Although the emperors of the Ming Dynasty liked to let the sons of the nobles work in Jinyiwei, the nobles, like the civil officials, did not have a good impression of the intelligence and judicial departments personally controlled by the emperor. After all, the Jinyi Guard has its own inheritance, and the nobles who are suspended cannot be integrated into this extremely closed group, as long as the emperor orders them to be removed from the Jinyi Guard, they can no longer use any power in the Jinyi Guard.

When Jinyiwei spies on domestic intelligence, it is not limited to the civilian group, and the nobles are also within the scope of Jinyiwei's surveillance. Therefore, the nobles also adopted a respectful attitude towards Jinyiwei. Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, was able to take over the military command of Nanjing with a piece of paper, but he could only report the situation and ask for assistance to Nanjing Jinyiwei, and could not ask Nanjing Jinyiwei to obey him.

At this time, the commander of Nanjing Jinyi Wei was Zhang Mingzhen, who was born in Nanjing Jinyiwei. He had previously followed Xia Yunyi to conduct social investigations in Shaanxi and pacify the exiled army, so he entered Chongzhen's field of vision, and after several years of training, he was finally promoted to the commander of Nanjing Jinyiwei.

However, Zhang Mingzhen, who returned to Nanjing from the north, found that he could not bear the idle life in the south. After all, in the north, he has to cheer up every day, otherwise God knows what kind of mistakes will occur.

But in the south, even if he doesn't show up in the government office for a month, no trouble will find him. Is it because the Jinyi guards in the south have nothing to do? Not really.

It's just that the Jinyi guards in the south have almost been assimilated by the local officials, and they can delay and push out as much as they can on official business, except for collecting money on the street every month, the rest of the time is the virtue of the rich people in the countryside who live a small life behind closed doors.

Zhang Mingzhen has been trying to do something, but the number of people in Nanjing Jinyiwei who support his reform is too small, and the local nobles and civil officials are not happy that he will make a big move within Jinyiwei, which has disrupted Nanjing's social order.

Therefore, when Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, was furious because of the chaos in the Nanjing Garrison Mansion and the Nanjing Beijing Camp, and informed him that he was preparing to crack down on those soldiers who violated military discipline and the nobles who were suspended, he quickly chose to cooperate with Mu Tianbo, and planned to sort out the interior of Nanjing Jinyiwei as well.

So when Zhang Heng sorted out a group of multi-person horses, Zhang Mingzhen also sent a team of Jinyi guards to Mu Tianbo to assist him in his next sweep of the entire Nanjing fireworks land.

As the training staff officer of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion, Zhang Heng still knows a lot about the men and horses of the 12th Battalion in Nanjing, so he just put together a group of more than half an hour, and these are the more obedient soldiers in the past drills.

The remaining half an hour was mainly spent on integrating these officers and men drawn from the battalions into the regimental establishment of the new army. When Mu Tianbo, Chen Xinjia, and Linhuai Hou walked to the school grounds, Zhang Heng had already assembled the four battalions of people on the school grounds.

In such a short period of time, Zhang Heng was able to integrate the strength of a regiment and a battalion, and Mu Tianbo was still quite satisfied. Although the level of these soldiers is still a little worse, their spirit is still acceptable.

A battalion-level unit of the new army has about 700-800 people, and the number of men in the fourth battalion is less than 3,000. On such a night, the three thousand sergeants holding torches looked truly spectacular. For a moment, Chen Xinjia felt a little regretful, and he was worried that if such 3,000 men and horses were released from the camp, would they cause chaos in Nanjing.

However, Mu Tianbo walked up to the school review platform without any scruples, and said loudly to the three thousand soldiers: "A certain is Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, and my ancestor is the king of Zhaojing of Qianning who followed my grandfather to fight the world."

I inspected the military affairs of Nanjing on the orders of His Majesty, but I did not expect that the Nanjing Beijing camp was not only chaotic, but the officials had no sense of responsibility, and even basic military discipline could not be maintained. I have heard before that the salaries of the officers and men in the battalion have been delayed for three months, and some people have been maliciously detained for six months because they have offended their superiors.

However, your military salaries have never been delayed by the imperial court, and Your Majesty has always urged the General Staff Headquarters to issue food and salaries in a timely manner, so as not to make the soldiers go hungry to defend their families and the country.

Therefore, some of the generals in this Nanjing camp are really not a thing. They took your military salary and went out to spend all day drinking, but let the court and His Majesty carry this black cauldron, can you bear it? ”

The soldiers below were in an uproar, these people who were picked out by Zhang Heng were naturally not the cronies of those battalion officers, most of them were ordinary soldiers with no background, so they were particularly concerned about the issue of military salaries.

After hearing that Mu Tianbo exposed the inside story of the battalion officers' deduction of military salaries, everyone suddenly became excited, and replied one after another: "I can't bear it, I can't..."

Mu Tianbo then continued: "This Beijing camp is His Majesty's own soldiers, you are the Son of Heaven's own soldiers, not the private soldiers of a certain family, these bastards are so exploiting you, they just don't give Your Majesty face, they are guilty of defrauding the king."

