Brocade legend

Chapter 284
On July 25th of the [-]th year of Jiajing, Tang Long was impeached by the public, dismissed Chen's old illness, and begged to leave. Shizong angrily called him "forgetful of the emperor", ordered him to be demoted to the people, and died thirty miles out of the capital.

When Lu Bing heard that Tang Long was dismissed from his post as a civilian and died within thirty miles of the capital, he was deeply saddened.

It is conceivable how painful and chilling Tang Long was on the [-]-mile journey out of Beijing. Tang Long was excellent in learning and practice, and was known as a talented minister at one time. He also wrote "Yu Shi Ji".Lu Bing and Tang Long worked together and had known each other for many years. He dedicated his life to the country, and finally ended up like this.

After Tang Long's death, his son compiled Tang Ruji's memorial to the Ming Dynasty that his father did not deceive the emperor.

Tang Long was first sacked by Emperor Jiajing for such a nonsensical reason as being old and forgetting the emperor. Then he died in desolation outside Beijing.

This series of events made Lu Bing sigh secretly, Emperor Jiajing was really confused by cultivating immortals!

Lu Bing is right. Emperor Jiajing is now fully focused on cultivating the Tao. On August 25, [-]th year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing once again named Tao Zhongwen, a real person, "Shenxiao Zifu, Fan Baoguo, Honglie, Propaganda, Zhenfa, Tongzhen, Zhongwen, Xiao Bingyi." A real person", in charge of teaching affairs.

There are even Sheng Duanming and Gu Kexue, the Ministers of the Ministry of Industry with a salary, who were added as Ministers of the Ministry of Rites because of their merits in burning and refining elixir.

This made many people of insight secretly choke their wrists and shouted absurdly!
For Tang Long's death, Lu Bing was heartbroken. Not to mention the deep personal relationship between the two, but from a political point of view, Tang Long's death was also a great loss for Lu Bing.

Tang Long is one of Lu Bing's most important allies, a friendship forged from fighting side by side on the battlefield.In addition, Tang Long had contacted dozens of officials around Lu Bing, all of whom were Lu Bing's solid backing. Now that Tang Long died so aggrieved, there was an additional layer of estrangement between Lu Bing and those officials.For Lu Bing, this was a disaster for no reason.

Not many civil servants in Ming Dynasty are willing to deal with Jin Yiwei.Therefore, these officials are one of Lu Bing's most important foreign aid groups, except for those civil officials who have a handle in Lu Bing's hands.

Tang Long's death severed the relationship between Lu Bing and the Northern Army. Since then, in the 11th year of Jiajing, the influence Lu Bing had established in the Northern Army has disappeared.

Now Emperor Jiajing ignores the government and practices Taoism and is moody, so rewards and punishments are determined by his mood.Those who oppose his cultivation are courtiers, and those who support him are capable officials.Lu Bingjin remonstrated several times, but Emperor Jiajing even alienated him. Such a situation made Lu Bing very worried.

However, he has not been able to think of any way to persuade Emperor Jiajing, but Emperor Jiajing is advocating the Tao again!

On July 26, the 23th year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing, at the request of Bingyi Daoist Tao Zhongwen, saved 4000 Taoist priests in the world.

In August, Tao Zhongwen was granted the honor of entering Zhuguo, the doctor of Guanglu, as well as a bachelor's salary, and his son Shangbao Sicheng.

Tang Long passed away and Lu Bing fell out of favor. This series of events seemed to be the trigger, and many people who were holding back seemed to see an opportunity to deal with Lu Bing.

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Just when Lu Bing was having a headache for this series of things, another thing touched his eyes.

Lu Bing and Guo Ming, the deputy commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division and the Xicheng Bingma Division, were old. Guo Ming was in charge of Lu Bing's house, and he had dealt with Shitou when he knew Shitou.

After Lu Bing made his fortune, Guo Ming would send a gift every year and festival. Lu Bing has always had a good impression of him.

This Guo Ming originally had friendship with Master Lin Fu, and it was also because of Master Lin Fu's promotion that he became the deputy commander of the sixth rank.But later Mr. Lin Fu was stripped of his membership because of the Japanese pirates' invasion of Guangzhou.Guo Ming just kept standing still and failed to get promoted.

But this Guo Ming is also content, every day is just patrolling the streets, doing a good job of law and order and fire prevention tasks in his jurisdiction, and the rest of the time is eating, drinking, having fun with his brothers, but he is also happy and carefree.

The people in the Bingmasi Yamen's monthly money income, in addition to the salary of the imperial court, also depends on a little filial piety on the street.

On the ground of the capital, no one dared to search too much. Who knows if a small merchant has a relationship with the officials of the court?What's more, they are all neighbors in the street. If they are in a hurry, they will really find a way to report to them, and they will not look good.However, the people at the gate of the yamen also want to eat!Relying on the little salary of the imperial court, it is really difficult to support the family. If you want some money, be careful that you will end up hitting these people in the streets and alleys.

Therefore, there is a tacit understanding and rules between these people on the street and the people at the gates of the yamen.

People on the street, no matter what they do, give some silver taels to various yamen gates every month.Just think of it as buying yourself peace and harmony in your relationship.

People in the yamen, if you can take care of it, give it a little help. If you can handle the things that can be done, you can handle them more comfortably, and both sides will have face, so they live in peace.

However, there are so many yamen in this capital!People who hang out on the street can get a limited amount of money every month. Since they can't be squeezed to death, then there are only a few melons and two dates left in a six-rank yamen like Wucheng Bingmasi. .

The Wucheng Bingma Division was originally called the Beijing Bingma Command Division and was established in the second year of Yongle.After Emperor Yongle established Beijing as his capital, he set up the Five Cities Army and Horse Division separately.

The military and horse divisions of the five cities, that is, the military and horse command divisions of the five cities in the middle, east, west, south, and north, are the six-rank yamen.Each has one commander, four deputy commanders, and one official.Responsible for law and order, fire ban, and clearing the streets of Jiqu.

Therefore, although it is not much, it is a good idea to provide some goods to the soldiers and horses of the city every month.The soldiers and horses in the yamen wandered and huddled in the streets every day, and the duties assigned by the court had to be completed with the cooperation of the big guys. Naturally, they couldn't be greedy and make the people uneasy.Therefore, the tribute given on weekdays is not much, about a dozen or 20 taels per month.

When the money is in hand, first hand over two floors to the Commander, one floor to each of the four deputy commanders, and half a floor to the officials, and the rest will be shared equally with the brothers who run errands below.

In addition, if there is any dispute or accident in any house on weekdays, people from the Bingmasi Yamen are invited to mediate or deal with it, and thank you as appropriate.Most of them are to buy a drink, give some loose silver, or wrap some gifts or something.

Guo Ming, a sixth-rank official in the capital, with a monthly salary and filial piety from various sources, only has seven or eight taels of pocket money in his hand.So he often lamented that it was not as good as a seventh-rank sesame official below.

However, Guo Ming's good days are coming to an end soon.

The original commander of Xicheng Bingma Division was old and retired, and a new Xicheng Bingma Division commander was transferred from Yunnan.

(End of this chapter)