Liu Liu was stupid, Liu Qi was stunned, and Tu Xun was stunned.

Seeing them in such a situation, Xu Xun was not busy explaining, and ordered Liu Liu and Liu Qi to go out first, and then said to Tu Xun: "Don't hide it from Tu Shangshu, I talked to Lin Shangshu and a few of them about the theft yesterday." Nowadays, bandits emerge in an endless stream, especially in the north and south, and they must not be taken lightly. For example, in Jinan, there are several famous figures among the horse thieves, such as Zhang Mao, Qi Yanming, and Yang Hu. In addition, there are not a few people who spread the chalk of the White Lotus Sect inside and outside Gyeonggi, which is the cause of the chaos. There are actually these signs near Beizhili, let alone the world? ”

Tu Xun originally thought that Xu Xun was just recruiting two guards with some ability, but when he heard this, he had been an official in both the north and south for a while, and he had also prepared for the side, and he knew that the little prince outside the gate was powerful, and his heart tightened for a while. It is impossible not to know these internal and external troubles, but now there is such a scene of righteous depression in the court, how many people have the time to care about other things? Therefore, after being silent for a while, he asked, "What does that Pingbeibo mean......?"

"The matter of anti-theft is urgent, but we can't just think about wielding the army to exterminate it as before, and we can't just appease it. It must be known that these bandits live deep in the mountains, and they are engaged in business without capital, just like what Liu Liu and Liu Qi brothers said before, they are not only not good at farming, but also don't look down on the money that is shaved in the field! Whether it is chalk pressing them in the fields, or exile and migration, it is not a long-term solution, how to let them do what they are good at, so that it is possible to gradually extinguish these sprouts. ”

Xu Xun said vulgarly, but the meaning was quite clear, but this was contrary to Tu Xun's deep-rooted understanding of officials for decades. He has always felt that his policy and strategy of only punishing the head and forgiving coercion is the best way to deal with these bandits and thieves, but now Xu Xun actually said that these people can't be appeased at all, this is simply a complete upside down!

"Tu Shangshu should have heard that in some villages where bandits are raging, the people of a village seem to be deeply affected, but when a merchant travels by, they are the ones who report to the mountains, and they are the ones who sell grain to the mountains, and there are even people who simply send their children and grandchildren to those cottages, just to have a way to live, as for the news when the official chalk government raises troops to clear the news, this is the most fatal, but can you exterminate the entire village, or are they all exiled far away?"

Seeing that Tu Xun was hesitant and didn't speak, Xu Xun slowed down and said, "Therefore, the plan now is to give these people a way to live, but at the same time, we have to restrain their actions. Although Liu Liu and Liu Qi did not admit to raising thieves, as they just said, this thief is very natural, otherwise the bandits and bandits will casually drill into that mountain nest, how would they know where the chasers are? ”

Speaking of which, Tu Xun was already a little confused by Xu Xun, and finally couldn't help but ask: "However, Pingbei Bo just said that they will go to the Criminal Department in the future, what does this mean?" ”

"How did Jiang Shanfei enter the Criminal Department at the beginning, I don't think Tu Shangshu will forget it, right?" Seeing that Tu Xun's face turned black all of a sudden, obviously thinking that such a guy had overturned Min and almost overturned himself, Xu Xun laughed, "Of course, with the lessons of Jiang Shanfei, I will not ask Tu Shangshu to accept them into the Criminal Department, so as not to cause an uproar again, and only hang these two people in the secret files of the Criminal Department for the time being, I will use them." ”

It is not difficult to hang two names in the criminal department, and the expenses such as horizontal and vertical head hunting are not to go to the chalk court, and it does not cost a few dollars, but Xu Xun's trick of cultivating the plank road and secretly Chen Cang made him even more confused: "Why don't you take them into the army?" ”…,

"Entering the army is a clear road, and some things are inevitably inconvenient." Speaking of this, Xu Xun smiled and said, "Because I want to borrow the two of them to train a group of people from the left and right official halls, and try their hand at the bandits and bandits in Jinan first." ”

Anti-thieves can't use a large army, firstly, the alarm is too widespread, and secondly, the cost is huge, but it is very good to form a small chalky team for mountain combat to deal with this kind of scene, and even the instructors are ready-made! After the closure is closed, those bandits and bandits who are good at fighting in small chalk regiments will have another quite suitable place to go in the future!

