Chapter 69: The Incumbent Supervisor
On the afternoon of October 13, the Donggan Neijing made a large-scale personnel transfer and new appointments.
The most eye-catching person was the new eunuch who was the chief eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. The position of these two general managers can be said to be jealous of everyone. During this period, if anyone can get to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, it means that this person has gained the attention and absolute trust of the Empress and Kang Longji.
But what is surprising is that Zhou An, the popular candidate in the rumor, was defeated by the current popular actor in the inner court!
The new eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor is not Zhou An!
Instead, the eunuch of Silijian, Bingbi, and Kang Longji's direct descendant, the old man Wang Chunlei!
Wang Chunlei is over 60 years old this year, a top-grade Earth Evil Realm powerhouse, and is the same generation as Gu Huaiyong. He has always been the top-ranked real power manager in the Da Nei. He was transferred to the Imperial Horse Supervisor as the eunuch in charge of the seal and the four guards in Da Nei. Although it was unexpected, it was reasonable.
The most eye-catching eunuch Zhou An, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Zhidian Supervisor, was transferred to the Sili Supervisor as the eunuch of Bingbi, replacing Wang Chunlei's former position!
This is...sensation! It can be said to be an uproar!
This is more impactful than Zhou An's direct transfer to the Imperial Horse Supervisor as the seal, and it is even more incredible! Although the Imperial Horse Supervisor is the second general manager and his power in the inner court is higher than that of the eunuchs of the Sili Supervisor, it is reasonable if Zhou An is transferred to the Imperial Horse Supervisor as the seal.
Although he was young, he was talented. A sixteen-year-old powerful man in the Earth Demon Realm, he also had a reputation. He was not sure that he would be in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor and the Four Guards of the Great Inner.
After all, the eunuch who is in charge of the seal of the eunuch only needs to deal with internal affairs, and the scope of power is limited to the inner court. There are so many things in the inner court. Whether it can be done well depends on whether it is capable enough.
But the eunuch who is the Silijian and the pen are different!
Although the real power is not as good as the imperial horse supervisor, everyone knows what status the eunuch Bingbi has had in history. The tentacles of the power of eunuch Bingbi must be extended to the great inner palace. This is the person around the empress. With the permission of the empress, he can review memorials on behalf of the empress, handle state affairs for the empress, and also advise the empress, make suggestions or suggestions.
If you want to sit in this position, it is not enough to have the ability, you must also have knowledge and experience! You cannot take the role of an elderly person, otherwise why should you approve the honors on behalf of the empress? How can you express constructive opinions or suggestions on the state affairs?
However, Zhou An is only sixteen years old!
Why can he be the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor?! It is only based on the trust and favor of the empress?!
After Zhou An was transferred, the inner court suffered an unprecedented shock as soon as the news came out. There is another even more terrifying point worth mentioning, that is, Zhou An's grade.
Normally, Silijian is the department with the greatest power and highest level in the inner court. Silijian is the eunuch in charge of seals, who should be the third rank, while the eunuch in the pen is the third rank, while the eunuch in charge of seals, who is also the third rank, and the eunuch in charge of seals, who is the fourth rank.
In other words, the normal official ranks of the Sili Supervisor Seal and the Imperial Horse Supervisor Seal are the same, but the Sili Supervisor Seal has greater power.
The current Sili Supervisor is Kang Longji. His situation is too special. He is not a third rank. He has long been awarded the title of the first rank. He has even been named a county marquis with a fief of 3,000 households, and his treatment is equivalent to that of the Duke of the State.
It is meaningless to say that Kanglongi's grade is.
But the other people in the Silijian are of normal rank. Wang Chunlei served as the eunuch of the Silijian's pen and was from the third rank. This time he was transferred to the Imperial Horse Supervisor to the Seal and was promoted to the third rank.
Zhou An was transferred to the position of eunuch of the Silijian, and should have been promoted to the third rank!
But the Empress also added her title and named her third rank!
