Chapter 141 The Hidden Rules of Jinyiwei’s Strength
“The strength of the ministers and others is no longer enough to occupy such a high position as Jinyiwei, so I ask for your Majesty’s permission.”
Zhang Fengfu said respectfully and sincerely.
Every word he said was from the bottom of his heart.
Next to them are Weng Taibei and Murong Chong. Judging from their expressions, the same is true.
The purpose of the three of them coming here is to decide upon Jin Yiwei's future position promotion. In addition to merit, he also needs to have sufficient personal strength to be promoted.
The reason is simple.
Today’s Jin Yiwei is far different from before.
The power has grown too much, and the level is the same as that of the Ten Divisions.
In terms of importance, it is even more faintly surpassed.
The Jin Yiwei mainly faces seemingly corrupt officials, but everyone knows that their real opponents are the martial arts masters.
Strictly speaking, Jinyiwei is a military department. Different from the other ten departments, personal martial arts strength is extremely important, and it is even more important now.
Not only is there external pressure, internal personnel are also getting stronger and stronger. When internal and external pressure becomes greater and greater, if one is not strong enough and occupies a high position, it will cause visible consequences.
At this time, there is one commander and three commanders of Jinyiwei. Among the four people in the highest position, except for Guo Bujing, the strength of the three from Zhang Fengfu is obviously not enough to assume this high position.
The strength of Zhang Fengfu and Weng Taibei has increased a lot in recent years, but they are only equivalent to the middle and lower levels of the Xiantian Realm.
Murong Chong has not yet reached the middle level.
Among the new innate masters who have joined Jin Yiwei, there are several whose strength exceeds theirs.
Under internal and external pressure, under the leadership of Zhang Fengfu, both Weng Taibei and Murong Chong accepted this reality and came to Zhu Houzhao to request demotion.
After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao felt a little uncomfortable. Zhang Fengfu and the three of them had not made any mistakes themselves, but they had to ask for demotion.
The key is that after he thought about it seriously, demotion was the best decision for them.
Jinyiwei is really different from other departments, personal martial arts strength is more and more important.
As Zhang Fengfu said, if you are not strong enough, you will only lose the face of the court and Jin Yiwei, and it will also harm yourself.
It would be hard for him to demote these three loyal people without any fault.
Perhaps lack of strength is the biggest mistake.
This idea suddenly arose in Zhu Houzhao's heart, and then was thrown away by him.
This sentence cannot be so absolute.
At least the three people from Zhang Feng Mansion are not at fault. They have tried their best. How can we say they are at fault?
"Okay then, I agree. Lao Zhang, you will be demoted to the commanding officer. Old man, Murong, you will be demoted to the commanding officer.
Lao Zhang, I have wronged you." Zhu Houzhao spoke, looking obviously unhappy.
“Your Majesty’s words are serious, how can I feel wronged?
Seeing that the Ming Dynasty is becoming stronger and stronger, and that the Jinyiwei is gradually becoming stronger, I can only be happy. "Zhang Fengfu said sincerely and moved.
Weng Taibei and Murong Chong were also a little moved.
A word of grievance, it is obvious that His Majesty has not forgotten their contribution and has them in his heart. .
"Your Majesty, I am not aggrieved. It is my blessing to be loyal to Your Majesty. "Weng Taibei said sincerely.
"The same goes for your Majesty and ministers. "Murong Chong immediately followed.
"You took the initiative to give way to the good and set a good example for Jin Yiwei and the Ming Dynasty. I will reward you well.
Lao Zhang, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver. You can go to the Sutra Pavilion to choose any one. Martial arts.
Old man, Murong, you two can choose any martial arts with eight thousand taels of silver each." Zhu Houzhao was equally moved.
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." The three people from Zhang Feng Mansion saluted and expressed gratitude.
This amount of money is still a lot for them at this time.
Choosing any martial art, although their achievements are enough to choose it once, this is even more of a favor.
"Old Zhang, tell me, should I promote Lao Guo to the commander of Jinyiwei now?
As well as the appointment of personnel and the division of powers and responsibilities within Jinyiwei, what do you think?" Zhu Houzhao asked trustingly.
“Your Majesty, Guo Tongzhi’s strength, ability, and character are enough to serve as the commander of the Jinyiwei, but after all, he joined the Jinyiwei for too short a time.
Only because of Jin’s contribution, there are still some Insufficient.
It might be better to wait for another two months and make the appointment next year. "Zhang Fengfu seemed to have thought about this problem a long time ago and said calmly.
Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao nodded.
"As for the current personnel appointments, His Majesty's Holy Judgment can make it alone. .
However, since the requirement of personal strength is put forward, it should be strictly implemented. It is best to determine the hidden rules in one fell swoop this time. "
Zhang Fengfu said, seeing that Zhu Houzhao listened carefully, he continued: "I and several others have initially discussed that if you want to hold the position of thousands of households, it is best to have innate standards, so that you can supervise one person. Provincial land.
The governor should have an innate medium level, and the commanding generals, and the north and south governor should have innate strength above the late stage level.
The commander should at least have peak innate strength, and a grand master is the best. "Zhang Fengfu said, suddenly there was a strange sense of excitement in his tone.
