"Your Majesty, it's the second watch, it's time to rest."

In the Qianqing Palace, the eunuch Wang Chengen looked at Emperor Chongzhen, whose eye sockets were a little dark, and reminded him softly carefully.

This Wang Chengen hit the palace and served Emperor Chongzhen, who was the king of Xin, when the first emperor was in the sky, he and another palace eunuch Xu Yingyuan tried to ensure that King Xin entered the palace to succeed to the throne, but unfortunately Xu Yingyuan didn't know anything, and actually accepted a bribe from Wei Zhongxian, so that he was thrown to Fengyang by the emperor just after he got out.

With Xu Yingyuan's lesson, Wang Chengen did not dare to be wanton, although he was a master of ceremonies, he was much more sincere, and he never interfered in the affairs of foreign courts. In fact, which of those recitals handed over by the foreign dynasty did not go through his ceremonial supervisor, what did the emperor say on the recitals he was holding now, could he Wang Chengen not know, and could he have no idea in his heart?

Your Taoist celebrant is all blind, and you can't read a single word? Definitely not! To put it mildly, any of those priests who come out is no worse than that of a university scholar!

The ministers of the court, the imperial examination into the office, the open and secret struggle for decades before entering the court, the same is true of the penmen of the inner court, who can sit in the position of the priest and the pen, and the group of people in the outer court is not worse at all, otherwise why is this priest and the pen called the inner minister.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he was afraid that there would be another Wei Zhongxian in the inner court, so he did not set up another Si Li palm print, so as not to make any eunuch's family dominant, and they were both pen to each other, and they were convenient for each other to contain each other, so as to ensure that there would be no eunuch like Wei Zhongxian.

Therefore, even if Wang Chengen has made great contributions to Chongzhen's succession, he can only die in the position of Si Li Bingbi, and if he wants to be an ancestor, he is afraid that there is no hope in this life.

Speaking of Wang Chengen, he was really bitter, if he hadn't been in contact with the eunuchs in the inner court to ensure that most of the palm seal eunuchs stood on Chongzhen's side, how could Wei Zhongxian say that he would fall, and how could Chongzhen really be a saint praised by the outer court?

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for Wang Chengen to sit in the position of the palm print of the priest, but Chongzhen does not set up the palm print, so Wang Chengen can only be a pen and cannot advance.

However, Wang Chengen also understands Chongzhen's distress of not setting up a palm print, it is really nothing when the palm print is not used, Wei Zhongxian is not a palm print, and the palm print Wang Tiqian is not a dog for him. As long as you serve the emperor well, whether it is a palm print or a pen, it is just a false name, and this real profit is the most important.

As long as you don't interfere in politics, the emperor will let you!

So Wang Chengen was as loyal as he was in the Qiandi back then, no, he knew that Chongzhen had stayed up late again, and he was afraid that the eunuch on duty would not know anything, so he ran over, just to let Chongzhen rest early.

This man is not beaten with iron, so how can he withstand such a sin?

In the past few days, the emperor has not slept well, and often stays up until late at night to sleep for a while. On the fifth watch, I got up again to prepare for the morning meeting. At the end of the day, it takes less than two hours to actually sleep.

Since ancient times, which emperor could have been as diligent as Chongzhen? Which emperor is as bitter as Chongzhen?

The emperor is only twenty-one years old, but there are crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and his face looks extremely pale and haggard compared with his peers, where does he look like a young man!

Wang Chengen is really distressed!

Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty has been chaotic day by day, and all kinds of documents sent to the palace every day have fallen like snowflakes on the imperial case, and the approval has not been approved. In order to have too many documents, the fear of not being able to read the province, and missing the important ones, Chongzhen adopted the method used in the Song Dynasty, asking the general administration to write out the reason with yellow paper when receiving the documents, and paste them in front, which is called leading to yellow, and then use yellow paper to write out the summary of the content, and paste it at the back, which is called pasting yellow. In this way, he can take a look at the yellowing and yellowing first, and the less important ones don't have to read the full text in detail. However, the emergency military intelligence secret and the Tang newspaper were sent into the palace as they arrived, and as usual, there was no yellowing, let alone yellowing. Therefore, despite this method, Chongzhen still has endless paperwork every day, often sleeps after the third watch, and sometimes sleeps all night. Today, he didn't leave the imperial case for a whole afternoon.

The emperor is also the first to ascend to the treasure, two years ago he was frightened by Jiannu, and if he cares, he will be chaotic, and some things will not be taken seriously, and he can't take care of the head and tail, and he can't see the mystery inside.

As far as the emperor will see this in front of him, it can be said that the emperor will be asked to quit the mining tax, remove the mine supervisor, and not compete with the people for profit.

The first two years were because the emperor only ascended the throne, and then the Dongyu entered the prison again, and then it was for Yuan Chonghuan, and this matter was temporarily shelved.

