In the alley of Xici Hutong, there was another sound of horses' hooves. "Dongchang is doing things, everyone is avoiding~~" The sharp voice of neither man nor woman floated over from afar.

The people from Dongchang also came, and today's matter is really big. Jinyiwei's rights are already very large, he can ignore the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to handle cases alone, have his own prison, usually monitor hundreds of officials, and can arrest anyone at will without evidence.

After Emperor Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, he established a detective agency headed by eunuchs, and was named Dongchang because its address was located on the north side of Dong'anmen (now Dongchang Hutong in the north of Wangfujing Street). At first, Dongchang was only responsible for detecting and arresting people, and did not have the right to interrogate prisoners, and the suspects who were caught should be handed over to Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Si for trial, and later, the emperor felt that the Jinyi Wei was not very convenient to use, and the eunuchs

is the emperor's house slave, and in the inner palace, it is more convenient to communicate with the emperor, and it is also more figurative about the emperor's thoughts. Secondly, the eunuchs themselves are eunuchs and have no status in society, the only thing they can rely on is the emperor, and there is no motive to rebel if they have no heirs, so they are often more loyal when they do things for the emperor, and they think about the emperor for the sake of the emperor, unlike the scholar class, who often take saving the people in the world as their own responsibility, and sometimes do not buy the emperor's account. Gradually, the power and reconnaissance scope of the East Factory exceeded that of Jinyiwei. The imperial court will try major cases, Jinyi Wei Zhen Fu Division tortures repeat offenders, and Dongchang must send people to hear the trial; Each yamen of the imperial court had Dongchang personnel on duty to monitor the officials' every move; Even Jinyiwei is within the scope of being monitored by the East Factory.

The commander of Jinyiwei had to kneel down when he saw the governor of the East Factory, because the Governor of the East Factory was concurrently served by the 9,000-year-old Huang Jinrong Huang Gonggong, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the palm print. And the commander of the Jinyi Guard is the nine-thousand-year-old godson.

Now Huang Gonggong is the power of the government and the opposition, protégés are all over the world, mastering the entire civil system of the Ming Dynasty and most of the army, today's court, the Queen Mother sits in the back and listens to the government, Huang Gonggong sits in front and directly interferes in the government, the little emperor does not go to court all day long to know that he is crazy, the Queen Mother and Huang Gonggong are also happy to be so, if it is a little emperor who is diligent in the government, they still have to be careful. The queen mother system and the eunuch system, which were temporarily allied in order to seize power, have also cracked now, and relatives and eunuch children have fought openly and secretly for several times in order to seize power, and the eunuch system has the upper hand. Huang Gonggong's ten godsons. Known as the "Ten Tigers", it occupies the military department, the criminal department, the official department, the inspectorate, the Dali Temple, the Dongchang, the Jinyi Guard, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, as well as the governors and governors of other places, and other high positions, which are difficult to shake. The children of the Queen Mother occupied the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the Palace Guards and the Army, the Imperial Historical Tower, the Household Department, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and a part of the forbidden army in other provinces. As for the little emperor, I'm afraid that only a few eunuchs and palace maids around him can be sent.

Now what appeared at the mouth of the alley was a eunuch in Dongchang uniform, dressed in a yellow flying fish suit, wearing a gauze hat, with a sword hanging from his waist, seventeen or eighteen years old, his face was powdered, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and his expression was extremely flamboyant. ”

Liu Ziguang was a little puzzled: "Your son-in-law? I don't know your son-in-law, is it...."The little eunuch Wei Zhongxian smiled slightly: "Yes, my son-in-law is the same Zhu Gongzi who has been swimming with his son-in-law in the past two days." ”

"Oh, I see, then these officers and soldiers ........" Liu Ziguang's heart blossomed, he had a hard backer, he could afford to use the eunuch of Dongchang as the son of the child, and his surname was Zhu, he must be the emperor's family, if he couldn't get it, it was the emperor himself, he didn't know the current situation in the court.

Zheng Baihu and Commander Wang are still very knowledgeable, and when they saw the ivory waist card worn by the little eunuch who entered and exited the imperial city, they knew that although this person was young, his level was not low, as for that Zhu Gongzi, it was not something they could guess at will, anyway, it was the affairs of the palace and the affairs of the East Factory, and they would lose their heads if they took care of it.

Wang Commander's heart said that this prisoner must not be able to take it away today, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are in front, I should hurry back to have breakfast, by the way, the one hundred taels of silver just now should be accepted.

