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Although Li Lide is currently very busy because of He Ming's murder case. Emperor Deqing only left the Third Division ten days to solve the case, but neither the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, nor the Procuratorate have any clues yet. But after receiving Zhao Junchen's name card, Li Lide rushed over as soon as possible and was in a good mood. 【Read full text】
Without him, since his "sudden illness", Zhao Junchen has avoided seeing all his officials, except for calling Li Lide repeatedly for detailed discussions. Although there is no clear reason for the extermination case, if he takes the opportunity to perform well, in the If Li Lide thought about it, he might not be able to improve his status in Zhao Junchen's heart.
Therefore, after arriving at Zhao Junchen's study, as soon as Zhao Junchen asked him to sit down, Li Lide stood up again with a little eagerness and expressed to Zhao Junchen: "Your Excellency summoned the official again, but it was because of the murder case of the old master He Ming. Matter? Sir, please rest assured, I have dispatched capable people from the Criminal Department, experienced members of the Taoist Department, to join forces with people from Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the case, and I believe there will be a result soon."
Zhao Junchen nodded first, then shook his head, and said slowly: "Of course I can rest assured that you are doing things, but the reason why I asked you to come to me today is not for the case of Mrs. He Ming."
Li Lide couldn't help but was stunned. He raised his head and looked at Zhao Junchen, only to find that Zhao Junchen's expression at this time was very strange, seeming to be happy and worried, and he seemed to be thinking about something.
"I don't know what's going on? Please give me some advice."
Zhao Junchen said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty and I have just decided on this matter today, and it is still in the secret preparation stage. I am telling you now because I hope to borrow your help, but you must not leak the information to others. .”
Wang Lide understood that Zhao Junchen wanted to reveal something secret to him. He obviously regards himself as someone close to him, and he can't help but look forward to it.
In fact, it was just because of the preparation for the establishment of the West Factory that Zhao Junchen was inexperienced and didn't have much clue. Now, under Zhao Junchen, only Li Lide, who is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, can help with ideas.
So it was within Li Lide's expectation. Zhao Junchen said slowly: "Now His Majesty is interested in rebuilding the West Factory, but the situation this time is different from before. It is not the responsibility of the inner court, but handed over to me. After the reconstruction, I will also be the factory supervisor."
and Xu Qingyanyiyàng. Li Lide did not expect the crisis involved in this matter. I just thought of all the majesty of the West Factory when it was not abandoned. I couldn't help but be overjoyed. I couldn't help but stand up again and said loudly: "Sir, do you really mean what you said? This is such a happy event! If your Excellency also serves as the director of the West Factory, In the future, your power and influence in the DPRK will definitely increase greatly, and then we will no longer be afraid of anyone."
Once Zhao Junchen became powerful, he would be an official under Zhao Junchen. Li Lide's status and power have naturally increased. At this time, Li Lide. I just felt like I was following the right person.
Seeing Li Lide like this, Zhao Junchen did not explain the hidden worries to him. He just sighed and shook his head and said: "How can things be so simple? Although Your Majesty forced this job to me, but the yamen like Xichang supervising the interrogation How should I prepare for the establishment, and how can I know? I called you here today because you have served in the Ministry of Justice for many years and have rich relevant experience. You also know Nadongchang and Jinyiwei, but I want to ask you for advice. "
After hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Li Lide quickly waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you are serious. With your intelligence and intelligence, you can understand these little things as soon as you hear them. How can you use the word 'pointing'?"
While talking, he saw that Zhao Junchen just looked at him quietly without saying anything. Obviously he was unwilling to listen to such polite words. Li Lide added: "But as your Excellency said, I have been in the Ministry of Punishment for many years and have worked with Dongchang." There are many jiēchus in the yamen, and I have some ideas about the current preparations for the construction of the West Factory. I hope you can give me some advice."
At this point, Li Lide pondered for a moment and then slowly said: "As far as the official knows, the planning and establishment of the West Factory has always been based on the East Factory, and the East Factory has a supervisor starting from the factory supervisor. Fifty or sixty people, foremen, and housekeepers were all allocated by Jinyiwei and divided into twelve squads of Zichou Yinmao. The ones responsible for the specific investigation work were the stalls and fans below, with a total of more than 200 people. Likewise, It is divided into twelve classes, Zichou Yinmao, which are also composed of elite members selected from the Jinyi Guards."
