"The ancients said that only women and villains are difficult to raise!"
Eunuch Zhao took a sip of tea and looked at Zhou Yi's triumphant expression, as if he was enjoying a monkey show.
"Now it seems that what the ancients said was wrong. Villains and women are far less dark and cunning than eunuchs."
Zhou Yi's eyes flashed with coldness, he sat opposite Eunuch Zhao and said with a smile on his face.
"We would like to thank Eunuch Zhao for the tea. I will wait for you to finish drinking it today. As long as Haosheng confesses, our family will promise not to touch any of your clan's children!"
Surprise flashed in Eunuch Zhao's eyes. He thought his last trump card to save his life was actually seen through.
"We are the queen of King Jing. Our family fell into decline, so we had no choice but to work as slaves. Since the day we entered the palace, we have never told anyone about our past life. How did Eunuch Yi know about it?"
"We have our own channels."
It suddenly dawned on Zhouyi that King Jing was famous in the Daqing Dynasty, which can be traced back to the period of Taizu, the founder of the country.
Eunuch Zhao took out the account book from his sleeve and said: "You have already figured out the details of our family, so don't ask for the ancestor's gold medal. This is the list of merchants who are the royal supervisors."
Zhou Yi hurriedly flipped through it, which recorded in detail the origins of the tribute merchants, their backers, and even their share of the profits with their backers.
The account book is a finger thick and densely packed with tribute entries, involving almost all the court officials.
"This account book..."
Zhou Yi couldn't help but his eyes were red. Mastering this account book was equivalent to having evidence of the crimes of the court officials, and he could blackmail them into doing things at any time.
Now Zhou Yi is in charge of two eunuchs and is very powerful in the palace. However, his background is too low and he has basically no foundation outside the palace.
With this account book, it is easy to make up for the shortcomings, and the power of the inner court and the outer court is overwhelming.
Suddenly.
Zhou Yi thought of Lao Lu's warning to "be cautious" and "abstain from greed", just like a basin of cold water being poured down from his head, and his true energy circulated in his hands, crushing the account book to pieces.
"Hmph, you are about to die, yet you still dare to use your lies to deceive the public and frame the court officials!"
Eunuch Zhao was slightly startled, and finally looked at Zhou Yi with his eyes, and praised: "No wonder our family fell into your hands, you are really not like ordinary people."
While he was talking, his Qiqiao bleeded and he died.
Zhou Yi was so frightened that he backed away and ordered his servants to come forward to investigate. It turned out that the tea contained poison.
"Take everyone down and search our house carefully!"
After a while.
The chamberlain found a gold medal for immunity from death under Eunuch Zhao's bed, with the origin of the gold medal engraved on the back.
Taizu read that King Jing, the sixth son, had made great achievements in battle, so he issued this certificate to avoid serious crimes other than treason!
…
Three days later.
The Hall of Nourishing Heart.
"Your Majesty, I have identified Rouge Eucalyptus, and those involved have been arrested by the chambermaid holding the Palace Supervisor's sign."
Zhou Yi knelt in the hall and presented the memorial with both hands.
Eunuch Yuan came over to get the memorial and took a deep look at Zhou Yi. In the past three days, there had been great commotion inside and outside the palace, and Caishikou had been beheaded for three days.
Thousands of people were escorted to Beijing from all over the country, and their homes were confiscated and beheaded on charges of treason and corruption.
Previously, the rectifications were all in prison, and the turmoil was only in the palace. After the rouge, no one in the inner and outer courts knew that Eunuch Yi was ruthless and ruthless.
The Zhengtong Emperor took the memorial and glanced at it casually. He already knew what happened in advance through the Zhenfu Division.
According to the report from the Zhenfu Division, the descendants of King Jing were unwilling to be defeated and joined forces with a certain prince to do the unspeakable.
The Zhouyi memorial did not dare to say it so clearly. It only pointed out the identity of Eunuch Zhao and presented him with a gold medal for immunity from death. He ordered the nine tribes to be exiled to Northern Xinjiang instead.
