In the eighteenth year of Yongle, after Zhu Di moved the capital to Yanjing, Jinling became the capital of Liu, but because Jinling was the fundamental place of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Emperor left a complete set of court institutions, and even the 24 Yamen, which served the emperor, were retained.

Later, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi added internal and external garrison positions in Jinling, the inner minister served as the internal garrison, the lord served as the outer garrison, and the civil minister served as the counselor, jointly responsible for the security of Nanjing, and the internal garrison was usually called the garrison eunuch, which was held by the eunuch who was close to the celebrant eunuch.

Compared with the external garrison and the minister of civil and military affairs held by the nobles, the internal garrison duties of Jinling are more extensive.

Although nominally the foreign ministers were in charge of military affairs, in fact the internal garrison also had the right to participate in it, and because of the emperor's trust and support, the status of the garrison eunuchs often overtook many nobles and foreign ministers in Jinling.

It is the internal garrison that not only manages the Jinling Imperial City, but also commands the 24 yamen and the army of Jinling.

At this time, in the garrison mansion, Han Zanzhou, who was the eunuch of Jinling Town at the time, the general existence of the emperor of Jinling, was tremblingly kneeling on the ground to Hua Twelve on the throne and saluting.

"Han Zanzhou, meet the commander!"

It is said that the eunuch is a minister and a slave of the emperor, and he generally cannot kneel down for the minister, but Han Zanzhou is not only kneeling now, but there is also a bloody red scar on his face at this time, which is all because he didn't have long eyes just now, and he did it himself, and he can't complain about others.

It all started a quarter of an hour ago.

A quarter of an hour ago, Han Zanzhou was listening to the wind pavilion at home, listening to the little songs sung by the servants in the house, and at the same time condescendingly looking at the bustling market of Jinling City outside the house.

In the eyes of him, he has the final say, and at that moment he was indescribably satisfied, he felt that although he was not a perfect person, he was born without regrets in life.

But at this moment, he heard the sound of thunder in the distance, and then the entire Tingfeng Building began to shake slightly, and the tea cups on the table in front of him were overflowing under the vibration.

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Just as Han Zanzhou was guessing whether it was an earthquake, he saw a horse team running from the direction of the city gate, and the people on the horse were all dressed as Jinyi Wei and Dongchang Fanzi.

The horse team rushed to the front of their own house, and someone shouted first: "Jinyiwei, Dongchang business!" Then he dismounted and led people in.

Han Zan Zhou coughed angrily, and in anger, he went directly down to the Tingfeng Tower, led people to stop in front of the factory guards who rushed in, and scolded loudly:

"Bastard, whatever, dare to be presumptuous in front of our family!"

As soon as he came out, the guards in the palace behind him, and the fans of Nanjing Dongchang under his command, all raised knives and surrounded him.

At this time, a person outside the gate of the mansion was wearing a flying fish suit, and a beautiful woman in a red robe was pulled in by a group of factory guards, and said loudly: "Tell him, who are we!" ”

Walking in the front was Lu Jianxing, who raised the waist card in his hand and shouted:

"Listen, Lu Jianxing, the next official Jinyi Guard, is the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, Lord Xiping Houhua, don't come forward to salute!"

Han Zan Zhou laughed angrily, he had heard of Hua Twelve's name, and he heard that he had brought down Mrs. Fengsheng and his godfather Wei Zhongxian, if he had heard this name a month ago, he might have been scared, but two days ago the news came from the capital, and his godfather Wei Zhongxian had regained his name.

In this case, he's still afraid of a fart.

When even sneered: "Youyou, what kind of person do I think, the toad yawns, what a big breath, Jinyiwei is the dog raised by Wei Gonggong, a little Jinyiwei commander, the marquis who is not in the stream, and dares to let me, the Jinling garrison eunuch, give you a salute, I think you are tired and crooked, dare to come to me to find it uncomfortable!" ”

Hua Twelve waved his hand casually: "Give him a longer memory!" ”

Lu Jianxing had just dismounted, and he was still carrying a horse whip in his hand, and when he heard the words, he covered his face with a whip, and it snapped on Han Zanzhou's face, making the town guard eunuch jump high in pain.

He cried and shouted: "Dare to beat me, you are going to rebel, kill me!" ”

The guards on Han Zanzhou's side and the Dongchang fanzi heard that they were all out of the sheath and were about to do it.

Hua Twelve didn't need him to speak, and the factory guards in front of him took out a short flint flint torch and aimed it at the surroundings, and immediately no one dared to move on the other side.

At this time, Zheng Zhangban, who had been following behind Hua Twelve, stepped forward and said:

"Old Han, if you want to die, don't implicate the Dongchang brothers in Jinling, why don't you kowtow to Hou Ye and admit your mistakes!"

Han Zanzhou saw that the person who spoke was a little familiar, and when he saw him wearing the service of the head of the East Factory, he suddenly remembered a person he had seen in the capital many years ago:

"Are you the Zheng boy next to your godfather?"

