As the emperor's eyes, ears and sword, Dongchang had to see, listen and do too many things. Information and intelligence about officials, people's livelihood, and the military had to be well known and reported at any time, so they were too busy.
The suffering of not being in one's place and not knowing one's place.
Everyone knows the majesty of the Governor of Dongchang, but they don't know how much he suffered under his majesty.
Chang Yu became a shopkeeper and traveled around the world, and the burden of Dongchang fell on Chunxiang. He had to do everything by himself, which made him almost breathless, but he still enjoyed it.
Because there is a sense of accomplishment.
He is no longer the little eunuch who worked as a handyman in the palace and was bullied by others.
In Chang Yu’s words, everything we do now is for the public, the country, the court, and the emperor!
The emperor has two eyes and two swords, and Dongchang is just one of them. There is also a Jinyiwei with influence in every corner of the Ming Dynasty, but now the Jinyiwei is suppressed by Dongchang. This suppression is not bullying, but commanding and leading, of course.
There are many benefits.
There is no hostility between the two knives, and they cooperate very harmoniously in private.
Dongchang has power and money, while Jinyiwei just runs errands and works. How harmonious it is.
As for the two villains arguing with each other every day in front of the emperor, they knew the truth and the lies.
Stabilizing Jinyiwei, Chang Yu is not in the capital, so can Chunxiang cover the sky with one hand?
No, there is another Gao Shiming in Dongchang.
This is an old eunuch who once served as the chief eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies. That was the ceiling for eunuchs. Even Wang Chengen had to be respectful, and he once controlled Quan Dongchang.
This eunuch has already retired, but some time ago Emperor Chongzhen asked him to help because Chang Yu was too busy at Jingdong Factory. Now he has a false title in Jingdong Factory. In fact, everyone knows that it is Emperor Chongzhen's spy in Jingdong Factory.
Regardless of distrust or the emperor's skills, everyone knows it in their hearts.
But Chang Yu didn't care, so Chunxiang didn't care either.
And Gao Shiming almost never came to the Yamen. Occasionally I would see him in the Neidongchang Yamen in the imperial city, and he always looked kind. Maybe he didn't want to be a trouble between Emperor Chongzhen and Chang Yu.
Stick, just show up and deal with it. Chang Yu and Chunxiang don't care if it's true or false.
Just because I have a clear conscience.
And because you don’t know about the little pigtails that you can catch, what you know is what I want you to know.
The tea was fragrant, Chunxiang was leaning on the chair, holding the tea lid in his right hand and rubbing it constantly, with a smile on his lips. He just had a big wedding yesterday, and today he heard that Chang Yu returned to Beijing.
How could you not be happy?
Especially the big piece of eucalyptus, it took more than half a year to finally get it, and I was very happy because this was the person his elder brother had designated to arrest.
After Chang Yu took control of Dongchang, he did a lot of things, both overtly and covertly. Not to mention the overt and covert ways of leading Dongchang to conquer the country and protect his family and the country, he also secretly deceived, abducted, killed, and set fire to.
He did a lot, especially killing people.
Assassination.
He has a little notebook in his mind.
Some people must die.
For example, those who surrendered and betrayed their country in history, even some weaklings.
For example, former chief assistant, Chen Yan, Wei Zaode and others died inexplicably and unexpectedly.
Like writing a letter to order Sun Zhixian to shave his head...
However, some people are still in their original official positions or have traces that can be traced and are easy to find. Some people have disappeared in history, especially those who absconded in fear of crime. In this turbulent year, if you don’t have a third eye and don’t need nucleic acid, you can just find someone.
It is too difficult to dig out the seclusion of the place.
There is such a person on Chang Yu's list, a missing person who must be arrested.
This person's identity is not simple, he once had a great influence, and he is very similar to Chang Yu. Some people say that he is another Chang Yu, while others say that Chang Yu is another him.
Why do you say this? Let’s first look at Chang Yu’s characteristics. First, he is an eunuch. Second, he is favored by the emperor. Third, he knows how to fight!
Speaking of this, you must already know the identity of this person. Yes, Gao Qiqian, one of the three most favored eunuchs of Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty!
Everyone knows that the eunuch Wang Cheng'en was the most loyal. After his death, he was buried in the Ming Tombs and was the first eunuch. However, he was not the only one whom Emperor Chongzhen trusted most. Besides him, there were three others, Cao Huachun, Wang Dehua, and Gao Qiqian.
Cao Huachun was actually the most trusted eunuch of Emperor Chongzhen. He had been serving Emperor Chongzhen since he was still King Xin. However, by this time he had retired and returned to his hometown. As for the claim that he opened the city gate to welcome Li Zicheng when he captured the capital, it was actually a false accusation.
, because at that time he had retired and returned to his hometown for six years, and was not in the capital at all. Moreover, the irony was that he had a good relationship with the Donglin Party when he was in power, but he did not expect that the people who were most happy to throw dirty water on him later were Donglin.
A literati of the Party, this eunuch lived a long life even though he was wrongly accused, and lived until the first year of Kangxi.
Wang Dehua was the chief eunuch of Si Li Supervisor. In real history, he was the eunuch who scolded civil and military officials in front of the corpse of Emperor Chongzhen. This man was now on good terms with Chang Yu, the Si Li Supervisor.
