After spending a long time with Zhang Mingwei, Zhou Yuji naturally knew that what Zhang Mingwei said at this time might be more effective than Emperor Chongzhen's words. Although this is a bit exaggerated, it is true. Therefore, after listening to Zhang Mingwei's words, Shangguan just changed his position without having many other ideas.
Kunxing Princess Zhu Ainao, accompanied by Mrs. Zhou Liu, was also practicing in a corner of the school grounds. After hearing Zhang Mingwei's summons, he came over happily soon.
"Sir, do you have anything to tell me?" Zhu Yuyao asked with a hint of hope.
Zhang Mingwei nodded and said, "Well, you and Lan Tianbao will sort out these memorials later and make a detailed list for me."
"This is simple. I'll prepare it for you sir in a minute!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Yucao quickly agreed, then packed up the memorial and left.
Zhang Mingwei then said to Zhou Yuji: "Let them all take a rest. I will have something to say later."
After Zhou Yuji received the order, he asked his men to wave flags and convey military orders to the soldiers on the school field.
After returning to the Jinyiwei Yamen, Zhang Mingwei called Liu Jin alone and said to him, "I have something I want you to do."
When Liu Jin heard this, he was overjoyed and said quickly: "No matter what I say, no matter whether I go up the mountain of swords or go down into the sea of fire, I, Liu Jin, will never give up!"
Zhang Mingwei smiled after hearing this, and then said seriously: "Although this matter is not as dangerous as going up a mountain of swords and under a sea of fire, it is indeed a dangerous job."
Having said this, he picked up a case file on the case table and said to Liu Jin: "Liang Yizhang, the magistrate of Shangqiu County, was stabbed by a thief. Now he is..."
He told Liang Yizhang's story in detail, and then said seriously: "I estimate that nine out of ten of the things he accused are true. Therefore, if the previous notice from the court continues, it is likely that people from the Zuo family will silence him. I made a suggestion to the emperor before, but now it is still in my hands. Today on the school field, it seems that you are really capable, so I want to leave this task to you. Are you willing?"
If the Zuo family really had to send someone to assassinate Liang Yizhang, the magistrate of Shangqiu County, they would definitely intend to kill him with one blow. Liu Jin wants to protect his safety and catch the assassin. This is definitely a dangerous thing.
However, Liu Jin listened and replied without hesitation: "As long as the master orders me, I will definitely do it and fight to the death to complete this matter!"
After arriving at Zhang Mansion these days, he naturally understood that if something happened to him, his mother, wife and children would not have to worry.
Moreover, the past incident of almost selling his son and daughter was a pain in his heart throughout his life. If he could do his best to make up for it, of course he would do his best.
Zhang Mingwei understood his mood and did not try to persuade him. He picked up the waist badge that he had prepared and said: "Okay, since you agree to take on this task, then you will be the General Banner of the Imperial Guard and go to the army to select a few brothers and join them." You go together secretly."
It has to be said that if you follow the right person, you can get things much easier that others work hard to get.
Just like Zhang Mingwei himself, he was a duke of the country; and the same was true for Liu Jin. Most people couldn't get the Imperial Guard Banner, but he got it easily.
Liu Jin was even more happy after hearing this. He immediately took the letter Zhang Mingwei had prepared for Liang Yizhang, the magistrate of Shangqiu County, and left immediately.
After he finished this matter, Zhu Aaao led Lan Tianbao and came over with the memorials.
Zhang Mingwei casually took the list they compiled. After reading it, he knew what he was doing and immediately sent an order to assemble at Jinyiwei School Ground.
There are a total of fifteen thousand households in Jinyiwei, but the actual number of people, excluding those sons and daughters of official honors who just have a name in Jinyiwei and only receive a salary, is only about 5,000 in total. In other words, Jin Yiwei only has about one-third.
Zhang Mingwei once asked the five thousand people who could reach to stand in the cold wind. In the end, even for a quarter of an hour, the old, weak, sick, disabled, and playboys could not stand, and in the end there were less than three thousand people left. .
