In the palace, the sun has set in the west, stretching the shadow of the eaves of the palace for a long time.

In the depths of the forbidden city, there was a solemnity inside and outside the Jade Void Palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids inside and outside were silent, lowering their heads and not daring to make the slightest movement.

Because today, the Holy One is in an extremely bad mood today, and he is all angry with several cabinet ministers.

At this difficult time for the imperial court, several ministers not only did not respond to the situation, but instead blamed each other, which was not beneficial to solve the difficult situation in front of them.

So much so that at this time, Emperor Yongzhi was so angry that he didn't chant and cultivate as usual, and was sitting on the dragon chair in a daze at this time.

Yongzhi Emperor Zhu Yujun, who is now at the helm of the Ming Dynasty, is fifty-three years old this year. The sideburns have turned gray.

At this time, he was sitting on the dragon chair of the Jade Void Palace, and although a dragon robe exuded the majesty of the emperor, it was in stark contrast to the twilight of the emperor himself.

To put it mildly, at this time, Zhu Yujun was like a skeleton, with a layer of golden dragon robe on the outside.

But no matter how dull it is, Zhu Yujun is the master of this world, so his anger is still terrifying.

The Jade Void Palace was extremely quiet at this time, and just as Zhu Yujun was thinking, he heard footsteps outside.

An old eunuch walked in, although he was old, he walked very energetically, and the most important thing was that his unique temperament was very conspicuous.

"Your Majesty, Chen Hongsun and Sun Xian outside have been kneeling for an hour, you see...... To see or not to see? ”

Zhu Yujun's eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone was a little hoarse: "Everyone outside calls you an old man an internal minister, and today you will tell me, can you see them?" ”

Although the emperor was weak when he said this, his experience as the master of ceremonies for many years told Yu Peizhong that the current situation was very bad.

Seeing Chen Hong, Sun Xian and others is actually an attitude of the emperor, and it is easy to say if you are accurate, but if you are not accurate, you will have to be trained.

But after all, Yu Peizhong had served Emperor Yongzhi for so many years, and after thinking about it again, he said: "Your Majesty, after all, Sun Xian and they have done a meritorious job, and they can only see the slave maid...... It's time to see it! ”

"They have merit, what merit do they have? It's been almost three months since the thieves minted coins privately, and they've all found them? Zhu Yujun sneered.

He was an emperor who was an autocratic emperor, and every word he said carried an extremely heavy weight, and he must not be taken as a joke.

Seeing that Yu Peizhong wanted to speak and stopped, Zhu Yujun said: "If you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

Yu Peizhong said at this time: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are bold enough to say it!" ”

"The third child of the Yu family is dead, and Sun Xian and they also have difficulties, so they will meet at this time, but it is not an act of disloyalty!"

After saying this, the hall became even more silent, and even Yu Peizhong, the prime minister, lowered his head.

"Hahaha......"

The emperor's sudden wild laughter made Yu Peizhong immediately kneel to the ground, and hurriedly said: "The slave and maid speak in vain, the crime of ten thousand deaths!" ”

This is Yu Peizhong's cleverness, knowing that the emperor is angry, he will never beg for mercy for himself, this is a strategy to retreat.

Of course, this strategy also has to divide people, if it is said by others, it is really a crime of death.

The emperor's laughter gradually stopped, and then he said coldly: "It seems that you also know that they are disloyal and cannot be trusted!" ”

These words really made Yu Peizhong extremely uncomfortable, the emperor's dissatisfaction with the factory guards was not a day or two, and he happened to be caught in the middle.

Over the years, in the suppression of the White Lotus Sect's rebels, the suppression of the southeastern wealthy clans and the Japanese robbers, and the monitoring of the vassal kings in various places, the performance of the factory guards could not satisfy the emperor.

Especially after the theft of the auspicious jewel last year, this dissatisfaction has reached the extreme.

