Being a eunuch in the Song Dynasty was not a good job.

Compared with the predecessors of the Tang Dynasty who called for wind and rain and mastered the change of the throne, and compared with the backwards of the Ming Dynasty, who were powerful all over the world and above 10,000 people under one person, the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty were much smaller, so small that except for a Tong Guan, descendants could not remember what other famous eunuchs could be used in this dynasty that lasted for hundreds of years.

Of course, there are special reasons, such as the Song Dynasty emperor learned the lesson of the eunuch chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty, severely suppressed the rights of eunuchs, and Taizu Taizong ordered that the number of eunuchs must be strictly limited, not to interfere in politics, not to lead troops alone, and so on. And the power of the Song Dynasty is also extraordinarily large, the scholar group formed by the scholars is huge, which has formed a huge pressure on the inner court forces, and the ministers are also extremely vigilant against the eunuchs.

But in fact, the personal quality of the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty was much higher than that of their counterparts in the Tang and Ming dynasties.

The most outstanding Tong Guan aside, there are also Qin Han, a tough guy who followed Emperor Taizong to defeat the Khitan and was wounded forty-nine times, Li Shenfu, an inspirational figure who walked out of the imperial kitchen and later became an observer in Runzhou, Sun Quanbin, who fought with the Western Xia in Yanzhou and had outstanding military achievements, Li Shunju, who died in battle under the Yongle City and shed the last drop of blood for the Song Dynasty's conquest of the Western Xia, and so on.

These people are all heroes who have left their names in history, although they were born eunuchs, but in the history books of all dynasties, they are regarded as positive typical records, and they are famous for thousands of years and generations.

Dong Songchen also wants to be like them.

As an incomplete man, there is always a desire to leave his name intact in the history books.

People who have lost something and always want to make up for it from something else are out of human instinct and human nature.

Since he was sent to the palace ignorantly when he was a child, Dong Songchen has been in the Inner Deep Palace for dozens of years.

From a young and youthful child, he slowly grew into a middle-aged man with frosty temples.

Within the red wall, with high walls and thick bases, in the majestic imperial city, there has never been a shortage of frightening infighting, those struggles comparable to swords and eyes on the battlefield, so that Dong Songchen has received a cruel education that is not suitable for children since he was a child, and deeply engraved it.

In the past few decades, Dong Songchen has lost count of how many thrilling experiences he has experienced and how many bloody storms he has seen.

Those pictures went away with the wind, leaving behind only one truth that made him reasonable.

If you are alive, you have to climb up, otherwise, sooner or later, you will be stepped on by others and become a stepping stone for others.

Therefore, although Dong Songchen has now become the governor of the inner province and the closest attendant of Emperor Lizong, he is still trembling and walking on thin ice.

Because everyone knows that there is still everyone who knows, he is not the biggest one.

Dong Songchen also knew that even if he became the boss of the inner province, he was just an internal official, except for serving the emperor's family in the palace every day, he had no interest at all.

If you want to go out, you have to be a serious official, that is the future of a successful eunuch.

Dong Songchen is very far-sighted, he knows that if he stays in the palace, he will never be productive, and the emperor will not give the eunuch a good look, only when he is a capable eunuch, like Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng, can he get ahead, and walk on the street, others will look at him.

The eunuchs are all good-looking, lest others look at them with mocking and contemptuous eyes.

How do you get there?

There are many ways and means, but none of them are easy to follow.

Fortunately, Dong Songchen likes to read history books, and he heard that those who read will not suffer, so he reads.

After watching it for several years, he understood that collusion inside and outside the world is much more likely to succeed.

It's a shortcut.

If you are a eunuch, you are inside, so who is outside?

The Ministers? Prime minister?

Pull it down, those scholars look at the eunuchs like the enemies who killed their mothers, and they can't wait to wash the palace clean, and the most common words on their lips are: "Emasculation!" Andar! ”

If you can't read people, then only the post-party will remain.

Like the eunuchs, the relatives are also a group of vulnerable groups that the ministers hate and vigilance, in front of the scholars who are the dominant in the Song Dynasty, the life of the relatives is similar to that of the eunuchs, when an official is impeached by the ministers, a business is impeached, and even more impeached when leading the troops, anyway, they don't like what they do, it is best to sit at home every day and wait for death, then the world is peaceful.

This is just too much.

Can Yan Biao, the younger brother of Yan Guifei, who is now the most favored by Li Zong, stand it?

