"Hey, my Lord Yun, why are you here!" A sharp voice suddenly sounded from downstairs. Yun Zheng and the other two turned to look, only to see a man in his forties, wearing a The eunuch wearing the uniform of a fourth-grade palace steward hurriedly walked over and said as he walked: "Master Yun, our family has finally found you... Oh, Mr. Shen and Prince Yun are also there? Haha. ,Disrespect, disrespect... Hey, eh, you're welcome, you're welcome..." Seeing Yun Zheng and Shen Ju hand over to him, the eunuch waved his hands with a smile.
It turns out that this eunuch is none other than Xue Zongting, the current general manager of the palace.
Xue Zongting entered the palace very early. When he was only ten years old, he was sent to Emperor Wanchang, who was still the prince at the time. Later, after Wanchang ascended the throne, he naturally became the general manager of the palace. He worked with the emperor for more than ten years. His Majesty has had an iron-clad relationship with him since childhood, and his status in the Wei Dynasty is very high. Although the Wei Dynasty itself is not centralized enough, the deterrence of the central government is not as good as that of Yun Zheng in the history of the world. Certain dynasties, but this person still has a high status in the circle of senior officials in the capital. After all, the ministers of the outer court are always not as close to the emperor as the minions of the inner court, right?
Yun Dai also stood up, but before he spoke, Xue Zongting waved his hand and said: "Master Yun, don't be polite, time is very tight now - the emperor has summoned you to the palace. Hi, you can drink here leisurely." Tea, our family first went to the Ministry of Household Affairs and then to your house. After going around for a few times, we found this place. It was just a run away. It wasted a lot of time. Look at the emperor's face just now... Well, just I’m afraid it’s not a good thing, Mr. Yun, we’d better leave quickly!”
Shen Ju frowned, but Yun Dai just said "Oh" and said: "Since it is summoned by the Holy Lord, of course I have to rush there immediately. Manager Xue, please"
"Master Yun invites you." Yun Dai is different from ordinary officials, so Xue Zongting is also very polite. He also did not forget Yun Zheng and Shen Ju: "Prince Yun, Master Shen, our royal family is in charge, so I would like to invite you two if you are disrespectful." "Take care of it"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "What are you talking about, Mr. Xue? Naturally, everything comes first with the holy will. How is this rude?"
Shen Ju also smiled and nodded: "What Chengfeng said is that Manager Xue is too polite... You two go slowly."
----------******----------******----------After Yun Dai and Xue Zongting leave, Yun Zheng asked: "Brother Henghuang, when I saw your face just now, did you seem to be worried about something?"
Shen Ju glanced at Yun Zheng, nodded, and frowned: "It seems that the emperor has also received the news."
"Huh? Is there something wrong?" Yunzheng didn't understand the meaning of this. Of course the emperor would get the news if such a big thing happened. If he didn't know about such a big thing, then the problem would be serious.
"Of course it is necessary for the Emperor to get the news, but judging from the past situation, the Privy Council has always been slow to take notice of Tianji Pavilion. For news like today, after Tianji Pavilion knows it, the Privy Council should usually get the news tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow. But today , we got the news at noon, and the emperor actually found out in the afternoon..."
The Privy Council of the Wei Dynasty was not the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty in the history of Yunzheng's world. This Privy Council was an intelligence agency, directly subordinate to the emperor; while Tianji Pavilion was the intelligence agency of the cabinet. The two were not subordinate to each other, and both were independent of the six ministries. outside
The existence of Tianji Pavilion, in a sense, is a manifestation of "the ministers are strong but the emperor is weak". The status of the eight great aristocratic families in the founding of the country is too high and their strength is too strong. These four martial arts and four civilized families control half of the country's military, civilized and civilized families.
Controlled half of the officials of the noble family
If we really want to calculate according to the most heart-wrenching scenario, the official establishment of the Yun Family Army in the four major border towns is 201,600 people, the Zhou Family Army has 151,200 people, the Leng Family Army has 117,600 people, and the Jiang Family Army has 100,800 people, for a total of 571,200 people in the Fourth Army.
The Central Army has 36 Guandong Guards, 36 Jiangdong Guards, and 36 Guards at Jingchu, a total of 108 guards, with a total of 604,800 men. The strength of both sides is almost equal. However, the Central Army has not been baptized by war for decades.
Comparing the troops of the four major border towns, although they are well-equipped, their training level and war experience are far behind. Let’s make the worst assumption: if the four major border towns rebel together, then the Central Army of the Wei Dynasty will most likely be
Can't withstand the fierce attack of the border town army
Of course, the imperial court was not without its advantages. In addition to its reputation as a great righteousness, the Wei imperial court had extremely prominent advantages in economy and population. However, the four major border towns all had their own shortcomings. The Wei imperial court occupied the most populous and most prosperous economy.
The Central Plains and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, as well as the Huguang area, had ample food. At this time, almost all the best parts of China were under the control of the imperial court. But what about the four major border towns? In addition to not being short of people, the Yun family was also short of money and food.
The Zhou family is basically not short of food and people, but they are extremely short of salt and money; the Leng family does have salt wells, but they are short of people and money, and the food is only enough. If there is a war, it is estimated that
They tightened their belts and lived a life; the Jiang family benefited more from overseas trade, but they were not short of money. There were ways to solve the problem of salt, but they were severely short of people and not enough food. At this time, Guangdong and Guangxi were not as prosperous as they would be in later generations.
, many places are still very desolate.
In this way, it can be seen that the Wei Dynasty was actually a government that was actually conducting a "co-governing" to a certain extent. This government was composed of the royal family and several large nobles. The emperor controlled the most troops and wealth.
, and a few big nobles controlled the remaining army and the social wealth and social influence that were enough to restrict the imperial power.
In the Wei Dynasty, "Don't sin with words". Although this was an ancestral motto, it was implemented to the letter by subsequent emperors. Firstly, it was out of respect for the ancestors. Secondly, it was also because the imperial power itself was not deterrent enough.
In addition, just like Shen Ju has become accustomed to receiving information from the Tianji Pavilion, which is subordinate to the cabinet, earlier than the Privy Council, which is subordinate to the emperor. The royal family is indeed not as good as the ministers in handling many issues, and the efficiency is often lower than that of the ministers.
As the emperor's private intelligence agency, the Privy Council not only has great power but also sufficient funds. On the other hand, Tianji Pavilion, although its organization is also backed by the cabinet, at least in the eyes of outsiders, its deterrence and sanctity are far from the same.
The emperor is "pro-military", and the funds for Tianji Pavilion are provided by several big families. Because these big families also have internal competition, no one can be happy if they give money - at least not as happy as the emperor.
In this way, Tianji Pavilion's errands are still better than those of the Privy Council.
Yunzheng suddenly became interested in Tianji Pavilion
But before he could ask Shen Ju about Tianji Pavilion, he heard the voice of the Thirteenth Princess: "Brother Zheng, I'm back... Hey, Mr. Shen? Why are you here too? - Could it be? Are you here to shop too?"