Today, I Mu Tianbo want to take you to seek justice, the sky is falling, I will carry it for you, now I will ask you, do you dare to ask for justice for yourself? ”

In this night's poor vision, people would have been bolder, but now that they heard that Mu Tianbo was willing to stand up for them and bear the consequences, the soldiers suddenly became bold and shouted: "I am willing to follow the little grandfather to seek justice..."

Hearing the thunderous answer, Mu Tianbo felt very satisfied, he didn't notice the ugly faces of Chen Xinjia and Linhuai Hou around him, but continued to make persistent efforts and said: "Okay, since everyone wants to get justice, then let's catch these bastards from the brothel of the Qinglou." But before that, I want to make a covenant with you in three chapters, I wonder if you are willing to accept it? ”

The sergeants below shouted to him one after another: "Little grandfather, please speak, if anyone doesn't listen to the little grandfather, we will break his leg first..."

Mu Tianbo immediately said: "First of all, this is the first one, we are going to arrest people, not to suppress bandits, and there are no bandits in this Nanjing city, so the team that follows me out of the camp is not allowed to carry weapons." I have had clubs prepared for you, and if anyone dares to hinder us, he will be beaten with sticks. Do you agree? ”

For these soldiers of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion, the nature of fighting on the street with sticks was still different from taking out on the street with weapons, so they expressed their approval at the first time. After listening to Mu Tianbo's first request, Chen Xinjia and Linhuaihou's faces finally softened a little.

Mu Tianbo then said: "Secondly, this second article, we are an army after all, even if we leave the camp to carry out tasks, we must have the appearance of an army, so all actions must be under command."

Whether you stay in the camp or go out with me, you must obey the management of your superiors. There are those who dare to corrupt military discipline on their own, I can say ugly things in front, and don't blame me for not being humane when the time comes.

As for the third point, I took you out of the camp to arrest people, not to take you to revenge. Therefore, any bastard caught is not allowed to be punished in private, otherwise he will be guilty of the same crime. Do you understand everything? ”

The last two words Mu Tianbo said made the sergeants below a little afraid to squeak, and they felt that this scale seemed to be a little difficult to grasp. After all, there are many people who have the intention of making a big profit after leaving the camp. In such a dark night, it is easy for a large army to rob a few homes.

Mu Tianbo looked at the weak answer below, thought about it and said: "As long as these bastards are caught back, after the military salaries are collected, the arrears of your military salaries will be paid within three days."

In addition, the soldiers who participated in tonight's operation: those who stayed in the camp will be paid an extra month's military salary; those who go out of the camp to arrest people will be given an additional two months' military salary; Anyone who has made meritorious service will be paid an additional three months' military salary..."

After hearing Mu Tianbo's promise, the soldiers in the audience really cheered, expressing their willingness to obey the orders of the little grandfather.

Mu Tianbo left a battalion for Chen Xinjia and Linhuai Hou to guard the camp, and ordered Zhang Heng to continue to organize and train the troops, completely disrupt the establishment of the officers and men in the battalion, and reorganize the troops in accordance with the new army method.

He then divided his family into one to three battalions, each with a heavily armed platoon to restrain the soldiers and respond to emergencies.

Most of Nanjing's fireworks and willow alleys are in the area of Jubaomen in the south of the city, which is also the main road connecting the east and west of the Qinhuai River inside and outside. In particular, the Zhenhuai Bridge in the north of Jubaomen to the Qinhuai River in the east of Confucius Temple is the essence of Qinhuai in ten miles.

Therefore, Mu Tianbo ordered Xu Wenchong to lead the second battalion to sweep from Dongshuiguan to the direction of Confucius Temple, ordered Ma Yingkui to lead the third battalion to clean up from Confucius Temple to Dongshuiguan, and the first battalion blocked the intersections in the south of the city, preparing to capture the generals who stayed in the land of flowers and willows at night.

And he personally led people to Meilou, preparing to teach a lesson to the Marquis of Funing, who had failed the emperor's grace and wasted his official duties.

Meilou is just a three-storey small building on the side of the Qinhuai River for ten miles, in view of the land price of every inch of land here, so the courtyard outside the Meilou is extremely narrow, just planting a few plum blossoms and placing one or two strange stones.

However, the inside of the eyebrow tower is not small, because of the ingenuity of the owner, people enter the building as if they have entered the labyrinth, so it is also called the labyrinth. The owner of the Meilou is Gu Mei, a famous prostitute in Jiangnan who is less than twenty, and his herringbone eyebrows are born and his number is horizontal. General literature and history, good at painting orchids. It is known as the first in Nanqu.

Although Gu Mei is not very old, his mind is much better than that of other famous prostitutes on the Qinhuai River. After she became famous, she bought Meilou and became her own master early, and she did not wait for a person to rescue her from misery like other famous prostitutes.

It is precisely because of Gu Mei's flexible mind that her eyebrow tower has become the first choice for celebrities and celebrities in Jinling to sing and harmonize. Today, Funing Hou was the famous man Gong Dingyu of Jiangzuo, and he chose to feast in Meilou.

Gong Dingxiao was born in a scholarly family, and his poems are all works. The people of the time regarded it as a poet on the same level as Wu Weiye after Qian Qianyi. After Chongzhen became a junior in the seventh year, he was appointed as the commander of Qichun County, Hubei, and was promoted by the governor for his meritorious service in controlling the water, and was promoted to the prosecutor of the Nanjing Procuratorate this year.