Li You's appointment this time can be described in one word, that is, he started from scratch and did not have any ready-made things.

The boundaries of the city are different from those of the other places, and the affairs under the feet of the Son of Heaven are under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and Li You's new yamen, like a large number of ministries, courtyards, temples, prisons, and Shuntianfu, are directly subordinate to the imperial court in name.

But after all, the imperial court is a false word, and most of the specific practices are in the hands of the six ministries, from personnel to finance, which are directly managed by the six ministries. If Li You wants to open, he will almost have to deal with the six departments several times.

The clerks in the yazhong should be transferred by the officials; The cost of money and food should be paid by the household department; The seal handle should be issued by the Ministry of War; judicial authority, in consultation with the Criminal Department; The premises of the government office must be solved by the Ministry of Industry. Only the noble Ministry of Rites has nothing to do with his mundane affairs.

When Li You served as the secretary of the cabinet back then, the scope of his activities was actually very small. But there are two kinds of officials who have the most contact, one is a scholar from the next family, and the other is an official from the six departments of the upper family, so Master Li is not very worried about dealing with the six departments, and he can more or less find acquaintances.

Li You's three and five court battles were all extremely high-end centers, and they had little impact with the business officials of the six ministries and departments. So at this level, he didn't directly offend anyone, unless he met a disciple who was very close to a few scholars. Probably the officials of the six ministries and departments would not be guilty of provoking him.

On 13 August, Li You came to the yamen of various ministries outside the Chengtian Gate with a letter in his hand. In the local area, he is the eldest master, and when he arrives in Beijing, he is not so expensive. When it's time to come forward, others can't do it for you.

He went to the household department first, and was told by the Shaanxi Qing official Sidu Branch who was in charge of his part: "Lord Li first determined the head, so that he could calculate the expenses and withdraw the silver taels." ”

Immediately, Li You went to the ministry next door again, and was warmly and thoughtfully suggested: "Master Li has the office first, and I will wait until I can transfer the scribe to fill it." ”

Later, Li You went to the Ministry of Industry again, and the director of the Department of Renovation was embarrassed: "Whether it is rebuilt or rebuilt, or the existing vacant official office is used, it cannot be given to Your Excellency without evidence, and there must be a letter seal." ”

Li You's official position is nominally an outward mission of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, using a rectangular pass instead of a square official seal, but the pass defense has not yet been issued.

So Li Baixian, who claimed to have connections and connections, took the letter and walked around the various departments, but he didn't do anything except be familiar

In fact, it's not bad, no one deliberately made it difficult for him, but the situation is like this, the rhythm is such a rhythm, and the program is such a program.

Master Li, who is famous for his vigorous and resolute behavior in Yangzhou Mansion, stood on Jingshi Street and sighed three times weakly. In the face of the operational inertia of the bureaucratic machine, Master Li, who can fight well, can only be defeated for the time being.

Helpless, Li You had no choice but to go to the military department again to urge the customs defense.

Lu Laoshangshu of the Ministry of War looked solemn and said thoughtfully: "How can it be so convenient to cast the Great Seal of Customs and Defense, how can it be the Mid-Autumn Festival." You don't have to rush yet. ”

Li You originally wanted to take the opportunity to talk to Lao Shangshu about the patrol camp and see if there was any way to make it easy for him to borrow the power of the patrol camp officers and soldiers. However, looking at Lao Shangshu's expression, I heard him say again, "Don't be anxious first." "I always feel that there is something in the words.

Lu Xianshangshu didn't want to hide it from Li You, and took the initiative to reveal: "Our Lady has sent an edict to the ministry to separately supervise and arrest a member of the fifth battalion. ”

Admiral Patrol Camp? Li You was taken aback, he was thinking about how to rub oil on the patrol camp, but he didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Cisheng would also think of this, and she would directly set up a commander to lead the patrol camp!

Li You thought back to that day of Tingtui, when he first moved out of the ancestral law and then created political pressure, Empress Dowager Qian easily retreated, a little unexpected. …,

But these days he was still in a period of excitement and did not think much about it. Only said that the Empress Dowager Qian couldn't do anything, and under the pressure of the ministers, she didn't want to drag the mud and water, so she decisively withdrew.

Could it be that she was just forbearance for a while at that time, and this Admiral patrolling the fifth battalion was the backhand prepared by the Empress Dowager Cisheng? And it is conceivable that eighty percent of the candidates are martial arts nobles.

Among the three sets of people who manage the security of the city, the inspector is the official of the imperial court inspector, and the Terracotta Division is the official of the local shop, both of which are civil officials; The patrol battalion is part of the Beijing Camp Forbidden Army, but it was only drawn out to catch thieves, so it still belongs to the military attaché.

Li You subconsciously asked, "Can't you stop it?" ”

Lu Shangshu shook his head. In fact, Li You also understands that in addition to the military selection of the military department, the appointment of military attachés by Tejian is much less resistant than that of Tejian Wenchen, for two reasons.

First, after Jiashen, under the preservation of the tradition of civilian governance, although the military attache did not interfere with politics but had a closer relationship with the royal family, whether it was a special simple or a military department to select officials, the appointment of the army must be personally read by the Son of Heaven to use the treasure, which is the practice left by Emperor Gaozong.

Second, if the civil servants compete too much for military power, they are only afraid of provoking the criticism of ill-intentioned people, so they are more restrained when the dispute over the appointment of military attaches arises. As long as the military attache does not interfere in politics, he can basically tolerate it.

