Chapter 833: Suspicious points, employing people

Redundancy, this is a problem that every dynasty and generation will encounter. It was possible to achieve a radish and a pit when the country was founded, but as the founding of the country became farther and farther away, the children of the ministers of civil and military affairs were able to get grace, and there were more and more jinshi every year, and there were more and more military attachés. The so-called five products are like cow hair, and the command is not as good as a dog, which is the scene of the late Ming Dynasty. Especially the military attaché, a master book can reprimand thousands of households and even commanders like soap.

Now the Ming Dynasty has been founded for 60 years, and there are less than 300 Jinshi every three years. The military attache is different, just the title of Jinyi Guard Commander and Commander Tongzhi, there are dozens of Manjing Divisions, and when Zhu Zhanji personally led the avant-garde of the government army, there were twelve commanders of the avant-garde of the government army, not to mention the rest of the commanders and commanders of Tongzhi, not to mention the rest of the commanders.

So, at this moment, in the inverted room in front of the yamen of the Ministry of War, when he saw the three-year military registration books transferred from the Wuxuan Division, Lu Feng's face suddenly turned blue.

"It's so thick, how long does it take to look through it all? Even if you follow the map, no matter how many people we have, we can't find it! ”

On the table are three thick books, Zhang Yue flipped through a few pages at random, and saw that there were dense names on them, and after the names were the origins of the people, the ages of their fathers and ancestors, and the rest had no more information, so he couldn't help frowning. But after only a moment of silence, he spoke: "Since Gonggong Lu, you have a time limit, you don't need to check them one by one. I'll ask you to give you two scribes from the Wuxuan Division, and those officers who are not in Jingwei and the upper army don't need to check. Moreover, the focus is not on promotions, but on those young children who hold hereditary military positions, and these people are easier to do. There are about 1,200 people every year, and no more than 100 people will stay in the capital for three years. ”

Lu Feng's face softened a little, and when he saw the two scribes coming up and kowtowing, he waved his hand without raising his head, and said to Zhang Yue: "Then let's do it, our family will leave Mu Ning here to investigate, and our family will go back to Dongchang to sit in town, and ask Master Zhang to send more help here." In addition to these, I also learned that those who eat dry rice in the Five Cities Terracotta Division will sort out this Jingshi well! Our family has never cared about arresting people before, but this time we have to make an exception! ”

Jinyiwei has to be locked up in the White Criminal Department to arrest people, and if it is refuted, it will cost the boss a lot of trouble, but Dongchang is not. Therefore, looking at Lu Feng's murderous appearance, Zhang Yue thought to himself that these days, I am afraid that the street security will be calm. Suddenly, he thought of the Assassin he had captured alive yesterday and asked, "That Assassin didn't do anything?" ”

"Don't mention this, our family will be angry when you mention it!" Lu Feng snorted angrily, and slammed his right fist on the armrest, "Without a few whips, he recognized it all, saying that he was asked to contact Shang Yong and listen to Shang Yong in everything, but if he encountered any danger, let him kill Shang Yong and escape." Therefore, if he kills you, he will simply kill Shang Yong, and now when he asks him about the rest, he doesn't know anything, and when he sees the burning, he simply faints...... This soft-footed shrimp! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be vigilant. Seeing that Lu Feng had no intention of staying for a long time to say goodbye and leave, he also instructed two scribes to help Mu Ning and the two Jinyi lieutenants go through the books, and he went out of the house with the firewood cart. Walking all the way inside, neither of them had the intention of talking, until they entered the second gate, and the firewood cart suddenly stopped.

"My lord, Xia Guan has been in and out of the Wuxuan Division for some years, and he has been out of the Yuezhou Mansion for the longest time before, about three years. In the previous years, the lower officials have been in Langzhong, although it cannot be said that there are no cheats at all, but it is impossible for so many people to impersonate. Therefore, the adult said that the investigation would be carried out for three years, and the lower officials had no objections, but although there was a shortage of people in the Wuxuan Division in the past few days, due to the suspension of the general election and hereditary succession, the lower officials invited themselves to assist in the investigation. The others didn't dare to pack tickets, but as long as the names of the military attachés I handled in those years in the Wuxuan Division, Dingkou, etc., it was better than those two scribes who were only in charge of chores. ”

