The eldest uncle could have been a good helper, but unfortunately Zhang Guojun was too arrogant, not very ambitious but not very capable. He had a bold appetite and was willing to take any money.
When I first came to Yanzhou, I was treated with a lot of money. I actually received over one hundred thousand taels of silver, and I patted my chest and promised to settle the matter in Yanzhou.
What a big breath.
Do you want to keep this kind of pig teammate for the New Year?
If you don't kill him, you just owe his family a debt of gratitude.
Factory guards were originally the most useful tool for the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, especially when the power of the civil servant group continued to expand. Without factory guards, the emperor of tomorrow would be lifted to the sky by the civil servants while sitting in the Forbidden Palace.
In a short period of time, Zhang Guojun made more than 300,000 taels of silver. His ability to make money was truly extraordinary. As soon as he arrived in Yanzhou, he made one hundred thousand taels in just one meal.
Zhu Yihai was even thinking about whether this kind of money-making device should be kept?
But think about it, although there is a shortage of money now, what is needed is to collect taxes through formal channels, rather than grabbing money through this method. If Zhu Yihai uses Zhang Guojun to make money, it will be effective, and in the end it will be a complete mess.
"Summon Liu Chao."
The eunuch Liu Chao arrived soon. He was an old man from Prince Lu's palace and was deeply trusted by Zhu Yihai. During the Northern Expedition, he stayed at the rear and was responsible for supervising the Yongwei camp left behind.
He had just come from the hospital to receive the order and came to see him immediately. After hearing the order, he immediately came to see you. He knelt down and bowed to the ground from a distance, weeping. "Your Highness has lost weight. My servant has failed in his duty by not being around to serve you."
"Liu Banban, get up quickly."
Liu Chao's ability is average, but his loyalty is absolutely reliable.
"The remaining Yongwei Battalion has been combined with the original Yongwei Second Battalion and others. Please change your assignment to the Admiral's Royal Battalion."
The Imperial Camp is now under the control of the Supervisor of the State. On the surface, there is a Governor of the Imperial Camp, Zhu Wu, and the ninth brother of the Supervisor of the State, who holds the title of Minister of the Ministry of War. Of course, this is just a vest for Zhu Yihai, so that he can bypass the Cabinet Secretary's Ceremony Supervision Department.
The normal commanders of the imperial agencies such as the Fifth Army Mansion will review and directly dispatch and command.
Under the Imperial Camp, there is the Imperial Camp Meeting, which consists of the Camp Affairs Office, the Food Desk Office, the Collection and Editing Office, and the Supervision Office. The Imperial Camp Meeting is actually the headquarters of the Imperial Camp.
And Zhu Yihai has now set up a new attendant's room, which is actually equivalent to the military aircraft department of the supervising country, or to put it more broadly, it is a new center.
This attendant's office has multiple staff agencies such as general affairs and internal affairs. In addition, some civil servants and generals who accompany the emperor, regardless of their original official rank, are awarded the titles of regular attendant of casual knights, regular attendants of independent knights, regular attendants of ordinary knights, etc. to participate in meetings.
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This meeting actually had the power to make decisions on military and state affairs. It was equivalent to the highest decision-making body around Zhu Yihai. It usurped the original decision-making structure of the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor.
The Imperial Camp Meeting and the Attendant Room Meeting. One of these two meetings is a military organization that assists Zhu Yihai in commanding the Imperial Camp, making decisions and commanding. Ministers participate in the meetings with titles such as Participating Military Planes and Participating Privy Council.
The other is a higher-level power center who enters the house to participate in meetings with titles such as Standing Guards and other casual knights, and participates in the decision-making of military and state affairs.
The Attendant's Room is actually equivalent to another cabinet, and the Imperial Camp Council is equivalent to another Ministry of War and the Fifth Military Office, but it basically only manages the imperial camp armies.
Of course, these are all temporary.
Liu Chao had previously been awarded the title of Royal Horse Eunuch and Admiral of Yongweiying. This was originally a very high-power position. In the late Ming Dynasty, Yumajian and Eunuchs were always the eunuchs used by the emperor to control the Beijing camp. Yongweiying, in fact, was
It turned out to be the only emperor's personal army directly subordinate to him.
But now Zhu Yihai has more powerful imperial camp towns, so this time the Yongwei Battalion, which was left behind and had not experienced the Northern Expedition, was reorganized into the other armies of the imperial camp. The Liu Dynasty's admiral Yongwei Battalion no longer had a place.
