Chapter 650: West Factory

After Menda's death, Liu Juntao and Emperor Chenghua both realized that the forces opposing the change of the law were still very strong, and these people had begun to take risks in order to protect their vital interests, and these people had become a huge hidden danger of the change.

Moreover, there are too many personnel in the CIA now, and it also takes a lot of time for Liu Zi'an to rectify the CIA, and it is impossible to do it overnight, this is a meticulous job, and it cannot be rushed.

Therefore, Liu Juntao suggested to Emperor Chenghua that a new intelligence department be established, with the CIA responsible to the cabinet and the outer court, and this newly established intelligence department directly responsible to the emperor, and the two departments to check and balance each other in order to balance the power between the inner and outer courts.

Emperor Chenghua couldn't help but light up when he heard this, and he recognized Liu Juntao's suggestion very much, and at the same time was pleased that Liu Juntao made such a bold suggestion, which showed that Liu Juntao was at least honest with himself.

Therefore, after consulting Liu Juntao's specific suggestions, Emperor Chenghua ordered to draw confidants from the internal supervisors to gather the eunuchs and guards who had nothing to do with the original South and North Town Fusi and the East Factory to establish the West Factory!

The full name of the West Factory is "West Detective Factory", Emperor Chenghua has been screened and promoted the great eunuch Wang Zhi to be the commander of the West Factory, and for a time the scope of activities of the West Factory has spread from Beijing to all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The members of the West Factory are the same as the original East Factory are selected by the Jinyi Guard, the palace officials and supervisors, Emperor Chenghua for the sake of safety, the number of Ti Qi (that is, the Jinyi Wei Captain) led by the West Factory is twice as large as the original East Factory, and the original East Factory and Jinyi Wei of the authority to take over, its authority is greater than the original East Factory and Jin Yiwei.

After Emperor Chenghua promulgated his will, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stood up against it, and the ministers believed that the imperial court should not add institutions similar to Jinyiwei, and they all played to Emperor Chenghua.

In this regard, Emperor Chenghua asked Liu Juntao for help to quell the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

Within a few days, a mysterious case of "demon fox night out" suddenly appeared in the capital, and then there was another demon Li Zilong who used the side door to deceive people. At that time, Li Zilong was famous for his "left road" and had a large number of cronies in the court. With the help of his cronies, Li Zilong had the opportunity to go deep into the inner palace and observe in places such as Banzai Mountain. Although its true meaning is not known, it is rumored that Li Zilong intended to kill the king, and was discovered by the captain of the palace guard, and Li Zilong surrendered to the law.

After Emperor Chenghua learned of this, he thought that the capital was full of dangers, so he was very nervous and suspicious, and there was a great movement to build a prison, which made the Manchu civil and military nervous.

In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Emperor Chenghua ordered the eunuch Wang Zhi to select people from the West Factory to disguise themselves as civilians and go out of the palace to serve them. Wang Zhi seized this opportunity, searched everywhere, and collected a lot of so-called "secret information" to report to Xianzong. Xianzong thought that this information was very valuable, and was very satisfied with Wang Zhi's performance, and released the information to the court.

In the face of these evidences, there was a lot less opposition from the court, and Emperor Chenghua officially issued a decree to appoint Wang Zhi as the governor of Xichang while the iron was hot.

In August of the fourth year of Chenghua, Emperor Chenghua aimed at the front of Lingji Palace, and set up the old ash factory as the headquarters of the West Factory. The officers of the West Factory were mainly selected from the original Jinyi Guards and the internal officials and supervisors, and these people then selected their own subordinates, and in just a few months, the personnel of the West Factory were greatly expanded, and their power even exceeded that of the old East Factory. The West Factory has set up a nationwide detective net, and the main targets of the crackdown are officials inside and outside Beijing.

Now that the West Factory has been established, Liu Juntao also breathed a sigh of relief, and instead ordered Liu Zi to purge the CIA and complete the purge within two months.

And for Wang Zhi, Liu Juntao still has a good impression, although this person is a eunuch, and he is also more good at power and loves money, but he still has some ability, and he is also a figure who leads troops to fight, and in history, Chenghua Plough Court is presided over by this person!

Liu Juntao is also very clear about Wang Zhi's life, after all, this person is the most famous eunuch in the Chenghua Dynasty, equivalent to Wei Zhongxian in the Chongzhen Dynasty!