Zhao Junchen didn't know much about this, so he couldn't help but was stunned and said: "Oh? The organization of Dongchang is quite sophisticated, but there are only about 300 people. How can such a small number of people be enough to patrol and arrest from the capital to the local area? It’s beyond my expectation.”
Li Lide smiled and said: "This is the key point that I want to report to you. Although there are not many people in Dongchang, there are many people in Jinyiwei. Since the establishment of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, they originally had equal status and similar powers. However, After all, Dongchang is in the palace, and it is easier to gain the emperor's trust. Moreover, Jinyiwei's report to the emperor requires a formal report, but Dongchang can do it verbally. During the Chengzu period, Dongchang was even given the power to supervise Jinyiwei's movements. power. As a result, the relationship between Dongchang and Jinyiwei has gradually changed from a parallel relationship to a superior-subordinate relationship. Therefore, most of Dongchang's affairs are actually dispatching Jinyiwei's manpower."
Having said this, Li Lide continued with a hint: "Having said this, your Excellency should also understand that although the status of the Jin Yiwei is not as good as that of the East Factory and the West Factory, and has even gradually become a vassal, to the East Factory and the West Factory , Jinyiwei is the foundation of power. Not only are the personnel selected by Jinyiwei, but also mobilized personnel from Jinyiwei every time they do something. When the West Factory was established twice, the power and status were higher than that of the East Factory. , it is because the West Factory has a greater influence on the Jinyiwei, and the Tiqi, that is, the Jinyiwei captains it leads, are even twice as many as those in the East Factory. Therefore, according to the official's thinking, your Excellency was ordered to rebuild the West Factory this time, and served as the commander of the factory. As a governor, if you want to make a difference, this Jin Yiwei is the most important one, and you must win over him."
Before the West Factory was established, Li Lide was already instigating Zhao Junchen and the East Factory to seize power.
Zhao Junchen, however, remained calm. He just listened carefully, nodded, and motioned for Li Lide to continue.
After Zhao Junchen understood what Li Lide said. He also knew that in rebuilding the West Factory this time, Zhao Junchen planned to deploy more manpower from the Third Division of the Outer North Korea and the Forbidden Army Department in the capital. Not only focusing on Jinyiwei, but Jinyiwei Zhao Junchen still has to focus on wooing him.
Moreover, although the Jin Yiwei has always been the most trusted person in the eyes of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, they still belong to the foreign ministers after all. After all, there is still some distance between them and the eunuchs in the East Factory, and now after the establishment of the West Factory. Zhao Junchen, who is also a foreign minister, serves as the factory supervisor and has a natural advantage in wooing Jin Yiwei.
When Zhao Junchen was thinking secretly. Li Lide continued to explain the organizational structure of the Dongchang: "After talking about the organizational structure, let's talk about the rules and regulations of the Dongchang, but they are also unique. The Dongchang has great power. In addition to monitoring the movements of the government and the opposition and investigating and arresting people, the Third Division and the Jinyiwei will jointly review major cases. . Dongchang will also send people to attend the trial, called "Tingji"; and in various yamen in the court, Dongchang personnel will also be on duty and responsible for surveillance, called "Ziji". Every once in a while, Dongchang's The waiters at the stall will draw lots to determine their respective scope of responsibilities. On weekdays, each performs his or her duties in an orderly manner. There are no omissions."
Having said this, Li Lide bowed to Zhao Junchen. Said: "This is about what I know about the East Factory. I hope it can be helpful to you in planning to build the West Factory."
Seeing that Li Lide had finished his introduction, Zhao Junchen nodded, and slowly said after pondering: "This East Factory has been operating for many years and has always achieved good results. Its rules and regulations obviously have their own uniqueness. Since the West Factory was established twice before, The structure and operation are based on the East Factory, so we might as well follow the rules. What the East Factory does, the West Factory will do in the future. After all, I am still not familiar with this kind of yamen, so we might as well build the framework first and then slowly explore it. Even so, there is no need to make changes in order to be unique, but in the end it will end up being too clever.”
Li Lide nodded repeatedly, with admiration on his face, and said, "Your Excellency has foresight and foresight, and you are absolutely right."
