The term "eunuch faction" is easy to say but hard to hear.
In reality, although Han Gonggong's faction was not publicly referred to as the eunuch party by most people, it did have a bad reputation in the Great Zhou court.
After all, he was working for eunuchs, so it would be strange if his reputation wasn't good.
Moreover, the Imperial Guard Bureau itself was a secret service agency similar to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so it's natural that it was unpopular.
However, Yang Sheng certainly didn't care about such empty reputations. If Eunuch Han had a good reputation, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to get close to him.
Just as Eunuch Han himself said, the people in the Imperial Guard were basically from the Imperial Guard and the Imperial City Guard.
The problem is that there weren't many of these people to begin with, and even fewer were willing to join the Imperial Guard, since being a spy wasn't as prestigious as being a member of the Imperial Guard.
Therefore, Han Gonggong's Guardian Division was actually somewhat short-staffed, and because of his reputation, there weren't many talented people from outside the area willing to come and join him.
Yang Sheng had just randomly chosen a stepping stone to get close to the emperor yesterday, but he didn't expect it to be such a good one.
"Wu Xie, go and investigate Huang Yunchang's background."
Chen Da, go back to the Bureau of Crackdown on Theft and ask if any of our former brothers are willing to come with us to the Bureau of Guardianship.
Regardless of what the Prefect of the Capital said, he dared not utter a single unnecessary word, simply by presenting the Imperial Guard's plaque.
Ye Meiniang stared at Yang Sheng with her big, watery eyes: "Boss, what should I do?"
Yang Sheng waved his hand and said, "You're not of any use for now. Just wait for news."
Ye Meiniang pouted in dissatisfaction. She was clearly the most useful one, wasn't she?
Yin Wuxie and Chen Da moved quite nimbly.
The two returned almost at the same time, with Chen Da bringing back more than twenty people.
Some of these people were former bandits who had followed them to become mountain kings, while others were their direct subordinates in the Bureau of Bandit Suppression.
Regardless of which one, those who are willing to follow them from the Bureau of Crackdown on Theft to the Bureau of Guardianship are generally loyal without a doubt.
Yin Wuxie handed Yang Sheng a stack of papers and said, "I asked around through a Jianghu mediator I knew before. That old guy isn't a good person either."
Yang Sheng asked in surprise, "Does the Jianghu media also have information on officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Jianghu spies are people in the martial arts world who specialize in gathering intelligence and information.
A more sophisticated one is called a "spy," while a less sophisticated one is called a "gossipmonger." In today's terms, they would be called paparazzi.
Yin Wuxie sneered, "In the capital, the martial arts world and the imperial court are inseparable."
Besides, what don't these guys know? They even know when the top courtesan in the Eight Great Brothels is menstruating.
Yang Sheng carefully reviewed the information and found that Huang Yunchang, whom Eunuch Han wanted to deal with, was indeed a very difficult person.
Strictly speaking, Huang Yunchang was not an official, but Yang Sheng couldn't describe exactly what that position was for the time being.
This old fellow was from Jiangnan and could write books, but it seems he didn't produce any classics.
He could write poetry, but he didn't leave behind any masterpieces.
However, by continuing to mingle in literary circles, he actually earned a good reputation and became the headmaster of Qinghu Academy, the largest academy in Jiangnan, with students all over the world.
Later, Zhang Xiren, a Grand Secretary of the court, felt that the literary style was flourishing in Jiangnan, so he invited Huang Yunchang to the capital to open a branch of Qinghu Academy.
Huang Yunchang's fame spread to the capital, and everyone thought he was a literary giant, with officials of all ranks vying to visit him.
Upon seeing this, Huang Yunchang truly believed himself to be a great sage in the wilderness, and began to discuss state affairs, criticizing and insulting this and that all day long.
He became famous because a few months earlier, a general from the Northern Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty returned to the capital with his personal guards to report on his duties.
However, one of the guards was away fighting for many years, and his wife, unable to bear the loneliness, had an affair. The guard happened to catch them in the act and, in a fit of rage, killed both the adulterous couple.
Originally, this was just a minor matter. The general personally went to the Prefect of Jingzhao to plead for mercy, and was even willing to pay money to atone for his sins, just to spare the life of his personal guard.
However, the adulterer happened to be a student of Qinghu Academy in the capital, so Huang Yunchang beat the drum at the Jingzhao Yin's office to appeal for justice, cursing the general for abusing his power for personal gain and disregarding human life.
As a soldier, he knowingly breaks the law. Today he dares to protect his subordinates who commit murder, and tomorrow he will dare to protect his subordinates who rebel!
It is said that the general, a crude and uncouth military man, dared to interfere with judicial decisions, which shows that he has no respect for the civil officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If this continues, how can the law of the country be upheld?
He even attacked the general's private morality, and even suspected that the general, as a Northern Army general, had been stationed on the frontier for so many years without any battle achievements, and whether he was secretly colluding with the enemy and raising bandits to enhance his own power.
The general's personal guard, unable to bear seeing his general so humiliated, committed suicide by running into a pillar in the main hall.
The general was filled with grief and indignation, and was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. After returning home, he became bedridden and died in less than a month.
After this battle, Huang Yunchang became even more smug, believing that the man had been made ashamed by what he had said, and that he felt he had let down the emperor and the people, which was why he died of shame and indignation.
When the others saw that this man had actually driven a general to his death, they dared not provoke him even more.
So although Huang Yunchang was not an official, he criticized high-ranking government officials all day long. Some people were even afraid of him. After being scolded by him, they would even personally go to his door to apologize, for fear of being targeted and scolded by him.
Recently, Huang Yunchang has gone mad for some reason, and he's been openly cursing at Eunuch Han again.
He even petitioned the emperor to disband the Imperial Guard, saying that the secret agents of the Imperial Guard were secretly collecting information and private information about court officials, which was an insult to civility and simply intolerable.
Eunuch Han wasn't afraid of Huang Yunchang's scolding. After all, he was a eunuch who also controlled the Imperial Guard, and he had been scolded a lot on a daily basis, so he was already immune to it.
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