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Gonggong Hai didn't expect Wang Zhen to react like this, he paused slightly, and then he was overjoyed, and said in his heart: "This eunuch is also clever, and he can read and write, but this courage is a little smaller, how can such a person do big things, it seems that his worries are too much?"

Without that vigilance, Gonggong Hai's gloomy face slowly squeezed out a smile, shook the dust in his hand, and scolded in a suppressed voice: "Look at your appearance, who said that you will be allowed to leave the palace, you can read and write, Your Majesty is very happy, let you go out of the palace, where can I find a clever eunuch like you?"

"Isn't it out of the palace?" Wang Zhen was stunned for a moment, raised his face and glanced at Gonggong Hai, and a burst of hatred welled up in his heart, of course, this hatred was not shown on his face.

Gonggong Hai seemed to be very satisfied with the consternation in Wang Zhen's eyes, smiled faintly, and said: "The emperor is a little tired today, let you go over to help take a look at the folds, review some irrelevant folds, and see that you are scared like this...... It's really useless?"

Wang Zhen was overjoyed when he heard that he went to the imperial study to review the recitals, but he didn't dare to show it, his face was still full of tears, and he cried: "Father-in-law doesn't know the little one, the little one has always been timid, and he just wants his father-in-law to take care of it more, so knowing that his father-in-law said this, isn't he frightened of the little one?"

"Look at your little bit of interest?" Gonggong Hai looked at the little eunuch in front of him with a smile, and said, "The emperor is still waiting for you to go to see and help watch the folds, why don't you get up and go with me!"

Wang Zhen responded, kowtowed a few times to Gonggong Hai, and then got up from the ground.

This slight move made Gonggong Hai very useful, nodded and said, "You will follow me in the future, your benefits are indispensable?"

Wang Zhen was overjoyed, Gonggong Hai was the chief eunuch in the palace, and he continued to maintain his status, which was also a lot of benefits, and he was busy saying: "Thank you father-in-law for promotion, the younger one will definitely serve his father-in-law wholeheartedly in the future!"

Gonggong Hai was already a little happy with this clever little eunuch, but now listening to his sincere tone, the joy in his heart was a little more, he glanced at him, and said, "Since you follow me, I have to say some things?"

Wang Zhen immediately made a respectful gesture and said, "Father-in-law, please speak!"

Hai Gong said fairly: "There are many rules in this palace, and you may not know some rules?"

"Yes!"

"You show the emperor the folds, but you have to be smart! If you can see it, you can see it, and if you can't see it, don't look at it, don't think that there is any benefit by your majesty's side?" Haitao said with a gloomy face.

The emperor liked this little eunuch, and it was a threat anyway, so he couldn't help but say a few more words.

Wang Zhen is a smart person, where do you not know the meaning of this, the so-called benefits around the emperor, naturally you can't think that the people around the emperor are liked by the emperor, you can be bigger than yourself, as long as you are there, even if you are the person around the emperor, you have to listen to yourself.

Wang Zhen paused slightly, raised his head and said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, the little one is a grateful person, the father-in-law treats the little one like this, how can the little one do such a thing?"

Hearing this, Haitao knew that this little eunuch understood his warning, and couldn't help but sigh secretly that this little eunuch was really smart, and he was slightly proud, and said: "With your words, I am also relieved, we are slaves, in addition to doing good things for the emperor, we must also be worthy of ourselves, you can go to the imperial study to serve the emperor, that is your creation, you have to do things well?"

"The little one must work hard to live up to his father-in-law's expectations?" Wang Zhen pounded his head like garlic, and his heart was full of joy, this is undoubtedly a great opportunity.

Seeing him like this, Gonggong Hai was very satisfied with him in his heart, nodded and said, "The emperor has been waiting for you in the imperial study for a while, will you go quickly?"

"Yes!" Wang Zhen answered, turned around and walked towards the imperial study.

The emperor's study, Wang Zhen came for the first time, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous, and after entering, he saluted the emperor first, and then shouted respectfully.

Zhu Gaochi had reviewed the recital for most of the day, and he was already physically and mentally exhausted, and when he saw Wang Zhen walking in with his body bowed, he was overjoyed and hurriedly asked him to come forward and review the recital for himself.

After all, this is the imperial study, Wang Zhen did not dare to be careless, more and more respectfully walked forward, took the Zhu pen from Zhu Gaochi's hand, and began to review the folds, there was a previous experience, naturally familiar with some, a few folds were quickly written by him a few Zhu critics of the red characters, the font is vigorous and powerful, has copied Zhu Gaochi's penmanship vividly, see Zhu Gaochi nodded secretly.

Someone helped, Zhu Gaochi naturally put down his body and rested for a while, but the book in his hand about the Mongolian tea and horse market made him embarrassed, and he wanted to find someone to discuss, but he was too lazy to find those civil and military generals, and when it came to discussion, there must be a quarrel in the end, and in the end the problem was not solved, and he had to be the emperor to make peace, so Zhu Gaochi didn't like to ask those Wenchen about big things, of course, except for Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Bo and others, but Yang Shiqi is not in Beijing, and Yang Rong is familiar with government affairs, Yang Bo is decent and has nothing to say, but when it comes to dealing with such things, he may not have any good opinions, after thinking about it, he glanced at Wang Zhen, and Zhu Gaochi's heart moved.

