【Chapter 646】Behind the Coup d'état......

In addition to King Fu's cronies, there is another type of person who can be reused by the Northern Ming court. This kind of person is the sworn enemy of the Donglin Party. In the late Wanli period, the party struggle was so fierce and so ruthless that almost every day officials suffered all kinds of abnormal treatments because of the party dispute. In other words, in the cruel party struggle, there are indeed many people who have fallen in the Donglin Party. However, the number of other officials who were killed by the Donglin Party was also quite large.

It seems that the Kun Party, the Qi Party, the Chu Party, etc., are all sworn enemies of the Donglin Party, and when the Donglin Party has the upper hand, many of them are either removed from their posts and fined, or imprisoned for various reasons, or demoted and assigned. Others were directly listed for crimes and sentenced to heavy prison terms. This time they finally have the opportunity to come out of the mountain again, and naturally they are grateful to King Fu, crying bitterly, and wholeheartedly supporting it. It can be said that they and Nanming, which is composed of all Donglin Party members, are absolutely incompatible.

As more and more information arrived, the situation became clearer. Xu Xingxia found that the ruling structure of the Northern Ming Dynasty was composed of a mixture of several parts, such as the harem, the internal prison, the army, and the factory guard. The harem is naturally headed by Concubine Zheng. During the lifetime of Emperor Wanli, she was the master of the harem and enjoyed exclusive favors, and the other concubines were not her opponents at all. Now that the Wanli Emperor has died, the emperor who ascended the throne is her son, so naturally there is no opponent.

The internal supervisors were headed by Lu Shou, Wang Tiqian, Li Chaoqin, Wang Chaofu and others. Wang Tiqian turned out to be a eunuch in the palace and held a little power. This time, he quickly defected to the Fuwang Party, and as a result, he was promoted to become a eunuch with a master's supervisor, which can be described as a success. As for Li Chaoqin and Wang Chaofu, they turned out to be the henchmen of King Fu, and this time they also became the eunuchs of the celebrant and the eunuch of Liaodong Town. The power of these two positions is very great.

There is no need to say more about the important surnames of the eunuchs and the eunuchs with palm prints. What needs to be mentioned is this Liaodong town guard eunuch. The nine-sided important towns of the Ming Dynasty were all equipped with eunuchs. They were directly responsible to the emperor and were responsible for monitoring the movements of the military towns, and even the governors, governors, and military officers of the towns were subject to their surveillance. Therefore, they are often called directly the prison army, and they have the most terrible power to cut first and then play.

The original Ningxia Town also had eunuchs guarding the town. It's just that the eunuch who guards the town doesn't take care of things, and he doesn't care about anything other than he likes to plunder money. After Xu Xingxia was about to make a fuss, he decisively took his money and walked away. Which corner is hidden now, Xu Xingxia doesn't bother to investigate. It is estimated that this eunuch will not appear again.

Among the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty, the largest number of troops, the most important position, the most expensive and grain-consuming territory, the largest territory, the largest population, and the most oily and water-rich are naturally Liaodong Town. Especially after Nurhachi formally established the Dajin Kingdom, the military expenditure of the Ming court in Liaodong was calculated in millions of taels of silver. It is absolutely impossible to say that these silver taels can be used in the end. Officials at all levels will certainly pluck the feathers of geese.

The status of the eunuch in Liaodong is still above the governor of Liaodong, the governor, the governor and others. He can ask about everything, but he doesn't need to take any responsibility. It is conceivable what kind of performance such a position will have. The military expenses of the Liaodong Military Town, I am afraid that there are more than 30% of the small ones, and they will fall into the private pockets of the eunuchs guarding this town. Even if you look at the whole country, there is no more oily position than this position.

Lu Shou, the original admiral and eunuch of Dongchang, was also reused by King Fu this time. Because the power of Dongchang itself has been suppressed, the top and bottom of Dongchang are not very satisfied with Emperor Wanli. Whether it is Dongchang or Jinyiwei, they want their power to be fully exercised, and they don't like to be restrained. In ancient and modern times, in China and abroad, is there any secret service that wants its power to be restrained? It is better to be unscrupulous, lawless, above all else.

However, Emperor Wanli is not a mediocre lord after all, he knows very well that the two dogs, Dongchang and Jinyiwei, can be used to take care of the family. When you are forced to have no choice, it is okay to let it out and bite someone. However, if they are released and left unattended, there is a high risk that they will make a mess of the whole country, unable to clean it up, and even bite their owners in turn. There has been a profound lesson in history. Wang Zhen is the worst example.

Therefore, in the Wanli period, the power of Dongchang and Jinyiwei has always been contained within a relatively reasonable range. Throughout the Wanli Dynasty, there were almost no scandals between Dongchang and Jinyiwei. During the Wanli period, the commanders and eunuchs of Dongchang, as well as the successive commanders of the Jinyi Guard, almost no one knew their names. Since I don't even know the name, I naturally can't talk about a special attack. This is definitely the rarest in the Ming Dynasty, where factory guards were rampant. Even Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard during the Jiajing period, was still criticized.

