Zhang Yanling held her forehead and said: "Oh, the emperor said this, but I didn't think carefully. If I don't receive a reward, doesn't it mean that I'm blocking the way of others? It's not fair to others. I'm afraid they will scold me to death. In this case, the emperor can do whatever he wants.
Give me something as a reward. Forget about acres of land, I already have two manors."
Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "If you don't want land, what do you want? Do you want an official position? Hahaha, don't you want to be an official?"
Zhang Yanling stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty reminded me that I really feel that I am busy every day and have nothing to do. How about your Majesty grant me an official position so that I can have something to do. This will prevent me from wasting my good time in vain every day."
Zhu Youtang was stunned and chuckled: "Do you really want to be an official?"
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "You don't need to be an important official. You just have to do some things. Just give me any official."
Seeing that Zhang Yanling didn't seem to be joking, Zhu Youtang put away his smile and muttered: "The Queen also told me that she wanted me to find you a job. But I have always been in a bit of a dilemma."
Zhang Yanling said hurriedly: "If the emperor feels embarrassed, just drop the matter and the minister will not say anything."
Zhu Youtang waved his hand and said: "You don't understand what I mean. It's okay to give me a job. However, it's really hard to find someone who suits you. Think about it, you didn't become an official through the imperial examination, so you can't become a civil servant, right?"
Originally, with your status as a distinguished relative, you were going to march. As a Marquis, you must at least be an admiral to supervise the regiment. However... although you are a distinguished relative... you are not related to the British Duke Dingguo and other officials.
The status of the nobles is different..."
Zhang Yanling immediately understood what Zhu Youtang meant. Although he was also a marquis, in the final analysis, he was a relative, which was different from other noble marquises. Relatives were not allowed to participate in politics, and relatives were not allowed to lead the army. This was a rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Basic principles. In fact, in order to prevent relatives from interfering with the government, the Ming Dynasty even stipulated the principle that the queen could not be from a big family, but could only be selected from small and medium-sized families. That was to prevent relatives from becoming too powerful, interfering in government affairs, and influencing the government.
imperial power.
Because of this, although the Zhang family brothers are both marquises and hold nominal positions, they cannot formally hold court yamen positions, let alone admiral of the troops in the capital. This is an ancestral rule, Zhu You
Of course you have to abide by it.
"I understand, Your Majesty, there is no need to embarrass you. I am being reckless. I shouldn't have such thoughts. In fact, I just want to have something to do, so as not to be idle all day long and be thought that I am relying on the protection of the Emperor and Queen to do nothing."
He is a dandy and will also damage the reputation of the queen." Zhang Yanling said hurriedly.
Zhu Youtang waved his hands, frowned and said nothing. He had just said that he would reward Zhang Yanling, but now that Zhang Yanling had made a request, he could not fulfill it. This was really embarrassing. The emperor's golden words are nothing but golden words if they are spoken but cannot be fulfilled.
?Furthermore, if the queen knew about this and didn't say anything about it, she would definitely be unhappy in her heart. He didn't want his woman to be disappointed.
"Yanling, maybe you can hold an official position in Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei's official position is neither an official position in the outer court nor an official position in the army. It is a yamen affiliated to the inner court, so others will not talk too much. However, the reputation of Jinyiwei is not very good.
Zhang Yanling stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, as long as I can serve the imperial court and no longer idle around, I can take any official position. The Jin Yiwei is also the imperial government office, and they also work for the imperial court. There is no reputation for good or bad. I am willing to take up the post."
Zhu Youtang nodded and smiled and said: "That's good. You don't dislike the official position of Jinyiwei Yamen, so it's easy to handle. But I have to make it clear to you that if you join the Jinyiwei Yamen, I can't be biased towards you. I can just do it directly."
Let you be the commander of the Jinyiwei or the position of Qianshi. Mou Bin and the others have done a good job, and I cannot remove him from his post without reason. Moreover, many things in the Jinyiwei... are not suitable for your status.
