The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei
Chapter 276 Nominate a member of the Chang family to be the queen
Chapter 276: Proposing a member of the Chang family to be the queen
On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu were sent back to the capital by the Imperial Salt Patrol.
Emperor Zhengde sent Liu Jin, the eunuch of etiquette, to greet him at Zhengyang Gate.Chang Feng naturally wanted to follow.In all his life, my son has never been away from home for such a long time.How could you not want to be a father?
Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu dismounted.
Liu Jin opened an imperial edict: "There is an edict that Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu have made great contributions to the salt inspection. Wang Miaoxin is specially promoted to the rank of General of Dingguo. In addition, Chang Ponu is transferred to the Ministry of Rites and appointed as the doctor of the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Rites. I admire this."
Chang Ponu was extremely dissatisfied with this decree.
Compared to the pragmatic Ministry of Rites, he would rather go to the pragmatic Ministry of Husbandry to do some practical things.
However, the imperial edict has been issued, and Chang Ponu has no choice but to accept the edict and thank him.
Liu Jin smiled and said: "Ponu, you are finally back. Your father misses you so much that he almost goes crazy."
Chang Ponu quickly knelt down again and kowtowed to Chang Feng: "Dad, my son is back!"
Chang Feng saw that Chang Ponu had lost a lot of weight, and asked in surprise: "How come you have lost your appearance?"
Wang Miaoxin on the side said: "In order to investigate the salt affairs, Ponu's nephew makes secret visits every day, collects accounts, and interrogates prisoners. He only sleeps two and a half hours a day and eats simple food. It's strange that he is not thin."
Chang Feng was both distressed and proud: My son has finally grown up and can take on big responsibilities.
Chang Feng said: "Good boy, go home quickly. My family is waiting for you."
But Liu Jin said: "Little uncle, Po Nu must go to the palace to reply to the order first!"
Chang Feng patted his head and said, "Why did you forget the important thing?"
Half an hour later, the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu knelt down in front of Emperor Zhengde.
Emperor Zhengde first praised the two of them, and then ordered Wang Miaoxin to retreat first.
Although Wang Miaoxin was one of the military leaders of Emperor Zhengde.But compared to Chang Ponu who grew up together since childhood, Emperor Zhengde and Wang Miaoxin were always separated by one layer.
After Wang Miaoxin withdrew, Emperor Zhengde asked Chang Ponu: "Ponu, tell me, how is the local government doing now?"
Chang Ponu said: "The emperor wants to hear the truth or lies."
Emperor Zhengde said: "Of course I want to hear the truth."
Chang Ponu sighed: "If I tell the truth, please forgive me for being disrespectful to the late emperor."
Emperor Zhengde was confused: "What is the crime of disrespect? Don't be secretive, tell me quickly."
Chang Ponu sighed: "Oh, Your Majesty. The local government is now rotten to the core. From the governor to the third division, the prefect, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief registrar, and the magistrate. Big officials are corrupt, and small officials are small." Even the unofficial officials, squad leaders, and even security chiefs and li chiefs still have to squeeze a few drops of oil out of the people!"
"I'm not just saying that the salt service is rotten to the core. It's rotten in every aspect!"
"The late emperor was a virtuous king. He was good at everything. He just indulged his officials too much. Now the corruption in the administration has reached the point where it is beyond control. From top to bottom, from inside to outside, it is rotten."
Emperor Zhengde said: "Tell me an example."
Chang Ponu told Emperor Zhengde more than a dozen cases of official corruption he had seen outside Beijing.Emperor Zhengde was horrified when he heard this.
After he ascended the throne, he realized that the civil service group was too large and corrupt.But I didn't expect it to be so serious.
Emperor Zhengde asked Chang Ponu: "How do you think I should clarify the administration of officials?"
Chang Ponu replied honestly: "I forgive you for being stupid, I don't know."
Emperor Zhengde sighed: "Oh, you can't do anything, it's not that you are stupid. I asked Ma Wensheng the same question. A wise veteran like Ma Wensheng is also at a loss."
Having said this, Emperor Zhengde stared at the copper bag left to him by the late emperor on the dragon case and remained silent for a whole moment.
Finally, Emperor Zhengde spoke: "Do you know why I transferred you to the Ministry of Rites?"
Chang Ponu said: "When I return to the emperor, I don't know. I still want to go to the Ministry of Revenue to do some practical work."
