In A Chinese Ghost Story II, there is a very outstanding military commander. He is the Jin Yiwei Zuo Qianhu who is responsible for escorting Fu Tianchou to the capital for trial.
Reminiscing that both of them had the surname Zuo, and that Lanruo Temple was located in Fuzhou, Wang Xu guessed that Zuo Qianhu was probably the person in the movie.
"Is Zuo Qianhu in Fuzhou?"
"No, Zuo Qianhu escorted the prisoners from Fuzhou to the capital to build a palace for Pudu Cihang. He is not expected to come back until the Hungry Ghost Festival."
Today is June 26th, the Ghost Festival is on July 15th, and there are still twenty days before Zuo Qianhu comes back.
These twenty days are the time for their battle. As long as the imperial court does not parachute down a governor, the position of Fuzhou governor will be determined between the two of them.
In comparison, Zuo Qianhu's background is the commander of Jin Yiwei, so it seems that he has a greater chance of winning.
In fact, Wang Xu has the three thousand-year-old Eunuch Liu as his backer. In front of the great banner of Eunuch Liu, a third-rank commander is not enough.
After all, although the Ning Dynasty did not have the East Factory and the West Factory, there were twelve eunuchs. Liu Gonggong, as the chief ceremonial supervisor and the accompanying eunuch, was the third largest eunuch among the eunuchs after the palm eunuch and the pen eunuch, and his status was still
He must be above the commander of the Jin Yiwei.
Wang Xu spent the entire morning talking with Feng Zhong and Qian Qianhu. In one morning, he learned about the Fuzhou Health Center.
At noon, Wang Xu sent the story and what happened last night back to the capital guard station via flying pigeons, and vaguely mentioned that Fuzhou City was leaderless and that he was currently in charge of the overall situation.
After writing the letter to Jin Yiwei, Wang Xu picked up the pen again and wrote a letter to Eunuch Liu in the palace.
In addition to mentioning what happened last night, the letter also vaguely mentioned that the zombie he killed was Jiang Tianchen, the governor of Fuzhou.
Then, Wang Xu changed his pen and said with a sigh: "The Jinyi Guards are fighting for power within themselves, and the local guards even collude with officials. The emperor's idea of using the Jinyi Guards to monitor all civil and military officials seems to be difficult to realize at present. What is even more frightening is that
, Jin Yiwei is responsible for supervising all civil and military officials, who will supervise Jin Yiwei?
Moreover, the Jinyiwei institution is located outside the palace and is very inconvenient to use. As a close person of His Majesty and an important minister of the Twelve Supervisors, my father-in-law boldly believes that if the troops of the Twelve Supervisors can be used in the East Palace,
It would be a great thing to set up another agency on Taihe Mountain to be responsible for supervising the imperial guards and courtiers."
Wang Xu hurriedly wrote down the concept of Dongchang on the paper.
As for why I don't write it in detail, it's because there are talented people in the palace, and if you do everything too much, it will look unsightly.
Picking up the letter paper and blowing dry the ink on it, Wang Xu showed a slight smile on his lips.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many reasons for the emergence of Dongchang. The biggest reason was that the Jinyiwei had no supervision, and there were cases in the local area where the Jinyiwei colluded with local officials and deceived the superiors and concealed it.
Wang Xu didn't know if the Jin Yiwei in this world also deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, but he believed that if his letter got into the hands of Eunuch Liu, the Jin Yiwei would have to have it even if he didn't have it.
Moreover, his words are not all fabricated. The biggest difference between Jinyiwei and Dongchang is that there are people from all walks of life in Jinyiwei, and it is impossible to enter and leave the palace at will.
Similarly, the royal guards set up outside the palace were not easy to use by the emperor sitting deep in the palace. Why did the Twelve Prisons flourish? Because the people in the Twelve Prisons were all eunuchs, and some of them were very clever.
He is an old man who was by his side when the emperor was still a prince. The emperor can feel at ease using such a person.
Combining several circumstances, the emergence of Dongchang has come naturally. It was just that no one had thought of this before. Wang Xu believed that after he pierced the window paper, Eunuch Liu, who was ranked last among the three big men in Dauchi, would be overjoyed.
After drying the ink, Wang Xu rolled up the letter paper and stuffed it into the copper tube on Xin Ying's right foot.
"Go!" Wang Xu released the trust eagle. This specially trained trust eagle can fly one thousand five hundred miles a day.
Eunuch Liu will receive his letter tonight at the latest, which is faster than ordinary flying pigeons delivering letters.
