The backyard of Waidongchang Yamen was extremely noisy. Dozens of Ming army generals gathered together, drinking and laughing. At this time, whether they were from Jin Yiwei, Dongchang or the generals in the army, they seemed to have forgotten their identities and the barriers between each other. Toast.
Li Yan was hurt and tried to stop. He looked at the scene in the courtyard and found it incredible. Thinking of this, he looked back but there was no one. He just remembered that Chang Yu had gone to sleep in the inner hall. He had not slept for two days and one night, and he had just drank again. Lots of wine.
"Eunuch Chun, Eunuch Chun" A eunuch hurriedly walked into the backyard, looked around and then walked towards Chunxiang: "The emperor summoned General Li, General Huang, General Zhou and General Wu to enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit."
The noise disappeared in an instant, and everyone was filled with envy. You must know that it is a great honor for a general to face the Holy Spirit, and many people will not be able to do it in their lifetime.
Everyone was happy, and Li Yan and the other two hurriedly left the yamen and headed towards the palace. Wu Zhong couldn't hide his excitement and looked back. He happened to see the smiling face at the yamen door and couldn't help but chuckle. Huang Degong caught a glimpse of it and said, "General Wu is so happy." , could this be your first time entering the palace?"
Wuzhong curled his lips and said, "I've been to the palace many times, but this is the first time I've seen the emperor."
Hey, Huang Degong rolled his eyes: "I have entered the palace many times, and I have met the emperor many times!"
Several people followed the eunuch who led the way into the Imperial City through Dong'an Gate and then into the Palace City through Donghua Gate and hurriedly headed north. Wuzhong and Li Yan hadn't seen any clue yet, but Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong already knew that this was not a formal meeting. Summoned, because it was not at Huangji Gate or Huangji Hall, but at the gate of the emperor's harem, Qianqing Gate!
At the Qianqing Gate, Emperor Chongzhen gently put down his tea cup and looked at Wu Mengming with a half-smile but not a smile: "Are you saying that although the one hundred thousand taels of silver accounted for by the abbot has been put into the treasury, the money is actually still in the East Factory?"
Wu Mengming nodded vigorously: "A month ago, the Tatars besieged the capital. I raised donations in the city in my own name. The people responded endlessly. The emperor was so moved by the bravery of the four battalions of Dongchang's command that he donated 100,000 words of silver to reward Dongchang." The more than one million silver raised by the officers and subordinates in the factory, in addition to the reward money given to the soldiers, were all counted by the Ministry of Household Affairs and entered into the state treasury. However, the one hundred thousand taels of the state abbot were intercepted by Eunuch Chang at the Dongchang Yamen from the beginning to the end."
Emperor Chongzhen twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered: "I originally raised only a few thousand donations, but I am far inferior to you, a commander of the Royal Guards. It's ridiculous." Wu Mengming quickly raised his hands and said: "The Emperor is the most powerful person in the world and some things cannot be done by such unscrupulous means as I do. Therefore, I was not acting as the commander of the Jinyi Guards at that time, but..."
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand to interrupt him: "Having said that, it ultimately shows that those people... are extremely hateful. They all ignored the national crisis and would rather die than pluck out a hair if the knife was not placed on their necks. And the abbot..." He said with a sneer: "He is a complete iron cock. How can he be so generous as to reward the soldiers of Dongchang with a hundred thousand taels? If there is nothing fishy in it, you think I am stupid, don't you?"
"This must be because the father-in-law has been deceived by Eunuch Chang. You don't know how loud Eunuch Chang is. There is no noble in the capital who hasn't been fucked by him... Have you not seen that the father-in-law has recently been scolding Eunuch Chang for not doing things for taking money? Well... If your Majesty wants to know, I will check it for you."
"No, I don't want to know how he deceived the father-in-law." Chongzhen's psychology was actually as clear as a mirror. Zhou Kui was just asking Chang Yu to see the queen.
"Then the emperor wants to check the money?" Wu Mengming asked sideways.
"That money was donated to Dongchang, so why should I come back? Besides, Dongchang's recent expansion has cost money everywhere. Chang Yu didn't even ask me for it. Could it be that I would ask him for it again?"
"That's it, that's it." Wu Mengming chuckled and said, "Eunuch Chang is self-sufficient in his management..."
"Don't make such sour insinuations. I know what you are thinking." Emperor Chongzhen raised the corner of his mouth: "You stare at him every day and think he doesn't know. I also have a lot of dirty information about you here!"
"Your Majesty, it must be Eunuch Chang who found out that I was checking on him... Your Majesty, I am not afraid of shadows when I am upright..." Wu Mengming was frightened.
"Okay." Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand impatiently: "I'm not not letting you fish, but you have to take it easy and do it in moderation without violating the law. At least you can't let the censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate target you. I don't want to. I spend so much time wiping your butts every day!"
Wu Mengming secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Emperor Chongzhen said not to bend the law but did not mention not to embezzle. The meaning was very clear. Corruption and bribery were not allowed, but the stolen money could be touched. However, his heart was still sour. You kept wiping Chang Yu's butt with pleasure. , how come I...why am I so partial?
"Your Majesty, you just said that Dongchang has been expanding recently. Eunuch Chang has great ambitions to make Dongchang bigger, but he only poached Jin Yiwei, one after another..." Wu Mengming shouted again. He remembered Chang Yu. If so, you must bite him hard in front of Emperor Chongzhen. No matter how big or small it is, the happier Emperor Chongzhen will be if you keep applying eye drops.