Zhao Junchen changed the topic and said: "However, after all, I am serving as the factory supervisor of the West Factory as a foreigner. I am somewhat different from the East Factory, so some changes are inevitable. In my opinion, In this reconstruction of the West Factory, in addition to selecting reliable manpower from the Jin Yiwei, there must also be focused deployment among the Imperial Guards in Beijing and the Three Outer Divisions. After all, Jin Yiwei has been under the control of the East Factory for many years, and one cannot blindly rely on them without knowing the basics. .”
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen smiled at Li Lide and said: "And I called you here today. In addition to wanting to know something about the situation of the East Factory from you as a reference for my planning of the West Factory, I also want you to help the three departments of the Outer Dynasty." , select some smart and reliable personnel to transfer to the West Factory, so that after the West Factory is rebuilt, it will have more people and will be easier to use. After all, the West Factory is affiliated to the inner court. Although it will be controlled by the official in the future, the boss, For the vacancies of foreman and room clerk, I still plan to leave a few positions for the ceremonial supervisors of the inner court. In addition, about 20 people will be transferred from Jinyiwei. As for the remaining vacant positions, I will mostly rely on you to help me fill them. , after all, you are familiar with more talents in this field."
Li Lide naturally knew how powerful Xichang would be once it was established. Zhao Junchen asked him for people like this, allowing Li Lide's close confidants to gain a foothold in Xichang, which was equivalent to giving Li Lide huge benefits. Li Lide naturally He was overjoyed and promised repeatedly: "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely let you handle things when I'm a low-ranking official."
Zhao Junchen nodded nervously, and then said: "After you help me build the West Factory this time, I will also report your merits to His Majesty. Speaking of which, Mr. Feng Pi, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, is now The situation has reached such a high level that it is already somewhat beyond its capabilities, and it is time for various positions in the Criminal Department to change."
Li Lide was even more overjoyed, and afterwards he did not mention Zhao Junchen's various promises.
Then, Zhao Junchen and Li Lide discussed some details, how to dispatch manpower from various yamen, how to win over Jin Yiwei. Unknowingly, time passed, and just when they were getting involved, Xu Qingyan suddenly pushed the door open and walked in with a little disbelief on his face. .
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that his conversation with Li Lide was interrupted, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but frown and asked.
"Prince..." Xu Qingyan stuttered and said, "Young Master, His Royal Highness, he, he personally came to our house to look for you."
"Prince!?"
After Zhao Junchen's experience in officialdom these days, he thought that he had already achieved such a deep city that his face would not change even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him. However, after hearing the news, he couldn't help but be shocked. Xu Qingyan just found it unbelievable.
Not only Zhao Junchen, but also Li Lide beside him. He also looked stunned and weird.
Prince Zhu Heyu, despite his noble status, was extremely hostile to Zhao Junchen. Normally, it would be awkward to meet and talk to each other. Why would you condescend to come to the Zhao Mansion to see Zhao Junchen in person today? Could it be that because He Ming was killed and he was unhappy, he came to Zhao Junchen to vent his anger? The prince doesn't seem to be such a restless person.
While thinking secretly, Zhao Junchen already told Li Lide: "Since the prince is here, you can't stay here anymore, so just leave through the back door. Think carefully about what I said to you today. Let’s discuss it next time.”
While talking. After nodding to Li Lide, he stood up and left with Xu Qingyan.
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On the way to the main hall, Zhao Junchen walked quickly while thinking about the prince's intention. And how to deal with it after seeing the prince. While asking Xu Qingyan: "When the prince came, who was around?"
Xu Qingyan replied: "In addition to the personal entourage around him... Oh, Mr. Zhan Shanchangzhan, the Minister of Household Affairs, is also with him, but he doesn't look very good."
"Oh, that's it." Zhao Junchen suddenly guessed the purpose of the prince's visit and murmured: "It seems that the preliminary preparations for His Majesty's southern tour are over. The Ministry of Revenue is responsible for paying for this matter. The prince is responsible for the specific arrangements. , he came to me this time. It should be a matter of money settlement, but just for this kind of thing, he wouldn't come in person, right? "
After saying that, Zhao Junchen didn't ask any more questions and just kept moving forward. Not long after, he arrived in front of the main hall of Zhao Mansion.
