"Okay, just add the water here. You all go out and have a rest!" After going in and looking at the water level in the tub, Zhang Rui ordered the eunuchs who were carrying water in and out.
"Forgive me, King Han. It is our fault for keeping King Han waiting for so long. Please give us a little more time, King Han. We will hurry up and fill the bathtub with water. We will definitely not waste too much of King Han's time." Consul Eunuch After hearing Zhang Rui's instructions, Wang Yanping quickly knelt down and replied.
"Wang Yanping, don't be nervous. Get up first! I don't mean to blame you. It's just that the tub is so big. Filling it with water is too troublesome and a waste of water." Zhang Rui looked at Wang Yanping who was kneeling on the ground and comforted him. road:
"Taking a bath is just a very simple thing. There is no need to make it so troublesome. The water here is completely enough. I used to take a bath with only two buckets of water, but now there are dozens of buckets of water here. It’s enough for me, so you don’t have to bother adding more water. They’ve worked hard too, so take them down to rest!”
"The King of Han understands us, and we are all grateful. In this case, please let me wait for the King of Han to bathe and change clothes!" Wang Yanping got up from the ground and asked respectfully.
"That's not necessary. I'm just taking a bath. I don't want to be idle while you wait for me. Besides, I was just a child from a poor family. Is there anything I didn't do myself? You've worked hard too. Come on, go down and rest!" Zhang Rui waved his hand to dismiss Wang Yanping and said.
"The villain accepted the order and resigned." Wang Yanping bowed and took a few steps back before exiting the camp with a group of eunuchs who were fetching water.
For Zhang Rui, Wang Yanping is grateful from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Yanping was originally a child of a poor family in Shaanxi. Because there were many brothers and sisters in the family, the output of the land was not enough to feed many children. His parents had no choice but to sell him to the palace as a eunuch at a low price.
The survival rate of eunuchs in the palace after purification is extremely low, only three or four out of ten. In order to ensure that there are enough eunuchs in the palace, the Department of Precaution and Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs usually buys more eunuchs for castration.
They are all pariahs anyway. When they die, they just throw them away and buy them when they are not enough.
Those who are lucky enough to survive may not necessarily be able to enter the palace. Although there is this quota, there are also some castrated eunuchs among the people who need to enter the palace for certain purposes. Unless you are very lucky, you have to have money to get into the palace.
Wang Yanping belongs to this kind of person who is unlucky and has no money to save money. He could have entered the palace after having gone through the pain of castration, but his place was taken by others with money. When Wang Yanping was being driven out of the Shenxing Division, he was told that if he still wanted to enter the palace, he had to prepare ten taels of silver.
How can a helpless and disabled eunuch earn ten taels of silver in a foreign land?
Begging has its own territory, but robbery cannot defeat it. Many eunuchs survived the pain of castration but survived the torture of this world. In the end, they died alone and helpless in a foreign land like an ownerless stray dog. Their tragic fate did not even attract a trace of pity from those around them.
"Maybe one day I will die like him!" Wang Yanping said sadly, looking at his dead companions and not knowing where to go.
Until one day, when Wang Yanping was picking up food from the ditch on the street, he heard that there was a rebellion in the south. The man called the King of Han had conquered half of the country and was ready to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
"If you have an emperor, you will definitely want eunuchs. Your Majesty, here I come." Wang Yanping sighed from the bottom of his heart as if he saw hope in life.
So, Wang Yanping led a group of eunuchs who had lost hope, climbed mountains and waded through rivers, and went through hardships and dangers to reach the gate of Nanjing. However, the guards told him that the King of Han did not use eunuchs.
Having lost their last hope, Wang Yanping and his group were completely overwhelmed and had no choice but to cry bitterly outside the palace. The King of Han who came after hearing the news finally accepted them and gave them a place to stay. The eunuchs present all burst into tears of gratitude for the kindness of the King of Han.
"Wang Yanping, you will be their foreman from now on..."
"...Remember, we don't call ourselves slaves here, and you are not allowed to call yourself a slave in the future. There are only common people in my court, and there are no slaves. You are my beloved people, not slaves. Do you understand... "
"...I couldn't help what happened in the past, but in the future, as long as the people are under my jurisdiction, I will work hard to make them live a happy life, without having to suffer the pain of castration like you..."
"Wang Yanping, although you are a eunuch, you still need to learn some knowledge. As the saying goes, the body is disabled but the mind is strong. I hope that one day you can be like Zheng He, the former three treasure eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, who will sail to the West, spread the prestige of our country, and become a celebrity throughout history. hero…"
Whenever he thought of the love and encouragement given to him by the King of Han, Wang Yanping felt that his predecessor must have accumulated great blessings to meet such a master.
Wang Yanping once asked himself from the bottom of his heart, if someone wanted to hurt King Han, would he block the knife for King Han? He was hesitant before, but now he no longer had any doubts, because the man had to step over his body.
At this moment, Wang Yanping firmly believed: Only the King of Han is the hope and way out for our poor people.
Time flies like an arrow, time flies by.
As Zhang Rui said, taking a bath is a very simple thing. After a cup of tea, Zhang Rui walked out of the tent wearing clean clothes prepared by the etiquette department.
The time it takes to make a cup of tea (meaning fifteen minutes) is neither long nor short. After all, this was a bath in ancient times. Although Zhang Rui's hair was not long and his clothes were not complicated, the weather was very hot, so Zhang Rui had to covet the coolness of the water.
Youth is capital.
Zhang Liuren has good features. Although his skin is a little tanned, he looks quite handsome under his delicate face. Especially when I came out of the water after taking a shower, my well-hydrated skin looked particularly energetic, and set off by the gorgeous clothes, I felt like I was heroic and heroic at first sight.
"King of Han..." Seeing Zhang Rui slowly coming out of the tent, Guan Renli quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"Well, there is still time now!" Zhang Rui asked after responding.
"Yes. It will take a while before it's time to worship." Guan Renli bowed and replied.
"Well, take me to the old father-in-law's place! I haven't seen him for a long time, and now I have time to catch up with him," Zhang Rui said.
"Yes, King Han. Please follow me this way." Guan Renli bowed again and guided.
"Let's go!" Following Zhang Rui's order, all the guards and accompanying officials followed.
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