In fact, Wanshou Palace is not called Wanshou Palace now, but should be called Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Jiajing dreamed of eternal life with heaven and earth, so he named the dormitory as Yongshou Palace, until the forty years of Jiajing, Shang Meiren had a whim when serving the bed, tried to set off small fireworks in the ermine tent of Yongshou Palace, came to a small romance, and the result was a big game, the fireworks burned down the Yongshou Palace, and after the Yongshou Palace was built in the second year, Emperor Jiajing renamed it "Wanshou Palace".

Although Yongshou Palace is next door to Wuyi, Zhu Ping'an, as a foreign minister, can only ask to see Emperor Jiajing in this way, and the inner attendant will pass the excerpt to Yongshou Palace, and after being summoned by Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Ping'an can enter.

Yongshou Palace is the dormitory of Emperor Jiajing, and the ministers entered the emperor's dormitory without being summoned, which was an act of death, not to mention the ministers, even if the emperor's brothers and uncles entered the emperor's dormitory without being summoned, it was a capital crime.

For any emperor, entering the palace without being called is a taboo against the scales.

For example, in the Qing Dynasty, one of the reasons why Emperor Kangxi abolished the crown prince (eldest son Yinren) was that when Emperor Kangxi was patrolling outside, the crown prince approached his tent at night and peeked inside through the gap.

Without being summoned to enter the emperor's bedroom, one may confuse the royal bloodline, and the palace concubines who are not favored by the emperor and cannot see men in the harem are all like wolves and tigers, and if the emperor is not careful, there will be grasslands on the emperor's head; The two may threaten the emperor's personal safety, what are you going to do when you enter the emperor's palace without being summoned? Plotting against the assassination of the emperor? You must know that the concubines in the Qing Dynasty were all swept into the quilt and carried into the harem.

Therefore, after Zhu Ping'an wrote the excerpt, he went to find the inner servant who was in Wuyi Down, and the inner servant was the little eunuch.

"Please ask your father-in-law to pass by, the Hanlin Academy's attendant, Wuyi Si Zhilang, and Taicang Treasury Inspector Zhu Ping'an ask to see the saint."

Zhu Ping'an handed over the written excerpt to the chamberlain in Wuyi Sizhi, asking him to communicate to Yongshou Palace and ask to meet Emperor Jiajing.

This little eunuch who is straight in the Wuyi Palace is very beautiful, probably because he has been castrated since he was a child, there are almost no male hormones, and his voice is also feminine and soft.

"Oh, it's Lord Zhu, the miscellaneous family is polite."

After the little eunuch took the excerpt, he didn't look at the excerpt, but looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile, raised his hand lazily, as if fighting mosquitoes, and said softly.

"Please let my father-in-law know, Zhu Ping'an, the inspector of the Taicang treasury, asks to see the saint, and it is related to the inspection of the Taicang treasury." Zhu Ping'an arched his hand again and said it repeatedly.

Taicang?

It doesn't matter if you're too big or big.

The little eunuch squinted his eyes, opened the fold and glanced at it, then put the fold back in Zhu Ping'an's hand carelessly, and shook his head with a smile, "Lord Zhu wants to ask to see the saint...... However, it may be about to disappoint Lord Zhu, and today I ask for forgiveness for the inability of the miscellaneous family to do anything. ”

For the arrogance of the little eunuch, Zhu Ping'an was not angry.

There are more eunuchs in the palace who don't look at people with their eyelids, and they serve the most powerful emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't help but feel superior.

When Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, these eunuchs were still restrained, but the more arrogant they became, and later they became the most serious dynasty of eunuch dictatorship, Emperor Jiajing and his brother's "Eight Tigers" The head of the "Eight Tigers" Liu Jin was so powerful that he almost usurped the throne, although Emperor Jiajing learned the lessons of his brother and was much harsher with the eunuchs, but the power of the eunuchs was not reduced much, and slowly, the status of the eunuchs came up again.