Weng Taibei and Murong Chong also had strange looks in their eyes.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes changed after hearing this. Slightly bright.
If we follow this standard, Jin Yiwei's strength will be greatly increased.
"Your Majesty, there are not so many masters in Jinyiwei now, but I believe that it won't take long before we can reach it.
It is best to err on the side of shortage now, because the wariness of Jinyiwei in various places must have reached the highest level. If thousands of people If the household is not strong enough, if it is easily stopped or killed quietly, it will damage the dignity of the court and hinder the reform.
The best case scenario is like the situation in Jin Dynasty.
Face all places with absolutely sufficient strength, otherwise we would rather leave the field first," Zhang Fengfu continued solemnly. "What you said, Lao Zhang, makes sense. For many things, we should lay a good foundation and establish good rules, so that we can grow better." Zhu Houzhao nodded and agreed.
Then he realized something, looked at the three of them and said, "But Lao Zhang and you three are not strong enough."
The three of Zhang Feng Mansion were embarrassed, but they also knew that His Majesty was not trying to humiliate them.
“Your Majesty, the three of you have already thought about it, and there are currently too few masters in Jinyiwei.
With the qualifications of the three of you, for the time being, they can still hold on to their current positions.
The three ministers requested that they be responsible for the intelligence of other countries in the future.
In this way, there is no need to face the masters in the Ming Dynasty, and the strength of the three ministers is enough.
If Jinyiwei has enough masters in the future, the three ministers are willing to step down and give way to others. "Zhang Fengfu said truthfully and honestly.
Then, the three people from Zhang Fengfu revealed their plans for Jinyiwei.
They have been in Jinyiwei for decades. No one knows Jin Yiwei better than them and has experienced this special period personally.
Although their strength is not enough, after some exchanges between the three of them, they all have the idea of strengthening Jin Yiwei to the extreme.
Then we made such a plan.
Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied after hearing this.
Finally, he called Guo Bujing over again, and the five of them discussed and finalized all aspects of Jin Yiwei.
When Zhang Fengfu and several people left the palace, Zhang Fengfu felt a long-lost sense of relaxation and said with a smile: "When the Jinyiwei has grown to the expected level, the three of us will be satisfied."
"Yes, if one day comes, our names will be remembered forever." Weng Taibei said with a smile.
"There will definitely be a day." Murong Chong felt a little bit relieved at the vague reluctance in his heart.
"Brother Guo, from now on the Jin Yiwei will be entrusted to you." Zhang Fengfu looked at Guo Bujing and said solemnly.
Guo Bujing bowed sternly to the three people in Zhang Feng Mansion and said sternly: "Guo deeply admires the righteousness of the three brothers Zhang, and will definitely not let down the righteousness of the three brothers.
If you violate this, Guo will die badly.”
The admiration in his heart was real.
If the three people from Zhang Feng Mansion had not taken the initiative to propose demotion and unspoken rules regarding strength, it would have been difficult to change Jin Yiwei.
Because the three of them, the oldest ones and trusted by His Majesty, are the biggest obstacles.
No one can change it unless His Majesty personally orders it.
Even if His Majesty personally gives the order, there will definitely be chaos within the Jinyiwei.
After all, the three of them have too many old departments.
Only when three people take the initiative and cooperate in implementation can the change be carried out relatively smoothly.
The three of them voluntarily gave up their high positions and extremely huge interests. No matter what the reason was, he had to admire this magnanimity.
The three people from Zhang Feng Mansion returned the gift.
When they return to Jinyiwei headquarters, the corresponding preparations will begin.
October 20th.
The three people from Zhang Feng Mansion formally submitted a letter requesting to demote themselves, and submitted a memorial regarding Jinyiwei’s personnel changes.
Zhu Houzhao agreed.
Immediately, the Jinyiwei headquarters officially issued orders one after another, all of which were personnel changes.
The positions of three people in Zhang Feng Mansion were reduced, and two other commanding envoys were demoted to the rank of governor.
Among the current twenty-five thousand households, sixteen thousand households have been reduced to deputy thousand households.
These people who were demoted received generous compensation.
At the same time, along with these personnel changes, a piece of news quickly spread within Jinyiwei.
Zhang Fengfu, the commander of Jinyiwei for more than ten years, and two old men, Weng Taibei and Murong Chong, jointly submitted a petition to His Majesty to demote his position.
This is to formally determine an unspoken rule of Jin Yiwei.
Those who have merit but lack personal strength will not be promoted.
This unspoken rule actually existed in Jinyiwei before.
But it is not that obvious, and the strength requirements are not very high.
Now, it is not an innate state, and it cannot be a thousand households.
The strength requirements suddenly jumped by a large margin.
This made many people in Jinyi Guards everywhere sigh.
But overall, it has not affected morale, because the current morale of the Jinyi Guards is too high.
In particular, the first reward of Jindi has been distributed truthfully, and the second reward is in progress.
In addition, the prestige of the emperor and the court is increasing, so naturally they will not be dissatisfied.
The two demoted ministers and the sixteen thousand households will inevitably have complaints in their hearts.
These complaints are normal and no one wants to be demoted for no reason.
However, due to the majesty of the imperial court, their own interests, etc., their own strength was indeed inferior to others, so they did not dare to say anything more.
(Chapter 2.)
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