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During today's Great Imperial Council, Emperor Deqing announced that he had taken back the authority of the Xichang and the Inner Carrier Depot from Zhao Junchen, and returned the two yamen to the Inner Court.

In this way, when the inner court got the news, it was naturally full of cheers.

Whether it is the West Factory or the Inner Carrier Depot, they are all powerful and oily yamen, which should have been responsible for the Inner Court, but Emperor Deqing did not trust the ability of the eunuchs in the Inner Court, so he was all in charge of Zhao Junchen, a foreign minister.

However, Zhao Junchen is indeed outstanding, after he took over the inner carrier, the original poor turnover of the internal treasury soon gradually surplus, and also increased a lot of wealth, such as the daily gold of the pancreatic business, now it is monopolized by the internal carrier, in addition to Zhao Junchen's "Yuerong Fang", if the Ming Dynasty businessmen want to meddle in the pancreatic business, they must buy goods from the inner carrier; After Zhao Junchen established the West Factory, he made many meritorious achievements, and in many cases even overwhelmed the old signboard East Factory.

In this way, the great eunuchs of the inner court felt that their faces were gloomy, but they could only praise Emperor Deqing's "discerning people" against their will, and did not dare to mention to Emperor Deqing the matter of returning these two yamen to the inner court.

Therefore, the eunuchs of the inner court had already extinguished their thoughts about the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Depot, but they did not expect that under the change of the situation, they would have good luck in vain, and the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Depot suddenly returned to their hands.

For such a situation, the great eunuchs of the inner court were naturally ecstatic.

Among them, although the West Factory has the right to investigate, it is the emperor's cronies and minions, and it is in awe of the officials of the outer courts, but in the eyes of the great eunuchs in the inner court, the importance of the West Factory is far less than that of the Inner Carrier!

Without him, the inner carrier warehouse is the emperor's internal money. There is a huge amount of gold and silver, the oil and water are the most abundant, and after Zhao Junchen's painstaking management, the inner transport depot is quite surplus, and it has also opened up many ways to make money, after the great eunuchs of the inner court got the authority of the inner transport depot. With a little hands, you can get endless benefits.

Seeking one's own benefit is the most important thing at all times, and even more so for the eunuchs of the inner court.

Therefore, after getting the news, the great eunuchs of the inner court quickly gathered together.

After taking over the West Plant and the Inner Carrier, there are many things that need to be dealt with, but the most important thing is that. They also need to carefully study how to distribute the many benefits of the West Plant and the Inner Carrier Depot.

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At this time, in the hall of the inner court celebrant eunuch, the twelve eunuchs, the fourth division, and the eighth bureau of the great eunuchs gathered together at this time, all looking happy, discussing their bright future with great interest.

The celebrant is the head of the twelve eunuchs of the inner court. He was in charge of all matters in the imperial city and managed tens of thousands of eunuchs. is in charge of confidential music, has the power to vote and approve red, and the East Factory is also under its control, and it is the most powerful.

The current palm seal eunuch of the celebrant has just been replaced by a new person named Wu Xinquan. He was about fifty years old, and he was slender, white-faced, elegant-looking, and calm-looking, and if an uninformed person saw him, he would probably mistake him for a scholarly Confucian scholar, but it would be difficult to believe that he was a eunuch. He was also the leader of tens of thousands of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this seemingly elegant and gentle old eunuch, but the means are very unusual, at this time all the great eunuchs in the inner court are respectful in front of him, obviously Wu Xinquan has not been in charge of the ceremonial eunuch for a long time, but has established prestige in the inner court.

At this time, in the lobby, Wu Xinquan sat on the right head of the main seat, and said to the great eunuchs with a smile: "Everyone must have known the news, in today's early court, Your Majesty has taken back the two major yamen of the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Library from Zhao Junchen and returned them to the hands of our inner court, which is a great joy." ”

As soon as Wu Xinquan's words fell, he saw Zhu Jinrong, the eunuch of the palm print of the internal official supervisor, nodding again and again, and said loudly: "Yes, especially the internal transportation warehouse is in charge of the internal revenue and expenditure, and it has always been the lifeblood of our inner court. ”

Zhu Jinrong is a short and fat eunuch who has always been Wu Xinquan's echo worm, but his current attitude is not just to echo Wu Xinquan.

The internal officials and supervisors have always been responsible for the purchase and construction of the palace, and in previous years, when the carrier warehouse was still in the hands of the inner court, the internal officials and supervisors could reap a lot of benefits every year by means of false accounts and fabricated losses, but since Emperor Deqing handed over the internal transportation warehouse to Zhao Junchen two years ago, the good days of the internal officials and supervisors came to an end, and the cost of purchasing and building would be strictly reviewed, so the oil and water of the internal officials and supervisors were reduced by half, and the days were much more fortunate - but on the other hand, The turnover situation of the inner carrier warehouse has suddenly improved a lot.