Now, the number of Jin Yiwei soldiers he ordered to assemble in the school grounds was less than 3,000.
On the general stage, Zhang Mingwei looked at the crowd below. There were old people in the Jinyi Guards, temporary workers transferred from refugees, and officers transferred from the Yongwei Camp. You can probably tell them apart from their standing postures and expressions.
After just watching for a while, Zhang Mingwei said loudly: "We Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers. We have been famous since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. But now you see for yourselves, not to mention fighting, we are just a little better than ordinary people. That’s just you guys!”
"Also!" Zhang Mingwei said, picking up a few memorials from the table, and said loudly, "These are memorials written by hundreds of officials to the emperor to impeach our Jinyiwei, accusing our Jinyiwei people of committing illegal things. Over there in the East Factory , and Her Royal Highness the Princess and I have checked it, and it’s all true.”
At this point, he threw the memorials on the table and shouted angrily: "Our Jinyiwei North Town Fusi is the emperor's eyes and ears. We can detect hundreds of officials and punish corrupt officials. We are the emperor's knife to rectify the officialdom." . But if you are stained with stains, how can you become the Emperor’s eyes and ears, and become the sword in His hands?”
After a pause, he glanced specifically at the old man in the Jinyi Guard, and then said sharply: "Don't think that I haven't heard of it. Many people in the Jinyiwei in the past used the power given by the emperor to make deals and blackmail. Colluding with powerful people to do illegal things. What is the current situation in the Ming Dynasty’s officialdom, and what is the current situation in the Ming Dynasty? I believe you all know it without me saying it. The reason why such a situation occurs, I think the factory guards have no choice but to leave. It’s your fault!”
His words made those Jinyi Guardsmen who were transferred from the refugees feel the most empathy. The rampant corruption of corrupt officials and the combination of man-made disasters and natural disasters will make today a chaotic world!
"I'll tell you what I'm saying here!" Zhang Mingwei said in a very stern tone, "We will deal with the black sheep among our Jin Yiwei, those scoundrels who ruin Jin Yiwei's reputation, and the lawless people who desecrate the power in Jin Yiwei's hands. If we find one, we will deal with it." It will never be tolerated.”
After he finished speaking, no one dared to have a different opinion. Zhang Mingwei’s background is really too great. In the name of assassination, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards was confiscated and put on death row. All the officials in the army, big and small, were even arrested together. Who is more powerful than him? Only if you are crazy will you give a bad impression to the new Jinyiwei commander. Believe it or not, he can be crushed to death like an ant, and there is no way to complain!
Besides, what happened in the past, of course, was the punishment of the big heads who were imprisoned in prison, and had little to do with these low-level Jinyi guardsmen.
So, after Zhang Mingwei on the stage finished speaking, the audience was completely silent, and he began to read out according to the memorial. Once a charge is announced, one will be dealt with on the spot.
It is no surprise that the people who can be impeached by the censors will certainly not be unknown people. They happen to be the former Jinyiwei officials who were imprisoned by Zhang Mingwei. In this way, those people were dealt with one by one by Zhang Mingwei in front of all the Jinyi Guardsmen.
Then, he began to announce the appointments, which was to formally use the people transferred by Zhou Yuji to serve as officials at all levels in Jinyiwei. Of course, among them, arrangements for Zhang Luofu, Jin Zhensun and others are also indispensable.
At this point, Zhang Mingwei has begun to rectify the Jinyiwei. Killed all the people from Luo Yangxing's family. The people who are still staying in Jinyiwei are mainly people from Li Ruolian's group, and people from Yongwei camp. Of course, these refer to the officers in the Imperial Guard.
This sounds easy to say, but there are still a lot of things to do from beginning to end. For example, care for ordinary soldiers, military pay, ordnance, etc. In addition, if you want to win over Jin Yiwei's military morale, you can't just rely on officers. Therefore, Zhang Mingwei is very busy!
However, Zhang Mingwei was too dazzling under the support of Emperor Chongzhen. He did not find trouble with others, but many people always wanted to make trouble with him.
