"Master Jiang, Master Yuan is loyal to His Majesty and never disobeys me in anything. I have been away for more than a month. What did the two adults do to make His Majesty decide to send you, my junior brother, to take charge of Jinyun Division?" Anji Xiang narrowed his eyes and asked.
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"I am not the only one in charge of the Jinyun Division. There is a commander from the left capital, so why should there be a corresponding commander from the right capital?" Chen Ruyi said with a smile, "But I suggest to your majesty, senior brother, that you serve as the commander of the right capital."
Everyone is in command. Although Your Majesty did not say anything immediately, I still think that with your performance and loyalty, senior brother, there should be no problem."
"..." Anji Xiang didn't say anything because Chen Ruyi didn't answer his question. He didn't know what seemingly inconspicuous but far-reaching changes had taken place inside and outside the imperial city in the month since he left Jinling.
"Master Jiang and Master Yuan naturally did not do anything to make His Majesty unhappy," Chen Ruyi said with a smile, "Now they are both young eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, assisting our master in handling the affairs of the palace, and Jinyun Si
It is not a direct transformation from Jinyun Tower..."
Listening to Chen Ruyi's slow talk, Anji Xiang understood what had happened in the court in the past month surrounding the ownership of Jinyun Tower.
In the early years, the third prince left the palace and settled in the palace, and recruited hungry people to form the Dragon Bird Army. In addition to the generals and military attachés who directly commanded the soldiers, such as the capital commander, duyu hou, and battalion commander in the battalion, they were controlled by the Linjiang Marquis Mansion at that time.
The garrison military mansion that managed the military households to cultivate crops and treat epidemics was also under the jurisdiction of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion. The usual placement and management of the military households, the casting of soldiers' armor, and the drawing up of soldiers, rotation training and battles, etc., were all under the jurisdiction of Linjiang Marquis Mansion.
The Jianghou Mansion was fully responsible, which also turned the Longque Army into His Majesty's private army when he was still the Third Prince.
Later, in order to facilitate the spying of information, at Han Qian's suggestion, the Hou Mansion established a new Secret Service Department to take charge of this matter.
Han Qian selected soldiers from the military government to establish the Zuosi Division, and Chai Jian recruited disciples from the late Honglou to establish the Yousi. However, because the disciples from the late Honglou were better at lurking, assassination, etc., they were poor at daily reconnaissance and scouting, and finally came under the rule of the military government.
The only one who can really operate and play a role is Zuosi, the secret cao led by Han Qian.
After the Jingxiang War, His Majesty was granted the title of Prince of Linjiang County, and Secretary Zuosi moved into the Jinyun Building of the Prince's Mansion as a library to handle official duties.
At that time, Han Qian was engaged in the literary work of the county prince's office and led Jiang Huo, Yuan Guowei, Lin Haizheng and others to handle intelligence collection, reconnaissance and scouting, etc.; some of the personnel of the Yousi were also officially incorporated into Jinyun Tower to await deployment.
Whether it was the war to reduce the vassal state or the recovery of Jinling, Jinyun Tower played a great role.
Even if Han Qian returned to Xuzhou in the name of mourning and some of the direct descendants cultivated by Han Qian were excluded from Jinyun Tower, it cannot be denied that Jinyun Tower is still the most complete and powerful intelligence spying and collection system in Dachu.
However, after the third prince officially ascended the throne in Jinling, many affairs of Prince Tan's Palace had to be included in the formal court system such as the Privy Council and the Six Ministries and Nine Temples.
The so-called intelligence spying and military intelligence should be classified under the Privy Council's official department. Those officials and citizens in various states who violate laws and disciplines should also be inspected and impeached by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Yushitai and Jingzhao Mansion, instead of being controlled by one power.
The secret spy agency takes care of all these matters.
If this is really done, the upright and formal courtyard offices such as Zifangsi, Xingbu, Dali Temple, Yushitai, and Jingzhao Mansion will become useless, and the court will become distorted and weird.