Emperor Zhengde said: "The Ministry of Finance is not in a hurry to go. I have a big task to entrust to you. You and your father will be responsible for my post-election matters. I will issue an order tomorrow morning."
"Oh, of course, the will clearly puts you in charge and has nothing to do with your father."
Chang Ponu was confused and thought to himself: Why did the emperor ask me to work as a matchmaker to attract women?
Emperor Zhengde patiently explained to his childhood friend: "If I want to clarify the administration of officials and achieve great results, I must first be able to govern personally. If I want to be personally responsible for governing, I must first get married."
"By entrusting this errand to you and my son, I am entrusting you with the plan of my personal administration."
"Only when I truly have the power that an emperor should have, can I do what I want to do - benefit the people!"
Chang Ponu cupped his hands and said, "I understand. I will definitely do this job well."
Emperor Zhengde said: "That's all, you go down first and reunite with your family."
At night, Changfu.
Not only did the family gather together, but the old brothers from Jinyiwei also came.
Chang Ponu told everyone a series of things about how he fought against salt merchants and punished corrupt officials in the past six months.
Everyone was amazed.
Qian Ning smiled and said: "Young master really has the skill and courage of Mr. Chang Shuai when he was young!"
Chang Feng sighed: "If I were asked to run the errand of patrolling the salt, I might not be able to do it better than Po Nu."
"Older people tend to worry more. Young people are fearless and have no scruples, but they can get things done neatly and neatly."
Liu Jin smiled and said: "The treasury of the Ministry of Revenue and the internal transportation treasury have been calculated. Brother Miaoxin and Ponu brought back a total of 720 million taels of silver to the court during this salt patrol trip!"
"A man who was only 20 years old turned the five major saltworks of the Ming Dynasty upside down and brought down hundreds of officials. It is really remarkable."
"No wonder the emperor has given the post-election responsibilities to Po Nu!"
Chang Ponu asked Chang Feng: "Father, after choosing the emperor, to put it bluntly, it is a matchmaker. I don't know what to do."
Chang Feng said: "Don't worry about that. After the election, you will only be in charge in name. The specific affairs will be handled privately by Jin Yiwei."
"Whether the emperor chooses a queen, a prince or a feudal prince chooses a concubine, there is one principle. That is to choose daughters from poor families with good conduct."
"Civil and military officials and daughters of distinguished families will not be considered. This is to prevent relatives from interfering in politics."
"The emperor made two more requirements. First, he must be good-looking. Second, he must not have brothers."
This family dinner suddenly turned into a post-election preparation meeting.
Everyone expressed their opinions on this matter.
Chang Feng said: "Two capitals and thirteen provinces, Jinyiwei will send fifteen groups of people. Each group has 100 people, and they will go to various places. First, ten thousand women will be selected from the sea. Then there will be primary selection, secondary selection, selection, palace selection, and viewing. Choose, choose three, and approve.”
"Naturally, each group of people must be assigned an official from the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Etiquette. Post-election matters are nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Etiquette."
Qian Ning said: "Don't worry, handsome master. This time the brothers will definitely handle this job well. Let you and I make great achievements in front of the emperor."
After the banquet ended, everyone left, but Liu Jin did not leave.
Chang Feng asked: "Do you have anything else?"
Liu Jin said: "Little uncle, please take a step to speak."
Chang Feng went to the study with Liu Jin.
Liu Jin said: "The emperor has left the post-election errands to you. This is a good opportunity for us."
Chang Feng frowned: "Good opportunity? What opportunity?"
Liu Jin said nothing, silently took out a booklet from his arms and placed it in front of Chang Feng.Chang Feng flipped through the book and found that the name, age, place of origin, origin, and appearance of dozens of women were densely recorded in the book.
Chang Feng asked, "What do you mean?"
Liu Jin said: "These 62 women are all ours. As long as they are allowed to watch the election, I can find a way to let the emperor select the queen from them."
"In this way, the harem will belong to our uncle and nephew from now on."
Chang Feng's expression changed: "You want to intervene after the election and take the opportunity to control the harem?"
Liu Jin smiled and said: "You can't say it so harshly. I also think about the emperor."
Chang Feng looked at Liu Jin with alert eyes.
Liu Jin's harmless smile revealed a terrifying ambition.
Chang Feng did not reject Liu Jin directly.Instead, he perfunctoryly said: "I'll give it a try."
Try may have two meanings, one is: wrap it up on me.The other level is: I can't do this.
