Chapter 80 Factory Guard
Luo Shengdong's fear of factory guards was truly genuine.
When his father was able to transfer from a guard soldier to the navy to become the commander-in-chief, in addition to his heroic achievements in killing the enemy, it was also a coincidence - his father's predecessor, the commander-in-chief, was in Yazhou City. Offending the Jin Yiwei, a group of Tiqi went directly to the water village to fetch someone, and even the generals did not dare to stop them. This unlucky guy was carried out within three days of entering Jinyiwei's Yamen. It is said that not even a single intact bone was found on his body, and he died quite miserably. Luo Shengdong's father taught him since he was a child that he can offend anyone, but he must never be an enemy of factory guards. If he offends others, he can still fight with all his strength. If he really can't fight, he can still beg for mercy to save his life. But if he offends others, he will be arrested. If you are a factory guard for the purpose of being an official, then there is really only a dead end.
Of course, the crew members on this ship were all Luo Shengdong's trustworthy subordinates, otherwise he would not have dared to take this group of people to Victory Port to trade with the Haihan people. But Luo Shengdong still understood the principle of "a hundred secrets and a sparseness". With so many mouths opened, someone would make a mistake while drunk outside. Things for the Haihan people are easy to handle. After all, they have registered in Shuizhai and Yazhou, and those who know the truth are under control. Luo Shengdong doesn't have to be too afraid if there are any rumors. But if the rumor about the factory guard spreads, it is a yamen that catches the wind and takes advantage of people. There is no need for evidence. As long as a little rumor floats into the ears of the factory guard, it is enough to put Luo Shengdong in jail. .
The factory guards are not Haihan people, and they still have the opportunity to be reasonable. Anyone caught in the factory guard's yamen is a stepping stone for them to get promoted and make a fortune. And Luo Shengdong's great future has just begun, and he doesn't want to bury himself in it for a Haihan man who talks unabashedly. If he didn't have the same overwhelming fear of the Haihan people, Luo Shengdong really wanted to ask his men to put this guy in a sack and throw him directly into the sea.
However, He Xi's directness was not because he spoke openly. As a secret front worker, he knew that the first thing he had to do was to fully understand his opponent and figure out the opponent's establishment, organizational structure, behavior style, etc. Ming Dynasty's notorious factory security system is obviously He Xi's biggest potential opponent at the moment.
The Ming Dynasty's espionage system was once very complex. There was a period in history when "three factories and one guard" existed at the same time. Naturally, everyone is familiar with Yiwei, it is the famous Jin Yiwei. The Jinyiwei, established by Zhu Yuanzhang, was originally a pro-inner army, commanded by military generals trusted by the emperor. Its responsibilities were to "directly control the guards and conduct patrols and arrests." In fact, it was the emperor's private police and could arrest on its own. , torture, and execute prisoners without even having to go through ordinary judicial institutions. It can be said that it is extremely powerful.
By the way, it is worth mentioning that another very famous function of the Jin Yiwei is to "hold the imperial staff." Those officials who offended the emperor and were sentenced to the punishment of the imperial staff, if they happened to have an unharmonious relationship with the Jin Yiwei, would be punished. If the imperial staff comes down, it will definitely result in death or injury. Therefore, there were not many officials in the court who dared to go against the Jin Yiwei, because no one knew when they would fall into the hands of the Jin Yiwei and take a fatal meal from the imperial staff.
The third factory is divided into east and west factories and expert factories. Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, established the Dongjishi Factory in the 18th year of Yongle, with trusted eunuchs serving as eunuchs. The eunuch in charge of the eunuch of Dongchang is also the second-ranking eunuch among eunuchs, after the eunuch in charge of rituals. His full official title is "Eunuch in Charge of the Imperial Envoy and Governor of the Official School of Dongchang". If the function of the Jinyiwei is a secret police, then the Dongchang, which directly takes orders from the emperor, can become a real secret service and privileged supervisory agency, and its power is still higher than that of the Jinyiwei. In the beginning, there was a clear division of power between the two departments. Dongchang did not have the power to interrogate prisoners, and the captured prisoners could only be handed over to Jinyiwei for trial. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang also had its own prison.
The biggest advantage of Dongchang is that the communication channels with superiors are smoother. Jinyiwei also needs to use memorials to report work, and the eunuchs of Dongchang can directly make oral reports to the emperor in person. This convenient condition means that Jinyiwei cannot communicate with him at all. compared to that. All the yamen of the imperial court had Dongchang's fans on duty to monitor them, and they were even more pervasive than the Jinyiwei. In history, several famous eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Feng Bao and Wei Zhongxian, all once commanded Dongchang, which made this spy agency still notorious after hundreds of years. But it is very ironic that Dongchang has always been in charge of the eunuchs. There is a large portrait of Yue Fei hanging in the lobby, and there is an archway in front of the hall engraved with "Fragrance will last forever", as if he considers himself the messenger of justice.