Therefore, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Xinchang Marquis Lipu, Yuzhang County Prince Yang Zhitang, and even Liyang Marquis Yang En who was rescued from Jinling all believed that Jinyun Tower had completed its historical mission and there was no need for it to exist anymore.
There were so many scouts and clerks in Jinyun Tower that they could be divided into Zifangsi, Dali Temple, Yushitai and the Ministry of Punishments, or they could be sent to Jingzhao Mansion to serve as yamen.
In this way, there is no need for the manpower that Han Qian originally trained to be excluded and sit on the bench. They can be placed in various academic departments to serve as grassroots officials to make up for the shortage of manpower.
As long as the court is officially in operation, it is impossible for three or five people to resist the will of the entire court.
Yang Yuanpu made some compromises and agreed that military intelligence collection should be placed in the Privy Council's Staff Department. He also agreed that Dali Temple, Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment and Jingzhao Mansion should each perform their own duties. However, he insisted on the establishment of a new Jinyun Department, which should have been assigned to Dali Temple.
, Yushitai and the criminal investigation department of the three departments of the Ministry of Justice were jointly tried by the Jinyun Division.
Dachu continued to inherit the old system and defined treason, treason, rebellion, rebellion, immorality, disrespect, unfilial piety, unkindness, injustice and civil strife as unpardonable serious crimes, also known as the Ten Evils.
According to the new regulations, the Jinyun Division will be responsible for investigating those crimes that endanger the country, destroy ancestral temples, mountains and palaces, flee from the Chu State, and disrespect the king. After the Jinyun Division completes the investigation, they will be investigated.
The case was transferred to the third division for closure.
Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei had passed away before joining the Ministry of Internal Affairs and were not suitable to serve in the Ministry of Justice or Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment.
The new Jinyun Division is different from the previous Jinyun Tower. Even though Yang Yuanpu still wants the eunuchs around him to take charge of his affairs, he does not want to use Jiang Huo or Yuan Guowei anymore.
Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei were promoted to young eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Yang Yuanpu preferred the two disciples brought out by Zhang Ping, Chen Ruyi and Anji Xiang, to command the left and right sides of the Jinyun Division respectively.
"..." After listening to Chen Ruyi's explanation, Anji Xiang was stunned for a while and didn't know what to say. Although it was difficult for him to accurately describe what kind of existence Jinyunsi was at the moment, he would undoubtedly become His Majesty's control of the imperial power and eliminate the
A weapon of alienation.
However, both he and Chen Ruyi were selected by Wan Honglou and sent to be raised by their master Zhang Ping. Even if they assassinated Wang Lin and gave Shen Yang an excuse to return to the center, they would still hand over a copy of what they knew was lurking in the center.
What is the list of Wanhonglou disciples in the palace? Your Majesty trusted them so much to replace Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei to take charge of the Jinyun Division?
Although he and Chen Ruyi had been lurking in the palace since they were young, and they knew very little about discerning people's hearts. They had followed Zhang Ping to serve His Majesty these years, traveling here and there, with no credit, but hard work, but the problem was that they
At this time, I am not qualified to hold such heavy authority.
Or maybe this is the reason why he and Chen Ruyi can serve as the left and right commanders of Jinyun Division?
After all, their qualifications are still relatively low. Even if they serve as commanders, they don’t have many direct descendants in the Jinyun Division. Only by relying on His Majesty can they have a better grasp of the Jinyun Division?
In this way, Jinyunsi will become a minion that His Majesty can truly control?
Is this what Your Majesty said about using the weak to control the strong, and using the humble to control the powerful?
At this moment, facing the great power at his fingertips, Anji Xiang's heart pounded and he felt uneasy.
Of course, he had no reason to refuse. He just forced a smile and said: "Junior brother, I will still work with you from now on. I have to ask for your forgiveness for any shortcomings."
"Mr. An, we have to change our titles from now on," Chen Ruyi said with a sharp smile, "From now on, you will all be loyal to His Majesty, and I am afraid that we will no longer be able to talk about our relationship as brothers."
