Under the organization of Prime Minister Li Zifang, the six Shangshu and the chief officials of the five temples, and the three major inspectors of the Inspectorate gathered together.

Li Zifang sat on the main seat, and the first on his left hand was Tianguan Sui Jianzhi, followed by the head of the household department of Shangshu Qian, the second secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Li Heng of the Ministry of War, Liu Qing of the Criminal Department, and Chen Bowen of the Ministry of Industry. Taifu Temple Qing Li Xun.

On the right hand is Inspector Shi Jiang Wencheng, Inspector Shi Yangrui on the left, and Inspector Shi Wuxuan on the right. Dali Temple Qing Fu Hou, Honglu Temple Qing Xue Min, Taichang Temple Qing Zhu Rong. Guanglu Temple Qingzhuang Tianyu.

These central nobles were the pillars of the Xuanping civil service. They are the mountain owners of all the big and small hills, they fight with the stinky hills in their eyes, fight with the colleagues sitting next to them, fight with the emperor above, and fight with the subordinate officials below, and the word literati is taken to the extreme.

The Qian family brothers, who have two scholars, have been in the limelight in the government and the opposition over the years, and the Ministry of Industry and Guanglu Temple have almost become its affiliated yamen.

The Inspectorate has the power and responsibility of supervising the civil and military forces, and it is a sideways existence in the officialdom, and no one dares to provoke it. Fortunately, there is only the right of supervision, not the right of execution.

Taifu Temple is in charge of the national horse administration, the status is lofty, in the five temples and Dali Temple are on par, Li Xun has close private contacts with the Inspectorate, and the right inspector history is the same as the family tyrant from the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time and Yongliang Road Festival is the in-law. Good left and right, in the middle of the court is mixed with wind and water.

Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Inspectorate constitute three legal divisions, elbowing each other, sometimes becoming one, and sometimes parting ways.

Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, and Honglu Temple are three small temples to keep warm, but they also attract many wealthy nobles.

The military department is recognized as the dogleg of the Governor's Office, and in fact, it is true, and this group of people is not recruited.

Sui Jianzhi of the Ministry of Officials is upright and does not form a party and gather groups. In a class of its own.

Prime Minister Li Zifang is known as the head of the hundred officials, but his family knows his own family affairs, and if he doesn't talk about the Governor's Mansion and the Inspectorate, he can only play a leading role in the civil service. This is also mainly due to Li Zifang's personality, he is not good at fighting and fighting, and he has to get by. It is precisely for this reason that he ascended to the prime minister's position. Otherwise, if it was replaced by an ambitious one, Yao Qian would have been hollowed out earlier.

Li Zifang stared at everyone, his gaze swept from Sui Jianzhi to Ying Tianyu's faces one by one. lost his usual warmth, and a murderous look appeared on his face,

"Ladies and gentlemen, how many pounds of broadsword do you hold?" Li Zifang suddenly asked everyone a very strange question,

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know how to answer, everyone was a real civil official, and it was okay to dance and write, and it was okay to dance with guns and sticks.

The bloated Boss Qian moved his body, narrowed his eyes, which were already squeezed because there was too much flesh on his face, and responded: "Lord Li, what we mention is a pen, the civil service is civilian, the military is responsible, not in his position, not in his politics, it is the matter of the group of people in the army who carry the knife, we are not among them." ”

I am afraid that the only one who dares to answer Li Zifang's words like this is this fat man, his words are obvious: "I don't go to the battlefield again, how many pounds of knives do you have to do with me?" ”

Li Heng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was unhappy when he came to see Boss Qian, and took over the conversation and threatened: "Prime Minister, the lower officials dare not exaggerate, in the early years, he killed dozens of demon cubs with a seventy-pound spear when he was on the battlefield of the Salin River and Taipingbo, and he has not fought again for more than ten years, but he can still afford to come with a forty-pound broadsword." ”

After Li Heng finished speaking, his face was full of red light, his face was full of energy, and he looked at Boss Qian, the corners of his mouth were raised, and the smell of gunpowder was full.

Liu Qing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also said in an impassioned voice: "Lord Li Heng's demeanor fascinates me, although I have never been on the battlefield, and I can't afford to lift many pounds of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, but one day there is a shortage of people on the front line, I am willing to go, die for the country, and never give up." ”

Boss Qian turned a deaf ear to Liu Qing's words, sneered again and again, and felt a chill in his heart, martyrdom for the country, you Liu Qing is also worthy? Anyone who is obedient will say it, who doesn't know that no matter how bad the form is, it won't be Shangshu's turn to go to the battlefield, so he opened up and said, how beautiful the words are, how beautiful they are, and it's not this method to tend to be inflammatory, what? Now that the status of the military has risen, he will immediately put his hot face on people's buttocks? Isn't it just something I didn't promise you last year, so I'm in a hurry to take revenge? Who doesn't know your Liu Qing's virtues?

Similarly, Li Heng has no good impression of Liu Qing, but since Liu Qing came out to help, he is not good at throwing his face, and he has lost face to others, Li Heng arched his hand to Liu Qing and said praisefully: "Lord Liu is noble." ”

Liu Qing bowed, respectfully returned the salute, and almost got up to kowtow to Li Heng to thank Lord Longen.

Jiang Wencheng and Li Zifang have been neighbors for many years, and they are close to each other in private, and it is common for them to have long talks, Li Zifang is notoriously indisputable, and has always maintained a tolerant attitude towards the arrogant and domineering behavior of the Inspectorate, so this Jiang Daren, who is directly responsible for the Son of Heaven, helps Li Zifang everywhere, and has no mercy on a few thorns under his neighbors.

