Chastity Layman

  Chapter 179 Admiral of the Nine Gates

  Wu Guang reached out to take off the phoenix-wing helmet, and held the helmet on his left waist.

  He stood at the gate of the Zhenfu Office and carefully adjusted his armor. When he looked tidy and energetic, he raised his elbow slightly and reached out to smooth out a stray lock of hair, then walked into the Office with a cough.

   All the way to the Zhen Fu Shi's office, Wu Guangda shouted loudly, "Wu Guang, the Lang General of Zuo Wuhou Wei Yi's Mansion, pay my respects to the Qin Zhen Fu Shi!"

  His voice was extremely loud, like a lion's roar, and the officials nearby all looked sideways.

   Qin Lang, who was reading a report, was also shocked. Looking up, he saw a big man with a leopard head and eyes around him, standing at the door with his armor and his helmet in his arms.

  At this time, the gate guard by the door came and passed on, "Duke Yi, this is..."

  Qin Lang stood up with a smile, "No need to introduce, this one is familiar, Uncle Wu, why are you here?"

  Wu Guang smiled and said, "Among the Si Ya, I dare not talk about private affairs. I came here to report by order. According to His Majesty's order, from now on, the left and right Marquis Wei Yi's mansions will be transferred to the Zhen Fu Si Ya."

   As he spoke, he took out a transfer order and handed it over.

Qin Lang took it and glanced at it. It turned out that Li Shimin said in the East Palace that Qin Lang's admiral Jiumen should be in charge of the Sixth Street. Perhaps it was because the rebellion case of Li Xiaochang and Li Youliang involved a lot of guards in Beijing. , and even implicated the soldiers of the old guard, Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with this.

  Chang’an City has thirteen gates, four on the north side and three on each of the other three sides. It is said that it symbolizes the leap year.

  Now there are left and right camps stationed at the north gate, which are the Beiya Forbidden Army outside the Nanya Twelve Guards and Four Mansions. In the former imperial city, the left and right guards were stationed. In the south of the imperial city, the nine gates were mainly guarded by the left and right guards, while the streets in the city were mainly patrolled by the left and right Wuhou guards and the left and right street envoys. Street intersections, etc., guarded day and night.

  Other guards, soldiers and horses, guard outside the gates.

But now Li Shimin obviously doesn't trust these soldiers of the various guards. At this time, he obviously trusts the outstanding Zhenfusi more, so now the emperor decreed that the nine guards who were originally in charge of the left and right guards, and the left and right military The street patrols and street shops that Wuhou was in charge of were all transferred to the Town Fusi.

This adjustment, the biggest change, is actually the separation of the powers of guarding the gates of Chang'an City, patrolling the city, and guarding the streets from the Nanya Guard Mansion, which is the same as the previous camp at the North Gate was changed to be in charge of the Beiya Forbidden Army. .

  In this way, even the prime ministers can’t control the security and security of the outer city of Chang’an, let alone the twelve guards.

   This is a real expansion of imperial power.

  It is in line with Li Shimin's usual behavior.

Wu Guang's style name is Heita, a native of Dongjun. His father was a county magistrate in the Sui Dynasty. Became Wang Shichong's subordinate, and finally Wu Guang followed Qin Qiong Cheng Yaojin and his party to leave Wang Shichong and join the Tang Dynasty.

  He is considered to be a member of the Wagang Sect. He once stayed under Qin Qiong for a long time, and he is considered a hero. Because of this relationship, Qin Lang and Wu Guang are also quite familiar.

   In the battle on June 4th, Wu Guang also gave his all. Therefore, after the fact, he was awarded the founding father of Xinxiang County, who was also a hero of Xuanwumen.

  After Wu Guang arrived, the left and right Xiaowei, the left and right Wuhouwei and the Zhonglang will arrive one after another soon, and the Zuojie envoy who was originally the left and right Wuhouwei also came.

  They were all transferred from the Weifu to the Zhenfu Division at the order of Li Shimin, and they were transferred together with their subordinates.

  At the same time, Li Shimin also transferred soldiers from other guards, and finally transferred to Qin Lang's command, a total of 30,000 troops.

   It can be said that another force that can affect the guarding pattern of the capital has appeared.

  Bei Ya banned 30,000 troops, and now the Zhenfu Division has added another 30,000 troops, basically controlling the defense and security of the outer city of Chang'an.

  The emperor gave Qin Lang 30,000 troops, and gave him new tasks, which were to admiral Jiumen and patrol Liujie.

  Part of the duties that originally belonged to the left and right guards and the left and right Wuhou guards were assigned to him. From now on, he will be mainly responsible for the security and public security of the capital. There are nine guard troops under it, and each gate is headed by General Ichiro, who is responsible for guarding the gate.

  Another Six Street Patrol Battalion was set up to connect the six main streets of the nine gates of the outer city. Street envoys were set up in all of them, and each unified battalion was responsible for street security in the outer city of Chang’an.

  At the same time, he will also be in charge of the Bell and Drum Tower in Chang'an City and issue signals.

  It is also responsible for fire prevention in the neighborhood, tree planting in the street, in addition to the investigation, prosecution and prison sentence, population registration management, etc.

  The original responsibilities of the Zhenfu Division have not changed, but the responsibilities of Chang'an security guards have been added.

  Nine gate garrison troops, Six Street Patrollers, Jiepu Marquis, Bell and Drum Tower Signals, zero and zero total, are basically entrusted to the Zhen Fusi now.

The security and security of the capital is mainly based on the Zhenfu Division. Yongzhou Mansion and Yushitai also have some security management rights, while the original twelve guards directly withdraw from the management of Chang'an City, and are only stationed in the suburbs outside the Nine Gates. Then participate in the security of Chang'an City.

