Chapter 80: Factory Guard

Luo Shengdong's fear of the factory guard is really from his bones. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

At the beginning, his father was able to transfer from a guard soldier to a water division to become a hundred generals, in addition to relying on the heroic killing of the enemy, it was more of a coincidence that his father's predecessor Baizong offended the Jinyi Guard in Yazhou City, and a group of horsemen went directly to the water village to get people, and even the generals did not dare to come forward to stop them. This unfortunate ghost entered the yamen of the Jinyi Guard and was carried out less than three days ago, and it is said that not a single intact bone could be found on his body, and he died a miserable death. Luo Shengdong's father taught him since he was a child that anyone can be offended, but he must not be the enemy of the factory guard, and if he offends others, he can still fight with his strength, and if he can't fight, he can beg for mercy to save his life, but if he offends the factory guard with the purpose of arresting officials, then there is really only a dead end.

Of course, the crew members on this ship were all Luo Shengdong's trusted henchmen, otherwise he would not dare to take this group of people to Shengli Harbor to trade with the Haihan people. But Luo Shengdong still understands the truth of a hundred secrets, so many mouths, if you can't keep it, someone will lose their words after drinking outside. The affairs of the Haihan people are easy to do, after all, they have been registered in Shuizhai and Yazhou, and those who know the truth are also under control, so there is no need to be too afraid of any gossip Luo Shengdong. But if it is a matter of talking about the factory guard, it is a yamen who hears the wind and takes people, and there is no need for evidence at all, as long as there is a little rumor on the market that floats into the ears of the factory guard, it is enough to put Luo Shengdong in prison.

The factory guard is not a Haihan person, and he can still have the opportunity to be reasonable, and anyone who is arrested into the factory guard yamen is a stepping stone for them to be promoted to become rich. And Luo Shengdong's good future has just started now, and he doesn't want to bury himself for the sake of an open-mouthed Haihan person. If it weren't for the same irresistible fear of the Haihan people, Luo Shengdong really wanted to ask his subordinates to pack this guy in a sack and throw it directly into the sea.

However, He Xi is so straightforward not because he is open-mouthed, as a secret front worker, he is very clear that the first thing he needs to do is to fully understand his opponent, figure out the opponent's establishment, organizational structure, style of action, etc. And Daming's notorious factory guard system is obviously He Xi's biggest potential opponent at present.

The espionage system of the Ming Dynasty was once very complicated, and there was a period in history when "three factories and one guard" coexisted at the same time. Yiwei is naturally familiar to everyone, and it is the famous Jinyi Wei. The nature of this Jinyi Guard, which was established by Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning of its establishment, was the pro-army of the inner court, and the military generals who were close to the emperor served as the commander, and its duty was to "drive the guards directly, inspect and arrest", and in fact it was the emperor's personal police, who could arrest, torture, and execute criminals on their own, and did not even have to go through the general judicial organs, which can be described as powerful.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that Jinyiwei also has a very famous function of "holding the court staff", those officials who were sentenced to court staff for angering the emperor, if the relationship with Jinyiwei is not harmonious, then the court staff will definitely be killed or injured. Therefore, there are not many officials in the court who dare to go against Jinyiwei, because no one knows when they will fall into the hands of Jinyiwei and eat a deadly court staff.

The third factory is divided into two factories, east and west and an insider factory. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di set up the East Arrest Factory in the eighteenth year of Yongle, and the eunuchs served as the eunuchs with palm prints. The palm seal eunuch of Dongchang is also the second person among the eunuchs after the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant eunuch, and his full official title is "Governor of Qincha and the eunuch of the official school of Dongchang". If the function of Jinyiwei is to be a secret police, then Dongchang, which directly obeys the emperor's orders, can become a real secret service and a privileged supervision agency, and its power is still above Jinyiwei. At the beginning, there was a clear division of power between the two departments, Dongchang did not have the power to interrogate prisoners, and the captured prisoners could only be handed over to Jinyiwei for trial, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang also had its own prison.

The biggest advantage of the East Factory is that the communication channel with the superiors is smoother, and the Jinyiwei also needs to use the chapter to report the work, and the palm print eunuch of the East Factory can directly report to the emperor in person, which is a convenient condition that the Jinyiwei cannot compare with at all. All the yamen of the imperial court have the fanzi of Dongchang to sit on duty to monitor, and its pervasive Cheng dΓΉ is especially above the Jinyi Guard. Historically, several famous eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Feng Bao and Wei Zhongxian, once commanded the East Factory, so that this secret service is still notorious after hundreds of years, but it is very ironic that the East Factory has always hung a large portrait of Yue Fei in the lobby, and there is an archway engraved with "Hundred Generations Liufang" in front of the hall, as if it is a messenger of justice.