Now that he and Tu Xun have not reached that kind of alliance with which they are at stake, Xu Xun is naturally inconvenient to reveal too much, but after the initial handover, he and Tu Xun have preliminarily reached a few points such as exchanging information and so on, and then sent Tu Xun out of the door. Seeing Tu Xun sit in the mottled carriage and slowly disappear into the night, Xu Xun couldn't help but smile a little.

From this point of view, if Xie Duo's matter can be completed, he will be able to come back one day, and he will not be far from the road of the Grand Slam of Six Ministries, One Academy, and Seven Secretaries.

Liu Liu and Liu Qi were called in to see Tu Xun, and then they were sent out to dry without saying a word, the brothers were waiting anxiously, especially Liu Qi, who said the wrong thing, was even more embarrassed and didn't dare to say a word. It wasn't until Ah Bao sent Xu Xun's order to let their brother go to the study that the two hurriedly and cautiously followed the people inside.

"This little brother, I don't know how Ping Beibo is feeling?"

Ah Bao usually receives a lot of guests, and he is no longer the slender man who begged for food on the canal back then, at this time he turned his head and glanced at the two of them, then grinned, and showed a mouthful of teeth that were not very neat but still white: "The young master's mood is uncertain, sometimes he is obviously smiling but he is angry, sometimes he is obviously angry but not angry, I don't dare to talk nonsense." Seeing Liu Liu stretch out his hand and hand a silver horn up, he immediately blocked it back with his hand and shook his head again.

"The rules in the house are strict, and you can accept door bags on the door, but those of us who follow the young master closely are absolutely not allowed to accept things. Those who don't know are not guilty, and if you take it back, I will treat it as if there is no such thing. ”

Liu Liu didn't want a little guy to be so difficult to deal with, so he retracted his hand, and couldn't help but feel more and more bottomless. When he entered the study again, he saw that there was no one else except Xu Xun, and Ah Bao, who led the way, also retreated after saluting, and he gradually felt a little more at ease.

If this high-ranking and powerful favored minister of the Son of Heaven was suspicious of the two of them, how could he not have any precautions, according to this, the other party should really not care about Liu Qi's unobstructed mouth before.

"Adult ......"

"You two came to see me in Chalk this time, but you want to serve me?"

Faced with this straightforward question, Liu Liu didn't have time to hesitate and said: "The adult is famous, and it was the younger brother who missed the opportunity before, so I want to invite the adult...... Cover with water and recollect. ”

Hearing these last four words, Xu Xun couldn't help but wonder: "What is the recollection of water, you didn't sign the deed and go out of the door, these four words are not used inappropriately." It's just that you are also a little famous in Bazhou Wen'an, why are you willing to leave that kind of good life of making money every day, but you come to look up to people? ”

Liu Liu didn't want to tell the truth, but thinking that Xu Xun was not deliberately deceived by others, he just brought humiliation on himself, so he said with a heart: "Since the adults are inquiring, the small ones don't dare to hide it is really when we arrested the two ringing horse thieves before, we accidentally injured the nephew of Zhang Mao, the famous leader of the ringing horse thieves nearby." There was news that the two of them were either going to vote for them and not caring about it; Either the younger two will leave Bazhou by themselves. We still have wives and children, although there are a few people, but Zhang Mao's horse thieves have two or three hundred people under their hands, and the odds of winning are really not high, so the younger two heard that after the adults were assassinated, those guards were rewarded, and they were ashamed and ashamed for a while, so they cheekily surrendered. ”…,

Knowing that this was the case, Xu Xun asked thoughtfully: "Since you have been helping the Guancha Mansion to arrest thieves and encounter this kind of thing, have you never thought of going through the Guancha Mansion and simply letting them send troops to exterminate those people once and for all?" ”

