Before becoming emperor, Zhu Houzhao was almost unscrupulous when she left the palace. Because Zhu Youzhang was sick at that time, Empress Zhang rarely came out in Kunning Palace, and no one could restrain him.

Later, Zhu Houzhao followed Sima Zhenren to practice immortal skills, but he didn't leave the palace for a while, and seemed to have forgotten this. After he became emperor, he could not experience the joy of being an emperor in the palace, so he wanted to go out to the palace to play as an emperor.

Although Zhu Houzhao wanted to leave the palace, he also knew that the palace gate of the Forbidden City would be closed at night, so it would be inconvenient to leave.

In the past, he was just a person after leaving the palace and had to dress up as a little eunuch. Now that he is an emperor, his treatment is naturally different. He needs to have some detailed arrangements when leaving the palace. The most important thing is to bring "his own people" out, and someone around him needs to protect his safety. He also needs a large amount of silver. Zhang Yanling no longer needs to help him with some help. He feels that he can leave the palace openly.

It is easy to arrange manpower. For example, Zhang Yuan, Dai Yi and others can call a few guards and leave the palace.

But money is not so easy to deal with. The naughty child has no idea that there is still something about the inner treasury. Even though he knows that the inner treasury is in the hands of Empress Dowager Zhang, if Empress Dowager Zhang doesn't speak, he cannot withdraw a penny from the inner treasury. How much money in his pocket used to be still the same now, and he is so "poor".

"Zhang Yuan, I'm not very rich, do you have money?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at his confidant eunuch Zhang Yuan and asked, "I will leave the palace tomorrow. I won't have any money on me. How much do you have?"

As the attendant of the Eastern Palace, Zhang Yuan usually has a lot of salary. In the past, he might have wanted to give some to please Zhu Houzhao. Now he has made a lot of money by helping Zhu Houzhao choose a little palace maid, but he has become more and more stingy. Because he found that even if Zhu Houzhao became the emperor, he was not promoted, and all his promises were still the moon in the water.

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, how much money do I have? How many times did I leave the palace a few times, I handed over all the money I have saved to you!"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and it was really the case. He nodded immediately: "Zhang Yuan, I know you are loyal, but there are some things... you must help me solve them. If I don't even have a tael of silver on hand, what's the point of leaving the palace? Should I rely on Marquis Jianchang to ask him to help me with some?"

"I want to go out and find a place by myself... to understand the people's conditions, how can I be influenced by Marquis Jianchang? Zhang Yuan, you can find some money for me to come back, there is no need to be more, one hundred taels of silver should be enough!"

Zhang Yuan was stunned when he heard this.

Not to mention one hundred taels, he could take out even five hundred taels of silver. Because the new emperor ascended the throne, more people came to curry favor with him. In addition, he made a lot of money from helping the new emperor choose palace maids to serve the bedding, and his wealth was much richer than before.

But he just said that he had no money, and he would definitely be suspected by Zhu Houzhao when he took it out rashly. He naturally wanted to exploit some from others at this time.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "Your Majesty has ascended the throne and is no longer the prince. If you want to leave the palace, if you tell others that you lack money, others will definitely respect you. In this way, I will not only lose no money, but may also make a small profit! Ha, I am so smart. If not, I might have lost 100 taels!"

Zhang Yuan is a civilian from a civilian family. He is idle and greedy. Such a personality is easy to lose big due to small things. He doesn't understand the principle that only by giving can he get rewards. Otherwise, with his position, he will definitely establish Zhu Houzhao's identity as a horse. Unfortunately, because of his ignorance, he always misses a good opportunity.

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That night, Zhang Yuan went to find some eunuchs in the rank of the money.

Zhang Yuan didn't want to make a statement about the emperor's departure. He knew that the old palace maids were not interested in it, because women would at most become the manager of Kunning Palace. Now Empress Zhang is temporarily living in Kunning Palace, and the position of the manager of Kunning Palace is not easy to fight for.

After Empress Zhang moved to Qingning Palace, the palace maids had the chance to make a comeback. At that time, it would depend on whether the new Six Palaces lords liked them. Therefore, now they would rather fight for their little palace maids to get favor than sponsor the emperor to leave the palace.

But eunuchs are completely different.

Because the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty could hold power, those eunuchs who were old and experienced but had been unsatisfied all hope to get promotion through some ways.

With so many people in the palace, the emperor is naturally the one who has the most value of flattery. Even if others give them a promise, it will be futile without the emperor's approval.

The people Zhang Yuan found were not only Dai Yi, who had been very close to Zhu Houzhao before, but also Li Xing, Qin Guan and others. These people all had a certain status in the palace, but had not yet been exposed to core power. At the same time, those who came also came in the future Eight Tigers members Ma Yongcheng, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, Qiu Ju and other eunuchs in history, who were all closer to Zhang Yuan.

