The imperial guards in flying fish uniforms in front of us have similar functions to the imperial guards in another time and space.

As a military and political intelligence gathering agency, the predecessor of the Imperial Guard was the "Gongwei Division" established by Emperor Taizu. Later, Emperor Taizu abolished the Gongwei Division and replaced it with the Imperial Guard.

As a military institution of the emperor's bodyguard, the main functions of the Imperial Guard are to "directly control the bodyguards, patrol and arrest", and engage in reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation and other activities.

He also participated in collecting military information and instigating rebellion against enemy generals.

Its leader is called the Imperial Guard Commander, who is usually a trusted general of the emperor and is directly responsible to the emperor.

Anyone, including members of the royal family, can be arrested and interrogated in secret.

Since the founding of the Great Sheng Kingdom, the Imperial Guard has always existed.

In the process of changing the imperial power, the functions and powers of the Imperial Guard were expanded.

Some matters in the imperial court that were in charge of the Kensi were gradually handled by the Imperial Guard.

The subordinates of the Zhenfu Si Youwei were independent of the imperial guards, and their powers were expanded and they could report directly to the emperor.

When the emperor's father was handling the affairs of the court, the great eunuch controlled the political power and placed his confidants in important positions in the court. The commanders of the imperial guard often fawned over the great eunuch.

As the power of the great eunuch further expanded, the imperial guard had to rely on Dongchang. Later, when the emperor's father was kidnapped by barbarians, the structure of the factory guards changed, and the power of the imperial guard rose again.

And formed a situation of rivalry with the forces under the great eunuch.

Some people say that this situation was led by the then Chief Minister Zhang Julu. After all, Zhang Julu did not want to see the eunuchs' power expand.

Therefore, the power of the imperial guards was promoted to counter the power of the eunuchs.

However, it does not matter whether it is the Imperial Guard, the West Factory controlled by the eunuchs, or the forces in the East Factory.

These are not things that Huang Tinghui should care about.

After all, he hasn't reached this level yet.

All he needs to do now is to start business seriously and make money, and at the same time prepare for the provincial examination to become a qualified official.

As for other things, Huang Tinghui doesn't want to spend too much energy paying attention to them.

Back in the mansion, Huang Tinghui worked as a cook for a while.

Until one day, Tang Zihu, an old enemy, took the initiative to come outside Huang Tinghui's residence in Hangcheng.

"Huang Xiaolangjun, Huang Xiaolangjun!" Tang Zihu's anxious voice came over.

Huang Tinghui opened the door with some confusion, only to see Tang Zihu walking straight in, "Huang Xiaolangjun, something serious has happened!"

"My father asked me to find you!"

Hearing what Tang Zihu said, Huang Tinghui frowned. He looked at Tang Zihu and asked, "What happened?"

For some reason, Huang Tinghui only felt that this matter might have something to do with the mountain chief Tang Ruocheng.

"It's Mr. Tang!" Although Tang Zihu was a little "disdainful" of Huang Tinghui, after he read the article written by Huang Tinghui.

Even Tang Zihu had to admit that Huang Tinghui's level might really be higher than his own.

And Huang Tinghui got the position of head of the case, and now it seems that it is justified.

"Chief of the mountain?"

"What happened to the mountain chief!" Sure enough, this was exactly what he expected. For Huang Tinghui, the mountain chief was a person worthy of admiration, so Huang Tinghui also hurriedly asked, "But what happened a few days ago?"

Is it related to the Imperial Guard?"

Huang Tinghui immediately thought of the imperial guard galloping through the street a few days ago, so Huang Tinghui immediately looked at Tang Zihu and asked.

"Mr. Tang was sent by the Ministry of Civil Affairs to inspect the administration of relevant state capitals!"

"But a few days ago, Mr. Tang seemed to have found something, and later an official in charge of finance in Hangcheng Prefecture committed suicide!"

"The chamberlain in charge of finances even died unexpectedly!"

"When today's emperor heard about this, he was very angry!"

"This is how the Imperial Guards carry out orders!"

"I heard that the deputy director of the East Factory in the palace city will come to Hangzhou in person!"

"The chamberlain who died unexpectedly was a close confidant of the deputy director of the East Factory. If we wait until this person comes to Hangzhou!"

"I'm afraid Mr. Tang's life will be in danger!" Although Tang Ruocheng and Tang Zihu were not familiar with each other, Tang Ruocheng had an old relationship with Tang Zihu's father, Tang Sanhu.

Therefore, Tang Zihu was naturally very concerned about this matter.

Waiter in the East Factory!

Hearing Tang Zihu mention this, Huang Tinghui immediately understood the reason.

Back then, the late emperor personally conquered the country and killed hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in the grasslands.

The barbarians wanted to defeat the capital in one fell swoop and destroy the Great Sheng Kingdom.

But Zhang Julu, who was in the official department, raised his arms and shouted loudly. Finally, under his leadership, the barbarians were defeated in one battle and fled into the grassland and desert.

At that time, Zhang Julu supported the late emperor's youngest son to become the current emperor, and the empress dowager listened behind the curtain.

As for Zhang Julu himself, he became the chief minister of the cabinet.

The little emperor also called Zhang Julu the emperor's master.

However, the little emperor's respect for Zhang Julu only existed when he was young.

Wait until he grows up, especially after he tastes the delicious taste of power.

How could he tolerate someone having a higher prestige than him?

Even when Zhang Julu, the first and assistant minister of the dynasty, turned the tide and saved Dasheng Country.

It's his master again.

But in the face of power, to a certain extent, Zhang Julu is his opponent.

Therefore, the little emperor became restless, and his various behaviors were just to regain his own power.

Although Zhang Julu, the chief minister of the Great Sheng Kingdom, still looks like he is in power.

But everyone knows that once today's emperor has enough ability to handle government affairs, he will be the first to be kicked out.

As for Zhang Julu, he is still in the position of chief minister, just because he is useful to Dasheng Kingdom and today's world.

The forces of Dongchang and Xichang that are now domineering everywhere are actually just tentacles of strength from today's emperor.

According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu, the private sector was allowed to mine silver mines privately.

And in the period of the little emperor.

Although he allows individuals to mine, they have to pay a high "mining tax."

There were some important matters in the court that the little emperor could not fully intervene in, so he set his sights on those minerals.

Therefore, whenever there was a report about mining, the young emperor would send eunuchs to supervise it.

These father-in-laws only care about collecting gold and silver according to orders. They don't care whether there are mines or not.

When he saw the mine owner's fertile farmland and beautiful house, he falsely reported the amount of silver underground in order to extort money.

Later, some places even had no mining operations at all, but they forcibly distributed the "earnings they deserve" to the people, which was known as "mining contracts."

Of course, in the eyes of the little emperor who valued wealth as much as his life, these were no big deal.

Or he can't see it at all.

As for the chamberlain who died in Hangcheng Mansion, he was probably there to collect all kinds of property for the little emperor.

As the chief and assistant minister of the current dynasty, Zhang Julu naturally wanted to put a stop to this behavior of the young emperor, but today is different from the past. Zhang Julu's series of measures made many scholar-bureaucrats and local wealthy people dissatisfied.

In the face of implementing his policies, he could only compromise with the little emperor in this situation.

This was also a helpless move to avoid further intensification with the imperial power.

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Chapter completed!