Chapter 330 The west wind overwhelms the east wind

Chapter 30

The proposal of reopening the West Factory in the inner court also surprised her husband. Before the early morning outside the Fengtian Hall, Song Nan quietly informed Zhang Mao about the matter. Zhang Mao immediately understood the deep meaning of Liu Jin's move and analyzed several inferences, rather than the hindsight as Song Nan did when she first heard the news.

"There is no doubt that Liu Jin is going to seize the power of your Jinyiwei. The West factory will reopen, and the Jinyiwei and the East Factory will be under its monitoring. Even if your Jinyiwei may not be under the control of the West factory, it will also be constrained by it; and there is still one thing that will become a big trouble. I wonder if you have considered it?"

Zhang Mao paced down the steps with his hands down, saying in a low voice.

"All I know is that the reopening of the Western Factory will clamp my hands and feet and weaken my position in the court. I don't know if there are any other harms. Please give me some advice." Song Nan humbly asked for advice.

Zhang Mao said: "No wonder you don't know the details. Wang Zhi set up the West Factory during the Chenghua period, which has been more than 20 years ago. At that time, you were not born. How could you know the significance of the establishment of this institution? The authority of the West Factory is all the functions and powers of Jinyiwei and the East Factory, and you can try prisoners and set up prisons. Criminal detention. If you take an important person, you still need to get the driving post of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the West Factory, like the East Factory, does not need to tell any government. More importantly, the number of Tiqi in the West Factory can be several times that of the East Factory. If it is five times that of the East Factory during the Chenghua period, the reopened West Factory can have five times the number of times that of the East Factory, that is, up to 15,000 riders. Liu Jin added 15,000 people to Pingbai, which is more deadly than the fact that the brocade guard government was clamped.

Song Nan was shocked. With the increase of 15,000 internal cavalry, coupled with the 3,000 soldiers of the East Factory and the 3,000 battalions led by the Imperial Horse Supervision, the power in Liu Jin's hand alone was more than 20,000, and although he tried his best to expand the scale of the brocade guard government, it was only a large government office of 356,000 people so far. In fact, there are only more than 10,000 people in Gyeonggi.

That is to say, once the West Factory is established, Liu Jin's strength will be better than himself, and he can even replace the existence of Jinyiwei. Because of what Jinyiwei can do, the West Factory still has enough people to do, and the means are even more free and effective than Jinyiwei, because they don't have to care about Avoid reputation and means.

"Song Nan, I'm afraid you have to think of a perfect solution for this matter. Liu Jin's move is mendicant, and the person who comes from it is not good." Zhang Mao's white eyebrows were deeply locked, and there was nothing he could do for a while.

Song Nan nodded and understood how big the challenge was in front of her.

After the early morning, Zhengde took the initiative to summon Song Nan. Song Nan vaguely felt that Zhengde would explain to himself that it must be the reopening of the West Factory.

In the imperial study of Qianqing Palace, the charcoal-baked room was hot. Dressed like a big rice dumplings, Zhengde saw Song Nan come in and sat down with a busy smile. Even Liu Jin, who had not been very talkative to Song Nan recently, unexpectedly touched the corners of his mouth and nodded with a smile.

"Song Nan, I heard that the day of your marriage with the British princess is approaching?"

"Your Majesty, it is the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there is still half a month left." Song Nan is very funny about Zhengde's knowing greetings. Zhengde is like a primary school student who has done something wrong and always likes to talk about things before the showdown.

"Oh, it's very good. When the day comes, I will definitely issue an order to congratulate you, and I will also have some rewards."

"Thank you for your love. The emperor really has nothing to say to me."

"That's natural. I'm the only two people around me that I can trust most. When you are newly married, I naturally have something to say; well... I have my own arrangements for this matter at that time. At present, I have something to discuss with you, and I'm also a little uncertain. You can also help me come up with advice."

Song Nan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please speak."

Zhengde took a look at Liu Jin and rubbed his hands and said, "Song Nan, I received several memorials a few days ago, all of which are suggestions to strengthen public security and intelligence collection inside and outside the capital. Although they are from outside officials, the suggestions are not completely correct, but I think some of them are quite reasonable. The capital is the most important place in the Ming Dynasty. It is a magnificent city with millions of people. Maintaining its stability is the primary responsibility. All the emperors of the previous dynasty attach great importance to this.

Song Nan frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is there any difference in my responsibilities? My Jinyiwei government has been quite strong in controlling the capital. In the past six months, there have been 20% fewer cases in Beijing. The market is peaceful and there are no evil * cases. Is there any major case that the minister doesn't know about?

Zhengde quickly waved his hand and said, "That's not true. I'm not saying that you are incompetent. In fact, the Jinyiwei government office has taken a new look in your hands, and the people have also changed their reputation for Jinyiwei. I know all these. I just hope to become better."

Song Nan smiled and said, "So it is. It seems that I have disappointed the emperor a little."

