After two snaps of his fingers, Wang Bu returned to the side hall where Yun Xi was located with Huang Fu and Huang Lu, the two little eunuchs who had just entered the palace in February. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Huang Fu and Huang Lu were very frightened. They must be very clever when they can be selected to be on an errand by Yun Xi's side, and they all saw the expressions of Wang Bu and Yun Xi when they came in just now, it must have happened in the palace. It may not be a good thing for them to be called in by Yun Xi at this time!

The two of them trembled and saluted Yun Xi.

Yun Xi didn't have the heart to talk nonsense at this time, and said to Huang Fu: "You go and call Wang Xi in." ”

Huang Fu immediately took the order to retreat, and there was no delay for a moment.

Then Yun Xi looked at Wang Bu and said, "You just said that Wang Gong is also in Kunning Palace?" Is Wang Jin there? ”

Wang Bu immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wang Jin is also in Kunning Palace." ”

Yun Xi nodded and did not continue to speak. He didn't speak, no one dared to speak in the entire side hall, and the hall was quiet like a mourning hall that no one visited.

After a while, Wang Xi also followed Huang Fu to this side hall.

Wang Xi was in the palace where Yunxi was dealing with political affairs just now, and he was a little puzzled when he heard Huang Fu call him over, but he also came over immediately.

Although Wang Xi doesn't know how to manage people, so although he has a high rank, he doesn't have much direct power, but his ability to observe words and emotions has not degraded.

Yun Xi said: "Huang Fu and Huang Lu, you two retreat!" But you can't go too far, just outside the door. ”

The two of them immediately ran out in small steps.

Yun Xi said to Wang Bu: "You tell Wang Xi about this matter." "The voice is completely inaudible.

But the more Yun Xi was like this, the more scared Wang Bu and Wang Xi became. Wang Bu slowly talked to Wang Xi about this, not a single superfluous word, not a single superfluous action.

Yun Xi's two eyes were staring at Wang Bu and Wang Xi, especially the expression on Wang Xi's face, Yun Xi did not miss a single subtle movement.

Wang Xi listened to Wang Bu's words and was shocked: "Such a thing happened in the palace!" ”

Yun Xi felt that there was nothing wrong with Wang Xi's expression change, and said, "Wang Xi, do you not know that they are so greedy, or do you not know about this matter?" ”

Wang Xi immediately understood what Yun Xi meant, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the slave really doesn't know. ”

Yun Xi knows that it is not a good thing to suspect the corruption of those around him without evidence. But he regarded the palace as his own home, and could not tolerate such a thing in his own home.

Especially the four eunuchs around him, the salary is much higher than the salary of the four grades, and if anyone is really short of money to spend, he will never be stingy with him. So he really can't tolerate their corruption.

Yun Xi stared at Wang Xi for a while, and then finally didn't ask again. It was about to speak, when Wang Bu suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I heard that there are also people who have taken money among the eunuchs around Your Majesty. ”

Yun Xi looked at him and said, "Who is it?" ”

Wang Bu said: "Your Majesty, the slave doesn't know who it is, but it must be someone close to Your Majesty who took the money." ”

Yun Xi glanced at Wang Xi again, thought about something, and then said to Wang Xi: "You go and pass Huang Fu and Huang Lu to come in." ”

Wang Xi immediately called the two of them in.

Yun Xi instructed the two of them to call Yang Feng over.

After Yang Feng came, Yun Xi said: "You go and arrest all the eunuchs around me, except for Wang Xi and Huang Fu and Huang Lu!" For the time being, put them all in the place where the erring guards are locked up. ”

Of course, Yang Feng also found that the atmosphere was wrong, and then he heard Yun Xi's orders. He didn't dare to ask anything, and promised, "Yes." Then he went out and organized the guards to arrest people.

Yun Xi then said to the four eunuchs at the scene: "You follow me to Kunning Palace." ”

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At this time, Kunning Palace was a busy situation. Xi Yao has the power granted by Yun Xi to dispose of the harem maids and eunuchs, although she still does not dare to deal with Wang Gong, Wang Jin and Wang Bu, Xi Yao also specially sent Wang Bu to the Qianqing Palace to report the news, but the other eunuchs who found out the problem were all taken down by her cronies and eunuchs.

When Yun Xi came to Kunning Palace, he saw more than a dozen eunuchs and young eunuchs of the Yamen who had sufficient oil and water, such as Shang Shan Jian and others, tied in the courtyard with their backhands.

Yun Xi walked into the main hall and saw Xi Yao saying something to Tingle and the others.

Huang Futong said, and Xi Yao immediately turned to Yun Xi and said, "The concubine has seen Your Majesty." The eunuchs and palace maids around her knelt down and saluted.

