Zhou Yi became the Chief Admiral of the Eunuch Bureau. He was only happy for three to five hours.
I thought of it immediately.
I have risen to the top, there is no way forward, no seal.
If he performs meritorious service in the future, His Majesty will not be able to give him a suitable reward. In order to prevent Zhou Yi from feeling resentful, he will inevitably find a way to kill him. Once a person dies, all his grudges and merits will be wiped out.
After thinking about it, I can't find a solution.
And you can't tell Gan'er or his subordinates, lest you disturb the morale of the army and make it difficult to lead the team.
Among the knowledgeable old men in the palace, only Old Lu and Zhou Yi, who neither compete nor rob, can be trusted, so they came to ask for advice when they had time today.
"You are one of the few smart people who can think of this."
Old Lu changed into a comfortable position, half leaning on the steps.
"However, since it is an eternal truth, how can there be a solution? This is what Buddhism calls fate. You see what is about to happen, and you can't escape it no matter what!"
Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows. "A fool can't see it, and a smart person can't understand it. So what's the difference between the two?"
"The difference is between dying from confusion and dying from understanding."
Old Lu said, "The end of everyone is death. There is no difference fundamentally. Sometimes it is better to be a fool, at least there will be less fear during life."
"Is it fate..."
Zhou Yi looked up at the sky. It was as round as a cage upside down on the earth, imprisoning all living beings in it.
In the eyes of God, the joys, sorrows and joys of all living things are probably like the arias on the stage. If you listen to them, you will applaud a few times, but you will not really care about life and death in the play.
"Is there a solution to fate?"
"Destiny comes from cause and effect. The cause is planted today and the result will be tomorrow."
Old Lu said, "If you want to get rid of your fate, you can only get rid of the cause of today. The cause of Eunuch Yi's fate is greed for power. You just need to let go and follow our example to bask in the sun at the Cold Palace, and you will naturally be free from it."
"Eunuch Yi are you willing to give it up?"
"Our family has been climbing for more than ten years to reach its current status. How can we let go!"
Zhou Yi changed his voice and said, "Furthermore, His Majesty's great ambitions are about to unfold, and it is the time to employ people. It is difficult for our family to let go."
"This is fate."
Old Lu said, "Even if the prince you support ascends the throne in the future, Eunuch Yi will be so powerful by then. How can we reassure the new emperor? He will still be unable to escape the predetermined outcome!"
Zhou Yi nodded slightly, having had time to read history books in recent years.
In the past history, countless powerful officials and treacherous officials controlled the court for decades. Only a few succeeded in usurping the throne, and most of the rest perished.
It doesn't matter if the clan is destroyed, but I can't die.
"Old Lu, if this is true, how should you choose?"
"Isn't this just a choice!"
Old Lu pointed Cold Palace around and sighed, "Our family could have fought for something back then, either helping the Former Emperor to recover, or becoming a pawn of the late emperor, but in the end, we were afraid of death and chose to hide in the Cold Palace to survive."
"There were only two or three great eunuchs who were all-powerful back then. Now there are only two or three of them alive."
"The final winner of the Eunuch Bureau is the former Eunuch Bureau General Admiral Eunuch Chu. I don't know if Imperial Mausoleum's house is leaking or if the food is good to the taste!"
Zhou Yi recognizes Eunuch Chu and met him in the palace.
At that time, I was still a little ant-like chamberlain, kneeling on the ground waiting for Eunuch Chu to leave. Seeing him surrounded by a dozen cadres, everyone felt envious and jealous in their hearts.
Now that he has become the Chief Admiral, he has just realized the situation of Eunuch Chu.
His Majesty, who trusted Eunuch Chu, is getting old, and none of the dozen or so officials on his left and right are loyal. In order not to be liquidated by the new emperor, he can only choose to participate in the Deposed Crown Prince palace coup.
Yesterday's Eunuch Chu, today's Eunuch Yi.
