For the cabinet, losing the support of the most effective intelligence agency, the Dragon Guard, almost plunged them into darkness.
Although the Ministry of Justice and Shuntian Prefecture, as well as the Five-City Military and Horse Division and the Patrol Battalion can make up for it, the coverage of the Criminal Ministry is too narrow, the Shuntian Prefecture is too low-end and not professional enough, and the Five-City Military and Horse Division and the patrol battalion are too
It's complicated, and no one can fully understand the people here, so the cabinet suddenly seems a little passive.
This is why Qi Yongtai is eager to promote the change of cabinet and allow Feng Ziying to return as soon as possible.
There were almost no people in the court who could establish a relationship or talk to Long Jinwei. Except for Feng Ziying, everyone else seemed to keep Long Jinwei at a distance.
On the other hand, there are not many officials familiar with Long Jinwei and the central government, including departments such as the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and the Patrol Battalion. It turns out that few of the officials are familiar with these security issues that they regard as insignificant.
How much does the department value it? How can it be so easy to suddenly have to get in touch and get familiar with it?
In Qi Yongtai's view, as long as the new cabinet is quickly finalized and the new cabinet regains control of the government, Lu Song will understand that the trend is unavoidable and reattach himself to the cabinet. By then, Long Jinwei's internal personnel can be slowly replaced.
, and regain a firm grip on this institution that plays an important role at critical times.
But once it drags on, the half-hearted Lu Song realizes that the cabinet's control over the entire DPRK has declined. Maybe it was half-hearted in the first place, but in the end it will completely turn to the other side.
The votes of Qi Yongtai and others were quickly handed over to the palace. The general envoy of the General Affairs Department is now Sun Dingxiang, who has returned from Nanjing. He is also considered a backbone of the northern scholars and is well aware of the importance of this matter. He quickly
When entering the palace, you need to find Xia Bingzhong, the eunuch who holds the palm print.
He usually had a lot of contact with Xia Bingzhong on behalf of Qi Yongtai, and they were quite familiar with each other. He knew where Xia Bingzhong was at this time.
But when Sun Dingxiang arrived at Renzhi Hall, he found no trace of Xia Bingzhong.
When the young eunuch who was guarding Renzhi Palace saw Sun Dingxiang coming, he quickly came to see him.
"Where is Manager Xia?" Prime Minister Sun Ding didn't care. Xia Bingzhong was not always in Renzhi Palace. The palace was so big, and Xia Bingzhong also had other chores, so it was inevitable that he would go to other places.
"I went out early in the morning, and I think I went to the Renshou Palace." The young eunuch said respectfully: "It was said that the emperor wanted to promote Concubine Ying to the title of noble concubine, so Manager Xia went there and has not come back yet.
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Sun Dingxiang was slightly surprised.
The affair between Emperor Wan Tong and Concubine Ying was well known to many elders in the court. Although Emperor Yuan Xi had passed away and Emperor Yong Long was on his deathbed, not many people were talking about it more than 20 years ago.
It's an old thing, but the fact that Emperor Wan Tong wanted to promote Princess Ying to the Imperial Princess still made the cabinet and ministers a little bit disgusted.
However, this is a royal family matter after all, and the court cannot interfere too much. Promoting an old concubine to the title of noble concubine does not seem to be a big deal, so the court just pinches its nose and ignores it.
"You've been here for so long? Didn't you just go and get a seal?" Sun Dingxiang had some ominous premonitions in his heart. He went there early in the morning, but it was already late afternoon and he still hasn't come back.
The little eunuch murmured: "We also find it a bit strange. The manager rarely goes there for so long. Even if there is a ceremony, he should come back after lunch, but now..."
Sun Dingxiang's heart tightened, and he subconsciously looked around, but saw nothing else out of the ordinary.
After calming down, Sun Dingxiang comforted himself. If the emperor wanted to cause chaos in the palace, he would just seal the palace. He would be a turtle in the urn, or a weak chicken. He should not be allowed to do anything at this time.
Not to mention the importance of Feng Ziying having the Shangsanqinjun firmly in his hands.
Sun Dingxiang calmed down, so the emperor would not act so recklessly unless the Fifth Military Camp took action first to control the palace confinement, but there was no movement at the Fifth Military Camp yet, so the Emperor did not dare to act so recklessly.
But now there is no way to delay the use of the seal. We can only force ourselves to the Renshou Palace. Fortunately, we have to meet the emperor. At least the etiquette requires asking him for approval. If he refuses or delays,
, anyway, I prepared two copies of the ticket, gave him one, and let Xia Bingzhong handle the remaining one.
"Let's go to Renshou Palace." Sun Dingxiang waved his hand, and the thirty flag-bearer guards he brought from the flag-bearer guards who were on duty today followed him towards Renshou Palace.
When Sun Dingxiang entered Renshou Palace, he realized that something was wrong.
Xia Bingzhong saw no one, and there was a pool of blood on the ground.
However, the few young eunuchs he brought with him were escorted aside with pale faces, and there were actually a group of flag-bearers guarding the door.
Before Sun Dingxiang could say anything, several soldiers of the flag-bearing guard came directly over and captured Sun Ding-xiang. Sun Dingxiang was so anxious that he shouted loudly to the flag-bearing guards behind him, but there was no response.
