The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 192 Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics
For me, I just want to do this thing of espionage and information gathering. This is the only thing I have done, and I think I can do it well.

Jiang Zheng felt that this was the only thing he could do now, and he really didn't know anything else, so he really couldn't move the prince's heart.

Although Jiang Zheng only knows how to do nothing, he also knows that Jiangnan has always been Song's heart disease.

Now that he proposes to collect information for him, maybe the prince will notice that he is useful, and maybe he can help him avenge himself.

Zhao Xu was also thinking about how to collect Jiangnan's information in a timely manner. Although Fengying had already arrived in Jiangnan, he was still not a local, which was very inconvenient.

According to Zhao Xu's idea, it is best to use local people, because they are familiar with the local area and know all the terrain.

The most important thing is that they are local people, so it is not easy to arouse suspicion from others, so it is very easy to carry out their own work.

It would definitely be difficult and risky to develop other people locally, a risk Zhao Xu didn't want to take.

Because once something happens to these people, the intelligence station that I have worked so hard to build is very likely to be destroyed.

If this is the case, it will be very difficult to rebuild even again, and no one can afford such a risk.

Now that someone from Jiangnan wanted to volunteer to do this job, Zhao Xu naturally agreed, but he didn't agree on the spot.

He hadn't trusted Jiang Zheng to that extent yet, when he met him for the first time, he said what he said, and he was not a fool, if he was really a spy of Tang country, wouldn't he be the biggest fool in the world.

Zhao Xu didn't say anything to refuse, but just asked him to wait and give him a clear answer after he finished dealing with the recent affairs.

At the same time, he gave Jiang Zheng a lot of silver, which was enough for him to spend in the city in the past few days, so Jiang Zheng found an inn to stay.

Jiang Zheng left with his restless heart, because he didn't know if Zhao Xu could help him avenge him.

After he left, Zhao Xu waved his hand and called two people over, and whispered a few words in his ear. The two kept nodding, and then followed Jiang Zheng away.

It was already late at night when Zhao Xu came back from the palace, but Zhao Kuangyin in the study hadn't rested yet.

Zhang Dejun was holding a cup of tea and was about to walk inside when he saw Zhao Xu's arrival, so he was about to salute immediately.

"Okay, Eunuch Zhang, you see you're so busy, so you can skip the salute." Looking at Zhang Dejun holding a cup of tea in his hand, he wanted to salute himself.

It was a bit funny that way, so Zhao Xu quickly helped him up.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the old slave." Everyone respects and likes such a considerate master from the bottom of their hearts.

"Okay, Eunuch Zhang, is Emperor Father not resting inside?" Zhao Xu saw that the lights inside were still on, and that Dejun was bringing tea and water, so Zhao Kuangyin must have not rested inside.

"Go back to His Royal Highness, the emperor has been reviewing the memorials inside since the afternoon, and he hasn't rested yet. The old slave feels distressed when he sees it. Why don't you go and persuade the Long Live Lord, it's the dragon body that matters!"

Zhang Dejun's words were neither flattering nor pretentious, but from the heart, because the eunuch's fate is closely related to the master he serves.

Now Zhang Dejun is backed by the emperor, as long as the emperor is in power for a day, he will have a good day, so he really cares about Zhao Kuangyin from the bottom of his heart.

Whether it was because of his own status or something else, this sentence was said very sincerely, and no one lied about it.

"Go down and rest first, Eunuch Zhang, give me the tea in your hand, I'll just go in, okay, you go down first!"

Zhao Xu took the tea from Zhang Dejun's hand and walked in by himself. Zhao Kuangyin was still reviewing the memorial without looking up.

Maybe he heard the door slamming outside, and thought it was the little eunuch coming in, because at this time in the past, people always came to serve tea and water.

Sure enough, when a cup of tea was placed in front of him, he knew it was the little eunuch who had come in, so he didn't even lift his head.

"Well, put your things down and go out!" Zhao Kuangyin ordered without raising his head, and kept annotating on the memorial.

But the little eunuch didn't hear what he said at all, instead of retreating, he was actually flipping through the things on his case.

When did this servant become so unruly, and this person really took a bit of courage, what is this place.

This is the place where the emperor handles the memorials and makes decisions on major national affairs. All major events are conveyed to the emperor through a single paper memorial.

Then the emperor made the approval and issued it for execution. You, a little eunuch, dare to act so boldly.

That's okay, do you want to imitate Zhao Gao of the Qin Dynasty and want to monopolize power, or do you want to imitate the eunuchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty?

"The bold slave has not yet..." Zhao Kuangyin wanted to say that the bold slave has not retreated, but he has not said the last two words.

