Chapter 17 Ingratiate the Emperor
Sun Hai just kowtowed and said: "I am a slave guarding theft, bribing power, and willing to be punished!"
Empress Dowager Li sneered, looked at Sun Hai and said, "It's true that just like the disciples, there will be the same kind of master."
"When I saw you beating and scolding other chamberlains, I couldn't stand your frivolous behavior! I just held back and didn't have an attack."
"I didn't expect you to cause even greater trouble!"
"However, you are responsible."
"That's it."
As Queen Mother Li spoke, she looked at Zhu Yijun at this moment: "Jun'er, you are the emperor, you can handle it."
On the surface, Empress Dowager Li would not directly make decisions, in order to avoid being accused of being involved in politics in the harem. She would only express her position after the emperor dealt with it.
Zhu Yijun took the opportunity to say: "Although Sun Dexiu is good at wearing sacred objects, he should be killed according to the law!"
"But considering that he didn't know anything about it and that he was an old slave who served his father, we can forgive him for the crime of disrespect."
"But he actually asked for bribes from his eunuchs and was too greedy for money. He should not be in the ceremonial office and should be expelled from the palace. In addition, he failed to control people well and spoke arrogantly. It is really unforgivable. It is better to avoid the death penalty and directly send him to Nanjing to be purified.
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Zhu Yijun went on to say: "As for Sun Hai, he was forced to pay bribes and did not know that the jade was rewarded by his mother. Although he can be forgiven for the death penalty, after all, he committed a crime and it is not appropriate to stay in Qianqing Palace. He should be punished to live in Nanjing."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li did not express her position directly, but only looked at Feng Bao: "Feng Bao, you are the minister who took care of the late emperor's orders. Please tell me, how did your emperor handle it like this?"
Sun Dexiu also looked at Feng Bao at this time.
Feng Baoze said: "Back to your Majesty, your Majesty's handling of this situation is very appropriate. It is both clear and just, and also contains kindness and forgiveness."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li nodded: "You are right!"
Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao and said, "My dear friend, please draw up a handwritten edict."
"According to the order!"
Feng Bao responded.
At this time, Sun Dexiu suddenly shouted: "Empress! It's true that this old slave is greedy for money and forgets his decency, but I'm not the only one who is greedy for money and doesn't take the emperor seriously!"
"He Feng Bao also treats the emperor like a child!"
"He colluded with foreign ministers behind the emperor's back, interfered in the appointment of foreign ministers, and also demanded bribes wantonly!"
"It's just that because he is the ceremonial supervisor, the eunuch, and the admiral of the East Factory, no one dares to say anything!"
As Sun Dexiu spoke, he looked at Zhu Yijun again: "Your Majesty Mingjian! This old slave has hated you and ended up like this. I have nothing to say."
"But the first person who really deceived you and didn't take you seriously was Feng Bao!"
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have relied on the late emperor's favor to seek power for himself. He would not only be in charge of the ceremonial department, but would also supervise the Dongchang factory. As a result, he could dominate the sky with one hand and dominate the government. No one would dare to say that he was not good at all, not even the official.
Don’t dare impeach him!”
Sun Dexiu suddenly pointed his sword at Feng Bao. Naturally, it was because he had guessed Zhu Yijun's intentions and deliberately fired at Feng Bao in an attempt to gain Zhu Yijun's favor and prepare for his future comeback or a good ending.
After all, although Feng Bao had great power, the one who could really kill him was the emperor.
What's more, now that he has seen the emperor's methods and realized that the emperor is not as kind and easy to bully as Sun Hai said, he is clearly a ruthless person like Shizong, so he does not dare to despise Zhu Yijun anymore.
Feng Bao also did not dare to despise Zhu Yijun anymore. In order to prevent Zhu Yijun from hating him when he grew up, he hurriedly knelt down and proved his innocence:
"Your Majesty, please! This old slave will never dare to have any intention of taking power for himself. Now that Eunuch Sun has said so, and my wife happens to be here, I would also like to ask Your Majesty to allow me to resign from the post of Admiral of Dongchang to prove my innocence!
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Zhu Yijun already knew from Zhang Jing that Feng Bao had actually planned to resign as the admiral of Dongchang for a long time, and to retreat as a strategy to avoid the emperor, who was obviously precocious, from being suspicious of him, and only to
Secretly control factory guards.
Because Feng Bao has determined that after he resigns as the admiral of the East Factory, Zhang Hong will be the only one to supervise the East Factory.
However, Zhang Hong only obeyed Feng Bao's orders, so Feng Bao could still indirectly control Dongchang through Zhang Hong.
