Chapter 1626 Eunuch Party
Xie Qian likes to express his political views as he goes by, as if he is a lubricant between the civil servant group and the emperor. His existence is to change the topic and make the scene no longer embarrassing by making jokes.
After Xie Qian raised the issue of the year number, the court officials clearly felt that the tension was much more relaxed, and the little emperor's frown slowly relaxed, and it was obvious that he was considering this issue.
Didn’t you say you don’t have power? Then now a big event is placed in front of you, and the year number can be determined by you!
Is it OK? If it doesn’t work, let the Hanlin Academy change it again. If you agree, then don’t say that you can’t control anything.
The court officials present all thought Xie Qian's trick was so clever. Some people guessed: "Did Xie Yuqiao make a fool of himself in a hurry or by chance? Have you made a plan?"
Zhu Houzhao thought for a long time, but had no idea for a moment, so he naturally turned his head to look at Liu Jin. Liu Jin met Zhu Houzhao's gaze and immediately knew what the emperor meant. He immediately turned his eyes, as if nodding in agreement. Then Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and had a certain plan in his heart.
All this seems to be done invisible, but it can't escape the eyes of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others. It's just that the relationship between the monarch and the minister is currently tense and inconvenient to attack.
Zhu Houzhao said: "Since that's the case, the next year's year name will be Zhengde... Liu Shaofu, do you have anything else? There is nothing particularly important, I want to go back and rest! Now when you see me, I will never say anything about me stopping court every day, right?"
Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, many things have happened in the court recently. Not only are there disasters in the local area, but also involve people's livelihood and military aircraft must be decided by Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao felt a trace of dignity as an emperor and said immediately: "Okay, if you have anything, I will give you at most one stick of incense. I will leave after the incense is burned, so please hurry up and get the time!"
After saying that, Zhu Houzhao really asked someone to light an incense stick in front of the jade steps, waiting for the court officials to ask for advice.
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others frowned, but they asked the emperor to come to the court. Now everyone took a step back. Zhu Houzhao did not lose his temper, and they could not blame him. This would prevent the conflict between the monarch and his subjects from increasing... Liu Jian finally felt the heavy pressure from the young emperor Zhu Houzhao.
After hearing a few things, Zhu Houzhao said: "...Okay, I will deal with the court affairs first. After the autumn grain is put into storage, how much money will be allocated to the northwest, and the Ministry of Revenue will submit a report... Oh, by the way, the southwest has successively quelled the rebellion and border troubles. Isn't it necessary to allocate money and grain?"
The civil and military officials of the court had not heard of the southwest for a long time. It seemed that Shen Xi would go out to lead troops to fight and everything would be fine, so he could ignore it.
Liu Jian said: "When you go back to your Majesty, there is no plan to dispatch money and grain in the southwest! The local government has not applied to the court!"
Zhu Houzhao was a little angry: "Look at the southwest. After the same war, the loss was quite large, but Shen Qing's family was self-sufficient and even solved the military rations and rewards by themselves! Looking at the northwest, if there is any war, they will ask the court for this and that. The court spent millions of taels of silver in the northwest every year..."
Liu Jian interrupted Zhu Houzhao's words: "Your Majesty, the southwest and northwest cannot be compared after all. The southwest region has been king for a long time, and the surrounding vassals all surrender to the Ming Dynasty. It is better than the northern Tatars, who are the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, and they are determined to restore their former glory and can go south to the capital at any time, so they cannot be treated the same way!"
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I don't want to listen anymore. The time has come. I'll talk about anything tomorrow. Every court meeting in the future will be completed within half an hour. At that time, I will have someone to check the time. Every tenth day of the month... and the second day of the lunar month will be on the lunar month, and the first day of the lunar month and the fifteenth day of the lunar month... That's it!"
After saying that, Zhu Houzhao completely ignored the opinions of the civil and military ministers in the court, stood up and lifted his legs and left. Many ministers were in a state of respect for sending off, while Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others looked very embarrassed.
Zhu Houzhao's figure disappeared at the gate of the palace, and many civil servants were full of anger, but they did not dare to be angry at the emperor, so they could only vent their anger on Liu Jin, who appeared on the Ganqing Palace. When they left the palace, they were basically talking about how to crack down on the "eunuch party" who showed signs of revival.
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Zhu Houzhao returned to the bedroom, with a relaxed expression on her face and said to Liu Jin: "Very good, I am very satisfied this time. Eunuch Liu, you did a good job!"
Liu Jin was suddenly praised by the emperor, which was a bit surprised because he did nothing in the court before, and it was Zhu Houzhao who performed his own personal performance... Even though Liu Jian and Li Dongyang controlled the court, they did not embarrass Zhu Houzhao in the Ganqing Palace, especially after Zhu Houzhao pointed out the conflict between the monarch and the ministers.