"How can it be so easy!" He had been pretending to be dumb just now, and Liu Qi finally couldn't help it, "If the official chalk mansion has that ability, it will use us to help arrest the thieves!" When they sent troops, they didn't even feel a shadow behind people's butts, or they were defeated and lost but couldn't even get a pension money, they were all rice buckets in rice buckets! ”

"Sure enough." Xu Xun saw that Liu Liu was about to glare at Liu Qi with his eyes again, so he smiled and said, "Come on, what your brother said is the truth, you don't have to blame him." But I can also tell you clearly that the good things that coincided like the one before may not be able to exist now, unless you make meritorious contributions in the war, otherwise your brothers will write down the documents to support themselves and throw them in, and I don't know that the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse can no longer be self-defeating. So, for the sake of the two of you, I can give you another choice. ”

Liu Liu knew that this was what Xu Xun had just said about entering the Criminal Department, so he hurriedly pricked up his ears, but the next sentence he heard surprised him.

"I have the intention to select three or five hundred people from the front guard of the government army and the official halls of the twelve regiments and battalions, and specially train them in bow and horse fighting, as well as mountain and forest pursuit, trap hunting, and other skills. Since you two are good at catching thieves, you should be able to play to your strengths. ”

"Huh?"

"After October, it will gradually become winter, and I will give you two months. At the end of the year, you exterminated the group of people you just mentioned as Zhang Mao! ”

If it was said that they were taken aback just now, then now the Liu family brothers are completely shocked. Seeing Xu Xun's solemn face, Liu Liu couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and only after a while did he stammer, "My lord,...... Aren't the adults joking with the two younger brothers? ”

"In a word, if you want someone to give people, you want money to give money, but if you can't train soldiers and horses that can be used for two months, you two will know my temperament." Xu Xun paused for a moment, and then smiled slightly, "Your family should still be in Wen'an, Bazhou, right?" ”

Seeing that Liu Liu's and Liu Qi's faces changed greatly at the same time, Xu Xun softened his tone and said, "Of course, if it is successful, then I will not hesitate to reward." I have just told Tu Shangshu that your name is temporarily hanging in the Criminal Department, and once you have achieved something, then I will report it to the emperor for another reward. The court does not provoke lightly, and if you want to fight and make contributions in the north, it depends on the chance, and no matter how good your bow and horse are, you may not be able to withstand the Tartar iron cavalry when you go into battle, but now this is your old business, and it is not easy to make contributions? Moreover, if you are worried about any other relatives and friends among the Ringing Horse Thieves, I can also promise you that you will not be wiped out. ”

After being silent for a long time, Liu Liucai said in a dry voice: "My lord, can you allow us two brothers to think about it?" ”

"Yes, but although I don't like to force people, the stakes are very high, and I don't want to leak this news, so I have already informed Jinyiwei and Xichang to send someone to Bazhou Wen'an." Although Xu Xun didn't say what to send someone to do, he knew that the two of them must know it, so he finally said earnestly, "Since you came here to vote for me today, you should have inquired about me Xu Xun as a person." But with the people who follow me, no one has ever suffered! ”

When he said this, he raised his voice and shouted, "Bao! ”

Ah Bao came in from outside the door, bowed down and said, "What does the young master command?" ”

"Take these two to the guest room to rest. In addition, he sent a message to Jin Liu, and the news of the two of them was not allowed to be revealed, and those guards also went to warn one or two. ”…,

"Yes!"

Seeing that Liu Liu and Liu Qi saluted with an unusually complicated face and followed Ah Bao out, Xu Xun breathed a long sigh of relief. He doesn't want to fight with Liu Jin on the inside, fight with the bosses, beware of Dayan Khan, who is determined to unify the whole of Mongolia, and guard against the chalky people of, and he can't do chalked! By the way, he still remembered that during the Zhengde period, there was also the famous King Ning who rebelled, and there were too many things to pay attention to, and he really couldn't take care of it!

After sitting there and staring for a while, Xu Xun heard Bao's voice outside: "The young master is all settled." In addition, the two of them are here! ”

These two guys are really quick to act!

