Yikun Palace.

The Imperial Concubine and the Emperor were angry, and sat with a calm face and said nothing.

The emperor took the initiative and wanted to apologize to the concubine, explaining why he did this, but in front of outsiders and sons, he was always arrogant.

The emperor was not in the mood to bring the map of the Wanguo to greet the Empress Dowager again. Matteo Ricci and Li Zhizao were also tactful and retreated obediently. If the palace was not for the strict ban and the foreign officials would not have been allowed to enter randomly, Li Zhizao would definitely take Matteo Ricci to see the mysterious purifying ceremony in the East.

"Father, I will go to greet the emperor and grandmother first."

Zhu Changxun was also clever. When he saw that his parents were in a bad mood, he hurriedly ran away. Seeing this, Cui Wensheng quickly retreated.

After the person was exposed, Wanli's tense face finally relaxed. He walked to Concubine Zheng with a smile, held her hand, and blamed him: "In front of outsiders, you must give me some face."

"I'm giving face to the emperor, has the emperor given face to me?" Concubine Zheng gave her husband annoyedly, "I don't understand. What can you do, the emperor? You have to make someone's children clean and become eunuchs. Are you immoral?"

"Look at what you said, why am I not morally?" Wanli smiled and explained: "This is not because I don't give you face, I am thinking about the difference between inside and outside... I always use it more at ease."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Zheng was so upset, "According to His Majesty, letting Guotai and others enter the palace, otherwise your brother-in-law would not be relieved."

"What is my beloved saying? Why did he get involved with Cathay and the others?... Alas, I have no choice but to do this."

Wanli rubbed his hands, looking distressed, "The expenses of the internal treasury have been too high recently, and it is not a solution to rely on the mining supervision and tax commission. The grandfather of Fuqing urged me to withdraw the mining and taxes. I thought, I have been resisting this matter for almost twenty years. The foreign court criticized me a lot of things for this matter, and I can't say anything about it. Therefore, I really want to send eunuchs out. If the income from going out is greater than that of the mining supervision and tax commission, I will cancel the mining and taxes out. But there is really no one in the palace who can use this matter. If someone is sent to do it in a hurry, it may ruin the matter. After thinking about it, I can only ask Liangchen, the child, to do it. He did a few things outside the pass."

"If you ask someone to do something for you, do you have to cleanse someone's children?" Concubine Zheng really couldn't understand her husband's ideas.

Wanli shook his head: "The general must be famous when he goes out. I will let a person from the outside dynasty do the affairs of the inner court. Can it be done well?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Zheng was silent. What the emperor said was actually the truth. If Wei Liangchen supervised the matter as an official in other places, this matter would probably be dead.

Just like the mining tax envoy, at first, the emperor had no intention of sending people from the inner court to do it, but the first minister held the local government. As a result, the local government ignored it and made things difficult for him everywhere. Because of the identity of an external official, the first minister was unable to fight against the local government. In the end, the internal supervisor was able to be completed.

"I feel wronged because I am wronged. I will always compensate him." Wanli patted Concubine Zheng's hand. If his wife does her job well, she will be fine.

Concubine Zheng felt that this was always unauthorized and was about to say something, but Zhang Cheng came.

Is it done?

Wanli was a little surprised: So fast?

Zhang Cheng did not dare to delay and said directly. It turned out that Wei Liangchen refused to purify himself, and even said that the emperor really wanted to purify his body, and he would die.

"He said... Even if the emperor uses his strength, he won't get his heart." After Zhang Cheng said that, he felt awkward, but that boy said this.

"Puff!"

The concubine laughed. Why did this sound like a little girl was tied to a bandit's den?

"He said so!" Wanli was not happy, but widened his eyes angrily and looked at Zhang Cheng angrily.

"Your Majesty, that's what Wei Sheren said." Zhang Cheng hesitated and told the truth, "I don't think he looks like a fake. If I force him to purify himself, it may go against Your Majesty's original intention."

"He dares!"

Wanli is so angry that he won’t be angry. Even if those guys in the foreign court beat him, you, Wei Liangchen, dare to beat me! Without me, you are nothing!

Seeing the emperor getting angry, Zhang Cheng was so scared that he didn't dare to say anything. He felt a little regretful. He would have not pleaded for that boy if he had known. However, if there were a hundred Dongzhus to honor him, it would be worth being scolded by the emperor. Anyway, no matter whether the emperor's sword is left or not, his filial piety to him must be left.

Zhang Cheng didn't dare to speak, but the Imperial Concubine dared. She complained to her husband: "Look at you, everyone has to say this, and I think you, the emperor, cannot force others to do anything... Besides, this child is the head of the Hejian Mansion after all, and if he enters the palace, there will inevitably be criticism."

"What case leader?"

Wanli raised his eyebrows, "The head of the case for handing over the blank paper? I haven't settled the score with Chen Lun yet. The imperial examination and scholarship was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, but he recorded a blank paper for me. What's the matter?"

