Jinyiwei was regarded as a fierce beast by the people of the time and later generations, and it was only because of its three internal functional institutions, namely the secret agent responsible for secret surveillance and investigation, responsible for arresting all kinds of prisoners, including officials in the court, as long as they held a driving post, they could bypass the chariot of the Yamen who took people at will, and the edict prison responsible for torturing and detaining prisoners. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And the most criticized thing is that these three have also formed a logical "industrial chain", as long as the spies find any abnormalities in the officials, the Ti Cai side can send a driving post to take the person, and then after the person is taken down, it will be handed over to the imperial prison for interrogation. At the same time, everyone knew that as long as those who were in prison, nine and a half out of ten would not be able to come out, and they would have to confess all their crimes according to their wishes. Because of this, Jinyiwei has become an existence independent of the Ming judicial system and all the rules of officialdom, which makes people feel deeply afraid.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty and during the Yongle Dynasty, Jinyiwei relied on this hand for a while, and at that time Jinyiwei was in the capital - whether Nanjing or Beijing - that was the existence that could walk sideways. But this state of invincibility was subverted with the emergence of another major secret service agency, Dongchang.

Jinyiwei has so much power, relying on the trust of the Son of Heaven, thinking that as long as they are watching, the courtiers will not dare to hide anything from themselves, and they can really control everything. But after all, Jinyiwei belonged to foreign ministers, and no matter how trusted by the emperor was, he couldn't compare to the eunuchs who had always been with him, so in the later Yongle period, as the Jinyiwei Governor Jigang gradually lost his trust, those eunuchs had a bright future, and quickly replaced Jinyiwei's supervisory role, and established a more frightening Dongchang that even Jinyiwei was under their control.

In the following 100 years of history, Dongchang was almost always able to dominate Jinyiwei, except for a very small number of Jinyiwei leaders who were deeply trusted by the emperor and could become outliers - such as Lu Bing of the Jiajing Dynasty - Dongchang has always regarded himself as Jinyiwei's boss Yamen. And the majestic Jinyi guards in the past have been reduced to the point where they can only rely on them to snort and run errands obediently.

And this phenomenon, in today's Wanli Dynasty, has become more and more obvious as the power of Feng Bao, the governor of Dongchang, reaches its peak. As the governor of Jinyiwei, Liu Shouyou has completely become an obedient lackey in front of Feng Bao, Feng's father-in-law said that he did not dare to go west, in order to show his loyalty and lack of ambition, he even automatically removed the supervision and riding power of Jinyiwei, which was already left, and even the people who did these errands were transferred by him to do other things.

The only thing that has survived is the edict. It's not that Liu Dudu still dares to have reservations, it's really because Jinyiwei is an institution responsible to the Son of Heaven no matter what he says, and every year, there are always many officials who will be imprisoned by the Son of Heaven for questioning, and he can't help but do it, right? And more often, the people imprisoned in this edict are also people from the government and the opposition who are against Gonggong Feng, in other words, Jinyiwei's edict is actually out of their control for a long time, but in terms of subordination, this is still the territory of Jinyiwei North Town, and it is a unit under the jurisdiction of Jinyiwei Zhenfu.

And now, sitting in the position of Jinyi Wei Zhen's Zhenfu Si is a person named Yang Zhen, who is very bold and always likes to be enemies of Feng Bao and Feng Gonggong!

After dealing with the Xiangshan case, although the case seemed to be decided by the Yamen of the Criminal Department, the discerning people in the Jinyi Guard knew what was going on, so everyone admired the newly appointed Yang Zhenfu even more, and looked forward to what kind of performance he could have next.

And Yang Zhen really didn't disappoint them. Just a day or two after this case, he reached out to the edict that no one had dared to touch in the past. Although in terms of the rules of the law, the edict prison does belong to the rule of the suppression, but almost everyone knows that it is Liu Dudu who is really in charge of the edict, and the Dongchang behind him.

But Yang Zhen didn't take this unspoken rule seriously at all, and after coming to the Zhenfu Division early this morning, he sent someone to greet the Imperial Prison, saying that he would go over to inspect it. After drinking only a cup of tea, accompanied by Cai Yingyang and several other cronies, he came to the underground cell in the northwest corner of the Zhenfu Division, which occupied a large area.

The so-called imperial prison, literally, is a prison that is ordered to hold prisoners and is controlled by the emperor himself. However, even at the beginning of its establishment, not all the prisoners in the Imperial Prison were appointed by the emperor, and by this time, the Imperial Prison had only become a prison used by some people to pretend to be public and private.

