Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 12 The Imperial Guard is obtained

As soon as they saw the old commander standing at the top of the city, all the royal guards immediately knelt down and shouted: "I pay homage to the emperor. I would like to greet the old commander."

In fact, in the hearts of the Jin Yiwei, the emperor has long been ignored. It is the old commander who they sincerely pay homage to.

Luo Binggong, who was being held up by a young eunuch behind him, was deeply moved. The remaining power of his past is still there, and his subordinates still recognize him as the commander.

Chongzhen announced loudly: "I have summoned you loyal and brave people to announce two things to you. The first thing is that Tong Yangxing is ineffective and has poor management. I have removed him from the post of commander."

He did not announce Tong Yangxing's collusion with Li Chuang. That is a family scandal, which not only fails to deter those who are willing to rebel, but also shakes people's hearts.

The commanders of your royal pro-army have all rebelled, which shows that the Ming Dynasty is really over.

For all Jin Yiwei, Tong Yangxing's popularity was not good. He is extremely greedy and treats both internal and external affairs equally. At the same time, at this point, it doesn't matter whether you withdraw him or not.

"The second thing is that I officially announce that the old commander will be reinstated and take charge of the Imperial Guard again."

As soon as the news came out, the Jin Yiwei below were overjoyed and even burst into cheers. They had no one to direct them, so they knelt down again and shouted loudly: "My subordinates pay homage to the old commander."

These loud shouts clearly show how high the status and prestige of Luo Binggong is in the hearts of these Jin Yiwei.

Luo Binggong looked down excitedly, and the imperial guards held their hands high: "Thank you brothers for still caring about me and supporting me to resume my position as commander. But I am already old and weak, so your Majesty, I implore the emperor to ask King Ding to act on his behalf. Do you agree, brothers, to command the Jin Yiwei?"

Chongzhen didn't expect that this old man was so sensible. He even used Luo Binggong to suppress Luo Yangxing because of what he and his third son had discussed, but then he took the power from him. He didn't know how to tell this old man. .

It's good that Luo Binggong actually handed over the command directly in this way.

In this way, the Jin Yiwei below believed that the emperor had not taken away his power, but that he had voluntarily given up his power.

Now it's a matter of course.

Luo Binggong was not trying to figure out whether the holy will was accurate, but he was really out of a public spirit.

In the past few days, King Ding did not force taxes and donations from the people, but instead forced taxes from officials. In the eyes of others, what he did was perverse and made everyone angry. Or rather, the final madness.

But in the past, he was the commander of the Jinyi Guards, a position that required psychological darkness. In his opinion, this was a necessary thing to determine the king's behavior in an emergency.

Debt collection is not only reasonable, but also a signal to those greedy officials that the emperor has not given up on Ming Dynasty, and he is still making a final effort.

And King Ding Qiang urged him to kill his grandfather and uncle. In his opinion, this was not ruthless or inhumane, but it showed that he had a fair heart.

As for the ruthlessness and cruelty shown, in Luo Binggong's opinion, it was an extraordinary thing done in an extraordinary time. At this time, if you want to save the Ming Dynasty, you must have a more ruthless heart and more cruel methods, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve your goal.

As the saying goes, treacherous ministers are cunning and cunning. If you want to defeat the treacherous minister, the loyal minister must be more cunning and cunning than the treacherous minister.

Such people are the most suitable to control the Jinyiwei, and at this time, only by truly controlling the Jinyiwei in the royal family can the purpose of establishing this institution be truly achieved.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to return the command to the royal family and to King Ding.

Upon hearing this, all the Jin Yiwei below became silent.

In the past two days, the story of King Ding's forced debt collection in the capital has become known to the whole world, and everyone's ability and means are obvious to all. He was not looked down upon because he was young.

However, is it okay to let this doll lead everyone?
  Luo Binggong saw everyone's thoughts and said loudly again: "Brothers, don't worry. I am still your commander. If brothers have any difficulties, Wan will still be responsible."

After saying this, everyone felt at ease. Let’s bow together again: “Subordinates obey the commander’s arrangements.”

At this time, Lu Mou, who was smoked by the cannon and looked like the Stove Lord, officially made his debut. First of all, he walked from one side of the Meridian Gate city wall. As he walked, he waved to the imperial guards below with his waving movements that inspired the world. While waving, he shouted loudly: "Hello, brothers, thank you for your hard work, brothers."

The people below did not reply loudly that the chief had worked hard and served the people, but they were all confused by what he said.

When he came to his father's side, Lu Mou didn't waste any words. At that time, he put his head out with his feet raised and announced loudly: "I have informed my father that I want to reward you. Each of you will be given five taels of silver."

Still no one cheered.

Everyone just looks at me and I look at you. The sun comes out from the west? We haven't been paid for three years and we have to rely on ourselves to feed ourselves. How come we suddenly have money as a reward today?

Everyone knows how poor your family is now. Can you give a reward of more than ten or two hundred thousand silver? Let’s speak plainly with empty hands.

Lu Mou ran directly down the city wall and loudly ordered to Dongchang Fanzi who was waiting inside: "Open the Meridian Gate, stand in the city gate hole, and hand out money."

The Meridian Gate opened, a bunch of silver boxes were placed in the city gate, and then they began to greet the Jin Yiwei, who filed past.

Every time a Jinyi guard came over, Lu Mou handed him a piece of silver and said, "Thank you for your loyalty."

Every Jinyiwei who received the money was extremely grateful with tears in their eyes when they heard these heart-warming words.

Handing the money to each Jin Yiwei with your own hands and saying a thoughtful word is the best way to win people's hearts, especially in such a hierarchical era, the effect is even better.

In the end, Lu Mou realized that it was quite hard to win people's hearts. After all the more than 30,000 Jin Yiwei received their money, Lu Mou felt that his two arms had disappeared out of thin air. That sore and numb feeling has permeated the entire body.

But he still persisted, walked to the tall steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, faced the dark imperial guards in the Square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and declared again with all his strength: "Brothers, I solemnly promise you that from now on, I absolutely guarantee that you will have enough food and salary, and you will never be in arrears."

There is light in everyone's eyes.

Then he asked loudly: "Whose food do you eat?"

Everyone was a little confused, so they gave mixed answers:
  "We eat from the prince."

"No, no, no, no, you are eating the emperor's food."

So someone replied: "We eat the emperor's food."

"Whose pay do you get?"

"We take the emperor's salary."

"Are you protecting the emperor?"

"We protect the Emperor."

He tried his best to ask again: "Whose food do you eat?"

This time, the Jin Yiwei uniformly shouted: "We eat the emperor's food. We take the emperor's salary and swear allegiance to the emperor to the death."

In the midst of these uniform shouts, Lu Mou collapsed completely from exhaustion.

Chongzhen and Luo Binggong were watching Lu Mou's performance. They couldn't help but nodded together, and they were sure: "This son will do great things in the future."

(End of this chapter)