Chapter 21 The Eunuch of the Sea
The sudden random task disrupted Yang Su's plan, he was originally going to keep a low profile during this time, first because he was always cautious when he first arrived, after all, Yang Su was sure that there were many people staring at him in the sky and on the ground, as long as his actions were too out of line and affected the conspiracy of some people, even if they killed themselves at all costs, it was possible, I don't believe in Wuzong and Tianqi.
The second is that he wants to hide behind the scenes, so that Wen Tiren and the Donglin Party can eat dog, and the relationship between the Ming Emperor and Wenchen is very complicated, and the two are interdependent, confrontational, and fighting against each other.
The emperor's powerful civil officials will huddle together to keep warm, and once he puts too much pressure on the entire civil service system, needless to say, Yang Su knows that they will immediately unite against him without discipline.
The emperors of the late Ming Dynasty spent most of their time fighting with their ministers, and then they all lost, because the emperor was just one person, and the only thing the emperor could do in the face of the civil officials in the world was to magnify the strike!
Until the eunuch was developed, the nominal majority shareholder of the group, with a loyal younger brother, famous and powerful, the civil officials could no longer resist.
But the random task made Yang Su have to carry out a big move in advance, today he has sent someone to copy the king's heart's home, a lot of silver is about to start, and there is a lack of faint monarch value to go to the pot, and the other tasks of the current system are not possible for him to complete in the near future, so even if there is a risk, Yang Su will continue to do it.
Because Yang Su has never pinned his hopes on these small schemes, he has lived for two lives for hundreds of years, but he has not lived more and more, he is a sword immortal! There is still a sharp breath in the chest!
There is nothing in this world that cannot be solved with a sword, and if there is, then I will make another sword!
It's the same for these moths in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Suke doesn't have much to spend on them, it's too difficult to bring a group of pig teammates to brush up on the Saints dungeon, it's better to go it alone.
Yes! Zhu Yuanzhang said that the gentry class would be unlucky, and he undoubtedly knew Yang Su very well. In Yang Su's heart, there has never been any compromise of interests, let alone bothering to play any top-down reforms, isn't it good to have the strength to directly flip the table? Why play with this group of moths!
"Prince, I don't know why the emperor suddenly summoned me and Father-in-law Fang?" Gao Qiqian asked as he took out a pearl the size of a dragon's eye and exuded spiritual light from his sleeve and put it into Wang Chengen's hand, and said with a smile: "Please also ask Wang Gong to know!" ”
"Father-in-law Gao is polite!" Wang Chengen said while holding his hand but did not slow to take the pearl, this kind of pearl is no longer an ordinary thing, it can be regarded as a rare spiritual treasure, whether it is refining or eating, it is very good.
Gao Qiqian followed the emperor after Chongzhen ascended the throne, although he was also more valued by the emperor, and he was a rare eunuch with special skills, and he knew the soldiers. He also had the experience of leading troops and suppressed the rogues.
But in the past two days, there have been undercurrents in the court and the palace, especially last night, the eldest brother and second brother, the most powerful celebrant in the palace, joined forces to carry out a big purge in the palace, and there were bursts of bloody rain, but if there was a little suspicion, he was not interrogated at all, and no matter who was standing behind him, he was directly beaten to death on the spot, which made him, an old man who was used to seeing wind and rain, a little scared.
"Yes, the prince should take care of us fellow citizens!" Fang Zhenghua has a relationship with Wang Chengen, he is also from the Eunuch Academy, and this relationship can be climbed.
After that, Fang Zhenghua was a little embarrassed and took out a gold ingot from his sleeve and sent it up nervously, for fear that Wang Chengen would not accept it and feel that he was insulting him.
Founder is not as generous as Gao Qi Di, Gao Qi Qian has the technology to go to the extra money. Although his martial arts skills are high, as a eunuch trapped in the deep palace, there are not too many old-timers who have changed their marrow and die in the palace silently.
And the cost of practicing martial arts is huge, especially for a martial artist of his level, if he wants to continue to practice martial arts, he relies on resources, just now that he is taking care of his body, he is already unable to make ends meet, and he is also poor!
Because of the huge difference in power among the twelve eunuchs, the third brother of the celebrant eunuch was in charge of all rituals and punishments in the imperial city, as well as managing errands and listening to various servants.
The second brother is a eunuch who specializes in helping the emperor draft his decree and approve the red on his behalf! The literati of the Ming Dynasty were hostile to the eunuchs because the eunuchs seized the power of the prime minister.
"However, the proposed vote of the cabinet shall not be determined by the approval of the internal supervisor, and the power shall be transferred to the temple people."
The cabinet can only put forward opinions, "approving red" in terms of the nature of its power, belongs to the highest decision-making power, but it belongs to the eunuchs, and there is a eunuch prime minister on the head of the minister of the Manchu Dynasty, who can bear this! Therefore, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been very hostile to eunuchs!
As for the eunuch with the palm seal of the eldest brother of the celebrant eunuch, the work is relatively simple, mainly to help the emperor manage the seal, and help the emperor cover when he has nothing to do.
All in all, the eunuch is to serve the emperor and help the emperor solve problems, the celebrant helps solve the work problem, and the other eunuchs are life problems.
Wang Chengen smiled happily and packed up the square gold ingots and solemnly put them in his sleeves. He knows the current situation of Fangzhenghua, and Fangzhenghua is about to soar, of course he will not despise Fangzhenghua, otherwise you will try it again.
Just send some gold and want to ask the eunuch Bingbi about the emperor's thoughts, hehe, you look down on me! Wang Chengen promised to teach him how to be a man every minute.
Eunuchs are good at this, they value money, so they all use money to do things, and if they receive your money, I will do things for you, and if they don't do it, the money will be returned in full. This is basically a practice that they all follow.
For example, the old man at the same time as Wang Chengen, Xu Yingyuan, who had also followed Chongzhen's side for more than ten years, was desperate and found Xu Yingyuan, Xu Yingyuan was very interesting After receiving Wei Zhongxian's benefits, he helped Wei Zhongxian point out a clear way, immediately resigned, and took the initiative to go back to his hometown to farm and save his family's life.
And when faced with the emperor's determination to kill Wei Zhongxian, the father-in-law Xu who collected the money, thought that the money he collected would not be able to be returned once Wei Zhongxian died, so he bravely stood up and begged the emperor to let Wei Zhongxian live, and then was beaten with 300 sticks and sent to the imperial mausoleum to guard the tomb.
"This time the emperor summoned the two of you, because just now the emperor suddenly asked about the matter of our inner study, Master Gao and Master Fang are both the best of our inner study, of course our family has to recommend it to the emperor, so the emperor immediately ordered me to summon you to meet,
Hehe, the two fathers-in-law have entered the emperor's eyes this time" After Wang Chengen's events yesterday, his thinking has obviously changed, from wanting to monopolize the emperor's trust at the beginning, to developing and strengthening the power of eunuchs, so he took the initiative to recommend Gao Qiqian and Fangzheng this time.
"Thank you to the prince, the prince is so kind and virtuous, I will never forget it!" Gao Qiqian and Fang Zhenghua were overjoyed, for the eunuchs, the emperor was their everything, as long as there was the emperor's trust, even Cao Huachun had to look at them.
"Little things, little things, everyone is doing things for the emperor, let's go, don't make the emperor wait for a long time" Wang Chengen greeted the two on the road with satisfaction.