After sacrificing to the Five Organs Temple, Ye Xiang relied on his understanding of the Ming Dynasty, left the two ministers on duty in the main hall, called Wang An to the warm pavilion of Ciqing Palace, understood the current situation, and asked, "Companion, give me a rough explanation of the situation in the interior,"

Wang An, the word Yunyi, a native of Baoding Mansion in Beizhili, nearly 70 years old, Zhu Changluo reads with him, and is now the master of ceremonies and the pen of the scarf and hat bureau. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info doesn't look very strong, and looks sickly, but his face is fair, and his eyes are blazing. He told the story of the twelve prisons, four divisions and eight bureaus of the Great Inner Palace, but in the end, Ye Xiang did not remember many people.

The celebrant examines and approves the cabinet ticket on behalf of the emperor, and the cabinet is confidential, which is actually the "internal minister", the palm seal of the celebrant is Lu Shou, and the pen has Zou Yi and the palm of the East Factory, Liu Kejing, Wei Xueyan, Tian Zhao, and the celebrant writes Liu Ruoyu and so on; The Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Ministry of War and the Governor jointly hold the military handle, which is actually the "cardinal mansion" of the inner court, and the commander Tengxiang is the four guards, the grassland and the stable, etc., and Li Shi is the palm print; Ji Lun was in charge of the clerical office, and was responsible for receiving the daily seals of this chapter by the General Administration Department and the seals issued by the Beijing officials of the Huiji Gate and the vassal kings.

The second is the East Palace, the palm seal of the Seal Bureau, Wang Tiqian, accompanied by Shen Yin, Tang Sheng, and so on.

Again, it was Xi Li's close attendants, Li Jinzhong, Tian Zhao, Liu Xun, and Wei Jinzhong.

Of course, there is also the nurse Ke Yinyue who was not mentioned by Wang An.

Since there are hundreds of people with names and surnames in Ouchi, all of them have their own deacons, and they are shining in their respective posts, so if they don't go into detail one by one, Ye Xiang only needs to grasp the people close to him, because a person's energy is limited, not to mention that there are many military affairs waiting to be done by himself.

"Where are Lu Shou and Zou Yi now, why haven't they seen them? And who is in charge of Jinyiwei now? Ye Xiang asked.

"Eunuch Lu is too old, he is currently taking care of the temple coffin in Renzhi Temple, Zou Yi is the governor of Dongchang, there are many things at the moment, he may not be able to separate. The Jinyi guard commanded Luo Sigong to take charge of the guard, and he has not entered the palace today. Wang An said what he knew succinctly.

Ye Xiang was clear, there was no need to attack the celebrant for the time being, after all, these were all used by Zhu Changluo to promote Jian, and they should be trusted, and he didn't know who he could trust.

Dongchang is the eyes and ears of the emperor in Beijing, and Jinyiwei is the emperor's minions, which is very useful in this era of imperial autocracy. Many of his future policies will offend the interests of the entire Ming bureaucracy and landlord class, and if there is no assistance from Dongchang and Jinyiwei, I am afraid that they will be overthrown before they are implemented.

Whether Zou Yi of Dongchang and Luo Sigong of Jinyiwei can be used for themselves, their performance in the next few days is crucial, in short, if they don't change their thinking, they will change people.

As for the Ke Yinyue and Wei Zhongxian of the Apocalypse Dynasty, whether they are good at meeting or being trusted for other reasons, Ye Xiang still has to observe first, and he can't be preconceived and punished without teaching.

After listening to Wang An's story, Ye Xiang knew that Wei Zhongxian was the Wei Jinzhong who was outside the Qianqing Gate earlier today and asked Yang Lian where he was going to take him. Wei Jinzhong, who originally specialized in catering for Wang Cairen, lost his job after the death of Cairen and was sent back to the Jiazi Library as a warehouse manager. Because Li Jinzhong was familiar with Xi Li in Ciqing Palace, he bribed him a lot, and turned into a close attendant who carried Xi Li's shoes and swept them. Judging from Wang An's voice-over, not to mention anything else, Wei Zhongxian is at least good at monopolizing and currying favor with his boss, and even Wang An is subject to his set.

