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Chapter 847 The thief shouts to catch the thief
As the recognized No. [-] eunuch, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonies is equivalent to the chief assistant in civil servants, and of course he can be regarded as a noble status in the palace.

Moreover, as a minister of Conglong, Zhang Zuo has a temper with everyone except for his respectful attitude towards Emperor Jiajing.

In Zhang Zuo's eyes, Empress Fang was probably just a little girl who had only been in the palace for more than ten years.

And he, Zhang Zuo, was serving at Xing Wangfu 30 years ago, and entered the palace with Emperor Jiajing 20 years ago!

Therefore, at this moment, Zhang Zuo couldn't help but uttered an impulsive sentence, regardless of whether the words he said were appropriate.

Before eunuch Qin counterattacked tit-for-tat, Empress Fang questioned Zhang Zuo first: "I don't understand, what is never a peaceful day?

Eunuch Zhang, do you think you shouldn't investigate carefully, or do you have hidden secrets and don't want to see others investigate? "

Eunuch Qin's brain power was fully activated, and he was making calculations frantically.Empress Fang's words are also very interesting to read carefully, very interesting!

Empress Fang took the initiative to accuse Zhang Zuo of having "hidden secrets". Others only took it as an angry remark, but Eunuch Qin always felt that there was also a deep meaning in it. Did it imply "thief shouting "stop thief"?

Eunuch Qin recalled that after the attack on the masonry at Ciqing Palace that day, Empress Dowager Zhang was so majestic that she could not continue to preside over the palace affairs.

Then the palace affairs were handed over to Empress Fang to preside over them, forming a situation of two palaces, one inside and one outside.

Therefore, on a strict analysis, the biggest beneficiary of the attack on Ciqing Palace is actually Empress Fang.

So is there a possibility that the Ciqing Palace attack was secretly organized by Empress Fang's forces?
Thinking of this, eunuch Qin suddenly felt his mind broaden again.

Originally, I came to find Queen Fang today, just to initially establish mutual trust and lay a solid foundation for the future.

But now it seems that there may be a surprise, and if you make good use of it, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

In addition, even if the attack on the Ciqing Palace was instigated by Empress Fang behind the scenes, the eunuch Qin didn't think it was a "black heart" or something and rejected it.

In the environment of the law of the jungle like in the palace, how can you survive without being "dark in heart"?
Eunuch Qin was perfecting his temporary thinking while listening to the quarrel between Empress Fang and Eunuch Zhang.

In fact, the main reason why Zhang Zuo lost control of his emotions was not because of Empress Fang, but because he was not used to the sudden aggressiveness of Qin eunuch.

In Zhang Zuo's perception, the Qin eunuch and Dongchang were greatly affected by the emperor's coma, and they were the ones with the most power contraction among the eunuchs' yamen recently.

In other words, since the emperor fell into a coma, the eunuch system attached to and dependent on the emperor has gone downhill, but the decline in Dongchang has been particularly rapid.

So at this time of comparison, the eunuch Qin should be one of the big losers. He should keep a low profile and pretend to be a grandson in front of the eunuch, the supervisor of ceremonies!
But now eunuch Qin stretched out his hand in a pretentious manner, and he was about to grab the class and seize power abruptly!
This made the dignified eunuch, the supervisor of ceremonies, feel that his dignity was offended, and he was provoked by the "weak"!

Especially the empress, a stupid woman, was easily persuaded by an old woman like eunuch Qin to help eunuch Qin target her.

So Zhang Zuo was very tough, and the other queen replied: "What I mean is, these two things in the palace, the supervisor of ceremonies can completely find out, why does Dongchang need to intervene from the outside?"

The eunuch Qin was watching the situation, and felt that there was another opportunity.He dared to conclude that the tougher Zhang Zuo's attitude was, the more Empress Fang would dislike Zhang Zuo.

This Empress Fang is not the kind of soft bun woman who has no independent opinion on everything and is used to relying on others. She absolutely cannot stand Zhang Zuo's strong performance.

Moreover, after the "young new leaders" take office, the most annoying thing is definitely the "veteran" who does not obey the command.

After thinking for a while, the eunuch Qin took the initiative to interject and said, "The supervisor of ceremonies is too big, and there are too many affairs that need to be handled. Even state affairs require the supervisor of ceremonies to keep confidential with the cabinet. Yu Sili Supervisor.

Therefore, for these affairs in the palace, the supervisor of ceremonies should raise his hand a little bit, and hold everything in his hands. "

Zhang Zuo only thought that the Qin eunuch was talking nonsense, and didn't look at the current situation?
Without the support of the imperial power, the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was supported by civil servants to become a regent, is useless. It is difficult for eunuchs to be strong in front of civil servants. What secrets can they interfere with?
Grasping this three-acre land in the palace is the right way for the eunuch industry at present!

Can your eunuch Qin not understand this?Didn't your eunuch Qin come here today to grab territory in the palace?

