Jiajing also knew that those who are capable often disdain to use this kind of flattery to gain power, while those who are always gentle to themselves generally have impure motives and are often useless to the country. However, the emperor was really afraid of those ministers who were desperate and did not want to relive the nightmare... He hid in the Western Garden for more than 20 years, refused to return to the palace or go to court, and said nothing else was excuses. The real reason was that he was afraid of his ministers and was afraid of falling into a lonely and helpless situation again.

So he avoided the Golden Palace and avoided the normal order of the country. By contacting several people from the cabinet, he exerted indirect rule on the country, so that most ministers with excessive energy could avoid the pain of fighting against a hundred; but he did this undoubtedly aggravated the cabinet...especially the authority and prestige of the prime minister - meeting with the ministers on behalf of the emperor, and the general military and political power, so that the authority far exceeded that of the Grand Secretary of the dynasty in the dynasty, and even the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty were not as good as that of the emperor.

Jiajing also realized this problem. He once said to Yan Song: "The public has the reality of the prime minister, but he has no name as the prime minister, and his power and position are of great importance, even if Li is not as good as Hu." Li, Li, Shanchang, the first prime minister of the Ming Dynasty; Hu, Hu Weiyong, and the last prime minister of the Ming Dynasty were all cracked by Zhu Yuanzhang for offending the emperor's authority. Jiajing said this, which fully proved that he was sober in the issue of father and son of the Yan family.

Then why did Jiajing still use the father and son for twenty years and are extremely reluctant to replace others? Because the Yan family father and son are actually guard dogs, scapegoats and gold-painted toilets to Jiajing. It is precisely because of this father and son who are guard dogs that they can block those annoying Qingliu ministers outside and make the emperor feel unhappy; it is precisely because of this scapegoat that the emperor's inaction can turn into the autocracy of the Yan family father and son who are the tyrannical power of the Yan family. When Jiajing felt that the father and son were already invincible and intolerable, he would throw the toilet far away.

It is because the two of them are unpopular and cannot truly join the ministers. They must always follow the imperial power to pretend to be powerful and can turn it on at any time, so that the prime minister's power will not be too powerful and threatened with the imperial power. Only then can Jiajing eat well, sleep well, and not be afraid of how long it takes to stay in seclusion... As for whether the people will suffer? Sorry, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't care at all. If he could be a little less selfish, great etiquette would not have happened, and the Ming Dynasty would not have fallen into the same field as today.

Originally, Jiajing thought that the toilet with the surname Yan was full, so he took it out and replaced it with the toilet with the surname Xu to continue.

But now the situation has changed. Yan Shifan took the emperor's indulgence as weak, and rode on his neck several times to shit. This evil dog raised by Jiajing himself no longer takes the will of his master seriously and wants to force his master to compromise!

Usually in this case, it is not far from the day when it turns into dog meat hotpot.

If a dragon has a scale, he will die if he touches it! What a tough emperor Jiajing is? When he was a teenager, in order to stick to his own opinions, he could go against the whole world. Even if he was destined to be dirty in history and be disloyal from his ministers, he would not change his mind. How could he tolerate repeated provocations? Jiajing was really determined this time to make Yan Shifan pay the price!

But when things come, I know how difficult it is to do it. The emperor, the supreme, the master of the Ming Dynasty, seemed to hold the world in his hands, do whatever he wants and cannot be disobeyed. In fact, he must be more restrained than ordinary people and cannot act rashly. Especially after the military man was in power for six hundred years, if the emperor wanted to transform his will into a law that everyone followed, he must have the support of a group of civil servants; a single husband without anyone would tragically lose everything, including the emperor's authority.

Jiajing has lost too much support from the gentlemen in the great etiquette. If the villain is driven away, who will listen to him? At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court are free from their hearts and virtues, and the scholars in the world are cold and cold, and the imperial edict cannot be exported to the Forbidden City, and the dignity of the Yellow Spring is tragic and tragic. He will be hanged as the emperor.

