Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 255 Rumors about luring snakes out of their caves to build momentum
"This is the truth."

Huang Yan snorted coldly, then stared at Jin Ying and asked, "Why didn't you tell our family such sincere words until today?"

"Huang Gong is smart, capable, and extremely intelligent. He is the arm of the Supreme Emperor. Your Majesty restored Huang Gong to his official position because you have listened to the Supreme Emperor's will!"

Jin Ying first complimented, then bowed and said with emotion: "Xiaguan thought about it over and over again, and finally figured it out. If Xiaguan continues to be stubborn and continues to oppose Huang Gong, he will undoubtedly bring about his own destruction! On the contrary, if he can sincerely submit to Huang Gong, at least I can get Mr. Huang’s understanding and save a chance of survival.”

Huang Yan looked up to the sky and laughed. Of course he knew that Jin Ying was lying, but he took advantage of it and said, "Jin Ying, you are a sensible person. I forgive you."

Jin Ying was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately knelt down, kowtowed to Huang Yan and said, "I would like to thank Mr. Huang for his kindness!"

"Don't be like this! Don't be like this! How can you behave like this?"

Huang Yan endured the pride in his heart and hurriedly helped Jin Ying up and said: "Jin Ying, I am also a man who understands how to repay kindness and revenge. As long as you sincerely submit to our family, our family will ensure that you will prosper!"

"Thank you Mr. Huang!"

Jin Ying clasped his fists and saluted: "From now on, Xianguan will only follow Huang Gong's lead. Wherever Huang Gong points, Xianguan will rush to wherever he is. Even if he goes through fire and water, Xianguan will never give up!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Huang Yan became interested and said "good" three times in a row, then patted Jin Ying on the shoulder and whispered: "Jin Ying, our family will tell you something today. Governor Zheng, the patrol envoy, is You won't be able to serve as a soldier for much longer. The day the Emperor's ship, the Great General, is built, will be the time when the 'Three Treasures Eunuch' changes hands!"

"The lower official should have thought of it a long time ago. Mr. Huang is so favored by the emperor and is his confidant. It is only a matter of time before he replaces Mr. Zheng!"

Jin Ying pretended to be surprised and whispered in agreement.

Huang Yan nodded and said: "How high you can go in the future depends on your performance! Come back!"

"The officer will leave!"

Jin Ying bowed.

at the same time.

Hall of Martial Arts.

Zhu Gaoxu angrily threw the memorial on the imperial table and became furious at Xing'an, the imperial eunuch Zuo Shaojian.

"What is this? For the royal estates under your supervision, the total commercial transaction volume in the market last month was reported to be three! What Jin Shaojian reported was 3000 yuan in silver dollars, and what Jian Cheng Haishou reported was 6000 yuan. What came up was 500 yuan in silver dollars, but what you counted was only [-] yuan in silver dollars! Which number should be used to collect commercial tax this month?"

Xing'an bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the 6000 yuan estimated by Hai Jiancheng takes into account the approximate transaction volume of newly opened shops and vendors last month. The 3000 yuan estimated by Jin Shaojian does not include any increase." The approximate transaction volume of newly opened shops and vendors.”

"Hai Jiancheng overestimated the estimate in order to collect more taxes for the royal family. Young Inspector Jin lowered the estimate in order to reduce taxes on the shops and vendors in the various imperial estates under the supervision of the imperial horse. The slaves cut off the long and shortened it. Got a middle number.”

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said: "You guys are making estimates. You can't even figure out the total commercial transaction volume of the several imperial villages under our supervision last month. Do you think it's ridiculous?"

"Your Majesty, not only are the imperial bazaars under the control of the Royal Horse Supervisor suffering from chaotic management, but the same situation also exists in various prisons in the inner court."

Xing'an bowed in a neither humble nor overbearing manner and answered slowly: "Mainly because the transactions of shops and vendors are small and frequent, the envoys responsible for statistics often make mistakes when doing accounting. In addition, the rent of the Huangzhuang is low, there are many types of farm tools, and As a result, the population of tenant farmers in various imperial estates is increasing every month, and the number of small merchants and hawkers selling their own handicrafts is also increasing day by day."

When he said this, he changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty, I think that this kind of chaos is not always a bad thing. It's like having too many silver coins at home. First, I didn't calculate it clearly."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled helplessly, stared at Xing'an and said, "I ask you, when can we prevent this kind of situation from happening again?"