The Zhengtong Emperor quickly flipped through the list of people involved. He didn't care how many people died, and looked directly at the proceeds of the confiscation.
Fifteen million taels!
"Well done."
The orthodox emperor nodded slightly. Such a large amount of silver was enough for the army to conquer the west, and there were still two to three million taels left to repair the palace.
"I heard that many people sent you notes?"
"Your Majesty, this servant is terrified."
Zhou Yi kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I will abide by the laws of the country and not have contact with foreign ministers. I didn't answer any of those notes and turned them away!"
After experiencing the temptation of account books, Zhou Yi suddenly understood.
The reason for the orthodox emperor's trust is probably that force is second, and lack of foundation is the first.
Once I use the rouge to get in touch with foreign ministers, I am afraid that I will lose the sacred scroll immediately, and my life may even be in danger, so I dare not accept anyone's note.
Of course, whoever handed the note to Zhouyi knew that the corresponding merchant was outside the scope of the house raid.
The orthodox emperor snorted slightly, and then said in a different tone: "I will reward you for your merits. The imperial prison will be supervised by your admiral, and you will be able to do things smoothly in the future."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty..."
Zhou Yi looked happy, things went more smoothly than expected. He thought he would need to support a puppet to go to the imperial prison.
"Back off."
The Zhengtong Emperor waved his hand, watched Zhou Yi leave happily, and turned to look at Eunuch Yuan with a gloomy expression.
"Xiaoyuanzi, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the third supervisor is something that has never happened before in this country."
Eunuch Yuan who was standing next to him said in a low voice: "On duty as the palace supervisor, in charge of the guards, and as the imperial supervisor involved in the comings and goings, we all know that the supervisor is in charge of the inner treasury. Eunuch Yi is more powerful than the chief admiral!"
The chief admiral of the Twelve Divisions has a distinguished status, but he cannot directly interfere with the admirals of each division. If there is any objection from the superiors and subordinates, they must report to His Majesty for decision.
"What I am going to do is something that has never been done before in this country!"
Emperor Zhengtong said slowly: "We are in need of a sword-wielding man, and Xiao Yizi is just right. As long as he works faithfully, for the sake of the people of Daqing, it doesn't matter if he has some power."
"Your Majesty is holy."
Eunuch Yuan's eyes flashed with joy, he had already predicted the outcome of Zhou Yi, and he would definitely push it out to quell public anger in the future.
…
On duty as palace supervisor.
Zhou Yi stared at the three gold seals on the table, doubts flashing in his eyes.
"It went so well. His Majesty just asked our admiral to supervise the third prison, and you are not afraid of any trouble?"
"In terms of loyalty and background, we are not ranked high. Compared with those old people in the palace, our only advantage is... dare to kill people and raid homes!"
Zhou Yi thought about this and vaguely understood what His Majesty asked him to do.
"A killing knife, but how can there be constant knives in this world?"
At this time.
The godson hurried in and reported in a low voice: "Godfather, we finally found out who the queen's mother-in-law is."
"Talk about it."
Zhou Yi gathered his thoughts and felt that the balance in his heart was slowly tilting towards the queen. He could make a knife, but he didn't want to be used to anger the common people one day.
"The empress is actually a woman from the world..."
The godson said: "It is said that during the reign of the late emperor, your majesty was exiled to northern Xinjiang because of his father's crime. He was robbed by bandits. The empress saved your majesty's family with one person and one sword!"
"Um?"
Zhou Yi raised his brows and subconsciously denied the rumors. How could there be bandits in Daqing who dared to attack the imperial army escorting the emperor's grandson.
"It's not impossible. Maybe a few princes can eliminate the trouble."
"However, our family has never believed in heroes saving beauties. According to what Lao Lu said, by inferring the results, whoever benefits will be responsible..."
Zhou Yi immediately concluded that the bandit robbery must be planned by the queen, even though there was no evidence.
"No wonder the Queen is eager to ask us to take sides. I'm afraid His Majesty doesn't believe it either, or he doesn't care about the life-saving grace at all, and is wary of the person next to him!"
