1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 80 Factory Guard
Luo Shengdong's fear of factory guards really came from the bottom of his heart.

At the beginning, his father was able to transfer from a guard soldier to the navy to become the Hundred Commander. In addition to his heroic killing of the enemy, it was more of a coincidence-his father's predecessor, the Hundred Commander, was in Yazhou City. Offending Jin Yiwei, a group of tyrants went directly to the water village to get people, and even the generals did not dare to come forward to stop them.This unfortunate ghost entered Jinyiwei's yamen in less than three days and was carried out. It is said that he couldn't even find a complete bone on his body, and he died quite miserably.Luo Shengdong's father taught him since he was a child that anyone can offend anyone, but he must never be an enemy of the factory guards. If he offends others, he can still fight with his strength. Factory guards with the purpose of officials, then there is really only a dead end.

The crew on this ship are of course all Luo Shengdong's trusted confidants, otherwise he would not dare to take them to Victory Harbor to trade with the Haihan people.However, Luo Shengdong still understands the truth of one hundred secrets and one sparseness. With so many open mouths, if there is no guarantee, someone will blunder outside after drinking.The affairs of the Haihan people are easy to handle. After all, they have already registered in Shuizhai and Yazhou, and those who know the truth are also under control. If there are any rumors about Luo Shengdong, you don't need to be too afraid.But if the rumor about the factory guard spreads out, it's a yamen who takes people by the wind, and no evidence is needed at all. As long as there is a little rumor on the market that floats into the factory guard's ears, it is enough to put Luo Shengdong in jail. .

Changwei is not from Haihan, and there is still a chance to be reasonable. Anyone who is caught in the factory guard's yamen is a stepping stone to their promotion and fortune.And Luo Shengdong's great future has only just begun, and he doesn't want to bury himself in it for an open-mouthed Haihan.If it wasn't for the same overwhelming sense of fear for the Haihan people, Luo Shengdong really wanted to ask his subordinates to put this guy in a sack and throw it directly into the sea.

However, He Xi's straightforward approach is not because he is open-mouthed. As a secret front worker, he is very clear that the first thing he has to do is to fully understand his opponents, to understand their organization, organizational structure, behavior and so on.And Daming's notorious factory guard system is obviously He Xi's biggest potential opponent at present.

Daming's espionage system was once very complicated, and there was a period in history when "three factories and one guard" existed at the same time.Yiwei is naturally familiar to everyone, that is, the famous Jinyiwei.At the beginning of its establishment, the Jinyiwei established by Zhu Yuanzhang was a pro-military of the inner court, and the military generals who were trusted by the emperor served as commanders, whose duties were to "steer the guards directly, inspect and arrest", and were actually the emperor's private police, who could make arrests on their own. , torture, execute prisoners, and even do not have to go through the general judiciary, which can be described as powerful.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that Jinyiwei also has a very famous function of "holding the court staff". Those officials who were sentenced to court staff for offending the emperor, if the relationship with Jinyiwei is not harmonious, then a meal Ting cane down must be either dead or injured.Therefore, there are not many officials in the court who dare to go against Jin Yiwei, because no one knows when they will fall into the hands of Jin Yiwei and eat a deadly court staff.

The third factory is divided into the east and west factories and the expert factory.Zhu Di, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, set up the East Jiji Factory in Yongle 18th year, and the trusted eunuch served as the palm print eunuch.The palm seal eunuch of Dongchang is also the second eunuch among the eunuchs, second only to the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, and his full official title is "Eunuch of the Imperial Envoy Governor Dongchang Official School".If the function of Jinyiwei is the secret police, then Dongchang, which directly obeys the emperor's orders, can become a real secret service agency and privileged supervision agency, and its power is still higher than that of Jinyiwei.In the beginning, there was a clear division of power between the two departments. Dongchang did not have the power to interrogate prisoners, and the captured criminals could only be handed over to Jin Yiwei for trial. But by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang also had its own prison.

The biggest advantage of the East Factory is that the communication channel with the superiors is more smooth. Jin Yiwei also needs to use a memorial to report his work, and the eunuch of the East Factory can directly report to the emperor in person. This convenient condition is that Jin Yiwei cannot communicate with him at all. compared to.In all the yamen of the imperial court, there are fans from Dongchang who are on duty to monitor, and their pervasiveness is especially higher than that of Jinyiwei.Several famous eunuchs of Ming Dynasty in history, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Feng Bao and Wei Zhongxian, once commanded Dongchang, making this secret agency still notorious after hundreds of years, but it is very ironic that Dongchang has always been in the A large portrait of Yue Fei hangs in the lobby, and in front of the hall there is an archway engraved with "Hundred Generations of Fame", which seems to be a messenger of justice.

