Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, but when he came to his senses, he naturally agreed deeply. All that is happening in the Ming Dynasty today, if there is a strong army like the founding of the country before, not to mention bandits, or even the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the pass, it can be said to be destroyed. In this way, so much food and salary will not be wasted in Liaodong, and many situations will be improved.
Just when he thought of this, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and an idea suddenly came to him.
Doesn't the emperor care very much about the combat effectiveness of the capital's army? Let’s not talk about the Beijing camp for now, isn’t there also the Royal Horse Supervisor? Or to be more precise, from a certain point of view, the army in the capital is now controlled under the name of the Royal Horse Supervisor. And his palm eunuch Wang Zhixin is also one of those eight people. When he saw him today, he seemed to have a guilty conscience! Maybe, he was the one who reported on himself!
Cao Huachun rolled his eyes and immediately made up his mind. Let the Royal Horse Supervisor perform the surgery first. This is the most certain thing. After all, although Wang Zhixin and others are also old people, what they have been doing is destroying the army that the emperor is most worried about at the moment. As long as they report this matter, Wang Zhixin and others will most likely have no chance of making a comeback!
Naturally, he didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to reorganize the army. But if you do it yourself, the situation is too complicated and involves military affairs, which is a bit risky. Therefore, he specifically said this in front of Cao Huachun, leading him to target the Royal Horse Supervisor.
In fact, the original Emperor Chongzhen was already reforming the capital's army. Although it was effective, it could not save the Ming Dynasty. It's useless if we don't solve the fundamental problems and make drastic reforms.
For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen had always paid attention to Cao Huachun's expression. After careful observation, he realized that Cao Huachun must have fallen into his scheme. Satisfied, he walked out of the palace.
However, the play was not over yet, and just as he was about to leave the palace, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to think of something again, so he turned around and said to Cao Huachun, who was seeing him off: "Wang Cheng'en has done well, I have asked him to watch Gao Qiqian for me! "
Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, then became overjoyed. As expected by Emperor Chongzhen, he was a little worried at first. After all, what he had committed, now that he came back to his senses and thought about it carefully, the impact on the Ming Dynasty was too great. Will the emperor let him go? It’s hard to say!
However, now that Wang Chengen, a member of his party, has been entrusted with important tasks by Emperor Chongzhen, this signal is different. You know, Gao Qian's rank in the palace is actually not much different from that of Cao Huachun, but now he has his godson, a mere eunuch with a pen, to supervise him, and he is above him. This shows that in the heart of the emperor, he is indeed It has the meaning of letting things go by the past.
If you think about it further, it seems that everyone has a problem. If the emperor really wants to pursue it, he probably won't be able to pursue it. And I am an old man next to the emperor. When the emperor was still a believer in the king, I tried my best to please him. This capital is not available to everyone. If the emperor doesn't let himself go, then others will never let him go. If he really wants to do that, in the current precarious situation of the Ming Dynasty, if he starts a war, it will be over!
Cao Huachun thought this way, although there was still a trace of hidden worries buried in his heart, but at this time, overall, he had taken a reassurance, so much so that the emperor even walked out of the palace door. Only then did he come back to his senses and thanked him loudly. .
Afterwards, he immediately returned to Dongchang. On the way, of course, the eunuch who stayed in the palace came to wait on him and told him everything about the recent affairs in the palace.
Regarding the eight young eunuchs that the emperor seemed to be training from the inner study hall, Cao Huachun felt a little crisis in his heart. He had a vague feeling that after these eight eunuchs became available, they would replace the old people like himself?
But when he looked back and thought about it, it was still early for these eight eunuchs to become talents. And now that he is much older, it is probably not his turn to replace him. He has retired and returned home long ago. In this case, there will basically be no conflict between the eight eunuchs and himself.
Then, Cao Huachun carefully inquired about the eight palm print eunuchs and found that all of them were like the Wang Zhixin he saw on the road. They were doing what they were doing before and what they are doing now. The Emperor seemed to have kept his promise and let bygones be bygones. It seems that the emperor is not only good to himself as an old man, but also to other old people.
After reaching such a conclusion, Cao Huachun frowned and suddenly stood up. Seeing that there was no one else around him, he asked the eunuch: "Is that guy Wang Zhixin still using the name of the Royal Horse Supervisor as always?"
The eunuch was a little stunned after hearing this, but he was Cao Huachun's confidant after all. He immediately came to his senses and nodded immediately: "It hasn't changed at all, it's still the same as before!"
When Cao Huachun heard this, he immediately laughed ferociously. Since the emperor has forgotten the past and you are not taking it seriously and continue to do those things, then don't blame our family. Our family has guaranteed in front of the emperor that we will definitely do a good job in supervising the East Factory!
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen's methods of dealing with them were different. For the other eight people, the beating was actually very light. They just asked them to write a confession anonymously, and then nothing happened. This gave those eight people the illusion that this was a trivial matter.
In fact, it is indeed a small matter. Because what they made the emperor angry was just that they broke the selection rules of the inner study hall by appointing eunuchs. In their opinion, this kind of thing is just a trivial matter.
But Cao Huachun's side is different. He was blackmailed into accepting money from the foreign court and seriously neglecting his duties. This is a big deal! The emperor was also very angry about this and reprimanded him severely, which even made Wang Chengen at the time mistakenly believe that he was going to be severely punished. However, although there was no heavy fine in the end, they were still allowed to hand over the dirty silver.
Emperor Chongzhen's different ways of dealing with the two sides also left Cao Huachun with a gap in his heart. Everyone has done a lot of bad things, so why should my matter be so serious while you just do it lightly and don't worry about it? Since some of you have reported on our family, then our family will also expose your scandal to the emperor.
Haha, even though the emperor said to forget the past, you are still doing those things. If the emperor finds out later, let’s see what the emperor will do to you!
Thinking like this along the way, Cao Huachun quickly arrived at Dongchang. He had a gloomy expression on his face, as if everyone in the world owed him money and would not pay it back, which made his Dongchang subordinates secretly frightened, wondering what happened to the factory boss?
"Everyone, come and see us immediately!" Cao Huachun ordered and headed to the lobby.
Upon hearing his sudden arrival, there was a sudden commotion in each wing, making it very chaotic.
In the past, Cao Huachun wouldn't have cared, but at this time, he was very angry. The dignified East Factory is just like the yamen outside. There are games of cards, dice, and all sorts of nonsense, but no one is seen doing serious work!
What a bunch of pigs! Even if this incident hadn't happened, if we didn't straighten it out, we would have been dragged down by them!
With this in mind, he quickly sat down at the main seat in the lobby and waited for his men to come and gather.