The West Factory was added by Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Jianshen in the 13th year of Chenghua. The governor of the West Factory was the famous eunuch Wang Zhi. His functions were similar to those of the East Factory and Jinyiwei, and his power once surpassed that of the East Factory. However, Wang Zhi only sat in this position for five years before he resigned due to failure in the struggle, and the West Factory was disbanded. But when Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, the powerful eunuch Liu Jin reopened the West Factory and handed it over to his confidant Gu Dayong to lead it. Although the East and West factories were both under the command of Liu Jin, they fought fiercely with each other. In the end, in order to change the situation, Liu Jin had to build an expert factory of his own, which he personally led, with more power than the East and West factories and Jinyiwei. . During this period, the four major secret service agencies co-existed, and business competition was fierce, which caused panic in the world and officials had too much time to take care of themselves.
After the fall of Liu Jin, the West Factory and the Neixing Factory were ordered to be abolished by Zhu Houzhao. In the fifth year of Zhengde's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the West Factory and the Naixing Factory disappeared into history together. As for the intelligence agencies that are still in operation, the only ones left are Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
If He Xi wants to find out the status of these two organizations, the safest and most effective way is still through Luo Shengdong, a Ming army officer who has been lured and corrupted by the time travelers. Although Luo Shengdong is not from these two organizations, he is still "within the system" anyway, and the information and channels he has are unmatched by many outsiders like him. But what He Xi didn't expect was that Luo Shengdong would be so afraid of factory guards that he couldn't even talk about it. This made He Xi couldn't help but sigh that the public elites in later generations were simply too weak - while shouting " There is no freedom of speech." Those who openly criticize the government on the Internet should really come to tomorrow and try to understand what real speech control is.
It seems that in order to break the stubborn feudal shackles in Luo Shengdong's heart, we can't do it without some strong medicine. He Xi made up her mind, put her arms around Luo Shengdong's shoulders, took him to a deserted place at the bow of the ship, and lowered her voice: "Mr. Luo, you have been dealing with us for more than a month. Have you seen him before?" What did we say that we failed to do? ”
Luo Shengdong shook his head and said: "You always keep your word and keep your promises. I admire you very much for this."
Luo Shengdong's words were indeed sincere. When he boldly proposed the negotiation, he did not expect the other party to fully abide by the agreement. However, the sincerity shown by the Haihan people later dispelled his original doubts. According to the original agreement, , he was very happy to return the prisoners, give money and goods, and this time even the people were put in charge of him. This kind of trust made Luo Shengdong's favorability towards the Haihan people gradually exceed his initial precautions and fears - of course, this favorability is still based on sufficient interests.
He Xi lowered his voice and said: "Okay, just listen and take note of what I say next. Then you will know why we Haihan people don't care about the ghosts and snake gods in the factory."
Luo Shengdong wanted to yell at me for not listening, but he was so curious that he really wanted to know what other means this Haihan man had to protect himself, so he heard He Xi's devil-like whispering in his ears. came the voice. "Within this year and next, Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng will be disgraced and die!"
Luo Shengdong almost jumped up and shook his head repeatedly: "Absolutely impossible...Absolutely impossible..."
"Oh? Then tell me why it's impossible." He Xi wanted to get Luo Shengdong out of this psychological fear, and asked with a smile.
Luo Shengdong swallowed hard, looked around and saw no one around, and then whispered: "Everyone on your side came from thousands of miles away, so the news they received may be wrong. I am the Lord Wei." Nine thousand years old, he is now so powerful that the Donglin Party members who were against him in the past few years have all died in the hands of the factory guards. Master Wei has five tigers and five young men under his command, and the Jin Yiwei commander Tian Er. Geng is one of the Five Biaos, and it is said that he has a father-son relationship with Mr. Wei. Now that the factory guards are in his hands, no one in the world dares to stroke his tiger beard, so how can he die in ruins? "
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He Xi smiled and said: "Mr. Luo, you are also a smart man. If you want them to be disgraced and die, what conditions are needed to do it?"
Luo Shengdong hesitated: "Unless...unless the Holy One issues an edict...but this is absolutely impossible. Today, the Holy One has great trust in Mr. Wei and refuses to grant anything he asks for, so how can he issue an edict to remove him?"
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He Xi nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. The current emperor really has no reason to issue an imperial edict to remove them..."
Just as Luo Shengdong took a deep breath, He Xi said something else, which almost scared him to the point of collapse.
"...But if there is a different emperor, then the situation I mentioned may not happen."
"Change...change...what a treason!" Luo Shengdong pointed at He Xi and was speechless for a moment, and even his fingers began to tremble.
"Soon, it will only be a few months later." He Xi still maintained a harmless smile: "When the new emperor ascends the throne, these famous people in front of the former emperor may not be able to continue to be lucky, and some of the power in their hands People who are too big, such as Wei Zhongxian, will be a stumbling block in the eyes of the new emperor."
"I will never believe such nonsense!" Luo Shengdong regretted that he had failed to reject the other party's lobbying in time because of his curiosity. He Xi's words were like a spell, constantly thoughts swirling in his mind.
"Whether you believe it or not, what is supposed to happen will happen." Facing Luo Shengdong's excitement, He Xi didn't care at all. He knew that he had opened a gap in Luo Shengdong's heart, and in the following days, this gap would become bigger and bigger due to the impact of facts, until the dam in his heart completely collapsed.
(End of chapter)