Wang Zhi was originally a Datengxia Yao people, not long ago the imperial court put down the Datengxia Yao rebellion brought back the captives, was cleaned into the palace, because of his cleverness, good at judging the situation, soon promoted in the palace, initially in the Zhaode Palace to serve Wan Guifei, and later promoted to the imperial horse eunuch.

Liu Juntao knew that in the original historical process, Wang Zhike was a ruthless character. In the same year that Wang Zhi had just become the governor of Xichang, Qin Lipeng, the supervisor of Nanjing Town, went to Beijing to pay tribute and returned to China, using 100 ships to carry smuggled salt and harassing the prefectures and counties he passed. The history of Wucheng County reprimanded him, but he was beaten by Qin Lipeng, his teeth were broken, and another person was shot. Wang Zhi learned from the investigation and immediately reported it to the emperor, and as a result, Qin Lipeng was arrested and sentenced to beheading. Qin Lipeng was later spared, and the emperor thought through this incident that Wang Zhi could find out about the adultery and favor him even more.

Then in March of the 14th year of Chenghua, the Jurchens of Jianzhou in eastern Liaodong committed a crime, and Wang Zhi wanted to go to appease him, but was blocked by Yin Huaien, the master of ceremonies, and Wan'an, a university scholar. In May, Wang Zhijuan asked for the opening of martial arts, and set up the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination. In June, Emperor Chenghua ordered Wang Zhi to lead Wang Ying, a hundred households, to Liaodong to deal with border affairs, and gave Wang Zhi a cheap way to act in case of trouble.

In the fifteenth year of Chenghua, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens, Fu Dangjia, claimed that he wanted to commit a crime, and the Chenghua Emperor ordered Wang Zhi to supervise the army, and Zhu Yong, the Marquis of Funing, was the chief military officer, and Chen Yue supervised the military affairs to go to the three guards of Jianzhou.

After the three of them led their troops to Liaodong, Wang Zhi first took the initiative to lure a tribute delegation composed of 40 people including Lang Xiu and sent them to Beijing secretly. The specific process of the battle of Jianzhou was too obscure due to the fact that the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations was too obscure about it, and it was difficult to find detailed information. However, according to the record of "Zhanglu Lu", the Ming army first sent Honglu ceremony officials to lure open the city gate, and then the official school suddenly came out to seize the city gate, and the Jurchens were unexpectedly killed by the sudden arrival of the army. Recorded the merits of Jianzhou, sealed Zhu Yong as the Duke of Baoguo, Chen Yue was promoted to the right capital of the imperial history, Wang Zhijia ate 36 stones of rice, and then the governor of the 12th regiment battalion, the Ming Dynasty forbidden army was in charge of the precedent of the ministers.

In the sixteenth year of Chenghua, the Tatars sent troops into the Hetao, and the Chenghua Emperor ordered Wang Zhi to supervise the army, and Wang Yue, the secretary of the military department, supervised military affairs, and Zhu Yong, the prince of Baoguo, went to the imperial captives for the general army. Wang Yue persuaded Wang Zhijuan to ask Zhu Yong to lead the army from the south road, and he and Wang Zhi went to Yulin along the border. After discovering that the Mongolian royal court was in Weininghai, he made every effort to dispatch 20,000 elite soldiers in the two towns of Datong Xuanfu, and traveled day and night for 27 days to Maoerzhuang. When the sky fell heavy snow, Wang Yue, Wang Zhi led the elite cavalry to attack the Weining Sea overnight, the enemy still did not notice, the Ming army covered up and killed, won a great victory.

Dayan Khan Batu Munk (the little prince) fled with his own body, and Dayan Khan's wife, the legendary Mongol heroine Mandu, was killed in battle. After this battle, Wang Yuegong was awarded Wei Ningbo, becoming one of the only three civil servants in the Ming Dynasty who were awarded the title of Bo with military exploits, and Wang Zhijia ate 48 stones of rice.

In the seventeenth year of Chenghua, the Tatar army entered the territory of Datong to plunder, Wang Zhi and other distributed officers and troops intercepted and killed, and chased to the Black Stone Cliff and other places to win. On Datong Gong plus Wang Zhi ate rice 300 stones. Eunuchs have no rank to rise, can only add rice, with 12 stones as the first level, Emperor Chenghua added 300 stones to Wang Zhi at once, unprecedented, setting a record in the Ming Dynasty.

