Liu Ruoyu did not stay in the East Palace that night.

He returned to the kennel with the hundred taels of silver from the prince in his hand, and his nephew and daughter-in-law fell down in front of him, and slapped himself in the mouth vigorously, and soon it was swollen like a pig's head. The man squatted in a corner of the room, smoking a cigarette, feeling sorry for his mother-in-law, but also not daring to embarrass his uncle's face.

Liu Ruoyu was wearing a python robe, and he should be regulated like the chief eunuch of the four products, which was given by the prince himself. There were also two tall and strong firemen guarding the door, which was specially arranged by Wang Ping's Cao eunuch for fear that Tian Cunshan's dog would jump off the wall in a hurry, which would be unfavorable to Gonggong Liu. This formation is enough to frighten the people who have never seen the world in fear, lock the doors of every house, and close the windows of every house.

"Get up." Liu Ruoyu finally raised his hand: "You are my Liu Men's daughter-in-law after all, and our family doesn't care about you." Only if you dare to disobey women's morality and bully the head of the family in the future, don't blame our family for being ruthless and forcing you to retire. ”

"The bride doesn't dare, this time she really knows that she is wrong!" The woman knelt on the ground, and even her voice changed.

The reason why she is strong at home is that she must suppress her husband is mainly because of her weak heart. I want her to pass the door for three years, and there is no movement in her stomach at all, how can she be worthwhile? It's also a shame that the Liu family is so poor that they can't afford to ask for a concubine, and they don't dare to divorce their wives, otherwise how can she, the housemother, be so stable!

The woman looked at the neatly tired pile of silver ingots on the table, and her heart beat like a drum. She never imagined that she would one day be able to possess so much silver.

And with that comes great fear.

Now that the wood in the family has climbed a high branch, and with this great eunuch and uncle covering, maybe one day he will become a son. If you can't give birth to a son and a half daughter, how can you settle down?

Liu Ruoyu looked at the silver on the table with his spare eyes, and he was also reluctant in his heart.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court strictly forbade the use of silver for trading, and it was not until the Hongzhi Dynasty that the ban was relaxed. The real large-scale use of silver money was after the Wanli Dynasty. It was also because of the rise of Spain, which brought large quantities of high-quality silver from South America to buy Chinese tea, porcelain and silk, which would otherwise not have enough precious metals to meet the needs of an increasingly developed commodity economy.

Even so, the real silver in circulation is still not large, and one hundred taels of silver is definitely an astronomical amount for the small people. You can spend fifty taels to buy a two-in-three house in a prosperous area of Beijing, and the rest of the money can be used to buy a storefront shop, and then hire a bookkeeper and a man. If it is an ordinary daily cargo, even the purchase money is enough.

It can be said that the Liu family, with this hundred taels of silver, can leap from the bottom poor to the middle class.

Liu Ruoyu is the best among eunuchs, neither greedy for money nor lustful, but throwing out so much silver casually is also a little painful.

However, it is not possible not to give it out, because there are no secrets in the eunuch circle, many people have already known from Wang Ping's mouth about Liu Ruoyu's hard life before, if Liu Ruoyu does not repay his cousin who took him in, he will inevitably be said to be mean and unkind, who will be willing to die for him in the future?

After all, buying bones is something that has to be done, so the meat is rotten in the pot, and the silver is still surnamed Liu.

Liu Ruoyu immediately advised the couple again, taking care of them to change to a better house, and make a living by themselves. At the moment, he is in the hidden mansion, and it is impossible to publicize it, but it is possible to help each other secretly and not be disturbed by black and white.

Seeing that his cousin and nephew were only submissive, looking like a wood, Liu Ruoyu had no interest in sitting down, and slowly walked out of the dilapidated house, looking up, the sun outside had sunk in the west, and there was a dark red glow in the sky. The smoke of firewood wafted in the air, and the coolie had just made food.

