Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1075 Undercurrent
Zhang Jing is not scary, and Liu Shouyou is not scary, but Zhang Jing and Liu Shouyou need to be careful when they are added together.

Both Zhang Jing and Zhang Cheng had devoted themselves to Zhang Hong's sect as adopted sons when they were eunuchs in their early years (little eunuchs had to worship a godfather when they first entered the palace), and Zhang Hong himself was serving the late emperor Longqing at that time, so They were sent to serve Zhu Yijun who was the prince.

If it wasn't for the appearance of high pragmatism, let alone Zhang Hong, even his two adopted sons Zhang Jing and Zhang Cheng would be older than Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju in front of Zhu Yijun.

Even now, the qualifications of the two of them in front of Zhu Yijun are no worse than those of Huang and Chen. It's just because they didn't have high-level practical recommendations, and they couldn't play a positive role in some major events before, so they were recommended by Huang Mengyu and Chen. The two of Chen Ju were behind them.

After Chen Hong left, Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju were the two giants in the palace, and they were undoubtedly attached to Gao Pragmatic, and the eunuch under them was originally Zhang Hong.This eunuch Zhang Hongda is old and has an upright personality, so he didn't join Gao Yushi's command - but fortunately, he thinks Gao Yushi is a virtuous minister, and he hasn't held back someone Gao.

Now that Zhang Hong himself died of a hunger strike, Zhang Jing and Zhang Cheng appeared as the best two of his adopted sons, especially Zhang Jing's momentum was the most prosperous.

What is Zhang Jing's job, so he is so favored?He is the eunuch of the Inner Palace Supply Treasury.

The supply and use warehouse of the inner government is dedicated to the 24 yamen and mountain mausoleums in the imperial city, and the officials eat rice (four buckets per person per month) and incense such as yellow wax, white wax, and agarwood for the imperial use.The chief official has a palm-print eunuch, and there are more than [-] people in charge of the prime minister, manager, secretary, secretary, writer, and supervisor.It belongs to oil depot, wax depot, etc.

The above is the official statement. In fact, the supply and storage of the inner government is not limited to "rice and imperial yellow wax, white wax, and agarwood"?
It is better to use a more simple and rude statement: the daily use of the entire imperial palace, the yamen of the inner government and the tombs of the emperors of the past dynasties are basically under his control.

If this position is compared to various agencies and units in later generations, it is roughly equivalent to the office director of the unit.

Who can be the office director?A top confidant.

With such a comparison, Zhang Jing's position in Zhu Yijun's mind is very clear.

But for Zhang Jing alone, high pragmatism is not a big deal. After all, his status is much more detached than Zhang Jing, and his importance and irreplaceability to Zhu Yijun are not comparable to Zhang Jing. In addition, there is Huang Mengyu. Even if Zhang Jing is the "office director" who is the chief inspector of the inner court, and Chen Ju, the admiral of the East Factory, it is impossible to pose any direct threat to Gao Yushi.

However, if Liu Shouyou is added, the situation will be quite different.

Liu Shouyou is the current governor of Jinyiwei, a special existence who is considered both an internal minister and an external minister. More importantly, Jinyiwei controls Tiqi and has the power to supervise and even monitor all officials.

Originally, Jinyiwei developed to the present, and the function of monitoring officials has been greatly weakened, but that still depends on the character and will of the governor himself.For example, when Zhu Xixiao was the governor of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei was obviously an angel who held high the banner of peace to the civil servants, especially after Chengguo's government and Gao Yushi reached a comprehensive partnership, Jinyiwei almost became Gao Yushi's hand from the side. Knife.

It's a pity that brothers Zhu Xizhong and Zhu Xixiao both died a little early, in their sixties. Although Zhu Yingzhen inherited the Dukedom of Chengguo more easily than in history, he failed to get the governor of Jinyiwei. Later, Liu Shouyou got out and became the new governor.

The situation of Liu Shouyou has been mentioned above, so I won’t say much here. To put it simply, he was one of the group of people who came from a family of civil servants and joined Jinyiwei after the popularity of civil servants and military officials. They are all in the same vein, so his attitude towards the Gao family is very bad.

In fact, Liu Shouyou did not dare to think about defeating Gao Yushi in the past, but when he was able to do so, he said something bad about Gao Yushi based on the idea of ​​"black if he can". Liu Shouyou did this when he was in Annan (mentioned above).

It's a pity that Liu Shouyou's actions have not achieved any results—Gao Yushi has always been cautious in doing things, and occasionally exaggerated actions will be explained in front of Zhu Yijun. In addition, everything he does has a good "curative effect" in the end, so Zhu Yijun always felt that Liu Shouyou's secret investigation of Gao Yushi was a bit ridiculous. If it weren't for the ancestral system, he might have instructed Liu Shouyou not to waste that time.

