Recalling the past, at the end of the 18th year of Yongle, it was the eve of Chengzu moving the capital to Beijing. The construction project of the capital was nearing completion. As the majestic palace offices were completed one after another, a courtyard wall was built at the Dong'an Gate of the imperial city to the north.
An extremely tall government office with black walls and black tiles.
Here is the Dongchang Eunuch Yamen of the secret service agency that later became a hot topic.
Strangely enough, Zhu Yuanzhang, the dictatorial emperor of the Ming Dynasty who killed heroes indiscriminately, did not reuse eunuchs, and even stipulated: "Ministers are not allowed to interfere in political affairs, and those who interfere will be killed."
His successor, Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunfen, followed the ancestral system of not using internal ministers. As a result, all the eunuchs went to Zhu Di who raised troops to suppress the emperor's reign.
This political change in the early Ming Dynasty changed the fate of the eunuchs. It is conceivable that when a group of emperor's servants in the palace suddenly entered the political stage and acted as the hawks of the imperial power with a complicated mentality and special identity, then
This kind of loyalty, enthusiasm and energy is really enough to make the world stunned.
Dongchang, which was established after Yongle moved the capital, has experienced doubts, censures, and battles of wits and courage with the civil service group, but it has always stayed true to the emperor.
On the eve of Long Qing's death, he once taught the prince Zhu Yijun that it is not difficult to grasp power, as long as we firmly grasp two points: the capital camp and the factory guard.
This gloomy government office is like a living hell in the eyes of the outside world, but it is one of the two major guarantees that the Ming Dynasty's imperial power has not been challenged by any challenge.
The gate of the East Factory faces south, but this gate is closed all year round. There is another gate in the southwest. This shape adds a mysterious and terrifying atmosphere.
Inside the main door is the main hall, and there is a small hall on the left side of the hall, which contains a portrait of Yue Fei. Behind the hall is a brick screen wall with sculptures of Suan Ni and other animals, as well as the story of Di Renjie breaking a tiger.
There is an ancestral hall in the west of the hall, which enshrines the titles and tablets of the eunuchs in charge of Dongchang in past dynasties. There is a stone square in front of the ancestral hall, and the four characters "Liu Fang will last forever" are engraved on the forehead.
Slightly to the south is a prison, specially used to arrest felons.
According to the system, there is one admiral eunuch in the East Factory, usually the first eunuch of the Si Li Supervisor. Huang Mengyu, the current Dong Factory Admiral, is the first eunuch of the Si Li Supervisor to concurrently hold this important position. Below the admiral, there are supervisors and foremen.
, there are more than forty people in the office, and twelve groups of stewards, arranged according to Zichou and Yinmao, each leading a block to handle affairs, a total of more than a hundred people, with more than a thousand subordinates under them.
On the gate of the Admiral Dongchang is engraved "Imperial Envoy Governor Dongchang Official School Office Eunuch Guanfang", which has more "imperial envoy" than other official offices. Since he has the status of the emperor's imperial envoy, everything he does represents the emperor, so naturally
No one would dare to disobey him. In addition, a sealing seal with the four characters "Dongchang Seal" was engraved on it was specially used to seal the information submitted.
These two things are now placed on the table in the main hall.
But unexpectedly, there are two seats at the main table today, and Admiral Huang Mengyu is sitting on the right - according to Ming people's habits, this is the second seat.
Sitting on the main seat on the left was a young man, wearing a large red silk silk, with a calm expression, and even slightly squinting. However, the more than 20 people present were all awe-inspiring and alert in front of him, holding their breath and concentrating, for fear of fear.
Miss even a word that comes out of his mouth.
All the great officials knew that this son was neither a nobleman nor a eunuch, but a civil servant through and through.
In the past many years, the most common abnormal political ecological chain in the Ming Dynasty was that the emperor was afraid of civil servants, civil servants were afraid of eunuchs, and eunuchs were afraid of the emperor.
But as we all know, the person in front of us is not in this cycle.
He is highly pragmatic and a civil servant who is not afraid of eunuchs.
Because he was trusted by the emperor more than any eunuch.
How amazing is this kind of trust? It’s so amazing that the emperor’s oral edict just now stated clearly: “Give Gao Qing the Emperor’s Sword to lead Dongchang, and the Jin Yiwei will thoroughly investigate Chen Hong’s case, and arrest and bring to justice all those who have his followers, such as
When encountering concealment, resistance, etc., you must act expediently. I appreciate this."
The emperor gave quite a lot of the right to "act expediently", and many officials in important areas had this right. However, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are already powerful, how many people can get the right to "act expeditiously"? Let alone
, and was also given the Emperor's Sword.
Although Chen Hong is the Chief Eunuch, Huang Mengyu is not the same "boss" as him, so his power as the Chief Eunuch is relatively limited. To deal with such a person, it seems that such an array is not necessary.
Fighting is the right thing to do.
However, it is precisely because of the abnormality that the attitude of these great people is so respectful, fearing that if they make the slightest mistake, they will bring disaster to themselves.
In the special yamen of Dongchang, the big officials all have their own set of rules for doing things. For example, the more difficult it is to understand something, the less you can ask more questions, and the more strictly you must implement it, because of the problems involved.
, it’s definitely not something their little arms and thin legs can carry.
However, Gao's pragmatic attitude is not fake. His eyes are half-squinted, nor is he pretending to be mysterious or deep.
He was just sleepy, and he knew the inside story of all this.
After a busy day of birthday party, he returned to the city all night and arranged several lines to "encircle Cining Palace". Even though his body was at its most energetic age, in the middle of the night, he was so tired that his eyelids were shaking.
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Although young people are in good spirits, they are also addicted to sleep. The top six candidates are not really the stars in the sky.
But if the matter at hand is really important, he won't be like this. Being sleepy means that in his opinion, there will be no accidents in the future.
Zhu Yijun started such a big battle. In the final analysis, he was still a young man who couldn't hold his temper and had a bit of a "once he has the power, he will do whatever he wants" style.
He wanted to establish his authority, and wanted everyone in the world to know that he, the Wanli Emperor, was fully capable of ruling the world. He did not need the Queen Mothers of the two palaces to continue to point fingers at him. He himself could do better than the Queen Mothers!
The only thing Gao Pragmatic spent a little time thinking about was why Zhu Yijun went against common sense and allowed himself, a civil servant, to temporarily lead the factory guards.
When things are abnormal, there must be monsters. Gao Pragmatic cannot help but ponder the subtext of Zhu Yijun's move.
Zhu Yijun's political acumen is not bad. Although he occasionally shows the arrogance of a young man, being arrogant does not mean fooling around. No matter how excited he is, as a person who was named a prince at the age of six, it is impossible not to understand the role of civil servants.
What does it mean to lead the factory guards - even for just one night?
In order to show that he is of the same mind as his emperor and his ministers? No, do you still need to show this? All the officials in the capital, and even the officials in the world, as long as they are not blind, can see it, so why bother?
Then, it can only be seen as him showing favor to the civil servant group.
But why did he show his kindness? Why did he show his kindness at this time?
Is it because he is afraid that forcing the Queen Mother to delegate power will cause criticism from the government and the public, or is it because... Concubine Wang Gong's belly?
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