On the second day of Bao Yuanqian's entitlement, he was summoned to the palace by Zhu Dixuan.

He is now a nominal scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, a doctor who has been awarded a loose official, and a martial arts captain, and he is already a famous person.

He couldn't help but think that when he first met Tuhuan on the grassland, that Tuhuan also said a list of titles. In the past, he still scoffed, but he didn't expect that now he has lived as he once hated.

Although he was summoned to the palace, Xiao Yi led him straight to the Mochou Lake Palace outside the Qingliang Gate.

This Mochou Lake Palace is the suburban palace of the Son of Heaven, the whole palace is mostly erected on Mochou Lake with dragon boat buildings, the outer layer of the flat lake rises from the high hall, and the main palace is filled with soil in the center of the lake.

The surrounding Imperial Forest Army is all over the place, guarding day and night, patrolling by boat, quite strict.

He was dressed in a cyan bear mending suit, with a gold-embroidered spring knife on his waist, and entered directly from the Nanhu promenade. Yu Linwei, who was on duty, saw that he had an embroidered spring knife hanging on his waist, and he didn't dare to step forward to stop the knife, so he only stood on both sides.

This embroidered spring knife is not unique to Jinyiwei, but a knife given by the Ming generation.

It was often given by the emperor to his cronies, ministers, guards, civil and military officials. It is impossible for ordinary Jinyi guards to have such a gifted knife, and even the commander of Jinyi Wei does not necessarily have an embroidered spring knife.

Whether the sword is there or not depends on the divine will.

The embroidered spring knife is hung on the waist, except for the emperor who asks you to take it off, the people next to you are not qualified. And this special gift to Wenyuan Pavilion to walk, means that you can carry embroidered spring knives in and out of Wenyuan Pavilion, unimpeded.

He didn't know why Xiao Yi was so flattering yesterday, but now that he saw the appearance of these Imperial Forest Soldiers who were secretive about him, he knew that this five-grade scholar who seemed to be a bean was more than a star and a half higher than that business.

The two of them strode in one after the other, passing through several wide dragon boats, and came to a temple in the middle of the lake with a masonry platform.

Xiao Yi did not lead him into the tall main hall, but bypassed the two corridors and led him into a small attic. Bao Yuanqian looked up, but saw the words "Changchun Pavilion".

He stepped next to His Majesty Dan, and Xiao Yi stepped in first, but he heard a voice in a moment, "Xuan, I will see you with Doctor Bao Yuanqian!" ”。

A sharp voice sounded from within, neither yin nor yang, like a man and a woman, Bao Yuanqian knew that it was a eunuch when he heard it. It's just that he has entered the palace three times, but it is rare to see a eunuch in the main hall.

In the stereotype of the past, the group of powerful eunuchs that could be seen everywhere seemed to have disappeared in the Yingtianfu Imperial Palace, and it was rarely seen. Even in the same hall, the first eunuch he saw was the famous Zheng He.

Now this voice has attracted his attention very much.

"Weichen Bao Yuanqian see the saint, long live my emperor, long live." He entered the temple with a long body, and fell on the ground and shouted.

"Flat." A strong sound sounded faintly.

Bao Yuanqian got up and saw that this hall was quite small, towering near the water, although it was far less magnificent than those luxurious halls, but it was a little more secretive. Only a few serving eunuchs were present, and no ministers were present.

Zhu Di is not wearing fancy clothes today, but surprisingly dressed in a lean and slightly simple sticker, standing in the crowd of eunuchs around him and not looking outstanding.

"I heard that Dr. Fengyi is busy with official business, and he has to go out on business even late at night?" Zhu Di took the tea brewed by the eunuch and took a sip casually, which was not salty or light.

Bao Yuanqian said in his heart that Zhu Di really has a lot of eyes and ears, and he already knew about it when he went to Li Jinglong's mansion that night. But he didn't think that Zhu Di would know that he not only went to the Cao Guo Mansion that night, but also went to the Yangwu Marquis Mansion. After all, Xue Yan's shadow guard's skills can't be faked.

He bowed respectfully and said: "The saint is as bright as the sky, that night Cao Guogong invited me to enter the mansion for a while, and the Weichen people did not dare to disobey the nobles, so they had to go to the banquet." ”

Since Zhu Di asked like this, he still confessed better.

