In Qianqing Palace and Xinuang Pavilion, Chongzhen looked at the ministers opposite with cold eyes.
"What do you have to say?" Chongzhen left the edited edict still on the ground.
This matter cannot be explained or explained. The admiral who has been in charge of the capital camp since Hongzhi cannot also be in charge of the patrol camp. This is the ancestral family law.
Everyone was silent and bowed their heads in silence,
Just pretend to be dead. This matter is too deep to get involved. On one side are the top nobles of the admiral's capital camp, and on the other side are the powerful Donglin bosses.
The genius Xin Donglin has no agenda, it is just Liu Hongxun's personal behavior of greed for money. The collusion between the top civil servants group and the top nobles and military power makes people break into cold sweats just thinking about it.
In the 19th year of Yongle's reign, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, and the Five-City Military and Horse Division that maintained public security in Beijing became a full-time agency responsible for maintaining public security in the capital.
During the Hongzhi period, with political corruption and acute social conflicts, the security of the capital deteriorated day by day. In order to make up for the shortcomings of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division in patrolling and anti-theft, the patrol camp was formally established.
The patrol camp was established under the background that social security has been deteriorating since the mid-Ming Dynasty, and the military and horse divisions in the five cities were unable to perform patrol functions.
The patrol battalion was officially established during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty. It has admirals, middle officers, left and right staff generals, and general and other positions. The admirals are mostly led by military generals with relatively high official rank. The patrol battalion's main responsibilities are to patrol and catch thieves. Supplemented by the control and removal of homeless people and the execution of some temporary tasks.
The affairs of the patrol battalion are mainly managed by the patrol camp and the Ministry of War. However, in actual implementation, there are departments that have overlapping functions or cooperate with the patrol battalion, such as Jinyiwei, Shuntian Prefecture (Wan, Daer County), and the patrol censor. They all have a certain say in patrol camp affairs.
The work in the patrol camp is not easy to do, there are many mothers-in-law, and the affairs are complicated. They are responsible for all kinds of miscellaneous things in the capital, ranging from trivial matters to criminal cases. The salary is not high, and the responsibility is not small. In fact, it is ten hard jobs.
However, they are down-to-earth and have contact with all three religions and nine streams.
Therefore, the yamen is not big, but they are the real local snakes in Sijiu City. There is no information that they cannot find out, and there is nothing that they cannot handle. As long as there are illegal activities, you can never do it without their approval. .
"Fortunately, Zheng Qixin was alert and loyal, and he discovered the problem with the imperial edict. I would like to ask, why did everyone find out about the edict with such a big problem after it passed through various agencies?" Chongzhen's face turned pale with anger. .
Donglin and Xungui are colluding, what do you want to do, is it going to turn the world upside down?
The highest officer is the admiral who patrols the camp to deal with thefts, referred to as the admiral. Zheng Qixin, who is currently a hereditary officer in the Guards.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the guard station collapsed. For the sake of national defense, soldiers from the recruiting battalions were gradually used to fight. The guard station was positioned as a regular army.
It is mainly used for local defense and public security. The battalion is positioned as a guerrilla army, that is, the troops commanded by the guerrilla generals, and is used for mobile operations. It is also a field corps.
And the camp officers,
That is to say, the main sources of battalion officers are the group of guards officers, from which they are drawn.
During the Wanli period, several generals of the Laizhou camp in Shandong were all transferred to the position of guard officer. However, the guard officers were mostly assigned to command Qianshi and Jinyiwei Qianhu.
Therefore, as the commander of the Zunhua Guard, Yang Fan is qualified to deploy senior officials as battalion soldiers, such as the general and deputy general.
During the Chongzhen period, there were two candidates for the chief military officer of the Xuanfu. One was Dong Jishu, who entered the official position from the Hundred Households of Longmen Suo. He served successively as the governor, Tongzhi, and the general secretary of the governor, and was later promoted to the chief military officer of Gansu Province.
Another candidate was Zheng Qixin, who was born as the commander of the Luzhou Guard. This shows that the source of battalion officers was very single.
At this time, in order to strengthen the troops under his control in the capital, Chongzhen transferred Dong Jishu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, to Fengtai as a field mobile force that he could directly control. At the same time, he also transferred Zheng Qixin to the admiral's patrol camp in the capital to take charge of public security in the capital.
With these two people, one outside and one inside, controlling military power respectively, he could rest easy in the Forbidden City.
