Jingming

Chapter 37 The candidate for the commander of Jinyiwei

The study in Qianqing Palace is much more comfortable than that in the Wangfu. Now the furnishings and utensils here are not comparable to the Wangfu. There are many eunuchs and maids on call at the door of the study and outside.

The eunuchs brought to the palace and Zhang Zuo didn't make any arrangements.The female envoys brought here were divided into two groups, one group went to Renshou Palace, and the other group stayed in Qianqing Palace.

The maids staying in Qianqing Palace are headed by Zhu Qingping. She was raised by the Jiang family like a daughter and has been growing up in the palace.Although he is only 26 years old now, he is calm and calm.

After coming in with snacks and hot milk, she realized that the atmosphere in Xinuange was not right.

Quietly putting these on the small table next to the desk, Zhu Qingping looked at Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin and then backed out first.

Now, when Zhang Yong heard the emperor's question, he immediately kowtowed and said, "Gu Dayong has already told the servants that the servants will die, and they should not take the grace given by the Lord Long Live to be self-respecting."

"I don't blame you, the fact is that with your cooperation, it will be easier for me to accept some things." Zhu Houcong is pragmatic, "It's just that you think I'm too young and ignorant."

"Slaves are guilty!" The three eunuchs kowtowed one by one to admit their mistakes.

Gu Dayong went through the link of Zhu Houcong rewarding gifts, how could he underestimate him?

It's just that even if you want to show your loyalty, you can only take out the most important chip in your hand when you are summoned-even though this chip belongs to the emperor.

The great eunuch who stood in the Zhengde Dynasty for 16 years, Gu Dayong, who held the position of "eunuch in charge" and was superior to the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, said after being summoned in Xingwang's mansion at that time: "Your Majesty, the reason for the private audience is because Whether you see it or not, the servants of the courtiers cannot escape. The servants are not afraid of death in the future, but they are afraid that they will not be loyal to His Majesty, making His Majesty unclear about the situation, and will be manipulated by the courtiers in the future!"

Doesn't that mean that he has already explained his tragic situation clearly?
Now Zhu Houcong looked at the three people kneeling on the ground and nodded: "Get up first. Gu Dayong said that his position as eunuch is not in line with the old system, and he has the crime of meeting in private. He will not end well anyway. He asked my protection You two, what did you say that if the three of you go all out, my will will definitely not leave the Forbidden City. You were quite courageous back then, so let’s talk about it in detail now, how come my will can’t leave the Forbidden City?"

Gu Dayong could only kneel down again: "It's the slaves who are worrying. Your majesty is like a saint who came to the world, and the courtiers all worshiped him. The slaves are just thinking ahead for the master, and they are afraid that the officials will take the capital that the late emperor saved so hard. The military power was taken away again."

Zhang Yong also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, on the night of the late emperor's great trip, the servants and servants discussed in private later. The elders in the pavilion recommended the servants to admiral the nine gates of the capital. They really wanted to catch them! The servants are also in charge of the horse supervisor and the admiral of the Tengxiang Four Guards Warriors Battalion. With such a high position and authority, if you impeach him for any crime, you can add a basis for treason..."

"Slaves, how dare you hold your own grace?" Gu Dayong applauded anxiously, "In the 16th year of Emperor Yuji, he changed the [-]th regiment battalion into the east and west government hall, and worked hard to achieve the current situation. Now the mighty regiment training camp has been disbanded, Zhang Zhong They're all in prison too, Your Majesty, the civil servants have been trying to regain control of the Beijing camp since the Tianshun years after the Seizing Gate Incident."

This is what Gu Dayong relied on in his private meeting that day: the military power of the capital!

In their words, the officials represented by Yang Tinghe were aggressive.

Among the many powers now, such as financial power and personnel power, on the one hand, courtiers can interfere with the emperor's decisions by "drafting", "advising" and "refuting", and on the other hand, they can also prevent many decisions from being implemented through execution.

On behalf of Zhang Yong and the others, Gu Dayong wanted to convince Zhu Houcong of their loyalty by meeting privately and giving them a handle, and successfully received one of Zhu Houzhao's important legacy: part of the military power.

Logically speaking, imperial power is supreme, and military power naturally belongs to the emperor.

But what about the specific implementation?The restriction of money and food, the dispersion of many powers such as commanding troops, dispatching troops and supervising troops, will greatly reduce this power.

It can only be said that civil servants already have a very large right to speak.

