With a word from Emperor Hongzhi, Xiao Jing ascended the throne.

In the compound of the East Factory, Xiao Jing looked at the various stalls under the command of the East Factory, there was no joy or anger on his face, the new official took office, and after some personnel appointments and dismissals, Xiao Jing walked to the backyard, where Wang Yue once lived.

Now that Wang Yue has been withdrawn, the East Factory is in Xiao Jing's own hands.

Although Xiao Jing has not been well-known in recent years, many people are about to forget this old man in the palace before, but now that Emperor Hongzhi has moved out again, many people have to salvage Xiao Jing from the depths of their memories again.

Xiao Jing, whose name is Kegong, alias Mei Dong, is a native of Nanping County, Yanping Prefecture, and has served in the palace since he was a child.

He studied hard and made rapid progress. In the early years of Tianshun, he was appointed as a long-term follower. Xiao Jing asked for 1,500 craftsmen from the Supplementary Supervision Bureau, but Peng Ze, the secretary of the Ministry of War, resolutely opposed it, and Sejong also accepted Peng Ze's opinion, so Xiao Jing was hostile to the civilian officials.

Xiao Jing's understanding is very good, he can understand the truth when he reads when he is a child, and later he took advantage of the favorable conditions of the rich collection of books in the palace to read the classics, so he is rich in knowledge.

He treated the scholars gently and respectfully, Yingzong was in the side hall to comfort and reward the close ministers, the gold and money strings piled up a lot, and they were distributed quickly, Xiao Jing registered them one by one, and the calculation was correct. Ying Zongyou found out that he was very scheming, so he trusted him. In the second year of Tianshun, he was promoted to Fengyu, and soon after, he was promoted to the left supervisor of the imperial prison. Tianshun was promoted to the right young eunuch for five years.

Yingzong doted on him and successively gave him python clothes, jade belts and a variety of treasures. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor personally inspected the archery, pointed at him and said: "Do you know that you can write articles, but also archery?" Xiao Jing immediately pressed the saddle and fired three arrows in a row, and Yingzong was very happy with the arrows, and from then on he cared more and appreciated him, promoted him to a eunuch, a secretary of the supervisor, and gave Lu Mi a number of stones every year. He was sent to Jingzhou and Xiangyang to do business, and the reports of various magistrates said that he acted quietly, paid attention to the influence, and did not harass the common people.

In the eighth year of Tianshun, Yingzong died, and he was sent to the shrine to be in charge of lighting the fire.

After three years of Chenghua, he was transferred to the Inner Palace Supervisor and was responsible for managing the storage of grain and salary. His accounts were clear and some of the past shortcomings were basically eliminated, so soon after, he was promoted to the secretary of the celebrant and was ordered to investigate the major cases of Wugang, Qizhou and other feudal prefectures.

There, he eliminated interference, interrogated clearly, handled the case fairly, and reported the situation concisely and clearly, and Xianzong was very satisfied with him. However, Xiao Jing had a close relationship with Shang Ming, the eunuch who was in charge of the East Factory at that time, and Shang Ming was a person who extorted heavy bribes from Luo Jingshi Fubao and "sold his official beard to everything". Therefore, when Xianzong died in the twenty-third year of Chenghua, in order to avoid being implicated, Xiao Jing took the initiative to ask to do something that no one wanted to do in the eunuchs - to Yuling Sixiang

In the early years of Hongzhi, Xiao Jing was inevitably impeached by courtiers repeatedly. But Emperor Hongzhi sheltered him and exonerated him, once saying to Liu Daxia: "Xiao Jing is my adviser, but I have never given him power." ”

He is cautious, familiar with allusions, whenever the emperor asks about something, he knows everything well, can give clear and detailed answers according to the rules and regulations, and often has correct words and rules, so Xiaozong attaches great importance to him, and has repeatedly ordered him to be responsible for arranging crowns, marriages, funerals, sacrifices and other major ceremonies, and reviewing the regimental battalion soldiers and horses. When he was ordered to try a major case together with the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple, he interrogated carefully and gave a very appropriate sentence.

At that time, the old eunuch of the Three Dynasties, Xiao Jing naturally had deep qualifications, in the inner courtyard of the deep palace, a eunuch in the palace, had to give three points to Xiao Jing, even the emperor had to treat Xiao Jing with courtesy, and when it came to Emperor Hongzhi, Xiao Jing was given unprecedented respect by Emperor Hongzhi.

All in all, Emperor Hongzhi attached great importance to him, so today he removed Wang Yue and let Xiao Jing ascend the throne.

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In the backyard of Dongchang, Wang Yue is packing his luggage, in the past, he was in a high position, and there were countless people who befriended him, not to mention the inside of Dongchang, even the ministers of the DPRK and China rushed to give gifts to themselves, but today, he was deserted here, and the door was full of birds.

"The prince is packing up and wants to leave?"

Wang Yue looked up, and Xiao Jing was standing at the door, looking at Wang Yue quietly.

"Xiao Gong is righteous, the miscellaneous family has not fought Jinyiwei, and was trapped by Li Yanas, and today he has lost his position, which can be said to be not as good as before, and even the people who come here are a lot less."

Wang Yue said in a non-yin and non-yang manner, with some sadness in his tone.

"Haha, the prince is serious, you and I both do things for the palace, in the final analysis, we are just slaves of the heavenly family, if the heavenly family wants us to give birth, we will live, and if the heavenly family wants us to die, we will die, the prince has been in Dongchang for so many years, haven't you even seen through this?"

Xiao Jing's eyes were full of vicissitudes, and the experience carved deep and shallow gullies on his face, making the whole face deeper than one point.

"Listening to Xiao Gong's words, it's really better than reading for ten years, and the miscellaneous family has been taught by Xiao Gong." Wang Yue arched his hand towards Xiao Jing, took his things and turned to leave, still looking like he was neither yin nor yang.

Xiao Jing didn't stay, and watched Wang Yue catch a carriage at the door and leave.

Xiao Jing smiled bitterly, this Wang Yue still didn't listen to his words after all, his own acting Si Lijian palm seal is just an agent, and it won't last long, and this position will still be returned to Wang Yue's hands at that time, and he has reached the age when he should tell his old age, and he should go back to Yuling to Sixiang.

Today, it is obvious that the prince of the East Palace and Jinyiwei are very close, if this Wang Yue still does not repent, then he is really killing himself.

Xiao Jing seemed to be nobody, raised his hand and arched his hand towards Wang Yue's distant carriage.

"Prince, go well......"

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Back in Jinyiwei, the old subordinates in Nanjing rarely invited Li Yi out for a drink, which was called washing the dust.

Hearing the news, Li Yan immediately smiled, his mouth almost grinned to his ears, and he was so moved that he almost cried directly.

Zhao Shun looked puzzled, what happened to the old boss today, wasn't he stimulated in the prison of Shuntianfu?

Thinking of this, Zhao Shun was angry, scolded and turned around to take someone to Shuntian Mansion to seek justice for Li Yan.

Damn, shut up all the adults in my family!

At this moment, Li Yan looked up at Zhao Shun with teary eyes. “…… It's been so long, and when I go out to eat, I'm going out to pay for it, and today ...... Finally see the money back......"

Zhao Shun: "......"

Zhao Shun really didn't know what to say, his old boss was framed by Wang Yuenasi and put in prison, and he was finally put back, and he and others wanted to invite him to a meal, but he didn't expect to move Li Yan like this.

Presumably the discipline is low again...... Zhao Shun looked at Li Yan, who was moving himself, and affirmed.

(End of chapter)