In Wang Xu's letter, he did not mention at all that he asked Eunuch Liu to seek the position of governor for himself.
But he believed that after Eunuch Liu saw this letter, he would definitely know the elegant meaning of the piano after hearing it. If he didn't even have this level of skill, Eunuch Liu wouldn't be three thousand years old, and he would have died in a corner of the palace long ago.
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In the evening, inside the palace, the Chief of Ceremonies
Lying on the Taishi's chair, Liu Xun, who is over seventy years old, is closing his eyes to rest.
There are twelve prisons in the palace, which are divided into the ceremonial prison, the internal official prison, the royal prison, the sixi prison, the royal horse prison, the shrine prison, the Shangshan prison, the Shangbao prison, the Yinshou prison, the Zhidian prison, and the Shangyi prison.
The prisons are all prisons, each with eunuchs and other supervisors responsible for serving the emperor and the royal family.
As the head of the Twelve Supervisors and the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Liu Xun has countless things to do every day. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is busier than the cabinet ministers.
"I'm old, I'm really old. I just went hunting in Dongyuan with Your Majesty, and I'm so tired." Unlike other giants in the Bureau of Ceremonies, Liu Xun blocked the car for today's emperor when he was young. Although he was seriously injured, he was not injured.
He died, but became a useless person who could not learn martial arts for the rest of his life.
Looking back now, it was really dangerous at that time.
If he hadn't risked his own life and blocked the hidden arrow for His Majesty, who was still Prince Shun at that time, I'm afraid he wouldn't be the emperor he is now.
It's a pity that God was not kind to him. He won the bet on his future and took the third position in the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but he regretted that he could not practice martial arts for the rest of his life.
If I had to choose again, would I dare to risk being disabled to block the poisonous arrow?
Liu Xun sighed, touched the jade ring on his hand, and said softly: "Maybe!"
If you fail to seize the opportunity, you are doomed to be in the mud for the rest of your life.
Liu Xun has been in the Imperial City all his life, and he knows very well where this place is. Some people seem to be smiling at you, but in fact they want to peel off your skin and bones.
When one eunuch goes up, thousands of eunuchs fall behind him. Especially those at the lowest level compete in every possible way. Some of the dirty tricks are even experienced by Liu Xun, who shudders in retrospect.
On the contrary, once I sat on top and could no longer mess around, the method of struggle changed from confrontation to hiding the needle.
Otherwise, why would many of the children of big clans, once they fail to pass the Jinshi examination or become county magistrates, would rather farm and study and run a household than serve as minor officials of the eighth or ninth grade?
Isn't it because the position is too low and the means of fighting are too low-level? There are many weak-legged people who would rather die together than make life easier for their opponents.
"Oh my, I'm so old. Where have I been thinking about this!" Feeling that his mind was wandering a bit, Liu Xun struggled to sit up with a wry smile on his face.
dong dong dong
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, one long and two short, and Liu Xun knew as soon as he heard it that it was the little eunuch beside him.
"Come in!"
Liu Xun sat up straight. No matter how tired he was, he would hold his head high in front of outsiders, because he knew that there should be no weakness in the palace. Secretly, there were many pairs of eyes staring at him, just like a pack of wolves peering at the Wolf King.
's throne.
Once the wolf king shows his age and becomes no longer a threat, challengers will swarm in, and the defeated old wolf king usually ends badly.
"Chitose, this is a letter from Hongyan sent by Wang Xu of Fuzhou Jinyiwei Qianhu." The little eunuch held a wooden plate in his hand, with a piece of paper fastened inside the plate.
"Wang Xu, Fuzhou Jinyiwei Qianhu?"
Liu Xun thought for a moment, then showed a look of surprise and said with a smile: "It's that little monkey!"
"Here, show me." Liu Xun took the letter from the plate, glanced at it, and his expression immediately changed.
Wow!!
Liu Xun suddenly closed the letter and asked, "Xiao Guizi, have you read this letter?"
Xiao Guizi's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground with a thud. He said tremblingly: "Chitose, I haven't read it, but the internal officials in the inner palace prison may have read it in order to confirm whether the letter has been smeared.
"
"Kill everyone who has read this letter and leave no one behind!"
Liu Xun gave the order in a cold voice, then turned his body to the left and looked at the lamp.
Ten lines at a glance. The more he read, the brighter Liu Xun's eyes became. After reading the last word, he smiled and said: "Okay, that's really good. Our family thought it was a little monkey, but we didn't expect it to be Sun Wukong!"