Others don't know that Cao Jixiang is ambitious, and Shen Yichen, who has the perspective of historical God, can't be clearer. If the upper limit of Shi Heng's struggle for power is just to want the title of "regent" above 10,000 people, Cao Jixiang is really trying to usurp the throne!

A eunuch doesn't even have a biological heir, Cao Qin is still an adopted heir, saying that he wants to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, it is estimated that no one will believe it. In fact, it was precisely by virtue of the cover of his special identity that Cao Jixiang selected strong generals to raise private soldiers and other actions, but no one paid too much attention to them, and the officials and Qingliu didn't bother to impeach when they heard the rumors.

After all, if you impeach a eunuch and want to usurp the throne, I am afraid that if it spreads, it will be ridiculed by the circle of scholars and doctors.

Just like the night when the former prince Zhu Jianji died, there were three people who overstepped the rules to mobilize troops and horses to besiege the city, Shen Yichen and Shi Heng were both labeled as powerful ministers, but Cao Jixiang mobilized Tengxiang four guards to take over the palace gate, and in the end it was as quiet as if it had never happened.

This is why, Cao Jixiang was able to be successfully promoted to the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty except for Shen Yichen regarded him as a threat!

Of course, although the eunuch status has the advantage of hiding himself, there is also an unavoidable disadvantage, that is, except for the imperial horse supervisor palm seal for the Son of Heaven to take charge of the pro-army, the others can only hang the title of a prison army at most, and I cannot get involved in military power.

Later generations famously said that the power comes out of the barrel of the gun, and if there is no royal blood as the back, then you can only take the road of supporting the army and self-respect. Cao Jixiang himself can't lead the troops, so he has to rely on his heir Cao Qin to take charge of the troops, the problem is that the number of soldiers and horses in the Beijing division is so much, if you want to share an extra piece of cake, you have to cut it from others!

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong and Shen Yichen controlled the soldiers and horses, and they had gradually formed a clear posture with Shi Heng's family, and Cao Jixiang couldn't reach in at all. Then if you want to expand your power, you will have an irreconcilable conflict of interest with Shi Heng, and if other eunuchs come to this point, there is a high probability that they will accept it when they see it, but Shen Yichen knows that Cao Jixiang will not.

Stimulating Cao Jixiang or Cao Qin's ambition is the opportunity for them to turn against Shi Heng!

"The old man of Yuanfu has become a country, and the younger generation admires it!"

Shen Yichen arched his hand to express his admiration, in fact, in private, he also prepared several sets of plans to deal with Shi Heng, and he would never go to the situation of raising tigers.

However, in comparison, if Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang can kill each other, and separate the union of the Praetorian Guards in the palace and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp outside the palace, the risk and casualties can be minimized.

In a sense, Shen Yichen is not unable to fight Shi Heng, the biggest difference between loyal ministers and ministers is that the latter does not have to consider the consequences when doing things, while the former is bound by many factors such as morality and responsibility.

Chen Xun's admonition can be regarded as making the hands-on plan more perfect, and it is natural to express gratitude.

Hearing Shen Yichen's words, a smile appeared on Chen Xun's face, the light of this son over the years is too dazzling, so that many old ministers in the court and China have become the light of fire.

Now Shen Yichen can show his humble and teachable side, which can be called a little comfort at the end of his career.

"You don't need to be polite, the old man finally made some modest efforts for the Ming Dynasty, and I hope to create a prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties under the control of Shen Zhongtang in the future!"

After saying that, Chen Xun arched his hand towards Shen Yichen, and then motioned to the Zhongshu people standing outside the door to follow in, take away the personal belongings they had packed, and then stepped out of Wenyuan Pavilion and left.

Looking at the back of Chen Xun's departure, what appeared in Shen Yichen's mind was the picture of when he left the pavilion, and he didn't know how Gao Gu felt when he saw him off.

As Chen Xun's figure disappeared from sight, Shen Yichen slowly turned around and looked up, his hands behind his back and looked at the Wenyuan Pavilion in front of him.

From now on, this is the palace that belongs to him, announcing the official arrival of the era when the Ming Cabinet has become the center of absolute power. And according to the plan in Shen Yichen's heart, the future cabinet power will no longer be a struggle with the ministry power, but the goal will be placed on the imperial power.

Can the fate of the three-hundred-year reincarnation of the feudal dynasty be broken, starting from today!

Shen Yichen said goodbye to the former chief assistant Chen Xun here, and on the other side, in the Yamen of the Master of Ceremonies near the Houzai Gate of the Imperial City, the new eunuch Cao Jixiang also carried his hands behind his back and looked at the plaque on the beam of the room with "Master of Ceremonies" written on it.

