During today's court meeting, Emperor Deqing announced that he would take back the authority of the West Factory and the Inner Transport Depot from Zhao Junchen, and return these two yamen to the inner court.
In this way, after the inner court got the news, they naturally cheered.
Both the West Factory and the inner transport warehouse are yamen with great power and richness. The inner court should have been responsible for it originally. However, Emperor Deqing did not trust the ability of the eunuchs in the inner court, so he actually left everything to Zhao Junchen.
Foreign ministers are responsible.
However, Zhao Junchen is indeed very capable. After he took over the internal transportation warehouse, the internal funds that were originally underperforming soon became surplus, and he also added a lot of financial resources, such as the pancake business, which is making a lot of money every day. Now,
The inner shipping warehouse is the monopoly. Except for Zhao Junchen's Yuerongfang, if merchants in the Ming Dynasty want to get involved in the fragrant pancreas business, they must buy goods from the inner shipping warehouse; and after Zhao Junchen established the West Factory,
It has made great achievements many times, and in many cases even defeated the old Dongchang.
As a result, the great eunuchs in the inner court felt that their faces were dull, but they could only praise Emperor Deqing's "discernment of people" against their will, and did not dare to mention to Emperor Deqing the return of these two yamen to the inner court.
I just feel that it will be difficult for the inner court to take back these two yamen in a short period of time, at least not until Zhao Junchen falls.
Therefore, the great eunuchs of the inner court had originally given up their thoughts on the West Factory and the Inner Transport Warehouse, but unexpectedly, due to the change in the situation, they actually got lucky and the West Factory and the Inner Transport Warehouse suddenly returned to their hands.
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Regarding this situation, the eunuchs in the inner court were naturally overjoyed.
Among them, although Xichang has the power of detective work and is a trusted minion of the emperor, commanding the awe of all officials in the outer court, in the eyes of the eunuchs in the inner court, the importance of Xichang is far less than that of the inner transport warehouse.
There is no other. The inner transport warehouse is the emperor's internal money, and the oil and water are the most abundant. And after Zhao Junchen's painstaking management, the inner transport warehouse now has a considerable surplus, and has also found many ways to make money. The great eunuchs of the inner court
After obtaining the authority of the inner transport warehouse, you can get endless benefits with just a little manipulation.
At any time, seeking benefits for oneself is the most important thing, especially for the eunuchs in the inner court.
Therefore, after receiving the news, the eunuchs in the inner court quickly gathered together.
After taking over the West Factory and the Inner Shipping Warehouse, there are many things that need to be dealt with. The most important thing is how to distribute the many interests of the West Factory and the Inner Shipping Warehouse. They also need to carefully study.
In the lobby of the Inner Chamber of Ceremonies, the great eunuchs from the Twelfth Eunuch, the Fourth Division, and the Eighth Bureau were gathered together. They all looked happy and discussed their bright prospects for the future with great interest.
The Si Li Jian is the head of the twelve imperial eunuchs, and is fully responsible for all matters in the imperial city. He manages tens of thousands of eunuchs, is responsible for secret memorials, and has the power to draw up votes and approve red papers. The East Factory is also under his jurisdiction.
The most powerful one.
The current eunuch of the Si Li Supervisor is named Wu Xinquan. He is about fifty years old. He is tall and slender, with a white face and no beard. He has an elegant appearance and a calm expression. If an uninformed person sees him, he may mistakenly think that he is an academic.
A successful Confucian scholar, it is hard to believe that he was a eunuch and the leader of tens of thousands of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, this seemingly elegant and gentle old eunuch had very unusual methods. At this time, all the eunuchs in the inner court looked respectful in front of him. It was obvious that Wu Xinquan had not been in charge of the Chief Eunuch for a long time.
But it has already established prestige in the inner court.
At this time, in the lobby, Wu Xinquan was sitting on the right side of the main seat. He smiled and said to the eunuchs: "Everyone must have heard the news. In today's morning meeting, His Majesty has already arranged for Xichang and
The two major yamen in the inner transport warehouse were taken back from Zhao Junchen and returned to the hands of our inner court. This is a great joy."
