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Under Zhao Junchen's arrangement, after Li Ruan entered the inner court, it can be said that it was smooth sailing, relying on his own outstanding talent, as well as Zhao Junchen's secret promotion, he soon got the attention of the inner court, in just three months, as a young eunuch who had just entered the inner court, he actually got the opportunity to enter the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, which attracted the envy and jealousy of countless eunuchs.

However, surprisingly, after Li Ruan got the opportunity to enter the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, the yamen he finally chose was not the most powerful celebrant eunuch, but the imperial horse eunuch.

Although the Imperial Horse Supervisor is also quite powerful, but after all, it is inferior to the Celebrant Eunuch, and the scheming methods of the Imperial Horse Eunuch Xu Sheng are far inferior to the Palm Seal Eunuch Wu Xinquan, plus in recent years, there have been few wars in the Ming Dynasty, which makes the momentum of the Imperial Horse Eunuch even less than the Celebrant Eunuch.

In addition, the Imperial Horse Supervisor is mainly responsible for military affairs, not like the Chief Celebrant General Responsible for the Imperial Affairs, with Li Ru'an's talent and ability, if you go to the Imperial Eunuch, maybe you will soon be able to shine, if you go to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but it is a waste of your own knowledge.

However, Li Ru'an finally chose the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and he also had his own reasons.

Although the celebrant is at the peak of power, but the internal competition is also very fierce, in addition, the eunuch Wu Xinquan's scheming methods are all clever, if Li Ru'an enters the celebrant eunuch, I am afraid it will be difficult to come forward, and it will be difficult to show his strength, although his talent is outstanding, but Wu Xinquan may not be able to look at it, if he is not careful, maybe he will be found by Wu Xinquan.

The Imperial Horse Prison is different, although the internal competition is also very fierce, but it is rare for a person like Li Ru'an to be as talented and outstanding, so after Li Ru'an entered the Imperial Horse Prison. He will soon be able to show his differences, and in addition, the scheming methods of Xu Sheng, the palm print eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, are just average, and he needs the assistance of talented people, so Li Ru'an can easily attract attention, and it is easy to get the space to play freely.

Facts have proved that Li Ru'an's choice was correct.

When he entered the Imperial Horse Warden. Soon attracted Xu Sheng's attention, and Xu Sheng was relatively easy to fool, Li Ru'an just used a little trick to win Xu Sheng's trust, and today, Xu Sheng has regarded Li Ru'an as a cronie, and even accepted Li Ru'an as a righteous son, so that Li Ru'an's rank in the inner court is not high. But he is very hot in the Imperial Horse Prison, and now when Xu Sheng is sulking, only Li Ruan dares to ask Xu Sheng the reason.

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After hearing Li Ru'an's inquiry, Xu Sheng slapped the table and scolded loudly: "That Wu Xinquan has repeatedly bullied me, it is really too deceitful!" ”

After speaking, Xu Sheng was even more angry, and said: "Xichang has always been my subordinate yamen of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. After the West Factory returns to the inner court, it stands to reason that it should also be handed over to the supervision of my imperial horse. But Wu Xinquan united with the other 12 eunuchs to put pressure on me, saying that the interests are evenly distributed, and the 12 eunuchs and yamen will govern the West Factory together, which is obviously suppressing the imperial horse eunuchs! There is also the inner transport warehouse, our Imperial Horse Supervisor is second only to the Master of Ceremonies among the twelve prisons, and it stands to reason that the benefits should be second only to the Master of Ceremonies, but Wu Xinquan has been repeatedly squeezed out. In the end, the benefits of our Imperial Horse Supervisor were not as good as those of the Inner Eunuch...... This Wu Xinquan is really too deceitful, sooner or later, one day, I want him to look good! ”

As the two most powerful yamen in the inner court, the celebrant and the imperial horse eunuch have always been in competition. It's a pity that the current Imperial Horse Supervisor palm print eunuch Xu Sheng is not as good as the palm seal eunuch Wu Xinquan of the Si Celebrant Eunuch, the balance of power between the two yamen has been broken, and now, the Si Celebrant has completely suppressed the Imperial Horse Eunuch, today's situation is proof, in the face of Wu Xinquan's exclusion, although Xu Sheng is extremely angry, but also helpless.

On the other side, after hearing Xu Sheng's explanation and venting, Li Ruan first pondered for a moment, and then said: "Xu Du doesn't have to be angry, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, Wu Xinquan dares to suppress our Imperial Horse Supervisor, we must not stop there, but now that Wu Xinquan's power is flourishing, we still need to be patient and wait for the opportunity for the time being." ”

Xu Sheng snorted coldly and said, "But I don't know when it will be." ”

Li Ruan said with a smile: "The so-called thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, although Wu Xinquan's scheming methods are quite clever, he is just a pawn in the hands of His Majesty after all, as long as we can protect ourselves, sooner or later we can see the day when his power weakens, and now is the time when the situation changes, but he may not wait for a long time." ”

Hearing Li Ru'an's relief, Xu Sheng's complexion softened slightly, but it was still ugly.

Seeing this, Li Ru'an said again: "In addition, although Wu Xinquan is trying his best to squeeze out our Imperial Horse Supervisor, in my opinion, Wu Xinquan's actions are a little more eager, and sooner or later he will fail, it should be our benefit, and it will be ours after all." ”

Xu Sheng's eyes lit up and asked, "Oh?" How? ”

Li Ru'an explained in detail: "Governor Xu, you think, after the inner court took back the authority of the West Factory, Wu Xinquan proposed to benefit the twelve eunuchs in order to squeeze out our imperial horse eunuchs, and also won the support of the twelve eunuchs with palm seals, so that we could not go against the will of the people, and we had to temporarily take a step back, but now the master of ceremonies is the strongest and unique among the twelve eunuchs, and this western factory seems to be managed by the twelve eunuchs, but sooner or later it will fall into the hands of the celebrant eunuch...... But that's a good thing. ”

"The West Factory should obviously be under the supervision of our Imperial Horse, if it falls into the hands of the Master of Ceremonies, our Imperial Horse Supervisor will be completely suppressed by the Master of Ceremonies, how can it be a good thing?" Xu Sheng's face was full of horizontal flesh and asked with a frown.

