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Hearing Emperor Deqing's recruitment, Zhao Junchen naturally did not dare to slack off. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

However, he also knew that Zhan Shanchang must have something important to say to him, so after signaling Zhang De to wait a while, Zhao Junchen said to Zhan Shanchang: "Your Majesty summons, don't dare to slack off, if Lord Zhan has something, how about waiting for me outside the palace for a while?" ”

Zhan Shanchang naturally didn't dare to object, although he was anxious in his heart, he still said respectfully: "Lord Zhao is polite, Your Majesty summons your lord, there must be something important to advise, and it is also appropriate for the lower officials to wait." ”

After making an agreement with Zhan Shanchang, Zhao Junchen did not delay any longer, and followed Zhang De to the imperial study to meet Emperor Deqing.

Along the way, Zhao Junchen and Zhang De talked casually, because he had received five thousand taels of silver from Zhao Junchen before, Zhang De treated Zhao Junchen a lot more politely, at least not so yin and yang.

Halfway through, taking advantage of no one's attention, Zhao Junchen took out five thousand taels of silver tickets from his sleeve, stuffed them into Zhang De's hand, and said with a smile: "When I was in Lu'an Mansion a few days ago, I would like to thank Gonggong Zhang for informing me of the shape of Jingzhong, otherwise if I am not prepared after returning to Beijing, I am afraid that I will be caught off guard these days." ”

After Zhang De glanced at the amount of the silver ticket in his hand, the smile on his face became thicker and thicker, and he treated Zhao Junchen more politely: "Oh, we are all doing things for His Majesty, where can we be so polite, in fact, these days, the ministers are hindering His Majesty's southern tour, His Majesty is not happy, and those of us who serve His Majesty are also unable to see it, but unfortunately after all, he is not as capable as Lord Zhao, and he is always weak, but fortunately, Lord Zhao, you have returned to Beijing, and you have helped Your Majesty to breathe a sigh of relief. Our family looked at the speechless appearance of those foreign ministers today, and I also felt happy in my heart......"

Although he said so, Zhang De was unceremoniously in his sleeve for the five thousand taels of silver ticket.

Zhao Junchen saw that Zhang De had accepted the silver ticket, and also said his purpose: "Father-in-law Zhang, that's the case, I heard that there is a father-in-law Liu in the palace, who is highly respected, and the official has always wanted to make friends, but unfortunately he can't always find the opportunity, why don't you introduce Gonggong Zhang to the official one day?" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Zhang De was slightly stunned, then looked at Zhao Junchen's eyes, which were quite meaningful, and smiled lightly: "Lord Zhao wants to see Master Liu?" It's a big ambition. ”

After a pause, Zhang De said again: "Master Liu is old, and he has been concentrating on running the inner study hall all these years, and he doesn't like to show his face, but if Lord Zhao asks to see him, he is afraid that the old man will not refuse, so let's find an opportunity to introduce Lord Zhao in a few days." ”

Zhao Junchen smiled: "Thank you Gonggong Zhang." ”

………

The power of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty is famous, although since Emperor Chongzhen, the eunuch power has been purged repeatedly over the years, but still in charge of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court, not to be underestimated.

And the 24 yamen of the inner court, although each has a palm seal eunuch management, but due to the different division of labor, there is also a difference between heavy and hot.

Among them, the celebrant is in charge of the internal and external chapters, approves the red on behalf of the emperor, and is in charge of all eunuch affairs, and even the famous Dongchang is a subordinate institution of the celebrant and has the most power.

There is also a royal horse supervisor, who is in charge of the royal talismans, and dispatches eunuchs to supervise the army, and has the right to mobilize the imperial forest army, which is also quite influential.

Compared with the two major eunuch yamen, most of the other eunuch yamen are only in charge of procurement, cleaning, etiquette and other affairs, but they are much more unpopular.

And the Gonggong Liu that Zhao Junchen wants to get acquainted with, named Liu Qing, is not a member of the twenty-four yamen, and even many court officials don't know that there is such a eunuch in the inner palace, but compared with the eunuchs with the palm prints of the real power yamen such as the celebrant and the imperial horse supervisor, Zhao Junchen values this Liu Qing Gonggong more much.

Without him, this Gonggong Liu is in charge of the inner study hall!

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, had extremely strict restrictions on eunuchs, and in order to prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics, eunuchs were never allowed to read and write. However, in the Xuanzong period, due to the growing power of the cabinet, in order to balance the power of the cabinet, Ming Xuanzong established an inner study hall, which was used to teach the eunuchs the ability to read and write.