In the early days of Jiajing, when Zhang Xuan was the first assistant, the eunuchs in the palace had to bend down and salute from afar when they saw Zhang Zhang, and Zhang Xuan still liked to ignore him; When Xia Yan was the first assistant, when Xia Yan entered the palace, the eunuchs all looked at Xia Yan straight, and Xia Yan would also nod to the eunuchs; And when Yan Song was the first assistant, Yan Song would take the initiative to greet the eunuch, and would stuff a red envelope from time to time.

From this, we can see the changes in the status and mentality of eunuchs. These eunuchs are spoiled.

"Please make it public."

When Zhu Ping'an received the fold in his hand, he took the opportunity to put a piece of broken silver in the hands of the little eunuch.

The little eunuch pinched the silver in his palm, and accurately pinched out the amount of silver, five taels of silver, and the smile on his face was also a little more vivid with this ingot of silver.

"Hehehe, the miscellaneous family doesn't give Lord Zhu a message, it's not for the embarrassment of Lord Zhu, but for the good of Lord Zhu, today, the saint is in a bad mood, in the morning, Zhejiang Dao Yushi Li Chenghua and Chen officials inspected five things, and they were all stopped outside the second gate, and the Gonggong Wan who sent the excerpt was counted down, not to mention, and Li Yushi was also reprimanded by Yan Gelao."

The little eunuch put the silver in his sleeve, glanced around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he pulled Zhu Ping'an's sleeve with the orchid, approached Zhu Ping'an's ear, and said softly.

"Thank you father-in-law for telling me, otherwise I'm afraid that Ping An will repeat the mistakes of Li Yushi." Zhu Ping'an thanked him.

"Where, the miscellaneous family is also in love with Lord Zhu." The little eunuch smiled and shook his head.

Congenial?

Zhu Ping'an rolled his eyes in his heart, with a salty and glorious look on his face, and then asked, "I don't know if my father-in-law knows, what is the saint worried about, although Ping'an is stupid, he also wants to share his worries for the saint." ”

"Master Zhu, do you know what all the adults in Wuyi Hall are writing today?" The little eunuch narrowed his eyes and asked rhetorically.

"But Qingzi?" Zhu Ping'an said.

"Yes and no......." The little eunuch shook his head with a slight smile, looking mysterious.

"Please also ask my father-in-law to clear up his doubts." Zhu Ping'an said and quietly stuffed a piece of silver into the palm of the little eunuch's hand.

Do what you like.

Zhu Ping'an "likes" to deal with this kind of person who has a hobby.

The little eunuch pinched the silver in his palm, the smile on his face became even more vivid, put the silver into his sleeve, looked at Zhu Ping'an and asked softly, "Lord Zhu, do you know what two more days are?" ”

Zhu Ping'an shook his head, I only know that there are three more days that will be the day when the Taicang Silver Treasury will replace the warehouse door, but I don't know what the next two days will be.

"Two days are June 19, which is the day when Cihang is truly enlightened." The little eunuch explained.

Cihang real person?!

Zhu Ping'an was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, thought of some classical immortals he had seen in modern times, and then remembered Cihang Zhenren, there is also this person in "Romance of the Gods", is the Yuan Shi Tianzun disciple, one of the "Twelve Golden Immortals" of Taoism, Cihang Zhenren, also known as Cihang Guanyin, is one of the most classic immortals in ancient Chinese legends, his dojo is located in the Luojia Cave of Putuo Mountain, and the magic weapon used is the three treasure jade Ruyi, pure glass bottles.

Does this image sound familiar?

It is not the same as Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Generally speaking, the general public thinks that Cihang Zhenren and Guanyin Bodhisattva are the same person, but Taoism is called Cihang Taoist, Buddhism is called Guanyin Bodhisattva, and folk are called Guanyin Niangniang.

However, there is a difference between Taoism and Buddhism, especially for Taoism. Cihang Zhenren and Guanyin Bodhisattva are different gods and Buddhas, and there are very clear and obvious differences between them.