Chunfang lectured on the official Huang Zicheng's house.

There are four ministers of the DPRK and China gathered today, all of whom are close friends with Huang Zicheng, and they are all dressed in regular clothes, sitting in the inner hall with calm expressions, drinking tea and chatting slowly.

If anyone familiar with them sees them, they will definitely be surprised, because among these four ministers, there are Zhang Zhen, the secretary of the ministry, Yu Xin, the secretary of the household department, and Yan Zhen, the right capital of the imperial history, and Huang Guan, who was demoted to the imperial history...... This can be called a small pilgrimage.

Today's party is nominally for Huang Zicheng's son Huang Yan to practice the gift of a weak crown, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang hates the courtiers the most for privately forming a gang, not to mention such a ministerial-level scholar-sized courtiers gathering, so he must find a name that is reasonable on the scene.

And everyone knows very well in their hearts that there will definitely be no more gatherings like this in the future, the recovery of Jinyiwei, the ministers have not had the slightest ** from then on, at that time, the Jinyi secret agent will be all over every minister's home, Zhu Yuanzhang can even know which minister ate a few bowls of rice that day, like this kind of minister's private tandem behavior must be a big crime to kill the head.

In the inner hall, the atmosphere is quite sad.

Huang Zicheng stood very weakly facing the door of the inner hall, yesterday's ten court staff made him feel extremely painful, but he still straightened his waist unyieldingly, like a straight javelin, and like a fighter full of fighting spirit, exuding a stubborn and persistent atmosphere.

He stroked his beard slowly, and a pair of cloudy eyes slowly swept over the silent colleagues in the DPRK and China, and after a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Princess, the holy will has been decided, I am a courtier, and I am powerless to return to heaven, but unfortunately, it's a pity!" ”

Huang Zicheng's expression was much depressed, and then his face turned whole, and he radiated a strong fighting spirit: "The old man said yesterday in front of His Majesty that the restoration of Jinyiwei is tyranny, and today in front of all colleagues, the old man dares to say this, if Jinyiwei is reopened, Daming will never be peaceful!" Your Majesty's move has chilled the hearts of people all over the world! ”

"The old man is worthy of the sky, he is not afraid of the ground, no matter who he faces, the old man can say in a dignified manner, I am a courtier loyal to His Majesty! Today, it is said that the words of the old man and the princes are a big taboo, but as a courtier, the old man must say it, even if he gives up this surname, the old man will not hesitate to do it! ”

At this time, Huang Guan stood up, laughed a few times, and said: "Huang Hanlin is willing to give up this surname, why not add another official?" You, Huang Hanlin, are a loyal minister who is not afraid of the power of heaven, how can the subordinate officials make you specialize in beauty? ”

Huang Zicheng's expression suddenly became relieved, and he smiled: "Shangbin knows me, and I am not alone." ”

Immediately, Huang Zicheng's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Princes, we are all loyal courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven has made mistakes, and as a courtier, I can't help but point it out, otherwise I will be ashamed of my official body and the teachings of the saint." Now Your Majesty does not accept our advice, insisting on restoring the brocade clothes, I have been founding the country for 30 years, the scourge of brocade clothes, the disaster of the world, its notorious prosperity, can frighten the ghosts and gods, but also make the children stop crying, this kind of disaster to the country and the people, how can it be restored? ”

"Princess, why did Jinyiwei make the world change color? Because of the excessive punishment of Jinyiwei, the cruelty of the law, and the evil act of framing and coercing confessions, how many innocent ministers and people have lost their lives, all the princes, if Jinyiwei is restored, even if our courtiers are innocent, they can also fabricate our crimes, and then the whole family will be punished, and after death, they will bear the notoriety of a rebel minister, how can we be embarrassed! Everyone, how embarrassing! ”

When Huang Zicheng said this, he was already in tears, unable to cry, and the ministers present also looked like relatives.