After Sun Dingxiang was taken down, tied up and stuffed with a cloth ball in his mouth, Emperor Wan Tong who was sitting inside could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Once you reach this point, there is no room for retreat.
The news from the cabinet had come in early, and now it was time for him to take action.
The threat of Xia Bingzhong was that he had the seal of the jade seal, and Emperor Wan Tong had long known that Xia Bingzhong was good at imitating his handwriting. To eliminate the threat, he had to start with Xia Bingzhong first.
The most important part was to lure Xia Bingzhong here on the pretext that he wanted to be crowned a concubine for Princess Ying, and to kill him in one fell swoop.
He killed Xia Bingzhong, seized the imperial seal of the Imperial Seal, and then voted directly to the cabinet to remove Qi Yongtai and Gu Bingqian. He appointed Li Sancai as the first assistant, Guan Yingzhen as the second assistant, Huang Ruliang, Tang Binyin, and Zhang Jingqiu as the group assistants.
Among the cabinet ministers were scholars from the North, Jiangnan and even Huguang, and Guan Yingzhen was promoted to the rank of second assistant, which was not an unacceptable result for anyone.
Zhang Jin's face was gloomy and his hands were trembling slightly.
As the commander of the Banner Guard, it is undoubtedly difficult to take this step, but he established the Banner Guard with his old subordinates from Long Jinwei as his team. When his old boss Lu Songdu changed his direction, if he
If we don't change our ways, there will be a puddle of blood on this ground.
And as Lu Song said, both Long Jinwei and Shangsanqinjun were originally the emperor's personal guards. Long Jinwei was granted the right to kill first and then report later, so how could he be reduced to a pawn of the civil servants in the cabinet?
He even had to be frightened by a group of censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and was deeply afraid of being impeached by the censors and thrown into prison?
Gu Cheng died, and Lu Song saw the body. As for how he died, whether it was suicide or murder, it didn't matter.
But this proves that the emperor recognizes and values the power of the Dragon Guard under his control.
It should be under the emperor's personal control, but Emperor Wan Tong used Gu Cheng before, so he naturally couldn't compromise, but now that the obstacle between the two has disappeared, everything is much easier to handle.
Of course, Lu Song also knew that this might be a compromise the emperor had to make, but that was not important. Lu Song was confident that as long as the emperor used him, he would feel more comfortable with him, and he would become inseparable from him and become mutually exclusive.
Yes, what Lu Song wants is such a result.
"Very well, Lu Song and Zhang Jin, please keep quiet for the time being and seal off the palace first. If the Fourth Guards Battalion and the Warrior Battalion find something suspicious and begin to move out, you only need to guard the palace gate firmly and attack the palace. I'm still here, so I'm afraid they will
I am still a little afraid and dare not act arbitrarily..."
Emperor Wan Tong finally calmed down at this time. He also needed to reassure people like Long Jinwei and Banner Guard.
"Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun are controlling the Beijing camp for me. There may be some changes in the Shenshu camp and the Shenji camp, but with the five military camps there, the Shenshu camp and the Shenji camp cannot make waves. The Shuntian Mansion Camp on the market
The Hua Hui will keep an eye on the movements on the street for me. In addition, the Xuanfu Army is in Huailai and the Shanxi Town Department has also arrived at Sihaizhi. They can rush to the city within two days. If it is really necessary, I will let them
Enter the city, so you don’t have to worry. I just want to use the chief ministers who I am optimistic about. Li Aiqing, the important ministers from the Seventh Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has also said hello respectively. There will definitely be some objections, but then
So what? Which personnel appointment and removal adjustment will have no different opinions? This is normal."
Lu Song and Zhang Jin both looked silent, but they both nodded and admitted that what Emperor Wan Tong said was true.
Every adjustment of cabinet ministers and important ministers will cause uproar. Even when Ye Fang and Ye Fang became official, they had experienced several games before. Several major regional factions among civil servants, coupled with the so-called "imperialist party"
"It's mixed among them, so it's still turbulent and full of fights.
Emperor Wan Tong's attitude has been made clear. He hopes to return to the same situation as before thirty years of Yuan Xi. The princes in the cabinet can only assist him in managing the country, rather than making decisions for him, so he needs the military to support him.
, but the force in the military that favors civil servants is not small.
In particular, Feng Ziying's influence in the military has risen sharply in recent years. He has great influence in Liaodong, Jizhen, Denglai, Dongjiang, Jiangbei, Ganning, and several towns. In addition, he single-handedly planned the military campaigns against various enemies in Beijing.
Regarding the military personnel adjustment, if Ma Chengxun had not taken charge of the Fifth Military Camp and Xiao Ruxun had acted as the military envoy, it can be said that Emperor Wan Tong would not have had the slightest chance.
Lu Song and Zhang Jin also knew that it was fortunate that Feng Ziying was firmly held in Liaodong and was beyond the reach of the situation in Beijing. Otherwise, they would not have been so involved this time.
Seeing that Lu Song and Zhang Jin had already obeyed his opinions, Emperor Wan Tong felt relieved and looked out the window: "At this time, my servant has gone to Wenyuan Pavilion. In addition, I also asked Xiao Ruxun to order the Shenshu Camp and the Shenji Camp.
No one is allowed to leave the camp. As soon as today is over and tomorrow’s Di Bao and "Today's News" are published, everything will be settled!"