Chapter 17: Stealing the Dragon and Turning the Phoenix Seventeen
Mrs. Zhang handed over all the command of the guards to Zhan Xiaoxiao, and Zhan Xiaoxiao handled the problems here.
In fact, Mrs. Zhang didn't need to be ordered, the guards had already decided to obey Zhanxiao's command. Zhan Xiaoxiao not only has the waist card of the East Factory, but also the boys and girls look a little weird, it is this kind of weirdness that makes all the guards dare not disobey.
During the period of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, the most powerful people were not big officials or cabinet ministers, but eunuchs who were neither male nor female.
Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi used the words and deeds of the officials to control the words and deeds of the hundred officials, and then used the Jinyi Guard to monitor the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.
Later, the eunuchs were directly used to control the army and local yamen, and the eunuchs became the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty.
Even the ministers of the first and second grades of the dynasty did not dare to offend ordinary eunuchs, which shows how special the power and status of the eunuchs are.
Although Zhan Xiaoxiao did not say his identity clearly, everyone regarded Zhan Xiaoxiao as the chief eunuch of the East Factory.
This kind of eunuch is not only ruthless but also quite powerful, who dares her to be disobedient? Zhan Xiaoxiao ordered all kitchen staff to be isolated.
It was claimed that the kitchen guys were fighting, which led to chaos in the kitchen. For this reason, Mrs. Zhang ordered that the kitchen should be rectified and the troublemakers should be dealt with severely and strictly.
At the same time, Zhan Xiao secretly sent people to transfer more soldiers to surround Zhang's mansion to ensure that people from Zhang's mansion could not go out casually, and also to ensure that outsiders could not enter Zhang's mansion.
At this time, Zhan Xiaoxiao thought that someone would use fireworks or flying pigeons to send messages, so she ordered that no open flames should be lit in Zhang's mansion, nor should they make loud noises, and that pigeons and other things that flew out should be immediately hunted and shot.
After waiting for the people to arrive, Zhan Xiaoxiao sorted and investigated the people of Zhang's Mansion in batches, and no one could hide from Zhan Xiaoxiao's poisonous eyes.
These people may be able to deceive others, but they definitely can't deceive Zhan Xiaoxiao, who can be regarded as a professional in interrogating and investigating criminals.
After handing over Zhang's mansion to Zhan Xiaoxiao, Qin Tai took Zhang Juzheng's personal entourage to meet with Zhang Juzheng with confidence.
Although this retinue didn't know Qin Tai's identity, he could also see that Qin Tai was not an ordinary person. Because Mrs. Zhang repeatedly wanted to follow her absolute respect and obedience to this gentleman, Mrs. Zhang also showed her respect for Qin Tai.
Although Zhang Juzheng and Qin Tai have sworn in the United States and Europe, Zhang Juzheng has always regarded Qin Tai as his best friend.
Zhang Juzheng did not respect many people in his life, and his intimate friends were even more pitiful. In the past, Zhang Juzheng respected his mentor Xu Jie, but later Zhang Juzheng felt more and more that Xu Jie's had changed.
Later, Zhang Juzheng and his friend Tan Yan had an inevitable disagreement because of their different political views. Due to the difference in factions and political views, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun parted ways and each became the leader of their own faction, which led to Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun having to oppose each other and become political enemies.
Now Zhang Juzheng only has one friend like Qin Tai, and Zhang Juzheng cherishes this only confidant friend.
Mrs. Zhang has always called Qin Tai uncle, and only called Qin Tai Lord Qin or Mr. Qin when outsiders were around.
Mrs. Zhang also knows that although Zhang Juzheng is in the limelight now, the danger is not small, and only people like Qin Tai can help Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng not only needs Qin Tai and others to escort him, but also needs the support and encouragement of friends like Qin Tai by his side.
Since Qin Tai and Zhang Juzheng's future are closely related, Mrs. Zhang must of course have absolute trust and respect for Qin Tai and his wife.
