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411 Jingshi (I)

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It was past noon, and the Forbidden City, the core of the Ming Dynasty, was silent as usual - recently, the emperor had been reviewing and reading for several nights in a row, which was too hard, and he often couldn't wake up when he took a nap at noon. Not to mention people, even those fish, insects, birds and beasts, such as the autumn cicada that is very common in Beijing, have already been glued clean by a group of eunuch guards who jumped up and down at this time, and all the birds and birds were driven away, which was really silent.

However, at this time, a military general hurriedly crossed the Yuntai Gate separating the outer court and the inner bed, and walked towards the Qianqing Palace where the emperor was located behind. According to the rules, these foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the inner palace, but this person has a special identity, and the Han generals guarding the gate immediately bowed down and saluted when they saw him, and no one even dared to ask - that was their top boss, and the Jinyi Wei pro-army commanded Luo Yangxing, and the first ear to report to the emperor after the decline of Dongchang.

Luo Yangxing hurriedly entered the palace gate, although his steps were still hurried, he suddenly became soft and careful, and there was no sound between his actions, obviously because he was afraid of the rules of the palace. The round letterhead he was holding in his hand was a special tool used in the army to transmit messages, and there were still traces of sweat on it at this time, presumably it had just been delivered by flying horse.

As I passed through a corridor, I heard a low cough next to me:

"Lord Luo is in a hurry, but is there any good news outside?"

Luo Yangxing looked back, but it was a white-faced round-faced fat eunuch wearing a big red flower round-necked robe, and he immediately smiled all over his face and bowed his hand:

"Father-in-law Cao is good, there is indeed a military report from the front, which is the good news of a great victory."

-- Since this Cao Huachun Cao Gonggong has been stained with Qian Qianyi's light, he has been very useful in front of the emperor recently. He had been promoted twice in just a few months, and there were even rumors that the emperor intended to make him the governor of Dongchang and re-establish the mess

This is amazing news -- since the fall of Wei Zhongxian, there has been chaos within the East Detective Factory, the organizational system is still there, and there are many small collectives in it that take the opportunity to seize power, but no one dares to stand up and fight for the position of admiral -- without the emperor's words, he wants to be Wei Zhongxian's successor? Isn't this looking for your own death?

But if Cao Huachun really got that position, even if he was the governor of Dongchang after his power was greatly reduced, his position in the power map of the Ming court would be extraordinary. Although the current fans of the Dongji Factory are not as trusted as Jinyi Tiqi in front of the emperor due to "historical reasons", after all, the eunuchs are close to the water, and it is only a matter of time before the relationship is restored.

Therefore, Luo Yangxing lowered his figure at this time, and would rather lose some face than fall into the hands of others. Besides, the affairs in this palace can't be talked about - although he has not seen with his own eyes how his predecessor Tian Ergeng grovelled and was full of ugliness in front of the previous factory father, all kinds of rumors have long filled his ears.

However, Cao Huachun was still modest, and he did not have a high-spirited posture, and he only showed an ambiguous look when he heard the words:

"It's about the rebellion in Denglai, right?"

"Exactly."

Luo Yangxing nodded--Although the East Factory has declined, Yu Wei is still there, at least don't expect the news in Beijing to hide it from them. He estimated that his messenger would know as soon as he entered the Jingdong factory.

However, Cao Huachun immediately pointed to the tray in his hand - there was actually a letter in it, and said with a smile:

"That's a coincidence, we also happen to have a Shandong military newspaper here, and we are about to congratulate the emperor."

"Oh?"

This made Luo Yangxing a little surprised, when did Dongchang have the ability to extend its tentacles outside the capital? Although Shandong is not too far from Jingshi, this is not a good signal after all, and it is so fast that it actually arrives at the same time as his side......

However, his thoughts quickly turned back from the Dongchang Exhibition, and when he saw Cao Huachun looking at him with a smile, Luo Yangxing's thoughts flew like lightning - in recent years, the government has been cumbersome, and most of them are news that is not very popular, and it is easy to have such a hearty victory, and he wants to send it to the emperor to make a good face. The news is good, and the emperor's impression of himself is naturally good, and this kind of opportunity must not be missed.

It's just that right now, this fat eunuch obviously wants to grab this lottery...... Only a moment later, Luo Yangxing, who has a family history, made a decision: eunuchs cannot be offended, and his father Luo Sigong also achieved this position at the beginning, just because he offended the eunuchs, although he made great efforts for the emperor in the "palace transfer case", he was finally planted in the hands of Wei Zhongxian.

So he took two steps back, bowed slightly and made a gesture of please:

"That'...... Please come back tomorrow. ”

Seeing that the other party backed down, Cao Huachun smiled with satisfaction, but his subsequent actions greatly surprised Luo Yangxing:

"Since Lord Luo is here in person, it's not good to run in vain—let's go in together."

Luo Yangxing looked at the other party with some surprise, this eunuch Cao is the emperor's hidden palace from the dragon eunuch, and his personality and temper have been slightly heard before, is he not a humble person? Why did you change your temper today?