There are two more pieces next, pro-army and 内帑 [tǎng].

The Son of Heaven's army has a total of 26 guards, which are not under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. Among them, the brocade guards are in charge of guards, honor guards, arrests, and prisons; Flag-bearers and guards; The avant-garde of the government army commands the young army (supplementary soldiers); Nineteen guards such as Jinwu and Yulin are in charge of the Imperial City Guard Patrol; Teng Xiang and other four guards, palm with the escort.

After Zhu Changluo took the throne, he successively allocated 1.3 million yuan to Jiubian, half of which was rewarded, half of which was paid, and now there is not much left. In addition, there were eleven storehouses, each of which stored various substances, which were managed by eunuchs.

To sum up, it is the general situation of Ouchi, and more specific needs Ye Xiang to understand it slowly in the future, thinking that in the future, these hundreds of thousands of people will need to be supported by their own private pockets, Ye Xiang feels that Yali is very big.

"Your Highness, do you want to take a rest first, after all, you will wake up in less than 4 shifts today, and the old slave is worried about your body." Wang An saw that Ye Xiang was tired, and reminded him, to be honest, he was so tired that he couldn't stand it when he was old, but it was not good to blow Ye Xiang's interest, and he kept holding on.

Ye Xiang also knows the truth of not being able to reach it quickly, although he also feels tired, it is not the time to rest. Xiu Qi Zhiping's 'repair' is not in a hurry, the Qi family is still in a hurry, if you want the Qi family, you have to go to Zhu Changluo to see, so he shook his head and said, "Companion, I still insist on staying, you accompany me to the Qianqing Palace to see my father, well, call the British Duke and His Excellency, it should be no problem for them to be together." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yin, the companion, ran in and told Ye Xiang: "Lord Luo led people to surround Ciqing Palace, both inside and outside. Now Lord Locke and the British Duke are talking outside. ”

Ye Xiang immediately took Wang An out to check, and sure enough, there were three steps and one post outside the hall, and one post in five steps, which was full of brocade guards wearing armor. I saw that they were wearing eight-petal round helmets, light yellow fire paint nail round neck armor, waist belts, and embroidered spring knives.

Ye Xiang pointed to these horsemen and asked Luo Sigong, who knelt down to salute, "General, please get up, what's going on with these people." ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, Bingke Yang Lian and other ministers suggested strengthening the guard of Ciqing Palace to prevent chaos at night, and the minister thought so, so he brought two hundred people to guard Ciqing Palace day and night to ensure that His Highness was safe." Luo Sigong continued to explain, "These captains are captains drawn from the Nanzhen Fusi, and they have never guarded the palace. ”

British Minister Zhang Weixian stepped forward to help, "Lord Luo is thoughtful, His Royal Highness should be protected by all captains, it should be fine." ”

Ye Xiang also thought of the subtlety, so naturally he would not object, and after thanking him, he said to a few people, "I want to go to the Qianqing Palace to pay homage to my father's remains, and I ask you to accompany me." ”

Liu Yixie, who was bearded, disagreed, and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness has personally experienced the situation just now, and returning to the Qianqing Palace at this time is tantamount to entering the mouth of a sheep, so it's not too late to wait for Xi Li and others to move the palace." ”

Ye Xiang thought in his heart, I don't know what year and month Xili moved to the palace, now in September, it is a hot day, is there a freezer, this corpse can be placed for a long time, and said, "Father and emperor died, as a son, shouldn't you deal with the aftermath?" Your Excellency, don't worry too much, Aunt Li is a woman after all, and she won't do anything to me. Didn't I just say that? I want you to come with me. ”

Luo Sigong saw that Ye Xiang was resolute, so he proposed, "Just in case, please allow Your Highness to allow the ministers to evacuate the Jinyi Wei General who guards the Qianqing Palace first, and also replace him with a captain." They have been in front of the emperor for a long time, and the ministers are worried that they will be used by Li Niangniang. ”

"There are also a few close attendants in front of Li Xuan, such as Li Jinzhong, Tian Zhao, Liu Xun, Wei Jinzhong and others." Liu Yixiao added, "When His Royal Highness first returned to Ciqing Palace, they all blocked him many times. The minister suggested that he be imprisoned first, and then convicted after His Highness ascended to the throne. ”

