"So, the marquis of the Ming Dynasty, while lending usury in the barracks, sold the wives and daughters of the sergeants who could not pay off the debts to brothels, or sold them to others as slaves, right?" Under the locust tree in the east of Wuying Palace, Zhu Youzhen grabbed the trunk tightly with one hand and asked Lian Shanxiang at the same time.

Listening to the anger that Chongzhen was trying to suppress in his words, Lian Shanxiang didn't dare to slack off and immediately replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, but this brothel really has nothing to do with Yang Wuhou himself, it was opened by his slaves. ”

Zhu Youzhen said coldly: "At this level, is it any difference if he opened it himself?" Yang Wuhou is really economically minded. ”

Zhu Youzhen walked back and forth in the snow under the locust tree several times, and when the snow under his feet was trampled into slush, he finally stopped.

"Wang Chengen, you have recorded for me, and from today onwards, you will issue a decree on the protection of the families of soldiers and martyrs..."

Wang Chengen memorized Zhu Youzhen's words silently, and after repeating them in his heart, he felt that there was no omission, and then asked Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, do you have any other orders?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked up at the sky, and finally made up his mind and said: "Let's publish all the bad deeds of the nobles who have been collected, this case will be handed over to the three law divisions for public trial, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will let that Yao Shiheng participate in the trial of this case, and the next afternoon will be openly interrogated in the criminal department, and some Beijing camp sergeants and people in the capital will be found to observe." ”

Wang Chengen just secretly glanced up at Chongzhen, then nodded and agreed to go to the celebrant to deliver the order.

After Wang Chengen left, Zhu Youzhen asked Lian Shanxiang: "Have you picked out the candidates to go to Phi Dao?" ”

Lian Shanxiang immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wu Anguo, a thousand households in Jinyi, and Lin Yuanzhong, the chief banner of Jinyi, are all solid people, and the minister thinks that the two of them can go to Phi Island for business." ”

Zhu Youzhen just lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Phi Island is bitterly cold, and it is a war zone. This Wu Anguo is already ranked among thousands of households, and he has fine clothes and food on weekdays, can he endure this hardship and do this dangerous errand? The men under Mao Zhen on Phi Island are all men who crawled out of the pile of dead people, if you can't talk to these people, what will you do with the errand I ordered? ”

Lian Shanxiang hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, in the recent past, Your Majesty has promoted all the old people who believed in the Wangfu at the beginning. This brocade guard is His Majesty's personal guard, and he has always been loyal to His Majesty, and the minister thinks that His Majesty should treat everyone equally, so as not to cause cracks inside the brocade guard. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "You are right, a bowl of water is indeed to be leveled." In this way, let Wu Anguo follow Man Gui to Liaozhen to rectify the border army, and by the way, establish an institution to manage military discipline in Liaozhen, and then let the Governor's Office of the Five Armies send two people to establish the logistics organization in Liaozhen. As for Lin Yuanzhong, call him to Xihua Gate, and I will meet him on the gatehouse. ”

Outside the Xihua Gate is the Taiye Pond, which is located on the north side of the castle tower, between the shore and the Miyagi City, and is the imperial kitchen in the palace. Although there are people coming and going at the kitchen door, there are few pedestrians near Xihua Gate.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the scenery here for a while before he heard a sound of footsteps coming from the stairs behind.

When Lin Yuanzhong followed the commander to the city tower, his palms were sweating, he was about 30 years old, and he was also good-looking.

However, because his parents died early and his family was poor, he was always alone. Originally, he himself thought that he would be a sergeant until he died in this life, but he didn't expect to become a general flag in such a short period of time.

Lin Yuanzhong naturally knew that this was all because Lian Shanxiang took care of him, and His Majesty had been paying attention to them, the Jinyi guards from the Xinwang Mansion. Under this subtle understanding, Lin Yuanzhong believed that these Jinyi guards who had stayed in King Xin's Mansion were different from others in the eyes of His Majesty.

When Lian Shanxiang asked him if he would like to go to Phi Dao for a while, he replied without hesitation. Because he thinks that he is an old man from the Xinwang Mansion, and after receiving so much care from His Majesty, he should also repay His Majesty.

"Get up, it's too cold on this ground, and kneeling for a long time is not good for your health." Zhu Youzhen turned around and said to Lin Yuanzhong, who was kneeling and bowing.

"Your Majesty is gracious, and it is difficult to repay the subordinates for their broken bones." Lin Yuanzhong was grateful and said to Chongzhen.

Looking at Lin Yuanzhong, who was honest and honest, Zhu Youzhen was a little worried, whether he could deal with the arrogant soldiers who struggled out of the pile of dead people on Phi Island.

But thinking that there was no way to pick a better candidate now, Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly in his heart, and said to Lin Yuanzhong.

"I asked you to accompany Wang Huazhen to Phi Island this time, first, to protect Wang Huazhen's safety, and by the way, to see what kind of people the soldiers on Phi Island are;

The second is to set up an intelligence agency in Phi Dao and Wangjing Seoul in North Korea, I don't need you to inquire about any military affairs, what I need is the price and geographical situation of Korea, Houjin, and Phi Dao, as well as the hydrological data of the waters around Korea. ”

Zhu Youzhen stopped when he said this, took a book from Lu Qi's hand and handed it to Lin Yuanzhong and said: "Of course, if you find out some special information, you will report to the capital according to this book of 300 Tang poems." How to use it, go down for a while and let Lian Shanxiang teach you. ”

Lin Yuanzhong took the book in Chongzhen's hand, and said with some excitement: "The minister will definitely send back the information that His Majesty needs in detail." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded encouragingly at Lin Yuanzhong, and then took two boxes of different colors from Lu Qi's hands.

