Chapter 18 Iron Armor
People die for money and birds die for food! Princess Yunjing said it well!
Especially the eunuch group, the concept of money is very different from that of ordinary people! Because all the eunuchs who enter the palace have a very poor family background! If they don’t live, who is willing to send their son to the palace to purify themselves?
This is a special situation. First, my father was lost in the casino by the gambling man, and then he was resold several times. He had already cut off contact with his family!
But other small eunuchs are different. A small eunuch who can enter the palace must have several elements!
First, you must be a local from the capital!
Second, you must have a clean family background and you must not have any criminal record at home. If you have ever had a criminal at home, you will not be allowed to enter the palace!
Third, those who cannot find out their family background will not be allowed to enter the palace!
Fourth, it must be voluntary entry into the palace. This voluntary refers not to whether the boy himself is willing, but whether the elders in his family are willing.
Zhou An’s special thing is that he was resold, but he was able to find out his family background. He doesn’t need his parents’ consent to enter the palace, just as long as the seller agrees!
The other eunuchs also entered the palace at the age of eight or nine. They were all from good families, but they all came from poor families. Among the people, they were extremely despised of sending their children into the palace to be eunuchs. If they were not really unable to survive, they would not have been sent to the palace!
The procedures for entering the palace are very complicated. Not only are the main signing and stamping of the family, but also invite neighbors, three elders and four young men to witness it. This is to prevent disputes in the future. The purifier is also afraid of suing the lawsuit!
After entering the palace, although the little eunuch sold himself as a slave and became a royal slave, he would basically not break off contact with his family!
For example, Xiao Wei Zi, who Zhou An is familiar with, has been in the palace for many years and has the opportunity to take leave every year to go home. Basically, he has to give his family a sum of money every year. He will save most of his salary to his family. He is a little eunuch, he is only in his teens, but he is the pillar of the family. If Xiao Wei Zi had not sent money to his family every year, his family would probably not be able to survive!
Therefore, eunuchs have different concepts of money than ordinary people. They value money more because their families are too poor! They are afraid of poverty!
"I'm willing!"
"I'm willing!"
All five eunuchs kowtowed to Princess Yunjing!
Princess Yunjing had already told them that they might die! But none of them retreated!
"Okay! I appreciate your courage and look forward to your performance!" Princess Yunjing raised her chin and said majestic, "Go down first, Eunuch Wang, you can arrange it..."
"Yes!" Eunuch Wang received the order.
Then he took the people away and carried away all the boxes!
...
In a blink of an eye, three days later.
When Zhou An woke up early in the morning that day, he heard that the new empress had ordered the reduction of the inner court's expenses, which directly cut 50%! The reason for reducing expenditures was to catch up with the disaster year, with severe drought in the north and floods in the south, and a large number of people starved to death. The court is working hard to provide disaster relief, and the royal family also has to do its part. The 50% of the expenses cut will be allocated from the inner court to the treasury for disaster relief!
Indeed, the Donggan Dynasty has been very disasters over the years. Xiao Anzi has long heard of the folk affairs. Although Zhou An has been traveling through time for a short time, he inherited Xiao Anzi's memory, so he also knows it!
The current Donggan Dynasty can be said to be in turmoil!
Not to mention the external enemy, just talk about internal, years of drought and floods have caused refugees to occur among the people, and every day they are starving to death. Except for Zhongzhou and Jiangzhou, which have always been rich, riots have occurred in other prefectures. Even at the beginning of this year, a huge riot occurred in Minzhou in the south. More than 100,000 victims swept across the four counties of Minzhou, robbed and killed large households, and attacked the county towns, causing shock to the government and the country!
However, this riot was quickly suppressed!
The Donggan court has been providing disaster relief and ordered the "King of Shuonan" who was guarding Minzhou to open warehouses and release grain, but the results are not very effective!
At present, the Donggan Dynasty has already had an image of overturning as a whole!
Corruption is rampant in the court, and military ministers control the government. Outside the court, the people live in miserable life and riots are everywhere!
The Donggan Dynasty has been passed down for more than 300 years. It is not impossible to say that it has been destroyed in the torrent of history in recent years!
Of course, no matter how it is outside now, at least it is in the capital and the palace, on the surface, it is still full of peace! The new empress has just ascended the throne for a few months, and she must have wanted to turn the tide, but she is powerless because the power is not in her hands. It is hard to say whether her orders can be spread from Zhongzhou.
This empire, it can be said, has reached the brink of losing control!
...
In the morning, Xichun Palace martial arts training ground!
Princess Yunjing was wearing heavy armor and holding a long sword in her hand. She was inseparable from Zhou An! Zhou An seemed to have become Princess Yunjing's accompanying her every day! Because Zhou An was a man who dared to "hurt" Princess Yunjing, although she was also giving in to her, she would never let her win!