As soon as Wu Xinquan finished speaking, he saw Zhu Jinrong, the eunuch in charge of the inner court, nodded repeatedly and said loudly: "Yes, especially the inner transport warehouse is in charge of the receipt and expenditure of internal funds. It has always been the lifeblood of our inner court. This yamen is back in our hands."
After that, we people will no longer have to be constrained by Zhao Junchen."
Zhu Jinrong is a short and fat eunuch who has always been Wu Xinquan's yes man, but his current attitude is not just about echoing Wu Xinquan.
The Internal Affairs Supervisor has always been responsible for procurement and construction. In the past years, when the transportation warehouse was still in the hands of the inner court, the Internal Affairs Supervisor could make a lot of benefits every year by falsely reporting accounts, fabricating losses, etc., but since Deqing two years ago
After the emperor handed over the management of the inner transport warehouse to Zhao Junchen, the good days of the inner official prison came to an end. Whether purchasing or constructing, the required expenses were strictly reviewed, so the oil and water of the inner official prison was reduced by more than half.
Life has been a lot tougher, but on the other hand, the turnover situation in the internal shipping warehouse has improved a lot.
Now, after the inner court took back the power of the inner transport warehouse, the happiest person is Zhu Jinrong, the eunuch in charge of the inner official prison.
After Wu Xinquan glanced at Zhu Jinrong, he didn't say anything, but continued with a calm expression: "This is certainly a good thing, but we can't just be happy and neglect the work. The top priority now is to organize people to take care of this as soon as possible.
The two yamen have been handed over and allowed to run smoothly. There must not be any trouble. Otherwise, we will lose face and not be able to explain it to His Majesty. The West Factory is okay, we can transfer some from the East Factory.
The eunuchs who are familiar with relevant matters believe that the situation will be under control soon, but the key is the internal transport warehouse. After Zhao Junchen has been operating it for two years, the internal transport warehouse is completely out of our control. As for the current situation of the internal transport warehouse,
We don’t know much about the situation, but we need to put some thought into it.”
After a pause, Wu Xinquan continued: "My idea is that our twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus should all send their eunuchs who are best at financial management and accounting to the inner transport warehouse to familiarize themselves with the inner transport warehouse as soon as possible.
situation, the situation in the internal transportation warehouse has been stabilized. At the same time, although we have taken over the internal transportation warehouse from Zhao Junchen, we cannot just leave Zhao Junchen aside. Instead, we must further deepen our relationship with him, right?
We have also prepared a batch of valuable gifts. We will deliver them to Zhao Junchen’s house tonight to express our sincerity to Zhao Junchen.”
After hearing Wu Xinquan's thoughts, all the eunuchs present nodded in succession at first. But after hearing Wu Xinquan's final instructions, they were all stunned.
Although there is a cooperative relationship between the inner court and Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen often gives these great eunuchs some benefits, all the great eunuchs generally have a bad impression of Zhao Junchen, not only because Zhao Junchen once took away from them
The two yamen of Xichang and Neichangku also beat them from time to time because Zhao Junchen had a very strong attitude towards them.
At the beginning of the year, shortly after Emperor Deqing's birthday, just because the eunuchs in the inner court slightly violated Zhao Junchen's wishes, Zhao Junchen seized the opportunity of corruption in the inner court and pursued them fiercely, almost causing a major purge in the inner court. In the end,
It was only after Liu Qing, the chief eunuch of the inner study, came forward to sue Zhao Junchen for peace and promised not to do anything else again that Zhao Junchen let the inner court go.
Therefore, the great eunuchs present did not like Zhao Junchen very much, and were even slightly hostile, although they would still accept Zhao Junchen's benefits.
In fact, it was precisely because Zhao Junchen saw through the white-eyed wolf nature of these eunuchs that he formulated a plan to infiltrate the inner court.
