The matter of knighthood ultimately depends on Emperor Chongzhen himself.
Generally speaking, emperors are stingy and reluctant to be granted titles, while civil servants and military generals are eager to have the threshold for titles lowered.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen strongly stated that he wanted to be knighted. What else could others say, even if they didn't want to admit it, because this did not require going through the cabinet process. Even the salaries of honorable nobles came from the emperor's inner treasury.
For Zhang Mingwei himself, to be honest, it was a bit of a surprise to be named the Duke of Xingguo.
But if you want to say how surprising it is, you can't even talk about it. After all, as a person of later generations, the concept of title is not so clear. More importantly, his ambition at this time is to revive the Ming Dynasty, save all people from the fire and water, and create peace for all generations! Whether it is the Duke of the country or not, of course it is good to have it, but it is not a big deal if not to have it.
Later, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order: Liao Guolin and others, who had taken bribes and perverted the law, even drank the blood of refugees, were so inhumane that they could not be forgiven. learn a lesson!
This morning, the most important things were these two things. Although on the surface, there is one reward and one punishment, for many civil servants and military generals, these two things are actually very bad and disturbing things!
After the court meeting, the news spread like wildfire. The people in the capital, who were already more concerned about the imperial situation, suddenly became agitated again.
"Your Majesty is so wise. Zhang Qingtian has been named Duke of Xingguo. This is great!"
"I sincerely hope that the emperor can always trust Zhang Qingtian and give him enough support, so that he can shock the court and our life will be better!"
"Haha, Zhang Qingtian is not an ordinary official, but the commander of the Jinyi Guards. He can control all officials of the Ming Dynasty, big or small!"
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Compared with the joy of ordinary people, officials at all levels are unhappy.
"You say, OK, why do we emphasize that it is so difficult to resettle refugees? It turned out well, and the emperor used this reason to reward him. Why do I feel like I shot myself in the foot!"
"It's not all the good deeds that Zhou Yanru took the lead! What was he thinking? Didn't he know that the two previous imperial edicts passed through the cabinet?"
"It's all right now. Duke Xingguo has given me a python suit and made me the commander of the royal guards. Oh my, the capital is in turmoil!"
"No, I heard that he told those unruly people to let them go back early so that he could free up his hands to punish corrupt officials!"
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Many people have the gift of hindsight. They don’t know it beforehand, but they think it is like this afterwards!
Not only Zhou Yanru, but also most people, how many people could connect those two imperial edicts, or a total of three imperial edicts, with the refugees outside the capital city at that time?
In short, there is no point in regretting it now. However, if we really want to let this matter go unchecked and just admit it, many people are unwilling to do so.
As a result, many people began to use their brains to see how to hold back Zhang Mingwei.
Some people immediately wrote memorials and began to impeach a certain Imperial Guard Captain for committing lawlessness, bullying good people, or failing to fulfill his duties. In short, wherever they could be impeached, they would all impeach on the basis of facts. In this way, even if the emperor wanted to protect Zhang Mingwei, it would be impossible.
There have been many such impeachments, but they are not made up. Emperor Chongzhen will definitely have a bad impression of Jin Yiwei if he hears them too much. Under the united will, I don't believe that I can't suppress Zhang Mingwei when he just took over as Jin Yiwei and let him know that Jin Yiwei can't do whatever he wants!
Not only that, in a private room of a restaurant, the door was heavily guarded, but inside the door, two people were meeting.
"Eunuch Wang, you can't ignore this matter!" A man with a beard said to the other man without a beard in a very sincere tone, "Once the factory guards are left unchecked, the disaster of the Tianqi Dynasty will be right in front of us. !”
After hearing this, the prince smiled wryly and did not touch the delicacies on the table. He shook his head and said: "The key to the factory guard lies with the emperor. What is the use of my soldiers coming to our house?"
Ben Bing is another name for the Minister of War. This bearded man is Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War in the Ming Dynasty. When he heard this, he immediately said seriously: "Didn't my father-in-law control the Royal Horse Prison, and didn't Yongwei Camp belong to my father-in-law? Now that the refugee resettlement matter has been settled, wasn't Zhou Yuji and his people helping Zhang Mingwei? You There is every reason to transfer back those people from the Brave Guard Camp!"
This beardless man is the eunuch Wang Zhixin, the eunuch in the palm of the imperial horse supervisor's hand. At this time, he understood Chen Xinjia's intention and shook his head again and said: "Those people were transferred with the consent of the emperor. Otherwise, do you think that Zhou Yuji, a military general, could transfer them privately?"
After hearing this, Chen Xinjia was still not discouraged, and said to Wang Zhixin: "If the factory guards really rise up, it will be difficult for everyone, both inside and outside the palace. Then isn't Wang Cheng'en toiling in the palace now? Aren't you afraid of the prince?"
Not to mention, Wang Chengen probably already knew the reason for arresting Wang Dehua in the palace these days, and it was because of the corrupt cashier. After hearing the news, he was also worried.
Compared with the corrupt cashiers in Wang Dehua's line, he was no less free and greedy for money such as military pay and equipment for the army under the supervision of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Once he was investigated, it would not be easy to cover up, so he was always worried!
When Wang Zhixin heard what Chen Xinjia said, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "What's the use of being afraid? Now he is the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and the admiral of the East Factory. It is the time when he is most favored by the emperor. Who can stop him? ?”
Among the twelve eunuchs in the palace, the ceremonial eunuch is the boss, but the imperial eunuch is also very powerful. He has the capital to compete with the ceremonial eunuch, but in the end, it is the ceremonial eunuch who has the upper hand. One end.
After hearing this, Chen Xinjia quickly said to him: "Look at his posture in the cabinet that day. To be honest, who among us would feel comfortable? To be honest, my father-in-law, all the ministers in the cabinet, and the rest of us have strong opinions on Wang Chengen's ascension to the throne. In the current situation, only if we all work together to deal with it, can we deal with the arrogance of the factory guards!"
Having said this, he suddenly took out a banknote from his sleeve, put it on the table in front of Wang Zhixin, and then said in a very sincere tone: "This time we really need my father-in-law to help. The people who were transferred back to the Yongwei camp are justified. There will be no one available for Zhang Mingwei; we will also help the father-in-law to hold back Wang Chengen on political matters so that he has no energy to trouble the palace. Only in this way can everyone live better! Otherwise, once they completely control the factory guards and train them My dear, it will be even more difficult to contain it at that time!”
If the factory guards could be contained, Wang Zhixin would certainly be willing. When I heard what he said, my heart suddenly moved, and I said to Chen Xinjia seriously: "We can try this thing. But there is one condition. When you are impeaching Jin Yiwei, don't forget it. Come to Dongchang."
Jin Yiwei's troubles are also indispensable in Dongchang. As long as you are willing, you can definitely find grounds for impeachment.
"No problem, you will definitely see the impeachment memorial when you look back!" Upon hearing this, Chen Xinjia agreed without hesitation. Anyway, we have done the impeachment of Jin Yiwei, so we are not afraid of impeaching Dongchang again.
The suppression of factory guards is the common aspiration of everyone. If we don’t take this opportunity to contain it, it will be even harder to contain it in the future.
After hearing this, Wang Zhixin collected the banknote without leaving any trace, and then said to Chen Xinjia: "Well, those people transferred out of the Yongwei camp, please give them to our family!"
