Chapter 12: Distinguishing the True from the False

Qin Tai had to admit that Jin Yiwei really had some capital and ability. In the past, Qin Tai fought with Jinyiwei many times, and each time he beat Jinyiwei or Dongchang to the ground. So not only Qin Tai, but also several other people also looked down on Jinyiwei and Dongchang. But since Qin Tai entered Jinyiwei, he gradually felt that Jinyiwei was not simple, at least not as unbearable as he thought before. There is a saying that "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", although there are many people in Jinyiwei, there are also many people who have real skills. However, these people with real skills are either ignored or suppressed by those in power, or they themselves are unwilling to be too public. This leads to the fact that even the people of Jinyiwei don't know that there will be capable people around them. Besides, Jinyiwei is hereditary, and some unique skills are taught privately by father and son, and it is impossible for outsiders to know or learn. Even if the average Jinyiwei knows or learns a little, it is just a scratch of the skin, so it is better not to learn or practice. "Drawing a tiger is not an anti-dog" is what it means, and it is useless to learn a four-like one.

Nowadays, Jinyiwei's biggest ability is to pat on the back and bully people or organizations that are weaker than himself. Because of this, Jinyiwei will become more and more unbearable, but ignore the original role and ability. If the predecessors of Jinyiwei knew, they would definitely scold these descendants for "not doing their jobs" or "losing their families". But these brocade guards don't seem to feel that they still do their own thing, and they don't want to change.

Fortunately, the task that Zhan Xiaoxiao gave to Jin Yiwei was not too difficult, and it was just within the scope of Jin Yiwei's ability, so Jin Yiwei not only did not fail the task, but finally let Qin Tai and his wife see the true strength of Jin Yiwei, thus changing some of their views on Jin Yiwei.

Because the other party thought that Qin Tai and his party had been burned to death, they did not continue to investigate. Even the officer disappeared for no reason, and he really thought that the officer had gone back to his family's private affairs. didn't know that Qin Tai and his party were not only not burned to death, but also secretly stationed in Jinyiwei's secret stronghold and began to investigate them. And the officer they thought was going to do private business was being forced to confess by the Jinyi guards.

Qin Tai originally disapproved of Jinyiwei's coercive methods, but Qiu Er, who was Jinyiwei, had to get started in person in order to show his merits, so Qin Tai had to agree. However, Qin Tai had three requirements, and he had to agree to Qiu Er before agreeing to let go. First, this officer can't die or go crazy. Second, the officer must not be disabled. Third, the officer's family must not be affected. Qin Tai also knew Jinyiwei's methods, either forcing the prisoner to death, or using the prisoner's family to open the knife and forcing the prisoner to tell all the secrets. I heard that the people who were released by the brocade guards almost lost their ability to survive even if they didn't die. Someone has calculated that the chance of being able to come out alive after being caught in the brocade guard is less than one percent. In this one, more than half of them are crazy or stupid. Among the rest of the people, there are very few who can be able-bodied, and even very few can be said to be very rare. And eighty percent of these people have broken up their wives and broken families, and they can't even survive on their own after they come out, so they can only wait for death. The officer is a major clue, and nothing can happen until it loses its effect, so Qin Tai issued these three requirements.

Qiu Er was a little anxious and wanted to make meritorious service quickly. It's no wonder that Qiu Er, he has long wanted to leave this broken place where birds don't. However, Qiu Eryi had no ability to break out on his own, and secondly, he lacked the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. It's rare for someone from above to come here, and he has been given another opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so of course he has to take advantage of it. Qiu Er's other skills are very sparse, but he still has the ability to look at people. He could see that Zhan Xiaoxiao, this woman was not only powerful, but also hard-hearted, but fortunately, it was not Zhan Xiaoxiao who was in charge. Although this Qin Tai is more serious, he is a person who attaches more importance to feelings. This kind of person not only does not do anything to be sorry for his subordinates, but also speaks and counts. As long as Qiu Er helps them solve the case, I believe that Qin Tai will not forget him as a helper. As long as Qin Tai and the others are willing to report Qiu Er's merits to the top, Qiu Er may leave here to develop in a big place, which is Qiu Er's ultimate goal.

For the sake of safety, in order to control this place, Zhan Xiaoxiao privately investigated Qiu Er and the others. Unexpectedly, such an investigation revealed many secrets that outsiders could not imagine. At least this Qiu Er is not simple, not a coward who looks the same on the outside. This Qiu Er has a family background, a family background, and a good luck. This Qiu Er is now Chinese New Year's Eve two years old, and he is from a hereditary Jinyi Wei family. Jinyiwei, like other ordinary military households in the Ming Dynasty, can be hereditary. It's just that there are clear regulations within Jinyiwei that once any Jinyiwei enters the Jinyiwei organization, he must start from the grassroots level, and he cannot be promoted without reason without meritorious service. Therefore, Qiu Er, a person who has the identity of the Jinyiwei family and has no practical ability, has no choice but to crawl and fight at the grassroots level of Jinyiwei. I just hope that there will be an opportunity to leave the grassroots and go to a big place for development. The ancestors of Qiu Er's family for seven generations were all born in Jinyiwei, and when they arrived at Qiu Er, they were the eighth generation, so everyone privately called Qiu Er Qiu Laoba, a veritable "Qiu Ba".

