Xia Jian took up his post the next morning after becoming the seal eunuch of the ceremonial director.
His current power was comparable to the Prime Minister of the cabinet!
Because the palm-print eunuch could also carry out the work of the pen-holding eunuch, the palm-print eunuch was considered the leader of the pen-holding eunuchs. However, they usually wouldn't take the initiative to write down the documents. These were handed over to the second-in-command.
Usually, the second-in-command of the pen-wielding eunuch was the head of the East Chamber and had great power.
The power of the East Chamber's Factory Duke was also gradually developed because the eunuch with the seal handed over the approval of these red matters to the second-in-command to approve.
The first thing that Xia Jian wanted to do was to personally participate in the approval.
Xia Jian had a lot of power now, but the emperor was in his prime. Even if he wasn't a wise sage, Xia Jian didn't dare to be too presumptuous. He had to be cautious. Before he grew wings, it was better to be careful.
In the imperial court, there were tens of thousands of memorials every day. Not to mention the Emperor, even the ceremonial director who helped the Emperor was exhausted.
Xia Jian simply handed over the tasks of approving the red and reviewing to his subordinates. He only focused on the memorials of some high-ranking officials.
For example, the memorials of the six ministers!
Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, abolished the prime minister system and the Ministry of Central Affairs. He directly used the Ministry of Central Affairs to stabilize the world. The six departments were also directly responsible to the emperor from this time on, and their status was higher than any previous dynasty.
Among the six departments, Xia Jian was most concerned about the Ministry of Revenue.
The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty's territory, land, household registration, taxes, salaries, and all financial matters. In other words, the Ministry of Revenue was the Ming Dynasty's money bag, the place where the Ming Dynasty stored money.
Looking through the account book submitted by the Ministry of Revenue, Xia Jian discovered some small problems, but he really did not discover the big mistakes.
Everyone knew that corruption was a serious problem during the Ming Dynasty. The two sources of corruption were money and power. Would the Ministry of Revenue, which was in charge of money, not have any problems?
Could it be that the Ministry of Revenue during the Ming Xianzong period was so clean?
For Xia Jian, this was not a good thing. He was still hoping to use his power to collude with the Ministry of Revenue.
His fingers tapped the table lightly. He was thinking about how to turn the Ministry of Revenue into his own money bag.
Sometimes, money could solve things that power couldn't. Now that Xia Jian had power, he began to think about how to get money.
A few days had passed, but Xia Jian still hadn't caught the Minister of Revenue. The account book was done very well, but there were some small problems.
A small problem was harder to deal with than an account book without a problem. This made Xia Jian very frustrated. Why did he think that becoming a corrupt official would be so troublesome?
This Minister of Revenue was either really honest and upright, or he was cunning and unpredictable!
Sighing, Xia Jian walked out of the ceremonial supervisor to take a breather and think about his matters.
Unknowingly, he walked to the Hall of Cultural Splendor and arrived at the Profound Language Pavilion.
"Strange, why am I here?”Raising his head to look at the Profound Language Pavilion, Xia Jian suddenly sighed and said,""That's good. It's not bad to read ancient books. In books there are houses of gold, and in books there are beauties like jade.”
The Profound Language Pavilion was created by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Profound Language Pavilion was located in Jinling City at that time. Later, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to the capital city and built a replica of Jinling City.
It was modeled after Jinling City, and the Profound Language Pavilion was built to the east of Fengtian Gate, collecting ancient and modern books.
Xia Jian narrowed his eyes slightly. This Ming Dynasty's Profound Language Pavilion must be filled with books from ancient times to the present. It must contain the great wisdom of the predecessors. He could learn from them.
Xia Jian stepped into the Profound Language Pavilion and wanted to flip through a book, but he was scolded by the female historian who was in charge of the Profound Language Pavilion.
"Stop, where did you come from, little eunuch? Don't you know that eunuchs are not allowed to enter the Profound Language Pavilion?”
A crisp and melodious voice like that of an oriole sounded. Xia Jian turned around and his eyes lit up.
What a beautiful woman!
Xia Jian's gaze was fixed on this woman. The female historian's official robe just complemented her figure.
In Xia Jian's words, it was a curvy front and back, so beautiful that it was bubbling!
Of course, if it was just her figure and beauty, she wouldn't be able to completely attract Xia Jian. What Xia Jian liked the most was the woman's fresh temperament. She was refined, like a fairy who did not belong to the mortal world.
"Hey, what are you daydreaming about? If you still don't go out, I'll report this to the Lord!”
Xia Jian came back to his senses when he saw the pretty woman talking. He pretended to cough twice and said,"Don't you know who I am?”
The female historian looked at Xia Jian and nodded seriously."I know!"
"Eunuchs are the so-called eunuchs!”
Xia Jian pulled out a token from his sleeve and waved it in front of her.
The seal of the ceremonial supervisor!
Everyone knew that the ceremonial director had a seal eunuch, a brush eunuch, a court eunuch, and a commander eunuch!
A palm-printed eunuch was usually the commander eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, and had the greatest authority among the ceremonial supervisors!
The female historian naturally recognized this palm imprint. She quickly knelt on the ground and said,"This servant did not know it was Eunuch Xia, please forgive me.”
The news of Xia Jian risking his life to save the Transformation Monarch had long spread throughout the palace. Although many people did not know what Xia Jian looked like, most of them knew that the current Chief of Rites and Seal Eunuch was Xia Jian.
In the past few days, someone had spread a saying in the palace that it was better to provoke Noble Consort Wan than to touch the director of ceremonies.
The power of the ceremonial director was already big enough, and now that the eunuch with the seal was the emperor's savior, even Empress Dowager Zhou was praising Xia Jian in front of everyone, so everyone knew that Xia Jian could not be provoked.
Of course, as the main character, Xia Jian didn't know what was going on. He had been so busy in the ceremonial supervisor these two days that he did not care about these things.
Xia Jian took back the token and bent down. He took the beautiful woman's hand and said,"Stand up, I am just a eunuch, female historian need not be like this.”
The female historian stood up. She felt that this legendary favorite of the Emperor was very amiable.
However, it seemed a little…perverted!
Xia Jian held the female historian's hands and did not let go until the female historian stood up. His thumb involuntarily slid across the back of her jade-like hand, causing the female historian to blush.
"Don't, don't be like this, Eunuch Xia, it's not good to be seen.”
She shyly snorted and pushed Xia Jian away. She was so shy that she didn't dare to look Xia Jian in the eye. She lowered her head and looked at the ground.
Xia Jian sniffed his fingers. There was still a faint fragrance on them. Seeing how cute the female historian was, he couldn't help but smile.
"I'm just here to read some books. It's nothing. Go do your thing.”
As Xia Jian spoke, he took a book from the bookshelf and began to read it seriously.
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