A hundred flavors of life

In the 18th year of Yongle, after Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved his capital to Yanjing, Jinling became the capital. However, because Jinling was the foundation of the Ming ancestors, Emperor Yongle left a complete set of court institutions, and even the internal officials who served the emperor24 The yamen also remained.

Later Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi added internal and external guard positions in Jinling. The internal guards were the internal guards, the Xunchens were the external guards, and the civil servants were the counselors. They were jointly responsible for the security of Nanjing. The eunuch is in charge.

Compared with Xungui's external defense and civil and military ministers, Jinling's internal defense has a wider range of responsibilities.

Although the foreign ministers were in charge of military and state affairs in name, in fact the internal defense also had the right to participate in it. Because of the trust and support of the emperor, the status of the guarding eunuchs was often higher than that of many nobles and foreign ministers in Jinling.

Therefore, the internal defense not only manages the Jinling imperial city, but also manages the 24 yamen and the army in Jinling. In Jinling City without an emperor, the internal defense exists like a local emperor.

At this time, in the inner defense mansion, Han Zanzhou, who was the eunuch guarding Jinling at that time, a presence like the emperor of Jinling, was kneeling tremblingly on the ground to greet Hua Twelve, who was sitting on the throne, and saluted him.

"Han Zanzhou, meet Commander-in-Chief!"

It is said that eunuchs are internal ministers and the emperor's servants, and generally cannot kneel down for foreign ministers, but Han Zanzhou not only kneels now, but also has a bloody red scar on his face. If you do it, you can't blame others.

Things have to start a quarter of an hour ago.

A quarter of an hour ago, Han Zanzhou was in the Tingfeng Pavilion of his home, listening to a little song sung by the actors in the house, and at the same time looking down at the bustling market in Jinling City outside the house.

He had the final say on what came into his eyes. At that moment, he felt unspeakably satisfied. He felt that although he was not a perfect person, he had no regrets in his life so far.

But at this moment, he heard the sound of thunder in the distance, and then the whole Tingfeng Building began to shake slightly, and the teacups on the table in front of him overflowed under the vibration.

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Just as Han Zanzhou was wondering if it was an earthquake, he saw a horse team running from the direction of the city gate, all of them were dressed as Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi.

The horse team rushed to the front of their house, and someone shouted first: "Jin Yiwei, Dongchang is doing business!" Then he dismounted and led people in.

Han Zanzhou was coughing in anger. In his anger, he went directly down the Tingfeng Tower, and led someone to stop the factory guards rushing in, cursing loudly:
"Bastard, what dares to act presumptuously in front of our family!"

As soon as he came out, the guards in the mansion behind him, as well as his subordinates from Nanjing Dongchang, surrounded him with swords.

At this time, a person outside the gate of the mansion was wearing a flying fish suit, holding a beautiful woman in a red robe, walked in under the compliments of all the factory guards, and said loudly: "Tell him, who are we!"

Walking in the front was Lu Jianxing, raised his waist card and shouted:
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"Listen well, Lu Jianxing, the next official Jinyiwei hundred households, my lord is the new commander of Jinyiwei, Master Hou Hua of Xiping, don't come forward to salute!"

Han Zanzhou laughed angrily. He had heard of Hua Shier's name before. He heard that Mrs. Fengsheng and his godfather Wei Zhongxian were moved down. If he had heard this name a month ago, he might have been terrified. But news came from the capital two days ago that his godfather Wei Zhongxian has recovered again.

In this case, he was afraid of shit.

Dang even sneered and said: "Young, young, who do I think it is? The toad yawned with a big tone. Jin Yiwei is the dog raised by Eunuch Wei, a small commander of the Jin Yiwei, a third-rank Marquis. If you dare to ask me, the eunuch guarding Jinling, to greet you, I think you are tired of living, and you dare to come to my place to make you feel uncomfortable!"

Hua Twelve waved his hand casually: "Give him a longer memory!"

Lu Jianxing had just got off his horse and was still holding a whip in his hand. Hearing this, he hit Han Zanzhou's face with a slap of the whip, causing the guarding eunuch to jump high in pain.

He cried out: "Dare to hit me, you are going to rebel, kill me!"

The guards on Han Zanzhou's side and the Dongchang Fanzi heard the news that their knives were out of their sheaths, and they were about to strike.

Hua Twelve didn't need him to speak. The factory guard in front took out a short-barreled flintlock and pointed it at the surroundings. Immediately, no one dared to move on the other side.

At this time, Zhang Ban Zheng, who had been following Hua Twelve, stepped forward and said:

"Old Han, if you want to die, don't implicate the brothers of Dongchang in Jinling, why don't you kowtow to Lord Hou to admit your mistake!"