Zheng Zhangban rolled his eyes, but still said:

"It's me, Lao Han, I didn't say you, how long have you not read the imperial court newspaper? The emperor has already appointed the Marquis of Xiping as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and at the same time governs the East Factory, why don't you hurry up and salute! ”

Han Zanzhou's calves turned a little: "Didn't you say that Gonggong Wei has regained and presided over the overall situation.....

Zheng Zhangban was even more speechless: "That's because the adults are too lazy to pay attention to mundane affairs, and let Grandpa Wei handle the affairs of the factory and health on his behalf, and now even Grandpa Wei and his old man have to salute when they see adults, you are a fart!" ”

"Ah.....h

Han Zanzhou was frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said with a crying voice: "Xiaguan Jinling is guarded, and I have seen Lord Hou......"

Hua Twelve didn't bother to pay attention to this person, so he didn't respond, and directly took Ding Baiying's hand and walked inside.

He was upset when he saw this Han Zanzhou, with a fat head and big ears and a belly of straw bales, he had been a powerful man in Jinling all these years, about this person's eucalyptus, Dongchang and Jinyiwei can add up to more than a foot thick, not to mention heinous, he is also a wicked person.

Zheng Zhangban hurriedly rushed to the front, pointed at the Jinling Dongchang fans who were holding knives and were at a loss, and shouted:

"Kneel down, I don't want to live!"

Those Dongchang Fanzi and the guards of the Inner Garrison Mansion suddenly dispersed with a hula, knelt on both sides in a proper manner, and shouted in a well-trained manner:

"Greetings to the Commander."

Time returned to the present, Hua Twelve asked Han Zanzhou, who was kneeling in the courtyard, to call in, and the garrison eunuch trembled and kowtowed to the commander to ask for guilt.

Hua Twelve was too lazy to say anything else, and commanded straight to the point:

"There are two things for you to do, first, let my people take over the defense of Jinling City, and you have to hand over the military power!"

"Second, in the name of giving me a post, I will call all the nobles and nobles of Jinling City, civil and military officials, to your mansion for a banquet, go and do it!"

In fact, Hua Twelve asked Han Zanzhou to hand over the military power, just to control the city defense of Jinling, as for the defenders of Jinling, he didn't look down on it at all, because such a big Jinling City, the Ming Dynasty's remaining capital, there was no defender here who could fight.

For example, in the 34th year of Jiajing, a small group of about 100 Japanese invaders, after landing in Zhejiang Province, drove straight in, all the way to Anhui, and finally came to the gate of Jinling, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and almost entered the city of Jinling.

You must know that this gang of Japanese robbers went from Zhejiang to Jinling, and fought for thousands of miles, and many people died in the process, and when they arrived in Jinling, there were only more than 60 people left, and they almost captured Jinling.

However, although Hua Twelve did not fancy the defenders here, in his plan, this establishment must be over, so the first thing is to put forward this condition.

Han Zanzhou covered the wound on his face and grinned:

"Master Hou, let the subordinate hand over the military power, this is not in line with the rules, nor is it in line with the laws of the court!"

Hua Twelve waved his hand, and Pei Lun on the side took out the holy decree.

Hua Twelve pointed to the holy decree and said: "The emperor has a will, ordering this marquis to patrol the heavens on behalf of the hunters, act cheaply, and give Shang Fang the sword, and all officials who do not cooperate have the right to cut first and then play......"

After he finished speaking, he said with a smile: "Gonggong Han, you..., do you want to see the holy decree?" ”

Han Zanzhou nodded again and again, asking him to hand over his rights, he was unwilling, he had to see the holy decree.

But this is an offense, doesn't this make it clear that you don't trust what Shangguan said, especially here are thousands of Jinyi Wei households, as well as the head of the Dongchang team and a group of stall heads, all of which came with Xipinghou.

This distrust of Hua Twelve is just slapping these people in the face, what's the matter, thinking that they are all conspiring to falsely spread the holy decree.

Pei Lun smiled at Zheng Zhangban on the other side: "Lao Zheng, you internal officials and supervisors have produced talents!" ”

It stands to reason that Han Zanzhou's status is higher than that of Zheng Zhangban, but now Zheng Zhangban can't help it, and this product in front of him is giving eye medicine to the entire internal official prison, to Dongchang, to Gonggong Wei and himself.

was squeezed by Pei Lun's words, Zheng Zhangban's face suddenly couldn't hang up, and he went up to open the bow left and right to give Han Zanzhou a big mouth, and drew the soil emperor in Jinling City into a big pig's head, begging for mercy again and again.

The people in the garrison mansion in Jinling around all lowered their heads and did not dare to squeak.

In the end, Hua Twelve couldn't stand it anymore: "Okay, you still want him to do something, don't kill him, besides, the holy decree is also for people to see, I just don't think it's troublesome, since people don't believe it, then let others take a look!" ”

After finishing speaking, he got up with Ding Baiying, went out to walk around the garrison mansion, looked at the scenery, and asked Pei Lun to preside over the placement of the cicada and read the holy decree.

