"Zhang Cheng, do you know that You Qi took advantage of his position and became a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu?"
Zhu Yijun sat high on the throne, letting the cool breeze blowing from outside the palace blow on his face, looking at the dawn moon and stars, and asked about Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Cheng, who was kneeling in the hall and looking like a crab lying on the shore, replied at this time: "Back to the emperor, I don't know that in the past, the Chief of Ceremony approved all the proposals of the cabinet and did not dare to violate them."
"Then you, the Chief Ceremony Supervisor, didn't even look at it when approving the award?"
Zhu Yijun asked again.
Zhang Hong, who was standing aside, replied at this time: "Back to the emperor, the old servant told them that although there is no need to embarrass the cabinet, they should still keep an eye on those who should be kept on the emperor's behalf."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun waved his sleeves and said, "Let me tell you, Zhang Hong, you are not a person who doesn't understand sense of proportion."
"Yes, I forgot to read it."
Zhang Cheng replied with a trembling voice.
Zhu Yijun was still looking outside, not looking down at Zhang Cheng, and just said: "That's all! How come every time it involves the promotion and demotion of military ministers in the Ministry of War and the official Qin Yao's memorials, according to the archives found in the library of the Secretary's Liyuan Prison, basically Are you the one criticizing everyone?"
"There is also the matter of getting married to my mother's clan."
After saying that, Zhu Yijun looked down at Zhang Cheng: "Who allowed you to marry my mother's clan?"
Then, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "Do you think it is not enough for my queen mother to have an uncle by her side, and you want to add another relative to my queen mother's side?"
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
"This slave doesn't know such a thing exists!"
"Although I have nephews and nieces, the marriages of these nephews and nieces are all decided by my own brother."
Zhang Cheng replied hurriedly and tremblingly.
"Do you think I am a three-year-old child?"
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Cheng and asked, "In my opinion, I might as well kick out all the eunuchs in the palace and only let a group of my relatives manage the inner court for me!"
"Anyway, according to Zhang Cheng's wishes, the people around me should be turned into relatives."
"You said yes or no?"
With that said, Zhu Yijun asked about Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Cheng could only kowtow at this time and cried: "Your Majesty Mingjian, this slave has absolutely no such intention!"
"Then what do you think?"
Zhu Yijun asked again and said: "You don't even think about your identity. Can you be my relative?!"
"I know my mistake! Please have mercy, Your Majesty! Please have mercy, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Cheng continued to cry.
"I heard that you are still very close to the scholar-bureaucrats, and you have formed a society with Li Cai and Qin Yao?"
Zhu Yijun asked again.
After hearing this, Zhang Cheng said: "It's just a taste of elegance. Thanks to the grace of the emperor, I read some books in the inner library, so I committed some of the problems of marrying a scholar."
"That's fine, but I heard that among your literary friends, there is a man named Zhen Yu who is an experienced officer of Jingwei. Was it he who gave you the idea of marrying my mother's clan?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
"I don't dare to hide it from the emperor, yes!"
Zhang Cheng replied.
"What a scheming person!"
Zhu Yijun said with a sneer, and then asked Zhang Cheng: "Do you think that after your husband leaves, you can have your hands on him and do whatever you want?"
"Don't forget, my husband has returned to his hometown, but I still have Gao Xinzheng by my side!"
After Zhu Yijun asked, he said in a deep voice, and then said: "They are all people in the Shimiao Dynasty who can compete with Yan Fenyi in the ring. The tricks you are playing have been played by others before!"
Zhang Cheng could only admit at this time: "What the emperor said is that this slave is ignorant!"
"It's just stupid, the key is breaking the rules."
"It's okay for people to be stupid, as long as they live according to the rules. I'm afraid that stupid people will break the rules and mistake the power I gave them for their own intelligence, and they won't know who the King of Heaven is!"
Zhu Yijun said: "It's true that Feng Bao left, and here comes someone who wants to imitate Feng Bao again!"
Zhu Yijun then looked at Zhang Cheng again: "Do you think you are Feng Bao? Can you imitate the way he defeated Gao Gong with your husband, and also defeat my husband with the people you know?"
