When I returned home and saw a carriage parked at the door, I asked the coachman to find out that it was Han Chai and Chang Li who were moving things, Chang Wei went in and asked, "Do you really want to live in Baiyun Temple?"

Han chased and said: "Of course, you haven't seen anyone for a long time, and I thought you were lost in Beijing." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Chang Wei sighed, "Nonsense, the young master has also met a few old acquaintances." ”

Chang Kuan came out of the house and said, "Third brother still has acquaintances?"

"Big brother came back so early?" "There are few things on duty, and he left before he could eat." ”

Chang Wei said: "That's right, let's pick something to visit the teacher." ”

While he was talking, Shi Daxuan drove a few carriages to come, saying that it was Wei Liangdong's New Year's goods, while his subordinates were packing up their things, Chang Wei asked about Wang Wenyan's matter, Chang Kuan said: "Wei Zhongxian is only dealing with the Donglin Party, but Donglin is an enemy of the Manchu Dynasty, and I have been fighting my idea several times. ”

After saying a few words, Chang Wei picked out some books, kerosene lamps, glass mirrors, two muskets and some New Year's goods, and everyone walked along the root of the southern city wall together, and when they arrived at the Xuanwu Gate, Han Chai and Chang left the outer city to go to the Baiyun Temple outside the West Gate.

Chang Wei to the north, Yuan Keli lives in the small Yongfang next to the Xidan archway, this house is three before and after, more spacious.

Seeing Yuan Keli standing under the eaves of the atrium with his hands behind his back, Chang Wei hurriedly handed over the carriage to Wuqu Lianzhen and Chang Kuan and walked up quickly, "Teacher, the student has come to see you, I was in the edict last time thanks to the teacher's rescue, otherwise the student is really,"

"Why are you polite to me?" Yuan Keli interrupted him with a smile, and when he helped him up, he saw the miserable hands, Yuan Keli sighed, "Fearless, you have suffered a lot." ”

When the master and apprentice greeted each other, Chang Kuan saluted and said, "I've seen the Duke of Jiehuan." ”

"Ziqiu, don't be formal, go, talk in the house. ”

After sitting down, Chang Wei said: "Teacher, this house is good, but it is too clean." ”

Yuan Keli shook his head and said: "Originally, it didn't need to be so big, the emperor gave it to live, I only have a few old servants and a few guards here, it is indeed empty, in the future, you go to Jinyiwei, it is close to me, if you don't dislike me a lot of old words, you will come to be lively." ”

Yuan Keli in private is a funny person, Chang Wei smiled: "It's indispensable to disturb the teacher, I'm afraid that I will be too noisy and disturb you." ”

Yuan Keli continued: "The martial arts conference you and Wei Liangdong made was really lively, and the emperor knew about it. ”

The factory guard really didn't eat rice, "What did the emperor say?"

Yuan Keli smiled slightly: "The emperor is not a few years older than you, he is very tempting, and he also thinks it is very interesting." As soon as Wei Liangdong entered the palace today, he said that the emperor yearns for you people with strong martial arts, especially when he sees your pedaling and four-wheeled carriage, he can't put it down, and he is learning to ride a bicycle all day long. ”

Speaking of this, he asked, "Why were those two things offered by Wei Liangdong?"

Chang Wei explained: "Originally, it was agreed with the teacher that the students would offer it, but the fact that I borrowed the edict to enter the prison provoked Wei Liangdong's hatred for Wei Liangqing, and now he is ready to seize power from Wei Liangqing, and there will be a good show to watch in the future!"

Yuan Keli was shocked, "Provoke the eunuchs to fight within the party? Fearless, what a good method! This is much more powerful than Donglin's gang of people who play tricks all day long." ”

Chang Wei talked about Wei Liangdong's sacrifice to the Taimiao on behalf of the emperor, and Yuan Keli sighed: "The emperor is smart and powerful, but he can't control the fire, and he is too indulgent to the Wei family." ”

Zhu Youxiao is proficient in carpentry and machinery, and his intelligence should be true. Finding the suspicious look on Chang Wei's face, Yuan Ke stood up and took out a dozen copies of the bookshelves to show him.

If you look closely, the records of the emperor's lectures and readings in the Wenhua Hall abound, and there are even more personal comments on military affairs. Judging from the annotations on the fold, the emperor had a brilliant mind and a very high level of education, especially on military affairs and the use of people, and many opinions were often more sophisticated than those of his subordinates.

In particular, Sun Chengzong, another teacher of the emperor, mentioned that 'the emperor is good at observing the border situation', for the border situation, the emperor not only listened to the reports of the officials, but also specially asked Dongchang to send people to listen to the border intelligence.

