Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Nine: Promoted to Commander
After hearing Emperor Tianqi say this, Wei Zhongxian immediately said with heartache: "Brother Zhang is good, but after all, he is still young. He takes over the commander of the Jinyiwei at such a young age. This is my only part of the Ming Dynasty. So I think that Brother Zhang will try hard for a few more years. As for the assistant Liu Yiqi, it is a troublesome now. The most important thing in the matter in the Wei Dynasty is to be safe. He is an old man in the Wei Dynasty, and everyone is convinced of him. If he is asked to preside over the situation, he will never let His Majesty down."
Emperor Tianqi said: "No, I will tell Zhang Qing and let Zhang Qing do it. I have made the decision on this matter. Don't talk too much. Zhang Qing is capable and quick. The most important thing is that I can trust it. The people from the Jinyiwei are not as good as Zhang Qing."
Wei Zhongxian said, "Since Your Majesty has decided, how dare I say more?"
Emperor Tianqi then smiled and said to Zhang Jing: "Zhang Qing, have you listened to what you said just now?"
When Zhang Jing was shocked when he saw this clumsy performance, he had to look grateful and cry out, and howled with his acting skills like a 'brother's's, "Your Majesty is so trustworthy, I am grateful and cry out. If a scholar dies for his confidant, how dare I not do my best to continue it with death. I am willing to go through fire and water to thank Your Majesty for his kindness."
Emperor Tianqi smiled, but then glanced at Tian Ergeng coldly and said, "You can't say that, Tian Qing... No, Tian Ergeng also recommended you. You are the ones that everyone hopes. You must take charge of this Jinyiwei."
Tian Ergeng had actually been back to the taste, and suddenly felt that his late scene might be desolate, and his face was as scared as if he was so scared that he wanted to say something to remedy. For example, this is not what I meant. If Zhang Jingyi was in charge of the Jinyiwei, it might cause chaos.
But he dared not say that he might die faster by jumping left and right.
Zhang Jingyi thanked him again.
Emperor Tianqi said: "The edict will be issued in the next few days. You must be prepared. Zhang Qing, if you serve as the commander of the Jinyiwei, how should you sanction the Jinyiwei?"
Zhang Jingyi didn't think too much and said, "I have twenty-six guards in the Ming Dynasty, all of His Majesty's personal guards, and they are of great importance. Especially the Jinyiwei is the most important. It is never an exaggeration to say that it is the leader of the twenty-six guards. Such a vital guard is crucial and cannot be missed. Its responsibilities are one of the spys. This spy is divided into two types: one is to monitor all officials and the other is to spy on the military situation of various countries. The other is to entrust the imperial prison. The imperial prison has a strong relationship and is responsible for the life and death of his majesty. In addition, there are responsibilities such as responsible for His Majesty's escorts. I believe that if you want to complete the errand guard's errands, you must first use people, and secondly..."
When Emperor Tianqi heard Zhang Jingyi’s long-winded words, he was no different from other official articles, so he suppressed his hands: “Just do it yourself, I can trust it.”
Zhang Jing was quite excited.
Compared with titles, the commander of the Jinyiwei is definitely one of the most important positions in the world.
Such a hot position means that in the court, I really have the power to compete with others.
This power of competing is different from before.
Although Zhang Jingyi gained great trust in the past, after all, everything he did was instructed by Emperor Aoki.
Although this is the case now, it is equivalent to having true autonomy.
Not to mention anything else, at least the people from the third special operation teaching team of Donglin Academy will have differences in the future.
When they entered the guards, the ceiling might be thousands of officials, but now... Zhang Jing has directly mastered personnel appointments and removals, so how many people can absorb it?
Zhang Jingyi suddenly remembered something and said, "Your Majesty, I have written all the results of the interrogation yesterday in the memorial. Please read it."
Emperor Tianqi immediately sat upright, and the eunuch delivered the memorial to him. He opened it, looked carefully, then frowned: "Fushe, has anyone heard of it?"
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, there are many academic societies in Jiangnan. What scholars love most is to form cliques, such as classmates, classmates, and fellow villagers in the same year. Anyone who can be involved in relationships must be involved in relationships... I have heard of this reunion society."
Emperor Tianqi said: "These people confessed that they colluded with Liao generals and assassinated me assassinated, which is related to this Fushe."
After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian was shocked. He was so excited that he never showed any mercy to these scholars. He hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, you should take people immediately. This is no longer an ordinary thief..."
Emperor Tianqi pondered, but looked at Zhang Jingyi: "Didn't Zhang Qing send someone to get someone immediately?"
"No."
"What's the reason?"
Zhang Jingyi said: "I think that if I just catch a few so-called thief leaders, it doesn't make any sense. If I want to take it, I will catch it all in one place and not keep one. Otherwise, sooner or later, disaster will arise and rekindle. I have two thoughts..."
