The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

"Do you understand?"

Looking at the furious little emperor, Tang Hao smiled happily.

Zhu Houzhao nodded with a cold face.

Tang Hao mentioned it again and again. If he still couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't be Zhu Houzhao!

Why did Liu Jin do this?

He didn't hesitate to take the risk to play against the emperor and planned such a good show?

Because he wants to join the Department of Ceremony!

When the civil servants and gentry were angry, they would jointly submit a letter asking him, the little emperor, to eradicate Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and other treacherous eunuchs!

In that situation, what would Zhu Houzhao do?

Don't forget, Zhu Houzhao was very hostile to these civil servants and gentry before, and was even dissatisfied with the three cabinet ministers!

If everything goes smoothly according to Liu Jin's plan, then when the civil servants and gentry jointly submit a letter, Zhu Houzhao will only think that this is the civil servant and gentry taking the opportunity to make trouble. They want to intimidate their little emperor to bow to them, and they want to usurp the artifact. Completely eclipse this little emperor!

In other words, after the orthodoxy, the ceremonial supervisor was actually another cabinet of the inner court. The ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch in charge had actually become the confidential "inner minister" who was in charge of the chief minister of the cabinet.

"Zhang Yong cannot die!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly became anxious, "He is loyal to me and works very hard. I cannot kill him unjustly!"

The little emperor still has some political wisdom, but obviously not much.

"The worst case scenario is to put all the blame on Liu Jin, cut the body into pieces and execute him in Ling Chi to quell the resentment between the government and the people!"

"Liu Jin's plan can be said to be half successful. Anyway, the Nanyuan assassination case has already occurred. He successfully added fuel to the conflict between the civil servants, the gentry, and the eunuchs and eunuchs."

Among them, the eunuch Dai Yi was old and loyal to his old master, the late emperor. When the late emperor left, Dai Yi did not want to stay in the inner court any longer, so he asked to go to Nanjing to avoid being hurt. Being a garrison eunuch in Nanjing was equivalent to going to Nanjing to take care of his old age, so Zhu Houzhao agreed.

After he left, the position of the palm eunuch became vacant. Originally, according to the rules of the Secretary of Ceremony, Chen Kuan, the eunuch of Bingbi, should have been promoted, and then Xiao Jing was promoted to eunuch Bingbi. However, this matter was suppressed by Zhu Houzhao. Come down.

During the Yongle and Hongxi periods, the emperor began to reuse eunuchs. With the emperor's favor, the eunuchs in each prison had the opportunity to hold important positions and hold great power. However, at this time, the ceremonial supervisor was still a general yamen in the eunuch organization. The ceremonial supervisor official Nor does it have a superior position.

Since its establishment in the Hongwu period, the Si Li Jian was just a general yamen for eunuchs and was ranked after the Internal Official Jian.

"Liu Jin's real purpose is to enter the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and with the full support of His Majesty the Emperor, he can become the eunuch in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the internal minister in charge of the inner court in the shortest possible time!"

And this is indeed the case. Zhu Houzhao was really waiting for an opportunity to justifiably let Liu Jin join the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

I am close to you and trust you because I hope you will be loyal to me, and this is not capital that you, Liu Jin, can use to fight for power and profit!

If the little emperor faced a dangerous situation in which civil servants jointly submitted a letter in an attempt to force him to bow his head and evade his authority, his only countermeasure would be to arrange for his confidant Liu Jin to enter the Supervisor of Ceremonies, or even take charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!

Because the cabinet has the power of "voting" and the Supervisor of Ceremonies has the power of "drafting red", if the Secretary of Ceremony directly refuses to approve the drafting opinions drawn up by the cabinet in any memorial, then these opinions of the cabinet cannot be implemented, and the Ming Dynasty The dynasty will declare a shutdown, and no matter how awesome the cabinet ministers are, they will not dare to bypass this operating system and falsely pass on the imperial edict!

Therefore, in order to ensure that he will not be ignored, the little emperor will definitely choose to let Liu Jin enter the Supervisor of Ceremonies or even take over the power of Supervisor of Ceremonies!

This is where the little emperor is really angry!

"If you really do this, you will be fooled by civil servants and gentry like your father for the rest of your life!"

You damned bitch, how dare you take advantage of me and make me look like a fool!