Han Zanzhou saw that the person who spoke looked familiar, and saw that he was wearing the service of the head of the East Factory, and suddenly remembered a person he met in the capital many years ago:

"You are the boy Zheng next to godfather"

Zhang Zhang rolled his eyes, but still said:

"It's me, Old Han, I'm not talking about you. How long have you not seen the court report? The emperor has long appointed Xipinghou as the commander of Jinyiwei, and at the same time governing the East Factory. Hurry up and salute!"

Han Zanzhou's calf was a little tense: "Didn't you say that Eunuch Wei has recovered and presided over the overall situation?"

Headmaster Zheng was even more speechless: "It's because the adults are too lazy to care about the mundane affairs and just let Eunuch Wei handle the factory security affairs on his behalf. Now even the old man Wei Eunuch has to salute when he sees the adults. You are a fart!"

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Han Zanzhou was so frightened that he fell to his knees and said in a sobbing voice, "I'm the guard of Jinling, I've seen Lord Hou."

Hua Twelve didn't bother to pay attention to this person, so he didn't respond, just took Ding Baiying's hand and walked inside.

He was annoyed when he saw Han Zanzhou, with a fat head and big ears and a belly full of idiots. He has been domineering in Jinling all these years. Regarding this person, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei combined can be more than one foot thick. the wicked.

Headmaster Zheng rushed forward, pointing at the bewildered Jinling East Factory fans who were holding knives, and shouted:
"They all knelt down and didn't want to live!"

Those Dongchang fans and the guardians of the inner defense mansion immediately dispersed, kneeling on both sides in a well-trained manner, and shouted well:
"Congratulations, Commander-in-Chief."

Back to the present, Hua Shier asked someone to call in Han Zanzhou, who was kneeling in the yard, and the guarding eunuch tremblingly kowtowed to the Commander to plead guilty.

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Hua Twelve was too lazy to say anything else, and ordered straight to the point:

"There are two things for you to do. First, let my people take over the Jinling city defense, and you have to hand over the military power!"

"Second, write a post in the name of receiving the wind for me, and call me all the nobles, big and small, civil and military officials of Jinling City to come to your house for a banquet. Go do it!"

In fact, Hua Shier asked Han Zanzhou to hand over his military power to control Jinling's city defense. As for Jinling's defenders, he didn't like it at all, because such a big Jinling City, the capital of Ming Dynasty, the defenders here can fight alone None of them.

For example, in the 34th year of Jiajing, a small group of Japanese pirates with about [-] people landed in Zhejiang Province, drove straight into Anhui, and finally came to the gate of Jinling, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and almost broke into it. Jinling city.

You must know that this group of Japanese pirates traveled thousands of miles from Zhejiang to Jinling, and many people died in the process. When they arrived in Jinling, there were only more than [-] people left, and they almost captured Jinling. You said that the defenders of this place There is a fart.

However, although Hua Twelve didn't like the defenders here, in his plan, this establishment must come over, so the first clause is to put forward this condition.

Han Zanzhou covered the wound on his face, grinning and said:

"Master Hou, it's not in accordance with the rules to ask the subordinates to hand over their military power, and it's also not in line with the law of the court!"

Hua Twelve waved his hand, and Pei Lun who was on the side took out the imperial decree.

Hua Twelve pointed to the imperial decree and said: "The emperor has a decree, ordering the Marquis to patrol the sky on behalf of the sky, do things cheaply, and give Shang Fang a sword, and have the right to kill all officials who do not cooperate."

After he finished speaking, he said with a smile that was not a smile: "Eunuch Han, do you want to read the imperial decree?"

Han Zanzhou nodded again and again, asking him to hand over his rights, he was not reconciled, he had to see the imperial decree.

But this nod offends people, doesn't it make it clear that he doesn't trust Shangguan's words, especially there are Jinyiwei Qianhu, Dongchang team leader and other stall leaders here, all of whom came with Xipinghou.

This distrust of Hua Twelve is just slapping these people in the face. What's the matter, I think they are all conspiring to falsely preach the imperial decree.

Pei Lun smiled at Zheng Zhang on the other side: "Old Zheng, your internal officials have produced talents!"

It stands to reason that Han Zanzhou's status is higher than that of Zhangban Zheng, but now Zhangban Zheng can't help it anymore, this guy is giving eye drops to the entire internal officials, Dongchang, Eunuch Wei and himself.

Being run over by Pei Lun's words, Zhang Zhang couldn't hold back his face immediately. He went up and slapped Han Zan Zhou, turning the local emperor in Jinling City into a big pig's head, begging for mercy repeatedly.

The surrounding people in the garrison mansion in Jinling all lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

In the end, Hua Twelve couldn't stand it anymore: "Okay, I still need him to do things, don't beat him to death, besides, the imperial decree is for people to read, I just find it troublesome, since people don't believe it, let them see it All right!"

After speaking, he pulled Ding Baiying to get up, went out to walk around the inner defense mansion, looked at the scenery, and asked Pei Lun to preside over the arrangement of incense and read the imperial decree.