Of course, this cannot be done. Before it was time to be discouraged! After learning from the pain, Emperor Jiajing, who had been in a state of decline for half a year, finally cheered up and began to plan his own struggle for his later years.

The silent judgment is correct. It is impossible for an emperor with such an insecure sense to give up the throne to his son. The so-called "wanting to be the Supreme Emperor" was just a smoke bomb thrown by Jiajing, which was to try the wishes of all officials. As a result, he was disappointed. Everyone praised his son's stinky feet and where would I be the emperor?

So he came to the final conclusion that all ministers were not trustworthy! Whether the annihilation minister or the direct minister, each had his own plan and would not be in the same heart as him! What should I do? Should I really become a lonely man, concentrate on practicing Taoism from now on, and leave the world to them? Of course not. Jiajing practiced Taoism to live for a few more years and be an emperor for a few more years! It is not to practice for cultivation.

Therefore, the problems that troubled the emperors of the Ming Dynasty also appeared in front of Jiajing - the ministers were not united with me, but I couldn't beat them even if they were too many people. What should I do at this time? Find a helper, so, just like his ancestors, Jiajing turned his attention, everywhere around him, extremely obedient, and would never betray his eunuchs.

After deciding on the Taizu period, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were doing well. Zheng He, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Zhang Yong were all powerful and led the way for a while. After death, they could be remembered for generations or left for thousands of years, becoming idols of eunuchs. Starting from Chengzu, the emperors of all dynasties, Yanjing relied heavily on these eunuchs very much on their own and ordered them to investigate illegal acts, lead palace guards, and soldiers in the capital; even went out to the local area to monitor the army, and be responsible for taxes... The inner court is known as the "100,000 eunuchs". They have spies, control the army, control taxes, and can even compete with the outer court!

In fact, the inner court's rituals are even known as "internal minister"... Of course, that was the thing before the Jiajing Dynasty. Since the Jiajing Emperor changed, the eunuchs' good days have ended. They still want to make a fortune, lead troops, and control the government? Be your mother's Qingqiu dream! In the imperial edict, he reiterated the ancestral teachings of Emperor Taizu, "Inner ministers are not allowed to interfere in political affairs, and those who violate the crime will be killed!" At first, the eunuchs did not take it seriously. After more than a hundred years of experience, they can still change. Who knew that it would really change. Jiajing quickly issued a second edict - ordering all the eunuchs stationed in other places to return to Yanjing immediately. Those who are delayed and negligent will definitely be executed!

After bringing all the eunuchs back, Jiajing then took the Jinyiwei to investigate the illegal affairs of the eunuchs. Once they were found out, they would be beaten out of the palace or sent to labor for hard work and reform. If it was more serious, they would be beaten to death and hung outside the Sili Prison. The eunuchs finally realized that this master was indeed here! So the power of the eunuchs fell to the trough of history. Not only were they not allowed to interfere in the government affairs, but they could not even collude with officials, and they did not even have the power to establish industries. They were all so poor that they would be so poor that they would not have given up on Jiangnan in recent years. Eunuchs like Chen Hong and Huang Jin would not even save enough money for retirement, which would really make all the rootless seniors laugh.

How could an emperor who looked down on eunuchs so much, have the idea of ​​using eunuchs again? This is not contradictory, because whether it is not used or using it, it is just a choice that meets the circumstances at that time.

Because if the emperor wants to govern a huge empire, he must rely on the civil servant group, but those civil servants with great talent are mostly rebellious and hard-working factions, especially those who like to fight against the emperor... This is not surprising, because the scholars and officials are loyal to the country, not a certain emperor, and the emperor will equate loyalty to the country with his own.