This is the opposite of Princess Yunjing's temper. In the past, the old eunuchs always gave in to her, but she thought she was innately invincible!
boom!
Princess Yunjing suddenly shook her hand and threw the saber out, then reached out to take off her helmet, and threw it heavily on the ground.
"I won't fight anymore, I won't fight anymore, I'm so annoying! I won't fight anymore!" Princess Yunjing looked very annoyed and walked out of the field angrily.
"Your Highness, don't be angry!" Zhou An chased Princess Yunjing closely. "The emperor is merciful and has his subjects in his heart. When it comes to reducing expenses, the emperor also follows the trend, not being coerced by the old turtle..."
Zhou An’s words were purely to comfort Princess Yunjing!
The truth is right! The new empress cuts the inner court’s expenses for disaster relief, which is kindness and a good thing!
But this matter was thought of by the empress himself, or was asked by others, but it was just two concepts!
For emperors, many things can only be done by the emperor. If the emperor doesn’t do them, no one can say it!
"You know what's the matter!" Princess Yunjing turned around and kicked Zhou An, then untied her heavy armor while walking, threw it directly on the ground, left the martial arts training ground and sat on a chair, picked up the apple and nibbled it. She loved to eat apples very much, and she ate it every day, she was in a good mood, and even if she was in a bad mood.
Princess Yunjing creaked the apple, and her expression was almost eating people!
"My Your Highness!" Zhou An ran to Princess Yunjing and pounded Princess Yunjing's shoulders while saying, "Don't be angry, it's not worth it if you get angry. The emperor must have her consideration..."
It has been a few days since I came to Xichun Palace. Zhou An has now obviously replaced Eunuch Wang and became Princess Yunjing’s number one dog!
"Hmph!" Princess Yunjing hummed twice and continued to chew on the apple.
Zhou An continued to beat Princess Yunjing's shoulders, and after pounding the left and right.
"Xiao Anzi, have you practiced the secrets I gave you?" Princess Yunjing asked suddenly.
"I've practiced it." Zhou An immediately said.
Just three days ago, Princess Yunjing used a lot of money to lure five eunuchs to promise to practice peerless magic skills, she gave Zhou An a martial arts secret book - "Iron Armor Kung".
"Iron Armor Kung Fu" is what Princess Yun Jing calls a peerless magical skill!
This is a skill of body refining that can be said to be a deviant sword! After great success, you can be invulnerable to swords and guns! Moreover, this skill can be achieved quickly! If a person with a foundation and talent comes to practice, it can be practiced at a short time of three months or a year long!
That is, if you want to achieve this skill quickly, the mortality rate is extremely high!
Princess Yunjing used a lot of money to lure those eunuchs to practice, but she didn't spend money on Zhou An! This made Zhou An feel worried, and she felt like she had missed 100 million!
Perhaps because Zhou An’s martial arts skills are too high, Princess Yunjing is different from Zhou An!
Zhou An said he had practiced the "Iron Armor Kung Fu", but he actually didn't practice it! Because the practice method of "Iron Armor Kung Fu" is very similar to "Gang Body Technique"! They all rely on external forces to beat the body to achieve tempering methods! It's like a low-level version of "Gang Body Technique"!
If you give martial arts a score, "Gang Body Technique" is ten, then "Iron Armor Kung Fu" is one point!
So Zhou An didn't practice!
Waste of time!
Crunch!
Princess Yunjing finally ate two bites of apples, threw the apple core, stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look with me..."
have a look?
What to look at?
The inner palace of Xichun Palace is called "Xichun Garden".
Princess Yunjing came back with a large group of people. Zhou An and Hongxing followed Xichun Palace, followed by more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs and walked to the backyard of Xichun Garden... This was the first time Zhou An came here. The backyard was large and covered with apple trees. There was also a pavilion, and there was an open space in front of the pavilion!
In the open space, more than 20 eunuchs are being beaten up!
They were still the four old eunuchs, holding copper sticks and chasing more than 20 eunuchs. This time, they were not as merciless as they did a few days ago. They were really fighting! Zhou An could see that these eunuchs had practiced "Iron Armor Kung Fu" and were being tempered!
In fact, by now, Zhou An already knows what Prince Yunjing is doing!
She is secretly training a group of young eunuchs and masters!
She wanted to rely on these small eunuchs to kill the treacherous minister Wu Xukuan!
Xichun Palace has often died recently, but she died while practicing martial arts! In fact, what is said outside is right, they were beaten to death, but no one could have thought of the reason for being beaten to death. They were all voluntarily and could not blame others if they couldn't resist it!
Princess Yunjing’s idea can be said to be whimsical!
Chapter completed!