Chang Feng had already made up his mind and chose the latter.
It is said that civil servants are bold.Chang Feng never expected that Liu Jin would also have the courage to swallow the sky.
If only he had done it his way.The queen became Liu Jin's.
In Chang Feng's view, Liu Jin and the Eight Tigers were just pawns used by Emperor Zhengde to check and balance the civil servants.
But now the chess pieces dare to pretend to be the chess player who controls the overall situation.The constant wind has to be guarded against.
Liu Jin tried to persuade Chang Feng: "Think about it, little uncle. Back then, by taking advantage of the convenience of serving the late emperor, you noticed that the late emperor was attracted to the Queen Mother Zhang. You immediately moved to live with her and became a sworn sister. .”
"This move saved the Chang family's prosperity for the 18 years of the Hongzhi Dynasty."
"Now you should repeat your old tricks. The Chang family's wealth will be guaranteed again in the next few decades."
Chang Feng was speechless for a moment: Yes, in the 23rd year of Chenghua's reign, I did have some selfish motives and tampered with the prince's wedding.
Liu Jin continued to persuade: "Let's be more direct this time. Take action before the election. Directly guarantee that our person will become the queen. The queen is ours, and we will have an extra chance of winning in controlling the government in the future."
Liu Jin's few words made Chang Feng feel like he was struck by lightning: "What did you just say? Are you planning to take control of the court?"
Liu Jin nodded: "Yes. Don't worry, I am not Wang Zhen, only Wang Zhi."
Both Wang Zhen and Wang Zhi were powerful officials who controlled the world with one hand and dominated the government and the public.The difference is that Wang Zhen is a stupid pig.Wang Zhi has real abilities. During his time in power, he did a lot of good things that benefited the country and the people.
When Liu Jin said these words, Chang Feng was completely alert to Liu Jin's ambition.
Chang Feng said: "This matter is too relevant. Please allow me to think about it."
Liu Jin smiled and said: "Sure. I'll go first then."
After Liu Jin left, Chang Feng called Chang Ponu to the study.
Chang Feng handed the booklet to Chang Ponu: "Liu Jin just gave it to me. He asked me to help these women enter the audition."
Chang Ponu was surprised: "Eunuch Liu wants to interfere in post-election matters?"
Chang Feng asked: "Tell me, can we handle this matter?"
Chang Ponu said categorically: "It can't be done."
Chang Feng asked: "Oh? Why?"
Chang Ponu said: "Father, if we do this, we will be deceiving you!"
Chang Feng nodded: "Yes. Our family has received favor from two generations of emperors, and we must never do anything to deceive the emperor."
Unexpectedly, Chang Ponu changed the topic: "Moreover, even if we want to do something, why would we push someone from Eunuch Liu to come forward? Why not push someone from me to come up?"
"Although Eunuch Liu has been friends with my father for more than 20 years, he keeps calling us 'little uncle' again and again. But after all, we have two surnames and are not related by blood. Our hearts are separated from each other!"
Chang Ponu's words made Chang Feng tremble.
He never imagined that his son was no longer the simple scholar he was a year ago.
The officialdom is a big dyeing vat, and it is also a Shura field.
If you are not ruthless enough, you will not be able to stand in the officialdom.
Chang Po Nu is cruel enough.It is directly recommended that a woman controlled by the Chang family be the queen.
Chang Feng said: "Po Nu, you want to play with fire."
Chang Ponu said: "It may be risky to take chestnuts from the fire. But the greater the risk, the greater the reward."
"I have learned something from this trip. If you want to do things for the people and bring down those corrupt officials, you must have huge power."
"If the current queen is ours, will the power of the Chang family be small in the future?"
"Father, you often teach me that you don't have to care about the means when doing things, as long as the purpose is good, you will have no regrets."
"Our Chang family's pursuit of power is not to do bad things such as corruption, bribery, or manipulation of government affairs. It is to benefit the people and eliminate traitors."
"So what if the means are not good enough?"
Chang Ponu's words moved Chang Feng.
Chang Feng said: "I will think carefully about what you said tonight. It is said that after three days of separation, people will look at each other with new eyes. You seem to be a different person after you come back from this salt patrol trip. I don't know whether I should feel happy or sad for you. .”
Chang Ponu said: "Dad, you are right. After going through so many things in Beijing this time, I am no longer the same person as before."