At present, the imperial historians of the Donglin Party are sparse again, this one wants the imperial court to be exempted from commercial taxes, the other wants the imperial court to withdraw the mine and remove the prison, and the other simply doesn't want to do anything about the monopoly of salt and iron. What is said that the emperor is the Ming monarch, the holy lord of Zhongxing, and the Ming treasury is abundant, so why should he compete with the people. It is better to benefit the people as much as possible, so that the people can thank the emperor for his kindness.

It is a good thing to write, and this reason is also tempting, when the emperor is the emperor, the people of the world are all my children, and this is the right thing for parents to give some benefits to their children.

To say, this is also the emperor, if we want to see it, it is not too much to drag out these sparse pieces one by one to cut them.

You don't know what to do in our family, and the people in your mouth are not you! If you want the emperor to let it benefit the people, you are actually falling into your own pocket. Which of these true people will have real benefits?

See clearly, see clearly, know the way to know the way, Wang Chengen just doesn't say it, he is really afraid, what Chongzhen is most afraid of is not the courtiers of the outer court taking advantage of him, but the fear of these eunuchs in the inner court interfering in politics!

Sometimes, even if Chongzhen asked him, he always replied, "The old slave is stupid, the emperor has his own ideas." ”

Answering like this means that he didn't say anything, but Chongzhen just ate him. In fact, Chongzhen doesn't really want to ask Wang Chengen for any opinion, Taizu iron system - eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian, these living examples of power eunuchs in the previous dynasty have made Chongzhen reluctant to believe in these house slaves in his bones, otherwise, where would he recite his brother's last words - "The big crotch is sincere, and he has the ability to do things, don't abandon it", only a few months after succeeding to the throne, he exiled Wei Zhongxian to Fengyang, and sent someone to force him to death halfway, in the final analysis, he would be scared by Wei Zhongxian when he believed in the king.

With a big eunuch like Wei Zhongxian here, what does this emperor mean?

Since ancient times, which Ming monarch reused domestic slaves and eunuchs?

Now the Ming Dynasty is like a river of the sun, both inside and outside are worried, I am a young man to succeed to the throne, only by making great efforts can we protect the foundation of the ancestors, even if we can not be as wise and martial as the ancestors, but we must also keep this country, and in the future we should be praised as a "diligent king".

Putting forward the imperial approval of "let the people benefit, and the good is great", this matter of withdrawing the mine and removing the prison can be regarded as accurate.

Putting down the pen, seeing Wang Chengen looking at the piece of music on the imperial case with a strange face, Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little displeased, and said lightly: "What, isn't it right for me to criticize this note?" According to you, is this mine to be stopped or not? ”

Wang Chengen's heart sank, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, and said: "The old slave doesn't dare, the old slave doesn't dare..."

"Get up."

Wang Chengen looked like this, Chongzhen was a little wider, and while taking a copy of the note, he asked casually: "What time is it?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it's the second watch." Wang Chengen didn't dare to pause.

"Second shift?" Chongzhen nodded slightly, "It's not too early, I'll go to Concubine Tian to rest after approving a few more copies." ”

"The old slave will arrange it."

Wang Chengen was like being amnestied, and he was about to step down and ask the little eunuchs to go to Tian Guifei to spread the word.

was retreating, but saw Chongzhen suddenly stand up from the dragon chair happily, holding a piece of music and praising repeatedly: "Good, good, good!" Liu Mao is to the point, if the imperial court wants to enrich the treasury, it is nothing more than to open up sources and reduce expenditure. The matter of open source involves competing with the people for profit, and I am not good at interfering too much, and the cabinet will deal with it itself. But this throttle, I have to do it myself. Well, there are tens of thousands of large and small post stations in the country, and if they are abolished, it will indeed save a lot of money, and it can also reduce the burden on the local government, which is indeed a great good governance..."

Scrapping the station?

Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, and always felt that this thing was a little strange, but when he saw that the emperor was happy, he didn't think much about it, and waved his hand to call the little eunuch outside.

The man may have been too excited, and he didn't notice it when he bumped into anyone, so he knelt down in front of Chongzhen with the report document in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty, great victory, great victory, great victory in Liaodong!" ”

"A big victory? Liaodong victory? ”

Chongzhen was stunned for more than ten seconds, rushed to the eunuch with an arrow step, grabbed the paperwork, and couldn't wait to open it to see. After only a few lines, the smile on his face couldn't stop. Very excited praise:

"Okay, he's a great ancestor, it's not in vain that I trust him so much! More than 200 beheadings are a great victory! I want to be rewarded, I want to be rewarded, I want to be rewarded..."

Liaodong victory? More than 200 beheadings?

Wang Chengen was also excited by this good news, regardless of the pain in his forehead, he knelt down in front of Chongzhen in three steps and two steps: "Old slave congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!" ”

Chongzhen Xu was too excited, and was still immersed in the good news of the victory, and ignored Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen quietly turned his head to Cao Huachun, the eunuch who came to report the news, and asked: "Has the news been verified, and it is indeed more than 200 beheadings?" ”

Cao Huachun looked happy and nodded affirmatively: "Zu Dashou and Qiu Hejia jointly reported it, I'm afraid there will be no fake." ”

Wang Chengen didn't believe in Zu Dashou, but he believed in Qiu Hejia, and when he heard that it was Qiu Hejia and Zu Dashou who jointly reported it, he believed it in his heart.

