Liu Jin was very satisfied with the emperor's ignoring the government, because the emperor was not in charge of affairs, which meant that he, the eunuch in charge of the seal, could monopolize the power.

Liu Jin basically won’t discuss matters with Xie Qian.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Xie Qian had a constraint on Liu Jin in many aspects, and the two inevitably had conflicts, so Liu Jin was determined to pull Xie Qian off the horse.

Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Zhu Houzhao sat there and said listlessly: "If you have something to say, say something and let it go. Since there is no afternoon, I will go to make up for my sleep soon... Alas, I really can't even have a rest when I sleep."

Liu Jin said aiyi: "Your Majesty, your majesty, the matter of the old slave's request is related to the stability of the government. Now the cabinet is composed of Master Xie, Master Jiao and Master Wang. Master Xie often claims to be ill. You also know that he has a close relationship with the two Masters who retired before, and has always had complaints about Your Majesty..."

"Enough!"

Zhu Houzhao interrupted Liu Jin with a loud shout, his eyes full of anger: "Eunuch Liu, I can understand that you usually say bad things about civil officials. After all, those guys like to be dissatisfied with me if they are fine. If they offend you, I will offend me. But if you slander Mr. Xie, I will not be happy. If Mr. Xie had not agreed to stay in the court, the court would have been in chaos. With him, I would have slept peacefully. Do not make such remarks in the future, otherwise I would be severely punished..."

Liu Jin did not expect the little emperor to defend Xie Qian so much, so he quickly exonerated himself: "Your Majesty, I am not... saying bad things about Master Xie, but... caring about the candidates for the ministers."

Liu Jin was anxious and quickly left himself clean and brought it to another matter. "Now that Mr. Xie was in poor health, but the two new Grand Secretary of the Cabinet lacked experience, so I wanted to recommend a few more people to join the cabinet to share the burden..."

Liu Jin proposed to recommend someone to the cabinet, and Zhu Houzhao's face appeared a little puzzled.

The little emperor seemed to have no scheming, but in fact he was full of vigilance about relations and authority. Even if Liu Jin was cunning, he would have to hold his tail in front of Zhu Houzhao and be cautious, otherwise he would be easily seen through by Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and asked, "Who do you want to recommend?"

When Liu Jin saw the little emperor's doubtful expression, he knew that he might not be able to get the list. He changed his course again and said with apologies: "Your Majesty, I just said this. Your Majesty, you will naturally decide the specific candidate. As an internal official, how can I interfere in this matter?"

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao's face improved a little, and he raised his hand and said, "Stop the matter here, let me go. Why are you anxious at this time? Master Xie didn't even mention it. If his body couldn't hold on, he would naturally come to tell me. Master Xie was rejected at the beginning, and Master Liu Shaofu and Master Li often called him sick. Only Master Wang was supported by the cabinet, and basically all things can be solved... Cabinet affairs are not as heavy as you imagine..."

Liu Jin bowed respectfully, and said "yes", but he became more and more annoyed at Xie Qian in his heart, and said to himself: "What kind of skills does Xie Qian have to win the trust of His Majesty so much? If you want to completely pull him off, I don't know what means you need to do it... There is still a hindrance in the cabinet now... This is not easy to deal with. Just asking Jiao Fang to help me, I am afraid that it will not be able to compete with Xie Qian and Wang Jiao to join forces."

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was about to rest again, Liu Jin calmed down and prepared to leave the palace to meet Sun Cong, thinking tank, and discuss the affairs of the court.

"Only your own people can be useful, and others can't count on them at all. Even Jiao Fang has to protect the face of the civil servant and cannot be completely devoted to our family. Our family must cultivate more helpers."

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Now it is very easy for Liu Jin to leave the palace. As the eunuch in charge of seals in the Sili Supervisor, he is highly valued by the emperor. In addition, he helped Zhu Houzhao do many shameful things, so he doesn't have to say anything to the guards of the guards of the Zhijun. As long as he appears, all the guards at the palace gate will bend over and show them respectfully.

