On the first day of the lunar month, Emperor Liang's old residence was busy inside and outside. Fortunately, this mansion was originally built alone in the small city of Xuanren adjacent to the Forbidden Garden, and the scale was quite large, and even if there was any noise in the surrounding area, it would not affect the daily life of the people in the city.

But even so, the mansion is already overcrowded today. In addition to the original family members in the house, there are also many courtiers and waiters in and out of the Taiyuan. In addition, the Shen clan was originally a great sect in Wuzhong, and now it has become the emperor of the country, and naturally all the people of the Shen clan feel honored and honored, and there are thousands of people who have entered Luo before and after.

Of course, many of them are bloodlines that are already very weak and remote, and as for the real close branches, they don't have to rush to Luoyang at this critical and sensitive moment. For example, Shen Zhezi's uncle Shen Ke has been staying in Jiankang so far, and he has no chance to participate in the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Liang.

As early as many years ago, the Shen clan had carried out a division of the clan, and the clansmen were sorted out, and many clansmen who were remote or just parasitic and had nothing to do in their families were all opened.

Therefore, strictly speaking, there is no doubt that the surname of the Wuzhong villagers who entered Luo this time is that the surname of the Shen clan is Shen, but more than half of them have actually no patriarchal connection with the Shen clan of Wuxing Wukang.

But for such a happy event, the main sect of the Shen family is naturally happy to rejoice with the villagers, since they have come from thousands of miles to congratulate, they must take care of the human feelings.

But after all, it is also an estranged relationship, and there is a lack of contact all the year round, I don't know what the temperament of these villagers is, in order to avoid any evil things that happen to the emperor's relatives and relatives, they are simply placed in the small city of Xuanren, which can also show that the Shen family is noble but not arrogant, and is still willing to maintain contact with the villagers.

Of course, it is difficult for these people to meet Emperor Liang, who is nervously preparing for the enthronement ceremony. However, at present, Shen Chong, who is the head of the Shen family, has gradually returned to calm in the past few days after a period of ecstasy at the beginning, and he also has the rationality and calmness to treat people and things. Shen Chong came forward to receive a group of villagers here, which also made these people feel quite flattered.

Just one day before the first day of the lunar month, Emperor Shen Weizhou of Liang was still busy meeting with the old people returning from all sides and determining the final attendance list and order of the ceremony, and he was busy until late at night before he could rest for a while. But there was no time to take a nap, because the ceremony officially began after the child's time, and Emperor Liang needed to go to the Forbidden Garden Taiji Palace at the invitation of the hundred officials.

But even if he didn't get enough rest, Emperor Liang's spirit was still strong, and I have to say that power is really the best stimulation for people. Rao is Shen Zhezi has imagined today's scene many times in the past few years, but he still can't be completely calm when it comes to the end, which shows the great temptation of this Son of Heaven throne.

After the final draft of the edicts was finalized and approved, and handed over to the Ministry of Rites Langguan to be sent to Taicheng, Shen Zhezi finally had a moment of leisure. He walked slowly out of the room, stood under the porch and looked around, only to see that the lights were everywhere in the house, and even the deep night was blocked by the festive atmosphere of the place.

Although the house is brightly lit, the atmosphere near the residence of Emperor Liang is very quiet, and the residence is surrounded by heavy guards of the Shengwu army, so that idle people will not be allowed to approach at will to disturb the peace of His Majesty the Emperor. As for the other important family members, they are also busy with their own affairs, and it is difficult to get out of here at this moment.

Seeing His Majesty the Emperor enter the court, Chen Jiakuoxing, the commander of the Shengwu Army who was responsible for guarding the place, stepped forward and bowed his head to stand by, His Majesty the Emperor raised his hand to retreat, and only paced slowly in the court for a while, the night breeze was cold and cold, enough to clear the mind.

It's just that when he walked to the shadows, Shen Zhezi heard a faint sobbing sound from behind the pillars, he paused to listen for a moment, and after confirming that it was not an illusion, he opened his mouth and shouted, "Who is there?" ”

"Ah......h

A short exclamation came from the shadows, and then a figure rushed out from behind the pillars, and when the person took a few steps forward, his face was exposed to the light, and it was the old servant of the family, Liu Chang.

"Ahh......h No, no, Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Sage! ”

Liu Chang walked out of the shadows, quite incoherent as a thief, and made a fork and bowed again.

"Come on, the old slave is really disgusting, you can really become a humble gentleman if you are polite and rude? How it was in the past, how it will be in the future, who will blame you for this. ”

Liu Changnai is an old man in the family, and he has been serving him for more than 20 years, Shen Zhezi naturally won't treat him too politely, stepped forward and kicked Liu Chang with his leg, and then said curiously: "Why haven't you rested until now?" If you can't raise your spirit, if you make a mistake when you move into the garden tomorrow, be careful to make you look good! ”

But as soon as Shen Zhezi's words fell, Liu Chang's body suddenly trembled, his old face was wrinkled, tears flowed, and he prostrate himself and hugged his master's ankle and howled: "The old servant is a capital crime, a capital crime!" Ah Lang will become a supreme saint, so the family is happy, and the old servant should not be sad and whine...... But please don't sin Ah Lang, his parents gave birth to a body of bones and blood, although it is difficult to use aging, but it is also a thought to remember it...... I don't want to be old and cut my body with a knife and cut my body...... The old and old servants will never dare to disobey the saint's mandate, but please be sympathetic to Ah Lang, and let me cry in the middle of the night to comfort the souls of my parents, and it will be natural and natural in the future...... Alas, I finally left one or two bones and blood, loyalty and filial piety can't be both, I ......"

