Chapter 12 The Imperial Embassy, Evaluating and Degrading Officials
readx;?“ Adults must not lead the army to Guanzhong to repair the canal! In the study of Zhao's mansion, Su Xun, who learned that Zhao Lei was about to lead the army to Guanzhong to repair the canal, immediately retorted to Zhao Lei in shock. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info/q В5. /
"Why?" Zhao Lei asked in surprise, he didn't expect Su Xun to refute him and go to Guanzhong to repair the canal.
"Why don't you understand! For example, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian, one of the two proposed to repair the old road of the Yellow River, and the other proposed to repair the Bai Canal and Zheng Guo Canal, and the matter was done well in the future, and the credit was theirs, and the officials who really repaired the river canal could not get any benefits, even the credit was very small, and there was definitely a problem in this matter, you must know that the Bai Canal and Zheng Guo Canal are five hundred miles long, although the project did not repair the Yellow River, but it took longer. After all, the new army plus the service workers is only 50,000 people, compared with the hundreds of thousands of people who repaired the old road of the Yellow River, the difference between heaven and earth, there is no three or five years, and it is impossible to complete it! Su Xun frowned and said to Zhao Lei with a calm face.
Hearing Su Xun's words, Zhao Lei immediately understood the conspiracy contained in the New Army's repair of the canal.
"Humph! In this way, Lu Yijian is basically playing a trick, and if I am dragged in Guanzhong for a few years, it is estimated that the officials will not remember me in a few years. Zhao Lei snorted coldly and said sharply.
Su Xun smiled slightly, he understood that as long as he pointed out what Zhao Lei should pay attention to, how to do it specifically, with Zhao Lei's ingenuity, he would definitely have a perfect plan, so he reminded Zhao Lei in the future. Sitting there quietly sipping tea, sitting calmly.
Zhao Lei frowned and sat in the study, his fingers tapped lightly on the desk, thinking about how to deal with this matter, he originally thought that after the temporary alliance with Lu Yijian, coupled with the pressure of Wang Zeng, Zhang Shixun and Yan Shu. Lu Yijian should not be looking for trouble with him, and he will do his best to deal with the targeting of other political enemies, but Zhao Lei never expected that Lu Yijian, who is now low-key, actually hit his head with his thoughts, and retreated in the face of Wang Zeng and others, and insidiously set Zhao Lei.
Why did Lu Yijian avoid Wang Zeng and them and hit me with all his might! Zhao Lei sat there, unable to figure it out.
"How are you going to deal with this?" Seeing that Zhao Lei was thinking hard and didn't speak, Su Xun couldn't hold his breath. asked Zhao Lei calmly.
"The matter of the new army repairing the Baiqu and Zheng Guoqu is easy to solve, the official family ordered the new army to repair the canal, and did not name me to go, then I asked Han Qi to lead his 5,000 men and horses with 25,000 laborers, and then let Yang Zun and Shi Yuanchun take turns to repair the river for half a year. It will not delay the training of the new army, and it will not leave a message to the imperial court, it is not a big deal, what I am puzzled about now is that old boy Lu Yijian. Why do you avoid Wang Zeng, Zhang Shixun and Yan Shu, and always target me like this! Zhao Lei asked Su Xun in confusion.
When Su Xun heard Zhao Lei's question, he also fell into deep thought. He also couldn't think of Lu Yijian's purpose for Zhao Lei, although Zhao Lei controlled the New Army and the New Army Logistics Yamen, but these yamen and Lu Yijian did not have any political conflict, and Zhao Lei had no intention of competing for officialdom at all, at least now he has no intention of competing for officialdom, it is said that Lu Yijian's biggest enemy is another prime minister, Wang Zeng, Zhang Shixun and Yan Shu, but he just gave Zhao Lei, why!
I couldn't guess Lu Yijian's destination Zhao Lei, so I called the official family of Zhao Mansion to Houshan in annoyance. Asked about Lu Yijian's recent affairs.
