Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 410 Menda and Wynn

Qianqing Palace.

It was raining heavily outside, and Zhu Qiyu had just woken up from a nap when he got a report that Lu Zhong, the Commander of Jin Yiwei, asked to see him, so he called him in.

Not long after, Lu Zhong strode into the hall, prostrating to meet: "Minister Lu Zhong pays homage to His Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu was wearing a swallow's suit, leaning on the throne, looked up and down, and found that Lu Zhong's body was covered with traces of being drenched in the rain, and he obviously came in a hurry, so he asked.

"Excuse me. I am so eager to see you. Is there something wrong in the prison?"

Lu Zhong got up, nodded and said: "As your Majesty expected, the British government can't sit still anymore. I deliberately pretended not to know. Sure enough, some people couldn't stand the temptation. Taking advantage of the heavy rain today, they put Zhang Min in the imperial prison." among."

Now Zhu Qiyu is interested.

He had known for a long time that once the mission returned to Beijing, the British government would try every means to contact Zhang Fu to find out the truth.

It's just that, he originally thought that Zhang Xiang would at most pass some news secretly like last time, but he never thought that this time they were obviously in a hurry and wanted to meet in person.

Obviously, in the heavily guarded prison, it is enough to rely on a few jailers who have been "bought" to secretly find an opportunity to spread a message, but it is not easy to send someone in to visit.

Sitting up straight, Zhu Qiyu asked lightly: "Who is so bold?"

A trace of cold sweat could not help oozing from Lu Zhong's head, he immediately fell to his knees and said, "Your Majesty, I have neglected my duty. This person is the Fusi of Beizhen, who punishes thousands of households and is a door-to-door."

He also didn't expect that Jinyiwei had been cleaned so many times, and there were still fish that slipped through the net.

Jinyiwei has a total of seventeen guards. Among them, Beizhen Fusi is in charge of imperial prisons, and there are five guards under it, which are dedicated to criminal prisons.

As the Xing Qianhu who is in charge of the first guard, he is already considered a high-ranking and powerful person in Jinyiwei, but it is such a person who will be bribed by others, which really makes Lu Zhong feel a little bit uncomfortable.

Relatively speaking, Zhu Qiyu was much calmer.

The scale of Jinyiwei is much larger than that of Dongchang, and it is normal to have a few scum, but this name reminded him of something.

Menda and Lu Gao, the two great generals of the Tianshun Dynasty, monitored the every move of all the ministers in the court for the restored Zhu Qizhen. It was their specialty to fabricate charges and frame the ministers.

During the few years when they were active, there was a lot of turmoil in the court, and everyone was in danger. Menda was not exiled until the little baby with the chest came to the throne.

Oh, by the way, Yuan Bin, who is going north now, lived and died with the Supreme Emperor, was also framed by Menda, suffered all kinds of torture, and almost lost his life.

Zhu Qiyu has been busy with government affairs, and Jin Yiwei has been handed over to Lu Zhong to take care of it, but he didn't expect that this person is still there, and he is jumping up and down again.

Lu Zhong knelt on the ground, the sweat on his forehead kept breaking out, the emperor's long silence made him feel a deep uneasiness.

After a while, he boldly raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty, since we found out, how should we deal with this Menda?"

Zhu Qiyu woke up, saw Lu Zhong's appearance, waved his hands and said.

"Get up, I know this person, if I remember correctly, he still has a few confidantes, what are they called, Lu Gao, Xie Tong, Liu Jing?"

Lu Zhong was stunned for a moment, a trace of panic welled up in his heart, he never thought that the emperor knew Jin Yiwei so well.

Nodding honestly, Lu Zhong said: "Your Majesty, these people are indeed Menda's subordinates."

So, Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, rubbed his forehead, and said softly.

"Menda and Lu Gao don't need to save their lives. As for other people, you can figure it out. There are so many instruments of torture in the imperial prison, and they have been covered with dust for many years. It's time to see the blood. The so-called compassion does not control soldiers. When you start, don't hesitate."

Jin Yiwei is the emperor's pro-army, so it doesn't take much trouble to deal with it. Like Dongchang, it is basically decided by the emperor.

One light word decided the lives of these people.

Lu Zhong didn't care about the life and death of these people. What made him feel uneasy was that he felt the emperor's anger from these few indifferent words.

Jin Yiwei's torture tools, his commander's scalp tingles just looking at them, Menda and the others, this is not a dead end, even death is not easy.

After saluting, Lu Zhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will handle it properly, and alert other brothers, and they will never make mistakes again."

Zhu Qiyu didn't say anything, and waved his hand to signal that he could step back.

At this time, a servant who looked about thirty came in and said.

"Your Majesty, Yu Qian, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Yu Shiyue, Minister of the Cabinet, are seeking an audience outside."

Lu Zhong was slightly surprised, because the servant was dressed in the color of a chief eunuch.

Being able to appear here means that he is the emperor's confidant, but he has never seen this person.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu said: "The supervisor of Li is busy, and Cheng Jing is too tired to run around every day, so I have newly promoted a eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace to take care of my daily life. His name is Huai En, and Shu Liang recommended me."

When Lu Zhong heard that it was recommended by Shu Liang, he felt relieved, and quickly cupped his hands, saying, "I've met Eunuch Huai."

The eunuch on the opposite side seemed a little cautious, and also bowed his hands and returned the gift.

Then, Zhu Qiyu said: "Wynn, you can send Commander Lu out of the palace, and by the way, you will announce the Shaobao two."

So, Wynn took the lead and took Lu Zhong back out.

Seeing him slightly nervous in front of Lu Zhong, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but smile.

It took him only three or two days to promote Wynn.

The original reason was indeed that Cheng Jing was too busy, and he was now an eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, and his status was unusual as an eunuch, so it was not easy to come and go as soon as he was called.

So, he thought of Wynn.

This is the only person so far who was not reused by Zhu Qiyu in his previous life, and he was even involved with Jin Ying who had been assigned to Nanjing.

But it doesn't matter, because he is Wynn.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many eunuchs with all kinds of tricks to please the emperor and cause all kinds of troubles. If you want to rank Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Cao Jixiang, and Wei Zhongxian, each has its own merits, it is really difficult to distinguish Who is better.

But in terms of eunuchs who stick to integrity, Wynn can definitely rank in the top three, which is why Zhu Qiyu used him.

This person is upright and resolute, honest and upright, loyal but not obsequious, well-read poetry and books but not pedantic, such a person, if he is in the foreign court, he can be an important minister.

Of course, Wynn was not recommended by Shu Liang.

In fact, Shu Liang didn't even know Wynn. After all, before Zhu Qiyu noticed him, Wynn was just an ordinary teacher in the inner study.

In the previous life, Wynn stayed in the inner study until the Tianshun period, and then was sent into the uterus of the crown prince as a lecturer, and was reused only after the crown prince ascended the throne.

However, Shu Liang did help Zhu Qiyu investigate him.

After all, no matter what Zhu Qiyu's impression of him is, with the experience of his previous life, he should always be more cautious.

Thinking in this way, Huai En has already sent Lu Zhong out, and then led Yu Qian and Yu Shiyue into the palace...

(End of this chapter)