The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 147 Guarding the Eunuch
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"Teacher, the students here have a letter written by Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu asked the students to hand over the letter to the teacher."

"Oh?"

Chen Fangyin was obviously a little bit interested, Chen Fangyin took out the letter paper and looked at it unhurriedly, after reading it, he laughed again and again: "Okay, okay!"

"Xie Shen, do you know what Lord Lu said in the letter?"

Xie Shen secretly slandered in his heart, how could I know what the contents of the letter you opened and read.

"Also ask the teacher to clarify."

"Eunuch Liu is coming to Hangzhou to take up his post."

Eunuch Liu?
Which Eunuch Liu?
Xie Shen's first reaction was that this person should not be well-known. In his impression, there didn't seem to be any famous eunuchs surnamed Liu in the Hongzhi Dynasty.

"It's Liu Wen, Eunuch Liu! He is the one who came to Hangzhou this time to serve as the guardian eunuch!"

Xie Shen was taken aback for a moment, Mr. Chen Fangyin doesn't treat him as an outsider too much, does he?
But it's not difficult to understand, after all, it was Lu Yuan who asked him to deliver the letter, Chen Fangyin must have thought that Lu Yuan had already told him the whole story.

But the problem is that Xie Shen didn't know what was written in the letter at all, so it was a mistake to be handed over by the great master.

When it comes to the ability to read people's hearts, Xie Shen can be considered above average.But he racked his brains and couldn't figure out why the great master wanted to explain to him.You must know that the guarding eunuch is the existence of the governor among the eunuchs, and it is the eyes and ears of the emperor who are placed in various places to monitor the officials.

What the emperor worries most is that his courtiers have ulterior motives and violate the orders of the court.

The guarding eunuchs seem to have no real power, but in fact they are all acting in secret, and they will kill people if they make a move.

If the guarding eunuch finds that officials are corrupt and extorting bribes, or violate the imperial court, they will immediately write a memorial and order it to be sent to the capital urgently for the emperor to read.

From the perspective of logic, the original intention of the emperor to set up guarding eunuchs was to check and balance local officials, and to put it bluntly, it was to decentralize power.

The setting of the governor is similar, but the governor is a foreign minister, and the eunuch is a retainer. Even Emperor Hongzhi, who dislikes eunuchs the most, has to admit that eunuchs are more reliable.Otherwise, he wouldn't be so fond of the official Li Guang.

Of course, in the later period, the power of the governor was too great, and the governor was set up to check and balance.Therefore, officials such as the middle and late political envoys of the Ming Dynasty are really tasteless.But at least in the Hongzhi Dynasty, the chief envoy still had certain powers.

From this point of view, the guarding eunuch Eunuch Liu seems to be in the upper middle class among eunuchs.

According to Xie Shen's deduction, this Eunuch Liu should belong to the second echelon of eunuchs.

The first echelon must be the eunuchs from the Supervisor of Rites. These people must be accompanied by the emperor's trust.

People like Eunuch Liu should also be favored by the emperor, just because the inner court is also a radish and a hole, if you want to reuse this Eunuch Liu, you can only put it in Hangzhou.

Compared with the Beijing officials in the circle of foreign ministers who rejected local officials, the supervisors in the circle of eunuchs did not reject these guarding eunuchs.

After all, they are all slaves of the emperor's family. Maybe the emperor will be demoted to Nanjing or go to guard the mausoleum if the emperor says a word.

Compared with civil servants, eunuchs are more dependent on the emperor, so they are more loyal to the emperor, which is also in line with human nature.

But the question is how did Lu Yuan get this news?

Why did Lu Yuan ask him to bring the news to Master Chen?
A series of questions made Xie Shen's head swell, and before Chen Fangyin could ask, he cupped his hands and said, "In that case, congratulations to my mentor."

After hearing this, Chen Fangyin frowned and said: "What are you talking about, what is the old man interested in, don't talk nonsense!"

"That's what my mentor taught me."

Xie Shen searched desperately in his mind, but he didn't have much impression of Chen Fangyin's glorious deeds.

It's no wonder that with so many officials in Ming Dynasty, he also knows a little about the old ministers of various courts. How could he know everyone well? Isn't that the protagonist's aura in online novels?

Xie Shen thought to himself, all people have selfishness, those who have no selfishness are saints.

Reminiscent of when Mr. Chen and Lu Yuan visited the Green Lake together in Shaoxing Mansion, they had a pleasant conversation. Now that I think about it, it should not be as simple as reminiscing about the past in the same year.

Lu Yuan's character is quite calm, even if he got the post of Eunuch Liu as eunuch in Hangzhou, there is no reason to spread the news immediately.

Then there was only one explanation, he wanted to use this news to send a signal to Mr. Chen.

As for what the signal was, Xie Shen couldn't figure it out for a while.

Alas, people in the officialdom like to half-talk and let people learn by themselves, which is really annoying.

"Master Lu really took great pains."

Mrs. Chen shook his head and sighed, then turned to Xie Shen and said, "This letter says that Eunuch Liu left ten days ago. I figured it out, and he should be arriving in Hangzhou soon."

It is far more convenient to travel from the capital to Hangzhou by boat than by land. It will be faster for a guarding eunuch who does not need to change boats, unless he is delayed on the road for pleasure.

"You also happen to be in Hangzhou these few days, so go out of the city with me to meet Eunuch Liu."

After Master Chen said this, Xie Shen was dumbfounded.No matter how you say it, Eunuch Liu is still an eunuch, while Mr. Chen is a nominated academic officer of a province and the master of scholars in the whole province.Even if other officials in Hangzhou City wanted to flatter Eunuch Liu and came out of the city to greet him, Master Chen could not do so.

What's more, the Ti Xueguan is also a dignified fourth-rank official, and his grade is not low. How do you think about going out of the city to meet a eunuch called Hangzhou Shilin regardless of his status? Isn't Master Chen afraid of being stabbed in the back?

Seeing Xie Shen's appearance, Chen Fangyin snorted coldly and said, "Why, do you think the old man decided to go out of the city to welcome Mr. Liu just to flatter him?"

After a short pause, Chen Fangyin flicked his sleeves and said, "I'll tell you, not only the old man is going, but also Governor Liu, Lord Chasi Lu, and all the officials from Hangzhou will come out of the city to welcome you that day!"

What?Even the governor of a province, the chief envoy, and the deputy envoy of the procuratorate have to go out of the city to meet an eunuch?
Mr. Chen's words completely left Xie Shen speechless.

"Although the guarding eunuch is an eunuch, he represents His Majesty. The guarding eunuch is going to Hangzhou to take up his post. Shouldn't the courtiers go to pay a visit?"

Mrs. Chen's explanation sounds reasonable, but Xie Shen always feels that something is not quite right.

Perhaps this is the disadvantage of the Ming Dynasty using eunuchs to check and balance civil officials.

If a literati loses his backbone and flatters an eunuch instead, he is no different from a walking dead.

Xie Shen is hesitant now.Do you want to go outside the city of Hangzhou to meet the new eunuch of Hangzhou town with the great master Chen?
(End of this chapter)