Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1488
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the old residence of Emperor Liang was busy inside and outside.Fortunately, this mansion was built alone in the small city of Xuanren adjacent to the Forbidden Garden. The scale is quite large, and even if there is any noise around, it will not affect the daily life of the people in the city.

But even so, the mansion is already overcrowded.In addition to the original family members in the mansion, there are many court officials and waiters coming and going in and out of Taiyuan.In addition, the Shen family was originally the great sect of Wuzhong, and now they have become the emperor of the country. Naturally, all members of the Shen family feel honored, and there are thousands of people who have entered Luo.

Of course, many of them have very thin and remote bloodlines. As for the real close lineage, there is no need to come to Luoyang at this critical and sensitive moment.For example, Shen Ke, the uncle of Shen Zhe's family, has been staying in Jiankang so far, and has no chance to participate in the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Liang.

As early as many years ago, the Shen family had carried out a division of clans and sorted out the clansmen. Many clansmen from remote branches or clansmen who just lived in the family and did nothing to do any work all opened their clans.

Strictly speaking, therefore, the Wuzhong folks who came to Luoyi this time and identified themselves as members of the Shen clan are undoubtedly surnamed Shen, but more than half of them have no patriarchal connection with the Shen clan of Wu Xing and Wukang.

But for such a great joy, the main sect of the Shen family was naturally happy to share the joy with the villagers. Since they came here from a long distance to congratulate, human relations must be taken care of.

But after all, they are estranged and have no contact all year round. I don't know what kind of temperament these villagers are. In order to avoid any evil things that violate the law and life by relying on the emperor's relatives, they are simply placed in the small town of Xuanren, which can also show The Shen family is noble but not arrogant, and is still willing to maintain the family tradition of communicating with fellow villagers.

Of course, it was very difficult for these people to see Emperor Liang who was nervously preparing for the enthronement ceremony.However, Shen Chong, who is the head of the Shen family, after the initial period of ecstasy, has gradually recovered his emotions in the past few days, and has the rationality and calmness to deal with people and greet them.Shen Chong came here to receive a group of folks, which also made these people feel quite flattered.

Just one day before the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Liang Emperor Shen Weizhou was busy with meeting the returning old people from all sides and determining the final attendance list and order of the ceremony. He was busy until late at night before he was able to rest for a while.But there was no time to take a nap anymore, because the ceremony would officially start after Zishi, and Emperor Liang needed to go to Taiji Palace in the Forbidden Garden at the invitation of all officials at Yinshi.

But even if he didn't get enough rest, Emperor Liang was still full of energy. It has to be said that power is the best stimulus for people.Rao Shen Zhezi has imagined today's scene many times in the past few years, but he still can't be completely calm when things come to an end, which shows how tempting this emperor's position is to people.

After the final batch of imperial edicts were approved and sent to Taicheng by the Lang Guan of the Ministry of Rites, Shen Zhezi finally had a moment of leisure.He walked out of the room slowly, stood on the porch and looked around, and saw that the mansion was full of lights everywhere, and even the deep night was blocked by the festive atmosphere here.

Although the mansion is brightly lit, the atmosphere near the residence of Emperor Liang is very quiet. The residence is surrounded by heavy soldiers from the Shengwu Army, so no one else will be allowed to approach at will to disturb the tranquility of His Majesty the Emperor.As for other important family members, they are also busy with their own affairs, and it is difficult to get away from here at this moment.

Seeing His Majesty entering the court, Chen Jiakuo, the commander of the Shengwu Army who was in charge of guarding the place, walked forward and bowed his head to wait for orders. His Majesty raised his hand to push him back, and only walked slowly in the court for a while. The night wind was cold enough to refresh his mind.

But when he was walking to the shadows, Shen Zhezi heard faint sobs coming from behind the pillars. He stopped here and listened for a moment. After confirming that it was not an illusion, he called out, "Who is there?"

"what……"

There was a short exclamation from the shadows, and immediately a figure jumped out from behind the pillar in a hurry. After the person walked a few steps forward, his face was exposed in the range of the light, and it turned out to be Liu Chang, the old servant at home.

"Ah, Alang...No, no, Your Majesty, Your Majesty...Saint!"

Liu Chang walked out from the shadows, speaking incoherently with a guilty conscience, crossing his hands and prostrating.

"Come on, old slave is really disgusting, you can really become a humble gentleman because you have a lot of etiquette and rough habits? How is it in the past, what will happen in the future, who will blame you for these things."

Liu Chang is an old man of the family, and he has been with him for more than 20 years, so Shen Zhezi naturally wouldn't treat him too politely, so he stepped forward and kicked Liu Chang, and then asked curiously, "Why haven't you rested until now? If you can't raise your energy enough, if something goes wrong when you move into the garden tomorrow, be careful and make you look good!"

But just as Shen Zhezi finished speaking, Liu Chang's body trembled suddenly, his old face wrinkled into a ball, tears streaming down his face, he prostrated himself and hugged his master's ankle, and wailed, "This old servant is a death sentence, a death sentence! Ah Lang will become a supreme saint, such a family Overjoyed, the old servant shouldn’t cry out in sorrow... But please don’t blame me, Alang, my parents gave birth to a whole body of flesh and blood. Body... The old man, the old servant will never dare to disobey the destiny of the saint, but please be sympathetic, Alang, let me cry in the middle of the night to comfort the dead souls of my parents, and it will be natural, natural... Alas, I have left some bones and blood at last. Loyalty and filial piety can't be both, I... ..."

