"Master, something happened."
Gao Pangshi had just come down from upstairs, and Gao Mo, who was waiting at the door, immediately greeted him.
"The eldest princess?"
"No, it's not the eldest princess, it's the people from Jin Yiwei who blocked the road from the school ground to Baiyu Tower, preventing Bu Ding from coming."
The original main body of Jianxinzhai was very small. After the expansion, it formed three major sections: one is a high-practical residential and office area with the Baiyu Building as the main body. This area can also be regarded as the "brain area" of Jinghua to a certain extent;
The second is the school district, as well as the teaching and experimental areas of several departments of the Jinghua Craftsman School. In later generations, it can basically be regarded as a university town, scientific research institute, etc.;
The third area is the school field area, which is undoubtedly the main area where Beijing's infantry and cavalry train and garrison in rotation. In addition to the large school field that can accommodate tens of thousands of people for training at the same time, there are also barracks, warehouses, and kitchens. , shooting range and a series of complete facilities.
In order to ensure that the work in these three large areas does not affect each other, they are not completely connected and are separated by three streets formed by a three-way road.
There are some stores operated by Jinghua on the three streets, but most of them are shops opened by the "landless people" who originally bought the large land nearby. The stores were donated by Jinghua - oh, it's not actually a gift. To be precise, it should be offset against the land purchase price.
In order to ensure the safety of Baiyu Tower, Gao Mo had previously ordered a large number of escorts to be mobilized, but this order was immediately revoked at Gao Jingshi's request, so that the "original plan" could only be followed.
The original plan was to temporarily mobilize a small number of escorts to guard Baiyu Tower after Princess Yongning was quickly transferred. The requirements for this operation were: the number of people should be small and the momentum should be large.
As for the purpose, it is to attract the attention of the Jin Yiwei - because temporarily mobilizing servants to guard the White Jade Tower will give the Jin Yiwei an illusion that important people are arriving in the White Jade Tower, or even something important is happening. In this way, they will focus their main energy on Baiyu Tower and ignore Princess Yongning who has been transferred away, mistakenly thinking that she is still having a private meeting with Gao Pragmatic in Baiyu Tower.
But the Jin Yiwei, who originally thought they would be lying in wait for the last opportunity, appeared in advance and blocked the way of the servant guards. This was far beyond Gao Jingjing's expectation.
What does Jin Yiwei want to do? Block the servant escort, then besiege Baiyu Tower, and kill me directly?
How can it be!
Even if Liu Shouyou is crazy, it is impossible for the thousands of Jinyi Guards under him to be so stupid. They treat a third-rank minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Liaodong like this. Are they going to accompany him to confiscate his family and exterminate his clan?
Gao pragmatic frowned, and he suddenly felt that his defense against Liu Shouyou was still a bit omitted - the omission was that he did not consider whether Liu Shouyou might act regardless of the rules.
Gao Pangshi asked in a deep voice: "Do they have driving tickets?"
I would like to add here that in later film and television dramas, the most concentrated expression of Jinyiwei's power, and the most criticized aspect, is its arrest and prison privileges.
For example, in the movie, there is an object that runs throughout the plot called the "Book of Impermanence." A few incomplete and untrue records in the "Impermanence Book" of the General Banner of Jinyiwei have the terrifying power to send people to prison.
Of course, Gao Pangshi has been in Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years, and he knows that Jinyiwei does not have such documents, but this plot setting in the movie can be regarded as highlighting the "first accusation" of Tiqi, also known as "Xingxiaowei" Privilege, it is also correct in the direction.
In fact, in China, there are many records about "acting school captains" reporting, informing, and "finding the truth."
To put it simply, Jin Yiwei's actions can indeed be said to have no procedures to a certain extent.
But "basically no procedures" does not mean that there are really no procedures at all. Especially when targeting special targets such as high-ranking officials and nobles, how can it be possible that there are no procedures at all?
Here is the most important procedure, which is to show the "driving certificate".
"Jiaotie" refers to a special edict issued by the emperor to arrest or condemn subjects to death. It is a type of official document. When arrested, Jin Yiwei must show his driving license, indicating that his privileges come from the emperor himself. Showing a driver's license is somewhat similar to later generations when the police would need to show an arrest warrant when arresting someone.
The importance of this official document can be reflected in an anecdote.
In the early years of Wanli in the original history, Feng Miwei, the eunuch in charge of the rites and eunuchs, sent Jinyi captains to Xinzheng, Henan. The captains threatened to order Gao Gong, the former chief assistant who retired at home, to commit suicide. When the whole family was crying, Gao Gongzhi became calm and asked the schools, "Where are the driving posts?"
Of course, the acting captain could not produce it, so Gao Gong's family was spared.
However, even if the emperor issued a driving notice, it actually only meant that half of the process was completed. After the rise of the civil service group, Jin Yiwei still needs to get approval from the criminal department among the six subjects with a driver's license before he can really start recruiting people.
