As a result of the easing of the situation in Shaanxi, Chongzhen proposed at a cabinet meeting that the leaders of the displaced people and some members of the criminal department who had been summoned to the capital for training at the beginning of the year should be assigned to the provinces, mainly in the Jiangnan region, to serve as police officers at the county and government levels, and to take charge of the patrol police departments that had just been established in the localities.

Chongzhen's proposal apparently caused unease among some members of the cabinet, who had originally believed that the summoning of these exile leaders to the capital for training should be a strategy used by the emperor to contain the exiles in Shaanxi.

Without these leaders, those exiles who were appeased would also lose the core that led them, and would no longer become a complete group, so that they could be better controlled and arranged by the imperial court.

It was on the basis of this idea that the snake could not be headed without a head that the cabinet did not object, and the emperor ordered the exiled chiefs of Shaanxi to enter Beijing in the name of training. However, they did not think that they should really give these leaders of the displaced people who incited the displaced people to rebel against the imperial court an official position, or an important patrol police position to maintain social order in the Jiangnan area.

Xu Guangqi, who is from Shanghai, and Shi Fenglai, who is from Zhejiang, are worried about whether these former leaders of the Wandering People's Army will be able to maintain law and order in the areas of Jiangnan when they are appointed patrol officers in various parts of the Yangtze River, or whether they will be able to start another rebellion in the local area. For the sake of the stability of their hometown, they first euphemistically put forward different opinions.

Zhang Ruitu's opposition was more resolute, and the rest of the people were silent, wanting to see the emperor's attitude before making their own decisions.

Zhu Youzhen had obviously made a decision, he was here to inform these cabinet ministers today, not to persuade them, he said to everyone a little seriously: "I think that gentlemen don't have to worry, they have resumed their nature as the leader of the exiles in the local area, and incited the people to rebel against the imperial court in Jiangnan.

As the saying goes: orange is born in Huainan is orange, and born in Huaibei is orange. These people single-handedly went to the counties in the south of the Yangtze River to serve as patrol officers, although they seem to be able to collude with each other, but they have to face strange people and colleagues who want to exclude them.

They served in the Jiangnan region, relying on appointments from the imperial court rather than the support of the villagers. If they wanted to gain a foothold in the local area, they had to rely on the imperial court. Aren't they more reliable than the officials who control the place?

If they want to collude with the local underworld forces and break the laws of our Ming Dynasty, then they only need a few patrol officers to arrest and deal with them. And such a disposition will not violate the agreement between the imperial court and them, and make the imperial court lose its trust in the world.

But if they are allowed to return to Shaanxi, or to serve in the colonies of displaced people in Inner Mongolia and Hetao, it is true that the fugitives in the colonies can be reduced, but will those colonies still obey the orders of the imperial court in the future and become the foothold of my Ming Dynasty outside the Saiwai?

What's more, since the imperial court has appeased them, it naturally can't just raise them for nothing. They are always asked to do something, which can not only reduce the burden on the court, but also reassure these homeless leaders that they will not take risks in fear. ”

Regarding Chongzhen's vague statement, Huang Liji only thought for a while, and then spoke out in support of the emperor's decision. The reasons he gave weren't strong, but they were reasonable.

He thought that since he had already announced that the purpose of recruiting these displaced leaders for training in Beijing was to prepare them for their employment, now that the training had been basically completed, he should fulfill his promise. Otherwise, who in the world will dare to believe in the promise of the imperial court in the future? Especially when the imperial court is carrying out reforms, it is even more necessary to do what it says.

When Shousuke also stood on Chongzhen's side, there would basically be no other conclusions in the cabinet meeting. As for Huang Liji, in addition to half of his standing up for the emperor's proposition, half of it was to maintain the prestige of the imperial court, and the other half felt that it was a rare opportunity to take this opportunity to install some people in Jiangnan.

As Chongzhen has always said before, the governance of the Jiangnan region today has basically been controlled by the local gentry. While manipulating public opinion in Shilin, these gentry colluded with the prevalent gangsters in Jiangnan, and local tyrants like Song Jiang who took all kinds of black and white were everywhere in Jiangnan.

Although Jiangnan is the richest place in the Ming Dynasty, holding an official position in Jiangnan is not a good job. Because the local gentry were too strong, and the officials, the gentry, and the gentry had long been linked into a huge network. Those Jinshi who were selected to serve as county officials in Jiangnan as soon as they entered the official career, wrapped in this kind of relationship network, often became a mud bodhisattva in a county government.

Occasionally, a few new county officials wanted to change the pattern, and they were often forced by the local gentry to back down or be transferred. The local officials who faced these gentry were still like this, and it was difficult to implement the decrees of the imperial court in Jiangnan, so it naturally became the norm.

