Coming out of the palace, Cao Xiu followed Zhao Jun closely, and the expression on his face was a little complicated.

The last time I came out, although I respected Zhao Jun, it was mainly based on the attitude of the official family towards Zhao Jun, and it did not mean that I could have anything to do with Zhao Jun at that time.

As a result, in just twenty days, Zhao Jun became his direct boss, and mastered all the power of life and death in the Imperial City Division, controlling everything.

When Zhao Jun entered the palace this time, he not only had to get the token of the Imperial City Division, but also the token to enter and leave the palace gate at will and an edict to transfer troops.

The military system of the Song Dynasty was that the emperor directly controlled the establishment, mobilization and command of the army, and the Privy Council basically only had military registration and tiger charms, and it could not violate the emperor's power to take tiger charms.

So in fact, the tiger talismans were in the hands of the emperor, and the Privy Council directly adhered to the emperor's will during the war and was responsible for mobilizing the army. It was extracted from the three yaya, which managed the army of the whole country, and then handed over the power of commanding the army to the military generals, and went to the front line to fight, resulting in a situation in which "the soldiers do not know the generals and the generals do not know the soldiers."

In other words, as long as there is an edict from the emperor, basically Zhao Jun can mobilize troops and horses at will. Turn those soldiers who don't have generals in the first place into people under their command.

However, he took the order of the Xiang Army, and at most mobilized the local Xiang Army, and the power of the forbidden army was still in the hands of Zhao Zhen.

This is Zhao Zhen's bottom line, and it is impossible to give it to him, so to a certain extent, although Zhao Zhen gave Zhao Jun a lot of authority, as long as the forbidden army is in hand, Zhao Zhen will control all the situation in the end.

It's just that for Zhao Jun, it is already very good to be able to get the local military power of a few hundred to more than a thousand people in the hands of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who is extremely sick in controlling military power. It can be said that with the military power of the Imperial City Division and the Xiang Army, at least locally, he can already do whatever he wants, and he doesn't need to worry about the problem of no name and no power.

After coming out of the palace, Zhao Jun went all the way to the yamen of the Imperial City Division under the leadership of Cao Xiu.

The Imperial City Division is one of the palace guards, "according to the ancestral law, not subordinate to the Taiwan Inspectorate", and is a supervisory body independent of the Imperial Court and the Imperial Historical Observatory. The guards of the palace are managed by the palace front division, but the palace front division is not in charge of the imperial city division, they are only responsible to the emperor.

Therefore, although Zhao Zhen gave Zhao Jun the local army and the Imperial City Division, because Zhao Zhen still held the control of the forbidden army and the palace front division of the palace guard, Zhao Jun still could not threaten Zhao Zhen.

This is also one of the reasons why he was able to reluctantly hand over this part of the power after being scolded by the dog.

If Zhao Jun wants to ban the army and the front division of the palace, I am afraid that Zhao Zhen will not be killed.

The Imperial City Division Yamen is in the Chengtian Gate next to the Donghua Gate, this area is not the Imperial Palace to be precise, but the Imperial Palace Urn City, the south of the Imperial Department is the palace of the Guard's Station, the north is the Chengtian Gate, the east is the Donghua Gate, and the west is the Xuanyou Gate leading to the palace.

Entering the government office, what you see is a slightly old scene, the courtyard is quite wide, and there is a big tree planted in it, it seems that the ancient courtyards like to have a few towering trees, but the courtyard wall is mottled and covered with spider webs.

Although this place was a spy agency of the Song Dynasty, it was still majestic in the era of Zhao Kuangyin, but it completely withered in the era of Zhao Guangyi, coupled with the lack of funds of the government office, the natural scenery is no longer there.

Along the way, Zhao Jun and Cao Xiu asked about the situation of the Imperial City Division, and they also learned about it for the time being.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the name of the Imperial City Division was Wude Division, and its influence spread all over the country.

As the scholars of Zhao Guangyi's era became more and more powerful, they became more and more unaccustomed to these martial arts and local officials all over the country.

There was even a magistrate who arrested Wu Deshu and sent it to the central government, and wrote to Zhao Guangyi, saying: Your Majesty does not rely on the talents of the world to govern the country, but uses this kind of despicable villain as the eyes and ears, and the minister thinks that you are not good as the emperor.

Therefore, under the strong opposition of the local and Manchu civil officials, Zhao Guangyi made a compromise and narrowed the scope of Wudesi's activities to the vicinity of Bianliang City, and renamed it the Imperial City Division, which was only responsible for the intelligence investigation of the people and officials of Bianliang, unlike the one that spread all over the country in the early Song Dynasty.

At this time, the funds of the Imperial City Department mainly came from Zhao Zhen's internal funds, and the subordinate departments included the Detective Department and the Bingjing Affairs, the Detective Department was responsible for spying on intelligence, the Bingjing Affairs was responsible for the storage of ice cubes in the Imperial Palace, and Zhao Jun's medicine was now stored in the Bingjing Affairs.

