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He walked forward and started kicking Wei Zhongxian.

He kicked him more than ten times before letting him go, panting.

Wei Zhongxian also knew that his life was saved.

What the emperor lacked was a eunuch who could face the civil service group directly, but he did not lack Wei Zhongxian. If someone else were in his position, it would not make much difference to the emperor.

Therefore, although he was kicked by the emperor, Wei Zhongxian felt relieved.

However, the next words of Emperor Tianqi made Wei Zhongxian feel uneasy and at a loss.

"Wait a moment. Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Li Ruolian will also be here, as well as Fang Zhenghua and Cao Huachun. There are some things I don't want to say twice."

At that moment, Zhu Youxiao sat down and waited.

However, Wei Zhongxian could only kneel on the ground and wait.

After a while.

First, Fang Zhenghua and Cao Huachun asked for an audience. After being granted permission, they came in and saw Wei Zhongxian kneeling on the ground, not knowing what to do. They also knelt down.

Then, Li Ruolian was allowed in. The last to arrive were Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun. They originally wanted to get information from Wei Zhongxian. However, they did not find the eunuch Wei. Now, they met Wei Zhongxian here with the emperor.

He wanted to get some hints from Wei Zhongxian, but he just knelt there obediently, not even daring to raise his head. He gave up immediately.

He knelt down obediently.

The youngest among these people is Li Ruo Lian. He is only in his twenties and can be considered a hereditary Jinyiwei. Now he is only a hundred households of Jinyiwei, and he inherited the position from his ancestors. Also, according to history, he will become a military scholar next year. This age is considered normal.

See everyone is here.

Zhu Youxiao then said to them, "I summoned you here today to redistribute your positions and responsibilities."

"First of all, Eunuch Wei is still the commander of the East Factory. However, he no longer has the responsibility of supervising the Imperial Guards and must be distinguished from them. From now on, the East Factory's responsibility is to supervise all officials and the people. Officials' forming cliques for personal gain, corruption that harms the people, people's changing minds, and officials forcing the people to rebel are all within your scope of supervision."

"Here in the Jinyiwei, Xu Xianchun will be the commander of the Jinyiwei in the future, and Tian Ergeng and Li Ruolian will be the associate commanders. From now on, the Jinyiwei will cut ties with the Dongchang. If I hear that you are colluding with the Dongchang again, be careful of your dog heads! The Jinyiwei's future responsibilities will mainly be military intelligence."

"Externally, it includes intelligence on the Eastern Tartars, Mongolia, Korea, the Western Barbarians, and other countries. Internally, it includes intelligence on the garrisons in various places, as well as the handling of traitors and spies who collude with foreign enemies and betray the Ming Dynasty. In a word, no matter whether it is internal or external, as long as it has a slight connection with military intelligence, it falls within your scope of responsibility."

"Then it's Fang Zhenghua. I heard that you are good at martial arts. Now I'll give you a job. Commander of the Western Depot! From today on, the Western Depot will be reopened. There are only three responsibilities. The first is to be responsible for the security of the palace and to eliminate outsiders' spying on the palace. The second is to supervise the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The third is to train the internal military."

"As for the personnel, they will be temporarily transferred from the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot. From now on, we will have to recruit them on our own."

"Now, do you understand your respective responsibilities?"

"Now that you know it, you should hurry up. Starting from tomorrow, I will only give you three days. After three days, I want you to obey my orders alone. There are no other people behind the scenes in the Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Xichang. During these three days, I allow you to purge the Jinyiwei, Dongchang and others. Anyone who interferes will be killed without mercy!"

"Including the Cabinet!"

"Remember, I only want results! The Imperial Guard, the East Factory, and the West Factory belong only to me."

Several people bowed down and said yes.

Finally, Emperor Tianqi said to Cao Huachun, "Cao Daban, you are one of the most knowledgeable eunuchs in the palace. I heard that you have a good relationship with the civil officials?"

Cao Huachun was immediately shocked and broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. He kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have only met a few officials. We are only acquainted with each other a few times. We are not close friends. I dare not cross the line."

Emperor Tianqi waved his hand and said, "I don't care whether you have had a close relationship with the civil officials in the past. However, I hope that you will break off the relationship from today on."

"I called you here today because I want to hand over all the imperial estates to you. You are called experts! Since you have knowledge, why not make greater contributions to the people of the Ming Dynasty? What's the point of the old and civil servants writing those rotten articles?"

"As for what to plant in the imperial farm in the future, someone will tell you."

"Now that you are in charge of the Imperial Farm, your first task is to clean up the pests in the original Imperial Farm. One million taels will ensure that you will not die, and three million taels will ensure that you will be innocent. The more the better! Thirty percent of it will be at your disposal to ensure that the Imperial Farm is clean and usable. If it is not enough, I will give you more. Manpower will be temporarily transferred from the Internal Training Army, and interrogators can be borrowed from the Jinyiwei!"

"Don't feel too stressed. There are hundreds or even thousands of imperial estates in various places. There are thousands of people in charge of them. A few thousand taels per person is more than enough."

"This is just the imperial farm. Other things like mines and shops are also under your jurisdiction. I will transfer Wang Zhixin and Gao Yushun to help you."

"These are of great importance. I hope you will not disappoint me."

"Alright, you all may leave now! I will be waiting for your news in the palace after the day after tomorrow!"

Emperor Tianqi finished speaking.

Several people retreated one after another.

The few people who left looked at each other outside the hall.

Tian Ergeng wanted to say something, but after looking at Wei Zhongxian, he left with Xu Xianchun and Li Ruolian.

Xu Xianchun was born into a noble family. If Wei Zhongxian had not been so powerful, how could he have attached himself to him? Now that the emperor asked them to break off the relationship, it would even suit Xu Xianchun's wishes. Who would want to have another mother-in-law above their head?

Li Ruo Lian has always been a member of the Jinyiwei family. It is easier for him to be without the supervision of the East Factory, although the West Factory still exists. However, the duties of the Jinyiwei and the West Factory have almost no overlap. So the impact is not great.

He was stunned by the pie that fell from the sky. He was a third-rank official in the Jinyiwei. Although he was from a Jinyiwei family, the highest position his ancestors held was only a fourth-rank Jinyiwei Zhenfushi.

He has completely brought honor to his family this time.

Although Zhu Youxiao promoted Li Ruolian over his level this time, he was not worried that the other party would be sidelined.

As a member of the most powerful hereditary faction within the Jinyiwei, after Luo Sigong resigned due to illness, the hereditary faction is currently lacking a leader. Li Ruolian is the perfect candidate.

As for Luo Sigong, although he retired in the fourth year of Tianqi, his health has almost recovered. However, although Luo Sigong is the most prominent leader in the hereditary faction, his father Luo Bingliang is the nephew of Luo An, the commander of the Jinyiwei in the Jiajing Dynasty. Luo An had no son, so Luo Bingliang became Luo An's adopted son.