The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 433 Elimination
Now in the entire imperial palace, the number of court ladies and eunuchs adds up to nearly [-].

The daily eating and drinking of these 10 people adds up to a terrible astronomical figure.

This is undoubtedly a very huge burden for the Ming court, which is now precarious and half of the country.Therefore, the idea of ​​reducing the number of eunuchs and maids in the palace had been born before Jiang Chuan entered the customs.

He is now in power.So I plan to put this idea into practice immediately.

He will not be affected by those decadent ideas of loyalty to the monarch, thinking that this is inhumane to the royal family.If it was really unrighteous, he would have killed the entire Ming royal family long ago, instead of retaining their lives and titles.

Jiang Chuan handed over this matter to the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the supervisor of ceremonies, for specific implementation.

He handed it over to Wei Zhongxian for implementation because Wei Zhongxian was in charge of the entire inner court.He is very familiar with the situation in the palace.Secondly, he wanted to use this to test Wei Zhongxian's loyalty.

When Wei Zhongxian received Jiang Chuan's order, he was taken aback.

From the bottom of his heart, he was extremely unwilling to accept it.

But he knew that he could not resist Jiang Chuan's order.

If he dares to resist.He will immediately become the second Huang Jin.

The body of the eunuch Huang Jin, the supervisor of ceremonies.Now it has been thrown on a mass grave.

When Ye Jinyiwei led Qin Wang's personal guards to arrest Huang Jin, Huang Jin naively thought that the emperor would protect him, so he stubbornly resisted.In the end, those wolf-like Qin Wang's personal guards broke into the door, chopped off her head, and didn't even give her a chance to defend herself.

Wei Zhongxian knew that King Qin did this to give the emperor a warning.Therefore, he didn't want to be the second Huang Jin.

The reason why Wei Zhongxian is unwilling to accept this task from the bottom of his heart is because he is the so-called inner court No. 1, the so-called ancestor.It is based on the awe of the [-] court ladies and eunuchs.

Without these people, Wei Zhongxian could only be a domestic slave of the emperor, and he would no longer be able to enjoy the glory and pleasure of being revered by thousands of people and taking other people's lives.

But Wei Zhongxian raised a question: How will these court ladies and eunuchs be arranged after they are purged and withdrawn from the palace?
The problem is very real.If it is not handled properly, not only may it cause turmoil in the capital, but it may also adversely affect the reputation and prestige of the regent Jiang Chuan, and even those who oppose him may find an excuse to attack him.

Jiang Chuan already had a well-thought-out plan on this issue, he told Wei Zhongxian.Everything stands for itself.What he has to do is to sort out the yamen and personnel that need to be abolished as soon as possible according to the set goals, and then gradually withdraw them.

According to Jiang Chuan's instructions, the total number of personnel retained in the entire palace should not exceed one percent of the original number.That is to say, less than 1000 of the original [-] court ladies and eunuchs can stay in the end.

In fact, Jiang Chuan felt that 1000 people was too much.

Now the emperor is not yet married, so he has no queen and heirs.

living in the palace.Only the emperor, empress dowager, and grand empress dowager.

Jiang Chuan felt that using 1 people to serve several people was already very extravagant.If it wasn't for a little consideration of the courtiers' views, Jiang Chuan even planned to clear the entire palace to less than 500 people, or even less.

This is in terms of numbers.

In terms of the number of yamen, there are currently 24 yamen in the palace.

These 24 yamen are all to serve the emperor's family's food, living, eating, drinking and having fun.

According to Jiang Chuan's vision, out of the 24 yamen, only four yamen can be kept at most.For example, the Imperial Dining Room, the Huanyi Bureau, the Shangyi Supervisor, and the Camping Department.

All other yamen should be abolished.

The remaining four yamen should also reduce their personnel, and it is enough to meet the basic needs of the emperor's family.

Cuts to the Prince Regent's plans.Wei Zhongxian felt very dissatisfied and resisted in his heart.But he didn't dare to say a word.In the end, he just accepted the order silently, expressing that he was going to clean up after returning.

The news of cleaning up the people in the palace spread quickly.

The palace was in chaos, many people were crying, dazed and at a loss.

Although the palace is a place for individuals to eat people, at least they can stay in this place and get enough food and clothing.

But once out of the palace, they don't even know where to go.What do you live on?
Of course, most of the people who think this way are the eunuchs in the palace.They don't have great skills, and they don't have the normal functions of men, and even their strength has become weaker than normal men.So they are at a loss for their future.

The attitude of the palace ladies is completely opposite.

Most of them hope to go out of the palace and find an honest and responsible family to marry and live in peace.

Now everyone knows that the emperor is no longer able to protect himself, and no one dreams of being able to be favored by the emperor to fly up to a branch and become a phoenix.

Therefore, most of the court ladies are excited about Jiang Chuan's will, and express their welcome and gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.

But they will also be at a loss, can they really find such a man who treats them well after leaving the palace?After all, when they were selected into the palace, they were all beautiful girls from all over the world, all of them were dignified and beautiful, and they entered the palace with the dream of flying on the branches and becoming phoenixes.

It's just that no one thought that the great Ming's country would lose too quickly, and the situation was unpredictable, making these poor women's dreams come to naught in the end.

No one responded more violently to this question than the emperor.

When the emperor heard the news from Wei Zhongxian, he almost fainted, and when he recovered, he was so angry that he cursed at Jiang Chuan in Qianqing Palace.

Cursing Jiang Chuan for wanting to drive the Ji family royal family to death, cursing Jiang Chuan as a traitor.Wei Zhongxian was so frightened that he hurriedly advised the emperor to keep his voice down so that he would not be heard by the regent's eyes and ears.

After hearing this, the empress dowagers of the two palaces were angry at first, and then fell silent and wept quietly.

When they lost their power, they were just a poor middle-aged woman and a poor old lady. They had nothing to do with Jiang Chuan, who was domineering and authoritarian. They could only curse and lament their miserable fate silently in their hearts.

When Jiang Chuan sent someone to send the good news.The emperor had just finished scolding Jiang Chuan, and was lying on the imperial couch in frustration and weeping silently.

When Wei Zhongxian reported the victory in Qingzhou.The emperor's first reaction was not to look at it, and yelled at Wei Zhongxian to take it away.

But when Wei Zhongxian was about to take it away, he stopped Wei Zhongxian again by a strange coincidence.

He snatched it from Wei Zhongxian's hand.After a quick look.Lian Shang's expression was very strange, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Logically speaking, he should be happy that the lost territory can be returned to the imperial court, but he is really not happy. After all, this is Jiang Chuan's victory, not his victory as the Ming emperor.

He, the great Ming emperor who used to be aloof, has now become a puppet emperor who has lost all power.

Even the eunuchs and eunuchs of the Huang Palace who served by his side.are forced to stay away from him.Thinking that he has now become a poor wretch abandoned by a corpse bearer, he couldn't help crying again.

(End of this chapter)