This time, King Fu didn't know what he promised, and Dongchang actually turned back. Lu Shou estimated that he would take the initiative to take refuge in Fuwang before he became a leader, so that he would make Dongchang really majestic. It is estimated that the whole Dongchang is also thinking like this. Because, they all know very well that only by taking refuge in King Fu can there be a way out. The officials of the Donglin Party have no good impression of the eunuchs in Dongchang. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, Dongchang's son will definitely not be happy. If you don't do well, even the Dongchang spy agency will have to be abolished.

Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Sigong but did not fall to King Fu. According to various intelligence, he should be the person of the Tide file. It's a pity that Jinyiwei itself is just a secret agency, arresting people, killing people, extorting money, but he is very capable, as for fighting, there is nothing he can do. Therefore, they did not have much influence on the coup. In front of the regular army, Jinyiwei is scum. Even if it is a bad army, it can easily defeat the Jinyi Guard in a head-to-head battle.

In fact, Jinyiwei is also fighting for power and profit, and there is endless infighting. Sun Yunhe, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, took the initiative to take refuge in King Fu as soon as the coup d'état occurred. His actions caught Luo Sigong off guard and lost control of the entire Jinyiwei, causing the people's hearts to fluctuate within the Jinyiwei. Basically, after Sun Yunhe took refuge in King Fu, Jinyiwei as a whole no longer exists. Everyone is looking for their own way out.

In the end, the result of the controversy was that most of the Jinyi Wei officials were inclined to defect to King Fu. Because, they are also worried that after the Donglin Party takes power, Jinyiwei's power will be greatly weakened. Perhaps, it will be liquidated. The officials of the Donglin Party hated Dongchang the most, and then Jinyiwei. If the Donglin Party dominates the world, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will definitely be revoked. Moreover, the chief evildoer of the factory guard will be sentenced to death in ten years.

The existence of such a threat is naturally self-evident. Luo Sigong fell, and with a small number of henchmen, fled to Nanjing to form a new Jinyi Guard. Sun Yunhe came to power and became the new commander of Yanjing's Jinyi Guard. In this way, Nanming and Beiming each have their own brocade guards. In order to compete for power, I am afraid that they will always be entangled. Fortunately, Nanming does not have the East Factory, otherwise, the situation would be more complicated.

The army of the Northern Ming Dynasty was based on Datong Town and Xuanfu Town as the backbone, supplemented by Shanxi Town and Jizhen Town. The news of the split of the Ming Dynasty made the troops of these four towns flee by more than 30%. Under the oppression of the white-clothed army, the number of fleeing troops in the four towns will continue to rise. However, after all, there are still a certain number of troops, which are still stationed in various military towns. No matter how you escape, you can't escape them all. It is not yet known how the Fuwang Party will use these troops.

As for Liaodong Town, due to the deep involvement of the Donglin Party before, there is no clear movement now. Yang Hao, the Liaodong Economic Strategy, didn't know whether he was frightened or didn't know what to do, and he never publicly stated his attitude. However, there is the existence of the eunuchs guarding Liaodong, and the possibility that they will fall to King Fu is very large. Moreover, there is the fatal factor of Nurhachi. Xu Xingxia estimated that the last ten ** in Liaodong Town would fall into the hands of wild boar skin.

If you explain the division of the dynasty, there are only two people who can get any benefits from it. One is Xu Xingxia, and the other is Nurhachi. In the context of the struggle for power in Yanjing and Nanjing, it was almost impossible for Nurhachi to conquer Liaodong. Liaodong Town was originally stormy, the wind was loud, and it happened to encounter such a turbulent domestic political situation, who would have the heart to fight? Fiasco, almost inevitable.

It is estimated that after the wild boar skin conquers Liaodong, it will quickly march into North Korea and continue to expand its territory. With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely not capable of assisting Korea. And without the assistance of the Ming Dynasty, the demise of Korea was almost a matter of course. I don't know where Mao Wenlong is at the moment? What is the identity? We have to find a way to get him.

In this coup, the biggest problem for the imperial army is still Jingying. The prince's failure to master the Jingying is definitely a mistake within a mistake, a fool within a fool. During the Wanli period, there was no special Jingying admiral eunuch in Beijing. Each battalion had its own general, which was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. However, each battalion had eunuchs who oversaw the army. And the power of the eunuchs in charge of the army is the greatest, and they can directly appoint and dismiss officials. This means that only the eunuchs of the prison army are the real masters of the five military battalions, the three thousand battalions, and the Shenshu battalion (that is, the Shenji battalion).

Obviously, Concubine Zheng Guifei is very capable in winning over eunuchs. She is the master of the harem, and she has the advantage of an innate surname in this regard. Judging from the performance of the Jingying in the coup, the eunuchs of the three battalions were obviously bought by Zheng Guifei.

(To be continued)