When I walked out of the greenhouse hall, it was already time for people to settle down. (9 p.m. to 11 p.m., which classical China prefers to call Rending)

The night was as bleak as water, and under the dim starlight, this Jianzhang Palace was quiet, only the wind was singing low, and the temperature outside had dropped to about one degree Celsius.

It's a little cold indeed!

Zhang Yue subconsciously tightened the clothes on his body, lifted the sword that was placed at the door of the greenhouse hall, hung it on his waist, and walked out.

"Don't you need a lantern?" Shangguan Ji appeared in front of Zhang Yue with a palace lamp, handed the palace lamp in his hand to Zhang Yue, and asked with a smile: "I heard that the ginseng soup cooked by the virtuous brother, Your Majesty drank the dragon Yan Dayue!" ”

"Thank you, brother......" Zhang Yue took the palace lamp, thanked him, and replied: "Serving Your Majesty, this is the duty of a foolish brother, I dare not say good, but I ask Your Majesty to like it!" ”

Shangguan Ji laughed and said, "Brother Xian is too modest, too modest!" ”

He already knew everything that had just happened in the greenhouse hall.

After the Son of Heaven drank this heavy ginseng soup, it is said that he was almost rejuvenated, so Longyan Dayue wanted Jiaqi to be the Marquis of Guannei, and he also gave 2,700 households to the food town!

This incident almost didn't make Shangguan Ji go crazy with jealousy!

He has worked hard and worked hard for so many years, racking his brains to meet this majesty, more than ten years of hard work, in the end, it is better to be boiled a bowl of ginseng soup!

This really makes Shangguan Ji feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, this Zhang Xiandi politely refused, otherwise he wouldn't know how to come out to say hello.

But in addition to jealousy, Shangguan Ji knew one thing very clearly - this is this virtuous brother, this Zhang Zizhong Zhang Chiyou, I am afraid that he will become a pivotal minister and powerful minister in the court.

As soon as the news of tonight's events spreads, all clever people should know that they must go and shoot the horse.

Because, from now on, this lieutenant will have a decisive and even unparalleled influence in front of today's son.

Perhaps, with a single sentence, people can easily decide on a Taishou or even the three princes and nine secretaries, and even the abolition of the national policy!

So, hug your thighs!

Ready-made thighs, don't hold them tightly, do you have to wait until the thighs are full of people, and you can't squeeze them in before you hug them?

At that time, I'm afraid I won't be able to hug it if I want to.

Relying on the pat of the horse to meet the welcome, there is today's Shangguan Ji, of course, he is smart.

Therefore, he smiled and leaned over to Zhang Yue's side, like a subordinate, and asked softly: "Brother Xian, Brother Fool may be fortunate to be the ...... servant in the future."

"The virtuous brother also knows, the servant has been in charge of the thief Gongsun He and his son for more than 20 years, up and down, all of them are people of their generation, the foolish brother has just taken office, I am afraid that he has not been caught, and the virtuous brother has always been unparalleled in intelligence, I don't know if there are any opinions, can be used as a reference for the foolish brother?"

This is almost equivalent to, raising his hands and asking Zhang Yue to guide the affairs of the servant.

For the scholars, they could not do such a thing even if they died.

However, Shangguan Ji has already lost all his face and knots, so he doesn't care about what others say.

He only knows one thing now, and that is - the affairs of the servant and the future direction of reform and improvement of the servant, without the participation of this 'virtuous brother', there may be a risk of failure at any time.

In case, after he took office, there was something that he didn't do well, and he didn't have the appetite for this 'virtuous brother', when he was cooking ginseng soup for the Son of Heaven, he casually mentioned: "Ah, Shangguan Ji is just unreliable in doing things, Your Majesty, you see, the so-and-so thing of the servant has been made like this......"

Then he, a servant, can still sit firmly?

I'm afraid I'll have to pack up my bags and go home to farm.

Although, judging from this matter now, Shangguan Ji feels that it is unlikely.

But what if?

Moreover, if he can further gain the support of the other party, then he will be able to make a hall of words in the future in the Taifu Yamen, and do whatever he wants.

Whoever dares to go against him will be ready to go home and farm!

Zhang Yue listened, and he knew what Shangguan Ji meant.

This court and court are actually the same as the people.

Most people are high and low.

Whoever is in power, who is favored, who is in power, is the boss!

Not to mention, even within a private family, brothers who can make money are relatively more loved by their parents than poor brothers, and have more voice and status!

Therefore, Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said to Shangguan Ji: "Brother's words are serious!" ”

The affairs of the imperial servant are related to the future development of the Han cavalry.

Zhang Yue had no reason to refuse the opportunity to meddle and exert influence.

Of course, it can't be too explicit, and it can't be too exaggerated.

Be sure to grasp the proportions!