Anji Xiang was startled for a moment, then he thought about it. When the court knew the power of Jinyun Division in the future, even if His Majesty still trusted them, the princes and ministers in the court would criticize the two of them for joining the same sect.
The ceremony to inaugurate the queen was not over yet, and Anji Xiang asked Chen Ruyi again about the changes in Jinling City in the past month or so.
The Privy Council does not have a Privy Council envoy, and Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang, is the deputy envoy and in charge of political affairs; Yang Zhitang is conferred the title of King of Shou and serves as the commander of all camps and horse and infantry forces, and is the nominal commander-in-chief of the Nanya Forbidden Army; Chen De serves as the envoy of Wude and leads the palace front
The Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Academy is the nominal bodyguard of the president and the commander-in-chief of the pro-military army; Marquis Yang En of Liyang resumed his title to participate in political affairs and lead the Taifu Temple, and will serve as a supervisor and envoy to the imperial mausoleum; Zheng Chang is in charge of the Yushitai;
Yu was in charge of political affairs and the minister of history; Han Daoming was in charge of political affairs and the minister of household affairs; Zhang Chao was in charge of political affairs and the minister of branch offices; Li Changfeng, the Marquis of Linjin, was in charge of political affairs and the minister of industry...
These candidates who were qualified to participate in the Privy Council had already been determined when Anji Xiang came to Xuzhou to deliver the decree.
However, Shen Yang had been officially ordered to return to Beijing ten days ago, and Ping Zhangshi under Zhongshu Menxia was in charge of government affairs. Others who had the title of Zhizhi Zhizhi were all deputy prime ministers.
In addition, Zhang Feng sent his son Zhang Feng, Du Chongtao sent his son Du Tao, Yongjia Defense Envoy who was stationed in southern Zhejiang Province, and Zuo Longwu Army Commander Zhou Bingwu sent his son Zhou Nan to Jinling to present their representations to the new emperor.
Yang Yuanpu discussed with the princes of the political affairs hall and decided to transfer Yongjia Defense Envoy Zhou Bingwu to the court as deputy privy envoy, and he would be in charge of the military affairs together with Xinchang Marquis Li Pu. Gu Zhilong was appointed to replace Zhou Bingwu as Yongjia Defense Envoy and Zuolongwu Army Commander, responsible for southern Zhejiang's control of Fujian.
The defense of the ground's mighty army.
In addition, Du Chongtao was appointed as the governor of Shuzhou with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He led the Zuowu Guards to garrison Shuzhou and forced Chaozhou occupied by the Anning Palace rebels from the west. Zheng Hui was appointed as the defense envoy of Nanyang to control the military and political affairs of Deng Junxiang and the three states.
The Youlongque Army stationed in Fangcheng and the Jingzikou Defense Line was responsible for resisting the Liang Army on the western front.
Apart from these two transfer orders, the court has made no other major moves for the time being. They are just waiting for Zhou Bingwu and Du Chongtao to take up their posts after accepting the transfer orders.
If nothing goes wrong in these two incidents, it means that the situation in Jingxiang, Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Hunan and other places has been completely stabilized.
New adjustment plans for the Forbidden Army and Guardsmen have also been released this month.
The original establishment of the left and right armed guards was retained, with Zhang Wei and Du Chongtao as the capital commanders, stationed in Jingzhou and Shuzhou respectively.
The establishment of Zuo Longwu's army was retained, and Gu Zhilong replaced Zhou Bingwu as the capital commander, stationed in Yongjia to guard against the Wuwei army separatist in Fujian.
The Jiangxi Recruiting Army was reorganized into the Youlong Wu Army, with Yang Fan, the Crown Prince of Shou, as the capital commander, stationed at Caishi City on the west wing of Jinling.
The establishment of the left and right Longque Army was retained, with Li Zhigao and Zheng Hui as the capital commanders respectively, stationed in Baohua Mountain to the west of Jinling City, Dengzhou, Xiangzhou and Junzhou respectively.
