Dongchang needs talents like you

"If I remember correctly, Xianxian is also a disciple of your master Zhang Jingzhong, right?"

The master's name is too good, but there is also a fatal flaw, that is, no one needs to memorize the names of their brothers and sisters, and they can understand them just by mentioning them casually.

Chi Ning didn't intend to deny it, even he intended to let the new emperor notice this connection between him and the second senior brother.If the new emperor really doesn't know "Linjiang Immortal", Chi Ning may have to find a way to make him "understand": "Yes, Immortal Immortal is my second senior brother, and he went to Shu to serve as a guard during the Tianhe period eunuch.

"He has been in office for three years, conscientious, industrious and thrifty.

"Coordinated with the chief envoys, governors, and governors of Shu, and won unanimous praise from the top and bottom."

To put it simply, Xianxian is an exquisite human being.His greatest historical feat is being friends with two people who are eternal enemies of each other at the same time, and these two people also know each other's existence.Chi Ning still hasn't figured out how his second senior brother did it. Anyway, judging from Chi Ning's shallow life experience, others can only hate him for inexplicable reasons, and it is impossible to express their love so unanimously.

The land of Shu is the fiefdom of King Jing, and just thinking about this relationship already makes the new emperor a little restless.

The new emperor also knew that Yu Xingchui was serving as a guard eunuch in Shu, but today, with such an inexplicable association, he felt that King Jing and the Zhennan faction could no longer be allowed to deepen their relationship.Regardless of whether Xianxian can return to the capital, anyway, he will definitely not be able to continue in Sichuan!

Can……

Other important provinces with defenses also basically have vassal kings or garrisons. No matter who it is, as long as Yu Xingchui goes, he will have the ability to establish a relationship with the other party and quickly become a close brother.

No matter where such a character is placed, Xindi has a sense of crisis.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is indeed the safest and safest way to transfer Yu Xingchui back to the capital and put him in the internal prison, which is already the territory of their senior brothers.Overlapping resources is better than letting them continue to expand their network and connect up and down.

But Yu Xingchui and Chi Ning are different. Although they are both guard eunuchs, the guards in different places not only have different grades, but also have different status in the world.

For example, Chi Ning went to Jiangzuo before. To put it mildly, it is called Longxing Land, which is the hometown of the Wen family when they were old farmers facing the loess and back to the sky. To put it bluntly, if the Wen family did not originate here Well, let's not say that this broken place wants to become a province, even if it becomes a prefectural city, people will dislike it for not being generous enough.Generally speaking, it is the poor, the kind of poor who can't be helped even with the court's multiple policies and care.

When Chi Ning went to Jiangzuo, the signal represented was that he was 100% allocated for the elderly.

But Yu Xingchui's going to Shu, this land of abundance and military fortress, has a completely different meaning.This is the real vacancy in the eyes of the eunuch who was released, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is going to be the emperor.

This is also one of the reasons why the new emperor is so afraid of King Jing. The land of Shu is really too important and too subtle.

Once the garrison eunuchs in Shu were transferred back to the capital, it was no longer an unspoken rule, but an express stipulation that they should be promoted by at least half a level, which meant that the twelfth eunuch or other factory managers had to make room for Yu Xingchui.He is a great Buddha.This is also the best way out that Chi Ning's master, eunuch Zhang, can arrange for the second apprentice. According to his old man's strategic layout, after Yu Xingchui returns, he can directly take the position of the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and even concurrently serve as the three major battalions. the admiral.

Yu Xingchui knows martial arts, he is one of the rare types among eunuchs whose martial strength is beyond the charts, and it is difficult to tell from his ethereal appearance.Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is his favorite thing to do.

Dedicated to all kinds of dissatisfaction.

Yu Xingchui's initial career development orientation was to protect the future life of Emperor Tianhe.It's a pity that he hasn't come back from the land of Shu to gild his resume, Tianhe Emperor has no life to protect.

In short, Chi Ning's recommendation of Yu Xingchui to take over as the internal supervisor is not only reasonable, but even a little out of character.

The new emperor quickly figured this out in his heart, and he stood with his hands behind his back. Although he had already approved Chi Ning's proposal in his heart, he still wanted to ask: "Why do you recommend your senior brother to me?"

What is the difference between this and the palm print of your self-recommendation as an internal officer?

