Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 204 The Jin Yiwei was forced by the emperor
"The Jinyiwei officials who have passed the review will gather at the internal training ground tomorrow afternoon. I will personally train them."

"Those who pass the training will be awarded honorary titles, and those who fail will go to the academy to study."

"Has Weiwei Temple taken over the patrol camp? How many people are there now?"

Turning to Liu Qiao, the minister of Weiwei Temple, Zhu Youjian asked him.

Before he could recover from the shock of the emperor's personal training, Liu Qiao heard the question and hurriedly replied:

"The patrol battalion is rated at 11,000 troops and 5,000 horses."

"Let there be one admiral, two generals, and eighteen generals."

"Now Admiral Zhang Tiqian, Left Counselor Wang Wenlie and others have been involved in Liu Duo's case and have been dismissed pending trial."

This is another area hardest hit by the eunuchs. Even though the patrol camp has a low reputation, it is actually very important——

From the 500 people in the Xuande period to the current 11,000 people, the increase in the number and level of the patrol camp has demonstrated its importance.

It can be said that this is the most important armed force in the capital besides the Beijing Camp and the Royal Horse Prison. The 11,000 patrol troops are not much more than the 12,000 officers and soldiers of the current Imperial Horse Guards.

After Zhu Youjian ascended to power, he wanted to strengthen his control over the army.

The Beijing camp is too involved and it is difficult to make major changes at the moment. Tu Wenfu, the original pawprint of the Royal Horse Supervisor, had already taken refuge with him, and Gao Shiming, the current pawprint, was also loyal to the emperor, so there was no need to move him for the time being.

So he started to attack the patrol camp. On the grounds that Weiwei Temple was responsible for patrolling thieves, he placed the patrol camp in Weiwei Temple for his own convenience.

Now that the top management of the patrol camp has been replaced, it is a good time to strengthen its influence. Zhu Youjian said:
"The general of the patrol camp will review it. Those who pass it will go to the internal training field together tomorrow."

"Choose one thousand elites and participate in training together."

Knowing that the patrol camp must be in chaos under the jurisdiction of the Eunuch Party and it would be impossible to have all the people and horses, Zhu Youjian only asked Liu Qiao to select a thousand people to participate in the training tomorrow.

But even so, Liu Qiao was still in a dilemma. Because the patrol camp is the same as the Beijing camp, the phenomenon of soldiers and horses being used privately by nobles, eunuchs, and generals is very serious, and many people are unwilling to be patrollers. The general is also happy to have no one in order to have free money.

Therefore, the current patrol camp is "a half-empty army, with many horses and many people to ride on". It is already a bit difficult to select a thousand people, let alone the emperor's requirements for elites.

After much deliberation, Liu Qiao could only try his best to choose from the existing officers and soldiers in the patrol camp. Fortunately, the emperor did not let these thousand people ride horses, so he could still pick them out. Otherwise, we can only tell the matter and express that I can't do it.

Zhu Youjian didn't know that the patrol camp was so bad. He also felt that there were too many people in the patrol camp and some people could be sent down below to serve as patrol officers and criminal policemen.

These 1,000 people were what he prepared for the three urban areas to enrich the urban guard offices.

If Liu Qiao knew this, he would never single out the so-called elites, lest the patrol camp would be completely empty without a backbone.

Zhu Youjian asked about the situation of Weiwei Temple, especially the progress of the establishment of the four general administrations of criminal investigation, public security, fire protection, and health. Then he turned to the North Division Room and listened to Zheng Shiyi's report on the progress of each intelligence department.

After a busy day like this, they were not let out until the palace door was locked.

A group of high-ranking Jinyiwei officials left the palace, feeling as if they had escaped from a catastrophe.

The current emperor is really hard to fool. Every time they enter the palace, they are always on tenterhooks.

They wanted to see the emperor so much before, but now they don't want to. The power of the imperial guards will increase if they often see the emperor, but now every time they see the emperor, it is a disaster for them.

They all admire those eunuchs now. They don't know how these people who have always been by the emperor's side persist.

This is their ignorance. Zhu Youjian adopted different management models for the eunuchs and Jin Yiwei.

The eunuchs and maids were close friends, so Zhu Youjian had to be tolerant, lest he cause the Renyin Palace Incident like Emperor Jiajing and was almost strangled to death by the maids.