Since Gao Wushi adjusted the internal structure of Jinghua last time and specially established a Ministry of Internal Affairs, Jinghua itself also has an intelligence agency, so he is not unaware of Liu Shouyou's small actions. The reason why he did not counteract it is because at that time It seems unnecessary.

Sometimes, it is not a bad thing for someone to say something unfavorable to him in front of the emperor, because it can prove that he has not covered the sky with his own hand - of course, the premise is that these bad words are not a big problem, and there must be no real problem. Come.

Gao Wushi has been slow to move Liu Shouyou for this reason: Let him say something bad, anyway, firstly, the problem is not serious, and secondly, the investigation has no real evidence, and the emperor always gets this kind of unsubstantiated gossip , After listening to it for a long time, you will become immune.

In the end, maybe Zhu Yijun will still feel: Even if these are true, they are nothing more than trivial matters, and he is not a fairy if he is pragmatic. He knows everything about Jinghua, right?Is it strange that the people below make a little mistake?With so many ministers under my command, how many people make mistakes every year, are they all my responsibility?

However, Gao Yushi was willing to keep Liu Shouyou on purpose, but Liu Shouyou seemed unwilling to let Gao Yushi go, and actually got involved with Zhang Jing, a new eunuch who was about to rise.

The combination of internal and external is a threat, which cannot be taken lightly.

After all, Gao Pragmatism himself is the beneficiary of internal and external cooperation, how can he not know the power of internal and external cooperation.

"Apart from the fact that they met several times a month, have you found anything?" Gao Wushi asked.

Huang Mengyu focused his eyes and said: "There is one more thing, I don't know if it has something to do with the cooperation between the two of them."

"What's the matter?"

"After the two of them met for the second time, Liu Shouyou visited Mr. Yu Ge the next day—in the name of visiting a doctor."

Gao Wushi's heart moved, he pondered for a moment, and asked, "Is Yu Ge always really sick?"

"The illness must be a real illness." Huang Mengyu said with certainty: "Old Chen has already checked it out. Mr. Yuge has been ill since last year, and he has to ask for leave from time to time. He is really bedridden at home to recuperate from his illness."

"confirmed?"

"I'm sure, I'm very sure, Dongchang has placed two dark toons in Yu Dashi's mansion." Huang Mengyu said with certainty.

Gao Wushi nodded, thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Are these two people directly managed by the East Factory, or are they seconded from Jinyiwei?"

"One is a fan of Dongchang, and the other maid is an outside line, working with money... But her family owes loan sharks and is under our control."

Huang Mengyu himself has been the admiral of the East Factory for several years, so it is of course smooth to talk about the East Factory.

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and said, "How about this, Lao Huang, you and Lao Chen make an arrangement, hand over these two people to Wang Zhizhen and Gao Wuben respectively, and second Wang and Gao in the name of Dongchang."

Wang Zhizhen and Gao Wuben, one can be regarded as Gao Yu's practical cousin, and the other is his serious cousin, they are obviously Gao Wu's right-hand men in Jinyiwei.

Huang Mengyu knew that Gao Yushi was going to personally intervene in this matter, but he didn't blame Gao Yushi for being troublesome, on the contrary, he was very happy, because once Gao Yushi intervened, it was equivalent to the direct intervention of the Practical School. No matter what it looks like, the whole practical school has a good idea.

Besides, Gao Pragmatic's intervention also means one thing: there must be no shortage of funds, all kinds of rewards can be improved a lot, and the people below are definitely full of enthusiasm.

"Okay, young Sima, don't worry, I'll talk to Lao Chen when I return to the palace." Huang Mengyu nodded immediately, and then asked again: "However, if Liu Shouyou is behind Liu Shouyou, if it's really old Yu Ge, this matter..."

Gao Wushi thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Perhaps Liu Shouyou will get the support of Mr. Yu Ge, but the support will definitely not be too strong. As for Zhang Jing... Mr. Yu Ge will not talk to him. What does it matter."

Huang Mengyu rolled his eyes, and asked in thought: "How can Young Sima be sure that Mr. Yu Ge won't support Liu Shouyou too much?"

"Is Mr. Yu Ge willing to make friends with military officials? If Liu Shouyou was not from a family of civil servants, I am afraid that Mr. Yu Ge would not even bother to see him." Gao Wushi said, "But since Mr. Yu Ge's body is not very strong, maybe I would be worried that if I am not in the cabinet, the heavy responsibility of the school of mind and learning will be on the shoulders of Mr. Shen alone, so I am happy that Liu Shouyou will cause us some trouble.

