Chapter 7: Guards with Knives
"Mu Bin, then are you guilty?" Zheng De looked at him, after all, as the person in charge of the Han General, he always couldn't run away from the responsibility of dereliction of duty when something like this happened. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Mu Bin reacted instantly, knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty, "Weichen is not strict, please punish Your Majesty." ”
Zheng De didn't really want to punish him, and when he saw this, he borrowed the donkey to get off the slope, "Although you don't know about this matter, as a supervisor, you didn't find out that there was a responsibility for negligence." Then I will punish you for half a month's worth to be a good example. ”
In fact, the fine of half a month is actually a bit light in Zheng De's opinion, but if the fine is more than a month, you can't let your subordinates even have nothing to eat. As for the other punishments, Zheng De thought about it and forgot it, after all, he still needs this person to do things for himself.
Mu Bin naturally didn't know this, and said with a lot of emotion, "Weichen admits punishment, thank Your Majesty for your kindness." ”
"Get up." Zheng De waved his hand at him, but still warned him, "If there is a next time, don't do it, you, the commander of the brocade guard." ”
Mu Bin's heart froze, "Weichen obeys the order." ”
"But if my guards are of this standard, how can I be safeguarded?" Zheng De looked at him and suddenly said.
Mu Bin hurriedly said, "It's the minister's dereliction of duty, please punish the emperor." ”
"First of all, how did you choose these Han generals?" Zheng De asked curiously, "Why are they all useless guys, aren't you collecting money from others?" ”
"The emperor is wronged." Mu Bin was so frightened that he hurriedly defended, "The generals of the Han Dynasty are all selected from the military and civilians to serve as those with long bodies and great appearances, and the ministers are absolutely selfless. ”
"Did you choose the guards to protect me or the honor guard?" Zheng De looked at him a little speechlessly. This aspect of selection is really strange enough. No wonder they all look tall and mighty, but they are useless goods.
"The ministers are also selected according to the rules of the imperial court." Mu Bin looked aggrieved.
"There are still such regulations in the imperial court?" Zheng De looked at him suspiciously. But think about it, it's probably true, after all, if there is no regulation, he wouldn't dare to fool the emperor like this, otherwise wouldn't he think his life would be long?
"Get up, I can't blame you all for this. By the way, how many Han generals are there in the palace? ”
"There are fifteen hundred Han generals in the palace."
"In the future, the Han general will be changed to a guard with a sword. You work hard, and then re-screen all the Han generals in the palace, remember to only choose according to your skills, and don't give me a whole group of people who don't want to be useful. Zheng De warned him. After all, it's his own personal guard, if he relies on these useless guys, will he be able to go out of the palace to play around in the future?
"Commandment." Mu Bin knelt down on one knee, but still raised the question, "What to do with those eliminated Han generals?" Where should I choose if I don't have enough personnel? Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear. ”
Zheng De thought for a while, "The eliminated Han generals are directly cut to the people, and if you don't have enough personnel, you can directly select from the 26 guards of the pro-army." Personnel are still selected on the basis of 1,500. ”
In the end, I still don't forget to advise, "Remember, only look at your skills, not your looks." ”
"The minister understands"
"Get up." Zheng De looked at Mu Bin, and suddenly thought, should he put Jinyiwei in order?
It's no wonder that he suddenly had such an idea, modern people think that Jinyiwei is just a secret service agency that specializes in arresting people, similar to the secret police. In fact, in addition to the basic work of reconnaissance, arrest, and interrogation of these spies, the Jinyi Guard also shoulders the mission of the honor guard and the Imperial City, such as the Han General of the Imperial Palace. As a secret service agency, it is also in charge of other errands, which is really not a professional.
But after thinking about it, he felt that it was better to forget it, it would be too troublesome to fix it again.
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"Liu Jin, is there any major event in the imperial court today?"
Zheng De, who was sitting behind the imperial case, glanced at Liu Jin, who was sitting behind the bookcase, and asked. This position was specially set up by him in order to facilitate the latter to help him deal with the recital, but it also had the meaning of supervising by the way. After all, as the three famous eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, if you don't keep an eye on it, who knows if you will come up with some moths behind your back.
Liu Jin got up and said, "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, it's nothing." It's just that there are quite a few officials who say some ugly things. ”
"Oh, what did you say?" Zheng De asked curiously.
"This ......" Liu Jin looked at the emperor with an embarrassed face, unable to speak.
"I forgive you for your innocence." Zheng De said helplessly. As an emperor, this is good, no one dares to say that you are bad to your face, except for the words of the imperial court, of course. Their sharp and venocious tongues, if their psychological quality is not up to par, nine times out of ten they will vomit blood in anger. He now somewhat understands why the emperor has a short life, and he is probably angry.
