Chapter 545: The Way to Secure Military Power (Seeking Monthly Pass)
"Uncle, we are all old acquaintances. Is there anything we can't say directly? Just tell me what you can provide me and what you plan to take away from me. Just treat it like business and don't keep making these false claims.
Nonsense stuff.”
Zhu Hao didn't like Zhu Wanhong's way of pretending to be a grandson.
You are obviously a conspirator, but you always like to play innocent in front of others. The key is that your temperament does not match.
Zhu Wanhong said with a sad face: "My uncle is having a hard time."
Zhu Hao sneered: "I heard that my uncle has made a lot of money recently. Jiang Bin and Qian Ning's powerful people were basically arrested by my uncle. Many actions did not go through Beizhen Fusi channels. They were directly interrogated and handed over."
Give it to the Ministry of Punishment, and the oil and water gained from it can be counted in the tens of thousands of taels of silver... Is this uncle still crying to me about poverty?"
As soon as Zhu Wanhong heard this, he knew that Zhu Hao had no knowledge of the Jinyiwei system, and he felt a sense of embarrassment and frustration at being seen through by someone who pretended to be a grandson.
"Furthermore, I also heard something. Mr. Yangge wanted to use you and the old men of the Jinyi Guards behind you to counterattack and transfer the personnel of the Royal Guards Department who were placed in the Jinyi Guards to other places. This is tantamount to saying that you are now
Being an enemy of the new emperor... We all have the surname Zhu, so you don’t say hello to me before you do something, isn’t it kind of you?”
Zhu Hao looked very angry, no longer as happy as when he gave money to him before.
Zhu Wanhong chuckled, looking like he was holding back something bad.
"Let me put it bluntly, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are the people in the royal family who rely on them to establish themselves in the capital. They are an indispensable part of His Majesty's side. They can even be called his right-hand man. This uncle is tantamount to challenging the imperial power. Even if there is
With His Majesty by my side, if His Majesty turns around and blames me, I'm afraid it will be difficult to save the entire Zhu family."
Zhu Hao means, don't think that you can do whatever you want when I'm with the new emperor.
I'll liquidate you all the same later.
Zhu Wanhong said quickly: "Eldest nephew, are you talking too harshly? My uncle is keeping secrets for you."
Zhu Hao said: "It's up to you...Whether Mr. Yang Ge believes your nonsense is up to you. Even if he believes it, at worst I will become the second Zhang Cong, and I will not wait for the head office in the capital, right? I will come back after the Zhu family is destroyed, and everything will be over."
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"Don't, don't."
Zhu Wanhong said hurriedly, "Why are you saying it so seriously? It's scary. It's also destroyed... No, no. Of course the uncle knows who to be loyal to, and he is all doing things for His Majesty. How can he harm Your Majesty for the sake of the minister's wishes?
A good thing? Actually... I am doing something for the Queen Mother."
Zhu Wanhong saw that the matter was beyond control and it was difficult to explain.
It's outrageous that you, a member of thousands of royal guards, secretly serve the chief minister of the cabinet. The royal guards are the emperor's personal guards, so what you do is tantamount to betrayal.
So Zhu Wanhong simply brought out the name of Queen Mother Zhang.
Zhu Hao said: "I'm not here to negotiate with you, but to inform you. Your Majesty will have further developments in the court recently, involving the dispatch of Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Mr. Xiao, the admiral of Dongchang, is calm and sophisticated in his work, but his old eyesight is dim and inefficient.
No, His Majesty is going to replace him with someone else..."
"who?"
When Zhu Wanhong heard this, he immediately became nervous.
The reason why Yang Tinghe now has a lot of influence in Dongchang and Jinyiwei is mainly because Xiao Jing, the admiral of Dongchang, tends to listen to the opinions of civil servants and Queen Mother Zhang. He wants to be a good old man, but he is perfunctory and evasive at every turn, turning Dongchang into a
He created a yamen that was afraid of getting into trouble, giving Yang Tinghe the ability to make a big fuss in it.
