Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 18 Dongchang and Jinyiwei
Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch guarding Nanjing

Sun Chengzhong, a scholar of Wenyuange University and Minister of the Ministry of War
Xu Guangqi, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry and Bachelor of Attendance

Wei Guangwei, a scholar of Jinshendian University

Huo Weihua, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry

Cui Chengxiu, Secretary of the Ministry of Officials
Wang Chengen, Eunuch in Hand of the Ritual Superintendent and Admiral of the East Factory

Commander Xu Xianchun of Jinyiwei

Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui
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Zhu Youxiao looked at the directory of the royalist party in his hand, which had already recorded more than a dozen senior members of the court, and couldn't help but secretly smiled. His purpose was only one, which was to make the royalist party grow stronger and squeeze out Donglin The party, and finally through the royalist party, a new military and political group, controlled the country's resources, thus leading the Ming Dynasty to rejuvenation.

The rise of any regime has its powerful group. Liu Xiu has the 28 generals of Yuntai, Li Shimin has his Tiance Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang’s Huaixi children, and the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Needless to say, the future generations, the Whampoa Military Academy The success of the company is a model.

Since the Donglin Party represented the interests of the merchants in the late Ming Dynasty, that is, the great gentry, the Royalist Party represented the interests of the vast majority of middle- and lower-class landlords and most of the common people.

The political views of the Donglin Party are against eunuchs and mining taxes.

The royalist party's political ideas are to collect commercial taxes, develop ocean trade, and revitalize the Ming Dynasty. This is contrary to the Donglin Party's ideas, and it completely shows that the two parties can only be incompatible in the future.

However, the Donglin Party has no clear political beliefs. Strictly speaking, the Donglin Party is not a well-organized political organization.

But the royalists are different. They have their own clear political beliefs, that is, loyalty to the king and revitalization of Ming Dynasty proposed by His Majesty Zhu Youxiao himself.

At the same time, the royalist party established by Zhu Youxiao himself has a strict central organization, which is the Xinuang Pavilion set up by Zhu Youxiao in the Qianqing Palace.

This West Angle is a bit like the secretariat or the president's office, but his duty is indeed to lead the work of the royalist party.

According to Zhu Youxiao's wishes, Li Mingrui, Zhu Youxiao's pen, wrote the [-]-word "Royalist Program Draft", which included these so-called political beliefs, propositions and leading organizations.

As soon as the "Royalist Party Program Draft" was written, Zhu Youxiao distributed it to the Royalist Party ministers and encouraged them to put forward their opinions.

It is somewhat difficult for these traditional feudal literati to understand Zhu Youxiao's thinking, but these people are not stupid. After carefully reading the auxiliary materials sent by Zhu Youxiao at the same time, they all understand that His Majesty the Emperor is so great. The purpose of Fei Zhouzhang.

Most of these ministers are from traditional gentry families, and they are opposed to commerce. Therefore, they agree to levy commercial taxes and crack down on the combination of government and business.

To revitalize Daming, Zhu Youxiao deliberately put forward the concept of "Daming" as a country. Naturally, the purpose is to let everyone have a common ideal. This is in line with traditional Confucianism, and no one opposes it.

However, the development of marine trade has made the ministers somewhat puzzled. Why does His Majesty emphasize this point? Fortunately, these ministers are almost all from the mainland and do not have a deep understanding of marine commerce, so no one objected.

In this way, Zhu Youxiao finally united a group of hard-working officials mainly following officials around him.

And most of these officials who used to be eunuchs have also opened their hearts. From today, they are no longer eunuchs. They have not violated the ideals in their hearts.

From now on, anyone who does not join them is an unfaithful and unrighteous person. They have an obligation to punish these rebellious officials and thieves who have no loyalty to the emperor!

Zhu Youxiao also did not expect that the political beliefs of this group would develop into a core idea of ​​"loyalty to the emperor" in the later period. Of course, this is a later story.

Since Wei Zhongxian was relegated to Nanjing guard, Zhu Youxiao deliberately separated Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Since then, the two secret service agencies are independent agencies, and Jinyiwei is no longer under the control of Dongchang.

Moreover, after confiscating the money from Zheng Sanjun's family and pouring it into internal funds, Zhu Youxiao immediately allocated 10 taels each to Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and ordered Wang Chengen and Xu Xianchun to strengthen their special agent teams and establish a series of training, staff, logistics, etc. service system.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao also clarified the functions of the two major secret service agencies. Dongchang is mainly responsible for intelligence collection and supervision, inspection and arrest of Ming people and gentry officials.

Since then, Jin Yiwei has only focused on military and foreign war intelligence collection.

Since then, with the encouragement and financial support of the emperor Zhu Youxiao, the two major secret service agencies have desperately expanded their scale. For a time, Dongchang Fanzi spread all over the eighteen inland provinces, teahouses, restaurants, Qinlou Chuguan, etc. , water and land piers, cities and villages all have Dongchang fanzi, some are servants of a big family, some are workers working in textile workshops, some are prostitutes singing in brothels, and some are An official's bearer, even a concubine, may be a fan of Dongchang.

In short, as long as Zhu Youxiao wants to know what happened in a certain place recently, and who said what when and where, Wang Chengen can report the news to him the next day.

Xu Xianchun's Jinyiwei was naturally not far behind. After the guarding eunuchs of the nine border towns were successively dispatched to the south of the Yangtze River or important commercial distribution centers in various places to collect taxes, the Jinyiwei immediately entered the major military towns.

From the generals above to the chief military officer to the governor and supervisor, civil and military officials at all levels in the border town will be accompanied by Jin Yiwei.

Of course, this is only on the surface. Jin Yiwei has already secretly sneaked into Jurchen, Mongolia, North Korea and other places as undercover agents. For a while, Zhu Youxiao's intelligence network was further expanded on the original basis.

Sometimes the Liaodong Governor King did not know the intelligence news in Jin, he could know it in advance.

This period of history is recorded in the notes of the Donglin party members. For a while, Tiqi was everywhere, and the Dongchang fanzi was everywhere arresting people. No one dared to speak out about state affairs. Otherwise, they would be thrown into prison for defaming the king. , Dozens of students and students from a county were arrested and thrown into prisons. For a while, the people complained, and there was no peace in the world. This was the darkest time in the 200 years of Ming Dynasty.

But it happened to be such a darkest age, no one revolted, and no one rebelled.

Ding Yikui, who was born in a poor family in the 26th year of Tianqi, recorded in his personal notes that although disasters occurred frequently during the Tianqi period, the people were the happiest, because the court had timely reports and disaster relief.

Two flowers bloomed, each with one branch. In order to strengthen the royalist party, Zhu Youxiao ordered Dongchang to send his introduction materials of joining the royalist party and various materials to several important figures in the late Ming Dynasty he knew well.

For example, Lu Xiangsheng, who is still serving as the magistrate of Daming Prefecture.

Ma Shiying, who was still serving as the magistrate in Datong, as well as Cao Wenzhao, Huang Degong, Yan Yingyuan, etc.

These late Ming heroes who came from all over the Ming Dynasty and had not yet gained fame were connected together by Zhu Youxiao.

(End of this chapter)