So Zhang Zuo still refused to budge and said, "It's not that the Ceremony Supervisor wants to take everything into his own hands, but that it is the Critics Supervisor's own responsibility both inside and outside the Quan Zong!"

The eunuch Qin pretended to be impatient and said: "If you don't discuss the duties and powers of the supervisor of ceremonies with you, don't you listen to your mother's will?
What the empress had just ordered was very clear, and Dong Chang was responsible for investigating the two matters of the palace change and the stiletto attack!Could it be that the will of the empress is not as good as the dead dogma of the chief of ceremonies? "

Zhang Zuo replied: "My lady deprived the supervisor of ceremonies without any reason. It is really unreasonable. Or I beg my lady to give a convincing reason."

Eunuch Qin secretly glanced at Empress Fang, and then continued to argue with Zhang Zuo: "In my opinion, don't make embarrassing things difficult for you and me!

These two things can be done for you and me!You are responsible for continuing to investigate the matter of the palace change, and the shooting case may involve outside the palace, so let Dongchang handle it! "

Zhang Zuo refused to compromise at all. These two matters were supposed to be the responsibility of the Rites Supervisor, so why should he give half of them to Dongchang?Just relying on you Qin eunuch, you coaxed the queen well?
When it got out, I thought he, the palm print eunuch, couldn't grasp the situation!
So Zhang Zuo replied: "There has never been such a reason, when will your Dongchang intervene and interfere with the affairs of the Supervisor of Ceremonies?

Striking cases also have to be investigated by the Li Supervisor, so don't bother you Dongchang! "

Eunuch Qin asked provocatively: "Are you really unwilling to hand over the case of the mausoleum to Dongchang?"

"I absolutely don't want to, unless I don't want to be the supervisor of ceremonies!" Zhang Zuo said firmly.

Although Zhang Zuo felt that there was nothing wrong with his answer, he still felt a little strange.

Why did the Qin eunuch suddenly stop talking about the "Gong Bian" and only hold on to the "stiletto" repeatedly?

Could it be that the eunuch Qin really received a large sum of benefits from his foreign minister Qin Dewei, so he had to come forward and rack his brains to fight for the right to dispose of the "stiletto attack" case?

Then, the eunuch Qin left Zhang Zuo behind, and played to the queen: "So that the empress can know that Zhang Zuo refused to hand over the case of "striking" with all his life, there must be something else going on.

in my opinion.Eunuch Zhang obviously has ghosts in his heart, so he is worried about letting outsiders deal with the shooting case! "

Zhang Zuo glanced at Eunuch Qin disdainfully. Is this "creation out of nothing" or "unnecessary"?
Are you clinging to the case of the attack on the Ciqing Palace stile just to frame it?
It's just that this kind of framing method is too low-end, and it is impossible to achieve any effect if there is no evidence.

It doesn't even look like a framing, but like a gossip in the countryside.

People with a little brain or political literacy know that this matter will not have any real results.

If you think about it, how could he, a eunuch with the palm seal of the chief of ceremonies, have the motive to beat up the gate of Empress Dowager Zhang's Ciqing Palace?

There is no need for evidence at all, and it doesn't make sense logically!
When Eunuch Zhang was thinking about what he should do next, he suddenly heard Empress Fang reply to Eunuch Qin: "It makes sense! Some people obstruct Dongchang from investigating the case, it is very suspicious!"

Zhang Zuo: "."

No way?Queen, do you actually believe it?What do you believe in what Eunuch Qin says?Have you been bewitched by eunuch Qin?
Regarding the matter of trusting eunuch Qin, queen, do you have a reasonable motive and logic?

Eunuch Qin was overjoyed, he guessed right, and bet right!Queen Fang really had the idea of ​​"a thief shouting, catch a thief"!
On this issue, Qin eunuch is a bystander, while Zhang Zuo is a fan of the authorities. He has not realized that he is about to be punished because he has offended Queen Fang.

What is "thief shouting, "stop thief""?To put it plainly, I just wanted to see if I could pass the blame to Zhang Zuo!
The eunuch Qin's "framing out of thin air" against Zhang Zuo catered to Queen Fang's psychology.

At the same time, the eunuch Qin deliberately framed Zhang Zuo in a very clumsy way. It was a kind of test to see if Queen Fang would respond.

If Queen Fang was able to hold her nose and respond positively to such a clumsy framing, it would be tantamount to encouraging framing in disguise.

From another point of view, if someone is willing to frame Zhang Zuo, Queen Fang will of course be extremely happy.

She intends to actively respond to eunuch Qin, which means that the two of them have met with each other tacitly and tacitly.

Only Zhang Zuo laughed back angrily, feeling that he had been humiliated, "What does the attack on the Ciqing Palace have anything to do with me? If I do it, what benefit will I have!"

The eunuch Qin quickly added: "In the palace, according to etiquette, the eunuch who serves the emperor is the most senior, followed by the eunuch who serves the empress dowager.

