After the late emperor entered the country, the Qing Dynasty learned from the experience of the eunuchs in the former Ming Dynasty and abolished the twelve eunuchs in the inner palace. In the former Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs such as Si Li, Yu Ma, and Bao Chao were abolished one after another. A large number of eunuchs were dismissed from the palace, and at the same time, they were re-employed.
The eunuchs who stay in the palace are ranked according to the regulations. The highest one is no more than the fourth rank, and they are not the same as the court officials. They are only marked in the palace to show the difference and facilitate dispatch. [] The chief eunuch of Jingren Palace is the sixth rank.
He is responsible for the affairs of Jingren Palace, so Eunuch Chen's iron plate is engraved with the words "Jingren Palace, Sixth Grade Internal Official" and other words. It is completely black, but it cannot be fake at all.
First, a bachelor walking in the south room appeared, and then a chief eunuch from Jingren Palace appeared. Gutai's mind could hardly react. The sun is out in the west today. How could anything bad happen to me?
It's over! Fortunately, the thin man was still awake. He took the sign from Eunuch Chen's hand with some doubts, looked at it carefully, and nodded slightly, knowing that the sign couldn't be fake. In front of him was a young man with a white beard and a voice like a drake.
He is really a eunuch in the palace, and he is also a moderately leading eunuch. Now that people from the palace have gotten involved, we can no longer act like this. We must restrain our arrogance and deal with it well, otherwise this eunuch will be in the palace.
There must be added fuel and jealousy, nonsense, and it is not impossible to collude with Liu Dao to frame the Duke. Gentlemen are so close, villains are hard to guard against, and thin people can't afford these useless Han dogs, but they are
The people around the emperor see him every day, and his slanderous words are enough to offend the lordship, so they have to be honest with each other. No matter how much they hate this person, they have to treat him with a smile so that he can't find fault. But he is so
Thinking that others didn't think so, he saw the red ribbon appear out of nowhere, snatched the iron plate from his hand, threw it at Eunuch Chen's feet with a bang, and asked: "The late emperor has an edict.
Internal officials are not allowed to leave the capital without permission, so how can you be here in Yongping Mansion? Tell me quickly! If you don’t understand, I will tie you up and send you to the capital!"
"Yes, internal officials are not allowed to leave the capital. How did you, a eunuch, come to our Yongping Mansion!" Gutai seemed to be in high spirits as if he had drunk chicken blood. He put his hands on his hips and started shouting. He was so scared that he was a little angry just now.
The tired thugs became more energetic one by one, shouting, "This eunuch must have stolen the treasure in the palace and escaped", "Looking at him like this, he must have committed something and sneaked out of the palace", "The eunuch must have stolen the palace treasure and escaped."
If he is tied up, maybe the emperor can reward him with something else." Those words will make people grit their teeth in anger no matter how good-natured they are.
After all, Eunuch Chen was also a chief eunuch. In the palace, except for the Empress Dowager, the Emperor and the concubines, no one dared to do this to him. He was pointed at and scolded like this before he even left the palace. Hearing these idle men
The thugs' harsh words made him tremble with anger. After a while, he suppressed the urge to scold the mother and said word by word to the red belt: "We are following the emperor's decree to accompany Mr. Gao on errands. Why?"
Do you really doubt that our family is guilty? Well, why don’t you kidnap our family and send them to the Long Live Lord to see if our family really sneaked out of the palace!"
"You think I don't dare to tie you up, don't you!" Gutai was really a fool. After hearing this, he actually wanted to have Eunuch Chen tied up. Fortunately, the thin man pulled him in time and didn't do anything.
"Sir, the younger ones are the Imperial Guards of the Han Army. These guys are from the infantry camp. According to the emperor's decree, we will protect Bachelor Gao and Eunuch Chen when they go out on business. If you don't believe it, sir, I have the nameplates to prove it."
, Sir, please take a look at it!"
Wan Si and the people in Bujun Camp couldn't help but feel funny and angry when they saw that Gu Tai was suspicious of Eunuch Chen. When they walked to Eunuch Chen, they took out their guard tags. Gu Tai and others didn't need to be careful to know that Wan Si was really
It's a palace guard, because they have seen that brand a lot, and there are many disciples from the Zhenglan Banner working as guards in the palace. The brand of the person in front of them is the same as those of the Zhenglan Banner guards, only slightly different. Come to think of it,
It was because he was a guard of the Han army.
"Aqina, what should I do?" After seeing the guard sign, Gutai believed that Eunuch Chen was really a eunuch who came out of the capital under the emperor's order. Thinking of Gao Shiqi's identity, and then thinking about this eunuch, he felt a little frightened and became a little scared.
He quietly asked the thin man next to him for advice.