The British Duke also put forward his own opinion, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate, General Jinyiwei also said in the past, although it is not difficult to take down a few close attendants, the unknown division may cause suspicion among the government and the opposition afterwards." ”

Ye Xiang felt that what Zhang Weixian said made sense, so he asked Wang An, who had never intervened, "Companion, what do you think?" ”

"The old slave felt that what Grandpa Guo said was very true, the old slave had served Emperor Taichang for decades, and he was still able to control Li Jinzhong and others. Coupled with the three adults on the side, it will be safe to go to the Qianqing Palace. As for Li Jinzhong and the others, it will be enough to convict him of stealing the property in the palace at that time, not only not wronging them, but also giving the government and the opposition a justifiable reason. ”

Ye Xiang nodded with a smile, how else to say "If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you", looking at a few people who are about to become fine, and a little discussion, it is a thoughtful and thoughtful strategy. He also felt that he was in a hurry to cut off Xi Li's wings now, and he had to make them make more mistakes, so he said to Luo Sigong, "Then please ask General Luo to act accordingly." ”

Luo Sigong hurriedly said that he didn't dare to wait, and then hurried out of Ciqing Palace to do business.

Soon after Luo Sigong left, Fang Congzhe hurried over, and after a salute, he said, "The minister is here for Li Kezhuo's matter, please ask His Highness to have an idea." ”

Li Kezhuo, the temple of Honglu Temple, dedicated a "red pill" yesterday, after Zhu Changluo ate one, he had an appetite after not eating for a long time, and let him take another one in the afternoon. For some reason, Zhu Changluo passed away in the early hours of this morning, this is the famous "Red Pill Case", and once the apocalypse began, the minister turned this matter out every once in a while and said two sentences, and it once became a topic of party contention.

Now it is pointless to discuss what the red pill is made of, whether Zhu Changluo died because of taking the red pill, after all, everyone has already left, and now what we want to discuss is the political influence.

"Yesterday, I asked my minister to reward Li Kezhuo with fifty gold, do you want to reward it now? If it is rewarded, it is equivalent to admitting that Li Kezhuo has nothing to do with Jinshang Yanjia. If he is not rewarded, everyone will inevitably think that he died because of the misuse of his red pill, and they will condemn him, and then they will find out who is behind the scenes. It just so happens that he is also surnamed Li, and he is of the same clan as Li Xuanshi. The stakes are too high, and I ask Your Highness to call the shots. ”

After Ye Xiang listened, he knew what Fang Congzhe meant, and he thought that in order to stabilize the situation, he should be rewarded. If not, a large number of people will inevitably be implicated. Ye Xiang couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked, "What do you think?" Brainstorming? ”

Liu Yixiao was accustomed to the consistent practices of the government and the opposition, and also understood the struggle in the deep palace, so he analyzed, "If the current situation is stable, it will be beneficial to His Highness; Although the chaotic words pushed Li Xuanzhi to the wind, it was beneficial to Concubine Zheng Guifei. Therefore, it should be rewarded, but this reward must also find a reason to block the mouths of the people, otherwise this matter will become a trouble for others. ”

After listening to it, Ye Xiang knew the stakes after a little thought, of course he had to be stable, and he didn't wait for others to express his opinions, so he made a decision directly based on Wang An's previous story, and said, "My father has had a bad stomach since April this year, and he has not healed. Li Kezhuo of Honglu Temple, when his father was sick, offered red pills, although it did not work, but he remembered his loyalty and love for the king, and he should be rewarded. Companion, you go, according to the original intention of the father, reward 50 taels of silver. ”

"The old slave obeys His Highness's orders." After Wang An received the order, the other party Congzhe said, "Elder Fang Ge, this will still come from the cabinet, right?" ”

Fang Congzhe nodded in agreement, he knew that no matter how he chose, he would definitely be impeached by the Imperial Historian, because Li Kezhuo was recommended by him. But his loss of official affairs is small, and the new monarch's successful ascension to the pole is a big matter. The power of the two interests is from its weight, and he only has this one choice, and a heroic spirit of "although there are tens of millions of people, I am alone" suddenly rose in my heart.