In the hall of the Jinyiwei Commander's Department in Beijing, Commander Xu Kaiying and fellow commander Ma Yunshan were sitting on chairs on both sides of the table.
In the center of the hall, there was Qianhu Zhang Jin, who was slightly bowed, with his head lowered and a depressed look on his face.
"You have been out for six or seven days. Whether it is Gu'an County or Baoding Prefecture, have you really not found any flaw in Dongchang's handling of the case?" Xu Kaiying put his left arm on the table and asked Zhang Jin about this trip.
The result was obviously very unsatisfactory.
"Whether it is the county magistrate of Gu'an or the magistrate of Baoding Prefecture, they don't know much about Dongchang's case handling process, and they don't know anything about it. Daning Dusi has been assisting Dongchang in handling cases, but..." Zhang Jin stopped
words.
"Don't be hesitant, Ma Tongzhi is one of our own, but it doesn't matter." Seeing Zhang Jin's concerns, Xu Kaiying said.
Zhang Jin raised his head and sorted out his thoughts: "Wang Zheng, the commander of the capital of Daning, always defended the East Factory when he spoke, and he seemed not to take our Jinyiwei in his eyes. His subordinates didn't get anything from him at all.
Any useful information."
"You don't take Jin Yiwei seriously?" Xu Kaiying was a little surprised. "Jin Yiwei went out to handle cases. Just like Dongchang, the word "Jin Yiwei" alone represents the emperor. Daning Dusi wanted to rebel, so he didn't put Jin Yiwei in his eyes.
In their eyes? Don’t they also take the Emperor into their eyes?"
"They didn't say it clearly, but every word they said was condescending. Especially after the subordinate said that he came from Gu'an, Wang Zheng actually asked the subordinate face to face whether he was looking for flaws in Dongchang's handling of the case."
"Bastard!" Xu Kaiying raised her left hand and slapped it hard on the table, with an even more angry look on her face, "Even if you hold a heavy army, it is still the imperial army. Daning Dusi has not been beaten in the past few years.
Have you forgotten that there were many high-level officials from the local government departments in Jinyiwei's prison back then?"
At that time, Jinyiwei's imperial edicts and prisons were handled by the Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town, who could directly torture, torture, and act according to orders. None of the three departments including the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Supervisory Office had the right to interfere.
Since the emperor established Dongchang, its growth rate has been unstoppable, and it has grown rapidly. It even won the governor of Beizhen Fusi, making the imperial edict that all officials feared useless.
Even so, the emperor did not issue an edict to weaken the power of the Jinyiwei. For those officials with problems, the Jinyiwei still has the right to capture them first and then report them.
This Da Ningdu Si has taken the courage of a bear and a leopard to treat Jin Yiwei with such an attitude. Has he never worn small shoes, and doesn't he know that wearing small shoes is uncomfortable?
Staring at Zhang Jin, Xu Kaiying's face was full of anger: "Even if his king is a second-grade military attaché of the imperial court, with this sentence alone, you can take him down for slandering the duties of Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei has always handled cases
He is just an envoy acting according to the order, and I really thought that the Jin Yiwei couldn't deal with him."
Zhang Jin lowered his head and did not dare to refute.
The commander was right. If he had questioned Wang Zheng with this attitude at that time, the other party would definitely think twice. After all, the imperial guards who handle cases outside have the same power as the imperial envoy.
Or he had only been appointed Jin Yiwei for too short a period of time, and could not correctly understand the importance of the word "Jin Yiwei". I wanted to use my respectful attitude in exchange for the same courtesy from Daning Dusi, but I didn't want to be looked down upon by others.
Thinking about Zhang Jin's vow to set out for Baoding Mansion and return without success, he must feel uncomfortable. Now, being accused and reprimanded by Xu Kaiying in this way, it is probably a big blow to his enthusiasm for handling cases in the future.
Ma Yunshan, who had been in a wait-and-see attitude, smiled faintly, picked up the tea bowl on the table, and said to Xu Kaiying: "The commander asked you to calm down the anger. Zhang Qianhu cannot be entirely blamed for this. Drink tea, drink tea, calm down the anger."
Xu Kaiying picked up the tea bowl in front of her, snorted coldly, raised her head and poured the tea into her mouth as if drinking.
When he was in Tianjin Guard, Zhang Jin was his right-hand man and his confidant. After he was transferred to Jinyiwei by the emperor and became the commander of Jinyiwei, he obtained the emperor's consent and transferred Zhang Jin to Jinyiwei.
But the rise of Dongchang has always made Jin Yiwei breathless. In addition, Lin Shangli, the master of Dongchang, is the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and the famous man next to the emperor makes him feel inferior to him in every way.
