The Neidongchang yamen is very small, with one main hall and two side rooms, just like an ordinary courtyard house in the city. To the north of the yamen is next to the Huntangsi (bathhouse) and to the east are the Mingqi Chief, the South Shanfang, the main entrance and the Shangshanjian, and Guanglu Temple.
It's like a horn, it's like door to door.
Chun Xiangzhen led a group of eunuchs to clean the Neidongchang Yamen, sweeping dust inside and outside and sprinkling water, giving this usually deserted and slightly rundown Yamen a new look.
"I bow to you, Lord Governor." As soon as Chang Yu stepped into the yamen door, several people inside hurriedly came to greet him. At a glance, they all had unfamiliar faces.
"They are all Dongchang stalls," Chunxiang walked over and said softly.
Chang Yu nodded slightly: "Get up and talk, you don't need to be so formal when you are busy working on your own."
"Thank you, Governor." He stood up a few stalls and said to himself: The rumors that this great master is approachable are true.
Chang Yu looked around the yamen, which was a small courtyard with nothing to see, the interrogation room, the archives room, the duty room, the dormitories, and then the main hall where he was at this time, which was his dignified governor.
's office.
There was a grand master's chair in the main hall. Chang Yu sat down and looked around at the empty space. He couldn't help but smile. Wei Zhongxian must have given orders here once upon a time.
"Chunxiang, do you know who the head of punishment and the judge of Dongchang are at this time? Why didn't you come to see me? Could it be that you didn't know that I was back in Beijing?" He was the only one in the hall, and he spoke more casually.
Chunxiang smiled bitterly and slapped his thigh: "Brother, it seems you don't know that this Dongchang has been in depression for several years. Not only are there vacancies for the supervisors and supervisors, but there are also only a few supervisors, foremen, and housekeepers below.
As far as I know, even those stalls only have forty or fifty people, and they are located in various places, and there are only more than ten people in Beijing."
More than ten years after the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Dongchang Factory was in such a state of decline that all that was left was an empty frame. You must know the personnel structure of the Yidong Factory. Under the Factory Supervisor, there are two assistants, the one who handles the punishment of one thousand households and the one who handles the punishment of one hundred households. There are also two assistants below.
There are more than 40 mid-level cadres including foremen, foremen, and room managers, as well as more than 100 action captains (stalls), all of whom are fully occupied at the glorious moment, but at this time...
I will seek political power in his position, and I will make a comeback in Dongchang. A sneer appeared on Chang Yu's lips, and he stared at Chunxiang sideways, looking up and down.
"What's wrong? There are flowers on my face?" Chunxiang felt uncomfortable being stared at by him.
"You will be the executioner of Dongchang." Chang Yu pointed at Chunxiang: "You and I are brothers of the same mind, and our sharpness can cut through metal."
Chunxiang was startled: "Brother, are you doing it?"
He knew in his heart that Dongchang's execution officers and judges were both Qianhu and Baihu selected from Jinyiwei. There was almost no separation between Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Many members, whether they were executives or ordinary employees, were drawn from Jinyiwei.
come over.
"Why not? I am the admiral of the East Factory. I have no authority to appoint a subordinate. Isn't it a joke!" Chang Yu rolled his eyes. Chunxiang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I was born with no ambitions. After meeting you, I
I can just run errands with you, why do you have to push me to the table!"
Chang Yu stood up and walked to him: "There is no need to elaborate on the brotherhood between you and me. No matter we are rich or humble, I hope you and I will always fight side by side."
Chunxiang nodded heavily.
"If the prediction goes well, I may be sent out of the capital by the Holy Master in a few days. Since your injury has not recovered, you can help me take care of this stall in the capital, look for candidates, and replenish manpower." Seeing Chunxiang's reluctance, she knew that he wanted to follow her out.
Jing then added: "Don't underestimate this stall. In the previous dynasty, Wei Zhongxian used him to make waves and call for wind and rain. No one in the entire Ming Dynasty could compare with him. This was an indescribably powerful force."
"But in the end Wei Zhongxian was convicted and died for it." Chunxiang sighed and looked at Chang Yu.
Chang Yu smiled: "A knife can kill people and defend yourself. Who you kill and who you defend depends on the person holding it!"
Chunxiang lowered his head and remained silent.
The two chatted for a while in the hall. Fang San hurried to the door from the outside. Chang Yu glanced at him: "Has the Emperor summoned our family for a face-to-face meeting?"
"No, no," Fang San shook his head and whispered, "Mr. Factory, I just got the news that Shi Kefa from Nanjing is here, and he is being summoned by the emperor at this time."
Shi Ke!!! Chang Yu was startled and stood up quickly: "He's finally here."
Chang Yu and Prince Zhu Cixiang joined forces, and through an act of divine entrustment, Chongzhen was determined to clean up the court, swept away a lot of garbage, and vacated some vacant posts, including the post of Minister of the Ministry of War.