How brutal the means of Jinyiwei are, they are the clearest, what Huang Zicheng said, it is very likely to happen, since the change of Jinyiwei's authority, began to be in charge of arrest, the day of the power of the prison, they and the courtiers were hostile, in the emperor's intentional or unintentional connivance, the battle between Jinyiwei and the courtiers became a contest of disparity in strength, under this contest, more than 40,000 people in the Hu Lan prison case were killed in the hands of Jinyiwei, most of them were officials in the DPRK and China and their families, and they were punished at every turn. The officials were so worried that Zhu Yuanzhang was red-eyed, and it was not until he thought that the heroes and generals in the world should be killed were almost killed, so he put down the butcher knife and abolished the Jinyi Guard.

Now that the Jinyi Guard is about to recover, who will be the first batch of unlucky ghosts of the Jinyi Guard's sacrificial knife?

Do you still need to ask? Of course, it is these ministers here that they are, the assassination of the imperial grandson is a fuse, so that Zhu Yuanzhang has a killing intention against the courtiers, he thinks that the person who should be killed has not been killed, so Jinyiwei has recovered, it will become a sharp steel knife in the hands of the Son of Heaven in the future, it will mercilessly eradicate all those who dare to shake and subvert Zhu Ming's country,—— those who are suspicious are also counted.

The words have been said so clearly, and the ministers certainly understand that it is time for everyone to form a group.

The ministers exchanged glances with each other until there was a look of enlightenment in each other's eyes.

The inner hall fell silent again.

After a long time, Huang Zicheng said lightly: "Yu Shangshu, the Son of Heaven wants to restore the Jinyi Guard, I don't know how much money he has allocated?" ”

Yu Xin, the head of the household department, said: "The autumn tax of last year has been exhausted, the treasury is not much left, and the spring tax has not been collected, so the Son of Heaven has only allocated 80,000 taels of silver for the restoration of Jinyi and Weiyi......"

Zhang Zhen, the secretary of the ministry, looked at the ground with drooping eyelids, lowered his head and said casually: "Eighty thousand taels...... Hehe, there's a lot you can do. ”

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to Yu Xin, and the meaning in their eyes was very complex and difficult to discern.

Yu Xin trembled, his face suddenly became extremely pale, and his hands and feet trembled unconsciously, how could he not understand the meaning in the eyes of these adults?

But...... Bullying the king is a big crime of the Nine Clans!

After hesitating for a long time, Yu Xin sighed secretly in his heart, stretching out his head is also death, shrinking his head is also death, if Jinyiwei recovers smoothly, can he live a good few days? The Son of Heaven made it clear that he was not at ease with the courtiers, and wanted to borrow the hand of Jinyiwei to change the ministers! Can this replaced stubble still survive? The Hu Lan case implicated more than 40,000 people, and the court was almost empty, which is a bloody fact.

Gritting his teeth, Yu Xin said in a trembling voice: "Last year, the household department spent a lot of money, soldiers, river workers, agricultural mulberry, disaster relief, etc., and consumed countless silver and grain, and now that the treasury is empty, I am afraid that the silver allocated to Jinyiwei is ...... I'm afraid it's going to drag on for a while. ”

This sentence is half the truth, half is false, it depends on how to understand it.

The treasury is indeed empty, but Yu Xin is the chief steward of the Ming Dynasty, how can he not transfer 80,000 taels? But...... If the chief steward is unwilling to adjust, then even if the treasury is full, he has a way to make every silver money have a place, and every place is 100,000 urgent, and it must be spent, but there is no share of the brocade guard, even if the Son of Heaven asks, he can also be justified, because the treasury is tight, and the country needs too many places to use money.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Zhang Zhen's expression remained unchanged, and he sighed as if regretful: "It's really unfortunate like this." ”

Several ministers nodded and sighed in unison, but their eyes clearly flashed with a smile.

Huang Zicheng also nodded lightly, bullying the monarch, it also depends on the intention of the person who deceived the monarch, he insisted that he was a loyal and upright courtier, and he had no second heart for His Majesty, even if the loyal minister committed the crime of bullying the king, he was not ashamed. ——Loyal ministers are always righteous, and bullying the king is also loyal to the king.

