Chapter 340 (It's the beginning of the month, brothers have a few pick-me-ups that don't cost money on monthly passes.) ）

Kang Ning thought for a while and said, "You deliberately showed weakness and let the inner court open a new inner factory and a new western factory, just to use this as bait and let them kill each other, right?" ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Cannibalism can't be talked about, Liu Jin has attacked me again and again, from the day he returned from patrolling, there has been an incompatibility between me and him, I am a thorn in his eyes, he must get rid of me and then quickly." This time, the new factory of the Inner Court is to divide the power of my Jinyi Guard Yamen, let me be under the jurisdiction of the Inner Court, and then come to find my mistakes at your fingertips. In this case, I have to resist, I am harmless, people are harmful to my heart, and there is no way to do it, am I waiting to be killed? ”

Kang Ning said: "That's not possible, how can he succeed, I wonder why the emperor would agree to him do this, the emperor is actually quite generous and affectionate, you and he have also been called friends, how can he be indifferent?" ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "This is because of the two women involved in Ma Ang's case, Ma Ang's wife and sister were secretly sent to the leopard room by Liu Jin, and now they are deeply favored by the emperor. It's just that as soon as the emperor's golden mouth is opened, Liu Jin will definitely pull this banner and ruthlessly press me, and it is possible that the Jinyi Guard Yamen will fall and close in the future, and I may also be impeached, these things may not be imagined by the emperor, but how can I blame the emperor for this? ”

Kang Ning took a breath and said: "I see, I said that there will not be such a big difference between the emperor and you, and this qiē is all Liu Jin's obstacle; Now I understand your situation, and you are also trying to protect yourself. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Thank you princess for understanding my position, self-preservation is one thing, on the other hand, I can't let Liu Jin be so arrogant, Liu Jin's family is dominant, which is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty; Liu Jin also intervened in the politics of the court, which is not a good sign, and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, I can't let him succeed. ”

Kang Ning said: "Why don't you say these words to the emperor? ”

Song Nan said: "I am not disrespectful to the emperor, even if I say these things, the emperor will not believe them, the emperor's trust in Liu Jin or above me, I say these things for no reason, and the emperor will misunderstand why Liu Jin is competing for favor and slandering; Besides, these things are just the beginning, and all I can do is to prevent the slightest problem, but because of this, there is no real evidence to impeach Liu Jin, let alone make the emperor believe my words. ”

Corning nodded, "That's right, but why can I trust you?" I believe everything you say, and I believe that your judgment will not be wrong. ”

Song Nan smiled: "That's because you like me, so you believe me unconditionally, maybe I'm also a big traitor who is lying to you." ”

Kang Ning shook his head and said softly: "No, you won't, even if you are a traitor, I will admit it." ”

Song Nan was moved in his heart, grabbed her shoulder and kissed her on the lips: "Thank you for your trust." ”

Kang Ning leaned on Song Nan's shoulder and said softly: "You said you want me to help you, sue me, how can you help?" ”

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Knowing the news that the emperor was almost attacked and injured by a wild wolf on Qionghua Island, Liu Jin rushed from the inner palace to the leopard room in Xiyuan, and cursed Qian Ning and Liu Zhong and Zhang Rui for not serving the emperor well along the way; Outside the leopard room, Liu Jin trotted all the way in, and his heart of loyalty to the Lord was completely sincere.

Zhengde leaned on the soft pillow behind the table, and was startled by Liu Jin, who crashed in, and Liu Jin asked in a loud voice: "Is the emperor okay?" What about Channing? What about Liu Zhong? Is this how you serve the emperor? If the emperor is injured, our family will not be finished with you. ”

Zhengde looked at Liu Jin with a panicked look, his heart was moved, and he waved his hand and said, "Xiao Jinzi, don't panic, I'm fine, don't make a fuss." ”

Liu Jin stepped forward and bowed, got up and quickly checked Zhengde's body, and confirmed that the emperor was not injured, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, the slave and maid are talking with several adults in the cabinet, and they have not been able to serve the emperor in person, so that the emperor is frightened, and he really deserves death, please ask the emperor to punish the slave and maid." ”

Zhengde laughed and said, "What is the punishment? and do not do your business. ”

Liu Jin said: "Even so, how can the attendants be so careless? Qian Ning, Liu Zhong and others are to blame, and the slaves and maids will punish them heavily. ”

Zhengde shook his head and said: "No, Qian Ning saved me desperately at a critical time, and worked with me to kill the wild wolf, and he was injured because of it; Instead of being punished, they should be rewarded. You came just in time, I want to discuss with you, Qian Ning is a meritorious escort, and he is a loyal and strong martial artist, how do you say to reward him? ”

Liu Jin bowed down and said: "The emperor is kind and kind, and he doesn't care about his dereliction of duty, but he will return the reward to him?" It is his duty to protect the emperor, and the slaves and maids don't have to spoil them too much when they see the emperor. ”

Zhengde sank his face and said: "This is a bad statement, and it is right to distinguish rewards and punishments." ”

Liu Jin said: "If the emperor really wants to reward, a few words of praise will be enough for them to be happy." ”

Zhengde said: "What kind of reward is that, I thought, since there is a new factory office in the inner court, why not let Qian Ning be able to receive the errand of a government, what do you think?" ”

Liu Jin's body was shocked, and he was dumbfounded: "The emperor is saying...... Let them supervise the newly opened factory? ”

Zhengde said: "Yes, what do you think?" ”

