As Yang Zhen judged, when Dongchang completely let go of his hands and feet to cause absolute suppression of Jinyiwei outside, in the palace, the governor of Dongchang, the eunuch Feng Bao and Feng Shuanglin also encountered a dilemma that he had never encountered. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Just a few days ago, there was a sudden spread in the palace that in order to make friends with the cabinet, Gonggong Feng actually helped Zhang Juzheng persuade the emperor not to ask for silver from the treasury of foreign dynasties, and therefore found the queen mother as a lobbyist. Originally, the emperor wanted to give this silver to everyone in the palace some rewards, so that everyone could have a good year.

After the news spread, all the palace maids and maids naturally had a grudge against Feng Bao. You must know that their status is low, and the amount of money and money they can get every year is really not much, and they can barely get by, and now Gonggong Feng has cut off their financial path with a word, and anyone will be resentful.

You Feng Bao has a respected status, and there are those disciples and grandchildren outside the palace, as well as many officials who want to turn to you for help, and send silver, of course, it is not rare to have a little silver from the emperor. But we still want to get some rewards while the New Year is coming, and when you do this, you will cut off everyone's thoughts.

Although because of Feng Bao's identity, these people don't dare to show it even if they are dissatisfied in their hearts, they also have their own methods, and they can always make a move on some small things, so that Feng Bao is no longer as comfortable as before.

When the orders he gave several times were discounted, and then the news that spread in the palace was reported by his cronies, Feng Bao's heart was also unconsciously tightened. Although these subordinates don't pose any threat to him, once no one takes his words seriously, then his Gonggong Feng's power in the palace will be greatly reduced.

"How so? Who is spreading such rumors? Feng Bao asked coldly with a dark face.

And the cronies who had just reported this unfavorable situation in front of him said with a bitter face: "Shuanglin Gong, the slave doesn't know what the hell is wrong with this. It is said that this news first came out of the Qing Palace. ”

"Qianqing Palace?" As soon as Feng Bao heard this, he slammed even more, and his face became even more gloomy: "Could it be that it is ......" He didn't even dare to think about the thoughts behind him.

If the matter really came out of the Qing Palace, it can only mean that the emperor ordered someone to do this. And the reason why the emperor did this was naturally to seize his own power. As soon as this thought was generated, Feng Bao felt a chill, and even began to regret what he had done before.

"If I had known this was the result, I shouldn't have come out like this! Although I got the help of Zhang Taiyue's side because of this, so as to suppress Jinyiwei, if I really let Your Majesty have a grudge against me again because of this, it will be too much to lose. Feng Bao's expression was cloudy, and he didn't even have the courage to go to the emperor to inquire about the news.

Don't look at Feng Bao, whether it is in the inner palace or the imperial court, there are many people who have to live by his nose, but in fact, only he knows that all this is just a castle in the air.

It is said that the disaster of the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty is rare in ancient history, and many bricks have listed a large number of empirical evidence, such as Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian and other great eunuchs who have brought disaster to the country and the people. But in fact, the power of the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty cannot be compared with the previous Han and Tang dynasties.

Not to mention the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants that led to the complete collapse and demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the middle to late Eastern Han Dynasty alone, there were many power prisons that could abolish the Son of Heaven. In the Tang Dynasty, after the Anshi Rebellion, the eunuchs were even more powerful in their hands to kill the monarch and abolish the country. The eunuchs of these two dynasties are the real one-handed and powerful ones.

And these so-called eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are just agents who rely on imperial power and do things for the emperor. When they are no longer favored, or when the emperor who favors them dies and is replaced by a new king, it only takes a decree to seize all their power, and demote or kill them, and there is no trouble at all.

And Feng Bao, who was in the palace, knew this very well, so after being hostile to Wanli two years ago because of his misjudgment of the situation, he has been being a man with his tail between his legs, and he has been trying his best to make up for the relationship between his family and the Son of Heaven. It's a pity that years of hard work were in vain because of Yang Zhen's step-by-step pressing, in order to fight against the increasingly powerful Jinyiwei, he had to rely on the power of the foreign dynasty, so he agreed to Zhang Juzheng's request. I didn't want to do this, but I offended the Son of Heaven again and made his situation extremely difficult.

Looking at the gloomy face and the appearance of being speechless for a long time, several cronies and palace people were also silent one by one, not daring to say a word, just standing quietly on the side, waiting for his orders.

"Your Majesty has let people spread such rumors in order to establish enemies in the palace and isolate me, and after my people have betrayed and left, it will be easy for him to try to rectify me...... What can I do now to protect myself? Is it to go and admit your mistake in front of Your Majesty?

