Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 555
During the Zhengde period, Liu Jin monopolized power, and the name of the Eight Tigers shocked the world. During the Jiajing period, he deliberately restricted the power of the eunuchs. In the late Jiajing period, he no longer supplemented the eunuchs at all, and let the eunuchs in the palace grow old.

Old age is old, but there is always a lot of labor in the palace that needs people to do it. In the early years of Longqing, the labor in the palace was not working well, so it has been slowly replenished during the Longqing period, but the civil servants are still vigilant. Moreover, during the years of Longqing's reign, almost all the cabinet ministers were ministers of the Jiajing period, and they were highly respected. Emperor Longqing did not argue with them on such trivial matters, as long as it was enough.

In the past few years, due to the old eunuchs in the palace, there has been a serious shortage of manpower in all aspects, and the No. 1 Feng Bao in the inner court has also become a pivotal role in the world.

In order to maintain the normal operation of the palace, there was also a reason for the gradual resurgence of eunuch power, and a large number of eunuchs began to be supplemented outside the palace.

And this supplement in the ninth year of Wanli was the largest one in the past 30 years. If eunuchs were not supplemented in the palace, they could take risks to seek wealth, or people who had nowhere to go. The number is continuously increasing.

Among the low-level eunuchs recruited into the palace this time, except for the boy eunuchs who were selected for the Neishutang, the rest were selected from Wumingbai. They selected young and strong people, so that they could do errands when they entered the palace.

In the Ming Dynasty, the palace officials had keen eyes and ears, and news from both inside and outside was smooth. The yamen in the capital were soliciting news about thieves in the place where Wumingbai lived, and they naturally knew about it.

Entering the palace now has enough food and clothing. When I was an unknown person outside the palace, it was unavoidable that my hands and feet were dirty. When I heard the big rope outside the palace, everyone was unavoidably panicked.

After finishing the breakfast, Shen Decai also came to the imperial dining room, briefly explained a few words, and Gui Lei hurried to the Supervisor of Rituals.

Although the Supervisor of Rituals is in charge of the inner court, except for the eunuchs who are on the job of the Supervisor of Rituals, each of the supervisory bureaus has its own office and is busy.

When Gui Lei arrived here, he found that people from every yamen were there, just like what his cronies said, kowtowing and begging everywhere.

"It's not an option to continue doing this. The little ones are in panic. We are serving the noble masters in the palace. What if something goes wrong!?"

"Why is Shuntian Mansion so courageous? Who is supporting them..."

"The following chiefs went to give porridge and relief, but they were actually stopped by the guards of Shuntian Mansion. Are there any people in the palace in their eyes..."

Some came directly from eunuchs with palm prints, while others came from young eunuchs or stewards. Everyone was a role with status. Although there were complaints here, they kept three points.

All the eunuchs on duty of the Chief of Rites followed Emperor Wanli to the court meeting, leaving one on duty as usual to deal with urgent matters, but today it was Zhang Hong, the accompanying eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, and there were twenty or so people standing in the duty room, There was a lot of noise there, and I couldn't calm down if I wanted to run an errand, so I couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Father-in-law, Eunuch Feng and Eunuch Zhang are still at the court meeting. We can't come up with any ideas here. Why don't we go back to the yamen and discuss it in the afternoon. Everyone is the person in charge of each yamen. Come here Don't delay the errands of the yamen over there."

There are four or five people in the hall, each of whom is the chief inspector of rites, the admiral, and the writer. These people all have the status of eunuchs, equivalent to the cabinet of the outer dynasty, with incomparable weight and status far higher than other yamen in the inner court.

Zhang Hong has always been known as Fang Zheng, and Empress Dowager Li praised him a lot. Zhang Hong vaguely meant that Zhang Hong was a third person in the Supervisor of Rituals. After looking at it, I was ready to leave.

"Mr. Zhang can't speak like that. Take my horse supervisor as an example. The strong eunuchs selected this time are all recruited into each battalion and division. These people are armed soldiers and horses in the palace. If people are so panicked, wouldn't it be a disaster? Moreover, most of the people in the Imperial Horse Supervisor are old and weak and cannot be relied on, if this continues, wouldn’t the Imperial Army’s system be ruined!”

Everyone was about to disperse, but the eunuch Lin Shulu, the supervisor of the horse, stood up. Although his tone was calm, he spoke quite firmly.

Of all the people present, only Lin Shulu from the Yumajian was qualified to say this. When he said this, everyone immediately agreed.

"Preparing meals here is the most arduous work for the Shangshan Supervisor, and it is also the most error-free. Last time, [-]% of the people who were picked outside the palace made up for it. But with this state, they don't have the heart to do the work. In case something goes wrong, How to explain to the superiors, Eunuch Zhang, this is a top priority and cannot be delayed!!"

Gui Lei, the admiral of the Shangshan Supervisor, Guanglu eunuch, shouted the loudest, and he was also the most nervous about this matter. When he got up in the morning, because these people were crying and begging, he hurried to hurry, and the three concubines were delayed in the palace for a while, which made the Bian complained a lot.

