In his early years, Wang Kun, the master of ceremonies, was just an ordinary chamberlain in the palace, and he had been serving Zhu Changying, the father of Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang. Zhu Changying is the seventh son of Emperor Wanli of Shenzong, and when he arrived in Hengzhou in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Wang Kun also followed him to Hengzhou.

In the first year of Hongguang, Zhu Changying died of illness, and after his death, the third son of Anren Wang Zhu Youlang attacked King Gui, and soon Zhu Youlang also died of illness, which allowed Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang to attack the throne of Gui. During this period, Wang Kun has always been the steward eunuch of King Gui's mansion, and he is also quite trusted by the three generations of King Gui.

In the second year of Longwu, Zhu Yujian, Emperor Longwu, was captured and killed by the Qing army in Tingzhou, Fujian, making the throne of the Southern Ming regime vacant again, and according to the imperial succession system of the Ming Dynasty, the throne should be inherited by the direct male descendants of Emperor Shenzong. At that time, the male descendants of Emperor Shenzong were only Zhu Youlang, so under the support of Qu Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi, and others, Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, called the superintendent of the country in Zhaoqing, and Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, was the chief scholar and secretary of the military department, and Qu Shiyun was the scholar of Dongge University and the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials to manage the affairs of Shangshu, and at the same time appointed officials of various ministries and institutes.

According to the system, the first assistant Ding Kuichu and the second assistant Qu Shiyun recommended the eunuch candidate of the Sili palm seal to the Yongli Emperor, and the candidate they jointly selected was Pang Tianshou, who had served as the eunuch of the Sili Bingbi and the commander of the imperial horse eunuch of the Chongzhen, Hongguang and Longwu dynasties, and the candidate of the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang could only serve as the eunuch of the Gui Domain, the old man of the Gui Domain, Wang Kun.

Before the Chongzhen Dynasty, although the eunuch of the Si Li palm seal was the first person in the inner court, but the actual power was not as good as the eunuch of the Admiral Dongchang and the Imperial Horse Eunuch, such as the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian of the Tianqi Dynasty was the eunuch of the Si Li Bingbi and the Governor of the East Factory, and the eunuch Wang Tiqian of the Si Li palm seal at that time was known as the head of the inner court. But it's just a dog that only Wei Zhongxian looks forward to. The reason for this is that he does not have the power to supervise the East Factory and the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he listened to the bewitchment of the party and abolished Dongchang and Jinyiwei. It made it difficult for the later admiral Dongchang eunuchs to use the factory guards to supervise the Wenchen forces, resulting in the dominance of the Wenchen forces, and the imperial power could no longer compete with them. Later, with the frequent peasant uprisings in the Guannai and the frequent wars outside the Guan, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, who was originally known as the Ministry of Internal Soldiers and ranked second in the 24 prisons of the 12 Yamen of the Inner Court, became the hottest and most powerful Yamen in the Inner Court. Gao Qiqian, the great eunuch of the Chongzhen Dynasty, was the eunuch of the Admiralty and the Imperial Horse Supervisor. It was this person who killed Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of the five provinces.

In his early years, Wang Kun had heard and witnessed the power of the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian in the palace, and he had seen how Gao Qiqian relied on the imperial horse prison to run rampant and deceive Emperor Chongzhen. He knows that he has little qualifications. Pang Tianshou, who couldn't compete with the elders of the three dynasties, wanted to grasp the soldiers and horses directly under the emperor in his hands, but unfortunately although he was supported by Emperor Zhu Youlang of Yongli, Wang Kun couldn't fight Pang Tianshou with the support of foreign dynasties. If it weren't for Pang Tianshou, after moving to Anlong in the Yongli Imperial Court, he abandoned his old master and clinged to Sun Kewang. I'm afraid that Wang Kun will be crushed by Pang Tianshou for the rest of his life.

