"Isn't it?" Zhang Yan looked at Chen Qun with cold eyes, and squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

Chen Qun frowned, thought for a while, and then said slowly: "In the end, the responsibility lies with me. It's just blame, I didn't tell the lord first, it's all my fault...... It's no wonder that the lord misunderstood......"

When Zhang Yan heard Chen Qun say this, he asked, "What?" Could it be that there is another hidden story in this? ”

Chen Qun said: "There is nothing to hide, these are indeed gifts from officials from all over the world!" ”

"You've finally admitted that you took bribes!" Zhang Yan sneered and said, "I never thought that you would be such an insatiable person, and I trust you so much!" ”

Hearing Zhang Yan's cynicism, Chen Qun just laughed and arched his hand: "Lord, please listen to me finish speaking, I have ulterior motives for doing this." ”

"Ulterior motives? Enriching your pockets is your ulterior motive, right? Zhang Yan said coldly.

Chen Qun hurriedly explained: "Lord Qiqi, these gifts are indeed sent by officials from all over the country, among these gifts, there are many precious things, my Xuzhou is fighting endlessly, directly consuming the savings left by Tao Zhijun, the treasury is empty, and the granary is also empty." In such an environment, these gift-giving officials can still come up with so many valuable things, which shows that they usually loot the people's money. Since the independent prince took charge of Xuzhou, he has taken over along with Tao Qian's old departments, and there are some black sheep in Baobuqi. The reason why I accepted these gifts was simply to take this opportunity to see who the black sheep were. Pull it out. Then ask the Lord to decide! ”

After listening to Chen Qun's explanation. Zhang Yan seemed to feel that he had wronged Chen Qun, and asked again: "What you said is really the truth?" ”

"Every sentence is true, if there is a little lie among the subordinates, the heavens will be thundered and thundered, and there will be no place to bury them. I ordered the stewards to seal all the gifts sent by the county officials, who gave what and how much. All of them are registered one by one. First, you can take this opportunity to find out some gift givers, and then secretly send people to investigate, in case the gift giver is found to be illegal, then immediately let him be punished by the law, so that you can sweep away the ugly vices in Xuzhou, and return Xuzhou to a peaceful place. Second, all these gifts can be rushed into the treasury. Serve as a reserve for our army. While killing corrupt officials, they also confiscated family property. Carry out confiscation. In addition, the power of the Taishou to hire his own subordinates must be withdrawn, and no matter how big or small the official position is, it must be appointed and dismissed by the lord, and it must be issued with a ribbon and a document of appointment. Otherwise, Taishou's power will be too great, and it will be extremely detrimental to future development. Chen Qun said impassionedly.

After Zhang Yan listened to Chen Qun's words, he realized that what he saw with his own eyes was not necessarily true. He felt that he had wronged Chen Qun a little, and hurriedly said: "Changwen, I wronged you just now, please bear with me......"

"What the lord said, it's just weird, I didn't explain it to the lord in advance."

"Anyway, no matter who is at fault, this misunderstanding has finally been resolved, so you can boldly let it go, but you must report to me every day on the latest progress."

"Whoa!"

"By the way, did you mention just now that you would take back the power of Taishou to hire his own subordinates?" Zhang Yan suddenly asked again.

Chen Qun said: "The current Taishou is too powerful, not only can he hire his subordinates and appoint officials, but he can also recruit troops and train the army. It is for this reason that some Taishou are often tougher than the state pastor, the most typical example is the right Beiping Taishou Gongsun Chan and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, Gongsun Chan is just a Taishou, the power is not as big as Liu Yu, if he does not have the right to recruit troops on his own, how can he defeat Liu Yu? Therefore, the command of the army must not fall into the hands of the Taishou in various localities, otherwise, once the Taishou sits on the throne, it is very likely that he will bite back, and eventually make our army's achievements fall short. The former's rebellion against Cao Cao's Zhang Miao is the most typical example! With so many lessons from the past, his subordinates hope that the lord can take this as a warning. The subordinates' words are just nonsense, and the lord listens to it, if he doesn't listen to it, it will be regarded as a pure fart by his subordinates. ”

Zhang Yan undoubtedly had some feelings about the new question raised by Chen Qun, who hoped to firmly control the army in his own hands, and that local officials could only have the power to handle government affairs, but not the power to dispatch troops. To put it simply, it is the separation of military and political affairs.

Zhang Yan has also thought a lot about this issue, Taishou's power is indeed a bit big, but it is not so simple to take back all the power at once. If you rush too much, you may be self-defeating.

The idea of separating the military from the government is good, but at this stage, it does not work. Because many of the Taishou he appointed were generals who could lead the army into battle, and if they were cut off from the command of the army, who would command the army to resist when the enemy attacked?

After all, with the continuous expansion of his territory, there are fewer and fewer talents available.