Looking up, I saw the upright and stern prince sitting unceremoniously in the main seat of the main hall, frowning as he looked at the luxurious appearance of Zhao Mansion, with a very dissatisfied look on his face.
And the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhan Shanchang, was waiting aside with his hands down with a grimace on his face. It was obvious that dealing with the prince was extremely painful for a corrupt official like him.
After seeing Zhao Junchen appear, the prince snorted and his expression became more and more dissatisfied, while Zhan Shanchang showed a relaxed expression.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is a thousand years old. I didn't know that the Crown Prince was coming, so I missed the welcome from afar and kept the Crown Prince waiting for a long time. Please forgive me for your sins!"
After taking everything in sight, Zhao Junchen quickly entered the main hall, saluted the prince and said hello in his loudest voice, which shocked the prince Zhu Heyu and frowned.
This is not to blame Zhao Junchen. The last time Zhao Junchen and the prince met outside the royal study, Zhao Junchen saluted the prince, but the prince Zhu Heyu pretended not to see it and just let Zhao Junchen kneel. Zhao Junchen still remembers it very clear.
Zhao Junchen was very worried whether Prince Zhu Heyu would try this trick again. Now that Emperor Deqing was not on hand to make the decision, he could only bear the responsibility no matter how much he was bullied by Prince Zhu Heyu, so he called out loudly like this. Zhu Heyu could not ignore himself.
Seeing Zhao Junchen like this, Prince Zhu Heyu finally did not ignore Zhao Junchen. He just snorted again, then looked at Zhao Junchen coldly and said: "Master Zhao, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, it is during the official business hours of the imperial court. I can't find you at the Hubu Yamen, and I have to come to your house in person. Is it possible that Mr. Zhao is working at home?"
After hearing Zhu Heyu's mocking accusation, Zhao Junchen did not panic, but calmly explained: "Your Highness, I have always done my best to serve His Majesty and the court. However, I have not recovered from my illness now. I am still recuperating at home, and my sick leave has not been used up by the staff. I will attend the morning court today because of your majesty’s decree yesterday. It is not because of my negligence. I hope the prince will learn from it.”
Prince Zhu Heyu naturally knew about this, but after seeing Zhao Junchen, he felt really unhappy and couldn't help but deliberately made things difficult for him.
So after hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Zhu Heyu did not continue to investigate. He just looked at the luxurious decorations in Zhao's mansion with a sneer, and said: "I have heard about the luxury of Mr. Zhao's mansion for a long time. When I saw it today, it was even better." Rumor has it, I wonder how much your salary is, Mr. Zhao? Where did you get the windfall to be able to support such a large mansion?"
The implication was that Zhao Junchen was accused of corruption and bribery. For both of them, this was the same old tune.
Zhao Junchen's expression remained unchanged and he just said: "His Royal Highness, your Majesty has personally visited my residence twice and said nothing."
Zhu Heyu's face became darker and darker. He was about to reprimand something, but he finally thought of something and held back. Instead, he said coldly: "Get up. Since you haven't recovered from your illness, don't keep kneeling like this. Save it. I went to my father to file a complaint that day, saying that the prince abused you."
Seeing that Zhu Heyu let him go so easily, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be stunned. But he still stood up quickly.
Zhu Heyu did not waste any time with Zhao Junchen. After taking a few notes from the eunuch who was traveling with him, he placed them on the table at hand. Then he frowned and said, "My prince is not here to come to you today for any other reason. His Majesty's preparations for the southern tour." The matter is now ready. For this matter, the Ministry of Revenue has allocated a total of 280,000 taels of silver. After everything is over, the prince has calculated that a total of 1930 million taels of silver have been spent, and there is still some left. Eighty-seven thousand taels, I have returned all the money to the Account Department. Here are the details. I think you are in good health, so I would like to take some time to deal with it. Because you are not here, this matter has been delayed for a long time. ”
Well, other officials who use the court's money to do things always feel that it is not enough, and repeatedly add more, and then line their own pockets; the prince is better. Such a large amount of money was handled, and not only did it not feel insufficient. We can also save nearly a third, and then not keep any money, but return it all to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
From this aspect, Prince Zhu Heyu is indeed dedicated to public affairs, and does not have any selfish motives when doing things.
