In the early Ming Dynasty, eunuchs were not allowed to learn culture. Later, it was discovered that the civil servants were too powerful, so a school was set up in the palace to allow the eunuchs to learn culture in the school, thereby supporting the eunuchs and restricting the outer court.

The system of the Ming Dynasty reached its peak in the art of balance, and almost every department had corresponding departments to balance.

This will not lead to excessive power in a certain department and threaten the imperial power.

The eunuchs sometimes do have power over the court, but they must also be dependent on the emperor's power. Even if they are power over the court, their interests are basically the same as those of the emperor.

Therefore, through the improvement of the system, the emperors in the Ming Dynasty could be lazy in government affairs and do what they like, so they would not be in chaos in the world.

When I came to the school, there were more than 60 eunuchs studying, some of whom were young eunuchs, and some of whom were fourteen or five years old, about the same age as Zhu Youxiao.

During this anti-corruption campaign, the twenty-four departments in the palace were not affected much except for a few departments. Most of the eunuchs in the head and middle-level eunuchs in the department were all gone, and more than 40 people were implicated, and the dirty silver found was 80,000 taels.

Zhu Youxiao immediately selected more than a dozen young eunuchs of his age in the school, and then appointed them as eunuchs in charge of various departments.

It looks ridiculous, and then Zhu Youxiao wanted this effect.

He wanted to make the Donglin Party feel that he was absurd, and it was easier to create this feeling by spending money, but Zhu Youxiao is not a real foolish monarch. What he lacks is money, so how could he spend money randomly? In addition to spending money randomly, he would not miss any absurd feeling to make the Donglin Party relax his vigilance.

These eunuchs, who were fourteen or fifteen years old, had relatively idealistic ideas and did not have too much contact with power struggles. It was actually beneficial for Zhu Youxiao to promote them.

As long as the anti-corruption work is done well and the operation of various departments in the palace is well supervised, then all departments will be full of vitality and will be less likely to be corrupt than promoting old fried dough sticks. The biggest advantage is that these eunuchs who have just come out of the school have a cleaner background. If the emperor promotes them, they will have a stronger sense of loyalty to the emperor.

The middle-level management of various departments is held by eunuchs with high work experience, and is appointed by Zhu Youxiao himself. The reason why it is not by others is mainly because of the fear that Li Jinzhong will support the trusted forces in the process, which will lead to Li Jinzhong being too powerful.

It is very likely that Zhu Youxiao was not killed by Li Jinzhong in history, but today Zhu Youxiao is still on guard against the fact that the power in the palace is not concentrated too much in the hands of Li Jinzhong.

Anyway, the government cannot get involved, so Zhu Youxiao still has time to manage the palace.

After some rectification in the palace, the atmosphere suddenly improved a lot, and the eunuchs who could leave the palace to purchase goods were also replaced.

In order to improve the quality of life of the palace maids and the eunuchs, Zhu Youxiao also opened a shop in the imperial city, where the shops supply various rouge, watermelons, daily necessities, fruits, pastries, etc. to the eunuchs and palace maids.

This gave the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace a great benefit, especially because they had a few taels of silver every month and were not short of money. They could go to the shops in the imperial city to buy some things they like, or buy some delicious food.

"Your Majesty, I'm so happy! Today, the shopkeeper of the Glass Store reported that a Jiangnan merchant ordered the three-sided Supreme Deluxe Glass Mirror and bought two Glass Tile Licenses. He directly earned 500,000 taels." Li Jinzhong ran to the Yangxin Palace excitedly and reported to Zhu Youxiao.

"How much money has the Liuli Store earned now?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty, you have earned 1.36 million taels of silver in the past half month. Although the hot selling trend in the capital has passed, many merchants sell mirrors and glass to other places, especially those in Jiangnan." Li Jinzhong reported.

"Yeah! Not bad, not bad." Zhu Youxiao nodded happily, "This price can be maintained for a while, after all, the purchasing power in Jiangnan is still very strong."

"Emperor, how to deal with these silver? Should we deposit it in the treasury first?" Li Jinzhong asked. Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, "The specific profits must be kept confidential and the ministers in the court cannot know. However, the ministers must know that we made money. We took out half of the money and deposited it in the treasury, and put the remaining half outside the palace first."

"Yes, the emperor." Li Jinzhong couldn't help but feel sincere admiration for the emperor. He is indeed the Holy Emperor! Making money means being a good player. Li Jinzhong, who came from a peasant family, was not so cunning and still had great fear of the imperial power.

"By the way, what's the matter I told you to do?" Zhu Youchao asked Li Jinzhong, and Li Jinzhong knelt down and said, "The emperor has not done it completely yet. However, when Wang An was in the palace, he was under the surveillance of the East Factory. His house outside the palace has only developed an informant, and he is still a servant responsible for cleaning. The main reason is that he lacks some funds."

"First take 100,000 taels from the treasury to the Dongchang, and do it quickly. You must keep Wang An in a hurry. I must know who he has contacted in the palace. I must also know who he has contacted outside the palace. It is best to let me know the content of Wang An’s conversation with others." Zhu Youxiao knew that the main problem of such a spy agency was funding. As long as there was enough funds, the intelligence could develop. So he was not stingy and took out 100,000 taels of silver.

"Yes, the emperor." Li Jinzhong hurriedly retreated after receiving the order and immediately ran to the East Factory to make arrangements.

At this time, Wang An's minions in the palace had basically been cut off, so Wang An was basically under the surveillance of the East Factory in the palace. Even when he went to the cottage, he had his eyes staring at him from afar.

The Dongchang and the inspection team are now watching the most closely. Shangshenjian is the place where the emperor provides food, and Zhu Youxiao has to be careful.

Before eating every day, someone must test the drug for him first, but this still makes Zhu Youxiao uneasy. If it is some chronic poison, it takes less and no response, the drug for him will have no effect. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao has formulated a very strict system for Shangshen Supervisor.

First of all, idle people are not allowed to enter. Any palace maids and eunuchs who are not Shangshenjian cannot step into Shangshenjian. Whether it is day or night, there are people on duty to guard them.

When the imperial chef in Shangshenjian enters and leaves, he must also search his body to prevent any poison from being brought in.

The ingredients used by the imperial chef to cook every day must be checked first to prevent anyone from poisoning the ingredients supply process. The oil, salt, sauce and vinegar used when cooking are sealed together by several eunuchs arranged by Zhu Youxiao and taken out when they are to be used.

During the imperial kitchen, some people were monitoring each other to prevent them from taking the opportunity to poison them. During the process of presenting them to the dining table, they were also monitored throughout the process.

Anyway, all the links that can be poisoned have been prevented.

Such a strict system naturally made the imperial chefs a little nervous. However, after getting familiar with each other for a while, he gradually adapted and cooperated very seriously. The main reason was that Zhu Youxiao increased the treatment of imperial chefs. As long as the eunuchs in Shangshenjian, the salary was higher than that of other departments, especially the chefs in Shangshenjian, the salary per month was as high as 300 taels of silver, and the chefs also had a salary of 100 taels per month.

The imperial chefs have high incomes, so they will naturally not be bribed. At the same time, every time the emperor eats, even if it is not up to the taste, he will give them advice with kindness. When it feels delicious, he will praise them a few words and give them some rewards. This makes the imperial chefs sincerely support the emperor, and naturally they do not want the emperor to be poisoned to death. They will carefully check and concentrate when cooking.

In terms of daily life, Keshi is still responsible for it. Keshi has brought him up, so it is naturally impossible for him to harm him, so Zhu Youxiao is more at ease.

After some action, many hidden dangers in the palace have been cleared.
Chapter completed!