Unexpectedly, one can't pee at a pot. Moreover, the ministers are very terrible, and they often occupy the commanding heights of morality, and their minds are full of thoughts: "Chengren" and "Meng" are righteous, and they are not afraid of sacrifice at all, nor are they afraid of bleeding... If anyone is beaten or dismissed from office because of offending the emperor, then whether right or wrong, they will become the object of respect for the world.

Therefore, few scholars who started with Xuanren were afraid of the emperor, and even hypocrites were famous for provoking the emperor as the shortcut for Zhongnan. Therefore, the monarch and ministers often fought each other. Although the emperor had a high status, he could not resist the wolves. He was weak and could not help but be bullied by those well-educated people and verbal experts. It was impossible not to ask for help from others.

So the emperor looked around and said that nothing could help except the eunuchs. Because in order to ensure that the descendants of later generations were firmly in a stable manner, their good ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang directly eliminated the possible surnames of the foreign relatives, royal relatives, and honorary officials who were abusing their power through various means, and established an unshakable ancestral system to prevent the unfilial descendants from tampering with them, but also blocked the possibility of future generations and asking for help from these people.

Of course, the Emperor of the Great Emperor, who was as talented as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, did not care. They had enough strength to suppress the civil servant group and let these guys work honestly and not cause trouble. But the emperor behind them was no longer able to do it. They grew up in a greenhouse. How could they be the opponents of those old official foxes who were like wolves and tigers? If they didn’t seek help, they could only let them mercy. At this time, the only ones who could help were those eunuchs.

In the eyes of the emperor, eunuchs are far less abominable than those in the eyes of officials and the common people. After all, they have lived with these rootless people since childhood, and these people are always trying to please themselves and obey themselves extremely. In the eyes of the emperor, eunuchs are family slaves, and they are the outsiders, and they are not the ones with themselves. Moreover, because of their physical defects, eunuchs can never imagine the noble of the nine fives, and even leave the protection of the imperial power, and even survive is difficult... If ministers do not become officials, they can also be a minister in the wild, detached from things, and leisurely, and are no worse than being an official. The eunuchs will not do it. If they leave the palace, they will only be ridiculed and bullied until they leave the world miserably.

The loyalty of eunuchs is to the emperor himself and has nothing to do with the empire. This is the biggest difference between them and civil servants. Therefore, when the emperor is bullied and needs help, he will be the first to think of them. Of course, because eunuchs are physically disabled, mentally abnormal, and have no education, they are mostly just proficient in literature and literature, so they often act extremly and darkly and make the country mess. Therefore, wise emperors will not give eunuchs too much power because they do not have the ability at all.

When he was young and frivolous, Jiajing thought he was wise enough, and in order to prove his orthodox surname, he took the precepts of Taizu as his criterion. In addition, during the Zhengde period, the eunuchs had a big fuss. Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang and other eight tigers directly controlled the government and persecuted the ministers, causing chaos in the court and the country, and the officials and the people were extremely resentful. As Jiajing, who had just picked up the throne, severely cracking down on illegal eunuchs and restricting the power of eunuchs will undoubtedly win the hearts of the people.

Moreover, Jiajing was extremely confident. He believed that he could deal with everyone and did not need the help of eunuchs. The result was that he really did. When he was young, Jiajing drove all the ministers who opposed him out of the court with his unrestrained spirit and promoted some new people who supported him to take over. Then, when he was older and mastered the emperor's mind, he used a series of checks and balances to instigate the ministers, and had to compete to please him. He had already won the support of the emperor and defeated his opponent.

Through all kinds of unpredictable imperial skills, Jiajing really won over everyone for twenty years. He ate everyone with just one person, of course he didn't need eunuchs to cause trouble. But now, he is old, sick, and has a greater energy than before. What's even more terrifying is that he has been an emperor for decades and has been studied by people below for decades. The emperor's mind has been cracked, and there is no secret to it. He even found that someone can use his own tricks to achieve his goals, and more than one person has this ability.

