Wanli Xinming

Chapter 8
The next day, Empress Dowager Li summoned Feng Bao and said, "I see the emperor growing up and want to let him know about some political affairs. In the future, you can report the important events to him and listen to him. If there is anything wrong, let me know. Feng Bao heard this, his head buzzed, but he showed a loyal look on his face, and said: "The slaves and others will do their best to assist the queen mother and the emperor! Please rest assured that the queen mother!"

After retreating, Feng Bao let out a long sigh and said, "There is no place to die now!" He had already discovered that the Empress Dowager had a slight fear of the emperor. Before that, he personally invited him to the Qianqing Palace to criticize him. The emperor knew the hardships of approving memorials, and he hoped that he would be a hand-seller as soon as possible, which is a long-term plan; on the other hand, he also had the intention of alienating the emperor's mother and son, waiting for the queen mother to counteract. It will strengthen Feng Bao's power, which is short-term.He watched Zhu Yijun grow up since he was a child, and he was even trusted by the empress dowager. He had the same temperament and disposition of the mother and son as reading a text in the palm of his hand, and he was confident to play them in the palm of his hand.Unexpectedly, he lifted a stone and smashed himself in the foot. The mother and son actually got along well and happily. The Queen Mother Li unexpectedly gave up the first child!In this way, the situation reversed in an instant. Feng Bao kept making a choice between what to report to the queen mother and what to report to the emperor, which was equivalent to standing in line in advance: if the queen mother was elected, the emperor himself would not have good fruit to eat after taking the power; The emperor, after all, the empress dowager is also in the Qianqing Palace, and now he can have no good fruit to eat.What's wrong with this plywood?This Feng Bao has been engaged in manipulative tactics all his life, and when he reached the peak, he encountered such a dilemma.
After calming down, Feng Bao made up his mind to see how the emperor handles things first - if the emperor wants to take power, the queen mother may not be able to tolerate it for a long time.If the emperor does not take power, what is the difference from now?Let's wait and see what happens.Reported to the emperor, Zhu Yijun met him and asked, "What did the queen mother say?" Feng Bao should be.

Zhu Yijun pondered: "The queen mother just asked me to learn from the teachings of Da Companion and Mr. Zhang, but this matter is not urgent, it is business as usual. It is up to Da Companion and Mr. Zhang to discuss and pick up some things that I can understand and listen to. ." Feng Bao could only secretly smile bitterly when he saw the emperor slipping away.

Zhu Yijun turned his head and said, "How many positions are there in this inner court?"

Feng Baodao: "There are currently 24 yamen, including twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus." He introduced the responsibilities of these yamen.

Zhu Yijun asked: "Who is the commander? Feng Bao said: "The commander-in-chief is the supervisor of ceremonies, and they are all in slaves and other places. "

Zhu Yijun said, "What position does the accomplice live in now?"

Feng Bao saw sweat on his forehead, and said, "This old slave lives in the Sili Supervisor's seal and admiral of the East Factory."

Zhu Yijun nodded, and said: "I see, let's go and get busy, and send someone to give me the list of officials in the 24 Yamen later, and I have other things to do." Feng Bao was beating wildly like a rabbit in his heart.

When Feng Baoying resigned, Zhu Yijun drove to Empress Dowager Li and discussed with Empress Dowager Li: "According to the family law of the ancestors, this supervisor of ceremonial seal and the admiral of Dongchang officials cannot have both. There are also many things to criticize, and you have to take care of the palace affairs--" These words put all the guilt of Empress Dowager Li for the unrest in the palace affairs to the blame of Feng Bao, after all, it is normal for people to take anger.

Empress Dowager Li interrupted: "What is the emperor's idea?"

Zhu Yijun said: "There is a reason why the ancestors did not allow the Sili Jian to hold the seal and the admiral of the East Factory. After all, the government and the army belong to the same person, which is not in line with the way of the ancestors' check and balance. It is better to give up Feng Bao as the director of the East Factory and choose another person."

