Chapter 259: A Palace Maid

The seventh day of November in the first year of Yuan Zhao.

There are still three days left before the Great Pilgrimage.

The work of Tianmu Prison was done extremely smoothly, and in only ten days, there was a large pile of "criminal evidence" piled up in Weiyang Palace, among which the evidence of the crime was the thinnest, only a thin booklet, which was sent to the capital from Jiangnan East Road by 600 miles.

The rest of the Zaifu, including Shen Kuan, everyone's butts are not clean.

The most outrageous thing is that the newly appointed Zhongshu Ling Xu Gu, who has accumulated millions of dollars of ink over the years, and almost the imperial court allocated a full year's military expenses to the seed army!

Although Shen Kuan is not so excessive, he almost has more than 100,000 bad debts, and he basically does not collect money, only collects some antique calligraphy and paintings, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., that is to say, these 100,000 accounts are not worth mentioning compared to other things.

In fact, this is the norm in officialdom.

Since the beginning of the Chengde Dynasty, the Great Jin Dynasty began to slowly digest the rivers and mountains that Emperor Wu had beaten down, and became richer and richer day by day, and the lives of these important ministers in the court gradually got better.

In other words, Shen Kuan is still a type of "innocent as water".

These things, several generations of the Son of Heaven are well aware, Chengde Son of Heaven naturally does not need to say much, even Taikang Son of Heaven also knows this kind of thing, in the early years, the Ministry of War was responsible for the three million pieces of materials sent to Yunzhou City, and the Son of Heaven Taikang only said to Li Xin, let the Ministry of War not be excessive.

Generally speaking, as long as you don't step on the red line, or don't offend people, this is within the scope of the imperial court.

But if someone wants to mess with you, these things are a big deal.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi looked at these "incriminating evidence" in front of him, and rubbed his hands excitedly.

He praised Xiao Zheng and said, "Tianmu Prison really has a set, and I have found all the things I want so quickly." ”

Xiao Zheng bowed respectfully.

"It's all a slave and a maid."

The Son of Heaven had no image yesterday on the steps of Weiyang Palace, looking at these incriminating evidences in his hands, and his mouth was snorting while reading.

"These old guys, on the surface, are all sanctimonious, but there are not a few clean people behind the scenes, except for one who is strict and clumsy, and he is considered to be clean, and a few people in Shangshutai, one is darker than the other, and they are all corrupt ministers."

Xiao Zheng smiled bitterly: "If it is based on corruption, there will be no ministers in the court." ”

"I know."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi waved his hand and said indifferently: "My father and I have told me that the knowledge of employing people should be used for energy, and the virtuous should be used for ...... wise."

Speaking of which, Yuan Zhao Tianzi didn't say any more.

Taikang Tianzi's original words are that if someone has both, they should use it carefully.

The young man shook his head, threw aside the evidence in his hand, and said, "Let the people in the inner prison sort out all these things for me, and I will use them in the great court meeting in three days." ”

"Order, let Yulin Wei Zhonglang will Xie Dai, and Qianniu Wei Zhonglang will bring Ji Chu to Weiyang Palace to see me."

Qianniuwei's Zhonglang General was originally supposed to be Xie Jing, the uncle of the Son of Heaven, but Xie Jing was sent by the imperial court to Hanzhong as a deputy general, so the Son of Heaven chose someone from the younger generation in the clan to temporarily take this position.

Xiao Zheng nodded, and said yes.

The Son of Heaven closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and continued to order: "From now on, the internal guards and Qianniuwei will take turns in the forbidden palace day and night, and Yu Linwei will be on guard in the outer city of the imperial city. ”

"Besides, pass on my will to Hou Jingde outside the city, and ask him to bring two Zhichong Mansions to be stationed twenty miles outside the capital, ready to be on call at any time."

Speaking of this, after a pause, the Son of Heaven continued: "Send another order to He Song in the right battalion of the forbidden army, and tell him that from now on, no matter whose order it is, without my seal, the right battalion of the forbidden army shall not use a single soldier or pawn, and those who violate the order will be punished for plotting misdeeds!" ”

After Xiao Zheng listened, he bowed his head respectfully: "The slave will do it." ”

With that, he respectfully retreated.

To be honest, this time Yuan Zhao Tianzi's preparations were sufficient, he first mastered the evidence of the crimes of several auxiliary ministers, had the reason and excuse for the dismissal of the prime minister, and firmly grasped the main armed forces inside and outside the city, even if those old men were not convinced, there would be no major problems with the guards and the forbidden army.

Li Xin is not in the capital, and it is not easy for a fourteen-year-old son of heaven to be able to do this.

Next, it depends on whether this set of Wang Baquan can kill these "masters" of Shangshutai.

After giving all this, the Son of Heaven sat back on his bed, and according to the method he had learned from Li Xin, he closed his eyes and went through the whole thing in his mind, making sure that there were any omissions.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and thought of a mistake, he called Xiao Huai, who was waiting in Weiyang Palace, and ordered: "Go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and invite the Metropolitan Governor Ji Lin to enter the palace." ”

Xiao Huai respectfully should be.

"Slave and maid, go now."

After that, Xiao Huai also retreated.

The Son of Heaven lay back on his soft couch, a young man with almost no outsiders to work on his own, to plan this important event independently, undoubtedly very laborious, the Son of Heaven lay on the bed, closed his eyes and rested for a while, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep.

And when he was in his dream, a big thing was quietly happening in Weiyang Palace.

The apse of Weiyang Palace is the sleeping hall of the Son of Heaven, and it is also the most core area in the entire imperial city, most of the eunuchs here are from the inner chamberlain, and only the eunuchs of the inner chamberlain are qualified to serve in the Weiyang Palace.

However, because the Son of Heaven has reached the age of marriage, in addition to the eunuchs in the Weiyang Palace, there are many palace maids, most of these palace maids are thirteen or fourteen to fifteen or sixteen years old, the oldest is seventeen or eighteen years old, responsible for the diet and daily life of the Son of Heaven.

Once he was fortunate by the Son of Heaven, he would be written down and changed from a slave to a nobleman in the palace.

Therefore, being a palace maid in Weiyang Palace is a very sought-after errand.

And the eunuch who is responsible for selecting the palace maids to enter the Weiyang Palace is naturally a big fat shortage.

On this day, a middle-aged eunuch, led a palace maid who looked seventeen or eighteen years old, handed a bill of exchange of 50,000 yuan to the steward eunuch, and after verifying his identity, he successfully sent this palace maid who was originally serving by the side of a noble man in the harem to Weiyang Palace.

The Son of Heaven was only fourteen years old, he had never married a wife, and the nobles in the harem were naturally the women of the first emperor.

A nobleman of six grades, not even a concubine, is very inconspicuous in the harem.

There is no future for following the nobles, and being able to enter the Weiyang Palace is naturally promising.

This "palace maid" entered Weiyang Palace with a nervous mood.

A few days ago, someone told her that as long as she can win the favor of the new emperor, she doesn't have to stay in the palace similar to the cold palace in the harem and stay widowed for the rest of her life.

She only thought about it for a moment, and then resolutely agreed.

She was only eighteen years old, and there was no reason why she should stay in that humble little palace forever.

Therefore, when someone really brought her into Weiyang Palace, this "palace maid" was very excited.

She walked in the Weiyang Palace with trepidation.

At this time, she didn't know that she had been caught in a big whirlpool, or in the middle of the whirlpool!