The rise of the poor

Chapter 700
When Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao rode their horses to Xiyuan, it was still dark and the palace gate had not yet been opened.

However, the open space more than a hundred meters outside the palace gate is very lively, brightly lit, vendors selling various snacks such as liver soup, rice rolls, steamed stuffed buns, rice porridge, etc. Patronizing in front of the booth seems to be a mature morning market.

Fortunately, this was in Daming. If it was in modern times, these vendors would have been leveled out by the city management, the number one armed force in the world.

After Emperor Jiajing moved to Xiyuan, the political center of Ming Dynasty naturally shifted from the Forbidden City to Xiyuan.

Under the eyes of the emperor, who would dare to be late? In order to catch up with the time, many officials smeared and got up and had no time to eat breakfast.But officials are also human beings, and they also have to eat breakfast, so vendors who saw business opportunities spontaneously formed a morning market here.

"Okay, I'm waiting here to enter the palace, you go and have breakfast."

Zhu Ping got off his horse, took a dime of silver from his purse, handed it to Liu Mu, and asked them to go to the morning market for breakfast.

"No need, son. A few days ago, the young lady asked the housekeeper to give us a monthly payment in advance. It's more than one or two taels of silver per person." Li Dadao shook his head with a silly smile, and when he mentioned the monthly payment, his face was full of satisfaction.

The young lady he is talking about is naturally Li Shu. The monthly money is in the nature of an allowance. It is pocket money given to the upper, middle and lower members of the family for pocket money every month according to their status. It is not a salary. They also have other salary, which is another calculation of.

More than one tael of silver, which is compared with the monthly money of a first-class girl.

More than one tael of silver is just pocket money, which is not a small amount for Liu Dadao and the others.

At Maoshi, a bell rang from Xiyuan, and then the door of Xiyuan opened.

Zhu Pingan handed over the black horse that killed Matt to Liu Mu and the others, and once again told them to return home after the morning market was exhausted.

After exhorting, Zhu Pingan entered Xiyuan together with several officials.

"My lord, please stay."

Zhu Ping'an just stepped into Xiyuan when he was stopped by Xiyuan guards.

Zhu Pingan had never been to Xiyuan except during the palace examination and being summoned twice by Emperor Jiajing. Seeing that Zhu Pingan was born, the guards of Xiyuan politely stopped Zhu Pingan out of duty considerations.

"Oh, I'm Zhu Ping'an, the minister of the Imperial Academy and the secretary of the cabinet. According to the orders of the sage, I will direct the cabinet from today onwards."

Zhu Pingan stopped in his tracks, and after a little thought, he figured out what was going on, so he turned around and explained to the guard with a smile.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhu is here, please sign in here."

At this moment, a little eunuch in a tea camel suit came over, greeted Zhu Pingan with a smile, and then explained to the guard.

With the eunuchs in the palace as security, naturally there will be no fakes. The guards at the gate clasped their fists to plead guilty to Zhu Pingan and let him go.

"The captain is dedicated to his duties, what's wrong with it." Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands and returned the salute to the imperial guard.

After entering the palace gate, Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands again and thanked the little eunuch in tea tuofu, "Thank you for the father-in-law's rescue. I'm sorry Ping'an's eyesight, I don't know who the father-in-law is?"

"Lord Zhu, you are polite. If you don't mind, Master Zhu can call me Xiao Caozi. Master Zhu doesn't know the miscellaneous family, but the miscellaneous family has admired Master Zhu's name for a long time." Xiao Caozi, the eunuch in the tea camel suit, laughed, looking familiar look.

"It turned out to be Eunuch Cao. It's a pleasure to meet you." Zhu Pingan replied with a smile, but his heart was full of confusion. He really didn't know any other servants in the palace except Feng Bao, and this little eunuch was too much. Passionate.

