Mingshi

Chapter 1561
You must know that the eunuchs of Ming Dynasty are not only staying in the palace, they can only embezzle and embezzle the expenses of the palace, and the eunuchs of Ming Dynasty can leave the palace.And it is possible to leave the capital. There are eunuchs in various state capitals, and there are also eunuchs in the army to supervise the army.More importantly, there is Dongchang.

Therefore, these eunuchs are really able to search for people's fat and people's anointment, and use the power of Dongchang to bully and dominate the market.

It's not that no one knows about these things, but Gao Gong suppressed them all.

Definitely the ass decides the head.

If this incident happened when Xu Jie was the chief assistant of the cabinet and Gao Gong was the second assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gong would definitely make this matter worse and deal with these eunuchs severely.

However, Gao Gong sat in the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet for this matter. He only thought about his grand ideal goals. Emperor Longqing could not go to court and ignore politics. For him, it was simply a way to display his ambition best environment.Therefore, he turned a blind eye to those eunuchs.

Now Yan Na has completely let himself go, he just wants to be a good old man who is as good as water, and can get along safely until retirement.So turn a blind eye.

Ma Fang and Zhang Juzheng were busy with a whip right now, their heels hit the back of their heads, their hair turned gray, and they didn't notice it at all.

As for Xu Jie's old people, such as Ge Shouli, Zhao Zhenji and others, they all kept Xu Jie's words in mind, and now try to keep a low profile to give Luo Xin and Gao Gong a chance to conflict.They thought it was an opportunity, so they all watched with cold eyes.

As for Luo Xin, it's not that he doesn't know these things, he has Wang Cuiqiao under his command, how could he not know these things?And there is Liu Shouyou, Liu Shouyou has approached Luo Xin many times, and now Jin Yiwei is somewhat suppressed by Dongchang, which makes Liu Shouyou very upset. He has caught many real hammers from Dongchang, counting on Luo Xin The letter stands out.However, Luo Xin did not have that time and energy, and now Gao Gong suppressed him severely, and was looking for his mistakes. This kind of thing that would offend Emperor Longqing and give Gao Gong a handle, Luo Xin thought about it, and finally circumvented.He is very busy now, busy with the reform of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhou Yu has already taken office in the Ministry of Industry, but the two of them have not found a breakthrough in the reform of the Ministry of Industry.

There are two main reasons for this.

One is that there is no money, and Gao Gong does not approve money at all.The other is that no one, the scholars of Ming Dynasty all regard the technology of the Ministry of Industry, or the technology that Luo Xin said, as strange and obscene, and no one is willing to delve into these things.

These two aspects are undoubtedly the basis for reform.

No money and no one, you reform a fart!
Therefore, Luo Xin and Zhou Yu are trying to figure out a solution with sad faces every day.

In this way, no one cared about these eunuchs, and the eunuchs who were cautious at the beginning gradually became bolder and began to extend their hands into the court.

From the initial greed for ink to the later public demands, it became more and more arrogant.

Which department is Daming in charge of money?

Tobe!
Therefore, the first to be hit is the Ministry of Household Affairs.Feng Bao and the others have already begun to set up clever schemes and openly demand money from the household department.

For example, the Ministry of Households asked for 10 taels of silver for the emperor, the imperial concubine, and the prince to make clothes, etc.

There are too many such things, but can Ge Shouli, Shangshu of the household department, agree?
Absolutely not!
Not to mention that Ge Shouli was originally a very old-fashioned person, and he looked down on these eggless things very much in his heart, even if he was afraid of Gao Gong, he dared not agree.

Once he allocated the silver to the internal funds, Gao Gong could impeach him and remove him.

So, he declined.There were so many times that Ge Shouli had no choice but to hide at home and pretend to be sick.

Lin Yuntong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is also very troubled now. He was originally the imperial envoy of the Inspectorate. By chance, he matched with Xu Jie tacitly, and was appreciated by Xu Jie.

He was originally an imperial envoy, so he was arrogant and arrogant.But now he encountered two things that bothered him the most.

One is that Luo Xin and Zhou Yu want to reform the Ministry of Industry.If you want to improve the treatment of those craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, this treatment is not only an increase in salary, but also an increase in official rank.

Lin Yuntong despised this kind of strange skill and ingenuity the most, how could he agree?

But he was sandwiched between Luo Xin and Zhou Yu, and it was really hard to fight back.And at this time, he met those greedy eunuchs again.

The palace is renovated every year, and this year is no exception.And those eunuchs are now so greedy, they set up clever names, such as trees to repair the ridge, repair furniture, etc., blatantly expand the budget, and even go to the Ministry of Industry to see what they like and are valuable in the warehouse, and ask for it under various names. Walk.

Lin Yuntong was originally a fiery temper and was born as an imperial envoy, how could he bear it, he immediately wrote a letter and sued Emperor Longqing.The letter bluntly stated that eunuchs exercise power and destroy the court.If you don't give up, I will beg for bones.

This is a showdown with Emperor Longqing, you are so fond of eunuchs, I will not serve you anymore.

In his mind, even if Emperor Longqing didn't reprimand those eunuchs, he would try his best to retain a veteran like him.But he didn't expect that Emperor Longqing would agree to his appointment.Gao Gong finally couldn't stand it anymore, and he also thought that this was the best time to recruit Lin Yuntong, so he tried his best to keep Lin Yuntong, and finally kept Lin Yuntong.

However, this also exposed the contradiction between the inner court and the outer court, and in the intensification of this contradiction, Emperor Longqing was very protective of those eunuchs. Basically, the eunuchs won the victory. The result of being demoted.

The eunuch was also severely suppressed by Emperor Jiajing during the Jiajing Dynasty, and now he is freeing himself with Emperor Longqing.Once people swell, they have no fear, and they finally began to extend their hands into military affairs.

cabinet.

Luo Luo sat in the seat of the second assistant, frowning slightly, thinking about the money and personnel of the Ministry of Industry, Ma Fang, Yan Na and Zhang Juzheng also sat there silently, Gao Gong glanced at the crowd, took out an edict and handed it Gave it to Luo Xin.Luo Xin saw that Emperor Longqing wanted to shoot the eunuch Lu Yong, and Prime Minister Gao went to the fifth army camp to supervise the army.

Luo trembled in confidence, then handed the decree to Yan Na, and after everyone read it, Gao Gong said in a concentrated voice:
"Do you have any suggestions? Master Luo, please tell me first."

Luo Xin said slowly: "This is a matter for the Ministry of War. Everything is up to Mr. Gao."

At this moment, waves of anger surged in Luo's heart, these eunuchs were really greedy.Are they trying to restore the power of Liu Jin and other Eight Tigers during the Zhengde period?
Gao Gong looked at Ma Fang and said, "Master Ma, you are in charge of the military department, what suggestion do you have?"

Ma Fang smiled wryly: "The army has always had eunuchs to supervise the army, so there is nothing wrong with His Majesty's decree."

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