Chapter 963: Don't use the prime minister for this trivial matter
Wei Liangchen still entered the capital from Zuo'anmen.
The guards at Zuo'anmen have increased significantly, and there are people from the Dongchang and Wucheng Military Office at the city gate to investigate pedestrians. Regardless of officials, businessmen, military and civilians, they must undergo a severe investigation when entering the city. If there is any error, they will be taken down and released from prison and retrial.
With such a level of investigation, those who were scammers who were scammers on weekdays were gone, and even those who were pimping outside the city disappeared without a trace.
Public security is unprecedentedly good. Not to mention that all the rogues have disappeared. They stay at home and dare not come out to wander. Even some people who went to Beijing to complain were taken away by people from Shuntian Mansion.
Before Wei Liangchen could attack Lubo, he brought dozens of armed personal guards into Beijing. The city gate defenders and the Dongchang men wanted to stop them and investigate.
After checking the official defense, the Dongchang Manzi led the team saw that it was the central magistrate of Jiangnan, so he hurriedly bowed to Wei Liangchen. Then he apologized and said that his responsibilities were dependent and that he had to check Wei Liangchen's entourage.
This is someone else's responsibility, and Wei Liangchen will not have any objections and is not afraid of inspection.
If you are upright, don’t be afraid of your shadow slanting.
As early as last year, Wei Liangchen had completed the military registration of the Japanese under his command, the Liaodong horse bandits, but it was not the Ming Dynasty Imperial Army, but the Wuxiang Right Guard Banner under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Prison.
The reason is that although Wei Liangchen took the banner of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Army, he also claimed to be the personal army of the emperor. He also obtained the consent of Wanli and gave an official certificate.
But until now, the Ming Dynasty Imperial Army was an "alone army" because this army, which was agreed to by the emperor, was not "registered" with the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army.
All the garrisons in this dynasty, and even the camps recruited by the border towns, must be recognized by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army before they can formally receive the salary and equipment, otherwise they will not be regarded as regular soldiers.
It is impossible for the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army to recognize the imperial army that Wei Liangchen had set up privately. Wanli and Wei Liangchen also knew that it was impossible to seek the legal robes of the outer dynasty, so both sides could not.
One does only, one says only.
This resulted in Wei Liangchen's imperial army being in an embarrassing situation. No matter how fierce he was, the emperor's personal army or something, it was actually a "miscellaneous brand".
In order to give the soldiers under his command a name that can be used as a move, the title of Wuxiang Right Guard Houying Banner Army can only be used for the time being.
Even if the Houying Banner Army is a miscellaneous brand, after all, there is the recognition of the Imperial Horse Prison. Who dares to say that it is not the emperor's personal army?
Among the naval officers and soldiers who were rebuilt from the Wusong River Camp, many of them really came for the emperor's personal army.
In addition to more than 30 personal guards who followed Wei Liangchen into the capital, there were more than a dozen Jinyiwei led by Tian Gang.
Their identities were all fine. After checking, the people from the East Factory were ready to release them. However, a captain found that Wei Liangchen's entourage was carrying more than a dozen muskets, so he whispered to the general flag leading the team.
The general flag hesitated for a while, and still asked Wei Liangchen to hand over the muskets to them temporarily and return them when they left the city.
Wei Liangchen knew that this was the consequence of Wang Yueqian's firing of guns in the forbidden palace. Now, I am afraid that all the muskets in the Jing camp will be watched tightly.
Thinking of who he dared to harm him in Beijing, it would be useless to ask for these muskets, so he would not make things difficult for the people from the East Factory and ordered his personal guards to keep the muskets.
The general flag thanked him and ordered Wei Liangchen and his party to enter the city.
After entering the city, Wei Liangchen rushed to the office in Zuoanmen.
Chen Mo was already waiting there. As soon as his father-in-law came, he told the inquiry about the news, which was roughly the same as what Jin Zhongzhangjia Zheng said.
Chen Mo said again: "After the incident, Master Ye was afraid of something wrong, so he was not free from food and living in the cabinet. At the same time, he sent more soldiers to guard the Forbidden City day and night, and ordered the Jinyiwei to step up patrols, and also sent Jinyiwei to surround the Zheng family. He heard that His Majesty was very angry about this matter. People in the capital said that the Zheng family was in great trouble this time."
Wei Liangchen frowned slightly. Ye Xianggao's actions clearly seemed to be fine, and it was the chief minister's responsibility, but no matter how he saw this Fuqing prince was taking advantage of the issue, he had the intention of overthrowing the imperial concubine. If the imperial concubine fell, the Zheng family would not exist, so it would be no more important for King Fu to return to the vassal or not.
