Unofficial History of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty

When Jiang Bin put on the cavalry armor of the Four Foreign Armies designed by Emperor Zhengde himself, Emperor Zhengde suddenly withdrew his feet resting on the huanghuali wooden rolling stool, jumped over and squinted from the ostentatious swan on Jiang Bin's helmet. Feather looked all the way to the pair of golden silk armor and iron mesh boots.

Jiang Bin took a few steps back and forth. The golden silk armor used by the cavalry is soft and light, but...

"It seems not strong." This is still a euphemism, but it should be called "flashy".

"Immediately fight for life and death, I don't rely on armor." Emperor Zhengde said a few words to Zhang Yong.

After a while, two Jin Yiwei walked in with their golden helmets and armors in their hands.

Emperor Zhengde stretched his arms, and Jiang Bin obediently stepped forward to put it on for him.This armor is centered on the beast face on the chest, with layers of fire and cloud and thunder patterns scattered around, a tiger's head protrudes from the shoulder armor, and a gold ring is held in its mouth.A few fiery red feathers adorning the helmet...

Emperor Zhengde shook his hair: "How is it? Does it look like a..."

"Mountain pheasant?"

Emperor Zhengde suddenly withered.

Jiang Bin has never seen Fenghuang, so he can't be blamed for that.

Jiang Bin stared at the swaying feathers on Emperor Zhengde's helmet and said, "Your Majesty wants to conquest himself?"

Emperor Zhengde nodded excitedly, and after listening to Jiang Bin ponder for a moment, he said: "Excuse me, the emperor is like a pile of clothes when he is dressed like this." There is no doubt that it is used for shooting targets.

Emperor Zhengde curled his lips, looked in the mirror again and again, and finally compromised: "Talk to the imperial prison!"

The Imperial Supervisor is one of the Twelve Supervisors who specializes in making office supplies in the palace.In addition to the eunuchs with palm prints, there are internal and external supervisors who will be the general manager, the bookkeeper, the secretary, the writer, and the supervisor.

The sudden arrival of Emperor Zhengde really shocked the eunuchs in the imperial prison, and they all came out to greet him in fear.After Emperor Zhengde ordered them to stand up, he pointed to the armor in Jin Yiwei's hand to the eunuch Gu Dayong, who was the imperial supervisor, and said, "Pick off this plume and feather!"

Gu Dayong said yes, and immediately ordered the supervisor to carefully take over the golden armor from the hands of the two Jinyi guards. By the way, he looked up at Zhang Yong, who nodded slightly at him.

Gu Dayong was also one of the "Eight Tigers".[-]. When the Liu Qi Uprising broke out, Gu Dayong conscripted the frontier troops of Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, and Yansui to the capital, and Jiang Bin also made contributions as a guerrilla in Datong to suppress the uprising army at that time.It can be said that Gu Da used Jiang Bin's kindness unintentionally, but he didn't care much about this favorite minister.In his heart, Jiang Bin and Qian Ning are just the same guy, and the grasshoppers after autumn can only jump around for a few days.

Jiang Bin naturally sensed some disdain from Gu Dayong's eyes, and turned to look at the Emperor Zhengde beside him, not knowing why he was still standing still.

"Where is the warehouse? I'll choose a lining."

Gu Dayong was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Zhang Yong, Zhang Yong shook his head, obviously he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Emperor Zhengde's gourd.

Gu Dayong had no choice but to call the supervisory eunuch of the C warehouse who was in charge of storing silk and cotton cloth to guide the Emperor Zhengde.Scarlet, crow blue, and bright yellow silk gauze, and golden embroidered silk, are extremely luxurious and dazzling.

"I don't know which kind the emperor likes?" These are all local tributes, the best of the best.

However, Emperor Zhengde's next sentence made Gu Dayong's smile freeze: "I'll see if the room at the back is open."

What Emperor Zhengde was referring to was an old warehouse at the back of the C warehouse. There was no sign on it, but there should be some fabrics.Emperor Zhengde waited enthusiastically with his hands behind his back, seemingly ignoring Gu Dayong's expression.

"Those coarse cloths, I'm afraid the emperor will look down on you."

Emperor Zhengde ignored him, took Jiang Bin and the two Jinyi guards straight to the warehouse, and then blocked the door, looking at Gu Dayong.

Gu Dayong was helpless, so he had to find the internal official who came to manage the warehouse to open the door for Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde was not afraid of getting his clothes dirty, so he went into a musty warehouse to fish for cloth.

