Chapter 921: Bottoming Out
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At the other end of the corridor of Li Jingnan's study are the offices of Sun Lan, the prince of the Supervision Department, and the director of the chamberlain's room.
Originally, the chamberlain was just a group of staff officers, secretaries, clerks, and interpreters who accompanied Li Jing during the war, and the task was to deal with all kinds of official documents. However, as Li Jing's power has skyrocketed over the years, the chamberlain's room, like the Supervision Office, has been expanding day by day.
By the second year of Yuanhe, the chamberlain had been expanded into three divisions, the chief of guard's office, and the counselor's office, with the first chamber responsible for military and intelligence-related business, the second chamberlain dealing with civil affairs and judicial-related affairs, and the third chamberlain handling personnel and assessment affairs. The chief guard's office is responsible for the guard affairs around Li Jing, and the counselor's office specializes in the study of strategic directions, which is actually a Zhixiang group. These three offices and two chambers are equivalent to a small Qin feudal joint department that follows Li Jing anytime and anywhere, because Li Jing, the king of Qin, has actually become a family of his own and the king of an independent kingdom without constraints, so this chamber of attendants next to Li Jing, although it is only a chamber of attendants, but they can make suggestions on all aspects of the Qin Domain, military, civil, criminal, personnel and other matters, and can even make their written opinions on the decisions of various ministries, therefore, they can sometimes even influence, As far as Li Jing was deposed on various important matters, even in terms of personnel, his influence was by no means ordinary.
Therefore, within the Qin Domain, for this increasingly influential chamber of attendants, there is even a small cabinet in private. The officials of the three offices and the second room are not of high grade, almost all of them are below the fifth grade, but their influence sometimes even exceeds that of high-ranking officials such as Liubu Shangshu and Shilang.
Now that Li Jing is going to conquer the Bohai Sea again, the attendant room is getting busier and busier. Wang Shi, the chief of the guard, Zhao Jiang, the deputy chief of the guard, Li Liu, the commander of the guard battalion, and Li Shan, the commander of the garrison battalion, were discussing the security work on the march. Although the king of Qin also accompanied the six armies of the guards. Whether it is the Golden Armor Shengjie Army of the three armies or the Silver Spear Jie Army, the Guard Army. is also the pro-Xun Yi Sanwei of the three armies in the interior. There are many people and horses, and the elite is extraordinary. But the Attendant Division is also one of the three internal armies, although there are few of them, they are the same as the Secret Service, guarding King Qin closely, and even they are closer than the Secret Service.
In addition to Zhao Jiang, the deputy chief of the guard, the earliest special team member, Wang Shi, the chief of the guard, Li Liu of the guard battalion, and Li Shan of the garrison battalion were the first young people to follow Li Jing out of Wang Li Village. It's just that at that time, Wang Shi was still called Xiaoshi, and Li Liu was called Li Liugen. Li Shan's name is Li Xiaoshan. Over the years, they are now all generals with five-rank ranks, and all three of them still have an earldom.
A few of them can be said to be the most loyal to Li Jing.
Wang Shi, the chief of the guard, who was less than thirty, ended the discussion with his subordinates, and picked up a report that had just sat down, this was the itinerary of Li Jing, the king of Qin, that day, and they studied and worked out a safe travel route according to the itinerary of the day, which was the most important thing in the chief of the guard's office, and the first thing every day. Li Jing has always been more cooperative with the itinerary of the chief guard's room. But be sure to send it over early, so far. Li Jing was able to read the report at breakfast after waking up and exercising in the morning. However, there is no plan for Li Jing, the king of Qin, to go out on his itinerary today, and the plan for the expedition has been done, but no matter how fast it is, it still needs a little time for the soldiers to assemble on Qinwang Island, and Li Jing does not need to go so early. Moreover, on Yanjing's side, the left-behind personnel have been decided, but there are still many things to arrange. Li Jing's itinerary today is full of early, and he is in the palace to meet all the civil and military personnel.
The bell rang at six o'clock in the morning.
With the sound of neat and energetic footsteps, Li Jing appeared in the south study on time full of energy.
Wang Dong stood in front of the corridor in a shiny half-body armor like a spear, and next to him, the chief officers of the three divisions of the attendant's room and the counselor's office were also standing there with a briefing in their pockets.
The first briefing in the morning was the first work of the second room of the three offices.
In the Supervision Hall, Sun Lan also appeared in front of the corridor, she was wearing a set of waist and narrow sleeves, and a calfskin coat with lapels on the outside, the fiery red color made this woman who controlled the Supervision Hall and became the eyes and ears of King Qin more and more dazzling, and she couldn't see that this woman was much older than King Qin. Although she was very beautiful and charming, no one looked at her much, because she was not only a member of the Supervision Department, but she was also one of the four female dukes of the Qin Domain, and she was also the mother of the thirty-eighth son of the King of Qin.
Li Jing ate with the staff in the attendant's room in the morning, and Gongsun Lan sat next to him. The breakfast is not very rich, but there are several styles, basically in line with Li Jing's favorite types, there are white porridge and fritters, as well as bean curd, soybean milk, fresh milk, goat milk, seaweed soup, mutton soup, mixed noodles, cold noodles, etc. Li Jing chose a serving of milk, a seaweed soup, a mixture of noodles and two eggs this morning.
While peeling tea eggs, Li Jing looked at the six briefings he had just received, which were simply five copies of the three and second rooms of the attendant's room and the daily one of the Supervision Department. The five briefings in the chamber, he was the first to see the itinerary of the chief of guard's room, but there was no plan for today's itinerary, so there was nothing special, he glanced at it and closed it.
