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Chapter 316 Black-faced eunuch

The wind direction in the capital is slowly beginning to change.

At the beginning, no one thought that the eldest prince Ji Ji could hold the position of the prince, so the fourth prince was so keen on fighting with the prince. Now two rounds of sewage have been poured down. Although the prince’s reputation has become bad, he is safe and sound, and the position of the crown prince has not shaken at all!

Some people even started privately rumoring that today the son was controlled by the prince.

With the prince so strong, there are naturally a large number of followers around him. After all, no one will make fun of his life. By now, the prince’s hands have a large number of third- and fourth-rank officials available.

The general trend has come true.

Even the prime ministers felt that the crown prince had already achieved success in his throne, so when the crown prince issued the edict to surrender the vassal, the prime ministers hesitated and added seals on it.

The ministers under the Fourth Prince's disciples were worried every day, and even a few timid officials committed suicide by hanging beams at home.

No matter how bad the prince’s reputation is, as long as His Majesty does not take action, he will remain the prince and the general trend will be unstoppable.

Even the fourth prince himself became much more depressed and had not left the mansion for several days.

The third prince was confined to the ground for half a year and had no way to go out.

As for the seventh son of the emperor, His Highness, the King of Wei, was even more direct. He had already started to move. People from Yonglefang could see that there were many carriages gathered at the gate of the King of Wei's mansion, packing things, as if they were just waiting for the court's vassal documents to come down and were about to leave the capital.

The documents of the vassal state are not vassal states, but the documents of the vassal state are stipulated as to where the vassal states and how big the fiefdom is. They are generally handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites is responsible for determining the fiefdom, the Ministry of Revenue divides the land of the vassal states, and the Ministry of Works is responsible for building the residence of the vassal states.

In fact, the fiefs of the three princes have been confirmed. His Highness King Zhao was enthroned in the area of ​​Yancheng, His Highness King Qi was enthroned in the Jiaying Mansion in the south, and His Highness King Wei was quite satisfied with his attitude and the Crown Prince, so he enthroned the Wei Mansion in the wealthy Gusu City, which is also a preferential treatment.

However, the mansion of the vassal kings will take at least half a year or even a year to complete, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince requires the completion within three months, which is a harsh order.

You should know that the residences of the vassal kings are regulated, at least they should not be too simple. If the construction period is forcibly reduced, many people will die due to heavy labor service.

In ancient times, not only had to pay taxes, but also served. Service was not only about military service, but also about corvee service. In this way, building a vassal king's mansion had to collect corvee service from the local area. Not only did it not pay money, it also did not care about food. After three months of construction, I don't know how many people would die of exhaustion.

However, the general situation is like this, and no one in the capital dares to resist the prince now.

No one dared to post big-character posters. In this month, at least hundreds of people were imprisoned for posting big-character posters and were imprisoned in the Jingzhao Mansion prison, and have not yet come out.

The situation is getting better and better, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also very proud and happy. He often calls his "subject" ministers to have a banquet in the East Palace, which can be said to be full of pride.

His Royal Highness, who was already fat, seemed to have expanded again.

Just when everyone thought the regime was going to be overly normal, an inconspicuous guest came to Deyi Building, the top of the Shili Qinhuai.

The guest was wearing a linen dress, had a short figure, and a little dark complexion.

It is Dong Cheng, the eunuch of Tianmu Supervisor, one of the eight prisons of the inner palace.

Generally, eunuchs in the inner palace rarely see the sun and will not be particularly dark, but Dong Cheng is different. He is in charge of the Tianmu Supervisory. As the emperor, he often runs for the emperor outside, so he is a little dark.

Dong Cheng walked all the way to the third floor, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a young man wearing a blue cotton coat smiling in front of him.

"I've met Dong and Eunuch."

The eunuch here refers to Dong Cheng’s position in the palace, which is also a kind of respectful title.

Dong Cheng took a step back calmly and said cautiously: "Where is Your Highness, King of Wei?"

This person is naturally Li Xin.

Li Xin said with a smile: "His Royal Highness of Wei is busy moving, and I will entrust me to say a few words to Eunuch Dong."

Dong Cheng narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Xin, and said silently: "General Li Lang is so leisurely. He is not in the Yulin Guard Camp, but he is happy here."

Li Xin said in surprise: "Eunuch Dong recognizes me?"

Dong Cheng smiled: "Our family recognizes famous people in the capital."

In fact, a mere official from the fifth rank is not prominent in the capital, let alone a name or a surname. However, Li Xin's position is relatively important and he has soldiers in his hands, so he was seen by Tianmujian.

Li Xin opened his body sideways and stretched out his hand to thrust.

"Please, eunuch."

After hesitating a little, Dong Cheng followed Li Xin and entered the private room on the third floor of Deyi Building.

The two sat down at both ends of a low table.

After sitting down, Li Xin took out milky white mutton fat jade from his sleeve, which was about half the size of a palm, and carved it into a master Tathagata, with a solemn appearance.

Li Xin handed the jade pendant to Dong Cheng and smiled: "This is what His Highness the King of Wei asked me to bring to my father-in-law."

Dong Cheng has a habit, the best jade, and he loves jade as his life. In his early years, when King Wei met this eunuch of Tianmujian, he found a piece of jade he had offered to the emperor hanging on his wrist, so he took his handle and took Tianmujian for his own use.

In fact, a piece of jade will not cause any major consequences even if it is stolen by the people. However, you cannot steal the emperor's things. Eunuchs are all slaves of the emperor. The slaves are not at all. As long as they are discovered, they will definitely be beaten to death by Chen Ju.

Therefore, Dong Cheng has been trembling for several years and has been remotely controlled by His Highness King Wei.

Now, the original stealing of that piece of jade is no longer a crime, and Dong Cheng’s biggest crime is his affair with the prince!

Eunuch Dong took a deep breath and did not take the jade, but looked up at Li Xin.

"General Li Lang, if you have anything to say, you don't need to beat around the bush like this."

Li Xin smiled indifferently: "If Eunuch Dong said this, then I will go straight to the point."

"How many people are there in Tianmuguan?"

After hesitating for a while, Dong Cheng replied: "There are more than 800 people in the palace, and there are more than 10,000 people outside the palace."

“The stake is useless.”

Li Xin said calmly: "After a while, His Highness of the King of Wei will go to the palace to do something. At that time, Tianmu Superintendent needs to cooperate. Will eunuch Dong agree?"

It is of course useful to investigate information on stakes, but if you have to die for mutiny, you must not participate in them. Those stakes are useless.

Dong Cheng looked up in shock: "I dare to ask...what is it?"

Li Xin narrowed his eyes and said, "Ephesian Dong agreed, I can only say it."

Dong Cheng took a deep breath and looked up at Li Xin.

"Your Highness of the King of Wei...want a palace change?"

The black-faced eunuch's face was pale, and his voice trembled: "General Li Lang, this is impossible. There are three thousand inner guards in the palace, all of whom are well-trained. Most of our Tianmu Supervisors are civil servants, and they are just sorting out news..."

Li Xin looked silent: "Did eunuch Dong forget, what official am I?"

"You are...Yulinwei..."

Dong Cheng reacted, then took a few deep breaths and said, "The Yulin Guard is not good either, and the inner guard can hold on anyway."

Li Xin's face was cold: "As long as you set fire to the palace city, you don't want you to do other things, I will only ask eunuch Dong."
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