Chapter 146 Jia Yun, Deputy Team Leader of Class B in the Imperial Palace
The next day, June 21st.
Today is a bit special for Jia Yun, because today is his first day on duty in the palace.
It is strange to say that Jia Yun was awarded the rank of third-class bodyguard more than two years ago. It has been a month since he was promoted to first-class bodyguard by the martial arts champion. However, it was not until today that he went to the palace for his first day on duty.
This is one of the weird ones.
There is also the second weird one.
That is, Jia Yun went to the palace on her first day today as a first-class imperial guard. This kind of thing has never happened since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and it should never happen in the future. It is unprecedented and unprecedented.
In the Qing Dynasty, the palace not only had a guard office, but also an internal guard office.
The Guards Department is in charge of the guards of the outer court. The people who are in charge of the Guards Department are the internal ministers who lead the guards, six internal ministers, and six ministers of casual rank.
The Inner Guards Department is in charge of the inner court guards. The people who are in charge of the Inner Guards Department are the imperial ministers and two ministers of casual rank.
In the current Qing Dynasty, the total number of guards in the outer court exceeds 500, while the number of guards in the inner court is only 80.
However, the inner court guards were not only trusted by the emperor, but almost all were elite.
On the morning of June 21st, Jia Yun came to the palace wearing a first-class guard uniform and a first-class guard sword, and went directly to the inner guard office to report.
When the imperial minister He Cheng was away, a minister named Fang Degong said to Jia Yun: "Jia Yun, in accordance with the instructions of Lord He Chenghe, I appoint you as the deputy leader of the second class of the inner court."
There are only eighty guards in the inner court, divided into two classes, namely the inner court class A and the inner court class B.
Each class has forty imperial guards, each with a class leader and a deputy class leader.
When Jia Yun first arrived, she was appointed as the deputy leader of class B by the imperial minister He Cheng. This was undoubtedly a sign of respect. In fact, this was the arrangement of Emperor Tianzhi!
The deputy leader of class B in the inner court was originally Wu Pan. This time Emperor Tianzhi removed Wu Pan's position as deputy leader and replaced it with Jia Yun. This undoubtedly made Wu Pan feel more resentful towards Jia Yun.
It is worth mentioning that Meng Jing, Mu Fu, Zhao Xiuyuan, and Yu Keping are all in Class B of the inner court now, while Cao Wu and Tang Daqian are all guards of the outer court.
The leader of Class B in the Inner Court is Di Boping, who is almost forty years old and much older than Jia Yun.
The inner court guards are mainly on duty beside the emperor at Qianqing Gate, Neiyou Gate and Ningshou Gate.
As the first-class imperial bodyguard, Jia Yun is naturally on duty beside the emperor!
Immediately, Jia Yun took nine of her subordinates' imperial guards and imperial guards, a total of ten people, and followed Emperor Tianzhi!
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Class A and Class B of the inner court guards are on duty for five days and have five days off, with replacements taking turns.
The five days on duty were very hard. You were not allowed to leave without authorization during the journey, and you had to stay in the palace at night.
Moreover, the imperial guards need to abide by many rules.
For example, drinking while on duty is prohibited.
For example, you must remember many people's names, official positions, titles and other information.
For example, if you want to be a deterrent to princes and ministers, you must not be afraid, let alone collude.
For example, people who have an audience with the emperor, including princes and ministers, need to be searched, but the search cannot be excessive. Magnets need to be used to check whether there are weapons hidden on the person to prevent assassination. Experienced inner court guards, even without magnets, can only observe with their eyes.
You can tell if someone has evil intentions.
For example, there is no special toilet in the palace for the use of the inner court guards, so the inner court guards will put a toilet bucket in the duty room, and all the toilets are in the toilet bucket.
For example, you need to keep your mouth clean when you are on duty because you want to meet a distinguished person and you must not have bad breath.
