Chapter 122: Night in the Forbidden City
"It's also good to know some martial arts, at least you can strengthen your body, the emperor has been weak since he was a child, these people can see that their spirits are good, they eat more, and the mourning family is happy."
Empress Dowager Cisheng Li said indifferently, the eunuch Huang Yang in a black robe below is old, and he is already a little trembling after standing there for a while, Li Shi waved his hand to give a seat, and Huang Yang hurriedly thanked him and sat down.
"Huang Yang, do you still have family outside the palace?"
Empress Dowager Li asked out loud again, and Huang Yang hurriedly stood up and replied, and said hoarsely:
"Back to the Queen Mother, the old slave and two nephews are both over there in Baoding Mansion."
Although it was not explained, everyone also knew that a eunuch of Huang Yang's status, and the two nephews in Baoding Mansion must be rich and noble, Empress Dowager Li nodded and said:
"You are also old, the errand of the imperial horse eunuch to supervise the eunuch should be handed over earlier, and the mourning family will make a decree that you will leave the palace and return to your hometown, so that your two nephews can support their old age."
There are three eunuchs who can be called eunuchs, namely the palm seal, the overseer and the admiral, supervising the eunuchs to manage the Huangzhuang Huangdian pasture, and supporting the military salary supply of the four major battalions and the warrior battalion, and their status is quite high.
Hearing Empress Dowager Li say this, Huang Yang was stunned, and then he left his seat tremblingly and knelt down, kowtowed a few times, and said with a crying voice:
"The queen mother is like the kindness of the sky, and the slave maid is broken in life and bones, and she can't repay it in case."
When he was old, it was a little difficult to stand up again when he knelt down like this, and the little eunuch on the side hurriedly came over to help him sit down.
After becoming a eunuch, he is a slave of the royal family, and everything is not up to himself, and the situation in the palace is changing, treacherous, inexplicable, and dangerous.
When many powerful eunuchs are old, they are emaciated, they can't manage errands well, and they can't gain the upper hand in the struggle in the palace, and they are often quite miserable when they are old.
Therefore, the palace has special rewards for some eunuchs who have made great contributions, and if these eunuchs have relatives outside the palace, they will be specially gracious, so that they can get out of the identity of eunuchs and go out of the palace to accept the support of their younger generations.
This is tantamount to making them normal people and living a normal life, and there are also royal and former colleagues outside the palace to take care of them, don't worry about anything, for the eunuchs who are disabled in the palace on errands, it is the biggest and most heavy reward.
But such a reward, the palace will not easily open this opening, and many people have not received this care even if they have entered the celebrant and become a pen and a follower.
And the supervising eunuch of this imperial horse eunuch can't talk about seniority, I don't know why I actually gave it to him, this Huang Yang has also experienced many ups and downs, and knows that he has given himself such a reward, so there must be a following, sure enough, Empress Dowager Li waved her hand to let the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting in the palace retreat.
When there were only three people left in the hall, the Empress Dowager Li said loudly:
"Tan Zili put on a notebook before he died, saying that now there are Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang to support the overall situation, and the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty are prosperous, but if Qi and Li are not there, there is no one available in the Ming Dynasty at present."
Huang Yang's body sat up straighter, knowing that the Queen Mother had begun to speak the text:
"The mourning family pondered, our Ming soldiers and horses are more than millions, without Qi and Li, there are others on top, why worry about the sky like this, but Tan Zili's twists and turns are clear, now the border town and the court are not everywhere with the same heart, and the generals in the town often do not remember that they have the kindness of His Majesty who is said to be the court, but often remember that they are from a certain border town, and they are bent on asking for money and salary."
The Queen Mother took a sip of the tea bowl next to her, and said lightly:
"It's a layer apart like this, it's always inconvenient for Your Majesty, if you don't deal with it carefully, you don't know how many things will happen, so this best way is nothing more than if Your Majesty will use people in the future if they know how to be loyal and grateful, and grow up together to know the roots...... Tan Zili's thoughts are secretly in line with the mourning family, the martial arts hall where His Majesty is staying right now, the Wang Tong and the young people from everywhere, are they just responding to this? ”
Feng Bao and Huang Yang were very clear about the affairs of the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Pavilion, and nodded at the moment, but Empress Dowager Li asked leisurely:
"Huang Yang, how are you doing in the martial arts hall?"
said that it was the queen mother, but Emperor Wanli was fourteen years old this year, Emperor Longqing was only in power for seven years, and the Empress Dowager Li was only middle-aged, and her thinking was quick, of course, she would not ask a question that had already been asked, and in the same way, Huang Yang also knew how to answer, and he was just about to stand up, when the queen mother stopped him and sat down with a gesture, thought for a while and said:
"The teenagers are only fourteen years old, they have never been on the battlefield, they have never seen the bloody swords, they know that it is already good to join forces to deal with one place first, and the son of Xiang Chengbo's family also has scruples in his heart, if he wants to find something and throw it far away to smash it, and if he smashes it, he may not be so embarrassed."
