Back in Ciqing Palace, a group of eunuchs such as Lu Shou, Liu Kejing, Wei Xueyan, Liu Ruoyu, Li Shi, and Ji Lun, the clerk, have been waiting for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Eunuch is not a derogatory color at this time, but a job title, like a minister or director in later generations. The original meaning of "Tai" has the meaning of tall, such as the Taichang Temple in charge of the ceremonies of the Temple, and the Taifu Temple in charge of the decree of the herding horse, all named after the Tai. In the imperial palace, eunuchs also have strict ranks, and the highest status is called eunuchs, and the lower ones are young eunuchs, eunuchs, Fengyu, long attendants, pawns, errands, and firefighters. If there is no special person who is castrated into the palace, it is called 'fire person', so it is also used to refer to eunuchs.

Ye Xiang looked at these eunuchs who were not younger than 40 years old kneeling below for the first time, and found that Lu Shou, who had the most honorable position, was already an old man in his 70s, and his actions were already a little slow.

"Your Highness, the slaves are too late." Lu Shou first made a polite look, and then introduced and greeted everyone one by one.

After that, Ye Xiang thought of his close attendants, and thought of Wang Chengen, who accompanied Chongzhen to martyrdom, and didn't know where he was now, so he asked Lu Shou, "Lu Zhangyin, is there a person named Wang Chengen in the palace?" Can I let it be my long-term follower? ”

Wang Chengen, the first person Ye Xiang wanted to promote here, was not only because of his loyalty to Zhu Youzhen and Daming, but also because of his courage to martyr. Who doesn't like to be around such a loyal and courageous person?

"Wang Chengen? The slave remembered that there was a thousand households in the Jinyi Guard, the palm print of the armor factory and the private minister of Kejing were all called by this name, I don't know which one His Highness wants? ”

Most of the eunuchs will change their names when they enter the palace, and they will take more loyalty, goodness, ministers, auxiliaries, etc., except for the surname Zhu, which must be changed to the surname Chu, there are basically no strict restrictions, so it is not surprising that there are those with the same name.

Jin Yiwei is a normal person, first of all, Ye Xiang asked the approximate age of the latter two, the armor factory is more than 60, and Liu Kejing's name is only more than 40, referring to the original historical inference, the one who accompanied Chongzhen to the coal mountain must be Wang Chengen under Liu Kejing's name.

Ye Xiang opened his mouth to ask for someone, and according to the habits of later generations, he felt that it seemed disrespectful to call him by his name, so he asked Liu Kejing, "I don't know if Gonggong Liu is willing to cut his love?" ”

Liu Kejing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said, "The slave is frightened, His Royal Highness can call the slave by his real name, His Royal Highness has a blue eye for Cheng En, it is a blessing that he has cultivated for several lifetimes, how dare the slave dare to hinder his future." The slave first thanked His Highness for his appreciation here, and later on, the slave asked him to go to Ciqing Palace to standby. ”

"Then please." Let him be exempt from courtesy, and thinking of the actions of Concubine Zheng Guifei in the Qianqing Palace just now, Ye Xiang walked up to Li Shi, the imperial horse supervisor, and said to him, "Gonggong Li, except for Jinyiwei, the other commanders of the pro-army will not meet one by one today, and I would like to ask you to go and tell them what I mean, so that the commanders of the guards must fulfill their duties, strictly abide by the palace ban, and wait for everything to be straightened out when I see them again." ”

Li Shi bowed down honestly and replied, "Your Highness is serious, and the slaves will convey His Highness's orders one by one." ”

Ye Xiang nodded, and then instructed Ji Lun, "From tomorrow, the music book received by the General Administration Department and Huijimen will be sent directly to Ciqing Palace, and Lu Zhangyin and you Bingbi will also run errands here first, and then go back after my aunt moves out of Qianqing Palace." ”

This is the proper meaning of the question, and of course everyone will not object, so they have been bowing down and saying, "Obey Your Highness's orders." ”

Then, according to Wang An's previous teaching, at this time, Zhu Changluo should be called the imperial examination, and continued, "Imperial examination Bintian, you still have to work hard to treat the funeral, and you must rely on your full assistance in government affairs. In addition, I am too young, and it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate places in case of trouble, so in order to avoid making a big mistake, you should also mention it in time, and I thank you here in advance. ”

After that, Ye Xiang gave everyone a salute first, which was regarded as an apprenticeship, and everyone was busy returning the salute, which was naturally polite, and then Ye Xiang left Wang An and asked everyone to leave on an errand, not to mention it.

