Chapter 91: First appointment with a thousand households

Zhu Yuanzhang's dynasty meeting was not long and ended in less than two hours. In addition to the focus of rewarding the King of Yan and others, the rest were discussed with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue to discuss how to commend the vast number of soldiers participating in the battle. The officials of the commendation were given, and a total amount of commendation was set based on the financial situation. The people of Longmen Institute were given a three-year tax exemption reward. The dynasty meeting was very concise and pragmatic.

The exciting court meeting finally ended, and Li Wei was kept. Under the leadership of a eunuch, he hurriedly walked towards Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study in Zhonghe Hall.

Several guards at the door searched Li Weizheng carefully before letting him in. After walking through several rooms, Li Weizheng finally walked into Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study room where the court affairs were handled. What surprised him was that Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study room was extremely simple and there was no precious furniture. Several cabinets displaying books could be seen for a while. Even the paint surface was peeled off, the walls were white, and there was no burning incense from ordinary people's study rooms, which was no different from ordinary people's study rooms.

But one thing is very special. One person stands in each of the four corners of the Imperial Study Room. They have no expression on their faces and do not move at all, just like four clay sculptures. However, the murderous aura they exudes makes all the ministers entering the Imperial Study Room feel nervous.

Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial case was leaning against the window. At this time, he was reviewing a memorial. At the first place, he stood there with a person down. It was Jiang Yan, the commander of the Jinyiwei. When he saw Li Wei walking in, he immediately turned his eyes nervously and told him to kneel down quickly. Li Wei was kneeling quietly, but he did not dare to disturb Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished a memorial, he looked up and saw that Li Weizheng had arrived. He put down his pen and smiled: "Don't be so nervous, relax a little, get up!"

Li Wei was standing up obediently, but Jiang Yan next to him was so scared that he was sweating profusely. The emperor was just polite. How could he really stand up? He didn't even say hello, but it was too late for him to stop him, so he could only complain in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Commander Jiang, is I so scary? I will scare you like this even if I give you a tribute."

Jiang Yan hurriedly bowed and said, "I dare not, but I just remembered that I forgot to teach him etiquette and was frightened for a moment." Even though he reacted quickly, he covered up the matter.

"Okay, don't waste my time on this little thing."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and smiled at Li Weizheng and said, "How is it, you have become a thousand households now, how do you feel?"

Li Weizheng bowed deeply and said slowly: "I will remember the cultivation of the emperor in my heart."

Now, Jiang Yan next to him stopped talking. He remembered the scene when he first met the emperor. Wasn't the emperor so kind? This is the emperor winning over the newcomers! His heart was quietly let go of his heart, and he was a little too nervous.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Just remember your kindness. The Jinyiwei is different from ordinary officials. It is my direct subordinate and my private guard. Your words and deeds represent my image. When it should be broad, when it should be strict, when it should be strict, I don't need to teach you this. But one thing is that I will speak first for every new official, which is my bottom line. What do you say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's smile gradually disappeared. He stared at Li Weizheng seriously and waited for his answer. Jiang Yan next to him was so nervous that he didn't dare to speak out. He didn't know that Li Weizheng had actually passed Zhu Yuanzhang's interview. He really thought that the emperor promoted Li Weizheng because of the battle at the Longmen Sect. So he thought about it according to ordinary ideas and believed that now was Li Weizheng's real interview. Of course, he knew this answer very clearly, but he never dared to say it.

Li Weizheng replied without hesitation: "Please rest assured that I will be an official in vain and will never embezzle a penny."

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table, staring at Li Weizheng and said in a sequel: "I don't know how many officials have told me that I will never embezzle a penny, but I don't know how many people have killed. I remember this sentence, and I will use you as a case, and it doesn't take too long. If you really haven't embezzled a penny within two years, I will be promoted to your official position. But if I want to find out that you embezzle a penny, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless."

Zhu Yuanzhang said this, but Jiang Yan next to him was shocked. This was originally a very ordinary question and answer. Almost every new official would be asked and would answer this way. The emperor just warned him again, but he had never been as serious as he did today. He suddenly felt that the emperor seemed to be a little different from the correctness of this Li Wei, and he didn't know whether Li Wei was a blessing or a disaster?

At this time, Li Weizheng said, "Your Majesty, I want to say first that my family is rich and does not mean corruption, but I am afraid that others will frame me, so my oath is only for the actions of myself and my family."

"I know this very well."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Yan again, and he said coldly: "I want to make it clear to you too. The case of using Li Qianhu as the Jinyiwei is only for him personally. If someone dares to frame him, I will ask you."

