Chapter 35 The War of Treasures - Jinyiwei Commander
It was like this for a while, until at 2:00 p.m., Li Jinzhong walked in slowly and said softly: "Your Majesty, Guo Hongtao, commander of the Imperial Guard, is waiting outside Qianqing Palace."
Lao Zhu looked at the engraving and murmured softly: "What did Guo Hongtao do to arrive now?" Then he said: "It is said that Guo Hongtao came here to see me."
When Li Jinzhong went out, he did not let the young eunuch pass the message to Guo Hongtao. Instead, he walked to the gate of Qianqing Palace and said to Guo Hongtao who was waiting: "Your Majesty has sent you to Dongnuan Pavilion to meet him. Come with me quickly."
Guo Hongtao thanked Li Jinzhong and followed Li Jinzhong towards Dongnuang Pavilion. As he walked, Guo Hongtao whispered to Li Jinzhong: "Eunuch Li, did your Majesty say anything just before summoning me?"
Guo Hongtao was directly promoted to commander by the commander of Jinyiwei, Qianshi, after Lao Zhu ordered the cancellation of the judicial rights of Jinyiwei in the 20th year of Hongwu (1387). He saw with his own eyes that the previous commander was so arrogant and domineering. , the commanding officer was dragged from Jinyiwei Town Fusi by soldiers of the Twelve Guards to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion for trial and then beheaded.
Therefore, after taking office, he changed the style of his previous terms, being cautious in words and deeds, and acting in a low-key manner. Unless ordered by Lao Zhu, he would never investigate ministers; in addition, he attached great importance to the relationship with the eunuchs around Zhu Yuanzhang. He believed that although Zhu Yuanzhang is now Not to mention interfering in political affairs, the eunuchs around them will disappear completely if they talk too much about things they shouldn't ask. However, they can still get a lot of useful information from the emperor's side, which will help them survive instead of dying with their bodies intact. Very useful. Therefore, Guo Hongtao has been using various methods to please the eunuchs around Lao Zhu in the five years since he took office.
Li Jinzhong is the third one, and he is also the one who has been with Lao Zhu the longest, so Guo Hongtao has worked hard to get close to Li Jinzhong in the past two years, including slightly improving the life of his family. Therefore, Guo Hongtao and Li Jinzhong have a good relationship.
When Li Jinzhong heard Guo Hongtao's words, he glanced around and saw that no one was paying attention to them. While walking at a constant speed, he whispered: "When His Majesty summoned you, he whispered, 'What are you doing? Why? We’ve just arrived now, so please pay more attention.”
Guo Hongtao thanked him quietly, and when he arrived at the door of Dongnuan Pavilion, Li Jinzhong walked in and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, who had put away the folders and was talking with Yunxi about the treasure notes: "Your Majesty, Guo Hongtao is outside the pavilion."
Lao Zhu glanced at him and said, "Then let him come in."
Li Jinzhong, who was swept by Lao Zhu's eyes, stood up with a normal expression and went out to tell Guo Hongtao to come in. Guo Hongtao came in and knelt down to greet him. Lao Zhu waited for him to finish the salute and said, "Get up and talk." Guo Hongtao thanked him, stood up and stood aside.
This was the first time that Yunxi met Guo Hongtao. Yunxi didn't know how to read people. He couldn't see anything awesome about Zhu Di, Zhu Quan and others. But after Yunxi saw Guo Hongtao, he felt that he was very good. It was distinctive; he just stood there, not moving at all, not even the slightest tremor.
Yunxi has met a lot of people these days, and almost all of them don't move at all: they will make small movements and sweat when they are nervous; their muscles will tremble and their faces will turn red when they are excited; they will sit or stand calmly, It is rare that there is no action at all; not to mention that most people will be scared when they see Lao Zhu. So Yunxi immediately remembered Guo Hongtao.
Just when Yunxi was observing Guo Hongtao, Lao Zhu said: "I sent someone to look for you at noon today. It has been more than an hour. Although the Jinyiwei Zhenfusi is not outside Chengtian Gate, it is not
It’s too far, why did you arrive now?”
Guo Hongtao's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a very appropriate voice: "Your Majesty, yesterday the tribute envoys from Hamili (the northwest vassal state, in today's Gan Province) came to Beijing and presented thirty horses from the Western Regions as tribute, asking Your Majesty to pardon them from Hongwu.
Twenty-three years of sin. My Jin Yiwei is in charge of the horse training department. The Lifanyuan handed over the horse to the horse training department today. I went to check the quality of the horse and see if it can be ridden by your majesty and princes."
When Yunxi heard this, he felt that his answer was really good. It not only explained why it took so long to arrive, but also showed that he attached great importance to royal affairs. If he really came to see the quality of the horses,
That's it. If he didn't go but made it up after hearing Lao Zhu's question, that would be so talented. Of course he didn't know what Li Jinzhong reminded him.
What Yunxi can think of, Lao Zhu can't think of? How is it possible! But the clever flattery is that you know it is flattery but still can't help but accept it. Of course, the more important point is: Lao Zhu can't find anyone else who can
Not everyone can take over the role of Jin Yiwei. Intelligence agency requires both trust and suitability.
Guo Hongtao is doing a good job now, he is low-key, and Lao Zhu is relatively easy to use, so I will let him continue to do it for the time being.
Lao Zhu asked a question, Guo Hongtao answered concisely and appropriately, and the matter was over for the time being. Lao Zhu gestured to Yunxi with his eyes, and Yunxi understood, and stepped forward and said: "Commander Guo, actually I have something to ask you.
assist."
Guo Hongtao was also puzzled. If the intelligence chief didn't know what Yunxi was responsible for, he would be derelict in his duties. But his face was not showy at all, and his expression was gentle. He bowed and said, "I don't dare to call His Highness 'Your Majesty'. What can I do for Your Highness?"
If you want to find me, just give me the instructions."
Yunxi returned the gift, then told Guo Hongtao about the matter, and finally said: "This time we want to maintain the people's confidence in the treasure banknotes, so spreading rumors must not let the people know that it is someone from the imperial court; but it must not be done by someone from the imperial court.
Outsiders, just in case the people don’t believe it. I hope Commander Guo will be careful about it and don’t make any mistakes.”
Guo Hongtao still had a warm face, a faint smile, bowed and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, there will definitely be no problem with my royal guard."
Because Yunxi had read the internal files during this period, he was still very confident in Jin Yiwei's ability to do things. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "That's good. Commander Guo, you should pay more attention."
Then Lao Zhu asked about the movements of some ministers in the court, and did not let Yunxi avoid it. Yunxi listened and broke into a cold sweat! Lao Zhu monitored the ministers in such detail. "History of the Ming Dynasty"
The record in "Zhu Yuanzhang even recorded how many dishes were served to the ministers when they were invited to dinner, the order in which the dishes were served, and the placement of the dishes" was actually not made up by the historians of the Qing Dynasty in order to discredit the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It was actually
real.
After a while, Guo Hongtao withdrew. After Lao Zhu approved a few more chapters and explained them to Yun Xi, it was almost time for You. Lao Zhu stretched himself and said to Yun Xi: "Yun Xi, support me.
, Go to the back of Kunning Palace." Yunxi heard the words and stepped forward to help Lao Zhu, and the grandfather and grandson walked there. A large group of eunuchs followed behind.
