Chapter 609: The Legend of the Bright

"The Jinyiwei is a powerful weapon of the country, and his ears and ears. However, there are Jinyiwei people who do not want to serve the country and be loyal to the emperor, but they use the power in their hands for their own personal gain. Although the Shaanxi changes were rampant due to corrupt officials, the Jinyiwei people in Shaanxi could not be blamed. If they had not accepted bribes, they would not have suffered the disaster today and the court would not know all of them..." A large number of bullet stamps impeached the personnel of the Jinyiwei in Shaanxi who accepted bribes and sheltered local officials and placed them on the imperial case. Chongzhen's brows locked up tightly, got up and walked a few steps, and took several other bullet stamps impeaching the Jinyiwei from a corner of the Long case.

In just two days, more than a dozen censors impeached the Ming Dynasty, the oldest and only existing secret service agency. Since the time of Taizu, there was the Jinyiwei, a spy organization that supervised all officials, who could report to the emperor any words and things that all the officials in Nanjing said and do in their homes. The Jinyiwei now cannot compare with their predecessors in terms of scale and ability. If it weren't for all kinds of reasons, they were still vassals of the Dongchang. But after only a few days in power, things became like this.

Chongzhen did not regard them as court officials for organizations like the Jinyiwei, and did not take any corruption or blackmail from them. However, if these impeachments were true, Chongzhen would not be able to bear it. As the bulletin chapter said, the Jinyiwei was a powerful weapon used by the emperor to supervise the world, or even his lackeys. Now even these lackeys dare to disobey, which of course made Chongzhen unhappy.

In the past, Chongzhen only thought that the civil rebellion in Shaanxi was the responsibility of local officials, and he did not think much about it. But now, when he thinks carefully, as mentioned above, if the local personnel of the Jinyiwei could report it in time, how could it lead to a situation of war? After walking in the hall for a while, Chongzhen still couldn't make up his mind, because he didn't know who was the person who was the pusher behind the censor's letter this time, and he didn't know what the other party intended.

As the only agency available to the emperor to supervise all officials, it is inevitable that there is a conflict between the Jinyiwei and the ministers in the court who think they are superior. Perhaps this is the official who is afraid that the Jinyiwei will find out that he has something illegal. If the Jinyiwei is really abolished, the imperial power will really not be able to compete with the bureaucratic system headed by the cabinet. But if they are not moved, Chongzhen is also unwilling to accept it. They can cover up the matter in Shaanxi, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be other things hidden from him. Maybe they will collude with the ministers in the court, which will also be a great challenge to their imperial power. When they think of this, Chongzhen felt even more uneasy.

After walking back and forth for nearly half an hour, Chongzhen finally made up his mind and sent someone to investigate the matter thoroughly. However, the officials in the court either had conflicts and opinions with the Jinyiwei, or had the possibility of collusion with them, and it was difficult for them to find someone who took the lead in investigating the matter. At this time, the word Shaanxi reminded Chongzhen.

It was Tang Feng who pacified Shaanxi at the time. He is now a marquis, which is obviously different from the ministers in the court. Moreover, he has served in the Jinyiwei and is even more skillful in dealing with these people. "It's him!" Chongzhen said softly. In fact, he had one thing he didn't admit, that is, he wanted to consider Tang Feng through this matter to see if he was completely loyal to him. Although the Jin Dynasty's plan of disagreement failed completely, Chongzhen's suspicion of Tang Feng was still planted in his heart.

After asking the clerks to answer the doubts and pass on his meaning to those censors, Tang Feng did not take the next step. Because he had to accompany his family, he had not been with his wife and children for several months, so of course he had to compensate them. As for the matter of the Jinyiwei, based on his understanding of Emperor Chongzhen, once he found that these hawks and dogs dared to hide their benefits from him in this way, he would not let them go easily. Once someone intervened in the investigation, the people he arranged for in the Jinyiwei would completely target the spearhead of the matter at Luo Yangxing and other people in power, and eventually involved Lu An in Nanzhen.

This is Tang Feng's plan. He would stand by and watch. Until Luo and Lu lost their positions, they would use their reputation as the Jinyiwei to support another person, thereby remotely controlling the entire Jinyiwei.

However, the development of the matter was beyond Tang Feng's expectations. In just two days, someone conveyed the emperor's intention to him and ordered him to investigate the internal affairs of the Jinyiwei and take out anyone who dared to hide the matter, so as to restore the Jinyiwei's purity.

Although the matter was somewhat different from what he thought, Tang Feng immediately took his life. Because, first of all, this was the emperor's intention and it was no longer shirkable, and secondly, this was indeed an opportunity to completely eradicate Luo Yangxing and others. So on the day after receiving the order, Tang Feng brought the Five City Military and Horses and his confidants to the Fusiyamen of the Jinyiweibei Town.

Because of the clerical guard's ability to hear and hear, some censors wrote memorials to impeach his admiral, and they naturally knew it immediately. However, the matter had already alarmed the emperor, and they wanted to cover it up, but it was too late, and they did not even dare to retaliate against those censors who dared to offend them. Now Luo Yangxing and others can only remove all those who received bribes from Shaanxi as much as possible to cut off clues.

