Three fires
Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info cabinet chief assistant is not so much an official position, but rather a small follower of the Southern Emperor, no authority, everything has to do your best, to put it bluntly, it is an official position that is not necessarily pleasing to contribute
The ministers were surprised that a strategist who had betrayed his master, Nandi actually promised to be by his side, as the closest strategist, some Beichen secrets were bound to pass through the hands of the gods, in case he rebelled again that day, wouldn't some of Beichen's private affairs have to be made public? And Shenbu frowned because the cabinet chief assistant is an official position that consumes physical and mental strength, especially when Beichen has just been established, the domestic situation is very unstable, the cabinet is very important at this time, and there can be no mistakes at all, and Shenbu himself has already passed the year of establishment, and he has been accustomed to the affairs of the prime minister, and suddenly transferred to the cabinet, first, the authority is small, and second, he is very tired
After Chen Ding saw Shenbu's expression, he smiled slightly and said: "The first assistant of the cabinet is just an appetizer, if Brother Kong really wants to stay in Beichen, the position of Prime Minister of Beichen just gave up yesterday, and Brother Kong came at the right time."
"What? Mr. Chen gave up the post of prime minister? ”
"I said why didn't the prime minister come today?"
"Won't you, let such a villain be the prime minister?"
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For a while, it was noisy above the court, Chen Ding scolded: "Be quiet, a bit of a big country posture, Shenbu is not an unknown junior, and you have not heard of his prestige, as a junior and the same hall, you should learn and respect, not be sarcastic here, if you will only grasp the past of others and be aggressive, then I should consider changing the courtiers"
The ministers who were originally in a mess stood in place at this time, and the main hall was silent, and Shen Bu breathed a sigh of relief: "I can't hide it, it was Mr. Chen who asked me to come."
"I've already guessed this," Chen Ding said lightly
"Well, if the Southern Emperor really let the old slave be the prime minister, aren't you afraid that I will take over the henchmen? You have to know that I am a traitor of two dynasties," Shen Bu stared at Chen Dingdao
Chen Ding smiled: "Since you can come to Beichen and stand here, you have the strength, I will recognize you, I don't care what bad deeds you have before, I just want to know how much benefit you can create for Beichen in the future, and whether you can be worthy of the position of prime minister."
Shen Bu pursed his lips: "Thank you Emperor Nan for your kindness, Kong is really here for the position of prime minister, my ambition to establish the first empire of the Heavenly Fortune Continent in this life has not been realized, I am very unwilling"
"I can give you the position of prime minister, tell me your quid pro quo" Chen Ding and Shen Bu were completely talking about business at this time, and they didn't want to be talking to the monarch and ministers
Shen Bu straightened his body, took out a map from his arms and said: "Please Nandi take a look, this is a hand-drawn map of the distribution of mountains and rivers after I came to the Tianyun Continent, I think there must be no more detailed map than this map around Nandi."
Chen Ding snuggled his mouth, the servant presented the map, Chen Ding skimmed his eyes, although he admired the perseverance of Shen Bu, he even marked some steep and dangerous places on the map, indeed this is the most detailed map, Chen Ding: "Shen Bu you don't want to take office with this map."
Shen Bu chuckled: "If the Southern Emperor really let Kong take office with this map, Kong really looks down on the importance of Beichen's position as prime minister."
"As far as the foreign minister knows, although Beichen seems to be peaceful now, in fact, there are constant hidden dangers of civil strife, and the most important problem is still the demon road left over from history, after the demon road was constantly defeated by the Southern Emperor in the southern region, he lived deep in the endless sea, and in the endless sea area it is the paradise of the demon road, as long as he does not enter the endless sea area to destroy the demon road, this matter will always be a thorn in the flesh of Beichen, and from time to time a demonic force will appear from somewhere as a disaster."
"Lord Shenbu, don't you want to tell our Southern Emperor to send troops to exterminate the Demon Dao at this time," a three-poinsetti minister interrupted Shenbu's words and mocked
Shen Bu smiled and shook his head: "This lord is too worried, I'm afraid Beichen's strength is not enough to touch the demon path for a while."