"But Dongchang has the power and responsibility to call the Jinyiwei." Emperor Chongzhen raised his eyebrows slightly, but he was happy in his heart. Chang Yu acted forcefully, and Wu Mengming was indeed suppressed by him so much that he couldn't bear it.
"If he recruits me, I will have no objection. But now he is poaching him, and he actually picked the big ones, Wang Guoxing, Li Ruogui, Gao Wencai... If this continues, my Jinyiwei will become an empty shell." Wu Mengming is just one step away My nose burst into tears.
However, Emperor Chongzhen did not accept this trick and was very partial: "Chang Yu has the knowledge of people and the ability to use them. Those who can be favored by him are those who have the ability and can do things. Since he has the ability, he must be there." Use everything in the right place to make the most of it, or else leave it idle and wait to die..."
"Your Majesty..." Wu Mengming was dissatisfied and wanted to yell again. At this time, Wang Chengen came in and said, "Your Majesty, General Zhou and the others are waiting below when they arrive."
Emperor Chongzhen raised his hand to stop Wu Mengming: "You should go back and do your work first." He did not forget to comfort him thoughtfully: "Don't go against Chang Yu everywhere. His methods, hey, go ahead, go ahead."
Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there have been endless wars in the north of the Ming Dynasty. First, the bandits launched an eastward expedition and approached the capital with overwhelming force. Later, the Qing army besieged Ningyuan and raided the pass. At the critical moment, Chang Yu was ordered to supervise the army to turn the tide and defeat the bandits and then defeat the Qing army. Of course, this The credit is not due to him alone, but to the bloody battles of thousands of soldiers behind him. Among them, Zhou Yuji and Li Yanhuang deserved the most credit!
As soon as he returned to the capital in triumph, Emperor Chongzhen summoned him to the palace to show off his merits. The reason why Wuzhong Yidongchang's personal servant could stand side by side with the three big men was because he had one sword per man during the defense of the capital. He defended the city gate against hundreds of enemies and was respected by both the government and the public.
Wang Chengen at the Qianqing Gate gently closed the hall door, turned around and waved to the eunuchs nearby to keep them away. What the emperor Chongzhen and Zhou Yuji said in the hall were unknown to outsiders.
At the same time, a group of people gathered in the Wenyuan Pavilion near Donghua Gate to discuss matters. To be precise, the cabinet ministers headed by Wu Di were accusing Li Yuzhi, the Minister of Rites.
"Li Shangshu, you are a veteran of the four dynasties. In the past years, you were incompatible with that Wei Dynasty. How can you ignore the evening and end up with that eunuch?" Wu Di had a look of regret. Tea splashed in his hands as he spoke, and he was very excited. Fang Fang was next to him. Yu and others all agreed.
In the early days of the court, Emperor Chongzhen was uncharacteristically arguing with his ministers, and even appointed and dismissed dozens of officials without the consent of the cabinet, which caused a shock in the court. The ministers were talking about it, but they did not expect that Li Yuzhi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, actually teamed up with Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers. The eloquent debate made the ministers in the cabinet extremely elegant.
Facing Wu Xuan's accusation, Li Yuzhi calmly picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "I am old, and I just want to give my last effort to the Ming Dynasty before I die."
"We, as ministers, are supposed to serve the imperial court and the emperor. What does Mr. Li's words have to do with being slanderous with that eunuch? Is it possible that only that eunuch is serving the imperial court, and we are all vegetarians?" Fang Yuegong.
Li Yuzhi raised his head and glanced at him with a sneer: "Others will comment on whether we eat vegetarian food, but that little eunuch turned the tide with his own efforts. Who dares to say something about him? Is there anyone in the world who can compare with him?" Do your best to the court and the emperor."
"You can't..." Fang Yu was about to speak but was interrupted by Li Yuzhi: "What is an eunuch? Just because he is a eunuch, he is an eunuch. Even if he is, I dare to ask you whether he has violated laws and disciplines and so on. Wei Ni has harmed Zhongliang and harmed the country and the people like that. There are various memorials to impeach him, but one thing is certain!"
"Why does Mr. Li have such special regard for the little eunuch?" Wu Zong and others were about to become impatient when they were stopped by Chief Assistant Li Banghua and asked softly. He was very curious about how charming the little eunuch was. And the eunuch's sworn enemy changed sex.
Li Yuzhi sighed softly: "People are different. Although Dongchang is still the same Dongchang, it is not the same Dongchang." This was a bit convoluted, but it made everyone think deeply. How dirty things the Dongchang did in the past were , and today's Dongchang... can be said to be a model of loyalty and defense of the country!
"Last night the young eunuch came to talk to the old man." Li Yuzhi did not conceal the night party with Chang Yu: "I wanted to see how different this young man is."
"What's the result?" Li Banghua asked.
"Hearing a hundred times is better than seeing him. It's really different. When he came to Lao Chan's house, he didn't say any nonsense, and he didn't use coercion or inducement to win over him. He only told Lao Chan what he was thinking."
"What are you thinking?" Everyone asked curiously.
Li Yuzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We are not as old as children."
Everyone was even more curious.
"He said to the old man that he had the honor to serve the country and live up to his youth! Everyone, this comes from the words of a weakling. This makes the old man extremely ashamed. Everyone, ask yourselves if you can live up to him!" Li Yuzhi put down his tea cup and shouted: "He is leading the troops in a bloody battle outside. What are we doing when we are fighting? The whole court is ignoring the government, but this is the stumbling block." He got up and left.
Everyone was astonished and silent, stunned in place.
"I am honored to serve the country and live up to my youth." Li Banghua smiled bitterly and shook his head: "He not only said it, but he is also doing it. He is worse than an old man!" He waved his sleeves and left.
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