This level is much higher than Yuan Chonghuan's incompetence in intelligence work, looking at the time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse at that time was only sixteen years old.

The most recent one was Yuan Chonghuan's boast, saying that he could get the Houjin to surrender by repairing the city outside the Guan, and he also made a big deal of praise for Wei Zhongxian, but the young Emperor of the Apocalypse questioned Yuan Chonghuan's big words and the horses he patted Wei Zhongxian.

In the end, he even clearly admonished: "If we plan it, slaves may not be surrendered, and it is not enough to believe in it; ”

It can be seen that the apocalypse admonished Yuan Chonghuan to do things honestly and not brag less. If these can only prove that the emperor is sober-minded, then a few earlier notes can show the emperor's extraordinary military talent.

First of all, Mao Wenlong's Tang newspaper mentioned that there was intelligence to prove that Houjin and the Mongols colluded, and there was a plot to detour Jizhen to attack the Guannei, and it was necessary to be strictly guarded. The Emperor took this information very seriously and ordered the cabinet to take precautions.

But at that time, Sun Chengzong, the teacher of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, thought that Houjin was playing a trick to attack the east and west, and he dealt with it in vain, and it turned out that the emperor expected the truth of the matter, and Ma Shilong, recommended by Sun Chengzong, died in battle. According to the rules of who recommends and who is responsible, Sun Chengzong can only resign with hatred.

In contrast, the insight of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is more clever than that of his teacher Sun Chengzong.

Chang Wei sighed in his heart, "No wonder people say that Sun Chengzong misled the country, no wonder the teacher is resurrected, without Sun Chengzong, he always has to invite another famous minister to come out to preside over the situation, it seems that the emperor is really a powerful man." ”

After reading these recitals, Chang Wei sighed: "I finally know why a wise lord like Emperor Taiji can't enter the pass." ”

Yuan Keli was surprised and said, "Fearless also knows how powerful Huang Taiji is?"

Chang Wei asked, "Does the teacher remember a person named Qiu Feng?"

Yuan Keli suddenly said: "You heard about it from Qiu Feng's mouth? I also funded him in Denglai back then. ”

Speaking of Denglai Chang Wei and thought of Sun Yuanhua again, the evaluation and evaluation of promoted officials is Chang Kuan's business scope, he said: "Previously, because the emperor questioned Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan put the responsibility for the poor recovery on Mao Wenlong, so His Excellency ordered Sun Yuanhua to be dismissed and succeeded by Xie Lian. ”

But Yuan Chonghuan still wrote to the court to ask the court to send someone to supervise his military salary on the grounds that Mao Wenlong spent too much money and food, and Mao Wenlong wrote to argue, which caused a quarrel between the court and China, and the emperor could not coordinate, so he gave Shang Fang a sword to appease Yuan Chonghuan. ”

Chang Wei said in a low voice: "Shang Fang Sword, cut first and then play, this time Mao Wenlong is going to be bad." ”

Yuan Keli and Chang Kuan exclaimed in unison: "Why do you say this?"

Chang Wei knew that he had leaked his mouth, so he said: "Yuan is a person, arbitrary, and stubborn, maybe he will abuse the sword and cause trouble." ”

Chang Kuan said: "That can't be helped, now the situation in Liaodong is only Yuan Chonghuan who dares to ask for war, others either don't know the soldiers, or dare not fight, and the court can only trust him." ”

Chang Wei smiled: "I'm just talking nonsense, I can't take it seriously." Immediately, he changed the topic, "The envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town is responsible for reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation, and torture, I definitely won't arrest people indiscriminately, but what must I do?"

Jinyiwei's power is terrifying, representing the emperor's will, in Chang Wei's cognition, this question is not answered by anyone except the emperor Yuan Keli!

"Hahaha!" Yuan Keli laughed when he heard this, "Fearless, I'm afraid you've been misled by folk rumors......"

At the beginning, the highest commander of Jinyiwei was the commander of Zhengsanpin, and in the Zhengde period, he was changed to the governor of the five armies of Zhengyipin, and Tian Ergeng of this dynasty had the title of both the governor of the left capital and the commander of the capital. Xu Xianchun, Sun Yunhe, Yang Huan, Cui Yingyuan and other "five biao" also have the post of commander and commander, and they have to do things, while Wei Liangqing and Wei Liangdong's commanders are fictitious.

