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Chapter 236 Poison! 4
"This slave is responsible for guarding Long Live Lord. I don't dare ask for reward. I just want to boldly ask, why did Long Live Lord go to war and order this slave to mobilize the four guards to protect him?"

When he heard about great achievements and rewards, Li Shi just declined slightly as usual. There was no joy on his face, but he looked a little sad.After talking for a long time, he didn't even know what happened, so how could he dare to accept the reward casually.

Just when Hong Tao wanted to tell the story of how someone poisoned the meal, he found Wang Chengen peeking his head outside the door.Like Li Shi, he also wore a full set of armor, but it was all leather, and he also carried a strange-shaped crossbow in his hand.

"Let's talk while we walk, let Wang An talk to you... No need to help, I will come in person. Wang Chengen, open the way!" Seeing this appearance, Hong Tao felt a little more at ease, rejected Wang An's kindness, and picked up The limp mother strode out of the Nuan Pavilion of Cining Palace.

"Long live my lord, I thought I could send someone to contact Qianhu, the Jinyi Guard who is on duty in the front courtyard. If he is not involved in the poisoning plot, there will be thousands more available soldiers in the palace."

There was only a wall between the Cining Palace and the Yangxin Palace, so there was no danger on the way under the protection of dozens of armed little eunuchs.The arrival of Chen Ju just liberated Hong Tao, leaving his mother for diagnosis and treatment in Dongnuan Pavilion. Just after returning to the main hall, Li Shi made a new suggestion.

"Wang Zhizhen took office not long ago. I'm afraid he hasn't had time to clean up the remnants, right?"

Hong Tao shook his head without thinking. Even if Jin Yiwei had [-]% credibility, it would not cost him several years of effort and he still lacked sufficient ability to protect himself.And now there is no time to identify who is safe and who is not safe. Letting Jin Yiwei into the harem hastily may attract wolves into the house.

"Although Luo Sigong has been in charge of the Jinyi Guards for many years, he has not yet had time to reach out to the first five camps. After taking charge of the Fourth Guards Camp, the servant often came into contact with the Han generals on duty in the front courtyard and knew a little about the conditions of the first five camps.

The generals of the Han Dynasty were in a different situation from the Tiqi and Xiaowei who guarded Fusi in the north and south. All dynasties treated them well and took the risk of confiscating their families and exterminating their clans to help the tyrants. Even if they succeeded, they would not get much in return.

The three thousand households on duty every day all came from different places and did not belong to each other. The slaves thought that even if some of them were bribed, it would be difficult to restrain the Han generals under them from causing rebellion together. "

But Li Shi had a different view. The internal servants of the Fourth Guards Battalion he commanded were responsible for the security of the harem of the Forbidden City. They had working relationships with the personnel of the first five Jinyi Guards in charge of the vestibule. They had more frequent contacts and naturally knew more about them.

After listening to Wang An's brief introduction, Li Shi immediately realized that the emperor had missed an available armed force.Jinyiwei is a general term with a very complex internal structure. There are a total of fourteen thousand households, two towns and offices in the north and south, the experience department and the east and west departments.

99% of the Jin Yiwei who are most heard and seen in later generations are from the North and South Town Fusi.Of these two departments, one specializes in supervising cases designated by the emperor and is in charge of prisons, and the other is responsible for the internal inspection of Jinyiwei.

However, among the fourteen thousand-household offices, only six, including Shangzhong, Shangqian, Shangrear, Shangleft, Shangright, and Zhongre, were under the command of Fusi of the North and South Towns. They were the common Jinyi Guards and Tiqi, who went around arresting people and handling cases.

There are also three thousand-household stations for elephant training, field farming, and horse army, which specialize in logistics and side businesses and are under the direct jurisdiction of the commander.The five Qianhu offices in the middle, front, back, left and right are the core departments of Jinyiwei. Each office has ten divisions: royal chair, fan hand, hood, flag banner, ax and Yue, Luan Yu, and horse training. , sword, sword, halberd, bow and arrow.

Listening to these names, you can probably guess what they do.Unless the emperor stays in the harem, no matter where he goes, there will always be a number of handsome, tall, domineering soldiers with golden helmets standing guard holding various weapons, or leading horses and carts.They have a very popular name, General Dahan.Regardless of personal strength and weapons and equipment, they are all top-notch. They are all tall and powerful, and they have a larger area than ordinary people when they stand and act as human shields to block arrows.

The most important thing is that the Han generals have different origins from ordinary Jinyi Guards and Tiqi. They all come from noble families and are selected from the second sons of dukes, marquises, uncles, governors and commanders.The work was not tiring and he earned a lot of money. He also often followed the emperor and was very prosperous.

This kind of person is the least likely to rebel, because the benefits are not proportional to the effort.If someone else becomes emperor, their jobs may be lost.The selection of the top five schools of Jinyiwei is 100% in the hands of the emperor. Who would leave a bunch of fans of the previous emperor hanging around in front of him all day long?
"...It's okay to give it a try, but you two have heavy responsibilities and cannot leave the harem for the time being. Let Chen Ju come forward after he diagnoses and treats the Queen Mother!"

To be honest, although Hong Tao has always been secretly paying attention to Jinyiwei and tried his best to take it for his own use, he was so deeply influenced by later literature, film and television works that he always felt that Tiqi, who was wearing a flying fish suit and had a spring knife embroidered on his waist, was the real one. The core of Jinyiwei.

As a result, most of the attention was focused on the North and South Town Fusi, ignoring the existence of these five thousand households. They always thought that the Han generals who usually stood guard in the vestibule and followed them when going out were just showmen, more like honor guards than escorts.

Now after being reminded by Li Shi, I realized that the generals of the Han Dynasty were not only strong in posture, but also practiced various combat skills on weekdays, and the selection of soldiers was much higher than that of ordinary soldiers in the Beijing camp, so they still had combat effectiveness.

The most valuable thing is that their interests are closely linked to the emperor's. They are more reliable than any other army at the same time and should be utilized as much as possible.

But it takes skill to send someone to contact the Han general Qian Hu who is on duty. This person's position in the palace cannot be too low and he must be qualified to represent the emperor.Wang An and Li Shi are definitely qualified, but Hong Tao is reluctant.

It must be particularly suitable for Chen Ju to negotiate with Qianhu, the Jinyiwei guard on duty in the front court. The head of the dignified ceremonial supervisor can represent the emperor's intentions better than anyone else.If something goes wrong and I can’t come back, I don’t seem to feel too distressed.

"Go back to Lord Long Live, Chen Zhangyin is already waiting outside the door." When we arrived at the Yangxin Hall, we arrived at Wang Chengen's territory. Wearing armor, he stood at the door gesticulating and shouting, commanding more than 100 Cuju players who were also fully armed to set up defenses in the courtyard. Kind of.

"Long live my lord, this servant is not good at studying and can't cure the poison the Empress Dowager has been exposed to. You deserve death!" Chen Ju followed the same actions and rhetoric after entering the room. He knelt down and apologized repeatedly.

"...According to your opinion, if an imperial doctor comes for diagnosis and treatment, how sure is it that the poison will be detoxified?"

"The Empress Dowager's pulse is weak and uneven, and she is extremely poisoned... I dare not speak nonsense!" Chen Ju hesitated for a moment and answered vaguely.

(End of this chapter)