Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 433 Chen Xiang and Gao Ping are mutual spies, and the battle for election begins to ferment

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chen Xiang left the Chonghua Hall, a young eunuch came to summon him under the order of the Queen Mother.

Chen Xiang was happy in his heart, but on his face was a look of fear and anxiety.

Following the little eunuch to Yinghua Hall, Chen Xiang saluted, and Empress Dowager Sun scolded: "Chen Xiang, you are so bold.

How dare you once again instigate the emperor to summon the imperial concubine, you consider yourself the eunuch of the chief of ceremonies and Bingbi, so I dare not deal with you, do you? "

Chen Xiang didn't defend himself, he just kowtowed to plead guilty.

This really stumped Empress Dowager Sun. Chen Xiang was not only the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies, but also the emperor's cronies, so it was really difficult for him to deal with it himself.

Helpless, Empress Dowager Sun could only curse back and forth, while Chen Xiang only kowtowed from beginning to end, not stubborn.

In the end, Queen Mother Sun had to let Chen Xiang go.

As soon as Chen Xiang left the Yinghua Palace, Empress Dowager Sun gave Gao Ping a wink: "Gao Ping, you have been working very hard recently, and I will give you a few days off as well, go out and relax."

Gao Ping understood, and hurriedly bowed and left.

Chen Xiang strolled slowly to the West Fifth Institute, and Gao Ping caught up from behind.

Zhu Qizhen ordered Chen Xiang to win over Gao Ping to be his eyeliner; Empress Dowager Sun ordered Gao Ping to win over Chen Xiang to be his own eyeliner.

It was a coincidence that both parties wanted to go together.

Empress Dowager Sun already had eyeliners in Nangong, but the number was not enough, and there were often gaps in the monitoring of Emperor Gongrang.

So being able to win over Chen Xiang is also very meaningful.

Gao Ping and Chen Xiang walked together, complaining to each other about the difficulty of their errands.

As soon as they walked outside the Xuanwu Gate, the two of them were already brothers in need, sympathetic to each other.

Both of them were eunuchs who were in charge of ceremonies and held pens, and they were usually very friendly, so Chen Xiang suggested: "It's still so early, and there's nothing to do when we go home. Why don't we go to Tianlou for a drink?
Then let's go to Shennv Pavilion to listen to Miss Xi'er playing a little song, wouldn't it be nice. "

Gao Ping knew that Chen Xiang had been scolded by the queen mother a lot, and he needed to spend some money to vent his anger.He was holding back his stomach, so of course he couldn't disappoint, so he said with a smile:
"Mr. Chen has been wronged, and I must give my younger brother a chance today. All the expenses for the evening will be covered by my younger brother."

Chen Xiang quickly waved his hand: "Brother said that is to look down on brother Yu, you just became a eunuch of Bingbi not long ago, how much property can you save.

Let's play in Jietianlou and Shennv Pavilion for one night, and 1000 taels of silver can't beat it. "

Hearing this, Gao Ping opened his mouth wide in surprise.I really haven't been there, this night, I will spend a lifetime salary of a young eunuch.

Chen Xiang was very satisfied when he saw Gao Ping's appearance that he had never seen the world, and quickly pulled Gao Ping to laugh: "Don't think about those troublesome things, let's go, Brother Yu will take you to learn more.

Brother Yu is responsible for everything tonight, and brother Yu will look down on Brother Yu any more. "

Seeing this, Gao Ping no longer shirked.The two went to pick up Tianlou for dinner, and then went to the Goddess Pavilion to listen to Li Xier's singing.

What Chen Xiang said was very conservative. In fact, the two of them would pay 1000 taels for listening to Li Xier sing a ditty all night.

In order to win over Gao Ping, Chen Xiang ordered two more beauties to accompany him.

After one night, it cost a total of 700 taels.

Early the next morning, Gao Ping walked out of the Goddess Pavilion in a daze, shook his head and praised: "No wonder Mingyufang is called the Cave of Selling Gold. The money is spent like running water, which is too scary."

Since the agreement was settled last night, Chen Xiang dragged Gao Ping to the small courtyard he had already prepared.

Chen Xiang successfully delivered Xiaoyuan and Yinzi to Gao Ping, and both of them completed the task.

Gao Ping agreed to send news to Emperor Gongrang, and Chen Xiang agreed to monitor Nangong for the Queen Mother.

The good inner court is full of intrigues and spies.

Chen Xiang didn't know that Gao Ping was from Zhu Qiyu, and Gao Ping didn't know that Chen Xiang was from Zhu Qiyu.