History is a cycle!
Zhou Yi was silent for a long time and sighed, "The late emperor was a foolish king in the eyes of many people, but he was very tolerant towards his ministers. Eunuch Chu made a big mistake just to keep Imperial Mausoleum. He is far inferior to..."
"Your Majesty wants to be the Holy Lord and the Mingjun, and you will not tolerate any sand in your eyes!"
Old Lu said, "Don't talk about such horrible things again. Our family doesn't have a good life for a few days, and we still want to find peace."
A stern look flashed in Zhou Yi's eyes. He had never heard of the Holy Lord Mingjun favoring an eunuch, so the notorious Eastern Depot was a piece of sand and a stigma in the history books that would eventually be washed away.
After taking a deep look at Old Lu, Zhou Yi suddenly asked.
"In the past, Old Lu would advise our family, or just do good deeds without worrying about the future, or that a family that accumulates good deeds will always be happy. Why do you always talk about fate and cause and effect today?"
Old Lu is bored at the Cold Palace, so he will borrow some books to read.
He is talented and has a profound understanding. He has read thousands of books in decades, which is more than enough to pass the Jinshi examination.
Among them, Old Lu admired Confucianism and Legalism the most. When he was teaching Zhou Yi at the Cold Palace, he often said that the way to govern a country requires external Confucianism and internal law, and he never had a good look towards Buddhism and Daoism.
"Our family is dying."
Old Lu said quietly, "No matter how many books you read during your lifetime, or how open-minded you are, you will always feel fear when faced with the end of life and death, so you will read some Buddhist scriptures to comfort yourself!"
"That's it."
Zhou Yi After thinking about it carefully, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
There are dozens of the Eunuch Bureau experts monitoring the area around the Cold Palace. Not even a single mosquito can fly in, let alone any other people.
"Our family is familiar with Abbot Fang Zheng of King Kong Temple. Since Old Lu likes the meaning of Buddhist scriptures, when you pass away, please ask him to recite Buddhist scriptures for ten and a half days to ensure that you go to the Paradise of Paradise in the West!"
"That's good."
Old Lu said with a smile, "We still have to find a fake son, cry a few times in mourning, beat flags and throw basins for us."
Zhou Yi waved his hand very proudly.
"One son is not enough, we must give him eighteen sons!"
At noon.
The imperial dining room brought seafood porridge and spring cakes, which were specially made to be softer. Old Lu was very happy to eat them.
"Little Yi, you actually remember our wonderful family."
"Our family believes in you the most. Not to mention eating a few mouthfuls of food, dragon meat from the sky will be found for you!"
What Zhou Yi said this time was not a lie. The Nine Clans were nothing in his eyes, but only Old Lu could listen to what he said.
Old Lu was slightly startled, and suddenly felt that the spring cake had lost its flavor.
"This Bao Jixiang is too old, the seafood porridge actually lacks the seasoning!"
Zhou Yi asked, "What kind?"
"Pepper!"
"Huh?"
Zhou Yi frowned slightly. Putting Sichuan peppercorns in the seafood porridge will definitely affect its saltiness and freshness.
Twilight.
Cold Palace is surrounded by luxuriant grass and heavy tree shadows.
Old Lu was curled up on the steps shivering, his clothes tightened by the evening breeze, and he was mumbling something.
"There is no sky and no earth, the void is in front... the ancestor is Hunyuan, the god who governs the world... the clear air is the sky, and the turbid air is the earth..."
Brush——
The wind blew through the grass, and a dim figure stood in the corner, looking at Old Lu with interest, and couldn't help but admire it after a moment.
"Eunuch Lu has peerless understanding. If you join my religion earlier, you will definitely be able to cultivate Xiantian Red Yang!"
Old Lu stopped chanting and turned to look at the figure.
"Monk, we did as you asked. Little Yi was very defensive, which almost made him suspicious, so he only said some bad things about the situation."
"That's good."