Don't look at the edict prison is very high, in fact, the environment here is even more unbearable than the cells of the outer criminal department or other prefectures and counties, just the entrance on the ground, only half a person is high, more than one person wide, and it takes a lot of effort to enter it. Of course, this was done to prevent anyone from escaping or robbing the prison, although this has never happened since the establishment of the Imperial Prison, and even the few prisoners who can get out of here alive are not many.

On the side of the entrance to the Imperial Prison, there are also several stone houses that are not too big, which are the daily places of the outer guards and the hundreds of households in charge of the prison here. But today, with the arrival of Yang Zhen's suppression, in addition to the three hundred households on duty, Yuan Taidong, the thousand households in charge, also waited here early.

Although Yuan Qianhu felt a little uneasy after receiving this order, this was within the scope of Yang Zhen's responsibilities after all, and he, a subordinate, naturally did not dare to have any objections, so he could only wait outside early, waiting for Yang Zhen to arrive.

"Lord Zhenfu, why did Yaxing come to my edict today?" After seeing the ceremony, Yuan Taidong asked a little cautiously.

Yang Zhen nodded slightly after looking at the wide open space and the surrounding layout. Don't look at the fact that this place is very empty, and there seems to be no defensive measures, but Yang Zhen can see the beauty of such an arrangement. As long as there are idle people approaching the prison, they will be discovered by the guards here at the first time, and they will be arrested or stopped. Obviously, the people who created this edict did put a lot of effort into it.

At this time, hearing Yuan Taidong's seemingly concerned inquiry, the corners of Yang Zhen's mouth hooked a strange smile: "Why, according to Yuan Qianhu's meaning, shouldn't this official come here?" If this official remembers correctly, I, the suppressor, are still in charge of the daily affairs of the edict, right? ”

As soon as he said this, Yuan Taidong's eyebrows jumped, and he hurriedly pleaded guilty: "The lower official doesn't dare, the lower official doesn't mean this." Xia Guan is just ......"

"I know you're just curious about the purpose of my visit, so I might as well tell you that this official came today to see how you are doing here and whether you are loyal to your duties." Yang Zhen interrupted the other party's argument with a remark, and then waved his hand and said, "Tell them to open the door, and let's go in and have a look." ”

Yuan Taidong nodded helplessly, signaling his subordinates to open the door, and reminded: "My lord, the environment down here can be quite bad, you have to be prepared." ”

After glancing at the other party disapplausively, Yang Zhen laughed: "I'm not even afraid of death, am I still afraid of going down to this edict to take a look?" ”

Although he said that, when Yang Zhen and his party entered the edict through the heavy, two or three feet thick iron gate under the leadership of Yuan Taidong, and then walked down the narrow and winding stairs to the depths, these guys who had just come to the edict had the urge to completely cut off their noses.

As soon as they entered it, they already smelled a disgusting stench from the tip of their noses. This stench is unlike any other smell I have smelled before, it is a mixture of decomposing corpses, deteriorating blood, excrement from human bodies, and other odors that I don't know how, and I don't know how long it has been fermented in this confined space, and how long it has been retained. It's so easy to smell this smell and even vomit out the overnight meal, and just want to turn around and run out.

Seeing that several people were holding their breath, Yuan Taidong's face unconsciously showed a trace of disdain, and he said it just now, now he knows that this edict is not something that can be entered casually, right?

However, Yang Zhen was not intimidated by such a little difficulty, after only a while, he had returned to normal, although he knew that it was better not to stay in this place for a long time, otherwise who knows if he would be poisoned or something, but he still had to do business.

And as it progresses deeper into the underground cell area, the worse side of this edict is revealed. There was silence at first, and not the slightest movement of the living creatures could be heard here, except for the occasional moaning of a few prisoners, except for the footsteps of their movements. Somehow, when they got here, everyone fell silent.

The other thing is the feeling of the body. Because of the relationship between going deep underground, it is very humid here, and now it is the hottest time of summer, although they have only walked a few steps, everyone's bodies are already covered with sweat, and their clothes are already soaked and sticking to their bodies is extremely uncomfortable.

And they just came around for a while, and they already had the idea of going back quickly, and it was natural to see how miserable the fate of the prisoners who were imprisoned here was. What's more, these prisoners are not only confined, they will also face the endless torture methods of the Jinyi guards, this kind of double torture from body to soul, I am afraid that few people can survive it.

Thinking of this, a trace of fierceness flashed in Yang Zhen's eyes, Tang Feng had been tortured to death here before! Today, he is about to rehabilitate this former boss and good friend!