Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 12 Reaching out to Jinyiwei

"It's hard..."

After everyone left the bedroom, Chief Prosecutor Zhu You sighed.

It is too difficult to save the Ming Dynasty from the end of Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention far away, just talk about next year.

If Zhu Youjian remembers correctly, because the follow-up turmoil of Saerhu's defeat will continue to ferment, first of all because Shizhu's white-armed soldiers came out of Sichuan, and finally after the entire army of Hunhe was wiped out, Yongning Chieftain She Chongming had a chance.

The Ministry of War recruited She Chongming to lead his troops to rescue Liaodong, and She Chongming took the opportunity to lead [-] infantry and cavalry to Chongqing.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of performing martial arts in the school field, he killed more than 20 military and government officials including the governor Xu Keqiu, launched a rebellion, occupied Chongqing, attacked Hejiang, broke Luzhou, and fell into Zunyi. .

In the second year, An Bangyan, the chieftain of Shuixi, Guizhou, also raised troops against the Ming Dynasty, gathered [-] people, and captured the Bijie area.

The scale of this rebellion was huge, which greatly dispersed the manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty, resulting in a skyrocketing expenditure.

At the same time, Nurhachi also continued to attack the city and plunder land in Liaodong. It was not until the second year of Chongzhen that the chieftain rebellion known in history as the "She'an Rebellion" was put down.

After that, there was a severe drought across the Ming Dynasty, and successfully fell into the countdown of life.

Therefore, for Zhu Youjian, the first thing to do now is to prepare for the extravagant Chongming uprising that may erupt next year.

As for how to do it, he already has confidence in his heart, but he still needs to discuss it with his good brother.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Youjian waited in the bedroom for a while, and after the eunuch brought the meal, he solved the problem of the Wu Zang Temple in a short time, and then he was ready to go out.

Seeing this, Jin Yiwei hurriedly asked the eunuchs of the Eastern Palace to prepare the elephant ride for the prince.

Elephant 辂, this is a carriage decorated with ivory. It is drawn by a horse. It was once used by emperors, but it became the means of transportation for princes in the palace after the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many means of transportation in the imperial palace, and the tools that could be used by each class were also regulated by etiquette.

In the palace, the highest rank is called Da Ren [lù], followed by Yu Ren.

These two are only used on very formal occasions, the decorations are extremely luxurious, and two elephants are used to drive.

The third and fourth class chariots are called big and small horse chariots, which use eight horses and four horses respectively.

The next level is the walking chariot, which is a cart pulled by people. There is a slightly smaller level of walking chariot, called the Daliang chariot, which is often used in summer.

The lowest class is called Yu, that is, sedan chair.

The above seven types of chariots were exclusively used by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and their decorations had extremely strict regulations.

These are all used inside the imperial city. If the emperor goes out, there will be a palace for action, that is, a large shelf, decorated with silk and satin, as a palace for action.

As for the driving class of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress, the driving level is lower than that of the emperor, and there are four levels: 辂, safety car, walking barrier, and seat barrier;

There are only three kinds of imperial concubines, which are phoenix sedan chairs, walking barriers and sitting barriers; they are not qualified to use 辂.

In addition to the above-mentioned identities, princes and princes are also able to use tools such as "辂".

However, the prince usually uses a golden car, while the prince uses an elephant car, both of which are formal ceremonial cars.

With Jin Yiwei's help, Zhu Youjian got on his elephant chair with some difficulty, opened the window and sat in the chair.

Seeing this, the eunuch driving the car carefully shook the reins, and drove a white horse with the elephant reins, leading Zhu Youjian to the main hall of worship.

Behind Xiang Ren, there were twelve guards in brocade clothes, full of grandeur.

Just when they had just walked out of the gate of the East Palace, a general banner of Jinyiwei also came quickly from the side gate of the Huangji Hall, and when he saw Xiang Ren, he hurriedly saluted and made a comment.

"What's the matter in such a hurry?" Zhu Youjian raised the bamboo curtain made of ivory and asked Jinyiwei General Banner.

Seeing this, the General Banner hurriedly stepped forward to compose Zhu Youjian and explained:

"Your Highness, Lu Tongzhi sent officials to report to His Highness that Wang An, the eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, has moved Concubine Kang from Qianqing Palace to Renshou Palace in Xiaoluan Palace."

