When Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao rode their horses to Xiyuan, the sky was still dark, and the palace gate had not yet opened. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, the open space of more than 100 meters outside the palace gate is very lively, the lights are bright, the vendors selling miscellaneous liver soup, rice noodles, steamed buns, rice porridge and other snacks are greeting, and from time to time you can see officials, housekeepers, and long entourages patronizing in front of the stalls, as if it is already a mature morning market.

Fortunately, this is in the Ming Dynasty, if it were in modern times, these vendors would have been leveled by the world's first armed force, the chengguan.

After Emperor Jiajing moved to Xiyuan, the political center of the Ming Dynasty naturally shifted from the Forbidden City to Xiyuan.

Who dares to be late under the emperor's nose, in order to be in a hurry, many people get up in a hurry and don't have time to eat breakfast. But officials are also human beings, and they also have to eat breakfast, so the vendors who saw the business opportunities spontaneously formed a morning market here.

"Okay, I'm waiting here to enter the palace, you guys go and have breakfast."

Zhu Ping'an turned over and dismounted, took a dime of broken silver from the money bag and handed it to Liu Mu, and asked the two to go to the morning market for breakfast.

"No need son, a few days ago, the young lady asked the housekeeper to send us a monthly money in advance, more than one or two silver per person." Li Dadaohan shook his head with a smile, and when he mentioned the monthly money, his face was satisfied.

The young lady in his mouth is naturally Li Shu, the monthly money is in the nature of an allowance, and it is pocket money paid to the upper, middle, and lower members of the family every month according to their status, not a salary, they also have another salary, which is calculated separately.

One or two more silver, this is the monthly money compared to a first-class girl.

One or two more silver, but it's just pocket money, which is not a small amount for Liu Dadao and them.

At midnight, a bell rang from the West Garden, and then the door of the West Garden opened.

Zhu Ping'an handed over the dark horse that killed Matt to Liu Mu and them, and once again told them to return home after the morning market was finished with breakfast.

After telling him, Zhu Ping'an entered the West Garden with several officials.

"Your Excellency, please stay."

Zhu Ping'an entered the West Garden and was stopped by the West Garden guards.

Zhu Ping'an has never been to Xiyuan except for the palace test and was summoned twice by Emperor Jiajing, and the Xiyuan guards saw Zhu Ping'an's face, and out of duty considerations, they politely stopped Zhu Ping'an.

"Oh, I am Zhu Ping'an, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy and the cabinet secretary, and I am in the cabinet from today to the cabinet."

Zhu Ping'an stopped, and after a little thought, he figured out what was going on, so he turned around and explained to the guards with a slight smile.

"Hehe, Master Zhu is here, please sign in here."

At this moment, a little eunuch in a tea camel suit came over, greeted Zhu Ping'an with a smile, and then explained to the guards.

With the eunuch in the palace as a guarantee, naturally there will be no leave, and the guards at the door hugged their fists and asked Zhu Ping'an to let him go.

"The captain is conscientious in his duties, how can it be excessive." Zhu Ping'an returned the salute to the guards.

After entering the palace gate, Zhu Ping'an once again thanked the little eunuch in the tea camel suit, "Thank you for this father-in-law for breaking the siege, forgive Ping'an for being clumsy, I don't know who my father-in-law is?" ”

"Lord Zhu is polite. If you don't dislike it, Lord Zhu will call me Xiao Caozi. Lord Zhu doesn't know the miscellaneous family, but the miscellaneous family has long admired the name of Master Zhu. Xiao Caozi, the eunuch in the tea camel suit, said with a smile, looking self-cooked.

"It turned out to be Gonggong Cao, and I am fortunate to be happy." Zhu Ping'an replied with a smile, but his heart was full of puzzlement, he really didn't know other chamberlains in the palace except for Feng Bao, and this little eunuch was too enthusiastic.

