readx; This officialdom shock in Jingshi came very strangely. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 On the first day of the first lunar month, just after the end of the suburban ceremony, Yan Ling, the commander of the Imperial City Guard Regiment, resigned and returned to his hometown in the name of "Ding Wei", which was immediately approved by the emperor. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Kui, a free uncle, played a performance, saying that he had no merit in Sheji, and was only awarded the title of Governor of the Left Capital of Zhengyi because of the identity of his relatives, and he felt quite uneasy in his heart, and asked to be removed from his official position and only retain his title. It was also approved by Zhu Youjian.

The sudden departure of the two attracted great attention from courtiers, who had always been sensitive to politics. Zhou Kui is the father of the queen, and Yan Ling is the brother-in-law of the queen, and has always been the emperor's right-hand man. Although the resignation of the two took the initiative, how do they know that they were not forced by the emperor's pressure? Could it be that the queen has fallen out of favor, and Chongzhen is going to prepare for the abolition?

On the second day of the first lunar month, Mei Jian, who was already pregnant, finally returned to Beijing after a journey, and was named Concubine Mei by Empress Dowager Zhang on the same day. Because she only knows her surname Tian and does not have a big name, Empress Dowager Zhang gave her the name Tian Xiumei. Zhu Yousheng arranged Luanyi, and personally went to the Yongding Gate to bring Concubine Mei into the palace, which moved Concubine Mei's tears. And Queen Rui'er never showed up.

At this point, the ministers even believed that the queen favored the newcomer, and had already moved the mind of the abolition. On the third day of the first lunar month, before the end of the year, the two pieces of music were transferred from the cabinet to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts. One is played by the cabinet minister Li Biao, saying that the queen is courteous and good, the mother is the world, and has never made a mistake, and the emperor must not covet women and snub the queen, and even move his mind after abolition.

The other is played by Wang Yingxiong, the new right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, saying that there is still a saying among the people that "there are three unfilial ones, and no queen is the greatest", and the royal family is the most important thing in the society. It has been more than three years since the queen married into the palace, but she has never been pregnant. For the sake of the eternal stability of the society, I implore the emperor to set up another queen.

Speaking of which, these two twists and turns are trying to figure out the emperor's thoughts, and they both think that Zhu Youzhen may be abolished, but their attitudes are completely different. Li Biao is the leader of Donglin, when the official group led by the Donglin Party went through hardships and dangers in the Wanli Dynasty to "fight for the country", but finally won a complete victory, forcing the emperor to bow to the minister, which is also the biggest political capital of the Donglin Party. If Chongzhen wants to follow his grandfather's old path again, the Donglin Party will inevitably "fight for the country" again to consolidate its position.

And Wang Yingxiong did the opposite. Although this twist and turn was on him, behind the scenes was Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren instigating. Their faction knew that it would be difficult to fight with the powerful Donglin Party with their own strength, so they focused on flattery, trying to use imperial power to suppress the Donglin Party, with the ultimate goal of taking the throne themselves. If the emperor really wants to depose the queen, then they will obey the emperor's wishes again, and they will be more reused.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youzhan was furious, made an exception and immediately convened a court meeting, causing Li Biao and Wang Yingxiong to kneel down from class, and scolded with a slashing head and face: "Which ear did you use to hear that I am going to be abolished?" The queen and I are married husband and wife, and they have lived and died together for several years, and the depth of their relationship is not something that you can guess wildly! What's more, the common people know the truth that 'the wife of the chaff will not go to court', don't I know? After chasing the wind and catching shadows, and arguing about the abolition, it is really hateful! ”

Only then did Wang Yingxiong know that the horse had slapped on the horse's hooves, and he was so frightened that his body was like chaff, and he kowtowed again and again, but he couldn't even say a whole sentence. Li Biao refused to be gullible, and said stubbornly: "But yesterday, Concubine Mei returned to the palace to be canonized, such an important gift, why didn't the queen attend?" Why did Xiaoyao Bo and Yan Ling resign at the same time? The saint has taken such a move, and the ministers can't help but guess! ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately sank his face and said, "Li Biao, you are unconscious!" The queen is sick, in the middle of winter, shouldn't she rest if she is sick? As for Zhou Kui and Yan Ling, they are my ministers, not the queen's ministers. Do you think that if you have a party, the queen will have a party? ”

The hat was buttoned too big, Li Biao was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed and asked for guilt. In fact, since the beginning of the Jiajing Dynasty, the party struggle in the official group has become more and more intense, especially during the Wanli Apocalypse, and it is an open secret that the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, the Qi Party, and even the Donglin Party. But no one dares to pierce this layer of window paper, today Zhu Youzhen pointed it out in one sentence, who is not worried in his heart?

