Chapter 110: The Minister of Zhenguo [Please vote for me! 】
Imperial City, Wuantang.
There are two highest civil and military honors in the Manchu dynasty, the Bachelor of Wenantang and the Divine General of Wuantang.
Among them, the name of the god general is more famous.
Because Wenantang selects literati, and they evaluate knowledge, articles, political achievements, national policies... after all, they have different opinions. Some people approve of it and some don't. But Wuantang's selection of divine generals is much simpler. There are eighteen trials, one after another, and if you succeed, you will be crowned a god!
This is the saying that there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts.
The person in charge of Wuantang was Qi Kunlun, the minister of the Ministry of War.
The government and the public are also called the ministers of the state.
The reason why Mr. Qi was able to rise to the top of the imperial court as a minister was that, in addition to his profound qualifications and numerous achievements, the most important thing was that he was also in charge of Wuantang.
Under this status, every divine general in the Yin Dynasty can be regarded as his disciple. I don’t know how many generals have been taught by him, and his prestige in the army is unmatched!
Chen Su came to the door and announced with a smile. After waiting for a while, a guard led the two people in.
The entrance is a long corridor engraved with scrolls of hundreds of battles, and the reliefs on both sides are about every battle since the founding of the Yin Dynasty.
There is a forest of spears and halberds, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Going through the corridor and arriving at the center of Wu'an Hall, there is a very wide portal. Someone pushed open the door and saw a large hall in the room. Behind the hall was a large table with a width of more than ten feet. Behind the table sat a burly old man as tall as a mountain.
The old man was dressed in armor, and his build was probably half a head lower than Pang Chun. He had gray hair, his hair was tied up and crowned meticulously, and he was wearing heavy black armor.
A pair of broad-browed eyebrows, a calm gaze, not angry and self-impressed.
When he remained motionless and silent, he was like a liger dormant on a hill, exerting a heavy pressure on the entire hall.
Such a person sitting there is like a mountain.
Except for the Minister of the Kingdom of Yin Dynasty, there can be no one else.
"Old man, I'm here to visit you again." Chen Su said with a smile.
No matter how high his status is in Xuanmen and the court, he is still a junior in front of Qi Kunlun. After all, he is one of the few people in the world who is almost the same generation as his master.
Qi Kunlun spoke in a deep tone: "90% of the time you came to me, it was a bad thing, so tell me."
"What are you talking about?" Chen Suyi raised his hand. , a letter appeared in the palm of his hand, and with another shake of his hand, the letter fluttered in front of Qi Kunlun, "My junior nephew helped you catch a worm in the army. Isn't this a good thing?"
Qi Kunlun lowered his eyes and read the entire content of the letter, instantly understanding it.
My face suddenly darkened.
After a while, he said: "You can just deal with a fourth-grade prison general. Why come to me?"
Although the fourth-grade level is already very high, military generals are different from civil servants. The grade will be relatively high. To measure the status of a general, the most important thing is to look at two points, one is his own cultivation, and the other is his military power.
For generals like General Jianmen, whether they are high or low, they are not worth mentioning in front of Qi Kunlun.
"Of course I respect you." Chen Su said with a smile: "I, Zhu Xie Division, cannot overstep my authority in matters concerning the Ministry of War. As for how to deal with people, you have to have the final say."< br>
"I will dismiss him from his post and put him in jail, waiting for his punishment." Qi Kunlun said immediately.
"Old man." Chen Su persuaded: "The evidence is conclusive, in full view of everyone! If the handling is still sloppy, where is the military discipline in the minds of those soldiers?"
"Ha." Qi Kunlun couldn't help but smile, "Then it's up to you. What do you mean, I will ask your Majesty to ask you to kill me."
"Old man, this is not what I mean. This is because of your strict military law." Chen Su smiled lightly, "But if you really care about me. According to my opinion, if you delay this person for one more day, he will not be able to serve as a warning to anyone who abuses his power for personal gain, commits suicide, and commits crimes. As far as I'm concerned, I will report the charges immediately on the city wall and behead him in public to put him at ease."
Qi Kunlun took a deep look at Chen Su and said: "You are indeed smiling."
"I dare not." Chen Su shook his head and said: "The old man is getting old. , easy to be soft-hearted. We all grew up hearing about your decisive deeds when you were young.”
"Hmph." Qi Kunlun turned his hand and slapped the table, "I will do as you say!"
"Qi Gong is a righteous man!" Chen Su immediately held up his hand and complimented loudly.
"No need to put a high hat on me. There are such worms in the army, and I have neglected my duty. In the future, if the Zhuxie Yamen finds anything, it will be reported to me directly, and I will punish them all." Qi Kunlun said solemnly, "Having you immortal officials is really a good thing for the court."
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A moment later, Chen Su and Liang Yue, who had finished their work, rode back to the Zhuxie Division with Liang Yue.
On horseback, Chen Su began to ask casually again: "Do you know why I want Wu Antang to handle the matter?"
"To avoid conflict with Yinma Supervisor?" Liang Yue guessed.
"Yes, this is one of them." Chen Su said: "Of course I can make the move directly, and they can't say anything. But Cao Wujiu, the eunuch, consciously mastered a chess piece, and I just pulled it out. , I will definitely feel unwilling to do so. The second thing is that if I take action, I have to capture the person to do something. It is impossible to kill him on the city wall in front of all the troops. It will not have such a good warning effect. You must also hate me for overstepping my authority and ignoring them to handle the case."
