There is no such thing as an "inner court" in Nanjing, but there is a celebrant supervisor. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The eunuch with the palm print of the info celebrant is Pan Yinglong, the eunuch who took the initiative to go to Kuidong to lobby the thirteen families to attack Chongqing.

Pan Yinglong was originally the master of the Yongli Imperial Court, and in his early years, he worked as an errand in the imperial horse supervisor in Beijing. Counting up, Gao Qiqian, the great eunuch of the Chongzhen Dynasty, is still his father-in-law. However, compared with his father-in-law Gao Qiqian, Pan Yinglong has more national integrity that Gao does not have, and it is precisely because of this that after Emperor Dingwu ascended the throne in Nanjing, Zhou Shixiang made him serve as the master of ceremonies.

However, Pan Yinglong, the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrity, is not worthy of his name compared with his predecessors.

The Ming system, the cabinet votes, the celebrant approves the red, and the internal and external checks and balances are divided into the inner and outer courts. For a long time, the power of the court was even heavier than that of the outer court, which produced many powerful eunuchs. Such as Liu Jin, Feng Bao, Wei Zhongxian, etc.

After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, although he killed Wei Zhongxian, handled a large rebellion, and abolished the factory guard, so that the inner court could no longer compete with the outer courts, but until Emperor Chongzhen hanged the coal mountain, the inner court still existed, but the power was not as great as before. During this period, Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian also had a lot of power.

Although Zhou Shixiang, who was a man in two lifetimes, did not discriminate against eunuchs, he did not like eunuchs to interfere in politics, and he did not want to see a large number of eunuchs in the imperial city of Nanjing, so even if he had to reset a few inner court yamen, he also restored the chief of the 24 inner court yamen, but compared with before, the term "inner court" has no one mentioned anymore.

The military and political power of the Dingwu Imperial Court has always been controlled by Zhou Shixiang's Qi Palace, and now it is under the unified command of the Dadu Governor's Office. Guo Zhiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, does not have any great power, but Pan Yinglong, the master of the ceremony, has a palm print. In terms of power alone, Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the Yongli Dynasty who was killed a few years ago, has much more power than Pan.

After all, at that time, Yongli could still speak about the affairs of the imperial court, even if he was regarded as a puppet by Sun Kewang for a few years, Emperor Yongli still had a certain status in the hearts of most Ming soldiers, which made Yongli somewhat prestigious, and even with Pang Tianshou, the celebrant eunuch, he could "fake the tiger".

However, on the side of Emperor Dingwu, except for the civil officials who had no power in Nanjing City and could only complain, the influence of this Son of Heaven in the army was pitiful. If there is, it is Wang Xing, Zhu Tong, Guo Dengdi, and other generals who joined the Taiping Army as "allies" in the early years. But to ask these people to raise troops against Zhou Shixiang, I am afraid that they will also be powerless. As for Zhou Shixiang's descendants, it is not just a Xiangshan Marquis Jiang He who wants to give him a yellow robe.

Ten days ago, Zhou Shixiang sent a request to the imperial court to restore the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Emperor Dingwu knew that if he did not approve of this performance, Zhou Shixiang would still restore the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but because of the affairs of the southern capital, he was still angry and suppressed this performance. After Song Shu was suppressed, Zhou Shixiang was good, and he no longer defended his purpose of restoring the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Northern Expedition of the whole army, let alone mobilizing the support of the Zhou Party, but directly handled the matter.

Pan Yinglong heard that the sign of the Dadu Governor's Mansion had been hung up on the Zhenjiang side, and the original personnel of the Qi Wangfu and the Taiping Army Military Department had gone to the Dadu Governor's Mansion to work. The official documents from all over the country are now all sent to the Zhenjiang Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and after the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has read them, they will be copied and sent to the Nandu Cabinet. And under these official documents sent, the disposition opinions of the Metropolitan Governor's Office were noted. This made Guo Zhiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, angry enough, because what is the difference between this kind of behavior and the "vote" power of the previous cabinet? Does it mean that from now on, the cabinet can be dispensed without, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will be directly the cabinet? In this case, what else does the cabinet have to do? It's better to stop it.

On the side of the army, Zhou Shixiang's actions were also big, and he heard that five new armies were going to be built, and there was a war zone for each of the five major governors. All kinds of plans, including the candidates for the five major governors, were all handled by Zhou Shixiang, and the southern capital couldn't even ask. Combined with the public exposure trend created by Gu Yanwu and the arrest of the science and technology officials who contributed to this trend everywhere, Pan Yinglong was very worried that Zhou Shixiang would usurp the Ming Dynasty before the northern captives were destroyed.

If that is the case, all Pan Yinglong can do is try his best to save Emperor Dingwu's life. If Zhou Shixiang wanted to kill the king, then Pan Yinglong had no choice but to contact the loyal king of Yingqin again. He talked about this matter with the Hong Ministry, and the meaning of the Hong Ministry, if Zhou Shixiang really followed the old path of Sun Kewang, these courtiers loyal to the Ming Dynasty could only part ways with him.

Shoufu Guo Zhiqi personally went to Zhenjiang two days ago to ask Zhou Shixiang what he wanted to do, which was not only Guo Zhiqi's own meaning, but also the meaning of Emperor Dingwu.

Since Lianchengbi was forced to leave Nanjing to go to Anhui to supervise military affairs and "die of illness", Emperor Dingwu's body and bones are also worse day by day. In the past few months, it has been widely rumored that the Son of Heaven used the excuse of illness as a silent rebellion against Zhou Shixiang. But Pan Yinglong knows very well that things are not as the outside world thinks, but that the Son of Heaven is really sick.