Yun Xi walked up to Xi Yao and said to her, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Xi Yao replied: "This morning, the concubine looked at the accounts of the first month and found that the usage was better than the consumption in previous years, so she felt that something was wrong, and then began to check the accounts. ”

"Then I found out about the accounting, and the price of many things was much more expensive than in previous months. The concubine immediately called the eunuchs of the various prisons, divisions, and bureaus to check the accounts, and found that in addition to raising the price of some things, there were also false expenses. ”

The concubines then interrogated the eunuchs of the various yamen. At first, they did not admit that there was corruption, but they had to admit it because of the conclusive evidence. ”

The concubines then arrested people according to what they confessed, and they caught these people, and the eunuchs and palace maids who were sent out to arrest people have not yet returned. Waiting for all to come back, there will be more people. ”

In fact, things are not as easy as Xi Yao said. Xi Yao had been eyeing corruption a few months ago, but there was not much money at that time, and Xi Yao was afraid that Yun Xi didn't particularly care, so she kept it until the accounts of the first month came out, so she got the decisive evidence so smoothly.

Yun Xi picked up a ledger and looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became. He was amazed to see that on the account of the Shang Shan Supervisor, it was written that an egg would cost ten yuan.

Ten cents, although it is not up to the standard of ten taels of silver for an egg in 'I Daqing', but now an egg outside can't even be used for a penny. He remembered that when he took the time to go to his cronies' house in the first month, Qi Tai's father Qi Yu said that five cents could buy two catties of eggs.

The more Yun Xi looked at it, the more angry he became, he threw down the accounts, glanced at these eunuchs and young eunuchs who were taken down, and said to Xi Yao: "You check hard, no matter who you find out, you must take it!" ”

Xi Yao agreed.

Then Yun Xi said to Wang Jin and Wang Gong: "You follow me to the side hall!" ”

After entering the side hall, Yun Xi immediately asked, "How much did you two take?" ”

The two of them glanced at Wang Bu with side eyes, but Wang Bu didn't dare to make any movements or expressions.

Wang Jin, as the eunuch of the earliest Yunxi in the same batch as Wang Xi, first knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the servants take 200 yuan per month from the eunuchs of the yamen such as Shangshanjian in December, the first month, and the second month. ”

Wang Gong and Wang Jin knelt down at the same time, and then also said the money they took. He is different from the others, he is directly in charge of the royal prison, and it can be said that he bears direct responsibility.

Therefore, Wang Gong admitted that his subordinates were not strict, and also admitted that he knew about the corruption of his subordinates, and he did not care about it.

Yun Xi pointed at Wang Gong and didn't speak for a long time. He felt that if Wang Bu and Wang Jin told the truth, they could be pardoned; If Wang Xi is telling the truth, then there is no responsibility; But Wang Gong is the direct leader of the imperial prison, and it is unreasonable not to give a big punishment.

But Yun Xi felt that Wang Gong had been following him for more than six years, and it was a pity to take it like this, and he couldn't bear it. He can execute or even kill officials or people who he has never seen without even seeing him, but he can't do anything to his cronies and eunuchs.

Yun Xi angrily turned around the side hall several times, but he still couldn't get down this ruthlessness. Yun Xi finally decided not to make a final decision for the time being, but went out of the side hall alone and said to Xi Yao: "You detain Wang Gong, Wang Bu, and Wang Jin first, and they will be detained separately." But don't abuse, got it? ”

Xi Yao held back the excitement in her heart, bowed down and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine remembers." ”

Then Yun Xi took Wang Xi and others to leave Kunning Palace, return to Qianqing Palace, and continue to approve excerpts.

Waiting for Yun Xi to go away, Xi Yao's close female official Tingle whispered to Xi Yao in a corner where other eunuchs and palace maids couldn't see: "Niangniang, our goal has been achieved." ”

Xi Yao smiled slightly and did not speak.

It turned out that Xi Yao didn't think about taking down Wang Gong and a few of them from the beginning. And Xi Yao knew that even if he completely took down a few of them, Yun Xi would definitely not let himself appoint all the eunuchs with full authority. Xi Yao's purpose is to reduce Yun Xi's trust in them through this incident, at least in terms of integrity. If there is less trust, then there will definitely be a change in power.

Xi Yao wanted to redraw the power boundaries between the various yamen of female officials and the various yamen of eunuchs, try to let the female officials take advantage of the yamen, and let the people of Kunning Palace take advantage, and then slowly formed an inertia, or a system.

After a new system is formed, it takes people who are very capable and great perseverance to change the system. It's like the keyboard that everyone is using today is not actually the best solution for designing keyboards, but because everyone is used to it, many people have designed new keyboards that have not been able to survive in the market.

Xi Yao just wants to ensure that after she 'loves to fall late', she can also try her best to ensure her influence on the harem through the system.

This was actually not what Xi Yao thought of herself, but what her mother told her after thinking about it. Hee Yao was also apprehensive at first, and once felt that this was a betrayal of Yun Xi's trust in her. Their relationship as husband and wife is very good.

But Xiyao couldn't resist her mother's repeated persuasion, and she didn't think she wanted to do anything to Yunxi, so she still did it.