As soon as the sound came out, the news spread faster and faster. Tens of thousands of people watching the fun stretched their necks and looked north, and then they told each other loudly.

"Here, come!"

The prison officer stood up and looked to the north.

A road was gradually cleared from the street, and there was a riot in the crowd behind it, but it soon became quiet. A team of executioners holding machetes came from the street and soon stood behind everyone on the platform.

Then there were dozens of prison chariots escorted by many yamen runners.

The crowd was crowded for a while, some cursed at the prisoners, threw rotten vegetables and leaves, and some were also pointed and shouted.

Many people are discussing which one is the famous Donglin scholar, Gu Dazhang, the chief examiner of this exam, and who is the damn Li Zhiling?

"There are not enough to die several times in the crime, and there are also a few unlucky ones."

Listening to the people's discussion, Yier Deng Xiao asked: "Aren't these people corrupt and abused the law? Why do you say they are unlucky?"

Upon hearing this, Yongsebu and Zaisai also turned their heads and looked over.

Zaisai sneered and said, "I didn't expect you would still be interested in the 'family affairs' of the Ming Dynasty. When I was in Taining, if it weren't for the 300,000 silver rewards, would you still send troops?"

Yier Deng also replied and sneered, it doesn’t matter:

"It was then, now it's now, but I still sent troops. Zaisai, you are too concerned about it. Do you really treat you as the confidant of the Emperor of Ming?"

Zaisai laughed, but made no sound.

The people obviously did not pay attention here. Even if they heard it, they would not understand what these three people meant by sending troops or not.

He stood on tiptoe and looked and said:

"You don't know anything about this. I heard the rumors that a few officials just followed suit and did not report and expose. They lost a lot of money and just regarded it as a favor."

"I didn't expect that the incident was too big this time, which alarmed His Majesty. In the end, they all acted as if they knew that they would not report the truth. Do you think it was unlucky?"

"In the past, this crime is a crime of paying a salary."

At this time, a husband asked, "I counted, why did the prison car less than the one mentioned in the notice? What about that person? Was he released or escaped?"

If you have a mouth that is quick and you want to show it, just open your mouth and explain it.

"The one who didn't come was a new Jinshi. He was smart and didn't have to be stabbed like this. He was in a different place. I heard that he committed suicide by hitting a wall while being imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice."

At this moment, Zasai lost interest in the next beheading process, and was unwilling to continue scrambling here. He asked Yongxiebu and Yierden for their opinions, and planned to meet the saint directly.

According to their estimates, the Ming emperor summoned three people to meet him this time, and there was a big situation that he wanted to announce the major event.

I finally got out of the crowd and relaxed a little faster. Before I could take a break, I heard another commotion behind me.

Zaisai didn't go to see it, Yongxiebu turned around and looked, then turned around and laughed loudly:

"I've been beheaded. The famous Donglin scholar's head has fallen to the ground, and even the examiners have also stabbed him. Although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not old, he acts so cruelly."

"Extremely great, amazing!"

After hearing what he said, Yier Deng couldn't help but turn his head and raise his feet and look at him. He was just seeing the heads of the second group of scholars falling to the ground, bleeding.

He also took a breath. These pedestrians and people were not only not afraid of this scene, but instead seemed so excited.

Now, he leaned firmly under the tree to enjoy the cool air.

......

After dinner, as usual, Zhu Youxiao went to pay tribute to Concubine Liu.

Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood this day. After paying his respects, he stayed in Cining Palace for a while. Concubine Liu happened to tell the emperor about what happened in the harem today.

Although there were also struggles in the harem of the Ming Dynasty, it was far less than the Qing palace dramas in later generations. The struggles between women were not as cruel as those of them, and there was really nothing to fight for.

In the harem of Tianqi, except for the concubine and the queen, there were only three concubines and less than ten concubines. Moreover, Zhu Youchao respected the concubine Liu very much and favored the queen Zhang very much. The power of these two people could not be shaken at all.

After expelling Keshi and Emperor Wanli, Concubine Zheng, was also inscribed into the cold palace, the harem of the Tianqi Dynasty became even more calm.

