Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 2 Luo Yangxing

"Chen Jinyiwei Commander, Luo Yangxing kowtows to the Holy One!"'Chen Jinyiwei Commander Liu Yingxi, Qi Changguo kowtows to the Holy One! "" Weichen Jinyiwei commanded Li Ruolian, Huang Fu kowtowed to the Holy One! "

Under the leadership of Luo Yangxing, the Jinyi guards knelt down one by one and kowtowed to say hello.

Zhu Youjian sat on the dragon chair, staring at the people kneeling on the ground in front of him with piercing eyes, and the thoughts in his heart turned like lightning: Luo Yangxing, who came from a family of Jinyiwei, his father Luo Sigong, was the commander of Jinyiwei from the last year of Wanli to the second year of Tianqi , was replaced by Tian Ergeng because he refused to attach Wei Zhongxian to the party, and died of illness the year before last.It was just this kind of official who had a root of red seedlings for several generations, but finally led the crowd to surrender and became a middle-level official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Of the rest of the upper echelons of Jinyiwei, only Li Ruolian committed suicide and died for the country, while Huang Fu became a monk in seclusion. The rest were tortured to death by Li Chuang's subordinate Liu Zongmin, and they all died unhappily.

He just pondered for a while, and the officials of Jinyiwei who were kneeling below felt uneasy. Seeing that the emperor hadn't let him get up, everyone's thoughts turned, wondering if something happened to him?The emperor has not summoned the officials of Jinyiwei for a long time, but today he suddenly summoned, could it be that disaster is imminent?

"Stay flat!"

A group of officials got up and stood up. They all lowered their heads, not daring to look at the emperor, but they could feel that the emperor was looking at them.

The emperor still didn't speak, but kept scanning the crowd with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to see into the heart of a person.There was no sound at all in the spacious hall, and the air seemed to freeze.

After a while, the emperor finally spoke.

"Luo Yangxing"

"Chen is here!"

While Luo Yangxing bowed and stepped in to answer, the rest of the people secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

"I ask you, whose Jinyiwei belongs to Jinyiwei?"

Luo Yangxing turned pale with shock, knelt down on the ground, touched his forehead to the ground, and replied loudly: "Go back to your sire, the Jinyiwei is of course your sage's Jinyiwei. From the founding of Jinyiwei by the great ancestor to today, until a hundred years later, Jinyiwei is a royal family." of! "

"Oh? Since it belongs to the royal family, let me ask you again, what was the original intention of the Taizu in founding Jinyiwei?"

"My lord, the original intention of the Taizu to establish Jinyiwei was to make Jinyiwei the eyes, ears and eagle claws of the royal family, so that the emperor would not be deceived by foreign ministers!" Luo Yangxing still knelt on the ground, his forehead never leaving the ground, but he answered The sound is very clear.

"Since this is the case, why have I seen and heard the memorials and words of civil servants every day for the past year, but not a single bit of information from Jin Yiwei? I also heard that as long as Jin Yiwei gets public opinion reports from various places, almost The boss of the pavilion can find out at the first time, but I don't know about it?"

Zhu Youjian's tone was very gloomy, and anyone could hear the anger contained in it.

Luo Yangxing's clothes were already wet with sweat.

Although it is summer now, it is easy to sweat, but there are ice basins in every corner of the hall, and the temperature in the hall is quite pleasant.

But Luo Yangxing's body was sweating, but his heart was like falling into an ice cave, feeling icy cold to the bone.

Originally it was just his forehead touching the ground, but now he kowtowed desperately, and after a while his forehead was black and blue.

The rest of the officials were also terrified and knelt down one after another, kowtowing to apologize.

Zhu Youjian didn't let them lie down, but he got up from his seat, bypassed the imperial case, came to a group of kneeling officials, and looked down at them with his hands behind his back.

"Luo Yangxing, since I ascended the throne, I have entrusted you as the commander of Jin Yiwei, do you know why?"

Luo Yangxing didn't dare to answer, knelt down there, stopped kowtowing, and looked like a tortoise.

"I appreciate a person's ability, but what I care more about is a person's loyalty! Your father served as the commander of Jinyiwei, and he was loyal. When Wei Ni was powerful, all the officials in the world rushed to cling to him, and regarded the royal family as nothing. .Your father can be said to have a high position and authority. If you also flatter and flatter, I believe it will continue to prosper. But your father did not follow the crowd, but hated the evil and disdain to be with the crowd. The result can be imagined. This is what I admire most about him. That is loyalty to the royal family!"

