In the second month of the lunar calendar, the atmosphere of the New Year seems to have gradually dissipated. In Beijing, people from all walks of life are busy as they should. It is impossible to celebrate the New Year at home every day for twelve months of the year.
, more people still have to run for their own livelihood.
The entire Ming court seemed like a giant beast that had taken a nap quietly due to winter sleepiness, but began to wake up again with the arrival of spring.
The ordinary people in the market have to run around, and the officials and subordinates also have to run around. Earlier, various yamen had already opened their offices to serve as directors. The chief officials of each yamen could still do three days of fishing and two days of fishing by socializing during the first month.
The matter of Tianshai.com has been going on for a month. If you don’t want to be impeached by the censor, it’s better to go to court honestly. Adults are like this, so the people working below have no reason to be lazy.
Of course, there are exceptions.
Just like Zhang Cai, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, if he is happy, he would go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and do some official business, which is naturally good. However, if he is unhappy, he will not show up in the yamen at all, and he will never do it.
There will be that censor who is so fed up that he will impeach him. This impeachment memorial has to go through the Supervisor of Ceremonies before it can reach the hands of the emperor. No matter how stupid Mr. Liu, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, is, he will not tolerate these censors.
Just use the number one think tank around you to do the surgery.
Yes, Zhang Cai is Liu Jin’s think tank.
Eunuch Liu now dominates the court, and his power is overwhelming. However, there is one thing that no matter how powerful he is, he cannot hide it. Eunuch Liu is not very educated.
During the Taizu period of the Ming Dynasty, all the chamberlains selected in the palace were illiterate. This was an ancestral system established by Emperor Taizu to prevent the chamberlains from interfering in political affairs.
It is a pity that this custom was destroyed by his son not long after. Emperor Yongle Jingnan was outstanding among the chamberlains and made great contributions. There are really not too many, such as Zhang Gouer, Zheng He, etc.
It can be said that the chamberlain must be both literary and military. Zheng He, who was in charge of the chamberlain, even led a fleet of tens of thousands of people to spread the power of the Ming Dynasty all over the world. With these people as examples, the chamberlain's ambition seems to have also improved.
It grew unconsciously.
Fortunately, Emperor Yongle was more generous to his chamberlains than his father. In response to the chamberlains' ambitions, he simply made a big move and allowed instructors to enter the palace to teach the chamberlains how to read and write. This became a regular practice from then on, which made Ming Dynasty's
The internal official has since escaped from the quagmire of illiteracy.
During the Xuande period, an inner academy was set up in the palace, where Hanlin scholars taught the eunuchs to study "Hundred Family Names", "The Thousand-Character Classic", "The Classic of Filial Piety", "Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", etc.
, the culture of the chamberlains has just improved a little bit.
However, the Inner Academy has little to do with Eunuch Liu. The reason is very simple. There is an age limit for admission to the Inner Academy. Those who are eligible for admission are all palace servants in their teens. As we all know, Eunuch Liu is in his thirties.
I just had the incision and entered the palace myself, but I couldn’t make it in time.
Therefore, whatever the experience and experience of Eunuch Liu was before entering the palace, it will probably be the same after entering the palace. As for the "New Deal" that is now being vigorously promoted by Eunuch Liu, those who are a little discerning are a little disdainful. Some contents in the New Deal are still good.
But it may not be that Eunuch Liu came up with it himself. If his guess is correct, it should have been done by Zhang Cai, who was around Eunuch Liu, and a group of scholars who had joined Liu Jin.
However, this also shows how important Zhang Cai's status is in Liu Jin's eyes. It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that he is a think tank and a literary daring person.
For this reason, Zhang Cai basically did not need to report when he came in and out of Liu Jin's foreign residence. At this moment, Zhang Cai did not go to the official department to order money, but wandered into Liu Eunuch's foreign residence outside the West City.
In addition to Liu Jin having his own residence in the palace and the leopard room, the only thing he really regarded as his home was this foreign residence covering an area of more than 100 acres. If he was not serving the emperor, most of
At that time, Liu Jin always stayed in this house. As for the official affairs of the Supervisor of Ceremonies that needed Liu Jin's instructions, they were sent here without any surprise.
When Zhang Cai stayed here, he spent much more time than when he stayed in the Ministry of Personnel.
However, when he came today, he suddenly remembered something. When Eunuch Li was chatting with him a few days ago, he mentioned Qian Ning, and naturally also mentioned Qian Wubing, the Jin Yiwei who had become popular recently. At that time, he just heard
It sounded familiar to him, but he didn't take it seriously. When he returned home, this feeling became even stronger. With his photographic memory, he was very sure that he had heard of this name before Eunuch Liu mentioned it.
It would be fine if he was an insignificant person, but when this person suddenly appeared and reached the position of Nanzhen Fusi and Zhenfu, Zhang Cai felt it was necessary to pay attention to it. You know, a year ago, he was just a
The title of doctor in the Literature and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel is a bit lower than that of Nanzhen Fusi. However, it took him twenty years to reach the position of doctor. Although it is easy for a military man to get promoted easily.
, but this is too outrageous.
