Appoint me as a spy, but the contact person is actually the empress

Chapter 40 Promoting to the fourth rank, the imperial bestowed orb, promotion and fortune together

The first year of Jingsheng, March [-].

The weather in the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty still hasn't returned to spring, and the biting cold wind howls in the whole palace.

Civil and military officials gathered in the court hall.

The Great Wei Dynasty was divided into a small court meeting and a large court meeting. The small court meeting was held on three days, and the large court meeting was held on ten days.

Today is the Great Court Meeting, hundreds of officials gathered and stood in the main hall, everyone knew that a thrilling battle was about to begin.

In fact, the battle was more intense than imagined.

Since the beginning of the court meeting, officials of the Liu party took the lead in launching an attack, impeaching Li Jie for various crimes, and there were more than 30 memorials in eloquence.

The Li party seems to be the weakest, but everyone is a literati, and it is too simple to write a memorial for impeachment.

Moreover, Li Dang grabbed Liu Dang's sore feet and entangled in the affairs of the Zhejiang government.

"I would like to report to Your Majesty that an official came to Beijing recently and denounced the Zuo Shilang of the household department for being corrupt and perverting the law. The fertile land in Zhejiang and Ning Prefecture has been oppressed for no reason. The people are selling their land at a low price. Life is better than death."

"Such actions are probably related to changing rice into mulberry. I believe that some people are making profits by changing rice into mulberry. Tea poisons the common people. Please learn from your majesty."

Similar to this kind of impeachment, Li Dang was well prepared and cited many criminal evidences.

Similarly, the Liu party forces have long guessed that the Li party forces will do this, and there is a way to resolve it.

In the court hall, the officials of the two factions fought against each other, extremely ferocious, and in the end it intensified, almost fighting in the court hall.

Facing this scene, Great Wei Empress Jiang Lingming was furious on the face, but her heart was exceptionally calm.

Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no fluctuation at all. The two parties are fighting each other and breaking the news, and all of Xu Shouyun's conjectures have been confirmed one by one.

It made the empress more and more believe that Xu Shouyun has the ability to reach the sky.

But it also made Jiang Ling feel hatred for these officials, all of them are dignified, talk about benevolence and righteousness, and keep their mouths closed about morality, but they don't care about the life and death of the people.

This kind of person is really disgusting.

It's a pity that the power is not in hand, otherwise they will all be beheaded.

This quarrel lasted for a full two hours. In the past, the court meeting would end in an hour, and the grand court meeting would end in an hour and a half, unless something particularly difficult happened.

But this time for two hours, the two sides were still chattering. The empress rubbed her temples, and then said: "The matter of the right to choose the site will be discussed the next day, and the court will retreat."

The emperor had spoken, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had no choice but to give up. If it had been changed before, someone would have stood up to stop it.

But now both sides know that the real dominance is in the hands of the empress, and there is no need to continue to make enemies, so even if the empress said to withdraw from the dynasty, everyone retreated with peace of mind even if they were not convinced.

However, after retiring from the imperial court, the hundred officials marched in three batches, Yang Dang walked behind, Liu Dang and Li Dang walked side by side, and looked at each other disliked each other.

No matter who it is, it is difficult to maintain reason when they are in the top, Li Jie is like this, he knows that there will be quarrels at the court meeting today.

Unexpectedly, Liu Dang's methods were too dirty, and some criminal evidence made him even more frustrated. This is not to impeach him, but to kill him.

Feeling Liu Dang's malice, Li Jie was also determined to mess up this matter.

Put aside the good and bad, since you are in the game, there is no mercy.

For Liu Dang, if you want to do it, do it to the end, who is afraid of whom?

So the situation became extra heated.

It wasn't just the outside of the palace that was boiling likewise, the inside of the palace was also completely boiling.

Following the promulgation of an imperial decree, countless eunuchs and maids in the entire palace dropped their jaws in shock.

"The first-class eunuch Xu Shouyun found your Majesty's beloved earrings. This was a gift from the late emperor. It is of great significance to Your Majesty. It is recorded as a great achievement. He promoted the first-class eunuch as the eunuch in charge of the Wuning Palace, and gave him a fourth-rank official residence. I bestow a precious jewel to show the emperor's favor."

