Zhou Yi turned his eyes, his face seemed a little moved.
"How many taels are there in total?"
Eunuch Miao replied, "My slave likes antiques, calligraphy and paintings. It's hard to cash in, but there are always 120,000 to 30,000 taels. If you like gold and silver, I'll let people pawn them!"
"Hmph!"
Zhou Yi snorted coldly, raised his hands in the direction of the Qianqing Palace, and said righteously.
"We are just a servant of no rank, but His Majesty values us as the first prisoner. How can we be so favored and trusted by His Majesty to collude with you and others?"
Eunuch Miao was still going to speak, but when he raised his head, he saw a red gold palm, which was slapped on the top of his head.
Red and white splashed everywhere, and the rich smell of blood filled the air.
Zhou Yi ordered, "Mr. Wen, you will replace Eunuch Miao as Directorate of Palace Attendants's collector. Search all his stolen money and send it to your majesty personally!"
Eunuch Wen looked at the headless corpse, but it was Zhou Yi who stood up and bowed.
"As you command!"
Zhou Yi looked at Eunuch Shen again, and asked with a smile, "Senior Shen has been in the kitchen for many years, and he must be familiar with the affairs of the boss. Are you willing to take on this official position?"
Eunuch Shen stood up and said, "It's what you wish for."
"Eunuch Meng, come in."
Zhou Yi immediately summoned the current boss, looked at the horrified Eunuch Meng, who was rolling in the door, and said with a smile, "Eunuch Meng, do you still remember us?"
"Sir, let's... say... spare your life. I remember a little bit."
Eunuch Meng has profound skills. He clearly heard everything that happened in the palace just now. He just thought that he was doomed and couldn't even speak a sentence while trembling.
Zhou Yi said slowly, "When I was on duty at Imperial Garden, the route was blocked at first and we went to the wrong palace. Fortunately, Eunuch Meng spoke up and was exempted from punishment."
Eunuch Meng Trying to recall, it seems that such a thing happened, but it was small and it took a long time, so I can't remember the details.
Director Yi says there is, then there must be!
Zhou Yi said, "We must thank our family for any kindness. Eunuch Meng will be promoted to a young prisoner, and the post of director will be taken over by Senior Shen."
Eunuch Meng was immediately relieved. The young prisoner seemed to be of high rank, but his real power was far inferior to that of Dian Shu. However, with the headless corpse in front of him, how could he dare to negotiate any conditions, so he kowtowed quickly.
"Thank you for your support, sir!"
"Take a seat."
Zhou Yi waved his hand, looked at Eunuch Yu with a smile, this old eunuch who had castrated many eggs, and asked, "Where does Senior Yu want to be on duty?"
Eunuch Yu Jiejie smiled strangely, "Our family just wants to be in the cleansing room. I just ask you to buy more chamberlains to enter the palace in the future."
"It's easy to talk about."
Zhou Yi said, "The cleansing room belongs to the Supervisor, so please ask our Supervisor Eunuch Ji to come in and tell us how much money we have spent on corruption. It is only a hundred thousand taels. This does not reflect our loyalty to His Majesty!"
"Your Excellency is wise!"
All the old eunuchs in the palace praised him in unison and laughed strangely.
Eunuch Ji staggered in, his legs were weak, he was incontinent, and exuded a strong fishy smell.
"Bad luck!"
Zhou Yi winked, and the newly promoted young prisoner stepped forward and smashed Eunuch Ji's head into pieces.
Director Yi likes to do this, and the people below will imitate it!
Two people died one after another, and the servants at the door were trembling with fear, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy. Some were willing to take money, some were willing to recognize their godfather, and some said they would offer a woman from the clan to be Zhou Yi's wife.
"Next!"
Zhou Yi had a smile on his face and cold eyes, not paying attention to the begging for mercy.
Before leaving Cold Palace.
Old Lu told Zhou Yi that Directorate of Palace Attendants is related to the safety of the palace. No matter how many people are killed, they must be taken down quickly. Once it is delayed for a long time, His Majesty will have doubts.