"Your Majesty, the Royal Horse Prison lacks literate chamberlains. The same goes for other prisons. The slaves and maids are also powerless!"

Xing'an said with a grimace.

"Haha, don't listen to the excuses of the people below. They can hide it from you, but they can't hide it from me!"

Zhu Gaoxu sneered: "The total commercial transaction volume of Huangzhuang Market is inaccurate, but it is beneficial to them. Because they can take the opportunity to line their own pockets and put the overcharged tax money into their own pockets!"

"Your Majesty has a clear warning!" Xing'an agreed.

Zhu Gaoxu threw down his sleeves, stood up, pinched his waist with his hands and said: "I am hereby issuing an order to temporarily recruit [-] students from Wanping County Middle School, and cooperate with the eunuchs of the inner court to go to various palaces to re-count last month's results. The total commercial transaction volume of the market starts with the several royal estates under your control!"

"After completing the statistics for one imperial village, they will then go to the next imperial village. In this way, these students will not only develop their skills, but also understand the public sentiment, and achieve multiple things with one stone."

"Your Majesty is wise, this is indeed a good idea."

Xing'an hurriedly bowed.

Zhu Gaoxu added: "As for the problem of insufficient number of internal envoys responsible for document collation and synthesis in each eunuch, I have issued an order to set up an internal library under the Secretary of Ceremony to specially train emissaries who can read and digitize. In a few months, we will A group of eunuchs who can read and write will be assigned to serve in various prisons."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say. I don't know whether I should say it or not?"

Xing'an carefully observed Zhu Gaoxu's expression and asked tentatively.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Tell me about it."

"Your Majesty, I have heard two rumors recently. One is that the reason why Your Majesty established the inner study hall and restored Huang Yansi to his duties as the ceremonial eunuch was because of the power of the emperor."

Xing'an said cautiously.

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was listening quietly, he boldly continued: "The other is that His Majesty intends to elevate the status of the Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies and prevent the Internal Officials and Supervisors from becoming dominant, especially to balance the prestige of the Internal Officials and Eunuchs Zheng Dugong and Power.”

"Then why do you think I established the inner study hall?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Xing'an and asked with a smile.

"This slave presumes on the Holy Heart."

Xing'an's knees suddenly weakened, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please punish me."

"Get up."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you that both of these rumors are correct."

It is generally believed that the Nei Shu Tang of the Ming Dynasty was established in the Xuande period. In addition to following the practices of the previous dynasties, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty also established it as a system and selected Chen Shan and other cabinet members to teach in the Nei Shu Tang.

In fact, because the Ming Emperor appointed eunuchs more frequently, the cultivation and training of young eunuchs had already begun during the Yongle period, but it was not formalized and institutionalized.

The purpose of training young eunuchs is to prepare secretarial talents who can handle writing for the crown prince.

Compared with the scribes Fengyu who could record the imperial writings during the Hongwu period, Zhu Di had higher requirements for eunuchs.

During the Yongle period, in order to strengthen control over the country, especially the Western Regions, Nurgan, Jiaozhi and other places, Zhu Di sent reliable eunuchs to important military, political and other positions.

For example, Zheng He, Wang Jinghong, Qingyao and others were sent to lead the fleet to sea, Hou Xian and others were sent to patrol Wusizang, Wu Yixin (also Shiha) and others were sent to Nurgan, and Ma Qi and others were sent to control Jiaozhi. wait.

Although the power of eunuchs was greatly expanded as a result, most of these eunuchs who held power were not from the ceremonial department.

Zheng He and Wang Jinghong came from the Imperial Prison, Qingyao came from the Royal Horse Prison, Wu Yixin and Ma Qi were the earliest servants of the Imperial Prison, and only Hou Xian came from the Si Li Prison.

In other words, the Si Li Jian in the Yongle period still belonged to the general eunuch yamen, and the eunuchs serving in the Si Li Jian did not have the same superior status as in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty in history. Opportunities to hold important positions and hold great power.

Zhu Gaoxu ordered the establishment of an inner study hall in the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Of course, he was not following the historical path of raising the status of the Supervisor of Ceremonies as Huang Yan and other eunuchs mistakenly thought.

He planned to use the opportunity of recruiting young chamberlains in the inner study hall to lure the snake out of its hole and fish out all the courtiers who sent spies into the palace and the eunuchs in the inner court who spread news outside the palace.

(End of this chapter)