"Long live has already settled in Qianqing Palace in advance at the suggestion of Keshi."

"..." Hearing Lu Wenzhao's words, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly, feeling bad.

He originally thought that his imperial brother had at most a family affection for Ke Shi, but now it seems that he did not listen to his own words, but chose Ke Shi's words.

In this way, as far as the current situation is concerned, his right to speak is still not as good as that of the Ke family.

Zhu Youjian stood on the palace road thinking, and after a few seconds, he opened his mouth and said:

"The Qianqing Palace is the inner palace, and officials from the outer court are not allowed to enter. So where is Lu Wenzhao now? Who is guarding the Qianqing Palace?"

When Zongqi saw Zhu Youjian's question, he was slightly taken aback, and then edited:
"After Wansui moved to the Qianqing Palace, it was arranged by the Hakka family to ask Wei Jinzhong to lead the Qing army to defend the Qianqing Palace, and he was also promoted to be the eunuch in charge of the salary division."

"Lu Tongzhi was arranged by Long Live to inspect Jinshen Hall, saying that Jinshen Hall is close to Qianqing Palace, so he can summon him if he has something to do."

"Also, Long Live, if His Highness wakes up, he can go to Qianqing Palace."

"Sure enough..." Hearing Zongqi's words, Zhu Youjian was terrified, and couldn't help but feel lucky that he didn't embarrass Wei Jinzhong in the morning.

From the point of view, Keshi likes Wei Jinzhong very much, and in Zhu Youxiao's heart, his status should be similar to that of Keshi.

This can be seen from the fact that although Zhu Youxiao moved to Qianqing Palace after listening to Keshi's words, he still let Lu Wenzhao patrol the Jinshen Palace closest to Qianqing Palace.

He further explored his position in Zhu Youxiao's heart, and he knew what he would probably do to touch Zhu Youxiao's bottom line.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and said to the eunuch who was in charge of driving, "Go to Qianqing Palace."

"Your maidservant takes orders." The driver overheard this, and led the horse to Qianqing Palace.

They drove to the right gate of Huangji Hall, and the Jin Yiwei who was in charge of guarding the place saw this, and carefully checked Zhu Youjian's waist plate and elephant scorpion.

They opened the door and let the carriage enter the large square behind the Emperor Palace.

However, Zhu Youjian and the others did not stop, but just passed through the Huangji Hall, Huagai Hall, and Jinshen Hall all the way, and then came to the Qianqing Gate in front of the Qianqing Palace.

"Call..."

The driving eunuch stopped the carriage, then took off the horse stool he was sitting on, and helped Zhu Youjian get out of the carriage.

When Zhu Youjian got off the car, he saw the gate of Qianqing palace, and a group of eunuchs from the Jing army who he didn't know had changed.

Lu Wenzhao has been waiting for Zhu Youjian nearby, and when he saw the appearance of Xiangren, he walked up quickly, holding an umbrella to cover Zhu Youjian, and explained:
"Your Highness and the inner court are under the control of Wang An, Wei Jinzhong, and the Hakka clan, and the eunuchs of Xuqin Palace cannot enter..."

"..." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly, and then said to Lu Wenzhao:

"I'll go in first, forgive them if they don't dare to do anything to me, you can take someone to watch carefully, and take care of Nanzhen Fusi well."

"How many people are there in Nanzhen Fusi? How many people are there?"

Seeing what Zhu Youjian said, Lu Wenzhao replied softly:
"According to the roster, there are six hundred and seventy-two people, but in the eyes of the vacancies over the years, there are still many people who have been impersonated to travel on business. The actual number should be less than two hundred. In addition, Nanzhen Fusi has been absent for six months. "

"Then pick a few that you can use from the two hundred people, and it's the same with Beizhen Fusi." Zhu Youjian said grandly:

"If Luo Sigong dares to make things difficult for you, just tell me a word."

"The salary of Nanzhen Fusi, I will tell Wansui later, and ask him to transfer silver taels from the inner transport warehouse."

"What you have to do is to teach Nanzhen Fusi well and tell them who their loyal person is."

"I don't want that kind of people who stretch out their hands indiscriminately when I use them in the future!"

(End of this chapter)