Bachelor

Chapter 241
Xiyuan, the duty room of the Sili Supervisor.

The palace lanterns were all on, and the room was bright enough to embroider.

Although it was noon now, it was as dark as night outside.God seems to have knocked over a tank of ink, making a mess between the world and the earth.The doors and windows were all bare, and a gust of wind whizzed past Yuyuantan, making the sound of flying sand and rocks blowing outside.

It is already the end of October in the lunar calendar, and the weather is as cold as a day. Looking at the current weather, it is estimated that there will be a blizzard.

The eunuchs of the Chief of Rituals are all yin bodies, the least resistant to cold, hiding in the house, each of them huddled their bodies, and every time they uttered a word, they spit out a long breath of white air.

The copper stove in the house was burning vigorously, but the heat emitted from it could only cover a circle with a radius of two meters.The place where the heat cannot reach is as cold as an ice cellar.

Now, this warm and spring-like land is occupied by the new eunuch Huang Jin, who is in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies.Holding a vermilion pen in his hand, he was planning to add red to the bills sent by the cabinet.

The so-called draft system is that the foreign court ministers' work chapters are submitted to the inner court for the emperor's reading, and then they are sent to Wenyuan Pavilion. The cabinet scholars prepare a draft of comments in the name of the emperor, and submit them to the emperor with small ink letters and memorials. , called draft draft, also known as bill draft, bill decree, article decree and tune decree.If the emperor agrees with the drafting of the cabinet, he will personally or the eunuch of the ceremonial ceremony use a pen dipped in cinnabar and issue it on the memorial, which is called red batching.If they do not agree, they will be sent back to the cabinet for a re-draft, which is called a change of vote.Or there is a memorial that will not be issued to the cabinet after being submitted to the emperor, and it will not be dealt with, which is called staying in China.

Now, the power to criticize red has finally fallen into Huang Jin's hands.Now he has finally become the eunuch who is the supervisor of rites and seals, the head of the majestic inner minister, an extremely personable minister, and the power is unparalleled for a while, so he has got his wish.

But for some reason, there is always a shadow in my heart that can't go away.

Huang Jin has no brains, but he has a deep understanding of how much he weighs.He knows that everything he has today comes from the emperor's favor, not by his own real ability.His strength lies in doing dirty work for the emperor, and in fact, Dongchang is the most suitable place for him.But now, the East Factory has fallen into the hands of Bi Yun.And now, although he is the most powerful person in the court and is the most powerful person in the court, but because of the lack of Dongchang, he always feels that something is missing.

These days, in the Supervisor of Rituals, because he has no political experience, or simply speaking, he lacks talent, and the memorials of foreign ministers are all ostentatious.Don't talk straight when you have something, first come to a sage's words, and then go around for a long time before getting to the point.For a long time, Huang Jin was fainted by those scholars.The first time he presided over the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Huang Jin made several mistakes and was scolded by the emperor several times, feeling extremely depressed.

In fact, in any yamen, for a chief official like him, many things don't need to be done by himself, and he can just tell the people below to do it.Several of his deputies in the Supervisor of Rituals are all talented people from Neishutang. They are powerful figures trained by Chen Shan and Li Dongyang, and they are naturally handy in handling general government affairs.

With their assistance, the Supervisor of Ceremonies should be able to run smoothly, and Huang Jin doesn't need to be so tired.

But the problem is that these Bingbi eunuchs are all old people left behind by Emperor Wuzong, and they have a good relationship with Bi Yun.Some time ago, Huang Jin punished Bi Yun. Although these people didn't say it verbally, they couldn't help feeling sad in their hearts. Not only did they not cooperate with Huang Jin on weekdays, but they stood by and watched his jokes.

Huang Jin is also a narrow-minded person, thinking: If there is a chance, I will definitely drive these guys out of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and replace them with our own people.If they don't cooperate, well, our family will read the memorials and criticize them by ourselves, and we won't give you any power.

Thinking of this, Huang Jin raised his spirits and looked at the ticket.After reading more than a dozen points of the proposed bill in one breath, and haphazardly approving the handling opinions, I just felt in a trance and was so tired that my whole body went limp.

Listening to the cold wind howling outside, the spirit is even more fatigued.

Only then did he stop writing, yawned a long way, and prepared to take his Water Fire Prisoner Dragon Stick outside the house to exercise his muscles and bones.

Seeing Huang Jin's poor working condition, several eunuchs who held pens exchanged knowing glances at the same time.

A eunuch came up with a ticket and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Huang, here is a copy of the order transferred by the cabinet. I dare not monopolize it. I would like to ask Mr. Huang to take a look and bring out a charter."

Huang Jin asked impatiently: "What draft, who wrote the memorial."

The eunuch who held the pen replied: "It's a memorial written by Mao Cheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites."

"Oh, it belongs to Shangshu Mao." The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has a high status, and Huang Jin didn't dare to neglect it. After receiving the memorial, he didn't look at it, but asked instead: "I don't know what is important. By the way, the cabinet's opinion is what?"

"Returning to Duke Huang, the cabinet's opinion is..." The eunuch holding the pen was a little hesitant, and replied: "Yang Shoufu's opinion is to be forwarded to His Majesty for a final review."