With the core power of the court, Liu Jin had a private house in the capital. He no longer lived in the palace. He usually had any confidants in his own house to avoid the matter being known to the people in the court.

Liu Jin's private house is in Renshoufang. He usually leaves the palace from Donghuamen and arrives in less than a quarter of an hour by carriage. However, today the snow is very deep on the road and it is difficult to drive. Liu Jin was afraid that the carriage will fall into the ditch next to the road, so he walked very slowly along the way.

After finally getting home, Liu Jin got off the carriage and a man was already waiting at the door of the mansion. It was Sun Cong, who was now a doctor in the Ministry of Rites.

"Eunuch Liu." Sun Cong greeted him and saluted.

Liu Jin raised his hand: "Ting'an, you don't need to be so polite when you get along in private. Go in and talk, there are so many people here. Be careful next time, don't enter through the main entrance, just enter and exit the back door."

Sun Cong bowed to accept the order.

The two entered the mansion together. Although Liu Jin had a good status in the court, his house was not very large at this time, especially the lintel of the house was very low. He was cautious and afraid of being attacked. He had just become the eunuch in charge of the seal of the boss, and Liu Jin was careful in his actions.

When the two arrived at the main hall, Liu Jin asked the servant to bring the tea, picked up the hot tea and took a sip. He felt more comfortable and looked at Sun Cong and asked, "What we have asked someone to tell you before, are you surprised?"

Sun Cong seemed a little embarrassed: "Eunuch Liu, I don't quite understand what you asked Eunuch Dai to come out and spread... Do you want to impeach those old ministers in the court?"

"What about that?"

Liu Jin said angrily, "Your Majesty did not agree to these old guys' memorials before, it was just a temporary solution. After all, Your Majesty did not want trouble in the court. Now it's almost time. Take advantage of the end of the year to drive all the replacement out of the capital. Next year is the first year after the change of the Yuan Dynasty. It's always a good thing for the court to have more ministers who can help us."

Sun Cong hesitated: "Eunuch Liu, I'm sorry to say that these old ministers have no intention of serving in the court, especially the Minister of War and the Minister of Works. If these people are replaced, who are you going to replace them?"

"You go and help our family contact more people, six ministries, various temples and officials, or ministries in Nanjing. As long as they are willing to do things for our family, anyone can take charge of the six ministries."

Liu Jin's tone was very firm, "If you don't remove people this time, they will get confused and make trouble again until the beginning of next year, and it may affect our family again. Also, our family will ask His Majesty to ask you to serve as the Minister of Rites, and look back to see if you can send you into the cabinet..."

When Sun Cong heard this, he was shocked and quickly explained: "Eunuch Liu, I am not from Hanlin!"

Liu Jin sneered: "As long as our family recommends you to the cabinet, no matter what your background is, you can get in. On the contrary, those who are qualified and talented but cannot be appreciated by our family have no desire to enter the cabinet, especially those like Wang Hua and Liang Chu. Don't think about entering the cabinet in this life!"

Sun Cong stood aside respectfully and did not dare to say much.

Liu Jin stood up and said, "If you don't need to remind us, you should learn smarter, not only do things, but also be able to observe your words and expressions. We guarantee that you will be promoted step by step in the Ministry of Rites. Even if the old fox Zhang Sheng doesn't like you, it doesn't matter. As long as he knows that you are from our family, he will never dare to touch your hair. Now Your Majesty will not listen to the court officials' advice."

Sun Cong bowed: "Yes, Eunuch Liu, I'll write down what you said below."

Liu Jin patted Sun Cong on the shoulder and left the door to prepare to return to the palace.

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As soon as Liu Jin walked out of the doorstep, before he got on the carriage, he suddenly had a dozen burly men in front rushed towards him. Liu Jin was very alert and waved his hand and suddenly a large number of guards rushed out to protect his safety.

