Chapter 6 The Protégé of the Son of Heaven
Tian Ergeng was so frightened at this time that his soul was not possessed, he kept kowtowing, and said: "Although the minister is dull, he still has a heart of loyalty to the country, Your Majesty knows it." ”
Jinyiwei, itself has a special status in the Ming Dynasty, and is a "spy organization" set up by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty in order to strengthen the centralization of power after he ascended the throne, in addition to being responsible for the daily security of the emperor and the internal security of the palace; They are more responsible for supervising hundreds of officials and public security punishments, and even have independent judicial power, they are the tentacles of imperial power, and they are directly responsible to the emperor himself, so they once made the civil and military officials fearful and famous.
"Okay, in that case, Tian Ergeng, let me ask you, since you took charge of the Jinyi Guard, can you do things every day like Lord Luo before? I'm afraid I don't even have one in half a month. Emperor Chongzhen said coldly.
Tian Ergeng turned his mind and said: "Your Majesty, when the first emperor was concentrating on axe and machete cutting and undressing every day, Wei Chen couldn't come forward to report at all, so ...... So......" As he spoke, he suddenly didn't dare to speak, and lowered his head.
"I don't dare to say it, I'll say it for you, so you sent the daily recital to Wei Daban, right?"
"Your Majesty forgives you."
"Although Wei Daban is loyal, but this world is still the world of the Zhu family after all, you need to be responsible for the emperor, he is just a eunuch, he can't be the emperor's master, can you understand?"
This was already said quite seriously, and it was almost said that Wei Zhongxian was in control of the government and blocked the saint, and at this time, the Luo family father and son glanced at Tian Ergeng sympathetically and waited silently.
"Wechen is guilty, Your Majesty is gracious, Wechen promises that from now on, he will resume the work of Jinyiwei's daily report, and he will never fake others to do a good job for His Majesty."
Chongzhen nodded secretly in his heart, although this Tian Ergeng is also one of the five biao of the eunuch party, but after all, he is also from a famous family, and he is the grandson of Tian Le, the military department of the Wanli Dynasty. Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at Luo Sigong.
"Your Majesty, Lord Tian knows his mistakes, and I hope that Your Majesty will remember the merits of his ancestors and the merits of the past, so that he can redeem his merits and watch the after-effects." Luo Sigong, who received a hint from Emperor Chongzhen, stepped forward and said.
"Since Luo Aiqing pleaded, then I will spare you for the time being, I hope that I will not take an example."
Without waiting for Tian Ergeng to thank him, Chongzhen continued: "Luo Aiqing, I intend to let Tairu (Luo Yangxing's character) take over the position of Jinyiwei's commander Tongzhi, what do you think?" ”
"Your Majesty, by all means, if you are too young and have very shallow qualifications, how can you take on this great responsibility." Luo Sigong hurriedly refused. Joke, how old is his son, and if he ascends to the sky, he will rarely be admonished by courtiers.
"When it's very time, you have to choose talents in an eclectic way, but I heard that Tairu is righteous and cautious, and I also need such people around me to help me do things, so today's matter is so decided, what do you think, Lord Tian?" After that, he didn't look at the Luo family father and son, but turned his head to look at Tian Ergeng.
Tian Ergeng knew that this was the time for him to express his position, although it was unreasonable from the system, but just now he had inherited a favor from Luo Sigong, plus he was His Majesty's pro-army slave, so it was natural for the emperor to support something, thinking of this, he took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, Weichen thinks that it is reasonable for Tairu to take over the command of Tongzhi." ”
"Okay, then it's decided, tomorrow you will start to assist Lord Tian to manage Jinyiwei well."
Luo Yangxing took a step forward excitedly and said: "Your Majesty Thank you for your love, Your Majesty has been sent, and the minister will not give up." ”
Seeing that the wood was already in the boat, Luo Sigong couldn't say anything, so he had to thank him together, but Chongzhen didn't let him go so simply, and said directly: "Luo Aiqing, although you took sick leave before, but after all, young people have just started to do things, and those who should be elders should be supported, don't you say?" ”
Now the three of them are a little confused, what does this mean? Is it possible for Luo Sigong to return to Jinyiwei? But with his previous identity, there is only one commander to return to the position of Jinyiwei, in that case, wouldn't this Tian Ergeng have to get out?
Seeing that the three of them looked at him with doubts on their faces, Chongzhen stopped selling Guan Zi and continued: "I want to return Jinyiwei to the top, not only to be the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, but also to be able to go deep into the army, the Liaodong region, and various state capitals, spy on intelligence, assassinate and drugged, hide among the three sects and nine streams, and help me monitor all the movements in this world." ”
"Your Majesty, the old minister probably understands what you mean, but what can the old minister do?" Luo Sigong asked.
"I need you to select reliable people from the lower classes of the people for basic training in Jinyiwei, you can set up a Daming Jinyiwei School, I will be the principal, and then you will be the vice principal and concurrently the chief instructor, and then you will select instructors from the former subordinates to conduct closed training, those who fail to pass will be eliminated directly, and those who pass will officially enter Jinyiwei directly after the training, and the top ten will be awarded the small flag directly after the training, and the first three will be awarded the general flag directly after the training, and all the children of the honorable and the children of the businessmen are not allowed to enter."
In fact, Chongzhen has always had such an idea when he came from the crossing, that is, to create an elite army of his own lineage, although Tian Ergeng will not change for the time being after his own deterrence, but absolute power is not good, so he will support Luo Yangxing to play a role in checks and balances, and then tie Luo Sigong to his side, so that he can help him train a group of reliable and loyal Jinyiwei, as for not letting the children of Xungui and Shangjia enter the house, it is to ensure the absolute loyalty of Jinyiwei.
It turns out that His Majesty wants a group of henchmen who are absolutely obedient to him, Luo Sigong thought in his heart.
"Your Majesty, if it is according to Your Majesty's training method, the silver consumed is very large, and this silver is drawn from the household department or the military department?" Just when Chongzhen was full of ambition and looking forward to the future, Tian Ergeng said something inappropriately, Chongzhen turned his head to look at Tian Ergeng's harmless appearance of humans and animals, and said angrily: "Isn't there any money in the Jinyi Guard Yamen?" ”
"Your Majesty, this is not a deliberate prevarication by the minister, it is really that these brocade guards and yamen you just said can't bear it at all, don't believe you asked Lord Luo?"
Chongzhen glanced at Luo Sigong, and after getting Luo Sigong's nod, he was half angry, thought about it and said: "That's it, this money comes from the inside, and the training of Jinyiwei can't be shared with outsiders." ”
"Wechen understands." The three of them replied in unison.
Daming Jinyiwei School has begun to be built! This is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and there is definitely nothing to say about his loyalty.