Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

Wang Tiqian's body suddenly stiffened. He never expected that Zhu Youxiao would suddenly ask such a question.

He was indeed a little cowardly in front of Wei Zhongxian!

Logically speaking, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department was the leader of all the eunuchs. Wei Zhongshi could only obey his orders and could not be above him.

But the fact was just the opposite. He had to listen to Wei Zhongxian in everything.

The reason is that Wei Zhongxian has someone in the palace, and that is Keshi!

But he couldn't say this in front of Zhu Youxiao.

After a long while, he finally said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm afraid of him. After all, we are all working for you, for the Ming Dynasty, and we really don't want to hurt the relationship."

Zhu Youxiao knew that he was lying, but he did not expose it. He just said it lightly.

"Just do your job. After a few days, I will ask Wei Daban to resign from the post of Silijian. Do you think there is anyone who can take over the post of the pen-holder? Recommend one to me."

"In addition, there are still many vacancies in the court. You can also select a few people and report them to me. As long as they are capable of doing the job, I will approve them!"

Wang Tiqian was completely stunned!

This is personnel power!

A circle of power that he had never touched before!

How did Wei Zhongxian rise to power?

Isn't it because he was in cahoots with Keshi that he could use Keshi's mouth to recommend officials to the emperor?

The emperor has now given himself this right, doesn't that mean......

Separation of powers, checks and balances?

Wang Tiquan was not stupid. After a little thought, he guessed the key.

She immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded, picked up the new gift list and started to look through it.

After two waves of people came back with gifts, these eunuchs had become competitive, and getting more money and getting more promotions seemed to have become the unspoken rules.

Therefore, the amount on the gift list this time is much larger than before.

The minimum is one hundred taels!

The one who paid the most was a fifth-rank eunuch named Miao Er, who actually took out 10,000 taels of silver!

When Zhu Youxiao saw his affiliated unit, he was stunned for a moment.

The clean room?

Do people who use scalpels make so much money in this era?

He wrote a big "six" in pencil directly behind Miao Er's name.

After the result was announced, the guy named Miao Er fainted.

From a fifth-rank deputy manager, he was promoted six levels in a row and became a second-rank chief eunuch!

This time, the news was no longer limited to the palace.

Those eunuchs who ran out of the palace to raise money inadvertently leaked the matter.

Wei Zhongxian was still staying in the East Factory. After hearing the news, his old face suddenly became extremely brilliant.

"Someone, come quickly!"

"Call all our godsons here, quickly!"

A group of barbarians rushed out of the East Factory and brought back all his adopted sons, including the so-called Five Tigers, Five Beasts and Ten Children, in less than half an hour.

Among these people, there are both civil and military officials, but more are eunuchs in the palace.

Wei Zhongxian looked at the eunuchs with a face as gloomy as water.

"Such a big thing happened in the palace, and our family was the last to know about it!"

"Okay! Very good!"

"Why, do you think that His Majesty's generous reward this time will help you rise to prominence?"

"Or, as long as we offer enough silver, we can replace our family?"

He couldn't help but be excited. The emperor had promoted people six levels in a row. Who knew if he would appoint a eunuch to be the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department next?

Or, why not just banish the governor of the Eastern Depot as well?

Chapter 48 Nonsense, why should we be so nervous?

Facing Wei Zhongxian's eagle-like sharp eyes, the eunuchs lowered their heads involuntarily.

Who doesn’t want to be in a high position?

At a time like this, when there’s not even enough time to be on guard against others, who would want to speak out their thoughts?

Only those ignorant poor bastards would start showing off everywhere after just one or two levels up, which gives others a chance to ride on their heads!

"Forgive me, my lord..."

"pia!"

An eunuch was about to explain himself when he was slapped in the face.

Wei Zhongxian glared at him and shouted, "Didn't I say that no one is allowed to mention the title of Qiansui again?"

The eunuch shuddered and quickly knelt down to apologize.

"Father, please forgive me, I was just a jerk. I'm going to slap you right now!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and slapped himself in the face.

Wei Zhongxian ignored him and looked at other people.

Another person stood up.

"Please calm down, foster father. We just found out about your majesty's generous reward. We were just thinking of reporting it to you when you called us here."

Wei Zhongxian knew that he was lying, but he didn't want to pursue the matter any further.