So, after hearing Wu Xinquan's instructions, Xu Sheng, the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, asked: "It is His Majesty's order that we take over the West Factory and the inner transport warehouse, and Zhao Junchen will never dare to violate it. In this case, why should we please
Zhao Junchen In the past, Zhao Junchen took charge of the internal transportation warehouse by himself and threatened us from time to time. Now that we have taken back the internal transportation warehouse, we are no longer restricted by him, and we can completely throw Zhao Junchen away.
aside"
Like Wu Xinquan, the appearance and temperament of Xu Sheng, the eunuch of the Royal Horse Eunuch, did not look like a eunuch. He was tall, with a sinewy face and a arrogant attitude. Instead, he looked like a butcher.
However, before Xu Sheng finished speaking, Wu Xinquan interrupted: "Put aside Zhao Junchen's short-sighted and foolish move."
As he spoke, Wu Xinquan's expression turned cold, and he finally showed his power as the eunuch in charge of the ceremony.
After hearing Wu Xinquan's evaluation, Xu Sheng couldn't help but suffocated, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but after hesitating for a moment, he still said: "Please give me some advice from Governor Wu."
When Wu Xinquan saw that Xu Sheng had relented, his expression softened slightly and explained: "Although His Majesty has issued an imperial edict, asking Zhao Junchen to transfer the West Factory and the inner transport warehouse to our hands. Although Zhao Junchen does not dare to violate the imperial decree, but you
Do you think we just need to take over these two yamen and be done with it? Without Zhao Junchen’s cooperation, even if we take over these two yamen, we will only take over an empty shell."
"Empty Shell" After hearing Wu Xinquan's explanation, Xu Sheng became even more confused and asked: "Is it possible that Zhao Junchen still dares to embezzle all the accumulated internal funds? If so, we only need to tell the truth to His Majesty, and His Majesty will never
He will be spared. After all, the internal funds are different from the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue. The money in the internal funds is His Majesty's private money. No matter how greedy Zhao Junchen is, how can he dare to touch His Majesty's private money?"
Wu Xinquan snorted coldly: "How dare you? Zhao Junchen is best at financial management and accounting. He has been in charge of the internal transportation warehouse for more than two years. Except for him, no one knows the income and expenditure of the internal funds in the past two years. As long as he
If you fiddle with the accounts a little bit, we will lose a lot of money from the money we took over, and no one can find fault with it."
After hearing Wu Xinquan's explanation, all the eunuchs frowned.
When the eunuchs think about it, what Wu Xinquan said is indeed very likely to happen. If they want to hand over the oil and water yamen in their hands to others, they will also do some tricks in the accounts in advance and embezzle some benefits before leaving their jobs. But
The accounting method cannot be as clever as Zhao Junchen's.
The great eunuchs present judged others by themselves, so they naturally thought that Zhao Junchen would do the same. In fact, these great eunuchs did not guess wrong, and Zhao Junchen did have thoughts and preparations in this regard.
After a pause, Wu Xinquan continued: "If that's all, it's okay. Although we lost a lot of money today, as long as we control the internal funds, the money will be recovered sooner or later. But do you still remember that in just two years?
Before, before Zhao Junchen took over the internal transport warehouse, what was the situation of the internal transport warehouse and what is the situation of the internal transport warehouse now?"
As Wu Xinquan finished speaking, the eunuchs were stunned for a moment, then frowned and their expressions became serious.
Two years ago, all the great eunuchs were aware of the situation in the inner transport warehouse. Revenues could not be met, losses were serious, turnover was difficult, and it was unsustainable. They could not even pay for the expenses of the empresses in the palace. It was precisely because of this.
In this way, Emperor Deqing handed over the internal transportation warehouse to Zhao Junchen, who was good at financial management.
After Zhao Junchen took charge, the situation in the internal transportation treasury improved greatly. Although Emperor Deqing and the harem spent more and more money, the internal funds became increasingly abundant. Emperor Deqing no longer had to worry about not having enough money.
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Comparing the two, it is natural that heaven and earth are superior, but it also seems that the eunuchs in the inner court are too incompetent.