If Wenyuan Pavilion is the power center of the outer dynasty, then the celebrant is the power center of the inner dynasty, and even with the continuous concentration of imperial power in the Ming Dynasty, the power of the celebrant seal has often overwhelmed the cabinet chief assistant and has become a genuine "internal official prime minister".

"The child congratulates his father on his ascension to the position of prime minister, and from now on the Ming Dynasty is above ten thousand people!"

When Cao Qin, the heir of Zhaowu Bo, saw Cao Jixiang's action, he knew what he was thinking in his heart at the moment, and hurriedly cooperated with the flattery.

"Interior? Hahahaha. ”

When Cao Jixiang heard this title, he couldn't help laughing insolently, if the position of the emperor is destined to be reincarnated, then the position of "prime minister" is that the feudal dynasty can climb to the peak of the official position by relying on personal ability.

There is no man who doesn't want to dominate the world, even if Cao Jixiang is a eunuch without eggs, the satisfaction brought by the desire for power is simply incomparable!

After laughing wildly, Cao Jixiang stepped into the threshold and sat on the main seat of the eunuch who held the seal of the eunuch, and on both sides there were already the eunuchs of the entire celebrant yamen, including the high-ranking eunuch Bingbi.

But at this moment, they all bowed down to greet Cao Jixiang, after all, Shangguan is not a "paratrooper" without a foundation, these years the palace has controlled the soldiers and horses of Tengxiang Siwei, and there are strong allies such as Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, outside the palace, who dares to be disrespectful, it is not far from death!

For the respectful attitude of his subordinates, the smile on Cao Jixiang's face was even worse, and at this moment he seemed to feel that he had become a real prime minister and was receiving the worship of civil and military officials.

"Our family will have to work with you in the future, so you don't have to be so polite."

Cao Jixiang smiled and waved his hand, there is still work to be done on the surface, and he can't be marked as no one on the first day of his tenure.

Hearing this, the eunuchs dared to get up, and then there were all kinds of disgusting and sensual flattery. Compared with the civil officials of the foreign courts, they still have to pass the level of their own literati festival, and the internal officials and eunuchs have no psychological burden, how to please and how to come.

It was not until someone outside the yamen told Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, to come and congratulate him, which made the eunuchs of the celebrant retreat, leaving only the heir Cao Qin to accompany him.

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Soon, the figure of Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, appeared in the Yamen, and he also carried a golden Buddha in his hand, which was a congratulatory gift for Cao Jixiang to serve as a palm seal eunuch. The former celebrant was in charge of the seal of the Xing'an Buddha, and the early Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu was worried that after the heir was cut off, he also believed in the mandate of heaven, which led to the prevalence of the Jingtai Dynasty Buddha in the palace.

However, when Cao Jixiang saw the golden Buddha in Shi Heng's hand, he was not very happy in his heart. Now that the dynasty has changed, what does the preference of the former celebrant seal Buddha have to do with me, our family is not a substitute for Xiao Gui Cao Sui!

Of course, this kind of little unhappiness in his heart, Cao Jixiang will definitely not show it, he got up very enthusiastically and came to the door to greet Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng.

"The presence of the grandfather really makes our little celebrant yamen shine."

"Prime minister, your words are really embarrassing, the master of ceremonies is a place to be slaughtered, and there is no other yamen in Daming that can be compared to Wenyuan Pavilion?"

Shi Heng is a coarse and meticulous person, and after dealing with Cao Jixiang for so long, he naturally knows what the other party's desires are, and this sentence is directly said to his heart.

Sure enough, Cao Jixiang smiled when he heard it, and quickly made a gesture of please, and said sideways: "Grandpa, please take a seat, our family recently got a cake of good tea from Jiangnan, just enough to taste together." ”

"Then Bengong is disrespectful."

Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng smiled and walked into the house with Cao Jixiang, in fact, he didn't have the slightest interest in tasting tea, it was better to have a good wine.

After a few greetings after taking a seat, the two put down the teacup in their hands very tacitly, and Shi Heng first spoke: "Xing'an was demoted to a commoner this time, and was sent to Fengyang Ancestral Land to guard the mausoleum. ”

"Replacement is nothing, Shen Yichen, this son ruled the world in less than a year, and really created the history of the Ming Dynasty."

Cao Jixiang responded with a slight sourness, although nominally they are called "internal ministers" and "external ministers", and even in terms of power, they can be said to be comparable. But in terms of status and respect, it is completely different, and Shen Yichen is the real pride of the sky.

