Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

We must take good care of him. If His Majesty is pleased, he will promote me three levels. Then I will be a third-rank eunuch in charge of a duty!

Three levels further up, he would be a palace eunuch of the second rank!

Three more levels...

No, two more levels and it would be the top, which is the position of Eunuch Wang, the current seal-holder of the Imperial Household Department!

I am only three achievements away from reaching the top of the eunuch ranks. Just thinking about it makes me excited!

Although, after being cut by the bullet, I have no power left, but...

He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he put his hand into his clothes and fiddled with it.

Hey, it’s moving!

Zhu Youxiao didn't know what was happening behind him, otherwise, Wang Yiqi would immediately become Wang Qi...

Inside the palace, Concubine Chun tidied her clothes in the back hall, then walked out again and looked at Zhu Youxiao with a red face.

"Your Majesty, why didn't you let someone know that you were coming? You made me look so embarrassed..."

"What's so embarrassing about this? It's not like I haven't seen this before!"

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hands and hooked them around her waist.

"Come, let me take another look at those strawberries. Are they ripe today..."

Concubine Chun was very sensitive during her special period. When he teased her like this, a blush instantly appeared on her cheeks.

But when she thought about the fact that Shi Tian was interrupted, she looked at Zhu Youxiao with lingering fear.

"Your Majesty, those thieves yesterday..."

"Those guys have been caught. Don't worry. No one will bother us today."

"Otherwise, I will kill all nine generations of his clan!"

"Then... Your Majesty, please have mercy on me..."

"Hahahaha, okay, pity! What I like most is pity for women......"

(The previous information was checked incorrectly, and there were errors and omissions in the eunuch's rank and official title. I will correct it as soon as possible. Please forgive me!)

Chapter 65 Jinyiwei, test

The next morning, Qianqing Palace.

Wei Zhongxian walked in with a group of men.

"Your Majesty, this old servant has brought all the thousand households of the Jinyiwei here."

The official establishment of the Jinyiwei was similar to that of the other guards, with about 5,000 people, divided into 19 divisions, which meant a total of 19 thousand households.

Each institute corresponds to different positions:

For example, the five offices of the Jinyi Guard, front, back, left, right and center, were commanded by colonels and were in charge of ceremonial guards.

In addition, there are Shangzhong, Shangqian, Shanghou, Shangzuo, Shangyou, Zhonghou, and Qinjun. These seven places are responsible for managing strongmen and military craftsmen.

In addition, there are elephant training stations, farmland storage stations, cavalry front stations, cavalry rear stations, cavalry left stations, and cavalry right stations.

The corresponding responsibilities of these institutes can be seen from their names alone, for example, the elephant training institute is responsible for elephant training, and the farmland storage institute is responsible for farmland storage.

The four cavalry offices were responsible for raising horses, and the Bimawen in Journey to the West was one of the four cavalry offices.

The last and finale are the dreaded North and South Pacification Offices, of which the South Pacification Office is responsible for case trials, while the North Pacification Office is responsible for the imperial prison.

Zhu Youxiao looked at them and nodded: "Tell me your identity!"

Upon hearing this, the 19 thousand-householders hurried forward, first going up the mountain to shout "Long live the emperor", and then one by one announced their names and the thousand-householder offices they were in charge of.

Wei Zhongxian chopped off the heads of Tian Ergeng, Cui Yingyuan and Yang Huan, and now the Jinyiwei was leaderless.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao asked them to come was that he wanted to test them personally and choose suitable successors from among them.

After they introduced their identities, Zhu Youxiao leaned casually on his chair, took out a stack of papers from the imperial desk and handed it to Wei Zhongxian, then looked at the group of thousand households and said.

"On this piece of paper are some questions I came up with. You guys can try them out. They are right here. I will watch you do them."

The thousand households were greatly surprised, as they knew very well why they were summoned by the emperor today.

But in the past, commanders were selected by recommendation or directly appointed by the emperor, and such a thing had never happened before.

Looking at the papers in their hands, they couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.

Perhaps, if I answer well, I will be the next commander!

Under the command of Wei Zhongxian, several eunuchs serving in the imperial court brought tables and pencils to the thousand households.

As one of the secret agencies of the Ming Dynasty, its leader must be literate, which is one of the necessary conditions.

Secondly, you must have excellent analytical skills.

For example, the test paper in front of you was copied by Zhu Youxiao, and it is the test paper for civil service examinations in later generations, although it has been modified.

Among them, Zhu Youxiao maliciously put a question that stumped countless male students on the test paper.

If your mother and your wife fall into the water at the same time, which one will you save first?

There is one more question.

If you are on a mission and are trapped in a cellar with a group of civilians by the enemy, and a baby among the civilians suddenly starts crying, what should you do?

Next are the essay questions, such as how you plan to carry out your work after becoming the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, etc.

There is no standard answer to questions like this; it all depends on one's position when answering the question.

Perhaps the times are different and people’s living environments are very different, so these problems are not suitable for them to deal with.

But what Zhu Youxiao wanted was not just an obedient puppet. If that were the case, it would be easiest to just throw him to Wei Zhongxian.