Zhu Youjian knew about this, and on the eve of his ascension to the throne, he was frightened because of a eunuch wearing a sword, so he was very tolerant to the people around him and often showed favor to him. Even Wei Zhongxian did not do anything wrong, and his family members were canonized to prevent the eunuchs in the palace from being coldhearted and unwilling to do their best. But it was different for the Jinyiwei. In the final analysis, these people were foreign ministers and were not always serving the emperor.

And in Zhu Youjian's view, the military and police forces should be under high-pressure management and enforce orders and prohibitions. Therefore, he always made demands on Jin Yiwei and urged them to do things.

Under such a management method, Jinyiwei's senior management will certainly find it difficult.

Instead of going home immediately, a group of Jinyiwei senior officials went to the Yamen not far outside Chengtianmen to discuss.

As the commander, Zheng Shiyi first said to Qi Changguo and Li Shunzu, who were in charge of the Nansi Fang:
"The list of officials who have passed the review will be listed as soon as possible."

"We will notify them tonight and let them prepare well."

"His Majesty will personally conduct training tomorrow. Whether they can truly take on the actual duties of the Royal Guards depends on their performance tomorrow."

"Don't blame me for not warning you. Whoever has a problem will take care of it on his own. Don't expect me to rescue him."

Knowing that he was not actually in line with the emperor's wishes, he was appointed commander by the emperor because he was the most qualified. Zheng Shiyi was very clear about his own weight and did not feel that he could influence the emperor at all.

If any Jinyiwei official has a problem during training, then they will be lucky to themselves and don't expect him to speak.

Qi Changguo and Li Shunzu agreed, hurriedly compiled the list and sent people to notify each family.

Liu Qiao, the Minister of Weiwei Temple, also has a very heavy task, because he has to select a thousand elites to enter the palace for training tomorrow.

If the old, weak, sick and disabled are selected, the emperor will feel dissatisfied. Perhaps there were remnants of the eunuchs mixed in, deliberately causing trouble in front of the emperor. He, the Weiwei Siqing, might be considered unqualified by the emperor and might even be replaced directly.

Zheng Shiyi and others knew the true situation of the patrol camp. Looking at Liu Qiao who was restless, he felt very sympathetic to him. But they didn't dare to come up with ideas to fool the emperor -

Once noticed by the emperor, he might be labeled as a deceiver. When the time comes, all of them will suffer together.

So they comforted Liu Qiao and asked Liu Qiao, Guo Chenghao and Wu Mengming to go to the patrol camp on the grounds that it was a matter at Weiwei Temple.

But Zheng Shiyi had to say a few words about the affairs of the Criminal and Prison Department, reminding Liu Qiao, who was also in charge of the Criminal and Prison Department:

"Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun and others have not finalized the case for a long time, and His Majesty is already dissatisfied."

"The prince who supervises the Supervision Department today has reminded us, and just now in the palace, His Majesty gave the descendants of Xiong Tingbi, Yang Lian and other civil servants to the Dongning Guards. One of the descendants of the British Duke Zhang Weixian also joined the Dongning Guards. Something to do.”

"If we move slower, Dongning Guards will no longer belong to the factory guards. The power of civil servants and nobles will follow."

"Stop saving face for Tian Ergen, Xu Xianchun and others. Judge their cases and send them directly overseas."

These people have not finalized the decision for a long time. In the final analysis, they regard overseas as a dangerous route and do not want to take the risk to open a new health center.

Because of past friendships, senior officials like Jin Yiwei couldn't force them. So they were imprisoned in the imperial edict, where they were fed and entertained.

But now that the emperor had spoken and brought in civil servants and noble forces, they had to speed up their actions and send Tian Ergen, Xu Xianchun and others there.

Otherwise, Dongning Guard might not be owned by the Factory Guard, and the eunuchs in the palace would also complain.

In this way, under Zhu Youjian's pressure, the pace of Dongning Wei's development began to accelerate.

　"History of Ming Dynasty":
　　There was one admiral of the capture camp, two generals, eighteen generals, eleven thousand patrols, and five thousand horses.

　　"Records of Ming Xi Zong":
　　Tu Wenfu, the military eunuch and eunuch of the Fourth Guards Camp of the Admiral Warriors, said... Seeing that Cao Guanyong's army numbered more than 12,000

　　
　
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