While the couple was quarreling, Feng Ziying had already left the house.
Zhang Jin and Zhao Wenzhao returned to Beijing.
Generally speaking, both civil servants and military officers kept a respectful distance from such Longjing Lieutenants. Civil servants treated them with contempt and disdain. How could a royal slave come into the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats?
The military attache's perception is a bit more complicated.
First of all, Long Jinwei and his gang are the emperor's minions. They only have eyes for the emperor and will not have any friendship with them. Secondly, this gang of people are also good at finding loopholes and finding out the excuses, which can be used as steps for their own meritorious service and promotion. Military generals
Who dares to say that he is very clean? So subconsciously, the military attachés are unwilling to deal with him.
This also made the Jinyiwei (Long Jinwei) more and more a special existence in the Zhou court.
Relevant military reports about the Linqing Civil War had long been reported to the court, but some deeper details took some time to slowly be collected and reported.
It is precisely these subsequent detailed investigations that often reveal many unknown things.
Naturally, Feng Ziying would not have as many worries as others.
In his opinion, since Jin Yiwei (Long Jinwei) is part of the political structure of the Zhou Dynasty and has been operating for so many years, it naturally has a reason for its existence. Since it cannot be avoided, it should be considered how to make it work for oneself.
Used.
So as soon as the news came that Zhang Jin and Zhao Wenzhao were coming to Beijing, Feng Ziyi immediately prepared to visit them.
Long Jinwei followed the Jinyiwei pattern of the former Ming Dynasty, commanding envoys, commanding colleagues, commanding officials, and the north and south town fusi. Almost all of them were inherited, and they had semi-public offices in thirteen provinces.
For example, Zhang Jin was in charge of thousands of households in Shandong, and Zhao Wenzhao was his right-hand man.
Of course, although the Long Jinwei of this dynasty followed the Jinyiwei of the former Ming Dynasty, their judicial powers were greatly reduced, and there were even some slight changes in the nature of their powers and responsibilities.'
For example, although local officials are mainly responsible for monitoring local areas, local people's situation and political situation are also within their job responsibilities, and even the enemy's and political situation in border areas and even enemy territory are within the scope of their work responsibilities.
"See Mr. Baihu! Shouldn't I call you Mr. Qianhu?" Not long after Feng Ziying's greeting card was sent in, Zhao Wenzhao came out to welcome him.
Although Long Jinwei has an office in the capital, in fact many times Long Jinwei does not work in the office. They have many semi-public offices, which is not a secret in the capital.
Of course, there are more secret service points. This is Long Jinwei's non-public service point, and it is also the contact point left by Zhao Wenzhao to Feng Ziying.
"Haha, thank you Feng Langjun for your kind words, but there is already news from Mr. Qianhu. If there is no accident, he may come down before the year." Zhao Wenzhao did not hide much in front of Feng Ziying, and even had some faint secrets.
proud.
The promotion system of Long Jinwei (Jinyiwei) is a separate path. Rank promotion does not need to go through the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of War, but is decided by the Jinyiwei internally.
In addition to the commanders, commanders and magistrates, the commanders and ministers must be personally appointed by the emperor in conjunction with the cabinet. The North and South Town Fusi and the thirteen provinces are responsible for thousands of households, and are appointed by the emperor without the approval of the cabinet. Other officials below a thousand households are appointed by Jinyiwei internally.
Decide.
"That's good. I'm afraid Zhao Qianhu will have the opportunity to succeed Mr. Zhang in taking charge of Shandong in the future." He said it in a pleasant way, which made the person happy and comfortable. Feng Ziying said it without saying: "I heard that Zhang Qianhu is expected to
Return to Beizhen Fusi?"
"How dare you? Lord Qianhu hopes to return to the Bei Division, but if there is no suitable position, there is no need to force it. Shandong is not far from Beijing, and the people are familiar..." Zhao Wenzhao made a haha, involving
Seeing the trend of his immediate boss, Zhao Wenzhao suddenly became tight-lipped.
After some pleasantries, Zhao Wenzhao brought Feng Ziying to Zhang Jin.
Feng Ziying sent a generous gift.
Zhang Jin was not polite and accepted it happily, but the other party was too busy. After a few words, Feng Ziying said goodbye knowingly.
Zhang Jin even walked him to the door in person. Feng Ziying was flattered and asked to stay, and then returned to Zhao Wenzhao's place together with Zhao Wenzhao.
"It seems that Zhang Qianhu is really likely to return to Beisi. It seems to me that there are a lot of people visiting, um, there are also people from Nanzhen Fusi." Feng Ziying said with a smile.
