After Zhu Youzhen read the piece in his hand at a glance and ten lines, he dropped it and replaced it with another piece. After listening to Wang Chengen's report, he asked without raising his head: "Deputy Steward Lu, don't you have anything you want to report to me?" ”

Lu Qi, who was still a little hesitant to think about the emperor's report, suddenly sobered up, and he hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has found some small things, and I don't know whether to tell Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked away from the piece in his hand, glanced up at Lu Qi, lowered his head again, and said in a relaxed tone: "Tell me to hear it, even if it's funny." ”

Lü Qi immediately replied: "The eunuch Pang Tianshou, the leader of the Imperial Horse Prison, has recently been very close to those Jesuit missionaries, and from time to time he has been preaching the story of God, Hell and Heaven with the little eunuchs around him. The minister felt that Pang Gonggong's behavior seemed to be a little inappropriate. ”

Zhu Youzhen put down the music in his hand, straightened up, looked at him expressionlessly and asked, "Oh, what's wrong with Gonggong Pang's behavior?" ”

Under Zhu Youzhen's gaze, Lu Qi stubbornly said: "Your Majesty is close to the Jesuit missionaries because you appreciate the rich knowledge of these missionaries and the information they bring overseas.

His Majesty allowed these missionaries to restore their churches in the capital, but did not allow them to preach openly to the people. Pang Tianshou, as a close attendant in the palace, did not get His Majesty's permission to come into contact with the teachings of the Society of Jesus without authorization, which was really too Meng Lang. ”

After Lu Qi finished speaking, he was quite frightened, not knowing if his words would arouse the emperor's disgust. However, Zhu Youzhen's face slowly softened, and his tone became gentle.

"Your thoughts are very much in line with my spleen, I don't like people in the palace to believe in this religion and that faction. At present, among the people, many gods and sticks rely on the propaganda of cults to accumulate wealth, such as the incense smelling sect.

If you read the Buddhist scriptures and the Taoist scriptures and cultivate your temperament, I have no objection. But if you are chasing any Buddha Mother, or hoping to become an immortal or go to heaven after death, I think it's just nonsense.

The sage once said that if you don't know life, you won't know death. We don't even understand the living, and we still think about what to do after death? After saying that, I saw that people die like lights go out, what is the afterlife, and it is only right to live in the present. ”

Although Wang Chengen and Lu Qi were surprised by the emperor's thoughts, they still nodded in agreement with Chongzhen.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and asked Wang Chengen: "How many years has the eunuch been out of the town in Shaanxi?" ”

Wang Chengen lowered his head and thought about it and said, "It's been about four or five years. ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately said: "After the Imperial Horse Inspector removed the internal exercise and the Huangzhuang, there was not much to do on weekdays, so he was just allowed to go to Shaanxi for a period of time. Lu Qi, you asked someone to call him over, I want to explain a few words to him.

By the way, let the celebrant order to make some rules for the town guards and eunuchs in the provinces. 1. The term of office of each town guard eunuch is 5 years, and he shall not be re-elected for two consecutive terms in the local area unless there are special circumstances;

2. When the eunuchs leave office, they must be handed over, and if the accounts are unclear or there are omissions in handling affairs, they must be dealt with. Of course, this article will be postponed for a period of time, and the implementation will start again in the second half of the year.

3. From this year onwards, I will write a work report to the palace every month, reporting to me what they have done last month and what has happened in the local area.

Fourth, record the meteorological conditions every day, and then send them every month together with the work report, and the local prices are also handled accordingly..."

Zhu Youzhen instructed Wang Chengen several management methods for the eunuchs, and since he ascended the throne, many civil officials in the court have been clamoring for him, demanding that he recall those lieutenant officials who left the town.

The reason for these civil officials is nothing more than that these town guards and eunuchs have extorted money in the local area, and they have indiscriminately exploited military exploits in border towns to harass the local people too much.

Zhu Youzhen knew that most of the facts put forward by these civil officials were grounded, and the eunuchs in these places were all old men sent by the emperor's brother, and they did not have a close relationship with him.

But he has been pretending to be deaf and dumb, prevaricating the demands of these civil officials. Because he knew very well that although these eunuchs were not good people, they were the eyes and ears of the palace and the local officials, and an insurance to supervise the border towns and local officials.

recalled these town guards and eunuchs, in addition to the little ears and eyes that Wanli and Tianqi had finally established in the place were wasted, the people also did not get much benefit.

The part of the benefits that the town guards and eunuchs received in the local area will eventually fall into the hands of the local officials. These civil officials and military generals are willing to spit out the meat they eat in their mouths and distribute it to the people.

When Zhu Youzhen read most of the pieces, Pang Tianshou was finally taken into the study. This eunuch, the leader of the Imperial Horse Prison who was just in his early 40s, should have been the most glorious time of his life now.