Now that he has resigned from the post of Admiral Dongchang, he is just pretending not to exercise authority.
Of course, Feng Bao didn't know that Zhang Jing had secretly defected to Emperor Zhu Yijun, and he didn't know that Zhu Yijun knew his true purpose.
Zhu Yijun, whose ultimate goal was to remove Feng Bao, Empress Dowager Li's minion, did not want Feng Bao to know, so he pretended not to know and hurriedly said:
"Come on, dear friend! Of course I and the Queen Mother believe in you!"
Then, Zhu Yijun said: "However, since you have taken the initiative to resign from the post of Admiral Dongchang, I will agree to it, so that more people will not think that you are monopolizing power because you are in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and are also the Admiral of Dongchang without knowing it.
, the fundamental reason here is actually that the late emperor and I only trust you as the great companion. But in that case, it is up to you, the great companion, to propose who will take over the post of Admiral Dongchang."
When Feng Bao heard what Zhu Yijun said, he couldn't help but beam with joy. He thought that by taking Zhang Jing's suggestion and voluntarily resigning from the post of Admiral Dongchang, he made the emperor less suspicious, so that he would be recommended by him, so he said:
"Now among the eunuchs Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, only Eunuch Zhang Hong can supervise Dongchang. Moreover, Eunuch Zhang has always been honest and cautious. In my humble opinion, he is suitable to supervise Dongchang."
"Zhang Hong is very good!"
Besides Feng Bao, the most popular eunuch of Empress Dowager Li was Zhang Hong.
Feng Bao naturally became a disciple of hers very early and even inquired about Emperor Longqing's situation for her;
Zhang Hong, on the other hand, has always been sophisticated, careful not to offend others, and good at making friends with nobles in the palace, which left a good impression on both Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen.
Of course, even Feng Bao himself had a good impression of Zhang Hong.
And Zhu Yijun himself also thinks Zhang Hong is good.
Although Zhang Hongmingzhe protected himself a little, he did not interfere with the execution of his power as the emperor and knew his position very well.
Therefore, even though Zhu Yijun only took him to the Wenhua Hall to give lectures once, he felt that Zhang Hong was more suitable to stay by his side than Feng Bao.
Back to the conversation.
Because of this, Empress Dowager Li said one more thing at this time, saying that Zhang Hong was very good.
Zhu Yijun took advantage of the situation and said: "Since the queen mother and the eldest companion have said so, let Zhang Hong supervise the East Factory instead of the eldest companion."
Sun Dexiu pretended to smile bitterly at this time, but he said nothing more and was only taken down together with Sun Hai.
After that, Feng Baoze said: "Sun Dexiu is going to be sent to Nanjing. Next, the ceremonial supervisor will be even more lacking. From the old slave's point of view, we have to replace him with a ceremonial supervisor, Bingbi eunuch, otherwise it will affect government affairs."
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After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "Who do you think is suitable to be appointed as the eunuch of Bingbi?"
At this time, Zhang Jing could not help but swallow.
In front of Empress Dowager Li, Zhu Yijun deliberately showed that he trusted Feng Bao and only let Feng Bao come up with ideas instead of acting arbitrarily.
Feng Bao also hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, I think it is more appropriate to let Zhang Jing join the ceremonial supervisor as the eunuch Bingbi. He was born in the inner study hall and was trained by Zhang Hong. He has a calm temperament and is not like
Sun Hai is impatient."
Queen Mother Li nodded and asked Zhu Yijun: "Emperor, what do you think?"
"Just him! I have a good eye. Zhang Jing has indeed performed very well in the Qianqing Palace these days. I asked him some Confucian classics and he could analyze them very well. I got a lot of praise in front of Mr. Yuanfu Zhang Well, you can also write very well!"
Zhu Yijun praised him without hesitation.
Empress Dowager Li laughed: "It's good to be knowledgeable! Just don't lead the emperor to fool around!"
At this time, Zhang Jing came over, knelt in front of Zhu Yijun and thanked him for his kindness.
Zhu Yijun just smiled after asking Zhang Jingping.
He discovered that after he traveled through time and became the Wanli Emperor, he became wiser and matured earlier than the Wanli Emperor in history. The first person to benefit from this would be Zhang Jing.
This Quan Huan, who was supposed to have the opportunity to enter the Office of Ceremonies as the eunuch Bingbi only after Wanli's wedding because Wanli became increasingly dissatisfied with Feng Bao, actually took advantage of this opportunity to enter the Office of Ceremonies and become the eunuch Bingbi in advance.
Chapter completed!