The West Factory was added by Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen in the 13th year of Chenghua. The admiral of the West Factory was the famous eunuch Wang Zhi. His functions were similar to those of the East Factory and Jinyiwei, and his power once surpassed that of the East Factory.But Wang Zhi only sat in this position for five years, and he stepped down because of failure in the struggle, and Xichang was disbanded accordingly.But when Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne, Liu Jin, the eunuch in power, reopened the West Factory and handed it over to his confidant Gu Dayong.Although the two factories are under the command of Liu Jin, they fought fiercely with each other. Finally, in order to change the situation, Liu Jin had to build another expert factory, which was led by himself, and the power was even higher than that of the Dongxi Factory and Jinyiwei. .During this period, the four major secret service agencies co-existed, and business competition was quite fierce, which made people panic all over the world, and officials were overwhelmed with self-care.

After Liu Jin's downfall, the West Factory and the Expert Factory were ordered to be dismissed by Zhu Houzhao.In the fifth year of Ming Zhengde, the West Factory and the Expert Factory disappeared together in history.As for the espionage agencies that are still in operation today, only Dongchang and Jinyiwei are left.

If He Xi wants to find out the situation of these two institutions, the safest and most effective way is still through Luo Shengdong, an officer of the Ming army who has been wooed and corroded by the transcendental crowd.Although Luo Shengdong is not a member of these two institutions, he is also a member of the "system".What He Xi didn't expect was that Luo Shengdong would be so jealous of the factory guards, and he couldn't even talk about it in his mouth, which made He Xi sigh that the well-known elites in later generations were simply weak - while shouting " There is no freedom of speech.” Those who publicly criticized the government on the Internet should really try it in the Ming Dynasty. What is real speech control.

To break the stubborn feudal shackles in Luo Shengdong's heart, it seems that he can't do it without taking some powerful medicine.He Xi made up his mind, grabbed Luo Shengdong's shoulders, took him to the bow of the boat where no one was there, lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Luo Ba, you have been dealing with us for more than a month, have you seen him? What did we say that we didn't do in the end?"

Luo Shengdong shook his head and said, "Your actions have always been true to your word, and you have made a promise. I admire this very much."

Luo Shengdong's words were indeed sincere. At the beginning, he dared to negotiate, and he did not expect the other party to fully abide by the agreement. However, the sincerity shown by the Haihan people dispelled his original doubts and followed the original agreement. , handing over the captives and giving money and goods are very refreshing, and this time even the people are handed over to him.This kind of trust made Luo Shengdong's favorability toward the Haihan people gradually surpassed his initial defenses and fears—of course, this favorability is still based on sufficient interests.

He Xi lowered his voice and said, "Well, what I said next, you just need to write it down after listening, and then you will know why we Haihan people don't care about the ghosts and ghosts of the factory guards."

Luo Shengdong wanted to yell at Lao Tzu not to listen, but he was very curious, and really wanted to know what means of self-protection this Haihan man had. He heard He Xi's whisper like a devil in his ears. sound came.

"In this year and next two years, Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng will both die in disrepute!"

Luo Shengdong almost jumped up and shook his head again and again: "It's impossible...it's impossible..."

"Oh? Then tell me why it's impossible." He Xi wanted to let Luo Shengdong get rid of this psychological fear, and asked with a smile.

Luo Shengdong swallowed his saliva with difficulty, looked left and right to see that no one was nearby, and then whispered: "You are all from overseas, and the information you have obtained may be wrong. Nine thousand years old', now the power is full of power, the Donglin party members who opposed him in the past few years have all died in the hands of the factory guards. Mr. Wei has five tigers and five heroes under his command, and the Jinyiwei commander Tian Er Geng is one of the Five Biao, and it is said that he has a father-son relationship with Lord Wei. Now that the factory and guard are all in his hands, no one in the world dares to stroke his tiger's whiskers, so how can he die in disgrace?"

He Xi smiled and said, "Mr. Luo Ba, you are also a smart person. If you want them to be discredited and die, what conditions do you need to do it?"

Luo Shengdong hesitantly said: "Unless...unless the sage issues an decree...but this is absolutely impossible. Today, the sage is very fond of Lord Wei, and he will not ask for permission, so why would he order to dismiss him?"

He Xi nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. The current emperor really has no reason to issue an imperial decree to dismiss them..."

Luo Shengdong just let out a sigh of relief, and He Xi then said another sentence, almost scaring him to the ground.

"...But if there is another emperor, then the situation I said may not happen."

"Change...Change...It's a big rebellion!" Luo Shengdong pointed at He Xi for a while, and even his fingers began to tremble.

"Soon, it will be a few months later." He Xi still maintained a harmless smile: "When the new emperor ascends the throne, these celebrities in front of the late emperor may not be able to continue to be lucky, and some have power in their hands. People who are too big, such as Wei Zhongxian and the like, are stumbling blocks in the eyes of the new emperor."

"This kind of nonsense, I will never believe it!" Luo Shengdong regretted that he had failed to reject the other party's lobbying in time because of curiosity. He Xi's words were like a spell, and they kept on Circling in his mind.

"Believe it or not, what should happen will always happen." Facing Luo Shengdong's excitement, He Xi didn't care at all.He knew that he had opened a gap in Luo Shengdong's heart, and in the days to come, this gap would become bigger and bigger due to the impact of facts, until the dam in his heart completely collapsed.

(End of this chapter)