"Princess, according to you, if I am a Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian tea and horse market, will it be beneficial?" Zhu Gaochi drank the tea soup and asked casually.

Wang Zhen, who was reviewing the folds, was moved, he was smart and knew what this question was, although he was surprised, his face did not move, who knows if the emperor used this to test himself, after all, the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty taught that eunuchs should not interfere in politics, and if they were not careful, they would end up in a different place.

Calming his heartbeat slightly, Wang Zhen glanced at Zhu Gaochi, his face showed a look of horror, followed by a sound of lying on the ground, knelt down straight, lay on the ground, and said in fear: "Your Majesty, slave...... Minion dare not say?"

Zhu Gaochi saw him like this, but he didn't dislike it at all, but was more happy, and said in his heart: "This eunuch is his duty, the last time he remembered the ancestral precept that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, if he didn't force himself, he really couldn't do ghostwriting, but if it wasn't for my strength, how could there be this little eunuch to help him share this tiring work today?"

After thinking about it, a smile overflowed at the corner of his mouth, and he was extremely satisfied with Wang Zhen's expression, and said: "Father-in-law doesn't need to panic, today I just talk to you casually, I can't interfere in politics, father-in-law get up and talk!"

Hearing this, Wang Zhen forcibly hid the fear and uneasiness in his eyes, carefully got up from the ground, bowed his head to the side, and thanked him.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Gaochi became more and more distracted, put down the teacup in his hand, picked up the book with his left hand and glanced at it, and said, "Do you say that it is good or bad to exchange tea, salt, textiles, and hardware from the imperial court for Mongolian horses, furs, and medicinal materials?"

Listening to the emperor's tone was really casual, the fear in Wang Zhen's heart was eliminated a little because of the emperor's casualness, and his body was slightly erect, and he thought about it and said: "Back to the emperor, the slave doesn't know if it's good or not, but when the slave was a gentleman, he also read history books, but he also knows something about this tea and horse market?"

"Oh, my father-in-law has also read history books?" Zhu Gaochi was slightly surprised, he just knew that Wang Zhen was a new eunuch, and he seemed to have been a local scholar for several years before entering the palace, responsible for managing education, but he didn't expect that he had also read history books?"

Wang Zhen's eyes welled up with a hint of pride, and he hurriedly bowed his body and said: "Back to Your Majesty, before the slave entered the palace, he was a scholar in the slave's hometown for nine years, but the ability and level of Weichen were not enough to be this scholar, and he worked for nine years, but he made no achievements, so the slave entered the palace as a eunuch, and he also recited a lot of history books during the period?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty system, if this kind of scholar does not have significant political achievements, he must not only be removed from his official position, but also be assigned to serve in the border, if he is not willing to go, it seems that it is reasonable to be a eunuch.

But Zhu Gaochi didn't ask too much about this kind of trivial matter, took a sip of tea soup and said: "Since my father-in-law is familiar with history books, that's the best, you tell me about it, is there any benefit to this tea and horse market, although I am the emperor, after all, I grew up in the palace of King Yan and lived in the palace, I don't know if it is good for the people to exchange the tea, salt, textiles, and hardware of the imperial court for Mongolian horses, furs, and medicinal materials?"

Wang Zhen knew that although the emperor said that he was talking casually, but this kind of thing was a matter of government affairs after all, and he should not have said it as a eunuch anyway, but the emperor had already spoken, and besides, he was also a little excited in his heart, if he could make the emperor satisfied with his own words, then his position in the emperor's mind would undoubtedly be improved, and the pace of realizing his ideals seemed to be a little closer.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhen gritted his teeth, bowed to Zhu Gaochi, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minions of the tea and horse market don't understand, and they don't dare to say more, but when the minions used to read the history books, they also knew something from it, in the past, the Song Dynasty planted tea in Huainan, Jiangnan, Liangzhejiang, Jinghu, and Fujian Zhulu in the southeast and covered the nine roads in the southeast, and the tea production was spread in more than 60 states and 242 counties. Fujian's Jianzhou, not only the production area is concentrated, the output is more, and the quality is excellent, which aroused the attention of the imperial court, after which the Song Dynasty royal family in the southeast area, set up the specifications of grand, strict management, specializing in the "Beiyuan Dragon Roast" of tribute tea, in order to replace the Gu Zhu Gong Tea Garden. Every tea picking season, "thousands of thunderbolts, a moment of prosperity, honesty for the great inkstone, is it not brilliant?"

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In the previous chapter, someone asked who Gao Lishi was: Gao Lishi was one of the famous eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty in China. His ancestral home was Panzhou (now Gaozhou), his great-grandfather Feng An, his grandfather Feng Zhiyu, and his father Feng Junheng served as the assassin of Panzhou. He entered the palace when he was a child, and was adopted by Gao Yanfu as his adopted son, and then changed his name to Gao Lishi, who was appreciated by the female emperor Wu Zetian at that time. During the reign of Tang Xuanzong, his status reached its peak, because he had helped Tang Xuanzong to pacify the rebellion of Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, so he won the favor of Xuanzong, and finally tired of the hussar general, into the opening of the palace with the three divisions. Gao Lishi was loyal all his life, never gave up with Tang Xuanzong, and was known as "the first person to be a virtuous eunuch through the ages".