Now, the emperor has assigned Jin Yiwei a commanding officer who is not very supportive of Dongchang. It is obvious that he wants to use Jinyiwei to contain Dongchang.
He thought about arranging Zhang Jin to go to Baoding Prefecture to find some mistakes in Dongchang's handling of the case, and to retaliate a little bit to Dongchang, which also made Jin Yiwei feel proud.
But he never thought that not only did he return without success, but he was also made angry by the local governor.
Zhang Jin's ability to do things really disappointed him.
"Did the commander bring Zhang Qianhu here from Tianjin Guard?" Ma Yunshan put down the tea bowl and looked at Xu Kaiying with a smile and asked.
"Um."
"That's right." Ma Yunshan laughed, "Well, Wang Zheng, as the commander of Daning City, is a second-rank military attache of the imperial court. What rank is Qianhu? Facing Wang Zheng, Zhang Qianhu's heart
It’s normal to be timid.”
"When Jin Yiwei handles a case, how can he care about the official status of the other party?" Xu Kaiying retorted.
"Your Excellency is right, this is the difference between Dongchang and the current Jinyiwei." Ma Yunshan's expression became serious, "Being suppressed for a long time, and Zhang Qianhu previously worked in Tianjinwei, Jinyiwei's power is not fully vested in him.
This is normal. The reason why Dongchang goes out to handle cases and has smooth sailing wherever he goes is closely related to the local government's full cooperation with them."
"When people in Dongchang go out to handle cases, the only thing they see in their eyes besides the emperor is themselves. With this temperament alone, the local government has to think twice even if they don't cooperate. What we need to do now is not to target Dongchang, but to target our Jinyiwei."
Own."
Xu Kaiying was startled and looked at Ma Yunshan with confusion in her eyes: "Ma Tongzhi's words are quite profound. Can you elaborate on them?"
"Fundamentally speaking, there is no difference between Jinyiwei and Dongchang. They are both institutions directly under the emperor. They both have the ability to handle cases independently. They can bypass other departments in the court and be directly responsible to the emperor. However, a man who is brave enough to move forward has nothing to do.
One is fearful and cuts through the thorns for the emperor like a sharp knife; the other is timid, looking forward and backward in doing things, so that he has been busy for a long time without any credit. If you were the emperor, who would you like more?" Looking at Xu Kaiying, Ma Yunshan had a faint look on his face.
smile.
Xu Kaiying nodded and pondered for a moment: "What Ma Tongzhi said makes sense. If things continue like this, the Imperial Guards may never be able to regain their original status. Sooner or later, they will be reduced to ordinary guards who can only stand guard and wave flags and shout."
"So, our top priority is to help Jinyiwei regain their confidence and have the same heroic and fearless and arrogant momentum as Dongchang, or even surpass them," Ma Yunshan said.
"I also want to do this. I have always wanted to compete with Dongchang. However, the emperor has not handed us the Jinyiwei Sanming case recently. I want to make meritorious deeds, but I have no chance." Xu Kaiying looked bitter.
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong." Ma Yunshan chuckled, "What our Jinyi Guards need now is not great achievements, but fighting."
"fighting?"
"Yes, fight." Ma Yunshan turned his head and looked at Zhang Jin, who was standing in the center of the hall with his head bowed. "In Zhang Qianhu's current state, his fear of the commander of Daning City is his heart disease. He wants to
In order for Zhang Qianhu to regain his confidence, we can only move Wang Zheng, the commander of Daning City, and trample him under our feet."
"Hiss..." Xu Kaiying took a breath of air, "Moving Wang Zheng down is no small matter!"
"Why, Commander Xu also has concerns?" Ma Yunshan smiled and turned his head.
"Since I came to Jinyiwei, I have never managed such a big official." A trace of embarrassment appeared on Xu Kaiying's face.
"Even the commander is afraid, how can the Jinyiwei keep going forward? The purple-clothed captain of Dongchang beheaded the Minister of Rites in public. Serious illnesses require serious medicine, so they can only handle a few more cases of court officials. In the past, the Jinyiwei
Only with confidence can we get it back.”
Xu Kaiying pondered for a while: "But, how should we deal with this Daning Dusi? We can't go back and say that he is disrespectful to Jin Yiwei now? This reason is too far-fetched, right?"
"Dongchang went out to handle the case and secretly recruited the local army. If you convey this idea to the emperor, are you afraid that there is no reason to fully investigate and deal with Daning Dusi?"
Ma Yunshan narrowed his eyes slightly, with a trace of viciousness on his face.