The old monk nodded and said, "The heart is like a clear mirror. Once cracks appear, it is not far away from being broken. What's more, what you said is right. The Governor and His Majesty will not escape the reckoning after all."
Old Lu asked, "Three Yang Soul Refining Technique The second half of the volume should be given to our family."
"A poor monk does not tell lies."
The old monk took out the scroll from his sleeve. There was no name on the cover, but a lifelike evil ghost was depicted on the cover.
"Eunuch Lu, this is the complete volume of Three Yang Soul Refining Technique. It can extract people's souls to become fierce ghosts, but no one has ever taken the initiative to practice and refine themselves into evil spirits, so I don't know what the result will be."
"It doesn't matter."
Old Lu said, "Our family is about to die soon, and the word death is just a word on the left and right, so why not give it a try. If we really turn into ghosts, our family will be able to live longer and continue to live in this world."
The old monk looked at the calm and composed Old Lu, and suddenly felt a little strange in his heart.
There are people in the world who dare to refine themselves into Ferocious Souls and Vengeful Ghosts, not to mention whether the ghost is still themselves, but the cruelty experienced during this period is definitely not something ordinary people can endure.
When Three Yang Sect was refining the devil, not one of them survived, and ninety-nine percent of the people Spirit Soul collapsed and died.
"Eunuch Lu, the old monk chants sutras and prays for blessings. I hope you can successfully extend your life."
Old Lu took the book and looked at the old monk with cloudy eyes. "Why, Master Three Yang Sect is also afraid of death? The fundamental teachings of the Three Yang Sutra seem to be that life returns to Nirvana, and death is liberation and sublimation!"
"Eunuch Lu is joking, who in the world is not afraid of death?"
The old monk said, "What Nirvana means is liberation, that's all for the believers to hear, so that the ignorant people can die voluntarily for the great cause of my teaching, and also to make the ignorant people feel better before they die!"
"No amount of stupid people will accomplish anything."
Old Lu said, "Your only chance is Palace of Earthly Tranquility. If Xiao Haizi and Xiao Weizi join forces, they can be said to be invincible. No one can come close to His Majesty."
"That's why I want to win over Eunuch Yi."
The old monk said, "Eunuch Yi will kill Sword God in formation, and his strength is not weaker than the innate one. In this tiny place of fighting in the palace, one Martial Grandmaster has a decisive position!"
Old Lu shook his head slightly, knowing that the old monk was not telling the truth, but he didn't care.
Shulala flipped through the secrets of soul refining and saw various pictures of torture.
"Jie, Jie, Jie... Back then, our family's best torture method was to stab holes with iron nails. I never thought that I would use it on myself. This world really has retribution!"
Directorate of Palace Attendants.
Zhou Yi carefully recalled every word Old Lu said.
"The late emperor was kind to his subordinates and captured Eunuch Chu before he died. Now he is mean and ungrateful. He must capture our family before abdicating the throne to pave the way for his successor, so our family must strike first to gain strength!"
"Old Lu is right, but it is a bit inconsistent with his temperament. Could it be that he became emboldened before he died?"
Zhou Yi's eyes flashed with ferocity from time to time, wandering between His Majesty and Empress, and sometimes the shadow of the eldest prince flashed across his eyes.
The dragon and the phoenix are both dead, and it is up to him to help the eldest prince succeed to the throne!
If this is accomplished, most of my dream of controlling the change of imperial power will be achieved.
"There's no rush, there's no rush!"
Zhou Yi shook his head slightly and told Gan'er next to him, "Xiao Jinzi, go to the imperial dining room and call Bao Jixiang. Let's ask him for the secret recipe of seafood porridge."
"As commanded."
Xiao Jinzi took the order and left, and about two quarters of an hour later he brought in an old man with white hair.
"Bao Jixiang, meet the Governor."
Bao Jixiang's legs are trembling, Eastern Depot is summoned by the Governor, who frequently confiscates homes and exterminates families, and anyone who encounters him will be afraid.