Thinking that there was a small banquet for civil officials only last night, and tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet on August 15 is the best among a group of military generals, Xu Xun rubbed his eyebrows and stood up, making up his mind that he had to get drunk tonight and relax. So, he got up and called Ah Bao in, and he instructed without thinking: "Go and see what kind of wine is prepared in the kitchen, if it is not enough, move out the ten jars of imperial wine given by the emperor during the New Year, I have to drunk them tonight!" Last night, I worked hard with all the bosses, and tonight I only drank and didn't talk about business! ”

For several days, the lights of the celebrant and the yamen were lit until the third watch.

I don't know the emotion that now the eunuch with the palm print is really diligent and knows it, but he can't help pouting again and again - taking advantage of the fact that Lin Han, the previous secretary of the ministry, has not yet taken up the chalk, and Zhang Cai, the leading Wenxuan Shilang, has been transferred to the right hand of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Liu Jin Licha used Jiao Fang's many years of relationship in the Ministry of Officials to carefully transfer all the case files of those officials, and took a few henchmen to stay up and read at night, almost out of the dark circles, and it was easy to complete such a difficult job before Lin Han officially took office.

"It's finally all there!"

Flicking his fingers on the thick pile of paper on the table, Liu Jin glanced at the four newly promoted retinues in front of him with a smile, and said approvingly: "Yes, the four of you are very good, you have been with our family for so many days, and you have finally sorted out all the Shaanxi people who are chalk officials in the court." Well, it's not in vain that our family didn't want so many people from the inner study hall, but we picked the four of you. Do a good job for our family, and our family will not treat you badly! ”

"Thank you, father-in-law!"

"Go ahead!"

Liu Jin stood up and flicked his sleeves to retreat from everyone, looked down at the things on the table, and there was a kind of smugness that the heroes of Shaanxi were all in my place. It was not in vain that he spent so much effort, and sure enough, he found that among the court officials, the south was more important than the north, and the officials in the north, especially the officials in Shaanxi, had never had an advantage. If he can vigorously promote those talented Shaanxi officials and chalkers, and let those fellow villagers know that if they rely on him, they will have the hope of progressing, then even if he is a eunuch, he will definitely be able to gather a large number of people!

Isn't Xu Xun's kid just using the advantage of being born in Jinling to catch so many oil and salt in one go?

"Father-in-law, will you go out of the palace and go back to your private house tonight, or will you live in a straight house by the river?"

Hearing such a cautious question outside, Liu Jin couldn't help but hesitate. It stands to reason that the eunuch who holds the seal of the master of ceremonies is not allowed to live outside at will if he has nothing to do, and he has to be ready to be summoned by the emperor at any time in the straight room by the river, but Zhu Houzhao has always trusted him, so he ignored this stubble. However, since Wang Shouren was driven out of the chalk city before the fight, he vaguely felt that the little emperor seemed to be a little depressed, and he did not dare to be as arbitrary as before. At this moment, he couldn't help but hesitate for a while, and suddenly asked, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”

"Yes, a few nephews and nephews in your private house have prepared mooncakes for the banquet, saying that they are waiting for their father-in-law to go back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together." …,

"Then go back!"

Liu Jin has spent most of the Mid-Autumn Festival alone in recent years, at most he is accompanied by Gu Dayong and others, and now that he is in a high position and can spend the festival with his family, he put aside the word caution for the time being. When he came out of the public hall, he saw that several small firefighters had already prepared stools and pestles, he raised his feet and sat down, and suddenly rushed to his side and asked, "By the way, what about the others?" ”