Knowing that Chai Che has been in the military department since the second year of Yongle, he has almost been in the Wuxuan Division, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be a little tempted when he heard this at the moment, but although he said that he respected the character of others, but there is a way to know people and faces, but now after all, the stakes are very high. Standing there and pondering for a long time, he remembered that it was Mu Ning who was looking up the list there now, and that was one of the people Yuan Fang had always trusted the most, so he nodded: "In this case, I will take care of the affairs of the Wuxuan Division, you go over there to help." ”

After seeing the firewood cart saluting solemnly, he turned around and walked out, Zhang Yueluo stood for a while, and then continued to walk inside. When he arrived in his west wing, he called a soap officer to come in, and asked, "Let me ask you, how many soap officials are there in the military department now?" How many people are there in the Wu Xuan Division, and what personnel have changed over the years? ”

The soap subordinates and officials of the government are different from officials, all of them are sent by conscription, without a penny of subsidies, and in places such as the six ministries and five mansions, there is always oil and water, so compared to other yamen, this is considered to be superior, and it is even more so that they can serve the officials. After all, that one piece of news can sell the boss for money. At this time, this soap Liu Xunai was the person Zhang Yue used when he was an officer in the Ministry of War.

At this time, as soon as Zhang Yue asked, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Lord Hui, now the military department is divided into two groups, four people, two people from each department, two people from each department, two people from Zhang Shangshu and Lord Feng Shilang. The scribes, on the other hand, were divided into two shifts, six for each division and four for each officer. In the past three years of my absence, only three people have been replaced, two of whom died of sudden illness, and one of whom was full of conscription, and he returned to his hometown to farm with money......"

"Wait, you said that the other one used the money to go back to his hometown to farm, and then he didn't come back?"

"Yes, Lord Hui."

Zhang Yue calculated it himself, he was not in the Ministry of War, that is, he was previously appointed as Ying Tianfu, and then he was promoted to the right to the imperial history because of his merits, and then he became the political envoy of Guangdong, which was three years, and it happened that the firewood car was out of the Yuezhou Mansion for three years, so he just asked him to check the military registration book for three years, which was also to save some time. And in the past three years, only the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War has been replaced, which is extremely strange. Two of them were sick urgently, and the other actually used the money to return to his hometown to farm!

The north has not yet implemented the two-cropping system, and the busy farming season of the year is not long, so if the soap subordinates of the yamen of various ministries have arable land, they often bribe their bosses to return to their hometowns when they are busy with farming, and then come back when the farmers are idle, and the yamen has a big income, and they would even rather pay for someone to farm the land, rather than put down this head and return to their hometowns, not to mention the biggest fat shortage of the Wuxuan Division.

"What about the three new ones who came in for them?"

Liu Xun already had some guesses when he heard Zhang Yue ask this, and at this time, he was even more in his heart: "My lord, they took leave and went home yesterday." ”

"Immediately inform the Five Cities Terracotta Division...... No, just turn off the white brocade guards and let them find someone! ”

Zhang Yue only felt extremely regretful at this time, yesterday everything was sandwiched together, he didn't expect these for a while, and he missed such a clue all of a sudden. And Jinyi Weidong Factory must have been in a hurry to interrogate and investigate, and he didn't realize this stubble. Seeing Liu Xun kowtow and run out in a puff of smoke, he sat down, and suddenly thought that after taking over all the eyeliner from Yuan Fang, he didn't have a suitable person for the time being, so he only asked Zhang Bu to go to get a summary every day.

Jinyi Weidong Factory can't intervene, I just hope there will be news over there. It's far less reliable in someone else's hands than in your own hands!

Inshou Palace East Warm Pavilion.

Suspend the general election, promotion, and hereditary succession of the military election division. Because this is an important military matter, the cabinet drafted this article to be submitted, and the Empress Dowager Zhang personally wrote and approved it. And when she saw Zhang Yue's neat workmanship, although she was not interested in it at this time, she still read it seriously, and then handed it to Fan Hong, the celebrant and eunuch standing next to her.

"Seal, directly deliver to the emperor."

Fan Hong hurriedly took it with both hands, personally sealed it on the small table on the side, and put it on the top of a recital, and then stacked these in a recital box.

"To say that Lord Xiao Zhang is really cautious and measured, the emperor said before that he would give him a silver medal, and he actually sent this to the General Administration Department first."

