Chapter 127: Eunuch Crisis
Under the guidance of Wang Chengen, Wei Zhongxian stepped in from the main gate. As soon as he entered the door, he found that Xu Yingyuan, who had been serving the emperor, had a wink at himself. Xu Yingyuan was also a member of the Silijian like him. He was a eunuch on the pen and Xu Yingyuan was a eunuch in the pen. After Chongzhen ascended the throne, Xu Yingyuan served more people around him. Xu Yingyuan and Wei Zhongxian had a good personal relationship. They were good gambling friends when they were young, and their experiences were quite similar. They both castrated themselves and then went to the palace to be eunuchs. It is impossible to say that these two were both cruel people. Therefore, Xu Yingyuan was strictly classified as a member of the eunuch party by Chongzhen.
Xu Yingyuan has been serving Chongzhen for so many days. Xu Yingyuan is also a talented person, but his luck is a little worse than Wei Zhongxian, so he still cannot reach Wei Zhongxian's high position. However, after Chongzhen ascended the throne, he was elected by the Sili Supervisor to serve Chongzhen directly. Xu Yingyuan was quite happy at first. After all, those who stayed with the emperor every day must have the opportunity to become the confidant of the saint. However, after serving for so many days, he began to feel that it was wrong. The emperor seemed to have no trust in him and did not allow him to participate in many important things. For example, Wei Zhongxian could replace the saint to review memorials in the Tianqi period.
It happened that the young emperor was very close to the power of approval. After a few days of taking power, the Silijian asked the Silijian to send all the memorials to his desk. In this way, Wei Zhongxian would not be able to play any tricks in it. Even Wei Zhongxian himself felt that something was wrong, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, Chongzhen was kneeling at his feet a few days ago, so he wouldn't turn against him so quickly. Wei Zhongxian felt that it might be that the new official took office and had just ascended the throne, so he must have done something. After a long time, he was annoyed to review the memorials, so he naturally didn't bother to read them. The power was not his own, but he didn't expect that the side that Chongzhen showed him was not the real side of Chongzhen.
Xu Yingyuan winked at Wei Zhongxian as soon as he entered the door. In the past few days, Xu Yingyuan discovered something strange. Wang Chengen, the young eunuch who seemed to trust more in the Silijian than his emperor. This young eunuch is about the same age as the emperor. It is not surprising that they can talk together. But it is strange that Xu Yingyuan found that as long as he is here, Chongzhen designated not to talk to Wang Chengen much, even if it is communicated, it is business. Just like today, when he serves himself in person, Wang Chengen was immediately sent out to the door to serve on duty, but he also has many suspicions in the palace. When he is not here, he will naturally report today's situation. The news Xu Yingyuan has heard in recent days is that as long as he is not here, the emperor will immediately chat and talk to Wang Chengen.
So just yesterday, Xu Yingyuan wanted to see what the emperor and Wang Chengen were muttering. He deliberately went to the Sili Supervisor to do business in the afternoon, leaving only Wang Chengen and the emperor behind. He walked halfway but turned back. Yesterday, the gatekeeper was on duty, so he signaled that the follower would not need to be informed. If the emperor asked him, he would say that something had fallen and come back to get it. As a result, he had just walked to the door of the Yangxin Palace before he could step in, and saw the emperor and Wang Chengen whispering. He coughed gently at the door. The emperor saw him quickly sorted out the documents on the table and asked, "Xu Yingyuan, why are you back again? You don't send anyone to report."
Xu Yingyuan said, "Your Majesty, I have a seal in the Hall of Yangxin. I will come back. Because I am anxious, I rushed over. The gatekeeper didn't have time to report it, and the servant disturbed the emperor. The servant was willing to be punished."
"Forget it, get up, take the things and go to do business." Chongzhen signaled him to get up.
"Thank you!" Xu Yingyuan walked to the emperor's dragon chaise long and groped for a while, "Finished!" Xu Yingyuan squatted on the ground and picked up a small seal and said. Then he and Chongzhen bowed and were about to retreat.
The Palace of Yangxin is actually the emperor's bedroom. The inner room is very small, with a dragon chair in the middle and a dragon kang on the right. Usually if the emperor wants to handle official documents indoors, it is usually on the dragon kang. There is a small table on the dragon kang. Behind the dragon chair is a partitioned door curtain, and behind the door curtain is the bedroom. So when Xu Yingyuan was exploring by the dragon chair, he was actually very close to the small table on the dragon kang, and the small table is not high. Xu Yingyuan was taller than Wei Zhongxian. From the corner of his eyes, he could just glimpse the documents on the small table. When they saw other words, he saw Emperor Chongzhen wrote something on a piece of paper under a pair of folds. Then the paper was blocked by several memorials and could not see the complete content. Xu Yingyuan tried his best to see clearly. Suddenly, his hair was standing up all over his body, and he clearly saw two words "Eunuch Party!"
