Chapter 31 Take charge of Jinyiwei! Lord Lin is going to kill again!
"Your Majesty must have also investigated Wei Chen's background. It should be clear that Wei Chen is different from other scholars!"
Lin Nuo considered his words and continued: "Compared to studying and taking the imperial examination, Wei Chen prefers to practice martial arts. For other scholars, becoming a royal guard is a humiliation, but for Wei Chen, not only does he not have any
Not dissatisfied, but full of joy.”
Lin Nuo did not say clearly why he was happy, but Emperor Hongzhi understood that compared to the civil service officialdom full of complicated rules, Lin Nuo preferred the unscrupulous Jin Yiwei.
"Haha, you are honest. I understood this at the beginning and knew that you love martial arts more than you love literature, so I thought of letting you join the Jinyi Guard!"
After Emperor Hongzhi said these words, there was no movement for a long time, as if his weak body could not support him to say too many words.
After a long time, a voice came from inside the gauze curtain again, but this voice was much hoarse than before.
"Lin Nuo, I will not force you. I will give you one last chance to choose between civil servants and royal guards. You can choose again now. Once you have chosen this time, you will never be able to change it again!"
Lin Nuo was silent, this was another question.
It seems like he has to choose between two options, but in fact he has no choice at all. If he dares to choose a civil servant, Emperor Hongzhi in the veil will probably choose to kill him immediately!
A civil servant who does not like to follow rules is very likely to stand against the emperor in the future. Rather than leaving hidden dangers for the future emperor, it is better to eliminate the hidden dangers in advance.
The Jin Yiwei is different. The Jin Yiwei itself is on the opposite side of the officials. All its power comes from the emperor, and it can only stand on the same front as the emperor with great loyalty. Without the emperor's support, the Jin Yiwei is useless.
Once you understand this, it is actually not difficult to make a choice.
Moreover, Lin Nuo himself preferred the unrestrained life of a royal guard. He did not want to be a simple civil servant, staying in the capital all his life, going to court step by step every day, scheming, and handling government affairs.
"Your Majesty, I choose Jin Yiwei!" Lin Nuo made his choice in a deep voice.
"Very good. Next, I will issue a decree to appoint you as the commander of the Imperial Guard. I hope you will make a good handover and take up the post as soon as possible!"
"My lord, I obey the order!"
The conversation ended here, and Lin Nuo slowly left the heavily guarded Forbidden City under the leadership of the round-faced eunuch Chu Fang. From the beginning to the end, the monarch and his subjects never saw each other again.
After Lin Nuo left, Hongzhi's voice sounded again inside the gauze curtain.
"Zhao'er, did you hear me clearly this time? Father did not force him, this time it was his own choice!"
"Father, you don't have to say anything. I understand that Master Lin is afraid that I will not be able to control the ministers in the future. He wants to help me share the pressure!"
Zhu Houzhao's slightly moved voice sounded inside the gauze curtain. He didn't believe that a first-class Jinshi really didn't care about the temptation of being a first-class official in the cabinet in the future. The only possibility was that Master Lin was afraid of suffering a loss after he ascended the throne.
I want to share some of the pressure from the courtiers for myself!
As a civil servant, he voluntarily entered the despised Jinyi Guards just to help his disciple.
What a great teacher!
"Oh, you kid, you are still too young!"
Hongzhi shook his head helplessly, "The original commander Mou Bin was a kind man, but a kind man is actually unqualified to be the commander of the Jinyiwei. My father has already sent him to Nanjing for retirement. I think with Lin Nuo's ability, he should be here soon."
Then you can take over the entire Jinyiwei!"
"Zhao'er, my father is dying. I have already made all the arrangements for you. You don't have to go anywhere these two days, just stay here and stay with me!"
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Hongzhi, a pragmatic emperor, was indeed very efficient in doing things. Even though he was now terminally ill, he still did things without any sloppiness.
Lin Nuo had just walked out of the palace. Not long after, little Eunuch Li hurried over holding an imperial edict and a set of robes for the commander of the Royal Guards.
After reading out the imperial edict, Lin Nuo officially became the new commander of the Jinyiwei. He was ranked in the third rank and became the top secret agent of the Ming Empire!
"Master Lin, the situation in the capital is tense now, you'd better take up your post as soon as possible!" After the decree was announced, little Eunuch Li whispered.
"Thank you, father-in-law, for reminding me!"
Lin Nuo stuffed a money bag into the other party without leaving any trace, and then, accompanied by Fang Yun and others, changed into the commander's robe and rushed towards the Jinyiwei headquarters.
Due to its noble status, the Jinyiwei Yamen is not scattered in the alleys of the capital like other pro-military Yamen. It is close to Chengtianmen, the main entrance of the imperial city, on the west side of Qianbu Corridor, adjacent to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and separated from the Six Ministries on the east side.
Facing each other across the street, it was one of the most frightening power institutions in the Ming Dynasty.
For Lin Nuo's arrival, various officials in the Jin Yiwei seemed to have expected it. After seeing Lin Nuo's arrival holding the imperial edict, the Jin Yiwei guards at the Yamen led the opponent into the spacious hall without any obstruction.
Lin Nuo was sitting at the head of the hall in a robe, with a huge portrait of Taizu behind him. Fang Yun was waiting beside him with an ink dragon spear. Below, a group of high-ranking Jinyi guards were looking at him with cold expressions.
Lin Nuo, a civil servant in charge of the Jinyiwei, was very dissatisfied whether he was the two Jinyiwei colleagues who were second only to the commander, or the commanding officer and the governor who were at a lower level.
The former commander Mou Bin was conscientious and kind to his subordinates, but he was sent to Nanjing for retirement for no reason. This made the senior Jinyiwei officials full of dissatisfaction. How did they view the new commander Lin Nuo?
Pleasant to the eyes!
Especially after seeing Lin Nuo, who was only in his early twenties and looked helpless, everyone despised him even more and wanted to put him on the back burner.
Looking down at the Jinyiwei senior officials who were ignoring him, Lin Nuo looked calm, glanced at him, and said slowly: "Where is the commander of Jinyiwei?"
No one answered below, and everyone looked at him with mocking eyes, as if they were mocking Lin Nuo for performing a one-man show.
"I would like to ask again, where is the commanding officer of Jinyiwei?" Lin Nuo's voice became colder.
However, there was still no answer from below. They neither left nor made a sound. They just made up their minds to prevent Lin Nuo from getting off the stage.
"Very good. On the first day after I took office, two of my fellow commanders were absent. I will report to Your Majesty at this meeting to revoke their positions!"
As soon as Lin Nuo said this, the expressions of the two people standing in the center suddenly changed. One of them even snorted coldly and took a step forward.
"Young boy with a yellow mouth, you have such a soft tone!"
"That's right, I will work hard for Your Majesty without complaint. How can you withdraw just by asking for it?" Another person walked out with a sneer.
"Lin Nuo, today we will make things clear to you! In this Jinyiwei Yamen, as long as you are honest and obedient, we will respect you as the commander and will save your face outside. If not...
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"What else?"
Lin Nuo's voice became colder again. Fang Yun, who was standing next to him, suddenly loosened his grip on the spear. He could feel that his commander was about to kill someone!