After becoming the eunuch in charge of seals in the Sili Supervisor, Liu Jin was afraid of being retaliated against, so he transferred a lot of troops from the guards to serve as guards.

"Who is blocking the way?" Liu Jin asked fiercely.

The visitor stopped a dozen feet away from the front. Liu Jin looked carefully and found that most of them were martial artists. A middle-aged man in his thirties dressed in a scholar's shirt came forward respectfully and gave a deep salute:

"Eunuch Liu Gong's Security, the villain served in the Datong Governor's Office. At the order of Governor Liu, he came to give Eunuch Liu a gift, and hoped that Eunuch Liu would accept it with a smile."

Liu Jin frowned: "Governor Liu, could it be Liu Yu!?"

Liu Yu was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Chenghua. He was appointed as the censor of the county magistrate and was exiled to serve as a censor. He was transferred to Shandong Censorate. In the early years of Hongzhi, Liu Yu was appointed as the assistant censor of the capital. Later, he served as the left deputy chief envoy and served in the Censorate for many years.

In the 13th year of Hongzhi, Liu Jian was recommended by Grand Secretary Liu Jian, and Liu Yu was governor of Datong as the right censor. In other words, Liu Yu was actually promoted by Liu Jian, and he was the backbone of the civil servant group.

The middle-aged man said, "That's right, my elders were deceived by Liu Jian's old man and were disrespectful to Eunuch Liu. He heard that Eunuch Liu was in charge of the company's rituals and supervision and made things right. His Majesty respected him and specially sent a gift to apologize for his previous negligence."

Liu Jin was a little surprised. He had some impression of Liu Yu. He always looked like a hypocritical and humble gentleman. When he was in the Censorate, he repeatedly criticized the internal officials for being inappropriate. Why did he take the initiative to sell himself and surrender?

But he didn't hit the smiley person. Since Liu Yu took the initiative to send someone to give gifts, Liu Jin refused everyone and waved his hand: "Bring the gift here."

The middle-aged scribe asked someone to drive over five carriages loaded with gifts, each with a large box on it, which looked clumsy and heavy, and couldn't help but look forward to it.

Since Liu Jin took over as the eunuch in charge of the seal, Chinese officials in the court have disliked him. Others don’t know how long he can be arrogant and domineering. Only the people in the palace will give him gifts. They don’t give him many gifts, at most, only a few dozen or hundreds of taels of silver.

After the four strong men worked together to lift the box loaded on the first carriage and put it in front of Liu Jin. After the middle-aged scholar opened the lid with his own hands, Liu Jin's eyes immediately straightened.

The boxes were filled with white silver patterns, so one box might be at least a thousand taels, or even two or three thousand taels. Then the four boxes were also carried down and opened, all of which were full of gold, silver and jewelry.

Liu Jin's face twitched a few times, pointed to the box and asked, "Your Governor Liu, why did you give so many gifts? Are you not afraid of others gossiping?"

Liu Jin couldn't stand it anymore. Even though he had power and status, he had never seen so much money. For a moment, his mind was full of white silver and yellow gold.

The middle-aged scholar said respectfully: "This is my dedication. Please accept it with Eunuch Liu."

Liu Jin forced himself to suppress his desire and asked, "As the saying goes, "I don't receive any rewards without merit. Our family is not familiar with Governor Liu, why should he give gifts to our family?"

The middle-aged literary scholar said: "Eunuch Liu, my elders have something to ask for... I wonder if Eunuch Liu can take a step to speak?"

Liu Jin was already moved when he saw so many gold, silver and jewelry. Hearing this, he took the middle-aged scholar's hand and walked back to his home door. As soon as he stepped into the threshold, the man said bluntly:

"Eunuch Liu, my master knows your position in the mind of His Majesty. I heard that the central government of the court was vacant. My master has been in the northwest for five years. Taking advantage of this opportunity, my master wants to go further and return to Beijing... and look for an errand in the Ministry of War."
Chapter completed!