Chapter 42: The Eunuchs
When Lao Zhu asked Cao Huachun, he seemed to be indeed discussing, but there was no hint of negotiability in his tone.
Cao Huachun obviously understands this matter very well, the superior asks your opinion, it is to give you face, but if you really take it seriously, I am afraid that you will not even be able to get out of this Qianqing Palace.
After all, with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be a few people who are not greedy, at least Cao Huachun has been in charge of the East Factory for so many years, and he has not collected less money.
If he dares not to agree, Wang Dehua will rectify the East Factory and easily rectify him, the former East Factory Factory, and it will not take much trouble.
"Long live you, Lord Longen."
Cao Huachun bowed and thanked him without hesitation, "Long live the lord, but there is a sending, the old slave will die forever!" ”
"Okay."
Lao Zhu bowed slightly, and then said: "You are in charge of the East Factory this time, mainly for two things. ”
"First, inside the East Factory, there is no one who can't be killed, Wang Dehua doesn't dare to do it, then you do it, completely clean up the East Factory, and be sure not to leave a grain of sand."
"Second, send someone to investigate, who is obstructing Li Banghua's rectification of the Beijing camp this time."
Speaking of this, Lao Zhu opened his mouth to remind, "Remember, we must investigate secretly, and before we take control of the Beijing camp, even if we find anything, we must not make a noise." ”
"Long live the Lord means that someone will make a fuss about Jingying?"
Cao Huachun heard the meaning of Lao Zhu's words, and said with a solemn face: "At such a critical moment, those people shouldn't be so ignorant and bold, right?" ”
Those nobles, if they want to say that they have stumbled Li Banghua a little, dragged them back, and obstructed Li Banghua from rectifying the Beijing camp, Cao Huachun believes it.
But if they directly instigate the Jingying Incident, how many heads do they have that would dare to do this kind of thing?
"If they want to know the general situation, they won't let Jingying become what it is today."
Lao Zhu snorted coldly, although he didn't know if those nobles really had the courage to dare to move the Beijing camp, but he always did things to prevent trouble before it happened, and would never pin his hopes on the conscience of others.
Therefore, without complete preparation, he will never do it lightly.
"You don't have to worry about the affairs of Jingying, you just have to check on you."
"If you have evidence, look for evidence, and if you can't find evidence and are suspicious, come to us, and we'll give you evidence."
"Anyway, when we're going to do it, we don't want you to tell us that you can't catch anyone."
As soon as Lao Zhu's words came out, Cao Huachun was directly stunned, and after half a second, he reacted, bowed down and said, "Old slave...... Understand that the old slave will live up to the expectations of the Long Live Lord. ”
Seeing Cao Huachun's reaction, Lao Zhu knew that he understood what he meant, and directly handed the roster written on the table to Cao Huachun.
"We have made a list for you, and the people on it can be checked."
"Long live thanks."
After Cao Huachun took the list of thanks, he saw that Lao Zhu had no other instructions, so he withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.
After getting out, he found a secluded place, carefully read the names on the list several times, and after making sure that he had memorized everyone's names in his mind and that nothing had been missed, he stuffed the paper into his mouth and ate it.
Although Cao Huachun has not checked these people, he also knows that these people are involved in Jingying, so this list must not be leaked.
It's just that what he can't figure out is that this list is almost good, how can Lao Zhu have such accurate information? Could it be that he has other sources of intelligence outside of Dongchang?
When Cao Huachun thought of this, he only felt for a while that His Majesty was a little unfathomable, which filled his heart with awe.
After he swallowed all the paper with difficulty, Cao Huachun suddenly showed a self-deprecating smile on his face.
"Eunuch Party...... Eunuch ......"
When Cao Huachun was chanting this word in his heart, his heart was very complicated.
During the Apocalypse, he was originally a close confidant of the eunuch Wang An, but later Wei Zhongxian seized power and killed Wang An, and he was also sent to Nanjing to be convicted, until Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, and he was recalled to Beijing.
After coming back, he worked hard to help Chongzhen bring down the eunuchs.
During this period, because he had the same goal as the Donglin Party, he was quite close to the Donglin Party.
However, later, with the fall of the eunuch party, a dominant Donglin party was feared by Chongzhen, and the Donglin party did have no successor, and there were no capable people at all.
Even Qian Qianyi, one of the current leaders of the Donglin Party, has returned to his hometown, and if he hadn't helped, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have a chance to return to his hometown.
Li Banghua, who is capable of doing practical things in the entire imperial court, is one of the more talented people in the Donglin Party, but this person is upright, rather than bending, and only admits right and wrong in doing things, regardless of party disputes, even if the Donglin Party makes mistakes, he will follow suit, so he can only be regarded as a nominal Donglin Party.
Therefore, after the fall of the eunuch party, the Donglin Party, which was originally in full swing, soon collapsed under the suppression of Chongzhen and the influence of other things.
And Cao Huachun, who is close to the Donglin Party, returned to his hometown to retire before, and it is not unrelated to this matter.
It's just that the eunuch party and the Donglin party are gone, which does not mean that the battle in the imperial court is over.
On the contrary, after the fall of these two parties, the struggle at the imperial court intensified.
It's just that at this time, there is no party struggle in the court, but a factional struggle, such as Wen Tiren's faction, Zhou Yanru's faction, Liu Jiliang's faction, Kong Youzhen's faction, and some neutral factions that do not participate in the party, etc......
The current imperial court, with many factions and mountains, is full of various kinds of conflicts between each other, which makes it more difficult for the current court to do things.
Now, Lao Zhu obviously realized this kind of thing, so he reactivated himself.
From the hidden meaning of Lao Zhu's words, Cao Huachun can hear that what Lao Zhu means is that in the future, Dongchang may have to resume the functions of the Apocalypse Dynasty and begin to supervise hundreds of officials.
If so, then what are you? The second Wei Zhongxian?
It is a great irony to fight back and forth with the eunuchs, fight all their lives, and then fight themselves into the second generation of eunuchs.
Thinking of this, the expression on Cao Huachun's face was extremely complicated, but after a while, he was relieved again.
During the Apocalypse, the reason why the eunuch party was so powerful and able to cover the sky in the imperial court was entirely because the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not like political affairs and did not manage the government at all.
But today's person, who is diligent every day, is not a person who gives up power so easily.
Therefore, there is still a difference between himself and Wei Zhongxian, and Dongchang cannot be regarded as a eunuch party in his hands, at most it can only be regarded as an imperial party.
Thinking of this, Cao Huachun no longer minded, and his face was unprecedentedly cold.
From the moment the Lord wanted to show his strength and let him be this knife, he had no way out.
For the sake of today, the only thing he can do is to sharpen the knife of Dongchang faster, and smooth out the dirt in the court for Long Live Lord.
Otherwise, what awaits him is a dead end.
Since this is the case, then he Cao Huachun has nothing to scruple about.
As long as the permission of the Long Live Lord, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and no one can be killed!