He had just turned around and sat down when a man rushed in from outside.

"My Lord, Madam Fengsheng is here!"

Wei Zhongxian frowned. What is this woman doing here at this time?

"please come in!"

Soon, Ke Shi was brought in from outside with her two sons, twisting her waist.

The Five Tigers, Five Beasts, Ten Children and other adopted sons of Wei Zhongxian quickly stood up and saluted.

"Meet Madam!"

Ke Shi ignored them and smiled at Wei Zhongxian.

"Is the father-in-law panicking?"

"Nonsense, why should we be so nervous?"

Wei Zhongxian rolled his eyes at her.

Upon hearing this, Ke Shi smiled even more brightly.

"You, the only thing that's hard left on your body is your tongue!"

The others present quickly pretended not to hear and stared down at their toes.

Wei Zhongxian's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment. If someone else had said this, he would have been stabbed in the back, but it was Keshi who had spoken, so he couldn't get angry even if he wanted to.

"Madam, why are you coming to our house instead of enjoying your leisure time in the palace?"

Ke Shi then put away her smile, turned around and pointed to the yard outside.

"My lady brought you some presents!"

"Isn't your majesty accepting birthday gifts?"

"Send these things over, and I guarantee that no one can take your position as the eunuch in charge of writing!"

Wei Zhongxian was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly walked out of the lobby and came to the yard.

I saw four carriages parked here, all of which were filled with boxes!

He opened one at random, and found it was full of round silver ingots!

"this?"

"Three million taels of silver, is that enough?"

Ke Shi came over with a smile and put her hand on his shoulder.

The adopted sons in the hall also followed out and looked at the boxes of silver with their eyes widened.

"Hiss... Three million taels of silver! Foster father, if you present this amount of silver to His Majesty as a birthday gift, you will be able to rest assured!"

"That's right. Those useless people in the Liang Palace can't come up with so much money. As long as we offer this money, His Majesty will surely be very pleased. Who knows, he might even give us the position of the Chief Seal of the Imperial Household Department!"

"Madam is so amazing. She actually managed to get so much money. I am so envious..."

"........."

Wei Zhongxian stretched out his hand to interrupt everyone's discussion and said with a dark face.

"What are you offering? Who are you? Do you need to offer so much silver to the palace?"

"Come here, take this silver to the bank outside and exchange it for silver notes!"

"We have other uses for our home!"

Xu Xianchun, a deputy of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and one of the Five Tigers, immediately stepped out, waved his hand to call a few Embroidered Uniform Guards, and led the carriage out.

Wei Zhongxian walked up to Li Kuilong, the Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief, one of the Five Tigers, and said something in a low voice.

Li Kuilong's pupils instantly dilated when he heard this.

"Godfather, do you really want to do this?"

Wei Zhongxian said with a straight face: "The emperor must be doing something that we don't know if he is acting this way."

"These days, I always feel that the emperor is distancing himself from our family. Let's use this incident to see what the emperor is really trying to do!"

Li Kuilong did not ask any more questions and kept the matter in mind.

After that, everyone discussed for a long while before gradually dispersing.

Early the next morning, Wei Zhongxian arrived outside the Qianqing Gate, where there were still a large number of eunuchs kneeling to present birthday gifts, and there were even some more palace maids!

After looking at it coldly for a moment, he strode over the threshold and came to the imperial desk.

"This old servant Wei Zhongxian pays respect to His Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao looked up at him, then lowered his head to look at the gift list.

"Get up, what's going on?"

Ever since he took back the right to review memorials, Wei Zhongxian rarely stayed in the palace and spent more time on duty in the East Factory.

He suddenly appeared, so he must have something to say.

Wei Zhongxian stood up, brushed the dust off his knees, and came over with a flattering look on his face.

"Your Majesty, I have also prepared a birthday gift for you. Please take a look!"

As he said that, he took out a thick stack of silver bills from his pocket!

It was exactly what he asked someone to exchange at the bank yesterday!

When Zhu Youxiao saw the banknote, he immediately grinned.

"Hahahaha!"

"An old dog is an old dog. It's much better than those puppies out there!"

"Come, come, let me see how many banknotes are here!"

Wang Tiqian, who was standing by, couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he saw this, and there was a hint of... in his eyes when he looked at Wei Zhongxian.