Late at night, there was a house not far from the Governor's Office of the Five Army. The outside of the house looked very ordinary. Compared with the magnificent Governor's Office of the Five Army and the Six Ministry Office on the east side, those who don't know only think this is the side courtyard of the Six Ministry.

But in fact, this house is the location of the famous Jinyiwei Yamen. Entering from the not-wide main entrance, first of all, there is a long corridor with high walls on both sides. This corridor is about 30 meters long and has no place to cover. However, people can be hidden behind the high walls. If outsiders enter through the main entrance, there is nowhere to hide in the corridor.

After passing the corridor, I saw a screen wall. After walking around the screen wall, I arrived at the real location of the Jinyiwei Yamen.

The entire Jinyiwei Yamen actually covers an area larger than the Ministry of Justice among the six ministries. In addition to ordinary office locations, there are also various special facilities. Of course, the "Edict Prison" that was once scared of was no longer there, and it is replaced by the interrogation room and the detention room.

The main room that we entered three times was where Zhang Ran, the commander of the Jinyiwei, worked on weekdays. It is logical that Zhang Ran should have returned to his residence to rest after so late. But tonight, Zhang Ran was still in the yamen, sitting in the main room and listening quietly to his subordinates' reports.

The person who reported was Qianhu of the Qianhu House of the Capital, whose surname was Mu, whose name was Zhongming. Yes, he was Mufeile, the leader of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty in Nanjing. During the labor reform, he changed his mind and changed his past, changed his name from Manchu to Han, and he took Tianjin for the Ming Dynasty and made great contributions to the capital.

Mu Zhongming's current official position is not high, only the thousand households in the capital, which is the backbone of the Jinyiwei, but this official position is nothing in the court.

However, Mu Zhongming was very satisfied with his current status. He recognized his identity as the Jinyiwei more than in other places. Perhaps this was related to his background. Compared to going to the military or other places to the Jinyiwei, Mu Zhongming felt adaptable.

Furthermore, Zhu Yicheng adjusted the functions of the Jinyiwei several times. The Jinyiwei is now very different from the original Jinyiwei. Now the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty is a complete intelligence agency, one inside and one outside of the Public Affairs Office, controlling the collection, analysis of various intelligences for the court, etc., and is becoming increasingly important in various functional departments.

A few years ago, Zhu Yicheng re-established the rank of the Jinyiwei, and continued to retain the titles of commanders, Tongzhi, commander, governor, Qianhu, Deputy Qianhu, etc. that have been used within the Jinyiwei, and they were awarded official military ranks.

The award of military rank marked the fact that the Jinyiwei had left his originally awkward position and entered the army directly, thus taking the name of the military.

As the commander, Zhang Ran was appointed as the lieutenant general, and the commander was the major general. The commander and the governor were the colonel and the lieutenant colonel respectively. The ordinary thousand households were the major. The fourteen real powers of the 100 households were the same as the lieutenant colonels, and the rest were the same.

Mu Zhongming was a thousand households in the capital, but because of his contributions, in addition to the actual position of thousands of households, he also had an additional empty title of commander, so his military rank was actually awarded as a colonel. From this military rank, he can see his current status in the Jinyiwei.

"Didn't this cause him suspicion?" After hearing Mu Zhongming's report, Zhang Ran nodded with satisfaction and asked again.

"Sir, Guan Xiaowu is the downline developed by Xiaguan himself. He has worked in the capital for the past few years, and now he has opened a shop and become his own boss. No one except Xiaguan knows his true identity. Xiaguan can guarantee this. Even if the information transmission is transmitted on weekdays, he has always followed the rules in the institute and has never been in contact with outsiders. Please rest assured of this."

After hearing Mu Zhongming's explanation, Zhang Ran's expression relaxed. In fact, there were many Jinyiwei, a member of the Qing Dynasty like Guan Xiaowu, and Mu Zhongming was one of the best.

However, Mu Zhongming made too much contribution and was famous, so many people knew about him. Guan Xiaowu and others looked no different from ordinary people on weekdays, and he had a full-scale identity, which often had unexpected effects on many things.

The Jinyiwei has always been concerned about overall control and is good at laying out pieces. Guan Xiaowu's chess piece seemed to be of little use in the past, but it could work when necessary. Just like now, Guan Xiaowu has gone from being a casual piece to a useful person in a flash.

"Is this fake ninth prince really here to negotiate this time?" Zhang Ranwei frowned.

"This should be no bad." Mu Zhongming replied: "Guan Xiaowu invited the fake king to drink. This is how the fake king spoke at the banquet.

"Yeah," Zhang Ran nodded. In fact, Prince Chun came to the capital to negotiate the Jinyiwei for a long time. Although the preliminary analysis of the Jinyiwei was similar to the information we actually obtained now, the Jinyiwei still had to repeatedly confirm such a major event to avoid any errors in the intelligence.

"In addition to the negotiations, you just said that the fake king also asked Guan Xiaowu for some other matters?"

"Sir, the fake king did ask a lot of other things, all of which were daily routines. In addition, today the fake king went out and bought a copy of the "Da Ming Tax Law". According to the news obtained by the official, it was that when the fake king entered the city yesterday, he met Chongwenmen...." Mu Zhongming immediately reported the situation of Prince Chun and his party in Chongwenmen yesterday. Zhang Ran nodded silently after hearing this.

After thinking about it, Zhang Ran told Mu Zhongming to arrange for Guan Xiaowu to continue to contact with Prince Chun. As long as it does not harm the interests of the court, Prince Chun needs to do his best to satisfy everything. He must thoroughly touch Prince Chun's intention to come to the Ming Dynasty and see what the Qing Dynasty wants to do under the surface of the negotiations.

Mu Zhongming is a clever person. He has done a lot of similar things. After Zhang Ran said this, he understood it and immediately said that he would arrange it and would carefully explain to Guan Xiaowu to do it well, so that he would never ruin the great things of the adults.

Not long after, Mu Zhongming said goodbye and left. After Mu Zhongming left, Zhang Ran did not return home. It was already deep in the night. It was almost dawn in more than two hours, and there was no need to go back now.

That night, Zhang Ran rested in the yamen for a night. The next day when it was dark, Zhang Ran dressed neatly and headed towards the palace gate. The Jinyiwei must report to Zhu Yicheng in time for Prince Chun's intelligence.

As soon as Zhu Yicheng arrived at the side hall, he received news that Zhang Ran asked for a meeting. When someone brought Zhang Ran, Zhu Yicheng was still having breakfast.

"My minister Zhang Ran kowtows to Your Majesty..."

"Get up." Zhu Yicheng raised his hand and glanced at him from the corner of his eyes: "Is it so early? Have you used breakfast? Why don't you use it with me?"

"Emperor Xie, I have used it in the yamen." Zhang Ran replied quickly.

"Xiao Jiangzi, serve tea for Lord Zhang." Zhu Yicheng nodded and gave a casual instruction, and then ignored Zhang Ran and continued to eat. Zhu Yicheng was the emperor, but this meal was far less than that of the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty. His breakfast was nothing more than some very ordinary snacks, pickles and a bowl of millet porridge.
Chapter completed!