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Yue said: "In my humble opinion, if my brother wants to master the servant and make a career, the first thing to do is to eliminate the residual poison of the thief Gongsun He's father and son!" If the residual poison is not pure, the disaster will be endless, so Confucius said: Qing Father is not dead! ”

When Shangguan Ji heard this, he immediately exaggerated and said: "Virtuous brother is high, virtuous brother is high!" ”

If Zhang Yue doesn't say this, he will do it.

But......

After carefully recalling Zhang Yue's words, his heart was really full of emotion!

"Readers are different!" Shangguan Ji sighed: "Purge the residual poison of the thief Gongsun He's father and son, good!" Good! Good! ”

This statement is much more wonderful and high-end than he once planned.

Moreover, it is to grasp the name of righteousness, and you can take the opportunity to integrate the sharp weapons of the servants.

Whoever is disobedient can be beaten into a 'remnant of thieves' and put into another book, so that he will never be able to turn over!

As soon as this banner came out, even if the old forces of the servant wanted to be crooked, they could only kneel down and beg for mercy.

"It seems that I also want to strengthen my cultural cultivation, I can't stop reading, and I can't study without seeking understanding!"

Thinking of this, Shangguan Ji asked again: "Please also ask the virtuous brother to give me some more advice......

If before, he was just hugging his thighs and strengthening the relationship, now, Shangguan Ji really asked Zhang Yue for advice.

No way, people are so sharp!

The slogan of 'celebrating the immortality of the father' and the policy of 'purging the remnants of thieves and ministers' almost perfectly laid the foundation for him to grasp power.

"Thirty-six servants, five prisons and six stables, more than ten thousand officials and herdsmen, and more than 100,000 officials, slaves and maids, the system is huge, the joints are intricate, and the thieves and fathers and sons have long controlled the servants, resulting in all kinds of drawbacks, the foolish brother heard that there are even officials and slaves who are short of food and clothing, and die of hardship, if the elder brother is appointed as a servant, the primary task is to get rid of the old evils, so that the upper and lower have their own peace, at least to make the officials and slaves have enough food and clothing, and enough food and clothing can fatten!" Zhang Yue said softly: "And if you want to do this, you have to streamline the organization, eliminate the officials, and downsize the deployment!" ”

Each of the nine divisions of the Han family is a huge independent organization!

Like Shaofu, it employs hundreds of thousands of workers, tens of thousands of officials, and millions of slaves and maids, and has its own official offices, manors, workshops, prisons, armies, and law enforcement officers.

Tai Changqing and Da Honglu even have a field army under their own jurisdiction, and they can be recruited at critical moments!

And the servant is also very majestic!

In the heyday, the servants of the Han Dynasty, 36 Yuan, 5 prisons and 6 stables, 400,000 war horses in the barn, and millions of other livestock.

It is the engine of the Han war machine.

Therefore, among the nine kings, the servant's right to speak in the war is quite high.

Moreover, the servant also holds a considerable part of the power to allocate military spending.

Gongsun Jingsheng died of embezzlement of military funds of the Northern Army.

It's just that the glory of the past is long in the past.

In the past 20 years, under the indiscriminate command and personal enrichment of Gongsun He's father and son, the servant has gradually declined.

Today, there are 36 palaces, 5 prisons and 6 stables, and there are 200,000 officials and slaves and herdsmen.

But the number of horses in the pen is less than 200,000!

The number of qualified horses is less than 100,000!

There are more people than horses!

The current servant has completely become a bureaucracy.

Just a little bit, you can reach the terrible point of Sir Humphrey's proud four capital ships of the Royal Navy, equipped with sixty admirals!

The bloated officials led to a declining efficiency of the servants, which in turn further deteriorated the finances of the servants.

As a result, Zhang Yue saw in Lantai that in the pastures under the command of the Taifu, not only the livestock are withering day by day, and the pastures are degrading year by year, but even the slaves and herdsmen who are responsible for shepherding livestock are also becoming more and more difficult.

It's those bureaucrats alone, who eat fat brains and have big bellies.

Shangguan Ji listened, and his expression became serious.

This disadvantage was known long ago when he was still raising horses for the Son of Heaven.

Gongsun He's father and son controlled the Taifu Yamen and embezzled a large amount of funds and resources for their own personal enjoyment.

There is something to do, and there is an effect at the bottom.

So, up and down, they divided the funds of the servants together, but everyone went to corruption, what if no one did anything? Someone has to do something, right!? So a large number of officials were expanded, and the newly added officials were allowed to do things, but the newly added officials were not stupid? You eat and drink spicy food, and labor and management are tired and tired? No way! So I joined in.

The vicious circle began, and in 20 years, the number of bureaucrats with more than 100 stone servants increased from less than 3,000 to 10,000 times, and now it is almost 30,000!