Liu Jin was stunned and said: "But the emperor, didn't the emperor agree that the selection of the factory will be appointed by the slaves and maids themselves?" ”

Zhengde frowned and said, "Aren't I discussing with you?" ”

Liu Jin saw sweat on his forehead, and said continuously: "Yes, the slave maid feels that this matter still needs to be considered, although Qian Ning has some ability, but if he is the commander of the factory, the slave and maid are afraid that he will not be competent." ”

Zhengde waved his hand and said, "Qian Ning is not competent? You are shirking, in my opinion, Channing can do it better than most people in the inner court, who can do it if he is not competent? ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "The slave maid doesn't mean this, the slave maid is saying, can there be a more suitable position for him to reward him, besides, the emperor values him so much, if he is, what should I do about the affairs in the leopard room?" ”

Zhengde said: "The head of the leopard house is not a regular position, and Qian Ning can still be with me as the commander of the factory, what is so embarrassing?" Besides, at present, the positions in the palace can only be appointed by the newly opened factory officials, and Qian Ning is not a eunuch, so he can't hold any of the positions in the twenty-four prisons, what position do you say is suitable for him? ”

Liu Jin was already displeased when he heard Zhengde's words, obviously Zhengde was very dissatisfied with his push, but the problem was that he had already allocated the distribution of positions after the reopening of the West Factory and the addition of the Inner Factory; Let Gu Dayong supervise the West Factory, let Gao Feng Commander the East Factory, and supervise the infield himself, and lead the East and West Factory and Jinyi Wei Yamen, this idea has been thoroughly understood with the parties Gao Feng and Gu Dayong. Gao Feng has long been full of strange words, because when the emperor ascended the throne and overthrew Fan Heng Wangyue, Gao Feng only got the position of eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch.

The so-called eunuch of Bingbi seems to be very interesting, but in fact, to put it bluntly, he is the master of ceremonies who is responsible for recording the emperor's dictation orders, and is responsible for some miscellaneous items rewarded by pen, ink, paper, inkstone, calligraphy and painting; Since Liu Jin took charge of the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant and the eunuch, the power to approve some of the chapters that were originally written by the pen was also stipulated by Liu Jin, and the palm print could not be worn red; In other words, the only power that could participate in the government was also deprived.

If the only advantage is that the eunuchs can stay by the emperor's side from time to time, but in fact, there are eight of the celebrant eunuchs alone, that is to say, the emperor only needs one or two eunuchs to follow, and the rest have to stay in the public room of the celebrant eunuch. Even if Gao Feng is Liu Jin's confidant, it can only be said that there are more opportunities to serve than other Bingbi eunuchs.

Liu Jin naturally would not offend the vast majority of the eunuchs in the ceremonial eunuchs for Gao Feng alone, after all, the control of the inner court is not completely dependent on persecution and toughness, and it is also necessary to have a good relationship with the eunuchs of various yamen, so that Gao Feng's embarrassing position can be seen; It is inevitable to complain in secret.

Liu Jin can't ignore Gao Feng's complaints, because Gao Feng's popularity is the best among the Eight Tigers, the dead Qiu Ju, Gu Dayong, Luo Xiang, etc. all have an iron enough relationship with Gao Feng, if he punishes or ignores him because of Gao Feng's complaints, the hardcore brothers around Liu Jin are afraid that they will be cold and uneven; Therefore, Liu Jin continued to comfort Gao Feng for a while, he would definitely make arrangements, this time he took the opportunity to expand the strength of the inner court, and adding two new strength yamen was the best opportunity, of course Liu Jin wanted to give Gao Feng some sweetness, fulfill his promise, and stabilize everyone's minds.

And the use of Gu Dayong Admiral West Factory is another balance of power, Gu Dayong is the most capable person around Liu Jin, Liu Jin wants to use him, but has to guard against him, when Gu Dayong was appointed as the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor's palm seal, which is second only to the important position of the master of ceremonies, it is in the trust of Gu Dayong's talent.

Liu Jin wants to control the strength of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but he is worried that Gu Dayong's arrogant personality will get out of his control, under the domination of this ambivalence, on the one hand, he installed eyeliner such as Liu Zhong around Gu Dayong, and on the other hand, he placed his absolute henchman Wei Bin in Gu Dayong's Imperial Horse Prison, nominally obeying Gu Dayong's orders, but in fact, letting Wei Bin supervise the Imperial Horse Supervisor 3,000 Imperial Forest Army is to deprive the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the military power from Gu Dayong's hands.

Of course, this move will anger Gu Dayong, Gu Dayong doesn't know how many strange things he said in front of him and behind his back, and he and Gao Feng almost clashed with Liu Jin after drinking several times, which also became Liu Jin's heart disease; But Liu Jin couldn't get rid of the stubborn psychology of being both useful and suspicious, and the contradictions between the two sides have not been reconciled.

This time happened to be an opportunity, Gu Dayong and Gao Feng were appointed as the commanders of the West Factory and the East Factory, and Wei Bin, who was his most trusted, was promoted to the head of the Imperial Horse Prison, and Gu Dayong and Gao Feng gained real power on the one hand, on the other hand, the East and West Factories were under the control of their own infield, staring under their own noses, and they could also rest easy.

For Liu Jin, this time not only can Song Nan be hit hard, but it is also a perfect opportunity to alleviate the conflict for the henchmen of the inner court themselves, who are gradually unrestrained.

However, Zhengde came out of thin air to give one of the positions to Qian Ning, which caught Liu Jin off guard.