Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 435 Longqing Tuogu ([-])
The Wenhua Palace, where the crown prince observes politics, is not there because the crown prince has already left and took Gao Yushi with him.

When Chen Ju came, the Wenhua Palace was being swept.

Two eunuchs dressed in Jiancheng's costume hurried forward and asked Chen Bingbi why he came here.

"Check the documents." Chen Ju said expressionlessly, "You two come with me."

The two looked at each other without saying a word, and followed Chen Ju into the side hall where the prince usually studied and watched politics, while the little eunuchs brought by Chen Ju stayed outside the hall.

When the three of them entered, Chen Ju didn't go to check any documents, but turned his head and asked, "Is there anything unusual here in the Wenhua Palace?"

The two supervisors shook their heads and said no.

Chen Ju let out a "hmm", with a trace of sadness on his face, and sighed: "God bless me, the emperor's illness...has worsened."

The two supervisors looked at each other, and buried their heads deeply at the same time, saying in unison: "The emperor has the protection of his ancestors, please be at ease when writing."

Chen Ju didn't pick up the words, but said: "I selected you both from the Neishutang. It's just too much to work in the Wenhua Palace. Sooner or later, you will have to return to the Supervisor of Rituals..."

"Xie Bingbi appreciates it very much." The two said immediately.

"But!" Chen Ju waved his hand, and said solemnly: "The Supervisor of Rituals is the shufu of the inner court, and his status is very important. Can you seize the opportunity, make contributions during this period, and return to the Supervisor of Rites as a young prisoner?" , It depends on what to do in the next few days."

The eyes of the two eunuchs lit up, and they prostrated themselves on the ground like pushing a golden mountain and falling jade pillars, and kowtowed: "Bringing a pen is an order, and the two of us swear to die for it!"

"I've told you about the current situation inside and outside the court, and you can see it yourself." Chen Ju said indifferently: "In case there is an unbearable change on the part of the sage, the crown prince is young, Yuan Fu must be Gu Ming's first assistant, and the empress Concubines and imperial concubines must also rely heavily on them. However, there will always be some people who are unwilling and want to make trouble secretly... You know why I still kept you in the Supervisor of Rituals after I transferred you to the Wenhua Palace. location?"

The two looked at each other, and one of them said: "What Bingbi means is that the person who makes trouble in secret comes from the Supervisor of Ceremonies?"

Chen Ju asked, "What else? Except for some people in the Supervisor of Rituals, who would be so bold?"

Another person immediately said: "What Bingbi said is very true, but I don't know what this person will do? What can the two of us do for Bingbi?"

Chen Ju said indifferently: "It's not just about doing things for me, but also doing things for the prince, for the two palaces, and for Yuanfu."

The two felt hot, and hurriedly said: "But please write to order!"

"Okay!" Chen Ju's eyes were fixed: "You two come here with your ears..."

Chen Ju whispered some words in the ears of the two of them, and then let the two of them leave, and called one of the relatives he had just brought in, took out a waist card and handed it to him, saying: "You take With this waist card, go out of the palace through the Donghua Gate, and go to Cheng Guogong's mansion to see the Duke."

The relative took the waist badge and hid it, and asked: "What do you want to say to the Duke?"

"You don't need to say anything." Chen Ju said solemnly: "You just need to show the badge to the Duke, and you don't need to say a word. After the Duke has seen the badge, you can go back to the palace immediately. "

"Yes, little one understands." The attendant asked again: "Does Bingbi have any instructions?"

Chen Judao: "Be careful. Although the guards at Donghua Gate have just been replaced in the past few days, you still have to be extra cautious and don't make it public. If someone asks you why you left the palace, just say it's because of me." I went to a separate courtyard of the young master of the Duke of Cheng’s mansion, and I asked you to ask the young master if he would sell it off, do you understand?”

The relative responded: "The little one understands, the little one is going now."

Chen Ju nodded and sent him away.But immediately he called another entourage in again and asked, "Young Master, is there anything new going on recently?"

The relative was delighted when he heard it, and said: "The situation is that there is a situation, and the small one just doesn't know whether to speak or not."

Chen Ju frowned suddenly, and reprimanded: "What are you talking about? Didn't you tell you a long time ago that no matter what the situation over there is, you have to make it an important and urgent matter, and report it to me in time?"

"The thing I want to talk about happened last night, and it was only reported from the little father-in-law this morning." The follower quickly straightened his face, but it seemed that he still couldn't help laughing. What's wrong.

"Last night?" Chen Ju's face tightened, and he scolded angrily: "You bastard! The emperor's condition worsened yesterday afternoon. Who doesn't know the news at night? Zhang Taiyue knows it all! He Since there was an abnormality in the house last night, it must be related to the emperor's illness! And you, you didn't report it to me immediately when you got the news, but asked me to ask before you told me, how stupid!"