After Pang Tianshou committed suicide in fear of sin. Wang Kun got his wish and became the eunuch of the Yongli Imperial Court and the commander of the imperial horse, he and the first assistant Ma Jixiang invoked each other, calling for wind and rain in the city of Kunming, and it was impossible to live forever.

When Emperor Yongli fled from Guilin to Quangang, Pang Tianshou insisted on staying in Guilin and used the artillery purchased from the Macao Francophone to defend the city, and as a result, he relied on these artillery to severely damage the Qing army. The Qing army had no hope of capturing the city and was forced to retreat. After arriving in Anlong, Pang Tianshou also actively supported Sun Kewang's eastward expansion strategy. It indirectly created favorable conditions for Li Dingguo's victory in Guilin and Hengyang.

Compared with Pang Tianshou, Wang Kun is really too bad, and he has no good use except for constantly persuading Emperor Yongli to flee before the Qing army arrives. This made him as deeply hated by people of insight in the outer court as Ma Jixiang, but Emperor Yongli trusted this old man of the Gui clan extremely much, and almost obeyed his words, so no matter how much the foreign dynasty hated the first person in the inner court, Wang Kun's position was as stable as Mount Tai.

Guo Zhiqi, a university scholar, was a jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and later had to take leave and return to his hometown because he offended Wen Tiren, the first assistant at the time, and Zhou Yanru, a powerful minister. After the fall of Wen and Tuesday, Guo Zhiqi returned to Beijing to serve as the head of the Ministry of Rites, and then transferred to Jingzhou. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to Fujian and was promoted to Quanzhou. Later, he was promoted to the deputy envoy of Fujian, led the troops to quell the rebellion in the Minqing area, and raised troops to guard the Shanguan, so that southern Fujian could be stabilized, and then promoted to Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi.

In the year of Jiashen, Beijing fell, and Guo Zhiqi led the army in Fujian and Ming to mourn for Zhu Youlang and Dai Xiaoxiao. When Emperor Yongli ascended the throne in Zhaoqing, Guo Zhiqi Ding was worried about the system at home. In the third year of Yongli, he was summoned to Guilin, and the official etiquette department was still in the book. Four years after Yongli, Guo Zhiqi was awarded the Dongge University Scholar, and invited himself to return to Leizhou, Guangdong to inspect the battalion soldiers, and recruit volunteers to resist the Qing Dynasty, but he was caught in a hurricane at the foot of Ma'anshan, and the boat was sunk, and his wife and children were killed.

This time, Guo Zhiqi came back suddenly, which naturally made Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang surprised, and he didn't care about the emperor's prestige and went straight to the study.

Prior to this, Guo Zhiqi had been talking to Wang Kun, he was a Wenchen who led the troops, he had not seen any winds and waves for more than ten years, and he had almost been martyred several times, and he knew Wang Kun's bad deeds, so he naturally did not fake the color of this eunuch who was the palm print of the ceremony, and only spoke to him lightly, not even complimenting. Wang Kun was not annoyed, his face was kind, but he didn't know what he thought in his stomach.

"Your Majesty!"

"Hooray!"

After Zhu Youlang came in, Guo Zhiqi and Wang Kun fell to their knees at the same time.

"Guo Qing, please get up, hurry up!"

Seeing that Guo Zhiqi, who he hadn't seen for many years, was full of white hair, Zhu Youlang couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Guo Zhiqi up, and motioned for Wang Kun to get up too.

"Guo Qing, it's really hard for you to be adrift all these years."

Zhu Youlang looked up and down at Guo Zhiqi, who was much older, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, when the monarch and the minister first met, this Guo scholar had just turned forty years old, and it was the time when he was in high spirits.

"The minister is not hard, it is the emperor who is hard." Guo Zhiqi looked at the emperor he hadn't seen for several years, and he couldn't say anything sour.