"Shen Yichen's grasp of the timing is really superb, so that he can come to the step of dominating the world today. However, if this sub-position is higher, the threat to us will be greater, and there will be no room for two tigers in one mountain. ”

Just as Shen Yichen began to target Shi Heng, Shi Heng, the Duke of Zhongguo, also realized that with the informance of Chen Xun, Wang Zhi and others, there was no common enemy of the civilian-official group, so it would be to the point of making enemies of each other.

As the saying goes, the first strike is the strongest, and the second strike suffers, and now you have to discuss with Cao Jixiang how to deal with Shen Yichen.

"Grandpa, Shen Yichen is not so easy to deal with, you have to think long-term."

Cao Jixiang said this meaningfully, then raised the teacup on the table and slowly tasted it again.

This move made Shi Heng's face gloomy for a moment, he was willing to put down his body and take the initiative to congratulate the celebrant eunuch, which was enough to give Cao Jixiang face, but he didn't expect this dead eunuch to put up a shelf.

"Then I don't know what the long-term method is for the internal minister?"

The power of the civil official group of the imperial court has receded, leaving a power vacuum, and there is a natural disadvantage for a martial artist like Shi Heng to make up for it. is like an important position like Wang Zhi, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, Shen Yichen can convene a court to recommend Li Xian, but Shi Heng can't push a military general up.

With the passage of time, there is no doubt that the growth rate of Shen Yichen's power will far exceed that of Shi Heng's martial arts, unless he quickly enters the era of "military government" and is directly ruled by martial artists.

But the problem is that if you really talk about raising troops, Shi Heng has no advantage against Shen Yichen and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo. His biggest chance of winning is to join forces with Cao Jixiang and use the power of the inner court to suppress the outer court.

Under the eaves, even if he is unruly and untamed like Shi Heng, he has to hold his temper and talk slowly with Cao Jixiang.

"If you want to win Shen Yichen, the premise is to win the emperor."

Cao Jixiang replied vigorously, even if the eunuch is a powerful minister, he is actually attached to the imperial power.

No matter how beautiful Shen Yichen is now, as long as this world is still royal, there will be a day when the monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!

"The emperor is not yet three years old, do you want to wait for him to become an adult?"

"The emperor is young, isn't there a queen mother above?"

Speaking of this, Cao Jixiang showed a sinister smile on his face, in order to prevent her relatives from interfering in politics, the queen generally chose women from small households.

The advantage is that there is no strong maiden family, which does not pose any threat to the imperial power, and the disadvantage is that the vision and experience of ancient women are limited, and the background of a small family magnifies this disadvantage, which is the case with the queen mother Hang, a folk woman.

Hang's ability to become the queen of the world depends on luck, and he has no ability to deal with all kinds of changes in the palace. Limited by the defense of men and women in etiquette, in most cases, she could not directly face foreign officials, and could only rely on eunuchs to act as a bridge of communication.

At that time, Wang Zhen, the eunuch of Quan, made a few slanderous words from the Empress Dowager Sun, which directly led to a negative impression of Shen Yichen, and the situation was at a great disadvantage, and in the end, he relied on the power of the "general trend" to complete the Jedi turnaround.

Now that Empress Dowager Hang is a woman who has no opinions, it is easy to grasp her with Cao Jixiang's ability. And compared with back then, Shen Yichen really did the act of punishing the king and killing the king, and he didn't need any slander and coaxing, so that the Empress Dowager Hang was jealous and afraid of him.

Maybe the role of Empress Dowager Hang is not very obvious now, but at the critical moment, she can become the last straw that crushes Shen Yichen.

Shi Heng, the Duke of Zhongguo, can understand Cao Jixiang's intentions, but he does not have the patience of Xu Xu Tuzhi, and has been with Shen Yichen for many years.

"Internal minister, Shen Yichen is not a regular minister, he may dare to lift the table more than his father, or he has to control the military power in his hands to be stable, has the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor chosen to hold the seal?"

Shi Heng suddenly asked this question, which made Cao Jixiang's heart flash a trace of alertness, and he asked with a meaningful smile: "What, is there any good candidate for grandpa?" ”

"My father is not familiar with the affairs of the inner court, where is the candidate, just to remind the minister to arrange his own people."

That being said, in fact, Shi Heng had already set his sights on the position of the palm print of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, after all, Cao Jixiang let his heir Cao Qin get a piece of the pie from the three thousand battalions of soldiers and horses.

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