"The miscellaneous family used to work in the Huanyi Bureau. Thanks to Eunuch Feng's care, they are now transferred to the palace gate. The miscellaneous family often hears that Mr. Feng mentions Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Feng respects Mr. Zhu very much." Xiao Caozi, the tea tuofu eunuch, laughed He smiled and explained to Zhu Pingan.

Oh, it turned out to be Feng Bao's small team, Zhu Ping'an suddenly realized after listening to the little eunuch's explanation.

The court eunuch departments in the Ming Dynasty mainly consisted of twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus, which were divided into ten divisions, including Li, Neiguan, Yuyong, Sishi, Yuma, Shenguan, Shangshan, Shangbao, Yinshou, Zhidian, Shangyi, and Duzhi. The second supervisor; the fourth division of Xixin, Zhonggu, Baochao, and Huntang; the eighth bureau of military battle, silver work, clothes washing, scarf and hat, needlework, inner weaving and dyeing, wine and vinegar noodles, and Siyuan. It is commonly known as 24 yamen.

The Huanyi Bureau is responsible for providing laundry services for the masters in the palace. It is the most miserable department in the 24 yamen, and it is also the only eunuch institution in the 24 yamen that is not in the palace. It can be said that it is hard work and has no future.

The gate of the palace gate is a special post, responsible for registering officials who have joined Xiyuan, and supervising the commuting of officials, which is equivalent to a disciplinary committee member.The Ming Dynasty paid close attention to the officials who joined Xiyuan. If the officials who joined the office left early due to going out for business, they must inform the eunuch of the prison gate of the reason for leaving early and register it for inspection.Because of this, even high-ranking cabinet ministers are polite to palace gates and prison gates.

Therefore, Prison Gate is a fat job with a bright future.

Xiao Caozi can be transferred from the Huanyi Bureau to the palace gate supervisor, and he is grateful to Feng Bao, so he can understand it naturally.

And Feng Baoneng transferred Xiao Caozi from the Huanyi Bureau to the palace gate supervisor, which shows that he has established a firm foothold in the palace and has begun to develop his own team.

After exchanging pleasantries, Eunuch Cao led Zhu Pingan to the sign-in office, and Zhu Pingan took a pen to write his name on the sign-in book.

"Master Zhu, it is inconvenient for the miscellaneous family to leave because of their duties. But Eunuch Feng has already explained, and this little Eunuch Zhang will lead Master Zhu to the cabinet of Wuyi Hall to report." The little eunuch in gray clothes recommended Zhu Pingan.

"Thank you, Eunuch Feng and Eunuch Cao, for your hard work. I will thank Eunuch Zhang." Zhu Pingan cupped his hands in thanks, and slipped the red envelope that Li Shu had wrapped in advance into the sleeves of Eunuch Cao and Eunuch Zhang.

"Your Majesty Zhu is too polite, just call me Xiao Zhangzi, Master Zhu, please go this way." Eunuch Zhang, a young eunuch in gray, led the way.

The area of ​​Xiyuan is very large, including the current Zhongnanhai, Beihai Park, and Wenjin Museum of the National Library of China, including the Jinao Yudi Bridge.The place where Zhu Ping'an entered was the South Gate, and the Wuyi Hall where the cabinet office was located was in the east of Zuoye Gate.

"Going forward, after passing Yuxi Palace, the Second Hall of Shenyingxuan, and passing the Binfeng Pavilion, you can see a rice field. In front of the rice field is the Wuyi Hall." Eunuch Zhang gave Zhu Pingan a hand while leading the way. Introduced.

Zhu Pingan looked in the direction of Zhang Gonggong's finger, and there were rows of palaces and supporting halls in front of him, but there was no trace of Wuyi Hall at all.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, that is, about 15 minutes, Zhu Pingan saw the paddy field that Eunuch Zhang mentioned. The morning breeze was blowing on the emerald green paddy field, and there were waves of green ripples.

This paddy field should be the place where Emperor Jiajing persuaded farmers to teach farming and mulberry. Zhu Pingan stopped and looked at the paddy field for a while.

(End of this chapter)