The thin man is Aqina. He is a bit complaining about Gutai not listening to him. Now that it has happened like this, it is difficult to end it. The man with the surname Gao and the dead eunuch in front of him are not easy to offend. They are close to the emperor.
The man sighed, and now he had no choice but to take a step back, and said to Gutai: "Sire, if you take a step back, the world will be brighter, and this matter will end here. Let's give Mr. Gao some face, and we can regain our place in the future.
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After hearing this, Gutai shook his head and said somewhat depressedly: "Since the two of them know about this, the emperor will also know about it. If he just retreats like this, wouldn't he be even more at a loss?"
"Before the chaos gets bigger, Your Majesty should stop!" Aqina stole a glance at Gao Shiqi and Eunuch Chen, who had livid faces, and said in a low voice: "The top priority is to send someone to Beijing to report this matter to Your Majesty.
, let him enter the palace to speak for the lord, and they must not let these villains complain first, otherwise the lord will not be able to explain to the emperor." The prince he spoke of was referring to Gutai's fourth brother, Prince Su Fushou.
"Okay." Gutai thought about it but couldn't think of a better way than this, so he nodded, turned around unwillingly, and said to Eunuch Chen, Gao Shiqi and others: "Since Bachelor Gao is doing this,
If the dog officer begs for mercy, I will give Mr. Gao some face and not argue with the dog officer."
Seeing that Gutai hadn't gotten to the bottom yet and knew how to save face for himself, Gao Shiqi was a little proud, but he said calmly: "There are many sires, I admire you, and I thank you on behalf of Yongping Mansion!"
Huh! Gutai cursed secretly and ignored Gao Shiqi. Instead, he looked at Liu Dao angrily and said sternly: "The surname Liu belongs to the Qing Dynasty clan. I will never allow you, a Han dog, to bully you. If you
If you don't know what's good or bad, I will tie you to Caishikou even if I risk my life!" What good can be done by being tied to Caishikou? It's not just beheading! Gutai's words are naked intimidation and threats, Gao Shiqi
Hearing this, his brows furrowed, then relaxed again, and he sneered in his heart: You are such a reckless fool, since you are so ignorant, you can use this matter to make Ming Xiang realize his wish.
Liu Dao was not afraid of Gu Tai's threats, and said with a strong voice: "I only know how to enforce the law impartially, Sir, please do it yourself! Don't let me catch my men doing illegal things again, otherwise, I will still take the law."
Human!" Even though he was upright, he also knew that this was not the time to get entangled in Hu Jiujiang's affairs again.
The corner of Gutai's mouth moved, but he said nothing. He gave Liu Dao a vicious look, turned around and shouted to all his men: "Get out of here!" Suddenly, more than a hundred idle thugs followed Gutai to the market.
As they headed east, there was an injured thug who was being supported by his companions and was bouncing behind. He looked miserable.
After Gutai's people left, Liu Dao hurriedly saluted Gao Shiqi: "I have met Mr. Gao!" After a pause, he bowed his head to Eunuch Chen: "Eunuch Chen." He admired Gao Shiqi, a great scholar.
, but he could not look down on Eunuch Chen from the bottom of his heart. This is a common problem among readers, and it is difficult to change even if you want to. When Eunuch Chen saw that he was indifferent to him, saying that he was not familiar with him, he didn't take it seriously.
"Thank you sir and father-in-law for your help, otherwise I would not be able to get a good deal today." Liu Dao was really happy and sincerely thanked him.
Gao Shiqi smiled slightly and waved his hands and said: "You and I are officials in the same dynasty, and we are all doing things for the emperor. If you are in trouble, if I don't help you, wouldn't I be disregarding the friendship of my colleagues? If word gets out, what will happen to outsiders?
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Eunuch Chen also said: "Looking at Mr. Liu's behavior today, I think he loves the people and is a good official. Our family usually attaches great importance to honest and good officials. When we see a good official being bullied, we feel unhappy. If we don't help, I'm afraid we will
I couldn’t even sleep well at home late at night.”
"Haha." Gao Shiqi and Liu Dao both laughed after hearing this. After the laughter, Liu Dao asked Gao Shiqi, "I wonder what your purpose is in coming to Yongping Mansion?"
"I was out on official business by the emperor's order. I was about to return to Beijing to resume my duties. I didn't want to miss this opportunity." After Gao Shiqi finished speaking, he added: "Although Gutai is a lord and has a distinguished status, he is also a human being and an official.
Anyone who has heard of it will be punished. I think he will not be willing to accept what happened today. I and he will definitely go to the capital to find Prince Su and the others. You'd better give the emperor a quick explanation and explain clearly what happened today.
Eunuch Chen will also testify for you before the emperor. In this way, even if there are Prince Su and others, the emperor will not accuse you."