Shi Kefa was the Minister of War in Nanjing at that time, which was a false title for a small imperial court in Nanjing. Emperor Chengzu did not dare to forget his roots after moving the capital to Beijing, so he established one country and two capitals. In addition to the emperor, Nanjing City had all other government agencies. However,
Most of them are false positions, just a symbol.
In the face of a national crisis, Shi Kefa was transferred to Beijing by an imperial edict from Chongzhen to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War. However, the two capitals were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. Although the edict was sent out before Chang Yu left the capital, Shi Kefa had just arrived in Beijing to report on his duties.
During this time, Chang Yu traveled far away and came back after having a fight with Li Zicheng.
Shi Kefa was transferred to Chang Yu in Beijing as the driving force behind the scenes. At this time, the national crisis was looming, and the court was full of incompetent people. A loyal, patriotic and capable minister like Shi Kefa naturally had to be put to good use. The young man who stayed in Nanjing
It is a pity for the imperial court.
"Do you know when he arrived in Beijing?" Chang Yu asked.
"It is said that I came to the capital this morning for a pilgrimage. Several of my servants and followers are still waiting outside the Daming Gate," Fang San said quickly.
Chang Yu made a sound, raised his hand and snapped his fingers: "Three, I have something to tell you today. When you leave the palace later, you will arrange a better inn for Mr. Shi. Also, send someone to wait outside the Qianqing Gate.
Wait, we will inform our family once we see Mr. Shi come out."
"Little obedience" Fang San quit.
Chunxiang looked worried: "Brother, I'm afraid Master Shi won't accept your kindness."
Chang Yu smiled, knowing what Chunxiang meant. At this time, his reputation in the government and the public was probably no worse than that of Wei Zhongxian before. Just imagine that Wei Zhongxian did not manage the nobles so well in the past. In this environment, Shi Kefa was a tough man.
How could a foreign official who entered Beijing be willing to "self-defiled" and collude with such an eunuch, causing him to be ostracized by his colleagues and ridiculed by the world?
Eunuchs are always a group that is looked down upon by others, especially the civil servant group.
The main reason is not only the natural hostility, but also the royal family's deliberate checks and balances. Everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty had an inner court and an outer court. The outer court was the cabinet, an institution that could restrict the imperial power, and the inner court was the ceremonial supervisor, who could
The royal private institution restrained the cabinet. To this end, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty also violated the ancestral rules and opened a school in the inner palace to teach eunuchs to read and write.
There is a cabinet outside and a ceremonial supervisor inside, there are three law departments outside, and there are Dongchang and Jinyiwei inside. The inner and outer courts have become mortal enemies.
"The road is far away to know the horse power, and the time is to see the people's hearts. Shi Kefa's personality is not small. It is not the short-sightedness of those rats in the court who only care about forming cliques for personal gain. He is a man with the world at heart. Sooner or later, he and I will fight side by side."
"Is it like Zhou Yuji?"
Chunxiang smiled, thinking that when Chang Yu left the capital, he was not popular everywhere, but after more than a month, he actually made a few close friends, Wen You Cai Maode, Wei Jingyuan, Wu You
Zhou Yuji, even the King of Jin, stood with him.
"Of course." Chang Yu walked to the door of the hall, looked up at the sky above the imperial city, and said with great pride, "One day I will join a group of like-minded people to clean up those miasma and restore the Ming Dynasty to Qingning."
"I hope you don't get hurt by those miasma before you clean it up." Chunxiang laughed.
Chang Yu was startled when he heard this, and then sneered, with a murderous look on his face: "I will not let anyone go, Wei Zaode, Chen Yan, Li Jiantai... you and other rats, I will kill them all!"
"I've been waiting for your order." Chunxiang's eyes were full of murderous intent. Last time he was attacked late at night and took a few alive for interrogation, but something unexpected happened. The person behind the scenes pointed out that Chang Yu had stabbed him.
Wei Zaode, former Minister of War!
"Why are you so anxious?" Chang Yu sneered: "Obviously those people across from us are teaming up to lay a big net. Why don't we take the opportunity to catch them all? Now you start from the East Factory and check them for me. Check each one and pin them down.
, let’s kill Qiuhou together!”
"Those courtiers are easy to deal with, but if the nobles are really found, will the emperor..." Chunxiang was a little worried.
Chang Yu laughed: "Let me tell you one thing, no one is more likely to kill those nobles and destroy their ancestors than the emperor."
Chunxiang was startled, and then his face became more and more cruel. In this case: "I'll sharpen my knife first."
"Mr. Chang Gong, the prince is looking for you." At this time, a eunuch hurriedly rushed over. Chang Yu responded and said to Chunxiang: "There is nothing busy here. You go out of the palace and go to the Yamen over the Dongchang Hutong. Then
Bian is our base camp, so we need to clean it up."
Chunxiang agreed, and Chang Yu hurried away. As soon as he left the yamen gate, he was blocked by a smiling Maitreya Buddha: "Eunuch Chang, how are you?" (To be continued)