The chief eunuch of the inner court is the head of the eight eunuchs of the inner court, not only in charge of the inner court, but also in charge of the other seven eunuchs and even the plum blossom internal guard who is responsible for the assassination, which can be said to be a high authority.

Although the inner court of the Great Jin Dynasty does not participate much in politics, in addition to participating in government affairs, the great eunuch of the inner chamberlain can be said to be the pinnacle of the inner ministers.

After all, there is a Tianmu Prison in the Eight Prisons of the Inner Court, and there is also a Plum Blossom Guard who sees the head and the tail of the dragon.

Because he has participated in too many secrets of the imperial court, once he retires from this position, there are generally only two choices, the first is to go with the emperor he serves, and the other is to go to the suburbs to guard the emperor's mausoleum like Chen Ju, and he will not be able to enter Beijing for the rest of his life.

The reason why Chen Ju was able to leave the position of the great eunuch so freely was because Taikang Tianzi was already an adult when he ascended the throne, and there was no place for him in the inner court, and secondly, because he had followed the Chengde Heavenly Son for decades, and the master and servant had a deep affection, plus he was in his fifties, and his desire for power was far less vigorous than when he was young, so he could let go of the position of the great eunuch in the inner court so freely and go to Zhaoling to guard the mausoleum.

But for Xiao Zheng, it was not so easy.

He was a eunuch in the Chengde Dynasty, the palace rewarded the Wei Palace, and he worked in the Wei Palace, and after His Royal Highness the King of Wei ascended the throne, he ascended to the sky in one step, from a palace manager, to the young eunuch of the inner chamberlain, and then successfully took charge of the inner chamberlain for ten years.

Even now, Taikang Tianzi died of illness, and he was only thirty-five years old.

At this age, it is the time when a person's ambition is the heaviest, even if he is just a eunuch.

At this time, Xiao Zheng, in addition to the master of the Heavenly Family in the palace, can be said to be the same, there are five eunuchs in the eight eunuchs of the inner court are his godsons, even if they are some underage princesses, how much depends on his face!

Let him suddenly change from a high-ranking eunuch in the capital to a eunuch who has guarded the imperial tomb for a lifetime, not many people can accept this gap, and Xiao Zheng naturally can't accept it.

And at this time, there are not many people who can help him.

According to the traditional rules of the Great Jin Dynasty, after the funeral of the Son of Heaven, the eunuch beside him should step down from the position of the inner eunuch, after all, the new Son of Heaven needs trustworthy newcomers, and few people can break this rule, and only two people have the ability to help him.

The first one, naturally, is the biological mother of Yuan Zhao Tianzi, Empress Dowager Xie, as long as the Empress Dowager says a word in front of His Majesty, he can continue to sit in this position and sit down peacefully.

The second person is the Marquis Li in front of him.

Li Houye is the teacher of Yuan Zhao Tianzi, and he brought Yuan Zhao Tianzi from childhood to adulthood, even if foreign officials are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the inner court, but as long as Li Hou Ye says a few words for him, he has a great chance to keep the position of this great eunuch.

If it is not good, it can also continue to stay in the inner court.

In fact, he seemed to be going to the Jing'an Marquis Mansion to look for Li Xin early in the morning, but because the internal officials wanted to avoid the foreign ministers, he never found a suitable opportunity.

When Li Xin heard this, he glanced at the big eunuch with some surprise, and then slowly spoke: "Your Majesty is still young, and the affairs of the inner court are not yet familiar, no matter what, Gonggong Xiao can continue to stay in the palace for a few years, why are you in such a hurry......

"Always find a way out for yourself......"

Xiao Zheng looked at Li Xin and bowed his head slightly: "Your Majesty will be in charge of the government in two more years, and most of the inner servants and eunuchs will be replaced by others, and the slaves and maids must ...... Think of a way ......"

The Marquis of Jing'an was silent for a while, and finally glanced at Xiao Zheng deeply.

