The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 194
The heavy palace gate, which had been tightly closed all day yesterday, slowly opened in the morning light.It seems that there is no difference from usual, and the busy day of the palace has begun again.

The spring water on the Ganquan Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing is specially used for meals and tea by the nobles, and it is sent to the small corner gate closest to the imperial dining room by water carts.A large number of freshly slaughtered pigs, chickens and ducks, and juicy vegetables and fresh fruits were also transported in like flowing water.And what was sent out from the palace was a lot of buckets, hogwash, and garbage...

The daily life of the huge palace is based on this constant coming and going.

Those blocked news and rumors, along with the flow of people and goods, were also sent to the ears of many officials of the court, especially those cabinet chiefs who waited anxiously for most of the night.

Since yesterday afternoon, the gate of the palace has been closed suddenly, and no one can pass on the news.They knew what must have happened in the palace, but they didn't expect that it was the empress and Princess Huarong who had a head-on conflict because of the whereabouts of the eldest prince!

The result of this conflict was that the people sent by the empress to Chonghua Palace, and all the palace people in her palace were executed by Princess Huarong on the spot.These corpses were also incinerated overnight and thrown into the tomb in the palace, where the ashes disappeared.

The queen was taken away by Xu Heng, the chief eunuch of the Rites Supervisor. The situation is unknown, and her life and death are unknown.

The harem is in chaos!

All six cabinet elders rushed to the cabinet immediately, not even the two who were on long-term sick leave.The other officials besides them had already been in trouble, arguing endlessly at Hetai Palace.

They all knew that Princess Huarong was not an ordinary noble lady, she was really skilled, but... watched more than 100 people being executed without blinking, and even forced the queen to watch with her, this woman is crazy!
Let such a crazy girl control the power of the harem, accompany the emperor, and personally raise the only emperor heir of the empire, it is impossible!
Chief Assistant Gu Yuan sat silently on his office chair. His beard and hair had already turned white, and the spots of age spots on his face all showed that he was an old man who was already more than seventy years old.

But his eyes are still deep, sharp, and still flashing with thoughtful light.

Facing the excited colleagues in front of him, he was not in a hurry to join the crusade against Princess Huarong, but was seriously thinking about it.

"Shoufu! You should say something."

"That's right, now that foreign enemies are invading and this kind of incident is happening in the harem again, we, the courtiers, must advise His Majesty, and we can't let Princess Huarong continue to make trouble."

"The empress is the mother of the country, and she is the mother of Princess Huarong. She is a serious crime of disobedience!" This person is so shocking that disobedience, whether in the past or in this dynasty, is a serious crime requiring beheading.Even saying this, it can be seen that he is extremely dissatisfied with Princess Huarong.

"Now we will enter the palace to meet His Majesty! Your Majesty, please put this girl under house arrest, and stop meddling in the eldest prince's upbringing!"

"That's right, there's also the whereabouts of the queen..."

Gu Ge suddenly raised his head and looked around the room.

His cloudy eyeballs moved slowly, but the colleagues he was watching subconsciously stopped discussing, waiting for the speech of the chief of officials.

"...Yesterday, who sent the empress to the Chonghua Palace to ask for the eldest prince?"

Unexpectedly, Gu Gelao didn't mention Yun Ruochen in the first sentence, but he was asking about the queen.

No one answered, and the room became even more silent.

"Ah……"

Old Gu Ge sneered mockingly, tiredness in his old voice.

During this period of time, Empress Chen and the princess have maintained a delicate balance, and it is almost impossible to offend each other.What gave the queen the idea of ​​directly sending someone to "pick up" the eldest prince?
Someone must be instigating her behind her back. If the emperor dies, the eldest prince will be the future king of the country. He must be firmly held in his hands, and he must not be controlled by the princess.

These people will also tell her: As for the princess, if the emperor is gone and the eldest prince is not in her hands, she will have nothing to rely on, so why not just let the queen dispose of her?Conversely, if the empress can't "grab" the eldest prince in time, she might suffer a disadvantage...

Mr. Gu Ge did not supervise Empress Chen's entry into the palace, and now he regrets it very much.Obviously, I'm still not good at playing tricks!This queen seems to have a very pure and simple family background, but now it seems that this is not the case.She is just a puppet of some people in the court...

Yes, certain people, such as these colleagues in front of him.

On the surface, they respected him as the chief assistant, but they formed cliques behind their backs. There were many cliques, and they all sought benefits for themselves.The self who does not form a party... Unknowingly, the right to speak in the court has long been inferior to before...

Gu Ge's shoulders slipped half an inch imperceptibly, and he felt very tired.

The court is just a pool of dirty muddy water, and everyone is fighting endlessly in this muddy water, especially among civil servants.He just didn't want his grandson to fall into the mud, so he reversed his past practice and agreed to Gu Che's going out to serve as a soldier.

It's just that he didn't expect that as soon as Gu Che left the fortress, he would encounter a battle that he hadn't seen in several years.His only grandson is fighting for the safety of the country, but these people in front of him, these people, are...

He is very tired.

Gu Ge closed his old eyes halfway, and suddenly recalled when Princess Huarong was very young.No, she was not a princess at that time, but a little princess.