Since last month, Emperor Dingwu's eyesight has been getting worse and worse. When he was in Wencun, although Emperor Dingwu's eyesight was not good, he could still see more or less, but now, it is very difficult.

Emperor Dingwu knew about the recent events in the outer dynasties, he once wanted to go to the court, and he also wanted to go to Zhenjiang in person to ask Zhou Shixiang what he was going to do, but he was stopped by Guo Zhiqi and Pan Yinglong. Hong Yuao and Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, also didn't want the emperor to go to Zhenjiang, because if the emperor and Zhou Shiyuan clashed face-to-face, then there would be no place for recovery.

Zhang Huangyan did not believe that Zhou Shixiang would usurp the throne, but what happened now showed that Zhou Shixiang was strengthening his power and controlling the army and the court. The three major cases in Jiangnan have almost swept half of the Jiangnan gentry, and he has not stopped, and he has taken advantage of the Jiangnan riots to launch a rebellion, and the rebellion is now spreading to the court, and every day officials are arrested and put in the Nanzhen prison, and life and death are unknown. Therefore, no matter how much Rao is Zhang Huangyan believes in Zhou Shixiang, he is now a little shaken. Since ancient times, the power of opposing them has been purged from the court, but it is the best method of usurpers. As for those charges, they are nothing more than tricks.

What is the result of Guo Zhiqi's trip to Zhenjiang has become the most concerned thing for the Nandu court now. It's just that no one knows now.

This morning, the sick Emperor Dingwu suddenly summoned Pan Yinglong and asked him to send a box of Jiangxi tribute fruits to King Yongxing.

Pan Yinglong didn't know the meaning of the emperor's move, and sent Zhenguo to the king of Yongxing in person with doubts. Originally, Pan Yinglong thought that King Yongxing would care about his uncle's condition, and he didn't want this prince to ask when the emperor would promote him to prince after seeing him. This made Pan Yinglong very stunned and disappointed, because this King Yongxing is really not a person who does big things.

Back in the prison, Pan Yinglong sat there and recalled the emperor's recent attitude towards King Yongxing and Yongli Prince Zhu Cixuan, and couldn't help but wonder if the emperor was ready to make a prince, and the prince candidate was one of these two.

In terms of blood, King Yongxing is undoubtedly the best candidate for the crown prince, after all, he is the only male heir of the Tang Domain, and Emperor Dingwu is supported by Zhou Shixiang, which means that Zhu Cixuan, the son of Yongli, cannot be accepted by Zhou Shixiang and the Taiping army under his command. There are rumors that the death of Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang may be related to Zhou Shixiang.

King Yongxing's performance today really disappointed Pan Yinglong, this prince did not care about what happened in Nanjing City now, nor did he care about his uncle's illness, but only cared about when he could become the prince. How can such a person become the king of the Ming Dynasty, and how can he keep the Ming Dynasty from Zhou Shixiang?

Pan Yinglong was a little hesitant to tell the emperor about King Yongxing's performance, but in the end he did not do so. Which emperor wants to appoint as the crown prince is not something that he, the internal supervisor, can interfere with, not to mention whether the Ming Dynasty can keep it now. Becoming a prince may not be a good thing.

Pan Yinglong was thinking about whether to ask the queen mother to persuade the emperor, or to marry the eldest princess quickly. With the eldest princess in the buffer, even if Zhou Shixiang can't change his mind, at least he can drag on for the Ming Dynasty and the emperor for a while.

In the end, Pan Yinglong sighed and ordered someone to take the detailed account of the palace expenses for the past two months. When the little eunuch took the account book, Pan Yinglong laughed at himself, because he was afraid that the Ming generation would take the initiative to check the palm print of the master of the account in the palace.

Pan Yinglong was watching, and saw that the eunuch Song Chaoqin was not giving up, looking out from time to time, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, so he called Song Chaoqin and asked him what he was looking at.

Song Chaoqin was a Shangbao eunuch who was originally in Fuzhou by Emperor Longwu, and came to Nanjing from the countryside of Fujian last year. Because it was the person used by the eldest brother back then, Emperor Dingwu introduced him into the celebrant and appointed him as Bingbi.

Hearing Pan Yinglong's call, Song Chaoqin was startled, and hurriedly shook his head and said that he didn't see anything.

"Didn't you see anything?"

Pan Yinglong was a little strange, put down the account book, glanced outside, and found that everything was as usual, and there was nothing wrong. But the more so, the more puzzled he became.

Seeing this, Song Chaoqin hurriedly snorted, stepped forward and said, "Father-in-law, is there a problem with this account book?" ”

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that."

Pan Yinglong felt strange in his heart, but he didn't think of anything for a while, so he didn't think about it anymore, and turned a few more pages with the account book.

As he was flipping, he heard the little eunuchs outside shouting: "Grandpa Lin! Immediately, Lin Bao, the young eunuch of the imperial prison, hurriedly entered the house.

Lin Bao and Song Chaoqin had a good relationship, so when he saw him come in, Song Chaoqin said hello. Lin Bao nodded at him, then walked up to Pan Yinglong with a nervous face, and said anxiously: "Did Grandpa Pan hear the movement outside?" ”

"Movement? What's moving? Pan Yinglong was stunned.

Lin Bao looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Father-in-law doesn't know, just before, the pro-army suddenly surrounded the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six departments!" ”

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