The two of them didn't even know that most of the money they spent yesterday went into Zhu Qiyu's pocket.

At noon, Zhu Qiyu was lying on the couch, checking the secret reports collected today.

When seeing Gao Ping and Chen Xiang spent more than 1000 taels of silver in the Goddess Pavilion in one night, Zhu Qiyu himself was not calm.

Zhu Qiyu had never looked at the account book before, and didn't know that the price of goods was so high, so he couldn't help but sighed sincerely: "These industries of our family are too profitable."

Qianxue shook her head: "There is no way, our family's brand is strong. Some time ago, my family bought all the houses and open spaces around Jietianlou and Shennv Pavilion, and we will build two more attics to expand the scale of the industry. .”

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "When did you buy the land? Why didn't I know?"

Qianxue teased: "Husband, you are really embarrassed to ask, it is around the Chinese New Year, during that time, the other sisters were pregnant, and we are not yet old, and then you just dote on Ningxiang and hang on her every day. Ken down.

You yourself have specifically emphasized that you don't want to tell you a word about household affairs, you don't want to hear it, and you don't want to know it. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded embarrassingly: "Yes, yes, I said it. The widow is wrong, and the widow will apologize to the empress."

Qianxue smiled and said: "Husband, you have noticed that the content of Wei Shangshu's previous memorabilia has been spread among the public. I heard that you are going to conduct a Beijing inspection and a big plan, and all civil and military officials are not very happy.

Also, you want to return the power of election to the Ministry of Officials, and many ministers are very opposed to it.

Husband, you are in big trouble. "

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu fell on the soft couch and sighed on his back: "I want to make some contributions to Daming and do some practical things for the common people, why is it so difficult.

Obviously I am a normal person, but why are there a lot of two hundred and five chasing after me and calling me mentally ill! "

There are some things that cannot be explained clearly, and Zhu Qiyu himself is speechless: Sanyang fooled Xuanzong into making a recommendation system, that's fine, I don't bother to talk about them.

The problem is that the grandsons of Xuanzong, Yingzong, Xianzong, and Xiaozong are all staunch supporters of the nomination system, which makes people scratch their heads.

Another strange thing here is that Jingtai in history supported Quanxuan.

So Jingtai and the emperors before and after seemed out of place.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly, he was finally somewhat similar to the historical Emperor Jingtai.

Generally speaking, in various periods of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet and the six ministries were secretly fighting for power.

For example, during the period of the Three Yangs, the struggle between the cabinet and the Ministry of Officials for the power to select officials was very typical.

The most typical case of the victory of the cabinet is Zhang Juzheng, who is the chief assistant, just like a regent.

The most typical situation of the six victories is Yu Qian in history, a minister of the Ministry of War, who overwhelmed the cabinet.

And Zhu Qiyu himself chose to strike a balance.Taking advantage of the chance that the power of the cabinet has been greatly reduced temporarily after Sanyang;

It is quite strange for the emperor to go off in person and take the initiative to participate in the power struggle between the cabinet and the six ministries.

Seeing her husband's sad face, Qianxue was on the verge of tears, so she quickly changed the topic to a lighter one: "Husband, take a look, the Supervisor of Rituals has sent the renovation plan of Renshou Palace."

Zhu Qiyu asked angrily: "I don't want to watch it, so just say what they want to do."

"Because Wang Cheng is in charge of the seal of the internal supervisor, but he was sent out by his husband on business, and no one in the internal supervisor is in charge. Therefore, the repair of Renshou Palace was discussed by several supervisors.

It's fine if you don't like to look at the blueprints. The materials for building the palace can be borrowed from other palaces according to your wishes.

The proposal given by the Supervisor of Rites is to demolish the Qin'an Hall in the Imperial Garden, as well as the Changchun Palace and Xianfu Palace in the West Sixth Palace area.

Do you want to agree? "

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "Who are the supervisors of ceremonies who hold the pens? After the Qianqing Palace was burned down, Empress Qian temporarily lived in the Changchun Palace.

As a result, she has just moved out, and you are going to tear down the palace where she lived, isn't it a bit too shameless? "

Qianxue smiled and said: "You see, they are afraid that some dignitaries will have opinions, so it is clearly written in the memorial book that Chen Xiang's proposal for the demolition of the old palace was supported by Xing'an, Wang Jin, Ruan Lang, Ruan Xi, and Cao Jixiang. , other Bingbi have no objection. Then I reported it to my husband."

"Oh, then I understand. It was the widow's eldest brother who asked the emperor to demolish the Changchun Palace. The infighting in the imperial city is really dizzying."

(End of this chapter)