Zheng Baihu was still a little unwilling, and said to the little eunuch: "This father-in-law, Liu Ziguang ransacked the mansion of the imperial court officials yesterday, and now he is holding the lower officials hostage, the crime is extremely evil, the father-in-law wants to take away the criminals, how can the lower officials deal with the errands?" ”

Wei Zhongxian rolled his eyes: "The guest invited by the East Factory, why did he become your person?" This Lord of the Hundred Households, you have to be responsible for speaking, your name? The guard's? When our family is done with business, we will invite you to the factory for tea. I advise you, anything that has anything to do with the East Factory, don't worry about it! Don't make yourself uncomfortable! ”

Zheng Baihu was so frightened that he didn't dare to say more. Liu Ziguang withdrew the white rainbow knife and pushed Zheng Baihu aside. Intimidated: "Don't be embarrassed to refine the Feng, otherwise Lao Tzu will invite you to tea, not to Dongchang, but to the king of Hades." ”

What kind of world is this, the dignified Jinyi Wei was intimidated by a white man with a knife in broad daylight and in public, and what did he say to invite me to the king of Hades to drink tea, and is there any royal law, is there any heavenly reason? Zheng Baihu wanted to cry without tears, and then thought about it, this Liu Ziguang must have no fear, eighty percent is a secret agent of the East Factory, yes, it must be the secret fan of the East Factory, otherwise it would not be so rampant, so to speak, yesterday's looting operation was also planned by the East Factory, hurry up, it is not good to involve any upper-level struggle, it is not something that I can understand as a small hundred households.

After finding a step for himself, Zheng Baihu finally felt a little better, looked at his subordinates for more than a dozen people and stared at him with big eyes, and said angrily: "What do you see, Dongchang is doing things, let's take care of it!" After speaking, he shot a mouthful of thick phlegm to vent the depression in his heart. Stupidly left with the fans.

The men and horses of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division were already preparing to return to the camp for breakfast, and Commander Wang gloated and watched Jinyiwei deflated. Although they are all 9,000-year-old people, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are dumping each other and tearing each other down, such things are not uncommon, as the queen mother's department of soldiers and horses, of course, I am happy to see this situation.

Jinyiwei and the people of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division will not trouble the Lian Feng for the time being, Liu Ziguang asked his subordinates to take out a horse, turn over the horse, and follow Wei Zhongxian. Leaving the stunned Han Da shopkeeper wiping the cold sweat on his head, my mother, Vice General Liu is really a troublemaker, early in the morning, the soldiers and horses, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang all came to the door, amazing, served.

The name Wei Zhongxian is like thunder, that is a famous power eunuch in the late Ming Dynasty, why did he jump out as a positive character now, Liu Ziguang felt very strange, and asked as he walked: "This father-in-law, where is your Zhu Gongzi sacred?" Wei Zhongxian was a good comrade who kept his mouth shut, and just said: "You'll know when you get to the place." ”

Zhu Tianxia's mansion is located on a continent in the middle of Xuanwu Lake, the two of them took a medium-sized paddle steamer to the continent, only to see a very large mansion, according to the water potential to build a pavilion pavilion, white walls and green tiles, ridge cornices, sparse and open Jiangnan waterscape and a few begonias, a few clumps of green bamboo intertwined and covered, the green mountains in the distance, the sparkling lake, it is really a lake and mountains, a fairyland on earth.

However, there were mountains of coal and cinders piled up in the clearings, and large quantities of pig iron, steel ingots, copper ingots, and wood, as well as the knocking sound of tintins and black smoke from chimneys. This quiet and natural scenery is completely destroyed, and it is simply a large blacksmith shop.

There were many white-faced and beardless teenagers in the manor, wearing satin clothes, although Liu Ziguang couldn't understand the grade represented by their clothes, but it was certain that these people were the same eunuchs as Wei Zhongxian. In addition, there were some sturdy guards, dressed in soft armor and equipped with swords and swords, who roamed back and forth.

Walking into the yard, what appeared in front of me were two half-finished power delta wings, one of which was pedaled with the foot, and the chain could drive the propeller behind. There is also a clockwork driven, the clockwork is packed in the receiver, the steel spring must be very heavy, this delta wing may not be able to fly, I didn't expect that I said casually on the ship that day, Zhu Tianxia can make it so quickly, and the hands-on ability is really first-class.

The furnace of iron, the platform of carpentry, all kinds of molds, tools, raw materials, are placed in an orderly manner, there is a small gantry crane in the air, the craftsmen wearing coarse cloth uniforms are working in an orderly manner, it is simply a semi-modern workshop, in the Xuanwu Lake, although the transportation is not very convenient, but it is better not to disturb the people, and the confidentiality is very good.

The other little eunuchs had already run in to spread the word, and when Liu Ziguang walked to the front of the main room, Zhu Tianxia was already standing in front of the hall to greet him, wearing a wide robe with blue satin and big sleeves, which looked elegant and gentle, but the sleeves were rolled high, with pencils in his ears, and a steel tape measure pinned to his belt, which looked a little nondescript.

"Brother Liu has arrived, welcome, have you ever seen the Flying Divine Wings that I modified according to your instructions. If you have time, let's go to Swallow Rock for a test flight. Zhu Tianxia was not polite, and directly sent out an invitation.

Liu Ziguang said that this test pilot is a terrible job, so you should find someone else. Diverted the topic and said: "The matter of Shenyi can be discussed again, yesterday's incident has happened, Brother Zhu, do you have a good plan to deal with it?" Why are the people from Dongchang on an errand next to Brother Zhu, it seems that Your Excellency's identity is unfathomable, so don't hide it. ”

Zhu Tianxia pulled away the male duck's voice during the young voice change period and laughed, "I knew that I couldn't hide it for long, and now I have to tell Brother Liu." Little Sage ......."

Wei Zhongxian, who was on the side, immediately shouted: "When you see the saint today, you don't bow down yet!" ”

Zhu Tianxia turned out to be the emperor.