Since the Jiajing Dynasty, the election of cabinet scholars needs to be recommended by the six scholars, and then approved by the emperor, the emperor cannot directly appoint scholars, but this is only an unwritten rule, after all, the emperor has privileges, only to use it. Fundamentally, the cabinet office of the Ming Dynasty was only the private secretariat of the emperor, not the prime minister's office of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Seeing the silver seals piled up like a hill in the courtyard, as well as the list of silver bounties that they took out, Ji Chang and the others were taken aback, thinking that they had read it wrong.

"My lord, this is too much, I can't help it." Ji Chang waved his hand again and again.

Just kidding, the upper to middle wealthy families in the capital have a maximum of 10,000 taels of silver. If you buy a house and land, investing this money is enough to make the family live comfortably for a lifetime.

Although Jinyiwei has many privileges, in fact, he also lives on a salary of silver, since Emperor Jiajing strictly controlled Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei has almost become a Qingshui Yamen, and can no longer do whatever he wants like before. Extorting bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen was originally the way for the Jinyi guards to make money, and after these behaviors were eliminated, they had little oil and water to make money.

Besides, now he is receiving the Jinyi Guard's command of the three products, and if you calculate it carefully, his annual income is not enough to be half of the reward.

Besides, the monthly income is handed over to Xiao Nier for household use, not to mention that there is less income, it is more than enough for household use, and the family population is small, and they often eat outside, so the cost of the family is less.

Another advantage of the Sanpin Daren is the rationing in kind, from wine, meat, cattle and sheep grain, down to oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, which is the official welfare system implemented in the Ming Dynasty, which is used to compensate for too low officials.

Officials are low and low is the rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang during the founding of the country, and officials have sighed that it is too thin since the Renzong era, but no one dares to revise Taizu's charter, and continue to follow this unreasonable system from generation to generation.

Ji Chang and the others have long heard that he is a man, a young man with a lot of money, a bold shot, and he is the younger brother of the Marquis of Wucheng. But even if it is a noble child, this shot is too arrogant, so that they dare not accept it.

What they think is that no one in the general wrestler will reward a few hundred wine money, and each person in the general flag and small flag will reward each person with ten taels or eight taels of pocket money, Ji himself does not want to reward money, he is a hundred households in brocade clothes, and he is a second generation, and he is not short of this bit of silver.

"What's the matter, I'm afraid that someone will impeach me for bribing you? You're my subordinates from now on, so I don't have to bribe you, do I? Besides, he said lightly.

"Of course not, how can there be a reason for superiors to bribe their subordinates, the last general means that it is not good to let adults spend money like this."

"Yes." The general flags and small flags are also a little uneasy, and if they meet and give them such a big greeting gift, this adult won't want to let him do anything terrible, right?

"Okay, let's tell the truth, since you have become my guard, we will share blessings and misfortunes in the future, and you will follow me when I go lucky, if I am unlucky one day, none of you should think about it. That's the thing, right? "Besides, although he is a literati, the Marquis of Wucheng is a military general, and the guards who live in his house are like this, and he knows the relationship between these guards and the main general.

In the military system of the Ming Dynasty, all the main generals were killed, and the guards were all beheaded, so as not to flee without a fight and leave the main generals behind.

As a result, another consequence has been caused, that is, when the battle situation is slightly unfavorable, the personal guards will pull the main general and even tie him to the horse, and flee prematurely, and once the main general fled, the morale of the army will be weakened, and the officers and men will inevitably be defeated.

The Jinyi Guard is not an ordinary official army, but the relationship between this kind of main general and personal guards is similar, once something happens to the main general, no one in the guards can be good.

Besides, he said loudly to more than 100 guards: "Everyone also knows, I came to the capital not long ago, it can be said that the foothold is not stable, I didn't expect this order today, and I don't have too much background in the capital, I don't know if it's a curse or a blessing in the future, so now I might as well make it clear, the person who wants to quit this escort team will immediately put it forward, and I promise to make it clear to the commander of the capital that it is I who refuse this person to serve as my guard, and I will take the responsibility." ”

"Since your Excellency says so, let's take it." Ji Chang was the first to speak.

Don't have a deep background? Not on a firm footing? Let's lie to the kids.

Ji Chang had an understanding of the situation, and it was not that he expected that he would become the captain of the guard, but because of the fact that a talented man showed his talent, as soon as he entered the Beijing Gate, he was rewarded by the emperor with a brocade guard commander, which caused a sensation in the entire court, and it was extremely rare that none of the officials who had anything to write had anything to do with it had no objection to this.

So the generals of Jinyiwei talk about this new thing when they have nothing to do, they have a deep relationship with the palace, and it is easy to inquire, it turns out that he is the second son of the Marquis of Wucheng, with the meritorious qualifications of the Marquis of Wucheng in the past dynasties, and although it is too high to be a commander, it is normal to consider it just to send Lu.

