In this case, the severity of the situation has been reversed in an astonishing way: there are bandits who have come out, which can also be explained by the fact that this group of bandits does not know why they have mastered the ability of soil work whimsically, but after a long time, there is no one left, who is the holy person who wants to live**, and harm others without self-interest?

"Bandits? What bandits? Why didn't you report the piecemeal things before? How many oils and water does the construction team have? People have nothing to do to harass you? The director grabbed the clothes of the director in charge of the project and questioned him fiercely.

"This is obviously some people who don't want to make trouble by passing the track, this is a very serious political incident!" The bureau chief, who had just attended a training course run by the emperor himself, was angry and afraid. Isn't this the obvious topic of the local conservative forces feeling that they have moved their cake?

The weather was hot, and even in the stilted building, the director felt a little groggy. "No... They don't seem to have brushed up on the topic..."

In the face of the "bunch of waste" under his command, the director showed an expression of lamentation and anger at his misfortune.

And this director is still a better person who has passed the subject exam.

After a brief vent, the director understood the use of taking down his subordinates and decided to report to the cabinet in person. Although the administrative level of the Orbital Bureau is lower than that of the sixth department, and the chief official is only the fifth rank, it is also directly under the cabinet--- of course, for him, even one clerk in the cabinet can make him respectful.

The Cabinet office was located next door to the palace and occupied several large rooms - the size of two quadrangles, and the director walked a few steps to the cabinet. When he came to the reception, the director briefly said what he wanted to report, and saw the clerk at the reception writing and gesturing on a pamphlet--- which was an attempt by the cabinet to apply the popular emergency and important law in later generations, dividing things into four types through two aspects: urgent and important.

"Alright, please go in with this wooden sign." The receptionist handed over a perforated wooden sign with Arabic numerals, and the director grabbed him through the corridor and handed it to another person.

"Let me say goodbye!" Hearing the seriousness of the matter, the man with the sign stuck it on the shelf and trotted into the courtyard inside. As soon as he ran in, the person with the sign ran out sweatingly: "Search yourself, you can go in directly." ”

The director was in a trance, did he just see the bigwigs he could only look up to? Although it is definitely not a good thing to meet the first or second assistant of the cabinet because of this kind of thing.

Yang Zai saw this kind of middle and low-level officials with horror and joy, and his voice was not shocked: "This matter is not small, you can describe the situation you know in detail." ”

After boldly taking a sip of the tea that the subordinate had served him, the director thought about it and said, "On June 17, the track was repaired to the boundary of the Yongchang Military and Civilian Mansion, and there were more and more attacks by various robbers and bandits. ”

"The people below covered the lid and did not report it online, and the result may be that because they wanted to organize the construction of the track thoroughly, they simply dug a pit, stuffed it with gunpowder, and blew up a small section of the track into the sky."

"Well, you go on." Yang Zai nodded, and his heart was like a big stone smashed into the tranquil water. Black powder? As the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Zai knew that this technique was a method used by the imperial system to break the city wall, and it was actually used by these people to regularly and directionally blast? How did they learn about this technology? It is true that this technology will proliferate, but how can it spread so quickly? With a stomach full of questions, Yang picked up a charcoal pen and planned to listen and record something.

"At first, some of these people came out with swords and guns to loot, but after one or two they switched to bows and arrows. In the end, it was replaced by a bird gun. The local bows and arrows are very poisonous, so the people of the construction team are scared... I even have to keep organizing road escorts, and now ...... There are more and more soldiers in the Yongchang Military and Civilian Government, I don't know about the military, and I don't know how many people there are..."

The construction of the iron-clad wooden track is a cause jointly promoted by the military and the cabinet, so the military also got the news that when Li Dingguo was sitting in Kunming, the highest status in the army was Wang Xi, who participated in the bloody battle of Mopanshan and was the deputy chief of staff and the Marquis of Zhongxing. But Wang Xi was also temporarily idle due to the reform of the army, and the document was transferred to Zhu Youlang's table.

"Spread the word to Zhang Gongji."

With a word, Zhang Gongji ran over, and since he came back with Liu Xiang, Zhang Gongji was surprised to find that the emperor seemed to have "set himself in the air". often gives orders to his subordinates directly without himself, and sometimes even through Liu Xiang, it can be seen how unpopular he is with the emperor, and he doesn't know what kind of bad luck he has fallen. Naturally, the Emperor rejected all of his requests for an audience, and now, the opportunity for speculation was finally in the door.

"The emperor's heart is unpredictable." Looking at the simple and delicate dots of green beside the corridor, Zhang Gongji sighed in his heart. Your Majesty's heart, in his opinion, is the same as this Restoration Palace, small, unheard of, and extremely incomprehensible.

"Zhang Aiqing."

"The minister is here." Zhang Gongji is a spirit.

"Zhang Aiqing is old... I don't think I'm in good health..."

Hearing this, Zhang Gongji didn't know what it meant? Isn't this what the emperor wants to retire early? How's that going to work? Don't say anything else, just talk about eating, without Yulu, I have no industry in Myanmar, and I drink the northwest wind by myself?

"Thank you for the emperor's love, the minister is still in good health, and he can still serve His Majesty." Zhang Gongji hurriedly said that he could still do it.

"There's a little situation in the north," Zhu Youlang asked the people around him to hand over a bamboo tube, "You go back and take a look, and then find out this matter clearly, and if it is done well, I will have other uses for you." ”

Zhang Gongji had no choice, as the nominal supreme leader of Jinyiwei, Zhang Gongji had enjoyed the taste of power, and letting him give up this taste was worse than starvation. Therefore, even if this task is against the sky, he can't refuse.

And Zhu Youlang also felt that this choice was very bad, the last time I saw Zhang Gongji and Liu Xiang at the same time, I could see that Zhang Gongji's ability was worse than Liu's, and there was obvious jealousy--- which was also an important reason why Zhu Youlang snubbed him, but when this major event happened, after thinking about it, there was no more suitable person in the court than this.

I had to pinch my nose and use people.

This kind of thing happened more than once, after explaining the mission, Zhang Gongji went out of the palace with a cold sweat, and as soon as he got home, he opened the bamboo tube and took out the silk inside......

Zhu Youlang sat motionless on the dragon chair with his eyes blank, maintaining the posture of meeting Zhang Gongji, and suddenly closed his eyes and fell back......

(End of chapter)