Wang Kun saw that the two monarchs and ministers were relatively close to tears, so he hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said: "Long live the lord, Lord Guo came all the way from Guangdong, and I don't know how much suffering he suffered along the way. ”

As soon as he heard that Guo Zhiqi hadn't eaten yet, Zhu Youlang's brows couldn't help frowning, and he said hurriedly: "Then how can I do it, how can I make Guo Qing still hungry, I will let someone pass the food." ”

Wang Kun looked up and looked out, and smiled bitterly: "Long live Lord, it's late at night, I'm afraid the fire has stopped in the dining room." ”

Yongli was stunned, Wang Kun was right, the Guogong Mansion was just a temporary residence for him and Queen Wang, and the rules had not been settled.

Yongli was a little embarrassed, he wanted to learn about the situation in Guangdong from Guo Zhiqi as soon as possible, but he couldn't bear to let Guo Zhiqi talk so hungry.

Guo Zhiqi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not hungry, you don't have to worry about the minister's stomach, the minister still has important things to report." ”

Hearing this, Yongli did not squeak, but picked up a plate of dim sum from the imperial case and handed it to Guo Zhiqi, and said: "Guo Qing, it's too late, I just moved to this country's mansion, and there is no statute for the following items, please don't go to my heart." These are the leftover snacks from my meal, and you're going to have to put your stomach on the plate first. I'll talk about the affairs of Guangdong after you finish eating, I can afford to wait. ”

"Minister! Thank you to the emperor! ”

Taking the dish handed by Emperor Yongli, Guo Zhiqi had a sour nose, and with a slight nod, he stuffed the dim sum in the dish into his mouth. He was indeed very hungry, and he also suffered a lot along the way, and he almost called the Qing soldiers to catch him, if it wasn't for the princess who was in exile to save him, I was afraid that he would never see Emperor Yongli again in this life.

After eating a few bites, Guo Zhiqi suddenly raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, have you seen the report of the governor of Guangdong?" ”

"The recital of the city wall?" Zhu Youlang was stunned, shook his head and said, "I didn't see Lian Qing's recital. ”

"No?" Guo Zhiqi was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "How could it not be?" Even the concert of the city wall was urgently delivered to the emperor in the month of last year, and the minister left Qinzhou in February, which was a few months apart, why has the emperor not received the concert? ”

Zhu Youlang realized that something was wrong, his face changed, and he glared at Wang Kun angrily: "What's the matter!" ”

Wang Kun was taken aback: "Didn't you call the Qing army halfway to intercept it?" ”

Guo Zhiqi snorted coldly: "Impossible, even when the governor's recital was issued, Nanning and Liuzhou were still in the hands of my Daming, and the message was not interrupted, how could the Qing army intercept our recital!" Could it be that the villain in the court deceived the Holy Hearing and privately detained the governor's newspaper! ”

"Maybe it was sent to Anlong, so I didn't receive it?"

Wang Kun was very aggrieved, he really didn't do it, he didn't dare to suppress the Governor Wenbao without permission, he could only guess if the people on the city wall sent the chapter to Anlong by mistake.

Hearing this, Guo Zhiqi was stunned, and the possibility that the concert was sent to Anlong by mistake also existed.

Zhu Youlang's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said to Wang Kun: "You immediately go to the cabinet to check for me, and if there is a report from Guangdong, bring it to me immediately." ”

"Yes, long live the lord, the old slave will go."

Wang Kun was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly took people to the gatehouse of the Guogong Mansion, which was temporarily used as a cabinet office, to find a report from Guangdong.

After Wang Kun left, Zhu Youlang asked Guo Zhiqi with some apprehension: "Guo Qing is not far away this time, could it be that something big happened in Guangdong?" ”

Guo Zhiqi saw that Emperor Yongli seemed to be afraid of hearing some bad news, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, something big has happened in Guangdong, but it's not a bad thing, but a good thing!" ”

It will be released regularly in the early morning, and another chapter will be released depending on the situation, and this situation is whether the bones are drunk or not today - the old lady is finally married! (To be continued.) )