As a result, the power of the celebrant has risen sharply, and at some times in the Ming Dynasty, he even overwhelmed the cabinet, and even produced Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian and other powerful eunuchs.

It can be seen that although the existence of the inner study hall is not conspicuous, and it is not even among the twenty-four yamen of the inner court, it is a key factor in the rise of the eunuch power of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the core yamen of the inner court. Since the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs in charge of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court, nineteen **, are all from the inner study hall!

And this Liu Qing and Liu Gonggong are the current chief eunuchs of this inner study hall!

If it is said that the Inner Book Hall is a eunuch school, then Liu Qing is the principal of this school, and the eunuchs in charge of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court are the students trained by Liu Qing!

Zhang De, as the eunuch of Emperor Deqing, also has a high status among the ceremonial eunuchs, but when talking about Liu Qing, he also has to call him "Master Liu", which shows the great and deep influence of Liu Qing.

Zhao Junchen is now a friend with his heart and outside, a eunuch with his heart, and a faction of his own in the court, so a figure like Liu Qing naturally needs to make friends with his heart.

In fact, although the inner carrier library is not in the twenty-four yamen, it is one of the most important powers in the hands of the eunuchs in the inner court, after being taken away by Zhao Junchen, the eunuchs in the inner court who resent Zhao Junchen do not know how many, if you want to turn enemies into friends with these eunuchs one by one, it is too troublesome, not to mention, Zhao Junchen does not have so much energy, but if you can make friends with Liu Qing, you can solve most of the problems once and for all.

………

In the midst of his thoughts, Zhao Junchen had already come to the outside of the imperial study.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After the report, Zhao Junchen entered the imperial study and bowed to Emperor Deqing.

"Get up."

Emperor Deqing's voice was full of coldness and strictness.

Zhao Junchen looked up and saw that Emperor Deqing's face at this time was even more cold and terrifying.

Zhao Junchen knew that Emperor Deqing was very unhappy now, firstly, the matter of the southern tour was still undecided, and secondly, there were rumors of fraud in the imperial examination, and Emperor Deqing was afraid that he was holding back a breath of anger in his heart at this time.

Therefore, after Zhao Junchen got up, he comforted Emperor Deqing and said, "Your Majesty is worried about the affairs of the early dynasty? In the opinion of the minister, there is no need, as long as the minister can increase the income of 200,000 taels of silver for the household department within a month, then there will be no hindrance to the southern tour, and no one dares to say anything more. ”

Although Emperor Deqing summoned Zhao Junchen, he was a little absent-minded, and when Zhao Junchen spoke, he kept frowning and pondering something.

After hearing Zhao Junchen's relief, Emperor Deqing came back to his senses and asked, "Are you really sure that you can increase the income of 200,000 taels of silver for the household department within a month?" If there is really no way, I can allow you to use the silver in the inner treasury, in short, I must find a way to tide over this difficulty, if you fail to increase the income of 200,000 taels of silver for the household after a month, I will not be able to return it to the south, if you are convicted for this, it will make me feel uneasy, and the crime of bullying the king is not a trivial matter. ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing say this, although Zhao Junchen didn't know how much truth and how false his words were, he was still a little moved.

Of course, Zhao Junchen's heart may only be moved by two or three points, but the emotion on his face is full of twelve points, and he said: "Your Majesty can be so thoughtful for your minister, how can your majesty be disappointed?" Please also rest assured that the minister will definitely be able to do this, let alone use His Majesty's private money. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Emperor Deqing couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "You have already thought of a way?" ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "The solution has not yet been figured out, but the minister is still very confident in the way of open source, so please be relieved, if there is a way, the minister will report to His Majesty as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Junchen is not talking nonsense, he comes from later generations, has hundreds of years of knowledge, and now he is powerful, for him, there are too many ways to make money, and the reason why he hasn't thought of a specific way is just because he doesn't know which one to use.

When Emperor Deqing heard Zhao Junchen say this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, but when he saw Zhao Junchen's confident appearance, he didn't say anything.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Deqing suddenly shouted softly to the eunuchs in the imperial study: "You all go out, pass on my order, within ten steps of the imperial study, you must not approach, and the violator will be beheaded!" ”

Hearing the coldness in Emperor Deqing's voice, all the eunuchs were frightened, and they didn't dare to delay, and they left the imperial study quickly.

For a time, in the imperial study, only Emperor Deqing and Zhao Junchen were left.

