After the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor Zhu Di, the emperors were lazier than the other, to what extent? I didn't bother to review even the folds. In other words, this is the emperor's job, the history is like a knife, if you don't want to do it, you have to do it, after all, the emperors are lazy, and they don't want to fall into the name of a faint king.

What to do? Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong was very smart, and ordered the priest to set up an inner study hall to teach the eunuchs to read, so that the eunuchs who were originally illiterate got the opportunity, and many smart ones stood out and were given important tasks to help him review the chapters and exercise imperial power.

These people were divided into two groups, one group specialized in reading the chapter, called "Bingbi Eunuch", and the other person was the most favored by the emperor and could replace the emperor to "approve red", called "Eunuch of Ceremonies and Palm Seal". Gradually, the power of these eunuchs became greater and greater, and finally reached the level where they could compete with the cabinet, and the eunuchs who were in charge of the eunuchs were even called "internal ministers" without a name.

Here it is necessary to introduce the work process of the Ming Dynasty government: the chapter first arrived at the cabinet, and after being reviewed by the cabinet scholars, a piece of paper was pasted on it, and their opinions were written and submitted to the emperor, and the emperor approved the red (the emperor used a red pen to give instructions, also called "approval Zhu") officially took effect, in fact, it is very similar to the Tang and Song Dynasty Zhongshu Sheren (several middle-level cadres in Zhongshu Province) "Wuhua Judgment".

When the departments receive the documents issued by the Cabinet, they will use the approval on the proposed ticket as the basis for taking effect. It is said that this is not a legal work procedure, but because the Ming Dynasty did not have a clear legal work procedure, people naturally had to look for it, and they found the procedure of the ticket to be approved. One day, whoever received an edict, there was no vote, and the emperor directly approved it. I'm sorry, this can only be regarded as your personal letter from the emperor, not an official government document. In fact, this also has a scientific name: Zhongzhi.

The crux of the matter is, what if the functional department receives the order?

In fact, it is also simple, and there are examples to follow.

In the Northern Expedition of Yongxi, Song Taizong bypassed the prime minister and directly formulated a battle plan with the Privy Council and directly commanded the front-line generals, which was a taboo of issuing a central decree without permission, and was almost unable to step down.

In the Northern Expedition of Shaoxing, Prime Minister Qin Hui issued an edict to withdraw the army in the name of the imperial court, but Song Gaozong issued an edict asking Zhu to continue the attack. All the generals were ordered to withdraw their troops, and only Yue Fei continued to attack on the orders of the central government. As a result, everyone knows that Yue Fei was exempted from prison and even died in prison. Although it is well known that this matter is a traitor of Qin Dahan, from the perspective of legal procedures, he is really the reasonable party.

This incident has taught future generations a bloody lesson - if you do not obey the edict, the emperor will lose face at most, and even if the person who obeys the order is a national hero, he will not escape the fate of losing his official position or even losing his life, and the emperor will not be able to protect you. Then you say, if you receive a decree, especially a decree that is contrary to the imperial edict, should you be ordered or should it be returned?

It depends on the situation and their own strength, when the father of Zhang Juzheng, the Yuan Fu of the Dynasty, died of illness, Ding Wei should have gone home, but the result was to borrow the excuse of the emperor's decree, and he did not leave, he was the first assistant of the cabinet, and Feng Bao, the master of ceremonies in the inner court, who had the power to approve the red, wore a pair of pants with him, although the big guy couldn't see it, and repeatedly wrote to impeach him, but he still couldn't do anything.

Having said so much, in fact, I want to explain that the status of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty may be inferior to those eunuchs who abolished the emperor at every turn at the end of the Tang Dynasty, but it is by no means an exaggeration to describe it as powerful, and the disciples of Wang Zhen and Liu Jin of the previous dynasty are representatives.