Zhou Yi humbly ask for advice on how to quickly gain power.
"Kill some, replace some, and keep some!"
Old Lu said it in a simple and crude way, that is, to take hundreds of lives to build the majesty of the new admiral.
Zhou Yi did not hesitate and followed Old Lu's instructions completely. His Majesty's safety could not be compared to hundreds of lives, even thousands.
The gap between High Person and humans in this world is simply greater than that between humans and dogs!
Directorate of Palace Attendants There were more than thirty official positions from top to bottom, one-third died in the palace, one-third had their positions changed, and one-third were replaced by old eunuchs.
The dozen or so headless corpses in the palace were just the prelude to the great purge!
For example, if Eunuch Miao dies, his godson and subordinates will be robbed, and dozens of lives will be lost.
Zhou Yi was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, scanning the left and right sides of the hall with cold eyes, and suddenly let out a hearty laugh.
"Jie Jie Jie!"
After entering the palace, he was imprisoned for a long time, and he saw father and son, mother and son, and husband and wife killing each other. Human nature must be dark and twisted. Today, when I smashed the head of a living person, I didn't feel any fear or discomfort, but felt happy from the bottom of my heart.
The joy of controlling other people's life and death!
A few days later.
The Great Purge is over.
More than 400 people were killed with sticks and more than 300 people fell into wells.
No one dared to use the well water in the palace. What they feared was that while drinking, something hard would appear in their mouth and a finger bone would be spit out.
This day.
Directorate of Palace Attendants.
More than a dozen boxes were lined up, filled with gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
"We found gold and silver antiques, totaling two million taels!"
Zhou Yi's eyes were shining, and he wanted to take it all for himself, buy thousands of acres of land outside the palace, and become the big landowner he had always dreamed of.
Wen Dianbu took the account book and said, "These are just the stolen goods from the palace. There are also twenty mansions in the capital and more than forty shops. They can be converted into gold and silver for a million taels."
Zhou Yi grabbed a handful of jewelry, then a handful of gold and silver, and suddenly asked.
"Mr. Wen, how much is the annual tax of the country?"
Wen Dianbu replied, "The main taxes paid by the state are rice, grain, and silk. The specific amount is difficult to estimate. Just talking about the gold and silver attributed to Ministry of Revenue, last year there were five million taels!"
"The state collects five million in taxes a year, but a few eunuchs embezzle three million. Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Zhou Yi threw the gold and silver jewelry back into the box and ordered the servants on the left and right, "Seal them all up so that they can be guarded. We will report to His Majesty and return all the stolen goods to the internal funds!"
"How other people are greedy is beyond our control. Directorate of Palace Attendants must Qing Qing be in vain!"
"Your Excellency is wise."
The servants in the palace praised them repeatedly. They survived the great purge and no one dared to disobey Zhou Yi.
The next day.
The news that Zhou Yi had seized three million taels of stolen money reached the ears of Emperor Zhengtong.
There is no need to report specifically, Eunuch Yuan will come to pass on the oral instructions and lead Zhou Yi to the Qianqing Palace to meet the saint.
On the way.
Eunuch Yuan stepped back from the screen and whispered.
"Eunuch Yi is really good at it. He has only been in office for a few days and already sent three million taels to His Majesty!"
Zhou Yi took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeves, stuffed them into Eunuch Yuan's hands, and said with a smile, "We have gained His Majesty's trust, and we will definitely do our best. This shows that no one can be greedy!"
"Eunuch Yi is indeed loyal to the country!"
Eunuch Yuan glanced at the denomination of the banknote, felt the thickness, and immediately judged that it was tens of thousands taels, and said.
"Your Majesty has been in a bad mood these days. Eunuch Yi must be careful not to mention the word "" when he speaks."
Zhou Yi asked, "Who in the north dares to provoke His Majesty? If our family can help, we will make his whole family worse than death!"
Eunuch Yuan shook his head slightly and said solemnly.
"The dynasty has always had rules. Internal servants are not allowed to talk about military and state affairs!"