""Han Feizi" talked about "Lu Shi Chunqiu" and concluded: "External promotion does not avoid hatred, internal promotion does not avoid sons." What your Majesty asks is who is suitable for the palm of the internal official supervisor, not who is the minister. Senior brother. I recommend Yu Xingchui because he is truly talented and the most suitable person. I think you are open-minded, so I won’t avoid mentioning him just because he is my senior brother.”

The premise of promoting talents without avoiding relatives is that you are not afraid of being criticized or eloquent with others.

Chi Ning had studied hard back then, and when citing scriptures and references, he was always well-founded and well-known.Standing there, he was full of righteousness.

This set of debate techniques can be regarded as a relatively simple conspiracy. What stands out is that they are upright and have a clear conscience.

The new emperor was obviously prejudiced against Chi Ning, so he was persuaded.

In Wuwei Hall, there was no voice for a long time.The new emperor didn't know what he was thinking. Chi Ning's plan was that the enemy would not move and I would not move. Anyway, he was just consuming it like this, let's see who can consume who.

The new emperor's thinking is actually quite simple. He just thought of Chi Ning's set of words and thought of the current disputes in the previous court. He learned and applied them flexibly. After digesting for a long time, he tried to ask Chi Ning again: "Oh? Why haven't I seen you recommend anyone who has hatred against you?"

Like a living rod.

"Because people who have enmity with my ministers are generally already in prison," Chi Ning knew that the new emperor would ask this question, and he had already prepared his speech, "such bad, stupid and useless people How can I recommend it to His Majesty?"

"Isn't everyone locked up?" The new emperor has not discovered until now that the rhythm of their conversation has been quietly mastered by Chi Ning.When the active side and the passive side are replaced, in such a scenario, no matter what questions the new emperor asks, it will no longer be a problem that can embarrass Chi Ning.

"Since Your Majesty said so..." Chi Ning kowtowed deeply to the new emperor, because he didn't want the new emperor to see the ambition hidden in his eyes, "Actually, I have always wanted to boldly recommend the eunuch Ma, who is the supervisor of rituals. "

"Marvin? What do you recommend him for?" The new emperor frowned, question marks were written all over his bright yellow dragon robe.

"Recommend him to set up a brand-new police investigation factory to deal with the case of Tianshujiao." The issue of Tianshujiao is more complicated, and it has already begun to emerge before Chi Ning went to Jiangzuo. It is an evil force rising in the capital.However, before Chi Ning returned to Beijing from Jiangzuo, Tianshujiao had been exposed by accident and was quickly besieged.During this liquidation, the imperial court discovered that many eunuchs of the central group had been tricked unknowingly, and the number of people involved was as high as hundreds.

This really sent a shudder down the spine, and I was very scared. At least the new emperor should feel the fear. Such a force had already penetrated into the people who served him.

If not found, what will happen?

If eunuch Ma's family member named Huang Sanniang hadn't met Chi Ning at Zhenjing Temple, who would have discovered that she was actually a spy of the Tianshu Sect, and that they were already preparing for a resurgence?

And if it wasn't for Huang Sanniang's encumbrance, Eunuch Ma would have already taken over the East Factory as a matter of course.

Eunuch Ma is now a weak point for the new emperor. If you use it, you can't use it, because Eunuch Ma was the eunuch recommended by Empress Liu when she participated in the marriage selection.Compared with the ruthless Queen Mother Youqin, Empress Liu has more trust in Eunuch Ma, the eunuch who has been kind to her.

There is no love between the new emperor and the empress, but there is enough respect. It is not easy for the two young couples to support them all the way to today.Not to mention that the queen may secretly be pregnant with a son, the new emperor has to consider the queen's feelings.

The vacancy of the position of Admiral of the East Factory also made the new emperor feel all kinds of inconvenience, just like a person suddenly lost his eyes and ears.

This matter cannot be delayed any longer!

Now Chi Ning has given the new emperor a brand new idea, asking Eunuch Ma, who was involved in the Tianshujiao case, to investigate the Tianshujiao by himself, so as to prove his loyalty.If he really has a problem, then the queen won't say anything; if he has no problem, then...

"When my master was young, I used to practice calligraphy with Lord Yang." Lord Yang was the chief minister of the cabinet of the Su Emperor, a well-known man of insight, and a minister of Zhongxing. He taught many good eunuchs who are famous in history. Chi Ning pulled out the banner of Master Yang just to make his words more credible.

"Master Yang said to Master Chen that the art of the world is nothing more than the word 'check and balance'.

"Only when relative equality can there be development.

"The formation of the cabinet and the chief inspector is inevitable."