It took two sticks of incense before Hua Twelve came back with his wife. At this moment, Han Zanzhou was obedient and honest.

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Hua Twelve walked over, patted the pig's face, and said:
"What you have done in Jinling these years is clearly recorded by Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Ordinarily, you have no way to survive, but now I am employing people, and you happen to be familiar with Jiangnan officialdom, so I will give it to you." You have a way to survive, remember to do things well."

As he spoke, he took out a 'Three Corpse Brain Pill' and threw it to Ban Zhang: "Take him out to find a place, introduce him, let him choose whether it is life or death!"

Zhang Zhang respectfully took the elixir, and then lifted Han Zanzhou, which weighed more than 200 kilograms, with one hand, and walked out of the hall in a blink of an eye.

Hua Twelve looked at it and nodded straight. After Xiao Zheng's "Sunflower Treasure Canon" practiced for the first time, he became more and more diligent. In just one or two months, his strength has almost caught up with him.

In the face of being controlled and dying on the spot, Han Zanzhou, the guarding eunuch who is used to domineering, is naturally greedy for life and afraid of death, so he chose to swallow the 'Three Corpse Brain Pill' without hesitation.

Half an hour later, there were countless posts signed by Han Zanzhou, the guarding eunuch, sent out from the inner defense mansion to various honorable and civil and military mansions in Jinling City, inviting them to come to the banquet this evening, for those who came from the capital Lord Xiping, take the wind and wash away the dust.

The first one to arrive was Bao Liangzhao, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, the Fusi of Nanjing.

This person was originally a Baihu of Fusi in the southern town of Jingcheng, and he was an idler, because he had a good relationship with Pei Lun. During the internal purge campaign of Jinyiwei two months ago, he was recommended by him to be promoted to guardian of Jinyi, and he was in Jinling Town of Jinyiwei. Fusi Yamen.

As for Qianhu, the last tenure of Fusi in Jinling Town of Jinyiwei, due to his deep collusion with local forces, he was considered hopeless by the above, so he was transferred back to the capital in the name of promotion, and was secretly cleaned up on the way.

Similar to this kind of Jinyiwei officials who were secretly cleaned up, there were at least a hundred people in the first two months.

It was at that time that Bao Liangzhao was ordered to go to Jinling to rectify the local Jinyiwei.

Not to mention, the person Pei Lun recommended is also talented. After he arrived in Jinling, he found that the Jinyiwei here was rotten to the root, and immediately began to make drastic adjustments. This time, he heard that the Commander had arrived, so he came here to report on his work. .

Hua Shier asked about some details after he took office, and he was very satisfied with Bao Liangzhao's handling of the matter. With a few words in a gentle voice, this subordinate was moved to die for his confidant.

In the evening, the nobles and ministers of civil and military affairs of Jinling City, as long as they have heads, faces and real power, basically arrived and gathered in the inner garrison mansion.

There was a banquet in the front hall, there was a lot of noise, Hua Shier and Ding Baiying were playing Go in the back, and they had no intention of going out to greet these Jinling officials at all.

When the time was almost up, Bao Liangzhao walked in with Pei Lun and reported: "My lord, everyone who should come has already arrived!"

Hua Twelve paused with his hand just as he was about to make a move, then he shoved the black and white pieces on the board into confusion, and said to Ding Baiying who was sitting opposite:

"Oh, you're lucky, I'm about to kill you a big dragon, but everyone is here, it's important to do business, and I'll kill you later!"

Ding Baiying stared angrily at her husband and did not speak.

After playing a game of chess for half an hour just now, she had already forced her man to the point of nowhere. As for the move just now, killing the dragon was all nonsense. Falling down, it's obvious that you don't know where to fall, and now you've got a good deal and you're acting nice again.

Hua Twelve felt guilty when his wife looked at him, he smiled embarrassingly, and confessed: "Ask someone to get you some food, you can eat here, I'll deal with those people before I talk!"

The banquet is held in the hall of the Inner Garrison Mansion. There are hundreds of people attending the banquet. Naturally, there is no room for a hall, so it will be determined according to the rank. Only officials with noble ranks and above the third rank can sit in the hall, and those below the third rank are all in the courtyard. Set up a table.

When Hua Twelve came out, Han Zanzhou screamed with a smile on his face like a dog's leg: "Commander Jin Yiwei, Master Xiping Hou Hua is here!"

Hula, nearly half of the people stood up to salute, but the other half sat motionless, with different expressions on their faces.

When the banquet was held in the Inner Garrison Mansion, in the Jinling Inner Prison, an eunuch was giving instructions to the person beside him:

"This Marquis of Xiping is not kind. He took over the city defense as soon as he entered Jinling, and someone in the capital also sent a letter saying that he can't be allowed to live. Tell Heishi to do it and send him on his way as soon as possible!"