If the criminal department refuses to approve it, theoretically speaking, the emperor has nothing to do. The purpose of this provision is obviously to check and balance the power of different institutions. However, the balance that the system designers painstakingly managed could sometimes be easily broken with the rise of certain dignitaries or the wishes of the emperor himself.
This is what this book has always said. When an emperor is determined to be shameless, his power is actually unlimited and he can do whatever he wants. The officials had only one last resort left to resist: to resign.
Of course, as long as the emperor still has a shred of reason in his mind, he will also be afraid that if all the officials really come to resign collectively, the center of the imperial court will be paralyzed.
Moreover, the emperor could not force officials to "not resign", because in the Ming Dynasty, people could "hang up their official titles and retire in seclusion". For example, after their parents passed away, many officials submitted their resignations and did not wait for the court's reply, but directly sent their black hats to the Yamen. As soon as the office was released, Xiaoxiaosasa "ran home at night", and the court couldn't care about this.
Not to mention Ding You, other reasons can also "hang up the title and go into seclusion". For example, in history, Li Tingji resigned more than a hundred times but was not approved, so he "fired" himself as the chief minister and retired. In my hometown, the emperor didn't pursue it.
History is so magical sometimes.
Looking back, this is the reason why the power of the Jinyiwei has waxed and waned in the Ming Dynasty - it all depends on the emperor's will.
As for issues like, in theory, when the Jinyi Guards dispatched to search and arrest, they should also notify the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, etc. In comparison, they are just trivial matters, and in fact they are not that important.
The important thing is this driving post.
Of course Gao Jingshi didn't think that Zhu Yijun would give Liu Shouyou permission to search Baiyulou or even arrest him. But the question is, if Liu Shouyou didn't have this permission, how could he dare to act so boldly? Are you really going to risk your life and do this with your head in your waistband?
Facing Gao Pragmatic's question, Gao Mo replied quickly: "The Tiqi who led the team only said that he was acting under orders. The driving post is not in his hands, but in Liu Shou's hands."
Gao Pingshi sneered: "Liu Shou is so courageous, how did he get the driving post!"
As soon as he said this, several servants hurried over from the main entrance of the front courtyard, and they clasped their fists and saluted Gao Pingshi from afar: "Sir, there is a group of Juren masters at the south gate who said they want to visit you together. The leader seems to be a middle school student. people."
Gao Pragmatic narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Oh, it's just Yu Yinjun? Isn't Governor Liu here?"
Yinjun is not a word or a number, it is a common name. Scholars in the Ming Dynasty were divided into those in the Zhongshu Keshe, those in the east room of the Zhiwen Hua Palace, those in the west room of the Zhiwu Ying Palace, those in the Cabinet Imperial Palace, and those in the Cabinet Imperial Palace. Five kinds, all from the seventh grade.
Among them, the Zhongshu subject is not called a subject, just because it is outside the Meridian Gate and connected with the official office, so people at that time used to call it a subject. There are twenty people in this office, regardless of seniority. Usually, one of the elders holds the seal and is called "Yinjun".
In fact, Yu Tingzhuo was not the eldest person in this department, but he couldn't help but that his father was Yu Youding, a bachelor of Wenhua Palace, so he became the "Prince of Seal".
The servant replied: "To tell you the truth, I didn't see Governor Liu. The leader is Yu Yinjun."
Gao Pingshi frowned and thought to himself: This time there is a ghost, and he was wrong again?
Then I thought: No, it's not that I made a mistake in my calculations, but that Liu Shouyou really didn't intend to follow the rules this time.
But if Liu Shouyou does not show his driving certificate according to the rules, then unless he pulls all the fourteen thousand households of Jinyiwei away, it is impossible to suppress the servants of the Gao family who Jian Xinzhai. Since Liu Shouyou himself is " "Intelligence person", it's impossible for him not to know this.
Now Liu Shou's men are able to stop the Gao family's foot soldiers because Gao Pragmatic has been repeatedly giving orders over the years not to allow them to break the law. In other words, if Gao Pragmatic revokes this order, or simply orders a resistance, it is impossible for the people Liu Shouyou can bring over at this moment to calm the situation.
At the very least, he was sure that none of the people under Gao Wuben and Wang Zhizhen would be transferred this time.
Then Liu Shouyou's only way is... to forge driving certificates!
This is really a desperate situation.
Forging driving licenses and forging the seal of the Criminal Division. If this case comes to light, it's hard to say whether Liu Shouyou's head can be saved!
However, Gao Wushi can now understand Liu Shouyou's thoughts: as long as he is proven guilty of seducing the eldest princess, Gao Jingshi, or simply slanders him to the end, saying that Gao Jingshi deceived the eldest princess, or even forced the eldest princess, then this person who forged the driving certificate will The matter immediately became extenuating, and he even "acted decisively". Not only was he not guilty, but he also achieved great achievements - this is the Ming Dynasty, and there is no such later legal principle as "procedural justice".
