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Chapter 3 Confidant
It's a pity that their vision is too short-sighted and they have less experience. They cannot see that on the issue of establishing a prince, even the emperor himself cannot completely ignore the wishes of his courtiers, let alone violate the laws of his ancestors for no reason. As the eldest son of the emperor, he not only has the hope of becoming a prince. , quite big.

As the old saying goes, if you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. No, your life will be wasted.As the lowest eunuch and palace maid in the Forbidden City, no one would care about the deaths from time to time. Not to mention reaching heaven, even the master of the harem probably didn't care.

After this incident, Hong Tao began to quietly pay attention to this eunuch named Wang An. Finally, he learned part of the situation from the maid next to the queen, and then he knew who he was!

Wang An, a native of Xiong County, Baoding Prefecture, Hebei Province, entered the palace at the age of eight and worshiped under the imperial horse supervisor Zhou Ping.Hong Tao didn't know who Zhou Ping was, but Zhou Ping's master was very famous, the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the eunuch Feng Bao.

In his previous life, Hong Tao had nothing to do in the courtyard. He rode an electric tricycle through the streets and collected a lot of old books. He piled them up on the bed and read each one at least once. The contents covered various fields such as literature, history, economics, technology, etc. aspect.

Besides passing the time, the fundamental reason is to prepare for the next time travel.After traveling to ancient times for the first two times, I lacked understanding of the culture, historical events, emperors and ministers at that time, and I was even more ignorant of ancient classics and history, poems and songs, and it was difficult to integrate into society.

Although after nearly ten years of recharging, I still cannot reach the level of reading poetry and books, I have not mastered calligraphy, let alone reciting poems, but I have not studied hard, at least I have learned about celebrities from historical dynasties. With enough accumulation, I can barely be considered a second-hand history buff.

Anyone who is familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably avoid one person, Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the Wanli Dynasty cabinet.This first assistant minister assisted the emperors of Jiajing and Wanli dynasties to carry out reforms and achieved great results, which was called the Wanli Zhongxing in history.

But with the high-level structure of the Ming Dynasty, it was not enough for the chief minister of the cabinet and the emperor to carry out reforms, because there was also a very important lubricating organization between them, the Supervisor of Ceremonies.Feng Bao was the eunuch leader who cooperated with Zhang Juzheng internally and externally, at least he didn't hold back much.

I don’t know if he is a fellow from Hebei, but Wang An had a smooth start after entering the palace. In the sixth year of Wanli, when he was just ten years old, he was recommended to go to Nei Shu Tang to study. This was a place specially designed for eunuchs to improve their cultural level. It is also the only way to enter the Ceremony Supervisor.

Originally, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was firmly opposed to eunuch literacy, but he broke this rule after Zhu Di ascended the throne.Compared with the civil servant group who always competed for power with the emperor, the stubborn Emperor Yongle preferred to reuse obedient eunuchs and passed down this tradition along with his genes.

However, the cultural level of eunuchs was generally low, which seriously hindered their efficiency in serving the emperor.As soon as Emperor Xuande came to power, he immediately established an inner study hall to train senior eunuchs who could read and write.

Since it was a product specially designed by the emperor to check and balance the civil servant group, the starting point must not be low.The inner study hall recruits two to three hundred young people aged ten or above each term. They are supervised by the Director of Ceremonies, and bachelors from the Hanlin Academy are invited as lecturers.After studying hard for five years, only those with outstanding results can graduate from the Imperial College, which is known as the Imperial College of Internal Affairs.

It is not easy to graduate from the Nei Shu Tang. Those with excellent grades are usually arranged to enter the Six Section Gallery to copy official documents for a period of time, which is a bit like an internship.Those who perform well will be selected to join the clerk's office or read to the prince.The former is likely to become the Supervisor of Ceremonies in the future, and the latter will be a close official of the Crown Prince, with a bright future!
Of course, for Wang An to be his companion, it seemed at the time that it was not a grace, but more like an assignment. This was also related to his master's master Feng Bao.After the fall of Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao also followed suit.

Although it was said that Xiao Huangmen had to recognize his master when he first entered the palace, Wang An was just a child at the time and didn't know shit. It was impossible to say who was his remnant, but after all, because of his reputation, he was pushed to the cold palace to accompany the eldest son of the emperor who was also powerless. Reading is very reasonable and well-matched.

As the saying goes, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.As a mortal, I really don’t know which cloud in the sky has rain under it.God didn't let Wang An wait for 30 years. In just seven years, he dropped half a piece of pie and hit him accurately on the head.As the eldest son of the Emperor was canonized as the Crown Prince, he naturally became the Attendant of the East Palace, and half of his feet had already stepped onto the threshold of the Clerk of Ceremonies. As long as the Crown Prince could safely succeed to the throne, his future would be bright.

Whether it is a blessing or a curse depends on whether you are satisfied with him or not, in addition to the influence of external factors.From the current point of view, after seven years of getting along day and night, I am basically satisfied.

As a companion, Wang An not only completed his job, but also exceeded his quota.It is precisely because of his presence that although Jingyang Palace is still a cold palace and the treatment has not improved at all, it is no longer full of holes like before. Both the eunuchs and the maids have become more disciplined and orderly.

The most important thing is a sense of security. Not only do orphans and widowers not receive care, but they are also surrounded by a group of people with ulterior motives all day long. People who have never experienced it will definitely not be able to imagine the feeling of being on tenterhooks.

Even monsters like Hong Tao, who can continue to travel through time even after death, have woken up suddenly countless nights, always feeling that there are a pair of eyes staring at themselves in the room, and if they are not safe, there is a knife or a rope, ready to kill them anytime and anywhere. To death.

But when it comes to complete trust, that's still far away.In addition to the necessary precautions, Hong Tao also vaguely remembered that Wang An was historically related to Wei Zhongxian, the notorious eunuch in the late Ming Dynasty.I really can't remember what the relationship is. Currently, there is no reputable eunuch named Wei Zhongxian in the palace.

Anyway, no matter how you put it, after 19 years of hard work in the cold palace, today you can finally get something out of it, and you have someone around you who can barely control you. Congratulations!

"Long Live the Lord has arranged for His Highness the internal officials Zou Yi, Li Shi, and Wang Guotai to serve as companions. At this time, they are already waiting in the palace." Wang An still had the same unhurried tone, not because of becoming the crown prince. Reading with joy.

"Are you familiar with these three people?" Sure enough, the tide has lifted all boats. For seven years, he has only had one reading companion by his side, and he has just been conferred as a prince and his number has tripled immediately.But Hong Tao doesn't think having more people around him is a good thing. Among these three people, there are guaranteed to be spies sent by the emperor, empress, or Concubine Zheng, maybe both.

"Zou Yi, Wang Guotai, and Li Shi all came from the inner study, and I have never met them." It seems that Wang An has already preliminary inquired about the origins of the three new companions, but this is only preliminary, or he knows more and does not want to say anything.

"Where's the great bachelor who taught the scripture reading feast?" In the past 19 years, Hong Tao has never taken the initiative to ask about matters in the palace.If you are dull, you must look dull, and if you are pretending, you must put on all the trappings. If you inquire about everything clearly and don't say a word, I'm afraid I won't be alive today.

But after becoming the prince and entering the East Palace, in addition to adding some officials and eunuchs from Zhanshifu, there will also be at least one somewhat famous civil servant to lecture on the Four Books and Five Classics. Generally speaking, this position is compiled by the Hanlin Academy or The cabinet is filled with bachelors.

(End of this chapter)