"What's the situation with the Imperial Concubine?"
Wei Liangchen is still more concerned about this cheap mother-in-law.
"I don't know."
Chen Mo said that since the incident, the palace has been prohibited from contacting internally and externally. The emperor only saw Ye Xianggao and could not find out the situation of the imperial concubine. But it is estimated that the imperial concubine's place must be difficult, because the thief Wang Yuegan confessed to was the secret order of the imperial concubine, and Confucius was the confidant of Liu Cheng, the close servant of the imperial concubine.
"Then have Confucius and the demon king Sanzhao captured it?"
"After Wang Yuegan exposed it, the Jinyiwei went to take Confucius, but the whereabouts of the demon Wang Sanzhao are unknown. Now the Ministry of Justice, the Jinyiwei, and the East Factory are searching for this person everywhere."
Wei Liangchen nodded and signaled Chen Mo to place the entourage he brought first, and he immediately entered the palace.
The imperial concubine was in trouble, so he couldn't ignore it.
Chen Mo reminded Wei Liangchen that he was afraid that he would not be able to enter the palace at the moment, because the palace ban was completely controlled by Ye Xianggao, and Wei Liangchen offended the Donglin Party completely. How could Ye Xianggao let him into the palace?
"We have our own way to do this. Although the Fuqing Gong is the chief assistant, I am afraid that I can't cover the sky with just my hands."
Wei Liangchen did not believe that the gang of the Silijian would let Ye Xianggao block the palace ban. Even Sun Xian was the leader of the seal and was willing to help Ye Xianggao attack the imperial concubine in this case, and the rest of the pen would not all turn to Donglin.
At least, Jin Zhong won't.
"I brought a lot of money from Jiangnan, and now I'm in Tianjin. You can send someone to pick me up to Beijing." After Wei Liangchen explained this, he didn't care about the dust and resting, so he took several personal guards to Jin Zhong's house outside the palace.
After arriving, he handed over a famous note, but Jin Zhong's family came out and said that Eunuch Jin had given instructions. If Wei Liangchen came here, he would ask him to go to Xi'anmen immediately, and someone would make arrangements after that.
Wei Liangchen knew it when he heard it. In the eyes of outsiders, he was Jin Zhong's man, and Jin Zhong was a sect of imperial concubines. Therefore, when the imperial concubine was in trouble, Jin Zhong was in trouble, and even if he was in trouble, Wei Liangchen was in trouble.
Then Jin Zhong must hope that Wei Liangchen will work hard, especially since he brought a huge sum of money to Beijing. No matter how annoyed the emperor, he would meet Xiao Wei.
This side has a great relationship. Whether the crisis of the imperial concubine can be resolved depends entirely on Wei Liangchen.
Needless to say, there must be Jin Zhong's people in the palace guards on Xi'an Gate. Sure enough, when Wei Liangchen arrived at Xi'an Gate, an eunuch came over, and he didn't ask him to go with him. He just asked Wei Liangchen to follow him.
Then he saw the eunuch talking to the Jinyiwei Baihu, who looked at Wei Liangchen and turned around and looked at him as if he hadn't seen him.
After successfully entering the palace, the eunuch led Wei Liangchen straight to the palace city, and entered easily. This made Wei Liangchen a little funny. It seemed that the Fuqing Gong was not energetic enough. He claimed to have locked the palace ban, but he was full of holes and was full of troubles.
This is in line with the habitual characteristics of the Donglin Party members. They shout fiercely but do things in a normal way.
When he arrived outside the Ganqing Palace, the eunuch signaled Wei Liangchen to come in and meet him.
After the good minister entered, he heard Wanli scolding in the palace.
"...The thief dared to murder the Empress Dowager, and he was unforgivable!... Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Ministry of Justice are all bullish. Even a demon can't catch him. What's the use of me?..."
Wanli had just received a report from the Ministry of Justice that the demon king Sanzhao had not yet been captured. In a hurry, he became more and more angry and became more and more angry. He even walked around the imperial case, and walked faster and faster. His expression changed drastically.
The eunuchs and palace ladies in the hall were all frightened and did not dare to approach.
Wanli's leg script was not good. After walking like this for a few rounds, he couldn't stand it. He held a corner of the Yu Censor and scolded the eunuchs: "Why is the prime minister talking about such a big thing?"
The eunuchs didn't know why the prime minister didn't speak, and they didn't know how to reply.
Chapter completed!