Now, after the inner court takes back the authority of the inner transport warehouse, the happiest is Zhu Jinrong, the eunuch with the palm seal of the inner official and eunuch.

After Wu Xinquan glanced at Zhu Jinrong, he didn't say anything, but continued with a flat expression: "This is of course a good thing, but we can't just care about being happy, but we are neglecting the right thing...... Among them, the west factory is good to say, you can transfer some eunuchs who are familiar with related affairs from the east factory to the past, I believe that the situation can be controlled soon, but the key is the internal transport warehouse, Zhao Junchen has been operating for two years, the internal carrier warehouse has been completely out of our control, for the current situation of the internal transport warehouse, we do not know much, but we need to put some thought. ”

After a pause, Wu Xinquan continued: "My idea is that our twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus should all send the eunuchs who are the best at financial management and accounting under their respective subordinates to the internal transportation warehouse, so as to familiarize themselves with the situation of the internal transportation warehouse as soon as possible and stabilize the situation of the internal transportation warehouse...... In this way, let's also prepare a batch of valuable gifts, which will be sent to Zhao Junchen's house tonight to express our sincerity to Zhao Junchen. ”

After hearing Wu Xinquan's thoughts. The great eunuchs present nodded one after another at first, but after hearing Wu Xinquan's last order, they were all stunned.

Although there is a cooperative relationship between the inner court and Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen often gives these great eunuchs some benefits, the great eunuchs generally have a bad impression of Zhao Junchen. Not only because Zhao Junchen once took away the two yamen of the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Depot from them, but also because Zhao Junchen's attitude towards them was quite strong, and he would beat them from time to time.

At the beginning of the year, shortly after Emperor Deqing's birthday, just because the eunuchs of the inner court slightly violated Zhao Junchen's wishes, Zhao Junchen seized the corruption handle of the inner court and chased and beat him fiercely, almost causing a major purge of the inner court. Zhao Junchen let go of the inner court.

Therefore, the big eunuchs present did not like Zhao Junchen very much, and even faintly hostile - although they would still accept Zhao Junchen's benefits.

In fact, it was precisely because Zhao Junchen saw through the white-eyed wolf temperament of these great eunuchs that he made a plan to infiltrate the inner court.

So, after hearing Wu Xinquan's order, Xu Sheng, the eunuch with the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor, immediately questioned: "Let's take over the matter of the West Factory and the internal transportation warehouse." It is His Majesty's will, and Zhao Junchen will never dare to disobey it. In that case, why should we please Zhao Junchen? In the past, Zhao Junchen relied on himself to manage the internal carrier, and he sometimes threatened us, but now that we have recovered the internal carrier, we are no longer hindered by him. You can completely throw Zhao Junchen aside......"

Like Wu Xinquan, the appearance and temperament of Xu Sheng, the palm print eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, does not look like a eunuch, this person is tall, full of flesh, and has an arrogant attitude, but he looks like a butcher.

However. Before Xu Sheng's words were finished, Wu Xinquan had already interrupted: "Leave Zhao Junchen aside? Rats' eyes! Stupid! ”

As he spoke, Wu Xinquan's expression turned cold, and he finally showed the prestige of his eunuch who was the master of ceremonies.

After hearing Wu Xinquan's evaluation, Xu Sheng couldn't help but suffocate, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but after hesitating for a moment, he still said, "Please also ask Wu Du for advice." ”

Wu Xinquan saw that Xu Sheng was soft, his expression softened slightly, and explained: "Your Majesty has certainly issued a holy decree and ordered Zhao Junchen to transfer the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Warehouse to our inner court, and Zhao Junchen certainly does not dare to go against the holy will, but do you think that we only need to take over these two yamen?" Hum! If it weren't for Zhao Junchen's cooperation, even if we took over these two yamen, we would just take over an empty shell! ”

"Empty shells?" Hearing Wu Xinquan's explanation, Xu Sheng became more and more puzzled, and asked, "Could it be that Zhao Junchen still dares to embezzle the accumulated gold and silver in the internal treasury?" In that case, as long as we tell Your Majesty the truth, Your Majesty will never spare him!" The internal treasury is different from the household treasury, and the silver in it is His Majesty's private silver, no matter how greedy Zhao Junchen is, how dare he touch His Majesty's private bank? ”

Wu Xinquan snorted coldly: "Why don't you dare? That Zhao Junchen is the best at financial management and accounting, he has been in charge of the internal carrier for more than two years, except for him, no one knows the income and expenditure of the internal treasury in the past two years, as long as he is a little manipulative in the accounts, the internal treasury we take over will lose a large amount of deposits, and no one can find fault with it......"

After hearing Wu Xinquan's explanation, all the great eunuchs frowned.

