It was not easy for a bystander of history to take off the outer coat of a scholar, put on the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, and write and speak during the Zhenning period, not to mention that she was a woman who was unknown in history. However, no matter in which era, good ideas always come first, and everyone fought hard, such as Deng Ying, Yang Lun, and even Yi Lang.
Ever since Concubine Ning was imprisoned in the Banana Garden, Yi Lang gradually became a little silent, but he became more diligent in his studies. Every day at dawn, he would go out to study. He stopped going to school because of typhoid fever.
Even after returning to Chengqian Palace, he always studied until very late. If Yang Wan asked him to rest for a while, he would even scold Yang Wan after hearing it too much.
Yang Wan felt helpless.
The emperor allowed the empress and other concubines to raise Yi Lang, so she began to learn from Concubine Ning's behavior and began to clumsily take care of Yi Lang's diet and daily life. At first, she thought that she just needed to feed the child and not let him get cold.
However, when it comes to actually doing it, it is not that simple.
In the past, Concubine Ning was the first lady of Chengqian Palace, in charge of the entire palace. Now that she is gone, while Yang Wan is taking care of Yi Lang, she must also take care of Chengqian Palace as well.
After all, the people in the palace are the same as those in the Ceremonial Bureau. Yang Wan is only a concubine and doesn't know much about palace affairs. In addition to Yi Lang, there are two beauties with little presence living in Chengqian Palace. Although they are favored, they are still human beings after all. They have to summon the imperial physician when they have a headache or a fever. They have their own demands for food and drink on various festivals. Yang Wan feels very embarrassed when facing these two people. At first, she is overwhelmed when she tries to deal with them.
Deng Ying would often come over, but she didn't really do anything there. She would just sit for a while, look at Yang Wan, and then leave.
However, his attitude towards Chengqian Palace became the attitude of the twenty-four departments of the inner court towards Chengqian Palace. The seal holders and supervisors of each department saw Yang Wan in a state of embarrassment, and when they did things, they all tried to give Chengqian Palace an extra layer of support.
After all, Yang Wan was not very smart. After half a month, the affairs of various places were gradually sorted out, and He Yu and others began to feel relieved.
But they have their own selfish motives. He Yu had said to Yang Wan more than once, "The supervisor is protecting our Chengqian Palace. No one in Yanxi Palace dares to say anything. I think the Twenty-Four Departments are trying to be polite to us. It's like when our queen first fell ill. They were so powerful."
Yang Wan didn't like to hear He Yu and others say such things.
She understood that by doing this, Deng Ying was undoubtedly confronting the Imperial Household Department head-on.
Compared to He Yixian who gave up Yi Lang, the prince who was "abandoned" by Wenhua Palace, and turned to Yanx Palace.
Deng Ying was good to a prince who hated eunuchs the most, and all he asked for was the prince's protection in the next dynasty.
In a few years, this child whom he protected would write a "Record of One Hundred Crimes" for him with his own hands, and send him to prison and to the execution ground.
When Yang Wan looked at Deng Ying and Yi Lang, she kept thinking of the story of "the farmer and the snake", but at the same time she felt it was not appropriate, too crude and simple, and after careful consideration. The relationship between Yi Lang and Deng Ying, between the emperor and the eunuch, the people and politics behind it were very complicated, and it could not be summarized by the clear-cut phrase "the farmer and the snake".
Right now, this complexity exists.
Yi Lang was so repulsive to Deng Ying at first, but his attitude towards Deng Ying remained unchanged.
He would ask Deng Ying to salute him, and only let him stand up after receiving the salute.
Sometimes when he was studying in the study, Yang Wan sat beside him. He allowed Deng Ying to enter the study, but he did not allow Deng Ying to sit. He only allowed him to stand in front of the floor mask like other eunuchs. Every time Yang Wan asked Deng Ying to stand, she would stand up and stand beside him. Deng Ying was so angry that she could not say anything in front of Yi Lang. She could only wave her hand.
Yi Lang would occasionally even ask Deng Ying about the details of the book.
