The instructions given by Feng Bao in Dongchang were supposed to be very confidential, but the fact was that less than half an hour later, Zhu Xixiao, the commander of the Imperial Guard who was personally in charge of his brother's mansion, received a detailed report.
Don't get me wrong, Zhu Xixiao didn't want to commit suicide by sending Jin Yiwei spies to monitor Dongchang, but... someone from Dongchang naturally came to tip him off.
One of Dongchang's duties is to monitor the Jinyiwei. Why did an important person from the Dongchang pass the news to the Jinyiwei Commander?
Because the factory guard had already broken the bones and tendons at this time.
If we want to analyze this matter in detail, it would be a long story. To put it briefly, it has both historical origins and the reasons for the flow of personnel.
At the beginning of the parallelism of factories and guards, the power of Jinyiwei was more powerful in the East Factory. The development of factory rights first started with Wang Zhizhi's establishment of the West Factory, and then with Liu Jin's re-establishment of the West Factory and the merger of the Ninghang Factory. After Liu Jin's defeat, both the West Factory and the Neixing Factory were dismissed. The East Factory was led by the eunuch Zhang Rui, who competed with Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, for the investigation. This became the key to the development of the factory guard system. The secret service system, like all systems, has gradually matured in this way.
Later, although the factory guards were two different spy agencies, the key to them was inseparable. Because except for the eunuchs in Dongchang, those in charge of the punishment of thousands of households, the execution of hundreds of households, stalls, and fans are all selected by Jin Yiwei. Therefore, it is said in the history books: "There is no one who is not in harmony with the factory and the guards. The severity of the prison situation depends on the factory's ability to get inside. As for those who have poles in the outer court, the guards will visit the east and west divisions to arrest them, and the north division will torture them and train them." Within the week, they will be sent to the Department of Justice. Even if the goods are captured in Dongchang, they will also be moved to the town and then punished again, and then the Ministry of Punishment can prepare the crime." (Wufeng's note: from "History of the Ming Dynasty·Criminal Law Chronicles").
But being close does not mean that the people in Dongchang "should" have the courage to sell the factory owner's instructions so cleanly - so there are special reasons for this period.
As we all know, in the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang suppressed Jinyiwei most of the time, but there were some periods when this was not the case. For example, when Lu Bing, the famous Jiajing Emperor's brother-in-law, was in charge of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei's power was completely worthy of Dongchang. Many people know the deeds of Governor Lu, so there is no need to go into details. What I want to talk about is Lu Bing's style.
Lu Bing was fond of money and had a good way of amassing it. He once recruited some powerful and evil officials as his minions. When he detected the minor transgressions of wealthy people, he immediately arrested and confiscated their property. He accumulated millions of dollars and built more than ten luxurious villas. Farms are spread all over the place. But more importantly, Lu Bing was also very good at "distributing wealth", and was known in history as "making friends with powerful people, dealing with good people, and showing no stinginess." This was his intelligence.
Lu Bing was well versed in the ways of maneuvering. In addition to serving the emperor loyally, he also had close relationships with the important ministers of the cabinet at the time, especially Yan Song, who had the deepest collusion. However, although Lu Bing was never merciless when it came to harming political opponents, when Emperor Jiajing set up prisons several times and wanted to put many courtiers to death, he would do his best to protect them, and he never "trapped anyone", so although he harmed Many wealthy private people who were powerless were highly praised by the sergeants and officials of the DPRK.
Precisely because he had both sides and was so successful in life, his official career was particularly prosperous. He was the only one in the Ming Dynasty who had the title of Three Dukes and Three Sovereigns (the Grand Master, the Grand Tutor, and the Taibao were collectively called the Three Lords, and the Young Master, the Young Master, and the Shaobao were collectively called the Three Sons). Almost all the honors that ministers could receive were concentrated in All over him.
Emperor Jiajing's love for Lu Bing can be proved by another example: according to the regulations of the year, Jin Yiwei was only qualified to stand on the west side of the main hall whenever he went to court. But Emperor Jiajing made an exception for Lu Bing alone, "he was specially ordered to sit on the throne, at the end of the second grade of the class."
After Lu Bing, although the power of the Jinyiwei declined, because Zhu Xixiao was the younger brother of Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong, and Zhu Xizhong was the one who rescued Emperor Jiajing with Lu Bing, the Jinyiwei could still fight against the Dongchang branch at this moment. . Zhu Xixiao also deliberately imitated Lu Bing in many aspects because of Lu Bing's success. In addition, his brother Zhu Xizhong was also a leader who had close ties with civil servants, so he was able to maintain the authority of Jinyiwei.
In this way, and taking into account the original relationship between the factory guards, there are naturally many people in the East Factory who are willing to maintain an "unusual" relationship with him.
Zhu Xixiao has a jujube face and a tall figure. Of course, he is not wearing an ordinary flying fish suit, but a scarlet python robe - this is a privilege given to him during the Jiajing period. At this moment, he was holding a piece of letter paper full of small handwriting, looking at it with a normal expression.
After reading it, I didn't see any expressions of surprise or anger on him. He just raised his head slightly, showed a harmless smile, and said to the fan who sent the letter: "Please tell your family, Da Ju, about his good intentions. Zhu Thank you very much."
He didn't say what he would do after receiving the news, and he didn't ask at all. He just bowed politely and affectionately: "The Governor's words are serious. My supervisor said that the factory guards must work together as one to handle the emperor's errands." That's the right thing... Governor, I have to rush back to resume my duties despite my humble duties, so I won't bother you any more."
Zhu Xixiao stood up and said, "I'll give it to you."
"How dare you, how dare you! The governor stays, stays!" What kind of identity does that person have? How dare he be regarded as Zhu Xixiao's send-off? Of course, he also knew that Zhu Xixiao was just showing his attitude, but no matter how he said it, he still felt very comfortable in his heart. Thinking about the man in Dongchang and comparing it with the man in front of him, he really wished he could go back to the time of the late emperor...
After Fanzi left, the smile on Zhu Xixiao's face disappeared. He walked towards the inner hall with a sullen face. The servants in front of the flower hall naturally did not dare to stop the second master, but Zhu Xixiao stopped himself and asked the leading steward: " Mr. Guo, they have been talking for so long, are they still not okay?"
The steward waved away the other servants around him, then came over and whispered: "Second Master, as you know, the share of the shares is limited. Everyone first experienced the wonders of soap carefully, and then they had a stalemate over the share issue. No less, fortunately, the master has great prestige, and after explaining it from left to right, it seemed that he had some insights just now."
Zhu Xixiao nodded and said, "Then I'll wait."
But as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the flower hall was pushed open, and a group of nobles in python robes came out of it, talking, laughing and feasting.
Zhu Xixiao knew who they were without even looking: his brother Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, Zhang Rong, the British Duke, Xu Wenbi, the Duke of Dingguo, Li Yangong, the legitimate son of the Marquis of Linhuai, Gu Huan, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, Xue Qian, the Marquis of Yangwu, Li Ru, the Marquis of Fengcheng, Xiang Chengbo Li Chenggong and Yingcheng Bo Sun Wendong - there is something wrong with the description just now: Li Yangong did not wear a python robe because he was not the Marquis of Linhuai himself, but because he had long been named in the Jinyi Guard, he also wore a flying fish suit, which is not the case. It looks similar to the python robe.
As a result, the inner courtyard was filled with pythons and princes.