What a favor this is?!
The inner court was furious. All the palace maids and eunuchs who heard about this were talking about it. What the empress was thinking and what Kang Longji was thinking was completely unpredictable. They placed Zhou An in this position where his power seemed to be low but extremely important. What was his desire?
I don't know, they can't understand it anymore.
But they all understood one thing, that is, Zhou An is still the most popular celebrity in front of the empress!
On the afternoon of the 13th, Zhou An received the imperial edict in the Ganshou Palace Garden. At dusk, he moved to Ning'an Garden of Ganli Palace on the other side of Ganwu Palace, which is one of the largest houses in Ganli Palace.
It is worth mentioning that Kanglongji's house is also in Ganli Palace, and he lives in Ningyi Garden.
The Ganwu Palace is in the center of the north side of the inner palace, and behind it is the Shence Army's garrison. On both sides are the Ganshou Palace and the Ganli Palace. In other words, Zhou An did not move far away. Not only did he have to walk in the Ganwu Palace during the day, but he lived at night very close to the Empress.
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Early in the morning of the 14th, Zhou An officially took office at the Silijian Office located south of Ganwu Palace. Kang Longji also arrived, which was to create momentum for Zhou An. After all, Zhou An was young, so he suddenly became the second-ranked figure of Silijian. He was all under his command a group of old eunuchs with high martial arts skills and profound qualifications. Kang Longji was afraid that he would not be able to suppress others.
After all, Silijian is both Kang Longji's confidant and is deeply trusted by the empress. Zhou An is favored by this may not be an advantage in Silijian.
Most of the people in the Silijian were summoned together, and Kang Longji personally announced his appointment to Zhou An, and said something that was not good, and naturally he beat those old eunuchs who were self-reliant in their words.
No one dared not to listen to Kanglongi's words, but it saved Zhou An some potential trouble.
After Kang Longji left, Zhou An was familiar with the entire Sili Supervisor's yamen under the leadership of a Sili Supervisor's eunuch. The status of the eunuch in the hall was very high in Sili Supervisor, second only to the eunuchs on the seal and pen.
The process of Silijian handling government affairs for the emperor is basically to read all the memorials handed over by the cabinet, and to screen out the important ones for the emperor to review them personally. Those relatively unimportant eunuchs will be approved by the eunuchs on the pen and then reviewed by the eunuchs in the seal. If the eunuchs in the seal feel that it is feasible, they will stamp them.
The entire process of winning the prize on behalf of others is to sort out and screen, to approve the prize with the pen, to review the printing and then put the printing on the print.
Among them, the step of sorting and screening is completed by several eunuchs in the hall, as well as hand prints and hand prints. In other words, those eunuchs in the hall can also be exposed to memorials. Some of the words they say can also affect the content of the pen's approval, and even the secondary review of hand prints.
Therefore, the eunuch in the hall has a very high status, second only to the palm print and the pen.
Currently, there are five eunuchs in the hall in the Silijian. The one who led Zhou An to be familiar with Silijian is an old eunuch named "Huaxingshan". He is in his fifties this year and has a low-level Earth Evil Realm. He is also an old eunuch with outstanding abilities in the martial arts realm.
Eunuch Hua's personality is somewhat similar to Kang Longji. He is a serious person, but he did not rely on his qualifications to make things difficult for Zhou An. He did not get close to Zhou An, but he was not alienated. He took Zhou An around the Silijian Yamen very seriously, got to know him well, and finally took Zhou An to the Sibao Hall of Silijian.
Sibao Hall is the place where Silis Supervisor reviews and organizes memorials. Some unimportant memorials can be directly criticized here. Of course, that was the case in the past. Now, the empress will review all memorials in person. Therefore, the current role of Sibao Hall is to organize memorials and then send them to Ganwu Palace.
Since Kang Longji often follows the Empress, in recent months, the eunuchs who delivered memorials have been personally handled by the eunuchs who wrote their pens.
