On the second day after Wei Zhongxian was executed, the Forbidden City was still heavily guarded and filled with solemn killings.
Luo Sigong and Luo Yangxing, their father and son, followed Wang Zuo, the eunuch who served in Wenhua Palace (one of the eunuchs who followed Zhu Youjian into the palace), into the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate, and headed all the way to Wenhua Palace. The closer you get to the Wenhua Palace, the more armed soldiers there are on guard. These soldiers were not ostentatious Han generals, but veterans who had been eliminated from the Third Battalion of Yuma. They were all from the border army, and each of them had a fierce look on his face. The Luo family father and son felt a little scared, but they still had to maintain their martial dignity and not let them change their faces in fear.
If you are afraid of even a group of old soldiers from the Royal Horse Guards, how can you be the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards in the future?
So as Luo Yangxing walked, he was thinking about his ancestor Luo Yicheng - he was such a cruel old man! That was the hero who followed Grandpa Taizu to conquer the world, and guarded thousands of households in Yanshan by killing Tatars!
Thinking of the cruelty of his ancestors, Luo Yangxing's chest puffed up, and his rather stern face was full of majesty.
The father and son walked inside the Forbidden City for a while and finally arrived outside the Wenhua Hall. The security here is even tighter, with not only the old soldiers from the Royal Horse Prison, but also the guards brought by Zhu Youjian from Prince Xin's Mansion.
The young eunuch named Wang Zuo stopped, turned around and said to the Luo family and his son: "You two will wait a moment, we will go and report first."
With that said, he stepped into the courtyard where the Wenhua Palace was located, while the Luo family and his son were waiting outside.
Luo Sigong, who was already elderly, took a look at his son who was in his thirties and was in high spirits. I have to say that his son is really good, and he can be regarded as outstanding among a group of martial arts disciples. Not only can he be good at literature and martial arts, but he can also do things and be a good person. Serving in the Jinyiwei presided over by Wu Biao, who is attached to Wei Zhongxian, he can avoid offending in all aspects... No one can cut through the tofu with a knife and shine on both sides.
A eunuch's drake voice came from the Wenhua Palace, "Prince Xuan, Grand Tutor Luo Sigong, and Lieutenant Commander Luo Yangxing, the Left Governor of the Hou Army Governor's Mansion, come to the palace..."
A eunuch guarding the gate of the Wenhua Palace courtyard immediately made a gesture to the Luo family and his son to invite them in: "Master, Zuo Dudu, please come in."
Luo Yangxing quickly took out a door bag and handed it to him quietly. The eunuch took it and his expression immediately became livelier, and he whispered: "Long live the Lord, you are in a good mood today."
"Thank you." Luo Yangxing thanked him and supported his father. The father and son entered the courtyard of Wenhua Hall together, and then entered the main hall.
After entering the Wenhua Hall, the two father and son discovered that several cabinet ministers, Huang Liji, Feng Quan, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, Li Guo??, and Zhang Weixian, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, were all inside. Xu Yingyuan, Liu Ruoyu and Li Chengyun, who were in charge of the ceremonial department, were also in the hall.
Obviously, a small court meeting was being held in the Wenhua Hall.
Because it was still the period of national mourning, it was not convenient for Zhu Youjian to go to the court, so he sent an order to the cabinet, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the general yamen of the Beijing camp, and asked the cabinet ministers, Bingbi, and the general to go to the Wenhua Hall to discuss politics.
The father and son paid the royal courtesy and then stood in the hall with their hands lowered, looking like loyal ministers.
But Zhu Youjian will not be deceived by their appearance - Luo Yangxing is not a good thing! Surrendered four times with the traitor's certificate of loyalty!
Of course, Zhu Youjian would not have a bad opinion of Luo Yangxing just because he had been a "four minister". What really made Zhu Youjian very dissatisfied was that the Jinyiwei led by Luo Yangxing had no use in the more than ten years before the Jiashen disaster!
That's a huge establishment of hundreds of thousands of people! Even if they eat a lot of free money, tens of thousands of people should have it, right? What have you been doing?
They are the Jinyi personal army! The rebels can't be caught, the spies can't be caught, and the house of a corrupt official is ransacked and the house is confiscated!
What is the use of such a royal guard? Moreover, the Jinyiwei were the emperor's personal soldiers and had always been supported by money from the inner treasury. That is to say, those who eat and wear Chongzhen, Mao Yong is not included, and he has cheated Chongzhen countless times.
