The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wei Guangde followed the captain into the carriage, and Li San and Zhao Hu were ordered to go home and not go out.

In response, Wei Guangde just shook his head at them and hinted that they should not take any action.

Getting on the carriage was like entering a closed space. Wei Guangde already felt a little weak in his hands and feet.

He couldn't figure out what he had done wrong. After repeated deliberation in his mind, the only thing that might be revealed and that might make Emperor Jiajing angry was the matter of asking Geng An to contact Liang Gaofu.

Perhaps Geng An was not able to leave the capital at all and was intercepted by the Jin Yiwei men on the way?

After Wei Guangde thought he had been captured by Jinyiwei, he naturally had to reflect, criticize and self-criticize, thinking about how to minimize his guilt at that time.

Wei Guangde wasn't sure whether what he did was considered as deceiving the emperor, but he didn't think it was. He probably didn't let Geng An make up lies.

People, after being arrested, often have this mentality, reflecting on what problems existed in the past.

At this moment, Wei Guangde, who has lived in two lives and has never been taken down by the violent department, inevitably begins to look for possible illegal activities on his part.

Although he also knew that in the Ming Dynasty where he was now, the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" was actually just that, everything was in the mind of Emperor Jiajing.

The curtains of the carriage were lowered and Wei Guangde could not see outside, but he could roughly tell whether the carriage was going straight or turning.

According to the position where he got on the bus, the carriage should have gone north along Nanxunfang Avenue, and then made two turns. Wei Guangde felt that his location at this time should be near Andingmen Street, with the Bell and Drum Tower probably on the left front. s position.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly felt as if his heart was filled with despair. He was being escorted to Beizhen Fusi.

Not far from the Bei'an Gate of the Forbidden City is the Bell and Drum Tower. Between them is Maoer Hutong, where the legendary Dragon Pond and Tiger's Den - the location of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi.

Wei Guangde was in awe of Jin Yiwei, so he naturally inquired about the location of Jin Yiwei.

There are three Jinyi Guard Yamen offices in the capital. They are the Commander's Si Yamen, which is located in the area closest to the city wall outside Fengtian Gate. There are many government offices there, and it is located at the outermost edge of the government offices.

The remaining two are Nanzhen Fusi and North Town Fusi. Nanzhen Fusi is located at Dengshikou and is an internal supervision department. Its functions are similar to those of Dongchang. North Town Fusi is where he is about to go.

The imperial prison, Fusi in Beizhen is the imperial prison.

The carriage drove into Mao'er Alley and stopped outside Fusi Gate in Beizhen.

Wei Guangde pretended to be calm and got off the carriage, straightened his official robe, barely maintained his image and followed the captain into the gate of Fusi, Beizhen.

Once you get here, don't even think about turning around and running away, just make peace with yourself as you come.

At this time, Wei Guangde had already made up his mind to die. He looked at the captains in Jinyi on both sides with contempt, but what he was thinking about was if he was to be punished, should he commit suicide or not?

Forget it, let’s tell the truth.

A real man is born between heaven and earth, so he still needs to have integrity. If he makes a mistake, he should admit it. There is no need to suffer physical pain.

Not long after, the lieutenant led Wei Guangde through the lobby and directly to the second hall. Wei Guangde was so frightened that he thought he was going to be sent to prison directly, even without having to go to court. This was so conclusive evidence.

With trembling legs, I followed the man to the second hall, where he turned slightly and walked a few steps before stopping in a side room next to him.

The captain turned around and said to Wei Guangde with a smile that looked sinister in his eyes: "Master Wei, please come inside. The Governor is waiting for you inside."

After finishing speaking, the captain extended his hand to make a gesture of invitation.

Glancing at the room, he heard the captain say that the Governor was inside. Wei Guangde guessed that Lu Bing was waiting for him, but he still didn't understand how big of a crime he had committed, and it was Jin Yiwei's responsibility. The son personally examines.

Did the ancients also know about time travel?

However, there was no time to think, and Wei Guangde walked directly into the room. Although his legs were still trembling, he could not lose his moral integrity as a civil servant, and he was still majestic and high-spirited.

"sit."

Surprisingly, when Wei Guangde entered the room, what greeted him was not a tiger stool and pepper water. The adult in a python suit directly asked Wei Guangde to sit aside.

Of course, if there really was pepper water in the room, maybe Wei Guangde would not only not be afraid, but would also cheer.

When he came to the Ming Dynasty, Wei Guangde had never eaten chili peppers, and he didn't know when chili peppers entered China. Anyway, Wei Guangde, who was formerly a Bashu native, felt extremely uncomfortable.

There was no question as expected. Sitting behind the desk, the commander of the Jin Yiwei and the left governor of the rear army governor's house, Lu Bing, casually asked Wei Guangde some questions, seemingly just chatting with each other.

