Summary of the previous chapter: After a dispute of words, Ma Xiaoquan still had the upper hand and successfully rescued Li Qinghan from Cining Palace...
On September 20, the first year of Taichang, 1620 AD, Zhu Youxiao had just ascended the throne for half a month. As mentioned earlier, Zhu Youxiao designated the period before the first day of August in the forty-eighth year of Wanli as Taichang, and designated it as Taichang after the first day of August.
In the first year of the Apocalypse, next year, that is, 1621, was the first year of Tianqi. On the day of the first year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao did something that made people speechless. Just early in the morning, he went to court in person, granted Wei Jin Zhong Shiyin, and also
He named his nanny Ke Yinyue as the "Holy Lady".
Ma Xiaoquan was very helpless to Zhu Youxiao for doing this, but history was like this and he couldn't change it. Moreover, what Ma Xiaoquan couldn't accept the most was that after Wei Jinzhong became Shiyin, his brother Wei Zhao actually became the official of Jinyiwei.
Thousands of households.
Zheng Qianhu is equivalent to the fifth-rank official. To put it more simply, Zheng Qianhu is half a rank higher than the deputy fifth-rank official of Xinke Zhuangyuan. Moreover, Zheng Qianhu has at least 700 people under his command. To put it mildly,
Wei Zhao is now a powerful man.
Although Ma Xiaoquan was not afraid of Wei Zhao, and Wei Zhao did not dare to do anything to him, one had people under his command and the other had no people under him. The inequality in strength immediately became evident.
Ma Xiaoquan was secretly frightened. If he hadn't held the small token given by the emperor, Wei Zhao might have turned against him now.
...
Ma Xiaoquan's judgment was not wrong. After Wei Jinzhong became Shiyin, he immediately called his brother Wei Zhao to discuss how to deal with Ma Xiaoquan.
Wei Jinzhong believed that if he wanted to put Ma Xiaoquan to death, he must first remove the small token from Ma Xiao's body, but... the small token was given by the emperor, and judging from the emperor's tone, the small token was
It must be given to Ma Xiaoquan.
After Wei Zhao heard his brother's words, he sneered and said: "Jin Zhong, you don't understand this, right? Our Jin Yiwei sometimes does things, and we don't care about tokens or not. We have done the job of killing first and then reporting later."
Wei Jinzhong smiled bitterly and said: "That's what I said, but you have never seen Ma Xiaoquan's skills. He is simply an awesome figure."
Wei Zhao's martial arts was pretty good. When he heard his younger brother praising Ma Xiaoquan, he said unhappily: "How awesome is he? Okay, I'll try it out tomorrow. If it doesn't work, let's discuss it again. How about that?"
Wei Jinzhong hummed.
...
Zhu Youxiao granted Wei Jinzhong and Ke Yinyue the title, which aroused the dissatisfaction of all the ministers. Since ancient times, "Shiyin" has to first perform meritorious service. Wei Jinzhong has no farthing and has never done any merit, and he can become Shiyin. This is called Shiyin.
How can those people who have been working outside for half their lives be so unworthy? There is also Ke Yinyue, a nanny. Logically speaking, Zhu Youxiao should have left the palace and returned home when he was six years old, but now Zhu Youxiao is
She is almost sixteen years old, and she still refuses to leave. Liu Yijing, a cabinet scholar, is over sixty years old. She has to walk in and out of the palace. She is a little wet nurse, and she has to carry a sedan chair in and out of the palace.
Lift it up, it's as big as the emperor.
In the evening, Ma Xiaoquan, who had been hanging around the palace all day, was preparing to pack up and go home for dinner. A colleague suddenly came over to send a message saying that Wei Qianhu was looking for him.
Wei Qianhu? Isn't this Wei Zhao? If he calls himself this time, he must be having a Hongmen Banquet.
Ma Xiaoquan hesitated for a moment and decided to take a look.
Of course, Ma Xiaoquan is not stupid. During these days when he was on duty at Jinyiwei, Ma Xiaoquan had a deeper understanding of this institution directly under the emperor.
In the past, when watching movies and TV series and listening to storytelling, Ma Xiaoquan would always be deeply moved by the Jin Yiwei in the plot. He still remembers that there were one or two movies in which Jin Yiwei was portrayed as a tender and tough man.
But... after the entity traveled back through time and entered the Jinyiwei, Ma Xiaoquan realized that this agency directly under the emperor was actually engaged in those shameful activities. Whether it was killing, framing, or framing, the Jinyiwei could be said to be used for everything.
To top it off, as for the tenderhearted tough guy... Ma Xiaoquan originally thought that Brother Lin Feng was one, but after seeing the horrific methods Lin Feng showed when he tortured a prisoner the day before yesterday, Ma Xiaoquan rejected his idea.
The Jinyiwei is simply a massacre group. In this group, there is no so-called human kindness at all.
...
"Brother Lin," Ma Xiaoquan called out to Lin Feng.
"Well, Xiaoma, what's going on?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head and said, "Brother Lin, Wei Qianhu came to see me, what are you talking about?"
Lin Feng frowned: "Wei Zhao is looking for you? Hmm."
Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head, feeling secretly happy. He secretly found out that Lin Feng and Wei Zhao were not on good terms, so he deliberately told Lin Feng that Wei Zhao was looking for him.
Lin Feng and Wei Zhao entered the same batch of Jin Yiwei. In terms of skill and intelligence, Lin Feng had a steady pressure on Wei Zhao. Logically speaking, the next Qianhu master should be Lin Feng no matter what, but because of Wei Jinzhong's
Suddenly being sealed off, Wei Zhao's chickens and dogs suddenly ascended to heaven and became a thousand households. In this way, Lin Feng's dream of a thousand households was shattered.
Lin Feng was very dissatisfied with Wei Zhao's promotion. He was currently only a captain of ten, and he was already a million miles away from Wei Zhao.
"Let's go, I'll go with you," Lin Feng said through gritted teeth.
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, pretending to be surprised and said: "Brother Lin, are you coming with me? That would be great. Actually... Wei Qianhu suddenly came to me, I was a little nervous, and you are too
I know, I don’t know Wei Qianhu..."
Lin Feng sneered: "Wei Qianhu? Humph, just call him Wei Zhao."
Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head and smiled secretly. It seems that Lin Feng will definitely confront Wei Zhao when he sees him soon. Hehe... I guess there will be a lot of fun to watch.
...
The two of them came to Wei Zhao's hotel together. Before Ma Xiaoquan opened his mouth, Lin Feng shouted carelessly into the room: "Wei Zhao, come out."
The door of the room was kicked open from the inside with a bang, and a black-faced man slowly walked out of the room. When he saw Lin Feng, the black-faced man suddenly felt like a deflated ball.
Half of it.
Lin Feng looked at the dark-faced man indifferently and said, "Wei Zhao, I heard that you are looking for my brother Ma?"
Wei Zhao chuckled: "Oh, Lin Feng, I just want to meet Brother Ma. By the way, didn't the boss arrange something for Brother Ma a few days ago? I just want to ask...
."
"Ask a question?" Lin Feng said disdainfully, "Only the boss knows the boss's orders. Wei Zhao, have you become more courageous after becoming a member of a thousand households?"