When she was a few years old, she was very introverted and timid.At that time, he served as Prince Jing's lecturer in Prince Jing's mansion, that is, Prince Jing's teacher, he was deeply respected by Prince Jing, and he was often kept in the mansion for meals.

He went in and out of Prince Jing's mansion quite frequently, but he hadn't seen this gentle little princess a few times. .Even her father smiled and sighed, saying that the child is too quiet and timid than him.

Occasionally, she would come out to see the ceremony during the Chinese New Year, and the little princess would always look easily startled, hiding behind the nanny for a long time before showing her face.

When did that weak, sickly, timid and timid little girl become so cruel and cruel?

He was actually thinking, if the emperor had such a change, it would be a good thing!

It's a pity that his student became the emperor, and he was still the same, even weaker and sicker.As for the eldest prince, it is said that he is also a sick man, and he is supported by medicine. I don't know if it is true or not...

For the first time, Gu Ge felt deeply confused about the future of the empire.

He was silent for too long, someone in the room couldn't hold back, coughed and wanted to bring up the previous topic, dealing with Princess Huarong and the like.

At this moment, a servant came to report that Eunuch Xu Heng had arrived!
Everyone's expression turned serious, even Mr. Gu Ge temporarily put aside his miscellaneous thoughts, and all got up and looked towards the door.

The eunuch, the most low-key eunuch in the history of the Qing Dynasty, rarely appeared in the cabinet.But every time it appears, there must be something big!

When the Qing Dynasty was founded, the Supervisor of Ceremonies was just an ordinary department in the palace, and its powers were changed to be in charge of wedding and funeral ceremonies, rewarding brushes, ink, calligraphy and paintings, and supervising Guanglu Division to provide palace banquets and other affairs.In short, he is still one of the housekeepers who serve the emperor and concubines.

However, in the following generations, the status of the ceremonial supervisor continued to rise, and the eunuchs who were responsible for recording the imperial texts and palm seals were included in this chapter and issued edicts.

Don't be afraid of eunuchs talking about money, but be afraid that eunuchs are educated!

Since the establishment of the palace inner school for cultivating clerical eunuchs, along with the institutionalization of cabinet votes, the system of "rewarding" the eunuchs by the secretary of ceremonies came into being.After the proposed ticket appeared, the Yizhige ticket should be approved by the emperor himself, but in fact the emperor could not do this as early as the Xuande period.Soon, the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies who replaced the emperor, came into being
By the time of Yuanqi, the first emperor, all the documents played every day in the court, except for the number of books approved by the emperor's imperial pen, were all handed over to the eunuchs to write in regular script with Zhubi according to the script in the court.At the same time, the power and structure of the Supervisor of Ceremonies were further enhanced and tightened.

Up to now, the Supervisor of Ceremony has formed a huge bureaucracy headed by the eunuchs of Zhangyin and Bingbi, which correspond to the cabinet departments.The ceremonial supervisor has essentially become another cabinet of the inner court, and the eunuch with his palm seal has actually become the confidential "inner minister" who is opposed to the cabinet's chief assistant.

The eunuch, who is in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies, is the real "under one man, above ten thousand people"!
The royal family worked hard to support the power of eunuchs in order to centralize the imperial power, restrict the civil service group, and ensure the normal operation of the empire.Although the system can be regarded as perfect, it also depends on who uses it.

There is a saying that "Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind". It was originally used to describe the relationship between husband and wife, and it is also suitable to describe the cabinet and the supervisor of rituals.Often when one side is powerful, the other side will be restrained, and which side can gain the upper hand in the wrestling...

That still depends on the person, and it also depends on their master, His Majesty the Emperor.

Because Emperor Yongjia has a gentle temperament and is a real "lonely man", his power in the court is weak, and the backing of the Sili Supervisor is not stable, and he can't stand up.

Fortunately, Xu Heng is not the kind of big eunuch who insists on power. His temperament is a bit similar to his own master, he is more easy-going, and only wants to take care of his old age, so he really hasn't fought with the cabinet for power.

What's more, Emperor Yongjia has only been in power for two years, and the country is troubled. Both parties have little time to spare, and there is no need to fight for the time being, so everyone has been in a "harmonious" atmosphere for a long time.At least on the surface.

However, is this whitewashed situation about to be broken?
With mixed feelings, everyone watched the little eunuch welcome their "ancestor" Mr. Xu Heng in. His flattering attitude was different from that of the elders in the pavilion.

No wonder, Xu Heng is an eunuch and eunuch to foreign ministers.But for the little eunuch, the eunuch who is in the hands of the supervisor of ceremonies is the god at the top of the pyramid, the highest achievement of the eunuch.

Xu Heng didn't come in empty-handed, he was holding a roll of yellow silk in his arms, everyone knew it was an imperial decree.

Your majesty, actually issued the imperial decree before they entered the palace to face the holy?

However, since Eunuch Xu wanted to announce the decree, everyone naturally had to follow the rules to receive the decree.They were all familiar movements, and there was no difficulty, but after hearing the content of the imperial decree, everyone was stunned.

Emperor Yongjia ordered that Empress Chen's sexual behavior was violent, her virtues were groundless, she was ignorant of reason, and she had no heirs for a long time. She could neither set an example for the women of the Six Palaces, nor was she worthy of upholding the importance of the ancestral temple. She must be abolished!

Abandoned!

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