After Nizi moved south, the size of Jinyiwei was greatly reduced. At the lowest number, it was less than 1,000 people, but it accomplished many great things.
It can be seen that Jinyiwei had too many redundant personnel before Jiashen, but there were too few people to do things!
Tens of thousands of people just take money and do nothing. Oh, if they don’t do good things, they do a lot of bad things. This is not acceptable!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Luo Sigong, Luo Yangxing, several pavilion elders and Zhang Zongrong all said that there are many bad people in Jinyiwei! You and your son have been in Jinyiwei for decades, so you should know the details. Let's talk about Jinyiwei. Are there more good people or more bad people?”
What?
Why such a problem again?
Luo Sigong and Luo Yangxing, father and son, looked surprised, and in their hearts they complained to several cabinet ministers and the British Duke - they must have reported Jin Yiwei's trickery in front of the emperor!
"Your Majesty, under the control of Wei Ni's lackey, the evil man known as Wu Biao, the Jin Yiwei has indeed done a lot of things to aid the tiger in recent years..."
Luo Sigong didn't dare to say that there were many good people in Jinyiwei!
Jin Yiwei is Wei Zhongxian's minion. Is it true that a good person is too good to be true? If there were many good people in Jinyiwei, they should have fought against Wei Zhongxian long ago!
Of course, we can't say there are many bad people...that would be too offending.
"Then there are more bad people?" Zhu Youjian asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty," Luo Yangxing hurriedly explained, "the responsibilities of the Jinyi Guards are very wide, and the responsibilities of the governor are just one of them. They are also used for ceremonial guards and guards... The one used by Wei Ni and his minions is only the governor of the north. manage."
Zhu Youjian asked again: "Yes... the Jin Yiwei soldiers still have the responsibility of protecting me! But when Wei Ni rebelled, why didn't the Jin Yiwei come to protect me?"
This... Luo Yangxing complained in his heart. Jinyiwei's yamen has been occupied by the soldiers of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and why is he still guarding him? No order can be given!
Moreover, the Jin Yiwei is called a pro-army, but in fact it has long ceased to function as a pro-army, and there is no standing army available at any time. Even if the Jinyiwei Yamen is not occupied, troops cannot be mobilized.
Zhu Youjian looked at Luo Sigong, Luo Yangxing and his son, and said slowly: "It seems that the Jinyi army has been controlled by thieves for too long, and it is rotten from top to bottom! Luo Yangxing, if I let you be Tishuai, how are you going to rectify it?" Jinyiwei?"
Luo Yangxing said: "I will definitely cut off the treacherous people in the Jinyi Guards, use upright people to remove the southern and northern governors, and never let Tiqi cause harm to others in the future."
Zhu Youjian said in his heart: The Jinyi Guards in Beizhen Fusi can also torment the officials and let them know that they are afraid of the emperor. If even this function is gone, what else is there for?
The young emperor smiled coldly: "Of course Zhenfu should be rectified! But how many people are there in the Beizhen Fusi? How many of them are Tiqi who are handling the case? What are the remaining people doing? How are you going to rectify it?"
Aren’t the rest just for food? How can this not be rectified?
Luo Yangxing was stunned. What kind of medicine did this young emperor take wrongly? How to ask such a question?
Seeing that he couldn't answer, Zhu Youjian turned his attention to Luo Sigong again, "Master, my son has only been in Jinyiwei for a short time, and I don't know what to do. Why don't you tell me, what do so many people in Jinyiwei do for food?" "
"Your Majesty," Luo Sigong said, "Jin Yiwei has great responsibilities...not only to protect the emperor, but also to maintain public security...There are Jin Yiwei not only in Beijing, but also in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. There are guards in royal robes stationed there, they are the eyes and ears of the emperor. The world must not be without guards in golden robes for a day!"
"Oh," Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, as if he recognized Luo Sigong's words, "If this is the case, then it should be improved even more!" He glanced around the hall and said, "The Jin Yiwei is mine. My dear army, the palace is my home. If I can't even keep my own armies and my own home in good order, how can I govern the world?
So... what I have to do in the past two years is to do two household chores, one is to rectify the inner court; the other is to rectify the Jinyi army!
Luo Yangxing, can you help me rectify the Jinyi army together? "
