The news that the emperor wanted to establish a new yamen in the capital was quickly spread, especially the matter of charging fees for shops in the capital, which caused a stir in the court.
Many of the shops in the capital were opened privately by imperial officials, who ostensibly only received a royal salary. In fact, he secretly ordered his three aunts and eight aunts from far away to open stores. As their backer, he used his authority to secretly open back doors for these shops. Naturally, these shops had to pay their backers regular contributions. But now if the new yamen is established, it will be easy for shops without backers to be friends with anyone. If those gangsters make trouble in the future, they can still let the yamen protect themselves. Those shops with backers are even more resentful. Not only do they make a profit, they also have to pay two shares. How can the shops stand it in the long run?
So the court was naturally divided into two factions, one was the bureaucratic class, and the other was the nobles and nobles of the court.
At this moment, most of the bureaucracy is gathered in Wan'an Mansion, the chief minister of the current cabinet. At this moment, all the civil servants have been clamoring all morning, but they have not made up their minds.
"Please be quiet for a while. We have been arguing all morning and my head is getting heavy." Wan An was the hardest worker in this interest debate. He had to listen to the suggestions on the left for a while, and ponder the ideas on the right for a while. . Since the new emperor came to the throne, in addition to being anxious every day, he also has to deal with these annoying trivial matters. Unfortunately, this emperor is not like his father, who does not like to practice Taoism, practice alchemy, and recite Buddhism.
"Chief Assistant, you are the head of all officials in the dynasty, both in terms of seniority and merit. In my opinion, His Majesty's establishment of a new yamen is nonsense. You can use your power to reject it. Let's join together to remonstrate. As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public. If your majesty sees that all the civil and military officials in the dynasty disapprove, this ridiculous idea may not be implemented." The person who spoke was none other than Liu Ji, the current deputy minister of the cabinet. In the 22nd year of Hua's reign, he was promoted to Prince Shaobao and Prince Taifu.
Everyone knew Liu Ji's little plan. Except for those nobles and nobles, he owned the most shops, so he was the first to refuse to agree to the establishment of this new yamen. But it was difficult for him to refute the emperor, so he wanted Wan An to join in the joint signature. After all, if something happened, he would shoot the first bird.
But Yin Zhi on the side was not happy. He had a good relationship with Wan An, but Liu Ji did not get along with him. However, he and he were ministers of the cabinet together, so they did not break up with each other. Seeing Liu Ji cheating Wan An now, he couldn't sit still. If Wan An fell, Liu Ji would smoothly take over as the first assistant. Liu Ji would still be superior to him, but he couldn't stand Liu Ji. That arrogant look.
Immediately he came out and said: "Absolutely not. Now Li Zi Province has just been imprisoned, and the Jin Yiwei is still searching for people who have close contacts with him. Chief Assistant, you usually have a very close relationship with Li Zi Province, and Wantong has not yet Give me a guarantee, in case he even reports you, and you are taking the lead in refuting His Majesty's decree, wouldn't that be a shot in the arm?"
Yin Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, said tit for tat: "Mr. Yin, what you said is a bit of a fuss. I dare to ask who of you here has not received money from Li Zi Province? Who has not had close contacts with Li Zi Province? What if we are so afraid of trouble? , then it is better to resign collectively and go home. Your Majesty’s decision is inherently harmful to the country. As the chief minister of the dynasty, how can Mr. Wan not take the lead in expressing his position?" Everyone Yin Yan said had accepted Li Zi Province In fact, he received the most money in private, and he also used his authority to arrange many people in the court for Li Zi Province. But with his chief assistant Wan'an by his side, even if something went wrong, he still felt more at ease.
"It is not only impossible to refute the imperial edict, but it must be passed. This way, Long Yan will not be angered, but because you are the chief minister of the dynasty, you have to take the lead in admonishing this matter no matter what, so that His Majesty can understand your painstaking efforts. Only in this way can we set an example for all officials, which is reasonable for both public and private purposes.
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In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youtang was reading the folder submitted by Wantong, which clearly stated all of Li Zisheng's net worth and the people who colluded with him to offer sorcery to Emperor Xianzong. There are many people involved in it. Except for a big shrimp in the Sixth Department of the Central Committee, the others are all small minions, but one of the most important big fish is missing - the chief minister Wan'an.