But since the other party didn't intend to monopolize this good news, he didn't have to refuse. So Luo Yangxing made a gesture to ask the other party to go first, and the two walked towards the inner palace together. When he walked halfway, Luo Yangxing finally couldn't help it, took out a piece of jade and stuffed it into the other party's hand, and at the same time opened his mouth tentatively:

"I have long heard that Gonggong Cao has a good reputation in this Forbidden City, and he is the most enthusiastic and righteous person. Admire, admire"

Cao Huachun probably didn't have much scheming, and when he was picked up, he immediately grinned and took the initiative to pick up the conversation:

"We don't have any other strengths, so it's good to make friends, and everyone inside and outside the palace can just say a few words. In the past, we only treated people with sincerity, and sometimes we offended people in a daze and didn't know it, but a few days ago I was fortunate to meet the saint with Qian Shilang, and I learned a lot of ways to behave in the world from him. ”

"Could it be that he is the newly returned Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and the famous Shilin Kui Qian Qian is Lord Qian Qian inside and outside the famous Beijing Division?"

"That's right, it's him--this scholar is really very particular about doing things, the big truths that Lord Qian said to the emperor, like a 'win-win' and other fresh sayings, our family just listened to it, and we also felt that it was very beneficial."

"Oh, I see......"

The two walked and chatted, but Luo Yangxing was always very careful to lag behind Cao Huachun by half a position, and he never crossed a single step.

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After passing through the portals, the two came to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and they stopped talking outside the two or three walls, and their steps were very light. The two of them had been to the emperor's new study many times, and at this time, they were both familiar with the way, bypassing the main entrance and walking to the door of a side hall next to it, and there was no sound in the process.

The side hall is just an annex building of the Qianqing Palace, which was originally of little use, just a pile of miscellaneous items. But by this time, it had undergone a major renovation, and the most striking thing was that all the windows were changed to glass windows, and a few even floor-to-ceiling windows, making the whole building extremely transparent and bright.

On the outside of each floor-to-ceiling window, there are either a few pots of exotic flowers and plants, or a green pine and bamboo, or a small pond that relies on the glass itself to form a translucent fish tank with a few koi playing in the water...... In short, the view from each window hole is different. Even within a hole, there will be four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the landscaping technique of "moving scenery with different steps" in classical Chinese gardens is vividly expressed in this small square inch, which shows the ingenuity of craftsmen in the Forbidden City.

Once inside, you can see that it is very different from other houses in the Forbidden City - there is very little furniture and the shapes and lines are extremely simple. a desk, in the shape of a folding ruler; a one-legged swivel chair with a wide backrest and eight wooden wheels on the bifurcated feet, allowing it to slide freely indoors; There are rows of bookshelves against the wall for writing jiàn or miscellaneous items; Add to that the two sand seats by the window and the glass coffee table sandwiched in between, and nothing else. The decoration in the room is also pitiful: a golden bergamot on the desk, a pot of flowers on the coffee table...... The only thing that was more ornate was a crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling, plus a few crystal glass sconces in the corners, and then it was gone.

The paint of all the furniture is light color, not the red commonly used in this era, and the wall finishes are also similar tones, matched with the furniture with simple lines, plus good lighting, so that this actual area of the house is not too large but gives people a very open and sparse feeling - Emperor Chongzhen originally did not care about the "short-haired study" presented by Qian Qianyi, but after the house was renovated, it was like a treasure, not only moved the place of daily affairs to this place, but also opened a small room next to it, As a temporary resting place.

At this time, there were two little eunuchs standing at the door leading to the rest room inside, and when they saw Cao Huachun coming, they hurriedly bowed and saluted. Eunuch Cao waved his hand and made a gesture to ask if the people in the room had gotten up? After getting a negative response, he stood there without saying a word and began to wait in the same posture, as for Luo Yangxing next to him, of course, he was not stupid, he even entered the wooden man state earlier than Cao Huachun.

After waiting for about half an hour, I heard someone in the room cough softly—their long live lord woke up. The two little eunuchs at the door immediately went in to prepare to change their clothes, but Cao Huachun waved them to do chores such as rolling shutters and curtains, and he rolled up his sleeves and went in with a spittoon to do his old job again. If others dared to rob Qiao Zong'er like this, the two little eunuchs would have done it a long time ago, but they didn't even dare to fart in front of Cao Huachun - these two goods were the godsons of Eunuch Cao.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't show any surprise at Cao Huachun's halfway takeover, but he also knew that the eunuch Cao, who was becoming more and more powerful, definitely didn't come here just to help him get dressed, so he asked casually while tidying up his clothes:

"But something to report?"

"Shengming has no long live master, it's still about the mess in Shandong."

Emperor Chongzhen's originally somewhat careless movements suddenly stopped, he took a deep breath, trying to make himself appear calmer, but the slightly trembling voice still revealed the tension in his heart:

"But won?"

Cao Huachun also stopped serving, he delayed a little, and estimated that he could not only arouse the emperor's appetite to the greatest extent, but also not make the Son of Heaven impatient, and then the fat eunuch lay on the ground with a flexible movement that was by no means commensurate with his size, and kowtowed to the emperor several times in succession:

"Congratulations to the emperor, it's a great victory-a real victory"-

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