golden scales

Although Nanjing has a complete set of bureaucratic systems, these bigwigs only enjoy treatment and do not undertake work. .Because of the leisurely retirement, the world calls it "official hermit".

There are only three people with real power: one is the Nanjing Counselor, the Minister of Mechanical Affairs, the other is the Nanjing Garrison Eunuch, and the third is the Admiral of Nanjing Military Affairs.

Shi Kefa, the Minister of the Nanjing Counselor's Military Department, was promoted from the Governor of Water Transport. He is quite popular in the south of the Yangtze River and cannot be taken lightly.

As the name suggests, the admiral of Nanjing Military Affairs is to be a minister.The crown prince is far away in Beijing, and he is not familiar with his relatives in Nanjing. If some new dignitaries are sent to take up the post, they will not be able to convince the public.

Only the eunuch on guard in Nanjing, who is a private slave of the royal family, can be changed at will, nice novel:.Moreover, the status of the guarding eunuch is the highest. When sitting in the same room with ministers and ministers, Shangshu can only sit on the seat, but he can sit on the chairman.

Now Nanjing's garrison eunuch is Han Zanzhou, this man is cautious and low-key, if he didn't ask specifically, Zhu Cihong wouldn't even know his name.However, now is not the time for meritorious deeds. Zhu Cihong has no impression of Han Zanzhou, but he has plans for the position of Nanjing's defensive eunuch.

"Is there anyone to choose for the crown prince?" Emperor Chongzhen asked coldly, also testing what Zhu Cihong wanted to do.

"You should use a close minister for this job, and my son dare not comment on it." Zhu Cihong responded swiftly.

Everyone was also quite surprised, and suspected that the crown prince was still inexperienced, and he might have been used as a gunman for nothing!

If the various intrigues and complex relationships in the outer court are complicated, the inner court is actually not too far behind.Han Zanzhou must have his own group behind him, the crown prince is not afraid of offending people regardless of pulling him off the horse, but it is a pity that he made a wedding dress for nothing. .

"Oh." Emperor Chongzhen dragged his voice, looking at the two personal eunuchs Wang Zhixin and Wang Chengen.These two were old men when he was in Qiandi, and it was considered conscientious to follow them all the way to Shandong. No matter who they were, they could serve as Nanjing's defensive eunuchs.

"Wang Zhixin," Emperor Chongzhen finally made up his mind: "You go to Nanjing to prepare for the pick-up, and Han Zanzhou will come back and listen to it."

Wang Zhixin was overjoyed, and immediately responded: "I obey the order!"

Chongzhen nodded, and said to Jiang Yueguang: "Go back earlier and tell the ministers in the southern capital: you can go there as soon as possible!"

Jiang Yueguang had no choice but to accept the order.

Song Yingxing, who had been standing behind Jiang Riguang like a clay sculpture, finally showed a smile on his face, just in time for Zhu Cihong to catch him.But he wasn't worried that the crown prince would see it, because he had already decided to stay in the line and "listen".Compared with the job of a five-rank Zhizhou, the technical college is obviously more interesting.

Zhu Cihong was also smiling.

The appointment of a new guard eunuch is a matter of course, but everyone is looking at who proposed it.As for who the new guard eunuch is, Zhu Cihong doesn't care, because the only people around Chongzhen who really trust him are Wang Zhixin and Wang Chengen.No matter who ordered to go, Zhu Cihong was very satisfied.

Because no matter who leaves, there will be another position that must be vacated: the imperial envoy and governor of the Dongchang official school eunuch. .

The reason why Zhu Cihong wanted to go out in person, instead of letting the ministers below speak for him.It was because only he came to propose the replacement of the eunuch guarding Nanjing, and Emperor Chongzhen would worry about whether his son had made friends with his close servants, so Zhu Cihong could restrain the lucky one: If he dared not follow the crown prince's wishes, then the crown prince I will definitely speak well for him in front of the emperor. .

Any wise person knows that even if he does not appreciate those who help him, he must never offend those who can destroy him.Do you want to leave the emperor's side and become an uncrowned king in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River?Then obediently hand over the position of factory minister.

As soon as Wang Zhixin left, Wang Chengen was naturally promoted to a higher level and became the eunuch in charge of the chief of ceremonies.According to the usual practice, the admiral of the east factory eunuch should be held concurrently by the second or third in command of the chief inspector of ceremonies. Wang Chengen naturally wanted to nominate a new factory official, but this person was unknown to Chongzhen.

"Ding Ao?" Chongzhen was quite surprised.

In front of him stood a middle-aged eunuch with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes. He had a fair complexion, but his facial features were very ordinary, and he would disappear as soon as he mixed in with the crowd.

