Raising his eyes and scanning the front of the hall, looking at the extremely respectful expressions of these officials in Jinyiwei, Zhou Chen couldn't help but nod secretly.

He knew that not all of these Jinyi officials were loyal to him in their hearts, and there were even very few loyalists.

But that's okay, right now, the monstrous power of the entire Jinyi Guard has fallen into Zhou Chen's hands, and Zhou Chen has a way to deter these officials in the collection and payment field.

Leaning back slightly, Zhou Chen asked the officials in the hall softly: "Who are the officials here from high to low?!" ”

According to common sense, the size of the official positions in the Jinyi Guard is not much different from that of other Jingwei commanders.

From high to low, there is one commander of the third grade, two people from the command of the third grade, two commanders from the fourth grade, and two people from the fifth grade.

Next are the positions of thousands of households, hundreds of households, flag officials and so on.

But now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, once the son of heaven and a courtier, there will definitely be a few high-level officials in the Jinyi Guard who will be transferred.

After all, Emperor Zhengde had already let Zhou Chen take charge of Jinyiwei, so he even directly asked the original commander Mu Bin to go home to recuperate.

Therefore, there is no need for him to say that he has a group of cronies who have retained Mu Bin's tenure, and continues to block Zhou Chen, the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, in the Jinyi Guard's yamen.

According to Zhou Chen's guess, at least half of the original Jinyi Guard's commanders and commanders were transferred, so that he could firmly control the Jinyi Guard's forces faster.

What Emperor Zhengde needs at the moment is a sharp blade that can shock the world, and he can't let the structure of this blade have any contradictions.

Hearing Zhou Chen's inquiry, the officials in the hall made eye contact with each other, and finally a middle-aged man took the lead in standing up.

"The subordinate Jinyi guard commanded Li Zhong, and I have seen the commander!"

The middle-aged man first saluted Zhou Chen respectfully, and then explained to Zhou Chen and said: "In today's Jinyi Guard Yamen, since the commander is below you, the official position of the lower official is the highest.

The original commander Mu Bin and the two commanders have been transferred to leave the Jinyi Guard Yamen.

As for the chief officials of the North and South Towns and the Fourteen Thousand Households, there were no other changes. ”

After the words in the mouth of the commander Li Zhong fell, two more people immediately took a step forward and bowed respectfully to Zhou Chen.

"Xiaguan Beizhen Fu envoy Jin Nengchuan, I have seen the commander of the envoy!"

"Xie Yiwei, the envoy of Xiaguan Nanzhen, has seen the commander!"

Immediately afterwards, the remaining fourteen thousand households also saluted Zhou Chen with the same respect, and at the same time introduced themselves.

As for those officials of 100 households and below, they are not qualified to enter the main hall of this brocade guard yamen to speak, so they can only wait outside the door.

That is, because Chen Yun and Xu Yan were the cronies of Zhou Chen, the new commander, who were following him, otherwise, the two of them would not be qualified to enter the main hall of the Jinyi Guard's yamen at all.

After getting to know these Jinyi Wei officials in the lobby one by one, Zhou Chen nodded secretly in his heart, indeed as he expected before, Emperor Zhengde directly emptied half of the Jinyi Guard's high-level officials.

The original commander of the Jinyi Guard and the commander of the Tongzhi were transferred, and he, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was promoted to become the new commander.

And Emperor Zhengde deliberately did not appoint a new commander and commander, so there are three vacant positions among the high-level officials of Jinyiwei at present, which just gives Zhou Chen almost the promotion of his own people.

In this way, Zhou Chen's control of Jinyiwei is undoubtedly much easier.

His right hand lightly tapped on the armrest of the seat for a while, and after thinking for a moment, Zhou Chen raised his head again and glanced at the officials below, and he said in a deep voice: "Jinyi Wei commands the servant Li Zhong!" ”

Hearing Zhou Chen's voice in his ears, Li Zhongdang bowed and saluted: "The lower official is here!" ”

His eyes were slightly fixed on Li Zhong's body, and Zhou Chen continued to announce loudly. "Commanding the servant Li Zhong, he has fulfilled his duties and has been specially promoted to the rank of commander and acquaintance, and this official will later make this promotion known to His Majesty."

This sudden promotion, even though it made the look on Li Zhong's face stunned, he really didn't expect that he would be promoted to the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

You must know that the commander in front of him has just arrived, and has he stepped forward to express any loyalty, why has he been promoted so much?

However, almost in the next moment, endless joy appeared on Li Zhong's face, and he hurriedly bowed to Zhou Chen above and said, "Xiaguan thank you for your promotion, and you are willing to serve your lordship!" ”

Regardless of the reason, in short, Zhou Chen's sentence directly promoted Li Zhong from the commander of the fourth rank to the commander of the third grade.

How could Li Zhong's heart not be overjoyed? How could he not be happy to be promoted and make a fortune?

All of a sudden, Li Zhong, who had gained a lot of benefits, looked at Zhou Chen, the new commander, and couldn't help but have a pious look.

The previous commander Mu Bin was indeed generous and benevolent to his subordinates, but Mu Bin had never promoted him like this.

Zhou Chen didn't pay much attention to the change in Li Zhong's attitude, the reason why he raised Li Zhong's official position to a higher level was just to let Li Zhong vacate his position.

Immediately, Zhou Chen's gaze turned slightly, and he turned to look at Jin Nengchuan and Xie Yiwei, the envoys of the North and South Towns.

I only heard Zhou Chen continue to announce in a deep voice: "Jin Nengchuan and Xie Yiwei, the two of you fill the vacancy of the commander!" ”

Jin Nengchuan and Xie Yiwei didn't expect that such a good thing of being promoted to an official and making a fortune would be shared by the two of them, so when the two of them heard Zhou Chen's voice just now, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Fortunately, the two of them reacted quickly, and hurriedly thought about Zhou Chen's salute and thanks: "The lower official obeys the order, thank you for your promotion!" ”

"You must fulfill your duties in the future, so that your majesty's trust in Jinyiwei can be restored!"

Zhou Chen chuckled and encouraged the two of them.

"We will be Your Majesty, and we will serve the Lord for the command!"

Jin Nengchuan and Xie Yiwei said with excitement and loyalty, just like Li Zhong before.

When Zhou Chen heard this, he nodded slowly, and then looked away from the two of them.

At this point, the two positions that Zhou Chen wanted were finally vacant, and it was time for him to start arranging his own people.