For example, when the summer is hot, the emperor has someone to hold an umbrella and fan, but the imperial guards naturally do not have them. They have to stand up to the bright sun, so they often prepare ice packs to cool down.
Etc., etc.
There are also many rules that the guards of the outer court need to abide by, but they are fewer than those of the guards of the inner court.
Therefore, being an imperial guard is very hard, and you may even die trying to protect the emperor.
However, the imperial guards do have a high position and can easily be promoted.
Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, many first- and second-rank senior officials were promoted from the inner court guards, and the inner court guards could also be converted from military attaches to civilian officials.
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The days on duty in the palace are usually uneventful.
Danger rarely occurs in the palace, and the White Lotus Sect's attack on the palace is extremely rare. Therefore, there are not many opportunities for the palace guards to perform meritorious service. Most of the opportunities occur when they leave the palace with the emperor.
Jia Yun's first five days on duty in the palace were uneventful.
The five days passed quickly without any surprises.
On the morning of June 26, Jia Yun finished her five-day duty and could rest for five days.
When Jia Yun walked towards the outside of the palace, she happened to meet Cao Wu and Tang Daqian, and the three of them walked out of the palace together.
After walking outside the palace, Jia Yuncai smiled and asked, "How do you feel after being on duty in the palace for five days?"
Tang Daqian smiled and said: "I feel pretty good, but Brother Wu has been scolded by his father five times in five days."
After saying that, Tang Daqian and Jia Yun laughed together, while Cao Wu's face turned bitter.
Jia Yun was curious: "Why have you been reprimanded so many times?"
Tang Daqian said: "There are various reasons, such as remembering the noble person's name incorrectly, for example, offending the noble person during the body search, for example, taking too much time during the evacuation, for example, unable to resist fanning with hot hands, for example, standing
The posture is not correct."
After saying that, Tang Daqian and Jia Yun laughed together again, and Cao Wu's face became even more bitter.
Jia Yun smiled at Cao Wu and said: "You should be lucky that you have a father who is the head of the ministers in the bodyguard department. Otherwise, if you were so unruly on duty, it would be more than just a reprimand."
Cao Wei is the head of the six internal ministers in the Guard Department, and is now highly regarded by Emperor Tianzhi. With such a father, as long as Cao Wu does not make big mistakes while on duty, he should not be punished.
What's more, Cao Wei specially arranged for Cao Wu and Tang Daqian to be on duty with him. In other words, Cao Wei was Cao Wu and Tang Daqian's foreman.
Tang Daqian asked Jia Yun: "What about you? How do you feel? As an inner court guard, especially an imperial guard, you need to abide by more rules than outside guards like us."
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm not Brother Wu, and I won't break the rules easily."
Tang Daqian nodded. He knew Jia Yun well. He knew that although Jia Yun could be a domineering and ruthless person at times, she was also mature and steady.
Cao Wu couldn't help but speak: "Well, my father told me many times before that being a palace guard is hard, but I still don't believe it. Now that I have only been on duty for five days, I know it."
Jia Yun said: "Didn't Master Cao tell you that he will serve as a palace guard for one year, and then he will arrange for you to become a general in the army? It's only one year, and it will pass quickly."
Cao Wu nodded.
In the Qing Dynasty, generally speaking, palace guards had to serve for at least one year before being transferred to other positions.
Cao Wei had already planned to let Cao Wu serve as a palace guard for one year, and then arrange for Cao Wu to become a general in the army. Tang Anping had also planned to let Tang Daqian serve as a palace guard first, and then arrange for Tang Daqian to serve as a palace guard.
Go to the Outer Firearms Camp.
As for Jia Yun, he doesn't have such a father. He can only work as a palace guard and doesn't know when he will be transferred.
Fortunately, he is already a first-class imperial guard. If he is promoted to a second-grade military attache, he will no longer be a palace guard. He will either be promoted to a minister of casual rank in the guard department or the inner guard department, or be promoted elsewhere.