Qianqing Palace.
It was raining heavily outside, and Zhu Qiyu had just woken up from his nap when he received a report that Lu Zhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, was asking for a meeting, so he called him in.
Not long after, Lu Zhong strode into the palace and bowed to him: "Your Majesty, Lu Zhong, is here to greet you."
Zhu Qiyu was wearing Yanju clothes, leaning on the throne, looking up and down, and found that Lu Zhong's body had traces of being soaked by the rain, and he obviously came in a hurry, so he asked.
"Excuse me. I'm so eager to see you. Did something happen in the prison?"
Lu Zhong stood up, nodded and said: "As your Majesty expected, the British government really couldn't sit still. I deliberately pretended not to know. Sure enough, someone couldn't resist the temptation. Taking advantage of today's heavy rain, he put Zhang Shi into prison. among."
Now Zhu Qiyu became interested.
He had long known that as soon as the mission returned to Beijing, the British government would definitely try their best to contact Zhang Fu to find out the truth.
However, he originally thought that Zhang Min would at most secretly spread some news like last time, but he never thought that this time they were obviously anxious and wanted to meet in person.
Obviously, in the heavily guarded imperial prison, it is enough to rely on a few "bought" jailers to secretly find opportunities to spread the news, but it is not easy to send people in to visit.
Sitting up straight, Zhu Qiyu asked calmly: "Who is so bold?"
A trace of cold sweat broke out on Lu Zhong's head, and he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have neglected my duty. This person is Beizhen Fu Si Li Xing Qian Hu, Menda."
He also didn't expect that even though Jin Yiwei had been cleaned so many times, something still slipped through the net.
Jinyiwei has a total of seventeen guard stations. Among them, Beizhen Fusi is in charge of imperial edict prisons, and there are five guard stations under it, which are responsible for criminal prisons.
As Li Xing Qian Hu, who is in charge of the First Guard, he is already considered to be a high-ranking authority among the Jin Yi Guards, but for such a person to be bribed, Lu Zhong really feels a little embarrassed.
Relatively speaking, Zhu Qiyu was much calmer.
The scale of Jinyiwei was much larger than that of Dongchang, so it was normal to have a few scum. This name actually reminded him of something.
Menda and Lugao, the two powerful generals of the Tianshun Dynasty, monitored every move of all the ministers in the court for Zhu Qizhen after the restoration. They were good at making accusations and framing the ministers.
During the years when they were active, there was a lot of noise in the court, everyone was in danger, and Menda was not exiled until the little baby with his breasts came to the throne.
Oh, by the way, Yuan Bin, who is currently in Yibei and lives and dies with the Supreme Emperor, was also framed by Menda, tortured and almost lost his life.
Zhu Qiyu has been busy with government affairs, and Lu Zhong has always been responsible for the Jinyiwei side. Unexpectedly, this person is still there, and he is jumping up and down again.
Lu Zhong knelt on the ground, sweat dripping from his forehead. The emperor's long silence made him feel deeply uneasy.
After a while, he boldly raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty, now that we have found out, what should we do with this Menda?"
Zhu Qiyu woke up, saw Lu Zhong's appearance, waved his hand and said.
"Get up, I know this man. If I remember correctly, he has a few henchmen, what are they called, Lu Gao, Xie Tong, Liu Jing?"
Lu Zhong was stunned for a moment, with a trace of panic rising in his heart. He did not expect that the emperor knew Jin Yiwei so well.
Nodding his head honestly, Lu Zhong said: "Your Majesty, these people are indeed Menda's subordinates."
So, Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, rubbed his forehead, and said softly.
"There is no need to spare the lives of Menda and Lu Gao. As for the others, you can decide what to do. There are so many instruments of torture in the prison that have been gathering dust for many years. It's time for them to see the light of blood. As the saying goes, "Compassion cannot control soldiers." There’s no need to hesitate when you take action.”
The Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers, and it takes little effort to deal with them. Just like Dongchang, they are basically the emperor's decision.
A single word decided the lives of these people.
Lu Zhong didn't care about the life or death of these people. What made him uneasy was that from these indifferent words, he felt the anger of the emperor.
The torture instruments of the Jinyiwei made him, the commander, go numb just by looking at them. Menda and the others were no longer seeking death, but even death was not easy.
After bowing, Lu Zhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will handle it properly and alert other brothers, and they will never make the same mistake again."
Zhu Qiyu said nothing and waved his hand to indicate that he could retreat.
At this time, a chamberlain who looked about thirty came in and said.
"Your Majesty, Yu Qian, the Minister of War, and Yu Shiyue, the cabinet minister, are outside seeking an audience."
Lu Zhong was slightly surprised, because this eunuch was wearing uniforms at the level of a chief eunuch.
Being able to appear here means that he is a confidant of the emperor, but he has never seen this person before.
Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu said: "The Supervisor of Ceremonies is busy, and Cheng Jing is too tired from running back and forth every day, so I have newly promoted a eunuch in charge of Qianqing Palace to take care of my daily life. His name is Hua En, who was recommended to me by Shu Liang."
When Lu Zhong heard that it was Shu Liang who recommended him, he felt relieved and quickly handed over his hands and said, "I have met Eunuch Huai."
The eunuch on the other side looked a little reserved and returned the gift with his hand.
Then, Zhu Qiyu said: "Huai'en, please send Commander Lu out of the palace, and by the way, tell Yu Shaobao and Shaobao to come in."
So Wynn accepted the order and retreated with Lu Zhong.
Seeing him looking slightly nervous in front of Lu Zhong, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but smile.
He promoted Wynn to come up, and it took only three or two days for him to do everything possible.
The original reason was indeed because Cheng Jing was too busy, and considering that he was now the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, his status was unusual and he was not an eunuch, so it was difficult for him to come and go at a moment's notice.
So, he thought of Wynn.
This is the only person so far who was not reused by Zhu Qiyu in his previous life. In fact, he is also involved with Jin Ying, who has been sent to Nanjing.
But it doesn't matter, because he is Wynn.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many eunuchs who played tricks to please the emperor and caused all kinds of troubles. If you want to rank them, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Cao Jixiang, and Wei Zhongxian all have their own merits. It is really difficult to distinguish them. Who is more powerful.
But when it comes to upright eunuchs, Huai En can definitely be ranked among the top three. This is why Zhu Qiyu uses him.
This person is upright and resolute, honest and upright, loyal but not flattering, well-read in poetry but not pedantic. Such a person can be an important minister in the foreign court.
Of course, Wynn was not recommended by Shu Liang.
In fact, Shu Liang didn't even know Hua En. After all, before Zhu Qiyu noticed him, Hua En was just an ordinary teacher in the inner study.
In his previous life, Huai'en stayed in the inner study until the Tianshun period, and then was treated as an official and sent to the crown prince's womb. He was not reused until the crown prince ascended the throne.
However, Shu Liang did help Zhu Qiyu investigate him.
After all, no matter what Zhu Qiyu's impression of him was, he had to be a little more cautious after his past life experience.
Thinking like this, Huaien had already sent Lu Zhong out, and then led Yu Qian and Yu Shiyue into the palace...
