The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 220 Infantry Office
"not see!"

Yinyou knew Zhang Tingyu's character too well. He would never really bow his head unless he was forced to do so.

Now, Zhang Tingzan’s trial hasn’t started yet, why are you in such a hurry?

Yinyou took the sedan chair directly to the Infantry Yamen.

Unexpectedly, when the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, Longkodo's beautiful smiling face was revealed.

"Prince Yu, I have been waiting for you for a long time!" Longkodo bent down, holding the curtain of the sedan chair with one hand, and almost shook his head and wagged his tail.

Yinyu smiled slightly and deliberately teased: "Fourth brother calls you uncle, should I also..."

"Oh, Fourth Master, you are flattering me. I never take it seriously!" Before Yinyou could finish his words, Longkodo snatched them away.

Yinyu got out of the sedan chair, and Longkodo clapped his sleeves, knelt down, and said very respectfully: "I am the commander of the three battalions of the Nine Gates Infantry Patrol, and I am Longkodo, wishing the prince good health."

"Pa pa pa pa..." The sound of slapping sleeves was followed by a series of sounds.

"Left Wing Commander, I have completed my mission. May Your Majesty be well."

"Right Wing Commander, your servant Dekong wishes you the best of luck, Prince Yu."

"..."

"Everyone, get up!"

Yinyou was the prince in charge of the yamen, his immediate superior. This was considered as a return of his own territory. Who would dare to disrespect him?
To put it bluntly, the petition for the promotion of military officers drafted by Longkodo would be just a piece of waste paper and would not count at all if it did not have Yinyou's signature.

However, due to Kangxi's vigilance, Yinyu was never willing to publicly interfere in the personnel affairs of the Infantry Yamen.

Not interfering extensively does not mean that Yinyou cannot hint to Longkodo.

Given Longkodo's cleverness, he would not dare to offend Yinyou no matter who he offended.

Because, leaving aside the fact that Yinyou was in charge of the government office, Longkodo's most beloved son, Yuzhu, was Yinyou's beloved son.

Now, with Yinyou's strong promotion, Yuzhu has been appointed as the second-class sword-bearing guard in front of Changchun Garden.

Even though Yuzhu has just turned 20, he is already a prestigious fourth-rank official.

In addition to being divided into different ranks, guards are also divided into red guards and black guards.

As we all know, the guards in Changchun Garden where Kangxi is located have much more promising prospects than the vacant Qianqing Palace guards!
Yuzhu is definitely a red guard!
Therefore, if Yinyou wanted to promote someone, he just had to give Longkodo a heads-up.

Longkodo led the military officers and escorted Yinyou into the yamen.

Although Yinyou usually did not work in the Infantry Yamen, his exclusive signing room was still preserved.

When he entered the house, Yinyu found that the windows were clean and the green plants were full of vitality.

The seat of the chair was so clean that one could reflect a person's face in it. Longkodo took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped it vigorously. Then he bent over and invited Yinyou to take a seat.

After Yinyou sat down, Longkodo led his officers to perform the formal ceremony of entering the hall.

"Your servant Longkodo, along with all the officials in the court, wishes His Majesty the best of health!"

"Get up." Yinyou had no choice but to wave his hand.

This person, the more he lacks something, the more he wants to highlight it!

The Manchus, who were originally very barbaric, came up with an extremely complicated set of etiquette after entering the Central Plains in order to show that they were also cultured, adhering to the principle that the more courtesy, the less blame.

"Old Long, you sit here." Yinyu raised his hand and pointed to the armchair on the left, asking Longkodo to sit down.

This time, Longkodo did not refuse. He sat sideways with a smile on his face.

Everyone was standing, only Longkodo was sitting next to Yinyu, which made things seem very different. "Old Long, are they all right?" Yinyu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked Longkodo casually.

Longkodo quickly stood up, clasped his fists and said, "My Lord, I have repeatedly ordered you to serve me well and not a single one of you can die."

"Well, very good!" Yinwei deliberately locked up all those involved in the Shuntian County Examination fraud case in the Infantry Yamen, just because he didn't want them to be silenced by someone with ulterior motives.

If these people were locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, since the Ministry of Justice was almost the headquarters of Han officials, there was a possibility that several key figures would die, which would make it difficult to handle the situation.

The reason is actually not complicated.

Because there was not a single Manchu official who was familiar with the Qing laws and many criminal precedents.

Therefore, the Minister of Justice, who knew nothing about the business, was only the nominal head, and the real power was firmly in the hands of the Han officials.

Most of the Han officials in the Six Ministries came from the official imperial examination system and had close ties with each other.

For example, your classmate is my brother-in-law, so why can’t we discuss everything?

It was the norm in the Qing Dynasty officialdom for officials to protect each other.

In fact, from Yinyu's point of view, the Shuntian Prefecture's provincial examination fraud case was really not important to his great cause.

Yinyou only cared about one person, that was Zhang Tingyu's biological brother, Zhang Tingzan.

However, this person has already fallen into Yinwei's hands.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Tingzan's life or death depends entirely on Yinyou's decision.

Why are you in such a hurry? Boiling a frog in warm water is the best way!
"Lao Long, you must be careful. No one can die, and you must not let anyone pass the message out." Yinyu said this, glanced around the whole audience, and said coldly, "Listen carefully, don't let a little money cost the lives of your whole family. If someone passes the message out, I will recognize you, but the law will not."

"Whoo!"

The Eighth Lady offended Yinyou, and her cousin Prince An was stripped of his title and imprisoned. So who do the people in the room matter?
Yinyu drank a few sips of tea, gently put down the teacup, stood up and said, "Lao Long, let's go to the prison and take a look."

"Whoo."

Accompanied by Longkodo, Yinyou passed through many gates and finally entered the prison.

When the door opened, a bloody and moldy smell hit me in the face, making me want to vomit.

Although Yinyou was raised by the women in the deep palace, he had experience of leading troops into battle many times and was accustomed to the smell of blood.

Although the sky outside the prison was clear, people had to hold torches to light the way inside the prison, which shows how eerie and terrifying it was.

Along the way, Yinyou actually saw several women wearing heavy shackles and dying.

In the Qing Dynasty, according to convention, women were generally not allowed to be thrown into prison unless they committed adultery.

Longkodo was very clever. He saw that Yinyu's face was not right, so he quickly bent over and explained, "To be honest with you, Prince Yu, they are all runaway maids from the princes' palaces and are temporarily detained here."

Yinyou understood as soon as he heard it. These women must be the bargaining chips for the private transactions between Longkodo and the various princes and nobles.

During the period when the old slaves were in power, the princes and nobles had ridiculous privileges and could kill people at will.

In this dynasty, Kangxi's control over the princes and nobles became increasingly strict day by day.

If anyone dared to kill someone in the palace, Kangxi would deprive him of his title and imprison him in the clan house.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, there were always policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom.

The princes did not dare to kill people openly, but they could send the people to the military office, give money to Longkodo, and ask him to help.

(End of this chapter)