Ye Xiang didn't know if he was negligent, so he asked Wang An's opinion: "Companion, did I handle it properly just now?" ”

"His Royal Highness is far more sophisticated than his peers, but there is something unknown about the slaves? Why doesn't Your Highness see the pro-army now? They can shoulder the burden of the safety of the imperial city, and His Royal Highness should take good care of them. ”

Ye Xiang smiled slightly, and carefully explained to Wang An in line with the principle of checking and filling in the gaps, "I think about it like this, first, these pro-army generals are appointed by the emperor and the emperor, and they should be credible, and they are not subordinate to each other, they are mutually restrictive, if there is no one in the center of the unified scheduling, it will be difficult to succeed; Second, they have lived in Da Nei for a long time, and their families are also in Beijing, and the good days have passed for a long time, and the combat effectiveness may have long been gone, so it is okay for them to guard the city gate and put on a royal prestige, and it is impossible to raise troops to rebel. Third, the incident happened suddenly, and this is the time when they want to work hard, and the more I snub them, the more panicked they become, and they will not mess around. Companion, do you think I'm right? ”

"Your Highness, what if someone is instructed to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos?"

Ye Xiang can face it so calmly, it is entirely because he knows the result and hindsight, since Zhu Youxiao was able to ascend the throne smoothly in the original history, it means that Xi Li and others have no armed forces at all, and they are just trying to blackmail the Son of Heaven to make the princes and strange goods live. They couldn't even control the original Zhu Youxiao, let alone want to hold themselves hostage as a traverser, so Ye Xiang said with a smile, "The only troubles at the moment are Zheng Guifei and Xi Li, but they don't have that strength." If there is, I'm afraid that the imperial examination will not succeed to the throne so easily. ”

"Then why didn't Your Highness send someone to imprison the two of them?" Wang An expressed doubt.

"Companion, are you testing me?" After Ye Xiang asked, he saw Wang An smiling and silent, and he also smiled, and then said, "After all, they are the surviving people of the imperial ancestor and the imperial examination, not to mention the public opinion of foreign dynasties, as his junior, family affection still exists." At present, it is definitely not to the point where you want to fight with them. ”

Wang An was greatly relieved when he heard this, stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Your Highness, in the future, you will be the lord of benevolence and wisdom, and the blessing of our people." ”

"Companions, get up, get up." Ye Xiang hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Wang An up, patted the non-existent ashes on the robe with his empty hand, and said to Wang An, "In the future, there is no need to kneel in private, although you and I are clearly monarchs and ministers, but we are more affectionate than our ancestors, so how can I deal with myself." As for the Lord of Benevolence, companions, you will be willing to assist me with all your heart. ”

Eunuchs also have dreams, to his position, what money and power have been downplayed, he attaches more importance to whether he can go down in history, let me ask, who in Ouchi doesn't want to be like the eunuch of the Three Treasures when he became an ancestor? Thinking that Ye Xiang would not let him kneel, Wang An held back the excitement in his heart, retreated and bowed, and said, "It is the duty of the slave to assist the Son of Heaven, and the slave is willing to smear the liver and brain of His Royal Highness, and never die." ”

After Wang An finished speaking, he straightened up, looking at the relief revealed by Ye Xiang's slightly upturned lips and the confidence in his eyes, his heart suddenly felt a little gloomy. This is not because he has doubts about this, but he knows that the Ming Dynasty has been founded for a long time, and if there are many evils today, it will not be a day's work to create endless achievements, and he is nearly seventy years old, and his time is running out. In order to live up to the trust, he secretly decided to choose a loyal, virtuous and virtuous person for Ye Xiang in Da Nei to cultivate, so as not to have no successor after a hundred years. Siding, but also replied to a kind and bright smile, making the room suddenly become a time glitter.

That night, countless dignitaries and nobles in Beijing could not sleep, except for Ye Xiang, who was in the center of public opinion, because he had seen too many people today and knew too many things, and he was tired.

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In the east city of the Jingshi, the private house of Keguang, the west wing, Wei Jinzhong was looking at a little fat man who was drowsy under the lamp in a daze at this time.

The little fat man's name is Hou Guoxing, the only son of Zhu Youxiao's nurse Ke Yinyue and her deceased husband Hou's second son, who is only a few months older than Zhu Youxiao. Hou Guoxing has small mouths and small eyes, has rhinitis, drowsiness, and often yawns as soon as he sits down, which makes Tu Wenfu, who is a Xixi, helpless about this, and often secretly calls it rotten wood.

Tu Wenfu, who is in his fifties, is dignified, loves cleanliness, often dresses up as a literati, and is a handsome old man. Not only that, he is also good at writing and arithmetic, liberal arts, scheming, able to argue, good at piano and good at shooting, and can be said to be an all-round talent in civil and military affairs. He was originally Zhu Changluo's errand when he was in the East Palace, and later because Zhu Youxiao couldn't do without Keyinyue, he sent him out of the palace to teach Hou Guoxing to read and write, and it has been six or seven years.