"Gonggong Xiao knows that I am a foreign minister, and foreign ministers can't interfere in the affairs of the inner court."

Xiao Zheng bowed his head deeply.

"You are still Your Majesty's teacher......"

Li Xin frowned and thought for a while, but still shook his head: "This matter is not urgent, Grandpa Xiao has at least two years left, but Grandpa Xiao has been in charge of the inner court for many years, His Majesty is still young, and many things in the palace still need Grandpa Xiao's help, I think when the time comes, Grandpa Xiao has a good chance to stay in the palace." ”

At this time, not long after the death of the first emperor, it was impossible for Li Xin to interfere in the "personnel" of the palace so dryly, and it was also a big sin for foreign ministers to collude with internal officials.

What's more, Li Xin couldn't be sure that Xiao Zheng was not sent by the mother and son to test him, so at this time, he couldn't agree in one go.

However, after staying in the court for so many years, he has also learned the way of speaking of officials and masters, that is, no matter what it is, don't say no.

When he said this, he not only rejected Xiao Zheng's request, but also left him a little hope.

Xiao Zheng got up from the chair and looked at Li Xin deeply.

"At that time, the future of the slave and maid will be all entrusted to Hou Ye Li."

Marquis Jing'an smiled.

"It's not very useful for Grandpa Xiao to find me in this matter, there are still two years to go, Grandpa Xiao might as well please the Queen Mother more, Your Majesty is not very old, as long as the Queen Mother speaks, the inner court will still be Grandpa Xiao's inner court."

Xiao Zheng bowed his head deeply.

"Slave maid...... Taught. ”

Li Xin stood up from the chair of the inner eunuch, bowed his hand to Xiao Zheng and said goodbye, and before parting, he asked, "Where is Your Majesty now?" ”

At this time, Xiao Zheng was still in charge of the affairs in the palace, and he said without thinking: "I am in Shangshutai in the morning, I should be studying in Weiyang Palace at this time, and the Hou Ye is going to see Your Majesty?" ”

Li Xin nodded and sighed slightly.

"The matter of Longhu Mountain, a little clue has been found, although Your Majesty is still young, but this matter involves the first emperor, and it should be decided by Your Majesty."

Xiao Zheng bowed his head and said, "Then the slave maid went to report to Hou Ye Li." ”

"There is Father-in-law Lao Xiao."

…………

A moment later, Li Xin was already in the study of the Son of Heaven in Weiyang Palace.

At this time, in the study of the Son of Heaven, a pile of thick documents, are a few walks of Shangshutai, from the Shangshutai copied out of the documents, these two months, in addition to listening to the Confucian lectures, teaching, generally in the morning in the Shangshutai and several prime ministers to consult on state affairs, in the afternoon let people copy the documents of Shangshutai to Weiyang Palace, their own slowly pondering, very hard.

When Li Xin walked in, the young son of heaven was still looking through the book that Shang Shutai had already approved.

The Marquis of Jing'an walked in with his hands down and bent down to salute.

"Li Xin of the military department, I have seen Your Majesty."

The etiquette of the Great Jin Dynasty is not very strict, except for kneeling when meeting the emperor in public, ministers do not need to kneel when they see the emperor in private, not to mention that Li Xin is now the emperor's teacher, so there is no need to kneel to the Son of Heaven.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi heard Li Xin's voice, and immediately ran out from behind the desk and personally helped Li Xin up.

The Young Emperor was very happy to see Li Xin.

"Teacher, you finally came to the palace to see me coming."

He had not even ascended the throne at this time, so he had not yet developed the habit of calling himself "I".

Li Xin looked up at the child he had brought up since he was a child, and smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, the minister may have found out the cause of the death of the first emperor."

Originally, in two months, the pain of Yuan Zhaotianzi's loss of his father had weakened a lot, and at this time, when Li Xin mentioned his father, the smile on the young man's face immediately retracted.

He held out his hand, trembling slightly.

"Show me ......"