"When I came to the throne, I liquidated Wei Ni and his henchmen, but unfortunately your father passed away. I regretted it, but I thought of you! I thought that with such a loyal minister, his children would not be so bad! So I don't care about you. Any credit will promote you to a high position, but what I didn't expect is that I was blind!"

Luo Yangxing had tears streaming down his face, and fell to the ground crying bitterly: "My minister deserves to die, my minister deserves to die, my minister has been blinded by lard, I'm sorry for the trust of my lord, please let me die, I have no face to go underground to see my father!" "

The rest of the officials were thinking about each other, but they still knelt down on the ground, not even daring to speak out for breath.

Zhu Youjian was silent for a while and then sighed, "Get up!"

Luo Yangxing still lay on the ground, sobbing back: "I feel ashamed in my heart, and dare not get up to face the Holy One!"

"Get out of here!" Zhu Youjian shouted irritably.

Luo Yangxing was so frightened that he stopped crying immediately and slowly got up from the ground.The others also stood up, and Zhu Youjian returned to the dragon chair with his hands behind his back and sat down.

When everyone stood up, Zhu Youjian said: "Since you feel ashamed, let's talk about it! Is there anything that makes you feel ashamed, and what kind of things have you done that I am sorry for the Zhu family?!"

Luo Yangxing replied after a while: "These ministers have been too selfish in recent years, and most of their minds are placed on money. Gradually, they no longer care about the things under their jurisdiction, resulting in the lack of minions and the determination to forge ahead in the army."

"Is that all? Is it because I framed you for making friends with foreign ministers?"

Luo Yangxing was so frightened that he wanted to kneel down again, Zhu Zhenqing waved his hands irritably: "Stand and answer!"

"I obey the order, but I feel wronged!" Luo Yangxing replied.

"Why are you wronged? I want to listen to the truth!" Zhu Youjian asked.

"My minister is absolutely telling the truth!" Luo Yangxing replied hastily.

"Then say it!" Zhu Youjian was a little impatient.

"Yes, yes, yes! My sage knows that I have the guts to not dare to connect with the inside and outside. That is a serious crime for the family! What the sage said just now that the cabinet ministers knew about foreign affairs and deceived the sage, this is indeed true. My minister As the chief official, he became more and more slack in the affairs of the guard, so he was taken advantage of by the villains below, and was used by those with ulterior motives among the foreign ministers, which caused the Holy Majesty to lose his eyes and ears. This is the minister's dereliction of duty. If the Holy Majesty still You minister, from today onwards, I will devote all my energy to my job, so that Jin Yi's army can once again become the most trustworthy lackey of the Holy Majesty!"

The rest of the hall officials also desperately nodded in agreement.

"Can I still trust you?" Zhu Youjian looked at Luo Yangxing suspiciously.

Luo Yangxing knelt down slowly, bowed his head solemnly, then straightened his upper body, looked at Zhu Youjian, and the other officials quickly knelt down too.

"The humble minister has received the emperor's grace, and the sage will not abandon him. He has been promoted to the current high position, and the family enjoys glory and wealth. Now the situation is critical. Although the minister is mediocre, I am willing to do my best and do my best to assist the sage. I swear: If you don't do your best, the whole family will not die well!" After saying that, he kowtowed again.

"Get up, I'll trust you for now," Zhu Youjian said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Luo Yangxing and the others got up and stood up.

"Since you have the heart to repent, then do things well. I listen to his words, but more importantly, watch his actions! Luo Yangxing, after you go back, you must come up with a rectification plan as soon as possible. I don't want to see another muddy Jinyi Qinjun, what I want is a Jinyi Qinjun who can fight and carry, is loyal and reliable, and can make me feel like an arm! If you reorganize the Qinjun and make outstanding achievements, then you can seal your wife and son, and you will be prosperous for generations This is the true promise to you! But if you wait for the positive and the negative, and slack as usual, hum, I will send you a poem from the Taizu: I will drink with you from the golden cup, and I will not forgive you with a white blade!"

In the last sentence, Zhu Youjian read it word by word in a gloomy tone, looking directly at the crowd.

Luo Yangxing and the others were sweating heavily, and they didn't know whether it was the hot weather or being frightened.Qi Qi knelt down on the ground and replied loudly: "The ministers will live up to the entrustment of the Holy Majesty, and do our best to rebuild the army!"

"Okay, you wait to back down. Go back and have a discussion. Before noon tomorrow, come up with a plan for me. By the way, I also have some ideas, and I will tell you when the time comes!"

A group of Jinyiwei officials got up and bowed to intervene: "I will leave!" Then they slowly backed up to the front of the main hall, then straightened up and turned around to leave.

(End of this chapter)