Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 322 Purpose
At Maoshi the next day, not long after the city gates of Nanjing were opened, a large number of Jinyiwei suddenly poured into the city from Jubao Gate and Tongji Gate. Under the leadership of the General Banner, according to the prior arrangement, they went separately to the main ministries and offices in the city.

After riding into the city, Li Ruolian, who was wearing a red unicorn men's uniform, a Luan belt on his waist, and black gauze on his head, was guided by the school lieutenant in plain clothes who had already entered the city to Li Banghua's imperial envoy.

"Constitution-making, everything is ready. I have brought more than a thousand school soldiers this time, together with the strong soldiers from the Beijing camp, which is enough to suppress all kinds of dissatisfaction in Nanzhili! I don't know what's going on with the constitution-making side?"

In the west-span courtyard behind the Dongli Pavilion, Li Ruolian, sitting first on the left side of the hall, cupped his hands and said.

Li Ruolian's rank has been promoted to the first rank of the military official, plus the natural attribute of being pro-military, so he also holds an equal attitude when facing the Zuodu Yushi, who is the first rank civil official.

Whether it was before or now, Li Ruolian did not know that he would meet Nanjing Jinyiwei Yamen.

Although Nanjing also has a nominal commander of Jinyiwei, but it has been assimilated by local officials and gentry for many years in the south of the Yangtze River, and it no longer looks like a factory guard.Li Ruolian was indifferent to the commander of the so-called Nanjing Jinyiwei.After finishing the errands this time, Nanjing Jinyiwei and his group can simply be dismissed from the military.

"It's still early, and there is no news from here. The relatives have already entered the city, and I expect the guests to arrive soon. Li Zhenfu envoy, don't be impatient!"

Li Banghua is sitting on the main seat, and two guards are standing behind him holding the flag of Wang Ming. The censor Chen Jinmin is sitting at the lower end of a row of seats on the right side of the hall.

This time, Zhu Youjian sent two bigwigs with great power to Jiangnan at the same time, not just to deal with the strike.His ultimate goal is to implement the plan he envisioned in advance while the war outside the pass has not started yet, and there is a gap of about half a year in the middle.

This plan is to merge the ministries and departments of Nanjing into the imperial court of the capital, move relevant officials north to Beijing, completely dig out the roots of Jiangnan interest groups, and completely eliminate the small Nanjing court that has existed for more than a hundred years, so that the imperial court’s decrees can be established in the Ming Dynasty. The territory is unimpeded.

Zhu Youjian originally planned to implement this plan after the battle with Jianlu next year, but the sudden strike action by the four Jiangnan prefectures gave him a suitable opportunity. After reviewing the situation, Zhu Youjian quickly made up his mind: Instead of making small troubles all the time, it's better to follow the trend and take the opportunity to cut off all the cancerous tumors attached to Daming's body.

Li Ruolian didn't care about Li Banghua's honest words.He admired Li Banghua's integrity and character, but in Li Ruolian's eyes, except for a small number of people in the court, the rest of the civil servants were mostly people with evil intentions, and they all tried their best to suck blood from the emperor and Daming. There are very few people who think about the country and the country. Most of these civil servants should be imprisoned, and all their family properties should be copied into the palace.

Li Banghua didn't want to have too much interaction with senior officials in Jinyi, so he closed his eyes and rested his mind after speaking, Li Ruolian looked up at the roof, Chen Jinmin sat still, and the scene was a little awkward and cold for a while.

Fortunately, this embarrassing atmosphere didn't last long. After a while, the head of the Beijing Camp who was on duty outside the door came to the door and announced loudly: "I report to the imperial envoy! Outside the door, please see Xin Chengbo and Zhang Zhenshou for posting! "

"welcome!"

Li Banghua got up and ordered in a deep voice.

After a while, the sullen Zhao Zhilong and Zhang Yixian came to the main room side by side. After seeing Li Banghua and Li Ruolian standing outside the door to welcome them, Zhang Yixian was a little surprised and said first: "Yesterday Lu Butang said Li Xianxian is a very powerful official, and our family still felt that his words were a bit exaggerated. Only when we came to visit today, we found out that the constitutional constitution is indeed a great official authority! Generations of honorable ministers have been guarding, and they need to report before they can enter! The soldiers at the gate have no sense of superiority or inferiority, it is extremely rude! Don’t you think that the constitution-making move violates the rules?”