Of course I can't stand it.

Yan Biao was twenty-two years old at the time, originally the son of a Jiangnan family, he didn't learn to eat, drink and have fun every day, and lived a happy life as a rich man in Fujian.

When his sister was selected and entered the palace as a concubine, the Yan family became a royal prince, and his father, who was the governor of the state, took the whole family to Beijing to settle down, but all the men who had a little fame had an official job, and those who had an official body were promoted, Yan Biao suddenly found that the world was like this.

The previous life was really weak.

Without much effort, he became a member of the Ministry of Labor, and he was named Naolang, and achieved an official position that many scholars could not reach in their lifetime.

The capital is so prosperous, there are so many people, there are so many officials, and the power is so addictive. With an official position, someone will come to lick your ass without throwing money at it.

One person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, nothing more than this.

Yan Biao relied on his sister, the family's money, and the halo of the imperial prince who had once put on his body, and instantly made a name for himself in Lin'an City, and became the most famous gentleman and the most domineering relative.

Yan Biao drank the best wine, ate the best food, lived in the biggest house, climbed the biggest boss, and aspired to the greatest position of power.

The Yan Gongzi in everyone's mouth is him.

He's not an ordinary gentleman, he thinks.

Now that he is an outsider, the rights are so comfortable, if the rights are greater and the status is higher, is it more comfortable?

This thought lingered in Yan Gongzi's mind and lasted for a long time.

Yan Gongzi is rich and powerful and wants to climb up, Dong Songchen has the heart to make foreign aid, and he also wants to climb up.

Yan Biao and Dong Songchen have become friends of Mo Zhizhi, although the age difference between the two is very large, almost ten years old, but there is no generation gap at all, the two look for flowers and willows together, talk about life together, and look forward to the future together.

Vows to the alliance, only for the infinite beauty of the future.

Dong Songchen wants to be Tong Guan, and Yan Biao wants to be Zhao Pu.

As soon as he thought of this, Dong Songchen couldn't stop the smile on the corner of his mouth.

He lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, looked at the street scene outside, and was a little impatient, why hasn't Chunfeng Lou arrived yet? Yan Gongzi is already waiting there.

In fact, he guessed very right, Yan Gongzi did arrive earlier than him.

Yan Biao's horse, with a group of family members, swaggered through the city and ran through the royal street, of course, faster than him.

The reason why I hurried to Chunfeng Tower after noon was because it took too long to go to the Privy Council in the morning.

Zhao Kui, the old man, was not finished with his ramblings, as if the world was the biggest and he was the biggest, and he used the attitude of an elder to make a long speech to two or three young civil and military officials, including him, asking them to be loyal to the monarch, to be diligent in their administration, and to keep in mind today's achievements, all of which are the result of the care of several bigwigs in the Privy Council, and I hope they will make persistent efforts and continue to work hard in the future.

Yan Biao almost laughed on the spot.

your grandma, coax ghosts, Lao Tzu has today, it is not for my sister to blow the pillow wind in front of the emperor, so that the ghost can sit here and listen to you.

He couldn't listen at all, but the other two young people, especially the one named Chen Yu, listened attentively and with an extremely respectful attitude, so that he couldn't find an excuse to leave, so he could only listen to it all morning, so he was late.

"Lord Dong won't arrive early, will he?" Yan Biao was a little worried in his heart, lest he lose his courtesy, he was very concerned about this internal official.

After all, it was my sister who specially advised him to befriend the internal officials, and Concubine Dong reminded him that this Dong Songchen was very favored by the emperor, and he had a bright future in the future.

Hurried and slow, when he arrived at the door of the Chunfeng Building, he swept his eyes, Yan Biao breathed a sigh of relief, there was no palanquin in the palace to stop, it seemed that Dong Songchen had not come yet.

Kicking off the horse, Yan Biao took a square step and entered the gate of Chunfeng Tower.

The door is very quiet, it seems that the subordinates who stand in front of the station are doing a good job, and this time the sub is down.

Dong Songchen is an internal official, and it is not convenient to show his face in front of outsiders, so that those ministers know that the internal officials and relatives are openly drinking in the restaurant, and it is bound to provoke another war of words, although it is not harmful, but it will be tired and annoyed by my sister.

Yan Biao was in a good mood and crossed the threshold.

Before I could see the scene inside, a person in front of me hit me headbutt.

(End of chapter)