Although the Empress Dowager Zhang didn't care about foreign affairs back then, and she didn't have much influence in the palace, the rank of internal supervisor serving the Empress Dowager is still there!

Just ask any official in the foreign court, and you will know that such an errand with high grade, few tasks, and small responsibilities has always been the best position to arrange the transition of one's own people or to increase the seniority level!
You, Zhang Zuo, as the eunuch in charge of ceremonies, have many disciples and grandchildren. Could it be that there are no disciples and grandchildren of yours in the Empress Dowager Ciqing Palace? "

Zhang Zuo couldn't answer this question, mainly because he couldn't make an answer that was beneficial to him.

The eunuch Qin is indeed right. Although the Ciqing Palace was turned into a cold palace at the beginning, but after the mother fell down, the character level is still there, and so are the eunuchs around her.

He, Zhang Zuo, will definitely send a few of his own people to the Ciqing Palace for a transition, and after they come out, they can go to some yamen as young prisons, which is what it should be!

Eunuch Qin didn't expect Zhang Zuo to answer anything, anyway, there should be records, and he would know if there were any after checking, so let's take it for now.

Then Eunuch Qin said with a burst of blood: "So, among the people who participated in the abuse of Empress Dowager Zhang, there must be your disciples and grandchildren of Zhang Zuo!

Among the people who are afraid of Queen Mother Zhang's revenge, there must be your disciples and grandchildren of Zhang Zuo!Then among the people who go to the Ciqing Palace to make troubles, your disciples and grandchildren probably cannot be missing!Even if your disciples and grandchildren did not participate, they benefited in the end! "

Zhang Zuo: "."

Afterwards, the eunuch Qin said aggressively: "Now you dare to say that you have nothing to do with the Ciqing Palace masonry attack?
How dare you say that you didn't benefit from the attack on Ciqing Palace?Don't those disciples and grandchildren have any interest in you? "

Zhang Zuozhen couldn't listen anymore, and retorted: "Your these are specious and random speculations, all of which are preposterous and forceful arguments!"

The eunuch Qin did not continue to point the finger at Maimang, but changed his tone, and said earnestly: "Of course, I can't blame you for this. As the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, you are inextricably linked to everything.

So it is difficult for you to be truly selfless, this is an objective fact.

But you think from the perspective of the empress, can she completely trust you to investigate the case in the palace?Can she trust you to be completely impartial? "

Without giving Zhang Zuo too much chance to think, Eunuch Qin said again: "If you continue to persevere, then you really have a ghost in your heart!

When the matter got out, others only knew that you didn't hesitate to contradict the empress repeatedly for the sake of a mere incident of shooting at the Ciqing Palace! "

Zhang Zuo said very displeasedly: "If the empress doesn't believe it, you can appoint someone else!"

Eunuch Qin followed up and said, "So let Dongchang handle the attack on the Ciqing Palace masonry!

Don't worry, I just took advantage of Qin Dewei, so I just want to vent my anger on Empress Dowager Zhang, and I have no other intentions. "

Zhang Zuo snorted coldly, and said with a sober look, "You're just looking for an excuse to fight for power!"

But he still felt that he couldn't stay here any longer, so he turned around and left.In addition, there is no further refute, which is regarded as acquiescing.

Empress Fang, who didn't speak for a while, watched Zhang Zuo's back leave, and then asked the eunuch Qin: "How do you plan to investigate the shooting case of Ciqing Palace?"

Eunuch Qin asked back: "What instructions does your mother have?"

Empress Fang conveniently said: "There is a eunuch named Chen Hong beside me, let him assist you in investigating the case."

Eunuch Qin knew that he couldn't refuse, otherwise the initial trust would be destroyed, so he nodded and said, "Thank you for sending me a right-hand assistant."

If he guessed correctly, this Chen Hong might be doing dirty work secretly.

Then Eunuch Qin said: "As for how to investigate, it is not important, what is important is only the result.

I believe that the result must be related to Zhang Zuo, and it can only be related to Zhang Zuo! "

The relief to Zhang Zuo just now was just a tactic to delay the attack.

Empress Fang was not surprised by this answer. Turning faces and being ruthless is the normal state in the palace, and people have to adapt to the environment.

But Empress Fang didn't want to talk more about the case investigation, so she asked again:

"I noticed that you seem to be a little anxious? Don't you feel too urgent when facing Zhang Zuo today?"

Eunuch Qin sighed: "I can't help it, I don't have much time left, so I have to take risks."

In two or three days, Qin Dewei will be leaving.

Queen Fang asked very sensitively: "Why is time running out?"

Eunuch Qin explained: "The eunuch industry has always been the weak and the strong, and now Dongchang and I are in a predicament, with a sharp decline in influence and power, I'm afraid it will be easy to suffer backlash.

So, I don't have much time left!I hope that the empress will take care of you more in the future! "

(End of this chapter)