When the East Factory in the Imperial City was being taken over by Jinyiwei, at the same time, in the Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town, the pro-army Governor's Mansion outside the Imperial City, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun and others were panicking about the news of His Majesty's Great Trip to the Apocalypse.

"His Royal Highness Prince Xin, what kind of person is this, doesn't anyone know?" Cui Yingyuan asked a little impatiently.

The Jinyi Guard, who frightened outsiders, commanded Xu Xianchun, but now he sat there without saying a word like an honest and honest scholar.

Wearing a gorgeous flying fish costume, Tian Ergeng, the governor of the Jinyi Guard, looked more like an arrogant nobleman, and he said impatiently: "Who would have expected that Your Majesty would encounter such a change, and we Jinyi Wei have always been His Majesty's pro-army, and daring to make friends with the vassal king in private is the way to die." In the past, I still avoided the letter domain, so how can I talk about knowing a thing or two about the letter domain. However, if we are loyal to Your Majesty, will the new emperor abolish his minions when he succeeds to the throne? ”

"I'm afraid, His Royal Highness King Xin doesn't regard us as His Majesty's minions, but as Gonggong Wei's minions, then it's bad." Xu Xianchun, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly came up with a guess that frightened everyone in the room.

"Grandpa Wei is the incarnation of His Majesty, and we obey Grandpa Wei, that is, obey Your Majesty's orders, this is one and two, two and one. Even if Gonggong Wei had any ideas, how could he follow Gonggong Wei to make trouble after receiving the favor of the country? Tian Ergeng frowned, displeased to refute Xu Xianchun's speculation.

Cui Yingyuan and the others were silent, thinking about their own thoughts, and no one echoed the words of Governor Tian Ergeng as usual.

The room suddenly fell into a suffocating silence, and Tian Ergeng couldn't help but shudder. The house of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi was built from the Yongle period, and everyone who has entered Beizhen Fusi feels that this place is overcast, even if it is a hot summer day to walk here, they will break out in a cold sweat.

Most people believe that this is because too many unjust souls died in the Fusi Prison in Jinyi Weibei Town. Some of the fearful Jinyi Guard captains will also worship the Yin God in private to avoid being haunted by unjust spirits.

As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Tian Ergeng never believed in this kind of rumor, he thought that he was doing things for the Son of Heaven, and these people deserved to die if they angered the Son of Heaven. Emperor Ming is the father of the subjects of the world, "the king wants his ministers to die, and if the ministers do not die, it is disloyal; The Father causes the Son to die, and if the Son does not die, it is unfilial. "Isn't this the three outlines and five constants that the scholars and Confucians talk about every day?

Therefore, how can there be unjust souls in the edict prison, and the guilty ministers who disobey the monarch's father should naturally die in the hands of Jinyiwei. Tian Ergeng, who was convinced of this in the past, is a little shaken today.

"Maybe there won't be unjust souls in this Beizhen Fusi." Thinking of the prisoners who died in his hands in the past, Tian Ergeng felt a chill in his back.

When several people in the duty room of Beizhen Fusi fell silent, a Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi asked for instructions outside the door, and Gonggong Wei of Dongchang sent a messenger to ask to see the commander of Tiandu.

Everyone in the room immediately looked at Tian Ergeng, who was sitting in the middle of the room, Tian Ergeng's face changed, and he said loudly: "You dare to stop Gonggong Wei's messenger, why don't you hurry up and invite him in." ”

Although Tian Ergeng's tone was stern, he did not walk to the door as usual to greet the messenger of Gonggong Wei. Looking at Tian Ergeng's appearance of sitting still, several high-ranking officials of the Jinyi Guard, who had already left their chairs, sat back hesitantly.

The messenger from Dongchang who came to report the news was a close confidant of Sun Yunhe, a thousand households in Dongchang who Tian Ergeng knew, which made Tian Ergeng feel a lot more relaxed. However, everyone in the room didn't notice that the head of the Dongchang stall had changed his arrogant attitude in the past, and he behaved extremely deferentially and politely today.

After listening to the meaning conveyed by the head of the East Factory, Tian Ergeng asked someone to send him away. After the head of the Dongchang stall left, Tian Ergeng asked what everyone in the house meant.

But to Tian Ergeng's surprise, no one in the room answered him, everyone looked down at the ground under their feet, and it seemed that suddenly there was something growing on the ground of this room that people couldn't take their eyes off.

Gradually, Tian Ergeng became impatient, since he took charge of Jinyiwei, he didn't know what it was like to talk to others about things with others. Either he accepted the instructions of Gonggong Wei, or he ordered others, and there was no such thing as discussion at all.

Tian Ergeng stared at it viciously, and Cui Yingyuan, the Jinyi Wei who liked to welcome Wei Zhongxian the most, soothed Cui Yingyuan, and said coldly: "Forget about the other people in this room, the reason why Cui commanded you today is completely dependent on the grace of Grandpa Wei, don't you even plan to obey Grandpa Wei's orders?" ”

Listening to Tian Ergeng's words, Cui Yingyuan, who originally looked down at the ground, suddenly blushed and raised his head to retort: "I, the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, is an official position appointed by His Majesty, and if I want to talk about grace, then I have also received His Majesty's grace." If Your Majesty is still here, Grandpa Wei's summons to us should obey your orders, it is because Grandpa Wei represents Your Majesty. But now that His Majesty has just made a big trip, and the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, at this very moment, we Jinyiwei should first close the door and wait for the new emperor's edict, instead of discussing anything with the East Manufacturer. What's more, the Jinyi Guard is His Majesty's pro-army, do you think that with the few of us here, you can mobilize the Jinyi Guard to do something? I'm afraid that before the order leaves the Beizhen Fusi, we will be imprisoned. ”

Cui Yingyuan's rebuttal resonated with several Jinyi Wei commanders, who supported Cui Yingyuan's opinion, believing that in this extraordinary period, the new emperor should not arouse suspicion of Jinyiwei.

As the emperor's pro-army, Jinyi Wei has only one, and can only have one master. As the emperor's minions, Jin Yiwei offended the government and the opposition and could still live well because he was protected by the imperial power.

Without the protection of imperial power, Jinyiwei is a wild dog that can be bullied. Although Wei Zhongxian is known as nine thousand years old, it is not uncommon for a powerful eunuch like Wei Zhongxian in the palace to be seen in the past dynasties, and there has never been a powerful eunuch who can continue to control the government even after losing the trust of the emperor.

Because the political system of the Ming Dynasty is too perfect, whether it is the 24 eunuchs in the palace, Dongchang or Jinyiwei, they are all extensions of imperial power, not independent political entities.

In deciding on the emperor's successor, the eunuchs in the palace did not intervene at all, and they didn't even dare to say anything about the qualifications of the candidates.

It is precisely because the factory guards are so deeply dependent on the imperial power that this also causes that if the emperor loses trust in the factory guards, this is a bloody purge. Jin Yiwei from Taizu to the Apocalypse, after several ups and downs in the middle, he has long understood this truth.