Zhang Cheng now just kowtows, begging Zhu Yijun for his life, and glances at Zhang Hong, waiting for Zhang Hong to intercede for him.
But Zhang Hong remained silent, even though he had knelt his head red.
"And you did break the rules. It's just that you didn't tell me about You Qi becoming a Jinyi Guard officer. You also put your own slaves into the Jinyi Guards and became a thousand households."
When Zhu Yijun said this, he looked at Zhang Cheng again and asked, "Have you already prepared for him to be the admiral of Dongchang after Zhang Jing's downfall? Do you have ready-made confidants to use by then?"
Zhang Cheng was stunned and could only say: "Your Majesty, this slave is guilty, but Zhang Jing is not a good guy either!"
"Your Majesty doesn't know how much benefit he and Liu Shou of Jin Yiwei have received. Last year, Yin Shaobao gave Mr. Yuan Fu a coral tree half a foot high. The Zhang family gave it to him Zhang Jing a month later! Please ask the Emperor I know it clearly!"
"Zhang Hong, tell him what's going on with the coral tree."
Zhu Yijun said something at this time.
After Zhang Hong raised his hand and said yes, he said to Zhang Cheng: "The coral tree has been placed at the Queen Mother Rensheng. It is the Zhang family's filial piety to the Queen Mother of the two palaces. Zhang Jing is just accepting it. He accepts the filial gift from the courtiers for the Queen Mother. Can it be accepted?" benefit?"
Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Zhang Jing had already paid protection money to the emperor. Unfortunately, he still thought that when Zhang Juzheng fell in the future, he would let the officials impeach Zhang Jing for being greedy for money.
"Zhang Cheng, I think you have served me for so many years, so I will give you a little dignity and give you a glass of poisonous wine."
"When you go down and see Feng Bao, tell him that in the next life you must remember who the real master of this inner court is."
"This is also for you."
Zhu Yijun said: "Those who understand this will live a long time, and those who don't understand will still lose their lives no matter how hard they try!"
At this time, Zhang Hong had already walked up to Zhang Cheng with a glass of poisonous wine.
Zhang Cheng looked at the poisonous wine and hesitated to reach out to take it.
Zhu Yijun also left Qianqing Palace directly at this time.
In the end, only Zhang Hong was left here to accompany him.
Zhang Hong persuaded him kindly: "Eunuch Zhang, drink it. Thunder, rain, and dew are all gifts from the emperor. The most important thing for us people to remember is the word 'loyalty'. Can you remember who Zhang Jing accepted?" , why can’t you remember this word?”
"There are so many eunuchs in the inner court, who is any dumber than the other. Why do so few dare to look down on the emperor? Isn't it because they are all sensible people!"
"You were obsessed with power for a while, and you were so flattered by the literati that you became confused for a while."
"If we talk about who has the most competitive conditions in the inner court, who can compare to Uncle Li Guo? Feng Bao can't even compare to him! But people understand that he has not been kicked out of the inner court just because he is the emperor's uncle."
"And you just don't understand."
"You don't think that our family really doesn't want to be an ancestor who controls the inner court, but is willing to watch you and Zhang Jing misbehave in front of our family, right?"
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't!"
"You are staring at Zhang Jing's position, but why is Zhang Jing not staring at my position? How can there be fewer people staring at your position?"
"But there are only a few prominent positions in the inner court. The only one who has the final say is the emperor. No one else has the final say. Even if this person is extremely smart, it is not up to him to have the final say. .”
"Drink!"
"Don't join here in the next life. The people here are all ruthless people who dare to destroy their own children and grandchildren! In the next life, join a foreign court and become a son of a noble family!"
Zhang Hong said and persuaded again.
Zhang Cheng indeed envied the gentry's children and the literati. Zhang Hong's words spoke to his heart, and he cried loudly: "Ancestor! I think you are the emperor."
"Drink. Your Majesty is kind. He didn't chop you. It's already good. People should learn to be content!"
Zhang Hong persuaded Zhang Cheng again without waiting for Zhang Cheng to finish.
Zhang Cheng nodded, then took the glass and drank it in one gulp.
Then, Zhang Hong ordered people to carry Zhang Cheng away from here.
(End of chapter)