The celebrant was in charge of the twenty-four yamen in the palace, and held the power to approve the red, resisting the pressure of the civil officials of the outer court for the emperor. The Imperial Horse Supervisor is the one who controls the armed forces in the palace and the financial resources in the palace, and it can be said that it is the yamen who helps the emperor contain the second position in the palace of the celebrant eunuch.

Being able to serve as the chief eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison in less than 40 shows that the Emperor of the Apocalypse has a lot of trust in Pang Tianshou. However, it is a pity that the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who was in his youth, actually fell into the water and died.

In this way, Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the head of the Imperial Horse Prison, should be a little unconfident.

Although he is not Wei Zhongxian's party, he will not be suppressed by the new emperor. However, he is also not Chongzhen's cronies, so it is obviously impossible for the imperial horse eunuch, who controls the military and financial resources in the palace, to continue to hand it over to him.

When Chongzhen ascended the throne, Pang Tianshou also thought about whether to take Cao Huachun's path, after all, Wang Chengen, who took care of King Xin, was Cao Huachun's lineage.

However, Cao Huachun, who was close to King Xin, was firmly pressed in Nanjing by Chongzhen after ascending the throne, which made Pang Tianshou a little helpless.

Wang Chengen couldn't even transfer his own father-in-law back to the capital, so how could he expect Wang Chengen to persuade the emperor to continue to let him sit in the position of the imperial horse supervisor.

Pang Tianshou suddenly gave up all actions and quietly observed what the emperor had arranged for him.

He soon found that this move was indeed a good choice, and the leaders and eunuchs of the other yamen in the palace desperately worshiped the mountain everywhere, looking for a way to get close to the emperor, but they were all sent out of the palace by the emperor.

On the contrary, he stayed in his place with a few chief eunuchs who did not move much.

After Chongzhen got close to the Western missionaries and brought back a Western girl in the palace, Pang Tianshou felt that he had found a shortcut to get close to the emperor, that is, by getting to know the Western missionaries and learning their knowledge, perhaps Chongzhen would notice him.

Although Pang Tianshou had gone to the Inner Study Hall and was quite accomplished in the Four Books and Five Classics, it was difficult for him to understand the natural sciences taught by these Western missionaries.

However, it was the Catholic doctrine of these Westerners that attracted him. After coming and going, Pang Tianshou became obsessed with the content of the Bible.

With his thinking about religion, Pang Tianshou has regained a bit of clarity and is not as keen on power as before.

But when the emperor summoned him for questioning, he was still a little excited in his heart. After entering the door, Pang Tianshou bowed to the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen put down the pen, leaned back on the chair, leaned on the armrest with his left hand, put his right hand on the bookcase and said, "You get up, I want to talk to you for a few words." ”

Pang Tianshou stood up cautiously and erected it in front of Chongzhen's bookcase, and he said to the emperor: "Listen to the holy teachings. ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his right hand and said, "I have reached several cooperation agreements with the representatives of Shaanxi businessmen, so if you want to send a competent man to preside over the overall situation, are you willing to go to Shaanxi for me to do things?" ”

Pang Tianshou's heart suddenly cooled, a lieutenant like him who was qualified to enter the ceremonial supervisor was sent to a place, but it was not a promotion, but almost a demotion.

However, as a eunuch, he did not dare to disobey the emperor's orders, although Chongzhen said that he seemed to be able to refuse.

"The minister is willing to share his majesty's worries." Pang Tianshou suddenly bent down and said to the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen immediately smiled and said to him: "Pang Zhongguan's loyalty to me will be remembered by me." If you go to Shaanxi for a few years, I will naturally remember to transfer you back.

When you go to Shaanxi, the first thing you have to do is to escort the Four Seas Commercial Bank. I promised the merchants to reopen the Silk Road and expand border trade.

This may offend the interests of some border towns and local gentry, so you have to protect the legitimate rights and interests of these merchants, it is legal, understand? ”

Pang Tianshou thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand what the emperor meant by legality. In his opinion, what the Great Tomorrow Son said was the law, and the person who acted on behalf of the Great Tomorrow in the local area should be legal no matter what he did.

Pang Tianshou finally couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, the minister has a little bit of a misunderstanding. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "What's the accident, you said it." ”

"What does it mean to be legal?"

“…”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Pang Tianshou speechlessly for a long time before he spoke: "Now the merchant congress is discussing a commercial law, you can refer to this commercial law to judge."

Of course, I have another warning to you, you are representing me in the town, and your words and deeds represent my image, so you must always remember this. Also, when there is a conflict between the interests of the merchants and the common people, it must be slightly biased towards the side of the common people. ”

Pang Tianshou asked a little puzzled: "But in this case, won't the interests of the palace be damaged?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at him and was silent for a moment before he said: "For me, the greatest interest is the support of the people, not any gold and silver goods. ”

Pang Tianshou was stunned, and then followed Wang Chengen and Lu Qi, who reacted quickly, and praised Chongzhen.