29 Bullying
Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait for him to finish, then interrupted indifferently and said, "If you can't learn, no one is born with it!" ”
Speaking of this, he paused, and when he saw that the four little eunuchs still looked frightened, he said again: "Remember, the principle of handling should be beneficial to me and the people......
At this time, Wang Chengen had just returned, and when he heard these words of Emperor Chongzhen, he was suddenly speechless: What does the emperor mean by this? Do you want to train them to become eunuchs with a pen? Can...... But these few have just come out of the inner study hall, and they are only fifteen or sixteen-year-old eunuchs, what do they know?
Generally speaking, after graduating from the inner study hall, you have to hone as a low-level eunuch in the twelve eunuchs in the palace, and after a few years of good performance, you will move up the ladder and eventually become a young eunuch and a eunuch.
Emperor Chongzhen had actually seen Wang Chengen come back, and he didn't care about him, and continued: "...... I am the Ming Dynasty, and my interests are the interests of the Ming Dynasty and the interests of the common people. With this in mind, you will look at the Cabinet vote to see if the meaning given by the Auxiliary Ministers is in line with what I just said. If you think it's inappropriate, you write down your thoughts and attach them to the cabinet draft, understand? ”
Lan Tianbao and others had a little clue after he said this. And after the initial shock, with a time buffer, the shock was eased a little, and at this time, their hearts swelled with ecstasy.
They are not fools, they naturally know that the emperor is obviously cultivating them, and if they can pass the emperor's test, they may be able to ascend to the sky in one step. Such a great good thing appeared in front of me, and it would be strange if you were not ecstatic or excited! Naturally, they are also extremely grateful to the emperor!
So, the four of them received the decree one after another, carefully divided the recital on the imperial case into four parts, and tried to start doing it right under the emperor's nose.
Emperor Chongzhen stood up from his throne and watched the four of them do things there.
Seriously, these four little eunuchs actually have no experience in handling government affairs at all. Emperor Chongzhen did not report any expectations at all for the results of their votes. The reason for this is to train them and give them a signal that they will be reused in the future, so that they cannot be bought by anyone. After all, can the benefits given by others be greater than the emperor's expectations for them? In addition, doing this at this time is also for Wang Chengen to see.
Emperor Chongzhen watched Lan Tianbao and read the chapter carefully for a while, then paced slowly in the hall, and at the same time said to Wang Chengen, who was following him: "Do you think what I said to them just now makes sense?" ”
Wang Chengen's heart was shocked, and he felt a little that the emperor seemed to want to change blood in the palace. Why do you do such a thing all of a sudden?
For a moment, he was a little confused. You must know that no matter how smart these four eunuchs are, the restrictions of age and qualifications are unlikely to make them competent for the work of the eunuchs of the celebrant and the pen.
couldn't figure it out, and in desperation, Wang Chengen had no choice but to pat himself on the back and say: "What Your Majesty said is the truth!" The slave thinks she's right! ”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he suddenly stood up, turned to look at Wang Chengen and said, "I think that the old people in the palace should understand, right?" ”
When Wang Chengen heard this, he faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart: Could it be that the emperor specially ordered himself to serve today, just have something to say to himself?
Originally, he was not on duty today, but as soon as Emperor Chongzhen gave an order, the eunuch on duty became him.
Emperor Chongzhen was waiting for him to reply, but Wang Chengen didn't dare to delay, and there was no other answer to the emperor's words, so he had to answer according to the meaning: "The slave thinks it is!" ”
But Emperor Chongzhen didn't seem to be chatting according to common sense, so he didn't continue the topic, and after a while, he asked Wang Chengen again: "You say, how do I treat the old people around me?" ”
The old man he said was naturally those who served by his side before he became the emperor. For example, Wang Chengen's godfather, Cao Huachun.
To tell the truth, the original Emperor Chongzhen really had nothing to say to the eunuchs of these vassal kings. Not to mention the important positions in the palace, even when he had a conflict with Shousuke, he believed in the people around him more, so Wen Tiren went into the wilderness.
Don't say that this is the case, even if it is not so, the emperor's words, Wang Chengen will not be able to answer that he is not good to the old man in the palace.