The cotton cloth is thick and hard, the surface of the cloth is uneven, and there are many yarn defects. One can tell at a glance that it is mixed with a lot of impurities.Emperor Zhengde tore off a piece without much effort, and handed it to Gu Dayong.

Gu Da hurriedly knelt and kowtowed: "Your Majesty! These are leftovers from the sieve, and they are specially made for the low-ranking palace people."

Emperor Zhengde didn't answer, Jin Yiwei, who had slipped away before, had already arrested an official in charge of the warehouse and returned.

The inner officer had never seen such a battle, he knelt on the ground and shook like a sieve.

"Where does the cotton cloth in this warehouse go?" Emperor Zhengde looked down at the inner official and asked.

The internal official put his head on the ground, and said stammeringly: "Go back to the emperor...the one who went into exile to Datong and Xuanfu..."

Gu Dayong immediately turned pale like a paper doll.

"What is it used to make?" Emperor Zhengde continued to ask.

"Battle robe, battle jacket..." The internal officer's voice was shrill and piercing.

Emperor Zhengde turned his head and looked quietly at the shivering Gu Dayong who buried his head extremely low: "Eunuch Gu, do you want me to find the Xuanfu war jacket for comparison?"

Gu Da almost collapsed on the ground, barely supported his body with his elbows, and couldn't hold back a word for a long time.

Emperor Zhengde no longer looked at him, and only said to Jiang Bin beside the expressionless Zhang Yong: "I leave this matter to you to investigate and deal with. Anyone who is involved will not be tolerated."

Jiang Bin said yes.

He figured it out, Emperor Zhengde's previous armor was just an introduction, Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong had an unusual relationship, and Emperor Zhengde didn't want to give Zhang Yongzhi time to meet Gu Dayong.

All of this was clearly planned, and the reason for this matter is inseparable from the word "Xuanfu".

Perhaps it was more difficult for Emperor Zhengde to let go of the turmoil in the Xuan Mansion than Jiang Bin, so he used today's incident to tear up the gap.Or, this is a way to win people's hearts with a stick and some sweets, good people do their best?

Regardless of the reason, Jiang Bin did not slack off when investigating this matter.

Following the clues, Jin Yiwei brought two internal officials who were in charge of the warehouse to the prison to extract a confession. They were about to be led to Gu Dayong, but one person came to the door at this time-Zhang Rui, the eunuch of the East Factory.

Zhang Rui had previously assisted Jiang Bin in the scene of "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth", and the two had somewhat of a friendship.After seeing Zhang Rui, Jiang Binfang understood what Emperor Zhengde meant when he said, "Whoever is involved, we will never tolerate it."

The price offered by Zhang Rui was to force them to extend the border defense opinions raised by the "Mighty General Zhu Shou" on the frontier defense of the Xuanfu to the Nine Frontiers by taking advantage of the corruption and bribery of some civil officials, and then jointly signed a letter .

Jiang Bin agreed with his lips, and then secretly searched for those clues. After a few days, he found out that the matter was originally involving Zhang Wei, the father of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Zhang Wei was originally a carpenter. Unexpectedly, his plain-looking daughter was selected into the palace and gave birth to a dragon son. After his daughter became the head of the harem, Zhang Wei was also conferred a title, and he has no worries about food and clothing since then.However, the root cause of poverty has dug out a bottomless hole in Zhang Carpenter's heart. No amount of gold and silver can fill it up, and he uses his privileges to fill his own pockets all day long.Inferior items were sent to the warehouse managed by two internal officials through the hands of this royal relative, and then made into war robes and jackets when needed and sent to Datong and other places in Xuanfu.

After Jiang Bin verified it, he came to ask Emperor Zhengde, who was pondering over the blueprint, and said casually, "See if you want to uproot it, or make up for it."

Jiang Bin just knelt and looked at the Persian blanket under him: "It's up to the emperor to decide."

After saying that, he was picked up.

"What did the first assistant tell you?"

Jiang Bin still lowered his head, not knowing what was going on.

Emperor Zhengde's grip on Jiang Bin became stronger and stronger, but Jiang Bin remained silent and let him manipulate him.

Emperor Zhengde's breathing gradually became heavy, and his eyes seemed to swallow Jiang Bin alive.

However, after a short confrontation, Emperor Zhengde finally let go and sat back on the couch.

"No matter what he said, I didn't mean it...you'd rather believe him..."

Jiang Bin was still kneeling, his eyebrows lowered and his eyes pleasing to the eye.

Emperor Zhengde waved his hand wearily and let him go out.