When these words and decisions were spoken, everyone praised Yang Chendong's political wisdom in their hearts, and at the same time, they also had a little more caution in their hearts, and they needed to be more serious in doing things in the future, not only to be upright, but also to influence the people around them to be upright.

Yin Qingbo, who was named by name, felt like he was smashed into the brain by a big pie, and at this moment he really didn't know what to say under the excitement, and then he could only refuse politely, so he said: "Sixth Young Master, thank you for your attention, but I feel that there are still many things I need to learn, such as such an important position as the Minister of Civil Affairs, I am afraid that I will not be able to do well." ”

Regarding Yin Qingbo's modesty, Yang Chendong smiled and expressed his satisfaction, but the appointment is immediately made, and it will not be easily changed. "It's good to be humble, but it's not good to be too modest. The position of this minister is up to you, as long as you have the people in your heart, and you are serious and responsible for your work as if you are the deputy head of logistics of the city lord's mansion, there is nothing that you can't do well. ”

"Then, the subordinates will listen to the sixth young master." Yin Qingbo saw that what he should have said, and his excited heart slowly calmed down, so he took the errand.

"Hehe, all this is thanks to the city lord, it was you who recommended another talent to us." Yang Chendong smiled and patted Yu Qian's arm sitting on the side, then looked at everyone and said: "What can be given to everyone, this king will not be stingy, but you should not take it, if anyone takes it, then be prepared to be punished severely." As long as the people are satisfied, we will be able to stand firm and go further. Any official who does not take the people seriously, the people will not take him seriously, and the king will not take him seriously, and this is addressed to every one of you here, and to the rest of your colleagues. ”

"Yes, keep in mind." Including Yu Qian, they all stood up and made a solemn promise to Yang Chendong.

"Well, hopefully the next time we see everyone, you can all sit here instead of standing." In a simple sentence, Yang Chendong put forward his hopes. Next, the other officials tried very hard to have a seat when they saw the sixth young master.

As soon as the incident of Yan Xiu and Wanji came out, everyone once again saw the determination of the sixth young master to rule the Ming Dynasty. To tell the truth, the two high-ranking deputy chiefs, each of whom was ordered to be beheaded for public display just because he was greedy for more than 10,000 taels of silver, which was somewhat harsh. They just go to earn money, and all kinds of treatment can be earned in just a few years or ten years, and the treatment given by the Yang family to officials is still very good. Especially after the implementation of the special ticket system, those tickets that are issued on time every month can be exchanged for high prices without having to take them outside.

It is precisely because the treatment given is so good, if you make a mistake again, the risk and capital are too high, so that the number of embezzlers who will be officials in the Yang family in the future is much less than that of any other force.

Zhou Hua was dismissed from his official position for a crime of inaction, and the response was even more enthusiastic. It turns out that not being greedy and not doing things is not good in the Yang system. Yang Chendong said in his own mouth that if you don't do it for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. That is, if you are an official, you have to do things for a day, and if you don't want to offend people and don't do things, then you just don't do anything and go home to be a farmer.

Yin Qingbo has become the head of a department from the deputy chief of logistics in the city lord's mansion, and he told everyone that as long as they do things seriously, gold will always shine. This reassured many officials who were originally very capable of doing things, but were worried that they would not be able to get through. Originally, I thought that no one would see if they would see doing things with their heads bowed like this, but with Yin Qingbo's example in front, they didn't have to worry so much, and they didn't have to bother to please Shangguan and speak for themselves.

There are no people who give gifts, and naturally there are no people who receive gifts, and the environment of officialdom has become much better for a while, but it has made the people of the Ministry of Supervision and the Anti-Corruption Department have a lot less things to do, and they have to shift their attention from the red city to other actual provinces controlled by the Yang family.

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Haiqing, the deputy general of Laos Province, suddenly felt that there seemed to be a lot of strangers around, and he didn't know if he was a cup bow snake shadow, so he found an opportunity to arrange for his henchmen to invite Du Lilong to his home to sit on one.

Haiqing, the deputy general of Laos Province, is the deputy of General He Guang, and belongs to the big man in military power. Because when the Canglan Kingdom was destroyed, he behaved positively, saw the wind and made the rudder fast, and became a person trusted by He Guang, and later recommended it to Luan Xiaochen, the governor of Laos, and walked step by step to the position of deputy general.

Being able to become a deputy general is already considered the number two person in the entire Lao Provincial Army, and it is said that he should be satisfied. But people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and soon Haiqing, who is greedy by nature, was pulled into the water, and the initiator was Du Lilong.

