Chapter 95 The first day of taking office
Before dawn the next day, Li Weizheng set out to the imperial city. He is a full-time military officer. Except for the monthly dynasty, he does not have to attend daily dynasty meetings, but like civil servants, he must be reported by the bureau before dawn.
The unhappiness with Ye Tianming last night seriously affected his joy of promotion and made him feel worried. Of course, he would not give up on this matter, but Ye Tianming was angry and he could not go for the time being in the past two days. I will talk about it when he calmed down.
Now it is more important that he takes office on his first day. Whether he can take this first step is directly related to his future. In particular, Zhao Yue, the deputy family, seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with him, and he wanted to eliminate this person's dissatisfaction first.
Li Weizheng rode a horse to Zhengyang Gate. He turned over and got off the horse and prepared to hand over the horse to the Jinwu Guard soldiers stationed in the main gate. Li Weizheng's horse was rewarded by Zhu Di. This horse was originally the mount of the Northern Yuan emperor Tuogus Temur. In the battle of fishing, Tuogus Temur was killed. This horse was not earned by the Northern Yuan Taiwei Nai'er and became one of his most beloved three mounts. It was a BMW horse that was chosen one in a thousand. Li Weizheng named it "Lingzhi". Its appearance attracted the eager attention of countless Jinwu Guard soldiers.
At this moment, a sigh suddenly came from behind, "I saw this BMW again."
Li Wei was turning back quickly and saw an official from the Jinyiwei who was about 35 or 36 years old. He was tall, with a cold expression and bright eyes. He was also wearing a golden flying fish suit. It was Leng Qianqiu, a Qianjia of the Five Institutes. Leng Qianqiu was originally a Qianjia of the Three Institutes. Because Fei Tian retired from the official position, he was just transferred to the Five Institute two months ago. This person rarely talked and always looked cold to people. Except for the commander, he did not buy anyone's account. He was cruel and ruthless in killing people and loved to torture by Lingchi. He was known as the "Lengren Chu" among the Jinyiwei. Together with the "Zhao Butcher" Zhao Yue, he was called the two major murderers of the Jinyiwei.
However, he also has a hobby, which is that he loves horses as his life. Every time he goes to scout an official's house, he always checks the stables of the scouted house. If there is a horse he likes, he will exchange two inferior horses for it or buy them at the market price. This matter was also impeached by the censor. However, because he did not possess it for free, Zhu Yuanzhang did not investigate his guilt. He has already had more than 200 good horses and has bought a farm in the suburbs to raise it.
He noticed Li Weizheng's BMW half a month ago. For this reason, he had been envious, but he was not familiar with Li Weizheng and didn't want to say much. Li Wei knew him yesterday and saw him coming, and bowed and smiled, "Leng Qianhuzao."
Leng Qianqiu nodded with a smile. He turned over and got off the horse, walked over and gently stroked the Qianli horse, and said with emotion: "Although this horse is from Mobei, he is actually a purebred Arab horse. Does Li Qianhu know?"
Li Weizheng only knew that his horse was a good horse, but he didn't understand exactly how it was good. He smiled and asked, "Please give Leng Qianhu the advice."
Although Leng Qianqiu was very unspeakable, the mention of horses was an exception. He touched the horse's hair and said, "Did you see that the horse's whole body is smooth and free of hair, with a long neck and a high tail. Do you know why?"
Before Li Wei could question, he continued: "This is because it has a unique skeletal proportion. Other breeds of horses are generally composed of eighteen ribs, six lumbar bones and eighteen caudal vertebrae. The Arabian horse has a structure of 'seventeen-five-16', which makes it extremely elegant. Moreover, this horse has great endurance. It seems to be 'suspended' in the air during running. It can run for a long distance without eating or drinking. The wound will heal quickly when injured, especially when it is excited and mustering up courage, it will naturally show a kingly characteristic. Li Qianhu got this horse. To be honest, I am so envious that I can't even sleep."
Li Weizheng patted his beloved horse and smiled and said, "If Leng Qianhu likes it, I will give you this horse."
Leng Qianqiu's face was so excited that his face was deformed. Although this was something he had always dreamed of, he really didn't dare to ask for it. He was just polite. He had a plan. Seeing that Li Wei was generous, he hurriedly said: "How dare I ask Li Qianhu's love horse? If Li Qianhu could agree to my small request, I would be grateful."
"Leng Qianhu, please tell me." Of course Li Weizheng would not really want to give him away. He said with a smile. In fact, he also wanted to have a good relationship with Leng Qianqiu. Leng Qianqiu is a fraudster of the three institutes and has a very high prestige. If he has a good relationship with him, it will be of great help to gain a foothold in the three institutes.
Leng Qianqiu had long discovered that Li Weizheng's BMW had not been slandered. Generally speaking, military horses would be slandered to prevent them from estrus during combat. However, because of their special status, this horse has never been able to enjoy the treatment of military horses. Leng Qianqiu expressed his thoughts: "If Li Qianhu was willing to lend me this horse as a seed, Leng will be grateful."
