You must know that the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty not only stay in the palace, they can only embezzle and deduct the expenses in the palace, and the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty can leave the palace. And it is possible to leave Beijing, there are eunuchs in various state capitals, and there are also eunuchs in the army. More importantly, there is the East Factory.

Therefore, these eunuchs are really able to loot the people's fat and ointment, and use the power of Dongchang to bully and dominate the market.

It's not that no one knows about these things, but they are all suppressed by the high arch.

It's definitely the ass that decides the head.

If this incident happened when Xu Jie was the first assistant of the cabinet and Gao Gong was the second assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gong would definitely make a big deal about it and clean up this group of eunuchs fiercely.

However, Gao Gong sat in the position of the head of the cabinet, and he only thought about his grand ideal goals, and Emperor Longqing could not go to court and ignore the government, which was simply the best environment for him to display his ambitions. Therefore, he turned a blind eye to the affairs of those eunuchs.

Yan Na is now completely free of himself, he just wants to be a good old man who is as good as water and mix safely until retirement. So it's even more blind.

Ma Fang and Zhang Juzheng were now busy with a whip, their heels hit the back of their heads, and their hair turned white, so they didn't notice it at all.

As for the old men of Xu Jie, such as Ge Shouli, Zhao Zhenji and others, they all kept Xu Jie's words in mind, and now they tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, giving Luo Xin and Gao Gong a chance to conflict. They saw it as an opportunity, so they all stood by and watched.

And Luo Xin, it's not that he doesn't know these things, he has Wang Cuiqiao under him, how can he not know these things? And there is also Liu Shouyou, Liu Shouyou has looked for Luo Xin many times, and now Jinyiwei is somewhat suppressed by the East Factory, which makes Liu Shouyou very unhappy, he caught a lot of real hammers in the East Factory, counting on Luo Xin to stand up. However, Luo Xin didn't have the time and energy, and now Gao Gong is suppressing him very much, looking for his mistakes, this kind of thing that will offend Emperor Longqing and give Gao Gong a handle, Luo Xin thought about it, and finally avoided it. He is very busy now, busy with the reform of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhou Yu has already taken office in the Ministry of Industry, but the two have not found a breakthrough in the reform of the Ministry of Industry.

There are two main reasons for this.

One is that there is no money, and Gao Gong does not approve money at all. The other is that there is no one, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty regard the technology of the Ministry of Engineering, or the technology in Luo Xin's mouth as a strange skill, and no one is willing to delve into these things.

Both are undoubtedly the basis for reform.

No money, no one, you reform a fart!

Therefore, Luo Xin and Zhou Yu are thinking of a way with sad faces every day these days.

In this way, no one cared about these eunuchs, and the eunuchs, who were cautious at the beginning, gradually enlarged their courage and began to stretch their hands into the court.

From the initial greed for ink, to the later public demand, it became more and more arrogant.

Which department is Daming in charge of money?

O Tobe!

Therefore, the first to be hit is the household. Feng Bao and the others have already begun to set up a clever name and openly ask for money from the household department.

For example, on the grounds of making clothes for the emperor, for the noble concubine, for the crown prince, etc., like the household department asked for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

There are too many such things, but can Tobe Shangshu Ge Shouli agree?

This absolutely can't!

Not to mention that Ge Shouli was originally a very old-fashioned person, and he looked down on these eggless goods very much, even if he was afraid of Gao Gong, he didn't dare to agree.

Once he had allocated the money to the treasury, Gao Gong could impeach and remove him.

So, he refused. There were too many times, forcing Ge Shouli to have no choice, so he hid at home and pretended to be sick.

Lin Yuntong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is also very headache now, he was originally the imperial envoy of the Inspectorate, and he coincidentally matched with Xu Jie, and was appreciated by Xu Jie, and finally gave the operation to the position of the Ministry of Labor.

He was originally a royal envoy, and he was proud of himself. Now he has encountered two things that annoy him the most.

One is that Luo Xin and Zhou Yu want to reform the Ministry of Industry. If you want to improve the treatment of those craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, this treatment is not only the promotion of Yulu, but also the promotion of official products.

This kind of strange trick is what Lin Yuntong despises the most, how can he agree?

But he was caught between Luo Xin and Zhou Yu, and it was really hard to fight back. And it was at this time that he met those greedy eunuchs again.

Every year the palace is renovated, and this year is no exception. And those eunuchs have now become greedy and have set up clever names, such as repairing trees and roofs, repairing furniture, etc., blatantly expanding their budgets, and even going to the Ministry of Works to see what they like and what is valuable in the treasury, they will leave under various names.

Lin Yuntong was originally a fiery person, and he was born as an imperial envoy, how could he endure it, so he immediately wrote a letter and sued Emperor Longqing. In the book, it was bluntly stated that the eunuchs seized power and undermined the dynasty. If not, please beg for bones.

This is to have a showdown with Emperor Longqing, you are so fond of eunuchs, Lao Tzu is no longer serving.

In his mind, even if Emperor Longqing did not reprimand those eunuchs, he would try his best to keep an old minister like him. But he didn't expect that Emperor Longqing would agree to him to pay tribute. Gao Gong finally couldn't stand it anymore, and he also thought that this was the best time to recruit Lin Yuntong, so he tried his best to protect it, and finally saved Lin Yuntong.

However, this also exposed the contradiction between the inner court and the outer court, and in the intensification of this contradiction, Emperor Longqing protected those eunuchs very much, and basically the eunuchs won the victory, and many officials were demoted because of the conflict with the eunuchs.

The eunuch was also suppressed by Emperor Jiajing in the Jiajing Dynasty, and now he is free of himself with Emperor Longqing. Once people swelled, there was no fear, and they finally began to put their hands into the military and politics.

Cabinet.

Sitting in the position of the second assistant, frowning slightly, thinking about the money and personnel of the Ministry of Industry, Ma Fang, Yan Na and Zhang Juzheng also sat there silently, Gao Gong glanced at everyone, took out an edict and handed it to Luo Xin. Luo Xin saw that Emperor Longqing wanted to shoot the eunuch Lu Yong, and Gao Xiang went to the five military camps to supervise the army.

Luo Xin was in a daze, and then handed the edict to Yan Na, and after everyone finished reading it, Gao Gong condensed and said:

"What do you suggest? Lord Luo, let's talk about it first. ”

Luo Xin said slowly: "This is a matter for the Ministry of War, and everything is up to Lord Gao." ”

At this time, there were waves of anger surging in Luo's confidence, these eunuchs were really greedy. Are they trying to restore the prestige of Liu Jin and the other Eight Tigers during the Zhengde period?

Gao Gong looked at Ma Fang and said, "Master Ma, you are in charge of the military department, what suggestions do you have?" ”

Ma Fang smiled bitterly: "The army has always had eunuchs to supervise the army, so there is nothing wrong with Your Majesty's edict." ”

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