CHAPTER XXIV
Wei Zhongxian understood what he wanted, and he had to mobilize all his political resources to accomplish his goals. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Nine thousand years old, you don't know, the original familiar forbidden army was transferred out in the evening, and now the new forbidden army has been stationed in Ouchi, and under the emperor's holy decree, all eunuchs can't leave the palace in the near future.
"Hmph, whoever stops you, you will tell whoever I told you that I asked you to leave the palace, the emperor will investigate it, and I will also protect you, you are absolutely safe, hurry out of the palace and spread the word." Wei Zhongxian was very angry, the little eunuch who was respectful to him on weekdays dared to refute his words.
Liu Tong stood aside, hesitant, and refused to retreat.
"Why don't you leave, is it possible that you dare not listen to me." Wei Zhongxian said angrily.
Liu Tong knelt down, crying and said: "Nine thousand years old, listen to your words, the slave will inevitably die, the emperor's decree has just been issued today, which person in the inner court is not afraid, even the procurement of eunuchs is not allowed to leave the palace, not to mention the slave, if the slave wants to leave the palace, he will be escorted to the palace by the forbidden army, and at that time, even if he is nine thousand years old, he will not be able to keep the slave." ”
Wei Zhongxian sneered, walked to Liu Tong's side, kicked Liu Tong fiercely, and said: "You dog slave, you are so afraid of death, the emperor can kill you, is it possible that the cost of a thousand years old can't kill you, I only need one word, I can make you, a dog slave, not see the sun tomorrow, if you go out of the palace, there is still a glimmer of life, if not, you will not survive tonight."
In a trance, Liu Tong understood that standing in front of him was Wei Zhongxian, a famous 9,000-year-old, and it was as simple as crushing an ant to kill himself.
"Nine thousand years old, you, you're forcing me to a dead end."
"Ben Chitose doesn't want to kill you, you still have a great future, I know that you little eunuchs have a lot of Taoists who can't get on the stage to get out of the palace, Ben Chitose doesn't matter what method you use, tonight, you must go to find Cui Chengxiu, Yang Huan and the two, and bring Ben Chitose's words, otherwise Ben Chitose will not spare your dog's life."
Does Liu Tong have a way to get out of the palace? Of course, there are many people in the little eunuchs who do not have the right to leave the palace, if there is no appreciation of the boss and the care of the old eunuch, the little eunuch will never be able to leave the palace, but there are policies and countermeasures, and this legal principle can be used anywhere, including the palace of the power center of the entire Ming Dynasty.
During the Zhengde period, Ming Wuzong was arrogant and extravagant, built a mansion outside the palace, but it was inconvenient to often go out of the palace, so he made a ridiculous will, digging tunnels, so that he could let himself go out of the palace to play, after Wuzong died, the tunnel was the new emperor Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi, that is, the Jiajing Emperor who was nicknamed the Taoist Emperor ordered to be sealed, but the tunnel was not completely sealed, the tunnel that existed during the Zhengde period retained a small part, although the tunnel can go out of the palace, but also by some high-powered old eunuchs as their own, if the little eunuch wants to go out of the palace to play, you have to pay some silver taels, and the person in charge of this tunnel now is Wei Zhongxian's friend and loyal supporter Wang Tiqian.
Although there is a way to get out of the palace, everyone in the lower eunuchs knows that there is an authentic existence, and the emperor does not enter the palace for a day or two, if you want to find out, it is extremely simple, this is the reason why Liu Tong is reluctant to leave the palace, but now he is threatened by Wei Zhongxian, so he can only take a risk.
"Nine thousand years old, the slave is willing to die for the nine thousand years old, but if the slave is really caught, the nine thousand years old must save the slave's life, so that the slave can better serve the nine thousand years old." Liu Tong said with tears in his eyes.
Wei Zhongxian nodded with satisfaction, helped Liu Tong up from the ground, and said softly: "Liu Tong, you have also stayed by Ben Chitose for a while, and you also know my temper, as long as you work hard, I will not forget your loyalty to me, you immediately go to Wang Tiqian and ask him to arrange for you to leave the palace, but if you are caught, if I let you pass it on, you must not say it, otherwise I will not be able to save you." ”
Liu Tong nodded hurriedly, but he didn't care about this, if he was really caught, he would be a fool to listen to Wei Zhongxian's words, he would definitely summon him truthfully and sell Wei Zhongxian, since he could get Wei Zhongxian's appreciation, of course he was a clever and smart person, and he was not willing to throw his life away for someone for no reason.