Zhao Wenzhao glanced at the other party in surprise. No wonder Master Qianhu paid so much attention to this little guy. He was so extraordinary. In such a short time, he could see some clues.
The North Town Fusi and the South Town Fusi are separated within Longjinwei. The North Town Fusi has the greatest power, but the South Town Fusi serves as an internal restriction agency and has the power to supervise the North Town Fusi.
The fact that people from Nanzhen Fusi came to visit Zhang Jin means that Zhang Jin is qualified to be included in Nansi's sight. Under normal circumstances, Nansi rarely pays much attention to Long Jinwei's local Qianhu.
, not to mention paying a visit, but focusing more on the institutional personnel of the North Division headquarters.
These situations were all the inside stories that Feng Ziying quietly uncovered while chatting with Jin Yiwei and the others during her stay in Linqing.
Jinyiwei is not as mysterious as imagined. It is more like a branch of the military, similar to a mixture of some powerful institutions in modern society.
There are also many pure service personnel mixed in among them, and even some noble sons and daughters are mixed in to gain qualifications and make a lot of achievements. Their vigilance and professionalism are far less than the elites like Zhao Wenzhao inside.
However, Feng Ziying's "inadvertent" exposure also made Zhao Wenzhao think more highly of Feng Ziying, especially since he had heard a lot of rumors about Feng Ziying after returning to Beijing, and a certain cabinet minister commented again.
Ah, why did the emperor ask him personally? All in all, this young gentleman is extraordinary.
"Young gentleman, be careful what you say, be careful what you say." Zhao Wenzhao shouted, "We can't interfere with the whereabouts of Mr. Qianhu. What we have to do is to do the job well."
"Of course, of course." Feng Ziying's demeanor was already that of a senior bureaucrat, which even made Zhao Wenzhao feel a little dazed, "Master Bailian, how is the investigation situation with the White Lotus Sect?"
The imperial court's relevant reports on the handling of the Linqing Civil War have been issued, but there is not much real content in it. Feng Ziying hopes to know something deeper.
"Well, Mr. Young Master, there are some situations where I can only tell you a general message. We have internal rules. Please understand."
Zhao Wenzhao has a sense of proportion, which is one of the main reasons why Feng Ziying admires him. He wants to earn money, earn work, earn favors, and sell face, but he always has a bottom line of sense of proportion. This is often the style of these powerful elites in the Jin Yiwei.
"Understood, understood." Feng Ziying nodded with a smile.
"Well, according to our later tracking and verification, this time the White Lotus Sect's uprising was rather strange. There was not much preparation. It was more like the local laborers, bricklayers, and weavers who were affected by the tax supervisors and caused trouble. Otherwise, it would be difficult to use other means to make trouble.
Reasons to explain why they did not take the opportunity to capture the inner city of Linqing. If they really want to start an uprising, the inner city has armored warehouses and grain supplies, and can also coerce officials, but they have been arguing outside..."
This was what Feng Ziying was most confused about at the beginning. He only wanted to loot the outer city, but he delayed attacking the inner city. Besides, it was a mob. If they really wanted to rebel, they couldn't do this.
"Then what do you mean..." Feng Ziying looked at Zhao Wenzhao.
"We can't come to a conclusion now and can only continue to investigate in depth, but one thing is relatively clear. The Linqing uprising was caused by the tax supervision system, and then the White Lotus Sect was mixed in, and it involved southern Shandong and the north and south.
There are White Lotus believers from Zhili. The Japanese you mentioned speak with a southern Zhili accent. We have also checked and there are indeed reports that the White Lotus followers from South Zhili have come here. But in the end, which prefecture and county did these people come from?
Why they came here is undetermined."
Zhao Wenzhao also had some regrets.
The situation is too big and too chaotic. Jinyiwei's power is also limited. He can only check some obvious things that are of follow-up value. When it comes to other provinces, Beizhen Fusi needs to coordinate, but Beizhen Fusi obviously has no idea about the situation.
There is a lack of interest in this matter that is already being concluded.
None of my colleagues want you to receive awards for your meritorious service, and I have to come and wipe your butts.
Feng Ziying also had some regrets, but this was what he expected.
Jin Yiwei is not omnipotent. Without higher-level or stronger support, Jin Yiwei is unlikely to send many more elites to verify these clues and dig deeper.
If it were a certain official or wealthy gentry, they might still be able to pay some attention to the person's influence or wealth, but these White Lotus cultists, who actually exist everywhere, would be less interested.
Not many people will do things that are not profitable, and this is the same in ancient and modern times.