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Chapter 16 Chongzhen's Subordinate Grassroots

However, just a few days after ascending the throne, Zhu Youjian had already summarized several things he must do next: Dongjiang Town rewarded the army, seized the power of the factory and guarded the factory, surrendered Zheng Zhilong, and expanded the sea trade.

But all these things require a group of talents to do things for him. It is impossible for him to do these things just by issuing a few imperial edicts.

However, Zhu Youjian had just ascended the throne, and the only people in his hands were a few eunuchs from the hidden residence of the Prince's Mansion, and there was a shortage of people!

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian finally remembered the huge eunuch team of the Ming Dynasty. Looking at the five thousand years of China, it can be seen that the eunuchs in the court had the largest number of people, the longest-standing power, and the most famous.

However, unlike eunuchs who could easily abolish the emperor in the late Han and Tang dynasties, even the emperor's life and death were controlled by eunuchs, the life and death of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were decided by the emperor's words. Even if they were arrogant and domineering as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, the emperor could make them lose their lives and deaths with an imperial edict.

In the end, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty served the imperial power and were the emperor's private slaves. Life and death were naturally controlled by the emperor.

The eunuch organization of the Ming Dynasty was also the most closely organized in all dynasties. Perhaps influenced by film and television dramas, most people later believed that the eunuch organization of the Ming Dynasty was the so-called east factory and west factory.

But in fact, the two major institutions of the East Factory and the West Factory are only targeting spies from the outside dynasty. The ones who truly possess the power of the 100,000 eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty are the 24th yamen in the inner court that few people know.

Everyone should know that the Silijian is so powerful that he should be aware of it, but it is only one of the twenty-four yamen.

The twenty-four yamen in the Ming Dynasty included the twelve supervisors, four departments and eight bureaus. The twelve supervisors included the ritual supervisors, the imperial horse supervisors, the internal officials supervisors, the imperial supervisors, the imperial supervisors, the imperial supervisors, the sacred supervisors, the Shangshen supervisors, the Shangbao supervisors, the seal supervisors, the direct palace supervisors, and the Shangyi supervisors, all the supervisors;

The four departments include the Xiji Department, the Zhongdian Department, the Baochao Department, and the Huntang Department; the eight departments include the Military Bureau, the Silver Bureau, the Washing Clothes Bureau, the Scarf and Hat Bureau, the Needle Industry Bureau, the Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, the Wine and Vinegar and Noodles Bureau, and the Siyuan Bureau.

The Silijian, which is well-known to the world, is the highest institution in the entire eunuch power system. The Silijian set up one eunuch in charge of printing and several eunuchs in charge of the emperor's official documents, and is the unit that is equivalent to a secretary's authority.

Almost all eunuchs who left their reputation in history have held important positions in Sili Principal. The admiral of the East Factory is often the eunuch in charge of the seal or the eunuch in the pen. The famous eunuchs from Sili Principal include Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian, Huai'en, Li Fang, Huang Jin, Chen Ju, Feng Bao, Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, etc.

The second-ranked eunuch institution under the Sili Prison was the Imperial Horse Prison. Because it controlled the army, the Dragon and Huxiang Guards of the twenty-six guards of the Ming Dynasty followed the dispatch of the Imperial Horse Prison and had a certain influence on the government affairs.

After determined to select talents from the Twenty-Fourth Yamen, Zhu Youjian summoned the eunuchs in charge of the seal and eunuchs in charge of the Twenty-Fourth Yamen according to the routine he learned from later official novels, and entered the Qianqing Palace one by one to report to Zhu Youjian.

According to previous impressions, no matter how much the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty valued the eunuchs, only the few eunuchs in power in the Silijian and the East Factory had the opportunity to get close to the emperor. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty still despises and despises the eunuchs from the bottom of his heart.

However, Zhu Youjian came from later generations and was deeply influenced by everyone's equality. During the process of meeting every eunuch, the eunuchs felt the respect the emperor gave them never before. They experienced the joy of being a human being in front of the emperor for the first time.

Many eunuchs cried out on the spot, vowing to be loyal to the emperor, and were unwilling to pieces. After leaving the Ganqing Palace, the eunuchs talked about contact with the emperor and said: Friendship with the new emperor is like a spring breeze.

Of course, on these days, Zhu Youjian not only listened to the reports of the eunuchs in power, but also went deep into the grassroots to the eunuchs and palace maids who lived at the bottom, to understand their difficulties and hardships, and to care about their well-being.

On that day, under the leadership of Wang Chengen, Zhu Youjian left the Forbidden City and came to the area where the palace maids lived on the ground floor of the imperial city. He saw a 14 or 15-year-old eunuch hurriedly running to the lower room where the palace maids lived on with a few bags of things. Even the emperor's ceremonial guard was hit.

“Bold!”

Zhou Jing, a hundred household of Jinyiwei who was in charge of the emperor's defense, shouted immediately, scaring the little eunuch so much that he fell to the sky, and the bags of things he was carrying in his hand fell to the ground.

"Dog slave! How dare you collide with Your Majesty's ceremonial guard. Come and take him down!" Zhou Jing was the cousin of Empress Zhou. Because Empress Zhou relied on her, she acted more domineeringly.

The little eunuch finally realized that he had actually hit the emperor's ceremonial guard and would definitely be killed by a stick!

When he thought of such a terrible punishment, the little eunuch kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please spare your life! The little one hit His Majesty's ceremonial guard because of an urgent matter. The little one definitely did not intentionally!"

However, the great Han general who was like a wolf and a tiger did not listen to his mercy at all, and he lifted him up and wanted to punish him for his great disrespect.

"Slow down." At this moment, Zhu Youjian, who was sitting on the carriage, finally spoke and waved his hand and said, "Let him go. He is still a child, and it was not intentional, so why bother to make a big deal?"

The Han general obeyed the order and put down the eunuch. The eunuch hurriedly knelt down on the ground. He kowtowed again like pounding garlic, and said with gratitude: "My little man thanks Your Majesty for mercy!"

Zhu Youjian looked at the bags of things that fell on the ground, which seemed to be medicine, and asked curiously: "What's your name? What's in your hand? Why are you so panicked?"

The little eunuch looked at Zhu Youjian and seemed a little scared, but when he saw the soft look on Zhu Youjian's face, he still plucked up the courage and replied: "Go back to your Majesty, the villain is called Zhang Xiaobao, and the thing he is carrying is the antipyretic medicine that the villain asked from the Imperial Hospital. The reason why the villain is so panicked is because Aunt Haitang is seriously ill and has life worries, so the villain is anxious to take the medicine to help his life."

Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "So that's it. Is Aunt Haitang your elder?"

"Cough cough." Wang Chengen immediately coughed a few times when he heard this and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the older palace maids in the palace are generally called aunts, not relatives of the people."

Zhang Xiaobao replied: "Aunt Haitang is not a relative of the villain, but he made a mistake when he entered the palace. It was Aunt Haitang who pleaded for mercy, and the villain escaped punishment."

Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "It's a baby who is grateful, not bad. Wang Cheng'en, you send someone to the Imperial Hospital with my post and ask the imperial doctor to treat the Haitang Palace Maid."

"As for your order, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen responded, and whispered a few words to a eunuch beside him. The eunuch nodded repeatedly, and then hurriedly left.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Aunt Haitang is saved!" Zhang Xiaobao said happily, and then kowtowed Zhu Youjian a few times.

Such a kind and kind eunuch is rare. Zhu Youjian was happy to see him and asked someone to send him a famous post, asking him to study in Neishu Hall, study hard and improve every day.
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