Li Ru'an smiled: "Xu Du, have you forgotten? The master of ceremonies now has an east factory, and the existence of the west factory was originally to check and balance the east factory, if the east factory and the west factory fall into the hands of the master of ceremonies, how can the west factory balance the east factory? Your Majesty, how could he agree to such a situation? Therefore, we might as well push the boat down the river, take a step back, no longer compete with the celebrant in the West Factory, let the celebrant get the authority of the West Factory, and after the celebrant has completely controlled the West Factory, we will try to make His Majesty pay attention to this matter...... At that time, there is no need for us to do anything, Your Majesty will naturally be the master of our Imperial Horse Supervisor, and this West Factory will soon return to the hands of Xu Du. ”

After hearing Li Ru'an's advice, Xu Sheng was stunned at first, and then overjoyed, stood up and patted Li Ru'an's shoulder again and again, and laughed: "Good boy, you are still smart!" Well, let me take a step back and act according to your plan!" ”

Seeing that Xu Sheng adopted his suggestion, Li Ru'an thought of the news he received last night, but he struck while the iron was hot, and suggested to Xu Sheng again: "In addition, since we plan to temporarily abandon the West Factory, we might as well use this as a transaction to exchange Wu Xinquan for part of the benefits of the internal transportation warehouse!" In this way, we can not only recover the West Plant in the future, but also gain a lot of money from the internal carrier warehouse. ”

Xu Sheng smiled more and more, nodded again and again, and said, "Good idea, just do what you say!" ”

Seeing that Xu Sheng was not suspicious, Li Ruan said again: "If Governor Xu can trust me, then I may as well be responsible for the affairs of the inner transport warehouse, and I will definitely strive for the greatest benefit for our Imperial Horse Supervisor." ”

It turned out that last night, Zhao Junchen suddenly sent someone to secretly contact Li Ru'an, and asked Li Ru'an to try to enter the internal carrier warehouse, and then Zhao Junchen could help Li Ru'an, let Li Ru'an make meritorious contributions repeatedly, and gradually become the person in charge of the internal carrier warehouse, so that the internal carrier warehouse is still under Zhao Junchen's control.

Although because of the will of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen wanted to return the West Factory and the Inner Carrier to the Inner Court, but Zhao Junchen did not intend to completely give up the two yamen, whether it was the West Factory or the Inner Carrier, Zhao Junchen left a lot of arrangements, and Li Ruan was one of the secret chess pieces set up by Zhao Junchen.

In addition, through the internal transport warehouse, Li Ru'an, with the help of Zhao Junchen, can also gradually become the core figure of the inner court, which is a key step in Zhao Junchen's plan to infiltrate the inner court.

Xu Sheng didn't know about these things, and after hearing Li Ru'an's self-recommendation, he didn't doubt it, but after hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said: "That's right, then Wu Xinquan asked the twelve eunuchs of the inner court to send their respective eunuchs who are good at accounting to enter the inner carrier depot to control the situation of the inner carrier depot as soon as possible, and you have always been clever, I can rest assured that this matter will be handled by you, and then you will select some reliable people in the imperial horse prison and take them to the inner carrier depot, and wait for the situation on the side of the inner carrier to stabilize. I'll get you back again. ”

After hearing Xu Sheng's decision, Li Ruan hurriedly saluted and said: "Thank you Xu Du for your trust, the villain will definitely die in revenge!" ”

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At the same time, just when Xu Sheng was discussing with Li Ru'an, Zhu Jinrong, the great eunuch of the palm seal of the internal official eunuch, also went to the Zhao Mansion with a large number of valuable gifts to meet Zhao Junchen according to Wu Xinquan's instructions.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and Zhao Junchen was preparing to go to Fushou Pavilion for a banquet and take the opportunity to meet with those "Yellow Party" officials who planned to take refuge in him.

As soon as he was ready, Zhao Junchen received the news that Zhu Jinrong asked to see him.

After a little hesitation, Zhao Junchen still met Zhu Jinrong in the living room.

Don't look at Zhu Jinrong's reluctance to befriend Zhao Junchen when he was gathering in the inner court, but when he came to Zhao Mansion to see Zhao Junchen, he was smiling and humble.

As soon as he saw Zhao Junchen, Zhu Jinrong gave the gift list to Zhao Junchen, and said: "Lord Zhao, this gift list is a little care from our inner court, and please accept it with a smile." ”

After Zhao Junchen took the gift list, he took a look at it and found that the total value of the various gifts in this gift list was probably no less than 10,000 taels of silver, but he smiled and said: "The richness of this gift list is not careful......

While speaking, Zhao Junchen handed over the gift list to Xu Qingyan beside him, and then turned his head to Zhu Jinrong and asked: "As the saying goes, if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Zhu Zhangyin suddenly asked to see the official and sent a rich gift, I'm afraid there is something, right?" Let's just say it. ”

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PS: There was a sudden power outage at home, so I had to code words in an Internet café, the environment is noisy, and the input method is not familiar, so the number of words is not much, only more than 3,000 words, please forgive me.

…… (To be continued.) )