Xu Liang sighed and said, "Could it be that you still pay for it?" If you have money on you, I'm afraid you won't need to slander my things, so you would have paid for it yourself and asked the cell boss to buy it. ”

The man said: "Although our family has no money, our family has been in Beijing for most of their lives, and they have been in the palace for a year or two. Young man, listening to your accent, it is estimated that he is just in his early twenties, and he must have read the sage book for a few years, and he was lucky enough to be admitted to the Jinshi or something. ”

Xu Liang couldn't help nodding, scratching his head embarrassed, "This makes you say, I, Xu Liang Tianqi, have been raised in the sixth year of the year, and I have released a county canonical history, although I am an official, but it is the first time I have entered Beijing City, and this is still the Jinyi Guard." Shame, shame! ”

"Then you don't want to know about our central court, the inner courtyard of the palace?" The man walked along.

Xu Liang's heart moved, and secretly said that this person was locked up in the Jinyiwei prison, but he still lived in the local number room, and he had stayed in the palace, and most of them were old eunuchs who committed crimes. I think my Xu Liang's biggest weakness is that he is not familiar with the center of the court, and there is no one who can speak in the cabinet and the six ministries, and as for the inner courtyard of the palace, it is even more impossible to reach on tiptoe. If you can get something from this old eunuch, it won't be bad. Xu Liang asked suspiciously: "Listening to your tone, do you really know?" ”

"Of course." The man said proudly.

"It can't be a lie, right? I don't believe it. Xu Liang shook his head, "Unless, you reveal something to Xu first." ”

"Hey, why are you so uninteresting, little doll?" The man said angrily, "Our family is sixty and seven years old this year, and the loess is almost buried in the neck, can we still deceive you into being a young descendant?" ”

"You're locked up here now, even if you don't get buried in the loess, I'm afraid it won't be much longer." Xu Liang said.

"Hey, you little bunny, dare to curse our family?!" The man shouted angrily, snorting and panting, and after a while, the man said dejectedly: "Okay, let's show your hand to your kid today, so as not to be looked down upon." ”

Hmph, Xu Liang snorted coldly.

"Where to start," the man muttered to himself, patted his forehead, and said, "Yes, we are now locked up in the Jinyiwei prison, then our family will tell you about the Jinyiwei." ”

"Jinyiwei was originally established by Emperor Taizu, at first it was not called Jinyiwei, but called Gongweisi, and later changed its name to the pro-army Duweifu, and it was officially renamed Jinyiwei in the fifteenth year of Hongwu. Jinyi Wei is in charge of the guards, inspects and arrests, investigates the people of the world, and is a civil and military official, whose responsibilities are beyond the three legal divisions, and is a first-class interest yamen. Jinyi Wei is divided into the north and south of the town and Fu Division, there is one commander of the third grade, two people from the third grade command, four people from the fourth grade command, from the fourth grade below the town of the Fu envoy, thousands of households, hundreds of households and a number of ......"

Xu Liang waved his hand and said: "I think you basically know what you said as long as you are an official." Just a little fresh? ”

The man sneered, "Well, our family doesn't know about it." ”

The man looked around for a while, and saw that the area of the cell was empty and there were no outsiders except for himself and Xu Liang, so he lowered his voice and said, "Jinyiwei is powerful, so do you know what kind of person can be the commander of this Jinyiwei?" ”

Xu Liang smacked his lips, secretly thinking that we really don't know this. became interested and urged: "This Xu is really not very clear, let's talk about it." ”

The man smiled proudly, twisted his bare chin, and said: "Jinyiwei is on an errand for the emperor, and has the privilege of folding secrets, in an emergency, even if the palace door is locked, the commander of Jinyiwei can also have a way to enter the palace to see the emperor." This is also incomparable to ordinary courtiers. It can be seen from this that the first thing to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard is to get the full trust of the emperor, and the emperor believes in you, so that you can sit in this fateful position. Like Mao Xiang, the first commander of the Hongwu Dynasty, he followed Emperor Taizu for many years and won the emperor's trust; The commander of the Zhengde Dynasty, Qian Ning and Jiang Bin, who were the people who slept in the same bed with the Zhengde Emperor, were highly favored; and Lu Bing, the commander of the Jiajing Dynasty, is the son of the emperor's nurse, and he is like a brother to the Jiajing Emperor......"

That person was obviously very familiar with the court, and when it came to those people in the Ming Dynasty, he was like a treasure.

Xu Liang said with emotion: "That's right, if it's me, I have to use someone I am familiar with and can trust." ”

The man paused, laughed and scolded, "What are you sighing for?" You want your acquaintance to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but unfortunately you are not the current emperor. ”

Xu Liang was stunned, "It's just talking, if there is anything else, say it quickly." ”

The man said: "In such a critical position, if you want to sit safely, it is far from enough to have the emperor's trust, and there must be someone in the court to support you." Otherwise, after a long time, you will become a lonely minister, and if you become a lonely minister, no one will praise the good things, no one will pull the bad things, and in the end, you will not be able to please the inside and outside. is based on this successive commander of the Jinyi Guard, but anyone who has been working for a long time has to have some origins, like the commander of the Chenghua Dynasty Wan Tong, who was the younger brother of Wan Guifei at that time, the commander of the Zhengde Dynasty Shi Wenyi, behind the support of the eunuch Liu Jin, Tian Ergeng of the Tianqi Dynasty, that is the godson of the Duke of Wei, even if the current commander Luo Yangxing, is also the son of the former commander Luo Sigong. ”

It turned out that the current commander was called Luo Yangxing, Xu Liang said secretly, he couldn't imagine that every commander of Jinyiwei had such a complicated background, and he would have to have a good relationship with Luo Yangxing in the future, otherwise he might be guilty of it again one day. Xu Liang thought about it, and then smiled bitterly, what's the use of wanting to have a relationship with Commander Luo now? I don't know if I'll be able to get through this hurdle now.