Wei Guangde responded carefully. When he got here, he didn't know when he saw the swordsman outside the door and rushed into the house.

When Wei Guangde entered the courtyard, Lu Bing's eyes did not leave Wei Guangde and kept watching his every move.

After he entered the room, he observed him even more closely.

Wei Guangde's appearance can only be considered average. He has good facial features and a dignified appearance. He looks like an official, but he is a bit young and lacks official authority.

Just after entering the room, Lu Bing noticed that Wei Guangde's appearance was still a bit different from ordinary people, that is, this boy's face seemed to combine many of the advantages of being an official.

The rhinocerosary bones on the forehead near the brow bone and extending to the hairline are still very obvious, slightly raised, the nose is also very plump, the eyebrows are thick and thick, and the eyes are very bright.

Lu Bing was not proficient in face reading, but he had practiced some Taoist things with Emperor Jiajing before, including face reading.

He had seen Wei Guangde from a distance before, but he didn't look carefully.

Emperor Jiajing initially promoted Wei Guangde to become Jinke Chuanlu. As a close confidant of Emperor Jiajing, he and several eunuchs who were close to him knew clearly that this was a reward for Wei Guangde's military exploits.

Therefore, at first, he did not pay much attention to Wei Guangde, and thought that his official position was humble, and he did not arrange anyone to get close to Wei Guangde to monitor him.

After the Battle of Baoan Prefecture, Lu Bing began to pay more attention to it, but soon he discovered that most of Wei Guangde's family members were from Jiujiang Prefecture, and they were a bit invulnerable to needles and water.

Now after close observation, Lu Bing had some guesses about Emperor Jiajing's favorite Wei Guangde, relying on his half-assed fortune-telling skills.

Lu Bing knew that he was a dabbler, but Emperor Jiajing was more sophisticated than him in this area, not to mention that there were many experts in this area around the emperor.

Wei Guangde, who was sitting on the chair, was being asked increasingly baffling questions by Lu Bing. They were all unreliable questions, as if he was very familiar with him.

Although Wei Guangde's nervous mood gradually eased after a conversation, the doubts in his heart grew bigger and bigger.

During the interval between Lu Bing's questions, Wei Guangde finally asked the doubts in his heart, but of course he would not ask them directly.

"I dare to ask Governor Lu, if Jin Yiwei took me to Fusi, Beizhen today, do I have a driving certificate from the palace and a six-subject license?"

In fact, when the Ming Dynasty was established, everything had rules and regulations. Even in the initial stage, after various problems occurred, the court would quickly adjust the regulations according to the actual situation.

Although Jinyiwei was created by Zhu Yuanzhang, he also imposed a lot of restrictions. It is not as lawless and wanton as in later film and television works.

Let’s just say that the Jinyiwei’s privilege is to “inspect and arrest”. Because the Jinyiwei was reorganized from the Archguard Division, their original duties have been retained, that is, to directly control the bodyguards and the emperor’s personal bodyguards.

Naturally, when the emperor wanted to issue orders, the most direct way to use armed force was to let the Jin Yiwei take action.

As for driving stickers, the first clear record was in the Yongle Dynasty.

"In the fifth month of the tenth year of Yongle, on Wuzi day, one hundred and twenty people including Liang Hong, the examiner and supervisor, learned how to translate Yi characters. Hongdu excused himself, and the Ministry of Rites heard about it. In anger, he compiled Wu Jiaozhi."

It is said that in the fifteenth year of Yongle, the officials of the Ministry of Rites selected more than 120 people including Liang Hong to be translators based on the "driving certificate". This naturally deprived these people of the opportunity to further their official career, so Liang Liang Hong was very dissatisfied and refused the call. The officials of the Ministry of Rites had no choice but to tell the emperor Zhu Di. Zhu Di was furious and exiled Liang Hong to Jiaozhi to guard the border.

From this record, we can see that the "drive post" should have been used as proof of the emperor's orders at that time, and was similar to an imperial edict.

There is this entry in the record "Set up the Wen Drum outside the Meridian Gate" in the "Huang Ming Tong Ji Fa Zhuan Lu" written by Chen Jian: "The person who set up the Wen Drum will set up outside the Meridian Gate, and the emperor will The historian will supervise him. If there are grievances, secrets and feelings, he is allowed to play drums. The censor will immediately introduce the music.

If there is no such thing or if the lawsuit exceeds the limit, it will not be allowed. Later, it was moved outside the Chang'an Gate, and the six subjects were assigned to one member each of the imperial guards and the imperial guards, who took turns playing drums and then moving forward in a similar manner. As soon as the decree comes out, the captain of the direct school is sent to receive the driving notice, prepare the decree for approval, and the plaintiff is escorted to the various yamen for questioning.