Hou Shan is an old Bianjing, when he was young, he stole chickens and dogs, is a famous splash in Bianjing, has a unique network, since he followed Zhao Lei, became the housekeeper of Zhao Mansion, he was ordered by Zhao Lei to secretly build the Zhao family's intelligence network in Bianjing, Hou Shan used his fox friends and dogs, plus Zhao Lei's huge financial assistance, and quickly bought thousands of boring people like Bianjing and three aunts and six women, acting as the eyeliner of Zhao Mansion, monitoring all the actions of Bianjing.
When Hou Shan heard Zhao Lei's request, he quickly found a booklet and handed it to Zhao Lei with the booklet about Lu Yijian's recent movements.
Zhao Lei looked at Lu Yijian's recent activities and was even more confused, these days the Lu family is living in a shallow way, low-key can no longer be low-key, there is nothing wrong.
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After the fourth edition of the Bianjing News was changed to the eighth edition, the price was also doubled, a ten-dollar daily newspaper, the sales volume became less and less, and the loss was gradually serious, and the loss was tens of thousands of taels of silver within a month, Ye Qingchen was really unwilling to subsidize tens of thousands of taels every month to feed hundreds of scholars who fell off the list, plus the Bianjing News had no oil and water, and those scholars were difficult to entangle, Ye Qingchen was angry, and finally gave up the newspaper Yamen and the Bianjing News, and divided the newspaper Yamen from the three divisions, and saw that the yamen was ready to receive it.
"Enlighten the official family! Since the Third Division's envoy Ye doesn't want the newspaper yamen, it is better to put the newspaper yamen under the logistics yamen of the new army! Zhao Lei heard Ye Qingchen hand over the newspaper yamen, and immediately stepped forward to ask for the newspaper yamen and said.
Of course, the official Zhao Zhen immediately agreed, you must know that Zhao Lei paid an advance payment of 1.2 million taels of silver, if not a single newspaper yamen does not give it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to ask for money from the logistics yamen of the new army to subsidize the inner treasury in the future.
"Enlighten the official family! The minister hopes that Ouyang Xiu and Lord Ouyang can serve as the judge of the newspaper yamen and preside over the daily work of the newspaper yamen, after all, Lord Ouyang is famous in the literary world, and his talent is extraordinary, and with him in charge of the newspaper yamen, he will definitely be able to bring the Bianjing News back to life. Zhao Lei struck while the iron was hot and immediately made a second request.
The newspaper yamen is not a great yamen, who goes is not going! After the official Zhao Zhen asked Ouyang Xiu's opinion, he immediately agreed to Zhao Lei's request, ordered the newspaper Yamen and Bianjing News to be merged into the New Army Logistics Yamen, and appointed Ouyang Xiu as the judge of the newspaper Yamen.
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In the VIP wing room on the second floor of Pan Lou, Zhao Lei and Pan Lou Sikui reunited again.
But this party was not like the last time old friends reunited for drinks and chats. This time they drank wine, smelled their daughter's fragrance, and ate carmine.
"Come on! Sanshi, I will toast you again, thank you for fulfilling my wish and entering the newspaper yamen! Ouyang Xiu hugged the twenty-nine beauties who were accompanying the wine beside him. As soon as he held it, he said to Zhao Lei boldly.
Zhao Lei put one hand around Liu Ruyan, a famous prostitute in Pan Lou sent by Pan Fusheng next to him, and was shaking his head to listen to the graceful singing and graceful dancing of the singer next to him, and when he heard Ouyang Xiu's words, he smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all after signaling.
"The Bianjing News is losing money, Sanshi took over so rashly, and he also dragged Uncle Yong in, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" Fan Zhongyan was the most steady, and after a while, he remembered the Bianjing News. frowned and said to Zhao Lei and Ouyang Xiu.
"Brother Xiwen, don't worry! The little brother of Bianjing News only has a plan, and he guarantees that he will make a profit next month, and he will definitely not let Ouyang Xiu carry this black pot. Zhao Lei smiled slightly and said confidently.
Zhao Lei does have this self-confidence, and he has secretly discussed it with Pan Fusheng and these Bianjing heroes. Pan Fusheng will pay a monthly fee of 5,000 taels of silver to let the Bianjing News Newspaper advertise the industry under their name, while Zhao Lei will set up the layout of the Bianjing News from the new plan, and will leave enough space for 50 advertisements, that is, it is only the advertising cost. It would earn 250,000 taels of silver a month, so that the Bianjing News could sell four of the eight pages of the newspaper. While maintaining sales, it can earn about 100,000 taels of net profit every month.