This is a pertinent evaluation, Empress Dowager Li nodded with a smile, pondered and said:
"The emperor is the lord of the world, and he can't stay in the martial arts hall like this for many years, but the rest of the children, especially that Wang Tong, still have to focus on cultivation, and they must be able to help the emperor in the future, don't be a courtier, Huang Yang, this matter will be handed over to you, but what do you have to think."
It seems that such a big reward before, all he has to do is this, Huang Yang understood in his heart, and at the same time, he secretly marveled in his heart, this Wang Tong is really blessed by the gods, and he can make the above value it so much.
Suddenly called in the evening, and after chatting a few words, he suddenly asked about this, Huang Yang is also old, and he really can't turn around in a hurry, and the time spent pondering there is inevitably longer.
Feng Bao on the side covered his mouth with his hand and coughed lightly, Huang Yang's body was agitated, but he remembered a person, and he owed a debt and said:
"The Queen Mother, five years ago, Fujian Chief Military Officer Yu Dayou was implicated in the failure of the attack on the Penghu Waikou, and was removed from office, and then was appointed as the secretary of the Right Capital Governor's Mansion, and received an idle job training at home, this Yu Dayou was a masterpiece in the world, a famous general, the meaning of the old slave is better to be transferred to the Beijing Division, oral teaching, and give all the skills of the body to these young heroes, as for the camp march, the geographical details of all parts of the world, and the details of the Tartar captives, it is up to the old slave to do it."
Empress Dowager Cisheng Li nodded again, obviously quite appreciative of this arrangement, and said:
"The mourning family has also heard the name of this Yu Dayou many times, the so-called famous general 'Yu Long Qihu', but this Yu Dayou has made great contributions, but he has ups and downs, and there is never a wealth and glory, Feng Daban, arrange this matter as soon as possible."
The matter in the Queen Mother's bedroom came to an end, and it was completely dark, but Feng Bao did not rest, and he hurriedly went to the celebrant again.
As the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and is equivalent to the first assistant, he must be reviewed and reviewed there every morning and evening, otherwise he will really miss the world's major events.
The celebrant is a small house, the inside and outside are brightly lit, and the eunuchs with serious expressions go in and out, and when they see the palm print eunuch Feng Bao coming over, they all bow down and avoid the side.
Today's celebrant pattern is a little different, under Zhang Cheng's suggestion, this side has been changed slightly, the palm seal eunuch and the Bingbi eunuch are alone in a small room, and the eunuchs in the hall are on duty outside.
Feng Bao entered the room, but saw that Zhang Cheng, the eunuch of Bingbi, was looking at the excerpts over there, although Zhang Cheng was the emperor's companion, and the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, he should also be polite and respectful in front of Feng Bao, and when he saw Feng Bao, Zhang Cheng stood up with a smile and said hello, Feng Bao pressed it with his hand and motioned to sit down.
Feng Bao sat in his position, first pressed between his eyebrows with his hand, closed his eyes and asked aloud, his voice was quite tired:
"There shouldn't be much going on outside today, right?"
"Gonggong Feng, first there is a cheering voice inside and outside, saying that the first assistant Zhang Ge Lao Qingzhang Tianmu is a move for me to seek eternity, and all provinces and governments are doing it."
Feng Bao sighed, sat up straight, and said in a deep voice:
"As soon as Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, took office, he punished the seven prefects of Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong for the crime of slackness.
Zhang Cheng on the side nodded, flipped through the folds piled up on the right side a few times, took out a fold and said:
"There are officials in Huguang, Nanzhili, and Jiangxi, saying that it is a good thing to clear the acres of fields, but there are people in the local area who think that the more acres of fields that come out of Qingzhang, the better, and some regard the nine-point fields as one acre, and some regard the eight-point fields as one acre, and some are mean or even six points of one acre, and the local grievances are quite great......
Feng Baogang picked up the red pen, heard Zhang Cheng's words, waved his hand and said coldly:
"It's better to collect more silver than anything, you don't know what's going on in the library, the year before last was considered to be no deficit, but now there is a total of less than a million silver, the emperor is going to get married, everywhere to reach out for silver, I don't know how to move it at the end of the year, such an excerpt will be pressed down in the future, the money is important, and there is a little resentment in the place, just endure this time."
Zhang Cheng's expression also became much more cautious, but Feng Bao's words were already a little reprimanded, and the atmosphere became awkward, Zhang Cheng's eyes rolled, and then he said with a smile:
"Today's report said that the general of the Tan Lun family has arrived at Wang Tong's side, and this Tan Zili is really interesting, after a few glances, he gave things and entrusted the general."
"Tan Lun, as a civil minister, is good friends with Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, and he is more outspoken in the court, and he has a lot of discord with Shilin civil officials, so Wang Tong can see that the future is immeasurable, and he is indeed talented, this Tan Zili is indeed going to make a famous general seed for Daming, and secondly, he has a relationship with this Wang Tong and climbs a big tree, so as not to be liquid......ated in the future."
Feng Bao said a few words casually, then opened the fold and began to review.
(To be continued)