Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Imperial Study
"Your Majesty, now the people are praising your name!"
In the palace, Zhu Changxun was sitting on the dragon chair, listening to the announcement of the eunuch of the commander of Dongchang.
The eunuch's face was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum, and he smiled flatteringly, and said in a high-pitched voice:
"Your Majesty, this great victory cleared the north, made the frontier healthy, hundreds of people are praising your prestige, saying that you are the master of Zhongxing in my Ming Dynasty, and it is really an honor to be born in this world of Wuxing!"
"On the grassland, but those who hear His Majesty's name are all discouraged, it can be seen that I am powerful all over the world!"
Zhu Changxun glanced at him obliquely, and the corners of his mouth were a smile that he couldn't suppress:
"Really?"
"How dare a slave deceive Your Majesty!" The eunuch of the Dongchang Admiral immediately bowed down, looking like if he told a lie, you would hack me to death:
"Your Majesty's exploits are obvious to all, who dares to talk nonsense?"
"Just ......"
He suddenly seemed to remember something, looked embarrassed, and stopped talking.
"Just what?" Zhu Changxun couldn't help asking.
"Slaves and maids dare not speak falsely." But the eunuch replied.
"Speak! I forgive you for your sins! Zhu Changxun faintly had some bad premonitions, but still said.
"It's just that there are some people, I don't know what to do, and they say that in this prosperous world, most of them have the merit of the old Yan Ge, and they also said that Your Majesty likes to fight, and it is not the blessing of the Ming Dynasty...... Your Majesty forgives your sins! ”
After saying that, he had already knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.
On the dragon chair, Zhu Changxun's smile had frozen, and then, his face gradually sank.
Although he didn't give a look, his dissatisfaction was palpable.
Seeing this situation, the eunuch of the Dongchang Admiral who knelt on the ground, and Wang Tiqian, the personal eunuch of Zhu Changxun on the side and the eunuch who was also the eunuch of the palm print of the celebrant eunuch, looked at each other vaguely, and their eyes were full of happiness that the conspiracy had succeeded.
Although on the surface they were very deferential to Yan Chenhao, in fact, this group of eunuchs had long hated Yan Chenhao.
In fact, the original eunuch who was in charge of the seal of the celebrant was in a cooperative relationship with Yan Chenhao, and it was not until the eunuch died in the fourth year of Wuxing that Wang Tiqian took over the position of the seal of the eunuch and the personal eunuch.
At the beginning, his relationship with Yan Chenhao was also very good, after all, the emperor was close to him, and as a person close to the emperor, he was naturally friendly with him.
However, in less than a year, Yan Chenhao became the first assistant of the cabinet and began to monopolize power and exert his strength, everything changed in an instant.
Originally, it was supposed to be the celebrant to assist the emperor and deal with the affairs of the cabinet vote, but the emperor himself obeyed Yan Chenhao's words, what power could the celebrant have? Later, Wang Tiqian's task at work every day was to "pick up the seal, dip it in red mud, cover it, and make the next copy......
He didn't even have to look at it, and he couldn't refute it anyway.
In the past few years, he is like an assembly line worker, nothing else has grown, and the stamping technique is very skilled.
The question is, what's the use of this? What he wants is power, power!
Other eunuchs who write are the same, they don't look at it every day, they write some "just do it" and "very comforting" and send it out, and they don't need to write at all, and they can't write it, so they are naturally extremely dissatisfied.
The contradiction is buried.
Over the years, they have also used some small means like today, which also have a lot of influence on Zhu Changxun, Zhu Changxun's attitude towards Yan Chenhao's gradual change, I have to say that they have also made great efforts.
Now seeing that Yan Chenhao is about to recover, they immediately came over and took the opportunity to report the folk trend to give the emperor eye medicine, and it really worked.
Seeing that Zhu Changxun's face sank again, there was a faint flash of anger in his eyes, although he did not speak, his attitude was undoubtedly revealed, and the two of them were secretly happy.
And the eunuch of the East Factory, as if he remembered something, said again:
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing ......"
Then, he actually told the emperor about the conflict that broke out in the cabinet not long ago!
If anyone else heard it at this time, they would definitely shudder, you must know that the quarrel of several people in the cabinet had dispersed those subordinates, but this admiral eunuch still knew everything about it, so it can be seen that the Dongchang fan at that time must be nearby, and it has already infiltrated Si!
There is a bit of the atmosphere of the brocade guard during the Hongwu period!
After listening to him describe a lot, Zhu Changxun couldn't help but sneer:
"These guys, as expected, are not honest...... This cabinet is no longer a cabinet of immortals! ”
"Go on, don't they still want to collude and seal back my will?"
"Not really...... They weren't so bold, as soon as Zhou Ge Lao opened his mouth and asked them why they didn't return the will, several people immediately became dumbfounded, and they didn't dare to say a word, and then they could only carry it out. ”
When Zhu Changxun heard this, he was stunned at first, and then laughed:
"Sure enough, sure enough, it's a group of people who see the wind and steer the rudder! Seeing that I was tough, I relented one by one, and I didn't dare to clash with me again! ”
If this was in the past, even if Yan Chenhao didn't say it, Huang Kezan and a few others would have already objected, but they didn't expect that just putting those three people in prison would have such an effect!
He is even more determined in his heart, that is, he wants to rule this government with iron and blood!
As for Yan Chenhao's teachings in the past...... Not to mention that he is getting worse and worse in the emperor's impression now, just this alone, Zhu Changxun feels that maybe he is afraid of the appearance of an iron-blooded emperor, so he will teach him to rule the world with benevolence and virtue!
And at this time, the voice of the eunuch outside came from the proclamation:
"Your Majesty, Ni Wenhuan, the left attendant of the household department, has arrived."
Hearing this voice, the two glanced at each other.
Is this the helper that His Majesty has recruited among his courtiers?
When there was one more person in this way, they were naturally happy, and it happened that their purpose had been achieved, so the two of them retired.
Zhu Changxun waved his hand absently, and then summoned Ni Wenhuan in.
"What?" He asked.
"Your Majesty, regarding the Beidi Water Conservancy Project, the household department has a huge amount of silver deposits, and those people in the Ministry of Industry have already spent more than half of the national treasury, and the minister wants to tell His Majesty."
Ni Wenhuan said respectfully.
Now that he has taken refuge, he must do things wholeheartedly, he is a smart man, but he will not think about doing anything at both ends of the rat, so he will only end up unflattering. This time, the emperor did not give an order at all, but he still took the initiative to come and tell him.
Sure enough, hearing this, Zhu Changxun suddenly frowned.
His grand plan is not just a grassland, but it costs a lot of money.
Deducting all kinds of expenses that should have been given to the Bondage Army, in fact, he wanted to save some more silver, and at this time, when he heard that the project consumption of the Ministry of Industry was huge, he immediately became interested.
(End of chapter)