After Yingzong, the Si Li Supervisor gradually concentrated the main power of the eunuchs' yamen into his own hands. All the powers such as the dispatch of guard eunuchs, the Tong San Fa Si Lu prisoners, the admiral's capital camp, and the Dongchang were all vested in the Si Li Supervisor. Secondly, the organizational form was also changed. In the past, the Si Li Supervisor has become a huge bureaucracy that corresponds to the cabinet ministries, headed by eunuchs with palm prints and pen pens.

Tang Hao gave the answer directly.

"Tang Hao, what do you mean..."

From the beginning to the end, he, Zhu Houzhao, was like a fool, being played around by Liu Jin!

The ceremonial supervisors of the Hongzhi Dynasty included Dai Yi, the eunuch who held the seal, Chen Kuan, the eunuch who held the pen, Xiao Jing, Li Rong, Fu An, and Li Zhang, the eunuchs who served in the hall, and some eunuchs who wrote documents, such as Wang Yue, Fan Heng, and Xu Zhi et al.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao would never agree to kill Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others, but would choose to fight back and protect his dignity and power as the Ming Emperor!

After all, the inner court also values ​​seniority. Moreover, Zhu Houzhao did not want his new emperor to purge his father's confidant eunuchs not long after his father left. This would be true and even lead to accusations of being unfilial, so Zhu Houzhao He has never made a move against the Supervisor of Ceremonies!

As a result, the emperor was not as anxious as the eunuch, but this time the eunuch was really anxious!

Liu Jin said that he couldn't wait any longer, so he concocted such a shocking case with his own hands. He wanted to take advantage of the tremendous pressure brought by the joint letter of civil servants and gentry to Zhu Houzhao, and directly enter the Supervisor of Ceremonies or even directly take charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!

Until the Xuande Dynasty, Emperor Xuande set up an internal study hall and ordered Hanlin officials to teach young eunuchs to study. After the eunuchs were cultivated and trained, they could officially take up their posts. So Emperor Xuande asked cabinet ministers or eunuchs to approving red eunuchs on their behalf, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies Increased authority!

After training in the inner study hall, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch who replaced the emperor's approval, came into being. So every day, documents were written, and in addition to the number of batches written by the emperor's pen, all the eunuchs worked in batches and followed the rules drafted by the pavilion. The words are marked in regular script with Zhu pen.

As soon as these words came out, the little emperor was stunned.

Zhu Houzhao also figured this out.

Tang Hao calmly analyzed: "The next step is for the civil servants and gentry to jointly submit a letter asking you, the little emperor, to kill Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and other close eunuchs!"

When Zhu Houzhao thought of this, his teeth were itching with hatred, and he wished he could cut Liu Jin into pieces right now!

Taking advantage of his close trust in Liu Jin, he used himself as the emperor as a tactic to get rid of his political enemy Zhang Yong, and then waited for himself, the little emperor, to carry Liu Jin into the ceremonial office and carry him under the great pressure of the civil servants of the foreign court. Liu Jin went to take charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and fought against the cabinet and the civil servants and gentry!

This ceremonial supervisor was the head of the "Twelve Supervisors" of the Ming Dynasty's inner court, and was known as the "first department of the inner court."

Faced with that situation, he would definitely let Liu Jin enter the ceremonial department, and even go so far as to abolish the current eunuchs who had close contacts with civil servants and gentry.

So how can he fight back?

"Supervisor of Ceremonies!"

Tang Hao was shocked when he saw this and hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "If you kill Liu Jin like this, isn't it too easy for him?"

Dai Yi left wisely because he saw that the young emperor was ambitious and would definitely place Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and other close eunuchs in the East Palace into the ceremonial department. Therefore, in order to make room for these juniors, Dai Yi took the initiative to find out. Goodbye.

At the same time, Pihong Sui became the main responsibility of the eunuch Si Li. As a result, the eunuch Si Li's authority skyrocketed and he became the Ming Emperor's closest and most reliable assistant in handling military affairs. His status as the first department of the eunuch organization was established.

After Xuanzong, Yingzong was young and could not take part in politics, and the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. Therefore, Empress Dowager Chengxiao Zhang specifically ordered the cabinet to be responsible for drafting votes. From then on, the cabinet had the power to draft votes.

The little emperor was so angry that his face turned red. He stretched out his hand to take off the Emperor's Sword and wanted to kill someone!

"Little emperor, what are you doing?"

And he, the little emperor Zhu Houzhao, was kept in the dark from beginning to end. He unjustly killed his loyal slave Zhang Yongshuo, and even personally lured a wolf into the house, allowing Liu Jin, a wolf-hearted person, to take over the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!

Tang Hao sighed.

Why am I, a reckless man, still teaching you how to be an emperor?