Qiu Er has only been married for less than three years now, but in fact, he had his own small family more than ten years ago. The woman who lived with him was a little widow who had a dead husband, and this woman had to live with Qiu Er Concubine privately because her husband's family did not allow her to remarry. The husband's family didn't dare to come to the door to make trouble after learning of Qiu Er's identity, so Qiu Er and the little widow lived the same life as husband and wife. The little widow wanted to become Qiu Er's real wife, and did not hesitate to give birth to three children for Qiu Er, but she still had no chance to become Qiu Er's official wife. It's not that the little widow is unwilling, it's not that Qiu Er has no money, but that Qiu Er has other plans.

From the very beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the salaries of officials were not high, and it was very difficult to feed a family. Later, officials were forced to embezzle, but in fact, most officials embezzled in order to survive. The officers did not have a good life, and the life of the officers and soldiers as sergeants was even worse. Most of the military families had no savings and had to fight frequently, so no woman was willing to marry them. These big men have no money and no wives, so they can't go on like this, otherwise there will be a mutiny. In order to alleviate this situation, the imperial court came up with a solution. Because of the war, many people have become homeless, and these people have no support, and the military families have land to help them. Therefore, the imperial court decided to gather the women among the displaced people and assign them to the older soldiers in each military camp as wives. Later, the displaced people were separated, and there were still a large number of soldiers who could not marry wives. The imperial court also came up with the idea of distributing the female dependents of prisoners of war who had been captured to soldiers who could not marry wives. Unexpectedly, the female captives were separated, and there were still not enough people, and there were still some soldiers waiting for the court to distribute wives. In the end, the imperial court made a great determination to pull out the female dependents of the officials who committed the crime and distribute them to the soldiers who were waiting to share their wives. Therefore, both officials and soldiers are very eager to raid homes and arrest offenders. Officials can enrich themselves, soldiers can bully female dependents, and there is even the possibility of getting female dependents.

Qiu Er, as a junior officer of Jinyiwei, as long as he does not get married, as long as he has been nominally single, the imperial court will solve his personal problems. He waited for the daughter of an official who had committed an offence to be his wife. Although this kind of daughter will affect his future, and he will not really like him, this kind of woman is the woman Qiu Er wants the most. As an official dependent, he is not only good-looking, but also knowledgeable, if it weren't for his father and brother committing an accident, it would be difficult for an officer like Qiu Er to take a look at this kind of official lady. Originally, this kind of official lady who committed a crime should be assigned to a brothel and become an official prostitute to be humiliated. But this kind of lady generally pays more attention to her own reputation and is unwilling to go to a brothel as a **. Except for the female relatives of some officials who have committed heinous crimes, the female relatives of ordinary criminal officials do not necessarily have to be **. Marrying a military man as a wife, although they are not willing, but it is better than being a **, so some women will choose to be the wife of a military man. Qiu Er wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to choose a good-looking and young woman as his wife.

Qiu Er finally waited for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He Lanying, his father He Mingyang, used to be a teacher of His Royal Highness King Jing. Although Emperor Jiajing had many sons, there were not many adult sons. The only two who are the most famous and have the best chance to inherit the throne are King Jing and King Yu, among whom everyone is optimistic about King Jing. The reason why I am optimistic about King Jing is because of two reasons, the first is that King Jing's body is relatively strong, unlike King Yu, who is a "medicine jar". If Emperor Jiajing chooses an heir, he will definitely choose the healthier King Jing as his heir. Second, King Jing had a good relationship with Yan Song's father and son at that time. Yan Shifan even expressed his firm support for King Jing as the heir to the throne in public. At that time, Emperor Jiajing ignored the affairs of the court, Yan Song and his son controlled the court, Yan Shifan's words were equivalent to a signal, and everyone began to favor King Jing.

Unexpectedly, in the end, King Jing could not be the heir, and King Yu became the next emperor. This result is actually directly related to the fall of Yan Song's father and son, and it is also equivalent to King Jing losing the opportunity to inherit the throne because of Yan Song and Yan Shifan. After King Yu became Emperor Longqing, the first thing he did was to target King Jing and completely eliminate the sphere of influence of King Jing's faction in the court. At this time, Yan Song had fallen, Yan Shifan was also beheaded, and the unlucky ones were the close ministers around King Jing. He Mingyang, as King Jing's teacher and adviser, of course, bore the brunt of the attack. Fortunately, Emperor Longqing and Gao Gong, who had just gained power, did not dare to do too much in order to stabilize the situation, and did not send all the female dependents like He Lanying to the brothel.

He Lanying finally had a more face-saving choice, she chose to marry an exposed military man as his wife. Qiu Er, as a junior officer of Jinyiwei, was the first batch to be selected, and Qiu Er took a fancy to this He Lanying, who looked much darker than other women. It turned out later that Qiu Er was not mistaken, and He Lanying smeared a layer of pot ash on her face, which made her look ugly.