"Transfer to Yulan?" Huang Jin sneered: "Your Majesty is a half-immortal body, and has always ignored common affairs. I know this Mao Shangshu. Every time I write a memorial, it is full of words, but in fact it is empty. Letting His Majesty look at his things shows our incompetence."

He talked more and more vigorously, and finally seized such an opportunity to vent his anger. Naturally, he had to reprimand this subordinate enough before he would give up: "In my opinion, Mao Shangshu's stuff is worthless, and the cabinet probably doesn't bother to read it." , let’s just approve it and handle it accordingly.”

After hearing Huang Jin's opinion, several Bingbi eunuchs looked shocked, and then gave each other a wink.

The eunuch smiled wryly: "Huang Gong should take a look first, and then come up with a charter."

"What's so interesting." Huang Jin didn't notice the strangeness on everyone's faces, and picked up the memorial and glanced at it irritably.He knew all the characters on it, but when Mao Shangshu was combined together, it made people feel like they were in a fog.Huang Jin looked at it for a long time, but didn't see why, but he refused to show his cowardice in front of his subordinates, and threw the memorial on the table: "Stay here."

All the eunuchs holding pens looked at each other, and after a while, one eunuch bit the bullet and said: "Huang Gong, according to the rules, if a foreign minister's memorial needs to be retained, His Majesty must nod. And, in my opinion, this... This..."

"What is this?" Huang Jin was very upset: "Just stay here."

At this moment, the thick blue cloth curtain hanging on the door was suddenly lifted, and a biting cold wind blew into the room, causing everyone to shrink back at the same time.

In the palace lanterns, snowflakes flickered in the wind.

At this time, everyone in the room realized that it was snowing heavily outside.

But it was still very dark.

Even Huang Jin shivered from the cold air, and was about to get angry when he looked up, but it was Bi Yun and Sun Dan who came in.

Huang Jin walked over with a smile on his face. Before anyone entered the room, there was a burst of hearty laughter: "Stay in the middle, why stay in it? This can only be done with the nod of His Majesty. Otherwise, the foreign minister handed over the memorial but did not wait for the approval. It’s a troublesome thing to make a fuss about.”

Sun Dan still looked calm, entered the important place of the ceremonial supervisor, and nodded to the crowd without being cramped: "Sun Dan has met all the inner ministers."

Huang Jin, Sun and Bi are enemies and are extremely jealous when they meet each other.When he saw the two of them, he snorted: "Sun Dan, what are you doing here? You are a small recruit and have no official position. This is where you can come?"

He put on a tiger face, showing off his official authority.

Xiyuan is the political center of the country, a first-class and top-secret core department, ordinary officials, if the grade is not high enough, it is impossible for them to enter here for the rest of their lives.But now Sun Dan is just a small juren, wandering around in the West Garden, it looks very strange.

Sun Dan was not afraid, and said: "Eunuch Huang, have you forgotten that Sun Dan is now the senior of Neishutang, and can walk in the Xiyuan forbidden area. You are the steward of Neishutang, and you are also Sun Dan's in name Boss, can't Sun Dan come to see you?"

"You..." Huang Jin was so angry that he couldn't speak, and then he remembered that Sun Dan was now a member of Neishutang.

He couldn't say no to Sun Dan, so he had to get angry at Bi Yun: "Old Bi, you are now the chief eunuch of Bingbi, the governor of the East Factory, why haven't you come to report to the Rites Supervisor? Not only that, but you also brought outsiders in. Is it possible for outsiders to intrude on the land of the national machine?"

Bi Yun didn't want to pay attention to Huang Jin at all, and sat down on the chair, looked around, and asked all the eunuchs: "What were you talking about just now?"

He is the chief eunuch of Bingbi, the second in command of the Supervisor of Rites, and now he is in charge of the East Factory, with great power.In addition, he is a good person, and he is an old acquaintance with all the internal practitioners for many years.

Everyone felt cordial when they saw Bi Yun, and they all came forward to pay respects, and replied: "I want to tell you, Mr. Bi, just now, Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, wrote an excerpt. We looked at it and found that the matter was quite serious, so we forwarded it to Mr. Huang. Mr. Huang's It means to stay in China. But we think this is a big deal, but we can’t ignore it here.”

Several people talked to each other, and put Huang Jin aside.

Only then did Huang Jin realize that he was unusually isolated in the supervisor of ceremonies, and he was so angry and angry that his face turned livid.

"Oh, it's a big deal, bring me the booklet and have a look." Bi Yun glanced at Huang Jin, feeling very happy in his heart.My old man, Bi, is now back at the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Eunuch Huang, we have plenty of time to make out.

After taking a look at Mao Shangshu's paper, Bi Yun took a breath and said: "This paper cannot be kept, not only can't be kept, but instructions must be made as soon as possible. The attitude must be firm and the tone must be firm."

Huang Jin paid attention, "What are you talking about?"

Bi Yun smiled sarcastically: "Didn't Eunuch Huang watch it just now?"

After finishing speaking, he didn't give it to Huang Jin, but passed it to Sun Dan: "Jingyuan, you are always wise and know the general idea. From your point of view, how should we deal with this matter?"

Sun Dan nodded, took it and only glanced at it. His heart was shocked, and he said in surprise: "It's finally here?"

The grand meeting finally started, but compared with the real history, it was nearly three months late.Because of Sun Dan's appearance, history only paused for a moment, and still drove into its original track with its strong inertia.

(End of this chapter)