"No, this does not make Your Majesty angry, and doing so will inevitably offend Zhang Taiyue greatly, so I will lose even the last foreign aid. So what if I go to the Queen Mother for help? It seems that it doesn't work, it is said that the Queen Mother has just improved relations with Her Majesty recently, and now she should also understand the harm to her from the fact that I begged her before, but I am afraid that she may not be willing to defend me.

"Then it seems like I only have one way left to go...... But can you really keep yourself safe by doing so? This is likely to provoke His Majesty's anger even more, maybe I will ...... because of this" Thinking of the end, Feng Bao shuddered, and seemed to be able to foresee his final end.

It was only after another groan that he made the final choice, and it was also the decision to completely plunge him into the abyss of no return.

After being convinced that Feng Bao was gradually hostile and neglected by everyone in the palace because of this rumored incident, Sun Hai, the real mastermind of this matter, knew that the time was ripe to take the last step.

So after the morning of the 27th day of the lunar month, when Feng Bao left the emperor under the pretext of something, he retreated again, and then knelt in front of Wanli: "Your Majesty, the slave has something important to do. ”

"What do you say, why do you have to look like this?" Wanli was also stunned when he saw him so solemn, so he put the music in his hand on the table, and looked at him with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, the stakes are very high, and the slaves and maids dare not be cautious in retribution." As he spoke, he quickly took out the pieces of evidence from his sleeve, walked a few steps to the imperial case, and put it on: "Please also ask Your Majesty to take a look at it." Because he didn't know when Feng Bao would come back, Sun Hai knew that he had to hurry, so he didn't go around in any circles and went straight to the topic.

Wanli took the evidence that could prove Feng Bao's various corruption and bribery behaviors, and after quickly scanning it, he smiled with a little inappropriateness: "What do I want to say when you are you?" It turned out to be this, in fact, I have already heard of these things, although he did something wrong, but he will not ......" At this point, the emperor gradually came back to his senses, and the smile on his face suddenly retreated, replaced with a cold look.

I saw that he didn't speak anymore, but quickly lowered his head again, and hurriedly added the amount of silver that Feng Bao had embezzled and bribed on a few pieces of paper, and then his face became more and more ugly: "Eighty-five thousand three hundred taels of silver?" This is the sum of the bribes that Feng Bao received from all kinds of people, as written on these pieces of paper. And Wanli knew very well in his heart that if these evidences were true, Feng Bao's embezzlement would be far more than this number, and it was inevitable that it would at least double it.

And he, Wanli, as the Son of Heaven and Feng Bao's master, can't even take out 100,000 taels of silver now, and if he wants to reward those people in the palace, he has to open his mouth to the outside court. As a result, Feng Bao had to give up because of Feng Bao's obstruction.

I already felt aggrieved because of this incident, and I still held a grudge against Feng Bao, but now I know that Feng Bao actually embezzled so much silver behind his back, this feeling is really not something that can be described in words.

Wanli's chubby face was filled with gloom, and his eyes were also full of rage, staring at the front, and his right hand holding those few pieces of evidence unconsciously used his strength to weave a few poor pieces of paper into a ball.

Seeing Wanli like this, Sun Hai was both shocked and happy. However, he was smart and quickly kowtowed: "Your Majesty is angry, it is the slave and maid who are wrong, the slave and maid should not present these evidence to you, if you are angry with Your Majesty's dragon body, then the slave and maid will die and cannot be redeemed!" ”

Under Sun Hai's kowtowing, Wanli recovered from his anger slightly, but his expression was still gloomy and could drip water: "You are not wrong, if you don't hand over these evidence for fear that I will be angry, you are really disloyal." You say, where did you get all this? ”

"This ......" Sun Hai only hesitated slightly, and then replied honestly: "It was Yang Zhen of Jinyiwei who handed it over to the slave maid." ”

"Is it Yang Qing?" Wanli quickly turned his mind in his heart, and he already thought of something. However, he didn't mind too much about this, so he said with a sneer: "It seems that he has indeed seized the most appropriate opportunity." Although Wanli is still not very old, he has been sitting in this position for a long time, but he is much more shrewd than before, and he can see Yang Zhen's purpose and intention at a glance.

Seeing him like this, Sun Hai felt nervous for a while, for fear that things would change again. At this time, I saw Wanli throw a few pieces of paper on the imperial case, and then said: "Go, call Feng Bao here for me, I want to ask him face to face to see what kind of explanation he can make!" ”

"Yes! The slave is going to call Gonggong Feng! ”