Xu Yingyuan was about to bow and leave, but Emperor Chongzhen had just observed his expression and saw a hint of shock in Xu Yingyuan's eyes. It must be that Xu Yingyuan had seen what he wrote. The eunuch party was a contemptuous name for Wei Zhongxian's followers. Emperor Tianqi would never use these two words to describe Wei Zhongxian and the others. Since Emperor Chongzhen wrote these two words, it was not a good omen. Xu Yingyuan was thinking about how to inform Wei Zhongxian later, but Chongzhen said, "Xu Yingyuan!"
"Sister is here!" Xu Yingyuan bowed.
"Wang Chengen is still young and has just arrived. He is not very skilled in many jobs. Let's do this. You have been with me in the palace of King Xin. I don't think you can go to the Silijian. It's better to stay and serve me like this. Let Wang Chengen come to visit the Silijian for sealing. What do you think?" Chongzhen asked.
Xu Yingyuan clearly felt a little bad in Emperor Chongzhen's tone. He vaguely felt something was wrong. Did the emperor find that something was wrong with him? Or was the emperor going to attack Wei Zhongxian?
Xu Yingyuan had no choice. Since the emperor spoke, he could only say: "I obey the order and the matter of the Lijian is not very urgent. Let's deal with it in two days. Today, the slave will be here to accompany the emperor."
Chongzhen signaled Wang Chengen to go out and leave Xu Yingyuan in the room to serve him. Now Xu Yingyuan has no chance to inform him, so he winked at Wei Zhongxian when he came in. Xu Yingyuan's original intention was to make Wei Zhongxian be more cautious in speaking.
Wei Zhongxian did not understand Xu Yingyuan's meaning, and he did not take Chongzhen seriously at all. He did not kneel down when he came in, but just bowed and said, "I will see Your Majesty."
"The factory is exempted from gifts, I don't know what the factory is doing?" Chongzhen was not angry, but asked in a steady tone.
"Report to Your Majesty, I just received a secret report from the Nanzhen Fushi Department that Luo Yangxing, who was arrested by the old slave, was brought to prison by someone from the palace. Luo Yangxing is an important criminal, and you know what case it is related to. The emperor also wants to ask the emperor, since he is a person from the palace, I don't know if the emperor knows this. The prison guard said that the person who mentioned the person was a 16 or 17-year-old young eunuch, who seemed to be holding the jade plaque on the emperor. I wonder if it is true or false?" Wei Zhongxian asked with his head up.
Chongzhen stared at Wei Zhongxian for a while, and his heart was a little scared. Wei Zhongxian then noticed that Xu Yingyuan was winking and clapping his eyes. He thought to himself, Xu Yingyuan is crazy, what are you always signaling there? If you have something to say, can this Ming Dynasty take off the palm of my Wei Zhongxian?
I heard the emperor speak in my ear: "What the factory said is good. I proposed to go there. It is of great importance. I have just ascended the throne, so I want to interrogate myself."
"Your Majesty, it's wrong. Dongchang and Jinyiwei specialize in handling major cases. Jinyiwei's Nanbei and Nanfufu Department are responsible for interrogation. This is also the ancestral system. Since the criminal is an insider of Jinyiwei, there is no problem with the Nanfu Department being detained. The emperor went up to mention that there was no other yamen that could investigate the case of Jinyiwei, so the old slave thought that if the criminal could be brought back, he would be handed over to the old slave for interrogation. He also asked the emperor to believe that the old slave would definitely have an explanation." Wei Zhongxian said with a gun and a stick.
"The factory is tired, so let me leave this matter to you. It's better to go back and rest earlier." Chongzhen said.
"I am not tired, I should share my worries for the emperor." Wei Zhongxian said without giving in. Xu Yingyuan, who was on the side, had already felt soaked in his tight clothes.
Chongzhen suddenly raised his voice and said, "Master, please rest. In the future, there will be me, the cabinet, and the three departments and six departments, so the factory will not worry." A sound of footsteps sounded outside the door, and suddenly there were fully armed soldiers of the Shenji Camp outside the Palace of Yangxin. They were covered with armor and guarded outside the bedroom. A thousand general came in and knelt down and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the Shenji Camp has temporarily taken over the defense of the Forbidden City and has handed over to the Imperial Guard."
Wei Zhongxian was shocked and blurted out: "Are you going to rebel?"
"The factory owner is careful. They came after my order. Get up." Chongzhen pointed to the officer kneeling on the ground and said.
The officer stood up, held the hilt in his left hand and stood beside him, staring at Wei Zhongxian fiercely. Wei Zhongxian was shocked, and then looked at Xu Yingyuan next to him with an extremely pale face, and Chongzhen continued to look through the memorials as if nothing had happened. Wang Chengen, the little eunuch outside the door, also stared at him hatefully.
Wei Zhongxian realized something, and he immediately knelt down and bowed to the ground, "Since the emperor has already made up his mind, the old slave will give up."
"Wait." Chongzhen said.
"I wonder what else is going on with the priest?" Wei Zhongxian asked.
"There is a memorial about the Censorate. Please ask the factory to take it back and take a closer look." Chongzhen handed Wei Zhongxian a memorial. Wei Zhongxian was surprised in his heart, why did the Censorate's memorial do for him, so he immediately took it and then slowly retreated out of the door.
Chapter completed!