This Feng Bao concurrently served as the admiral of the East Factory, which was indeed decided by the Queen Mother Li.At that time, the Empress Dowager suspected that Gao Gong had the will to abolish the establishment, and Feng Bao was the one she trusted most in the inner court.Therefore, Feng Bao's power was increased to deal with Gao Gong.Now that Gao Gong has been defeated, seeing that what the emperor said makes sense, plus he has already promised the emperor to participate in politics, he nodded and said: "What the emperor said is very true, you can deal with it yourself. There is only one thing, it is Feng Bao's errand for no reason. It's a proper speech, but don't be blunt, your partner must not look good on the face."

Zhu Yijun laughed and said: "I think the 24 prisons set up by our ancestors are just to fight against the foreign courts. Whether they are different from the foreign courts is decided by the emperor. Although the big companion has great power, he is no more than the emperor's family. Slave,——" Seeing that Empress Dowager Li frowned, she hurriedly stopped probing, and said: "Since the empress mother cares about his face, I have my own means to make him have nothing to say." Empress Dowager Li sighed when he saw that his words were frizzy. , but said nothing.Seeing that she seemed displeased, Zhu Yijun didn't dare to test her, so he had no choice but to resort to winning or losing.Nai smiled and said: "Mother, I will summon Jin Yiwei Zhu Xixiao in the Wuying Hall later - this is the first time that the emperor has summoned foreign ministers alone. Can the mother listen behind the screen?" Jin Yiwei was a little lazy to move, and Zhu Yijun agreed to talk about it.

Soon after Zhu Yijun returned to the palace, Feng Bao sent someone to send the directory of the 24th supervisor.Zhu Yijun looked carefully, and then asked the eunuch Yin and Zhang Cheng around him, and gained a preliminary understanding of the character and ability of the supervisors.Yin Xiang entered the palace during the Jiajing period. After three dynasties, Zhu Yijun was very fond of the eunuchs in the palace. Seeing what he said in detail, Zhu Yijun asked, "How is this person?" name.

Yin Xiang echoed back: "Your Majesty has a clear view, Chen Ju is a lenient person, and he knows a lot about it."

"How is this person?" But it was Zhang Jing, the director of li.

"Sexy, Guo Yi person."

"How is this person?" He was referring to Liang Yong of the Royal Horse Supervisor.

"This... This person is loyal, but he is a bit harsher."

During the question and answer, Zhu Yijun got a general idea of ​​the eunuchs of the various supervisory divisions.According to his modern thinking, he does not want to see eunuchs, but he has just obtained a point of suffrage, and he cannot adjust the official system of the foreign court for the time being. As a result, he cannot operate on the eunuch system, so he has to pinch his nose to recognize it.After getting to know more about it, Zhu Yijun said: "Today is not yet (two o'clock in the afternoon), and all the above-mentioned people will be brought to the Qianqing Palace." After speaking, he shook the list in his hand.He also ordered: "Call Zhu Xixiao, the commander of Jinyiwei, to come to see the car." After thinking about it, he said: "Let him bring the capital of the governor and above in Beijing." Yin Xiang agreed, and went to choose someone to pass the order.

After Zhu Yijun had eaten his lunch, the internal supervisor announced that Zhu Xixiao and other court officials had arrived (relying on manpower to transmit information at this speed).Zhu Yijun hurriedly asked the Queen Mother to invite the Queen Mother to the Wuying Hall, where a screen was set up. When Queen Mother Li entered the hall, the seats were set up behind the screen, and then Zhu Xixiao and others were announced to enter the hall.Zhu Xixiao brought five people into the hall, paid homage, signed up in turn, and shouted: "Long live, long live, long live!" Zhu Yijun called out with a smile and gave him a seat.

Zhu Xixiao was very uneasy, and knelt down and said, "Is there any respect for me to sit on the ground before the long live?" Seeing that Zhu Yijun was very insistent, he sat on the corner of the taozi with his butt on his side.The rest of the Jinyiwei, Zhishi, and Zhenfu envoys all sat like him when they saw him sitting.

(End of this chapter)