As for Gao Qiqian, he was more powerful than the first two eunuchs who only made trouble in the palace, because he was known as the person who knew the most about military affairs and was the best at fighting in the late Ming Dynasty!
Yes, you heard it right!
It’s not that the eunuchs were the best at fighting, but the eunuchs who knew the most about military affairs in the late Ming Dynasty knew more about it than those powerful generals who had been fighting in the north and south all year round!
As for why he is said to know best, we don’t know, and we don’t dare to ask.
Maybe it's because he has been supervising the army since the fifth year of Chongzhen.
There is no need to explain the job title of Supervisor. He only monitors and likes to point fingers and restrain the generals.
There is an old saying that someone who has read 300 Tang poems can recite them without being able to compose them. Maybe he has too much experience as a military supervisor, and after reading more, he becomes the one who knows best?
How rich was his career as a military supervisor? Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, Liang Tingdong, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Sichang, Sun Chuanting... Yes, these elders have all worked with him, and they have all been hindered by his instructions.
But if you read a lot, do you really understand it? If you understand it, can it really work?
Obviously not. This guy likes to show off his prestige in the army, asking officials below the supervisor to salute him, and whoever objects to his dismissal... All kinds of arrogance and domineering to the point of being chilling, if it is just showing off his prestige, that's all.
He also engaged in embezzlement and embezzlement of military supplies, which was fine at that. He especially liked to dictate the actions of military advisers. If anyone dissatisfied, he said, "I represent the emperor..." This is how Lu Xiangsheng was indirectly killed by him.
When a battle goes against him, he runs away, and if he wins the battle, he kills people and takes the credit... All soldiers and horses are ashamed to be supervised by him, but outside, he is the eunuch and the God of War... It can be said that it has refreshed the bottom line of the idiom of making a fool of himself.
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However, the fire could not be contained, and Emperor Chongzhen was furious when he found out the truth. He issued an edict to reproach him and hated him ever since. Even when Gao Qiqian led his troops to the capital, he was not allowed to enter the city.
Until the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng went on an eastern expedition, and there was no peace outside the customs. Emperor Chongzhen, who had no one to use, ordered him to go out to supervise the army again. This guy actually escaped on the way and disappeared without a trace...
However, in the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was promoted to the governor of Beijing Camp and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
But in the middle stage, where was he hiding?
This kind of person who Chang Yu deeply hates must be dug out. As for Emperor Chongzhen, I am such a suspicious person and it is difficult to trust someone. You first teased me and then ran away directly. This is betrayal. You
Must die.
It's just that there are no easy digs. This is a troubled world. Gao Qiqian is powerful, rich and powerful. He wants to find a hiding place, or even multiple places. It's not too easy, and there will be many people covering for him.
Looking for him is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Just when he was at a loss what to do, Chang Yu suddenly remembered something. When he checked the information about Prince Zhu Cixiang, the official history said that his whereabouts were unknown after he was captured by Li Zicheng.
Wang Yongzhang's "Jiashen Diary" and "Tongzhou Prefecture Xu Zhi" both mentioned one thing, that is, before the battle of Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui had negotiations, and Wu Sangui demanded the handover of Zhu Cixiang, who had been named the King of Song Dynasty by Li Zicheng.
, and then the prince was named "Emperor Yixing of the Ming Dynasty". At that time, Li Zicheng agreed, but Dorgon of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not agree, and then the negotiation broke down before the war started. Before the war started, Wu Sangui handed the prince over to Gao Qiqian, and some
He said he was secretly sent to Huanggu Temple.
Personally, I think it is most likely that he was sent elsewhere, because if he was handed over to Gao Qiqian, and later Gao Qiqian defected to Nanming, why didn't he hand over the prince? Could he have been killed on the way...
These are not important anymore, what is important is that the high potential appears in this record!
How did Wu Sangui find Gao Qiqian who was already missing?
Gao Qi sneaked out of the pass to supervise the army. The person he was supervising was Ning Yuan, that is, Wu Sangui's tribe.
Gao Qiqi escaped halfway and disappeared, that is, he disappeared in the Shanhaiguan area.
Are there many connections between them?
So Chang Yu boldly guessed that Gao Qiqian was either living in seclusion somewhere in the countryside outside the pass, or hiding in the city, either in Shanhaiguan City or Ningyuan City, or even under the protection of some people, or with some people and thousands of people.
Inextricably linked.
After determining the scope, Dongchang teamed up with Jin Yiwei Ming to secretly investigate and hunt him. After several months of hard work, they finally locked him in. He was not outside Shanhaiguan nor in Ningyuan City, but living in a town inside Shanhaiguan.
He lives a worry-free and prosperous life, and he maintains secret contacts with some people in the military.
Chunxiang was very excited after catching a big fish. Chang Yu didn't know about it, nor did the emperor. This was a big surprise he had prepared. If nothing goes wrong, he would be escorted to the capital by Gao Qi Di the day after tomorrow.
When I learned that Chang Yu was also returning to Beijing, it was a double happiness.
After taking a sip of tea, Chunxiang looked relaxed and felt so accomplished!
At this moment, a fanzi saluted at the door and said, "I'm reporting to the commander-in-chief, Wang Zhixin, please see me."
Wang Zhixin? Chunxiang was startled, then a smile appeared on his lips and he asked him to come in.