"Lord Qian, if you are not in your position, you don't seek politics, you said it well, but there is still a saying that you are worried about the country and the people, and you don't know if you know?" Jiang Wencheng looked directly at Boss Qian and said.

"Of course I do." Boss Qian replied with his eyes closed. The old god is here, with a clear conscience.

"The official is in a high position but the corpse is vegetarian, the upper is not the master, the lower is not beneficial to the people, there is no political achievement, blindly accumulating wealth, filling his own pockets, aren't you ashamed of the money boss?" Jiang Wencheng said indignantly, righteous and awe-inspiring,

The history of your own dignified inspector is still afraid that you are a second-grade household book? Dare to talk to me like that.

"What about you?" Boss Qian still asked with his eyes closed, sneering. Don't ask Jiang Wencheng if he has any evidence. There is no excuse for the sin that you want to add. He is in charge of the world's taxes, holding the keys to the treasury, and there are more people who are red-eyed, and there are no less and no less, and no more than one.

"I ........." Jiang Wencheng was choked, his position was embarrassing, he couldn't say how many people he had lost his official hat over the years, and most of the inspectors did shady things. This kind of disgraceful deed of planting undercover agents cannot be brought to the table.

If Jiang Wencheng said that his duty is to supervise hundreds of officials, regardless of anything else, it would be contrary to what he said just now about worrying about the country, the people, and the society. In fact, there are really few of you here who have any decent feats.

In the final analysis, it has been peaceful for more than ten years. The wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe, don't say that these civil officials, even military generals, rarely have military exploits. Who dares to pat their chests and say that they have done something earth-shattering?

Not only kissing their relatives, not only their sons, the old have their ends, the strong have their usefulness, the young have their growth, the widowed, the lonely, the lonely, the disabled are all raised, the men have a share, and the women have a home. If you abandon the goods on the ground, you don't have to hide them for yourself; The power of evil does not come from the body, and it does not have to be for oneself. It is because of the closure of the plot, the theft of thieves and thieves, the outside of the household is not closed, it is said that Datong, Xuanping has almost reached such an ideal era,

When one day, the military generals have no military merits, and the civil servants have no political achievements, it must be a peaceful time in the world.

If one day, Du Wei becomes a prince and the squire becomes the prime minister, it must be when the mountains and rivers are broken.

The Inspectorate has always worn a pair of pants, and Yang Rui saw that his boss was insulted by Boss Qian, so of course he had to come out. "Boss Qian, it's different with the golden key, the waist is straight, and the fat and strong body eat. Now that the war is fought, can the salaries of the armies of all walks of life be ready? But you have to hurry, this official is watching. ”

Guanglu Siqing saw the little brother on the opposite side jumping out, not to be outdone, and said loudly: "Inspector Shi, Lord Zuo, the lower officials have the courage to say a word, in the autumn of critical survival, the soldiers are fighting bloodily, and the city of Beiding is in danger, we literati can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person, what's the quarrel here?" Perform their duties and do what they can do to the best of their ability, not to add chaos to the battlefield ahead, and to give them a stable rear can't do it? ”

Li Zifang, Sui Jianzhi nodded lightly, corresponding to Tianyu's words, Li Zifang summoned them for this purpose. Although it is said that Ying Tianyu is suspected of pulling the banner as a tiger skin, it is reasonable.

Fu Hou, the secretary of Dali Temple, was about to argue, when a red figure came in at the door, it was Zhang Jin, the chief eunuch of the master of ceremonies.

Zhang Jin, who was dressed in a big red python robe, stood at the door with a holy decree in his hand, bowed slightly to everyone, and said: "All the adults are here, just saved our family's journey, and our family has thanked you here." ”

Everyone stood up to greet the servant beside the Son of Heaven, and they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest. Liu Qing was the most attentive, his body was bent and his head was about to nod to the ground, and his mouth was grinning to the root of his ears.

Zhang Jin did not continue to be polite, raised the holy decree in his hand and said, there is a holy decree, Li Zifang, Sui Jianzhi, and Jiang Wencheng received the decree.

Li Zifang, Sui Jianzhi, and Jiang Wencheng stepped forward side by side, and the rest of the people stood in place and knelt down in unison.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: The war is imminent, in order to stabilize the rear, Prime Minister Li Zifang, the Ministry of Shangshu Sui Jianzhi, Inspector Shi Jiang Wencheng and the inspector of the Yuan jointly supervise the hundred officials, the hundred officials perform their duties, do not neglect their duties, slack off affairs, if there is a offender, the consequences shall be borne by themselves. They are working hard for us in the front, and we are in the back to give them peace of mind. ”

The holy decree is simple, there are no strict words and aphorisms, in the past, no one may have cared, pretending, how to do it after the limelight has passed, but with the last sentence, no one dares to take it seriously, especially if Li Zifang and Sui Jian are involved, these two are famous for their clear streams, and they are very different from the group of goods in the Inspectorate.

Li Zifang got up and took the holy decree from Zhang Jin's hand, and asked Zhang Jin, "Father-in-law, does the saint have anything to say?" ”

Zhang Jin looked at the people behind Li Zifang and whispered in Li Zifang's ear: "Don't be soft. ”

After that, Zhang Jin said goodbye and left, and it was not until he walked out that everyone got up one after another.

Li Zifang held up the holy decree and said loudly: "Everyone, I won't say much more, let's disperse." ”

Everyone dispersed, some people strode away quickly, high-spirited, and some people racked their brains to figure out the holy will, and the mediocrity disturbed themselves.

Sui Jianzhi and Li Zifang looked at each other and smiled before leaving, that sentence was really good.

They work hard for us, and we give them peace of mind.