Saihazhi is a senior veteran of Jinyiwei, but because he is not a fan of Ji Gang, he has been excluded from the Beijing division and stayed in Beiping, the capital of the company.

However, he is old and does not have much ambition, and the fierce struggle away from the Jingshi gives him a relaxed sense of escape.

Because he has no desires and no desires, although he has due respect for Zhu Zhanji, the imperial grandson, he is not close enough.

On the contrary to him was Zhuang Jing, who made a special trip from Beijing.

Zhuang Jing left Beijing later than Zhu Zhanji, but he arrived in Beiping nearly ten days ahead of schedule.

With Ji Gang's instructions, he knew that now the net worth and life of their group of people were all on Zhu Zhanji's body.

Therefore, his attitude towards Zhu Zhanji is a complete lackey.

Zhu Zhanji naturally knew that they had a bad reputation, but he couldn't interfere with the civilian officials now, and the army didn't dare to interfere at will, and if he wanted to seize power, he could only use them as vicious dogs.

What's more, his goal now is not at home, but abroad. So in addition to using them to understand information, control the situation, and expand channels, he will not use these people against others.

Therefore, he will not disclose the relationship between them, and he is not afraid that if he uses these people, he will make the civil and military ministers have a bad impression of him.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has issued a decree since last winter. A total of 127 border armies, Minzhuang, guards, guards, infantry, and cavalry from all over the Ming Dynasty were dispatched, with an army of nearly 400,000, 400,000 people, more than 160,000 military horses, and 100,000 pack horses. Except for the Datong Border Army and the Northwest Frontier Army, the rest of the guards have all arrived in Beiping, totaling 95 guards. According to His Royal Highness's instructions, all the generals' backgrounds, pasts, and promotion experiences have been sorted out. ”

Comparing the military standards of the garrison with the military system of later generations, it belongs to the regimental level cadres. In addition to the guards, the garrison level is also the official of the backbone military force of the Ming Dynasty, and they are mainly field armies.

"Very good......" Zhu Zhanji took the information handed over by Saihazhi, and praised and said: "Lord Tongzhi has worked hard, this time in the Northern Expedition, Lord Tongzhi is sitting in Beiping, I hope you can focus more on the distribution of grain and grass, and put an end to corruption in the army." ”

"This is the responsibility of Weichen, and I dare not forget it."

Zhu Zhanji gave two more orders and sent Saihazhi away.

This "honest man" will not be his dish, because if it is not his turn to take power, the other party will probably be dead.

And he can still serve as the second-in-command of Jinyiwei under the suppression of Ji Gang, and he can take over Jinyiwei after Ji Gang's death, and he is inseparable from Zhu Di's support.

So he never thought of taking this "honest man" under his command.

Sehazhi walked out of the lobby and walked to the second gate, only to look back at the still brightly lit lobby behind him in the shadow of the tree.

He is old, and he does not feel disappointed that he is not welcomed by his grandson.

He was just a little worried that if Taisun wanted to use Jinyiwei to meddle in the army, he was afraid that it would arouse the disgust of the military generals.

Do you want to remind the grandson?

But then he laughed self-deprecatingly again, even the emperor didn't care about this matter, why did he bother with this!

In the lobby, Zhu Zhanji was not close to Zhuang Jingtao, he had already gathered Ji Gang, so for Ji Gang's subordinates, it was enough to keep in touch.

He didn't want to deal with Ji Gang now, and there was no need to get too close to Ji Gang's subordinates.

What's more, this solemn review is not good. This man is evil, treacherous, and selfish, and although he can use it, he cannot be reused.

"Your Highness, your Excellency is afraid of delaying Your Highness's major affairs, so you sent Weichen to Beiping to liaise with Your Highness in the center, and if you ask for it, Your Highness will give your Royal Highness's orders."

"Last month, I already instructed Master Ji to ask him to investigate the wealthy families in Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, especially the business-oriented families, have the results of the investigation come out?"

"Back to Your Highness, the rich families in the world have archives in Jinyiwei. It's just that His Royal Highness asks for a clearer data, not only to know how much his family has, but also to grasp his money-making channels, so the adults don't dare to be careless, so we can only investigate slowly. As soon as there is a result, Wechen will present the result to His Highness. ”

"This matter is not in a hurry, come one by one, as long as you can investigate all the wealthy families before Zheng He returns. You tell Ji Gang that I want him to investigate the assets of each family in order to play a big game of chess, not to let him slaughter fat sheep. So, if I let me know that he is in it, I can't spare him. ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Zhanji looked at his tense face, laughed again and said: "Master Zhuang doesn't need to worry, since Lone wants to use you, he naturally won't care about the rumors outside, Lone looks at the results, understand?" ”

Before Zhuang Jing met Zhu Zhanji, he had already learned what kind of person Zhu Zhanji was from the Jinyi Wei who had seen Zhu Zhanji. He also sincerely admires this grandson who is only used for talent, not for virtue.

For example, although Confucianism is not rampant today, the requirements for morality have not been lowered at all.

Meng Yuan lost his crown, and the scholars who didn't know a few big characters began to be arrogant again.

From the beginning of Emperor Jianwen's emphasis on Confucianism, they completely ignored the restrictions imposed on Confucianism during the Taizu period, and bewitched Emperor Jianwen to relax the restrictions on Confucianism.