If the restoration of the Jinyiwei does not go well, and the ministers of them create some trouble in the middle, Your Majesty will inevitably blame the new Jinyiwei officials for their incompetence, and then these loyal ministers can once again advise and ask Your Majesty to retract the order of restoring the Jinyiwei.

What they have to do now is to strangle Jinyiwei in the cradle, and serve the Ming Dynasty and the country, although they have no complaints.

Jinyi Wei Zhen Fu Si Yamen.

Two days after the holy decree of reopening the Jinyi Guard was issued, there was already popularity in the yamen.

The people who came and went were wearing brand-new flying fish suits, with golden luan belts at both ends of the waist tied at the ends, and embroidered spring knives covered with sharkskin sheaths hanging from their sides, which were mighty and murderous.

The personnel selection of Jinyiwei is very strict, generally from the people to select the good people who are strong and have no bad records, and the official schools are selected from the military households, and the background and political components are very innocent, so as to ensure loyalty to the emperor.

Within two days, the prototype of Jinyiwei had been established, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Li Jinglong as the commander of the capital, Xiao Fan as the commander of the Tongzhi, and selected two servants from the former military capital governor's office and the Chinese military governor's office, two pacification, and the power structure of the Jinyiwei high-level has been built. The rest of the meticulous work, such as spreading branches throughout the country, recruiting military households, establishing 14 Jinyi Wei 1,000 households, and appointing 1,000 households in each 1,000 households, etc., these very tedious things need time to be done slowly.

Li Jinglong sat in the yamen of the Zhenfu Division, with a sad face and a sigh.

After handing over the ministry of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, his place of work was set here.

He's been annoyed lately.

The gentleman also has to go to work, it is impossible to carry a bird cage all day long, and take thugs all over the street to bully men and women, his uncle and grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang sent him a good messenger who seems to have infinite scenery, and he is the big leader of Jinyiwei.

When he was first appointed, Li Jinglong was ecstatic, what is Jin Yiwei? That's a group of unscrupulous tigers! As the leader of this group of tigers, how can his scenery be comparable to that of a small governor of the left army in the past? In the future, whoever sees himself in the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty must not nod his head, he will arrest whoever he wants, and he will arrest whoever he wants, and whatever crime he wants to give others, it will be the highest level of life...... Before he could come back to his senses, Li Jinglong was hit by the ruthless and cruel blows of reality.

Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily allocated 80,000 taels of silver to reopen Jinyiwei, he went to the household department several times, dead or alive, Yu Shangshu told him very embarrassed that the decision to reopen Jinyiwei was too sudden, and the household department had no time to prepare, and the taxes in the autumn year went into the treasury, and every penny and every grain of rice was arranged in advance, and these arrangements were all urgent, and they could not be delayed for a moment.

For example, if the emperor wants to repair the Huagai Palace, do you dare to stop it? Shu earthquake, 100,000 victims are hungry, if you don't quickly allocate food and grass, maybe the victims will become chaotic people, do you dare to stop? There are also thousands of military salaries in various places, which have been delayed for a winter, if you don't send them over quickly, maybe there will be mutinies in various places, do you dare to stop them?

…………………… There are many reasons, all in all, Yu Shangshu said very clearly, they naturally dare not disobey the will of the Son of Heaven, but the money allocated to Jinyiwei cannot be taken out for the time being, you have to give the household department a little time, at least you have to wait for this year's spring tax to enter the treasury.

Li Jinglong ran out of a belly of fire, but he couldn't get it, Yu Shangshu was full of smiles, amiable attitude, talking about difficulties and full of bitter water, he was reasonable and reasonable, and he couldn't find the slightest mistake with him, Li Jinglong was hit with a soft nail every time, and he came back stupidly.

The reality is very cruel, there is no silver, and a fart brocade guard is built!