Hearing Liu Chang's crying, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but be a little confused, and frowned: "What are you talking about?" ”

At this time, there were also several patrol soldiers who heard the news so far, Liu Chang covered his mouth, and said sadly: "The old servant has been serving Ah Lang for a long time, how can he say goodbye halfway, Ah Lang will be the saint of the Son of Heaven in the forbidden future, and the old servant will naturally follow him as a lieutenant official, and from now on he will not be Angzang ......."

Hearing this, Shen Zhezi finally understood where the old family's sorrow came from, and couldn't help crying and laughing for a while, pointing at Liu Chang and scolding with a smile: "You are not used in ordinary people, how can you be old and young, and your knowledge is still vulgar and not long, you really live up to your parents' name!" If you are so troubled by your age, castration or not, what do you have to do with the word 'Angzang'? ”

Liu Chang just lowered his head and wiped his tears and said: "After all, this pain is not suffered by Ah Lang, an old thing has been with him for decades, and once he gave up his pain, what does this have to do with whether Angzang is not Angzang?" I, I'm really ......."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he was even more angry and couldn't help laughing: "The old thing is bold, and you dare to ridicule me?" Do you believe that I will cut you off right away? ”

Liu Chang was immediately silent when he heard this, his crotch was clamped, and the expression on his old face was like crying and laughing, which was extremely awkward.

After all, he was also an old man who had been in the house for many years, and seeing Liu Chang so entangled, Shen Zhezi still said to him at the end: "If you are only worried about this matter, then there is no need." After moving to the garden, the house is just bigger, the rules are stricter, and the rest is the same as in the old days. Hang that old thing on your body for the time being, and when you anger me, you will really be cut off and sent to the court for miscellaneous use! ”

"So, is it really not necessary to cut? Can the old servant still have a complete tail and serve Ah Lang with his car? ”

When Liu Chang heard this, he was still skeptical, but a pair of red old eyes once again glinted with hope.

"You can't even say both loyalty and filial piety, if you want to cut you off, I'm afraid that your parents will resent me under the undead spring. Get out of here, go to bed early, tomorrow morning the lieutenant in the garden will be sorted out, and you will have to deal with it. ”

Shen Zhezi kicked Liu Chang again, and said with a look of disgust, the old guy is already incompetent at this age, but he didn't expect that his obsession was still very strong.

In fact, the issue of the lieutenant in the chamberlain was also discussed in the Xingtai before. No matter what happened in the past life or the next life, in fact, just what Shen Zhezi saw in and out of the Forbidden Garden in Jiangdong in the old years, in fact, there were not many eunuch servants in the garden, and there were only three or four hundred people in the entire Forbidden Garden.

Of course, there are also reasons why the Jiangdong Imperial Court has been simple and the imperial power has been sluggish for a long time, but even according to the official specifications of China and the DPRK, the eunuchs used in the forbidden garden are more than five or six hundred.

In the forbidden garden, the eunuchs who really need to be used are mainly the emperor's bedroom and concubines. As for some central official positions, such as the palace superintendent, Da Changqiu, and other inner court positions, they are often filled by normal people.

Of course, this is also because of the fierce eunuchs of the Later Han Dynasty, and when the world fell into strife during the Three Kingdoms period, the powerful ministers were often in charge of state affairs, and the imperial power itself was in danger, and eunuchs would not be allowed to take the lead.

As for later generations, such as the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch group was so large that it formed the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, in this life, in fact, there was neither that necessity nor that possibility, and the soundness of the eunuch system in the Ming Dynasty was not so much a need for the daily behavior of the palace ban, but a means used by the emperor to check and balance the outer court.

In fact, from ancient times to the present, as a king, there has always been a means to use those close to him to check and balance foreign ministers. Even a whole set of imperial power system is the evolution process of a family in the world. The prime minister of the head of the hundred officials of the outer court, originally this position should be said to be the king's family minister, as for Jiuqing, it is the evolution of the retainers, too often in charge of the family sacrifice, Guanglu is in charge of the access control, and so on.

It's just that as the family gets bigger and bigger, the retainers also rise correspondingly, so that they gradually have the ability to limit the head of the family, so there is a new round of reform. For example, the Shangshu of the court officials in later generations was only one of the close ministers of the inner court, and in order to restrain the foreign ministers, the emperor gave these close ministers more and more authority, and gradually became the legal system of the imperial court.

At present, the new Liang Caochuang has not even officially completed the enthronement ceremony, and the construction of the imperial court chapter system has not yet been completed, but even if the chapter system is decided, with Shen Zhezi's power and prestige in this world, there is naturally no need to control the outer court with the inner court.

If you just consider the manpower needed daily in the forbidden garden, Shen Zhezi does not have a huge harem, but only one wife and two concubines, and the children are also immature, and there is no need to maintain a large-scale inner court.

Because he raised this issue on the spot, he suggested that the universal suffrage of criminals and prisoners of war should be filled with the court, but His Majesty the Emperor temporarily shelved the discussion. At present, the palace is forbidden, and the remaining ones in Jiankang Yuan City alone are already sufficient. Of course, as the children grow up, the affairs of the forbidden garden will gradually increase, and it is necessary to increase the number of internal servants, but this can be supplemented one by one, and there is no need to force it to be in place in one step.

With the ridiculous disturbance of Liu Chang, Shen Zhezi's mood also became relaxed, and he stood idle in the court for a while, and as the waiter stepped forward to report that the time was approaching, he returned to the room, began to put on the crown of the king, and waited for the hundred officials to enter to welcome him.