Zhu Youtang came from the soul of a descendant. How could he not know that Li Zisheng was able to offer the Five Thunder Techniques, Fangzhongshu and the magic monk Jixiao's Midas Gold Technique to the Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty? Recommended by Wan'an. This Wantong must have received a lot of benefits from Wan'an, or maybe it was difficult to report because of the "relative" relationship.
If you want to build a grand and great cause, you must get rid of these incompetent people who are in important positions one by one. You can't just occupy a manhole without shit, right?
At this time, one of the most important figures in the history of eunuchs in the Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties came to the capital.
Ever since Huai'en was demoted to Fengyang by Emperor Chenghua to guard Xiaoling, he had already taken a dim view of it. When he was most glorious, he served as the Chief of Ceremonies and the Eunuch in charge of the Seal, and was the head of the eunuch department in the inner court. Even Wang Zhi, the admiral of the West Factory, had to salute and shout: "Hello, Mr. Huai." But this man who was already five years old had to salute him when he saw him. The fourteen-year-old man was completely tired of the forty years of seduction and scheming in the inner court.
The Ming Dynasty attached great importance to inheritance and clan. Although he had a prominent position before, an eunuch was an eunuch after all, and he was not qualified to enter the clan sacrificial hall in any case. So I had always planned to stay at Fengyang to guard the Xiaoling Mausoleum, but I didn't expect that the new emperor would suddenly resurrect him. This was completely unexpected. Except for Tiqi who came to deliver the message, the threshold of his residence had been trampled to pieces in the past two days.
After receiving the emperor's imperial edict, Huai En set off immediately, and within a few days he arrived at the imperial capital, the political center of the Ming Dynasty. When he stepped into the capital again, he was filled with emotion. Before he had time to rest, an imperial envoy came to invite him into the palace.
"Grandpa Huang, Eunuch Huai wants to see you!" He Ding was not with Zhu Youtang because he had many tasks recently. Outside the door, a young eunuch bowed and shouted.
When he heard that Huaien had arrived, Zhu Youtang was so happy that he quickly left his memorial and went out to greet him in person.
"Your Majesty bows to you with all your heart, and this old servant Huaien pays homage to your Majesty."
"No need to be so polite, get up quickly, Wynn, you are much older." Looking at Wynn with white hair, Zhu Youtang said with emotion.
"To answer your Majesty, I am indeed getting old. I never thought I would be able to see His Majesty's face in my lifetime."
In the side hall, several young eunuchs walked into the Xinuang Pavilion with small steps. One person held a chair and gently placed it behind Wynn, and the other brought a cup of good tea that nourishes the mind and replenishes energy and blood to Wynn.
Zhu Youtang took a sip of wolfberry tea and said: "I think I relied on you to be comprehensive when I was young. The reason why I called you back this time is to let you resume your position as Chief Ceremony Supervisor and Superintendent of the East Factory."
After hearing this, Wynn was shocked. He didn't expect that he would be reinstated when he was over 50 years old. Immediately he knelt down and kowtowed: "Old slave, thank you, Your Majesty."
"You don't have to perform such complicated etiquette in front of me. I want to reorganize the inner palace. What do you think?"
"The old slave thinks that we should first establish a supervision system inside the palace. There are Dongchang and Jinyiwei outside to supervise the officials. But there is no one inside the palace to supervise these eunuchs and maids. As far as the old slave knows, in recent years, many ministers have put their hands on People in the palace are looking for information, and a pair of eyes are staring at the emperor every day, which is doing no harm to the emperor."
Wynn got to the point immediately. The fight between the ministers and the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty was really fierce. Some of the favored eunuchs had a higher status than the third-rank imperial officials.
"Secondly, we need to improve the living conditions of the eunuchs and maids at the bottom. Those at the bottom may not even have enough to eat every day, so we can provide them with more food. The old slave is stupid and can only think of so much for the time being."
It is true that the living conditions of the maids and eunuchs at the lowest level have to be improved, and food is the most important thing for the people. Didn't these palace maids and eunuchs simply want to have a full meal when they entered the palace? If they didn't even have enough to eat, they might get into trouble. Rabbits would bite people when they were anxious, and palace maids would kill the emperor when they were anxious. Woolen cloth.
After hearing this, Zhu Youtang was overjoyed and said to his newly-appointed eunuch next to him: "Draw up the edict. Huaien will be the eunuch of the ceremonial department and supervise the East Factory. He will be fully responsible for the reform of the inner court system."
