When Yang Lian arrived at Liu's Mansion, he found that the rest of the people had already arrived.

Sun Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was putting down the teacup heavily at this time, and said with a happy face: "The Hakka family is bewitching and beautiful, has a ridiculous character, often goes in and out of the palace, and many people are surprised, the road is spreading, and the rumors are inconsistent, and now that she is dead, it is a good thing." ”

"Brother Liu's words are wrong, the Hakka family is not an ordinary nurse, she is the nurse of the saint today, she is only forty years old, and she is in good health. How did such a person die? Liu Yixian asked rhetorically.

This made Sun Shenxing a little confused, and he blushed and stumbled: "The woman's death is insignificant. ”

"It's just too much greed." Although the news is so, this is a matter of the deep palace, and the true and false details have never been spied on by outsiders. If he is found to be spying on the affairs of the palace, the end is not much better.

"In my opinion, it's not that simple, you know it." Yang Lian stepped into the study and took a sip of tea. After a while, he looked at the people with different faces, and said slowly: "The red sun is coming." ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent. Yang Lian's words hit a corner of their hearts, they no longer discussed anything, and the tea was tasteless in their mouths, so they got up one after another to say goodbye, and went home with their own hearts.

In the palace, after being tossed by the imperial doctors, Zhu Youxiao ate some exquisite snacks that Chen Hong specially ordered the imperial chef to make, and after his body was better, he walked around the palace with his hands behind his back.

Not far away, a bird was pecking at a pot of Crane Wanglan, Zhu Youxiao looked at it for a while, and muttered: "If the dead are useful, then they should die." Muttering this, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Chen Hong, pass the decree and let Wei Zhongxian supervise the East Factory." ”

East Factory, signed by the official. That is, the East Detective Factory, the privileged supervision agency, secret service agency and secret police agency of the Ming Dynasty in China.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei and the East and West factories were juxtaposed, and the activities were strengthened, and they were often collectively called "factory guards".

The power of Dongchang is above the Jinyi Guard, and it is only responsible to the emperor, and without the approval of the judicial organs, it can supervise the arrest of subjects at will, thus opening the end of the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.

For the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao has a very intuitive understanding. Whether it is the political system or the human customs, there are great differences.

Those ministers in the hall are full of benevolence and morality, but what to do is still much easier to use in Dongchang Jinyiwei, and some things that are not on the table also need them.

The country is already in shambles, and in order to manage it well, we have to adopt some shady measures.

How can a talent like Wei Zhongxian be turned away? Moreover, for so many years in the Ming Dynasty, all the authoritarian eunuchs were acquiesced by the emperor.

The Ming Dynasty emphasized civil affairs over military force, and the military attachés in the court could not be balanced by civil and military forces like other dynasties, and the status of military attachés was too low. If there is no Dongchang Jinyiwei, those ministers will not be able to turn the sky upside down?

The so-called Admiral Dongchang, the full name is the official school eunuch of the Governor of Qincha Dongchang, referred to as the Governor Dongchang and the Admiral Dongchang.

The name of the factory is a famous name in later generations, which is Zhu Youxiao's reward to Wei Zhongxian, and it is also the first step to reuse Wei Zhongxian.

"Yes, Emperor!" When Chen Honggang heard Wei Zhongxian's Admiral Dongchang, he trembled for a moment, and quickly agreed, bowed and retreated outside, not daring to slack off at all.

The Qianqing Palace is the most important place in the Ming and Qing dynasties, where the emperor lived and worked.

The name of the Qianqing Palace comes from the "Tao Te Ching": "In the past, the sky was clear, the earth was peaceful, the gods were spiritual, the valley was surplus, all things were born, and the king of Hou was one and thought that the world was chaste." ”

Qianqing Palace is the top of the palace of yellow glazed tiles and heavy eaves, is located on the base of a single-layer white marble, the eaves corner is placed with 9 ridged beasts, the upper layer of the eaves is single-warped and double-ang and seven steps on the bucket, the lower layer is single-warped and single-ang and five steps on the bucket, decorated with golden dragons and seals, and the doors and windows of the three-handed six-linghua partition doors.