At this moment, Tu Wenfu was holding a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and putting it under the candle, reading it with relish, and ignoring Wei Jinzhong.

Wei Jinzhong shook his head, Ke Yinyue once thought about Ren Rongrong, the righteous daughter she raised outside, and she wanted her to marry Rong Rong Xu to her son Guoxing and be a baby parent. Wei Jinzhong sighed secretly, fortunately he didn't agree at the time, but now looking at Guoxing's bear-like appearance, didn't it ruin her charming figure when she was only 13 years old.

Ke Yinyue slowly entered the house with small steps, Wei Jinzhong looked at it and quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he thought that this widow had not been a day or two, he thought that he would have a chance with Xi Li, but he thought that her opponent Wei Chao had become the steward of Zhu Changluo's Qianqing Palace, and he could only sigh with joy. But now, here's the opportunity.

"You didn't slip in front of Li Niangniang, why did you get out of the palace?" Ke Yinyue did not have a good face for Wei Jinzhong, although he had a better physique than Wei Chao, he was illiterate at that time and had no future.

"Yin Yue, the emperor has died."

"What? When did this happen? Ke Yinyue was shocked by this sudden news, and didn't bother to care about the abnormality of his name, and asked urgently.

"It's midnight this morning."

Ke Yinyue left the palace at noon yesterday and returned to her younger brother Keguang's house because Guoxing had an awkward relationship with Tu Wenfu recently, and she didn't know anything about the palace. Her level is far from the point where she has to send someone to notify her, and in order to avoid riots, the official news will not be officially released until tomorrow.

Tu Wenfu thought exquisitely, put down the book, and immediately said to Ke Yinyue, "Mama Ke, you will enter the palace early tomorrow morning, remember, you must not leave the emperor's eldest son for a moment." ”

Ke Yinyue didn't understand what Tu Wenfu was referring to, but wondered why she was left out in the cold, "But, why didn't Brother School send someone to inform me of such a big matter?" He doesn't usually do that. ”

Tu Wenfu was a little annoyed by Ke Yinyue's short-sightedness, but he had to explain patiently, "Hey, you don't have to care about these details now. Now that he has died, although the eldest son of the emperor has not yet been canonized, the new son of heaven is none other than him. Today's incident happened suddenly, and there must be a lot of things, and it's normal not to take you into account. ”

"Today, the minister entered the palace and cried, and then welcomed the emperor's eldest son to the Wenhua Palace to pay respects, and then retired to Ciqing Palace, and did not return to the Qianqing Palace to live. Xi Li Niangniang also ordered Gonggong Li and I to stop them, but they were outnumbered and let them succeed. Wei Jinzhong put gold on his face.

Of course, Ke Yinyue knew the secret of Ouchi, and also knew that Wei Jinzhong didn't have the courage to go against the minister at all, so he didn't care about his lies, and asked, "Is it decided to ascend to the pole that day?" ”

Wei Jinzhong replied honestly: "The sixth day of the first month." ”

Tu Wenfu persuaded, "Mama Ke, at the moment, you can only grasp the opportunity by entering the palace, remember, after entering the palace, you must serve more carefully than before, whether the second half of Guoxing's life is glorious and rich or obscure, it all depends on your performance in front of the emperor's eldest son in the past few days." In addition, Guoxingzhi will be put aside in advance, and I will discipline you strictly on your behalf. ”

Ke Yinyue looked at Hou Guoxing, who was asleep, and sighed secretly, and thought deeply, and said while standing up, "Well, then I'll go clean up and go back to Ciqing Palace tomorrow as soon as I open the palace gate." ”

This was Wei Jinzhong's purpose of obeying Ren Rongrong's coming, but thinking of Zhu Youxiao's words to Li Jinzhong and himself and others before Qianqingmen, he couldn't be happy at all even if he achieved his goal.

Wei Jinzhong according to Ren Rongrong's analysis, he can only find another high branch to avoid the scourge of killing, he has two choices, one is the Wei Dynasty that has always been good friends, the Wei Dynasty is Wang An's henchman, according to Zhu Youxiao's performance today, he attaches great importance to Wang An, then he has to please the Wei Dynasty; The second is Zhu Youxiao's nurse Ke Yinyue, Zhu Youxiao has always been very attached to Ke Yinyue, if Ke Yinyue can also speak for himself, then he will definitely be safe and sound.

Although Wei Jinzhong has the credit of reporting the news, as long as he chooses the opportunity to beg, Ke Yinyue will also help him say good things, but he will not dare to relax for a moment if the matter is not determined for a day, not to mention that he has offended the minister today, and he has no bottom in his heart.