Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 142 Secret Mission
142 chapter

Lin Cunde practiced martial arts every day, and Xiaozhi would inquire about what was going on outside. Every three days, Lin Cunde would give Xiaozhi half a day off, so that Xiaozhi could go out and hang out with those people.

Hanging out is also a good way to get information. People who play with Xiaozhi are of high status, and they can also get a lot of information that outsiders don't know.

For example, Lin Cunde knew at home that the military generals had reached an agreement with the civil servants and signed it. The Governor-General of the Fifth Army agreed to reorganize the army, but the military expenses had to be guaranteed. In addition, just two days ago, two thousand households and one town The envoy was arrested by the Jin Yiwei. At the same time, five county magistrates, one magistrate, two co-prefects, and two general magistrates were also arrested by the Jin Yiwei.

During this rectification, Zhu Qiyu directly asked the Jin Yiwei to arrest people. Of course, one of them, a fellow magistrate and two county magistrates, were reported by military generals to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The Metropolitan Procuratorate sent a memorial to Zhu Qiyu, and Zhu Qiyu ordered the Jin Yiwei to arrest the people.

Although Zhu Qiyu was furious at the court meeting, reprimanding the cabinet, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War for not being strict with his subordinates, allowing the officials below to become corrupt, occupying the good land of the guards, etc., he also ordered that he be dealt with strictly!

After going to court, Zhu Qiyu was very happy and went directly back to the imperial study. At the same time, he had someone call Zhang Yong.

The reason why I called Zhang Yong was because Lin Cunde suggested that Zhu Ji should not be used for the things to be done this time. Zhu Ji could not be used because it would be risky.

"The last general, Jin Yiwei, and Deputy Qianhu, pay homage to Your Majesty!" Zhang Yong came in and saluted Zhu Qiyu excitedly.

"Well, no gifts!" Zhu Qiyu sat there making tea.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Yong once again expressed his gratitude to Zhu Qiyu.

"Come and sit!" Zhu Qiyu greeted Zhang Yong with a smile.

Zhang Yong quickly raised his hands and said, "The general will not dare!"

"Come here, I have something to tell you!" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile again.

"Yes!" Zhang Yong still bowed his hands respectfully, then walked over to the opposite side of Zhu Qiyu, and sat down carefully, only daring to touch the small half of the chair.

Zhu Qiyu poured tea for Zhang Yong. Zhang Yong stood up and handed over his hand again. Zhu Qiyu pressed his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and Zhang Yong sat down again.

"I have a task for you. Don't tell anyone before leaving the capital!" Zhu Qiyu said calmly.

"Yes, your Majesty, please rest assured!" Zhang Yong stood up again and said respectfully.

Zhu Qiyu did not let Zhang Yong sit down, but continued: "Select 200 people with clean family backgrounds, simple connections, and smart minds. Let's leave the capital and go to the northwest border! Can you do it? Can people choose well? If you fail to make a good choice and leak the news, then you will not be able to enjoy the glory and wealth in your life. Let your son take over your class and serve as the banner of the Imperial Guard!"

Zhang Yong became nervous when he heard this, but he also knew that with risks there are rewards, and the person in front of him was the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty. If you follow such a person, you still worry about your future? The key is that His Majesty can choose himself, which shows that he trusts himself. This trust is hard-won. If the outside world finds out, I don’t know how many people will be jealous.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, if things are not handled well and leaked out, I will finally come to see you!" Zhang Yong said firmly to Zhu Qiyu.

"Okay, I allow you. If the news is leaked, I allow you to kill it first and report it later!" Zhu Qiyu stared at Zhang Yong and smiled.

Zhang Yong immediately took three steps back, knelt down on one knee, raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, general!"

"Get up, select 200 people, leave the customs, and walk along me towards the border to inspect the generals of the border army. Do the inspection in secret. Don't let anyone know your identity. I want to know that the border army tests the abilities, merits, and reputations of officers from more than a hundred households. I'll give you half a year. After half a year, I need you to examine the information of at least a thousand military officers with more than [-] households. After half a year, return to Beijing. As long as you do it, I will not begrudge you the glory, wealth and power!" Zhu Qiyu stared at Zhang Yong and said .

Zhang Yong was shocked and surprised when he heard this. Then he knelt down on one knee again and said, "I will try my best to do this well. If I don't do it well, I will not come back. I will face the palace and commit suicide at the border!"

"That's not the case. Remember, the people you choose must be trustworthy. Tell them that if it is done well and kept secret, I will give them a minimum promotion of one level. If the credit is great, I will not begrudge them three levels. What I want is A loyal minister!" Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Qiyu with a smile.

But Zhang Yong heard that there was murderous intent behind this smile. However, Zhu Qiyu could say this to himself, which showed that he really did not regard himself as an outsider.

"Yes, thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Zhang Yong said, clasping his fists again.

"Get up, come sit down and drink tea, and I'll tell you how to handle this!" Zhu Qiyu waved to Zhang Yong with a smile.

After Zhang Yong thanked him, he got up and went to the tea table. Zhu Qiyu asked Zhang Yong to drink tea, and then began to explain to Zhang Yong how to do it. After about two-quarters of an hour, Zhang Yong left the imperial study and strode outside.

About a quarter of an hour later, a man from Qianhu appeared in the imperial study. Zhu Qiyu gave him the same task and stayed there for two-quarters of an hour.

