Zhu Youzhen and Zhang Shijie chatted slowly, but they knew most of the army in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty. The army of the capital was divided into two parts: the Beijing camp controlled by the Governor's Office of the Chinese Army, and the Upper Twelve Guards army led by the emperor himself.

The Upper Twelve Guards guarded the Imperial City, while the Beijing Battalion guarded the entire capital area. For more than 100 years, there are almost only Jinyi guards left in the upper twelve guards, and it can be said that it is now Jinyi Wei who controls the entire imperial city. But the most powerful force in the capital is still Jingying.

Although it is said that since the Tumubao, the Beijing camp has not regained its former glory, but after several additions of the border army, there are still as many as 11 or 20,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp.

Looking at Zhang Shijie's evasive appearance, Zhu Youzhen estimated that this figure was still a bit false. However, now that the power of the Beijing camp is controlled in the capital, it is more than enough to suppress the Jinyi Guard.

It seems that after his emperor's brother knew that his time was short, he was afraid that someone would be unfavorable to him after he returned to heaven, so he let the British prince who had mastered the Beijing camp take care of him. In this way, the current British Duke should be in the Forbidden City. After Zhu Youzhen talked with Zhang Shijie, he thought secretly.

The two talked until it was time for lunch, and Zhu Youzhen, according to the habit of his previous life, invited Zhang Shijie to have lunch with him.

Zhang Shijie just hesitated, and then replied: "Your Highness's kindness, I only have my heart." The servants I have brought with me are still waiting in the outer palace, and I need to take them on a tour of His Highness's mansion to prevent thieves from sneaking in. ”

Zhu Youzhen just glanced at Zhang Shijie, and then called Wang Chengen, who was waiting on the side, and said: "Wang Chengen, you let Zhang Qianhu settle down first and the food and lodging he brought to him, and when you finish lunch, you personally take Zhang Qianhu to walk around the house, is it feasible?" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhang Shijie waved his hands and said.

Zhu Youzhen followed another eunuch beside Wang Chengen towards the restaurant, and after entering the lobby, he found that only Zhou Yufeng was greeted by the table.

"What, is it just the two of us eating?" After Zhu Youzhen sat down, he said to Zhou Yufeng beside him.

Zhou Yufeng glanced at Zhu Youzhen strangely before explaining: "Sister Yuan and Sister Tian, they have always dined with His Royal Highness at night. ”

Zhu Youzhen saw the doubt flashing in Zhou Yufeng's eyes, and he knew that he probably asked a superfluous question.

"Let's eat, then." Zhu Youzhen changed the topic and said. Looking at the table of dishes in front of you, it is like a work of art, and it can be regarded as a famous painting.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it and was about to pick up a piece of braised eggplant to eat, but his chopsticks were touched by the chopsticks stretched out by the waitress behind him. "The little maid is a capital offense." As a pale-faced waitress knelt on the ground again, Zhu Youzhen sighed in his heart, "This Ming person is really not good, and there are many rules." ”

Just now, Zhu Youzhen had noticed that the two maids standing behind him and Zhou Yufeng were making dishes for the two of them. He is so dish-picked, which is tantamount to saying that the maid who served him has neglected her duty.

"You two go out first, you don't need to serve here." When Zhu Youzhen was about to say something, Zhou Yufeng had already opened his mouth and asked the two maids to leave the room. After there were no outsiders in the room, she asked Zhu Youzhen nervously: "Your Highness, are you having a nightmare, since yesterday afternoon, you have been ignorant, and it seems that you don't even know the concubine." I think in the afternoon, I will ask someone to invite Imperial Doctor Chen from the Tai Hospital to come over and check your body for Your Highness..."

"Nope." Zhu Youzhen categorically interrupted Zhou Yufeng's words, but he immediately realized that he seemed to be too blunt in refusing, so he explained: "It's an eventful time, and the Tai Hospital is busy treating His Majesty. If I send someone to invite a physician to come over at this time, I don't know and think that I want to inquire about His Majesty's condition. Besides, I'm just in a bit of a trance, and I'll recover slowly. ”

Zhou Yufeng was just concerned about the chaos, and after listening to Zhu Youzhen's explanation, he fell silent. Zhu Youzhen looked at it and comforted: "Don't worry, I'm really fine." The maids have been kicked out by you, so let me serve you for dinner, shall you?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said and smiled, picked up a duck leg and put it on the plate in front of Zhou Yufeng.

"Your Highness, how can this be done, it should be a concubine serving Your Highness." Zhou Yufeng said in a bit of a panic.

"In this way, wouldn't they both have a bad meal? Then let's pick up the vegetables ourselves and eat them by ourselves..."With Zhu Youzhen's gag, Zhou Yufeng seemed to have forgotten the abnormality on Zhu Youzhen's body, or pretended to forget.

When Zhu Youzhen went out with a full burp without an image, the young eunuch who was originally guarding the door had been replaced by Wang Chengen.

"It's just right, princess, you can walk with me, I'm too full to eat and have to walk to digest and digest." Zhu Youzhen, who was originally cautious, has finally figured out that he is a god-like existence in this mansion, no matter what strange things he does, these people will satisfy themselves and block the news from outsiders.

Because this is a society that pays attention to etiquette and religion, one person can attain the Tao and ascend to heaven. When one person commits a crime, the whole family suffers as well. In this cannibalistic society, the prince's crime is nothing more than a fine, and the most serious crime is only to be confined within the high walls of Fengyang, the central capital. But these maids and eunuchs who waited on him would be regarded as the culprits who lured the prince to sin. At that time, their best outcome was to be punished and killed on the spot, otherwise the torture instruments inside the Jinyi Guard would let them climb and bite indiscriminately, and then send them to the vegetable market for a knife.