"Official life is like a battlefield. If I'm still as bookish as before, I'm afraid my destiny will be gone."
At night, Chang Feng lay on the couch and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Liu Xiaoyan asked: "Po Nu is back home, are you so happy that you can't sleep?"
Chang Feng said nothing.After a while, he asked Liu Xiaoyan: "This time the emperor has left the post-election matters to the Chang family. What do you think if I nominate one of our people to be the queen?"
Liu Xiaoyan climbed up from the bed: "Why are you so brave?"
Chang Feng was speechless.
Liu Xiaoyan changed the topic: "However, if this matter can be done, our family will have strong support in the harem again. Liu Jian and Xie Qian must think carefully before they want to harm our family."
Chang Feng said: "Yes. In order to harm the Chang family, those civil servants even designed you to be charged with a murder case. They wanted to put the Chang family to death."
"Compared with what the civil servants are doing, what does our meddling with post-election matters mean?"
Liu Xiaoyan said: "It's a pity that there are no girls of the right age among our relatives."
Chang Feng waved his hand: "Even if you are afraid, don't do it. After the election in the Ming Dynasty, all the queens were selected from ordinary people's families. Except for Emperor Taizong's Queen Xiaorenxu, who was the daughter of the King of Zhongshan, the other queens in the past dynasties all came from ordinary people's families."
"But it's easy to do. I just find a girl of the right age and tell her that I will make her the queen. Her whole family will be grateful to me."
Liu Xiaoyan made some suggestions: "Then we have to search more. Find dozens of girls. There is always a way to make one of them fall into the eyes of the emperor and eventually become the queen."
Chang Feng said: "Liu Jin thinks so too. He just gave me a booklet. There are 62 girls' names in it."
Liu Xiaoyan said: "We don't want to offend Liu Jin. But it doesn't matter. After the election, it's not just about selecting the queen, but also the concubines. It's just a matter of getting a few people recommended by him to be the concubines. It counts for him. There is an explanation.”
In the words of later generations, Chang Feng made some psychological preparation for himself: "It's not that I took the opportunity to gain power. It was actually the civil servants who pushed me too hard. They always wanted to make me a mortal enemy."
"I can only come up with this tactic, to manipulate post-election matters behind closed doors to find a backer for myself and a way out."
(End of this chapter)
On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu were sent back to the capital by the Imperial Salt Patrol.
Emperor Zhengde sent Liu Jin, the eunuch of etiquette, to greet him at Zhengyang Gate.Chang Feng naturally wanted to follow.In all his life, my son has never been away from home for such a long time.How could you not want to be a father?
Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu dismounted.
Liu Jin opened an imperial edict: "There is an edict that Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu have made great contributions to the salt inspection. Wang Miaoxin is specially promoted to the rank of General of Dingguo. In addition, Chang Ponu is transferred to the Ministry of Rites and appointed as the doctor of the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Rites. I admire this."
Chang Ponu was extremely dissatisfied with this decree.
Compared to the pragmatic Ministry of Rites, he would rather go to the pragmatic Ministry of Husbandry to do some practical things.
However, the imperial edict has been issued, and Chang Ponu has no choice but to accept the edict and thank him.
Liu Jin smiled and said: "Ponu, you are finally back. Your father misses you so much that he almost goes crazy."
Chang Ponu quickly knelt down again and kowtowed to Chang Feng: "Dad, my son is back!"
Chang Feng saw that Chang Ponu had lost a lot of weight, and asked in surprise: "How come you have lost your appearance?"
Wang Miaoxin on the side said: "In order to investigate the salt affairs, Ponu's nephew makes secret visits every day, collects accounts, and interrogates prisoners. He only sleeps two and a half hours a day and eats simple food. It's strange that he is not thin."
Chang Feng was both distressed and proud: My son has finally grown up and can take on big responsibilities.
Chang Feng said: "Good boy, go home quickly. My family is waiting for you."
But Liu Jin said: "Little uncle, Po Nu must go to the palace to reply to the order first!"
Chang Feng patted his head and said, "Why did you forget the important thing?"
Half an hour later, the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu knelt down in front of Emperor Zhengde.
Emperor Zhengde first praised the two of them, and then ordered Wang Miaoxin to retreat first.
Although Wang Miaoxin was one of the military leaders of Emperor Zhengde.But compared to Chang Ponu who grew up together since childhood, Emperor Zhengde and Wang Miaoxin were always separated by one layer.