You know, although 10,000 taels of silver is not too much, it is enough for the prince to win some people's hearts and cultivate some personal power.
However, Zhao Junchen and Zhu Heyu seemed to have never talked about official matters as calmly as they did today, so the prince felt uncomfortable speaking and Zhao Junchen felt uncomfortable listening.
After sighing secretly in his heart, Zhao Junchen asked: "For such a trivial matter, Prince, you can just send a servant to deliver the book. Why would you deign to come in person?"
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, the prince looked a little nervous. After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "I heard from my father that the reason why I was able to take charge of the preparations for the southern tour was because of the advice you gave me to my father? "
Zhao Junchen was silent for a moment, and then replied: "Back to Your Majesty, in preparation for His Majesty's southern tour, I have indeed submitted some plans to His Majesty, but I have never suggested to His Majesty that Your Majesty, Your Majesty, should be responsible for this matter. "
"These plans of yours are very good..." Prince Zhu Heyu was silent for a moment, and then said again: "These plans not only make my father feel at ease and leave the preparations for the southern tour to me, but also allow me to enter the court. After many years of discussing politics, I can finally do something practical. My father also attributed all these plans to my name and told all the officials in the court... that I came up with it..."
Zhao Junchen just remained silent and didn't know what to say. After all, he did this intentionally.
"My prince has always been upright and upright in his life... Because of this matter, I owe you a favor." At this time, Zhu Heyu's expression was as awkward as possible. Come to think of it, he owes a favor to a corrupt official like Zhao Junchen. This is what he least wants to see: "However, that's all. I distinguish between public and private affairs. I still hate you and what you do. I will still be at odds with you in the future. You have to understand this." .”
After saying that, the prince stood up and left.
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After sending Prince Gong outside the Zhao Mansion, Zhao Junchen suddenly sighed softly as he watched Prince Yijia gradually go away.
"Sir, this prince thinks he is the prince, but he is too domineering in his actions. Judging from his words today, it seems that you owe him, sir. Huh, after all, the prince is just the prince!"
On the other side, Zhan Shanchang did not leave, but just stood beside Zhao Junchen and complained.
Zhao Junchen and the prince are mortal enemies, and as a disciple of Zhao Junchen, Zhan Shanchang still has the courage to speak ill of the prince behind his back, especially when Zhao Junchen is listening.
"You can't say that." Zhao Junchen said leisurely: "I am a corrupt official. I owe the world, but the world will belong to him in the future. It is not wrong to say that I owe him."
"Sir, you are too polite to the prince."
Zhao Junchen sighed softly again, and then said slowly, as if he was joking, but also as if he was serious: "In the final analysis, what do I think about our Crown Prince?a href='/711/4849414/'>.心.洌Ω Meng chokes Rui Zhang and surrenders!?br />
I thought Zhao Junchen was joking, but when he turned around, it seemed that was not the case. Zhan Shanchang couldn't help but be stunned.
Yes, Zhao Junchen actually admired Prince Zhu Heyu very much, admired what he thought and envied what he did.
This prince has an upright and upright temperament, and his heart for the country and the people cannot be doubted. He also has the courage to not hit the wall and never look back. It can be said that everything the prince did was exactly what Zhao Junchen wanted to do but did not dare to. made.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen admired the prince very much.
But it is precisely because of this overly upright Crown Prince who hates evil so much that Zhao Junchen can only be a corrupt official and is still striving to become the biggest corrupt official and traitor in the Ming Dynasty.
Now, Zhao Junchen has joined forces with other corrupt officials and treacherous ministers to use the fact that the prince is responsible for the preparations for the southern tour to stumbling upon the prince whom he admires.
Although the effect of this stumbling block may be reduced due to the sudden incident of He Ming's family murder case, it is enough to make the prince very anxious.
The time to close the net seems to be within the next few days.
"Everything in the world is always unsatisfactory. It would be great if His Highness the Crown Prince could change his jealous temper and be a little more tolerant."
Putting aside these ambiguous words, Zhao Junchen turned around and went back home. Zhan Shanchang was a little confused, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he just hurriedly followed.
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ps: I came back late today and updated late, please forgive me. Well, here is two chapters in one. (To be continued. Please read.)