"Your Majesty, Dongchang Jinyi and Wei are all royal family slaves, and all the honors and positions are given by the emperor, how can they be disloyal?" Yu Peizhong explained stubbornly.

"Then tell me, why did Dongchang investigate a counterfeit money case for three months without results? On the contrary, a hundred households in Jinyi and Wei from other places found out the results in just a few days? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yujun asked in an aggravated tone: "You say, what does this mean?" ”

The emperor even knew about the situation of the person in charge of the case of Jinyiwei, which showed that he was concerned about this matter, so it was best not to tell lies about this matter.

Poor Yu Peizhong is an old bone, who dares to continue to answer under such severe questioning at this time.

Don't look at him as the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, he is called the inner minister by the internal and external courtiers, but to put it bluntly, he is still the emperor's domestic slave.

"Did they already know who was behind the trouble, but they deliberately concealed it for their own position?"

"For the sake of his own selfish interests, he abandoned the safety of the court and disregarded it, this is what you said about being loyal to the monarch?"

At this time, Yu Peizhong was really sure that the emperor was more angry than before.

So he simply put his head on the ground, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun En, and those who are slaves can only bear it silently, and they can't dodge even the slightest action.

Yu Peizhong, the "old ancestor", is like this, and the other eunuchs and palace maids in the Yuxu Palace also knelt and bowed their heads to the ground.

It was after this venting that the main hall of the Jade Void Palace became quiet again, and this quietness was more like a knife, coming and going to cut Yu Peizhong's heart.

"The factory guard is no longer usable, and I plan to reopen the west factory......"

This sentence was like a heavy punch, which made Yu Peizhong stunned.

The strange and familiar name of Xichang is going to appear in the Ming Dynasty again? Is the harshness of a hundred years ago coming again?

The reopening of the West Factory is definitely not just as simple as having one more spy agency, but also represents an attitude of the emperor towards the court.

In the face of all kinds of prevarication and deception in the court, the emperor is going to be heavy-handed?

Thinking of the emperor's physical condition at this time and the choice of the heir, Yu Peizhong has reason to believe that the emperor in front of him is going to clean up the court for his successor.

"Liu Jinzhong of the East Factory is decisive, let him prepare for the West Factory!"

"Yes!" Yu Peizhong still kowtowed to the tunnel.

"In addition, let a few of them go back and reflect on it, and turn their hearts out and dry them, but don't get moldy and black!"

"Yes!"

"Alright, you kneel!" Zhu Yujun leaned on the dragon chair and said, he was in this posture from beginning to end.

After thinking about it, Yu Peizhong still asked, "Your Majesty, what about the case of Yufu...... How do I do that? ”

"Let the West Factory do it!" Zhu Yujun said in a deep voice.

Now the rest of the mansion is over, and the jade concubine is also over...... This is Yu Peizhong's first judgment.

Then he knelt down honestly, and then cautiously withdrew.

After Yu Peizhong left, Zhu Yujun sat up straight and said, "Come on, take the Taoist robe to change my clothes!" ”

Here, the emperor wanted to practice the Tao and cultivate the Xuan, and Yu Peizhong, who came out of the Yuxu Palace, restored the majesty of his master of ceremonies.

When he went out of the palace gate, he said to Liu Hong, the commander of the Dongchang Factory and Sun Xian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who knelt down the steps: "The emperor has a decree to reopen the West Factory, and the counterfeit money case will be handed over to the West Factory to be responsible. ”

Shen Yue, who was kneeling behind Sun Xian, heard this, and a huge wave was set off in his heart, the emperor's will revealed too many things.

For Shen Yue, the most important thing in addition to reopening the West Factory is that the emperor does not see himself and others and makes him go home to reflect.

This shows that the emperor has a great deal of distrust in them.

Jinyiwei and Dongchang, they are all backed by the emperor to be powerful, and if they lose the protection of the imperial power, then the future will be sad.

"Yes!"