After Wang Miaoxin withdrew, Emperor Zhengde asked Chang Ponu: "Ponu, tell me, how is the local government doing now?"
Chang Ponu said: "The emperor wants to hear the truth or lies."
Emperor Zhengde said: "Of course I want to hear the truth."
Chang Ponu sighed: "If I tell the truth, please forgive me for being disrespectful to the late emperor."
Emperor Zhengde was confused: "What is the crime of disrespect? Don't be secretive, tell me quickly."
Chang Ponu sighed: "Oh, Your Majesty. The local government is now rotten to the core. From the governor to the third division, the prefect, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief registrar, and the magistrate. Big officials are corrupt, and small officials are small." Even the unofficial officials, squad leaders, and even security chiefs and li chiefs still have to squeeze a few drops of oil out of the people!"
"I'm not just saying that the salt service is rotten to the core. It's rotten in every aspect!"
"The late emperor was a virtuous king. He was good at everything. He just indulged his officials too much. Now the corruption in the administration has reached the point where it is beyond control. From top to bottom, from inside to outside, it is rotten."
Emperor Zhengde said: "Tell me an example."
Chang Ponu told Emperor Zhengde more than a dozen cases of official corruption he had seen outside Beijing.Emperor Zhengde was horrified when he heard this.
After he ascended the throne, he realized that the civil service group was too large and corrupt.But I didn't expect it to be so serious.
Emperor Zhengde asked Chang Ponu: "How do you think I should clarify the administration of officials?"
Chang Ponu replied honestly: "I forgive you for being stupid, I don't know."
Emperor Zhengde sighed: "Oh, you can't do anything, it's not that you are stupid. I asked Ma Wensheng the same question. A wise veteran like Ma Wensheng is also at a loss."
Having said this, Emperor Zhengde stared at the copper bag left to him by the late emperor on the dragon case and remained silent for a whole moment.
Finally, Emperor Zhengde spoke: "Do you know why I transferred you to the Ministry of Rites?"
Chang Ponu said: "When I return to the emperor, I don't know. I still want to go to the Ministry of Revenue to do some practical work."
Emperor Zhengde said: "The Ministry of Finance is not in a hurry to go. I have a big task to entrust to you. You and your father will be responsible for my post-election matters. I will issue an order tomorrow morning."
"Oh, of course, the will clearly puts you in charge and has nothing to do with your father."
Chang Ponu was confused and thought to himself: Why did the emperor ask me to work as a matchmaker to attract women?
Emperor Zhengde patiently explained to his childhood friend: "If I want to clarify the administration of officials and achieve great results, I must first be able to govern personally. If I want to be personally responsible for governing, I must first get married."
"By entrusting this errand to you and my son, I am entrusting you with the plan of my personal administration."
"Only when I truly have the power that an emperor should have, can I do what I want to do - benefit the people!"
Chang Ponu cupped his hands and said, "I understand. I will definitely do this job well."
Emperor Zhengde said: "That's all, you go down first and reunite with your family."
At night, Changfu.
Not only did the family gather together, but the old brothers from Jinyiwei also came.
Chang Ponu told everyone a series of things about how he fought against salt merchants and punished corrupt officials in the past six months.
Everyone was amazed.
Qian Ning smiled and said: "Young master really has the skill and courage of Mr. Chang Shuai when he was young!"
Chang Feng sighed: "If I were asked to run the errand of patrolling the salt, I might not be able to do it better than Po Nu."
"Older people tend to worry more. Young people are fearless and have no scruples, but they can get things done neatly and neatly."
Liu Jin smiled and said: "The treasury of the Ministry of Revenue and the internal transportation treasury have been calculated. Brother Miaoxin and Ponu brought back a total of 720 million taels of silver to the court during this salt patrol trip!"
"A man who was only 20 years old turned the five major saltworks of the Ming Dynasty upside down and brought down hundreds of officials. It is really remarkable."
"No wonder the emperor has given the post-election responsibilities to Po Nu!"
Chang Ponu asked Chang Feng: "Father, after choosing the emperor, to put it bluntly, it is a matchmaker. I don't know what to do."
Chang Feng said: "Don't worry about that. After the election, you will only be in charge in name. The specific affairs will be handled privately by Jin Yiwei."
"Whether the emperor chooses a queen, a prince or a feudal prince chooses a concubine, there is one principle. That is to choose daughters from poor families with good conduct."