I can't tell the Son of Heaven about this, there are a lot of legitimate reasons waiting for him in the household department, even if it is in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, I am afraid that it will be fruitless, and it may make Zhu Yuanzhang have a bad impression of him as incompetent. Li Jinglong is true, but he is not a fool, he is not stupid enough to make himself uncomfortable in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

The work of rebuilding the brocade guard was frozen because of the lack of silver.

"Alas—" Li Jinglong sighed heavily.

The first merry boy of this dynasty is now as sad as a little old man, sighing and sighing, complaining and sad.

"Why did the commander sigh?" Xiao Fan was dressed in a crimson five-grade official robe, with a kind smile on his face.

In the past few years, Li Jinglong has come and gone in a hurry, and he was originally entangled in begging him to teach kung fu, but he never mentioned it, Xiao Fan thought about it, and felt that he still couldn't make the relationship too stiff with his boss, and that kung fu was not a peerless skill, since Li Jinglong wanted to learn, then teach him to forget it, and it was also a very awesome thing to accept a Jinyi Wei commander as an apprentice.

Li Jinglong raised his head, and then said listlessly: "It turned out to be Gao Tongzhi......"

“…… Xiao Tongzhi! Xiao Fan gritted his teeth.

"Xiao Tongzhi, our brocade guard is not as beautiful as outsiders seem, I can be regarded as falling into the fire pit......" Li Jinglong grieved.

"What do you mean by that, sir?"

Li Jinglong sighed and told him all about the unfair encounters he had been going through in the past few days, and in the end, Li Jinglong's eyes were already red and his voice was choked. Poor boy, since the day he attacked the Duke of Cao Guogong, he had never encountered such an annoying and helpless thing, and this time he was really out of line.

Xiao Fan heard the general meaning from his story, and said: "The meaning of the adult can be summed up in two words: no money." Xia Guan is not wrong, right? ”

Li Jinglong nodded and sighed: "That's right, it's just that there is no money." ”

Xiao Fan smiled lightly: "I thought it was nothing, isn't it just money, it's too simple......"

Li Jinglong was so excited when he heard this, he stood up suddenly, grabbed Xiao Fan's neck, and shouted, "Gao Tongzhi, do you have a way?" Do you have a solution? Say it, say it! ”

Xiao Fan's face was pinch and his face was purple, he struggled with his hands, and said with difficulty: "Let go!" Let go! Pinch again...... Not only do you have no money,...... You have to pay for my coffin! ”

…………………… After calming down, Li Jinglong still eagerly grabbed Xiao Fan's arm and asked, "Brother Xiao, Brother Gaoren, do you have a way to solve the matter of silver?" ”

Xiao Fan straightened his clothes and smiled indifferently: "Have you ever heard a sentence that it is better to ask for others than for yourself." ”

"Ask for yourself?" Li Jinglong looked confused, muttered to himself for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said happily: "I know!" ”

Xiao Fan was relieved: "It seems that the adults have figured it out, and the surname Wu is not an ordinary high-......"

Li Jinglong said with great interest: "If the household department doesn't give silver, it won't give, and Lao Tzu won't pee on his pot!" Who are we? Jinyiwei! Let's go to the homes of the ministers in Beijing, and we don't believe that we can't slaughter a few fat sheep! ”

Xiao Fan's face changed suddenly, and the surname of the commander was the robbership of the streets...... "Your Excellency, you must not!" Jinyiwei was newly created, and it is really not appropriate to have a bad relationship with the Manchu Dynasty at this time, otherwise we will inevitably have a difficult time in the future, and it is not easy for Your Majesty to explain, and the Son of Heaven may be guilty. ”

"What then? Without silver, the brocade guard can't be built, and Your Majesty will also condemn me, I can't leave or right, I can't advance or retreat, this bullshit command makes me too aggrieved! Li Jinglong's voice was crying.

"My lord, there is a way for the lower officials to make money, and it is reasonable and legal......"

"What's the method?"

Xiao Fan looked up at the sky, his expression became solemn and solemn, and he met Li Jinglong's expectant gaze, and after a long time, Xiao Fan said firmly and powerfully: "...... Borrow me 300 city management, and I am willing to level the Beijing division for adults! ”

"Huh?"