Chen Ju is usually low-key and kind, and the people around him have long been accustomed to it. The attendant obviously didn't expect that Chen Ju would get angry when he said he would get angry. ...it may be a little different from what you think."

Chen Ju said angrily: "What's going on, don't tell me quickly! If you miss a big deal, be careful and I'll send you to Nanjing to grow vegetables!"

For the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, "Growing vegetables in Nanjing" was not an elegant thing like fishing and woodcutter farming. In just a few words, the degree of fear can even be ranked in the top three.

It stands to reason that although "growing vegetables" is more or less a personal effort, it doesn't seem to be such a tragic thing. Why did the eunuchs fear it so much?
Ladies and gentlemen, growing vegetables here is no better than growing vegetables elsewhere.The eunuchs were sent to Xiaolingwei in Nanjing, as a rule, they went to "do things for the great ancestor", which in itself was a serious punishment, and "growing vegetables" was one of the items that damaged both physically and mentally.

The eunuchs who were sent to Nanjing Xiaolingwei to grow vegetables first had to meet the Nanjing guard eunuch, and according to the usual practice, the Nanjing guard eunuch would shout angrily when they saw this person: "Take the ministry!"

Then a processing order was issued, and the eunuch who was punished for growing vegetables must "walk forward with a dung bucket on his shoulders, even if the head of ceremony offends him, and he lives in the vegetable garden day and night, and he will not go beyond an inch without pardon."

That is to say, even if this person was once a top eunuch and an eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, as long as he suffers from the crime of "growing vegetables in Nanjing", he must first be punished, and then he will carry a dung bucket in front of everyone to go to the garden grow vegetables.Work from dawn to dusk, even sleep in the vegetable garden, and you are not allowed to cross the thunder pond. Everyone, in Nanjing, it’s just winter, and if it’s summer, you can sleep in the vegetable field under the scorching heat , Mosquitoes alone can suck people dry!These criminal eunuchs, no matter how much they used to endure hardships, but after living in the palace for many years, who can bear this crime?

The entourage was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, and said like beans poured out of a bamboo tube: "Ancestor, forgive me, ancestor, please forgive me!"—Of course the ancestor is not the real ancestor, that's a saying in the palace, when a new eunuch enters the palace, He will worship under a certain eunuch, and this eunuch is his "ancestor".

Chen Ju put on an "ancestor" style, and said coldly: "Tell me quickly and truthfully!"

The relative hurriedly said: "Yes, ancestor, that's the case...Last night, the young man's people found that the backyard of Zhang Dashi's mansion was brightly lit, especially the north room (master room) where Zhang Ge lived. The lights were still on in the middle of the night and the fourth watch, so I was a little surprised, thinking that something serious happened."

Chen Ju's heart tightened, suppressing the tension in his heart, and asked: "And then? Will there be messengers going out the next morning?"

"There is no messenger." The entourage didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Instead, they sent someone to the Qianjin Hall early in the morning to invite Dr. Zhao over."

"Qianjintang? Doctor Zhao?" Chen Ju smacked twice, hesitantly said: "What is this person's background, and what does he have to do with Mr. Zhang Ge? Why have I never heard of it?"

The attendant was still dumbfounded, and lowered his head to explain: "The ancestors don't know, the Qianjintang is one of the best medical clinics in Sijiu City, which specializes in treating women's diseases. Dr. Zhao is the owner of the clinic. If there is a discomfort, I am afraid that not half of them will go to Dr. Zhao for consultation."

Chen Ju was confused when he heard this, and asked: "In Zhang Ge's hometown...is there a female family member who has a sudden illness?"

The attendant couldn't help but scratched his head, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, uh, no... Later, the young man's people quietly inquired clearly, saying that Mr. Zhang Ge was very excited last night, and he called Qi Zongrong back and forth. The sea dog kidney given to him weighed less than half a catty, and he spent most of the night in the backyard, and there were four concubines in the mansion... er, his lower body was unwell, so he invited Dr. Zhao to the mansion early in the morning to ask for medicine."

The muscles on Chen Ju's face twitched, and he didn't know whether he wanted to laugh or get angry. At the end, he slapped the table and said angrily: "There is no family behind you, and luck is unkind! Zhang Juzheng, the emperor has high hopes for people like you!" , I really misjudged you!"

　The fact that Zhang Juzheng took the aphrodisiac given by Qi Jiguang is recorded in Wang Shizhen's "Shoufu Zhuan", and the specific mention of the sea dog kidney is also clearly stated in "Wanli Yehuo Bian". A friend "sitting at the door of the tavern" tipped, thank you!By the way, let me tell this book friend, I also like to listen to "Chengdu".

　　
　
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