What is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in front of the Ministry of War?
Because Zhu Houzhao tried every means to actually control part of the military power that could be effectively mobilized, Yang Tinghe and the others had to temporarily rely on Zhang Yong to stabilize the situation in the capital.

But at the same time, Yang Ting and the others are also acting as quickly as possible, trying to tame the part of the military power that Zhu Houzhao once held in the hands of civil servants.

The signs were already obvious, first Jiang Bin, and then in the secret letter that Wei Bin sent to Gu Dayong through Jin Yiwei, even Zhang Zhong, the imperial horse supervisor who was in charge of the military talisman, was taken down.

The next target is undoubtedly the three "remnants" of the Eight Tigers.

So Gu Dayong had to go to meet Zhu Houcong in private, trying to find a way out.

The military power of the Ming Dynasty has evolved to this moment, the Dudufu of the Five Armies has declined, and the Ministry of War has greater power.

The frontier army and other guards used civil to control military, and the internal to supervise the external. It was a state in which civil servants dominated and contained each other.

Among the armed forces that the emperor can directly control, it is mainly the pro-army plus the Beijing camp.

The pro-army mainly guards the imperial city and the palace city, and they will not leave the capital even if the sky falls—except for the most famous of the guards, Jinyiwei.

The leaders of the East Factory are the eunuchs, but the foreman, foreman, stall head, and fan servant who handle specific affairs are also selected from Jinyiwei.

The backbone of the Yiwei Department of the feudal princes' mansions in various places was selected from Jinyiwei.

There are many, many places, Jinyiwei walks in every corner of the empire.

Civil servants dare not get involved in the pro-army, but since the Yongle Dynasty, the three major battalions, the Five Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion, have been thinking about it all the time.

At the beginning, it was just that the world was peaceful and the military officials were to be suppressed, but then it changed.

The source of the transfer of control over the Beijing Camp was the Tumubao Change.

The three major battalions and a large number of honored officials and generals were swept away. Since then, the Beijing camp has been constantly changing: the tenth regiment battalion, the twelve regiment battalion, the east and west government halls...

After the battle to defend the capital, civil servants gained control of the capital camp for the first time.

After the change of seizing the gate, the Beijing camp returned to the hands of generals and eunuchs, and was controlled by the emperor.

In the subsequent Tianshun and Chenghua dynasties, the civil servants failed to get involved in the Beijing camp again.

But after Emperor Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, he changed again, and the admiral of the Beijing camp became a civil servant.

And Zhu Houzhao first controlled the Jinyiwei and Dongchang through the eunuchs and generals in the Leopard Room, and then built the Zhenguo Mansion in Xuanfu, but he had to wait until he proclaimed himself "General Zhu Shou" and won the battle after knocking down the Mongolian pass. Only then did the first frontier army that could be controlled.

As for the Beijing camp, it was mainly through the establishment and training of the east and west government offices that the internal ministers supervised the army and even the admirals gradually infiltrated this force.

King Ning's rebellion gave Zhu Houzhao the opportunity to directly intervene and take over the Beijing camp—again in the name of General Zhu Shou.

Zhu Houzhao has been in power for 16 years, and originally left two additional military legacies: the re-control of the Beijing camp, and the newly selected training camp of the mighty regiment formed by the "four foreign schools".

Now the former is still there, but the mighty training camp has been disbanded by Yang Ting and them—in the name of ensuring the safety of the succession of the throne, in the form of the queen mother's order.

And after Qian Ning was imprisoned, the pro-military system has never had a general who can stay in the field.

After thinking about this, Zhu Houcong asked, "So now the post of Jinyi's pro-army commander has been vacant?"

"Your Majesty's clear lesson, naturally it has been empty all the time, and now the servants are dispatched to do things." Zhang Yong replied with his head bowed.

Gu Dayong also said: "Your Majesty, no one can arbitrarily judge this position, only His Majesty's holy order! The slaves and maidservants followed His Majesty all the way back to Beijing from Anlu, and among the former ministers of the hidden mansion, only Luo Qianhu had the highest rank. Although Lu Dianzhang is more His Majesty has the trust, but he is only a grade six..."

"Luo An?"

"Exactly. Luo Qianhu is nearly fifty years old, and he is in the prime of life. Last year, he took over the position of Zhengqianhu who was the fifth rank, but his father was the commander of Jinyiwei who was the fourth rank before. Luo An is the commander and acquaintance of the third grade, so he can temporarily assume the post of commander."

Zhu Houcong looked at him: "You were not idle all the way."

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