But he still asked again: "Is it a real tartar?" ”

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "The document says that there are more than 100 northern captives and more than 80 eastern captives, and the first level is already on the way, and it will take about two days to arrive." ”

The northern captives refer to the Mongol soldiers, and the eastern captives refer to the Jiannu.

Wang Chengen was convinced, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was really frightened by those documents that reported success. A few days ago, the documents of the Northwest reported the victory one after another, and today this general has cut 3,000, and the deputy general has broken tens of thousands of enemies, and the most rear-end military department has verified the first level, and it is good to have a few hundred. Moreover, according to the secret report of the local officials in the northwest, there may be some people who kill good people and take meritorious deeds. made the emperor happy at first, but then he couldn't stop getting angry, scolding those generals for hiding and bullying their subordinates. When the celebrant received this kind of document, he did not dare to send it directly to the emperor, but first sent someone to the cabinet to ask for clarification before deciding whether to report it. Otherwise, if they report indiscriminately, the emperor will scold them again for not knowing how to check.

In fact, if Zu Dashou reported killing thousands of enemies, Wang Chengen would never believe it, but the number of this return is unbelievable. There are more than 100 captives in the north and more than 80 captives in the east, which makes people can't help but believe it.

Liaodong finally fought for the emperor this time, and the emperor can sleep soundly today! The more Wang Chengen thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help but laugh.

His laughter was too loud and a little presumptuous, but Chongzhen was also excited and excited, how to be rude to this old slave.

"Your Majesty, Ning Yuan won a great victory back then, and the documents for the victory were only nine out of two hundred and sixty, and the ancestors of the present ancestor had more than two hundred grades, and they were all real Tartars, and the court should be rewarded no matter what!" Cao Huachun did not forget to remind Chongzhen to report victory on the front line, and he had to express himself as the emperor.

"Yes, yes, I'm confused, I want to be rewarded!"

Chongzhen Ha Luha smiled, took the official document and read it again, and said in a deep voice: "Zu Dashou has a good command of the army, and he has a great victory, and I am very happy, with the rank of general of Zhenwu, and a member of the Yinzi Jinyi Guard, one hundred taels of gold and silver, one mink fur, one carved saddle, and one white horse; In addition, the governor Qiu Hejia is well coordinated, and the right deputy of the Tejia Metropolitan Procuratorate has the title of imperial history, and he is given a hundred taels of gold and silver, one mink fur, one carved saddle, and ten brocade horses..."

Announcing this, Chongzhen suddenly paused, as if talking to himself and seemed to say to Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun:

"The document says that the Songshan garrison Shi Dayong, wisdom and bravery, with the strength of an army to defeat the Jiannu Jingcai, its merits are huge, Zu Dashou and Qiu Hejia jointly guaranteed him as the general of Jinzhou, to garrison the promotion of the general, is even promoted to the third level, according to the usual practice, it seems to be impossible, what do you think?"

Wang Chengen said without thinking: "Since his merits are huge, he should be promoted." Although the promotion of the general with the garrison is a three-level promotion, it is not unprecedented. And the beheading is the elite cavalry of Jiannu, an extraordinary outcast, according to the old slave's opinion, the emperor should approve it. If someone makes an exception, he will be grateful to the emperor for his grace and serve the court, and he will make new contributions in the future! After finishing speaking, he secretly scolded himself: confused, how can the generals be promoted to talk nonsense, isn't this interference in politics?

"If you are promoted to a meritorious general, the emperor will make a decision." Cao Huachun was much smarter, and a word was pushed to Chongzhen. After speaking, he glanced at Wang Chengen.

"Well, that's good, I'm right. With the Songshan garrison, Shi Dayong was promoted to Jinzhou general, giving fifty taels of gold and silver, another sword, ten altars of wine, and the relevant generals of his department were also rewarded. I have allocated another 10,000 taels to reward the soldiers who participated in the war to show my gratitude! ”

Chongzhen was happy, and he didn't care whether Wang Chengen was involved in politics, and generously allocated another 10,000 taels from the internal treasury, plus the reward from the treasury, in his opinion, it was definitely a generous reward.

The emperor was not dissatisfied, Wang Chengen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he shouldn't have spoken anymore, but he still opened his mouth to remind: "Your Majesty, is it not to be rewarded after the first level is checked?" ”

Chongzhen thought for a moment and nodded, "It's okay." He instructed Cao Huachun: "You draw up an order, ask the cabinet to check with the good students of the military department, and after confirming that it is correct, the soldiers participating in the war will be rewarded one by one according to the list, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Slave Command!"

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Author's note: The criminal department gave Liu Mao to the matter of the second year of Chongzhen, which is briefly mentioned here, readers don't need to care, as long as the post station is cut down, Yinchuan post Li Zicheng will lose his iron rice bowl.