I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36
After leaving the East Palace, Ren Jin naturally had to return to the cabinet to handle government affairs, and Li Tian also planned to go back to the imperial study and memorize the list of ministers.

At the same time, the imperial decree to promote Ji Mian, the left commander of the Jinyiwei, and Lu Gong, the right commander of the Jinyiwei, has also been sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Jinyiwei was first created by Zhu Yuanzhang. It was in charge of punishment and prison and was directly responsible to the emperor. It was not abolished until Hongwu 20 years.

But in Zhu Di's time, in order to hunt down Jianwen's old ministers and find the missing Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunqi, Jin Yiwei revived and had more power than Zhu Yuanzhang's time.

After the development of the entire Zhu Di period, Jinyiwei has greatly exceeded the establishment of 5000 people in the first guard, and has been divided into two northern and southern divisions, and has [-] thousand households in each province.

Among them, Nanzhen Fusi is located in Yingtianfu, and it is in charge of seven thousand households in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, etc., while Beizhen Fusi is located in the second building of the West Corridor of Qianbulang Street, and it is in charge of seven thousand households in Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, etc. Place.

In the main hall of Fusi Yamen in Jinyiwei North Town.

Zhuge Zheng, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, dressed in a blue official robe and wearing a Xiezhi crown, was holding up the imperial decree and said loudly:

"Where is Ji Mian, the left commander of Beizhen Fusi?"

When the news spread to the backyard, Ji Mian, who was torturing the prisoner, narrowed his long and narrow triangular eyes, looked at Baihu beside him and said:

"When will the Procuratorate dare to declare an order to Jin Yiwei?"

Ji Mian is the third child in the family, and his close subordinates are sometimes called Mr. Ji Mian. Baihu who came to report the news licked his lips and said:
"Third Lord, it's not all about Commander Liu's troubles. His escape has made the emperor suspicious of the entire Jinyiwei. Recently, the old eunuch in Dongchang has been making small moves. It's not like you don't know, Third Master."

"You can chew Commander Liu's tongue?" Ji Mian's face suddenly turned cold, and he said coldly, "Slap the mouth, when will I come back and stop."

Hearing the crisp sound of slaps, Ji Mian paced towards the outer front hall. Seeing that Yu Shi was really holding the imperial decree in his hand, his face changed slightly, and he bowed in the tunnel with a complicated expression:

"Ji Mian welcomes the imperial decree."

The existence of Jin Yiwei has divided more than half of the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise officials and impeach ministers. As the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhuge Zheng naturally has no good face towards Ji Mian. He opened the imperial decree and said:
"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the decree says:

Immediately promote Jinyiwei North Town Fusi Zuo Commander Ji Mian to the Jinyiwei Commander-in-Chief, hereby. "

Respectfully receiving the imperial decree, Ji Mian felt no joy in his heart as he watched the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate leaving in a cool manner.

The emperor asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to announce the decree, which is not a good omen.

The reason why Jin Yiwei was able to stand above all the officials, and his status was detached, was because of the emperor's trust in Jin Yiwei. If the emperor no longer trusted Jin Yiwei, so what if he was the commander-in-chief.

Going back to the backyard with a gloomy face, looking at the extremely tall Baihu with swollen face, Ji Mian waved his hand, threw the edict aside, and said in a deep voice:
"Ask Du Chuan to come and see me."

"Little obedience."

Baihu covered his face and said vaguely.

Du Chuan is one of the only two thousand households in Beizhen Fusi, and also Ji Mian's confidant. He came here in a hurry under orders. As soon as he entered the backyard, he saw the imperial decree spread on the wooden table, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said:
"Congratulations, my lord, for your promotion."

With a wink, he signaled Du Chuan to sit down, and Ji Mian said in a bad mood:
"If it weren't for the imperial decree sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, maybe I would be really happy."

"Sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Du Chuan took a breath, and his smiling face disappeared instantly:

"Is it the meaning of the emperor?"