However, after the incident in Shaanxi, these people scattered to many places, how could they be eliminated in a short time? At this moment, Tang Feng brought his men to seal the entire Jinyiwei. This situation made some old men of Jinyiwei unconsciously think of the scene when they attacked Dongchang, which made them dare not resist at all.

After getting off the horse, Tang Feng stepped into this familiar gate. Luo Yangxing, who had already arrived, happened to meet him in front of the yard. When he saw Tang Feng bringing people to surround the entire Jinyiwei North Fushi Office, Luo Yangxing's face felt unhappy: "Mr. Anping, what do you mean? My Jinyiwei Office still has many things to deal with. If you seal all the place, how can we do it?" The two sides were already in hostility, and with the previous seizure of power, the relationship between Luo Yangxing and Tang Feng had changed drastically, and he was not as polite as before.

Tang Feng ignored his questioning at all, and just said in a official manner: "According to the order of the emperor, there are people from the Jinyiwei who use their power for personal gain. I came to investigate the matter. Before the matter was found out, no one was allowed to enter and exit the Beizhen Yamen at will. Also, this marquis has the emperor's approval, so he can check all the official documents in the Jinyiwei and ask anyone. If anyone dares to disobey, he will be punished as guilty. Do you understand?" After saying that, he swept his eyes to the people in front of him.

The continuous improvement of his identity, coupled with the momentum he developed on the battlefield, made the Jinyiwei who had originally wanted to follow Luo Yangxing and chattered behind him, dared not speak. Luo Yangxing was also panicked when Tang Feng looked at him with his eyes, as if the other party had seen through his own thoughts, which made him unable to resist.

Tang Feng nodded to them with satisfaction and said, "Since that's the case, then Benhou will investigate the matter in Shaanxi from now on. You will first find out all the official documents and files about Shaanxi. Remember, it's everything. Don't think about what can be hidden from me!" After saying that, he waved his hand and ordered people to follow some of the Jinyiwei who was obeying the orders to do things. Then he said to Luo Yangxing and others: "As for everyone, because there is a big suspicion, you can only be wronged and stay here first." After that, without waiting for the others to speak, he entered the room where the admiral was doing things in a big way, leaving only a group of officials from Beizhen who didn't know what to do.

In a short while, the official documents and documents were sent over, all about the information about Shaanxi Province. The Jinyiwei paid attention to the officials in Beijing, and the officials monitored the officials who were released were much more extensive. In addition to conducting secret investigations on them from time to time, many Jinyiwei also needed to understand the local people's livelihood in Shaanxi and put them together in a book to report. Among these official documents sent to Tang Feng, most of them were about the local people's livelihood, and the reports of officials only accounted for a very small part.

Tang Feng picked up a report about Shaanxi Governor Yang He, and after reading it, he threw it aside. The writing was very simple, only about his daily actions, such as when to come to the yamen to do business, when to have a meal, and when to go home. It was basically a book of books, and there was no way to see anything wrong with it.

The situation of some other officials is roughly the same. In this way, it seems that it is just that the Jinyiwei people in Shaanxi are not doing their jobs well, and Luo Yangxing and others are just blinded. Tang Feng naturally would not believe such a result. It is just that what Lu An and himself said that day, he knew that Luo Yangxing and others had gained a lot of benefits in Shaanxi. How could it be that as the documents here said, everything had nothing to do with them?

After reading a few books casually, Tang Feng lost interest and read it again. He ordered people to call some of Luo Yangxing's close confidants who happened to be in the Beizhen Yamen to ask. Although Tang Feng put enough pressure on these people, it was related to his future. With the continuous advice of Admiral Luo in the past few days, these people naturally would not say anything that was not good for him and the Jinyiwei. They were just as written in those documents, saying that the spies in Shaanxi had their own hearts and did not report them after accepting bribes, which led to everyone being deceived.

Tang Feng did not express any expression in this regard. After asking a few people, he asked them all to leave. This made Luo Yangxing, who had already raised his heart to his throat, felt a little relieved, and at the same time underestimated Tang Feng's ability. It turned out that he was just like that. As long as he used a little trick and added a wide range of words, he could not do anything to himself.

Just when these people were very satisfied with this, they secretly entered the Beizhen Fusiya Office of the Jinyiwei. This old man who was in power in the Jinyiwei was idle at home because of the exclusion of Luo and Lu. However, today he was called by Tang Feng and rushed back. He was Bai Liangfeng, one of the former thousand households of the Jinyiwei.

If it were before, it would be very difficult for this old man who had been excluded to enter the Beizhen Yamen. But today it is different. Now the Beizhen Fushi has been completely controlled by Tang Feng's people, and it would be only a matter of just one sentence for him to come in alone. And all this is not something that Luo Yangxing and others can know.

