Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 319: Lu Fang gets married and the world is in splendour!
Ok Hee Palace.

Zhu Houcong looked at the cabinet's report.

This is obviously a policy that benefits both the country and the people.

But from the perspective of a person who has lived two lifetimes, Gao Gong's anti-gang and anti-evil campaign of "rewarding for reporting and participation by all the people" is a good idea. However, if it is sent down to the local level in this way, it will soon become empty talk.

The reason is simple: hiding the identity of the whistleblower is a big problem.

Black and evil correspond to white and good.

However, people are complex, and the world is even more complex.

If there is “no one above us”, how dare the evil and the criminals do whatever they want?

Moreover, if the report becomes true, the local officials who symbolize "innocence" and "goodness" will be punished.

This is just like the "Dengwen Drum". According to the court system, whenever the drum sounds, the local official must go to court to try the case, otherwise, there will be a serious crime.

and then?
There was no government office without a few yamen runners stationed in front of the drum to watch over it. Anyone who dared to file a complaint and alarmed the county magistrate would be beaten with twenty boards first, regardless of whether he had any grievances or not.

After all this, who would dare to file a complaint in the court? Who would dare not honestly hire a lawyer, hand in the complaint, pay a gift of silver, and wait until the master is happy and has time to see the people's grievances resolved?

If it is stipulated that evil and crime exist, it means that the local officials are lazy and negligent in their work, and the county magistrates will probably intercept and complain to the people.

How many people can there be to patrol the country on behalf of the emperor? No matter how long you stay, there will always be a time to leave, right?

The joint retaliation by local officials, gangs and evil forces will probably cause more suffering to the people who file complaints.

Therefore, the people's reports must not be accepted by local government offices or officials, but must be handled by government offices independent of the court. The government offices must also be responsible for the issuance of rewards.

So, looking at the whole dynasty, which government office is this?
Zhu Houcong sat at the imperial desk and wrote the three words "Jinyiwei" with the wolf-hair brush in his hand.

As he started to write, Zhu Houcong paused, and drops of rich ink fell on the paper, ruining a piece of fine rice paper.

Sign off.

Zhu Houcong looked at Huang Jin, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and the commander of the Eastern Depot, who was becoming more and more steady and silent, and asked, "Huang Jin."

"The servant is here."

"Is Lu Fang doing well in Jinling?"

"Your Majesty, my godfather is living a good life and even...married a beautiful wife." Huang Jin replied.

The story of the revival of thigh flesh.

Lu Fang couldn't tell anyone, but after decades in Prince Xing's Palace, the Forbidden City, and Western Garden, his repressed emotions were finally released. In the early spring of this year, he finally felt something and fell in love with the pretty widow at first sight.

As he had been accompanying the emperor for decades, there was no need to say much about Lu Fang's appearance. After his "rejuvenation", he grew a beard, his hair and beard turned black, his wrinkles disappeared, he had read books, and his skin was fair and clean. When he went out, people would believe he was a young man in his teens or twenties.

What's even more rare is that having seen many ups and downs in the world, Lu Fang has a calm and composed temperament, which makes him stand out wherever he goes.

Only a few courtiers and eunuchs in the two capitals knew that Lu Fang had fallen into Nanjing. As long as his godson Huang Jin was still around and in control of the Imperial Household Department and the Eastern Depot, no one in the outer court or the inner court would say anything about it.

Therefore, few people in Jinling knew that the Lu Fang who guarded the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu Gao was the ancestor Lu Fang who once held great power and had absolute power in the inner court.

Lu Fang's proposal of marriage went very smoothly.

As the godson, Huang Jin specially sent a gift from the capital.

After getting married, the couple lived in harmony. It can be said that they respected each other and lived in harmony.

Zhu Houcong was somewhat surprised and said, "He has already married a wife."

Come to think of it.

When the thigh muscles grow back, he will be a normal person again. Lu Fang is just walking the path that a normal person should walk.

Get married and have children.

Suddenly, Huang Jin knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that Godfather will only have adopted sons and godsons, but no offspring to continue the family line."

Say a thousand words and ten thousand words.

Lu Fang is a eunuch, and even today, he is still a eunuch. One day, the matter of getting married will be known to the court and the public.

If it was just getting married, the court and the public might regard it as a joke, but no one would think too much about it. After all, eunuchs could get married and have a wife.

Even eunuchs in the palace can have concubines, let alone eunuchs who have left the palace. This is not a big deal.

However, once Lu Fang had a son, things would be very different. Either Lu Fang had a hat on his head, or Lu Fang was not completely castrated when he entered the palace.

The former is easier to deal with, as it will add another joke. The outer court and the inner court may feel more sympathy for Lu Fang and will not persecute him anymore.