"Civil and military officials and daughters of distinguished families will not be considered. This is to prevent relatives from interfering in politics."
"The emperor made two more requirements. First, he must be good-looking. Second, he must not have brothers."
This family dinner suddenly turned into a post-election preparation meeting.
Everyone expressed their opinions on this matter.
Chang Feng said: "Two capitals and thirteen provinces, Jinyiwei will send fifteen groups of people. Each group has 100 people, and they will go to various places. First, ten thousand women will be selected from the sea. Then there will be primary selection, secondary selection, selection, palace selection, and viewing. Choose, choose three, and approve.”
"Naturally, each group of people must be assigned an official from the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Etiquette. Post-election matters are nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Etiquette."
Qian Ning said: "Don't worry, handsome master. This time the brothers will definitely handle this job well. Let you and I make great achievements in front of the emperor."
After the banquet ended, everyone left, but Liu Jin did not leave.
Chang Feng asked: "Do you have anything else?"
Liu Jin said: "Little uncle, please take a step to speak."
Chang Feng went to the study with Liu Jin.
Liu Jin said: "The emperor has left the post-election errands to you. This is a good opportunity for us."
Chang Feng frowned: "Good opportunity? What opportunity?"
Liu Jin said nothing, silently took out a booklet from his arms and placed it in front of Chang Feng.Chang Feng flipped through the book and found that the name, age, place of origin, origin, and appearance of dozens of women were densely recorded in the book.
Chang Feng asked, "What do you mean?"
Liu Jin said: "These 62 women are all ours. As long as they are allowed to watch the election, I can find a way to let the emperor select the queen from them."
"In this way, the harem will belong to our uncle and nephew from now on."
Chang Feng's expression changed: "You want to intervene after the election and take the opportunity to control the harem?"
Liu Jin smiled and said: "You can't say it so harshly. I also think about the emperor."
Chang Feng looked at Liu Jin with alert eyes.
Liu Jin's harmless smile revealed a terrifying ambition.
Chang Feng did not reject Liu Jin directly.Instead, he perfunctoryly said: "I'll give it a try."
Try may have two meanings, one is: wrap it up on me.The other level is: I can't do this.
Chang Feng had already made up his mind and chose the latter.
It is said that civil servants are bold.Chang Feng never expected that Liu Jin would also have the courage to swallow the sky.
If only he had done it his way.The queen became Liu Jin's.
In Chang Feng's view, Liu Jin and the Eight Tigers were just pawns used by Emperor Zhengde to check and balance the civil servants.
But now the chess pieces dare to pretend to be the chess player who controls the overall situation.The constant wind has to be guarded against.
Liu Jin tried to persuade Chang Feng: "Think about it, little uncle. Back then, by taking advantage of the convenience of serving the late emperor, you noticed that the late emperor was attracted to the Queen Mother Zhang. You immediately moved to live with her and became a sworn sister. .”
"This move saved the Chang family's prosperity for the 18 years of the Hongzhi Dynasty."
"Now you should repeat your old tricks. The Chang family's wealth will be guaranteed again in the next few decades."
Chang Feng was speechless for a moment: Yes, in the 23rd year of Chenghua's reign, I did have some selfish motives and tampered with the prince's wedding.
Liu Jin continued to persuade: "Let's be more direct this time. Take action before the election. Directly guarantee that our person will become the queen. The queen is ours, and we will have an extra chance of winning in controlling the government in the future."
Liu Jin's few words made Chang Feng feel like he was struck by lightning: "What did you just say? Are you planning to take control of the court?"
Liu Jin nodded: "Yes. Don't worry, I am not Wang Zhen, only Wang Zhi."
Both Wang Zhen and Wang Zhi were powerful officials who controlled the world with one hand and dominated the government and the public.The difference is that Wang Zhen is a stupid pig.Wang Zhi has real abilities. During his time in power, he did a lot of good things that benefited the country and the people.
When Liu Jin said these words, Chang Feng was completely alert to Liu Jin's ambition.
Chang Feng said: "This matter is too relevant. Please allow me to think about it."
Liu Jin smiled and said: "Sure. I'll go first then."
After Liu Jin left, Chang Feng called Chang Ponu to the study.
Chang Feng handed the booklet to Chang Ponu: "Liu Jin just gave it to me. He asked me to help these women enter the audition."
Chang Ponu was surprised: "Eunuch Liu wants to interfere in post-election matters?"