Zhu Youzhen thought silently, walked on the road in the opposite direction from the morning, and after seven turns and eight turns, a huge garden appeared in front of him.

Standing in front of the courtyard gate, looking at the situation in the garden, there are about 20 acres of land. In the middle of the garden there was a hill piled with earth, and there was a pavilion on top of it. Zhu Youzhen suddenly became interested, he turned back to Wang Chengen and said, "Princess, compare with me to see who gets to that pavilion first." ”

Wang Chengen bent down slightly, following behind Zhu Youzhen, he was still thinking about Chen Zhongji. After listening to Zhu Youzhen's inquiry, he only had time to reply: "Yay? Then he saw Zhu Youzhen running towards the hill, and he hurriedly agreed and followed.

When Zhu Youjian stood in the pavilion and bent over to take a deep breath, Wang Chengen rushed to the outside of the pavilion out of breath, leaning on the pillar and said breathlessly: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you can't run like this, it will be rude." ”

"This body is a little weak, it's only about 200 meters, of which more than 30 meters are uphill, and I am already a little weak." Ignoring Wang Chengen's advice, Zhu Youzhen quickly recovered, he looked at his boots and shook his head, these shoes are not comparable to the running shoes of later generations.

Straightening up and looking at the outside of the pavilion, Zhu Youzhen found that in addition to the palace wall on the left and the city wall on the right, the place where he stood was actually the third highest place. At a glance, rows of neat courtyards with blue bricks and black tiles suddenly appeared in front of me.

The beauty of this kind of classical architecture makes people feel like they are sleeping in a dream that has not been awakened for a thousand years, and time seems to be frozen in Zhu Youzhen's eyes at this moment.

Looking at this city like an ink painting scroll, Zhu Youzhen suddenly said: "Princess, do we have useful people in our house?" ”

Wang Chengen, who had already sorted out his image and stood behind Zhu Youjian again, asked tentatively: "Your Highness, do you want to do anything?" ”

"I want to know what Mr. Chen does every day and who he interacts with, the best thing is to check, is he really from Taizhou?"

"The minister is guilty of capital crimes, when the minister was ordered to find a scholar who reads for His Royal Highness to solve his doubts, he shouldn't have been greedy for a moment to accept Chen Zhongji's filial piety of 20 taels of silver, and he didn't check his identity properly..."

Regardless of this, this also shows that the prince of the Ming Dynasty is really worthless in Beijing, and the chief manager around him can even look at it for 20 silver.

"Okay, just take it. Just pay attention next time, hurry up. Let people see it, and they don't think that you have committed much sin. What do you think? Is there such a manpower in the house? ”

After Wang Chengen thanked Zhu Youzhen for his tolerance, he got up cautiously and said: "There are 300 captains assigned by His Majesty in the mansion, among which Lian Shanxiang of 100 households and Zhao Chenfang of 100 households are on duty on duty, do you need to order them to arrest Chen Zhongji and torture him?" ”

"What are you asking, I'm just asking you to find out what Mr. Chen does every day... Forget it, you call those two people, and I'll explain to them personally. Seeing that Wang Chengen didn't understand, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to ask this father-in-law, who thought that the investigation was torture, to call someone over and arrange it himself.

looked at the two brocade guards who knelt in front of him, their heads pressed against the backs of their hands. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be a little disappointed, "This is the Jinyi guards in movies and television, who show off their martial arts and might?" I can't even straighten my waist, and I don't have a majestic flying fish suit on my body. I didn't even bring the famous embroidered spring knife, it was too cold. ”

"Get up, are you?" Zhu Youzhen looked at it suspiciously, and a middle-aged man who stood slightly forward and looked sad asked.

"The next official is Jinyi Wei Baihu Lian Shanxiang, and the one next to me is Zhao Chenfang, who is trying to do 100 households." Lian Shanxiang nodded and said, and pointed to the half-grown man beside him and said. As the most honest 100 households in Zuo Qianhu, after Prince Xin opened the mansion at the beginning of the year, when he transferred the captain, Wang Jie of Qianhu handed over the task of guarding Prince Xin's mansion to him.

The name of the palace guard sounds good, but it is the task that the brocade guard is the least willing to be sent to. Because the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty have been imprisoned in a prison built with a city since the Yongli Dynasty, this has also caused the distorted mentality of these vassal kings to be brutal and rebellious.

The Jinyi guard sent is called the palace guard, but in fact, it is the eyes and ears of the emperor who monitors the vassal king. For these vassal kings, venting their hatred on Jinyiwei was like expressing their dissatisfaction with the high-ranking son of heaven in the capital.

"It's the same Taizu bloodline, so it's okay if you become the emperor. We will be imprisoned for the rest of our lives, and even our children and grandchildren will not see a day of liberation. With such a Daming, it might as well be finished as soon as possible. "This is the voice of some imprisoned vassal kings, for whom the luxurious and extravagant palace is just a golden silk birdcage.

Because of this, the Jinyi Guards, who served as surveillance workers in these palaces, suffered. The attitude is almost nothing more than deducting the silver, and the perverted often find the opportunity to punish these brocade guards, and the emperor generally does not punish his relatives for these trivial things, at most he scolds them.

So when Prince Xin opened the mansion, Wang Jie of Qianhu picked an honest and honest person, Lian Shanxiang, who was the penultimate in monthly supply among the hundred households, and a 16-year-old who had just taken up the post to try a hundred households, and led 300 captains to the palace of Prince Xin to guard.