"Go down."
"Yes, nine thousand years old."
Liu Tong walked out of Wei Zhongxian's residence, looking at the faces of the forbidden army who were not familiar with him, his heart was full of fear, he was just a powerless eunuch, and he didn't want to be involved in the struggle between Wei Zhongxian and the emperor at all, when he immediately walked to Wang Tiqian's residence, he finally couldn't stand this depression, he decided to betray Wei Zhongxian, he was going to find Zhu Youzhen, and tell Zhu Youzhen everything Wei Zhongxian arranged for himself.
In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon couch, and there was a middle-aged man standing next to him, who was the new pro-army commander Luo Yangxing.
"Luo Yangxing, I put the safety of the palace in your hands, you don't want to live up to my hopes, encourage progress, and don't lose face for your father."
"Thank you to the emperor for your promotion, and the minister will definitely do a good job in the future and do his best to protect the palace."
"Today, you have been busy for a day under the haste of my will, and I didn't want to summon you, but I have one thing that I can't help but arrange for you to do." Zhu Youzhen said softly.
"The emperor tortured the ministers, and the ministers were promoted by the emperor's favor, and they didn't dare to say that they were tired."
"Tomorrow's court meeting, something will happen, you transfer reliable cronies to guard the Taihe Palace, if I order whoever to take, you will take whomever you want." Zhu Youzhen said the purpose of his summoning Luo Yangxing this time.
"The emperor can rest assured, the new forbidden army has nothing to do with any minister, only obeys the orders of the emperor alone, if the emperor says to take whom, even if it is Wei Zhongxian, we dare to take it." Luo Yang said angrily.
After hearing this, Zhu Youzhen's face became extremely embarrassed, patted the dragon case beside him, and reprimanded: "Presumptuous, the pillar of the Duchy of Wei, how can I take him, if I say this marginally in the future, if I say it again, I will never spare it." "Zhu Youzhen feels that if the eunuch party is brought down, the charges used must not be those unjust cases in the past, otherwise the Donglin Party will definitely resurge, without the constraints of the eunuch party, it is absolutely difficult to control, and reprimanding Luo Yangxing is also to tell Luo Yangxing, you don't guess the emperor's intentions, otherwise there will never be a good end, of course, this is also a means of declaring the prestige of the monarch.
Luo Yangxing hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Minister, minister obeys." ”
Just as the two were talking, Wang Chengen entered the main hall and glanced at Luo Yangxing, of course Zhu Youzhen knew what Wang Chengen meant, waved his hand and said: "Lord Luo is my loyal minister, if you have anything to say, you can say it." "Sticks and dates are always the best match.
"The old slave obeyed. The emperor, Liu Tong came to the outside of the palace and said to the old slave that there was something important to play the emperor. ”
"Why is he here, let him in."
"Yes." After speaking, Wang Chengen went out of the hall to announce Liu Tong's entry into the hall.
After Liu Tong came in, he saw Zhu Youzhen sitting on the dragon couch, hurriedly knelt down, made a salute, and shouted three long live.
"Get up."
After Liu Tong stood up, Zhu Youzhen asked, "You said that you have something important to play, but I don't know what?" ”
"Your Majesty, nine thousand years old, no, Father-in-law Wei just summoned the slave and asked the slave to go out of the palace to talk to him."
"Go out of the palace with words, bold, don't you know my will, in the near future, all eunuchs are not allowed to leave the palace."
Hearing Zhu Youzhen's displeased, Liu Tong hurriedly knelt down and said, "It's because I know the emperor's will that the slaves don't dare to leave the palace." ”
Zhu Youzhen looked at Liu Tong with straight eyes, and said softly: "You said that Wei Zhongxian asked you to leave the palace, then I asked you, under my will, how did you get out of the palace, who did you bring the message to, and what words did you bring." ”
"Gonggong Wei asked me to bring a message to Master Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and told him to let him play tomorrow to protect Xu Xianchun, and also inform Yang Huan and let him entangle the imperial history and play together." Liu Tong replied truthfully.
"Did Grandpa Wei let you out of the palace just to pass on this sentence?" Zhu Youzhen didn't believe it in his heart.
"Yes, Gonggong Wei just asked the slave to pass these words to Lord Cui and Lord Yang, but the slave was loyal to the emperor and thought that these things were not good for the emperor, so he came to tell the emperor first."