This is the general content of the decree.

When the news came out, the entire palace was completely boiling. Perhaps to those ministers outside the palace, a fourth-rank eunuch was nothing.

Because this kind of official rank is meaningless, you say fourth rank, in their eyes, it is equivalent to a fourth-class domestic slave, even if Xu Shouyun was named a first-rank eunuch.

The courtiers will not have too many ups and downs, unless they touch the vested interests of some people.

Eunuchs had no human rights or status in the Great Wei Dynasty, and they only had certain powers within the palace, which could not be radiated outside.

Everyone is completely two systems, so it's nothing of course, let alone a fourth-rank eunuch?

Of course, if the emperor is strong, then this fourth-rank eunuch will be useful to a certain extent. After all, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty wanted to please the emperor and gain his favor.

The eunuchs are their help, but now the empress only has part of the military power, her prestige is not enough, and she is still a woman, so she is not considered powerful.

But the palace is different.

Their world is in this palace, every move, any trouble, is new to them.

A first-class eunuch, who had just entered the palace for less than a month, was directly promoted to a fourth-rank eunuch. How could this kind of thing not shock them?
Of course, apart from the shock, there is more envy. Everyone knows that the empress lost her earrings. This is an opportunity, and whoever finds it will get the emperor's favor.

It's just that I didn't expect this earring to be so important. It was the only relic left to His Majesty by the late emperor, so I didn't think it was a big deal to be promoted to the fourth level. I just thought Xu Shouyun was lucky, right?

At this moment, Chu Yunrou reappeared in front of Xu Shouyun's residence. Compared with the previous promotion, this time it was more grand.

The eight court ladies and eight eunuchs all carried things.

There are clothes, belts, shoes, badges, and basic items rewarded by His Majesty for the eunuchs of the fourth-rank palm hall.

In the Great Wei Palace, there is one first-rank grand chief, two second-rank chiefs, three third-rank deputy chiefs, and fourth-rank nine eunuchs. After all, there are nine halls in the palace.

"Eunuch Xu, from now on, Eunuch Xu will be in charge of everything in Wuning Palace. It is a hard job. Please trouble Eunuch Xu."

Chu Yunrou had a gentle attitude. If she was just an ordinary fourth-rank eunuch, Chu Yunrou would not even take a second look. She was the emperor's maid.

The chief executive of the first rank should be more polite when he sees her.

But Xu Shouyun was different, he was someone His Majesty liked, even though he was only a eunuch, it didn't affect His Majesty's liking.

Chu Yunrou knew how to assess the situation, and was naturally willing to make friends with Xu Shouyun.

"Miss Chu, please don't worry, Xu will definitely take care of everything in Wuning Palace."

Xu Shouyun saluted and was very happy to be promoted to the fourth rank. The happiest thing was the orb bestowed by the emperor. This is the key, not that the orb is precious.

Instead, it represents the imperial power, saying that he will be the emperor's man after he directly points out that he will be the emperor's man, and he will be favored by the emperor. Don't look at only the fourth rank, second rank and third rank, and even the chief executive will not dare to make things difficult for him when he sees him.

Unless you are not afraid of making small reports yourself.

As for Chu Yunrou, Xu Shouyun had heard that the trusted maid next to His Majesty was probably second only to his connector.

So Xu Shouyun didn't dare to make mistakes.

"Okay, Eunuch Xu, Your Majesty still needs me today, so don't gossip. If Eunuch Xu needs me, you can come directly."

"I can't say anything about the things outside the palace. As long as Eunuch Xu works for His Majesty and is loyal, Yun Rou can also help with things inside the palace."

Chu Yunrou kept his words a little cryptic, but everyone could hear the meaning of the words.

Want to establish an ally relationship with Xu Shouyun.

This is an unusual signal.

"Miss Chu, please rest assured."

Xu Shouyun continued to salute, and then Chu Yunrou left. Xu Shouyun didn't hesitate, and directly changed into the costume of the fourth-rank eunuch.

With the collection of words written yesterday, head to Yanfu Palace.

Put aside the matter of revenge, the important thing is Liu Taifei's side.

Just as he walked out the door, he found that Li Jing and the others were all waiting for him outside the door.

(End of this chapter)