.You should understand what I mean. Some jobs in Jinyiwei are dirty and miserable. I can't let you do those things, otherwise it will harm you. Your appointment in Jinyiwei is just a transitional experience. In the future... in the future
……talk later."
Of course Zhang Yanling understood what Zhu Youtang meant. The Jinyiwei was a secret service agency and had done many shady things secretly. The officials in the Jinyiwei were a group of people who were criticized and kept at a distance in the court. To put it bluntly, they were a group of emperors.
Most people would disdain the loyal dogs he raised to serve in the Jinyiwei. Zhu Youtang was worried that if he served in the Jinyiwei, if he did something and soiled his hands, his reputation would be ruined. In the final analysis, he still wanted to protect himself.
Zhu Youtang's purpose in letting himself serve in Jinyiwei was actually to break the barrier that prevented his relatives from serving in the court, and to break through this layer of paper. If he went to the outer court yamen or led the army, many people would definitely object. But.
If you enter a yamen like Jinyiwei, there won't be many objections. If this layer of paper is broken, you may be able to continue to adjust in the future. There will be a precedent for arranging other positions in the future. It can be said that a lot of hard work has been wasted.
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"I understand. Thank you for your love and care, Your Majesty. All ministers will just listen to Your Majesty's arrangements." Zhang Yanling said hurriedly.
Zhu Youtang nodded, tapped his fingers lightly on the desk, and said thoughtfully: "There are many yamen in Jinyiwei. You can't serve in the main yamen after you go there, otherwise Mou Bin and the others will be overly concerned and think that I don't trust them.
He will be afraid of hands and feet. He can't be a thousand-household office below, and his position is too low. How can a majestic Ming Dynasty Marquis become a thousand-household official? The Zhenfusi Yamen is fine. A third-grade military position, I don't think it's big or small.
It happens to be at the same level as your former governor of the Nanjing Central Military Command. This... Beizhen Fusi... although has greater power, but... does not have a good reputation. Some officials have always complained about the establishment of imperial edicts.
Object. Let’s do this. I’ll let you go to Nanzhen Fusi as the town governor. What do you think?”
The structure of the Jinyiwei Yamen is actually very simple. Under the general Yamen, there are two town Fu Yamen in the North and South Towns and Fusi, and then there are several thousand-household Yamen. There is also a Han general camp in charge of Luan Yi.
In terms of power, besides the general office, Beizhen Fusi has the greatest power. It is so powerful that it can even bypass the Jinyiwei commander and report directly to the emperor. The reason is because Beizhen Fusi has a notorious imperial prison. This makes Beizhen Fusi the most powerful.
The Fusi can, with the permission of the emperor, privately have the power to arrest, torture, and execute without going through the judicial institutions. No matter who they are, even relatives of the emperor, they can arrest them directly.
To a certain extent, the power of Beizhen Fusi is even greater than that of the Zongyamen. This is because of the imperial prison. Torture is abused in the imperial prison, which is like a hell. People who enter are basically difficult to get out alive. Even if there are
The lucky ones who come out alive will at least have a few layers of skin peeled off, and they will become cripples when they come out.
Those who are punished by imperial edicts and prisons are usually court officials. Therefore, among the imperial officials, there is constant disgust and criticism towards imperial edicts and prisons, and they deeply hate them.
After Emperor Hongzhi came to the throne, the power of Beizhen Fusi was greatly reduced. He was no longer as unscrupulous and reckless as his father, Emperor Xianzong, or even the previous emperors. However, the bad reputation of the imperial edict could not be washed away. Therefore, Zhu You
It was for this reason that Zang did not want Zhang Yanling to take up a post in Beizhen Fusi Yamen. Although Beizhen Fusi did have great power.
Nanzhen Fusi is an alternative among the Jinyiwei Yamen. Although it is the same level of Yamen as Beizhen Fusi, their responsibilities are completely different. The main responsibility of Nanzhen Fusi is to be responsible for the law, discipline and military discipline of Jinyiwei Yamen.
As well as some internal logistical matters. To put it bluntly, Nanzhen Fusi Yamen is the internal discipline inspection department of Jinyiwei Yamen.