It turned out to be given by Wang Chunlei.
Now Wang Chunlei is transferred to the Mama Prison and delivers memorials, so naturally Zhou An’s job is Zhou An.
Zhou An just took office today, but he did not go to deliver memorials to the empress because there were more than a dozen people coming to court today. Wu Xukuan was still putting pressure on the empress. There were only a few people who attended court, and although there were also memorials, few of them. When the empress went to court, he took the memorials away and did not send them to the statutes and supervisors to sort them out.
After Zhou An got to know the Silijian, he went to Ganwu Palace to pay tribute to the empress.
For the next whole day, Zhou An could be said to be "unable to move forward" because as soon as he went out, he would meet someone. He was not an ordinary palace maid and eunuch, but the chief officer of the twenty-four yamen in the inner court. Most of them met by chance, including Wang Chunlei.
Very coincidental, very coincidental!
It's not such a coincidence!
These people are all real power figures in the inner court, and it is not good for Zhou An to ignore them. He is now so red and understands the thoughts of these people, so he can't help but greet and polite. He even was invited by Wang Chunlei to go to the Imperial Horse Prison, and sat there, chatted with Wang Chunlei, and heard Wang Chunlei tell some secrets about the Silijian.
Wang Chunlei has served as the Sili Supervisor for more than ten years. Zhou An took advantage of this opportunity to ask him a lot of advice.
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On the fourteenth day and night, Ganli Palace and Ning'an Garden.
"Come on Lao Gao, drink..."
"Okay, Xiao Anzi, I know you're happy. You're better off drinking less..."
In the courtyard, a barbecue stove was set up in front of the northern house. Zhou An and Gao Hong were eating barbecue and drinking wine, all looking happy.
"Oh, what's the matter with you? I don't know what to do tomorrow." Zhou An sighed, put down the wine cup, picked up the big roasted waist on the stove, and chewed it, "Then Old Wu might turn against you one day. Lao Gao, you said, if he really turns against you, what's the fool?"
Gao Hong was silent for a moment. It was disrespectful to discuss the empress in private, but in fact, it was nothing to say.
"It's hard to say, Wu Xukuan didn't dare to come directly!" Gao Hong pondered, "With the Grand Chief Manager, even if Wu Xukuan directly raised an army, the Supreme Master would have no worries. The Grand Chief Manager would protect the Supreme Master and leave Ganjing and go to the south..."
"Go to the south? Jiangzhou and Jiangning Prefecture?" Zhou An asked.
"It's 80% true. This is also the reason why Wu Xukuan dares not rebel directly. The general manager is extremely strong, and he can protect the emperor and fight out with thousands of troops. If the emperor arrives in Jiangzhou, she will still be the emperor. Wu Xukuan cannot achieve it overnight, so it will not be possible..."
Gao Hong said, picked up the barbecue on the stove, took a bite and said, "Why are we talking about this now? Wu Xukuan dare not come directly, but it still depends on tomorrow... Tomorrow is a big dynasty, and it doesn't matter if Wu Xukuan doesn't come to court. If the officials in the capital don't come, that's a problem..."
Zhou An nodded.
Indeed, tomorrow's morning is very important!
During the fifteenth month of the dynasty, thousands of officials from all over the world must come to the court. Although Wu Xukuan is powerful in the court, he can only directly control those important officials in the court, and it is impossible to directly control all officials in the capital.
Therefore, it is not a problem whether Wu Xukuan comes to the court tomorrow or not. The problem is that how many other officials come to the court? If they are in the court as usual, most of the officials do not come to the court, then it will be a big problem!
In this way, Wu Xukuan can even directly underestimate the Empress!
"Come and go!"
"drink!"
Zhou An and Gao Hong picked up the small wine cup again, touched it for a while, and drank it all in one go.
Before Gao Hong put down the wine cup, he suddenly became alert and turned his head and shouted, "Who is it?!!"
Whoosh!
Chapter completed!