"You said it all, you were the one who was happy at the time, and you were the one who gave the officials to others. Now, you have to settle the accounts. You are the emperor, and you have to settle the accounts, no one dares not. I'm just right, let's forget it together. Yes, there is also Cathay, he gave the test papers of his children to your brother-in-law to read." Concubine Zheng was also angry, and stood up and her waist trembled.

Seeing this, Wanli's anger immediately disappeared and smiled and said with apologies: "What are you doing? I've just said it, but I don't take it seriously."

"Why can the emperor take it seriously when he opens his mouth?" Concubine Zheng refused to forgive her husband. The screams of the child when he was dragged away made her heart break her.

"well!…"

Wanli didn't know what to do. When Zhang Cheng saw it, he boldly replied: "Emperor, I thought, since Wei Sheren really doesn't want to enter the palace, and the emperor is worried, why not send him to the East Factory."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Zheng nodded and said, "This is a good idea. Dongchang is a ministry of the inner court. Xiao Weizi entered and was considered half a member of the inner court. You, the emperor, can always rest assured."

Wanli hesitated for a while. Half of the inner court's people are better than an outsider. If that kid really hates him as an emperor because he is pure, he can kill him with one knife, but he will find a new person to choose outside for a while. However, if things are settled, he will feel uncomfortable again. After all, he said in front of Matteo Ricci and Li Zhizao that he wanted to cleanse this kid, how could he break his promise?

"No, he threatens me with death. If I let him go, wouldn't I say I'm afraid of him?" Wanli became angry instead.

Concubine Zheng was choked and so angry that she had nothing to say.

Fortunately, Zhang Cheng has another step. What the kid said before, if the factory guards are not good, they will come to work. If they don’t work, they will die and count the ball.

With a lot of money, there will be good people.

Zhang Cheng tentatively proposed: "Your Majesty, why not, let's arrange a temporary worker first?"

“Temporary worker?”

Wanli and Concubine Zheng were both stunned: What is this errand?

Zhang Cheng coughed lightly and said carefully: "The so-called temporary worker is to do the job temporarily." After a pause, he said, "In the opinion of the old man, the emperor is to use Wei Sheren to do the job outside. It is not easy to use him directly because of the external court, so he wants him to enter the inner court to do the job. Therefore, it is better to reward him with the duty of the inner court first. If the body is not clean, the emperor will make a decision after the matter is completed."

Wanli's eyes were straightened when he heard this. Is that okay?

"Emperor, the advantage of this temporary worker is that if the matter is done, we can become a regular person. But if the matter is broken or some trouble is caused, the emperor can directly push the person out. Anyway, this temporary worker is not a serious duty in our inner court. If there is any mistake, it will not be implicated in the inner court." Zhang Cheng was afraid that the emperor would not agree, so he hurriedly added a few words about the benefits of the temporary worker.

"That's how..."

Wanli understood it. According to what Zhang Cheng said, this temporary worker was the one who took the blame for the inner court. If the worker is done, the inner court will have the advantage. If the worker is broken, the temporary worker's head will be used.

"Isn't this just like those unruly people who pretend to be prisoners outside?"

Wanli remembered that in recent years, the troublemakers have been jealous of the officials of the mining supervision department, so they pretended to be eunuchs and led people to cheat, and asked the local area to arrest a lot. Every time they caught them, the outside court would accuse the emperor of mining, so that the scammers could take advantage of it. According to Zhang Cheng's method, it seems to be the same as those scammers. If so, it would be the emperor who recognized the identity of the scammers.

However, Wanli was really moved and sent a fake eunuch out to make money for him. With his bottom line, he was very willing to accept it. The premise was that the fake eunuch had money to him.

How could Concubine Zheng not see her husband's intention? She thought this was interesting. Although it was inconsistent with the ancestor system, the rules were dead and people were alive. As long as the goal could be achieved, what was the point of arranging a temporary eunuch? The important thing is that it can allow Xiao Weizi to keep the incense inheritance, otherwise she, the Concubine, would really feel sorry for others.

"So according to Eunuch Zhang's wishes, what temporary dispatch will be provided to Wei Liangchen in the inner court?" Concubine Zheng asked, Wanli said nothing beside him.

"Well..." Zhang Cheng thought for a while, "The Inner Official Supervision had done things outside before, but now there is a lack of a supervisor. Why not just put him in the Inner Official Supervision? Of course, he just gave him a name and asked him to work in the External Affairs Office. He still can't enter the palace indiscriminately."

After hearing this, Wanli didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, he said "um" slightly, and then he looked at Zhang Cheng with some concern. Zhang Cheng knew what the emperor meant, so he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I'll do it properly."

Wanli said "hmm" again, and then muttered in confusion: "I can't just be so cheap. I am the emperor. Once the golden mouth is opened, I can't ignore it."

Concubine Zheng was shocked and thought that her husband would still cleanse someone's children. However, Zhang Cheng nodded understandingly and smiled and said, "I will go and tell me now and follow the rules."

Wanli touched his nose, waved his hand, and Zhang Cheng hurriedly left.

In the room, the new internal official and supervisory chief Eunuch Wei looked at the two kind-hearted and kind-hearted old masters in front of him with a frown.
Chapter completed!