Chapter 11: Difficult
Zhu Di's reward for Fang Zhongjin is really a stone that stirs up a thousand waves.
Since the words of the young eunuch were transmitted to the Hanlin Academy, they also reached the ears of many nobles and high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di's three awards, of which General Huaiyuan is just a fictitious title, which is used to reward meritorious generals.
But Fang Zhongjin seemed to suddenly fall from the sky. There may be only ten people in the top floor of the capital who have heard his name, let alone know what his merits are.
The emperor suddenly conferred a reward like this, which is indeed a bit of child's play.
In addition, the title of Jinyi Weizhen is not a false position, but a real fat difference.
How many high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing want to stuff their sons and nephews into the brocade guard, but they can only start from the bottom.
Even Ji Chang'an, the son of Ji Gang, the commander of Jinyiwei, is such a descendant with martial arts, means, and family background, but he is only mixed with a thousand households.
And Fang Zhongjin's official position is even higher than Ji Changan.
Many people who didn't know the details of Fang Zhongjin even secretly doubted whether he would be the illegitimate son left by the emperor in Yanjing.
No matter how everyone guessed, Fang Zhongjin knew that his first priority now was to find out the "owner of the Inhuman Pavilion".
Early the next morning, Fang Zhongjin set off from the temporarily rented mansion and came to the Jinyi Wei Yamen located outside the Chengtian Gate.
The yamen is very large, and the building is also magnificent.
The guards on guard heard early in the morning that a new official was coming today, and the official rank was extremely high, and he turned out to be a town supporter.
It's just that when the six guards on both sides saw a young man in his twenties rushing straight into the yamen in a big way, they immediately showed their blades to block it.
Although the young man looked at Qi Yu, he did not ride in any carriage.
As we all know, there is no adult in the world who walks without riding a chariot or horse, and they still understand this.
Obviously, this young man will not be the town support they have been waiting for in the morning.
Seeing that the main lord was about to arrive, these guards naturally couldn't let the reckless men who broke into the yamen do bad things.
If they were seen by the newly arrived town envoys, they might have thought at first glance that a few of their guards were eating idle meals. I can't even manage the yamen.
Fang Zhongjin, who was stopped by several people, was stunned and had not yet spoken.
Suddenly, I heard someone in the yamen shouting: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly! It's your town helper who is here!"
When several guards heard this, they all trembled.
It turned out that a person walked out of the gate quickly, and this person was none other than Qianhu Ji Chang'an, Ji Xiaoda.
Seeing Ji Changan with a mocking smile on his face, he came up to salute the other party's Zhongjin, and said, "Ji Changan sees my lord." ”
Fang Zhongjin hurriedly gently lifted Ji Chang'an's body, stopping his momentum of bowing: "I said, what are my brothers doing with this false courtesy." ”
After that, he put his hand on Ji Changan's shoulder and said, "Let's go, take me to see and see." ”
It was only at this time that a trace of estrangement in Ji Chang's peace of mind finally disappeared.
In fact, Ji Chang'an had already prepared, Fang Zhongjin came to Beijing this time to help the Jinyi guard who burned his buttocks.
In the past, the emperor already valued this kid very much, and now his martial arts are even more unpredictable, and he will definitely be rewarded with a very high position when he comes to Beijing.
Really when he learned that Fang Zhongjin was actually one rank higher than himself, as long as he was a person with a normal heart, he would feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Ji Changan repeatedly warned himself last night: Fang Zhongjin is a master who has saved his life several times! Now that he has come to help solve a thorny problem, he should have closed a high position and acted cheaply!
But when he really saw Fang Zhongjin, he couldn't help but deliberately salute him to relieve the sourness in his heart.
Fortunately, Fang Zhongjin was not seen outside, and still treated him as a brother.
Looking at Fang Zhongjin with a calm expression, Ji Chang's unhappiness was finally blown by the wind, and it was dispersed.
The two of them walked side by side with their shoulders on their shoulders as if inside the yamen, leaving only the six guards to look at each other.
I'm worried that this new official will hold a grudge?
Fang Zhongjin and Ji Chang'an stepped into the Jinyi Guard Yamen together, looking at the wide and bright courtyard, Fang Zhongjin asked first: "I don't know where Master Ji is at the moment, I should go and see him first." ”
When Fang Zhongjin said about Master Ji, he naturally referred to Ji Changan's father, Ji Gang.
Now although Fang Zhongjin is one level higher than Ji Chang'an, he is still Ji Gang's subordinate.
When he first arrived, it was only natural for him to meet the chief first.
At this time, Ji Changan looked embarrassed and said, "Father...... I am not in Beijing during this time. He has instructed you to bring someone to act cheaply after you come to Jinyiwei, and you don't need to report it to him. ”
In fact, Ji Changan himself knew that his father left after getting the message last night.
In the past few years since the reopening of Jinyiwei, except for his father, the commander, the rest of the positions have been vacant.
There should have been two people who knew the same thing, and the two people who were not in place.
Before today, Jinyi Weizhong was the world of Ji's father and son. Now that an outsider is suddenly inserted, Ji Gang is very uncomfortable.
I don't know if it was to express his dissatisfaction with the emperor, or to let Fang Zhongjin eat a dismount, in short, Ji Gang decided to go out of the capital as soon as possible.
Fang Zhongjin nodded slowly after hearing this, and said, "This is also no way. I'll see as soon as I can, and I'll go to the Rainburgh Mansion to find out. ”
At this time, Ji Changan's face was even more embarrassed, and he could even see a drop of sweat from the corner of his forehead, and said: "It's time to see, they are waiting for you outside your hall."
Fang Zhongjin saw that his face was strange, so he didn't ask too much and followed him forward.
Ji Changan took him to a hall with bright windows and various potted plants.
In the hall is where Fang Zhongjin's office is located, and outside the hall, there are already more than 20 brocade guards.
Fang Zhongjin looked at these people and said in his heart: "Beautiful!"
I saw that these people were all tall, short, fat and thin, and each of them was much different in age.
Not to mention the tired and greasy look on their faces, which is not the same as the brocade guards that Ji Changan always brings with him.
Even if Ji Changan once said that the brocade guards under him were useless, they were still full of spirit.
Standing in front of the common people, it has a chilling majesty.
But the allocation to Fang Zhongjin is probably more ugly than the soldiers guarding the city gate.
Fang Zhongjin finally understood why Ji Changan was so embarrassed, he turned his head and smiled at Ji Changan, and said, "It's difficult." ”
I don't know if he meant to say: It's hard for you to find such a group of brocade guards with crooked melons and cracked dates.
Ji Changan's perennial black face finally turned red.
These brocade guards were selected by my father before leaving, and they were also pushed by thousands of households and refused to ask for them.
Although Ji Changan and Fang Zhongjin are commensurate with each other, they are both the chief and the father's orders, and Ji Changan still cannot disobey.