The seat of the cabinet is not very opulent, it is located in the Wenyuan Pavilion in the eastern part of the Forbidden City, which is the most shabby place in the palace.

Usually there is not much excitement here, except for a few cabinet members, there are only small officials who are in a hurry to send all kinds of music, but at this time the cabinet is full of people.

In addition to the three members of the cabinet, the six Shangshu, Shilang, and Du Yushi all gathered here, boiling and surging.

"Shousuke-sama, you can say something!"

"He is so bold, but a newly established West Factory dares to act so recklessly and wantonly arrest our colleagues, is there still Wang Fa! Is there still a big Ming law! ”

In the first month of the first month not long ago, Wang Zhi was officially appointed by Emperor Chenghua as the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Governor of the Western Detective Factory, and gained even more terrifying power than the East Factory.

Wang Zhi, the supervisor of the factory, had just taken office, as if to show the prestige of the West Factory, and arrested a series of officials and sent them to prison, which instantly aroused the anger of hundreds of officials, and many officials gathered in the cabinet to express their dissatisfaction to the ministers.

"Yang Shiwei, the director of the Ministry of War, the general political envoy Si Zuo Tongzheng Fang Xian, the Ministry of Rites Lang Zhong Lezhang, the criminal department Lang Zhong Wuqing, the Zhejiang political envoy Liu Fu, and the imperial history Huang Ben...... All of them were poisoned by him! His Majesty just let Wang Zhi listen to the lawsuit and break the prison, how dare he do this! ”

"Forget about others, Lord Liu Fu and Liu are the political envoys of Zhejiang, and he Wang Zhi also went directly to the prison of Xichang, who gave him the power?"

"Secret decree, secret decree, everything is said to be a secret decree, what secret decree does this guy serve His Majesty, even the officials from the second rank dare to arrest ???"

Someone shouted angrily.

That's the crux of the matter.

Zhejiang's political envoy is a second-class official, the top leader of local government affairs, and there are only 14 political secretaries in total, which shows the weight of power.

When these people return to Jingshi, they can immediately become scholars, and at worst, they are also squires.

Such a big man, Xichang said that he would be arrested, and he was directly imprisoned, without even a formal document.

Officials above the third grade, even Jinyiwei and Dongchang, must get the emperor's order before they can take people, why should Wang Zhi ???

"My lord, let's write together to impeach Wang Zhi and ask His Majesty to shut down the West Factory!"

"Yes, it is enough to have an east factory, and a west factory, the scourge of eunuch chaos is really in front of you!"

There was a lot of hustle and bustle around him, but Yan Jingxiu was still sitting firmly in his chair, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seven years had clearly left marks on him, his hair and beard had turned white, and his whole person had aged a lot. However, the seven years of Shoufu time also made his temperament more majestic and graceful.

He took a sip of his tea and made a gesture, and at the sight of his gesture, the cabinet quickly fell silent.

At this time, he said lightly:

"Impeachment is useless. Is it true that Your Majesty doesn't know what Wang Zhi has done? From the time of the arrest of Political Envoy Liu Bu, it can be determined that behind all this, there is the connivance of His Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty, you don't trust Dongchang anymore, so he has to set up another one."

The ministers exchanged glances with each other.

The people present are all bigwigs, who have already climbed to the pinnacle of power, everything is self-evident, and they can naturally understand the meaning of the conversation.

The power of the cabinet is growing day by day, and His Majesty connived at Wang Zhi, although there are reasons to favor him, but I am afraid that more is to rely on him to control the outside of the palace and achieve the purpose of balancing with the civil official group.

Moreover, in the case of the demon Dao Li Zilong some time ago, Dongchang and Jinyiwei did not give any warning, and Emperor Chenghua was sure that they were two teams of waste.

The combination of the two led to Wang Zhi's establishment of the West Factory.

"But if the ministers advance and retreat together, Your Majesty will definitely not risk the condemnation of the world." Someone said.

"Yes, I can indeed force His Majesty to shut down the West Factory when I wait for the book. But will Wang Zhi fall out of favor? No. In this case, it is a matter of time before the West Factory recovers. Yan Jingxiu replied:

"So, it's just useless to play the palace."

In the original history, Shang Zhen and Xiang Zhong used their official positions to get a chance, and the result was that the West Factory was closed for only one month, and it was immediately reopened, and four court bigwigs became famous because of this, which shows Chenghua's favor for Wang Zhi.

"Alas......" he sighed softly, and stood up with his handrail:

"I'm going to talk to him."

"Wang Zhi is so domineering, if you talk to him, can you let him stop?" Some people questioned:

"My lord, I'm afraid that when the time comes, not only will you not be able to convince him, but you will be humiliated by him!"

Yan Jingxiu smiled and did not answer his words.

Relying on his mouth alone, it is naturally difficult to convince a person like Wang Zhi, but he is strictly respectful, and he has never stood alone in this court!

……

In the quiet room of a teahouse, two people sat opposite each other, one of whom looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, with a handsome face but no beard, and the other who was a little old.

It was Wang Zhi and Yan Jingxiu.

He was naturally glad to go to the invitation of the head of the cabinet, and he was also curious about what the head of the civilian clique wanted to say to him.

After a few small talks, the two sides got to the point.

Yan Jingxiu took a sip of tea and said softly:

"The eunuch has arrested several officials, many of whom are middle officials of Zheng Wupinlang, who are already important ministers in the court, and the prestige of Xichang has been revealed, but the matter of the political envoy Liu, the eunuch is a little excessive."

"Your Majesty ordered the eunuchs to sweep away the corrupt ministers in the court, and the old man also agreed, but Lord Liu has no bad deeds, and the second grade is far beyond the limit. Now that the government and the opposition are afraid, the eunuch's goal has been achieved, so it is better to stop it in time. ”

"You know, Ministers...... But what a rage! ”

Wang Zhi heard the threatening meaning in Yan Jingxiu's words, but he said without fear:

"This official has the power to act cheaply under the secret order, even if it is from the second rank, this official also has the right to arrest, which does not need to worry about Lord Shoufu."

Yan Jingxiu listened to Wang Zhi's unceremonious words, and he didn't get angry, he never thought that he would give in between three or two sentences, so that Xichang could be so prestigious, the other party's means must also be there, but it would not be someone who was scared by three or two sentences.

He flicked the incense burning on the table, and said softly:

"Eunuch, it's better to keep a low profile...... You need to know that people are doing it, and the sky is watching ......"

"Whoever commits many acts of injustice will be damned."

Stretching out his hand, Yan Jingxiu pointed to his brain, with awe in his voice:

"Our souls are in the shell, well protected, and lonely souls and wild ghosts are not to be invaded. But if they encounter the immortals they get, they want to go deep into the soul and leave some thoughts, or even directly wipe out the person, it is just a matter of moving their fingers......"

Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face uncontrollably:

"I know that the people of your Yan family generally believe in King Jingping and believe in the Mandate of Heaven, and even the few officials in the court often go to his ancestral hall in the capital to pay respects."

"But your dignified cabinet chief, a member of the imperial court, even believes in ghosts and gods, this is too ridiculous!"

"Do you want to say that if I do this again, you will invite the soul of King Jingping and kill me?"

He couldn't help but laugh at Yan Jingxiu in front of him.

Thank you for the reward of "Light Smoke and Light Smile", thanks!

(End of chapter)