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Chapter 43
A quarter of an hour in advance, the three-tone drums will be beaten on the Wufeng Tower, and the courtiers will be divided into civil and military teams and queue up in front of the Yemen on both sides to wait.The bell rang, the palace door opened, and people filed in.First, cross the bridge in the order of the grades in the south of Jinshui Bridge and arrive at His Majesty Dan. Stand facing each other on both sides of the royal road.

At this time, there will be a censor responsible for checking grooming and discipline. It is very similar to the morning exercises in elementary schools in later generations. There will be a disciplinary committee to help the teachers keep an eye on who is whispering to each other or not wearing a red scarf.The difference is that if you are caught by the disciplinary committee, you will be scolded by the teacher, but if you are caught by the censor, you may be spanked with a board outside the Meridian Gate.

Almost at the time when the ministers entered the Meridian Gate, the neatly dressed Zhu Changluo, the 14th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, came out of the Yangxin Palace surrounded by a group of imperial guards and eunuchs, and passed through the palace gates on his way to the Huangji Gate.

"Wang An..." Hong Tao felt a chill on the back of his neck as he sat on the chariot.

It’s not a psychological effect, it’s just so cold!The northwest wind was blowing in the early morning of February, and even wearing the down jacket of the Antarctic scientific expedition team was still not too gentle, let alone the court uniform that leaked wind everywhere.

No wonder most emperors are reluctant to go to court in the morning. It may be easier in summer. Getting up so early in the middle of winter, getting out of the hot bed and driving a mile to Huangji Gate in the cold wind is indeed a big test of willpower. .

The early court in the Ming Dynasty was not held in a certain hall. Except for the emperor who could sit on the throne at the Huangji Gate, most officials had to stand under the Emperor Dan, basically in the open air, which was called the Imperial Gate to listen to politics.In fact, it was similar in the Qing Dynasty, but it was later changed to Qianqingmen, which was only a few hundred meters closer to the harem. There is no essential difference.

"Long live my lord..." The prince ascended the throne and became the emperor. Naturally, all the officials in the East Palace would rise to the top.The first person to bear the brunt was Wang An, who was now one of the eunuchs of the Bureau of Ceremony, in charge of the military affairs.

"Remember, the morning time needs to be changed!"

"My servant has written it down...Long live the Lord..." Wang An immediately signaled with his eyes to the eunuch behind him to take out the small book he carried with him and record it while walking. He himself took two steps and rushed to the side of the imperial chariot to make corrections. A few words of advice about what happened in the morning.

"Don't be verbose. I didn't say to change it right away. Just write it down and don't let outsiders know about it... Can you do it?" Hong Tao knew what Wang An was going to say. It was nothing more than to be stable in everything for the first time in Dabao and not to rush for change. So much.

These words have been said by the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, and also by Tian Yi and Chen Ju. There is no need to hear them again.Moreover, he had a talk with Wang Anshen immediately after he ascended the throne, clarifying his current irreplaceable status and the greatness of his responsibilities.

Especially in terms of security and confidentiality, you must execute your orders 100%.If you make a mistake, the emperor has no responsibility. If you don't do it, you will be killed. No amount of affection can compensate for it.

"These slaves personally went to the inner study to select them according to the instructions of Lord Long Live. They are mainly stable and loyal. Master will be kept in the palace prison and no outsiders are allowed to come into contact with them." Seeing the emperor's eyes turned back, Wang An immediately understood and lowered his voice. The voice briefly introduced the origins of the four newly recruited young eunuchs.

"Well, that's good. Do you have any clues about the other thing?" Hong Tao quite recognized Wang An's work efficiency. In the past eight years, he has basically never made any major mistakes or made any decisions without authorization.

With his help, the emperor, who has no foundation, will not be completely blind and can be manipulated at will, and will have the opportunity to build his own small team.

"Bai Zhong did not get along with Zhang Ran when he was writing the book of Qian. After he was promoted to Zhang Ran, he demoted Zhang Ran from the book of Qian to the chief. There was a deep grudge between the two."