Then I looked at the briefing of the first, second and third places of the attendant's room, their daily briefing, in fact, was to plan some decisions of the relevant ministries of the Qin Domain, make their notes and some suggestions, Li Jing looked at it carefully, and some of the opinions were very sincere, he stopped from time to time, took a red pencil to make a mark on it, and left instructions.
By the time he had finished reading the five briefings in the attendant's room, he had almost eaten breakfast, and there was just a bowl of seaweed soup left.
Li Jing drank soup while flipping through the briefing of the Supervision Office.
After only the first glance, Li Jing's right hand holding the spoon couldn't help but stop there, and his brows furrowed. Then, he put down the spoon and began to carefully look at the short briefing, after a long time, Li Jing closed the briefing, was silent for a moment, took the seaweed soup that had cooled down and drank it in one gulp, got up and went to the study.
Several of the chief officers of the chamber began to return to the office, only Gongsun Lan had a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, and slowly drank the goat's milk in the bowl. Pick up a napkin and wipe your mouth clean. got up and walked straight to Li Jing's study. She walked down the hallway with marble floors. From the rooms on both sides came the hum of conversation, King Qin's south study was not a small palace, and it was a busy center.
At the end of the corridor, Gongsun Lan stopped in front of the door, she knocked softly, and the eight guards at the door stood there like sculptures, as if they were ignoring her. In a moment, the door opened. Two young women led her in, and Gongsun Lan smiled at them. They are not ordinary palace maids, but female secret service members, not only have strong security skills, but also proficient in assassination and other skills, and they are also ready to take on the duties of temporary confidential staff. Here, they are not only powerful guards, but also ordinary palace maids, and maybe even a Zhixiang.
Li Jing didn't look up, he was looking at the document in front of him intently. It seems that his chief adviser of intelligence has not been found to have entered the study at all.
Gongsun Lan didn't bother, and stood quietly waiting outside Sanzhang.
It lasted almost half an hour. Li Jingcai raised his eyelids from the large desk.
"Good morning, Alain."
"Good morning, Your Highness!" Gongsun Lan stepped forward and handed over a thick report in his hand, "This is a detailed report on that incident!" ”
Li Jing took it, this time he just looked at it casually a few times, and then threw it aside. The briefing handed over by Gongsun Lan in the morning, and this detailed report, actually recorded one thing, that is, the reconnaissance record of the hundred officials. The words and deeds of the officials of the DPRK and China were clearly recorded on it, and the complete answers to the secret meeting between Cui Yunqing and Yu Cong's study were recorded word for word.
In addition, there is also a copy of the evidence on the smuggling of goods and reselling materials by Wang Gai's father and son.
Li Jing didn't just know this.
In fact, the Supervision Office is a very powerful organization, whether it is internal or external, from hundreds of officials to the people, this is a powerful network, after years of development, now it is becoming more and more rigorous. It's just that the Supervision Office has always been a subordinate of the nine divisions, and there is no real unified command, and the departments check and balance each other very well, and in recent years, it has been Gongsun Lan who has coordinated in the middle, and there are not too many selfish desires, so the Supervision Office has not shown their power to too many people.
But as the only Li Jing who truly leads this force, he clearly observes the inside and outside through it at any time.
Few people know about Lu Dao, in fact, Li Jing has long known about the smuggling activities of Lu Dao Wang Gai's father and son, but Li Jing has not touched him. It's not that Li Jing tolerates adultery, but Wang Gai is just a small fish, and the crime is not too big. It doesn't make much sense to shoot directly. On the contrary, Li Jing deliberately kept him, just catching a big fish. No matter what happens, it is always best to plan ahead and set up ambushes.
Wang Gai's elder brother is Wang Pu, his niece is Li Jing's eldest son and mother, and around the eldest son Li Dezhao, there is a huge interest group that is constantly expanding, and Li Jing sees all this in his eyes. It's just that Li Jing has already drawn a line, a red line, as long as they haven't crossed that red line for a day, Li Jing won't do it.
But now it seems that things are getting more and more intense, and they are getting closer to this red line.
Wang Gai had already surfaced, and he was being targeted by too many people, Li Jing snorted coldly and shook his head gently. Idiot!
If he just smuggled a little goods and put some usury, Li Jing would not touch him. When the water is clear, there are no fish, especially at this stage, when it comes to Li Jing and Wang Pu, things will not be simply divided into two, and things have to be considered holistically. But if Wang Gai is already bleeding and is being targeted by a group of sharks, then he can be abandoned for the sake of guiding the sharks all the time.
"Alan, notify the six doors, immediately arrest Wang Gai's father and son, detain and interrogate, remember, it must be made into an iron case, and the evidence is sufficient." Li Jing tapped on the table, paused for a moment, and then said: "Inform the Political Affairs Hall again, and let them immediately implement the plan of merging the three towns and six prefectures of Tianping, Xuanwu, and Yicheng into Shandong Province, and Xu Si and other seven prefectures to form Huaisi Province separately." Well, change a little, Huaisi Province was changed to Huaihai Province, Yu Xuan was reappointed as the governor of Andong Province, and Yu Cong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, was appointed as the governor of Huaihai Province! ”
Gongsun Lan nodded and recorded Li Jing's words, "Your Highness, is this going to play twenty boards each?" ”
"It's to pour some water on them to cool down, and they have been hot-headed in the province." Li Jing knocked on the table and said coldly. Li Jing's move is to show everyone that he is the one who has been in control of the situation. (To be continued......)