Feng Bao's instructions in Dongchang should be very confidential, but the fact is that less than half an hour later, Zhu Xixiao, the governor of Jinyi Wei, who was personally sitting in his brother's mansion, received a detailed report.

Don't get me wrong, Zhu Xixiao didn't want to die, and sent Jinyi Wei secret agents to monitor Dongchang in turn, but ...... Naturally, someone in the East Factory came to report to him.

One of the duties of the East Factory is to monitor the Jinyi Guard, why are there important people in the East Factory who spread the news to the Governor of the Jinyi Guard?

Because the factory guard is at this time, it is already a relationship between broken bones and tendons.

If this matter is to be analyzed in detail, it will inevitably be a long story, but briefly speaking, it is the reason why there are both historical origins and the flow of personnel.

At the beginning of the parallel of the factory and the guard, the power of Jinyiwei was more prosperous in the east factory, and the development of the factory power began with Wang Zhizhi's establishment of the west factory, and then from Liu Jin's restoration of the west factory and the establishment of the insider factory. After Liu Jin's defeat, the West Factory and the Insider Factory were both reformed, and the East Factory was led by the eunuch Zhang Rui, and the command of Jinyiwei made Qian Ning compete for detection, which became the key to the development of the factory and health system. The spy system, like all systems, has matured in this way.

Later, although the factory guard was two different secret agencies, the key to it was inseparable. Because in addition to the eunuchs, the East Factory is in charge of 1,000 households, 100 households, stalls, and fans, all of which are selected by Jinyiwei. Therefore, it is said in the history books: "There is no one who is not in harmony with the factory guards, and the prison situation is severe, and the factory can get inside." And those who have a pole grid in the outer court, Wei Ze is the east and west divisions to visit him, and the north division tortures him, and within the week of exercise, he will be sent to the law department. That is, what Dongchang obtains must also be moved to the suppression and re-stabbing, and then the criminal department can convict him. (Wufeng note: from "Ming History: Criminal Law Chronicles").

However, the close return to the close does not mean that the people of the East Factory "should" have such courage to sell the instructions of the factory so neatly - so there is a special reason for this period.

As we all know, in the Ming Dynasty, most of the time the East Factory was pressed by Jinyiwei, but there were also some periods when this was not the case, such as the famous Jiajing Emperor's milk brother Lu Bing was in charge of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei's power was completely worthy of Dongchang. There are many people who know the deeds of Governor Lu, but there is no need to go into detail, what I want to talk about is Lu Bing's style.

Lu Bing is good at money, and there is a way to collect money, he once encircled the fierce and evil officials as his minions, and detected that the rich people had small mistakes, that is, they arrested and confiscated their family property, accumulated millions of dollars, and built more than ten luxury courtyards, and Zhuang Tian was all over the place. But more importantly, Lu Bing is also very good at "scattering wealth", and the history says that "he wants to be powerful, good at maneuvering, and he is not stingy", which is his cleverness.

In addition to serving the emperor loyally, Lu Bing also had a close relationship with the cabinet officials at that time, especially with Yan Song. However, although Lu Bing never showed mercy in harming his political enemies, he would do his best to protect them when Emperor Jiajing raised a large prison several times and wanted to put many courtiers to death, and he never "framed a single person", so although he harmed many powerless and powerless people, he was quite praised by the sergeants and doctors of the court.

It is precisely because he is left and right that he is simply too successful in life, so his official fortune is also extraordinarily prosperous. He is the only winner of the three dukes and three orphans in the Ming Dynasty (Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao are collectively called the three dukes, and the young master, the young master, and the young bao are collectively called the three orphans), and the honors that the ministers can get are almost all collected in him.

Emperor Jiajing's favor for Lu Bing can be proved by another example: according to the regulations of the year, whenever the court is in power, Jinyiwei is only qualified to stand on the west side of the main hall. But Emperor Jiajing made an exception for Lu Bing alone, "specially ordered to sit down, the end of the second class".

After Lu Bing, although Jinyiwei's power has declined, because Zhu Xixiao is the younger brother of Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, and Zhu Xizhong is the person who rescued Emperor Jiajing with Lu Bing back then, Jinyiwei can still fight against Dongchang at this moment. And Zhu Xixiao also deliberately imitated Lu Bing in many ways because of Lu Bing's success that year, and his brother Zhu Xizhong was also a leader of the ministers who were deeply acquainted with the civil ministers, so he was able to protect the authority of the Jinyi Guard.

In this way, counting the original relationship between the factory and the guard, the people in the East Factory who are willing to maintain an "extraordinary" relationship with him are naturally indispensable.

Zhu Xixiao's face is like a heavy jujube, he is tall, and of course he is not wearing an ordinary flying fish suit, but a big red python robe - this is a privilege given during the Jiajing period. At this moment, he was holding a piece of letter paper full of small letters, looking at it as usual.

After reading it, I didn't see any expressions such as surprise and anger, but raised his head slightly, revealing a harmless smile, and said to the fan who sent the letter: "Please tell your family Dajue, his kindness, Zhu Mou thanked him for this." ”

He didn't say what to do after receiving the news, and he didn't ask at all, but just bowed politely and affectionately: "The governor is serious, my family head said that it is only right that the factory guards should work together to do errands for the emperor...... Governor, if you have to rush back to restore your life, you won't bother much. ”

Zhu Xixiao stood up: "I'll send you." ”

"How dare you! The governor stays, stays! "What kind of identity is that, where do you dare to be Zhu Xixiao's gift? Of course, he also knew that Zhu Xixiao was just making an attitude, but no matter what, his heart was still very comfortable, thinking about the one in Dongchang, and then comparing it with the one in front of him, he really couldn't go back to the time of the first emperor......

After Fanzi left, the smile on Zhu Xixiao's face disappeared, and he walked towards the flower hall in the inner hall with a calm face, and the family in front of the flower hall naturally did not dare to stop the second master, but Zhu Xixiao stopped by himself, and asked the leading steward: "Grandpa Guo, they have been talking for so long, are they not okay?" ”

The steward waved his hand to drive the rest of the family around him away, and then came over with his ear and whispered: "Second master, you know, the share of the shares is limited, the big guy first carefully saw the magic of soap, and then because of the share of the stalemate, fortunately, the old man has outstanding prestige, and under the left and right explanations, it seems that there are already some eyebrows just now." ”

Zhu Xixiao nodded and said, "Then I'll wait." ”

But as soon as the words fell, the door of the flower hall was pushed open, and a group of python-robed nobles came out of the room.

Zhu Xixiao doesn't need to look at it to know who it is: his brother, Zhu Xizhong, Duke of Chengguo, Zhang Rong, Duke of Britain, Xu Wenbi, Duke of Dingguo, Li Yangong, Marquis of Linhuai, Gu Huan, Marquis of Zhenyuan, Xue Gan, Marquis of Yangwu, Li Ru, Marquis of Fengcheng, Li Chenggong of Xiangcheng, and Sun Wendong, Bo of Yingcheng-The description just now is a bit problematic: Li Yangong is not wearing a python robe because he is not the Marquis of Linhuai himself, but because he has long been named in Jinyiwei, he also wears a flying fish suit, which looks similar to the python robe.

This time, there are really a group of pythons in the inner courtyard, and the palace is full of princes.