In the minds of the great eunuchs, the situation that Wu Xinquan said is indeed very likely, if they want to hand over the oil and water yamen in their hands to others, they will also do something in the accounts in advance, and embezzle some benefits before leaving their jobs, but their accounting methods cannot be as clever as Zhao Junchen.

The big eunuchs present thought that Zhao Junchen would do the same--in fact, these big eunuchs did not guess wrong, and Zhao Junchen did have thoughts and preparations in this regard.

After a pause, Wu Xinquan continued: "If it's just like this, it's okay, although a batch of silver has been lost today, as long as the internal treasury is controlled, these silver will be recovered sooner or later, but do you still remember that just two years ago, when Zhao Junchen had not yet taken over the internal carrier, what was the situation of the internal carrier?" What is the situation of the inner carrier today? ”

As Wu Xinquan's words fell, the great eunuchs were slightly stunned, and then their brows were furrowed and their expressions were calm.

Two years ago, the situation of the inner transport warehouse was clear to all the great eunuchs, the income could not cover the expenditure, the loss was serious, the turnover was difficult, and it was difficult to continue, and even the expenditure of the ladies in the palace could not be taken out. It is precisely because of this that Emperor Deqing will hand over the internal carrier warehouse to Zhao Junchen, who is good at financial management.

After Zhao Junchen took over the inner transport warehouse, the situation suddenly improved greatly, although the Deqing Emperor and the harem gradually used more, but the silver money in the inner treasury was becoming more and more abundant, and the Deqing Emperor no longer had to worry about his lack of silver.

The two are contrasted. Naturally, it is heaven and earth, but it also seems that the eunuchs of the inner court are too incompetent.

While the great eunuchs were silent, Wu Xinquan said: "However, in just two years, why has the situation of the internal government changed so drastically? In my opinion, Zhao Junchen's methods are actually simple to put it bluntly, but they are just opening up new sources of revenue for the internal carrier treasury on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are reducing the benefits of our people in private......"

Speaking of which. Wu Xinquan's face turned cold again - after Zhao Junchen took charge of the inner court, although he Wu Xinquan was the head of the inner court, the benefits he received on weekdays were also reduced a lot.

However, in an instant, Wu Xinquan had already gathered his thoughts in his heart and continued: "Zhao Junchen's methods do work, and after we take over the internal transportation warehouse, we must continue to copy it." If the situation becomes erosive again in less than two years, we will probably have to meet the wrath of Your Majesty...... However. It's just a matter of throttling, but in terms of open source, how can we bypass Zhao Junchen? Don't forget, although Zhao Junchen has opened up several financial routes for the internal treasury, these financial routes have always been in Zhao Junchen's hands, if Zhao Junchen just handed over the internal transport warehouse to us. But if you keep those few financial routes in your own hands, then the internal carrier warehouse we took over is just an empty shell and a mess, and sooner or later it will return to the situation of two years ago! Therefore, although we want to take over the internal carrier, we must not offend Zhao Junchen. On the contrary, we have to make more and more friends, if we want to manage the internal funds smoothly, we will not be able to do without Zhao Junchen's ability to open up financial roads in the future. ”

After hearing Wu Xinquan's explanations, although the great eunuchs were a little helpless, they still nodded in agreement.

After all, what Wu Xinquan said is true, take the pancreas business monopolized by the inner carrier warehouse, this business seems to be monopolized by the internal carrier warehouse, and all the businessmen all over the world want to buy goods from the inner carrier warehouse, but those craftsmen who are responsible for manufacturing the fragrant pancreas are all "Yuerong Fang" people from beginning to end, that is to say, the inner carrier warehouse actually only has the right to operate the pancreas business, but the production right is still in the hands of Zhao Junchen, as long as Zhao Junchen is willing, then he can make the financial resources of the inner carrier warehouse shrink significantly at any time.

Therefore, as Wu Xinquan said, although the inner court took over the two major yamen of the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Warehouse, it is still inseparable from Zhao Junchen's help, but it has to beg Zhao Junchen more and more.

On the other side, seeing that all the great eunuchs agreed with his statement, Wu Xinquan nodded with satisfaction, and then turned his head to Zhu Jinrong, the eunuch of the palm print of the internal official eunuch, and ordered: "Zhu Zhangyin, over the years, you have had the most contact with Zhao Junchen, and you are also the most familiar, and when the gift is ready, you will personally send it to Zhao Mansion, and when the time comes, you should be humble towards Zhao Junchen, if Zhao Junchen makes any request, you must try to agree, even if you feel embarrassed, don't refuse immediately, you can come back to me to discuss." ”

Zhu Jinrong's expression was still a little embarrassed, but he still nodded in agreement.