Emperor Aoki cheered up: "Say!"
Zhang Jingyi said: "First: the Fushe has the momentum of today's momentum lies in the support of countless scholars and gentry in Jiangnan. It can be said that it was because of the soil that Fushe was born. This Fushe is essentially the Donglin Party. The imperial court has defeated a Donglin Party and now the Fushe has been released. This shows that as long as the soil has not changed, then today, there will always be other famous academic societies that will confuse the public."
After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi nodded: "What he said is very."
"The second thing: the rehabilitation society is so rampant, it is very popular in southern Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces. This shows that in Jiangnan, they have received the support of countless tyrants and aristocratic clans. I am afraid that many officials of the imperial court will also be in the rehabilitation society. The impact is so great that it is far beyond imagination. If they only make small fuss and arrest a few so-called rehabilitation parties, they will let some ill-gotten plots go."
"So, based on these two points, I plan to thoroughly investigate this matter. On the one hand, I will identify the people who are in the Fushe Society. Although there are many rioters, there are also many who are just simple scholars. These scholars may not have the intention to rebel. If they do not identify them, they will be bad things. On the other hand, they will never let a rioter go, so as not to cause trouble in the future."
After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi nodded and said, "You are still thinking carefully, but... I've caught these people in the capital now, aren't you afraid of alerting the snake?"
"It's not hard to wake up the snake." Zhang Jing said: "Although the world is big, these people are all Jiangnan tribes. Even if they run away, they can run away, even if they run away, they can't run away from the temple. Besides, they may not be sure that these people have confessed, and they are bound to be lucky. Besides... After all, there is no ironclad evidence. They are in Jiangnan and are protected by countless people, so they may not be afraid."
Emperor Tianqi was not necessarily afraid when he heard Zhang Jing say these people were not afraid, but instead frowned.
In fact, the reason why Zhang Jingyi has confidence makes sense.
Why do scholars talk about the people of the world? After all, they have been frugal since childhood. In the prefectures and counties where they live, they are like local emperors, and even the governments have to respect them. Therefore, these people are humble on the surface, but in fact, they are extremely proud in their hearts.
On the other hand, Fushe has received such great support from the local area, which will also give them some illusion that there is nothing in this world that they cannot settle.
This kind of psychological arrogance actually gave Zhang Jingyi enough time. He did not hope that the court would solve the problem of restoration of the society by arresting a few people and chasing a few houses. Either they would not do it or uproot them.
Emperor Tianqi said: "Since that's the case, then you have to hurry up. I think that a mere group of scholars is nothing great. The things reported by these traitors are inevitably exaggerated. I have issued an order to select official positions and asked Wei's partner to hand in the cabinet. Let's wait and see."
Zhang Jingyi said: "In fact, I also hope that these people are just scholars who are simply socializing and do not have the ability to manipulate national affairs and decide on the promotion and decline of officials."
"I know." Emperor Tianqi nodded: "That's why I might as well give it a try."
Two days later, he was indeed decreed and appointed Zhang Jingyi as the commander of the Jinyiwei and as the right governor.
The commander of the Jinyiwei is easy to understand.
The position of governor was actually a practice in the Ming Dynasty.
Because the commander of the Jinyiwei was the third rank among the military officers, and there were hundreds of guards in the Ming Dynasty, and each guard had a commander, and they were all the third rank.
A third-rank military officer is certainly considered a person who stands alone in the local area, but in the capital, he is nothing.
However, the commander of the Jinyiwei has great power and has the responsibility to supervise all officials. If he is only a third-rank commander, he will be unable to convince the public. Therefore, he has added a false right governor. This right governor is a first-rank military officer, which is equivalent to a first-rank governor who is in charge of the Jinyiwei and has a completely different status.
This is like a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. At the beginning, the Grand Secretary was only a fifth-rank official and a secretary of the emperor. However, as the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet became more and more important, he finally became a prime minister. However, how could the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty be only a fifth-rank official? Therefore, when ministers enter the cabinet, they often add a position of Shangshu.
Zhang Jingyi received the order at the Qianhu Office of Xinxian County. Everyone in Xinxian County was very happy and congratulated each other.
Zhang Jingyi then held the imperial edict in his palm and shouted: "Take my python robe, transfer the cavalry of the Qianhu Institute of Xinxian County, the lieutenant, etc., and gather the students of the first teaching team. Remember... Let the first teaching team bring machine guns and follow me to the Beizhen Fushi!"
“…”
Everyone looked at Zhang Jingyi speechlessly.
This... the power of the official is too great.
It is understandable to go to the Beizhen Fufu Department to take the commander and take the students to Zhuangxing. What is this for carrying a machine gun?
But Zhang Jing called out one by one, and no one dared not to obey, everyone naturally agreed to say yes.
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Chapter completed!