Chapter 17: Getting Started (4)
[I am Jinyiwei]
Since I went on a medical tour with my father and others, I have only traveled south, but I have never been to Beijing. But Baoding Mansion is not too far from Beijing, people from the south to the north have said many rumors about Beijing, the nine-fold city gate, the high and rear city wall, and the splendid Forbidden City...... Now that I have come here, my curiosity still makes me want to take a good look at the city, although the city walls are not as high as I imagined, but the style is still there, the streets are really wide and long, the shops are lined up, and the flow of people is endless, but before I can carefully taste the scenery here, I was urged, with the large group of people, hurried to the station of Jinyiwei. Due to its noble status, the Jinyi Wei Yamen is not scattered in the alleys of the capital like other pro-army yamen, but is close to the main gate of the imperial city, Chengtianmen, on the west side of the Thousand Step Corridor, adjacent to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and across the street from the six departments on the east side, which is the center of the Ming Dynasty, which shows how important we are.
Although I have traveled to Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, the city of Beijing is so big that it is a little dazzling, let alone in a hurry. The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, especially Hongzhi Zhongxing, which has made the country strong. So, the moment I stepped into the city of Beijing, although I was still homesick, I had already made up my mind to survive here.
Jinyiwei has a tradition of passing on the band, and the new Jinyiwei are all passed down by their predecessors to pass on various rules. Liao Jianzhong personally told me about the causes and consequences of Jinyiwei, which attracted the envy of many people, and I listened respectfully, full of longing, in my heart, gradually there was a world of Jinyiwei.
The center of this world is the Emperor! and the emperor's family, the so-called Tianhuang nobles. Our Hongzhi Emperor only loves Empress Zhang, and her Empress Zhang also protects her family. Among them, her two younger brothers, Zhang Heling and Zhang Songling, are even more domineering.
Emperor Hongzhi's harem life was very different from all the emperors of ancient times, he never had a concubine, and Emperor Hongzhi only lived a monogamous life with Empress Zhang all his life. Compared with Yang Yuhuan's "three thousand favors in one", this Queen Zhang really deserves her name. Although Emperor Hongzhi is strict with his courtiers, after all, he only has such a marriage partner, so he should be lenient with the people of Empress Zhang's family, and the matter of being able to turn a blind eye will no longer be pursued.
Empress Zhang's younger brother, Shouning Hou Zhang Heling, is usually idle and does not do business. often instigated Empress Zhang to ask the emperor for a financial grange or something, and from time to time she also went out to cause some trouble and make some trouble, anyway, there was Queen Zhang on top, and Zhang Heling was a little fearless.
But after all, Emperor Hongzhi cultivated the atmosphere of the Hongzhi Dynasty, as long as someone is not used to it, he will play, Li Mengyang, who was serving as the head of the household at that time, has always been upright, jealous and hateful, Zhang Songling did evil, but happened to hit Li Mengyang's muzzle. Li Mengyang saw that the ironclad evidence was like a mountain, and when he went back, he joined Zhang Songling's book, saying that he bullied the township, seized farmland, and did evil.
The relationship between Empress Zhang and Emperor Hongzhi is so iron, and as soon as the fold fell into the hands of Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Zhang knew about it. Empress Zhang went to tell Zhang Songling, and Zhang Songling seized the sentence "Your Majesty is thick with Zhang's" to make a big fuss, slandering Li Mengyang for being disrespectful to Empress Zhang, and finally asked Emperor Hongzhi to make Li Mengyang die.
Although Zhang Songling is Empress Zhang's younger brother, his words are not so weighty after all, so Empress Zhang has to come out at this time. As for Queen Zhang, in fact, she is not an unreasonable wife, but at the instigation of Zhang Songling, and the family is on Zhang Songling's side - after all, satisfying Zhang Songling's interests is also satisfying the interests of the Zhang family, so the Zhang family supports Zhang Songling. Empress Zhang was forced to have no choice but to go to Emperor Hongzhi to cry and make trouble, the usual way for women to deal with men, not to mention the man who loved her deeply, well, Emperor Hongzhi had to let Jinyiwei arrest Li Mengyang into the "Imperial Prison".