"So by letting Wu Antang take action, the supervisor will not complain, the military will not hold grudges, and it can also warn those who come after him, killing three birds with one stone. "Diao." Liang Yue immediately said: "Uncle Chen is brilliant!" "No, no, you are brilliant." Chen Su smiled at him.
Liang Yue chuckled, "I was just waving the flag and shouting behind Master Uncle Chen."
"You wrote in the document and handed it over to me, clearly with the intention of letting me get ahead." Chen Su said with a smile: "But I don't hate this little trick, on the contrary, I appreciate it."
Liang Yue didn't hide it, and said directly: "Uncle Chen, just don't blame me."
"Although I don't like it. Those are scheming, but if they want to play, we have to play better than them." Chen Su continued: "If you are weak, you should save yourself first and not be strong. This approach is right when you have strength. Decisiveness. Be kind to good people and be violent to evil people. This is the right way."
"I have learned the lesson," Liang Yue nodded.
If bad people are evil, good people will be even more evil; if bad people are ruthless, good people will be even more ruthless.
He has become more and more aware of this truth recently.
In some ways, he even felt that Chen Su and his master Wang Rulin were the same kind of people.
Master seems to be unscrupulous when it comes to grievances in the world, but he never backstabs good people.
Chen Suze was in the struggle in the court, scheming and killing evil people every day.
The two of them rode their horses back to the Zhuxie Division. Suddenly they saw a sea of people outside a government office in front of them, as if something big had happened.
"Longyuan Mansion?" Chen Su saw where the yamen was at a glance, tightened the reins and said, "Go over and have a look."
Liang Yue followed him to join in the fun.
Outside Longyuan Mansion, there were onlookers on three levels inside and three levels outside. In the middle, drums were beating like thunder.
Thanks to the fact that both of them are practitioners with extraordinary ears and eyes, and they are riding on horses, they are taller than everyone else, so they can see what is happening from a distance.
It was a middle-aged man with a deep temperament wearing a brocade robe, who was beating the drum of injustice outside the government office door.
It wasn't until the gate of the government office opened that two government servants came out and asked: "Who is playing the drums?"
The man put down the drumsticks, stopped his hands, flicked his sleeves, and arranged them. Cai Dao: "Yang Panshi, the president of Nanzhou Chamber of Commerce, sued Lu Yuanwang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, for using his power for personal gain, deceiving the emperor, and colluding with the underworld force Longya Gang to run rampant in the divine capital. All merchants who undertake official construction must pay huge amounts of money to the Longya Gang. Only then can I be assigned by the Ministry of Industry. I have hundreds of merchants from the Nanzhou Chamber of Commerce writing a joint letter, asking Longyuan Mansion for justice!” I lost my mind halfway through.
“Huh?”
"Let us uphold justice?"
The government official is the military and political chief of the city. From the outside, he is the head of the government and a person who speaks the truth. He has great power and will not be replaced by a prince.
Only the officials of Longyuan Mansion can be called the most aggrieved officials in the capital.
Because there are six ministries, princes, and His Majesty the Emperor above his head. He is nominally in charge of Longyuan Mansion, but in fact he is just an errand boy who handles chores and listens to anyone's orders.
For example now.
If the people have grievances, they should beat the drum and file a complaint. But I am a fourth-rank official. You come to me to sue the head of the country and the second-rank minister.
What is the difference between going to the City God’s Temple to sue the Supreme Lord?
Let me administer justice, I will administer justice to your fourth uncle!
Chen Su, who saw this scene from a distance, was very interested and murmured to himself: "Liang Fuguo finally took action."
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at the same time.
In the small courtyard of the Liang family, Li Caiyun and Liang Xiaoyun were happily counting money together.
In the past few days, the Liang family has sold off the gifts they had received previously and turned them into banknotes that are easy to store. Basically, only a few imperial dragon talismans were left, and a few pieces of jewelry were reserved for the daughter to wear when she gets married.
For most of her life in managing the family business, she has been calculating a few pennies. Where has she ever seen such a huge amount? So I was very cautious and turned the thick pile of banknotes over and over, counting them, and finally locked them carefully.
"Our family has been poor for so many years, but it can be said that it has turned around. The betrothal gift for your brother's future wife, the dowry for your future marriage, you and Xiaopeng will have to take exams, buy a house... and spend money in the future. But there is still more. The money must be locked for him and cannot be touched easily." Li Caiyun said.
After thinking about it, she put the money box under the bed, lifted up the two bricks, hid them in the hole underneath, and then covered the bricks tightly.
“Oh, mother.” Liang Xiaoyun chuckled and said, “Since when have we calculated so much?”
“It’s no good if you don’t count the plots. I’ll prepare all these for you. Only after I die can I face the loyalty of your old Liang family," Li Caiyun replied.
“What are you talking about?” Liang Xiaoyun hugged her mother, “Mother will live to be a hundred years old.”
“No matter how many years you live, mother will help you guard her for one day. This money." Li Caiyun put her hands on her hips and said, "No one is allowed to touch it!"
(End of this chapter)