Chang Feng asked: "Tell me, can we handle this matter?"
Chang Ponu said categorically: "It can't be done."
Chang Feng asked: "Oh? Why?"
Chang Ponu said: "Father, if we do this, we will be deceiving you!"
Chang Feng nodded: "Yes. Our family has received favor from two generations of emperors, and we must never do anything to deceive the emperor."
Unexpectedly, Chang Ponu changed the topic: "Moreover, even if we want to do something, why would we push someone from Eunuch Liu to come forward? Why not push someone from me to come up?"
"Although Eunuch Liu has been friends with my father for more than 20 years, he keeps calling us 'little uncle' again and again. But after all, we have two surnames and are not related by blood. Our hearts are separated from each other!"
Chang Ponu's words made Chang Feng tremble.
He never imagined that his son was no longer the simple scholar he was a year ago.
The officialdom is a big dyeing vat, and it is also a Shura field.
If you are not ruthless enough, you will not be able to stand in the officialdom.
Chang Po Nu is cruel enough.It is directly recommended that a woman controlled by the Chang family be the queen.
Chang Feng said: "Po Nu, you want to play with fire."
Chang Ponu said: "It may be risky to take chestnuts from the fire. But the greater the risk, the greater the reward."
"I have learned something from this trip. If you want to do things for the people and bring down those corrupt officials, you must have huge power."
"If the current queen is ours, will the power of the Chang family be small in the future?"
"Father, you often teach me that you don't have to care about the means when doing things, as long as the purpose is good, you will have no regrets."
"Our Chang family's pursuit of power is not to do bad things such as corruption, bribery, or manipulation of government affairs. It is to benefit the people and eliminate traitors."
"So what if the means are not good enough?"
Chang Ponu's words moved Chang Feng.
Chang Feng said: "I will think carefully about what you said tonight. It is said that after three days of separation, people will look at each other with new eyes. You seem to be a different person after you come back from this salt patrol trip. I don't know whether I should feel happy or sad for you. .”
Chang Ponu said: "Dad, you are right. After going through so many things in Beijing this time, I am no longer the same person as before."
"Official life is like a battlefield. If I'm still as bookish as before, I'm afraid my destiny will be gone."
At night, Chang Feng lay on the couch and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Liu Xiaoyan asked: "Po Nu is back home, are you so happy that you can't sleep?"
Chang Feng said nothing.After a while, he asked Liu Xiaoyan: "This time the emperor has left the post-election matters to the Chang family. What do you think if I nominate one of our people to be the queen?"
Liu Xiaoyan climbed up from the bed: "Why are you so brave?"
Chang Feng was speechless.
Liu Xiaoyan changed the topic: "However, if this matter can be done, our family will have strong support in the harem again. Liu Jian and Xie Qian must think carefully before they want to harm our family."
Chang Feng said: "Yes. In order to harm the Chang family, those civil servants even designed you to be charged with a murder case. They wanted to put the Chang family to death."
"Compared with what the civil servants are doing, what does our meddling with post-election matters mean?"
Liu Xiaoyan said: "It's a pity that there are no girls of the right age among our relatives."
Chang Feng waved his hand: "Even if you are afraid, don't do it. After the election in the Ming Dynasty, all the queens were selected from ordinary people's families. Except for Emperor Taizong's Queen Xiaorenxu, who was the daughter of the King of Zhongshan, the other queens in the past dynasties all came from ordinary people's families."
"But it's easy to do. I just find a girl of the right age and tell her that I will make her the queen. Her whole family will be grateful to me."
Liu Xiaoyan made some suggestions: "Then we have to search more. Find dozens of girls. There is always a way to make one of them fall into the eyes of the emperor and eventually become the queen."
Chang Feng said: "Liu Jin thinks so too. He just gave me a booklet. There are 62 girls' names in it."
Liu Xiaoyan said: "We don't want to offend Liu Jin. But it doesn't matter. After the election, it's not just about selecting the queen, but also the concubines. It's just a matter of getting a few people recommended by him to be the concubines. It counts for him. There is an explanation.”
In the words of later generations, Chang Feng made some psychological preparation for himself: "It's not that I took the opportunity to gain power. It was actually the civil servants who pushed me too hard. They always wanted to make me a mortal enemy."
"I can only come up with this tactic, to manipulate post-election matters behind closed doors to find a backer for myself and a way out."
(End of this chapter)
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