The eunuch Zhang Whale is such a bull man, on the intimacy with the gods, he is not under the palm print Feng Bao, on the position, he is also the secretary of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi as the secretary of the salary of the Si Zheng, last year and was ordered by the emperor to "know the affairs of the East Factory", among the eunuchs in the inner court, in addition to the palm seal of the master of the ceremonial supervisor and the commander of the East Factory Feng Bao, the eunuch Zhang Hong, and the eunuch Li Wenjin, his identity is basically the top of the sky.

But there is a reason for the current status of those people, needless to say, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng teamed up to draft Mu Zong's edict of succession, and he was the minister of Mu Zong's order, and won the trust of the queen mother of the two palaces. Needless to say, Zhang Hong has served Xianzong for many years, and after the Mu Dynasty, he is an authentic old qualification, and he is Zhang Whale's father-in-law. As for Li Wenjin, he is the brother of the old lady of Cisheng and the uncle of Emperor Shenzong.

But Zhang Whale is unwilling, well, this is nonsense, there are thousands of eunuchs in the harem, and there is no one who does not want to climb up.

If you are unwilling, you have to find a way, what to do, of course, you are serving Shenzong with your heart, there is no way, although the power of eunuchs is great, in fact, it is just a derivative of imperial power, the emperor tells you to do it, the emperor says you can't, others say nonsense.

Anyone who is close to the Divine Sect knows that he has a little secret, the beauty is above, and he prefers the hairless, commonly known as the White Tiger. It's just that the woman who was born with a white tiger is definitely a rare species, which can be met but not sought, and many people are secretly helping Shenzong to find it, and Zhang Whale is also one of them.

Yesterday, Xing Shangzhi reported that there is a famous doctor in Pinggu, who has a secret method to help women remove hair, which was personally verified by Ning Yongquan's wife in Pinggu County, and the effect is very ideal. Zhang Whale was overjoyed, and hurriedly went to Kunning Palace to report to the queen, and received a lot of rewards, and now he is waiting to take Zhang You into the palace.

He had a good idea to ask Zhang You to secretly help Empress Zhang remove her hair, so that he could not only make Shenzong happy, but also help Queen Wang to fix her *favor*, in case Queen Wang likes to get the prince one day later, his credit will be great. As for Zhang You, whether it is effective or not, naturally he can't keep it, and after forcing out the secret method of hair removal, he will kill it. In this way, the secret method of hair removal is in his hands, isn't it that if you want any concubine to get *favored*, which concubine will be *favored*?

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and even Zhu Yijun can see Zhang Whale's mood and can't help but ask him the reason. He is not stupid, so he naturally refuses to say it clearly, only saying that he went to Kunning Palace on an errand yesterday and was rewarded by the queen's old lady - I dare not guarantee whether Zhang You's method will be effective, even if it is really effective, Zhu Yijun must not know about hair removal, otherwise he will not get the benefits, and he may have to fall into a killing disaster.

It seems to be a bit contradictory, but in fact, if you think about it from another position, you can understand, for example, you are the emperor, and the queen said that the body hair fell off for no reason, and finally became a white tiger, which is of course a happy thing for you who like white tigers. But if you know that this is a fraud, the surprise will definitely be greatly reduced. If you think about it further, isn't it the heart of the person who has mastered this method to blame?

Queen Wang is beautiful, but Zhu Yijun has never liked her, and when he heard the words, he thought that Zhang Whale was helping him in a roundabout way, and he was a little disliked, and waved his hand to drive him out of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Dashou, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, is Feng Bao's cronies, and he can't help but gloat a little when he sees this, Zhang Whale sneered at the corner of his mouth clearly, and he is secretly happy in his heart, laugh, laugh, and wait for the queen to be *favored* in the future, when you cry.

Out of the Qianqing Palace, I saw Xing Shangzhi rushing here from a distance, Zhang Whale greeted him unhurriedly, and before he could speak, Xing Shangzhi said: "Something happened, master, I just got the news that Zhang You is missing." ”

"What?" The smile on Zhang Whale's face suddenly froze, and he squeezed word by word from between his teeth: "What's the matter?" ”