Both of them received a list of generous gifts from Qian Shisheng last night, and what they wanted was to prevent too much involvement in the Jiangnan strike case.After considering that such a request was not too much, both of them agreed to go to the imperial envoy's office the next day to discuss it.Although Li Banghua came here with Tianxian in his mouth, the face of the two must be taken into account, right?At least the scope of involvement can be reduced as much as possible, which the two of them should be able to do with confidence.

After the communication, the two agreed on a good time, and they were going to join hands to put pressure on Li Banghua, so as to get benefits for others and at the same time increase their own prestige.Unexpectedly, he just woke up the next morning and received the news that Jin Yiwei had suddenly entered the city before he finished washing. The two rushed to Dongli Pavilion one after another in amazement, hoping to get what they should do before Jin Yiwei intervened. Done.

Unexpectedly, when the two of them were about to enter through the gate, they were stopped by the guards on duty, saying that they could only be allowed to enter after entering the gate. Zhao Zhilong had a fit, Zhang Yixian raised his hand and slapped Shi Zhang who was blocking him: "You dare to block our way, you really want to die! Grandpa will beat you to death here today!"

The chief took a step back to let go of the attacking arm, and pulled out the sharp long knife from his waist. The rest of the soldiers drew their swords and bows in an instant, and formed a front arrow with the chief as an arrow. In a row, they aimed at Zhang Yixian and others, and the servants of Uncle Xincheng's mansion also had their knives in their hands, ready to rush forward to protect their uncle at any time.

Zhang Yixian was shocked, his face was pale and white, and he stood there in a daze.Zhao Zhilong reacted quickly, and after being shocked, he stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Don't be rude! Benbo is a garrison minister in Nanjing, and this is Zhang Gonggong, the eunuch of the garrison! Hurry up and report to the inside, saying that certain two people have urgent business and The imperial envoy will consult with you! I will not spare you if you are delayed on official business! Hurry up!"

The soldiers and generals from the Beijing camp usually pride themselves on being the Son of Heaven who is close to the army, so how could they put outsiders in their eyes? After the senior officer glanced at the two people in front of him with contemptuous eyes, he cupped his hands casually and replied: "Duty Here, I hope you two will take care of me! This humble job will be passed on to the inside! Take the knife!"

After finishing speaking, he put away his sword and sheathed it, then turned around and entered the gate, and the sentry soldiers who had been ordered put away their swords and bows and continued to line up on both sides. They didn't even look at the two big men, and more than a dozen people were watching the fun Captain Jinyi showed a gloating smile.

Zhao Zhilong turned around and glanced around with fierce eyes, the servants of Uncle Xincheng's mansion retracted their weapons and returned to their original positions.

Zhang Yixian, who finally got off the stage, gave a cold snort, and looked at the back of the old man with anger in his eyes, although he was very angry in his heart, there was nothing he could do.As a defensive eunuch, I was a one-of-a-kind existence in Nanjing, but the group of people from the capital seemed to be much more tyrannical than him. Just now, when the Shichang was staring at him with a knife in his hand, Zhang Yixian was as cold as a beast from him. There was a faint killing intent in his eyes.

Zhao Zhilong approached Zhang Yixian and said in a soft voice: "Eunuch Zhang, please bear with your anger for a while, and finish the entrusted matters first before talking about other things! Now that the army is entering the city, if there is another incident, it will be disadvantageous to you and me!"

After Zhang Yixian calmed down, his mind recovered. He slightly bowed his hands to Zhao Zhilong to express his gratitude, and said in a low voice: "Today, our family has accepted your kindness! Our family always felt that Li Mengan and the relatives came one after another. , This matter is full of strangeness inside and out! With so many relatives going south, the person leading the team must be more than a thousand households! Could it be that an official from the court came? In that case, the case will be hand-picked by the emperor! Enter in a while In the future, the two of us must play by ear, and we must not cause trouble for the upper body!"

Zhao Zhilong's complexion was slightly heavy.Zhang Yixian's words were rare heartfelt words among senior officials. If the whole incident was planned by the emperor, then he and Zhang Yixian should really be careful.

What he has done in the past few years has a ruthless taste. Lian Cheng, the number one figure among the nobles, will kill him if he wants to, let alone an earl like him.

At this moment, the chief came out of the yard and cupped his hands at the two: "The imperial envoy invites you to enter!"

(End of this chapter)