After a long period of psychological construction, Emperor Jiajing finally understood a truth. Gone are the era when he could play with officials by himself alone. If he did not make any changes, he would go from a monkey to a monkey who was fooled, which he could not accept.

For dignity, power, and to avoid being fooled by others, Jiajing decided to repent. He wanted to follow the previous emperors and grant the eunuchs authority to check and balance the ministers who did not take him seriously!

As for what kind of disaster this will bring to the people, Jiajing has never considered it.

So after testing the ministers' wishes and strengthening their determination to continue fighting, Jiajing began to rectify the inner court. This is nothing strange. Before it is useful, it is always a matter of being the subject.

Unexpectedly, this knock was not important, and almost knocked the twenty-four yamen to break up! Jiajing just wanted to check the accounts and see who was loyal, who was corrupt, who could be used, who should be killed. As a result, there were big problems with more than a dozen key yamen! The wine, vinegar and noodles bureau reselling tribute wine, and the wine bureau reselling tribute charcoal, the cloakhouse bureau, and the knitting bureau directly took out the Shujinhu silk in the treasury, and then filled the private bags and shared the stolen goods. At most, it occupied more than 100,000 taels a year, and at least tens of thousands of taels. Only the officials in the palace, who knew that the department like the greedy department had no place to be greedy, dared to say that they were innocent.

However, the eunuchs were not yet stunning, and knew that if even the ancestors of Silijian were trapped in, everyone would be completely helpless, so they gritted their teeth and took the blame for the four ancestors. This is also the reason why the four of them could still kneel in front of the emperor.

Jiajing looked at the four major pens coldly and said, "It's really 'within ten steps, there must be fragrant grass'! The cabinet is covered with grass, and my son's house is covered with grass. Now even the twenty-four yamen is covered with grass. My Ming Dynasty is really lush with grass!" The emperor's voice was plain and there was no expression on his face, but anyone could feel his murderous aura. He only heard the emperor say angrily: "You servants, look down at what you are wearing. Which one is not a big red python robe with flowers? Those officials under the third rank in the court are not better than you! Why don't you know how to love yourself and have to add grass to yourself?"

Chen Hong and Huang Jin kowtowed hard, making a dull thumping sound, and their foreheads were covered in blood and still not stopping.

"Stop kowtow." Jiajing still called to stop, but he did not mean to let them go. He stared at the four major pens and said, "I know that they don't offer you four, and I really expect you to save their lives!" As he said, his face was very ferocious: "You made the wrong plan! I am not a lord who can be deceived. This time I have to let you check it clearly. If you dare to cover up on them, I will strip you of your skin!"

"Yes..." The four of them responded in a trembling voice and said, "I will never let my master down."

"Get out!" Jiajing issued an expulsion order and said, "Get out!" So the four of them went out in silence.

The eunuchs who were kneeling outside, when they saw the four ancestors coming out, all got up and surrounded them. They were about to inquire about the situation inside, but Chen Hong straightened up and gritted his teeth and said, "Catch them all!" Then a group of purple-robed Dongchang men stepped forward and tied up the dozen or so eunuchs.

The eunuchs knew that this was a last resort, and did not cry or beg for mercy. They just begged for mercy and made the four masters feel sad. After returning to the Sili Supervision Office, they sat on their own chairs and quarreled, and there was only one sad article.

"What should I do about this?" Huang Jin said, "The kids didn't bite us out, we can't stand by death and refuse to save us."

"How to save?" Chen Hong said with a sinister face: "Master said that anyone who dares to be favored will strip someone of his skin!"

"Then we can't stand by death and refuse to save us!" Huang Jin shouted: "Or are we still individuals?"

"Eunuch Huang can't say that," Ma Quan said: "We don't want to save them, but we are helpless!"

Chen Hong and the other two nodded, "You can come up with a solution. If it is feasible, we will do it immediately!"

"I really have a way!" Huang Jin blinked his eyes and said.
Chapter completed!