8 Rebuilding the factory

Zhu Yong and Xiao Liuzi sat aside and had a quiet meal, and could hear the conversation between the three men clearly.

"Oh, Chongzhen, Chongzhen, you have made yourself blind.

Without Jinyiwei and Dongchang, you are just a blind man. All the ministers in the court are fooling you. I don’t want to repeat your mistakes!”

Zhu Yong sighed in his heart.

In later generations, Zhu Yong saw some books criticizing the Jinyiwei and the East Factory, all about how cruel the Jinyiwei and the East Factory were and how many unjust, false and wrong cases were created.

However, Zhu Yong did not agree with this.

The Jinyiwei and the Dongchang were originally serving the emperor. Supervising officials for the emperor and protecting the emperor was equivalent to the security bureau and supervision department in later generations.

As a later generation, everyone understands the importance of the supervision department.

Only when a regime establishes a supervisory department can it supervise all officials and prevent some officials from acting recklessly.

If you expect those officials to be consciously not to embezzle and accept bribes, unless the sun comes out of the west and there is no supervision, corruption will inevitably become a trend.

After Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian, he was forced to put pressure from all officials to abolish the factory guards, which made all officials very happy, which was equivalent to taking off the sword of Damo hanging on their heads.

Next, he wanted to embezzle whatever he wanted, and how he wanted to accept bribes. They also deceived Chongzhen and refused to report some news that was unfavorable to them.

The orders issued by Chongzhen often did not receive good execution by these officials, resulting in the breaking of the power balance of the entire court.

Although, in the past operations of factory guards, some enemies and wrong cases may have been caused.

But compared with the role played by the factory guards in the entire Ming Dynasty's power, this mistake is really insignificant.

Therefore, in Zhu Yong's view, Chongzhen's abolishment of factory guards was the biggest failure.

Look at the large amount of money that Li Zicheng later found in the palaces of those Ming officials, and then he knew how serious the corruption of these officials was.

At this time, the conversation between the three men also reminded Zhu Yong to know what to do next.

"Go back."

Zhu Yong put down his chopsticks and said to Xiao Liuzi.

When Zhu Yong took Xiao Liuzi back to his residence, he paid special attention to his back and found that several men were following him quietly.

These people were following them in a very secretive way. If Zhu Yong hadn't found out in advance, it would have been difficult to find out. At least Xiao Liuzi would not have found anyone following them.

"It seems that it was someone sent by Wang Chengen, so my safety should be fine."

Zhu Yong found the people following behind him and thought.

Just as Zhu Yong and Xiao Liuzi were wandering around the capital for most of the day, the officials and ministers in the capital received shocking news.

Wen Tiren was actually dismissed by Chongzhen's order, and Sun Chengzong was also appointed to make Sun Chengzong the next chief minister of the cabinet.

After these two news came out, it directly caused a major earthquake among the officials in the capital.

Countless officials wrote to meet Chongzhen, but Wang Chengen refused on the grounds that Chongzhen was infected with wind and cold.

In the evening, Zhu Yong also brought Xiao Liuzi back to his residence and took a good night's sleep.

It was the next morning that Zhu Yong once again took advantage of the Emperor's clone system and his consciousness once again came to Chongzhen's body.

There is no way, this system stipulates that Zhu Yong only has one chance to come to Chongzhen's clone once a day, and there is only one hour each time.

"Your will, your will has been issued.

Wen Tiren and all the ministers wrote a letter to meet the emperor, but they were all blocked by the ministers.

In addition, Weichen has sent a team of guards to Gaoyang, Baoding, to invite Master Sun back."

After Zhu Yong's consciousness came to Chongzhen's body, he called Wang Chengen again and listened to his report.

"Well, Da Ma, you've done a good job."

Zhu Yong praised Wang Chengen.

"The request of Lord Wen and other ministers..."

"I don't want to see them now. If they continue to write a letter, you will continue to block it.

Tell Wen Tiren, don’t think that I really don’t know anything about the things he did.

He still has the face to see me, but I have already made a mercy without taking his life.

If he doesn't want to go back to his hometown to enjoy his old age, I can order him to go to prison to spend his old age.

As for other ministers, they don’t have to pay attention to it.”

Zhu Yong said angrily, he didn't have time to play intrigue games with these old people now.

Now he is the emperor, and his will is heaven.

No matter how dissatisfied you ministers and officials, you will hold them back and just obey the orders.

At this time, Zhu Yong felt the benefits of the emperor.

Now Zhu Yong is the captain of the Ming Dynasty's broken ship. He is now going to force the direction of the Ming Dynasty's broken ship to prevent him from sailing to the abyss.