"When did you enter the palace to be on duty?" Chongzhen really didn't have any impression of this little transparency.

"Return to the emperor," Ding Ao's voice was uncharacteristic, "The maidservant is Tianqi's hidden residence in the seventh year. Under the name of Cao Gonghuachun, she has been working in Dongchang."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen who was aside in doubt.

Wang Chengen stepped forward and said with a smile: "My lord, Ding Ao is indeed an old man in the hidden mansion. He was only 15 years old at that time, and he hadn't served the lord much. I'm afraid the lord won't remember it. A good novel:."

Only then did Chongzhen nod his head and said, "How long have you been in Dongchang? Can you handle the situation now?"

"Returning to the emperor, the servants went to Dongchang in the first year of Chongzhen, and it has been 17 years. The servants dare not boast, but they will never lose in their loyalty and diligence." Ding Ao responded.

Chongzhen nodded his head, agreeing to this personnel appointment.

Zhu Cihong saw Ding Ao half an hour later, and also encouraged this eunuch who had been working in Dongchang to do a good job.As Ding Ao said, he did enter the palace at the age of 13, went to Dongchang at the age of 15, and stayed until he left Beijing.The difference is that he has not been to Qiandi, nor is he under Cao Huachun's sect, but Liu Ruoyu's sect.

Zhu Cilang used him this time to completely take Dongchang into his hands.

When there were only Zhu Cihong and Liu Ruoyu in the room, Zhu Cihong sighed: "I really can't bear it." He said: "The foreign ministers say that the father is suspicious, but in fact the father is still a very credulous person in essence. .”

Liu Ruoyu also had to admit this.He said: "The Holy Majesty is generous. If it is in the hands of the Master of the World Temple or the Master of the Temple, I am afraid it will not be able to hide it."

Zhu Cihong smiled, and said tiredly: "There are still people under me who are trustworthy, and who is really trustworthy around the father? By the way, Wang Zhixin said hello, right?"

Liu Ruoyu replied: "I've figured it out, he's not a fool, he can definitely understand."

"That's good." Zhu Cihong nodded: "Shandong has to push the Lexia defense line outward. All kinds of fortresses are built with money, and the money in our hands didn't fall from the sky. Wang Zhixin is here Jiangnan can help a little bit, and his ability to earn money can be regarded as the best in the world. Also, Donglu likes to use spies to set up spies. After Ding Ao took over Dongchang, he must clear Denglai and even Shandong. The second is to cultivate successors through schools.”

Liu Ruoyu nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Your Highness, do you want to select some young men without father and mother to enter the palace from now on?"

Zhu Cihong's eyebrows twitched, and he asked, "Ruoyu, if you hadn't purified yourself, would you still be so loyal to the Heavenly Family?"

Liu Ruoyu was quite puzzled: "Why did Your Highness ask this?"

"That's it," Zhu Cihong said, "I think whether you can be loyal to the master depends on the first aspect of teaching, and the second is whether the master's family is worthy of others' loyalty. Therefore, when I employ people, I only look at their talents and not other things. At the beginning, I There is a shortage of people under his command, so the servants are dispersed to various armies to serve as training officers. Now it seems that there are quite capable people among the servants. If they are healthy, they don’t know how much they can do. It’s a pity to think about it.”

Which eunuch is not inferior and self-pitying?After listening to Zhu Cihong's words, Liu Ruoyu couldn't stop crying, wiped it gently with the corner of his sleeve, and said: "Master Qiantui is so kind, it is really rare in the family in ancient times. It is always more convenient for me to be a servant of the Lord, His Royal Highness will be getting married soon..."

Zhu Cihong laughed disapprovingly, "Except for the eunuchs that can be used by the prince's mansion, who else dares to use them? Don't those rich and powerful families have their own style? Besides, the people have been through wars for a long time, and it is time to employ people. Castrate a group of teenagers, and see how many people we will lose in ten years? What about another 20 years? So let’s do it.”

"The old minister is on behalf of the poor people in the world, thank you for your kindness!" Liu Ruoyu said emotionally.

"Starting from here, I will hire some healthy women from the people to serve as servants in the inner palace, and those who serve outside don't care whether they are clean or not." Zhu Cihong said, but thought in his heart: Even eunuchs have yinyu. Flooding the palace is even more embarrassing than the private affairs of the servants.

Liu Ruoyu didn't know what Zhu Cihuang was thinking, and soon went out to do his own business.He is still responsible for the security and defense work of the Artillery Research Department—the small stockade where iron molded cannons were born—and he dare not not do his best.

Zhu Cihong soon put his mind on the layout of Shandong Province, thinking about how to directly and effectively control the coal and iron mines and increase the artillery equipment. (To be continued.)