But the problem is that Xiao Jing was replaced because of just a word from the emperor.
After Xiao Jing left, a new eunuch, the Chief of Ceremonies, took over. This person was probably a eunuch from the Xingwang Palace system. Without Dongchang among them, even if Yang Tinghe wanted to interfere with Jinyiwei's affairs, he would be unable to do so.
"No matter who it is, think about it carefully. Your Majesty has not dealt harshly with Jinyiwei yet. It's not because you don't want to or because you are incapable, but because you don't want to intensify the conflict. As long as Your Majesty makes changes in the selection of Admiral Dongchang,
The order of Dongchang and Jinyiwei will be very different from now. At that time, I am afraid that the uncle will have to go back to guard the imperial mausoleum..."
Zhu Hao's tone was cold, already a threat to Chi Guoguo.
Zhu Wanhong pretended to be his grandson again: "Eldest nephew, we are all one family, and my uncle also knows that you have a high status with His Majesty. Your words will definitely be useful if reported to him. Why don't you just say it?"
"What did I say? Let Your Majesty replace Xiao Jing as soon as possible? Or should you replace the person who oversees the East Factory with an old eunuch who is close to Mr. Yang Ge? You think that I have too much say... Your Majesty is just doing this kind of thing
If we don't do it, once a decision is made resolutely, my uncle and the old-school forces who are making trouble will probably be left with nothing but chaff."
What Zhu Hao means is, even if I can speak well around the emperor, I don't have the final say in matters. I'm just here to issue a warning. Don't expect me to do anything to help you.
Of course, the emperor's current laxity in the internal affairs of Dongchang and Jinyiwei does not mean that Zhu Si does not want to do it, or that Zhu Hao does not think it is necessary, but that Zhu Hao cannot force the old people like Jinyiwei to rebel at once. They are personal guards after all.
If they rebel, can the emperor live a good life?
Disintegration is the best way.
Letting Xiao Jing take over the position of superior eunuch Bingbi is to calm people's hearts. Letting him take charge of the East Factory is to let him and Xini. It can form a conflict between the two sides, but the gap between them must not be broken, or even let
It can be tolerated even if the old-school forces gain a slight upper hand in the struggle.
Zhu Wanhong didn't know that the new emperor was able to achieve such "forbearance" under Zhu Hao's guidance.
There is obviously a way to get Dongchang and Jinyiwei in his hands without doing it. No matter how cunning Zhu Wanhong is, he can't think of this level.
Zhu Wanhong said: "Then it seems... His Majesty temporarily chose to compromise with Mr. Yang Ge on the matter of Dongchang and Jinyiwei? The essence is to show goodwill? After Princess Xing enters the palace, will he be free to start rectification?
?Then we should make plans early... We, the Zhu family, are carrying the Jinyiwei's bowl of rice, and my uncle doesn't want to stand in the wrong team and go to guard the imperial mausoleum. That day... can't be lived."
Zhu Hao said: "Then...Uncle, what choice should you make now?"
Zhu Wanhong stood up and clasped his fists: "I'll listen to you, nephew... Just do whatever you ask me to do. Just tell me, nephew."
Zhu Hao said quietly: "I heard that recently, bandits have been rampant around the capital, especially around Bazhou, but they have not spread to the capital for the time being. Originally, local people could solve this kind of thing..."
Zhu Wanhong was confused when he heard this and asked: "So, your Majesty wants to send me and other veterans of the Jin Yiwei to suppress the bandits?"
"Asking the Jin Yiwei to quell the bandits? Oh, no."
Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "I was wondering if we can let them bring the matter to the emperor's feet. It would be better if there is chaos around the capital... If we want to take action on military power, it will not be easy in the peaceful years."
"ah!?"
Zhu Wanhong thought about it for a while.
Hasn’t the new emperor already appointed a new candidate for the admiral’s capital camp?