The sweat on Jiang Yan's back flowed down again. He finally understood the emperor's deep meaning. Whatever Li Weizheng was to use Li Weizheng to make a case was just an excuse. The emperor's real intention was to use Li Weizheng to rectify the military discipline of the Jinyiwei. In the past two years, the Jinyiwei used his power to seek personal gain and was deeply hated by ministers. The emperor must have heard of it. After solving Li Shanchang, he would start to establish an image. To put it bluntly, he would have to take the Jinyiwei to take action. So he was nominally filing a case for Li Weizheng, but actually warning himself to restrain himself. Jiang Yan suddenly remembered his ex-master Mao Xiang. Wasn't it just Hu Weiyong's case taken? Is it because the Li Shanchang case ended and the emperor wanted to take it...

Jiang Yan couldn't even think about it anymore, so he quickly bowed and replied, "I will never let someone frame Li Qianhu."

"Okay, I will leave Li Qianhu to you, you can step back!" Zhu Yuanzhang's enthusiasm seemed to disappear. He sat down and began to review the memorials again, ignoring them.

Walking out of the Forbidden City, Jiang Yan let out a long sigh and smiled bitterly at Li Weizheng: "To be honest, I really don't know whether you are a blessing or a disaster for us to come to the Jinyiwei."

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Wei also laughed in a low voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, the case of Li Shanchang was done by Zhan Hui, and the Jinyiwei did not participate."

Jiang Yan was stunned. He stared at Li Weizheng for a while, "No wonder he can be a thousand households. He is amazing. He understands the emperor's deep meaning just now than he himself!"

Li Weizheng's words reminded Jiang Yan that it was like this. The Li Shanchang case was done by the Supervision Bureau, and he was confused for a moment. The Li Shanchang case had nothing to do with the Jinyiwei, so the emperor had no motivation to get rid of himself. Perhaps it was really just dissatisfied with the Jinyiwei's violation of the law and discipline.

He wiped a cold sweat and smiled at Li Weizheng gratefully. After walking a few steps, he suddenly whispered again: "You and I know what the emperor receives you today, and you must not disclose it to a third party. Do you understand this in your heart?"

"Don't worry, sir, Li Wei understands it very much."

"It's enough for you to know." Jiang Yan smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "It's still early now, I'll take you to the yamen to meet your subordinates first."

"There are five thousand households in our Jinyiwei, of which the 1,000 households are in charge of the "God Han General" of the guards, and they have nothing to do with you. The 4,000 households are located in Fengyang, and they have nothing to do with you. I have just made adjustments. The five thousand households have officials Fei Tian retired from office. I transferred the three thousand households to Leng Qianqiu, so that the positions of the three thousand households will be vacant. I was originally going to propose to the emperor to be promoted to the position of Zhao Yue, but the emperor has appointed you as the Thousand Houses. Then I will appoint you as the head of the three thousand households."

While the two walked, Jiang Yan introduced him to the specific division of labor of the Jinyiwei. In fact, he had been a 100-household official for several months. He really knew about these situations. Although the Ming Dynasty officers implemented the hereditary system, because it is now the early Ming Dynasty, the hereditary situation is not very serious. Most of the officials are veterans who have been through the battlefield for a long time, most of them are veterans, and they pay attention to the queuing of seniority. Therefore, Jiang Yan was also worried about Li Weizheng, worried that he would not be able to deal with the old military leaders under his command, especially the emperor's military orders for integrity. How could these old military leaders who were used to benefiting to tolerate him?

The two walked into the Jinyiwei's office. At this time, the Jinyiwei already knew that Li Weizheng had served as the Jinyiwei Qianjia. Although everyone was saluting Jiang Yan, there was a hint of envy in the eyes of Li Weizheng.

Jiang Yan took Li Wei to his room. As soon as he entered the door, all the busy clerks stood up and bowed together, "See the commander."

"Forget it!" Jiang Yan waved his hand, and he ordered his personal guards to say, "You go to the military camps of three schools and call Zhao Yue and Fitingan to me."

At this time, his aide Lu Siyuan came up and bowed to Li Weizheng and congratulated him: "Li Qianhu, congratulations."

"Such a young Qianhu may be in the army, but in our Jinyiwei, it is the first person, so we should celebrate." Jiang Yan smiled and patted Li Weizheng on the shoulder, and said to Lu Siyuan: "Let me find a few people to buy some candy and cakes and send them to all the officers."

Seeing that Li Wei was about to pay, he stopped him, took out a roll of money from his arms and handed it to Lu Siyuan, and said to him: "This is the rule of our Jinyiwei. His subordinates are promoted and his superiors want to treat you. Although you were a hundred households before, you have not been assigned to the specific office, so I only provide the money."