However, in Zhang Yan's view, Taishou's power to hire his own subordinates can still be recovered, and at the same time, Taishou's judicial power can also be withdrawn, whether it is to behead the prisoner or sentence him, the case must be transferred to Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan will send someone to personally try and investigate the authenticity of the case.

To this end, Zhang Yan also set up a special Dali Temple, and Zhang Zhao served as the secretary of the Dali Temple, specializing in managing and hearing all kinds of cases.

In addition, Zhang Yan also set up a Metropolitan Procuratorate, with Chen Qun as the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as a special administrative department dedicated to reporting, impeaching, and supervising officials, sounding the alarm for all officials under his rule.

Zhang Yan let go of Chen Qun to do it, and reported the latest situation every day, Zhang Yan received one after another documents that came to give gifts, but saw that the documents were full of praise words for Chen Qun, and also mentioned that he wanted Chen Qun to "help" them.

Among the many cookie-cutter documents, only one document caught Zhang Yan's attention, and this document did not praise Chen Qun, but scolded Chen Qun angrily.

In the letter, the author is earnest, quoting scriptures and classics, and the whole text is nearly thousands of words, without a single dirty word, but after reading it, people feel angry.

Zhang Yan thought, it is estimated that Chen Qun has not read these documents at all, otherwise, he will definitely be angry with his heart by this angry scolding.

Such a literary style, such a scolding ability, but it is rare. Zhang Yan's eyes inadvertently looked towards Zuihou's payment, but saw that the words Liangmao from Changyi, Shanyang County, were written on the payment place.

Who is Ryoshige? Zhang Yan didn't have much impression in his mind, because all he could remember were those who were more famous in the Three Kingdoms, and as for this person, it seemed that there were also records in the history books, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

However, the person who can write such an article must also be a genius, and when Chen Qun is praised by others, he is the only one who is abusing Chen Qun, which is undoubtedly a different species.

For this reason, Zhang Yan specially wrote a letter, asking Yanzhou Mu Baoxun to arrest Liang Mao and send him to Pengcheng, whether it was a mule or a horse, Zhang Yan wanted to pull him out and slip!

A few days later, Bao Xun sent someone to escort Liang Mao to Pengcheng, and Zhang Yan asked Liang Mao to be brought to the hall to be interrogated in person.

Liang Mao was pushed into the hall, Zhang Yan looked at it carefully, but saw that Liang Mao was handsome, young and chic, and still had a rebellious air on his body, so he raised a document in his hand and asked, "You wrote this letter?" ”

Liang Mao looked at the letter in Zhang Yan's hand and said loudly: "I wrote it!" ”

"You are so bold that you dare to write this letter and slander the officials of the imperial court? Still framed? Can you plead guilty? ”

"I wrote the letter, but I deny the sin! What I wrote is true, Chen Qun's acceptance of bribes does exist, why didn't the adults go to check it out, but arrested me, the one who told the truth? Liang Mao faced Zhang Yan's tiger might, without the slightest fear, and retorted vigorously.

Zhang Yan asked: "I want to know, what is the reason for you to write this letter, don't you know that Chen Qun is Pengcheng Taishou, the right-hand man of my own mansion?" Could it be that when you wrote this letter, you didn't think about the consequences for yourself? ”

Liang Mao said with a smile: "My purpose is very simple, that is, I am extremely unhappy with Chen Qun's acceptance of bribes, and I wrote a letter to scold him, what kind of law did I commit?" Besides, I have already been mentally prepared, if Chen Qun sees this letter, he will definitely send someone to arrest me, it's a big deal, it's a death! ”

"Aren't you afraid of Chen Qun's power, and you don't consider what harm you will do to your family after you do this?" Zhang Yan asked again.

"I'm not even afraid of death, why am I afraid of this? Besides, my parents died when I was a child, and I have no siblings, and I am the only one in the family, so what do I have to worry about! ”

Zhang Yan asked this, and then stopped asking, although Liang Mao is talented, but he is also unruly, and there is no fear of death, if such a person can be used by him and put in the right position, he will definitely be able to play its huge effect.

"Untie!" Zhang Yan waved his hand at the two officials and ordered loudly.

The two officials let go of Liang Mao, who was tied up with five flowers, but instead of thanking him, Liang Mao moved his hands and feet and asked directly: "Excuse me, what do you want to do with me?" ”

"I'm going to hire you as my subordinate and do things for me!" Zhang Yan said.

"What did you say?" From the moment Liang Mao was arrested, he knew that he was not far from death, but he definitely didn't expect that his life would take a 180-degree turn, "You want to hire me as a subordinate?" You're not kidding, are you? ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase!" Besides, I look like I'm joking with you? ”

Liang Mao was a little messy, so he asked, "What about Chen Qun's bribery?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "What Chen Qun did was instructed by me, so how can he say that he took bribes?" By the way, I haven't asked you yet, you are not an official, how did you know about Chen Qun's bribery? (To be continued......)