Chapter 666

Zheng Zhilong was defeated, his power was taken away, and they were all ready to go to Jining, Shandong to take over as king Lu of Liu Jiafeng.

In the eyes of the Zheng family and Zheng Zhilong, this is a good treatment, but in the eyes of the imperial court, it is a fart treatment. The king of Lu, who was sealed by the anti thief Liu family, is a fart. When the imperial army comes, it is when their heads fall to the ground.

Therefore, Zhou yanru held his wrists in his hands. Zheng Zhilong, who was a murderous man, had such a powerful army and fleet, but did not want to work well for the imperial court. In the end, he ended up like this, which also contributed to the arrogance of the anti thief, made it more difficult for the imperial court to eliminate the anti thief, and further eroded the war in Fujian.

The war erosion in Fujian has also made them more headache, and they are ready to use Nanjing as a bridgehead and the whole South as a support. Their plan to deal with Liu Jun has failed. The problem now is that they have no support and the rear. Liu Jun who occupied Fujian can attack Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places through here, There is no rear at all.

Zhou yanru was able to rejoin the cabinet this time. Many ministers ran and shouted for him, and the eunuchs in power in the palace also made efforts. Therefore, he was still more concerned about the news in the palace. At this time, he heard a new personnel appointment from the emperor.

The emperor officially appointed eunuch Xu Jianqiang as the supervisor of the East Hall, responsible for the affairs of the East Hall.

Today's emperors don't trust eunuchs at all. Even the most basic power of eunuchs has been seized by them. Eunuchs who used to be domineering are squeezed like kittens. During the six years of the Apocalypse Dynasty, eunuchs were arrogant and their tails turned up to the sky. During the ten years of Chongzhen, eunuchs had to hold their tails or they would be caught by officials, It's a good meal.

Therefore, the most prominent positions in the palace, such as eunuch BingBi, eunuch Yuma, eunuch Dongchang, are not respected or feared.

However, this time the emperor's appointment was somewhat unexpected. Although the emperor did not trust eunuchs and deprived them of their rights, it was impossible to abandon them all. There should still be some, but all his appointments were regular and orderly, including some old people in the palace.

For example, the old people in the palace, such as Wang Chengen, Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude, who were valued and trusted by his emperor, were all people who had been with him for a long time and had mixed up from King Xin's house. Once we heard about him, we all knew his origin and where Xu Jianqiang came from.

Zhou yanru knew that there were a lot of articles in it, so he immediately ordered the experience department to check the experience of Xu Jianqiang. Who knows that they didn't have any information about each other, as if they suddenly appeared.

How is this possible? How can a person who suddenly emerges serve as the No. 3 person of the Si Li Jian?

Zhou yanru was puzzled by such a thing, but he knew that it was very meaningful for the emperor to consider such a thing at such a critical time. The emperor would not appoint this position for no reason.

You know, this post has always been held by Wang Chengen, the eunuch most trusted by the emperor.

In the history of this dynasty, there are some of the most powerful eunuchs, such as Wang Zhen, Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian. They all have several characteristics, that is, supervisor Si Li holds the pen eunuch, approves the power of Zhu in the palm of his hand, and is called the internal phase. At the same time, he also mentions the East Hall. With the East Hall, the most vicious running dog and pawn, they will catch whoever they want to bite.

If he holds these two posts concurrently, his power is very large. He is called the internal minister, which can be compared with the head and auxiliary of the cabinet.

However, in this dynasty, the power of eunuchs was severely suppressed. Although Wang Chengen held two positions, his power was completely deprived, just an empty title.

Zhou yanru believed that the emperor could not deprive him of this title for no reason and give him a new person who didn't know where to come out.

So Zhou yanru ordered the people around him to pay close attention to the new eunuch of East Hall.

Xu Jianqiang put on this Python robe, looked at the beautiful Python robe and the beautiful patterns on his body. This is a three-level official dress. He couldn't put it down. Wearing this dress on his body, it's particularly refreshing and majestic. He thought that he was still an official the day before yesterday, but today he has become an official, the third-level East Hall eunuch. This is a step to the sky, It made him feel like he was in a dream.

He came here for revenge, that is, to seek wealth and danger. He had no way back and retreat. That's why he came to the capital and put all his eggs in one basket. In the end, he succeeded and put on the official clothes he dreamed of day and night.

This is the eunuch of the East Hall, the third ranking official. In the past 200 years, everyone who held this position was the battle supervisor of the eunuch and the ox force figure among the ox force. All civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty hated whoever they wanted and destroyed whoever they wanted. It can be said that he was the most vicious and crippled jackal under the emperor.