Especially Zheng Qixin, after taking charge of the patrol camp, he worked very effectively. He was aware of all the big and small affairs in the capital. He became the emperor's most important eyes and ears. Sometimes, even the foxes and rats in the city under their control, the three religions and the nine streams,
The ruffians can find out important information that Dongchang and Jinyiwei don't know.
This time, Zheng Qixin played an important role. People in Donglin didn't know that Zheng Qixin was the emperor's secret agent. Seeing that he was a commander of a local guard station without a deep background and was transferred to Beijing, they looked down upon him. They thought he was not
Dare to prick.
Lard was so fooled that he directly revised the text in the edict and removed the patrol camp. This was simply arrogant and authoritarian. Unexpectedly, Zheng Qixin was behind the emperor, and he didn't bother them at all, so he was directly reported by Zheng Qixin.
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Reminiscent of the fact that Governor Yuan had just carried out a mutiny and took away the governor of Liaodong. Now Liaodong is completely under the control of Donglin. Even the basic checks and balances are gone. Chongzhen is in a very bad mood. Now except for Mao Wenlong of Pi Dao, the entire Liaodong
Yuan Chonghuan had already covered the sky with one hand. At this time, the emperor already regretted that he was too excited and was deceived by Yuan Chonghuan's five-year return to Liao Dynasty.
"Today, if you don't tell me clearly about the imperial edict, it's impossible for you to pass the test. How come these four words are included in the edict?" Chongzhen refused to give up. It's impossible for you to pass the test without speaking.
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In the matter, Li Juesi said: "The manuscript has been submitted to the Ministry of War and sent to the assistant ministers for judgment. The order is to be copied by Zhongshu. After the writing is completed, it will be reviewed and submitted. Both the Ministry of War and the assistant ministers should ask questions.
Wang Zaijin, the Minister of War, broke out in a cold sweat. This edict was drafted by the Ministry of War and sent to the ministers for approval. It is impossible for him not to know whether these four words are included in the text, and he cannot evade it at all.
"Wang Aiqing, please tell me, you added these four words." Chongzhen asked, staring at him word by word with bright eyes.
Wang Zaijin was frightened to death. This was a serious crime of beheading. How could he bear it?
"No, it was not added by me." Wang Zaijin hurriedly explained.
"I ask you, does the edict drafted by your Ministry of War contain these words?"
Wang Zaijin hesitated and couldn't speak.
Chongzhen was so angry that he turned around and asked the four pavilion elders. The four pavilion elders all shook their heads to express ignorance.
Chongzhen turned around and asked the person involved, Zhang Qingzhen, the admiral of the Beijing Camp, "Did you ask for these four words to be added? Who did you find and who did it for you?"
Zhang Qingzhen said that he had no idea about this matter, and these four words were on the letter he received.
Qing Zhen said: "Changing the edict is a matter of Zhongshu, and the officials did not know it. And if you add additional jurisdiction over the capture of soldiers, how much profit can you make? Is this a heavy bribery?"
Chongzhen was furious, seeing that this incident had led to Rashomon.
Chongzhen was furious and asked Tian Jiabi, a member of the Zhongshushe, to come forward and ask: "After the imperial edict is approved by the ministers, you will copy it and the original will be kept by you. Do you think that when you get the imperial edict, you will have these four characters?"
Tian Jiabi was not the Minister of War in Jin Dynasty. He dared to carry this thunder. He was so frightened that he knelt down and shouted loudly: "When I copied it, these four words were already there. I thought it was approved by His Majesty, so I copied it.
It’s been issued.”
Tian Jiabi actually dared to say that these four words came from the cabinet.
Suddenly the four pavilion elders were all shocked and stared angrily. Tian Jiabi was so frightened that he peed.
"Where is the Jin Yiwei? Immediately lock Tian Jiabi. The people in Zhongshu She are responsible for verifying the imperial edict. They have neglected their duties and have ulterior motives. Because they ordered to verify the Zhongshu for bribery, Tian Jiabi, the people in Jinyiwei, are ordered to be imprisoned and tortured. Be sure to ask.
The person behind the scenes." Chongzhen became furious and ordered loudly.
Luo Yangxing immediately waved his hand, and the Han general in front of the palace came forward to lock Tian Jiabi, who was in the middle study room.
"I don't believe it anymore. I still don't understand this matter. Luo Yangxing, if you let go of the torture, I will get the result."
"No!" Luo Yangxing accepted the order with his hand, and felt happy in his heart. Donglin, you guys will have this day too. His cold eyes roamed Qian Longxi's body, and he felt chills when he saw Qian Longxi.
This chapter has been completed!