Chapter 23: The Plague of Innocence
In the northwest corner of the Imperial City of Dazheng Shenjing, there is a yamen that is not conspicuous.
If it is seen by an out-of-towner who does not know, it is almost difficult to notice.
However, for the citizens of Shenjing, especially Wenchen and Wuxun, this is a very terrifying place.
Because this is the location of the Da Zheng Jinyi Mansion.
When Dazheng had not yet founded the country, for the needs of military intelligence, Emperor Taizu founded Jinyi Mansion.
Later, the state was opened, and Jinyi Mansion was expanded into five major town government divisions, supervising the world, setting up edicts and prisons, and having the power of supervision, arrest and interrogation.
In particular, he handled the case of Zhu Chengguogong and Hu Weiyong, the minister of the cabinet, who conspired against him, for Taizu, and successively implicated tens of thousands of people, and for a time he was extremely powerful.
After Taizu died, the Holy Ancestor did not attach much importance to Jinyi Mansion. As a result, the power of Jinyi Mansion plummeted in the Jingning Dynasty and became a pure intelligence and surveillance agency.
However, in the Yong'an Dynasty, the Emperor Taishang began to reuse the Jinyi Mansion because of the lack of safety in the dragon body, and in the past ten years, the authority of the Jinyi Mansion has continued to expand, and Su Jin is no longer much worse than the early stage of the Jingning Dynasty.
Today's Jinyi Mansion commander is called Luo Chengen, is the son of Luo Yangxing, the envoy of the Beizhen Mansion in Jingning, Yong'an was promoted to the commander of Jinyi Mansion by Emperor Yongan at the beginning of the third year, and has served so far.
The Jinyi Mansion is now the commander of the envoys, the envoys of the four major towns, and the twenty thousand households, all of whom were promoted during the Yong'an period. Only the emperor's order was obeyed, and Emperor Longzheng built a new CRRC mansion because of this.
However, the CRRC Mansion, which was born from the blood drops of Longzheng Qiandi, has only been established for more than ten years, how can it be compared to the Jinyi Mansion with nearly a hundred years of history.
That's why Emperor Longzheng seized every opportunity to mix sand into the Jinyi Mansion. However, in the past few years, only a group of middle and low-level officials have been replaced, and the top level still does not dare to move.
This time, Emperor Long Zheng keenly seized the opportunity and sent Jia Lian to this position.
This is also determined by Jia Lian's identity, and Emperor Longzheng didn't think about promoting others. Even he tried. But Luo Chengen's methods and his decades of prestige in Jinyi Mansion led to no good end for these people.
Emperor Long Zheng thought about directly moving Luo Chengen, but he didn't dare. Emperor Longzheng understood very well that his old man took Jinyi Mansion very seriously, so Luo Chengen couldn't move.
But as the emperor, the largest violent organization in Dazheng, which is known as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, has no right to speak, which makes Emperor Longzheng very unhappy.
The Son of Heaven has been thinking of a way, wanting to add a grain of sand that Luo Chengen didn't dare to move to Jinyi Mansion. However, there has been no progress, and there are not many people in his entrainment, so there is really no way to waste it like this.
Until Jia Lian entered his field of vision.
Jia Lian's identity first determined that Luo Chengen would not dare to move him easily. You must know that when the Jinyi Mansion was first built, the first commander was Ning Guogong Jia Yan.
At the beginning, Ning Guogong was originally an intelligence officer in the Taizu Army, and the predecessor of Jinyi Mansion was created by him.
Later, Taizu founded the country in Jinling, and merged the intelligence and supervision agencies in the army and renamed it Jinyi Mansion. Jia Yan was the first commander.
Later, Jia Yan left Jinyi Mansion to lead troops, but a large part of his achievements in sealing the title also came from being in charge of Jinyi Mansion.
Luo Chengen's father, Luo Yangxing, used to work under Jia Yan in his early years. When Ning Guogong left Jinyi Mansion, he personally promoted him to the envoy of Nanzhen Mansion.
Although Jia Lian is not a descendant of Ningguo, since he is also a member of the Jia family, Luo Chengen will always give some face.