In July, Emperor Chenghua ordered Wang Zhi to be the governor of military affairs, and General Yue Peipinghu, the king of Weiningbo, was appointed as the chief military officer, and the elite of the Beijing army was recruited and suppressed by the Tatars, and the edict was given that the town guards, general soldiers, and governors in various places were subject to their control, and those who did not obey the orders could be punished by military law first, and then heard. Retreated, Wang Zhiwang invited the class teacher, but Emperor Chenghua did not allow it.

In the eighteenth year of Chenghua, Emperor Chenghua appointed Wang Zhi as the eunuch of Datong Town, and recalled the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp. In March, Wang Zhi was not allowed to return in Datong, and the officials went to the court to show that he was harsh and disturbing, and Wan An, the first assistant of the cabinet, asked for a dismissal of the West Factory, and Xianzong agreed, and China and foreign countries were happy. In June, the captives entered Yansui, Wang Zhiyue divided his troops to resist, won a great victory, and Wang Zhi added 24 stones of rice. In August, Wan An and others were worried that Wang Yue was wise and feared to lure Wang Zhi to seek re-entry, so they asked Wang Yue and Yan Sui to guard Xu Ning to change guards. In the same month, Wang Zhishang impeached Zhu Jian, the deputy commander-in-chief, and others for dereliction of duty, so that 34 people were killed in the country. Zhu Jian was arrested and sent to prison in Beijing, and the law department was beheaded for the crime, and then he was spared death.

In May of the 19th year of Chenghua, Wang Zhi went to play, and Lu Qin, the left staff general, and Yang Xiong, the right prisoner, and others could not be captured, so that the enemy invaded many times to kill and plunder people and animals, and concealed and did not report it. The edict ordered Lu Qin and Yang Xiong to be brought to Beijing together, and Wang Zhi made a mistake and temporarily remembered his crime.

In the same month, Wang Zhichi, the eunuch guarding Datong, wrote a book, and someone who had escaped from his captivity reported that the little prince of the Tatar Khan planned to entangle the army to attack, fearing that he would be outnumbered, and asked the leader of the Beijing army under the old command to rush to support, but the military department did not allow it. In June, Governor Guo Bo played, Wang Zhi and the chief military officer Xu Ning since they worked together, mutual dislike, do not agree, and listed five things that are almost nonsense as evidence, showing that the two are basically incompatible. The Tatar army was approaching in an instant, and he was afraid that he would be defeated, so Emperor Chenghua transferred Wang Zhi to the Imperial Horse Prison in Nanjing. In August, the eunuch Wang Zhi of Nanjing Imperial Horse Supervisor was Fengyu (Liupin), in addition to the name of King Wei Ningbo, placed in Anlu Prefecture, and reformed the Nanjing Ministry of Industry Shangshu Dai Jin, Jinyi Wei with the command of Wu Shou, all of whom were originally from the people. In September, Li Yu and others in the right capital Yushi played, Wang Zhi was convicted, and there were still those who were not satisfied, hoping to reinstate the officials who had been excluded by Wang Zhi and recall. Emperor Chenghua ordered Jinyiwei to detain the leading Yushi in prison on the grounds that the matter had been punished, Li Yu and others were troubled, and some people were not framed by Wang Zhi, and stopped Li Yu, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and Tu Yunlu, the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, for half a year.

In the twentieth year of Chenghua, the defeat of Datong was leaked, and Emperor Chenghua was furious, and ordered Xu Ning, the chief soldier of Datong, the governor Guo Bo, and the eunuch Cai Xin to guard the front door of the noon gate. After Wang left straight, Xu Ning and others resisted passively, and then fell into the little prince's trick to lure the troops, and the Ming army suffered thousands of casualties and almost lost Datong. The people in charge of the court knew that the defeat should not be transferred Wang Zhi Wang Yue, and they were afraid that Xianzong would blame them, so they only deduced that it was because the troops were not collected, and they hid the defeat together with the Manchu Dynasty officials. It wasn't until a year later, after all, that people were unhappy that someone gave the actual information to Emperor Chenghua.

This incident has made a lot of noise in history, and it also shows Wang Zhi's military ability from the side.