The West Factory was added by Zhu Jianshen of the Ming Xian Sect in the thirteenth year of Chenghua, and the Admiral of the West Factory was the famous eunuch Wang Zhi, whose functions were similar to those of the East Factory and Jinyiwei, and its power once surpassed that of the East Factory. But Wang Zhi only sat in this position for five years before he stepped down because of his defeat in the struggle, and the West Factory was disbanded. But when Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne of Ming Wuzong, Liu Jin, the great eunuch in power, reopened the West Factory and handed it over to his henchman Gu Dayong to lead. In the end, in order to change this status quo, Liu Jin had to build an insider factory, which was led by himself, and the power was even higher than that of the East and West Factory and Jinyiwei. During this period, the four major secret agencies coexisted, and the business competition was quite fierce, which made the people of the world panic, and the officials were too busy to take care of themselves.

After Liu Jin fell, the West Factory and the Insider Factory were ordered by Zhu Houzhao to be removed together. In the five years of Ming Zhengde, the West Factory and the Insider Factory disappeared into history together. And the spy agencies that are still in operation are the only two that are left in Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

If He Xi wants to find out the situation of these two institutions, the safest and most effective way is still to pass GuΓ² Luo Shengdong, a Ming army officer who has been co-opted and corrupted by the crossing people. Although Luo Shengdong is not from these two institutions, he is also a person who belongs to the "system", and the information and channels he has are incomparable to those of outsiders like Crossing the People. It's just that what He Xi didn't expect was that Luo Shengdong would be so jealous of the factory guards, and he couldn't even talk about it, which made He Xi sigh that the well-known elites in later generations were simply weak, shouting "no freedom of speech", while publicly scolding the government on the Internet, those who should really come to the Ming Dynasty to try, what is real speech control.

If you want to break the stubborn feudal shackles in Luo Shengdong's heart, it seems that it will not work without some fierce medicine. He Xi made up his mind, so he took Luo Shengdong's shoulders, took him to the bow of the boat, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Luo, you have been dealing with us for more than a month, have you ever seen what we said and failed to do in the end?"

Luo Shengdong shook his head and said: "You have always been true to your word, and you are very impressed by this. ”

Luo Shengdong's words were indeed sincere, he was bold enough to propose negotiations, and he didn't expect the other party to really fully abide by the agreement, but later the sincerity expressed by the Haihan people dispelled his original doubts, according to the original agreement, it was very refreshing to return the prisoners and give money and goods, and this time even the people were handed over to him to be responsible. This kind of trust made Luo Shengdong's favorability towards the Haihan people gradually exceed the initial defense and fear, of course, this favorability is currently based on sufficient interests.

He Xi lowered his voice and said: "Okay, what I say next, you can just listen to and write it down, and then you will know why our Haihan people don't care about those cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods in the factory guard." ”

Luo Shengdong wanted to shout that Lao Tzu didn't listen, but he was very curious, and he really wanted to know what other means of self-protection this Haihan man had, and he heard He Xi's voice like a devil whispering in his ears.

"Within two years this year and tomorrow, Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng will be discredited and die!"

Luo Shengdong almost jumped up, shook his head again and again, and said, "It's impossible...... There is no way ......"

"Oh, tell me why it's impossible. He Xi wanted to get Luo Shengdong out of this psychological fear, and asked with a smile.

Luo Shengdong swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, looked left and right and saw that no one was near, and then whispered: "You are all from thousands of miles overseas, and the information you have obtained may be wrong. As a 'nine thousand years old', I am a master of Wei, and now I am powerful, and the Donglin Party members who opposed him a few years ago have all died cleanly in the hands of the factory guards. Lord Wei has five tigers and five biaos under his command to obey orders, and Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyi guard, is one of the five biaos, and it is rumored that he has a father-son relationship with Lord Wei. Now that the factory guards are in his hands, no one in the world dares to touch his tiger whiskers, so why talk about his reputation and death?"

He Xi said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, you are also a smart person, if you want them to die in disrepute, what kind of conditions do you need to do it?"

Luo Shengdong said: "Unless...... Unless the Holy Decree ...... But this is absolutely impossible, the current saint has a lot of faith in Lord Wei, and he has no request or permission, how can he issue an order to remove him?"

He Xi nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, the current emperor really has no reason to issue a holy decree to depose them......"

As soon as Luo Shengdong let out a sigh of relief, He Xi said something again, almost scaring him directly.

β€œ...... But if there is a different emperor, then the situation I am talking about may not be the same. ”

"Swap ...... Change...... It's a big rebellion!" Luo Shengdong pointed at He Xi and was speechless for a while, and even his fingers began to tremble.

"Soon, just a few months later. He Xi still maintained a harmless smile: "When the new emperor ascends the throne, these celebrities in front of the first emperor may not be able to continue to be lucky, and some people with too much power in their hands, such as Wei Zhongxian and others, will be a stumbling block in the eyes of the new emperor." ”

"This kind of nonsense will never be believed!" Luo Shengdong regretted that he had not been able to refuse the other party's lobby in time because of curiosity just now, and He Xi's words were like a spell, constantly circling in his mind.

"Believe it or not, what should happen will happen. In the face of Luo Shengdong's excited feelings, He Xi didn't care at all. He knew that he had opened a gap in Luo Shengdong's heart, and in the next few days, this gap would become bigger and bigger because of the impact of facts, until the embankment in his heart completely collapsed.