As for whether Jia Lian will become an imperial party, Emperor Longzheng is not too worried. It's natural that he's sensible, and it's okay if he's not sensible. As long as he stayed in the Nanzhen Mansion Division, Emperor Longzheng's goal would be achieved.
Luo Chengen has been able to take charge of the Jinyi Mansion for more than ten years, and he has won the trust of the Emperor, of course he is not a fool, and he is very clear about the purpose of Emperor Longzheng.
But just as Emperor Longzheng saw through, Luo Chengen couldn't and wouldn't do anything to Jia Lian.
There is not only the dignity of Lao Ningguo, but also the relationship between Rong Guogong, Jia Daishan was regarded as a friend by the Holy Ancestor and respected by the emperor as a teacher, and his descendants are really not easy to move.
Luo Chengen sat in the lobby of the commanding envoy's yamen, listening to his subordinates and thinking about how to deal with Jia Lian.
As a qualified intelligence officer, of course Luo Chengen understands that he can't blindly work against Emperor Longzheng, after all, he is the rightful son of heaven in this world.
But he knew that he was the emperor's man, and the old man looked old. But he knew better than most of the old man's methods.
Emperor Shengzu reigned for twenty-eight years, had countless concubines, gave birth to more than 50 princes, and grew up to 33.
The reason why the Holy Ancestor would finally determine the unhealthy Emperor Taishang as the crown prince among the thirty-three princes, and supported him until Emperor Yong'an ascended the throne. It's because of the Emperor's means.
The reply of the official woke Luo Chengen from his thoughts.
"Back to the commander, my lord, after the three points, only the Nanzhen Mansion is in charge of the punishment of Jia Lian, who is in charge of the thousand households, has not arrived."
"Oh", Luo Chengen felt a little interesting. His sharp eyes swept over the face of Zhao Zun, the envoy of the Nanzhen Mansion.
Zhao Zun hurriedly sent out a report: "Commander Qiqi, Jia Lian sent someone to the yamen this morning to take leave. Today he went to the Zongren Mansion and completed the examination of the lord. ”
Luo Chengen nodded, and said with a smile: "Yes, our Lord Jia still has the title of first-class general." ”
At this time, Jia Lian also rode a horse to the Zongren Mansion.
Zongrenfu is the territory of Prince Zhongshun, and Jia Lian still has some research on the sixth son of the Holy Ancestor Emperor and the sixth brother of the Emperor Taishang.
Zheng Jing, the prince of Zhongshun, was once the most warlike figure among the sons of the Holy Ancestor. He is also an important supporter of the succession of the Emperor Taishang. Therefore, after Taishang ascended the throne, he used this sixth brother very much.
The feud between Prince Zhongshun and Jiafu began in the Battle of Luoyang.
In the attack on Luoyang that year, Emperor Shengzu personally led his troops to block the reinforcements of the Zhou Dynasty. And the command of the direct attack on Luoyang was handed over to Xian Rongguo.
At that time, Prince Zhongshun was still the king of the county, and he was a general under the command of Rongguo.
Originally, according to the arrangement of Rong Guogong, the troops under the command of Prince Zhongshun were responsible for feints to attack the West Gate, cut off the way for Zhou Tianzi and his courtiers to flee from the West Gate to Chang'an, and also relieve the pressure on the side of Emperor Shengzu.
Unexpectedly, the king of Zhongshun at that time was young and vigorous, and he changed his deployment privately. As a result, the Zhou army broke through from the West Gate and almost lost the battle.
If Jia Daishan hadn't led his troops to arrive in time, the main force of the Zhou army, including Zhou Tianzi, would have almost escaped from Luoyang.
At the end of the battle, Jia Daishan applied military law to the king of Zhongshun. But he also promised that the king of Zhongshun would not report to the Son of Heaven.
However, both of them forgot that the Jinyi Mansion in the lurking army would not hide it for King Zhongshun.
When Emperor Shengzu heard this, he was furious and almost deposed King Zhongshun. It was Rongguo who interceded for him first, so he kept his title.
Unexpectedly, King Zhongshun hated the Jia family instead.
It's a no-brainer.