That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 128 Mr. Ping An Zhang Baisui

After the current emperor ascended the throne, besides taking power, he thought he had done three major things, the officials and the gentry paid the food together, the stalls went to the mu and the fire consumption was returned to the public. These three things were what his father Xiao Yu wanted to do but couldn't do in time.

Two fathers and sons, one leveling the world and the other ruling the world. Back then, Xiao Yu strongly praised Zhang Jiangling, the first chancellor of Dazheng, for a whipping new policy. Unfortunately, he passed away before he could complete his efforts. The current emperor Xiao Xuan was taught by Xiao Yu himself. After ascending the throne, he continued his father's administration, and at the same time further extended a whip method on the basis of Xiao Yu, so there are today's three major new policies.

As soon as the three new policies came out, the treasury was plentiful, but the price was not small, and many dignitaries from aristocratic families harbored resentment for this. Fortunately, the dynasty was first established, and the power of the dignitaries was far from being able to restrain the emperor, so it did not cause much trouble .

In late spring, a fine spring rain drifted across the imperial capital with the spring breeze.

At this time, in a dark side room in the deep palace, there was a lamp, a bed, a small figure standing in front of the bed, and many tall figures standing on both sides of the bed, which could not be seen clearly under the dim light.

An old voice came from the darkness: "Take off your clothes."

The many figures hurriedly took off the white linen clothes on the little figure, leaving them naked.

The voice continued, "Drink the medicine."

One of the figures took out a small gourd, unplugged it, and poured the liquid medicine inside into the mouth of that young figure.

"Steady."

The young figure lay on the bed, and was bound by those figures with ropes.

"Touch your mouth."

Another figure stuffed a boiled salted duck egg into the young figure's mouth, and then sealed it with a cloth strip.

The owner of the old voice came out slowly from the darkness. He was a lean old man with a hunched body. He was dressed in a gray cloth robe and his face was wrinkled. His appearance was daunting.

The old man stretched out his hand and said softly, "Knife."

A young eunuch dressed in white linen held a short blade that was more than a foot long in both hands, and bowed to the old man's hand.

The old man picked up the knife, weighed it in his hand, and said calmly: "Keep clean."

Half an hour later, a freshly baked little eunuch walked out of this dark side room with his waist bent.

Standing outside the side room was a man in a black python robe, with his arms drooping naturally and his hands hidden in the long and narrow cuffs.

The man was wearing a black carved dragon gauze crown, and the temples under the crown were already frosty white, and he was clearly over the age of seventy, but his face looked like a middle-aged man of a certain age, especially the white face, which looked even more radiant skillful.

The little eunuch walked up to this person, took a sneak peek, then lowered his head, and whispered: "Master."

The man didn't respond, his eyes passed the little eunuch and fell on the crooked old man who followed him out of the side room, he nodded slightly, and said in a soft voice: "Master Sun is here."

The old man shook his head repeatedly and said, "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."

The man didn't continue to speak, and led the little eunuch to turn around and leave.

Walking along the corridor, the footsteps of the big eunuch in black python clothes were silent, only the slightly staggering footsteps of the little eunuch mixed with the sound of the rain outside.

People in the world call the eunuchs in the palace mostly "eunuchs", but they don't know that in the palace with strict rules, not everyone dares to put the word "eunuch" on their heads. There are nearly ten thousand eunuchs in the imperial capital. The eunuchs only called more than thirty people.

The Haohao Palace has twelve prisons, four divisions, and eight bureaus, collectively called 24 yamen. According to the legal system, only the eunuchs with the palm seals of these 24 yamen can be called eunuchs. Several pens, no eunuch can be called a eunuch.

Daqi followed the old system of Dazheng. Among the 24 yamen, the supervisor of ceremonies was the head and had the most authority.The chief inspector of ceremonies holds the official title of eunuch, but he is the fourth-rank official, but he holds the power of approving the red, which corresponds to the power of the cabinet chief and assistant, and is known as the inner minister.Da Qi imitated the ancient style, not respecting yellow but respecting black and red. Among the eunuchs in this world, only the eunuch with the palm seal of the supervisor of ceremonies can wear black python clothes.

The eunuchs who walked through the halls wearing black python clothes saw them, no matter which government eunuch's handprint eunuch or the celebrity who was favored by any palace, they all stood aside one after another, bowing their heads.

The eyes of these eunuchs were only three points of fear, but seven points of awe.