"Since Sanshi is so sure, he won't say anything more for his brother." Fan Zhongyan picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, and said indifferently to Zhao Lei.
"What's wrong with you two? I'm not in a good mood today! Especially Brother An Dao, today he actually cherishes words like gold, this is the privilege of Brother Shilu, is Brother An Dao ready to apprentice to Brother Shilu. Ouyang Xiu saw that Zhao Lei was so sure, and he was also relieved. Looking at Yu Jing and Yin Su, who were saying no words at the banquet and showing bitter faces, they asked curiously.
"Alas!" Ouyang Xiu's words were exchanged for Yu Jing and Yin Zhu's sighs at the same time, and the sighs of the two also brought the curiosity of Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and Zhao Lei.
"What's wrong? What are you feeling embarrassed about? Lack of money or is that not working? Ouyang Xiu looked at Yu Jing and Yin Zhu, who were sighing at the same time, and asked jokingly.
Yu Jing and Yin Zhu glanced at each other, and suddenly said loudly to Zhao Lei: "It's all three stones!" ”
"What do you mean?" Looking at Yu Jing and Yin Zhu, who were accusing at the same time, Zhao Lei said confusedly.
"Sanshi proposed that the official family should overthrow an official every year, and the official family agreed to Sanshi's meaning in order to clear the officialdom, and after this year's palace examination, it will be an annual imperial envoy assessment, and when the time comes, the imperial envoy and the officials of the Imperial Court who cannot participate in one official in a year will be demoted from Bianjing!" Yu Jing had endured it for a long time and didn't speak, and at this time, he could finally say out loud what he and Yoon Su were worried about.
"Imperial Observatory Assessment!" Zhao Lei was slightly stunned, and suddenly remembered that he had indeed made this suggestion to the officials, but this suggestion seemed very good to him, after all, the Imperial Envoy and the Imperial Court were like the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in later generations, if the officials of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection did not concentrate on dealing with corrupt officials, but pointed fingers at the policies of the officials and the imperial court, what use did they want, so Zhao Lei will put forward this suggestion, and the eyes of the officials of the Imperial Envoy and the Imperial Court will be transferred from the official family and the imperial court policy to the corrupt officials, but I did not expect this policy to attract the accusations of Yu Jing and Yin Zhu.
"Is there anything wrong with the Imperial Observatory assessment?" Zhao Lei frowned and asked Yu Jing and Yin Zhu.
"No! Very bad! The imperial envoy assessment may be useful for family officials, with the background of those official eunuchs, they have many channels to catch some corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and then impeach them, but for poor backgrounds, especially Taiwanese officials who have just arrived in Bianjing, it is very unfair, they are difficult to find evidence of the crime of corrupt officials in a short time, and sometimes it takes a long time to bring down a person, so the evaluation system of the imperial envoy is not fair at all! Yu Jing said loudly to Zhao Lei.
"Fair! The younger brother remembers that Bao Zheng and Zhao Zheng are known as the two tigers of your imperial envoy, they seem to be from poor backgrounds, and they have just come to Bianjing, I heard that they have brought down more than a dozen corrupt officials in just two years, Bao Zheng is perennial wandering around Bianjing, micro-service private visits, looking for illegal evidence of corrupt officials everywhere, why don't they shout unfair! Zhao Lei looked at Yu Jing and Yin Zhu majestically, and asked in a deep voice.
When Yu Jing and Yin Zhu heard Zhao Lei's words, they were slightly stunned, and then began to reflect on whether the assessment of the imperial envoy was unfair, or whether they did not integrate into the imperial envoy at all and did not do their best at all.
"That's it! Let's just talk about it today, and wait until I have time to go to the yamen to talk slowly! Fan Zhongyan looked at Yu Jing and Yin Zhu's pensive expressions, smiled slightly, and said to a few people.
Fan Zhongyan, as the eldest brother, spoke, Zhao Lei, Ouyang Xiu, Yu Jing and Yin Zhu, all put down their official business, drank happily, and discussed, and the room was suddenly filled with the bold voices of men and the coquettish voices of women.
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