Chapter 534: Heaven Street
Zhang Han was very satisfied with this arrangement. Many people may be surprised by the strength of Yusheng in Xuanda, but Zhang Han knew that what he really mastered was Datong Town. Taiyuan Town was only some places in the north, and to the south in Taiyuan. Several prefectures in the south of Shanxi, Yusheng was just ordinary big merchants, with a certain amount of force, and the real power map was not established.
In Xuanfu, it is only a commercial influence. It has more allies among the middle and lower civil and military officials. At the top level of the Xuanfu governor and inspector, as well as Yang Guozhu, the general officer, there are more gold and silver transactions than real alliances like Ma Chengen.
When Du Wenhuan came to Datong, he would definitely be under the jurisdiction of Zheng Guochang and would not change the existing structure of Datong. When Ma Chengen went to Yansui, He Yusheng could manage the whole way. There was originally the world of Shaanxi merchants. In the court, the Shaanxi party and the Jin party had alliances and struggles. For decades, △▽▽△▽▽▽▽▽▼▼▼▼▼.⊥↑.♀♀, the Jin party declined but the Shanxi merchants were still there, but Shaanxi merchants were in decline like the Shaanxi party. When He Yusheng entered Shaanxi, he would hardly encounter decent opponents.
This was good news. When Zhang Han was happy, everyone in front of the store clamored, and all the merchants and the shopkeepers were immediately out of the way.
A eunuch riding a yellow-fat horse was in front and a few little eunuchs were behind. The three-mountain hats on their heads and leather boots on their feet were obviously showing their identities. Everyone saw that these eunuchs had changed their faces and quickly moved out of the way.
"The emperor's words," the eunuch riding a horse saw Zhang Han hurried out to greet him in front of the shop, and said directly: "When Tiancheng, Zhang Han, the commander of the two guards of the capitulate, came to see him immediately, and I admire him."
"I obey the order." Zhang Han immediately bowed and kowtowed.
After the eunuch who was delivering the order said, a smile appeared on his face and said, "Mr. Zhang, change his public uniform and hurry up and prepare to follow me into the palace."
"Yes." Zhang Hanying said, Li Guobin had already handed all the eunuchs a sealed red envelope, ranging from five to ten taels of silver inside. When he came out to pass the oral order, the silver would be put into the bag. The eunuchs all showed joy on their faces.
The rest of the people were busy changing clothes for Zhang Han. The public uniforms were reported in the morning and evening by officials in Beijing, or they were treated by the staff. The civil and military officials in foreign countries were worn when they met in Beijing. The court would wear court uniforms, and there would be sacrifices for sacrifices, and they would wear regular clothes for daily offices. It was not as later generations imagined by officials, but always wearing regular clothes.
The hat of the public uniform is a vermicelli, and its long legs are different from the short wings of the black gauze hat. Then it is replaced with a red robe, a belt with a golden lychee pattern, and a official boot. There are no big flowers on the official robe. After wearing it, Zhang Han, who was originally a casual dress, immediately had the so-called majesty of the Han officials.
He was originally tall and had extraordinary appearance and temperament. This official robe added a bit of temperament.
"Just Guobin and Xiping follow me, no one else has to follow me."
Not far from Qianmen Street to the imperial city, just walk straight along the way, and there will be eunuchs following you. There will be no unsightly people who are trying to assassinate at this time. Moreover, Wen Zhongfa and others do not follow them openly, and Wang Faxiang will also arrange for people from the action team that have been in the capital to protect them secretly.
It is normal for a third-rank military officer to take two long followers. The leading eunuch was a sixth-rank Fengyu. He took twenty taels of silver and was very satisfied. He smiled and led the way in front of him.
Everyone entered the city from Zhengyang Gate, and then went straight to the left gate of Chang'an. When passing by Daming Gate, the majestic imperial city gate was closed as usual. This city gate would only be opened in extremely important etiquette occasions. Starting from the central axis of the palace city, passing the Meridian Gate Tian, An, Gate, and then to the Zhengyang Gate of Daming Gate, and to the southern suburbs. The road more than ten miles long is straight in the middle without any skew. At this time, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers were recruited to build magnificent buildings for twenty years during the Yongnian period. Although he knew that he was a little promiscuous, Zhang Han couldn't help but look in the direction of Daming Gate. There was a memorial hall in later generations. The plaques on this city gate were successively changed to Dashun Gate, Daqing Gate, and Zhonghua Gate. Zhang Han felt that if he had to change the plaque, the two words "Zhonghua" should be the best result of replacing the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone went towards the left gate of Chang'an, and then to the Huiji Gate. After entering Chang'an, there were many people. This is commonly known as Tianjie. There were officials on both sides of the street, and there were officials and only a few civilians. Not far from the east of the Meridian Gate, there were six departments such as the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Works and Rites. On the west side were the yamen such as the Five Army Governor's Office. The street was spacious and the crowd was sparse, and people's sight was also very open. There were tall buildings in yellow and green. After entering here, it seemed like they came to another world. There were very few tall buildings in the Ming Dynasty, and of course there were very few buildings in the color of buildings. Looking around here, they looked almost a large piece of yellow. In later generations, they looked at very ordinary buildings, but at this time they felt a sense of majesty that made people feel particularly intimidating.