Du Lilong, ostensibly a merchant from Siam, has another secret identity that is unknown - one of the intelligence chiefs of Siam. Specializes in finding out about neighboring countries and, if possible, pulling important hostile figures for their own use.

From the moment Du Lilong set his sights on Haiqing, the result seemed to be doomed. Just sent 20,000 taels of silver together before and after, and the two really called each other brothers, so that when Du Lilong revealed his identity, Haiqing couldn't turn back.

There has long been a rule in the Yang department that anyone who embezzles or accepts bribes of more than 10,000 taels of silver will be beheaded, and a person like him who is greedy for 20,000 taels of silver, even if he takes the initiative to turn himself in, he can save his life, and it is absolutely impossible to continue to be an official. Even so, it seems that he has no other better way to choose except for Du Lilong's use.

After receiving the news, Du Lilong generously came to Haifu as a businessman and a friend, and met Haiqing here who was in a frightened bow. As soon as they met, the latter looked at the former with a panicked face and said, "Lord Du, you must save me." ”

Pretending to be surprised, Du Lilong asked rhetorically, "General Hai, what's wrong?" Did something happen? ”

"Oh, I don't know anything, I may have been targeted, and I always find a lot of strangers around when I go out lately." Haiqing explained the changes around him, and when he was together until he had a lot of corruption, he couldn't turn back, so he continued: "Lord Du, now only you can save my life, for the sake of the many conveniences I gave to your caravan in the past, reach out and pull me, otherwise, you can allow me to go to Siam as an official." ”

In his heart, he secretly scolded Haiqing's uselessness, all

Li Long still said with a smile on his face, "Lord Hai must have been too worried, when I came to your mansion just now, I didn't find anything wrong, didn't I have too much heart?" ”

"No, no, I'm also a deputy general, and I can still do it by observing the surrounding situation." Haiqing explained again and again.

While he was talking, a report from a personal soldier suddenly came from outside, saying that Yan Jiang, the captain of General He Guang's personal army, was here, and there were six soldiers with him.

"What? This... That's how it can be good. After Haiqing heard this, he was even more panicked, and the whole person got up and couldn't stop spinning in circles.

Du Lilong's brows twitched, but then he regained his calm complexion, and said with a smile: "It's okay, many people know that we are friends, is it possible, is it not allowed to talk to friends when a person is an official?" ”

Haiqing did not relax in the slightest because of this reason, but said, "I don't know, this Yan Jiang relies on He Guang's trust, he is usually very domineering, and he can't pass the test at all with his friend's statement, although he won't touch me yet, but I'm afraid he will take you away, once this is the case, under torture, can the adult promise not to say anything?" ”

"This..."Du Lilong, who has always given people who don't panic about everything, finally changed his face greatly, and he no longer dared to guarantee the ticket. With a three-inch tongue, he boasts that he is not afraid of anything. But if he is really punished, God knows how long he will be able to survive, or even not for a while.

Thinking that he must not be caught, Du Lilong had to be ruthless, and made a decapitation movement with his right hand and said: "Let's talk about it later, if the other party must force us, then we will strike first." ”

"Kill Yan Jiang? That would definitely anger General He Guang. Haiqing's whole body shuddered, and his face turned pale.

"What? Do you think that if you don't kill now, others won't kill you? Tell you, now you can only move forward and can't go back. Think about it, once you have done great things, and our king is happy, it must be a high-ranking official, and it is even possible to help you Canglan people restore the country, it is better than being scolded as a traitor now. Du Lilong was also out of the way, he didn't expect the situation to be so serious, he knew that this was the case, and he wouldn't have appeared easily this time.

In the Haifu compound, Yan Jiang, who was dressed in armor, was wandering in the courtyard with six soldiers, and after not seeing Haiqing come out for a long time, he didn't know how many times he had been angry. Finally, a steward came, saying that General Hai was meeting guests in the backyard, and it was inconvenient to come, so he asked Captain Yan to move over by himself.

"Let's go, I'm going to take that Du Lilong away today no matter what." Yan Jiang said with a grin, and then strode towards the backyard with six of his subordinates. Not long after they walked to the backyard, the gate of the front yard was completely closed from the inside.

In the living room in the backyard, in front of a table with wine and food, Hai Qing was pushing and changing glasses with Du Lilong, Yan Jiang's sudden appearance instantly broke this harmonious atmosphere, and a cheer followed, "Vice General Hai, this captain suspects that this Siamese merchant Du Helong is an enemy spy, and now he wants to take him away, and I will trouble you to make a convenience." ”