I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 98

The sun is setting in the west, and the setting sun is in the sky.

Daodao brought the golden glow of the remaining warmth of autumn into the main hall of the Jinyiwei government office.

Li Tian leaned on the back of the main seat, crossed his legs, and tapped his fingers on the table, quietly listening to Jiang Bao's story about the miserable life of the old eunuchs in their later years.

Zhu Gaoxu yawned again and again, his head was dizzy, but Li Tian didn't speak, and he didn't dare to say goodbye.

"Your Majesty, that's what this old slave knows. In fact, not only the retired old eunuchs, but also the maids and maids in all palaces and palaces are also extremely miserable in their later years.

Although the regulations say that you go to the Laundry Bureau to do laundry, there are so many maids in the palace, and the small Laundry Bureau simply cannot accommodate all the maids. Many old palace ladies can only rely on a few empresses to support them. "

Nodding his head, Li Tian picked up the teacup with one hand and took a sip of tea, then turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu:

"Gao Xu, Jiang Bao has said so much, what do you think?"

Zhu Gaoxu was very tired in autumn, and was dozing with his head down and squinting his eyes, when he suddenly heard Li Tian's question, he suddenly raised his head and subconsciously said:

"Your brother thinks that Director Jiang's words are excellent, and what he said is very fascinating."

"Jiang Bao said earlier that the eunuchs in the palace would go to the garden to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger when they were old. How did you hear that it was fascinating?"

"Ah, that's it." Zhu Gaoxu touched his nose in embarrassment, and quickly changed his tone:
"That's really tragic."

"and then?"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't listen to Jiang Bao's previous words at all, so he didn't know what Li Tian said and what he meant, he said in a daze:
"I also ask the emperor to enlighten me, I don't know."

The corners of Li Tian's mouth twitched a little when he heard this, you just sat there for a long time and didn't listen to anything.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly took the opportunity to get up and said:
"Brother Huang, my younger brother's concubine gave birth to a child who died early, and my younger brother is worried about it, and I also ask my brother to allow my younger brother to return home to visit."

"Okay." Li Tian waved his hand casually and said: "Then you go back, I won't send you off." "

"Then the younger brother will retire now."

Zhu Gaoxu bowed deeply, and walked out of the main hall of the government office with big strides.

Li Tian smiled secretly, watched Zhu Gaoxu walk away, stood up and stretched, looked at Jiang Bao and said:

"I've heard you say so much. After all, isn't it because the inner court has no money and can't afford to support those low-ranking old eunuchs?"

Jiang Bao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he hurriedly bowed and said:
"That's right, Your Majesty."

"Then what do you want me to do? Take money from my internal treasury to support them?"

"This old slave doesn't dare to think so." Jiang Bao's face darkened, he cupped his hands embarrassingly, lowered his head, glanced at his old eyes, and carefully scrutinized Li Tian's expression.

Stretching comfortably, Li Tian raised his arms to cover his eyes, walked out of the main hall facing Rihui, stood firmly in front of the hall door and said:

"Okay, don't fucking peek at me. You, the head of the inner court, should have come up with regulations to solve this kind of thing long ago, but you just poked the basket at me. You said what use is there for me to want you."

As soon as Li Tian scolded, Jiang Bao was not angry but happy, and hurriedly dragged Wang Fu to bend over to Li Tian's side and said:
"This old servant thanked His Majesty for his mercy on behalf of all the young and old in the palace."

Glancing at Jiang Bao's overjoyed expression, Li Tian shook his head helplessly, there is no way, who made us a kind-hearted emperor.

"Proclaim my will:
In the future, if the retired eunuchs and maids in the palace leave Beijing and return to their hometowns, the supervisor of ceremonies will grant 50 taels of silver to resettle the family property.