When these eunuchs met Zhang Yuan in the Qin Hall, Li Xing came up and asked, "Eunuch Zhang, what important thing do you have to call us all over? Could it be that His Majesty has something to tell us to do?"

Zhang Yuan said: "Eunuch Li, all of you, this matter is a bit difficult to say, but it is related to everyone's future, but I have to... Hi, I'll just say it clearly. The previous prince of the Eastern Palace is now ruled by the world. You should understand your situation..."

The eunuchs looked at each other. They always looked down on Zhang Yuan, who was born in the market. Even if Zhang Yuan held power, these people would just flatter him. In fact, they were thinking about how to replace Zhang Yuan and become Zhu Houzhao's closest person.

But Zhang Yuan's tone and way of speaking made them feel that Zhang Yuan was difficult to deal with.

Zhang Yuan’s voice overtone is... Although you are doing well now, if you want to maintain your current status, you must be able to do things and know how to curry favor with Your Majesty. While cursing with Your Majesty, you have to curse me, so that I can speak good things for you in front of Your Majesty. If you feel it is unnecessary, do your own thing. Not only will I not speak good things for you, but I will also criticize you in front of Your Majesty to see who will suffer in the end!

Ma Yongcheng, who is one of the eunuchs present, asked, "What's wrong with Eunuch Zhang? Even if you say it directly, you won't want us to respect you again, right?"

Zhang Yuan said: "It's nothing. Is our family the kind of greedy person? Let's put it this way, Your Majesty wants to go out of the palace and have fun now..."

"ah!?"

Before Zhang Yuan could finish his words, the eunuchs present looked at each other, as if they could hear some tricks in it.

"Don't make a fuss, the time is set tomorrow!" Zhang Yuan continued, "Your Majesty also left the palace before, but that was already in the Eastern Palace. This time, Your Majesty left the palace, in addition to bringing a few eunuchs, he would also bring guards to protect him personally, which is considered... to understand the people's situation..."

The eunuchs present were old and thought about it immediately.

Zhu Houzhao was about to leave the palace, which was their best opportunity to get close to Zhu Houzhao. It was said that he was going out to understand the people's sentiments, but in fact he was just a cover. The most important thing was to have fun. If you can follow the new emperor to eat, drink and have fun, you will inevitably be regarded as your confidant in the future. There seems to be no better way to curry favor than this.

Dai Yi said: "Eunuch Zhang, you didn't lie to us, are you?"

Everyone looked at Zhang Yuan, afraid that this was compiled by him to get benefits. Zhang Yuan said, "Eunuch Dai doesn't believe it? I will know tomorrow that among the people you want to take out, our family will recommend you first. You will be one of the people you accompany you tomorrow!"

Although Dai Yi served in the Sili Supervisory Office, his status was not as good as Xiao Jing, Gu Dayong and others, so he didn't speak very well in the palace, and he showed joy on his face when he heard this.

Li Xing next to him hurriedly asked, "Who else is there with him who comes out of the palace?"

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty has not named him for the time being, but according to our family's opinion..."

Halfway through, Zhang Yuan suddenly stopped selling, Li Xing and others were a little anxious. They were eager to know who could leave the palace with the new emperor, but they also knew that if the matter had been settled, it would be meaningless for Zhang Yuan to invite them.

Li Xing said: "Eunuch Zhang is talking about it. If there is anything you need, just say it bluntly. We are not a person who is ignorant of the truth. If you can recommend it in front of His Majesty, will we still treat you badly?"

Zhang Yuan then smiled and said, "Our family doesn't mean to ask for money from you. Your Majesty does not have the name of others, but His Majesty leaves the palace... He has to see the situation outside. If there is no money around him, where will His Majesty want to rest? He can't even take out a few cents. Wouldn't it be a laughing moment? And what Your Majesty is going to is not the teahouses and restaurants, but... ahem, you can understand it yourself!"

Several eunuchs looked at each other.

It is no longer a secret that Zhang Yuan helped the new emperor to choose a palace maid to serve the bed in the palace. At least the eunuchs who are close to the Eastern Palace know that they naturally knew that after the new emperor ascended the throne, they became romantic and even the palace maids around them never stopped.

Now Zhang Yuan was talking a little. What the emperor wanted to do when he left the palace? They thought about it for a while and then they roughly knew.

The emperor clearly wanted to go out to find flowers and willows.

Ma Yongcheng was a little shocked: "Eunuch Zhang, you should advise Your Majesty that it is better not to leave the palace. It is too dangerous! If you get involved in something... unclean things, you can't joke about it..."

Zhang Yuan said: "We don't like to listen to Eunuch Ma's words. What is something that is not clean? His Majesty once left the palace gate when he was in the Eastern Palace, but he never saw anything that is not clean... Cough cough!"
Chapter completed!