He was able to take up this position by persuading emperor Chongzhen to teach him how to make money.

Xu Jianqiang put on his official clothes. Under the leadership of the eight imperial guards sent by the emperor, he swaggered to the Dongji affair factory outside the Donghua gate with a central decree in his hand. He saw a few big words from the confidant of the imperial court outside the Donghua gate. He was happy in his heart. I didn't expect that Xu Jianqiang had also become the confidant of the imperial court.

Xu Jianqiang swaggered to the main hall of the east hall with the central decree in his hand. All the members of the East Hall summoned them to make a decree and officially announced that he would be the new governor of the East Hall.

After hearing the news about these people, the officials in the east hall were basically stunned. This is a big thing for them. It must be a big thing that their immediate boss was changed.

If the emperor trusts, his power is basically unlimited. If the emperor does not trust, it is a false title. Just like Wang Chengen, the East Hall governor today, he basically doesn't care about the affairs of the East Hall. The most terrible secret agency in the Ming Dynasty is now reduced to a prostitute, shelter and gambling, and collects protection fees, A racketeering organization.

To be ashamed, the East Hall is no longer the jackal in those days. If it was a jackal or a tiger in those days, it is now a dog and a cat.

In the past, the East Hall competed with the ministers of the imperial court for power and profit and the power of the world. Now, they just collect protection fees, and they can't even fight the five cities army and horse division under Shuntian mansion.

Because of the emperor's distrust and withdrawal of all their rights, they did nothing, but the emperor suddenly appointed such a person to serve as the eunuch of the East Hall, which made their two Zhang monks confused. They were thinking, is it necessary to appoint another person? Let Wang Chengen serve concurrently. You can save a salary.

When Xu Jianqiang came to the East Hall, he was very happy to see that he was respectful to his family. He knew that he was a rootless tree, which was equivalent to duckweed. His power came from the emperor. If the emperor did not trust him and support him, he would be nothing. If the Emperor supported him, he would be a flood and beast.

What he has to do now is the flood and beasts. For the sake of the royal family, he has offended officials all over the world. If the emperor protects him and uses him, he will have unlimited scenery. The emperor doesn't use him. It is estimated that his end is not much better than the Liu family, but so what? There is a saying called seeking wealth insurance? With his own lobbying, he succeeded in making himself the supervisor of the East Hall and mixed with three grade official clothes.

This is the third grade official dress. Looking at the cloud pattern on the official dress, he is very happy and cool. His two old masters Liu Yuanqiao and Liu Zeqing are not qualified to wear Python robes. He wears clothes that show his identity.

This is a python robe. Its style is similar to that of a dragon robe. It's just missing a claw and different color. It's very imposing on the body.

Xu Jianqiang was very pleased that he finally got what he wanted after tossing for so long. He thought of his efforts and sacrifices for this official uniform. The bones of Li Ruonan, who plotted with him in those years, were already cold. Another owner, Liu Zeqing, was dying. Only he lived well and finally achieved his wish.

Xu Jianqiang took over the East factory and carried out a brand-new reform of the East factory. He immediately pushed out and cut down the principals who disagreed with him.

The personnel structure of the East Hall is relatively simple. Under his supervisor, he is responsible for punishing thousands of families, managing hundreds of families, and then the head of 12 subjects.

The heads of these twelve Branches are also in charge of a number of departments and are real power figures.

Although they said that they could not be horizontal outside, they could still be horizontal inside his east factory. As a result, they did not know where they were controlled by castrated goods. Naturally, they were not satisfied and could not help but contradict.

When Xu Jianqiang ordered these people to be killed, these senior officials thought it was a joke. Do you really think that the east hall was still the East Hall in those years. If you want to kill people, you can kill people. Who dares to mess around without the nod of the emperor and the nod of the three legal departments?

But Xu Jianqiang dared to say, "I dare to mess around!" why did he mess around? He actually pulled out an imperial sword. He said: "this is the imperial sword given by the emperor. You can kill first and then play! It's best to deal with you traitors and villains."

Since Xu Jianqiang took out the imperial sword, it was the supreme authority. He was so frightened that these people immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. He brought several bodyguards from the palace, took his imperial sword, took these principals out and stabbed them to death with one sword.

This is the Shang's sword. It can only stab people to death. It's impossible to cut people's heads with a sword. Even so, Xu Jianqiang has established his absolute authority and become a powerful figure in the East Hall.