The person who came was not the little eunuch he was thinking of, but his son, the current prince Zhao Xu.

"Could it be that slave made you angry again? Why did you get so angry? The fire hurts your body."

Zhao Xu kindly reminded.

"I thought it was some little eunuch who dared to act so boldly, so it was you!" Zhao Kuangyin put down the pen in his hand and said to Zhao Xu with a smile.

"Which eunuch dares to be so bold, dare to read the emperor's memorial, father, have you thought about it?"

Zhao Xu really didn't believe how courageous it was to be a slave to touch the emperor's things.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head when he heard that, this son is good at everything, but sometimes he feels that he doesn't care about anything.

It's useless to say him many times, and I don't bother to say it.

"You're really wrong. Isn't there such a bold slave? Isn't Zhao Gao of the Qin Dynasty just such a bold slave?"

After Zhao Xu heard it, he suddenly realized how he had forgotten about this family member. Although this guy was a person without birds, he did things that many people without birds could not do.

After Qin Shihuang's death, he dared to collude with Prime Minister Li Si to decree to abolish his son Fusu and force General Meng Tian to death.

Then he passed the throne of the Great Qin Empire to his easy-to-control son Hu Hai, who later became Qin II.

Later, this noble who was born as a eunuch framed Li Si to death, and became the prime minister himself, and the emperor would listen to him.

He is also a slave, and he will die as a eunuch, but no one is more powerful than him, and the emperor dare not disobey him.

Such a slave is really a great slave, who has become the idol and ancestor of these eunuchs of later generations.

After what Zhao Kuangyin said, Zhao Xu also came to his senses, yes, isn't this just an example.

Zhao Gao is also a slave, what's more, an eunuch turned into a master in the end, and this master is more useful than the emperor.

This time Zhao Xu was in a cold sweat, because he didn't take this matter to heart just now, but now he paid attention to it.

Because every dynasty cannot avoid dealing with a certain type of people, such as emperors, queens, princes and princesses.

This kind of people are eunuchs, and they are full of servants in the entire palace, except for women, they are all eunuchs.

Eunuchs usually refer to neutral people who lost their sexual ability after being castrated and became neither male nor female. They were officials exclusively used by the ancient royal family.

Ordinary people can't own it, it's mainly for the royal family, it's for exclusive use.

In addition, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, middle officials, internal officials, internal ministers, internal servants, and internal supervisors are all other names for them.

The eunuch system originated in the pre-Qin period. It can be said that it has a long history and has a deep historical origin.

Even books such as "Book of Songs", "Zhou Li", and "Book of Rites" have records about eunuchs.

The Zhou Dynasty and most of the vassal states set up eunuchs to serve the royal family. At this time, the eunuchs, the so-called eunuchs, were all slaves.

The first recorded eunuch is said to be a fake eunuch, and he is the eunuch Lao Ai of Qin State.

Favored by the Queen Mother, she put a green hat on Qin Shihuang's father, and the remaining two children were even named Changxinhou.

His younger generation, Zhao Gao, was even better than him, and corrupted the Qin Dynasty. It is difficult for such an eunuch not to be famous in history.

At the beginning, these eunuchs were generally served by people of low status or those who had committed crimes and were sentenced to castration.

A very small number are selected from the young children of the common people, and they are castrated and sent to the palace.

After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the eunuch system became more detailed. As a special political force, the eunuch had a great influence on the political situation of many dynasties.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuch's monopoly power seriously weakened the final luck of the dynasty, and the foundation of the Han Dynasty collapsed instantly.

In the later period of the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs dominated the world, and the emperor's abolition and establishment were almost all controlled by the great eunuchs.

This is too scary. This is what the so-called servants and slaves did. Just now Zhao Xu himself said that there was nothing wrong. Now that he recalled it, he was really scared.

This eunuch is also a great political force, and to a certain extent can influence the political situation of the imperial court.

It is necessary to prevent the expansion of the power of the eunuchs, or simply limit their power directly, and not give them a chance to stand out.

"Yes, sometimes these so-called servants, these so-called slaves can also affect the overall situation."

"Father is right. In our Song Dynasty, eunuchs like the Eastern Han Dynasty must not be able to exercise power, let alone eunuchs like the Tang Dynasty. We must solve these problems fundamentally."

"I want eunuchs to have no chance to get in touch with politics at all in the Song Dynasty. That is to say, we must strictly stipulate that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, otherwise they will punish the nine clans."

Eunuchs cannot interfere in politics. Once you interfere with the politics of the imperial court, you will not be the only one who dies, and all your clans will be implicated.

(End of this chapter)