Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 203 Jinyiwei Safety School

Xiong Tingbi thought of Yang Lian, and Zhu Youjian asked:
"How is the case of Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others?"

"Wei Ni arrested them because he said they accepted bribes from Yang Hao and Xiong Tingbi. Has this matter been cleared up?"

Liu Qiao replied:

"Although Xiong Tingbi and Yang Lian are both from Huguang, their relationship is very bad."

"When Xiong Tingbi was in Liaoyang, Yang Lian went to Shushen to impeach him."

"Wei Ni said that Yang Lian accepted bribes from Yang Hao and Xiong Tingbi, which is completely false."

The killing of Xiong Tingbi was not only the responsibility of the Eunuch Party, but also of the Donglin Party. Zhu Youjian knew this.

At the beginning, the three legal departments held a joint trial, and the presiding officers were Wang Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zou Yuanbiao, the censor of Zuodu, and Zhou Yingqiu, the minister of Dali Temple. Except for Zhou Yingqiu, an eunuch, Wang Ji and Zou Yuanbiao were both from the Donglin Party. It was these three people who sentenced both Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen to death.

Therefore, after hearing Liu Qiao's words, Zhu Youjian's expression did not change at all. After thinking about it, he ordered:

"The cases of the two are related, so the cases will be handled together and they will be rehabilitated together in the future."

"They were all murdered by eunuchs and their convictions must be overturned."

This decision surprised Liu Qiao and others, and they speculated on the emperor's intentions.

Although Xiong Tingbi was included in the Donglin Party by the Eunuch Party, he actually belonged to the Chu Party and was the target of Yang Lian's impeachment. The cases of the two were merged and they were rehabilitated together. Those who did not know the inside story thought that the two were in the same party. In fact, the two things that Yang Lian was praised most by the Donglin Party were moving the palace and impeaching Xiong Tingbi.

The emperor merged the two cases on the grounds that the cases were related. When the Donglin Party members found out, it was as if they had just eaten a fly:
Swallow it, don't want to swallow it, spit it out but can't spit it out.

Is the emperor warning the Donglin Party, or is he trying to say something?
Zhu Youjian was actually warning the Donglin Party not to cause trouble.

Emperor Tianqi was very responsible for the murder of Yang Lian and Xiong Tingbi. But Zhu Youjian could not accuse his brother of passing the throne to him, so he could only let the eunuchs take the blame.

However, some people may be dissatisfied with the fact that the Eunuch Party takes the blame for everything. In order to avoid anyone accusing his imperial brother, Zhu Youjian merged the cases of Xiong Tingbi, Yang Lian and others, reminding the world that the Donglin Party had a share in Xiong Tingbi's death——

If Xiong Tingbi's descendants want to complain, they should blame the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party together.

If the Donglin Party is dissatisfied and does not want to vindicate Xiong Tingbi, then Yang Lian and others cannot even think of overturning the case. Because Yang Lian and others were framed by the eunuch party for accepting bribes from Yang Hao and Xiong Tingbi, they were implicated in this death penalty case. If you want to reverse the case, you must rehabilitate Xiong Tingbi from the root cause.

These thoughts flashed through Zhu Youjian's mind. At the same time, it also made him realize that such things as party struggle have no moral character. Yang Lian is unyielding and many people admire him, but no matter how good his character is, it cannot change the fact that he used to be partisan and opposed to dissidents.

He felt pity for this man's plight. Zhu Youjian thought of what he had experienced when he ascended to the throne, and sincerely praised Conglong for his contribution, and ordered:

"Yang Lian was instrumental in assisting the late emperor in ascending to the throne. He helped one of his sons to defend hundreds of households in Dongning, and then helped another son to study at the Imperial College."

"Fang Congzhe, Sun Ruyou, Liu Yishui, Zhou Jiamo, and Zuo Guangdou also narrate this."

"Wang An has already supported his younger brother Wang Yuanshan in the Dongning Guard and is responsible for thousands of households. Zhang Weixian has made great contributions in assisting the late emperor and in my ascension to the throne. His son, Dongning Guard, is in charge of the affairs."

"The rest of those framed by the eunuchs using the palace transfer case will all be retried."

The case of moving the palace must be overturned, otherwise no one will be willing to join the emperor and become a hero of Conglong.

Forget about the assault case and the red pill case, Zhu Youjian plans to pursue only the parties involved and does not want to expand the case like the Donglin Party. Emperor Tianqi's saying of "borrowing stiles to claim first merit, borrowing red pills to expedite personal grudges, and leveraging palace transfers to make decisions based on greed" may not be unreasonable. It's just that Zhu Youjian had to overturn the palace transfer case for political reasons.

Giving specific instructions on how to handle these cases, Zhu Youjian asked Liu Qiao to speed up the trial of those detained in the imperial edict, and try to transfer the prisoners to the Penalty Department of the Ministry of Punishment and to Dali Temple for trial.

Then he turned to Qi Changguo and Li Shunzu and asked:

"How is the Nansi room building going?"

"How are the offices operating? Are there any problems?"

Both of them said that there was no big problem. The division of labor in personnel, logistics, equipment, and training is very clear, and it is an effective system for future generations. Although Qi Changguo and Li Shunzu were not familiar with this division, they felt that it was much more organized than before and they were getting used to it.

However, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly at the name of the Personnel Department. Because he thought that the Personnel Department of the Government Affairs Office had been changed to the Civil Affairs Department, and the Office of Civil Affairs was established in the palace.

For the purpose of unifying the name, Zhu Youjian thought about it and ordered:
"In the future, the Personnel Department will be changed to the Office of Officials, responsible for the appointment of Jinyi Guard officials."

"The Education Department is set up under the training hall to be responsible for Jinyiwei's education."

"In addition, special schools will be set up to train professionals."

This is the purpose of calling Jin Yiwei into the palace, Zhu Youjian said:
"The name of Jinyiwei School is designated as Safety School, which is mainly responsible for cultivating security talents."

"It has security majors, combat majors, and arrest majors to cultivate relevant talents for the Guard Corps of the Guard Department, the Guard Corps of the Guard Department, and the Dongsi Fang Detective Corps."

"There are many majors related to logistics. Let's set up a college called the Logistics College. It consists of engineering majors, transportation majors, and finance majors. Weapons majors related to equipment will also be included for the time being."

"Establish an intelligence college for Beisifang, which consists of espionage major, confidentiality major, statistics major, communications major, information processing major, and news and public opinion major."

"In addition, there is a police academy established for Weiwei Temple, which consists of criminal investigation majors, public security majors, traffic majors, and health majors."

"Other majors will be set up according to needs in the future, specifically to cultivate talents for Jinyiwei."

The setting up of the safety school shows the importance attached to Jin Yiwei. But how to run a school, the senior Jinyiwei executives present were at a loss.

The school set up by the emperor was obviously different from the martial arts of Beijing and Wei. They have never heard of any college or major, so how do they know what to do?
Zhu Youjian wanted this effect. After Jinyiwei's senior management expressed embarrassment, he said:
"I personally serve as the director of education of the Safety School and will guide you on how to run the school."

"Select some people who have passed the review and I will teach them personally."

"All officials with rank in Jinyiwei must undergo further training."

"From now on, you will regard the safety school as Jinyiwei's inner study hall."

This statement made Jinyiwei's senior executives finally understand the status of the Safety Academy.

Most of the senior eunuchs in the inner court come from the inner study hall, and it seems that the same is true for the Jinyiwei. Most of the senior eunuchs in the future will come from the safety school.

Therefore, safety school must be paid attention to. The status of Nansi Fang has been improved a bit with its possession.

(End of this chapter)