"The miscellaneous family used to be an errand boy in the Huanyi Bureau, and thanks to the care of Gong Feng, he is now transferred to the palace gate. The miscellaneous family often heard Father-in-law Feng mention Lord Zhu, and Father-in-law Feng respected Lord Zhu very much. Xiao Caozi, the eunuch in the tea camel suit, smiled and explained to Zhu Ping'an.

Oh, it turned out to be Feng Bao's small team, and Zhu Ping'an suddenly realized after listening to the little eunuch's explanation.

The eunuch department of the Ming Dynasty court mainly had 12 supervisors, 4 divisions and 8 bureaus, which were 12 eunuchs, including the celebrants, internal officials, royal officials, priests, royal horses, priests, Shangshan, Shangbao, Yinshou, Zhidian, Shangyi, and Duzhi; four divisions, such as salary, bells and drums, treasure money, and mixed halls; Eight bureaus, such as soldiers, silver, raccoons, scarves and hats, needlework, internal weaving and dyeing, wine vinegar noodles, and Siyuan, are also commonly known as the 24 Yamen.

The department responsible for providing laundry services for the masters in the palace is the most bitter department in the 24 yamen, and it is also the only eunuch institution in the 24 yamen that is not in the palace.

The palace gate supervisor is a special position, responsible for the registration of officials who have joined the West Garden, and supervises the commuting of officials, which is equivalent to a disciplinary committee. The Ming Dynasty kept a close eye on the officials who joined the Xiyuan, and if the officials left early because they went out on official business, they must inform the eunuchs of the prison gate of the reason for the early departure, and register them for future reference. Because of this, even a high-ranking cabinet minister is polite to the palace gate.

Therefore, the prison gate is a fat gap with a bright future.

Xiao Caozi can be transferred from the Huanyi Bureau to the palace gate, and he is grateful to Feng Bao, so he can naturally understand.

And Feng Baoneng transferred Xiao Caozi from the Huanyi Bureau to the palace gate, which shows that he has gained a firm foothold in the palace and has begun to develop his own team.

After the greetings, Father-in-law Cao led Zhu Ping'an to the sign-in desk, and Zhu Ping'an took the pen and left his name in the sign-in book.

"Lord Zhu, because of his duties, it is inconvenient for the miscellaneous family to leave. However, Gonggong Feng has already explained, so this little Gonggong Zhang led Master Zhu to report to the cabinet of Wuyi Palace. After signing in with Zhu Ping'an, Father-in-law Cao introduced a little eunuch in gray to Zhu Ping'an.

"Thank you Gonggong Feng and Gonggong Cao for your trouble, then there will be Gonggong Lao Zhang." Zhu Ping'an thanked him.

"Lord Zhu is polite, just call me Xiao Zhangzi, Lord Zhu, please go this way." The gray-clothed little eunuch Zhang Gonggong led the way.

The area of the West Garden is very large, including the current Zhongnanhai, Beihai Park, the National Map Wenjin Museum, and the Jinao Yushu Bridge is also among them. The place where Zhu Ping'an enters the door is the south gate, and the Wuyi Hall where the cabinet office is located is in the east of the Zuoye Gate, which is a long way, and Zhu Ping'an is not qualified to ride a horse and sit in a sedan chair, so he can only rely on his legs.

"Further back, after the Yuxi Palace, the second hall of Shenyingxuan, and then through a Fengfeng Pavilion, you can see a rice field, and in front of the rice field is the Wuyi Palace." Father-in-law Zhang led the way and introduced Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an looked in the direction of Gonggong Zhang's finger, and there were rows of palaces and halls in front of him, and there was no trace of Wuyi Hall at all.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, that is, about 15 minutes, Zhu Ping'an saw a rice field that Zhang Gonggong said, and the morning breeze blew the emerald green rice field, causing waves of green ripples.

This rice field should be the place where Emperor Jiajing persuaded farmers to teach mulberry, Zhu Ping'an and Zhu Ping'an stopped in front of the rice field and looked at it for a while.