After Zhu Youzhen roared, his face softened slightly: "After King Li Biao was abolished by Xiong's arrogant proposal, he should have been punished severely. Thinking out of loyalty to the king, I have just changed the yuan, and I don't want to punish the courtiers. Li Biao was fined for March, and Wang Yingxiong was fined for June, each guilty of plea! ”

The two hurriedly retreated, secretly glad that they did not lose their official positions because of this. The ministers also looked at each other, and the secret path was unpredictable. Especially Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, they were even more frightened and covered in cold sweat.

But what Zhu Youzhen said later surprised the ministers even more: "Since Li Biao mentioned Yan Ling's resignation, I just happened to talk about it." In the past, the guards in the imperial city were in charge of the four guards of Wu Xiang Tengxiang, and after I ascended the throne, due to the eunuch rebellion, the situation was changed to the imperial city guard regiment. Now that the eunuch party has been removed, I want to restore the old system and rebuild the four guards. In addition, the expansion of the outer city of the Beijing Division, the terms of reference of the Five Cities Terracotta Division should also be changed. ”

Only then did everyone understand that Yan Ling's resignation had nothing to do with the queen, but that the emperor was going to reorganize the garrison pattern of the Beijing Division. And Zhu Youzhen has prepared a plan early:

The First Imperial City Guard Regiment was divided into four and was still named according to the old system. However, the responsibilities have been adjusted, Wu Xiang's left guard is responsible for the defense of the eastern half of the Forbidden City outside the Imperial City, and Wu Xiang's right guard is responsible for the western half. Officials of all sizes entering the imperial city must enter and exit from Dong'an Gate through Dong'an Gate, and must be inspected when passing through, and must not carry any weapons. As for the Chengtian Gate and the Di'an Gate, they are jointly guarded by the two guards, and non-major ceremonies are not opened.

2. The guards in the Forbidden City, the southern half of which are in charge of Teng Xiang's left guard, including the Wumen Gate, the Donghua Gate, the Xihua Gate and the six Yamen that moved to the palace. To the north of the Qianqing Gate, including the Qianqing Palace where the court meeting was held, as well as all the harems and Shenwu Gate, were all in charge of Teng Xiang's right guard.

The three and four guards each have a capacity of 1,120 people, which is equivalent to a standard 1,000 households. But the commander is no longer a commander, but is demoted to a thousand households. However, Tengxiang Youwei does not have a thousand households, and ten hundred households are directly under the emperor's control. There is also an important change, that is, all the soldiers of the four guards will no longer be from childhood to old age as in the past, and then hereditary by their children and grandchildren, but will be selected from all the border guards and "new army" in the country, and the age of the selection cannot exceed 20 years old, and the maximum service time will be two years, and then the four guards will be transferred. The 1,000 households of Wu Xiang's 2nd Guard and Teng Xiang's Left Guard, as well as the 100 households of Teng Xiang's Right Guard, were directly appointed by the emperor, obeyed only the emperor's orders, and did not listen to any other officials' dispatch, and also served for a maximum of two years.

The emperor's family affairs are in the imperial city, and the arrangement of the guards is determined by the emperor, and the ministers are not qualified to intervene. Of course, there are also ministers who have quick brains, and they can't help but secretly praise Zhu Youzhen's arrangement: this move not only ensures that the Suwei army is completely in the hands of the emperor alone, but also improves the combat effectiveness of the Suwei army. What's more, the two-year rotation system makes it difficult for the Su Guard army to get acquainted with each other, and it is difficult to happen such a thing!