The cabinet and the minister of ceremonies, one external minister and the other internal minister, are indispensable to each other, and they are at odds with each other. This has achieved the current Daqi government.If the power is out of balance, whether it is the power in the hands of the courtiers or the power in the hands of the eunuchs, the emperor may be emptied.But when they are equal, the emperor not only does not have to work hard, but also gains supreme power.

This is also the necessity for the Supervisory Committee to move towards the No. [-] Department in Ouchi.

Eunuch Zhang saw it, learned it, and understood that this was the best way of light for the eunuch group, so he took the initiative to back down, and did not fight with the Lan Jie family anymore, and both sides suffered from the battle.

Chi Ning mentioned this paragraph to Emperor Tianhe just to prove what he was going to say next: "At the beginning of the birth of Dongchang, it was to create checks and balances with Jinyiwei. Taizong didn't believe in Jinyiwei, and felt that the people around him were more trustworthy. But The power of Tianhe Emperor Dongchang has reached its peak, and Jin Yiwei can only avoid his edge, and now he has a faint sense of subordination. In other words..."

There is nothing left to check and balance the East Factory.

The new emperor is not that kind of a complete fool. Chi Ning spoke so clearly that the answer was almost handed to his mouth. It is impossible for him not to understand what Chi Ning meant.

Establishing an organization that can compete with Dongchang and is more loyal to him is the way to break the situation today.

For example, West Factory.

Not only did Chi Ning give advice, but he also recommended Eunuch Ma, who can be called his current career rival, to be the admiral of the West Factory... It can be regarded as a response to the sentence "A virtuous person does not avoid hatred".

At the beginning of the establishment of Xichang, it could be in charge of the case of Tianshujiao. As for how to develop in the future, the emperor has the final say?

It can become another knife for the new emperor to control the court.

The new emperor has evolved from having to think that Chi Ning is right, to thinking in his heart, why is such a Chi Ning not one of his people, but instead wholeheartedly loyal to his dead brother?

what a shame.

"Of course, to be honest, I also have selfish intentions in making such a recommendation. Yu Xingchui is my senior brother. With him in the inner prison, I don't have to worry about being tripped by idiots again; It seems that I feel that the minister is blocking his way, if he can be busy with other things, the minister will be able to save a lot of worry." Chi Ning understands the importance of speaking the truth properly "with all his heart and soul", "When the ability is sufficient , is it wrong to be selfish? People are not sages, they have preferences..."

"Why not?"

The last four words were like the bell ringing hard in Xindi's heart, asking him a question that he had been brooding over for many days.He is the emperor, but he is also a human being. When anyone can do anything, he favors his own people. What's wrong?Why can't he make his own concubine the empress dowager?It didn't bother anyone!

Chi Ning gave him this answer today.

Yes, he was right!

After Chi Ning finished speaking, he closed his mouth, knowing the truth of too much, and quietly knelt down.

When he walked out of the hall, Chi Ning's footsteps were brisk, not to mention how beautiful he was, if it wasn't for the fear of being seen getting carried away, he would even want to sing a ditty.

Today is the palm seal of the internal officer, who knows where the senior brother will be the palm seal next time?The Royal Horse Supervisor is very good.

And if his biggest competitor concentrates on building the West Factory, wouldn't the East Factory be his?The purpose of Chi Ning's entry into Beijing is to sit on the position of the admiral of the East Factory, and then get the footsteps to enter the Supervisor of Rituals.

No matter how big the circle is, he will never forget his original intention!

After going back, Chi Ning wrote a book and told his second senior brother that the matter is done, you just wait to go back to Beijing.Although the land of Shu is good, it can never be better than the capital at the foot of the emperor.

Anyone with ambition and aspirations will not be satisfied with being the local emperor only in the local area.

The same is true for Chi Ning's second senior brother, Yu Xingchui, but the center has no master to take care of him, and his former rival, Mu Chen, is in power. He is a little afraid to submit a report on his return to Beijing when his term of office is about to expire, for fear of flying eggs. .

Chi Ning knew his senior brother's concerns as early as when he was in Jiangzuo, but unfortunately he didn't have a clue at the time, and he didn't find the opportunity until today.

Cintiq is really easy to use as a tool.

……

In the Chang'an Palace, Wen Chen looked at the three big men in women's clothes who were waiting beside him. On the surface, they were able to perform a child vividly, without leaking water.

What I think in my heart is that what should come will always come.

