Zhu Daming's thoughts, of course, are not something that Wei Zhongxian can guess, all he is doing now is to stabilize Wei Zhongxian's party, prevent them from acting rashly, and leave all the excerpts attacking Wei Zhongxian's party in the court, the purpose is just to wait, waiting for the formation of the general trend of Wei Dynasty, if the vast majority of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces want to punish the eunuch group, it is the time for Zhu Daming to act. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

While Sun Yingyuan sent Wei Zhongxian out of the palace, Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, and Fang Zhenghua remained with the emperor, Cao Huachun said: "The emperor is wise, Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng are here, but because Cui Chengxiu was dismissed today, they have come to test Your Majesty's mind." What the emperor did was enough to calm his heart. ”

Wang Chengen also said: "Now among the courtiers, four or five out of ten are Wei Party, and the cabinet ministers are all without exception, the emperor and his son and nephew are generous, Wei Zhongxian can be at ease, so that all the ministers of the Wei Party can also rest assured, and the government will not be in great turmoil." The emperor's move is one of the art of war. ”

Zhu Daming wanted to cultivate Fangzhenghua, so the other party Zhenghua said: "Fangzhenghua, do you understand what the two of them said?" ”

Fang Zhenghua is not as feminine and weak as Cao Huachun, nor is he white and fat like Wang Chengen, now in his thirties, his face is black and red, he is tall and burly, and he looks like a military general.

This person was not very popular with Emperor Chongzhen in the original history, because Chongzhen was relatively weak, and he also liked eunuchs who were weak scholars, and he didn't like people who were five big and three rough and like a reckless man, so he never let Fang Zhenghua participate in this kind of thing.

But Zhu Daming, who knows history, is different, and this Fangzheng is the object he wants to focus on cultivating.

Fang Zhenghua listened to the emperor's question, and immediately replied: "The slave has understood. The emperor had good intentions, but the slave failed to understand the emperor's intentions, so he asked the emperor to surrender his guilt. ”

Zhu Daming smiled slightly and said: "I don't want to do things like this, but there are always such things in the court, you are all slaves and maids who have served me for many years, and you are my eyes, ears, eyes, and eyes. The ancients said that if you want to cook small foods in a big country, the most important thing is to avoid haste, be patient. ”

Then, Zhu Daming said to Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen: "Go back and tell Wang Tiqian, just say that it is my will, and from now on, Fang Zheng will become the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch of Bingbi, and Wang Chengen will also be the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace." ”

Cao Huachun hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, and looked at Wang Chengen, who was as calm as ever, and Fang Zhenghua, who was quite excited, with envy on his face, while Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank him.

The role of the celebrant was very great in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, especially in the years when the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in power, which was originally only responsible for coordinating the relationship between the emperor and the cabinet and the department responsible for transmitting the cabinet votes, and became an institution above the cabinet.

The cabinet is usually composed of six ministers, six books and a university scholar, you can enter the cabinet as a cabinet minister, and assist the emperor in handling the world's government affairs.

And the eunuch with the palm print of the celebrant eunuch has been the internal minister since the late Wanli period, and when he arrived in the Apocalypse Dynasty, it was even more indispensable, especially Wei Zhongxian, for the cabinet to hand in the folds, most of the time he didn't give the Emperor of the Apocalypse a look, so he dared to criticize the red in the name of the emperor, and then let the cabinet handle it with the emperor's will.

The meaning of the red is to use a brush, dipped in cinnabar, to make instructions on the fold.

This is the exclusive power of the emperor. But by the time of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, this power fell into the hands of Wei Zhongxian, and the emperor ignored it, and even enjoyed being idle, which made the power of the celebrant continue to expand.

The current palm print is nominally Wang Tiqian, and it is said to be nominal, mainly after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, Wei Zhongxian said that he was not sick, and recommended his henchman Wang Tiqian to be a palm print eunuch, but symbolic things such as the emperor's jade seal ribbon that should be in the hands of the celebrant are still in Wei Zhongxian's hands, and they can be called Taishang palm prints.

There is no quota for the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuch, and the current chief eunuch is Li Yongzhen, then Cui Yingyuan, then Gao Shiming, and then Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, who were appointed after Emperor Chongzhen ascended to the pole.

The emperor promoted Fang Zhenghua again today, presumably at this juncture, Wei Zhongxian will not disagree, and Wei Zhongxian will not object, and Wang Tiqian will not have objections.

In the blink of an eye, in November, the winter in Beijing during the Chongzhen period was much colder than in later generations, although there has been no snow, but the large and small water surfaces in the Forbidden City have begun to freeze.

I didn't go to court for a few days in a row, and I only watched the twists and turns in various places in the warm pavilion, and I also took time to accompany the queen and the concubines to walk and chat.

The eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace was not an important position, and the main function was to manage the emperor's eating, drinking, Lazar and other trivial matters in the Qianqing Palace.

At present, only Wang Chengen is the most suitable.

In history, Wang Chengen did not be the palm seal eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, but it did not affect his loyalty to Chongzhen and his importance, but being the steward eunuch of the Qianqing Palace would make him more important and play a greater role.

When Wang Chengen first entered the palace, Cao Huachun was his master, and later Cao Huachun took him into the palace of King Xin.

But after Chongzhen ascended the throne, Wang Chengen was promoted to the same important position as Cao Huachun, and Cao Huachun's heart was slightly unbalanced.

However, for Emperor Chongzhen's recent appointment, he secretly rejoiced.

All of them all know that Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, Li Yongzhen and others will definitely be finished sooner or later, so who will be the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant eunuch?

If Wang Chengen continues to stay in the celebrant eunuch, he may become an opponent, and if he is also the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, he will lose the opportunity to palm the seal.

So in the past few days, several old people who used to believe in the palace suddenly had a much better impression of Wang Chengen, and they no longer regarded him as an opponent to beware.

During this period, although the Imperial Hall Dynasty with the ministers was not held, the Wenhua Hall with the cabinet ministers was still held as usual.

Zhu Daming met with several cabinet ministers headed by Huang Liji several times, and several ministers were impeached without exception, but when discussing matters in person, only Li Guoyan, who was relatively low in the ranking and not too old, stood up and said that as a cabinet minister, he received a seal of impeachment against him, and it was reasonable to be impeached, that is, he should be treated as a criminal, avoid suspicion and resign, and asked the emperor to allow him to resign from the position of cabinet minister, and wait for the imperial court to verify his whereabouts.

The result, of course, was cordially encouraged and comforted by the emperor, and he warned the cabinet ministers not to be afraid of slander and ridicule, but to be as brave as ever, but also to let the officials who were impeached by the upper authorities go unchecked.