Hundreds of Jinyi Guard captains, under the leadership of their respective hundred households, took to the streets with great momentum.

The pre-war mobilization of Xiao Tongzhi still echoed in their ears.

"In order to keep the peace of the Beijing Division, and to provide a good and comfortable living environment for the ministers and people of the Beijing Division, that is, from now on, we Jinyi Wei will participate in the security and health inspections of the Beijing Division, and those who have spitting will be fined! Anyone who litters confetti will be fined! Those who speak filthily will be fined! Those who build shacks indiscriminately will be fined! Those who do not set up stalls in the designated place will be fined! Brawlers,...... Catch it and fine it again! All in all, educate first, then ......"

"Fine!" The lieutenants in brocade responded violently, full of fighting spirit.

"That's right! Penalty! The fines must be handed over to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, and if anyone is found to dare to hide the ink privately, all the dirty silver will be confiscated, and then the brocade guards will be kicked out, not only that, but also ......"

"Fine!" This time, the response was much more sluggish.

"Yes!"

Hundreds of brocade guards were like tigers out of the cage, and they went to the street with murderous spirits.

As a result, the unfortunate arrival of the officials and people of the capital division.

"Hey, the one in gray in front, stop!" A brocade-clad lieutenant shouted.

"What's wrong?"

"You just spitted, fine!"

"I didn't throw up ......"

"Dare to quibble, what Lao Tzu saw with his own eyes, can it be fake?"

"I really didn't throw up ......"

"Bastard! Dare to quibble in front of Jinyiwei, don't die? With a bang, the embroidered spring knife came out.

"Okay, okay, I threw up, I threw up."

"A penny." With a whoosh, the embroidered spring knife was returned to the sheath.

"This military master, the villain has two coins here, you can find another one money for the villain."

"Lao Tzu didn't break the silver, so let's do it, if you spit it out more, you should be punished twice."

"You...... You're not a cheater! ”

"Bastard! Dare to scold our Jinyiwei, come on! Arrest him and put him in prison! ”

........................ "You can't do this!" Xiao Fan appeared on the side of the street in civilian clothes and shook his head at the fine brocade captain.

"Ah, my lord, this ...... Your subordinates will be fined according to your orders. "The captain is a little aggrieved.

Xiao Fan sighed and said: "The fine is to be punished, but can your attitude be kinder?" A fine is a kind of enforcement action, you can't act like a robbery, that's not good! ”

Looking at the bewildered gazes of a group of captains, Xiao Fan shook his head and sighed.

"I'm going to show you how......"

At the same time that the Jinyi Wei was fined on the street, the four gates of Jingshi Yingtian were opened, and richly decorated carriages and vast retinues entered Jingshi from all directions.

The early spring is coming, and all the kings have entered the capital to come to the court.

On the East Street of Jingshifu, a group of burly men wearing casual clothes and long robes walked slowly.

There were about five or six of them, and five or six of them walked together, but their steps remained unanimous in surprise, and from their cold expressions, their faces as hard as knives, and the faint smell of blood emanating from their bodies, it could be seen that they were soldiers who had fought a hundred battles.

Five or six people were scattered in a semicircle, walking without hurrying or slow, but faintly supporting a tall man in the middle, this man's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's falcon, and from time to time flashed a little gloomy aura, his face was dark, his face was square, he walked with a dragon and tiger step, his bearing was extraordinary, and his whole body exuded a graceful and luxurious but iron-blooded and fierce atmosphere.

After the group had walked for a while, the man spoke in a low voice.

"I heard that my father has issued an order to reopen the brocade guard, you have to be careful in what you say and act in the future, don't be caught."

"Yes."

After a moment of silence, the man whispered, "Have you sent everything that should have been sent?" ”

There was actually a monk beside the man, the monk was wearing a very inconspicuous gray robe, smiled quietly when he heard the words, and said, "Your Highness, they are all sent." ”

"They all took it?"

