It is indeed beneficial to travel a lot, and it has only been two days since he entered Beijing, and Li You has understood things so thoroughly inside and out.

I also heard that the Son of Heaven is still about half a month away, and he will not return to Beijing until after August 15. The return of the Son of Heaven to Beijing means the beginning of pro-government, that is to say, the Empress Dowager Cisheng has been in power for ten years, and it is almost over.

Anyone with a little sensitivity can know how exciting the next half month will be... Especially when the Empress Dowager Cisheng moves frequently.

At the moment of the handover of the major government, it was either violently turbulent or surprisingly calm, and this time, the officialdom of Beijing generally believed that it was the former.

Since last month, the Cisheng Palace has issued an edict to open up a wide range of opinions among the relatives and consult on the strategy of governing the country. and summoned the relatives for more than ten consecutive days to talk about state affairs, during which he did not see the minister.

On the 22nd of last month, the Empress Dowager Cisheng held an examination in the Inner Court, and the sons and daughters of the lords who did not have the title and grace were able to participate, and a total of 43 outstanding answers were selected, and the superintendents were directly given the fame and qualification to be officials.

The civil officials watched coldly for the time being, and did not do much except for a few letters that were not painful or itchy. As for the Queen Mother's intentions, they see it very clearly, and at present, these are just building momentum, and they have not affected the actual interests.

What about frequently summoning relatives? The government is still controlled by the civil servants; What about the forty-three prisoners? Every year, there are hundreds of students in the country, and they don't care about dozens more.

In addition, since the highly respected former chief assistant Zhang Ruoyu ignored the incident, the civil officials were leaderless and suspicious of each other, and it was difficult to respond quickly to any incident.

On the sixth day of the eighth month, that is, the fourth day of Li You's entry into Beijing, another news spread throughout the yamen in the capital, and a yamen in the palace called the celebrant was reopened. The courtiers had been mentally prepared for this, but they were as helpless as Li You expected.

For the cabinet, it is equivalent to an additional link.

In the past, after they drafted the promissory note for the external court, they sent it directly to the saint, and after being roughly scanned, they packed it and approved it. Because the saints generally don't have the energy to watch so many trivial twists and turns. Unless the cabinet deems it particularly important, it will naturally be taken out separately.

After that, it is probably that the draft of the ticket is sent to the celebrant supervisor, and the eunuchs who follow the pen carefully and seriously examine it and describe it with a red pen, approve the small things, and then summarize the major events and report them to the saint.

In contrast, academics certainly like the former, and like a boss with little energy to manage themselves directly. Instead of letting the celebrant eunuchs, who are no less numerous and energetic than the cabinet, be overseers.

In the eyes of university scholars, the celebrant is like a supervisor, but in the eyes of the six ministries, the cabinet is not like a supervisor? The academics did not like the power of the celebrant to approve the red, but the six ministries also did not like the power of the cabinet to vote. The end result is that no one can rebel.

It is said that the Empress Dowager Qian intends to re-establish the priest and eunuch this time, and since the rumor appeared, those eunuchs in the palace who are disabled and determined and work hard to study themselves have immediately become fragrant and sweet. They all cried with joy and ran to tell each other. I feel that I can keep the clouds open and see the moon, and what I have learned finally has a place to use.

Don't blame them for getting carried away, the celebrant is different from other palace yamen, and he will definitely not be able to do it without culture, otherwise he will only be played by the ministers. What can a eunuch who is uneducated and can't read a recital do when he enters the celebrant eunuch? Therefore, it is necessary to use knowledgeable ones.

Only Wei Zhongxian of the Apocalypse Dynasty can break into the celebrant as an illiterate person and become a legend of a generation. But even this powerful nine-thousand-year-old can only be a pen eunuch in the celebrant eunuch, and the chief palm seal eunuch can't do it in his turn. When his subordinates are doing political affairs, he can only pretend to be dumb. The power and reputation of the nine-thousand-year-old come more from the Admiral Dongchang than from the celebrant supervisor.

Nowadays, there are not many talents in the palace, and every eunuch with knowledge and ideals is very likely to be reused and elected as the celebrant eunuch! …,

After three months of brewing and light and dark competition, in the end, the grand duke Mai Chengen next to the Queen Mother came out on top and became the chief eunuch of the palace, and Wu Guangen, who was used by the eldest princess, and Duan Zhien, the eldest companion of the Son of Heaven, became the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen.

This triumvirate combination is expected by many people. In fact, what keeps the outside world guessing is that. Who of the three eunuchs will be that apex. Now that the answer has been revealed, Mak Chengen has the last laugh.

In addition, six eunuchs were selected in the palace. In this list, Li You found Wang Qinian's name... I couldn't help but sigh, but I didn't expect this person to finally take this step.

However, Li You could see that the prestige and power of the celebrant back then was based on the comprehensive expansion of the eunuch's power. In addition to approving red, he can supervise the Beijing camp, can supervise the Dongchang, and can dispatch the eunuchs to guard the whole country, such a celebrant is the one who can confront the foreign dynasty and not fall behind.

Now this new celebrant is actually a shrunken version compared to back then, and probably the Queen Mother also knows this congenital deficiency, so she wants to make up for it by raising her relatives.

The Queen Mother's actions are far from over, and she finally got involved with Li You.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, the queen mother issued an edict that on the ninth day of the first month, the Wuying Palace will promote the candidates for the commander of the five cities and horses. On the day of the edict, the officials sent the temporary wooden plaque and the relevant copy of the edict to Li You.

Master Li looked at the edict and sighed secretly, the time to come has finally come.

The eldest princess of Guide summoned Li You again, and asked through the screen, "Let me ask you again, can you take the initiative to resign?" If you are given other compensation. ”

Master Li asked rhetorically, "Why are you asking again?" Or did someone else ask you to ask? ”

"You don't have to worry about that. I plan to build a new yamen in antiquity, that is, Shaofu. This is the private office of the Son of Heaven, the grade is set as the three-grade yamen, which is in charge of the income of the royal industry, and there are four divisions of imperial salt, weaving, imperial shop and imperial village. The eldest princess of Guide seduced: "If you are interested, you can be appointed as the Shaoqing of the Fourth Rank Shaofu and help me?" ”

Li You secretly said when he heard this, this thousand-year-old His Royal Highness is quite smart, and he knows that after quitting the palace, he only relies on old favors, and his power cannot last long. Therefore, he deliberately created a new yamen with a status similar to Guanglu Temple and Shangbaosi between the palace and the imperial court, and assigned many internal supervision affairs in the palace to continue to exert his influence through the entity.

He thought for a moment, "Could it be that Wu Guangen didn't become a palm seal eunuch, and it has something to do with it?" The Queen Mother allowed you to set up a young mansion, and you gave up the palm print eunuch? ”

Guide Chitose avoided answering, and only asked, "Will you come?" ”

The chips of the fourth product... Li You laughed and said: "I always have to go to the palace to try, if I can't get my wish, it's not too late for His Highness to take me in again!" ”

The eldest princess of Guide was helpless, "I knew you would say that." At the queen mother's place, I wanted to exchange the palm print eunuch for your wish, but the queen mother resolutely refused to allow it. I had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and change to a Shaofu. I can conclude now that you are doomed, and you are honestly ready to be the Shaofu and the Secretary of the Young Mansion for me. ”