After turning two pillars of incense, Hua Twelve came back with his wife, and at this moment, Han Zanzhou was already obedient and honest.

Hua Twelve walked over, patted the other party's pig's head, and said:

"What you have done in Jinling over the years, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are clearly recorded, it is said that you have no way to live, but I am now employing people, and you happen to be familiar with Jiangnan officialdom, I will give you a way to live, remember to do things well."

As he spoke, he took out a 'Three Corpse Brain Divine Pill' and threw it to Zheng Zhangban: "Take him out to find a place, introduce him to him, whether he is alive or dead, let him choose for himself!" ”

Zheng Zhangban respectfully took the pill, and then lifted Han Zanzhou, who was more than two hundred catties, with one hand, and walked out of the hall in a flash.

Hua Twelve nodded straight at it, Xiao Zheng's "Sunflower Treasure Book" After the cultivation of the book, he has become more and more sophisticated, and in just one or two months, his strength is about to catch up with him.

In front of being controlled and dying on the spot, Han Zanzhou, a eunuch who was used to being powerful and blessed, was naturally greedy for life and afraid of death, and chose to swallow the 'Three Corpse Brain Divine Pill' without hesitation.

Half an hour later, there were countless posts signed by Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the town guard, who were sent out from the inner garrison mansion and sent to the nobles and civil and military mansions in Jinling City, inviting them to come to the banquet this evening to receive the wind and wash the dust for the Marquis of Xiping who came from the capital.

The first one to arrive was Nanjing Zhenfu Si Jinyi Wei Qianhu Bao Liang Zhao.

This person was originally a hundred households in the south of the capital, and he was an idle position, because he had a good relationship with Pei Lun, and in the first two months of the Jinyi Wei internal purge movement, he was recommended by him and was promoted to the guardian of Jinyi, and sat in the Yamen of Jinling Town, Jinling Town, Jinyiwei.

As for the previous Qianhu of Jinyi Wei Jinling Town, because of the deep collusion with local forces, he was considered hopeless by the above, so he was transferred back to the capital to serve in the name of promotion, and was secretly cleaned up on the way.

Similar to this kind of Jinyi Guard officials who were secretly cleaned up, there were at least a hundred people in the first two months.

It was at that time that Bao Liangzhao was ordered to go to Jinling to rectify the local Jinyi Guard.

Not to mention, the person recommended by Pei Lun is also a talent, after arriving in Jinling, he found that the brocade guards here were rotten to the root, and immediately began to rectify it drastically.

Hua Twelve asked about some details after he arrived, and he was very satisfied with the things handled by Bao Liangzhao, and with a few words of gentle reluctance, he moved the death of this subordinate who gave birth to a soldier as a confidant.

In the evening, the nobles and civil and military ministers of Jinling City, but all those who have heads, faces and real power, basically arrived, gathered in the garrison mansion.

There was a banquet in the front hall, the noise was noisy, Hua Twelve and Ding Baiying were playing Go in the back, and they had no intention of going out to greet these Jinling officials.

When the time was almost up, Bao Liang Zhao followed Pei Lun and walked in, and reported: "My lord, everything that should come has already come!" ”

Hua Twelve was about to drop his hand, and then pushed the black and white pieces on the chessboard into chaos, and said to Ding Baiying, who was sitting opposite:

"Oh, if you're lucky, I'm about to kill you with a big dragon, but everyone is here, it's important to get down to business, and I'll kill you later!"

Ding Baiying glared at her father-in-law angrily and did not speak.

A game of chess just now has been played for half an hour, she has forced her man to have no way out, just the one just now, cutting the big dragon or something is nonsense, that chess piece Hua Twelve did not fall for a quarter of an hour, obviously I don't know where to fall, and now I have a cheap price to sell it.

Hua Twelve was seen by his wife's weak heart, smiled, and explained: "Ask someone to get you some food, you can eat here, I'll deal with those people!" ”

The banquet is set up in the hall of the inner garrison house, there are hundreds of people who go to the banquet, and a hall naturally cannot sit down, so it is determined according to the grade, and the nobles and officials above the third grade can sit in the hall, and those below the third grade are set up in the courtyard.

When Hua Twelve came out, Han Zanzhou screamed with a smile on his face like a dog's leg: "Commander of the Jinyi Guard, Lord Xiping Hou Hua has arrived!" ”

Hula, nearly half of the people stood up to salute, but the other half sat motionless in place, with different expressions on their faces.

Just when the inner garrison was holding a banquet, in the official prison of Jinling, a eunuch was commanding a person beside him:

"This Xiping Marquis is not good, he took over the city defense as soon as he entered Jinling, and there are also letters from people in the capital, I can't let him live, ask Heishi to do it, and send him on the road as soon as possible!"