  In the future, in Chang'an City, all cases that occurred on the street will be handed over to the Town Fusi for trial, and those that happened in the workshop will be handed over to Yongzhou Mansion and Chang'an Wannian County below it.

   Yushitai is mainly in charge of supervision.

  In the blink of an eye, there were 30,000 more soldiers and horses, Qin Lang felt heavy on his shoulders, and originally discussed with his father, Qin Qiong, how to get rid of this job, but now it seems that Li Shimin really trusts him.

   "Please arrange the errands with the governor!"

  Wu Guang, the uncle, was not polite. At this time, his posture was very low, and he respected the young new boss very much.

"Then according to His Majesty's will, the garrison troops at the nine outer gates of Chang'an will be commanded by three Zhonglang generals in the east, west, and south, each with three gates on each side. Patrol and arrest Zhonglang generals, and divide them into patrol cavalry and street shop Wuhou."

   "Everyone performs their own duties, and together they take on the duty of Chang'an security guards."

   Except for the adjustment of the affiliation relationship, the other changes are actually not that big.

  It turns out that those guarding the city gates are still guarding the city gates, and those patrolling the streets are still patrolling the streets. If there is a change, it is that they belonged to several yamen before, but now they are all assigned to the Zhenfusi, under the command of Qin Lang.

What's more, some fine-tuning has been done. For example, according to Li Shimin's will, the Zhenfu Division will set up a yamen in each of the nine gates, and build a new prison. Cases, prisons are used to hold these prisoners.

  The Town Fusi is actually the supervisory unit of these integrated military forces, and its own business has not changed.

   "The reverse case is being cleaned up, and you all have to recruit people to help with the cleaning up!"

  With the addition of 30,000 horses, Qin Lang's speed of closing the case has been greatly improved.

Arresting people, ransacking homes, sweeping up the black market, and arresting desperate rogues, Qin Lang even launched a crackdown on the villainous youths, rogues, prodigals, and some thieves and desperadoes who occupied the various workshops. For many forces that were originally half-black but not white, they were arrested first and tried later.

   Immediately, in Chang'an City, it was flying like chickens and dogs.

   Those Wuling rangers in Chang'an City, the evil young masters in the workshop gave Qin Lang a new nickname: Yan Luo with Iron Face.

Originally, even if the Zhen Fusi added the powers of guarding the city gate and patrolling the streets, he did not have the power to easily enter the workshop and search, but because Qin Lang now holds the imperial decree to investigate and deal with rebellious cases, this gives him many privileges, and he can act cheaply. The Yongzhou government could not interfere.

  It turned out that many of the forces that were under the protection of the powerful, or under the officials of Yongzhou Prefecture and Chang'an Wannian County, lost their protective umbrellas one by one.

  Whether you are a family member of a criminal case, or a thief and traitor who is a criminal, this time it is a net.

  The newly built Nine Gates Prison was soon full, and Qin Lang had to temporarily requisition several empty warehouses in the south of Chang'an City to detain prisoners.

This round of operations has also yielded many unexpected gains. Not only have countless black people without household registrations been captured, many hidden fugitives, many wanted thieves, but also many gangs of thieves who have been kidnapped and extorted for prostitution, and dozens of people who have been reselling food and other materials The gang of profiteers in the black market also caught many people who cast fake money, privately financed copper coins and stole copper castings.

   More than 10,000 people were arrested.

  The amount of grain seized was more than 300,000 shi, many of which were hoarded in secret, and many of them were even stolen from official warehouses, and some were stolen by guards and colluded with foreign thieves to steal grain.

   "The imperial court tried its best to transport grain from all over the country, but there was still not enough grain in Chang'an, and the price of grain was rising day by day. It turned out that it was all stolen by these bastards!"

  Wu Guang looked at the confiscated warehouses of grain, and couldn't help being shocked.

   "Not all of these grains belong to these thieves, and many of them are actually owned by other people behind the scenes. But now, they are all confiscated by our town and Fusi, and they are all confiscated."

  Qin Lang recruited the generals under his command, "Everyone has worked hard, how about this, give us the brothers in the department, each official will be given two stones of food, and everyone below the official will be given one stone."

  At this moment, food is much more valuable than money.

  Although the Zhen Fusi copied more than 300,000 shi of grain at once, it is quite amazing to divide up more than 30,000 shi of grain at once. Although everyone is willing to share the benefits, they are still impeached.

   "Brothers have worked hard, and it is right to get some rewards, but I am ugly to say first, in addition to rewards, anyone who dares to take a grain of food privately, can you blame me, Qin Lang, for being ruthless?"

   Qin Lang had to hand over all the remaining grain to the imperial granary.

   Everyone was still hesitating, but Qin Lang waved his hand and broke up.

  So all the staff in the department immediately distributed the food happily.

  This time Qin Lang didn't give the officials more points, even for himself, he only gave two stones.

After asking the servants to take his two grains, Qin Lang went back to his public house and wrote an anonymous letter of complaint. , violated the common people and merchants, and finally distributed more than 30,000 shi of grain privately.

   After finishing writing, Qin Lang sealed the envelope and called Ah Huang.

   "Ah Huang, find a trustworthy person and quietly send this letter to Baiqi."

"What's this?"

   "A report letter."

  Ah Huang was puzzled. The Zhen Fusi was ordered to investigate the case. Why can't he directly investigate, and still send a letter to Baiqi to report it?

   "Just send the letter as I said, and remember to keep it secret."

   Ah Huang took the letter and left in doubt. Qin Lang sat there with his legs crossed.

   There is nothing I can do to report myself anonymously. The Zhen Fusi has too much power now, and he can't stand it anymore. He can only think of this way to get himself down.

   I hope this Baiqi can be a little stronger!

  (end of this chapter)