There are many functions of Jinyiwei. First of all, the Han generals who were in charge of "direct driving and guarding", this part had 5,600 people in 5,000 households. When the emperor went to the court, the court held ceremonies, ceremonies and other activities, and the brocade guards had to be honored guards. There are many such occasions, such as offering prisoners, suburban rituals, sacrificing to the Taimiao, sutra feasts (the emperor listens to the minister's lectures), imperial examinations, and so on, all of which are in charge of the Han generals in the Jinyi Guard, and they are very busy.

Secondly, he had to do a lot of messy things, Jinyiwei had to repair the streets and dredge the ditches in Beijing, and this part of the errand was no different from the ordinary city patrol soldiers.

There is also a rather strange mission: to search for people in Beijing who have been cleaned without permission. Because of the high salary, many people who want to live a good life want to be eunuchs from the palace. But there are not so many people in the palace, these people are in the capital as idlers and gangsters to disturb the peace, and this errand falls on the head of Jinyiwei.

Another task is hilarious: raising elephants!

Elephants are large, docile, and look unusually majestic, so they have become an essential animal in various ceremonies. During the annual festival, 31 elephants should be used, and more are usually raised, and the "elephant training house" responsible for domesticating elephants is still an important institution in Jinyiwei.

In addition, Jinyiwei is also a standard military organization, with obligations such as tuntian and expeditions. The most famous example is the "Wanli Dynasty War", when Jinyiwei made a great contribution to this important war by gathering intelligence and assassinating Japanese generals on the Korean Peninsula.

After these relatively bright jobs, there is the notorious secret service, which is also one of the main jobs of the North Town Fuji. Beizhen has eyes and ears all over the country, once the emperor issued an edict, he rode out in all directions, and when he caught a prisoner, he was put into the edict to torture and serve, and when the prisoner was executed in the imperial court, Jinyiwei also had to be beheaded, and torture to extract confessions was the source of Jinyiwei's notoriety.

However, Jinyiwei is not unscrupulous to arrest whomever he wants! Jinyiwei needs a driver's license, gets a driver's license from the criminal department, and also needs the criminal department to sign and approve the matter, and the procedures are very complicated.

Jinyiwei has 14 thousand households: 5 offices of the Han general, 5 offices of the Beizhen Fusi, 2 offices of patrol and elephant taming, 1 office of the Nanzhen Fusi, 1 office of the experience department responsible for the exchange of official documents, and 1 office in Nanjing City.

In addition, those informants and secret agents in various places belong to secret agencies, and only the relevant responsible persons know their functions, these informants and secret agents are passed down from generation to generation, and even the people around them don't know their identities, such as Xia Zhen's Xia Congyan If it weren't for Chang Wei to get the news from the beggar gang, he wouldn't know that he was Jinyiwei at all.

Ordinary brocade guards also do not have flying fish suits, and can only wear uniforms such as 'red silk leno clothes' and 'green brocade clothes'.

In the end, Yuan Keli said: "What role Jinyiwei plays, it depends on the times, in the era of Taizu, Chengzu, and Renzong, it was a loyal defender of imperial power, and an institution that corrupt officials and corrupt officials were afraid of; Of course, no matter what era Jinyiwei is, he does not like the government and opposition officials. ”

Chang Wei was already confused by the truth of the matter, "The majestic Jinyi guard still needs to raise elephants, build roads and canals, and catch fake eunuchs? Well, this can deal with thunder!"

Yuan Keli couldn't help but look at him there, "You were born in a family of eunuchs, and you are Yingtian Jieyuan, proficient in land and water warfare, can train soldiers, strong martial arts, familiar with firearms, have a good reputation, and you don't need to be corrupted and blackmailed if you have money, there are so many advantages The emperor values you very much, and the envoy of Beizhen is just for you to familiarize yourself with officialdom, and you will be used in the future." ”

Chang Wei said unconvinced: "I also sent me to prison, and I was almost finished." ”

Yuan Keli smiled and said: "First, you pretended to be the identity of Shao Ze, a hundred households in Zhejiang, and second, you connived at your subordinates to rob the Weishan Mansion, and the emperor wanted to beat you." How did the emperor know about the torture of the factory guards? I just thought it was a little more powerful than the court staff. But now it looks like you can turn this bad thing into a good thing!"

"Good thing, does the teacher mean?" Chang Wei put his scarred wrist in front of him.

"Not bad!" Yuan Keli nodded happily, "The officials who can get out of the edict alive will either be demoted to a local area, or resign and return to their hometowns, even if they stay in Beijing, no one dares to show their injuries in front of the emperor." ”

In front of the emperor, he was disheveled and behaved inappropriately, which was called a loss of honor in front of the king, and he would be arrested and beaten at the lightest, and he would be thrown into prison if he was a serious one.