"This is a trivial matter. When will Leng Qianhu have time, come to me directly."
Leng Qianqiu was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "What about today? I have a farm outside the school that specializes in raising horses. Let's go together when I go to court. I will invite Li Qianhu to have a drink."
"Okay, we have a firm word and I will wait for you when we go to court."
The two of them gave the horse to the Jinwu Guard and walked into Zhengyang Gate together. With the agreement of the stallion, Leng Qianqiu's attitude towards Li Weizheng became significantly better and he talked too much. He briefly introduced the situation of the three institutes along the way. When he was still a hundred steps away from the Jinyiwei Office, he saw that there was no one around and he whispered: "There is one thing I want to remind Li Qianhu. I heard a brother say last night that Zhao Yue visited the six hundred houses of the three institutes overnight last night, and it seemed that he had signed an offensive and defensive alliance with them. You should be careful today."
This was as expected by Li Weizheng, but he still smiled gratefully and asked again: "Why are these hundred households willing to listen to him?"
Leng Qianqiu snorted softly and said, "Isn't it still a profit? Zhao Yue has been a deputy thousand households in the Third Institute for six years. He has long formed an interest unity with these hundred households, advancing and retreating together, and honoring and disgrace."
Li Wei nodded silently, it seemed that things were even more difficult than he thought.
After signing, Li Weizheng went to his room first. The deputy Qianjia and above of the Jinyiwei had their own office office rooms in the General Office. Li Weizheng's room was sorted out yesterday afternoon. It was the court room of Leng Qianqiu, the original three Qianjia, Leng Qianqiu. After Leng Qianqiu was transferred to the five schools, the room was empty. This was an independent small courtyard with two houses of Qianjia on the front, two Qianjia on the left were the court rooms of two deputy Qianjia on the left, and the right was where several civil servants of the three institutes organized the documents.
Li Weizheng walked into the yard, and several clerks came out to greet him after hearing the news, "Qianhu morning!" Everyone saluted him respectfully. Li Weizheng pointed to the room of the deputy Qianhu on the left and asked, "Where are the two deputy Qianhu masters? Have you arrived?"
An older clerk stood up and said, "Reporting to Lord Qianhu, two deputy Lord Qianhu went directly to the military camp after signing in in the morning, and usually only came here in the afternoon."
These clerks had already met these yesterday. Li Weizheng didn't be polite to them, so he nodded and said, "I understand, you guys go and do your business!"
Li Wei was walking into his room. This was the first time he entered here. This was a suite, and the outer room was also a place to handle documents. Unlike outside, it was responsible for important information.
Two young civilian officials are sorting out and copying all kinds of important intelligence that have just been sent. Most of these important intelligences are sent in simple texts of the Jinyiwei standard. They are divided into important colors. The clerks re-printed in the formal document format, and then classified according to the content and handed over to the Qianhu households to sign uniformly. Then they are sent to the commander, and finally submitted to Zhu Yuanzhang by the commander. This is a strict intelligence system. The content of the information involves all aspects and corners of the Ming Dynasty. When the thousand households are vacant, the various documents of our institute are usually signed by two deputy Qianhu households in turn.
When two young civil servants saw Qianhu coming in, they hurriedly bowed to the salute. A slightly tall and thin person introduced: "I am Cheng Dao, this is Wu Jinong, please see Qianhu."
Seeing that the two of them were so majestic and their temperament was very different from those outside the clerks, and they were all wearing military uniforms of the lieutenant, Li Wei asked with a smile: "What are the important things in our three schools today?"
"Reported to Lord Qianhu, news came from Yangzhou that the ship of the Japanese envoy arrived in Yangzhou, waiting for entry, but news came from the Shandong Inspection Department that there were also Japanese envoys entering the country, that is, at the same time, two Japanese envoys arrived in our Ming Dynasty."
Li Weizheng was slightly stunned. He thought for a while and suddenly realized that it was now during the Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan. Two envoys arrived, which was understandable. But how could they come at the same time? Is something wrong in Japan?
He looked at the two pigeon letters, both of which were written in a simple way, and he asked again: "Can there be a detailed report?"
"Report to Qianhu, there are no one for the time being."
Li Wei nodded and pushed the door into his inner room. Although it was summer, the room was very cool. According to normal configuration, there was a table, two chairs, a bookcase, and a charcoal basin for winter erected in the corner of the wall. There was nothing else. The wall had just been painted, and it was bare, dazzlingly white, and there was still a lime smell.
Li Wei was sitting down carefully in his seat and felt the feeling of being an official. He opened a few drawers and looked at it. It was empty and there was nothing. Only a stack of documents to be approved neatly on the table, as well as newly issued pens, ink, paper and ink.
Li Weizheng looked through the documents, all of which were records of the Jinyiwei surveillance officials last night, and needed to report them immediately. There was the word "emergency" in the upper right corner. Li Weizheng did not dare to neglect it, so he looked through the casual notes.