Ji Mian nodded slightly, his triangular eyes were full of worry, and thoughtfully said:

"The emperor may have become wary of Jin Yiwei because of Commander Liu's escape."

Hearing this, Du Chuan only felt that his back was sticky, thinking of Huang Yan who was jumping up and down in Jinyiwei recently, he said in a low voice:
"My lord, Tan Qianhu just sent 30 taels of silver two days ago, there will be no problems in Shandong, right?"

What Du Chuan said was what Ji Mian was most worried about. Looking at the dazzling seal of the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the imperial decree, Ji Mian's heart skipped a beat, and he said coldly:

"That old eunuch Huang Yan has a sharp nose. You should go to Shandong immediately and clean up the matter. Remember, it must be clean."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will leave the city later."

"Third Master, there are people coming from the palace."

A small family rushed into the backyard to report.

Ji Mian's face changed slightly when he heard the words, but he didn't think much about it. He turned to look at Du Chuan and said:
"The emperor may have called me into the palace to report on my duties. You wait for me to talk about it when I come back."

Ji Mian, a member of the palace, did not dare to put on a bad face. When he arrived at the front hall, seeing Wang Fu with a fat face and a smile on his face, Ji Mian hurried forward and took out a handful of silver tickets and said:

"Hahaha, I haven't seen you for a long time, but Director Wang is much more energetic."

Wang Fu accepted the bank note with a smile, and said:

"Commander Ji, the emperor asked our family to call you into the palace."

Now Ji Mian is eager to know what the emperor thinks, so he generously took out a handful of bank notes, stuffed them into Wang Fu's hands without any trace, and said:

"Director Wang, His Majesty summoned me to report on my duties?"

Wang Fu was very satisfied when he got the 800 taels of silver in his pocket with the effort of two sentences, and the smile on his face became stronger and he said:

"Commander Ji is worthy of being the emperor's confidant. Yes, the emperor is exactly what he wants."

Hearing this, Ji Mian breathed a sigh of relief, put on the bullfighting uniform bestowed by the emperor, and wore an embroidered spring knife on his waist, and entered the palace with Wang Fu.

On the way into the palace, Ji Mian thought a lot. The emperor may not be wary of Jin Yiwei. After all, it wasn’t long before Jiang Bao was demoted to the East Factory because he was greedy for imperial property. The Metropolitan Procuratorate announced the decree on its behalf.

The more Ji Mian thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and he felt relieved a lot.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live your Majesty."

Stepping into the imperial study room, Ji Mian immediately bowed and half-kneeled.

Looking at Ji Mian, who was wearing a bullfighting suit and an embroidered spring knife on his waist, Li Tian nodded kindly and said with a smile:

"Commander Ji's attire is really heroic, showing the majesty of Jin Yiwei, come here, and present the python suit I prepared for Commander Ji."

Li Tian's voice fell, and a young eunuch entered in response to the case.

The Ming Dynasty has a long-standing system of conferring clothes, and among them, python clothes are the most honorable, and non-princes and princes cannot have them. Ji Mian was very moved when he heard that the emperor wanted to give him python clothes, and said respectfully:
"Thank you for your majesty's obedience."

Li Tian laughed twice, walked down the stairs, unloaded the Xiuchun knife for Ji Mian himself, and said:

"I have already prepared the python suit and jade belt, Commander Ji, why don't you change it quickly and let me have a look?"

Ji Mian nodded excitedly, took off the bullfighting suit on his body, put on the python suit, turned around and said:

"Is Your Majesty still satisfied?"

"I'm so satisfied." Li Tian stepped up the steps and distanced himself from Ji Mian.

Jiang Bao shot from the side instantly, locked Ji Mian to the ground, and said loudly:
"After investigation by Dongchang, Commander-in-Chief Ji Mian's envoy revealed that thousands of households in Zhejiang's thousand-household Shili, meddled in local government affairs, manipulated salt and iron, and deceived the emperor. His majesty gave a special python suit."

(End of this chapter)