【Commander of the Jinyi Guard】
If it had been changed to other Jinyi Guards, for a person like Li Mengyang who had offended the emperor's relatives and did not have much identity background, he would probably have used a few criminal laws in the "Imperial Prison" to "send them down". But Mu Bin is different, his appearance has a distinct Hongzhi style. The celebrant eunuch Huai En recommended a lot of talents, among them, Mu Bin, who started from the grassroots Jinyiwei, did not have any background, but relied on his steadfastness and loyalty, and was promoted step by step, when he sat on the top leader of Jinyiwei, he was still kind and normal. The model in his mind is the change of the civil fort back then, the Yuan Bin who sacrificed his life to protect him, and the later commander of the Jinyi Guard.
Mu Bin has a lot of power, but he can do things honestly, he has long heard of Li Mengyang's reputation, and he basically understands why Li Mengyang was arrested in the "Imperial Prison", after Li Mengyang was arrested in the "Imperial Prison", not only did he not receive a little punishment, but also received Mu Bin's VIP level hospitality. Mu Bin asked the Jinyi guards to clean up a clean cell, put Li Mengyang in it, and from time to time brought wine and meat to talk and chat with Li Mengyang.
Empress Zhang seemed to be busy taking care of other things, and Emperor Hongzhi also felt that the rumors had passed, so he found Mu Bin and asked him how Li Mengyang was in prison? Not only did not lose a pound of meat, but it was much more white and tender than before entering. Emperor Hongzhi appreciated Mu Bin's actions very much, praised Mu Bin a few words, gave him a handcuff from abroad, and said that Li Mengyang had rested enough, so let him out!
After Li Mengyang came out of the "edict prison", he still worked with the Zhang family. Zhang Songling saw that this buddy not only did not suffer a little injury, but also seemed to have gained weight after a trip to the "Imperial Prison", so he immediately went to Queen Zhang and said that this time we have to be a little ruthless, put him to death and never turn over. Empress Zhang was instigated by her family again, and ran to Emperor Hongzhi to cry and cry, this time Emperor Hongzhi was impatient, he said angrily: "You people obviously want me to kill Li Mengyang!" But how can I get rid of the people who help me run my country for the sake of just a few of you? "This couldn't be clearer, compared to my Zhu family's country, your little interests are not a matter at all. When Empress Zhang heard this, the emperor was really angry, after all, state affairs are greater than family affairs, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, and went back to let his mother's family be more restrained, don't look at us as relatives of the emperor, if the emperor is angry, we will inevitably move our heads.
Mu Bin was not afraid of the power of the Zhang family, governed the prison fairly, and took care of criminals like Li Mengyang in prison, which was praised by the courtiers and a good story of our Jinyiwei, but it also left hidden dangers for the later robbery. During Mu Bin's imprisonment, what impressed the courtiers and the people was no longer "terror" and "blood", but "justice" and "benevolence". As a controversial yamen, not all emperors of the Ming Dynasty have a soft spot for Jinyiwei, such as Emperor Jianwen, Emperor Hongxi, Emperor Xuande, Emperor Hongzhi and other monarchs who advocate the implementation of "benevolent" government in the management of the country, all tried to suppress and even had plans to ban Jinyiwei, but it is precisely because of the emergence of Jinyiwei managers such as Zhu Ji, Yuan Bin, and Mu Bin in the history of Jinyiwei that Jinyiwei has always played an important role in the development of the Ming Dynasty's regime, so that whether it is a mediocre emperor or an outstanding emperor, There is no way to lose the Jinyiwei, a tool that meets their appetite. But as a fellow party organization of the depressed Dongchang, Jinyiwei did not have much development in the Hongzhi Dynasty! Because, no matter what Jinyiwei does or doesn't do, it is always a minister! On the contrary, Dongchang is the emperor's servant, although except for a few stewards and eunuchs, most of the people in Dongchang are transferred from Jinyiwei, but Dongchang is always a yamen in the palace, a red wall, which means that home and outside are two places after all!
Today's East Factory, by the celebrant in charge of the eunuch Wang Yue, the governor, Jinyi Wei Mu Bin sent some Jinyi Wei people to take turns to co-organize. The relationship between the two is harmonious, and the factory and health are harmonious, but it is also another scene.