At this time, the door rang, and someone outside was knocking on the door, "Come in!" Li Wei put away the information, and the door opened a crack. Cheng Dao outside whispered: "Qianhu, Deputy Qianhu Fei just ordered someone to send a message, asking you to go to the military camp quickly, it seems that something happened."
"I understand." Although the matter seemed to be very urgent, the information on his desk had to be reviewed immediately and sent it to the commander, which could not be delayed. Li Weizheng had to speed up and read more than thirty pieces of information one by one, then he stood up and headed towards the military camp.
It was just dawn and there were few pedestrians on the streets. Li Wei was riding a few followers and galloping towards the north of the military camp. Since the Jinyiwei implemented semi-army management, the imperial city was just a general yamen. Although there were also military camps, it was for the "Han General" and the Xinzhao Jinyiwei. The three camps below were distributed throughout the capital. The three camps were located in Sipailou, north of the capital, close to the Imperial College, and consisted of a military camp and a schoolyard, covering an area of 100 acres. Opposite was the base of the Jinwu Guard. It was about a quarter of an hour before Li Weizheng arrived at the military camp.
The barracks were quiet, and it seemed that most of the Jinyiwei lieutenants were gone. There were 1,100 Jinyiwei lieutenants in the three institutes. In addition to the three or four hundred people who were performing official duties outside, there should be seven or eight hundred people here, but Li Weizheng seemed to have seen only less than one hundred people.
At this time, the deputy Qianhu Feitingan ran over panting. Li Wei asked with a deep face, "What's going on? Where are the people?"
Fitingan bowed and said, "Reporting to Qianhu, Zhao Yue took his brothers out of the city to train, I can't stop him."
‘Training outside the city?’ Li Weizheng knew in his heart that it was Zhao Yue putting eye drops on himself. After walking a few steps, he asked without saying a word: “How long does he need to practice?”
"Reporting to Qianhu, according to previous experience, it will take at least sunset before returning, but I don't know that he has to train for a few days. This is the rule of the Jinyiwei, which is carried out every year, but the general practice is only taken away half of it to prevent temporary tasks. It is the first time that almost everyone is taken away like this."
Speaking of this, Fitingan lowered his voice and said, "Qianhu, if you delay official duties during this period, you will have to bear the primary responsibility."
The matter was already very obvious. Zhao Yue used at least two loopholes to make things difficult for him. One is the time difference. Qianhu's first thing in the morning was to review official documents, and such important official documents were not allowed to be taken out of the yamen, so he could not be brought to the military camp for review. Zhao Yue took advantage of this time difference to take the Jinyiwei away before he future military camp. Fitingan had just been promoted, and he had no prestige and no one paid attention to him. Secondly, Zhao Yue used the chief responsibility system. If there was really a big task to suppress and miss the matter during this period, Qianhu would have to take the first responsibility, and he could not punish him for Zhao Yue's training. This is the rule of Jinyiwei, which is absolutely flawless. As for taking half of it, it is an internal coordination issue. If Qianhu cannot even handle this small matter well, it will be even more serious.
So, after all, the hundreds of households below only listen to Zhao Yue but not to him. This is the essence of the problem. Of course, Li Weizheng can also find a commander to force the suppression, but if things really come to that point, he, the thousand households, are really incompetent. Even if they can't control their subordinates, Jiang Yan may not be willing to help him.
Li Wei sneered secretly. He believed that this trick would not be something that stupid person like Zhao Yue could think of in person. It must be someone instructed later. He could not deal with this matter too hastily.
Thinking of this, Li Wei's face sank and said to Fitingan: "It's just going to practice. It's a small matter. I thought something big happened. I left my official duties and rushed over. I won't make such a fuss in the future."
Li Wei was scolding Fitingan, and walked into the military camp with his hands behind his back. At this time, the only hundred households who had not left came forward to salute and said, "I am not aware of the Lord Qianhu."
"So you are Luo Guangcai." Li Wei smiled knowingly. He knew that a total of two hundred households were promoted this year, one was himself and the other was Luo Guangcai, a native of Fengyang. He was particularly powerful in archery and was known as the first arrow of the Jinyiwei. Seeing that he was born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his hands were slender like a monkey, he felt a little fond of him.
Li Wei smiled faintly and asked again: "Why don't you participate in the training?"
Luo Guangcai bowed and replied, "President Zhao Qianhu also ordered his subordinates to participate in the training, but his subordinates wanted to not expose all the military camp, so they resisted the order and refused to leave!"
"Rareless!" Li Weizheng suddenly turned his back and scolded: "You are a small family, how dare you disobey your boss' orders? Do you know this is a crime of beheading?"
The sweat fell on Luo Guangcai's face. He never expected that Li Weizheng would not protect him. He quickly reported in panic: "I know my mistake!"
Li Wei sneered and said sternly: "It is his tolerance for Zhao Qianhu not to kill you, but I cannot tolerate you, someone will come!"
Chapter completed!