But if it is the latter, the imperial court will be in turmoil. Lu Fang has been in and out of the Forbidden City for decades. Who dares to think about what is going on?
Lu Fang's guarantee of childlessness is a guarantee of his holy name.

Zhu Houcong sighed, looked at Huang Jin, and asked in a complicated tone: "You want to leave too?"

The fact that Lu Fang could say such words meant that she had told her godson Huang Jin that his thigh flesh had been restored.

Thinking of Huang Jin's silence during this period, Zhu Houcong couldn't help but wonder whether Huang Jin also wanted to leave him like Lu Fang did.

The extreme feeling of loneliness that Lu Fang had felt when he left came back to his mind at this moment. Zhu Houcong was not an immortal, but his body was better than that of an immortal and had long been immune to cold and heat. But somehow, he felt a little cold inexplicably.

Huang Jin bowed her head, and when she raised her head again, tears silently flowed from her eyes. She sobbed, "I don't want to leave Your Majesty, ever. I have been homeless since I was a child. Wherever Your Majesty is, that is home for me."

The dead Chen Hong.

The current Huang Jin.

These are two extremes. The humiliation and oppression Chen Hong suffered in his childhood made him unable to let go for the rest of his life. He wanted to get a recognition from Lu Fang before his death.

Huang Jin was different. He entered the palace when he was still ignorant, and was taken care of by Lu Fang. All his fellow disciples showed kindness to Huang Jin in order to please Lu Fang.

Chen Hong had an unfortunate childhood, and he spent his entire life trying to heal it but in the end he could not.

Huang Jin's happy childhood was enough to heal his whole life. He regarded Lu Fang as his real father, the inner court as his real home, and Zhu Houcong as the god he believed in.

I have never thought of leaving. When I knew my godfather Lu Fang's silence after his thigh flesh was resurrected, I felt that the gods had come true. People are always like Ye Gong who loves dragons but does not like them.

Huang Jin didn't dare to joke in front of the gods anymore. Although the gods were right before his eyes, they always seemed out of reach.

The body may be defective, but the heart is not.

he.

I didn't think about leaving the inner court at this moment.

When Zhu Houcong understood what Huang Jin was thinking, the chill in his heart was completely dispelled, and was replaced by indescribable warmth.

He looked at Huang Jin with gentle eyes and said, "Come back, and let Lu Fang come back too. Lu Fang wants to be a human being, and there is room for someone else by my side. Come back, come back."

Huang Jin was stunned and said hesitantly, "But...but His Majesty said that there is fragrant grass within ten steps, and asked us to remove the grass. If Godfather comes back, wouldn't His Majesty be breaking his promise?"

The downfall of Lu Fang.

There were various reasons, but in the final analysis, he "died together" with the former chief minister Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng used the fact that Lu Fang had been the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and had committed various abominations in the inner court over the past forty years to slander the emperor.

This directly led to the emperor confessing his own crimes, Lu Fang leaving the palace, and Zhang Juzheng was ordered by the emperor to leave the court and return to his hometown to observe mourning for his father as soon as possible.

Whether it was Lu Fang leaving the palace or Zhang Juzheng leaving the court, they did not do it behind anyone's back and were known to the court and the public.

This is fundamentally different from the first time when Lu Fang was sent to guard the Wannian Jilan for Yang Jinshui.

As long as Lu Fang returns to Beijing, it will inevitably cause a huge turmoil in the court. Of course, the current emperor is not afraid of this, but the court has only been peaceful for a few days, so there is no need to make a fuss.

Zhu Houcong nodded, then shook his head, and asked with a smile: "Do you still recognize Lu Fang's appearance?"

Huang Jin was stunned again, shook his head violently, and replied: "Your Majesty, if I were walking on the street and passed by my godfather, I would definitely not dare to step forward and recognize him."

Upon learning that Lu Fang's thigh flesh had regenerated, Huang Jin had a portrait of his godfather painted. The portrait's appearance could not be said to be any different from when he was in the inner court, but it could be said to be completely different.

With his handsome appearance, long flowing beard and profound and imposing temperament, he looked like a young man from a wealthy family. Who would have thought that he would be a eunuch for fifty years?

"That's Lü Fang, the Lü Fang of thirty years ago, with a beard."

Zhu Houcong knew what Lü Fang looked like after her "rejuvenation" and continued, "If he doesn't even dare to acknowledge you as his godson, how can he acknowledge others?"

Following several rounds of purges and turmoil in the court, there were basically no old ministers who had served before the 13th year of Jiajing in the court. Even if there were some, most of them were old and dim-sighted, and even in person, they would not recognize the "rejuvenated" Lu Fang.

Huang Jin was overjoyed and said, "Your Majesty, do you mean to change your godfather's identity?"