That Fengyu Wang Ning is the person who has been used by Liu Jin's side for many years, and he is the most obedient, and when he heard the words, he reported in a low voice: "Back to Father-in-law, Father-in-law Wei's brother sealed the Jinyi Guard Officer because of the holy will, and he is about ...... at home, and Father-in-law Qiu is almost " After Lin Lin said a few people, he paused, and then continued, "As for Father-in-law Zhang and Father-in-law Gu, they both went to Pingbeibo's house, saying that Pingbeibo invited them to have a few drinks in the Mid-Autumn Festival." Ping Beibo also once sent a post to the celebrant to his father-in-law. ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Liu Jin lowered his face and scolded, seeing that Wang Ning hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to make amends, but he didn't reason again, and stomped his foot and ordered to leave. When Wang Ning got up and followed quickly, he seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, and he commanded without looking back, "Next time there is such a post, say it first, at least let our family have a preparation." You go to Pingbei Bofu, and say that we have good intentions, but our nephews and nephews are also very pitiful, and they can't see our family as an uncle and uncle outside every day, and their filial piety can't help but receive it, and they will bother him with wine when they have time in the future. ”

"Yes, little one remembers."

Seeing that Wang Ning was leaving, Liu Jin suddenly stopped him again: "Wait and come back!" When Wang Ning hurried back and stood on the side of the stool, he thought for a while, and then whispered, "Pay attention or inquire, who is going tonight!" ”

Liu Jin went out of the palace and changed into a sedan chair, and hugged back to the private house in Shajia Hutong on the east side of Gulouxia Street, and Sun Cong and several of his nephews had already come out together. I heard that there are a lot of people who give gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival today, he nodded with satisfaction, and then changed his shoulders and went all the way into the house, and when he arrived in the east room of the main hall, he saw that a table of extremely rich wine banquet had been set up, and the bright candles in the four corners, the shining palace lamps, and those golden and jade ornaments and playthings, just exuded a chalky and luxurious luxury that he had never hoped for before, and he couldn't help but look happy. After sitting down, several nephews came up to toast with a smile on their faces, and everyone was stacking a basket of compliments, he only felt that the whole person was more and more fluttering, and he drank a few more glasses unconsciously.

After this meal, Liu Jin's cheeks were already red, and the two of them went back to the room with one left and one right. However, he had just stopped in a daze, when he only heard the sound of muttering outside, and he couldn't help but shout impatiently: "It's so late, what's the matter?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, it's my father-in-law who is back." Seeing that Liu Jin didn't say anything, Sun Cong on the side of the door hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The prince also brought back a scholar, who met at the door of our house. ”

Now that he is the eunuch in charge of the celebrant and the eunuch who has been in power for a while, Liu Jin doesn't even pay attention to Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, but he is always a little frightened by Xu Xun. The reason is very simple, not because Xu Xun has almost caught up with him, but because Xu Xun is his own people on the left and right, and he is more than one step behind when it comes to competing for the talents in his hands. Therefore, if Sun Cong said something else, as soon as he said that he was a scholar recommended by Shangchamen, he actually got up immediately, regardless of the fact that his head was still a little groggy and ordered: "Please, please!" ”…,

After a while, Wang Ning ushered a scholar in his early forties into the door. Seeing this age, Liu Jin was satisfied with seven points first. He didn't want to fight with Xu Xun, who was old enough to be his grandson, and he had to listen to a milky and undried boy at home. He had just drunk the sobering soup, sat up straight, and said with a pleasant face: "You said that you have a good plan to dedicate to our family?" ”

"Yes, father-in-law."

The scholar bowed down, and when he straightened up, he said word by word: "Zhang Wenmian, a chalk student, is a member of Huating people."

The chalk student heard that his father-in-law is now in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, so he offers a plan to calm the people. ”

"What is the plan of the chalk people?"

"Reducing taxes, cleaning up the salt administration, punishing corruption, and pursuing compensation for arrears in the government treasury...... There are a total of thirteen chalks! ”

Zhang Wenmian took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and handed it over, seeing that Liu Jin was stunned at first, and then showed an expression of interest, he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart. He even passed the county test, the government test, and the hospital test, but he failed to do it repeatedly. If it weren't for the occasional encounter with the iron-masked man after that drunkenness, he used his drunken spirit to tell his ambition and get help from others, how could he come to the chalk city and talk in front of the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies?

It's time for him to get moving! [To be continued, "This article is chalky by mentioning chalk". If you like this work, you are welcome to ◣◥ to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. 】