In Zhao Junchen's puzzled eyes, Emperor Deqing asked: "Yesterday in the imperial study, you and I talked about the conversation between the monarch and the minister, did you mention it to others?" ”

Seeing the stern coldness in Emperor Deqing's expression, Zhao Junchen finally understood why Emperor Deqing's mood was so bad.

Not because the southern tour was undecided, not because of fraud in the imperial examination, or even because Zhao Junchen might lose the bet, but because the conversation between him and Zhao Junchen yesterday was actually known by the crown prince Zhu and Yu.

In the early dynasty, Zhu Heyu's remarks seemed to have known the southern tour plan of Zhao Junchen and Emperor Deqing, and he came completely prepared.

For the emperor, his every move is completely watched by others, and there is no secret, this is undoubtedly the strictest thing.

Zhao Junchen didn't dare to slack off, and after pondering for a while, he slowly shook his head and said, "It's a matter of importance, the plan of the southern tour, and the minister has never revealed it to anyone. ”

Emperor Deqing had a lot of trust in Zhao Junchen, and after nodding, his face became more stern, and he sneered: "In this case, the plan for the southern tour was revealed from my side, okay, I dare to install spies around me, it's really bold!" ”

Although the voice was low, it was a gritted tooth.

Although Emperor Deqing did not say it explicitly, he was obviously extremely dissatisfied with the crown prince Zhu Heyu.

Opposing the southern tour, it is just a difference of opinion, but if a secret agent is placed next to the emperor, it is a disobedient heart, and for Emperor Deqing, the meaning is completely different.

Although Zhu Heyu is the crown prince, if the prince has a heart of disobedience, it is often more terrible for the emperor!

However, although Zhu Heyu learned about Zhao Junchen and Emperor Deqing's plan for a southern tour from somewhere, Zhao Junchen felt that the spies around Emperor Deqing were not necessarily planted by Zhu Heyu.

Zhu Heyu, although Zhao Junchen has only met a few times, he thinks he still knows very well, he is a rare upright person in the royal family, and he is a little stubborn, full of human ethics, such a person, it is difficult to imagine that he would do such a disobedient thing as planting spies around the emperor.

Zhao Junchen felt that the reason why Zhu Heyu was able to learn about Zhao Junchen's plan for his southern tour was more likely to be deliberately revealed to him by others.

Moreover, the person who revealed this news to Zhu Heyu definitely did not have a good heart, about this, just look at how annoyed the current Emperor Deqing is.

That is, he intended to use the hands of the crown prince Zhu and Yu to stop the southern tour of Emperor Deqing, and deliberately took the opportunity to shake the position of the crown prince Zhu and Yu in the heart of Emperor Deqing, and he had the strength to find out the conversation between Emperor Deqing and Zhao Junchen, who fully met these three conditions......

Thinking like this, Zhao Junchen's mind came to mind the trembling old figure of Zhou Shangjing, the first assistant to the cabinet.

"Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy! If it weren't for me, he would have turned the world upside down, and the whole dynasty, the crown prince and the emperor, had all become pawns in his hands. ”

Thinking like this, Zhao Junchen secretly admired Zhou Shangjing, a powerful minister who seemed to be dying, and was a little more vigilant.

………

After Zhao Junchen left the imperial study, he had just walked a few steps when he heard the voice of Emperor Deqing in the imperial study.

"Take down all the eunuchs and eunuchs who served in the imperial study yesterday for interrogation, and you can't let go of any of them, and you will be punished!"

While secretly sighing for those eunuchs, Zhao Junchen did not delay and walked quickly towards the outside of the palace.

When Zhao Junchen came to the noon gate, he saw that Zhan Shanchang was like an ant in a hot pot, his expression was full of anxiety, and he kept spinning around Zhao Junchen's sedan chair.

After seeing Zhao Junchen appear, Zhan Shanchang walked towards Zhao Junchen quickly, his face was full of sadness, and when he walked in front of Zhao Junchen, he knelt down in front of Zhao Junchen and cried: "Please also ask Lord Zhao to save the life of the lower official, the lower official thinks about it, and now the only one who can save the lower official is Lord Zhao!" ”

This period of waiting actually broke down all of Zhan Shanchang's psychological defenses, and in front of Zhao Junchen, he couldn't even take care of the basic politeness.

There were many people outside the noon gate, Zhao Junchen hurriedly helped Zhan Shanchang up, and said, "This is not the place to talk, if Lord Zhan doesn't mind, can you come to my house to talk in detail?" ”

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