After hearing this, Eunuch Chen was deeply convinced. He clasped his hands and raised his head toward the capital: "Huang Shengming, I will never listen to Gutai's false accusations. It's just that you are breaking up with Gutai now, for fear of trouble in the future."
Liu Dao said resolutely: "Since the day when Zhezi impeached Gutai, Xiaguan and Gutai have sworn to be at odds with each other. Even if it hadn't happened today, he would have tried to harm me, but Xianguan is not afraid of him, and he is not afraid of his shadow if he is upright.
Xie, what do you have to be afraid of?"
"You should be more careful." Seeing Liu Dao being so stubborn, Gao Shiqi didn't know what to say, but he admired him but felt pity.
"Thank you for the reminder, sir. I will pay attention to it." Liu Dao thanked Gao Shiqi for his concern, and suddenly took two steps to the side, and said to Zhao Qiang, who had been standing there listening to them: "Thank you for your righteous help for what happened today! I
If the official repays the favor, then..." He shouted to Xiong Fangliang, who was helping a yamen servant wrap up his injuries: "Fang Liang, do you have any money with you?"
"Silver?" Xiong Fangliang was startled, and subconsciously reached out to touch his arms. He didn't want to touch around, but there were only a few pieces of silver, not even one or two. He didn't know what the prefect wanted the silver for, so he handed it to him with some confusion.
in front of him.
Seeing that he only had so little money, Liu Dao blushed a little. He had always been honest and never asked for bribes. It could be said that his family was poor and he had a lot of money. He never took any money with him when he went out. So except for Xiong Fangliang's small amount of money, he was a copper.
He couldn't figure it out. He didn't know how to thank Zhao Qiang and others for their help, so he wanted to give some money to express his gratitude, but the money was too little. He stood there awkwardly for a while, not knowing whether to give it or not.
Seeing this, Zhao Qiang took the two taels of silver directly from the catcher, then bowed and saluted: "Sending goose feathers from a thousand miles away is a light gift but a heavy friendship. Although this tael of silver is small, it is the lord's sincerity, and it is also a gift."
The person who can help you is definitely not a corrupt official. In fact, the common people are not short of money, but since the adults want to express their feelings, the common people will naturally accept it happily."
When Liu Dao heard this, his expression softened. After hearing this, Gao Shiqi and Eunuch Chen both agreed that Mi Qing was a very good person. Thinking of something, Gao Shiqi apologized and said to Zhao Qiang: "Mr. Dongzhu, it's not that I intentionally concealed my identity, but
Because I have the emperor's orders, I cannot reveal my identity, so I ask the proprietor to forgive me if I have to."
"I don't dare, I don't dare!" Zhao Qiang thought to himself. How dare I do that? You are a big tree. With you, I can just enjoy the shade in the capital, and it will be much more convenient for me to do things. "A small citizen can be with a tall man.
Being a companion is a blessing that we have cultivated for several lifetimes, how dare we blame you?"
Most of the injured government officials over there were able to walk with the help of the guards. Although they were beaten severely just now, luckily no knife or gun was used, so they were all flesh wounds. Only the government servant who was beaten to death by Gu Tai was afraid
He suffered internal injuries, and I'm afraid he won't be able to get off the ground if he doesn't nurse for two to three months.
"Prefect Liu, would you like to come with us all the way?" Seeing that the matter here was over, Gao Shiqi wanted to rush to the capital.
"After such a big matter, Liu Dao no longer wants to patrol the Shanhaiwei anymore, so he immediately asked the Yamen to prepare a sedan chair for Gao Shiqi.
"No, I'm used to riding horses, and my heart is like an arrow. How can I sit in a sedan chair? I'll go first, you have to be more careful." Gao Shiqi took the horse from Wan Si and turned it over, only to see Mi Qing and others standing there.
He couldn't help but greet him: "Mr. Dongzhu, what's the matter? Aren't you going to Beijing?" Without waiting for Zhao Qiang's reply, he urged: "It's getting late, we'd better set off early, otherwise we won't be able to reach the capital late. Gao Qiang
I still want to have a drink and chat with the proprietor!"
He couldn't get what he asked for! Zhao Qiang was overjoyed and rushed off his horse, lightly pointing his riding whip: "Please, sir!"
"Okay!" Gao Shiqi chuckled softly, flicked his whip, and shouted: "Drive!" He ran forward first, followed closely by Zhao Qiang and others, and soon disappeared from the sight of Liu Dao and others.
He is worthy of being a great scholar, and his words and deeds are a model for our generation! It is truly a blessing for our emperor to have a great scholar in the imperial court! Looking at Gao Shiqi's retreating back, Liu Dao praised him heartily.