Now even if Liu Chao is appointed as the admiral and garrison eunuch of the imperial camp, the power structure of the imperial camp has completely changed, and the power of this eunuch is no longer great.
The largest person in the imperial camp is Governor Zhu Wu, and then there are the ministers of the Imperial Camp Council below. These military officials and privy councilors are mainly the civil and military officials from the four camps and the ten towns.
The reason why Zhu Yihai still set up such a guard eunuch was just to balance the structure and add a confidant.
"The servant will go wherever His Highness arranges for you to go. I am afraid that I am not capable enough and will delay His Highness's affairs."
"It's good to be loyal and do your job."
Zhu Yihai has been absent from the industry for a long time. Major military and political affairs are often decided by himself or through consultation with his attendants. Therefore, whether it is the cabinet or the ceremonial supervisor, the original central power center structure has long been broken.
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The Supervisor of Ceremonies, who had the power to approve the red vote, and the cabinet, who had the power to draft votes, did not even have the opportunity to participate in many major events. Zhu Yihai directly issued an order and asked them to follow it.
Originally, the normal procedure of the Ming Dynasty was not like this. Matters first went through the General Affairs Department, then to the cabinet, then to the emperor, then to the Secretary of Ceremonies, and then passed through the General Affairs Department and then back to the cabinet. They went back and forth, and were finally approved before being sent to the six ministries.
Wait for the company to execute.
But now, for many things, Zhu Yihai directly made the decision first, and then issued the decree to the cabinet through the Imperial General Affairs Department. The cabinet and the Secretary of Ceremony just made up the procedures. In many cases, they did not even need to make up the procedures, as long as they were implemented.
The Ming Dynasty finally formed such a balanced distribution of central power between ministers and supervisors, and the pattern of mutual checks and balances was completely changed by the supervising state. If it were in the past, the ministers might never agree, but now in this special period, this is what happened.
It is difficult to change it now.
"Dongchang, please hand over Gu Ye to your admiral."
It turns out that the person who supervised the East Factory was Pang Tianshou, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony.
After speaking, Zhu Yihai took out a folder from the table and handed it to him. Liu Chao opened it and saw that it was densely packed with names. The one at the front was surprisingly Zhang Guojun, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and the second one was Pang Tianshou.
"Zhang Guojun has been dismissed by me, and his position as Imperial Guard has been handed over to his colleague Ma Jixiang. Pang Tianshou's hands are not very clean and he has collected a lot of money that he should not have collected. However, he has also made a lot of contributions, so he is exempted this time.
He supervises the errands of the East Factory."
"According to this list, you will lead Dongchang to arrest people one by one. After arresting people, they will be handed over to Ma Jixiang's Jinyi Guards and handed over to Beizhen Fusi for interrogation."
One is responsible for arresting and the other is responsible for reviewing. Dongchang also has the power to supervise and review.
"This list, the first batch, is all Yanzhou's gentry, powerful military attachés, etc. None of these guys are honest. I have given them several opportunities, but they still found Zhang Guojun and would rather give him a hundred thousand taels of silver.
They even offered bribes and refused to honestly make up for the shortfall, pay the arrears, and return the occupied land. Since they are all hard-headed, there is no need to be polite to them.
"Investigate them one by one, convict them and bring them to justice. They should be killed and copied!"
Liu Chao looked at this thick directory, and his hands could not help but tremble slightly. But even Zhang Guojun, the uncle of the state, and Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, were listed at the top. The supervisor was definitely serious.
"Your Highness, there are too many people here, and they all speak without blaming everyone. Do you have to be a little cautious?"
Zhu Yihai smiled and said, "These guys have this kind of thinking. They think that the law will not punish the public, and there are so many people that they dare not deal with them? There is only half of the country left in the Ming Dynasty. Why should I be polite to them? No matter how polite you are,
The remaining half will be gone too. I gave them a chance, but they didn’t want it, and now they are challenging my limits, so I will help them.”
"Liu Chao, you are Gu's most trusted companion. Can you do this? If not, Gu can do it with someone else."
Liu Chao knelt down and kowtowed, "This slave is an abandoned baby orphan adopted by Prince Lu's Palace since she was a child. This life belongs to Prince Lu's Palace. As long as His Highness asks you to do it, I have no taboos."
"My slave, please retire. Now I will lead people to search your home and arrest anyone. I promise not to let anyone go!"
Zhu Yihai nodded with satisfaction, "Go ahead, there's no need to be polite to them."