Therefore, after receiving his affirmative reply, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly sighed and said, "However, I am good to them, so why do they come to fool and bully me?" ”
As soon as he heard this, Wang Chengen was startled, and hurriedly crawled on the ground, not daring to respond to this. Even Lan Tianbao and the others, who were watching the draft of the concert on the side, were so frightened that they knelt to the side.
After all, Emperor Chongzhen's words are too heavy, and if this is the case, it is the crime of bullying the king! Although a lot of people are doing things to bully the king, they didn't show the surface, at least they didn't say it.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw their reaction, he just waved at Lan Tianbao and the others, signaling them to continue, and then looked at Wang Chengen, who was prostrate on the ground, and said: "Tang Taizong has a good saying, water can carry a boat and overturn a boat!" I believe that the old people in the palace understand this truth, and the old people around me understand it. What I said to the four of them just now, the old people in the palace must have understood. But how do they do it? “
"I didn't know before, but yesterday I asked them to anonymously write down everything they knew, and I realized that there were so many things in places I couldn't see, and it was these old people who were taking the lead. Don't they know that they are digging up the roots of Da Ming and making things worse for today's Da Ming? Is it for the sake of his own selfish interests, he doesn't care about my interests and the interests of the Ming Dynasty? ”
In the cold winter, Wang Chengen, who was prostrate on the ground, faintly sweated on his face. He naturally knew about the eight palm print eunuchs yesterday, but he didn't expect that the eight palm print eunuchs didn't know the importance of everything and wrote everything on it, was it to set off a huge wave in the palace? No wonder the emperor doesn't seem to believe anyone now, and he wants to let the eunuchs who have just come out of the inner study hall learn to handle government affairs!
He was thinking about it, when he suddenly felt something abnormal, and secretly glanced at it, and found that Emperor Chongzhen was squatting in front of him without an image, and he couldn't help but be startled again, and hurriedly lowered his head.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and continued, "To my relief, you didn't disappoint me too much! However, there are some things that you should know about the severity, but why don't you tell me, is it because he is your father-in-law? Could it be that in your eyes, my father-in-law is more important than me? ”
As soon as he heard this, Wang Chengen's sweat flowed down directly, but he didn't know what the eight people had done about Cao Huachun, which made the emperor so angry, so he had to lie on the ground and say continuously: "The slave should die, the slave should die......"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he seemed to interrupt a little impatiently: "Okay, don't say anything if it's useless, raise your head and look at me!" “
When Wang Chengen heard this, he slowly raised his head, and the sweat on his forehead was obvious. There was already a look of fear in his eyes.
"You don't have to be afraid!" Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and patted his head, still with a little anger on his face, and said, "Since I told you this, I just want to give you a chance, I believe that you are still loyal to me!" ”
Originally, the events of history have proved that Wang Chengen is indeed loyal to Emperor Chongzhen. But this doesn't mean that he won't do something illegal behind Emperor Chongzhen's back.
Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty Shengming, the loyalty of the slave maid to Your Majesty can be learned from heaven and earth!" ”
"Okay, in that case, I'll give you a chance!" As he spoke, Emperor Chongzhen stood up and began to pace in the hall again, while saying, "You can tell me about Cao Daban, such as the matter of receiving filial piety from the outer court, and I will see if you are more loyal to me than you are to your father-in-law!" ”
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen's matter of Cao Huachun came from Xue Guoguan's accusation against the factory guards in the palace that day, as well as the matter of Cao Huachun's acceptance of Yang Sichang's filial piety from the eavesdropping system. More specifically, the original Emperor Chongzhen didn't know at all, and he didn't know either.
However, Wang Chengen didn't know, he thought that someone among the eight palm seal eunuchs had already told the emperor everything about Cao Huachun, otherwise, how would the emperor know about Cao Huachun's acceptance of filial piety from the outer court?
Thinking about it, some things seem to be a bit similar to the emperor's discovery of the inner book, and it's no wonder that those palm print eunuchs will shake this thing out. Comparing the inside and outside, the emperor will definitely not care about this little matter in the inner study hall anymore.
Therefore, at this moment, Wang Chengen had no choice but to start with the things pointed out by Emperor Chongzhen. It's okay not to say this, but when he said it, Emperor Chongzhen was suddenly startled. He didn't expect that the rulers would be so corrupt!