Zhou Yi asked, "Our family had seafood porridge today and it tasted quite good. Can Bao Yuchu tell you the secret recipe?"
"Can, can, can..."
Bao Jixiang nodded repeatedly. Seafood porridge is a secret recipe passed down from his ancestors. It has been passed down for five generations. The Bao family relies on this secret recipe to remain strong in the imperial dining room.
Normally, when anyone asked, they would show their determination that they would rather die than say anything.
Eastern Depot Du Gong asked, but that's different. This person will really kill your whole family. If the nine clans are gone, why talk about ancestral inheritance.
"Take two taels of green rice, one tael and five cents of herring, and shrimps..."
Bao Jixiang carefully explained the secret recipe, not only the unique recipe, but also the heat that needs to be mastered when cooking, and even the rules for stirring a few times.
Zhou Yi asked after listening, "Is there pepper in the secret recipe?"
"No."
Bao Jixiang turned pale with fright, thinking that the Governor was deliberately looking for trouble, and swore to the sky. "Duke, the recipe has been handed down from ancestors and has been improved for five generations. Sichuan peppercorns have never been used."
Zhou Yi pondered, "What exactly does that mean?"
Old Lu said something without any beginning or end. It was definitely not because he was an old fool, but because he had a deep meaning.
"Go down."
Zhou Yi ordered, "Our family is familiar with Eunuch Lu of the Cold Palace. I'd like to trouble Bao Yuchu to prepare the porridge and send it over every day. You must control the heat."
"As commanded."
Bao Jixiang kowtowed and left, the shirt on his back soaked with sweat, as if he had walked away from the gate of hell.
In the palace.
Zhou Yi closed his eyes and pondered, what exactly does "Zanthoxylum bungeanum" mean.
Old Lu Since the information was told in code, there must be some inconvenience, or he may not be willing to explain it clearly. No matter how much he asks, there will be no results.
If it were someone else, Surveillance Bureau would be dragged directly to execution. Old Lu's body would probably fall apart before he even enters the dungeon.
At this time.
Xiao Yinzi came in excitedly, unable to hold back the smile on his face.
"Godfather, there is news from the Surveillance Bureau that His Majesty has taken the official position of Minister of Appointments, ordered him to reflect at home, and ordered the Third Division to strictly investigate the case of selling officials!"
Zhou Yi suddenly opened his eyes, shining brightly.
"Jie Jie Jie! Your Majesty has finally taken action and ordered Surveillance Bureau to be on standby. He is about to come to life!"
"As commanded."
Xiao Yinzi comes and goes like the wind, conveying the good news and letting all Eastern Depot fans prepare to raid their homes.
When the official falls, he will bring with him countless disciples and old friends. There is no need for Eastern Depot to frame him, and the political enemies in the court will take action to eradicate him.
really.
Three days later.
Eunuch Yuan came to the Surveillance Bureau to deliver His Majesty's oracle.
"The former Minister of Appointments Lin Zhengben bought the official title. The three departments have found the solid evidence. Your Majesty ordered the governor to go to Lin Residence to arrest the person. Remember not to make any omissions. Such dynasty bugs must be severely punished!"
Zhou Yi looked surprised, how could the job of searching homes become arresting people.
"Eunuch Yuan, what kind of evidence did San Si find out?"
Eunuch Yuan said helplessly, "If we really found out, there is no need for Eunuch Yi to take action. Those idiots from the Third Division couldn't even find out the crime of corruption!"
"Jie Jie Jie, this is our specialty."
Zhou Yi laughed strangely and did not ask His Majesty why he wanted to liquidate Shangshu Lin. Eastern Depot was only responsible for sending nine of his clans to the dungeon.
Under three trees, what can you ask for?
Such as the rouge case, crony case, dragon robe case, etc., creating frame-ups out of thin air has become Eastern Depot's special skill.