Another thing did not put Wang An in too much trouble. The emperor wanted to inquire about the personnel relations in the Royal Horse Prison. It seemed that he wanted to attack the Royal Horse Prison, which was quite normal.It is said that when a new emperor ascends the throne, the stewards of various supervisory departments in the inner palace will be changed more or less.

"How is Zhang Ran's character?" It's not that Hong Tao doesn't want to replace all the eunuchs around him with his own people. The problem is that except for the few small fish and shrimps in the East Palace whose detailed origins have not been determined, there is simply no way to get them. Find reliable people.At the moment, we can only rely on Wang An to search for fish that have slipped through the net to keep up the facade, and we have to pray that Tian Yi and Chen Ju don't secretly constrain us.

However, there is one department that must be under control as soon as possible, and that is the Royal Horse Supervisor.This inner court institution must not be as its name implies. In addition to raising and training horses, operating forage farms, pastures, and royal estates, its functions also bear part of the taxation function.

The most important thing is that the Royal Horse Supervisor is in charge of the Forbidden Army, the Four Guards Camp and the Warrior Camp. He is also in charge of the military symbols and fire cards, and also has some power to mobilize troops.We need people, money, and power.

If the Si Li Jian is the prime minister of the inner court, then the Yu Ma Jian is equivalent to the five military governors of the inner court. This civil and military officer became the emperor's right-hand man to implement power.

The job of the Supervisor of Ceremonies requires a big-picture perspective and a sense of responsibility. Currently, Tian Yi and Chen Ju are doing a good job. There will be no suitable replacements for a while, so they can only put Wang An in and learn slowly.

In Hong Tao's opinion, the work of the Royal Horse Supervisor was more important. If safety could not be guaranteed, there would be no talk of competing with the courtiers and sharing interests.Therefore, even if we cannot seize power immediately, we must first capture this key department.

The simplest way is to benefit. The current Royal Horse Supervisor's palm is called Baizhong. He is not the same as Tian Yi and Chen Ju. It is said that he is close to Zheng Guifei. No matter whether he is willing to move closer to him or not, he can only replace him first.

The choice is simple, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.As long as you find an imperial horse prison officer who can't deal with Baizhong, and pick one with qualifications, courage and means, you can become a partner.

For Baizhong, he is already the palm of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and he can no longer provide more benefits, so the temptation is a bit low.But for Zhang Ran, the boss who has been suppressed by him, cooperating with the new emperor is the only way to achieve success.

"My slave has carefully checked that he served as a gunman in Liaodong, and later followed Xing Jie, Minister of the Ministry of War, to North Korea to fight against the Japanese." Wang An did not comment on Zhang Ran, but only stated his general past experience.

"Wang An, don't be submissive just because I have become the emperor. In this way, you will be no different from ordinary people. I want to hear your true thoughts. I will not punish you whether you are right or wrong." This performance made Hong Tao a little helpless, so he could only spend more money. A few words and see if I can get some truth.

Youdao is that you don’t know how expensive tea and rice are, and you will never feel the reality of many things unless you experience them yourself.Wang An would usually tell the truth when he encountered problems when he was the prince. In just a few dozen days, he just changed his identity and started to have trouble if he wanted to hear the truth.

This is still a courtier who has been with him for seven or eight years and lives and eats with him almost 24 hours a day. If it were another courtier, he would probably hear even less truth.

When a decision-maker is surrounded by lies, he is equivalent to being blind, deaf and stupid. He can neither see nor hear most real scenarios and real data. He can only make decisions based on wrong information, and the probability of being wrong is much greater than being right.

It can be seen from this that the so-called foolish kings, treacherous officials, and idiots who make all kinds of incredible decisions in history books do not necessarily mean that they are really stupid, stupid, and stupid.Anyone in this kind of environment will become a fool if they don't protect everything.

(End of this chapter)