Zhu Di saw that he had confessed honestly, put down the teacup and said: "These literati and military generals always can't get rid of the crux of this gang, forming a party for personal gain... The lower can be poured over hundreds of officials, and the upper wants to resist the imperial power. Wu thought that the tail was too big to fall, but he didn't know that it was also a way to die. ”

His words were cold, his eyes were blazing, it was difficult to hide the murderous intention, and he warned Bao Yuanqian like a side strike.

Bao Yuanqian knelt down and said: "The ministers eat the king, and share the worries for the king." I don't dare to have the thoughts of others. ”

Zhu Di got up and paced with his hands in his hands, and pondered: "These texts.

The forces of the armed party are all over the government and the opposition, and the officials protect and deceive each other, forming a faction that is quite a frustration. Sometimes I want to do great things, but I can always be discouraged by the advice of these dog-foot officials. And I don't know if these people have their own ghosts, and whether they are secretly plotting against each other in private. Although I encouraged each other to admonish, it had little effect, and even the brocade guard... It's not a tool, it's ambiguous and abnormal, and it's embarrassing to be a woman. ”

When he said this, he couldn't help but sigh. Several eunuchs on the side couldn't stop wiping their tears, and they wept helplessly, shaking their heads and sighing.

Zhu Di looked at the eunuchs who were crying and mourning, and said even more sadly: "It is said that the Son of Heaven is rich all over the world, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." But when he really sat on the throne of the Son of Heaven, he found that he was just a lonely person. It seems that the subjects of the four seas, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, but they all respect the Son of Heaven, lest they avoid it. I know that these dog-footed officials are submissive when they see me, and they dare to scold me for being a thief who kills a thousand knives behind my back. Even the people around me who can speak heart-wrenching words are only these eunuchs and eunuchs. Do you know why I am here to summon you alone? ”

Bao Yuanqian said: "Because only here, the saint is the real saint, and he is no longer subject to the restraint of civil and military affairs." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the eunuchs knelt on the ground and cried: "What the doctor said is true, the saint is a person who is the ruler of heaven, and he has repeatedly had great careers but has been held hostage by civil and military forces. Chang Yu sighed in this Changchun Pavilion, and did not dare to show anger in the palace. ”

Bao Yuanqian watched the two of them singing double reeds in the field, although he knew that he could hear it, but it also reflected a problem. In the early Yongle period, the civil and military ministers were very powerful, and even faintly resisted the imperial power.

Although the Son of Heaven is noble, he must not stand up to the bureaucracy poking the backbone, and if the entire bureaucracy plays with the Son of Heaven, this is the greatest constraint on imperial power.

And the reason why he didn't see any eunuchs when he entered the palace several times, including the people who delivered the decree were all civil officials, was probably influenced by the bureaucracy, and mostly used the reason that Emperor Hongwu suppressed the eunuchs' will to block Zhu Di openly, but in fact, he was seeking benefits for his own interest group.

If the eunuch has the right to speak, the political capital of the martial arts in the court will be affected. In terms of hatred of eunuchs, the civil and military rivals are surprisingly unanimous.

But they ignore the exclusivity of the imperial power, which, although unique, also needs its own henchmen, hence the imperial party. In the Ming Dynasty, the real imperial party was not a civil servant or a military general, but often these eunuchs who were like house slaves. @·error-free start~~

The eunuch is a eunuch, and he has long been less ambitious than ordinary people. In the Ming generation, they could only rely on the imperial power, treat the emperor as a real "family", act as his domestic slave, be loyal to him, dig out his heart and lungs, and in the end, even the martyr who accompanied Chongzhen was also a eunuch.

This is the fundamental reason why the emperor favors the eunuchs, who can give the emperor a sense of security, who is the emperor's "own family". The sense of security brought by these eunuchs is incomparable to even Ji Gang and Chen Ying, the two eagle dogs raised by Zhu Di.

Although these two people are loyal to Zhu Di, they can't get rid of the brand of civil and military affairs after all, and for Zhu Di, who is extremely suspicious, they are always vigilant about whether they will turn against the water, and they are not "their own family" at all.

Bao Yuanqian's eyes flashed, and he bowed and said: "The saint carries the sun and the moon on his shoulders and the stars on his back, so he will naturally encounter problems that ordinary people can't imagine. But the saint is a genius, and he will definitely solve the great cause that ordinary people can't reach. ”

He didn't know Zhu Di's intentions, so he could only cross the river lying on the stones, say some beautiful flattering words and wait for his follow-up. He only rewarded himself with a scholar yesterday, and gave him an embroidered spring knife, and then called himself to this palace today, if he didn't give himself some problems, he wouldn't be called Zhu Di!

