Chapter 109: A House Full of Dukes and Lords (Part 2)
The instructions given by Feng Bao in Dongchang were supposed to be very confidential, but the fact was that less than half an hour later, the Imperial Guard Commander Zhu Xixiao, who was personally in charge of his brother's mansion, received a detailed report.
Don't get me wrong, Zhu Xixiao did not seek death by sending spies from the Jinyi Guards to monitor Dongchang, but... someone from Dongchang naturally came to tip him off.
One of Dongchang's duties is to monitor the Jinyiwei, so why would an important person from the Dongchang pass the news to the Jinyiwei Commander?
Because the factory guard had already broken the bones and tendons at this time.
If we want to analyze this matter in detail, it would be a long story. To put it briefly, it has both historical origins and the reasons for the flow of personnel.
At the beginning of the parallelism of factory and guard, the power of Jinyiwei was more powerful in the East Factory. The development of factory rights started with Wang Zhizhi's establishment of the West Factory, and then with Liu Jin's re-establishment of the West Factory and the merger of the Neihang Factory. After Liu Jin's defeat, the West Factory became the Neihang Factory.
The eunuch Zhang Rui was in charge of the East Factory, and Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, competed for the investigation. This became the key to the development of the factory guard system. The spy system, like all systems, gradually matured in this way.
Later, although the Factory Guards were two different spy agencies, the key to them was inseparable. Because except for the eunuchs, the Dongchang was responsible for the punishment of thousands of households and the execution of hundreds of households. The stalls and fans were all selected by the Jinyiwei.
Therefore, it is said in the history books: "There is no one who is not in harmony with the factory and the guards. The severity of the prison situation depends on whether the factory can get it inside. And if there are poles in the outer court, the guards will visit the east and west divisions to arrest them, and the north division will torture them."
During the training week, they will be sent to the Department of Justice. Even if they are caught in Dongchang, they will be moved to the town and then punished again, and then the Ministry of Punishment can prepare the crime." (Wufeng's note: from "History of the Ming Dynasty: Criminal Law Chronicles").
But being close does not mean that the people in Dongchang "should" have the courage to sell the factory owner's instructions so cleanly - so there are special reasons for this period.
As we all know, in the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang suppressed Jinyiwei most of the time, but there were some periods when this was not the case. For example, when Lu Bing, the famous Jiajing emperor's brother-in-law, was in charge of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei's power was completely justified by Dongchang. Lu Da
Many people know the deeds of the governor, so there is no need to go into details. What I want to talk about is the style of Lu Bing.
Lu Bing was fond of money and had a good way of amassing it. He once recruited some powerful and evil officials as his minions, and upon detecting the minor transgressions of wealthy people, he arrested and confiscated their family property. He accumulated millions and built more than ten luxurious villas.
Farms are spread all over the place. But more importantly, Lu Bing is also very good at "distributing wealth", and is known in history as "making power and dealing with good people, and he is not stingy". This is his cleverness.
Lu Bing was well versed in the ways of strategizing. In addition to serving the emperor loyally, he also had a close relationship with the important ministers of the cabinet at that time, especially his deepest collusion with Yan Song. However, although Lu Bing was never merciless when it came to harming political opponents, he had several prisons under Emperor Jiajing.
When he wanted to put many court officials to death, he would do his best to protect them, and he never "trapped a single person." Therefore, although he harmed many powerless wealthy people, he was highly praised by the court's sergeants and officials.
Precisely because he had everything he wanted and was so successful in life, his official career was extremely prosperous. He was the only one in the Ming dynasty who was also one of the Three Dukes and Three Sovereigns (Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao collectively referred to as Sangong, Shaoshi, Shaofu, and Shaobaohe).
The winner of the title "San Gu", almost all the honors that ministers can receive are concentrated in him.
Emperor Jiajing's love for Lu Bing can be proved by another example: according to the regulations of the year, whenever he went to court, the Jin Yiwei was only qualified to stand on the west side of the main hall. But Emperor Jiajing made an exception for Lu Bing alone, "Special orders to the emperor
Sitting, the end of the second grade in the class."
After Lu Bing, although the power of the Jinyiwei declined, because Zhu Xixiao was the younger brother of Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong, and Zhu Xizhong was the one who rescued Emperor Jiajing with Lu Bing, the Jinyiwei could still fight against the Dongchang branch at this moment.
.And Zhu Xixiao also deliberately imitated Lu Bing in many aspects because of Lu Bing's success. In addition, his brother Zhu Xizhong was also a leader of honorable ministers who had close connections with civil servants, so he was able to maintain the authority of Jinyiwei.
In this way, and taking into account the original relationship between the factory guards, there are naturally many people in the East Factory who are willing to maintain an "unusual" relationship with him.
Zhu Xixiao has a face as thick as a jujube and a tall figure. Of course, he is not wearing an ordinary flying fish suit, but a scarlet python robe - this is a privilege given to him during the Jiajing period. At this moment, he is holding a piece of letter paper full of small handwriting, and his face is expressionless.
Watch as usual.
After reading it, I didn't see any expressions of surprise or anger on him. He just raised his head slightly, showed a harmless smile, and said to the fan who sent the letter: "Please tell your family, Da Ju, about his good intentions, Zhu."
Thank you very much."
He didn't say what he would do after receiving the news, and he didn't ask at all. He just bowed politely and affectionately: "The Governor's words are serious. My supervisor said that the factory guards must work together as one to handle the emperor's errands."
That's the right thing... Governor, I have to rush back to resume my duties despite my humble duties, so I won't bother you any more."
Zhu Xixiao stood up and said, "Let me see you off."
"How dare you, how dare you! The governor stays, stays!" What kind of identity does that person have? How can he dare to treat Zhu Xixiao as a send-off? Of course, he also knew that Zhu Xixiao was just showing off his attitude, but no matter how he said it, he still felt particularly comfortable. Thinking about it
Compared with the man in the factory, and the man in front of me, I really wish I could go back to the time of the late Emperor...
After Fanzi left, the smile on Zhu Xixiao's face disappeared. He walked towards the inner hall with a sullen face. Naturally, the servants in front of the flower hall did not dare to stop the second master, but Zhu Xixiao stopped himself and asked the leading steward: "
Mr. Guo, they have been talking for so long, are they still not okay?"
The steward waved away the other servants around him, then came over and whispered: "Second Master, as you know, the share of the shares is limited. Everyone first experienced the magic of soap carefully, and then they had a stalemate over the share issue.
No less, fortunately the master has great prestige, and after explaining it from left to right, I seemed to have gained some insights just now."
Zhu Xixiao nodded and said, "Then I'll wait."
But as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the flower hall was pushed open, and a group of nobles in python robes came out of it, chatting, laughing and feasting.
Zhu Xixiao knew who they were without even looking at them: his elder brother, Zhu Xizhong, Duke of Chengguo, Zhang Rong, Duke of England, Xu Wenbi, Duke of Dingguo, Li Yangong, the legitimate son of Marquis of Linhuai, Gu Huan, Marquis of Zhenyuan, Xue Qian, Marquis of Yangwu, Li Ru, Marquis of Fengcheng, Xiang
Chengbo Li Chenggong and Yingcheng Bo Sun Wendong - there is something wrong with the description just now: Li Yangong here did not wear a python robe because he was not the Marquis of Linhuai himself, but because he had long been named in the Jinyi Guard, he also wore a flying fish suit, which is not the case.
It looks similar to the python robe.
At this time, the inner courtyard was filled with pythons and princes.
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