Zhao Wang is now in charge of my imperial property, if you don't want to go back to your hometown, you can go to Zhao Wang to find an errand.As for the illness, the medical expenses should be paid from my internal treasury. "

After Li Tian finished speaking, Jiang Bao's eyes were full of tears.

Since ancient times, no emperor has cared about the eunuch's old age, only when he is a pilgrimage king.

Jiang Bao saw Guo Liuhu suppressed for an entire afternoon today, and now the tone in his heart finally eased, and he knelt down on the ground and said:
"Your Majesty is so kind and virtuous, this old slave will never forget it in this life, no, this old slave will never forget it for eight lifetimes."

"Get up, I just don't want the treasury to lose any more things."

Li Tian pursed his lips and smiled, and waved his hands without hesitation.

Standing up from the ground, Jiang Bao couldn't wait to go to the Supervisor of Rites to draw up an order. Before Li Tian and Wang Fu could react, Jiang Bao rushed out.

Li Tian was thinking about his previous arrangement, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he hurriedly pushed Wang Fu:
"Wang Fu, hurry up and call Jiang Bao back to me. The previous decree is void."

What Jiang Bao did today was for his own benefit, so the chubby Wang Fu could not catch up.

Panting heavily, Wang Fu shouted and chased, and finally rushed all the way to the Supervisor of Rituals, before stopping Jiang Bao who was about to stamp the seal.

"Eunuch Jiang, the emperor asked you to go back, saying that this decree is invalid."

"what?"

When Jiang Bao heard this, his old face flushed red, and he stared at a pair of red eyes that seemed to be eating people:

"This is the intention for us to cover everything in the future. Wang Fu, don't make fun of our family on this matter."

With that said, Jiang Bao turned to look at the young supervisor who was in charge of ceremonies and urged:

"Quickly stamp our family."

Both Wang Fu and Jiang Bao are the chief executives of the inner court, and the young supervisor of the Ritual Supervisor was also a little uncertain, but the young supervisor also understood that today's will was unusual, so he hesitated for a while.

Seeing that the chief inspector of ceremonies hadn't put away the big seal, Wang Fu hurriedly slapped the written imperial decree:
"This decree cannot be blocked, the emperor said that this decree is invalid.

Eunuch Jiang, don’t make it difficult for our family. The imperial decree of the inner court requires not only the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies, but also the seal of our family’s seal and ribbon supervisor. If our family does not stamp it for you, your imperial decree will not be completed. "

Although Jiang Bao knew that Wang Fu didn't dare to speak nonsense, he still couldn't accept it in his heart. Once this decree was completed, there would no longer be any old people who starved to death in the Inner Court.

"Fart your mother, how can the emperor abolish his will? Believe it or not, our family will slap you to death."

What Wang Fu was most afraid of was Jiang Bao's Yinfeng Palm, but right now he didn't want to watch Jiang Bao make a big mistake, he straightened his body forward, and said with a chubby face:
"Shoot it, even if you shoot our family to death, our family won't allow you to stamp it today."

Jiang Bao stared straight at Wang Fu for a long time, and the aura that had risen from his body suddenly relaxed, his face was covered with incomprehensible expressions, and he said impatiently:
"Why is this? Is it possible that the emperor regretted it?"

Wang Fu was so stared at that cold sweat ran down his fat face, Jiang Bao was discouraged, and hurriedly said:

"The emperor didn't say anything, the emperor just said that this decree is invalid, and told you to go back quickly."

Jiang Bao looked at Wang Fu, then at the sealed imperial decree, bit his back molars fiercely, suppressed his throat and said in a suffocating voice:
"go!"

Huh, Xiaopang wiped the sweat off his face with his hands, and Wang Fu let out a long breath.

If Jiang Bao really forcibly affixed his seal today, those civil servants in the court would definitely not let Jiang Bao go, even the emperor might not be able to stop him.

Although he didn't like Jiang Bao's superior appearance, he didn't want to see Jiang Bao executed for disobeying the king's orders.

(End of this chapter)