Speaking of which, this has to do with Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was born into a small-minded person, but she was very quiet. Unless she was a big deal, she was approachable on weekdays and had a good relationship with palace ladies and concubines.

In addition, Concubine Liu is a calm person and does not care much about the harem. Now this harem is more like a large royal family. The concubines do not only eat or sleep every day, but also chat.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the selection of selected women from civilians into the palace was to avoid the harem fighting in the court, and even the usurpation of power by relatives of foreign power. This kind of thing really almost happened.

The lights and candles in the Cining Palace were brilliant, and Zhu Youxiao Zheng talked with Concubine Liu.

The hot tea made both of them more excited. When talking about the funny chats and interesting stories in the harem during this period, Concubine Liu knew them well and showed a rare smile on her face.

At this time, the Qianqing Palace's manager sign came to the outside of Cining Palace quietly. When he saw the palace maid on duty, he asked:

"Your Majesty has never had the habit of savoring the flute, is it still there?"

The palace maid smiled, "Look at what my father-in-law said, this time his Majesty took the initiative to listen to the flute, and Concubine Liu couldn't stop him!"

Because Wang Chaofu was the managerial official of the Qianqing Palace, he had a high status in the inner court and became one of the so-called "five elders" of the inner court.

These five elders of the inner court are the five powerful eunuchs who are rumored to be in charge of the inner court and are most favored by Emperor Tianqi.

The first place is naturally Dongchang Factory, and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the chief eunuch in charge of the seal.

The second place was Wang Tiqian, who started in the second year of Tianqi, who was in charge of the imperial horse supervision, governor of Nanhaizi, and also led the left military supervisor of the Dujian Prefecture.

Due to Zhu Youxiao's deliberate support, although Wang Tiqian was not as good as Wei Zhongxian, his power in the inner court should not be underestimated.

The third place is Wang Chaofu, the manager of the Qianqing Palace. The reason why Wang Chaofu can come up is that he will get the moon first when he is close to the water.

Among all the eunuchs in the inner court, Wang Chaofu was with Zhu Youxiao almost all day long.

During the southern tour, Zhu Youxiao took him, and even the Southwest Campaign personally fought, the dynasty was the auxiliary to run both sides of the front and back. Such people were the most powerful, and no one would be afraid.

The other two were Du Sheng, the former eunuch who was left behind in Nanjing after the Nanjing reform.

Du Sheng was originally a garrison eunuch in the prison left behind in Nanjing. During the reform, he was desperately pulled into the water by the Donglin Party. In the end, he successfully remained in office. Now he serves as the head of the internal supervisor in the Counselor of the Metropolitan Council, and his power is prominent for a while.

The so-called "five elders" of the inner court, except for Wei Zhongxian, three of the other four had various connections with him.

Wang Tigan is Wei Zhongxian's godson. Everyone knows that Wang Chaofu was recommended by Wei Zhongxian to advance, let alone Du Sheng, he was the most loyal member of the eunuch party.

The last person, at first, no one could have thought that he would become one of the five elders, and this person was Li Shi, the eunuch of Silijian, who had nothing to do with Wei Zhongxian.

The origin of Li Shi starts from the 47th year of Wanli.

At that time, Zhu Youxiao had not yet chosen a concubine. Li Shi, who was already a eunuch in the Sili Supervisor, volunteered to leave the palace and go to the public to select the girls.

Later, when he returned to the palace, Li Shi naturally made great contributions and was directly appointed by Zhu Youxiao as the admiral and eunuch of the Suzhou-Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau, in charge of the handover between mulberry silkworms and foreign merchants.

It is worth mentioning that it was not Huang Huatang who first started handling the business of the Royal Business, but Li Shi, who has not participated in any battles in the past two years.

Wei Zhongxian focused on the court, and at first even he ignored this little transparent.

It was not until the trade treaty was signed and the imperial court wanted to establish the Royal Chamber of Commerce in Suzhou, and the Suzhou-Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau became the top priority, and Li Shi was moved to the table.

When Wei Zhongxian discovered that Li Shi occupied such an important position, this guy was already quite powerful.

And for Zhu Youxiao, Li Shi has been working for himself for many years and has become a confidant.
Chapter completed!