While the eunuchs were silent, Wu Xinquan said again: "However, in just two years, why has the situation of internal money changed so drastically? In my opinion, Zhao Junchen's method is actually simple to explain, but
It’s just about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. On the one hand, it opens up new financial resources for the internal transportation warehouse, and on the other hand, it reduces the private interests of those of us.”
Having said this, Wu Xinquan's face turned cold again. After Zhao Junchen took charge of the internal funds, although Wu Xinquan was the head of the internal court, the benefits he received were also reduced a lot.
However, in the blink of an eye, Wu Xinquan had collected his thoughts and continued: "Zhao Junchen's method is indeed effective. After we take over the internal transportation warehouse, we must copy it. Otherwise, if the money becomes corrupt again within two years,
, we are probably about to welcome His Majesty’s wrath. However, it’s just about reducing expenditures, but how can we bypass Zhao Junchen in terms of revenue generation? Don’t forget, everyone, although Zhao Junchen has opened up several financial avenues for internal funds,
But these financial channels have always been in the hands of Zhao Junchen. If Zhao Junchen just handed over the internal transportation warehouse to us but kept those financial routes in his own hands, then the internal transportation warehouse we took over would be just an empty shell.
It’s just a mess, sooner or later it will return to the situation two years ago. So, although we have to take over the internal transportation warehouse, Zhao Junchen must not offend him. On the contrary, we need to be even more friendly. If we want to manage the internal funds smoothly
.I will never be able to do without Zhao Junchen from now on."
After hearing these explanations from Wu Xinquan, all the eunuchs felt a little helpless, but they still nodded in agreement.
After all, everything Wu Xinquan said is true. Take the pancake business monopolized by the inner shipping warehouse as an example. This business seems to be monopolized by the inner shipping warehouse. Businessmen all over the world are looking for the inner shipping warehouse to buy goods.
However, the craftsmen who made the fragrant pancreas were all from "Yue Rong Fang" from the beginning to the end. In other words, the inner shipping warehouse actually only got the management rights of the fragrant pancreas business, but the production rights were still owned by Zhao Junchen.
In his hands, as long as Zhao Junchen is willing, he can significantly reduce the financial resources of the inner transport warehouse at any time.
Therefore, as Wu Xinquan said, although the inner court took over the two major yamen of the West Factory and the Inner Transport Library, it still couldn't do without Zhao Junchen's help. On the contrary, it had to rely on Zhao Junchen even more.
On the other side, seeing that all the great eunuchs agreed with his statement, Wu Xinquan nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Zhu Jinrong, the eunuch in charge of the internal affairs office, and said: "Zhu Zhangyin, over the years, you have had the most contact with Zhao Junchen, and you have the most contact with him.
It's because we are familiar with each other. When the gifts are ready, you will deliver them to Zhao Mansion in person. Then be more humble to Zhao Junchen. If Zhao Junchen makes any request, you should try your best to agree to it, even if you feel embarrassed.
Don’t refuse right away, you can come back to me to discuss it.”
Zhu Jinrong's expression was still a little awkward, but he still nodded in agreement.
Next, Wu Xinquan gave a few more instructions to the great eunuchs, and then carefully distributed the various interests of the West Factory and the inner transport warehouse. All the great eunuchs present gained something.
After everything was over, Wu Xinquan's expression suddenly became more respectful. He turned to an old eunuch sitting on the left side of the main seat and asked: "Master Liu, are you satisfied with all my decisions? If there are any inconsistencies,
, please also ask Master Liu for advice."
This old eunuch is old, with a stooped and skinny figure. He looks to be in his seventies, with sparse white hair, and a face full of wrinkles and age spots. He is already aging, as if one of his legs has stepped into a coffin.
While the great eunuchs were discussing, the old eunuch said nothing, but looked low on energy and drowsy.
In addition, judging from the clothes of this old eunuch, his rank is not high, and he is lower than all the other great eunuchs present.
However, when Wu Xinquan asked him, his attitude was quite respectful. As Wu Xinquan asked, all the eunuchs present looked down and listened.
No one dared to show any disrespect to the humble old eunuch.
This old eunuch is Liu Qing, the eunuch in charge of the inner study.