"I've seen the Marquis!" As soon as he saw his old boss, Bai Liangfeng quickly saluted. Although he had been excluded, he still knew what had happened in the Jinyiwei recently. When he saw Tang Feng here, he naturally thought about what he was doing.

Tang Feng nodded and said, "Let's sit down. I want to investigate the crimes committed by those who were in Shaanxi when my Jinyiwei was in Shaanxi, but there was no place to do it. Bai Qianhu has always been famous for investigating cases, so I would like to ask you."

After Bai Liangfeng said he didn't dare to say that: "If you want to find out what happened a few months or even a year ago, you must check the written text. Our Jinyiwei has personnel to deliver messages in every place, and send the information obtained by the spies from various provinces to Beijing. No matter what happened in the local area, we can know it as soon as possible and let the court prepare early. It was strange that the Jinyiwei had not reported such a big thing in Shaanxi the previous time. However, there are always traces of these things. As long as the Marquis checked the document file in Shaanxi, he could guess a rough idea."

"Hmph, I thought so before, but nothing was written here. It seemed that the people in Beijing were blinded by the spies from Shaanxi." Tang Feng pushed some documents over and said, "And the confessions of those people were very consistent, insisting that they were not aware of them, which made it difficult for me to start."

After hearing what Tang Feng said, Bai Liangfeng also frowned. Although his status in the Jinyiwei was not low before, he didn't care about the intelligence work related to other provinces. Naturally, he could not provide evidence to prove whether these people and documents were true or not. However, he still looked through several case files and suddenly he smiled: "Marty, these documents are all fake."

"Huh? How do you say this?" Tang Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this. Although he couldn't see it, he could still think that these documents were all faked by Luo Yangxing to perfunctorily and blocked his mouth, but they were just no evidence.

"It's very simple. These documents are brand new in paper and ink. But everything recorded here is the first thing that happened before the New Year. It's impossible for every document to look the same as the old and the same." After all, he was a veteran who was good at investigating cases. Just by just browsing it casually, Bai Liangfeng saw the flaws.

"So that's it. They are indeed guilty and use such clumsy means to deceive this marquis." Tang Feng was not angry, but was a little happy. The more they did this, the more they showed that these people were already poor and they had a lot of means to deal with them. "Bai Qianhu, you have solved this problem for this marquis, and this marquis will definitely remember it."

"All this is what the officials should do." Bai Liangfeng said hurriedly. He knew that he had a day to make a comeback this time. Once Luo Yangxing was questioned, Tang Feng would naturally choose someone he could trust to manage the Jinyiwei. He was likely to be the candidate. In fact, Bai Liangfeng, who was over 50 years old, had long lost the competitive spirit of his youth, but being able to reach the peak of the Jinyiwei when he was old was also an explanation for his life.

With such a breakthrough, it was much easier for Tang Feng to investigate the matter. That night, he called the lieutenant who was guarding the file to himself and investigated it strictly. After Tang Feng was coaxing, scaring, and threatening, the man quickly explained everything. It was indeed the people above who asked him to prepare the files, as for the original documents, they had long been taken away by someone.

Although he could not get the real documents, Tang Feng also found some people from the Jinyiwei who helped Luo Yangxing do things from those people. He also took these people in front of him and questioned them. Although Tang Feng was no longer the leader of the Jinyiwei, there were many good people around him who torture him. He just used a little means to impress these people and truthfully explained everything they knew. In this way, the people involved became larger and larger, and gradually pointed the finger at Luo Yangxing, the current Jinyiwei Admiral.

This time, Tang Feng did so many things to deal with Luo Yangxing. Now that he has clear evidence, he will certainly not show mercy. He immediately reported his investigation results to the emperor and asked Chongzhen to punish the commander of the Jinyiwei who used his power for personal gain.

Unexpectedly, things actually developed like this, which made Chongzhen angry. He had expected these people to do things for him, but he found out that they were so unbearable now. Chongzhen, who had suffered from the East Factory earlier, convicted Luo Yangxing and threw him into prison without saying a word.

Tang Feng did not stop there. After Luo Yangxing was convicted, he advised the emperor that if the people in Beizhen could do such a bold thing, there must be people in Nanzhen to cover up. You must know that Beizhen monitors the world, while Nanzhen monitors Beizhen. If they had not turned a blind eye, how could Beizhen do so many things?

The emperor was able to accept such inference, and the result was that the people from the Nanzhen Fushi Department also conducted a thorough investigation. At this time, the people who had already taken Tang Feng's order to deal with Lu An took action. They quickly pushed all the responsibility to Lu An and his confidants, saying that they had collected the money from Beizhen and let them do evil.

Under such circumstances, Lu An was also convicted in a short period of time and was with Luo Yangxing in the Heavenly Prison. The power of the North and South Dukes changed hands again and fell into the hands of a group of people who were prepared and supported by Tang Feng.

In this case, in just over ten days, the two commanders of the Jinyiwei who wanted to compete with Tang Feng became prisoners. After the dust settled, Tang Feng visited these two assistants and their current opponents due to their love.
Chapter completed!