"Your Majesty, now everyone is praising your name!"
In the palace, Zhu Changxun was sitting on the dragon chair, listening to the report of the eunuch in charge of the Dongchang.
The eunuch's face was lined with wrinkles like a chrysanthemum. He smiled in an extremely flattering manner and said in a high-pitched voice:
"Your Majesty, this great victory has cleared the north, making the border areas safe and healthy. Countless people are praising your reputation, saying that you are the master of the resurgence of our Ming Dynasty. It is a great honor to be born in this age of martial arts!"
"On the grassland, everyone who hears His Majesty's name is frightened. This shows that my Ming Dynasty conquers the world!"
Zhu Changxun glanced at him sideways, with an irrepressible smile on his lips:
"Really?"
"How dare I lie to Your Majesty!" The eunuch of Dongchang immediately bowed down, as if he would kill me if he told a lie:
"Your Majesty's achievements are obvious to all. Who dares to talk nonsense?"
"only……"
He suddenly seemed to remember something again, looking embarrassed and hesitant to speak.
"Just what?" Zhu Changxun couldn't help but ask.
"I dare not speak falsely," the eunuch replied.
"Speak! I forgive your sin!" Zhu Changxun had a vague premonition, but still said.
"It's just that there are some people who don't know what's good or bad. They say that this prosperous age is probably due to the contribution of Mr. Yan Ge. They also say that your Majesty's willingness to engage in war is not a blessing to the Ming Dynasty... Your Majesty, forgive me!"
After saying that, he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed desperately.
On the dragon chair, Zhu Changxun's smile had solidified, and then his face gradually darkened.
Although he didn't even look at it, his dissatisfaction was palpable.
Seeing this situation, the Dongchang Admiral Eunuch who was kneeling on the ground, and Wang Tiqian, Zhu Changxun's personal eunuch and also the eunuch of the Li Eunuch, exchanged a vague look, his eyes full of the desire to succeed. Pleasure.
Although on the surface they were very respectful to Yan Chenhao, in fact, these eunuchs had long hated Yan Chenhao.
In fact, the original eunuch of the Chief of Ceremony was in a cooperative relationship with Yan Chenhao. It was not until the death of the eunuch in the fourth year of Wuxing that Wang Tiqian took over the position of the Chief of Ceremony 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 someone close to the emperor, he naturally had a good relationship with him.
However, in less than a year, Yan Chenhao became the chief minister of the cabinet and began to take over the power and exert his influence. Everything changed in an instant.
Originally, the Chief of Ceremonies should have assisted the emperor in handling affairs that had been approved by the cabinet. However, the emperor himself obeyed Yan Chenhao's advice. What power could the Chief of Ceremonies have? Later, Wang Tiqian’s task at work every day was to “pick up the seal—dip it in red mud—seal it—the next one”…
He didn't even have to look at it, since he couldn't refute it anyway.
After so many years, he has become like an assembly line worker. He has not improved in other aspects, but he is very skilled in stamping. In the Ming Dynasty, he dared to be the first, and no one dared to be the second.
The question is what does this do? What he wants is power, power!
The same goes for other eunuchs with pens. They don't even look at them every day. They just write a few "just do it like this" and "very comforting my heart" and send them out. There is no need to write more and there is no way to write. Naturally, they are extremely dissatisfied. of.
The conflict was buried here.
Over the years, they have often used small means like today, which also had a great influence on Zhu Changxun. Zhu Changxun's gradual change in attitude towards Yan Chenhao has to be said that they also made great efforts.
Now seeing that Yan Chenhao was about to make a comeback, they came over immediately and took the opportunity to report the popular trend to give the emperor eye drops, and it really worked.
Seeing Zhu Changxun's face darken again, with a faint flash of anger in his eyes, although he didn't speak, his attitude was clearly revealed, and the two of them were secretly happy.
The eunuch in charge of Dongchang seemed to have remembered something and reported again:
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing..."
Then, he slowly told the emperor about the conflict that broke out in the cabinet not long ago!
If anyone else heard this at this time, they would definitely shudder. You must know that the quarrel between several cabinet members dispersed all the servants, but the admiral and eunuch still knew everything about it, which shows that the Dongchang fan at that time must have It's nearby and has already penetrated into Sri Lanka!
It actually looks a bit like the Jin Yiwei during the Hongwu period!
After listening to his many narrations, Zhu Changxun couldn't help but sneered:
"These guys are indeed dishonest... This cabinet is no longer my cabinet!"
"Go on, do they still want to collude and return my will?"
"That's not true... they are not that bold. As soon as Mr. Zhou Ge opened his mouth and asked them why they didn't return the decree, several people immediately became silent and did not dare to say a word. Then they had no choice but to carry it out."
When Zhu Changxun heard this, he was startled at first, and then laughed:
"As expected, indeed, they are all a group of people who follow the wind! Seeing that I am tough, they all soften and don't dare to conflict with me again!"
If this were the case in the past, even if Yan Chenhao didn't say anything, Huang Kezhan and others would have already opposed it. I didn't expect that just putting those three people in jail would have such an effect!
He was even more determined in his heart that he would rule the government with an iron-blooded hand!
As for Yan Chenhao's teachings in the past... Not to mention that he is getting worse and worse in the emperor's impression. Just because of this, Zhu Changxun felt that maybe he was afraid of the appearance of an iron-blooded emperor, so he taught him to govern the world with benevolence. Woolen cloth!
At this time, the eunuch outside came to report:
"Your Majesty, Ni Wenhuan, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has arrived."
Hearing this voice, the two looked at each other.
Is this the helper Your Majesty has recruited among his ministers?
They were naturally happy that there was one more person in this way, and their goal had been achieved, so the two of them resigned.
Zhu Changxun waved his hand nonchalantly, and then called Ni Wenhuan in.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"Your Majesty, regarding the Beidi Water Conservancy Project, the Ministry of Household Affairs has consumed a huge amount of money. Those from the Ministry of Works have already spent more than half of the national treasury. I would like to report this to Your Majesty."
Ni Wenhuan said respectfully.
Now that he has surrendered, he must work with all his heart and soul. He is a smart man and will not think about doing anything that is inconsistent with him, which will only end up being unhappy at both ends. This time the emperor did not give an order at all, but he still took the initiative to report.
As expected, Zhu Changxun frowned immediately after hearing this.
His grand plan is not as simple as the grassland, but it will cost a lot of money.
Withholding the various expenses that should have been paid to the Jisu Army was actually because he wanted to save more money. At this time, he heard that the Ministry of Industry's projects were very costly, and he immediately became interested.
(End of chapter)