"When you become the envoy of Beizhen, you will have many opportunities to meet the emperor, and naturally the emperor can see the scars on your body, and you can also tell the stories in the edict, maybe the emperor will issue an edict to abolish those tortures. ”

After saying these things, Chang Wei still wanted to know how to make some achievements without harming others, so he asked: "Is there anything difficult for the emperor?" or heart disease. ”

Yuan Keli sighed: "There are four major events, the first of which is the Donglin Party. ”

Chang Wei said: "Donglin was suppressed by Wei Zhongxian, I feel that it is almost over, when the time is right, it should work to propose to increase the commercial tax and let the scholars pay taxes, in exchange for the return that the emperor will no longer suppress." ”

Yuan Keli said: "The second thing is Houjin, internal affairs and external virtue, these are the two major things that any emperor pays attention to. ”

Chang Wei said: "After the fight, Yuan Chonghuan, who relied on Donglin, and the waste materials of the eunuch party are not good. ”

Chang Kuan said: "But now there is no name in the court." ”

Chang Wei said: "Big brother, do you remember what I said in my letter? This is a good general! I once fought with him to destroy the Fengyang Holy Mother Sect, and I learned from him the skills of fighting with soldiers. ”

Yuan Keli praised: "Fu Xijue does have the posture of a famous general, if he cooperates with Fearless, he will be able to make achievements." ”

Chang Wei smiled: "Then we also have to be supervised by the teacher Ji Liao, we have no worries, so we can establish immortal achievements!"

Yuan Keli sighed: "What an immortal achievement! When the time is ripe, I will definitely ask for my life!" and said: "Third, the three princes all died early, and the absence of children is also an excuse for the Donglin Party to attack the emperor. ”

In the era of imperial power, the absence of a crown prince was a very serious matter, let alone the absence of a prince? The early death of a prince would be involved in such things as not cultivating virtue and politics and angering the heavens, and it would be easy for the government and the opposition to criticize him.

Chang Wei chuckled, "I might be able to help with this." ”

Yuan Keli and Chang Kuan all changed color and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Chang Wei was stunned: "Oh, where did you think of it? I mean to recuperate the emperor's body." Big brother, I wasn't poisoned by a traitor because I had eaten Zhang Tianshi's elixir; ”

Yuan Keli's face changed again, "You mean that the likes of asking for immortals and asking questions, I'm just afraid that the old things of the Jiajing Dynasty will reappear." ”

Emperor Jiajing did not go to the court for decades to concentrate on cultivating the Tao and wanted to do immortal things, and the harm in the eyes of the ministers was also quite great.

Chang Wei hurriedly explained: "Teacher, we clearly told the emperor that he can't live forever after eating the elixir, but if he does it according to a reasonable method, he can strengthen his body and give birth to heirs." ”

Chang Kuan still shook his head and said: "Don't think about this matter for the time being, unless one day you can get the emperor's complete trust, you can bring it up vaguely." ”

To say that a man is not fertile will definitely anger him, unless he is very close.

"Zi Xuan is right!"

Yuan Keli praised it, and said: "The fourth thing, the seven-month-old third prince died of fright when Wang Gongchang exploded, and the emperor has not had any heirs since then. Not only did the explosion lose the only prince, but the Donglin Party also used the word "heaven's punishment" to attack the emperor, and there are still people who use this to attack the emperor and appoint Wei Zhongxian. This incident left the greatest pain in the emperor's heart, and it also made the emperor hate the Donglin Party and be ruthless. If you can close this mysterious case, you will definitely be relieved by the emperor!"

Chang Weiqi said: "Didn't this case be pushed to the head of the Houjin spy?"

According to later generations, more than 20,000 people died at that time, and several kilometers of the explosion were blown up, and there were meteorites, earthquakes, nuclear bombs, aliens, and even parallel spaces.

Chang Wei specially looked for information to see, and on the day of the explosion, Li Canran, the imperial historian of Xicheng, reported the results: "More than 10,930 houses collapsed, and 537 people were crushed to death. ”

The officials all gave Yang Suoxiu and others in the matter, and Wang Yehao, who was in charge of the imperial history, all played: "It is suspected that there are spies who burn gunpowder privately!"

From Chang Wei's point of view, this treacherous statement must be false, and it should actually be a powder magazine explosion accident. Wang Gong Factory is the place where gunpowder is produced in Beijing, and the explosion of the gunpowder magazine is not an unacceptable thing, and it has been blown up several times during the Wanli years.

But when he looked at the few documents that Yuan Keli took out, Chang Wei was immediately dumbfounded, "Fire God, the god who sits on the unicorn and holds the divine sword, the god of the grass factory, what the is this! The Donglin Party is at this level?" (To be continued.) )