The internal hierarchy is divided into one envoy of the imperial city and one deputy envoy of the imperial city, and there are five people who are hooked, promoted, and pointed, hooked and charged, four people in the front, six people in the rear, two deed survey officers, and the rest of the commanders, the heads of the capital, and thousands of escorts, secret agents, and inspectors below, who are in charge of the espionage activities of the entire Bianliang.

Basically, the imperial envoy and the deputy envoy of the imperial city during the Renzong period were filled by relatives or generals, for example, the imperial envoy at this time was Cao Xiu, and the deputy envoy was Wang Shilong, the descendant of Wang Renzhen, a general in the early Song Dynasty, and later Cao Xiu died of illness, and was replaced by Cao Xiu's third brother Cao Gao.

After going to the Imperial City Department with Cao Xiu, the people who were responsible for the operation of the organization on weekdays, such as the commission, promotion, promotion, hooking, and detaining, hurriedly came to visit.

But what they didn't expect was that Cao Xiu took a step back, let Zhao Jun out of the way, and introduced to them: "This is the new Imperial City Division, and from now on, the Imperial City Division, including me, will be in charge of the Imperial City Division." ”

"Meet Chiji."

Everyone looked at each other and hurriedly bowed.

Zhao Jun looked around and asked, "On the way here, I have asked Cao Cheng to send someone to summon you immediately, why are there only a few of you?" What about the deputy envoy? ”

"This"

Several people looked at each other, they were just the main things below, and the big housekeepers were Cao Xiu and Wang Shilong, where did they dare to take care of the things above.

"Okay, Wang Shilong didn't come over, then he won't be the deputy envoy of the imperial city in the future, this position is vacant, if I find a competent person in the future, I will appoint him."

Zhao Jun walked into the hall of the government office, sat down directly on the main seat, looked around and said, "Don't be too restrained, you guys come here." ”

Under the leadership of Cao Xiu, several people walked to the middle of the hall and bowed to Zhao Jun again.

As soon as Zhao Jun opened his mouth, he dismissed the post of deputy envoy of the imperial dynasty, which made them very frightened, and they were speechless and panicked.

Only Cao Xiu's face sank like water, and there was no reaction.

Because he knew that when the official family told him at that time, they had already said that Zhao Jun's order in the Imperial City Division was equivalent to an order from the emperor.

With such power, let alone dismissing Wang Shilong, it doesn't matter if Wang Shilong is killed.

When they stood up, Zhao Jun looked below and said, "I know that you have a lot of doubts, wondering why I am in charge of the Imperial City Division, I can only tell you one thing, that is, my surname is Zhao." ”

There was a pause to see how everyone reacted.

Sure enough, except for Cao Xiu, everyone's faces showed expressions of surprise.

Zhao Jun was very satisfied with their performance, and continued: "The official family has been deceived for too long, and the power of the Imperial City Division has long been much less powerful than before, since I am here, I have to change it, you can introduce yourself first." ”

"Zhisi, subordinate Li Bin, is currently serving as the Imperial City Division."

"Subordinate Zhou Wenyan, appointed by the Imperial City Division."

"Subordinate Wang He, let the Imperial City Division mention it."

"Yu Ji, a subordinate, is imprisoned by the Imperial City Division."

"Chen Zhong, a subordinate, is the secretary of the Imperial City."

Everyone introduced themselves, and the Imperial City Division can be regarded as a special force, with different personnel and grades in various dynasties and periods.

For example, in the Taizu Taizong Dynasty, Wudesi was the fourth grade, and in the Zhenzong Dynasty, it was the fifth grade, and now it is the sixth grade.

Basically, the Song Dynasty is between five or six products, the imperial city envoy is the sixth grade, the deputy envoy is from the sixth grade, and the following few are about the seventh grade, and the same level as them is the seventh commander who is responsible for directly commanding the soldiers.

They belong to the civil officials of the Imperial City Division, and are responsible for sorting out the information sent by the inspectors below and the internal affairs of the organization, while the commanders and envoys outside belong to the military attachés and directly manage the soldiers below.

Zhao Jun first asked them to sit down, and then asked them to tell him the full situation of the Imperial City Division at present.

Soon, under Li Bin's narration, he knew the internal intelligence of the entire Imperial City Division, such as the current Bianliang has more than 5,000 personnel in the Imperial City Division, and at most there are more than 7,000 people.

Among them, there are ten commanders of the seventh grade, fifty-six of the first five of the eighth grade, more than 100 people from the eight-rank escort class, one hundred people in the Song Dynasty, five hundred people as a battalion, and the commander of a battalion is the commander.

If converted to Jinyiwei, it is more than 100 general flags, more than 50 hundred households, 10 500 households, and there are no 1,000 Jinyi Guards, because there are thousands of people in the Imperial City Division of the Song Dynasty, unlike the middle and late Ming Dynasty where the number of Jinyi Guards was more than 100,000, and there was no need for a thousand households.

In addition, there are a number of subordinate officials, who are responsible for intelligence collection, signing, sorting, storage, reporting, paperwork, etc., in fact, they are the clerks of the Imperial City Division, and Li Bin and others are the chief officials.