Yang Wan remembered that he once asked Deng Ying for his opinion on the historical material "Three Generations and Four Dynasties of the Liu Family, the Royal Family of the Southern Han Dynasty".
Yang Wan vaguely remembered that "Three Generations and Four Falls of the Liu Family, the Royal Family of Southern Han" was talking about the famous eunuch disasters in the history of Southern Han, which led to the rise and fall of Southern Han.
Deng Ying knelt down and answered, and said something in front of Yi Lang that made Yang Wan tremble with fear.
He was a scholar of Yilang, followed the "Inner Instructions of the Ancestors of Harmony", and set up an iron sign. If any eunuch interfered in government affairs, he would be punished with the most severe punishment to deter the inner court.
Yi Lang asked him, "As a king, can you tolerate this?"
Deng Ying replied: "Yes, of course."
Yi Lang raised his head and glanced at Yang Wan, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
But he did not ask Yang Wan, but chose to ask Deng Ying directly: "You are a eunuch, but what you said is very similar to what the lecturers said to me. However, your words and deeds are consistent. In my eyes, you are still a forgivable person according to the "Zhongzhong Internal Training". "
After saying this, he got down from the high chair, put down his pen and went into the main room.
Yang Wan bent down to help Deng Ying.
Deng Ying knelt for a long time and stood up with some difficulty.
"When did Your Highness read the History of the Southern Han Dynasty?"
Yang Wan ignored Deng Ying's words and looked at his ankles: "You have been soaking your feet in medicine these days."
"yes."
He answered Yang Wan in a dignified manner.
Yang Wan: "Once I move out of the Fifth Institute, I can keep an eye on you."
Deng Ying asked Yang Wan, "Are you going to move out of the fifth building?"
"Um."
Yang Wan nodded. "It's pretty good. It used to be in the Fifth Institute, far from where you are, but now it's close."
"Whose idea is this?"
Yang Wan responded: "Your Majesty's intention."
Deng Ying nodded after hearing this and said, "Wanwan, when you are settled, I will take you to see the house I bought."
Speaking of Deng Ying's house, Yang Wan suddenly laughed, "Is it okay? But now that Empress Ning is gone, how can I leave the palace?"
Deng Ying smiled and said, "I can do it."
**
After Yang Wan moved out of the Fifth Institute, she officially gave up her position as a female official.
On the day when the Shangyi Bureau expelled her, Song Yunqing felt sorry for her.
"After this, I really went out."
Yang Wan was packing clothes in the Fifth Office. Qin Wende and the guards of the East Factory were standing guard at the door, ready to do hard labor. After hearing what Song Yunqing said, he couldn't help but say to her, "Our factory supervisor is here. Are you still worried that he won't be able to take Miss Yang out in the future? The supervisor's house has been bought. When winter comes, we will go and buy furniture for him to sit and lie on."
Song Yunqing walked to the door with his hands on his waist and shouted at him: "What do you know?"
After saying that, he slammed the door shut, walked to Yang Wan's side and helped her tidy up the clothes piled on the bed, saying, "Don't mind it. You know I speak directly. I don't mean anything else. I just want to say that Governor Deng is a good person. I'm doing this for you because it's worth it."
Yang Wan picked up the folded clothes and put them into the wooden box. She turned around and smiled and said, "I know."
Song Yunqing sat on the couch, looking at the half-empty room: "I have lived with you for almost two years. When I saw you coming in, I envied you because you were the Ning Niangniang's biological sister. As soon as you entered the palace, you were admitted to the Shangyi Bureau. Jiang Shangyi and Lu Shanggong valued you, just like me. In the future, when the grace comes, you can leave the palace and reunite with your family... You know, among the women in the palace, only those who are female officials can keep this for such a long time. Now, you are going to Chengqian Palace, and the status of this female official is gone. If you want to go out, I am afraid you really have to wait until His Majesty..."
The latter sentence is taboo. People in the Shangyi Bureau know etiquette and would never say it easily.
Song Yun pursed her lips and continued to help Yang Wan fold clothes.
Yang Wan walked over to her and sat down next to her. "Do you have any ointment for your hands?"
"There are some more, do you want some?"
"want."