It's just that, after all, Mr. Yu Ge is also a well-known veteran in the country, and his reputation is still important. It may be okay for him to meet Liu Shouyou, the next civil servant, but he will definitely not be able to meet Zhang Jing. Willing to pollute himself. "

Huang Mengyu thought for a while, and said in a puzzled way: "Although Mr. Yu Ge is not as prudent as Mr. Shen Ge, he is not a reckless person. If he does this, he will not be afraid of Yuan Fu's anger? Will it lead to a big war?"

Gao Wushi chuckled lightly, shook his head and said, "Old Yu Ge knows in his heart that Yuan Fu won't tear himself apart with Liu Shou because of such a thing, especially when he picked a good time."

Huang Mengyu suddenly said: "Shao Sima means that during the war in Yunnan, Yuan Fu will not care about these things?"

"To be precise, during this period, Yuanfu will definitely suppress the internal disputes—no matter what kind." Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Now the emperor attaches great importance to foreign wars, and Yuanfu's first thing to do is to fight the war." Win the war, and only if you win the battle can the affairs of the court be handled easily."

Huang Mengyu's face was a little ugly, and he said: "In other words, Yu Ge always feels that even if he has gone too far at this time, Yuanfu can only let him go? Isn't this...isn't..."

Gao Wushi smiled: "Isn't this taking state affairs seriously? Lao Huang, after all, you started as a eunuch guarding Datong, and you don't understand the thoughts of these people in the court... They don't think that doing so is not taking state affairs seriously." In charge."

"Oh, isn't that right?" Huang Mengyu laughed back angrily: "When my old Huang was in Datong, if someone in the court delayed the border war, I would scold whoever he was causing trouble."

Gao Wushi sighed: "Many people don't see it this way...they think that they have to replace the 'right person' first, then other things will be easy to handle, and in order to replace the 'right person', it's okay to suffer a little bit temporarily. Tighten up—it doesn't matter if you lose a few battles."

Huang Mengyu's face was ashen, and he gritted his teeth: "I never thought that Yuge, who was born in a dignified family, would be such a person."

Gao Yushi is not as angry as he is. There have been many such people and such things in history. Yu Ge is not the first, and he will definitely not be the last. Instead of entangled in why he did this, it is better to Think about how to deal with it.

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and said, "Although I judge that Liu Shouyou will have limited support from Mr. Yuge, Liu Shouyou himself may not think so, especially once Zhang Jing is really appointed as the imperial horse supervisor. Doubt his actions will be bolder than they are now."

Huang Mengyu frowned and said, "What will he do?"

Gao Wushi asked back, "What has he done now?"

"Liu Shouyou..." Huang Mengyu thought about it: "Based on what Lao Chen and I know so far, he is mainly in Zha Jinghua. At the earliest time, he should have bought Zha Jinghua during his rise in the Longqing period. Procedures and prices when downloading those mines and sites;
Later, he went to check some of Jinghua's arrangements in Annan, and even Lao Chen suspected that he had secretly reported something, but there was nothing special about the emperor's side, so Lao Chen couldn't inquire any more;

And recently, Liu Shouyou seemed to think that Cha Annan was useless, and began to turn his attention back to the capital.If Lao Chen and I are right about the analysis of some clues, he seems to be investigating the contacts between Sima Shao and the nobles, especially the matters related to the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance. "

Gao Wushi was noncommittal, but instead asked, "Did he not investigate matters related to you two?"

Huang Mengyu was slightly taken aback, frowned and said: "It seems that this has not yet..."

"That's not right." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Since Zhang Jing got involved, Liu Shouyou will definitely find a way to check you and Lao Chen, otherwise if Liu Shouyou is only trying to deal with me, why should Zhang Jing Want to cooperate with him? What good does this do for Zhang Jing? For Zhang Jing, it doesn’t matter where I am, Gao Wu, because I can never compete with him for a position. Chen and you."

Huang Mengyu nodded: "Young Sima's words are justified..." He was slightly taken aback as he spoke.

Gao Wushi noticed his abnormality and asked, "What's wrong?"

Huang Mengyu thought about it: "There is one thing, I don't know if it has something to do with what Shao Sima just mentioned..."

"What's the matter?"

Huang Mengyu's eyes were fixed: "Liu Shouyou also visited Wuqinghou's mansion during this period of time, and if I remember correctly, on the day he went to Wuqinghou's mansion, Li Wenjin happened to be off duty and also went to Wuqinghou's mansion Blessings."

Wuqinghou's Mansion is the mother's family of Empress Dowager Li. It was originally Wuqing Bo's Mansion. The Marquis was proposed by Zhu Yijun after Empress Dowager Li returned to power in the tenth year of Wanli and took control of the power himself.

Gao Wushi narrowed his eyes slightly, put down the Yuci cup in his hand, and said in a distant tone, "After all, I haven't had any activities for a while."
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