There were also imperial guards patrolling everywhere, and there were troops stationed in various yamen. From time to time, a team of imperial guards with bright guns and armor passed by, looking burly and majestic. The leaders were all military officers from the twenty-six guards. These military officers were all wearing bright armor and coats and cloaks. However, Zhang Han knew that the twenty-six guards were all good things. The entire imperial city and the palace city were protected by more than 8,000 imperial guards, all from the flag bearer guards and the Jinyi Guards, as well as the avant-garde guards. These three guards would not go out to fight and were responsible for protecting the imperial city. The commanders were military officers at the level of the commander-level military officers. The real responsibility was only the Hou Boxun, who was with the country.
"She looks like a guy..." Zhang Hanren was very kind, but he couldn't help but evaluate the soldiers in front of him. They were the representatives of the highest force of the Ming Dynasty. However, from the posture of walking, the state of holding weapons, and the military discipline of looking around and whispering and joking, I'm afraid these imperial guards and Yu Sheng's new recruits are far from each other.
In addition to the more than 8,000 imperial guards in the imperial city, and the warriors of the Four Guards and Horses Prison should be the only combat-capable army in the Beijing camp, but the training is also poor and the military discipline is very bad. During the Chongzhen period, there was a record of going out to the Beijing camp. The only requirement of local civil and military officials was that the emperor should not send out the Beijing camp soldiers anymore, as local officials could not afford it.
There are more than 100,000 people in the name of the imperial guards in the three major camps, but in fact, at most 20,000 to 30,000 people were collected. More places were occupied by Dukes, Marquis and Eunuchs, and civil and military officers could also occupy the servitude, and it was allowed by the court. Each Dukes and Marquis family occupied at least a few hundred people, or even more. The soldiers in the Beijing camp were equal to slaves and servants of these powerful families. They used the salaries of the court to serve the private ranks, and the generals ate the vacant quota, so it was not surprising that no ten soldiers in the Beijing camp were left.
This is the first time Zhang Han has entered this central area of the Ming Dynasty. He can't help but compare everything in front of him with what he manages. The more he compares, the more he has, the more he has the more confidence.
"It seems that something is wrong in front of you." Xia Xiping rode a horse and rode on Zhang Han's right hand side, and suddenly said loudly.
He looked a little nervous. Xia Xiping also had a month of short military training. Most of the young people in the Heyusheng system had experienced it. After arriving at Tianjie, Wang Faxiang could not get in. Li Guobin was not a soldier. Xia Xiping was the only person who could serve as a guard. He was a little nervous and couldn't help but press his right hand against his waist, where there was a short knife hidden.
"It seems that something is wrong." Li Guobin said: "It seems like the Jinyiwei is taking someone."
There were indeed many Jinyiwei in front of them, including more than a dozen Jinyiwei military officers in flying fish uniforms, dozens of Jinyiwei guards, and some people dressed in Dongchang's military servants. There were also a total of about one hundred people. These people gathered outside the lobby of the Ministry of Works, and more and more people were watching. Some officials wearing official robes and black hats gathered together to watch.
The eunuchs in the leadership did not stop, and Zhang Han and others followed along. When they arrived at the front of the Ministry of Works, they saw a fat eunuch standing in the middle of the crowd and said with great enthusiasm: "This is the will, do you understand the will?"
An official from the Ministry of Works, who looked like a minister, frowned and said to the eunuch: "My father-in-law must take out the order, otherwise he will be unclear..."
"It is the will!" Gao Qiqian was Gao Qiqian. He looked stern and said loudly: "Wan Jing slandered the emperor and Eunuch Wei. After reading the memorial, the emperor was furious. He immediately ordered our family to bring people out to blame the Wan's surname. If you don't believe it, you can go to the palace to ask for the emperor now, otherwise you can meet Eunuch Wei."
Gao Qiqian was angry and even his tone of speaking became much more rough, and he seemed to be a man full of energy.
The officials of the Ministry of Works around were shocked by him. Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Works has the lowest status and rarely speaks out in ordinary court meetings. How could they be qualified to say that they would go to see the emperor? Besides, Wei Zhongxian is so powerful now, which official really ran to Wei Zhongxian to commit suicide?
Someone whispered: "What exactly did Wanjing write?"
Someone next to him said, "I have read the memorial copy. There are a few words in the Wanjing Fenji that are particularly alert, which is also the cause of the disaster. I will recite it to you: the loyal and virtuous stolen power and the life and death will be seized by them. It will lead to the inner court and the outer court, and only know that there is loyal and virtuous, but not your Majesty. How can you stay there for a day?"
"Oh," sighed the man who asked first, "This is really the reason for death."
Although many people surrounded and even many people showed anger, many officials from the three parties felt happy in their hearts. In recent years, the Donglin Party has been covering the sky with one hand. The cabinet is Donglin, the Ministry of Personnel is Donglin, the Censorate is also Donglin, and the Censor and the Censor are still Donglin!
Chapter completed!