Song Yunqing brought the ointment, Yang Wan scooped a piece and smeared it on her wrist, then took off one of her jade bracelets and handed it to Song Yunqing.
"I'm giving it to you."
Song Yunqing said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, the jades of your Yang family are all rare treasures, I can take them."
Yang Wan took her hand and said, "Then just consider it as keeping it for me. If I ever fall into poverty in the future, this may be a life-saving sum of money."
Song Yunqing took the bracelet hesitantly, "You...will be in trouble?"
Yang Wan smiled.
"Who can say for sure about this?"
After she finished speaking, she gently adjusted the silver hairpin on Song Yun's bun and said seriously:
"Yun Qing, although being a palace lady is respectable, you and I both know how hard it is to do your job. I can only help you when you are busy, so you have to take care of yourself."
Song Yunqing hugged Yang Wan's waist after hearing what she said, "You are right. Ever since you were tortured in the imperial prison, your complexion has not been as good as before. Governor Deng has power and money, so you should not mistreat yourself. He is more free to go in and out of the inner court than Chen Hua. You can eat as much ginseng and snow frog as you want. Ask him to buy them for you."
When Yang Wan heard Song Yunqing say this, she knew that Deng Ying was asking Chen Hua to borrow money to buy a house, but Song Yunqing didn't know about it.
"He has no money. I'm afraid he's worse off than me."
Song Yun let go of Yang Wan and raised his eyebrows, "How is that possible? I heard from Chen Hua that the East Jichang Prison has started construction on the land north of Zhengyang Gate. To be honest, the cost of the construction alone is tens of thousands of silver coins."
What Song Yunqing said was quite true.
After the Tsurui case, the attitude of the emperor and the Northern Pacification Office underwent a subtle change.
However, this kind of transformation happened many times, and the degree of each transformation was the same, and it could even reverse immediately due to different situations, so there is no specific record in history. However, historians of all generations have roughly determined several periods through the analysis of a large amount of historical materials. One of them was in the autumn of the 13th year of Zhenning, when Emperor Zhenning issued a decree to allow the East Factory to build its own prison at Zhengyang Gate. This prison was later called the "Factory Prison".
The construction of this large prison gradually began to change the judicial structure outside the Three Departments, and the power of the East Factory slowly became equal to that of the Northern Pacification Department. Researchers analyzed that after the Heju case, Emperor Zhenning began to doubt his own life safety, thinking that although the Jinyiwei was under the imperial power, they were all external officials after all, and they had their own principles at critical moments, and it was difficult for them to fully understand his intentions, let alone save his life wholeheartedly. So he gradually delegated power to the Eastern Jifa Factory and tacitly allowed the Eastern Factory to infiltrate the Jinyiwei, and the construction of the factory prison was the symbol of this.
Through the intervention of factory, prison and criminal law, Deng Ying's life opened a chapter of participation in politics.
With the exception of Yang Wanli, most historical researchers have a negative attitude towards the construction of this prison, and many even believe that this is a place even more despicable than the Dongchang Imperial Prison.
Even Yang Wan couldn't refute this point.
Because after the death of Yi Lang and Deng Ying, the later East Factory Prison was continuously restructured and developed by a group of eunuchs, and it was indeed turned into a historically documented hell on earth. When the literati traced the history of this prison, they naturally had to pick up the fragments of the man who built it and whip it again.
"Yang Wan, how can you talk so bluntly?"
Yang Wan was still immersed in her own thoughts, and Song Yunqing noticed that her eyes seemed a little red.
"What? You're totally stunned?"
"oh… "
Yang Wan pressed her eyebrows and said, "No, maybe I didn't sleep well at night, so I am a little distracted now."
Song Yunqing stood up and said, "Then you sit down and take a rest. I'll help you tidy up the place and ask those people outside to move it over in one go. You don't have to run a second time."
After she finished speaking, she fastened the box buckle, tied up the baggage, opened the door and said to Qin Wende: "Okay, come in and move. Let me make it clear first, Miss Yang's things are very precious, you have to be careful, I will spare you if you are supervised."
"I know, I know. Our supervisor is waiting for you in Chengqian Palace."