All in all, Empress Dowager Qian wants to simply promote Admiral to patrol the five battalions, but I am afraid that it is not difficult, and it is much simpler than promoting Wenchen. This is also the reason why Li You was so easy to take charge of the Garrison Department of the Government in the first place.

Li You thought about it for a while, and had to admit that this time the courtiers really had no reason to stop Empress Dowager Qian from changing the pattern of the patrol camp.

In advance, the imperial court admitted that there were many troubles in Beijing, and the relevant functions were too scattered, and it was necessary to concentrate power to strengthen governance. But you can't just allow civil officials to set fires, and don't allow royal lights to light them.

Could it be that Empress Dowager Qian had this idea at the beginning, and before that she was just cultivating the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark? Li You couldn't help but remember again that the eldest princess of Guide had emphasized to him, "You are doomed." "Could it be fulfilled here?

Even if Xu Houshan is not worried, he can't stop the Empress Dowager Cisheng from doing this, Li You secretly has a headache.

If two sets of people really form a situation in which each person goes his own way, it will be very unfavorable to him. After all, he doesn't have any foundation at the moment, he's just an empty shell, and the five procuratorates and the five soldiers and horses need time to digest, but he doesn't want another one to make trouble!

The more serious consequence is that if the patrol battalion seizes the opportunity to perform well, then even if he succeeds in integrating the procuratorate and the Terracotta Division in the future, he will be left behind. is in charge of public security, whoever lags behind is a vassal, and he Li You definitely doesn't want to be incompetent in the eyes of others!

Lu Shangshu sighed: "The Queen Mother did this, why didn't she show it to others?" ”

Li You nodded silently. The front foot has just appointed him, the right envoy of the inspector who is in charge of the Five Cities Procuratorate and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the back foot is about to appoint a commander to patrol the five battalions, which is too obvious. At the same time, it is also shown to others, full of various meanings.

After getting the big news from Lu Shangshu and chatting a few words, Li You took his leave. Out of the gate of the military department, Zhang San, who was entourage, saw that the old man's face was not good, and stepped forward to ask: "The master is going back to the house?" ”

Li You saw that it was still early, and ordered: "Go to Renshoufang!" ”

This Renshoufang is located in the northwest of the imperial city, about five miles away from the Liubu side, east, west, south, north, and middle five terracotta divisions, and the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division is in Renshoufang.

Li You thought to himself that when he came out today, he couldn't be completely unreal, and it was good to go to the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division, the head of the Terracotta Division, to inspect.

When Lord Li took office, it was said that he should be waiting for his subordinate officials to come and meet him, but now it seems that the situation is urgent, and he can seize the time to meet one by one. …,

As the name suggests, the Midtown Terracotta Division can also roughly guess where it is under its jurisdiction. Among the 36 squares in the city, the yamen is in charge of nine squares. These nine squares are located in the middle of the Jingyi City, that is, the nine squares around the imperial city, the most authentic imperial city root place.

These nine squares have the largest number of government offices and high-ranking official residences. For example, the hour Yongfang where Li You lived was among them, and there was also the Ten Kings' Mansion where Guide Chitose lived. The rest, such as the six ministries, temples, prisons and other government offices, are countless.

Therefore, the ministry of the Midtown Terracotta Division is actually a little different from other Terracotta Divisions, and its status is slightly higher than that of the rest of the Terracotta Division.

Li You first asked Zhang San to walk ahead of him to deliver the message, so as not to catch his subordinates off guard and make any mistakes. He didn't want to do the trick of a surprise attack, which would disgust his subordinates. In the current situation of urgent need to win hearts and minds, this is not suitable.

In less than half an hour, Li Baixian and his entourage arrived at the boundary of Renshoufang. Outside the gate of the Terracotta Division at the east end of the fang, Li You got off the sedan chair and looked around, but saw that it was quiet, except for a few pedestrians who passed by occasionally, and there was no one else.

Didn't have someone to greet you? Master Li was surprised and extremely surprised. When his boss arrived, he didn't ask for a crowd to welcome him, but he always had to come out with a few cats and dogs to greet him? How can anyone be so ignorant of the rules?

Zhang San, who was standing in front of him, flashed out of the gate and said angrily to Li You: "The little one went to the Yazhong to report the news, but they claimed that there was no master at the moment!" ”

Li You's face was calm, and he turned his head and asked, "Is this true?" ”

Namending kowtowed and said: "Back to this master's words, all the masters in the yazhong are indeed not here, and they have all gone to inspect the various squares." ”

Li You asked again: "Now in this Yamen of the Soldiers and Horses, one commander, four deputy commanders, and officials are all gone?" ”

"Yes..."

Li You snorted coldly, "Then go find someone to report the news!" Let's just say that the official is waiting here! With that, he walked up to the lobby and sat down in it, waiting quietly without saying a word.

I don't know how long it has been, the sky is nearly dusk, and the five people in the middle city are still not in front of Li You.

There is no guessing at all, it must be deliberately slow. The chief and deputy commanders of the Terracotta Division are indeed responsible for each piece in terms of their duties, but how can it be that there is no one on duty in the government office?

Master Li meditated in his heart about the resume of the commander of the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division, his name was Gou Fei, the second son of Wu Anbo, and the birth of the prisoner of Guozi...

Who instructed this Gou Fei? Li You suspiciously combined it with the fact that Empress Dowager Qian wanted to supervise the five camps and think about it, and felt as if there was an invisible net...... ）