There was also a slight hint of solicitation in Liu Jin's words, but the person who was originally sent to handle this matter did it badly. Speaking of which, Eunuch Liu severely attacked the remaining stalls in Dongchang.
After a few curses, the matter seemed to be over at this point. If you can't recruit, you can't recruit. It's not like Liu Eunuch's subordinates are in trouble without this person. Without him, Zhang Butcher, would Eunuch Liu still be able to eat belts?
A hairy pig?
However, after he returned, he relied on his memory to dig out the document with Qian Wubing's name on it.
It was the coupon that Luan Yuping, the official of Tianfu, requested to open a shop to sell taxes. This was the first time that the coupon was presented. Seeing the benefits, Eunuch Liu approved it. Eunuch Liu had so many things to do, and it would not be possible to get through these things.
He still remembered it, and he later investigated the following. According to the information handed over by Yingtian Mansion, the store tax seemed to be implemented in Yingtian Mansion without much backlash. It seemed that the official who assisted the promotion official
The Jinyiwei Baihu who implemented this market stall tax were called Qian Wubing.
Then check the resume of Qian Wubing, who is now the governor of Nanzhen Fusi. Sure enough, he once served in Nanjing, and he was a member of the 100th household of Nanjing Jinyiwei Thousand Households. There is no doubt that Qian Wubing and the other
Qian Wubing is the same person.
Eunuch Liu may not be clear, but Zhang Cai is clear about how difficult it is to implement a law that cuts off the flesh of many officials and nobles, especially the Jin Yiwei who is in charge of such a big-ass official.
Hundreds of households, if this law can be implemented, either those noble officials don't care about this little money at all, or those noble officials are not willing to have a bad relationship with them just for this little money.
The truth of the matter needs to be investigated to find out.
Zhang Cai sent people in the name of Liu Jin to Nanjing to investigate the matter, and now, the results of the investigation were sent back six hundred miles. As soon as Zhang Cai received the news, he could no longer sit still.
, and immediately headed towards Liu Jin's outer house.
"You're here, come and take a look at these tickets. After only a few days of rest during the Chinese New Year, these guys are starting to get restless again!" Liu Jin saw Zhang Cai coming in, dusted off a ticket in his hand, and came over.
Zhang Cai took it and took a look. It was a list of vacancies for county magistrates from various places reported by the cabinet this year. However, in this long list, the names of several people had been heavily outlined by Liu Jin with a red pen. Zhang Cai saw
When I heard these names, I felt they looked familiar. After thinking about it again, I suddenly realized that these were not all officials arrested by Dongchang when Liu Gonggong was in power last year. Many officials in the court wrote letters asking for help. These people
Aren’t they all the people who wrote the letter?
"They thought that the Zajia's memory was not very good. Huh, but they didn't expect that the Zajia's memory was very good. Look at this, Wang Shouren. That's the son of that old guy Wang Hua. I seem to have demoted him to an insignificant person.
The place has gone, this guy stuffed his name in, trying to bring in private goods, does he really think that the Zajia family is just a decoration?"
"Luzhou County Magistrate!?" Zhang Cai smiled, "What a big deal. My father-in-law is worried about this matter. It's not a good deal. My father-in-law has forgotten what I said a few days ago. He is suppressing these officials blindly.
We can only make them feel resentful towards the father-in-law, suppress them, and give them some sweeteners. Maybe they will feel that going against the father-in-law is far outweighed by the benefits of following the father-in-law in doing things!"
"What do you mean, you told me to pretend I didn't see it!" Liu Jin looked a little unhappy. This was Zhang Cai. If it had been anyone else, he would have kicked him in the face.
"It's rare to be confused occasionally, which is a good thing!" Zhang Cai smiled gently, as if he had no reaction to Liu Jin's perseverance.
Liu Jin stared at him. After a while, he seemed to have figured it out. Maybe he also felt that what Zhang Cai said made sense!
"Okay, let's give them a taste of the sweetness, but I have to explain this to them. Don't think you're trying to fool me. The Za family knows everything in their mind!"
Liu Jin approved the memorial with a red pen. This is called "approving the red", which means that the emperor has read the draft sent by the cabinet and expressed his approval. The Secretary of Ceremony has the power to approve the red, which is why
The important reason why Liu Jin is so powerful now is that he is the palm of the Chief of Ceremonies. In many cases, he can help the emperor make decisions on some insignificant matters, but the current emperor, no matter what important or unimportant things you do, he will do it all at once.
Er's right to handle these matters was given to Liu Jin.
Seeing Liu Jin fussing about what he was doing, Zhang Cai stood aside quietly without saying a word.
"Is something wrong?" Liu Jin asked a little strangely when he saw Zhang Cai hadn't left yet after approving another ticket.
"Yes!" Zhang Cai nodded: "I found out something, I think my father-in-law might be interested!"
"Oh, what is it about!" Liu Jin asked nonchalantly, but didn't listen.
"It's about Wang Yue, the eunuch who was guarding Nanjing, and Qian Wubing, who is now Fusi Town, Jinyiweinan Town!" Zhang Cai replied.
Liu Jin stopped walking and turned around with an old face, his expression uncertain: "Tell me exactly how the two of them got together!"