Looking at the majestic palace in front of him, Zhu Youxiao didn't know if he would be scolded by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty for doing carpenter work in the Qianqing Palace, but he didn't care, if the Ming Dynasty arrived in such a field, and there were still many years of national ancestry, many things would not be taken care of for a long time.

Obviously, the eunuch's execution is not bad, and the things in the studio are neatly arranged, from small carving knives to large planers, and tools are readily available.

"Alright, you all stand down." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and drove away several firefighters in the studio: "In the future, no one will be allowed to enter here without my orders, violators, beheaded!" ”

His studio does not need to be idlers, etc. Another reason is very simple, why does the emperor stand up for power? It's a good idea to keep it mysterious.

Zhu Youxiao decided to make this a secret place in the eyes of outsiders, but in fact, there was nothing here. Aside from the fact that he does some carpentry here every day, this is just a place for him to think about something. However, what the emperor wants is mystery.

After inspecting it, Zhu Youxiao turned around and walked out of the house, glanced at Chen Hong, who was waiting on the side, and instructed: "You send a few people over to help Mrs. Fengsheng's house make the funeral more beautiful." ”

Chen Hong hurriedly bowed down and said, "Don't worry, the emperor understands!" With that, he bowed down and looked for someone to arrange this matter.

Zhu Youxiao moved his muscles for a moment, and then said slowly: "Bring up all the question books of these days, I want to take a look." As he spoke, he turned and walked towards his study.

He needs to look at the question book to understand the recent situation in the Ming Dynasty, and then decide what to do next.

The inscription is actually the recital given to the emperor by the courtiers in this era, compared to it, most of the people in later generations know the recital, but the recital and the inscription are not the same thing.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the subjects only used the script for the emperor. In the twenty-second year of Yongle, it was stipulated that the departments had urgent matters and could not face them, and they were allowed to put in the inscription, which was dedicated to official affairs, and its shape was folded with paper, with six lines in each painting and 20 characters per line.

All military punishments, money and food, local civil affairs, and other large and small official affairs are inscribed, and the officials use printed instruments to send them to the political secretary and forward them to the cabinet for performance. For private matters, the transcript is used, and the seal is not allowed.

Question books for official affairs, and music books for private affairs; The title book is stamped, and the recital is not stamped; The inscriptions were all submitted by the envoy of the general government, and before the emperor read and approved them, the cabinet scholars had already "voted" for them.

The twists and turns of the Qing Dynasty can go directly to the imperial front without going through the cabinet, and everything can be said, and it is also okay for the subordinates to secretly report the lawlessness of the superiors.

Because the memorabilia omits the transmission of intermediate links, and the method of sending it to the court is adopted, it can not only be quickly delivered to the emperor, but also can be directly returned to the officials after the emperor Zhu approves the imperial decree, and it can be put into practice immediately, thus greatly improving the administrative efficiency.

At the same time, since the reciprocal activities were carried out in secret, a relationship of mutual restraint was formed between the provincial governor and the secretary, between the local government and the central government, and between the inner court and the outer court, in addition to the normal relationship between the leader and the led.

The ministers told each other, the emperor's eyes and ears were all over the city and outside the capital, and no one knew who made a small report to the emperor, and the public and private events and interpersonal relations in the central ministries and local governments, no matter how big or small, the emperor could directly learn from the twists and turns.

The emperor then used the help of the recital to rectify the rule of officials, supervise the people's feelings, give orders, and exclude dissidents, and the affairs of the world were always handled by one person, so that the feudal imperial power reached the point of no return.

Looking at the question book sent to him, Zhu Youxiao suddenly smiled, party fighting, right? I seem to have discovered something interesting.

Stretching out his hand to tap the question book, Zhu Youxiao leaned on the couch and looked at the question book in his hand, but his mind was not on the question book in front of him at all.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao retracted his gaze, stretched out his hand and took out the question book, and after reading it, Zhu Youxiao knew what was written on it - it was actually the question book handed over from Liaodong.

"Yuan Yingtai!" The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth pulled out a sneer, but he didn't expect this question book to be written by Yuan Yingtai.