Of course, there are also the contributions of Xie Qian to make the comeback.
Liu Jin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I'm all for Your Majesty... Now that the court discussion has ended, should I... be the job of Lao Nu's Lijian?"
Although Liu Jin really wanted to enter the Silijian, he knew how to be sensible. According to the previous statement, Zhu Houzhao would deprive him of the position of the Silijian eunuch after the incident.
Zhu Houzhao never took the promise to heart, waved his hand, and said indifferently: "It's okay, you should take this job first. Anyway, you don't care about the matter on the Silijian side. In the future, just follow me to participate in the court meeting. I can ask you if I have anything to do. If I give up my post now and go back and put it on again, it's too much trouble... You are now taking the job in the Imperial Horse Supervision first. I need someone who can be fully trusted to protect me when I leave the palace!"
Liu Jin smiled and agreed, and his heart was full of joy.
Zhu Houzhao said again: "Oh by the way, Eunuch Liu, I asked about the southwest during the court discussion before, but I don't seem to have seen any memorials related to the southwest recently. You go back to the Silijian to see if there are any related memorials there. If not, you go to the Tongzheng and Envoy Department again. All memorials there will be records, and you can sort them out for me."
"I am very interested in Mr. Chen's affairs. I will go back and prepare for a private visit in a private place, traveling all over the country, and the southwest is a must-visit..."
When Liu Jin heard this, he suddenly lost his good mood because he was also serving as the eunuch of the Imperial Supervisor and the Imperial Horse Supervisor. He thought to himself: "Even if Chen Xi is not in the capital, Your Majesty still attaches great importance to him!" But he did not dare to neglect and quickly agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to the Imperial Supervisor and the Tongzheng Envoy, and bring the relevant memorials for Your Majesty to read!"
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Liu Jin suddenly became the eunuch of the Sili Prison. Although he was only a eunuch on the pen and ranked last among all eunuchs on the pen, no one dared to underestimate him.
Generally speaking, the Sili Supervisor has one eunuch in charge of the seal, six eunuchs in Bingbi, two eunuchs in the church, and one eunuch in the church. However, in addition to the number of eunuchs in charge of the seal and eunuchs in the church, the number of eunuchs in Bingbi and eunuchs in the church is uncertain at different times. As long as the normal operation of the Sili Supervisor can be ensured.
Even if Liu Jin is at the last place among eunuchs on the pen, others dare not regard him as the last place, because even eunuchs on the pen are now a vocal worm for Liu Jin.
Liu Jin could not have contact with real power at first, but this time Zhu Houzhao wanted to know the news about Chen Xi and arranged for him to go to the Silijian and the Tongzheng Envoy Office to submit a report. He arrived at the Silijian that he had always dreamed of. The eunuchs in the hall and the eunuchs on the pen came to congratulate him.
Liu Jin looked serious: "Our family is just here to handle the work under the emperor's order. My father-in-law will cooperate. Our family does not want to destroy the tranquility of the Silijian!"
Liu Jin made such a big fuss just to show off his character. Not to mention the eunuchs who were wearing pens and eunuchs in the hall, even the eunuchs in charge of the seal, Xiao Jing would give him three points of face. Everyone knows that he is the most popular person in front of the emperor. Now Xiao Jing is not favored by the emperor, and the position of eunuchs in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor will be replaced at any time.
Dai Yi said: "What errands do with Eunuch Liu? Just give me instructions and let our family do it for you. Where can I work for your big driver? Come and prepare a seat for Eunuch Liu!"
"Hey! No need! Our family is ordered by the emperor to do the job. If you are lazy, how can you explain to Your Majesty when you go back? You guys, first submit the memorial about the southwest stored in the ritual supervisor. You can also copy it. When we go back, we have to go to the Tongzheng and Envoy Department..."
"Everyone, Your Majesty is concerned about national affairs, and you must be careful in your work!"
Liu Jin promptly reminded the colleagues present at the Silijian that they should be loyal to the emperor and not to those civil officials when doing things.
Just when the eunuch present felt that Liu Jin was unkind, Liu Jin suddenly waved his hand and said, "Come on, bring your Majesty's reward!"
When the eunuchs heard this, their eyes widened.
But I saw several eunuchs carrying a few boxes in. Although the boxes were not big, they were not light. When I opened them, I saw that all the coins were filled with copper coins, and there were at least hundreds of stagnants of boxes.
Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty is grateful to you for your hard work. This is the reward you deserve. If you do things well in the future, your Majesty will naturally have a reward. If there is any major event in the court, you will deliberately conceal it and not report it... Humph, let alone rewards at that time, you will have to move your head. Whoever says love is futile!"
Liu Jin was so kind and powerful that although some eunuchs present were dissatisfied, most of them were still jealous of money, and no one would be unable to get along with the money.
Everyone came to pay tribute and thank you.
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