In other words, there are two systems in the Imperial City Division, the civil official system of the government office and the military attache system outside, which together build the operation of this not too large institution.

As he spoke, some people came in one after another.

These are the commanders of the Imperial City Division, they all have their own fixed territory, and the place of work is not the Imperial City Division, but in various areas, so they come slowly.

After everyone came in, they were shocked again that now the Imperial City Division had changed the sky, and a young man actually rode on Cao Xiu's head.

However, when they learned that Zhao Jun's surname was Zhao, they all hurriedly saluted respectfully.

In fact, he estimated that in a few days, this matter would spread throughout Bianliang.

Lu Yijian and the others will definitely know that they have mastered the Imperial City Division, and those who don't know from the outside world will guess Zhao Jun's identity.

This was exactly what he expected.

Many times if you want to do big things, you have to pull up the tiger skin, such as Liu Bang's White Snake Uprising, known as the son of the Red Emperor, is to use the superstition of the ancients to expand his influence, and the use is mythical.

And although Zhao Zhen's tiger skin is ugly in Zhao Jun's eyes, at least in the eyes of the world, he still represents the supreme imperial power.

So you still have to borrow it.

About an hour later, everyone except Wang Shilong arrived.

Zhao Jun also fully understood the internal situation of the Imperial City Division during this time, and after getting to know these people, he already had an idea in his heart.

He ordered all the men to go out, and then summoned the commanders of the battalions in batches and arranged for them to investigate some matters.

It wasn't until noon that a young man about Cao Xiu's age, in his twenties, and less than thirty years old, walked in outside, took a look at the situation after coming in, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Zhao Jun and said, "Wang Shilong has seen Zhisi. ”

When Zhao Jun saw this person, his face was very ugly, because as soon as this person came in, he was full of aroma and wine, and said coldly: "Wang Shilong, on the first day that Ben Zhisi was in charge of the Imperial City Division, you dare not show up, and now you still have a face?" You've been expelled from the Imperial City, get out! ”

Wang Shilongzhen's face became wrong in an instant, and he roared: "Lao Tzu is the deputy envoy of the imperial dynasty, except for the official family, no one can get rid of Lao Tzu!" ”

"Are you sure?"

Zhao Jun took out the token, first showed it to everyone, and then said: "Didn't Cao Xiu tell you that what I said in the Imperial City Division in the future is like what the official family said?" Come! ”

"Chiji!"

The inspectors outside the door hurriedly walked in.

"Fork him out."

Zhao Jun waved his hand, and the new official took office with three fires, and he was about to shock the Imperial City Division, when Wang Shilong bumped into him, so it was no wonder that he was unexpected.

Although those inspectors all looked at each other and didn't dare to move, after Wang Shilong heard Zhao Jun's words, he didn't have any emotions to resist, but shouted: "Cao Xiu, you bastard framed me!" You didn't tell me that at all, you brute! ”

He's not a fool.

The Imperial City Envoy and the Third Class Yamen have always been the sons of the nobles, and the parents of these noble sons are the founding generals, commonly known as the Yanei, who spend all day drinking, going to the Ya Office to order at most, and then going to have fun is a common thing.

Today, Wang Shilong ordered as usual, and then went out to play. The person sent by Cao Xiu only said that a meeting would be held and asked him to go to the government office immediately.

Wang Shilong didn't care at all when he heard that it was just Cao Xiu going to have a meeting, after all, he didn't agree with Cao Xiu, so he didn't bother to care about the other party.

If Cao Xiu said at the beginning that the new Zhisi had arrived, and he had all the powers granted by the official family to appoint and dismiss the Imperial City Division, he would have to rush over no matter how stupid he was.

Cao Xiu just said indifferently: "First, I have already sent someone to inform you, but you can't come by yourself." Second, it is a big mistake to go to the hook bar to drink and have fun during the upper duty, I have repeatedly impeached you, if it were not for the benevolence of the officials, do you think you can still be a deputy envoy? ”

Zhao Jun glanced at Cao Xiu unexpectedly, although Cao Xiu was a little cautious and was using himself to eradicate the taste of dissidents, but people like Wang Shilong really couldn't be his right-hand man, so he didn't care about it at all.

When he saw that those inspectors didn't dare to act, he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Didn't you eat when you walked so slowly?" Da Song lacks everything, but there is no shortage of people, if you don't want to do it, get out with Wang Shilong! ”

The chazi had no choice but to come up and say a word of offense to Wang Shilong, and leave with him in tow.

Wang Shilong's face was like ashes.

The Imperial City Division was originally a direct agency of the emperor, and what Zhao Jun said in it now was like the emperor's words, so he had no ability to resist at all.

This is not a problem of crushing people at the level of the official university, but the countless levels of the official university, and people can directly remove you from your position, unlike the official and deputy positions, the main post cannot be dismissed, and it may cause the deputy post to attract some people to vacate the main post.

And Zhao Jun can appoint and dismiss the entire Imperial City Division, including Cao Xiu, not to mention the overhead, even if it is not as good as he wants, he will be kicked out directly, how can this be a power struggle?

(End of chapter)