The newly built patrol police stations in various places have much more power than the previous ones to arrest and arrest officials. Moreover, the patrol police station also has a more obvious military color, and it is much simpler to connect with the local society than those who have been arresting and serving for a fast time from generation to generation.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet in charge of the imperial court, using the patrol police station to compete for local law and order power is obviously a temptation that Huang Liji cannot refuse. Therefore, after Chongzhen explained his position a little, Huang Liji chose the emperor's position.

Although the proposal was approved at the cabinet meeting, several cabinet ministers felt that the matter was not over yet, and that the approval of the criminal department was still needed to appoint patrol officers from various places. They did not think that Yuan Keli, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who had always been known for his uprightness, would agree to this cabinet resolution.

However, they were soon disappointed, and after the cabinet decision was communicated to the Criminal Ministry, Yuan Keli, the secretary of the Criminal Ministry, approved the appointment letters of the Ministry of Officials for 275 local patrol officers, and except for a few people who were transferred to different regions, Yuan Keli did not veto any of the appointment letters of the leaders of the displaced people.

Yuan Keli's actions made the officials in Beijing who were opposed to the appointment of these exile leaders fall into a suspicious attitude. They don't know whether to continue their opposition or to give up and wait and see. After all, Yuan Keli's reputation is much higher than that of ordinary ministers, and his attitude influences the thoughts of many young officials.

When public opinion in the capital was still entangled in whether it was appropriate for the imperial court to appoint a large number of homeless leaders as patrol officers in various parts of the south, Chongzhen went to a lakeside mansion in Tonganli, Rizhongfang, to attend a school opening ceremony.

This is a secret police school jointly established by Jinyiwei and the Social Investigation Institute, which is responsible for providing professionals for the above two departments. As Chongzhen's rectification of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office was basically completed, he reflexively reflexively carried out another rectification of the Jinyi Guard and the Social Investigation Office.

If it is said that when he first ascended the throne last year, he mainly relied on the personnel close to him and the unwilling personnel within Jinyiwei and Dongchang for the personnel organization of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, so as to master these two huge spy agencies.

So what Zhu Youzhen has to do now is to rely on this secret police school to train a sufficient number of professionals to replace those conservative and incompetent officials. Most importantly, he hopes to take advantage of this opportunity to clean up the deep-rooted and corrupt families in the Jinyi Guard.

Although the Ming Emperors of the past dynasties, in addition to the Jinyi Guard, they also set up special agencies such as the eastern, western, and inner factories as their eyes and ears. But in addition to Jinyiwei and Dongchang, other spy agencies are short-lived.

The main reason for this is that the hereditary system of Jinyiwei has kept the Jinyiwei organization alive, and there are many useful experiences and lessons that make it impossible for the emperor to get rid of the information they provide. And the biggest role of the East Factory is to monitor and curb that Jinyiwei will not break away from the emperor's control.

If in the past, Jinyiwei was still an indispensable intelligence organization for the emperor to understand the world and the courtiers. Today, Jinyiwei has become, and some hereditary Jinyiwei pig farms are waiting for death.

Of course, the reason why Jinyiwei has fallen to this point today is that the Ming Emperors of the past dynasties were wary of and infiltrated this organization. But the most important thing is that Jinyiwei has lost his faith and purpose.

In the past, when Zhu Yuanzhang established Jinyiwei, he still had a bit of a taste of understanding the enemy situation externally and cracking down on corrupt officials internally. After Chengzu Fengtian was martyred, Jinyiwei's biggest task became to maintain the world of one family and one surname. However, after becoming an ancestor, Jinyiwei became a tool for the inner court and the emperor to suppress political opponents.

Since it is a tool for power and profit, who can expect this organization to be very productive. After Zhu Youzhen sorted out the military-political relations inside and outside the capital, he finally turned his attention to the two intelligence organizations around him again.

The mansion, which sits on the edge of the West Sea, does not have a sign for the secret police school, and in fact it is not the main training base of the school. These recruits will be trained here for 3-6 months before being assigned to special skills training.

A total of 126 people were selected for the training, filling two-thirds of the halls of the main house. After entering the hall, Zhu Youzhen took a good look from east to west, these students sitting on the south side of the hall.

Zhang Xianzhong sat in the fourth row of the second row, and compared to the excited sweaty colleagues around him, only a few drops of sweat appeared on his face. He defended himself in his heart, mainly because it was too hot today, and it was definitely not because he saw the great tomorrow.

Zhu Youzhen's lecture to these students was not long, and what he said was also very decent, there was nothing brilliant or deviant.

The students below and many of the Jinyi Guard officers who were watching were relieved, but they were also quite disappointed.

However, the emperor did not turn away after saying these words, but gave an order to the guards below, and a group of guards entered the hall with wooden plates in their hands.

When the guard walked up, Zhang Xianzhong saw clearly that inside the wooden plate was a yellowed nest head and a glass of water. Under the guard's whispered order, Zhang Xianzhong picked up a nest head and a glass of water.

The students and Jinyi Guard officers below, although they received these wowotou and clear water, did not understand what the emperor meant.