After the Qianhu went out, Zhu Qiyu walked out of the imperial study with his hands behind his back, and came to the small garden outside the imperial study, thinking about things in his mind. The generals themselves are already being selected, but civil servants are the most difficult to select. Those civil servants are naturally opposed to the emperor. If you choose someone who is opportunistic, you cannot guarantee integrity and justice. If you select an honest and just person, you cannot guarantee that you will be loyal to yourself and obey your words!
This made Zhu Qiyu very embarrassed. Zhu Qiyu had always wanted to disintegrate the joint strength of civil servants and make them suspicious of each other.

But those civil servants are also divided into factions in some matters. Behind each cabinet minister, there are a large number of followers. Cabinet ministers also need to seek benefits for their subordinates, so they will fight for it, but when dealing with themselves, In fact, they are united.

As long as they want to seize power from themselves, they will definitely unite, even if they recruit Hanlin Academy and new Jinshi. A few years later, they will inevitably join those ministers again.

Zhu Qiyu knew this very well, but he had no choice but to think about it for more than ten days, but still couldn't find a way to resolve it.

Zhu Qiyu kept walking in the small garden with his hands behind his back. Cheng Jing and some father-in-laws and maids also followed him from a distance, not daring to come forward.

"Eh!" Zhu Qiyu sighed and could only go to the pavilion and sit down with his hands behind his back. Cheng Jing took a look and immediately asked people to bring up the things Zhu Qiyu wanted to use, such as tea sets, hot water, and tea leaves. Zhu Qiyu was sitting in the pavilion, making tea and thinking about things.

During this period, Lin Cunde was very happy and practiced martial arts every day. Although his whole body was sore from practicing, he was really capable.

He read books in the afternoon and analyzed the art of war books with Wang Zhi in the evening. Lin Cunde had read very few art of war books before, but now he read them with Wang Zhi and analyzed them together.

Another half month passed in a blink of an eye. During this half month, the civil servant was both happy and sad. What was happy was that the eleven thousand households under the Central Military Governor's Mansion, the deputy thousand households were arrested, and the 30 households were arrested for trying 20 households. There were many, and three of the town magistrates were arrested. But on the civil servant side, more than 30 prefects and prefects were arrested, [-] general judges were arrested, and more than [-] county magistrates were arrested. The key is that a chief minister was arrested. The envoy was implicated, and the two sentencing envoys were also implicated, and they were all captured by the Jinyi Guards.

As for the army, there were no high-level officials involved, only the small fish and shrimp below. This made the civil servants unhappy, and all the pressure was put on Yu Qian's side.

Yu Qian also felt wronged. The people below him were unclean, and the ministers actually blamed him. Some officials even said that Yu Qian was not rectifying the army, he was here to rectify the administration!

At this moment, in the cabinet, the cabinet ministers are also worried. So many officials have been arrested and the findings are shocking. One of the county magistrates has corrupt money converted into silver taels, which exceeds 20 taels. 20 taels is simply unimaginable. .

Moreover, the chief envoy who was arrested had more than 80 taels of corrupt money and food converted into silver taels.

"How come this matter has developed so far, why do I feel something is wrong?" Shang Ren sat there, stroking his beard and sighing as he looked at the other cabinet ministers.

The other ministers also stared at Shang Ren. Could it be that he felt something was wrong, and now everyone felt something was wrong.

"Are the generals involved so deeply with our civil servants? Why didn't we know about it before?" Chen Xun also stared at those people and asked.

They were still silent. Who didn't know a few Qianhu town governors?

Moreover, those who want to be promoted by the governor of Qianhu Town need to go through the Ministry of War. Among them, cabinet ministers, who do not have their own people in the Ministry of War?
"Hurry up and call Yu Qian back to inquire about this matter. You can't investigate like this. If the investigation continues like this, the Central Military Governor's Mansion will be rectified, and there will be a big problem in our staff department!" Gao Gu suggested as he looked at Chen Xun.

Chen Xun looked at Gao Gu and asked, "Where is Yu Qian now?"

"In Dusi, Henan!" Gao Gu replied.

"Who accompanied the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion?" Chen Xun continued to ask.

"Cheng'an Marquis Guo Sheng!" Gao Gu continued to answer. Cheng'an Marquis Guo Sheng leads the Central Military Command. Although Wang Ying is the Left Commandant of the Central Military Command, Guo Sheng is also the Left Commandant. Among them, Wang Ying just takes his salary and ignores the affairs. He mainly manages the Fifth Army Camp and serves as the Admiral of the Fifth Army Camp. This is Wang Ying's real power position, while the Zuo Governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion is just a reward. Of course, Wang Ying also has some say in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion now.

After hearing this, Chen Xun stroked his beard and began to think deeply.

The other cabinet ministers did not bother him. They all knew that Guo Sheng was difficult to deal with. This man had been in the army for many years. After Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng were gone, Guo Sheng became one of the pillars of the army.

After a while, Chen Xun sighed and said: "This person is not easy to fool, but when it comes to rectifying the guard station under the Central Military Governor's Mansion, this person will definitely go. Hey!"

"Find a way to get him back?" Gao Gu looked at Chen Xun and asked.

"Difficult!" Chen Xun shook his head.

"I think the most critical thing about this matter is that those thousands or hundreds of households were arrested by the Jinyiwei. We don't know the specific confessions. We don't know which general they bitten. And they bitten the civil servants. , the military general went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which made us passive!" Shang Ren also said, stroking his beard.

The others nodded after listening, and they also discovered that this was the key point.

(End of this chapter)