Soon after, they learned that besides, it was Zhang Juzheng's staff, and the teacher was still the great master of contemporary science, Chen Musa, and he was designated as the successor of the mantle, that is, a few years later, he would be a generation of righteous science masters.

is not only the son of a meritorious hero, but also has a close relationship with Zhang Juzheng, the leader of the civil official group, and is also a future master of science, I am afraid that people with such a background will not be able to find them in Beijing, who can make up these things? Of course, the children of the prince and the prince may be more decent than him, but in fact, the sons of those princes are envious of such people, and it is too late for such people, because their every move is under the surveillance of the government, and the slightest change will attract the emperor's reprimand, and they must even ask the emperor to go out of the city. The princes of the Ming Dynasty lived the days of rich and noble prisoners.

Along the way, Ji Chang introduced the background of the situation to his subordinates, so these people didn't believe a word of what he said now, and thought that it was a test for them.

Besides, he is sincere, he really doesn't want to accept any guards and soldiers, but this is the configuration of the actual commander, and it is also the privilege of the generals, Wenchen is a first- or second-grade member, and there is no personal guard, so he can only use his own servants to take on the role, of course, they all have the yamen to send, but these people are naturally incomparable with the elite soldiers of the Jinyi Guard.

Besides, they are unwilling to accept these people, first, they don't understand the intentions of the imperial court, whether these people are here to protect themselves or spy on themselves, and will they become their enemies once something happens? Of course, according to the military system, there will be no such thing, he will be unlucky, and his personal guards will also have to go to prison, but if they have the emperor's secret decree, it is another matter.

But he believed that even if there was the emperor's secret decree, it was estimated that only Ji Chang knew about it, and he might not even know the two general flags, so he wanted to try the sincerity of these people.

Under the leadership of Ji Chang and the two general banners, everyone accepted the silver reward, which was too big, almost equivalent to half a year's worth of money.

"I'm willing to follow you to the death."

Since they accepted the reward, and just now they made it clear that these people are not fools, under the leadership of Ji Chang, they all nodded on one knee and said loudly, as if they had taken an oath.

Besides, he was very satisfied, 10,000 taels of silver was not a small amount for him, and he bought this mansion for just over 10,000 silver. He nodded and said, "Very good, in the future, everyone will be in the same boat, sharing blessings and misfortunes." ”

The expressions of everyone are not exactly the same, especially the general flag Xiaoqi and others, they have to swear in person on the first day they see it, and they don't feel good in their hearts, but those captains and wrestlers are all passionate, and their voices are earth-shattering.

First, they were a little frightened by the handwriting, and second, they expressed their intentions first, which made them a little moved. As for the youth, they didn't think there was anything, there were more nobles who became officials in their teens, and of course they hadn't seen the commanders yet, so they saw that they were extraordinary.

Ji Chang was the first to understand that this is the side of the political arena, whether they want to or not, now they are all under someone's name, and a small group has been formed, the leader is straight up, they will follow the dragon and the phoenix, if the leader is beaten to hell, they will also have to go to the soup together.

I didn't expect this before, mainly because although Jinyiwei has been a Qingshui Yamen for many years, it has been calm and calm, and there are no ups and downs in the court political arena, but this does not mean that Jinyiwei can stay out of the political struggle, on the contrary, the struggle between the emperor's private forces such as the inner court and Jinyiwei is far more intense than the struggle between the civil servants of the outer court.

The ministers have their own small groups, which are unavoidable in every dynasty, such as Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng, and now there is a relatively clear group in the court, and it is already an open secret which people belong to a certain group.

This time, he was accused of being instructed by Zhang Juzheng, which is one of the core elements of Zhang Juzheng's group.

"My lord seems to have a way to make money." After receiving the silver, Ji Chang walked up to him and said with a smile.

"Well, I used to do some business in Jiangnan, and I made a lot of money. In the future, I will also do some business in the capital, as long as everyone follows and contributes, I will ensure that everyone has money to take. Besides, he nodded.

"Needless to say, it is necessary to contribute, as long as the adult says a word." Ji Chang said with a smile.

He didn't take it too seriously, the princes and uncles all do business, and they have industries in various places, and the court does not prohibit it, you deprive people of the right to participate in politics, and you don't let people make a fortune by doing business?

Therefore, Ji Chang thought that the business he was talking about was the business of the Marquis of Wucheng.

The two were chatting, and Zhou Dingcheng walked over and whispered, "Come in, I have something to say to you." ”

Besides, when I walked in, I saw Xiao Nier covering her heart, with a painful look, and was startled: "What's wrong with you?" Feeling uncomfortable? ”

"My heart hurts so much, my heart panics." Xiao Nier said with a crying face.