In his previous life, he had arranged for him three "court ladies" with their own characteristics and equal shares. Although "they" had different personalities, they had always been very kind and attentive to him, and accompanied him until he was 16 years old.He has always been the older sister and the younger sister, and he expressed enough respect and wanted to find a good family for his three older sisters.who knows……

None of them are real sisters.

How much malice Wen Chen felt from the world back then, he no longer intends to mention it anymore, what he cares most about now is the affairs of his companions and the court.

Being reborn as a child is both good and bad. The good thing is that he can avoid many regrets one by one. The bad thing is that he feels the powerlessness brought about by not having power again.

The prince lives in a corner of the inner city, and is too young, not to mention affecting the outside world, it is almost difficult for him to detect what is happening outside.

It was also after many efforts that Wen Chen did one thing - managed to contact the dark guard who was loyal to his father and was currently protecting him secretly, and it was the other party who rescued him when he fell into the water.

The existence of this dark guard was created by the very thoughtful Tian Hedi.It happened that Dongchang and Jinyiwei encircled and suppressed a non-governmental killer organization, and found some orphans who had not been trained as qualified killers, but obviously couldn't integrate into society normally, so Tianhedi got a "genius" from the storybook. " thought, turning these orphans into his hidden guards.

Tianhedi really had a beautiful idea. When he gets old and his time is approaching, he will be shocked if he hands such a powerful force into his hands.

pity……

When Emperor Tianhe disappeared, the eight hidden guards he took away also disappeared together with Zhang Jingzhong, Lan Jieting and others.And it was Lan Jieting who was in charge of the hidden guards.

Therefore, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he has not been able to discover this mysterious power hidden in the palace until now.

The hidden guards have never shown up, because they have disagreements about who they should be loyal to: some think they should be loyal to the new emperor, and the meaning of the birth of the dark guards is to be loyal to the emperor; but there are also those who think they should be loyal to Wen Chen. It is orthodox, the new emperor is a traitor, they should not help the evildoers.

Up to now, the opinions of the secret guards have still not reached a consensus, they can only separate out the one with the strongest martial arts first, and provide appropriate covert protection for Wen Chen.

They did the same with Xindi.

This is the only way to go until the outcome of the disagreement comes out.

And with Wen Chen's efforts, he accelerated the process, allowing the result to come out earlier - he successfully gathered all the loyal people, and completely turned the hidden guard into a powerful force in his hands.

However, Wen Chen was very cautious, and was not in a hurry to intervene in court affairs so soon. The only thing he tried was to find someone to persuade a famous dragon fart in the court of later generations, and put the dispute over the title of the new emperor's birth mother, The court was introduced in advance, which caused some trouble for the new emperor.

Next, if Wen Chen remembered correctly, it was the Queen Mother's turn to act.

Wen Chen is still hesitating whether to join it or not.

While thinking about it, he acted like a naive child, and asked Li Shimei: "Sister, sister, tell me about the companion, did he mention me?"

"Of course my lord has mentioned you, and I have mentioned it many times." Li Shimei smiled softly. He is a person who likes to pretend to be himself, and he is also the smartest of the three. When he promised to protect His Royal Highness Wen Chen for Chi Ning for ten years , he had already seen what Chi Ning was thinking, and was actively consolidating the good impression in His Highness's heart for his godfather, "He has always, always missed you, but because of the current situation, there is nothing he can do about it." Come to see you."

"I know." Wen Chen liked to listen to Li Shimei's talk in his previous life, and he didn't find any problems when he listened to it again in this life, "I'm asking my companion what troubles you have recently?"

Wen Chen really doesn't know what Chi Ning wants in this period.

Back then, he was all focused on hoping to meet Chi Ning earlier, but in this life he thought more. He not only wanted to see Chi Ning, but also wanted to be able to help Chi Ning.

Li Shimei was also taken aback, yes, what does his godfather want?

Recognize more sons?

***

Taking advantage of another holiday, Chi Ning happily went to Jiang Zhiwei's house, and told the other party the news that Yu Xingchui would soon return: "Everything will be fine when the second brother returns to Beijing."

Jiang Zhiwei's family is really a lively family. It was an accident when he entered the palace. It wasn't that his parents sold their children for glory, and even favored him more because of this accident.It can be seen from Jiang Zhiwei's character that he has been living in a very happy environment.Now Jiang Zhiwei also holds some power, saved a lot of money, and bought a big house in central Beijing, where he lived with all his family members, including his brother, sister-in-law, sister, brother-in-law, and even his lovely little nephew and little brother-in-law. nephew.

