marquis of jingan

Chapter 191 On the Rewards for Deeds
There is no shortage of smart people in this world.

Especially those bigwigs who are in high positions, and no one is a fool. Although Gao Ming was born as a companion in the Eastern Palace, he sat in the position of the chief eunuch, but the palace does not know how many senior eunuchs with senior qualifications are there, and they all stare at him. With him in this position, he was able to sit comfortably and securely, which naturally had some advantages.

In other words, Gao Ming is very smart.

Smart people don't need to be taught by hand. Eunuch Gao has only seen the current influence of the new residence newspaper and the content that the form of the residence newspaper can carry. He has already seen the potential of this thing.

The so-called rectification of bureaucracy...

The emperor alone cannot have the final say on matters in the court, or the emperor must follow the rules, even if it is the rules set by his ancestors or even himself, he must strictly abide by them.

If you break the rules, no one will play with you.

For example, there is a set of official auditing procedures in the imperial court. Generally, someone has to impeach them first. It is best to be impeached by Yu Shiben. The emperor and the Si Yamen can deal with it accordingly. It cannot be said that your emperor can use whoever he wants. , Whoever thinks about it can do it.

Because of the court, "stability" is needed.

This kind of stability is the result of many years of working together by all parties. Once someone messes up and destroys this stability, the court may soon be in chaos.

And the propaganda tool of Xindi Daily is very suitable as a political tool at certain times.

For example, it is written that some officials have bad morals.

For example, write that a certain old minister and waiter is an "old ashes".

There is no need for any evidence, no reason, and no need to go through any court procedures. In this era of extreme reputation, if the reputation is bad, this person will pack up and leave.

In the same way, if you praise a person's meritorious service in governing the region in the mansion newspaper, this person may immediately become famous in the government and the public. Prosperity.

Gao Ming is a loyal servant.

In his position, he can only be a loyal servant.

Therefore, he honestly told the little emperor all the uses of the mansion that he thought of in his mind.

His Majesty's eyes lit up, and then he said with a smile: "From what you said, this thing is really useful."

His Majesty the emperor sat on the edge of the bed, and said with a smile: "If this thing is really popular in the world, next time the mansion newspaper is published, I will ask Shen Yi to write a few bad words about old man Yang. I'm going to write a letter to tell my old age, and I won't continue to bother me in Jiankang."

Hearing the emperor mentioning Shen Yi, eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly, hesitated for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, this thing is no longer a plaything, nor is it something light and light. Of course we will do a new issue of the mansion newspaper. But instead of continuing to let Shen Yi write it, the servant thinks that this matter needs to be discussed."

Eunuch Gao looked respectful: "Your servant has no other intentions. First, Mr. Shen is still young, and sometimes he may make some mistakes. Second, Mr. Shen is still preparing for the provincial examination, and he is not even a juren. To do such a thing that is extremely important to the court situation, I feel that there may be some inappropriateness..."

Eunuch Gao's words are reasonable. Not only is Shen Yi lowly now, but he is not even a juror. It's just that the mansion reported that this thing didn't work out. Now that this thing has seen its strength for the first time, let's hand it over to Shen Yi. I'm afraid something is wrong.

The little emperor gave Gao Ming a displeased look.

"Then Shen Qi is the same age as me, big companion means, does it mean that my age is also too young?"

Gao Ming was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so of course you can't use the usual theory..."

"Stop doing this."

The little emperor gave Eunuch Gao a blank look, and said flatly: "What kind of real dragon emperor is bluffing..."

He said slowly: "However, what you said is more or less reasonable. Shen Qi has no fame. If Dibao really becomes a powerful weapon in the future, there will definitely be many people staring at the Dibao and writing articles. man of."

"That's all..."

The little emperor closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Gao Ming, aren't there some eunuchs who study in the palace, let them try to write a mansion newspaper, and besides, someday you go to the Hanlin Academy and hand it over to me. Let the people in the Hanlin Academy write the note, those Hanlin should have seen the Dibao, so tell them clearly that each of them will write an article, and it may be published in the Dibao.”

Speaking of this, the young emperor pondered for a while, and said: "Then, you send someone to find Shen Yi and tell him to hand in the manuscript of the second issue of the mansion newspaper within half a month."

His Majesty stretched his waist and said lazily: "If people in the palace can write, or people in the Imperial Academy can write, then it doesn't matter whether Shen Yi writes or not. If there is nothing written in these two places Good job Shen Yi, let him continue to write this thing first, if there is any dispute, just don't sign it for now."

Gao Ming bowed his head and said, Your Majesty is wise, and then said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Mr. Shen seems to be studying very hard recently. He gets up early in the morning to study, and sometimes he only comes out once a day. His house does not produce smoke. , should not be cooking, maybe even eating will be a problem."

The little emperor lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Gao Ming, and yawned: "It stands to reason that even if a scholar who comes to Jiankang to study is not accompanied by a maid, he should bring a book boy with him. Shen Qi's appearance is indeed It’s a bit embarrassing, so let’s…”

His Majesty the Emperor lay on his soft couch, and yawned again: "This mansion newspaper is well done, and you deserve credit for being with me. I will remember your credit, and this Shen Yi..."

"It's also meritorious."

The little emperor closed his eyes, ready to sleep.

"Tomorrow, if you go to visit him on my behalf, and send him two maids to take care of his daily life, it will be regarded as something I reward him."

Speaking of this, the emperor opened his eyes to look at Gao Ming again, and said, "Remember, you can't say it's a maid who went out of the palace, otherwise those censors will find out and talk too much."

Generally, when the emperor rewarded the court ladies, they would reward the ministers, even high-ranking officials at the level of prime ministers. If an unknown person like Shen Yi was rewarded by the emperor, it would indeed make those officials gossip.

Gao Ming has been with the Emperor for many years, so he naturally knows what His Majesty is thinking. He bowed his head submissively and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's order has been written down by servants and servants. It is already late at night, and Your Majesty will have a court meeting tomorrow, so let's rest soon. .”

"Um…"

The little emperor closed his eyes again, and said: "I heard that my mother's illness is getting better. Tomorrow I will take the imperial doctor to check my mother's pulse. Remember it, and remind me when the time comes, don't forget."

The daily work of the chief eunuch is roughly equivalent to the emperor's personal secretary, who naturally assumes the function of "memorandum". Gao Ming bowed his head deeply and said, "Your servant understands."

The little emperor stopped talking, closed his eyes and prepared to fall asleep.

Gao Ming stood beside the emperor's bed for a while, and only left the emperor's bedroom silently after the emperor fell asleep.

After walking to the entrance of the bedroom, Eunuch Gao glanced at the two eunuchs who were "on duty" in the bedroom, and said indifferently: "Our family will not be here tonight, you two are on duty tonight, so that you can serve His Majesty."

The two eunuchs on duty, who were also high-ranking eunuchs, lowered their heads slightly when they heard the words: "Understood, Eunuch Gao."

Only then did Gao Ming step out, and slowly said to the little eunuch beside him, "You go and pick out a few smarter and more charming court ladies, and bring them to Deqing Palace tomorrow morning."

The little eunuch bowed his head respectfully.

"Yes…"

(End of this chapter)