The news that the emperor wanted to establish a new yamen in the capital was quickly spread, especially the matter of charging the shops in the capital, which caused a sensation in the court.

Many of the shops in the capital were opened privately by imperial officials. On the surface, these officials only received a royal salary. In fact, they secretly ordered three aunts and eight aunts from far away to open shops. As their backer, he used

It is convenient for these shops to secretly open the back door for these shops. Naturally, these shops will regularly pay their backers money. But now if this new yamen is established, it will be easy for shops without backers to say that they will not pay anyone who they usually pay, and there will be those gangsters in the future.

When Qingpi caused trouble, he could still ask the Yamen to protect him. Those shops with backers were even more indignant. Not only did they make a profit, but they also had to pay two shares of the money. How could the shops stand it in the long run?

So the imperial court was naturally divided into two factions, one was the bureaucratic class, and the other was the nobles and nobles of the imperial court.

At this moment, most of the bureaucracy was gathered in the Mansion of Wan'an, the chief minister of the current cabinet. At this moment, all the civil servants had been clamoring all morning, but they had not made up their minds.

"Please be quiet for a while. I've been arguing all morning and my head is pounding." Wan An was the hardest worker in this interest debate. He had to listen to the suggestions on the left and ponder the ideas on the right.

.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, unlike his father, this emperor does not like to practice Taoism, practice alchemy, and recite Buddhism.

"Chief Assistant, you are the head of the officials of 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 civil and military officials in the court disapprove, this ridiculous idea may not be implemented." The person who spoke was none other than Liu Ji, Cheng, the second assistant to the current cabinet.

In the 22nd year of Hua's reign, he was promoted to the title of Prince Shaobao and Prince Taifu.

Everyone knew Liu Ji's little plan. Apart from those nobles and nobles, he owned the most shops, so he was the first to refuse to agree to the establishment of the new yamen. However, he was not able to refute the emperor, so he wanted Wan An to be the leader.

Following the joint name, after all, something happened and the first bird was shot.

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. Now seeing Liu Ji fooling Wan An,

He couldn't sit still immediately. If Wan'an fell, he, 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's arrogance.

Immediately he said: "Absolutely not. Now Li Zi Province has just been imprisoned, and the Jin Yiwei is still looking 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 an accurate letter, in case he reports you, and you are taking the lead in refuting His Majesty's decree, wouldn't you be shooting at the muzzle of the gun?"

Yin Yan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, 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 the chief minister Wan An as his company, even if something went wrong, he still felt more at ease.

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"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 will understand your painstaking efforts. Only in this way can we set an example for all officials, which is reasonable both for public and private purposes.

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In the Palace of Qianqing, Zhu Youtang was reading the document submitted by Wantong, which clearly stated all the net worth of Li Zi Province and the people who colluded with him to offer sorcery to Emperor Xianzong. There were many people involved, except the central government There is a big shrimp in the sixth part, and the others are all small minions, but the most important big fish is missing - the first assistant Wan'an.

Zhu Youtang came from the soul of a descendant. How could he not know that Li Zisheng was able to use the Five Thunder Techniques, Fangzhongshu and the magic monk Jixiao's Midas Gold Technique to contribute to Ming Xianzong? Recommended by Wanan. This Wantong must have received a lot of benefits from Wanan, 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 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 the Xiaoling Mausoleum, he had already taken a dim view of it. At his most glorious time, he served as the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and was the head of the eunuch department in the inner court. Even the admiral of the West When Wang Zhi from the factory saw him, he had to salute and shout: "Hello, Mr. Huai." But this fifty-four-year-old man was completely tired of the forty-year seduction and intrigues and scheming in the inner court. .

The Ming Dynasty attached great importance to inheritance and clan. Although he had a prominent position before, eunuchs were eunuchs after all and were not qualified to enter the clan sacrificial hall in any case. Therefore, they had always planned to guard the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Fengyang. Unexpectedly, the new emperor suddenly resurrected. I had never expected this. Except for Tiqi who came to deliver the message, the threshold of my residence had been trampled to pieces in the past two days.

After receiving the emperor's imperial edict, Huaien set off immediately, and within a few days he arrived at the imperial capital, the political center of the Ming Dynasty. When he re-entered the capital, he was filled with emotions. Before he could rest, the imperial envoy came in front of him. Come and 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 overjoyed and hurriedly left his memorial and went out to greet him in person.

"Your Majesty pays your respects to Jin'an, and I, the old servant Huaien, will pay homage to Your Majesty."

"You don't have to be so polite, get up quickly, Huai'en, you are much older." Looking at the white-haired Huai'en, Zhu Youtang said with emotion.

"To answer your Majesty, I am indeed getting old. I never thought I would be able to see your 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 Huaien, and the other brought a cup of high-quality tea that nourishes the mind and replenishes qi and blood to Huaien.

Zhu Youtang took a sip of wolfberry tea and said: "I think I relied on you to be comprehensive when I was a child. 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 Huaien heard this, he was shocked. He didn't expect that he would be able to resume his official position after he was over fifty. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Old slave, thank you, Your Majesty."

"You don't need to perform such complicated etiquette in front of me. I want to reorganize the inner palace. What do you think?"

"The old slave believes that we should first establish a supervision system inside the palace. Outside there are Dongchang and Jinyiwei 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 inside 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 right away. The fight between the ministers and the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty was really fierce, and some of the favored eunuchs even 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. The ones at the bottom may not even have enough to eat every day, so we can give them 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 lowest-level palace maids and eunuchs need 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 don’t even have enough to eat, they may not be able to

If something goes wrong, the rabbit will bite someone in a hurry, and the palace maid will kill the emperor in a hurry.
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