In ancient times, although the kings vigorously preached the so-called
"The king and his ministers rule the world together" is a deceptive saying, but in fact, everyone knows it
The idea of "family in the world" has not changed, and all the right to make decisions is still in the hands of the emperors of the past dynasties.
The so-called
"Ministers" are not only civil and military officials who go to court every day, but also all officials at all levels. If the governor of the local yamen is a person's hands and feet, their subordinates are the fingers and toes, the central organ is a person's torso, and the king is the brain of this person, and all instructions must be under the command of the brain.
Advocate the so-called
Those who "rule the world together with their ministers" may not have imagined that their ideas would be exploited in this way by future generations.
The original idea of the man who made this claim was to realize an ideal claim that could only be realized in a dream.
It is hoped that a talented person like him will have the same immense strength and power as the kings who are truly in power.
It's just a pity that this is just a dream, a dream that can never be realized. Since the establishment of the Xia Dynasty,
The concept of "family in the world" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the aristocracy, especially the kings. They will never take the initiative to give up their resources and rights to others to share.
In their hearts they always want to enslave others forever, and it is better to keep the common people forever at their feet.
This so-called
The idea of "the king and his ministers ruling the world together" is simply a joke for them, a thing that can entertain everyone more than a joke.
They are not at all worried about these readers who are full of romantic ideas, because these people have no practical value at all except dreams.
There is no need to worry that they will really get into trouble, let alone that these people will be able to empty them. It wasn't until a king facing a real crisis overheard this kind of talk that his eyes lit up and he had a new idea.
Due to the excessive enslavement of the common people by the aristocracy at that time, the opportunity to finally ease relations between the two sides was also lost for some talented scholars.
More and more ordinary people began to be disobedient, coupled with the instigation of some scholars, leading to some ordinary people preferring to move their families rather than be enslaved by the aristocracy.
Although wherever they migrated, they were controlled by the nobles who still enslaved them, but the frequent movement affected not only the harvest but also the security of the place.
The harvest is the wealth of the nobles, and affecting the harvest is equivalent to making the nobles lose their wealth, which is asking the nobles to die.
In addition, due to the frequent migration of ordinary people, public security in various places has become not only chaotic but also prone to frequent accidents. Sometimes a small brawl can lead to a big fight between two sides, or even a fight between several families.
For the sake of their respective territories and spheres of influence, everyone can fight for their lives, which will cause greater civil disputes.
Every family will have relatives, and one person's affairs will implicate a family, or even the whole family, and then because of the family's involvement, more people, or even more families, and finally become a confrontation between nobles.
In order to get more labor, in order to occupy more civil resources, the nobles did not even want the last bit of reserve.
The government can manage the common people, but it can't control the intertwined aristocracy, and the aristocracy, especially the big nobles, has overtaken the local government, and even the local governors have to live by looking at the eyes of these big nobles.
These big aristocrats didn't care about the lives of the common people, they only thought about how to expand their territory and wealth.
The common people were cornered by these nobles, and they had just obtained the status of free men for a few generations, and in order to survive, they had to sell themselves and attach themselves to the nobles.
Their wives and daughters were bullied by the nobles, and their lives were not guaranteed at the most basic level. For the sake of their families, their own lives, and the wealth of their descendants, they will become traitors and even take risks.
One or two of these people will not affect the overall situation, if there are more, there will be trouble, and if there are more, it will cause great chaos.
More people follow their example, which is the biggest hidden danger of the kings, and if it is not handled well, it will shake the foundation of the country.
In the past few major events or dynastic changes in ancient times, almost all of them began due to civil rebellion.
Some ordinary people who could not survive were cornered, and at the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, they raised their tools one after another.
Although they only targeted some nobles who were unkind to the rich or a few yamen officials who oppressed the common people excessively, they were all characterized as rebellions by the government in the end.
If the rebellion succeeds, more ordinary people will follow their example and attack more officials or nobles.
If the government sends troops to suppress these rioters, it will implicate their families and cause a large number of rivers of blood.
Not only will this not frighten the angry people, but the bloodshed will only make the people more and more angry, and eventually cause bigger and more serious civil unrest.