"The ministers of the court and the central government said that long live the eunuchs, you will be lucky to be the eunuchs, which will cause the heavens to send a warning, causing the earthquake in Nanjing, Su, Song, Chang, Zhen, Huai, Yang, Ning, Tong, and Erzhou." After Liu Jin finished speaking, he glanced at Zheng De cautiously, and when he saw the emperor looking at him with a solemn expression, he chuckled in his heart, "It's bad, is the emperor angry?" ”
I was about to say something, but I heard the emperor say, "You said that there was an earthquake in Nanjing, Susong and other places?" ”
Zheng De was really shocked by this shocking news. A few days after he became the emperor, such a serious disaster occurred, which made it impossible for people to live. Living in the 21st century, although he has not experienced it firsthand, he knows the shocking devastation of earthquakes, and he has seen the aftermath of earthquakes on television. Moreover, the Jiangnan area is a densely populated area, and the destructive power of the earthquake can be imagined.
"How big is this earthquake?" However, he then thought that there was no such thing as an earthquake, and asked, "What about this earthquake?" ”
Liu Jin was blindsided by Zheng De's series of questions, but he didn't expect the emperor to ignore the slander of the official, but instead paid attention to the earthquake, which was really unexpected. It seems that when I was in the East Palace before, I didn't see what potential the master I was serving had?
"If you go back to Banzai, this was six days ago, but there are reports from all over the country that the earthquake has caused many houses to collapse and many people have been displaced. The slaves and maids did not know how serious the disaster was. ”
"You said this was six days ago?" Zheng De looked at him with an unkind face when he heard this, this Liu Jin actually dared to hide it in such an important matter, it seems that he was too indulgent to him.
"Why are you only telling me what happened six days ago? What did I tell you in the first place? ”
"The slave maid thinks it's not an important matter, and the cabinet has already voted to urge the six ministries of Nanjing and the seven governments such as Susong to organize disaster relief, and the slave and maid also approved it according to the instructions of the cabinet." Liu Jin is now repentant, and he knew that this was the result, so he didn't mention it. Now he can't beat the fox and provokes a commotion. But now it's too late to regret it, what to think about is how to calm the emperor's anger.
"It's not an important thing, so what's an important thing?" Zheng De stared at him, his face gloomy and about to drip water. Until the latter was already sweaty, he was so frightened that he almost knelt down and waved his hand, "Go and find the three pavilion elders." ”
"The slave obeys." Liu Jin breathed a sigh of relief. When he walked out of the Maoqin Temple, he found that he was already soaking wet.
Looking at Liu Jin's departing back, Zheng De frowned, and couldn't help but sigh lightly, "Did you say it was a mistake to let Liu Jin criticize red on my behalf?" ”
"Huh?" Wang Yue, who was waiting on the side, immediately understood that the emperor was talking to him. Although he is very unaccustomed to Liu Jin, the newly rising eunuch, he also knows that now is not a good opportunity to fall into the ground, "It is also a good thing that Liu Jin can share the emperor's worries, but it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes in doing things alone." ”
"What do you mean?" Zheng De looked back at him strangely, it stands to reason that the two should be in a competitive relationship now, why did he still speak for Liu Jin.
"Long live the master, it is better to transfer Liu Jin to the celebrant eunuch, on the one hand, it can be justified, and then you can also let the eunuch bingbi help His Majesty approve the red together." Wang Yue had the courage to say a word, and when he turned around and saw that the emperor was not very angry, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
One is an old minister left over from the previous emperor, and the other is a eunuch favored by the new emperor. Although there is no direct conflict and contradiction between the two now, Wang Yue will not be stupid enough to think that the two can get along forever, after all, Liu Jin will definitely not be able to bypass him. Now that you have the opportunity to strike at your opponent, you naturally have to take advantage of it.
"Transfer Liu Jin to the office of the chief of the twelve eunuchs?" Zheng De thought about it and vetoed it directly. Who knows if the former's ambitions will swell because of this, and he doesn't want history to repeat itself again. As for letting the eunuchs who are holding the pen to assist him, who should he turn to if something goes wrong because of this?
Zheng De suddenly had a headache when he thought of this, "If only someone could help me." ”
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"I don't know what happened to Grandpa Liu?" Seeing Liu Jin coming, Liu Jian frowned slightly. For this bewitching king's own family, he obviously doesn't have a good face.
"Back to Liu Ge Lao, Your Majesty invites the three Ge Elders to go to the Maoqin Hall for discussion." Just like Liu Jian and the other three pavilion elders are not used to him, Liu Jin is also unaccustomed to seeing these three pavilion elders, but it is a pity that the emperor does not seem to be able to favor him as much as the East Palace, and his speech is naturally not so tough.
"What is the emperor looking for us?" Liu Jian asked suspiciously.
"The slaves and maids don't know, but the elders will know when they go." Liu Jin really can't afford to provoke these three now, but he also played a cautious eye and deliberately didn't say anything. In this way, it may directly hit the emperor's gun, so that these three can also bear the emperor's anger, and by the way, let out the evil anger of these years.
"Please ask your father-in-law to lead the way." Liu Jian looked back at Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, obviously not wanting to talk to Liu Jin more, and didn't even let people drink a sip of tea or anything.
At this moment, I heard Xie Qian suddenly say, "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, it seems that it is the first time that you have taken the initiative to summon me and the other three." ”
Liu Jian was stunned when he heard this, as if it was true.