Employing people does not seek their talents, but only their virtues. As a result, Jianwen was all a mouthpiece, as long as he could make Jianwen happy and proficient in Confucianism, even if he didn't distinguish between grains and grains, he could be an official and a big official.

After the current emperor ascended the throne, he dealt a severe blow to the face of Confucianism and overthrew all the systems of Emperor Jianwen.

However, the folk atmosphere is not so easy to correct.

After all, the public opinion of the world is in the hands of these Confucians.

Although there are many people with mud legs, they can't read big characters, and some can only listen to the villagers.

To be a rural elder, you must be a scholar, and almost all of today's scholars are Confucians.

This led to the Confucianism controlling the discourse at the grassroots level, and they were the basis of Wenchen and the natural opponents of imperial minions like Jinyiwei.

Therefore, Zhuang Jing did not have the slightest affection for the Confucian-leaning prince, and he was also the most active one among the anti-prince faction.

Not only him, but the entire Jinyi Guard, most of them are sharp blades in the hands of the emperor, and few of them can be liked by Confucianism. is also afraid that the crown prince will ascend the throne, and the more black work he does now, the more he will not be able to die well.

They were all forced to be reluctant to favor the King of Han, just so that after the crown prince ascended the throne, they would not become victims.

Nowadays, Taisun does not favor Confucianism, but attaches importance to their role, which also allows them to see a bright road.

There is a big road to the sky, who still walks the bumpy road of the King of Han!

Zhuang Jing bowed down and said, "When I came, Lord Ji had already told Weichen about His Highness's open-mindedness. Weichen doesn't understand the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he doesn't understand the doctrine of the sage, only the embroidered spring knife in his hand is still sharp, and he is willing to die for His Highness with recklessness. ”

"Don't say death at every turn, I want the Jinyi guard to clear the thorns in the road ahead for me, without you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go. As long as you work hard, you will be guaranteed a good future...... Go ahead! In the future, you will contact Yang Qianhu directly, and whenever there is new news, you can come directly to the door. ”

Yang Zhangde sent Zhuang Jing all the way outside the gate, Zhuang Jing looked at the strong man in front of him who exuded a yin owl aura, and couldn't help but be a little envious of his chance.

Two months ago, he was still the seven-grade general banner, but now he has become a five-grade thousand-thousand.

Although he, a thousand households, cannot be compared with his own command, but being able to serve in front of His Royal Highness Taisun is the envy of even Lord Ji.

"Lord Yang, you can be on an errand in front of the grandson, and you also represent Jinyiwei. I hope that Lord Yang can remember that he is also a member of Jinyiwei in the future, and you and Jinyiwei are in a relationship of both glory and loss! ”

Yang Zhangde clenched his fists and said: "Zhang De can have today, and he can't do without the cultivation of Jinyiwei, and he doesn't dare to forget." ”

A small flag helped Zhuang Jing lead his horse, and Yang Zhangde personally helped Zhuang Jing hold the reins. "Please get on board."

Zhuang Jing handed over a bottle of bone-setting medicine and said with a smile: "Don't dare to have Lord Lao Yang, you and I are colleagues of Jinyiwei, I just hope that we can protect each other in the future." I know...... You fight with His Royal Highness every day, and it is inevitable that there will be an injury, this medicine is sold by the old monks of Qingliang Temple, and the effect is good. ”

"Thank you!" Yang Zhangde was not polite and put the medicine into his arms.

Zhu Zhanji thought that Yiqingzi and Xuanzhen were too face-to-face, and they couldn't have fun fighting during the competition, so since he left Ying Tianfu, he has been looking for him to practice.

He didn't dare to make a dead move, and in the face of Zhu Zhanji, who was not much weaker than him, he naturally inevitably suffered some minor injuries.

This medicine was delivered just right.

Zhuang Jing smiled and got on the horse, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Serve Your Highness attentively, and now your lord has decided to fully support Your Highness." With the full support of my Jinyiwei, His Highness's future can be expected. Your future prospects are higher than mine! ”

Yang Zhangde clasped his fists and saluted: "Everything depends on the cultivation of adults, and Zhang De must work hard." ”

Back in the courtyard, most of the lights in the lobby had been extinguished, leaving only two little eunuchs guarding the two permanent lanterns.

Seeing Yang Zhangde coming back, a little eunuch named Wood greeted him and said, "Lord Yang, Your Highness said that I just arrived in Beiping today, and I am tired of boats and horses, so I won't practice my fists and feet today." You also rest early......"

"Your Highness is asleep?"

"How can you sleep so early...... His Highness is full of energy, and he sleeps no more than three hours a day. Now I'm going to take a medicinal bath, and I'm going to let the young eunuch light the lamp in the study, and I'll read the official document in a while! ”

Yang Zhangde returned to his room, sat on the edge of the bed and pondered.

From following Taisun from Yingtianfu to Beiping, he found that Taisun had to read many official documents every day.

And he is only literate, not blind, in this regard, he is far inferior to Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing and others.

He also realized that if he wanted to become a master, it was not enough to rely on recklessness. He can only be regarded as a fortunate minister at most now, and if he wants to truly become the object of his grandson's dependence, he also needs to learn a lot.

Among his colleagues, Feng Xiaonian is the eldest of the four, and he is good at surveying and handling cases. Jiang Wanli is good at intelligence analysis and has an excellent memory. Chu Song is most familiar with the basic situation inside and outside the court, and he will have to be more familiar with it in the future.