The man saw that Xu Liang was silent for a long time, and heard him sigh for a long time, and said proudly: "How is it, young man, our family is still good at this brain, right?" This kind of secret thing doesn't treat you badly in exchange for a few meals, right? ”

Xu Liang came back to his senses and nodded: "It's really not a loss to be able to hear such a secret thing in just a few meals." In this way, in the future, if there is a share of my Xu Liang, there will be a share of yours. It's just that every time you eat, you have to tell me about this inhumane thing in the court. ”

When the man heard Xu Liang agree, he danced happily, and nodded again and again: "Make it." Hengzhu, our family is also a person who has passed today and has no tomorrow, so what does it matter if the little inventory in his mind is taken out and exchanged with your kid for wine and meat? Damn, even if we die, our family will have to be a full ghost. ”

Xu Liang laughed.

The man said, "Since you kid is so cheerful, then our family will say a few more words to you." ”

"What?"

The man smiled strangely, and then lowered his voice, "Don't you see that the command of this brocade guard is majestic on weekdays, and all officials are in awe, hehe, but it is difficult for a few to die well, and most of them are not good to die." ”

"Huh? Also, what else is there? Xu Liang was shocked: "Didn't you just say that the emperor trusts the people who can be the commanders, and with the emperor's support, who would dare to cut them?" ”

The man sighed and whispered: "The bad thing is that the emperor trusts it too much, and most of the things that the emperor doesn't do well clearly are handed over to Jinyiwei, and many inside stories in the court and many scandals in the palace can't escape the eyes of the commander. The so-called sacred heart is unpredictable, maybe the day before was still the commander, and the day after the death of the body, like the first commander Mao Xiang......"

"Hey, what are you old ghost doing muttering to Lord Xu?" Suddenly, Chang Cell's voice sounded in the prison, Xu Liang looked back, and saw Chang Cell's head standing in the aisle with a food box, and walked over with his fingers, and when he arrived at Xu Liang's side, he changed into a gentle smile in a blink of an eye, and said with a smile: "Lord Xu, it's time for lunch." ”

Xu Liang suddenly, he didn't expect to hear what this old guy said, it was time for lunch, and seeing that Chang Jiao was taking out the key to open the prison door, Xu Liang hurriedly said: "Chang Jiao Tou, don't be busy this time, Xu Mou won't eat this meal." ”

"What's wrong?" Chang Jiaotou raised his head and glared: "I prepared this carefully, Lord Xu, if you don't eat it, you can't rely on the money for this meal." ”

Xu Liang shook his head and smiled: "The cell boss is thinking about it, I mean today, you will send me to the next room for me." Give me his share, and we'll make an exchange. ”

Chang Cellkeeper thought that he had heard it wrong, and exclaimed, "What, Lord Xu wants to exchange with Old Ghost Liu?" ”

Xu Liang smiled and nodded.

When the man next door heard this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and shouted, "Little brother, why is our family so embarrassed?" If you are so gracious, then our family is welcome. Hey, Chang Ah Si, hurry up and hand over the food box, hurry up. ”

Chang Cell Boss asked Xu Liang again, and after seeing that Xu Liang was sure, he shook his head and walked to the side and opened the man's cell door.

As soon as the cell door opened, the man quickly took the food box in his hand and brought it back to the small table in the cell.

Chang Cell pointed at him and scolded: "You old ghost, starving to death, reincarnated? ”

The man couldn't wait to take food out of the food box, and when he heard the words, he turned around and shook his sleeves and scolded: "What a tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, I think that when our family was in power, every time I came back to this prison, you Chang Ah Si was not as obedient as a dog, and I couldn't wait to kneel down and lick the soles of our shoes!" Now that our family is down, you are a dog who looks down on people and puts on a majestic posture in front of our family, which is really not something made by people. ”

"What did you say!" The head of the cell was furious, and he took out the ruler from his waist, and raised it to beat the man.

The man raised his head and said coldly: "You move our family to try, and when we see the saint one day, you should be careful of your dog's head!" ”

As soon as he said this, the whip raised by the head of the cell could no longer fall, his face was swollen and red, and he glared at the man through gritted teeth, but he did not dare to ignore his own life, so he took the ring ruler, closed the cell door with a bang, and left with a sigh.

The man didn't care about this, he ate a good meal slowly, and after the meal was full, he paced to the cell door with his hands behind his back, and called out affectionately to Xu Liang's side: "Little brother, you are righteous enough, thank you to our family." ”

Xu Liang listened to his words with Chang Cell Boss in his ears and said, "No. ”

After a while, Xu Liang seemed to be muttering to himself: "It turns out that your surname is Liu." But I don't know which yamen in the 24th yamen of the inner court was in charge? ”