.
"An Da, the wine and food are ready, waiting for you to come." Lao Wu smiled and took Yu Zhu's hand, and the two of them went to the Nuan Pavilion side by side.
In the Nuan Pavilion, the earth dragon was already heating up. As soon as Yuzhu entered the door, he was warmed by the steam that hit his face.
Speaking of which, Yuzhu led people to supervise the construction of Nuange Dilong in Lao Wu Mansion.
The floor dragons in the Nuan Pavilion take advantage of the slow heat dissipation of masonry. A row of stoves is set up behind the partition wall of the Nuan Pavilion. While boiling several pots of hot water, the floor dragons in the entire Nuan Pavilion are heated.
Not to mention anything else, just doing this saves a lot of charcoal and firewood.
After sitting down at the small round table, the maid quickly served hot tea.
Yuzhu took a sip of the tea soup. Well, it was still the kind of strong tea he liked. It was bitter and refreshing!
"An Da, you are one of our own, so I won't hide it from you. I fell in love with a beautiful jade, but I realized after buying it that I overspent again." When Lao Wu talked to Yu Zhu, he was always straightforward.
Don't beat around the bush.
When Yuzhu heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Fifth brother, if you spend more than you want, you can spend more. I have a younger brother. Why don't you send a trustworthy disciple and I will come forward and arrange to go to Lao Sun's place."
How about just keeping an eye on your salty goods?"
When Lao Wu heard this, he immediately rubbed his hands happily and said with a smile: "That's good to dare to love, that's good to dare to love!"
In the capital these days, there are no powerful people who do not sell private salt.
If you don’t have money and you have to pay attention to ostentation, do you think you have to rob your house and rob your company every day?
Since the implementation of the salt and iron monopoly during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the salt and iron business has been a government monopoly in all dynasties.
A monopoly business is bound to be riddled with abuses and evil spirits.
When Cao Yin and Li Xu took turns to serve as the censor of salt inspection in the Huaihe River, Cao Yin still suffered a huge loss, but Li Xu had the means to pay off the deficit by making huge profits.
No matter how close the relationship between Yuzhu and Lao Wu is, they are always there to help the urgent but not the poor. The front account is unclear and the back account is not borrowed.
Therefore, if we want to increase Lao Wu's income regularly, we can only let Lao Wu sell more smuggled salt into the city.
After so many years, whenever Lao Wu opened his mouth, Yu Zhu had never had his mouth wet once.
On the contrary, as long as Yuzhu asks for something, Lao Wu will try his best to do it even if he is unable to do so.
The experience of meeting each other in humble times gave Lao Wu and Yu Zhu a subtle feeling of mutual respect.
With the Hanization of the banner people, the situation is getting worse day by day.
Lao Wu, who only speaks Mongolian and is very unfamiliar with Chinese, is increasingly out of tune with mainstream social circles.
However, with Yuzhu, who holds real power, taking care of him, as long as Lao Wu doesn't spend money lavishly, he can meet his daily expenses.