"Directly handed over to the line without going through the political secretary, this looks like trust, but in fact, it is dazzling, if he is so ignorant, the emperor will not trust him, trust." When Empress Dowager Zhang saw that the two celebrant supervisors who were going to deliver the letter came up and kowtowed, she waved her hand, and then ordered, "Bring more people on the road, and be sure to deliver the things safely." If the emperor is angry, you will carry my words. Jingshi still has me, one or two jumping beam clowns can't be bad! ”

"Yes."

When the others retreated, Empress Dowager Zhang said to Fan Hong: "The emperor is not here, I can't summon the ministers again and again, you keep an eye on the things outside, and you have to go to Wenyuan Pavilion more often, so you have to go to the internal and external news smoothly, convey my meaning to the ministers of the ministry, and report their intentions to me." As for the sixth department, you ask Jin Ying to take people there, and report it in time if there is a big matter. It takes more than ten days to send the emperor back and forth, and if you do what you need to do now, you can make the emperor think less. After all, the winter was too cold, and both the Uliangha and the Warathars would move south, and at that time it was closer to the border pass, and he had to keep an eye on the outside. ”

"Yes, the old slave must be watching carefully."

Fan Hong agreed one by one. Just as he was about to withdraw, he suddenly heard a call from Empress Dowager Zhang and quickly stopped.

"A few of you officials in the Beijing Division, I heard that you are divided into high and low outside, what are the two adults and the three major people? There is also a legend that the emperor once said that he wanted you to choose a nephew to inherit the incense, and he planned to give the palace maid to be your wife? ”

Hearing this, Fan Hong was immediately frightened and hurriedly knelt down, but he didn't know how to explain. He and Jin Ying have been in the East Palace for many years, and they have always served the late Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi and Empress Dowager Zhang, and they have a deep affection, plus Wang Jin is indisputable, and the two of them are in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, so they naturally become the eldest and second adults in other people's mouths. As for giving the palace maid as his wife, Zhu Zhanji had already agreed to it, but because Empress Dowager Zhang had killed many people with a cane before, this matter was not mentioned for the time being. Thinking of Empress Dowager Zhang's attitude towards Neishutang and her sharp wrists, he came back to his senses and hurriedly kowtowed a few times.

"The old slave was terrified, and he would never dare to think of anything wrong."

"You are old, and it is not a shame that you have lived cautiously for so many years. It's not a big deal for one or two palace maids to be ladies, but don't be confident that you have any slackness and arrogance. The last time I met with several eunuchs on the rotating duty of the cabinet, they all said that you and Jin Ying don't often go there in person, but casually ask the two apprentices and grandchildren of the Imperial Commander to go with you to pass the word? The celebrant is in charge of the folding, and you are so lazy? ”

Empress Dowager Zhang neither pursued Mrs. Ci's matter, nor did she hold on to the ranking, but said this, Fan Hong was stunned for a moment, but then not only was not relieved, but felt even more uneasy. It must be known that it was precisely because of the cane death of Wang Zhen and others, the reduction of the scale and additional rules of the Inner Book Hall, that he intended to avoid the major affairs of the court and politics with Jin Ying, who knew that the Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to completely disapprove of their avoidance. So, he held back for a long time before he burst out five words.

"The Queen Mother is responsible."

"As I just instructed, you and Kim Ying will take turns, one will go to the cabinet, and the other will go to the six ministries, and report the opinions of the ministers and so on. If not, how do you know how these important ministers will consider? Don't waste food because of choking, ruling by hanging the arch is said to others, all foreign affairs are entrusted to the courtiers, the Son of Heaven does not care, how can you govern the world! ”

This is a great responsibility, and when it comes to this, if Fan Hong can't understand it, he is not worthy of being this celebrant and eunuch. So he did not hesitate any longer, and after prostrating his head, he accepted it. When he arrived outside the hall, he saw Lu Feng hurriedly ascending the steps, so he nodded to him, and without saying a word, he carried his robe and went down the steps.

In the evening, Zhang Yue looked at the piles of cases, and while he sighed long, he also knew that he almost didn't want to go back tonight. The affairs of the Wuxuan Division can still be delayed, but the military situation on the side of Daning Huizhou and the Tatar movements of Kaiping Xinghe cannot be delayed for anything. After dinner, he stood up and stretched, paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, stretched his arms and played a few nondescript Tai Chi moves, and finally decided to take two steps outside, so as not to be too long in the house and too long.

Just when he was about to turn around and sit down, the door curtain suddenly opened, and a person quickly came in: "My lord, I have been asking to see your brother Zhang outside, saying that there is something important!" ”