There were soldiers and civilians who threatened those who were being played, and they were ordered to be punished by the imperial guards and drum officials. Those who instigate the Lord’s envoys will be punished. The matter reported cannot be filed. "

Since there is no clear date for this record, it can only be said that driving stickers may have been in use during the Hongwu period.

But what is certain is that Jinyiwei requires a driver's license, which means that it must be approved by the emperor before it can be implemented.

Wei Guangde found many of the questions Lu Bing asked him boring, but when he arrived at Jinyiwei, since he was not asking him what crime he had committed, he naturally had to find out what was going on. He couldn't go in vain.

"Driving sticker, what kind of driving sticker are you asking about?"

When Lu Bing heard Wei Guangde ask about driving tips, he said it indifferently at first, but then he seemed to understand something?

Lu Bing blinked at this moment, and the elder's airs he held before disappeared, and the corner of his mouth raised with a smile, "Did they capture you?"

"Um?"

Wei Guangde was puzzled and didn't know how to answer.

"Haha, I asked them to invite someone, and that person came, haha."

Lu Bing smiled cheerfully at this moment, "No wonder your legs were still shaking when you entered the door. It turned out to be this reason."

"You Jin Yiwei take people, don't you send people with driving stickers to 'invite' them?"

After hearing Lu Bing's previous words, Wei Guangde came to his senses. Nima, it seemed like he had made a mistake.

If I had known this, I would have asked for the driver's sticker from that person in the alley, and everything would have been clear.

"It seems you have something shameful to do, otherwise you wouldn't be so scared that your legs would be shaking."

But Lu Bing's next words frightened Wei Guangde, "To move or not to move?"

It seemed like an unintentional sentence, but when it came out of the mouth of Lu Bing, who had been in charge of the imperial guard for decades, it was still a strong deterrent, at least Wei Guangde couldn't resist it.

Fortunately, Wei Guangde saw that Lu Bing's smile did not change, and knew that it was just a joke, but he was even more curious in his heart. Governor Lu is causing a scene. Your surname is not Wei, nor is the surname of the employee Lu, and neither is my wife. The surname is Xu.

Before coming in, Wei Guangde also wondered whether his collusion with Xu Bangrui had been exposed, but he didn't know what taboos there were.

But at this time, Wei Guangde naturally didn't know how to recruit anything, and said helplessly: "I'm still wondering what the Jin Yiwei will do with me, but I just don't know what Governor Lu will give me when he sees me?"

"Nothing, I just want to see you. After all, it's an old friend who asked me. You've been in the capital for almost a year, and I haven't seen you alone, and you haven't come to my place to give me any gifts."

Lu Bing answered casually.

"Old friend? Who?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously. He heard that someone had asked Lu Bing to take care of him, but he didn't know which friend knew Lu Bing, so he certainly didn't know about this.

In fact, even if he knew, he would try his best to avoid it. Jinyiwei is not a good yamen, and no decent person would come to Jinyiwei's door without any problem.

"You are very courageous. When you were just a civil servant, you should have taken advantage of him."

Lu Bing still smiled and did not change his course.

Hearing this, Wei Guangde instantly thought of one person, that is Yu Dayou, whom he met after destroying the Japanese pirates. It seemed that his father had mentioned that Yu Dayou had friends in the capital who would take care of him.

"Is it Master Yu Dayou?"

Wei Guangde wasn't sure. His father didn't say that the person knew Lu Bing. If he couldn't tell it from Lu Bing, Wei Guangde wouldn't believe it.

Seeing Wei Guangde's disbelieving expression, Lu Bing smiled casually, "I met him more than ten years ago. At that time, he volunteered to go to Datong, Shanxi to fight against the Tatars. I went to Shanxi on a mission, and we met by accident."

"oh."

Although Wei Guangde didn't know whether it was true or not, he probably wouldn't make it up because there was no need.

I didn't expect that big black guy to have a friend like Lu Bing. That was not the way to achieve success. No wonder my uncle seemed to be envious of him at the beginning.

Yu Dayou is really a talented person, a wonderful guard, and a man of literary and military skills.

"Haha, that's it. Uncle Yu didn't tell me about this before. He just said that there are friends in Beijing who will take care of him, hehe."

Although Wei Guangde had only met Yu Dayou once, he still chose to climb up along the pole.

Yu Dayou's intention was actually to win over Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to help him fight in the war. Wei Guangde still knew about it, but his father and the others did not agree.

But it’s really interesting, so remember it and look for opportunities to return it in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde still asked curiously: "Then why did Uncle Lu call me here this time? Isn't it because my nephew didn't come to see me?"

"Tell me about your family's arrangement for your marriage. When was the marriage arranged?"

Lu Bing had nothing to ask. He asked the person concerned first. The people below would also send news from Nanjing. Two photos could be used to confirm the authenticity.

Although Wei Guangde was surprised, he still told what he knew.