Thanks to Concubine Zheng's priority supply, otherwise there would be a catastrophe. Gui Lei and Shen Decai, who is in charge of Shangshan Supervisor, thought together that there must be an explanation for this matter. This side bears the responsibility, such things must be cleared up.

The voices in several other places were not low, and the Zhidian Supervisor and the Imperial Supervisor were also in a similar situation.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Hong felt helpless, patted his forehead, clasped his fists together, and said:
"Since that's the case, father-in-laws should do it first. Our family still has some documents to read, so we won't accompany you."

He was also a little angry in his heart, so he went out to the duty room in the main courtyard, and sat in his seat to review a few books, but he was a little puzzled, and turned to the eunuch who was writing with his cronies and said:

"Shuntian Mansion is so focused on investigating the case, these people outside the palace are very prominent, why can't they be suppressed, and they still want to gather here?"

The writing eunuch hesitated for a while, but Zhang Hong over there reacted first, opened the notebook and circled a few strokes, and said in a low voice:

"It must be the Public Security Department under Eunuch Zhang. No wonder they gathered here to make a fuss. I can't control it, I can't control it!"

Everywhere in the palace, people are quite indifferent to the yamen of the Department of Public Security. First, the name is not right, and second, it is firmly held by Zhang Cheng, and others cannot reach in. Behind this is the emperor. Nowadays, the empress dowager is the biggest inside and outside the palace, so it's better for everyone to keep some distance.

Everyone gathered here, it was almost noon, and the court meeting was almost in progress, Zhang Hong went out to talk for a while, and the supervisors of ceremonies had already returned.

In front of Zhang Hong, everyone could say a few words, but in front of Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng, everyone dared not be so presumptuous, and they all bowed in unison.

But at this moment, everyone hesitated again. Everyone could see that the faces of the Li Supervisors were very bad. Could it be that the gathering of the crowd to cry out angered Eunuch Feng and Eunuch Zhang.

Everyone hesitated, but the supervising eunuch Lin Shulu walked forward slowly, bowed deeply, and said solemnly:

"Eunuch Feng, the restlessness in the palace, if it doesn't calm down this morning, disaster will happen to us and everyone."

Feng Bao entered the courtyard and saw that everyone was obviously taken aback. They hesitated and didn't come forward, but he was thinking about other things, as if he was distracted. After Lin Shulu said this, he reacted. Hearing this, he frowned down, but turned around and said:
"Zhang Cheng, go and say hello to the people on your side. This kind of restless tossing, both internally and externally, will damage your face. Enough is enough!"

If you say such things in front of everyone, if you break them face to face, everyone present will be stunned, regardless of being impolite, they all looked at Zhang Cheng, but they didn't expect Zhang Cheng to be thoughtful, so they just nodded in agreement. "Yes", everyone was stunned, but they saw that all the people attending the court meeting, the supervisor of ceremonies, had entered the duty room.

Everyone is a top character in the palace, and they understand the situation naturally. The eunuchs entered the room, and a writing eunuch came out after a while and said:
"I'm busy with business, please go back to your duties, and call me again if you have something to do."

The writing eunuch said respect, but everyone understands the meaning of chasing guests. He came here aggressively today, and what he asked for seemed to have a result, and Zhang Cheng also agreed, but the things that the supervisors and yamen are concerned about now are not about it. What will Bao and Zhang Cheng worry about? What happened at the court meeting?
The eunuchs and young eunuchs informed each other, and each of them left without saying anything. As soon as they left the courtyard of the Supervisor of Rituals, although they were returning to their respective yamen, their cronies began to inquire everywhere.

According to the usual practice, nothing that happened at the court meeting was a secret. Before lunch, everyone knew the news.

"The arrangement for Li Wenquan to go to the three battalions as the deputy general was rejected by Mr. Zhang Ge."

The so-called Jingying used to be the [-]th Regiment Battalion before Jiajing. During Jiajing, it was changed to three major battalions, with civil servants in charge, eunuchs supervising the army, and generals at all levels being appointed by nobles. There are four lieutenants in the three major battalions, all of whom are Earls and Marquises. There are also vacancies for salaries and silver, and the oil and water with the difference in the price of armaments are the first-class places for nobles.

Moreover, for the nobles, if there is any promotion, there must be a formal meritorious service. Go to the three major battalions for a while, and then there will be a reason to say something.

This Li Wenquan had never held any real position before, and now he doesn't have any titles, so Zhang Ge's move is reasonable, civil servants often do such things, it's not uncommon.

But Li Wenquan is the son of Li Wei, Marquis of Wuqing, and the younger brother of the empress dowager, who is one of the top royal relatives in the world. Zhang Gelao actually rejected it like this...God knows what will happen next.

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"It's a time of unrest on the grassland. The three battalions need powerful military officials to fill in. The Ai family knows Mr. Zhang's intentions, so there is no need to say anything!"

Empress Dowager Li spoke like this, but her face sank like water. Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng looked at each other and bowed, but Empress Dowager Li changed the subject and said:
"The noise in the palace today is out of character. Zhang Cheng, you are an servant in the palace. You have to distinguish between the inside and the outside. If you continue to investigate like this, what are your intentions!"

Empress Dowager Li looked stern, Zhang Cheng hurriedly knelt down...
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