Today's eunuch, the chief inspector of ceremonies, is surnamed Zhang, named Baisui, and known as Mr. Ping'an in the world. Together with Lan Yu, the master of Tianji Pavilion, and Fu Zhongtian, the governor of the Dark Guard Mansion, he is also known as the three masters of the imperial court.

Speaking of this hundred-year-old, its own experience can be described as a legend among eunuchs.When Xiao Yu lived in the northwest, he was just an inconspicuous little eunuch in the palace of the central capital. Later, Xiao Yu took a fancy to him and called him as a personal servant. Under the instruction of Xiao Yu, Sui worshiped Sun Shilin, the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremonies at the time, as his teacher. Later, during the Laoshan Incident, he ran into Tianchen, the master of the Taoist sect who had not yet ascended, and was taught by Tianchen the Dao of Dragon and Tiger Alchemy. Since then, he has been diligently cultivating, and he has achieved the realm of the earth fairy with a crippled body, ranking fourth on the list of celestial secrets.

After Xiao Yu ascended the throne, Zhang Baisui was in charge of the Rites Supervisor and commanded the 24 yamen. However, at this time, Zhang Baisui had no real power externally, and was restrained internally by the peony manager Mo Shu. **.After Xiao Yu passed away, the new emperor Xiao Xuan trusted this "little eunuch" who grew up with him very much. Yu, Xiao Xuan gave Zhang Baisui the right to be popular again, and only then did Zhang Baisui become a real "insider".

Generally speaking, the old emperor relied heavily on Sapphire, while the new emperor trusted Zhang Baisui more.

Along the way, Zhang Baisui walked neither fast nor slow, and the distance of each step seemed to be accurately measured by a ruler, not too much, not too little.The little eunuch behind him had just purified himself, even though he had taken the secret medicine in advance, it was still a bit difficult to chase him.

Zhang Baisui's voice sounded, clearly audible in the rustling and raining, as clear as water: "There is an old saying that goes well, 360 lines, every line is the best, even if it is an eunuch, it is the same. He took over the power of the cabinet, but the reason why he was able to overtake the young Emperor Shenzong at that time was because of the efforts of the empress dowager, and the joint eunuch, the chief inspector of ceremonies, and the eunuch. He is the real prime minister."

The little eunuch seemed to understand.

Zhang Baisui continued: "Little brat, since you have entered the palace, remember one sentence, you can be a master if you suffer hardships. Today's knife is just a trivial matter. Compared with those outside the palace, they are like lonely souls and wild ghosts." I don’t know how much better Wumingbai is, if he can endure hardships, he will endure, be smart, and be patient, he will always make it through.”

The little eunuch whispered: "Understood, Master."

Walking to an intersection, Zhang Baisui waved to a Bingbi eunuch who had already been waiting here, and said softly, "Take this little monkey boy to the Inner Court Academy."

On weekdays, the eunuch Bingbi, who greeted the third-rank officials with smiles, respectfully agreed, turned his head and showed a gentle smile to the little eunuch, and then took his hand and walked in another direction.

Being able to enter the Inner Court Academy means that in the future, at least one will be born as a young prisoner in 24 yamen. Naturally, it is worthwhile for the incumbent Bingbi to show a smile.

After the two left, Zhang Baisui straightened his square clothes and walked in another direction.

Both sides of the wide corridor in this direction are full of black-clothed and black-armored sword-wielding guards, motionless and silent, like statues, only the rustling and rain outside the corridor.

Zhang Wubing walked through this corridor quietly, came to the palace gate at the end, pushed the door lightly and entered.

Thick carpets are laid in the hall, and smoke curls up from the tortoise and snake copper furnace.

There was only one person in the hall, dressed in black uniform, standing with hands in front of the window, looking out at Miyagi covered in white rain and mist through the opened window.

Only at this time did Zhang Baisui slightly increase the footsteps, no longer as silent as before, so that the people in the hall would know that he was coming, then lowered his voice, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the spring is cold, so be careful." Some are better."

The man who was honored as the Ninth Five-Year Lord did not turn around, but asked softly: "It's okay, where is Zhinan?"

"Jiangdu, Xie family."

"This girl has been out for quite some time, Zhang Daban, you can go to the south of the Yangtze River for me and bring her back. Also, check the report from the Dark Guard Mansion."

Zhang Baisui lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and said softly, "No."

(End of this chapter)