Zhu Di saw that Bao Yuanqian answered, coughed lightly twice and said helplessly: "Just calm down." I know that you are always wise, and you are worried about you... Can you figure out how to solve this dilemma? ”

Bao Yuanqian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was worried that Zhu Di still gave himself another problem. He looked at Zhu Di's plain clothes, and then looked at the eunuch on the side, and he was already stunned.

This Zhu Di is quite particular about even today's clothes, not indifferent and ambitious, but deliberately wearing the same clothes as the eunuchs, deliberately letting himself see it, showing that he is willing to advance and retreat with the eunuchs, and his intention to appoint eunuchs is about to come out.

If you want to rule the country and level the world, I'm afraid you don't have this talent. However, as a traverser, I still know a lot about the history of Ming Chengzu's promotion of eunuchs, the first Dongchang, and the improvement of the status of the twelve eunuchs.

Since he asked so, he could only pat himself on the back to cater to it. @*~~

I saw Bao Yuanqian and said: "The saint does not know the sacred heart in words and martial arts, and the brocade clothes are useless. Then why not appoint the people in the palace, act as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, strictly govern the hundred divisions with domestic slaves, and then set up an institution to supervise the eunuchs with henchmen, so as to exclusively govern the Jinyi Guard? ”

What he said was in accordance with the general trend, since Dongchang is something that is about to come out of the Yongle era, why not take it for his own use, and in the end Zhu Di can still remember his own decision.

As soon as Bao Yuanqian's words came out, the eunuchs wiping their tears on the side were all a little surprised.

When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes lit up, "Oh? And give me a seat, just tell me in detail. ”

Bao Yuanqian sat on one side, pondered for a moment in his chest, and then said: "What the Holy Lord is most worried about now is that the Jinyi Guard colludes with the courtiers, deceives the superiors and subordinates, and desecrates the imperial power. The Holy Lord can divide the Zhenfu Division into two divisions, north and south, and check the north in the south. In addition, in addition to the Jinyi Guard, another investigation office was set up, and the trusted palace people supervised the investigation office, and the stalls under his command and the seals could be appointed to the palace people. And the thousands of households, hundreds of households, and even school captains and fans under the investigation department are filled with brocade guards. ”

"The palace people are in power, and the Jinyi Guard will deal with specific matters?" Zhu Di seemed to be pointed, "It's just that in this way, the military general's faction is afraid of a lot of resentment, and dividing its power is like killing its parents, hehe." ”

Bao Yuanqian said with a smile: "This is why Weichen wants the saint to use the Jinyi Guard as the captain and the captain, but let the palace people really take charge of it." The saint not only wants to allocate a group of Jinyi guards to serve as the head of the Detective Office, but also wants them to share the glory and disgrace with the Detective Office, and cut off their past relationship with the Jinyi Guard. Although the military generals are not angry, Jinyiwei will naturally act hard when he tastes the sweetness of the Arrest Office, supervise hundreds of officials, and even turn around to protect the Arrest Department and say good things for him. As a result, there will be new contradictions within the generals, and let them fight among themselves, the battle between the north and the south, plus the battle between the original Jinyi Guard and the Jinyi Guard who went to the Arrest Office, when the time comes, they will still have time to take care of themselves, who can spare the energy to manage the Arrest Department? ”

Zhu Di nodded, "I think so." It's just that... What about Wenchen? What do you say about the rule of a slave? ”

Bao Yuanqian said slowly: "Taizu forbade eunuchs from writing and hyphenation because they couldn't read and write, and although the Holy Lord relied on the Arrest Office to cure the eyes and ears, he couldn't get rid of the power of the civil and military nobles. If the saint wants to share the civil and military pressure of the palace people and participate in the maintenance of the aircraft, then the only way to do it is to set up an inner study hall in the prison supervisor who is in charge of the imperial city's criminal name, and instruct him to approve the red. All the decisions of the cabinet advisers are executed in the Holy Lord, and then the palace people are instructed to approve the red, if there is no such approval, there is no policy. In this way, the text played by the Manchu Dynasty to the Zaifu and the Six Branches, if there is no palace people's approval of red, it is all waste paper, but whether the palace people approve the red or not depends entirely on the meaning of the saint. On the surface, this is criticized by the palace people, but in fact, it is the meaning of the saint and the infamy of the saint. The palace people can not only suppress the civil and military, but also be subject to the imperial power, and they can also be responsible for the saint's back and ask, why not kill two birds with one stone? ”

Zhu Di stared at Bao Yuanqian for a long time, then climbed up with joy, and said to himself: "I really didn't misunderstand you, Bao Yuanqian, you really have a bit of talent, but... I don't know if you have the guts? ”

"The Holy One is blunt."