"Yes, the Lord."

Wang Chengen whispered.

"By the way, Daban, I remember that Luo Yangxing was in charge of the Jinyiwei in the past, and the Dongchang was under the jurisdiction of Cao Huachun, right?"

Suddenly, Zhu Yong asked Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen did not expect that Zhu Yong would suddenly ask about the Jinyiwei and the East Factory. Wang Chengen remembered that Chongzhen didn't like Jinyiwei and the East Factory in the past, otherwise he would not have been cut off.

So, Wang Chengen replied carefully: "Return to the emperor, yes, Lord Luo was the commander of the Jinyiwei before, while Lord Cao was the admiral of the East Factory.

However, a few years ago, the emperor ordered the abolition of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and the two adults had already disbanded all of their subordinates.

Among the sergeants of the factory guards, except for some elite Jinyiwei who were left in the palace and continued to be responsible for defending the safety of the palace and the emperor, the rest of the people were also disbanded."

"That's right."

After hearing Wang Chengen's answer, Zhu Yong whispered.

Then, Zhu Yong looked up at Wang Chengen and said again: "Big partner, I want to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory, what do you think?"

As soon as Zhu Yong finished speaking, Wang Chengen was so scared that his body shivered and he knelt down on the spot.

"I don't know when I return to the emperor."

Just kidding, Wang Chengen dared not talk about such things, otherwise something big would happen.

If he agrees with Zhu Yong's reconstruction of the factory guards at this time, if the news spreads, he will become the target of hatred by all officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yong looked at Wang Chengen who was kneeling down with a panic look on his face, and knew that Wang Chengen was worried about something and did not continue to ask him.

"Where are you a great companion, you will give Luo Yangxing and Cao Huachun the order to see me."

"Yes, Master, I will invite two lords now."

Wang Chengen withdrew from the palace, stretched out his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and was still a little shocked, and whispered to himself: "It's incredible that the emperor actually wants to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory."

What happened to the emperor in the past two days? First, he asked Lu Xiangsheng to fight back against the Tartars who entered the pass, and then he dismissed Wen Tiren and reactivated Sun Gelao.

Now he is going to rebuild the factory guards again. That is a major event that shocked the government and the people. Why did the emperor suddenly change his temperament so much? He can make such a troublesome thing!

However, if the Emperor really rebuilt the Jinyiwei and the East Factory, the happiest ones would probably be Lord Cao and Lord Luo."

Just when Wang Chengen went to summon Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing, Zhu Yong's consciousness did not leave Chongzhen.

Zhu Yong sat in the palace, thinking about how to reassign their responsibilities after rebuilding the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

Regarding the new Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Yong did not intend to let them continue to do the same as before. Zhu Yong needed to re-clear their powers and responsibilities.

Zhu Yong's positioning for the new Jinyiwei and Dongchang is still very clear, that is, the emperor's private spy agency, and this has not changed.

But Zhu Yong had to limit the power of the new factory guards and could not let them act recklessly like before.

To be honest, in Zhu Yong's opinion, the power of the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang was indeed too great. They could arrest people at will, whether they were ordinary people or officials.

No wonder the ministers of the Ming Dynasty tried every means to make Chongzhen abolish the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang.

It was also the reckless acts of the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, which made them feel scared every day. They didn't know that they were arrested by the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang on false charges that day.

Moreover, whether it is the Jinyiwei or the Dongchang, they are both internal spy agencies, and Zhu Yong feels it is unreasonable.

Zhu Yong felt that instead of letting the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang focus their energy on their own, it would be better to separate one for external use and on the Tatars.

Therefore, this time, according to Zhu Yong's initial idea, after he rebuilt the factory guard, the Jinyiwei will be used internally, while the Dongchang will be used externally.

Among them, the Jinyiwei Association was divided into three parts: the Security Department, the Intelligence Department and the Supervision Department, replacing the former Beizhen Fushi and Nanzhen Fushi.

Needless to say, the Security Department is mainly responsible for the protection of the palace and Chongzhen.

The Intelligence Department is used to collect information from all rebels in the Ming Dynasty and assist the official army in combating these rebels.

The Supervision Department is used to supervise all officials and supervise all officials' illegal acts of embezzlement, bribery, and corruption.

At the same time, Chongzhen no longer gave the Jinyiwei the power to arrest officials without authorization. Everything they found could be reported to Chongzhen directly.

Only after receiving the order from Chongzhen, the people from the Jinyiwei Inspection Department can mobilize local yamen runners and officers and soldiers to arrest officials, and a special yamen will conduct a meeting to review the inspection department, and the inspection department will be responsible for the full supervision.
To be continued...