Gao pragmatic couldn't help but sneer: "I really underestimated this Governor Liu. If this person was born in the Yongle Dynasty, I'm afraid he would be no less majestic than Ji Gang."
Gao Mo also figured out the reason and was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead: "Master, what should we do now?"
"Why are you anxious?" Gao Pingshi didn't panic, and said calmly: "Since the eldest princess has returned to the palace, the more fierce Liu Shouyou makes in my place, the more miserable his death will be afterwards."
Gao Mo coughed lightly and reminded in a low voice: "But Master, there is a lot of information in the 'Black Top'... Moreover, there are not only a large number of firearms in the warehouse of the university field, but also artillery. How will we explain this then?"
Damn, bad food...
Gao Pragmatic was also shocked. The training in Jian Xinzhai was all live ammunition training. In addition, because he was always afraid of death, Jian Xinzhai also stored a large number of weapons and ammunition, even the latest artillery, to avoid There is no resistance at all after an accident.
Originally, this was all a last resort, because he always believed that his identity was here, and the Admiral of Dongchang was one of his own, so no one could come to investigate him - Liu Shouyou was also supervised by Dongchang.
So now it's troublesome. In order to cooperate with Zhu Yijun's attempt to lure the snake out of the hole, and because he didn't expect Liu Shouyou to be so willing, he is now in danger of getting himself involved.
But after being anxious for a few breaths, Gao Qingshi suddenly calmed down, his brows relaxed, and he said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, this matter is not a big trouble... You quickly send someone to inform Cheng Guogong and the others, just say that I am here." The weapons and equipment sold to Jingying are already in place. Since Jingying has paid the money, why haven't the relevant documents been sent yet? Let them quickly reissue it. Today... no, it will be done soon. The things can be handed over to them at any time. ——Remember to be quick.”
Gao Mo knew the elegant meaning after hearing Xian Ge, and immediately understood that his master was going to lose money to eliminate disasters, but the money was not small. He coughed lightly and reminded again: "But Master, the total excess in the warehouse must be worth at least more than 200,000 taels. If we calculate it based on the price we sold to Jingying, I am afraid it will be close to 400,000 taels." "
"How much have you saved?" Gao Pragmatic was also stunned, but immediately waved his hand: "Forget it, 400,000 taels, just 400,000 taels. This time the situation is urgent, and these bastards can take advantage."
Gao Mo had no choice but to look like he had toothache and walked away gloomily.
Gao Pangshi said to the head of the servants who came to report the news before: "Okay, we don't have to worry about things over there. If Governor Liu wants to play tricks, I will play with him. But for Yu Yinjun and his group, I really have to go Let’s meet... let’s go and welcome all the gentlemen, and let them see me at the same time, so as not to say that I was too busy proclaiming my love in the White Jade Tower during the day and couldn’t greet them right away.”
The servants below actually didn't know the whole thing, but the master said so, so of course they could only agree.
Soon Gao Pragmatic arrived at the gate and ordered the middle gate to be opened wide - well, in fact, the courtyard gate of Baiyu Tower is a Western style, it can't be called a "middle gate", anyway, it just opened the whole gate.
Gao Pangshi personally greeted them, and sure enough, there was a row of carriages parked opposite. There were at least twenty "students" headed by Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi, and they were quite powerful.
"Brother Yu, Brother Wang, dear friends, I'm so happy to hear that you all went on a spring outing to such a humble place. It's so wonderful that I couldn't help but be overjoyed..." Gao Jingshi threw out the polite words as if they were free of charge, and even He went to talk to the students who came here one by one and exchange calligraphy names with the utmost politeness - of course he did not recognize many of these people, so he had to exchange calligraphy names as a courtesy.
Although Yu Tingzhuo and Wang Shiqi were surprised that Gao Jingshi came out so quickly and looked as normal, they still greeted him with smiles.
When Gao Pingshi went to talk nonsense with other scholars one by one, Wang Shiqi whispered to Yu Tingyao: "Brother Yu, something seems wrong with this situation. Let's..."
Yu Tingzhu said calmly: "Don't worry, I see his place is very big, maybe he just thinks he can hide people well... Let's wait for Governor Liu's action first, and then adapt accordingly."
"But he came out so quickly, what should I say?" Wang Shiqi was obviously still worried.
Yu Tingzhu shook his head and said disdainfully: "I don't know, maybe he just... does things quickly?"
Wang Shiqi couldn't help but snicker, and lowered his voice: "Brother Yu is still knowledgeable. This man is richest in the world at a young age. I heard that the golden room in this white jade building contains beauties, and there are so many beauties, even compared to those in the imperial palace." Duo Rang, maybe his body has been weak for a long time..."
"Hehehe... Brother Yu also holds the same intention."
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PS: In fact, I originally had a chapter that was more like that, but after thinking about it, I didn’t dare to write it. You also know that you cannot describe below the neck now. When I thought about it, I might as well skip it. As for what happened specifically during the omitted period, we can deduce it from Gao Mo’s description after he found Gao Pragmatic.