As a result, even the royal horses of the stables of the Son of Heaven could not be adequately supplied.

It is said that even the Ryuma Supervisor, who grazes sweat and blood horses, and the sweat blood horses and Wusun horses that graze in the Dawan stable, many of them died in large numbers due to malnutrition.

The number of horses left is less than 3,000.

You must know that Li Guangli attacked Dawan at the beginning, but in the end he brought back 1,500 of the best sweat and blood horses from Dawan!

The Han family also imported and purchased Wusun horses from Wusun, thousands of horses before and after.

But now, the number of these two types of horses in the Han family's ranch is not rising but falling!

The situation is shocking.

But......

If you want to do it according to Zhang Yue's intentions, then I'm afraid you have to be ruthless!

Those who will be offended will be in the tens of thousands!

Shangguan Ji, but he doesn't have the courage and courage!

"Virtuous brother...... Shangguan Ji trembled and said to Zhang Yue: "In this way, I am afraid that the servants will all be enemies of the foolish brother!" ”

"How is that possible?" Zhang Yue laughed and said, "Brother, isn't it possible to purge the residual poison of the thief's father and son?" ”

"Wouldn't it be possible to complete the task of eliminating officials by purging a few more times, and purging a batch every year?"

In Zhang Yue's view, it will take three years to eliminate at least 20,000 officials before the Taifu Yamen can regain its vitality and vitality.

Shangguan Ji listened, but he felt creepy.

Eliminating officials, this thing is not easy to do, even if it has the banner of 'purging the residual poison of thieves and fathers and sons', it is even more difficult.

Because, in the past 20 years, Gongsun He's father and son have been in the Taifu Yamen, giving and receiving each other privately, and they have long turned the top and bottom into inbreeding monsters.

These people, intertwined with each other, marry each other, and cut down this family, it will lead out countless people.

What's more important is that there are many people who have connections, and there are people in the DPRK.

If you move them, it will inevitably cause other people besides the servants to discuss.

He may not be able to hold it!

It will even be regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by countless people!

Zhang Yue looked at Shangguan Ji's expression and knew that he was afraid.

hurriedly cheered up Shangguan Ji: "Brother, don't worry, if the elder brother is in the imperial servant and makes drastic changes, the foolish brother is willing to always fight side by side with the elder brother!" ”

Historically, when Huo Guang was in power, in order to get rid of this drawback, he vigorously encouraged private horse breeding.

This method is okay, but it is just a private horse breeding, which will only focus on economic benefits and can only bring temporary benefits.

Moreover, private horse herding cannot concentrate resources and manpower to cultivate and breed excellent war horses.

Therefore, in the later period of the Western Han Dynasty, the quality of war horses continued to decline, so that China was never able to give birth to local excellent horse breeds like Arab thoroughbreds.

This horse breeding and heavy industry are connected.

It is impossible to rely on private individuals or private enterprises, and we must persist with the will of the state, concentrate resources, and persist with great sacrifice and great perseverance, in order to have hope of success!

After all, private individuals want profits, and the state pursues national interests.

Shangguan Jian listened to Zhang Yue's words, thought about it carefully, and then said: "If the virtuous brother can support the foolish brother, then the foolish brother is willing to give it a try!" ”

Anyway, at the beginning, when the residual poison of the thief's father and son was purged, there would be no resistance, and he did not dare to stop it.

If the situation is good, he will continue to pursue the victory.

If the momentum is not right, he can also keep the current results, no matter how he loses!

Zhang Yue was happy, and bowed to Shangguan Ji: "If the elder brother can really do this, then in the future, there will be a place for the elder brother among the three dukes!" ”

This is true.

Ma Zheng has done a good job, even if it is just to restore the situation in the Yuan and Ding years, Shangguan Ji is also immeasurably meritorious!

It is not an exaggeration to worship as one of the three princes, or even as the prime minister!

And Shangguan Ji has the ability to do a good job in horse politics.

Don't look at him as a pat on the horse, but the future General Zuo's professional ability in horse politics is second to none.

Otherwise, at the time of Zhaoxuan, the number of war horses in the Han family would not have recovered so quickly!

Shangguan Ji immediately laughed and said to Zhang Yue: "Then thank you Brother Ji Yan!" ”

In his opinion, this is actually Zhang Yue promising him to help him become the third prince in the future.

He looked at Zhang Yue and cautiously tentatively said, "If Brother Xian doesn't dislike it...... The foolish brother is willing to marry the virtuous brother as a brother with a different surname, and help each other......"

Zhang Yue listened, just smiled and didn't answer.

Brothers with different surnames?

Do you think this is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Besides, the two lieutenants are brothers with different surnames, what will the Son of Heaven think when he finds out?

Seeing this, Shangguan Ji immediately laughed and said, "Brother Fool has lost his words, he has lost his words......