Next, after Wu Xinquan instructed the great eunuchs a few words, he carefully distributed the benefits of the West Factory and the internal transportation warehouse, so that all the great eunuchs present had something to gain.

After everything was over, Wu Xinquan's expression suddenly became more respectful, and he turned to an old eunuch sitting on the left side of the throne and asked, "Master Liu, are you still satisfied with my decisions?" If it is inappropriate, please ask Master Liu for advice. ”

The old eunuch was old, with a thin figure, looking to be about seventy years old, with sparse white hair, wrinkles and old age spots on his face, as if one leg had stepped into the coffin, and during the deliberations of the great eunuchs, the old eunuch did not say a word, just looked inenergetic and drowsy.

In addition, looking at the old eunuch's clothing, his grade is not high, which is a little lower than all the great eunuchs present.

However, when Wu Xinquan asked him, his attitude was quite respectful, and with Wu Xinquan's inquiry, the big eunuchs present also looked like they were listening to the training, and everyone did not dare to slack off on this old eunuch who was dying and was not of high rank.

This old eunuch is the eunuch Liu Qing, the chief eunuch of the inner study!

In the inner court, the person with the highest status on the surface is Wu Xinquan, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, and the person with the most sacred family is Zhang De, the eunuch of Emperor Deqing, but in fact, the real decision-maker of the inner court has always been Liu Qing, the chief eunuch of the inner study.

Although the inner study is a subordinate institution of the celebrant eunuch, it seems that it is not very powerful, and it is just to teach the eunuchs to read and write, but because of this, more than two-thirds of the real power eunuchs of the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, the fourth division, and the eighth bureau are from the inner study and are Liu Qing's students, and they are all because of Liu Qing's recommendation, they have come to this point.

In this way, Liu Qing's influence on the inner court can be said to be deep-rooted and extremely far-reaching, even the successive eunuchs who are in charge of the seal of the celebrant do not dare to go against Liu Qing's attitude at all.

Speaking of which, when Zhao Junchen knocked on the inner court, Liu Qing personally came forward to reach an agreement with Zhao Junchen, so Zhao Junchen let go of the inner court, so Liu Qing and Zhao Junchen can be regarded as acquaintances.

Although Liu Qing is getting old and is no longer in charge of things, his prestige is still undiminished, so after Wu Xinquan makes a decision, he will still ask Liu Qing's opinion.

After hearing Wu Xinquan's inquiry, Liu Qing first coughed lightly twice, and then said tremblingly: "Your idea is very good, just do what you say...... However, after the operation of Zhao Junchen, the situation is quite good, it can be said that the pearl and jade are in front, after you take over, you must not mess up, you must work hard, otherwise Your Majesty may hand it over to Zhao Junchen again, and at that time, we will be subject to it again. ”

As soon as Liu Qing's words fell, all the big eunuchs, including Wu Xinquan, got up and agreed.

Liu Qing's prestige in the inner court can be seen from this.

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said that after the meeting, when Xu Sheng, the chief eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, returned to his yamen, he looked quite depressed.

At today's meeting, Xu Sheng forgot to speak in proportion, and actually questioned Wu Xinquan's decision, although Wu Xinquan did not say anything at the time, but Xu Sheng still found out that Wu Xinquan was dissatisfied with himself.

Afterwards, when the great eunuchs carved up the benefits of the West Factory and the Inner Carrier, Xu Sheng's benefits were far from meeting expectations.

In this way, Xu Sheng was naturally a little depressed.

Speaking of which, the Imperial Horse Supervisor is also a powerful yamen in the inner court, and the military department and local governors share the military authority, but also manage the pasture and the imperial village, and operate the imperial store.

However, after all, the power of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is still not as powerful as that of the Celebrant Supervisor, and Xu Sheng's scheming methods are not as good as Wu Xinquan's, so the Imperial Horse Supervisor is more and more compared to the Celebrant and is suppressed by the Celebrant Supervisor everywhere.

When Xu Sheng returned to his yamen, all the eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Prison saw Xu Sheng's unhappy expression, and they all waited cautiously, not even daring to come out, for fear of being angry.

When Xu Sheng came to the Imperial Horse Prison Hall and sat down, in the midst of the quiet, a young eunuch suddenly came out and asked Xu Sheng: "Governor Xu, your expression is unhappy, but what difficulties have you encountered?" ”

This young eunuch was not long after he entered the inner court, but he was good at talking, would do things, and he had read poetry and books, and was very talented, so he quickly got the attention of the inner court, and transferred him to the imperial horse supervisor to do things.

Now at such a time, only this person dares to ask Xu Sheng for the reason.

This young eunuch is named Li Ru'an!

On the other side, Xu Sheng was sulking, and after hearing Li Ru'an's inquiry, he slapped the table and scolded loudly: "That Wu Xinquan has repeatedly humiliated me, it is really too deceitful!" ”

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