Chapter 111 Zhongxian is very good
Wang An was already drunk. He did not feel uncomfortable when the tea spilled on his body. Instead, he felt a sense of heroism. He opened his mouth and shouted, "The sea laughs, the tides surge on both sides... Ula Ula." After singing two lines, he forgot the lyrics and could only shout a few times randomly.

Yun Zhao had no choice but to take out a towel and wipe Wang An’s chest.

But when the soft little hand touched Wang An's skin, it somehow aroused Wang An's nerve. He suddenly reached out and grabbed it, looking at Yun Zhao with drunken eyes.

Yun Zhao's pretty face turned red and her breathing became rapid.

In fact, ever since he ran out of Wang An’s room that day, Yun Zhao didn’t dare to look up at Wang An for a long time.

Thanks to Wang An who had no airs of a master at all, he joked with Yun Zhao again and again, saying some words from the old drivers of later generations, which Yun Zhao half understood and half didn't, but the slight awkwardness of that night was resolved.

But when Wang An suddenly grabbed her little hand, Yun Zhao suddenly remembered the scene of herself taking off her clothes that night, and her whole body became hot.

My mind was in a mess, with all kinds of random thoughts filling my head.

Could it be that the master... has finally come to his senses?

But Yun Zhao lowered her head and waited for a long time, but Wang An just held her little hand and did not take any next move.

Yun Zhao had no choice but to secretly glance over, only to see that Wang An was sleeping with his head tilted and snot bubbles coming out of his nose.

"It's so annoying!" Yun Zhao didn't know why he got angry. He pushed Wang An away and turned away.

But he stopped halfway and turned to look at Wang An who was sleeping soundly.

After hesitating for a long time, she walked back with a pout.

He helped Wang An up with great effort and walked him into the room, muttering, "It will be cold at night. What if he gets frozen?"

The next day, Wenhua Hall.

Chongzhen said with a smile: "Wang Chengen, please take a seat!"

However, the person at the table waved his hands repeatedly, saying in awe, "There is no place for me to sit in front of your majesty. Your majesty, you are embarrassing me!"

Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "Wei Zhongxian, this is what you deserve!"

After saying that, he looked at Wang Chengen again and said, "Wang Chengen, why don't you hurry up?"

Wang Chengen quickly lowered his head and said, "Yes!"

Then he brought a chair and sat it on the right side of Chongzhen's desk, inviting him, "Eunuch Wei, this is an honor from His Majesty, I dare not refuse it!"

Wei Zhongxian then sat down with an awkward expression, but he did not dare to sit down carelessly. He just sat half of his butt on the chair.

Wang Chengen said: "We, the slaves, are able to have a seat in front of His Majesty. Eunuch Wei, you are the number one since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Zhongxian quickly stood up and thanked Chongzhen.

This time, Chongzhen just waved his hand to signal Wei Zhongxian to sit down, but he didn't have the energy to say anything polite because his attention was all on the account book in his hand.

As the account books were flipped, the smile on Chongzhen's face became more and more intense, and finally he just burst into laughter.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought to myself: My life should be saved at least.

Sure enough, Chongzhen raised his head and said, "Zhongxian! You did a great job, very good!"

When he heard Chongzhen start to call him Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian stood up again and said with a smile on his face: "If it weren't for your majesty's ingenious plan, I would never have thought that these profiteers could have such a large fortune!"

"Not to mention, if it weren't for your majesty's planning, I wouldn't have been able to get the evidence against those salt merchants!"

Chongzhen was in a good mood and said modestly: "That depends on your ability, Zhongxian!" After that, Chongzhen sighed: "I can't believe that a group of mere merchants are so modest when they say they are rich enough to rival a country!"

"A total of 38 million taels of silver, plus what you brought back this time, the silver alone is 20 million taels!"

Wei Zhongxian also revealed an expression that was still shocking even now, and said: "My Ming Dynasty was ruined by these profiteers!"

Chongzhen nodded in agreement and said, "They are rich but still try every possible way to evade taxes. These people deserve to die!"

"Zhongxian, you don't have to be polite to these businessmen in the future. Kill them if you should, and plunder them if you should. No matter what their backers are, I don't believe their backers are more powerful than mine!"

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly bowed his head and accepted the order.

After expressing his emotion for a while, Chongzhen invited Wei Zhongxian to have dinner in the palace, which made Wei Zhongxian very grateful for a long time.

By the time Wei Zhongxian came out of the palace, it was already evening.

Li Yongzhen had been waiting outside the Meridian Gate. When he saw Wei Zhongxian, he asked, "Sir, what did His Majesty say?"

Wei Zhongxian said proudly: "What else can I say? My family has made tens of millions of taels of silver for the court!"

Li Yongzhen flattered him and said distressedly: "There is so much silver. Even if we take a little, I think the emperor won't notice anything. You said you want us to keep nothing..."

Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly and said, "Did you know that Cui Chengxiu is dead?"

Li Yongzhen's face darkened and he said, "I heard about it. I wanted to go to pay my respects, but I didn't go to avoid suspicion..."

Wei Zhongxian sneered and said, "How do you think Cui Chengxiu died?"

Li Yongzhen was stunned and said, "Didn't they say he committed suicide by hanging?"

"It's true that he hanged himself." Wei Zhongxian's face turned cold and he said, "But who would be tired of living for no reason? Hanging oneself is done out of necessity..."

Li Yongzhen was shocked when he heard this and blurted out, "What the factory owner meant was that His Majesty forced..."

"shut up!"

Wei Zhongxian fiercely covered Li Yongzhen's mouth and said, "You don't want to live anymore, this is the Meridian Gate!"

Li Yongzhen came to his senses and the two of them hurriedly got on the carriage.

Historically, Cui Chengxiu hanged himself after hearing the news that Wei Zhongxian had hanged himself. He felt that Chongzhen would not let him go, so he hanged himself.

But now Wei Zhongxian is not dead, but alive and well. There is certainly no reason for Cui Chengxiu to commit suicide.

The reason why Cui Chengxiu ended up with the same ending as in history must be that something happened that forced Cui Chengxiu to commit suicide in despair.

According to the original history, after Cui Chengxiu died, Chongzhen ordered the coffin to be opened and the body to be mutilated, and Cui Chengxiu's property was confiscated.

In this life, although Cui Chengxiu died, Chongzhen did not order the coffin to be opened and the body to be mutilated, nor did he confiscate Cui Chengxiu's property.

Considering that Wei Zhongxian had not yet completely fallen, the reason behind this is very interesting.

In the carriage, Li Yongzhen looked panicked and asked, "Does the factory master think that Cui Chengxiu's death has something to do with His Majesty?"

Wei Zhongxian glanced at the coachman who was driving the carriage, and then lowered his voice and said, "It's almost certain."

Li Yongzhen immediately panicked and said, "Could it be that we have made such great contributions to His Majesty, but His Majesty still won't let us go?"

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said, "That's not the case. When His Majesty came into the palace today, he didn't look like he was going to deal with me."

(End of this chapter)