With Zhang Lun as the garrison in the capital and Huang Jin as the eunuch supervising the capital, the emperor had already obtained the military power in the capital, so why did he still need to take action on military power?
Could it be that His Majesty thinks that the military power he has received is not enough, and wants to take over all the military power on the nine sides and all the military power in various places?
"Uncle, with your ability, it shouldn't be difficult to find some bandits around the capital and cause panic among the people, right? Of course, what I want is not to disturb the local people, but just do something. It's best for the uncle to take the lead.
, bring up matters such as preventing theft around the capital, or the uncle can intimidate some officials in the counties of Northern Zhili Prefecture and ask them to continue to report, do you think it is feasible?"
Zhu Hao is good at tempting people in a step-by-step manner.
Zhu Wanhong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Eldest nephew, you can definitely find someone else, why do you let your uncle do such a thankless job?"
Zhu Hao sneered: "Your Majesty, if you do this, it is just a fact. If you don't want to do it, why can't your Majesty find someone? Now there are more than a dozen households in Jinyiwei who are actually working, and everyone wants to get on this big ship of Your Majesty."
There are secret memorials of loyalty every day, but uncle, you... don't seem to have attended them very often, right?"
"Why not? Me too...hehe, uncle, just listen to you."
Zhu Wanhong is very knowledgeable.
The Fourteenth Institute of Jinyiwei actually works for thousands of households. Except for the four people appointed by the emperor to replace Jiang Bin and Qian Ning's direct descendants, the remaining ten are still old people. After all, Jinyiwei is a hereditary official position, and the internal organization of Jinyiwei is bloated.
I want to get a real job, but because there are few pits in Jinyiwei and there are many people, others can't get in even if they squeeze their heads.
Those in the old faction were actively moving closer to Xiao Jing and Yang Tinghe, but at the same time they were afraid of being liquidated by the new emperor. Naturally, they took advantage of Jinyiwei's authority to be directly responsible to the new emperor and made secret speeches, many of which expressed their loyalty. Of course, these words
They are all useless clichés. As a minister, even if you say something bad, the emperor will judge your loyalty based on what you have done, not what you say.
Zhu Hao was effectively telling Zhu Wanhong that the emperor was about to launch a major purge of Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
We no longer only pursue the old people who are related to the Zhengde Dynasty such as Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, etc., but all of them are liquidated. Anyone who does not work for the new emperor with practical actions will be replaced step by step.
If you, Zhu Wanhong, still want to be in the position of working for thousands of households, you should do something quickly.
If you help the emperor gather military power, make the emperor's position more stable, and make the emperor more confident in negotiating with civil servants, then you Zhu Wanhong will be considered to have made a meritorious service. At that time, even if you have made some money in the previous issue of liquidating Jiang Bin and Qian Ning's remaining parties.
Even if he has money, he will not be dismissed from his post and investigated.
otherwise……
Weigh the consequences yourself.
"Thieves and bandits are rampant around the capital. When I turned around, my uncle went to talk to Mr. Yang Ge. He made a big deal out of a small matter and even asked someone to report it to let both the government and the public know that there is a lot of chaos around the capital."
When Zhu Wanhong said this, he blinked and said, "Then does Your Majesty want to send Mr. Yang Ge back to Jiubian's regiment training team and then call him back?"
Yang Tinghe still has the confidence to challenge the emperor and is confident. The main reason is that the emperor's military power is not stable.
Also, Yang Tinghe used Zhu Houzhao's posthumous edict to dismiss the regiment training camp.
In the past, Jiang Bin established a mighty regiment training camp around the capital for the purpose of partisan strife. This greatly strengthened the monarch's power, because with this group of troops around the capital, it meant that the emperor could be confident, neither afraid of mutiny in the army nor invasion by foreign barbarians.
As a result, the regiment training camp caused too much nuisance around the capital, causing public resentment to boil over.
Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "This is not something you should worry about, go ahead!"