Li Weizheng quickly bowed to thank him and said, "Thank you, sir!"

"This is better. If you are a man, just be more comfortable. Let's go! Go to my house and have a detailed discussion."

Jiang Yan brought Li Weizheng into his room, and Lu Siyuan stared at Li Weizheng's back, with some thought in his eyes.

After entering the room, Li Weizheng's official appointment letter was already placed on Jiang Yan's table. He signed the seal on it, carefully put it away, took out a file with the "Three Institutes" written on it, and took out a thick stack of lists from it, saying, "I will tell you first that among the five Institutes of the Jinyiwei, one of the Jinyiwei, one of them has the largest number of people, 1,500, all of them are palace guards, while the four Institutes of Fengyang have the least number of people, only 500, and the three are standard 1,120 people, including two deputy households and ten households. The remaining general flags, small flags and other names are the same as those of the army. However, our Jinyiwei is not an army, so the brothers at the bottom are not called soldiers, but lieutenants or strong men. I believe you all know these."

Jiang Yan handed him the file and said with a smile: "What else do you have?"

Li Wei hesitated and asked, "I want to ask, will I handle money and food?"

Jiang Yan also sighed secretly. This was also what he was worried about. He thought about it and comforted Li Weizheng and said, "You are worried that the emperor is watching you! Don't worry, you are different from the local officials. The food and salary of your soldiers and officers is well determined by you, but the physical goods will not be passed by you. The Nanzhen Fu Office is responsible for issuing them. The emperor refers to bribery and corruption during the case handling. I think you have also been a minor official in Linhuai County. You should be very clear about the tricks inside. I don't say much about this. If you think someone frames you, you can report it to me in time."

At this time, a report from a personal guard came from outside, "Sir, Zhao Yue and Fei Tingan have arrived."

Jiang Yan immediately said: "Let them come in!"

The military camps of the three schools are no longer in the imperial city. Near the Imperial College north of the capital, Qianhu and two deputy Qianhu have offices in the Jinyiwei General Office and the military camp, so the two deputy Qianhu arrived in a moment.

The door was pushed open, and two deputy Qianhu walked in. One was about forty years old, with a medium figure, black and thin face, a small garlic nose, and a hint of coldness in his eyes. He was wearing a golden Qilin suit. At the age of fifteen, he joined the army and followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world and had been in his personal military camp. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the Jinyiwei was established, so he had been the deputy Qianhu. Almost every institute had been staying there. Because Qianhu had retired from office, the Qianhu was vacancies in the three offices, Jiang Yan was preparing to promote him to Qianhu. This was almost a foregone conclusion. Everyone congratulated him. Zhao Yue was also happy to wait, but unexpectedly, it was not his turn in the end. Zhao Yue had just received the news and was extremely depressed.

The man behind him was tall and tall, and he was not young. He was probably in his early thirties, but he had a baby face with a smile on his face, giving people a kind and easy-to-access look. He was Fei Tingan, the son of the former Qianhu Fei Tian. He had always worked in the Jinyiwei and was promoted to the hundred-household households. After his father retired from office, he was promoted to the deputy Qianhu.

The two walked into the room, and Jiang Qi introduced them: "This is Li Weizheng, you three new thousand households, come and greet him!"

The two looked at each other. Although Li Wei had been a Jinyiwei family for more than half a year, it was the first time they saw him. They didn't expect him to be so young. They were stunned for a moment. Feitingan knelt down halfway and said with a fist: "Fetingan, the subordinate, Qianhu, please take care of him."

Zhao Yue was obviously a little reluctant, but he did not dare not not kneel in front of the commander. He also half-kneeled down and said, "I'm going to Zhao Yue to meet Lord Qianhu."

"Two guys, please get up quickly." Li Weizheng quickly helped them up and said sincerely: "I am a new official and I don't have enough experience. I hope the two adults will help you in the future."

Jiang Yan laughed and said, "The three schools will be handed over to you in the future. Now you can go back."

The three of them said goodbye to the commander and left the room. As soon as they left the door, Zhao Yue said coldly: "Li Qianhu, I still have official duties in my hands, so I lost my companion first."

After saying that, he turned around and left without waiting for Li Weizheng to reply. Fitingan sighed and said to himself: "It's no wonder that everyone thinks he wants to be a Qianhu. Alas! It's understandable that he is in a bad mood."

Li Wei was looking at Zhao Yue's back and didn't say anything for a long time. He smiled and followed Fitingan to the military camp.
Chapter completed!