Hearing Liu Chang's sobbing, Shen Zhezi couldn't help being a little dazed, and frowned, "What are you talking about?"

At this time, several patrolling soldiers heard the news. Liu Chang covered his mouth and said in a mournful voice: "This old servant has been with Alang for a long time, how can we say goodbye halfway, Alang will be the forbidden emperor and saint in the future, old servant Naturally, I have to follow him as a middle official, and from now on, I will not be Angzang again..."

Hearing this, Shen Zhezi finally understood where the old family's sorrow came from, and couldn't help feeling dumbfounded for a while, pointing at Liu Chang and scolding with a smile: "You are not used in ordinary people, why are you old and not young, and your knowledge is still vulgar and not long, You really live up to the name given to you by your parents! If you are so troubled by your age, whether you are castrated or not, what does the word 'Angzang' have to do with you?"

Liu Chang just lowered his head and wiped his tears and said: "After all, this pain was not suffered by Alang. An old thing has been with me for decades, and once it is painful, what does it have to do with whether it is not Angzang? I, I really..."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he was so angry that he couldn't help laughing: "The old man is so courageous, how dare he mock me? Do you believe that I will have someone cut you off right away?"

After Liu Chang heard the words, he suddenly fell silent, his crotch was clamped tightly, and the expression on his old face was crying and smiling, which was extremely awkward.

After all, he was an old man who had been employed by the mansion for many years. Seeing Liu Chang's entanglement, Shen Zhezi finally said to him: "If you only worry about this matter, then there is no need. After moving to the garden, the house will be bigger, and the regulations Strictly, the rest is the same as the old year. Hang on to your old thing for the time being, and when you get angry with me, you will really cut it off and send it to Yeting to be used as a handyman!"

"This, so to speak, is it true that there is no need to cut? The old servant can still keep his beard and tail intact, and serve A Lang with him?"

When Liu Chang heard this, he was still dubious, but his red eyes once again shone with hope.

"You can't even say both loyalty and filial piety. If you still want to be raped, I'm afraid that your parents will blame me. Get out and go to sleep early. Tomorrow morning, the middle officials in the garden will clean it up, and you need to deal with it."

Shen Zhezi kicked Liu Chang lightly again, and said with a look of disgust, the old guy is already incompetent at this age, but his obsession is still very strong.

As a matter of fact, there was also a discussion on the issue of the servants and middle-ranking officials before.Regardless of the past and future generations, in fact, just what Shen Zhezi saw when he entered and exited the Forbidden Garden in Jiangdong in the past, in fact, there were not many eunuch servants in the garden, and there were only three to four hundred people in the entire Forbidden Garden.

Of course, there is also the reason that the Jiangdong court is simple and the imperial power has been weak for a long time, but even according to the official Chinese and Korean standards, the forbidden garden has only five or six hundred eunuchs, which is more than enough.

Among the Forbidden Gardens, those who really need eunuchs are mainly around the emperor's palace and concubines.As for some middle-level official positions, such as the supervisor in the palace, the Da Changqiu and other inner court positions, they are often filled by normal people.

Of course, this is also because of the severe calamity of eunuchs in the later Han Dynasty. When the world fell into disputes again during the Three Kingdoms period, strong ministers often took charge of state affairs, and the imperial power itself was in jeopardy, let alone eunuchs.

As for later generations such as the Ming Dynasty, the group of eunuchs in the inner court was so large that they formed the twelve eunuchs of the inner court. In this world, it is neither necessary nor possible. It is said that it was a means used by the emperor to check and balance the foreign court.

In fact, from ancient times to the present, as a king, he has always used the means of citing people close to him to check and balance foreign ministers.Even a whole set of imperial power system is the evolution process of a family.The prime minister, the head of the foreign court officials, was supposed to be the prime minister of the king's family. As for the Jiuqing, it was the evolution of the retainer. Taichang was in charge of family sacrifices, Guanglu was in charge of gate control, and so on.

It's just that as the family became bigger and bigger, all the retainers also rose accordingly, so that they gradually gained the ability to restrict the family head, so a new round of reforms came.For example, the ministers of the later generations of court officials were only one of the six ministers of the inner court, and the emperor gave these close ministers more and more powers in order to restrain the foreign ministers, which gradually became the legal system of the court.

Right now, Xinliang is being created, and even the enthronement ceremony has not been officially completed, and the imperial court system has not yet been established, but even if the rules are established, Shen Zhezi's power and prestige in this world naturally does not require the inner court to control the outer court. .

If you only consider the daily manpower needed in the Forbidden Garden, Shen Zhezi does not have a huge harem, but only one wife and two concubines, and the children are too immature, let alone maintain a large-scale inner court.

Because this question was raised by the Dangxingtai, it was suggested that criminal households and prisoners of war should be elected to fill the Yeting Court, but His Majesty the Emperor temporarily put aside the discussion.For the current palace ban, the remaining ones in Jiankangyuan City alone are enough.Of course, as the children grow up and the affairs of the Forbidden Garden increase, it is necessary to increase the internal servants, but these can be added sequentially, and there is no need to force them to be completed in one step.

With the ironic interruption of the old man Liu Chang, Shen Zhezi's mood became more relaxed, and he stood idle in the court for a while, and as the waiter came forward to report that the time was approaching, he returned to the room and began to wear the king's crown , Waiting for all the officials to come here, please welcome them.

(End of this chapter)