The monk said: "The new Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zheng Yi has accepted it, the Ministry of War's Shangshu Ru Yu has accepted it, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Yan Zhen has directly accepted it, and those waiters in Beijing, Tongzhi, all the temples have accepted it, but ......"

"But what?"

"Hanlin Xiu Huang Zicheng did not accept it, Huang Guan, who was demoted to the imperial history, did not accept it, Chen Di, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Qi Tai of the Ministry of War, and Yang Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, did not accept it......"

The man's eyes were gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "This king can't accept their hearts yet!" This matter is not urgent, and it should be slowly figured out. ”

The monk smiled faintly, handed over a stack of papers, and said, "This is the gift list returned by those people, Your Highness, please take a look." ”

The man snorted, "No need, if you don't want to take it, what can this king do with them?" That's it! ”

After speaking, he took the gift list, smashed it with a hiss, and then threw it to the side of the road, with a bit of resentment in his expression.

"Hey! Stand still! A faint voice stopped the group of men.

The middle-aged man turned his head, only to see a young man in a plain Confucian shirt looking at him quietly. Behind the young man, there was also a group of captains in flying fish suits, staring at them with unkind expressions.

Jin Yiwei?

The middle-aged man's brows gradually furrowed.

Raising his eyes to look at the young man, the eyes of the two met, but for no reason, they both felt their eyelids jump.

"This little friend called me?" The middle-aged man smiled faintly, revealing a sense of Yonghua in his smile.

Xiao Fan took two steps forward and said with a smile: "Yes, this elder, you tore up this pile of paper on the side of the road just now and threw it away?" ”

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the pile of confetti lying on the ground, and then said in amazement: "Yes, I tore it, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Fan rubbed his hands and said a little shyly: "Then I'm very embarrassed, Jingshi has a new rule, you are not allowed to litter anywhere, violators ......"

"Fine!" The brocade-clothed captain behind Xiao Fan shouted happily.

Xiao Fan smiled and nodded: "Yes, fine." ”

The guards beside the middle-aged man were furious when they heard this, and they stepped forward and shouted, "Bold! This is the vassal king who entered the capital and faced the saint, the prince of His Majesty, you dare to blackmail the vassal king in the street, don't you want to die? ”

Xiao Fan was taken aback when he heard this, and then took a closer look at the middle-aged uncle in front of him, but saw that his eyes were gloomy, his temperament was luxurious, and he exuded the bearing and demeanor of a superior person, and he really didn't look like an ordinary person.

As soon as he hesitated to continue the fine, the lieutenants in brocade clothes behind him began to coax blindly.

Jinyiwei was originally a spy agency directly under the emperor, and in their eyes, there was no one except the emperor, what about the vassal kings in other places? In the future, the vassal king will still be the vassal king guarding the border, and it will not be the turn of the vassal king to be the emperor, how can the captains of the brocade clothes take him seriously?

"What about the vassal king? Do you dare to do it with our Jinyi Guards in Jingshi? ”

"Fines are the rules of the Beijing Division, and since you have entered the Beijing Division, do you dare to disobey?"

The guards of the vassal king were furious when they heard this, clenched their fists, and even when they stepped forward to make a move with the captains in brocade, they were stopped by a gesture from the middle-aged man. This is Jingshi, not a fiefdom, and there are some things that must be endured.

Xiao Fan was silent.

The atmosphere on both sides was tense and dignified.

The lieutenants asked Xiao Fan in a gossipy manner: "My lord, do you want to punish or not?" ”

"My lord, do you want to punish or not?"

Finally, the voices of the lieutenants became neat and passionate: "My lord, do you punish or not?" ”

"My lord, do you want to punish or not?"

The sonic boom is magnificent.

A hundred households in brocade clothes came out of the crowd, clasped his fists and said excitedly: "If you want to obey us and others, you must order and prohibit it, and set an example for the brothers!" ”

"My lord, no punishment is not enough to show the law of my Ming, my lord, punishment!"

Everyone echoed in unison: "My lord, punishment!" ”

"Sir, punishment!"

"Sir, punishment!"

(To be continued)