The left and right Shenwu armies were reorganized, and the soldiers and horses in Shaoheng and Wuzhiling defense lines were organized into the left Shenwu army, with Chai Jian as the capital commander. They mainly guarded against the rebels retreating to Yongzhou in the south; the right Guangde army was reorganized into the right Shenwu army.
The army, with Chen Mingsheng as the capital commander, was stationed at Jiang Cheng, southeast of Jinling City.
The Navy of the Five Tooth Army was expanded into the Left and Right Five Tooth Army, with Gao Chengyuan and Fan Xiang as the capital commanders and stationed in Jiangzhou and Jinling.
The above-mentioned troops and horses are all under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. Because the Privy Council is on the southwest side of Chongwen Palace, it is called the Nanya Forbidden Army. Yang Zhitang, as the commander of all camps, horses and infantry, is the nominal president of the Nanya Forbidden Army.
In addition, two armies of bodyguards were also compiled, with Guo Liang and Zhang Han as the capital commanders respectively, responsible for guarding the imperial city. Military orders came from the Wude Division. Chen De, as the commander of the imperial inspection school in front of the palace, was in the name of the bodyguards and pro-army.
The president is handsome.
In addition to the local state camps, the Left and Right Wuwei Army, the Right Longque Army, the Zuo Longwu Army, the Left Shenwu Army, and the Left Wuya Army were stationed in strategic locations such as Jingzhou, Shuzhou, Xiangzhou, Yongjia, Shaozhou, and Jiangzhou.
Those stationed in Jinling include the Zuo Longque Army, the Right Longwu Army, the Right Wuya Army, the Right Shenwu Army and the two newly formed bodyguards, a total of 100,000 elite troops.
These military and national affairs have nothing to do with Anji Xiang and Chen Ruyi for the time being.
What had a greater impact on their leadership of the Jinyun Division was that a group of people from the original Jinyun Tower were incorporated into the Privy Council Staff Division along with Xu Jing, the late chief of the Red Tower, to specialize in the collection of military intelligence.
In addition, the personnel trained by Han Qian in his early years were all dispersed to serve as officials in Jingzhao Mansion, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple.
As for the retained personnel who were directly transferred from Jinyun Tower to Jinyun Division, they were mainly trained by Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei after they became the case managers - is this why Yuan Guowei and Jiang Huo were transferred to other posts, right?
After understanding this, Anji Xiang also understood more clearly the significance of his and Chen Ruyi's existence as His Majesty's minions, and they must perform well in order to gain His Majesty's trust and truly secure their position at the bottom.
In terms of so-called performance, is the list presented by Chen Ruyi sufficient?
Anji Xiang is deeply suspicious of this.
It is almost a well-known secret that Wanhonglou and Xinchanghou Mansion are the remaining forces of the Shenling Division in Jianghuai. It is precisely because of the strong support of Wanhonglou and Xinchanghou Mansion that His Majesty has reached this point today.
The forces of Late Honglou and Xinchang Hou Mansion were almost completely integrated into Da Chu, and could be said to be a faction loyal to Da Chu.
Not to mention Lv Qingxia, the envoy of Cishou Palace, and Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang. The newly-consecrated queens today are Li Zhigao, the commander of the Zuo Longque Army, Chai Jian, the commander of the Zuo Shenwu Army, Zhou Yuan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhu Mingsheng, Zhou Shu,
Li Chong, Li Qi, Yao Xishui, Deng Tai, Chun Shisanniang, etc., which one is not inextricably linked with Wanhonglou?
Even the Queen Mother and Your Majesty themselves should be said to be part of Wanhonglou.
They are now going to report the ten disciples who were lurking in the palace a few years ago, but after His Majesty read the list, at most he would not let these people serve around him, and at most they would concentrate them in Cishou Palace to serve the Queen Mother. Is it possible?
Can they all be imprisoned or killed?
What things have been done, or what great achievements can they make in a short period of time, so that they can truly gain His Majesty's trust and secure their seats?