Zhu Di tapped the table and said with a smile: "After all, it is the law of Taizu that eunuchs are not allowed to participate in politics, and it is Taizu's will that I am difficult to accept from Tianjing, if this policy is suddenly proposed, I am afraid that the Manchu Dynasty will be civil and military..."

Bao Yuanqian got up solemnly and knelt down solemnly: "The minister is still the words of the talent, the food of the king, and the worry of the king." If the saint is not easy to speak, he can just let the ministers come. ”

Zhu Di's implication is obvious, he is the Son of Heaven and cannot be pinched by hundreds of officials, and these infamys can only be borne by others. It's just that Bao Yuanqian is pragmatist, and he hasn't read the Confucian classics, let alone understands the vain things of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith.

He only knew that Zhu Di proposed to himself that he had already regarded himself as half of his "own family". He wants to gain Zhu Di's trust, how can he not bear this infamy?

Sure enough, Zhu Dilong's face was happy, and he hurriedly got up and helped Bao Yuanqian and said: "Aiqing is really a good minister of the humerus!" ”

In the eyes of the emperor, there is no distinction between loyal ministers and female cadres, and there are only people who can be used for themselves and understand whether they understand the holy will.

Bao Yuanqian saw that this Zhu Di was pushing the boat so smoothly, but he guessed well. He asked himself to come here today not so much to let himself ponder a way to break the situation, but to see his own attitude, and if he didn't say anything, he would be regarded as a civil and military party.

Feathers, there is no possibility of using it for its own use.

Bao Yuanqian saw that the eunuchs on the side were completely gone, and they were all full of red light, and they were all excited. @*~~ If this strategy comes out, I'm afraid I'm going to become the "big female cadre".

But it doesn't matter, if you can be an emperor party, why do you need to cling to the civil and military?

Bao Yuanqian walked straight down the steps from Changchun Pavilion, and Xiao Yi, who was waiting at the bottom of the steps, greeted him, and said with a smile: "Master Bao is really good at learning, and it will take time to attract the great joy of the saint's dragon's face, and I can vaguely hear the saint's hearty laughter outside this pavilion, which shows the joy of the sacred heart!" ”

Xiao Yi's flattery rose, completely ignoring the so-called "literati style".

He is just a seven-grade scholar, and he naturally has no chance to be close to the scholars around the emperor, but this Bao Yuanqian came all the way from Datong with him, and he had a lot of contacts along the way, which is naturally different from those bachelors who are high up and can't reach.

Originally, he thought that Bao Yuanqian was a martial artist, and it had nothing to do with him as a civil official. However, now that Bao Yuanqian has been given the embroidered spring knife and worshiped as a scholar of Wenyuan University, if he wants to climb up, he will naturally have to flatter Bao Yuanqian's "shortcut".

"Master Bao, what did you say to the saint just now? and so much joy to the Holy One. Xiao Yi frowned and asked.

"The Holy One asked me to be a female minister."

"Female cadre?"

Xiao Yi was puzzled, and scratched the black yarn regardless of Sven, never expecting this answer. They literati often boast that they are proud of being honest and loyal, and they have always been secretive about the word female cadre, but they didn't expect the word female cadreless to come out of the mouth of this new bachelor, and it was quite funny.

Bao Yuanqian had already seen his thoughts, only to feel that this officialdom was realistic and witty, in the past, he had to stuff treasure money and cushion chairs to do his own business, but now... It's just that he can't tell Xiao Yi such secrets in detail.

He summarized the word "female cadre", which was Zhu Di's intention to call him here, and it could be regarded as answering Xiao Yi's question.

The two of them left the palace and got into a carriage and went to the city.

"Lord Xiao, where is the carriage going now?" Bao Yuanqian looked at the scenery outside the curtain and asked.

Xiao Yizuo said respectfully: "Now that you are a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, today's business trip is naturally going to the palace Chinese Yuan Pavilion." Presumably, there are already many scholars compiling books and books, and they are busy compiling books! ”

"Wenyuan Pavilion?"

Bao Yuanqian pondered for a while, and it happened that he wanted to go to Wenyuan Pavilion to find out, and whether the third piece of parchment was present or not, there would be an answer soon.