It's no wonder that Jiang Zhiwei wanted to go home as soon as he took a rest. Who would want to live in a cold value room when he has such a warm home?

Chi Ning has always been envious of Jiang Zhiwei's family.

Of course, envy is envy, Chi Ning doesn't want to be Jiang Zhiwei at all, his brain is not enough, it is really worrying.

"Xianxian has already told me, and he also told me, you..."

What you have done has once again ignited the flame in the heart of the new emperor who wants to fight the courtiers.

The new emperor is a genius in thinking, and he lives up to Chi Ning's expectations. Although he can't chase his mother and concubine for the time being, he feels that he can give the Chen family a title to appease him.

A title is not the same as an official position. It only needs money and food from the court on a regular basis. The Chen family can't do anything to disrupt the court. They should be satisfied.And if among the younger generation of the Chen family, there is really a promising talent who can enter the court as an official and walk on the right path, there is nothing wrong with giving him an official position, isn't it?

Jiang Zhiwei didn't understand Chi Ning's operation, but Xianxian understood. In his letter to Jiang Zhiwei, he explained what Chi Ning was doing, and asked Jiang Zhiwei to say something to Chi Ning on his behalf: " I have seen a kind of beast in Sichuan, very similar to you."

"Hey, thank you for your praise." Chi Ning didn't feel wrong at all because he dug a hole for the new emperor.

"What does the second child mean?" Jiang Zhiwei didn't understand even after reading the letter.

It means that senior brother has already seen through that I am planning to rebel.Chi Ning narrowed his eyes with a smile.The lovely senior brother has not yet understood.However, he is not going to bring his senior brothers in. If the rebellion fails, he can at least not implicate them.

"Second senior brother means that it's not good for me to deceive His Majesty like this. Why did the Taizu set such strict rules? Could it be that there are no capable people among the concubines and concubines of the past dynasties? No, it's the opposite." There was a very clever and famous talented man, but because he was taken by the princess as a son-in-law, it was difficult to display his talents, and he died in depression.This incident was recorded by the historian, and I don't know how many rounds of scolding it has been.

But why haven't I seen any relatives who can get power?

Because only by putting an end to all persistence in this way can the whole system of Taizu be maintained.Do not suffer from scarcity but from inequality.You think there is nothing wrong with your favoritism, but other people don't think so, and some people even feel that they deserve favoritism, but they don't, which will definitely breed a lot of resentment.

Today she is the emperor's natal Chen family, tomorrow she can be the empress's natal Liu family, and even Princess Changle. She is weak and indeed unable to take back her biological father's old family, but can't her son-in-law?

Once the opening is opened, it is difficult to close it.

How can it be just a mess in the harem?

It's interesting to mess together.

"You know this, and you still give this opinion to His Majesty?" Jiang Zhiwei has no loyalty to the current new emperor, and his thinking is still in the period of Emperor Tianhe, but, "You will definitely be scolded for doing this."

Chi Ning and Xianxian are not the only smart people in the world, and some ministers will definitely see the problem.

"I can't control that much anymore." Chi Ning could only coax his senior brother, "In order to climb up, a small amount of sacrifice is inevitable. When I go up, I will naturally have the ability to extinguish this evil wind. I am the creator of the problem They are also problem solvers. Moreover, if they scold me, I will not lose a piece of meat."

If you can't leave your name in history, you will also have a bad reputation for thousands of years.

He must live vigorously.

"I just need to be comfortable in life. As for after death... no matter what others think of me, I will be remembered by history. In short, no matter how you look at it, I have earned a lot of blood."

The new emperor, a hypocrite, brought more than one surprise to Chi Ning.

He successfully used Chi Ning's tricks to temporarily persuade the courtiers, gave him the title of a foreign family, and gave the outstanding children of the family a chance to be promoted to an official rank, but he didn't mention that his inspiration came from Chi rather.

To put it simply, he took Chi Ning's "idea" for himself.

The new emperor's appeasement to Chi Ning was to transfer Yu Xingchui back to Chi Ning as Chi Ning wished, and formally started preparations for the West Factory. He appointed Eunuch Ma as the admiral of the West Factory, and hinted to Chi Ning that the admiral of the East Factory would be his.

Chi Ning is really dreaming and wants to wake up with a smile.

What kind of peerless wise man is this? Not only did he follow his ideas, but he also bore him a possible infamy in the future.Oh, really, how embarrassing it is.