Hao Yi advised: "My nosy Uncle Pei, we are living a good life, but you must not seek death.
Last time, the Ministry of Rites had to choose a queen, but in the end, two people from the Ministry of Rites survived. One, Wang Yining, the Minister of Rites, was ill at home and escaped; the other, Mr. Chen Ge, the Minister, our father relented and kept him. A way to survive.
They were not walking lonely. On the road to Huangquan, the three hundred beautiful women who were carefully selected became their wives one by one. "
Pei Dang shrank his head in fear and continued to ask: "What about our elder brother? Aren't you going to be the prince? Then the mother will not be as valuable as the son?"
Hao Yi shook his head: "My master believes in 'not worrying about the number of people, but worrying about the inequality'. The fifteen empresses are all completely equal and will not favor one over the other.
It will be the same for us in a while. The power of the inner court will be evenly distributed among a total of seventeen people. We each take charge of our own business, and the power is balanced. There will be no dominant company. "
Pei Dang asked: "Then what tasks will I be assigned?"
Hao Yi smiled and said: "You are the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, in charge of the Siyuan Bureau and the Seal of the Wine and Vinegar Noodles Bureau. Nominally, you lead the Siyuan Bureau to grow vegetables and flowers in Xiangshan. In fact, you are the admiral of the West Factory. , monitoring the entire capital for our master."
Pei Dang was surprised: "This official is really quite big. Then wouldn't I become the second-in-command of the Royal Horse Supervisor?"
Hao Yi smiled and said: "Not only that, you can be the boss of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and I will be your younger brother."
"real or fake?"
"Really, it's absolutely true. I've had enough of being the boss of the Royal Horse Supervisor. You don't know how much dirty work the Royal Horse Supervisor has to do. During the last mutiny, I was just the guard of the princes. I killed more than a thousand people, and I had to kill them one by one in front of the feudal kings. I was numb until the end."
When Pei Dang heard this, he quickly waved his hand: "Forget it, you should be the boss, it's enough for me to be the second child."
A few people chatted and laughed, walking along the West Embankment and into the Qing Banquet Boat.
It happened that Zhu Qiyu had just arrived. As soon as they met, Pei Dang and others knelt on the ground, hugged Zhu Qiyu's thigh and started crying.
Zhu Qiyu patted Pei Dang and others on the shoulders and comforted them: "Okay, why are you crying? Our hard days are over. Get up, get up."
Pei Dang replied: "The servants are all enjoying the blessings in Nanjing, but I have made the young master suffer in Beijing. There are people with ulterior motives everywhere in the government and the public. I don't know how the young master has survived the past two years."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, the hard days are over. Besides, look at me, am I not fat and white because I was raised by your ladies?"
After hearing this, Pei Dang and others knelt down in two rows, preparing to kowtow to the empresses.
Zhu Qiyu introduced the four beloved concubines one by one. After the introduction, Pei Dang and others kowtowed heavily. It's a pity that the ground is covered with white marble, and the knocking makes no sound. Even after a long time, there is only a "dong-dong-dong" sound.
Lin Xiangyu and others found it funny and embarrassed. After the last kowtow was finished, Su Xi said with a smile: "Get up quickly. I can't let you kowtow in vain. You can each choose one of the vacant houses in the city. In addition, each of you will be given fifty thousand taels of settling-in allowance." .”
Pei Dang and others were stunned when they heard: A house in Beijing, plus fifty thousand taels of silver? This princess doesn't take money as money.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Hurry up and thank the princess. Don't hesitate. Our family is so fat now that it is as rich as any other country. Don't give it for free. The ground is cold. Get up quickly and sit down."
Everyone then stood up in gratitude and sat down according to their age.
After several people sat down and looked at Zhu Qiyu, they saw that their prince was wearing white clothes and a jade crown, fresh and elegant. He was obviously twenty-four years old, but he looked like he was in his late teens. And with a fair and clean face, he doesn’t even have a beard?
Zhu Qiyu knew what everyone was looking at, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's not convenient for you to serve your ladies if you have a beard, so I won't keep it at all.
Anyway, the government and the public have already decided that I am a ridiculous emperor who is rare in history. If I don't bite him when I have too many lice, I will break the jar and break it. This is the only ridiculous thing left and right. "
Pei Dang smiled and said: "We feel that the young master looks much younger than his actual age. It seems that our queen is really good at raising people."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Your mother-in-law knows how to support people. In just one year, she gave birth to four sons and one daughter for me.
Now those brothers are your young masters, and I have become your master. Xi'er, go and ask the nanny to bring the eldest brother over for everyone to see. "
Fu'an heard this and said with a smile: "Young master is now a master, then we slaves will also become old slaves."