"'Fang' means weeding, which is 'Fang'. I will give him the national surname. From now on, there will be no Lv Fang, only Zhu Fang." Zhu Houcong gave a new name to the old man who had accompanied him for decades.

As for Lu Fang, no, it should be said that it was fabricated by Zhu Fang's identity. Both the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang were able to do it perfectly, without any loopholes.

Huang Jinxi was overjoyed, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried, and said, "What if an old official in the court really finds out?"

"Lu Fang didn't jump out of a stone. There are many girls in the Lu family who married out of the family and gave birth to 'Zhu Fang'. He can be the nephew of the Lu family or the grandson of Lu Fang. The nephew looks like his uncle. Do you need me to teach you this?" Zhu Houcong scolded with a smile.

Huang Jin couldn't even pretend. Everything he wanted from Zhu Fang came from the emperor's mouth. In this way, Lu Fang was truly given a new life.

No one can repeat it.

Huang Jin finally stopped being tense and burst into laughter, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will ask my godfather to come back right away."

"Come back? Back to where?"

"Go back to the palace." Huang Jin said as a matter of course.

Zhu Houcong was amused by this naive answer and shook his head, saying, "It's not easy for your godfather. Don't cut the flesh you have grown with great difficulty."

Good people are not allowed to enter the inner court.

Huang Jin realized that he had been rash and his mood dropped again. Yes, he wanted his godfather to be by his side all the time, but his godfather might not want that.

pain…

Zhu Houcong stopped teasing Huang Jin and expressed his decision, saying, "Lü Fang has been with you for decades. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. It is only right that he should be given the title of Jinyiwei Commander. So he should go to the Northern Pacification Division."

Jinyiwei official position.

From top to bottom, there are ten levels: the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander, the assistant commander, the pacification commissioner, the thousand-householder, the deputy thousand-householder, the hundred-householder, the trial hundred-householder, the general flag, and the small flag.

The assistant commander is ranked third, just below the commander-in-chief and the associate commander, which makes it convenient for him to do his work.

Huang Jinming understood that this was all part of His Majesty's plan. He was startled and asked, "Is His Majesty worried about the Imperial Guards?"

"Yes."

Zhu Houcong's eyes were dark and unclear, and he said, "There are hundreds of thousands of skilled people. Lu Bing is not here, and Zhu Qi can't control them. How can I be at ease?"

Just three years.

The Jinyiwei expanded several times, with secret envoys spread across the two capitals, fifteen provinces, provinces, prefectures, counties, and even foreign countries.

To the east, the entire Japanese island was under the terrifying control of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The Amago clan, which had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, was digging gold and silver mines for the Ming Dynasty while attacking the eastern countries. Under the relentless pressure of the Amago clan, the two major families, the Takeda clan and the Uesugi clan, could only survive. It was only a matter of time before they completely surrendered.

To the west, the number of Jinyiwei's secret envoys in the Southeast Asian peninsula was also increasing. The Jinyiwei secretly helped a lot in the achievements of King Jing Zhu Zaizhen on that peninsula.

Further west, the Strait of Malacca had already belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the Jinyiwei made a lot of efforts in important strait cities such as Singapore, Malacca, and Penang.

Continuing westward, on the South Asian subcontinent, is the Mughal Empire, which may be the place where the Embroidered Uniform Guards suffered the greatest setback. The devout worship of Brahmanism there made it impossible even for the Embroidered Uniform Guards to infiltrate.

But further west, the Royal Guards achieved great success on the European continent, and the Tulip Project was one of the proofs of this.

The secret envoys of the Imperial Guard are spread across all classes of people in Europe. It can even be said that the entire European continent is transparent to the Imperial Guard.

When the parliaments and churches of European countries make a decision, the Jinyiwei will know it earlier than the king of that country.

Further west, in Africa and America, these two uncivilized places, the Jinyiwei has not made any big moves for the time being, but they have also thrown in a few "chess pieces".

In the middle of the world between the east and the west, the Ottoman Empire and the Jinyiwei had made a lot of infiltrations, including the Tsarist Russia to the north of the Ottoman Empire, which also mixed "sand" into the mix.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard had long surpassed its peak during the Hongwu period and had become a truly world-class force. Overthrowing a kingdom, or even an empire, was a matter of wanting or not wanting, not of being able or not.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Northern Pacification Office is a "country", a country in darkness.

Inevitably, the problems that the country in Guangmingli has also exist in the Northern Pacification Division, or are even greater.

There was large-scale and serious corruption among the Jinyiwei. This existed before Lu Bing went to the West, and it was constantly exposed after Zhu Qicheng became the commander-in-chief of Daidu.

This made Zhu Houcong, who had lived two lives, think of the giant bear in the north of China, the giant bear before it fell. There was a world-famous organization, the "KGB".

How similar.

(End of this chapter)