Zhengde hurriedly said, "Don't say that. It's still a short time for you to take over, and some things should not be borne by you. I listened to Liu Jin's words a few days ago and felt that there was some truth. Liu Jin said that there would be some reform, especially between factories and guards, which may stimulate the motivation of your two government. Song Nan, you might as well listen to Liu Jin's words.

Song Nan smiled and said, "Okay, if Grandpa Liu has a high opinion, I will naturally listen."

Zhengde said happily, "Okay, Liu Jin, let me talk about your suggestion. In front of me, your factory guards are all a family. If you have a good ideas, you should communicate with each other, not an outsider."

Liu Jin kowtowed and saluted, "The maidservant obeyed the order."

Song Nan's heart has been hanging like a mirror. What he is most concerned about is Zhengde's attitude. Now it seems that Zhengde has completely stood on Liu Jin's side. Although he doesn't know what Liu Jin said to make Zhengde agree with his suggestion, obviously, the idea of stopping Liu Jin from reopening the West Factory today may fail. If he reacts fiercely, but there is no reason to refute, I'm afraid that he will fall into Liu Jin's plan, which will attract the disgust of Zhengde.

Liu Jin got up and came to Song Nan and saluted, "Lord Song, our family is ordered by the emperor to say something about their own opinions. If there is anything wrong, please don't laugh. It's just the words of the family."

Song Nan arched his hand and said, "Your father-in-law is polite. My father-in-law's proposal must be beaded. Listen carefully."

Liu Jin smiled and said slowly, "We have heard what the emperor just said. In fact, the emperor is not dissatisfied with the public security of the capital and the audit of our factory guards. The emperor has left us face; but when I am a minister, I must have the courage to analyze my own ugliness and not be brave to expose the malpractice. The emperor is right. We talk to the whole family after closing the door, and it won't be known to outsiders. I don't know if Lord Song thinks so?

Song Nan said, "Eunpa Liu can say whatever he wants to say."

Liu Jin nodded and said, "Okay, Lord Song, the emperor is busy with government affairs every day. As the emperor's close ministers, you and I are in charge of the Jinyiwei and the East Factory office. According to our duty, we should share the emperor's worries instead of adding trouble to the emperor, right?"

Song Nan said solemnly, "Do you need to say this?"

Liu Jin said, "Although you and I all have this intention, to be honest, you and my government did not do this. Of course, this is not our fault. There have always been grudges between factory guards, and this is not a secret. Because of the overlap of their respective rights and responsibilities, they are not convinced of each other. Sometimes they can't help each other in their errands, but also drag each other back. Information cannot be shared, and manpower cannot be uniformly transferred. Many opportunities in handling cases are often missed, which is inefficient and cost more manpower and material resources.

Song Nan said that Liu Jin said the truth, but Liu Jin was so brave to analyze herself, obviously not to make self-criticism, but to lead to the proposal to rebuild the West Factory later. In front of the emperor, the more sincere he is, the more the emperor's advice will score him. If he opposes without reason, he will neither succeed nor lose points in Zhengde's mind.

"Our family is not taboo to say that some of the information reported to the emperor by Dongchang and Jinyiwei Yamen is not only incomplete, but also insufficient evidence, and often contradictory. If it hadn't been for the emperor's kindness, you and I should be punished. Factory guards can spy on all kinds of news inside and outside Beijing, but the same news contradicts itself. Isn't it funny to spread it? It is true that we have the right to gossip, but the news is reported without integration and mutual communication, which is obviously inappropriate to waste the emperor's energy and let the emperor not know whose information to trust.

Song Nan nodded and said, "My father-in-law is right. Although such incidents are rare, they have indeed happened, but my father-in-law's advice is..."

Liu Jin smiled and said, "My inspiration still comes from Lord Song. Do you still remember that when he analyzed the gains and losses of the Battle of Xinpingbao in the court that day, Lord Song mentioned the bad news between the border towns, their own formations, non-cooperation with each other, and even the disadvantages of winning less defeats when encountering the attacks of the handmaids? We feel that there seems to be a lack of communication and trust between our factory guards. On that day, Lord Song and the British gave a solution to restore the three-sided chief system officer and unify and coordinate the military affairs of the three sides in the northwest. It can be said that it was a wise suggestion, and the emperor also agreed to this proposal.

Song Nan opened her mouth slightly and was secretly depressed. Liu Jin was really not covered. He knew how to stab his shield with his spear and set up a three-sided general government office higher than the three-sided general palace to coordinate and manage it. Now he has been taken by Liu Jin to deal with himself, which is really fast.

Liu Jin looked at Song Nan's ugly face and continued proudly: "In view of the current situation, our family also wants to make a fool of cats and tigers. If an office is set up on the East Factory and Jinyiwei Office to coordinate the affairs of the Premier's two government office, in the future, we only need to submit the intelligence of the investigation and * to the government office and unify the cooperation. After the verification is complete, will it be reported to the emperor to know that it can also play a role like the three-sided general system? Lord Song, what do you think?