Qian Xue quickly discouraged: "Don't stop, don't slavery, don't old slaves, you are all internal officials, you can just call it."
"ah?"
Pei Dang, Fu'an and others were all confused: We are all ministers of Conglong who were born in Qiandi. What kind of relationship do we have with the emperor? You want us to be ministers now. How many lives are there? People who don't know think that we have lost the Holy Spirit. Heartbroken.
Qianxue took a volume of imperial edict and handed it to Pei Dang: "My husband's slaves are only fifteen of us sisters. 'Slave' is our special title. Don't think too much about it. There is no need to discuss it. Just obey me."
This is the new list of power distribution in the inner court. Please circulate it and take a look. "
Seeing the resolute attitude of the powerful princess, Pei Dang and others had no choice but to agree with tears. They took the imperial edict and unfolded it to see, my dear, the power in the inner court is really clearly divided and clean:
Wang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the rites and eunuchs, supervises the military and horse departments of the five cities.
Wang Jin, the supervising eunuch and eunuch holding the pen, is responsible for the study hall.
Shu Liang, the eunuch responsible for the rites, the eunuch Bingbi, and the admiral Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
Zhang Yong is the eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremony, the eunuch of the Internal Affairs Bureau, the eunuch of the Imperial Guards, the admiral of the Xiaoqi Camp, and the eunuch of the Zhidian Palace and the Seal Department of Cherishing Salaries.
Wang Qin, the eunuch in charge of etiquette, eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch in charge of food, the eunuch in charge of the Shenji Camp, and the seal of the Bell and Drum Department, the needlework bureau, and the inner weaving and dyeing bureau.
Ruan Xi, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, the eunuch of the imperial eunuch, the eunuch of the imperial eunuch, and the eunuch of the imperial eunuch.
Chen Xiang, the Eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremony, the eunuch of Bingbi, and the eunuch of Shangshan, the eunuch of Zhangyin.
Gaoping, the ceremonial eunuch, eunuch Bingbi, the imperial eunuch, admiral eunuch, and the eunuch in charge of the eunuch's seal.
Jinxing, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremony, the eunuch in charge of Ganquan Palace, and the eunuch supervising the eunuchs of Shangshan Palace.
Ruan Zhu, eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch in charge of rituals, and eunuch in charge of Changle Palace.
Chen Jing, eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch in charge of rituals, and eunuch in charge of Hongyun Palace.
Huang Qi, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch responsible for the ceremony, the eunuch in charge of Lingyu Palace, and the eunuch supervising the imperial eunuch.
Hao Yi is the eunuch who holds the seal of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and is also in charge of the seal of the Military and Gunpowder Bureau.
Pei Dang, the Royal Horse Supervisor and the Eunuch, was also in charge of the Siyuan Bureau and the Seal of the Wine and Vinegar Noodles Bureau.
In Fu'an, the Royal Horse Supervisor supervises the eunuchs, the Internal Official Supervisor supervises the eunuchs, and they also hold the palm seal and the Shou Supervisor Seal.
Chen Lin, the imperial horse supervisor Zuo Shaojian, is also the eunuch in charge of the imperial eunuch.
Liu Xiang, the right young eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, and the eunuch of the Shang Bao eunuch.
After everyone finished reading, Zhu Qiyu explained: "The structure of the inner court has now been completely established. There are three main changes in this adjustment.
First, there were five supervisory bureaus: Si Li Jian, Yu Ma Jian, Nei Guan Jian, Yu Yong Jian, and Shang Shan Jian. Each supervisory bureau is jointly managed by the eunuch who holds the seal, the eunuch who supervises, and the eunuch who supervises.
Second, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, the Jinyi Guards, the Xiaoqi Camp, and the Shenji Camp were also included in the scope of the inner court admirals.
Third, there is the appearance of the Fourth Palace Steward. You four stewards are the youngest, and you are all the eldest companions of the emperor's eldest son. You four also have the heaviest tasks, and I will leave the eldest son of the emperor to you from now on. "
When everyone heard this, they quickly kowtowed and thanked him.
Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction. The powerful eunuchs in the inner court had finally become all his confidants, which made it much more enjoyable to watch.
Moreover, power is evenly distributed among his confidants, and everyone checks and balances and supervises each other. At least during his term as emperor, there will be no dominant 'internal minister'.
After Zhu Qiyu finished dividing the cake, the two wet nurses also walked in holding the emperor's eldest son. Pei Dang and others hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and then took turns holding the eldest son of the emperor and taking a closer look.
Ruan Zhu looked at Zhu Qiyu and asked curiously: "Sister, why is the eldest brother so beautiful? Look at his eyebrows and facial features. They are just like the paintings. When he grows up, won't he? Pan An Song Yu?"
(End of chapter)