In the inner court, the person with the highest status on the surface is Wu Xinquan, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and the person with the most noble family is Zhang De, the eunuch of Emperor Deqing. But in fact, the real decision-maker of the inner court has always been the inner study.
Liu Qing, the eunuch in charge.
Although the inner study is a subordinate organization of the ceremonial eunuch, it does not seem to have much power. It only teaches the eunuchs to read and read. But because of this, the powerful eunuchs of the 12th eunuch, the 4th division, and the 8th bureau of the inner court are now
More than two-thirds of them were born in the inner study room and were Liu Qing's students, and they all got to where they are today because of Liu Qing's recommendation.
As a result, Liu Qing's influence on the inner court was so deep-rooted and far-reaching that even the successive eunuchs and eunuchs did not dare to go against Liu Qing's attitude.
Speaking of which, when Zhao Junchen attacked the inner court, Liu Qing personally came forward to reach an agreement with Zhao Junchen, so Zhao Junchen let the inner court go. In this way, Liu Qing and Zhao Junchen were considered acquaintances.
Although Liu Qing is getting older and is no longer in charge, his prestige remains unchanged, so Wu Xinquan will still ask Liu Qing for his opinion after making a decision.
After hearing Wu Xinquan's inquiry, Liu Qing coughed twice, and then said tremblingly: "Your idea is very good, just do what you said. However, after the internal transportation warehouse was managed by Zhao Junchen,
The situation is quite good, and it can be said that the treasures are ahead. After you take over, you must not screw it up. You must work hard, otherwise His Majesty may hand it over to Zhao Junchen again. At that time, we people will be under control again.
Already."
As soon as Liu Qing finished speaking, all the eunuchs, including Wu Xinquan, stood up and agreed.
Liu Qing's prestige in the inner court can be seen from this.
However, he said that after the meeting, Xu Sheng, the chief eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, returned to his yamen, looking quite depressed.
In today's meeting, Xu Sheng forgot to speak appropriately and actually questioned Wu Xinquan's decision. Although Wu Xinquan did not express anything at the time, Xu Sheng still discovered that Wu Xinquan was dissatisfied with him.
Afterwards, when the great eunuchs divided up the benefits of the West Factory and the Inner Transport Warehouse, Xu Sheng's benefits were far from what he expected.
As a result, Xu Sheng was naturally a little depressed.
Speaking of which, the Yuma Supervisor is also a powerful yamen in the inner court. It shares the military power with the Ministry of War and local governors. It also manages the pasture and the imperial village and operates the imperial store. The West Factory, which was set up twice, is also supervised by the Yuma Supervisor.
, and fought against the Dongchang branch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
However, the power of the Yuma Jian was still not as powerful as that of the Si Lijian, and Xu Sheng's scheming methods were not as good as Wu Xinquan's. Therefore, the Yuma Jian was increasingly outclassed by the Si Lijian, and was suppressed by the Si Lijian in every aspect.
When Xu Sheng returned to his yamen, all the eunuchs who saw Xu Sheng's unhappy expression were cautious and did not dare to show off their arrogance in front of Xu Sheng.
When Xu Sheng came to sit down in the hall of the Imperial Horse Guards, in the quietness, a young eunuch came out and asked Xu Sheng: "Director Xu, you look unhappy, but what difficulties have you encountered?"
This young eunuch had just entered the inner court not long ago, but he was good at talking, knew how to get things done, had read poetry and books, and was very talented. Therefore, he quickly gained the attention of the inner court and transferred him to the Royal Horse Supervisor.
After this man came to the Royal Horse Prison, he was quickly appreciated by Xu Sheng, and even became Xu Sheng's adopted son, and was quite favored by Xu Sheng.
At this time, only this person dared to ask Xu Sheng the reason.
This young eunuch is named Li Ruan
On the other side, Xu Sheng was sulking. After hearing Li Ruan's inquiry, he slammed the table and cursed loudly: "That Wu Xinquan humiliated me, he really bullied me too much."
ps: Well, three chapters in one
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