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Chapter 36: Dark Box Operation (1)

When Xiang Hong left, the eunuch waiting outside the door closed the study door again.

Without waiting for Zhang Weixian to ask, Zhu Changluo said to him, "It is the list and deployment of the secret guards of the Jinyiwei."

"It seems that Luo Sigong has already defected to the prince, but now the Jinyiwei cannot use it, so as not to cause the emperor to suspect that it will ruin a big deal."

"I think so too, but I can let Ziyu and Xiao Luo Duoduo interact. You can instruct them to operate some things that are inconvenient to us."

"If it were before, it would be fine, but now." Zhang Weixian sighed again after hearing the prince's words, "I'm afraid Ziyu has no idea now, but the fifth prince has a close relationship with Xiao Luo, so he can pass through the prince."

Before Zhang Weixian could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhu Changluo, "It's not appropriate. The prince is no different from me. How is the Jingying now?"

When talking about the situation of the Beijing camp, Zhang Weixian felt helpless again. "There are still 300,000 soldiers on the paper on the Beijing camp. In fact, except for construction and occupation, it would be great if there were 100,000 or 80,000. If the reorganization is completed, only 50,000 soldiers can be used." Although the Beijing camp is the pride in Zhang Weixian's heart, the accumulated problems have become worse than that.

"The troops in the Beijing camp should be rectified in time. At present, the war in Liaodong is in a tight position to avoid the resurgence of the Gengxu change."

"At present, the Ministry of Works has no construction projects. The troops who were called for construction can be transferred back for training. In addition, the remaining troops in the 3,000 and 5th military camps of the Shenji Camp can reach 150,000, but now the occupants cannot be transferred back for the time being, otherwise some officials and nobles who support the prince may turn."

Zhu Changluo was surprised when he heard this, "The number of people occupied by 150,000 people?"

"The prince doesn't know that many officials transferred the official army of the Beijing camp for their own use of 50,000 people. Although this part of the troops can be transferred back, the current situation is really not suitable to be mobilized. At such a sensitive time, if there is a big fight, those who are interested will think that the prince has taken action and make a big fuss. The other 90,000 official army quotas were mostly occupied by these people for their servants to protect the house, and the other 10,000 was the vacancy left by the official army at all levels of the Beijing camp. This is a bad habit left since the Chengzu period and it is difficult to change for a while."

When Zhu Changluo heard this, he rubbed his temples and thought for a long time before saying, "Don't move the vacancy now. The construction officers will first transfer back to practice. The soldiers who can fight within half a year must be at least 100,000. For the other six departments and cabinets, you will first draw a list of vacancies. I have tested my father's attitude, and he has already acquiesced to this matter."

After the serious talk, Zhang Weixian chatted with the prince for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

The next morning, the few people in front of Zhang Zhiji's door were a little listless. There was no movement in the room overnight. The few people were afraid of something, so they took turns to look inside every once in a while.

As it was dawn, Zhang Zhiji's door opened from the inside. I saw that Zhang Zhiji became much haggard for a night. Many stubble appeared on his originally clean face, his hair was a little messy. He sat on the ground with Furong in his arms all night, and his clothes were wrinkled except for the blood stains.

"Uncle Zhong, help me arrange the funeral of Shui Se." Zhang Zhiji said to Zhang Zhong with an expressionless face.

"It's Young Master. You are so sorry for your grief. Let's go and see the master. He led his troops to surround the house of Shou Guardian Fang last night. After he came back, he stayed here all night because he had something to do in the army and went to the study."

After hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Zhang Zhiji was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his father could surround Fang Mansion for him. "I understand." Then he turned to look at Zhu Youjian and others, "You all go back, I'm fine."

Luo Yangxing had already returned after he went back to pass the message. The few people looked at Zhang Zhiji and didn't know what to say, but just patted him on the shoulder and left one after another.

After everyone left, Zhang Zhiji came to Zhang Weixian's study. At this time, Zhang Weixian was talking about things with Zhang Yong. Seeing that Zhang Zhiji was coming, the two stopped.

"Dad." Zhang Zhiji just shouted.

Zhang Weixian stood up and walked around the table to Zhang Zhiji, patted Zhang Zhiji on the shoulder and said, "Tiyu, this is because my father did something wrong. If it weren't for my father's confusion for a while,"

Zhang Zhiji interrupted Zhang Weixian and said angrily, "Dad, it's not your fault for this, it's just Fang Shihong. I must let him pay his blood debt."

"Tiyu, you must not be impulsive in this matter. Let's talk to the prince last night. It's not as simple as you thought. Everything depends on the emperor's intention. But don't worry, dad will definitely seek justice for you."

"Dad, after dealing with Shui Se's funeral, I want to go to Liaodong."

"This" Zhang Weixian was in a dilemma again. The wars in Liaodong are frequent and Zhang Zhiji has no descendants. If you really go, I wonder if you can come back. "Ziyu, Dad understands your mood. Why don't you go to the Beijing Camp first? Recently, Dad is preparing to rectify the Beijing Camp and train the official army. You go to the Beijing Camp first to practice the training, just take it as a relaxation. Moreover, the situation in the court is not yet determined. If you want to go to the battlefield, you have to wait until your father helps you revenge."

"Then let's do what my father said, about the entry of the water into the ancestral hall."

"Just follow you, dad won't be confused twice in one thing."

Early in the morning, the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Justice of the Inspectorate and Shuntian Prefecture submitted a memorial to the case of Fang Shihong falling off a horse last night.

The cabinet received the memorial, and Fang Congzhe went to Qianqing Palace to apologize early in the morning.

Although Emperor Wanli no longer cared about the government affairs and the memorials had been handed over to the crown prince for review, Fang Congzhe, three memorials from the Ministry of Justice of the Inspectorate and the Dali Temple, were directly given to Emperor Wanli.

"Zhonghan, haven't I told the prince to submit all the memorials to the crown prince for review?" Emperor Wanli asked with some displeasure.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is here to apologize. The teenager Shihong was pulled to the brothel by several gangsters to drink a few more glasses of wine. Later, because a gangster fell in love with a prostitute, the girl wanted to force the man to be raped. The woman fell off her horse and died in the middle of the journey. The teenager was also involved." Fang Congzhe looked at Emperor Wanli's face a little unwilling, and then continued, "It happened to be met by the censor Xue Zhen, who thought that the teenager was the leader of the teenager, so he arrested the teenager. These were the memorials of the Dali Temple and Shuntian Mansion of the Inspectorate's Ministry of Justice." Fang Congzhe carefully handed the memorials.

Emperor Wanli reached out to take the note from Fang Congzhe.

Fang Congzhe took Fang Shihong's case clean. According to his words, it was just a follower's fault, and even said that it was not even a fault, but it was just implicated. However, the memorials of Sansi and Shuntian Mansion did not say that. He thought the emperor would not read the memorial, but this was a bit beyond his expectations.

Fang Congzhe was helpless, but he could only submit a memorial.
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