But he couldn't do that, because he knew that one should not put all his eggs in one basket.

The Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard are his left and right arms, and they must not have problems at the same time.

When the thousand households received the test papers, they were still full of anticipation, but after reading the questions carefully, they felt a little embarrassed.

In fact, according to the moral concepts of the time, these questions are easy to answer.

But would the emperor test them with such simple questions?

There seems to be nothing wrong with saving the mother first.

But I heard that since the emperor came back to life, he has been extremely doting on the empress and concubines.

He even hired a wet nurse to raise him for them......

So, who to save first?

This is a problem!

But before they could figure out what to do, Zhu Youxiao's voice came again.

"You only have half an hour. I will be here watching you answer the questions!"

Well, each person has four pages of paper with thirty questions, and they are all essay questions. They have to write a lot of words to answer them. Where is the time to hesitate or think carefully?

Time passed minute by minute, and Zhu Youxiao found it very interesting to see these guys scratching their heads.

I never thought that one day I would be an invigilator.

Maybe there are too few questions. It would be more comfortable if the thirty questions were replaced with three hundred questions.

As for the Three Thousand Daos...

Forget it, my wrist will be broken!

He wouldn't dare to ask someone else to write the questions for selecting his confidants. What if he missed a question?

At the time of Si, the incense sticks used for timekeeping in the hall burned out, and Zhu Youxiao stood up and clapped his hands.

"Time's up, put your pens down."

All the thousand households listened to the order and did it immediately. No one dared to disobey the order.

Wei Zhongxian stepped forward, took the paper back and handed it to Zhu Youxiao.

Marking the papers was very simple because time was limited. Only six out of nineteen people finished answering all the questions, so thirteen people were eliminated in this stage alone.

Among the six people, there was one whose paper was full of typos, and he was also eliminated.

If you look more closely, there is another sentence that is emphasized throughout the article, that is, Your Majesty is now wise and enlightened, far surpassing Yao and Shun, and I will act in accordance with your will.

Got it!

Zhu Youxiao felt so embarrassed after seeing this answer that he just crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the waste paper bin.

Thus, only four people were left.

Their answers were different, but they all gave their own reasons.

However, the answer given by the captain of the elephant training station named Sun Kangwang was a little different. This is what he wrote about the person falling into the water.

"My mother and my wife have both passed away, but if they were still alive, they would probably be happy that I fell into the water. This is because Shaanxi has been suffering from severe drought for years, and the rivers and canals have long been dry. If there was water, it would be able to irrigate the crops, and my mother and my wife would not have starved to death."

He avoided the question of who to save, but in his answer he revealed his situation.

He was very poor, so poor that his mother and wife were starved to death. This was not the situation a captain of the Imperial Guard should be in.

He has no worries and can carry out any mission.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether what he said was true or false, so he waved and called Wei Zhongxian to his side.

"Do you know the background of this Sun Kangwang?"

Wei Zhongxian shook his head awkwardly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I don't know much about this."

He didn't lie. It wasn't that he was worried about something, but that he really didn't know.

Zhu Youxiao had no doubts. After all, the elephant trainers were almost unloved in the entire Jinyiwei. They served elephants all day long, had no power and no benefits. It was normal that Sun Kangwang was not paid attention to.

Chapter 66 Is this a test? This is clearly a suicide mission, right?

Wei Zhongxian didn't know the answer, so he could only ask someone to get the resumes of Sun Kangwang and three other people, and at the same time, he also inquired about the news about these four people.

In addition to Sun Kangwang, the other three are:

The commander of the Pacification Division—Zhen Beiwang.

Go up to the former captain - General Li Han.

The former commander of the cavalry—Liu Shuo.

While waiting for the news, Zhu Youxiao did not let these four people idle, and assigned them different tasks.

He randomly picked out four books from the bookshelf behind him, marked them with pencil, and handed them to Wei Zhongxian.

"Go and hide these things separately."

"The locations are the duty room of the Shenjiying, behind the statue of Yue Fei in the lobby of the East Factory, in the study of the Duke of Ying's Mansion, and in the study of Prince Xin's Mansion."

After saying that, he looked at Sun Kangwang, Zhen Beiwang and others.

"The four locations I just mentioned are the second test for you."

"I want you to find the books in the corresponding location within three days!"

"Remember, this is a test. You can ask other people for help. There is no limit to the number of people."

"But if you are discovered, you can only resist physically. Injuring or killing anyone is strictly prohibited."

"If it is because you are not good at fighting and your people are found and killed accidentally, then I can only ask the Ministry of Revenue to give you more pensions."

Sun Kangwang and others were dumbfounded!

The Shenji Camp is now full of new troops, and each of them is strong and powerful.

And the Duke of England's Mansion, although there are only three hundred servants, all of them are veterans who have fought in the battlefield!

Besides, Prince Xin's Palace is a prince's palace, and it also has hundreds of personal guards...

The most outrageous one is the East Factory!

What kind of place is that? No one who sneaks in will come out alive!