What Gao Shi didn't expect was that he only gave out twenty taels of silver yesterday, and the next day he not only "earned" back, but even had a lot of surplus.

Early this morning, Gao Gong naturally went to the cabinet to be on duty, but a group of palace people came to the house, Menzi thought that it was a saint who had a reward for Gao Ge Lao, Shi Shiran stepped forward and asked, who expected that the other party said that the saint did have a reward, but it was for Mr. Xiao Gao.

Gao Gong naturally can't be Mr. Xiao Gao, the entire Gao Mansion in the capital may be called "Mr. Xiao Gao" by the palace at present, except for Gao Pragmatic not to think about the second person. Although Menzi was very surprised, he didn't dare to slack off under his feet, and immediately sent someone to be pragmatic.

Gao Pragmatic learned that the emperor had a reward, and he was a little surprised, his eyes rolled, and he secretly wondered: Even if the prince told the emperor about the "counselor" he made for him that day, the emperor shouldn't be so blatantly rewarded, right? Although this Longqing Tianzi is not highly educated, he will not be a political idiot after so many years. However, no matter what the emperor meant, this matter could not be delayed, and he was busy ordering people to open the middle door and personally go out to welcome the angel into the reward.

After leaving the mansion, Gao Pragmatic found that the eunuch who was leading today was still an acquaintance, and it was Chen Ju, who had been ordered to go to Henan to welcome back Gao Gong.

Although Chen Ju has always served as the celebrant eunuch, he is still only a eunuch, and he is not a "eunuch" known to ordinary people in later generations, and there is a "young eunuch" in the middle, and his status in the palace is not prominent. Of course, under him, there are also levels such as the book, the long follower, and the emperor, so although his identity is not high in the eyes of the Gao family, he is actually a middle-level and high-level figure in the palace.

Chen Ju came over today and said something. Because if Emperor Longqing has a reward for Gao Gong, the person who will pass the decree must be the eunuch level, and most of them must be the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi or above, although the chief eunuch Bingbi usually does not receive this errand, but the eunuchs of Bingbi who are ranked in the future of the chief eunuch are likely to be named by the emperor to pass the decree.

And if it is not the eunuchs of the celebrant and the imperial horse eunuch who go, but the ten eunuchs outside of these two eunuchs, then I am afraid that the eunuch of the labor palm seal will have to run in person. This is not only related to the importance of Gao Gong in the mind of Emperor Longqing, but also related to the rank and status of cabinet ministers - the reason why Chen Ju ran this leg when he went to Xinzheng to pick up Gao Gong back to Beijing was because Gao Gong had not officially recovered at that time, and objectively speaking, it was just a white cloth, so it was not appropriate to let the eunuchs go on a long trip.

But since today is just a reward for Gao Pragmatic, then there is no need to be so serious, it may be that Chen Ju went to Kaifeng Mansion to pick up Gao Gong's errand last time was not bad, so this time he still let him come.

After passing on the routine of giving and receiving rewards, Gao Pragmatic knew that the reason why the emperor rewarded him was not necessarily because his staff had played a role, but the emperor felt that he had a very pleasant conversation with the prince last time, and his words and deeds were outstanding, and he was very enlightened and relieved to the prince. Recalling the Gao family's literary heirloom in the past dynasties, there is such a good child today, and I deserve to be rewarded. In fact, these words should probably be understood in this way: the prince was in a good mood after seeing Gao Shishi, and when the father and son met, he mentioned it, and the emperor was very happy when he heard it, and waved his hand: Reward!

So Gao Pragmatism got two new imperial books, two boxes of imperial emblem ink, two sides of the imperial tribute inkstone, two pens of the imperial tribute lake, and two knives of imperial tribute rice paper.

The value of this bounty is certainly not low, but that is not the point, after all, these things cannot be taken out and sold, and what really matters is that the bounty is in line with the identity of both parties.

According to the customs of the past dynasties, the emperor's reward is also based on the dishes, for example, with a high and pragmatic background, if you directly reward money, it is not only a failure, but also almost an insult. For scholars from official families like him, under normal circumstances, they can almost only appreciate books and pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and other elegant things, if Gao Pragmatic is older, or has already been inscribed on the gold list, he can also appreciate some such as famous ink treasures, paintings, etc., but because Gao Pragmatic is still young, he does not reward calligraphy and paintings, so he does not want to lose his playthings.

Of course, generally speaking, the emperor himself may not be so detailed about what to reward, after all, in doing these things, the eunuchs in the palace are professionals, and they are already familiar with the road, unless someone deliberately obstructs them, there will be no mistakes, so there is no need to say more.

For Chen Ju, Gao Pragmatism has an impression - not referring to the last time he connected the high arch.

Gao Pragmatic was relatively good at liberal arts when he was a student, and he loved to read history books, and even after joining the work, he did not give up the hobby of reading, to be specific, he also had some understanding of Ming history. Chen Ju, Gao Pragmatic remembers the most clearly: he will become the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal and the commander of the Dongchang in the future.

There is a special point to note here: in the Ming Dynasty, the two positions of the master of ceremonies and the commander of the East Factory were rarely concentrated in the hands of the same person, because the master of ceremonies approved the cabinet tickets on behalf of the emperor and the cabinet was confidential, which was regarded as holding administrative power; And Admiral Dongchang is equivalent to mastering the spy organization, which can be regarded as holding the supervision power independent of the three legal divisions.

It is clear, then, that if these two powers are held by the same person, the emperor is likely to be hollowed out – if not to say hollow, at least very likely to be "cut off from inside and outside". Therefore, under normal circumstances, the commander of the East Factory is the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi - usually the first-ranked eunuch of Bingbi - Wei Zhongxian of the Apocalypse Dynasty in history is "nine thousand years old", that is, the chief Bingbi is also the commander of the East Factory.

In addition to the celebrant eunuch, there is another important place in the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, called the Imperial Horse Supervisor. The position of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the imperial horse is not comparable to that of Bi Ma Wen in the Journey to the West. The most critical thing in this position is to share the military authority with the military department and the governor, which is actually the "cardinal office" of the inner court - that is, the "Twelve Regiment Battalions of the Admiralty" [Note: The so-called twelve regiments and battalions have different names in different periods, and after 29 years of Jiajing, due to the change of the battalion system, it is mostly referred to as the Beijing camp]. In addition, the imperial horse supervisor also had to manage the pasture and the imperial village, operate the imperial store, and manage the finances with the households, and was the "internal steward" of the Ming court; The West Factory, which was set up twice in the Ming Dynasty, was also supervised by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, so it competed with the East Factory of the Celebrant Supervisor.

Of course, the setting of the east factory is a convention, and the setting of the west factory is a special case, so the eunuch who holds the seal of the master of ceremonies is still in the position of "number one" in the inner court, and the eunuch who holds the seal of the imperial horse can only be relegated to the second in command.