"Hehe, how many days have you just been in Beichen? Do you know how much strength Beichen has? How much strength do you know about the Demon Dao? You stand here talking nonsense, don't sue me, you just want to rely on your upper and lower lips to make us believe your words," said the red-clad minister just now
Shen Bu is not in a hurry: "It is true that the two lips of this Kong are not enough to convince everyone, when I can tell you that I came to Beichen for a month, I know that Beichen has a total of 1.14 million soldiers and horses, and the grain production in the north of Beichen is about 1.5 million stone a year, but there are about a million people who eat without ploughing, more than 20,000 stone in the Rimi Valley, and more than 8 million stone in annual sales, the gap is very huge, I don't know if the grain in the south can be supplied, but seeing the conquest and development of Beichen this year, I want to see it very much, in another year, Can Beichen still develop so easily?" was a sense of irony in Shenbu's words
As the head of the household department in the palace, as the head of the granary, a large amount of sweat fell from his forehead, and some ministers asked in a low voice: "Lord Li, you are from the household department, you should know if what he said is right?" ”
The whispers of the ministers made Chen Ding see: "Hubu Shangshu, do you think he is right?" ”
Li Shangshu took a step forward and said: "There are a total of eight Beichen granaries, each of which can hold about 280,000 stones, but as far as the minister knows, every month is spending the grain left over from Beichen, and now there are about 200,000 stone of grain, and it will be enough to last for a period of time until the grain is harvested at the end of the month."
Chen Ding took a breath, nodded and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier"
Li Shangshu trembled and said: "Every time I write to the Southern Emperor, you always add grain tax to solve it by yourself, and give priority to the military department."
Chen Ding pursed his lips, looked at Shen Bu and said: "Actually, I was also going to lay off the soldiers before, but it was useless, as long as I cut it down, I will add it again next month, and so on, the number of soldiers has been maintained, I have also thought about this matter, but Beichen is a sect founded by a sect, and the disciple manpower is the foundation of a country, I can't go to the disarmament order, I'm afraid of causing panic among the soldiers, I'm afraid that there will be a mutiny in Beichen, just established."
Shen Bu looked at Chen Ding, who was slightly melancholy, and said with a sigh of relief: "Beichen's strength is the strongest country in the Tianyun Continent, which is understandable, but at the same time, because of the large number of soldiers, in peacetime, the agricultural labor force has shrunk less than one thousandth of the soldiers, and my first time as prime minister is to reduce the number of soldiers and do what Nandi has done."
The military department was a little flustered, Chen Ding nodded and said: "Well, yes, the prime minister will not be a national policy on this."
"As the so-called three fires for new officials to take office, the first one has burned to the military department and the household department; Second, I have aimed it at the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites was originally in charge of the examination and selection of officials, which was the hope of some poor families, but it is not uncommon to accept bribes in private, and the corruption of the Ministry of Officials is even more blatant, don't tell me that a small Ministry of Officials can actually have an imperial capital compound within a year, heh, it is really a little envious of this errand of Yu Lu"
The minister's Shangshu eyes were spewing flames, and his eyes were wide and angry at Shen Bu, who smiled contemptuously: "The third fire I am going to give to my old acquaintance: Wan Wenmo Wan Da" Wan Wenmo, who was standing in the hall, suddenly had a cold back, and blinked at Shen Bu
Shenbu nodded slightly and said hello: "The criminal department in charge of Lord Wan Wenmo can be said to be in charge of the power of life and death, but as far as I know, the criminal court just executed three generals not long ago, and these three generals are said to be military attaches with military merits in suppressing civil disturbances, and Lord Wan seems to have not informed Nandi of this matter, and he suppressed it without authorization, which is boring, I think it is inconvenient for me to say more."
Wan Wenmo's fat body trembled a little, his scalp was a little numb, and his eyes were staring straight at Shenbu
At this time, Shen Bu inadvertently offended the ministers of the whole hall one by one, and it was the interests of some party henchmen involved, which affected the whole body, six departments, five were pointed out by Shen Bu, and the number of officials involved can be imagined