He stared at the two boxes for a long time before raising the box he was holding in his left hand and said, "After Mao Wenlong and Wang Huazhen rescue the father and son of Kwanghaejun of North Korea, you can ask him in public if he is willing to go back to Beijing to face the saint."

If he has the intention of prevarication, you will give him the things in this blue satin box, and say that I have named him the Duke of Tieshan, and from then on, the military and political affairs of Phi Island and Tieshan will be left to him, and the military department will no longer check his soldiers and horses, but his soldiers and horses will not be allowed to go to the mainland again.

There are soldiers and civilians in Phi Dao and other places who are willing to return to the mainland, you register them one by one, and I will send a ship to pick them up when I arrive. ”

Lin Yuanzhong suddenly said with some anger: "Your Majesty is too merciful, if this Mao Wenlong lives up to the grace of the saint, supports the army and respects himself, and does not have the heart of a subordinate, the minister will fight to the death, and he will take his life for His Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "That's not necessary, no matter what Mao Wenlong said, he established Dongjiang Town with his bare hands, saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Liaodong for the Ming Dynasty." With such credit, it is normal to have a little idea.

Mao Wenlong has been stationed in the Dongjiang River for nearly 10 years, and he is not guilty, if I kill him because of suspicion, wouldn't it make my relatives painful and my enemies happy? I don't do this kind of stupid thing. You are going to go on my behalf, and you must not do it, do you understand? ”

Lin Yuanzhong had to promise Chongzhen that he would not do anything reckless in Dongjiang Town. Zhu Youzhen raised the box on his right hand and continued.

"If Mao Wenlong did not hesitate and immediately promised to be willing to come back to see me, then give him the contents of the red satin box. I named him the Marquis of Anton and awarded him a medal.

Then, according to Wu Fangyuan's practice in the Beijing camp, you selected personnel from the Dongjiang Army to set up a military discipline officer in charge of military discipline, and set up a rebel battalion to eliminate Houjin's spies. You can pick two of Xu Xianchun's subordinates from the edict and bring them with them, they almost already know how to carry out the rebellion. ”

Although Lin Yuanzhong didn't know what the medal in this box was, it must be similar to the Danshu iron coupon or something. With a respectful face, he took the two boxes from Chongzhen's hands.

Zhu Youzhen said a little relaxed: "The day after tomorrow, you will have to travel with Wang Huazhen, and I will not delay you." Do you have any requests before leaving? ”

Lin Yuanzhong shook his head while holding the two boxes and said, "The minister has nothing to ask for, but to wish His Majesty Holy Peace." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, looked at him fixedly, and said with some sadness: "You go well, and you have to come back well." I heard from the commander of Lian that you are the only one left in your house, and I shouldn't have let you go, but the state affairs are difficult, and I hope you can understand my decision. ”

"The minister is so frightened, I don't dare to worry His Majesty so much." Lin Yuanzhong was grateful and excited in his heart.

When Zhu Youzhen asked Lian Shanxiang to send Lin Yuanzhong down, he said to him: "Promote Lin Yuanzhong to a hundred households in Jinyiwei, so that it will be more convenient for him to go to Dongjiang Town." In addition, you also need to deal with the guards in the palace as soon as possible. After New Year's Day, the Imperial City Guards and the Jinyi Guards will be separated.

All the attendants in the Imperial City Palace were changed to imperial guards, the pro-army commanders were abolished, and the chief of the guards was established, and you were the first chief steward. From now on, the imperial guards will only be responsible for guarding the Imperial City Palace, and will no longer interfere in the work of arresting thieves and investigating intelligence.

From now on, the Imperial Guards are only allowed to obey my orders, and no one is allowed to interfere in the management of the Imperial Guards. ”

Lian Shanxiang's eyes narrowed, but he quickly replied, "Obey Your Majesty." ”

After listening to the footsteps gradually becoming inaudible, Zhu Youzhen turned to Lu Qi beside him and asked, "What has Xu Yingyuan been doing for the past two days?" ”

Lu Qi lowered his head and replied: "Gonggong Xu has arrested 27 eunuchs and tortured 5 to death in the past two days, but none of them confessed that they were related to the Beijing Mutiny. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed sarcastically, and then continued to ask: "Then is there no movement in the imperial city?" ”

Lu Qi said quickly: "Your Majesty asked Gonggong Xu to make a big fanfare, and ordered the minister to relax the guard of the four gates of the imperial city, and the minister did find three suspicious eunuchs who wanted to get out of the imperial city. ”

"Who are they?"

"The two Shang Diet Supervisors and the other are all small eunuchs who are not in the stream. The minister had already questioned these three people carefully, and almost nothing was gained, but the three of them were faintly connected with Tu Wenfu, Wang Tiqian and other old people who were the chief priests. ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly sneered, and then said with a smug face: "Okay, I use one to scare the snake, and they will return me a Li Dai Taozhuang, this palace is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger."

There is no need to go down the trial, reward them with a whole corpse. In addition, the chief eunuch in charge of the Shangshan Supervisor and the Salary Saving Division mismanaged and ordered him to go to Fengyang to guard the tomb. This matter ends here, let Wang Dehua rectify the Shang Diet Supervisor and the Salary Division..."