"Uncle," the man chased out of the house, "I'm going to order two dishes and have a drink with you?" ”

"Live a good life, how can you say that you are also a man, my Liu family still points to you to continue the incense!" Liu Ruo foolishly rejected his nephew's invitation, he could see at a glance that this was the nephew's daughter-in-law showing affection, and he didn't want the evil woman to be too relieved now.

"Let's go to Coal Mountain." Liu Ruoyu said to the two firefighters waiting outside.

The handkerchief and the fire are the lowest eunuchs, and they don't even have the right to speak, so naturally they don't have any objections.

Liu Ruoyu turned over his horse, gently reined in the reins, and went to the west of the coal mountain. The two firemen hurriedly trotted up, trying to keep up with the horse.

There are too many eunuchs in the Ming Palace, but all the stewards and eunuchs who have some conditions are willing to live outside the palace. It can not only improve the living environment, but also facilitate some private affairs, so as not to be firmly watched. Eunuchs of higher status lived in Gongjian Hutong outside the Forbidden City, while those of lower status mostly bought houses on the west side of Coal Mountain.

Compared with Tian Cunshan, Liu Ruoyu's connections among the old eunuchs are the biggest advantage. Eunuchs from the chief eunuch down, there are also "young eunuchs", "eunuchs", "managers", "management", "Fengyu", "listening", "promise", "long follow" and so on. The 24 yamen are different from thick and thin, light and heavy, rich and poor, and the personnel are also different. The eunuch society in the entire Forbidden City is not inferior to a small country, and if you want to understand the rules thoroughly and be at ease, there is only an old man like Liu Ruoyu who has been immersed in the palace for decades.

And he's not an ordinary old man.

Liu Ruoyu was selected from the palace at the age of sixteen, and under the name of Eunuch Chen, the starting point is high. Because he was born in a family of eunuchs, he was literate since he was a child, and he was selected to study in the inner study hall. After coming out of the inner study hall, it is equivalent to a civil official who has won the jinshi. Later, he was elected to the clerical office, responsible for handing over the notes of the Secretary of Communications, writing copywriting, and was a subordinate agency of the Secretary of Ceremonies. Later, because of his erudition, he was elected by Wei Zhongxian to enter the inner straight room, which is equivalent to Wenchen entering the Hanlin Academy.

If it weren't for being implicated in the reverse case, he would have taken the next step to become the celebrant supervisor. Even the eunuchs who are in charge of the ceremonial eunuch are like the cabinet ministers of the outer court. Compared with Tian Cunshan and Liu Ruoyu, it is like the new science and technology scholar and the book of the Ministry of Rites, how can the difference be calculated in the Tao?

That night, Liu Ruoyu became Wang Chengen's guest through his past relationships.

Among the old ministers of the Xindi, Wang Chengen is not the highest position, and he is not even the most favored by Emperor Chongzhen. According to Liu Ruoyu's meaning, with the tiger banner of the prince of the East Palace, he can directly go to the heart of the real inner minister to form an alliance. However, the prince's favor for Wang Chengen was overflowing, which made Liu Ruoyu dare not make suggestions easily, who knows what trivial things Wang Zhixin had made the prince unhappy?

Besides, the things that the prince confessed did not have to be done by a big eunuch like Palm Seal and Bingbi, Wang Chengen, as a eunuch in the court, could do it properly. And the price code between the two is worlds apart, perhaps this is also the prince's careful side.

The reason why Zhu Cihong chose Wang Chengen to form an alliance was that when Jiashen changed in the sky, with Emperor Chongzhen hanging the coal mountain, only Wang Chengen was alone.

Following this result, Liu Ruoyu found that Wang Chengen was indeed the best ally. First of all, the price to buy him is not high. Secondly, Wang Chengen is in the prime of life, and if he wants to spend the post-Chongzhen era safely, he still needs the care of the prince.

Wang Chengen really hit it off, and did not have the slightest grievance against the prince's personal envoy.

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