Under the supervision of Suhe Jingshuo, the constitution of the merger began to be drafted, which was a major matter involving all officials, and everyone did not want to be laid off, so some people who had no ability or through improper channels began to move around, looking for people to ask for help, trying to keep their positions. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test

Every official in office was panicked and impetuous, and few of them could calm down and work seriously, so that later those who were really talented also panicked, fearing that their connections were not strong enough and they would be squeezed out by others.

Before noon on this day, there were only two people left in the household department, one was Yan Chongzhi, the grandson of Yan Chengde, and the other was Zhao Tingwu, a foreigner. At this time, an official from the Ministry of Water ran in and shouted, "Lord Yang, is Lord Yang here?"

Yan Chongzhi responded: "Leave early." “

The official from the Ministry of Water shook his head and said, "It seems that only the two of you are still calm." Lord Yan, you don't have to worry about it, no matter how you cut it, it won't be cut on your head, we are all different, eh, let's fend for ourselves. After saying that, he turned around and left.

Yan Chongzhi smiled easily and glanced at Zhao Tingwu. Zhao Tingwu said enviously: "It's still Lord Yan who has confidence, the old general Yan Chengde has fought countless battles in his life and made great contributions to the country, the people in Yan's Mansion naturally don't have to worry, I am completely different from Lord Yan here, you don't have to worry about layoffs at all, I want to find people but I don't have a way and no money." “

"There's almost no money left, the drought has just ended, and it's not like you don't know how expensive rice is during the drought, and so many mouths have to eat at home. Your little money is just enough for food every month. Zhao Wang replied.

"The imperial court is preparing to lay off staff these days, and I heard that thousands of people will be laid off, and I have no money and no power, so it is very likely that I will be laid off. Zhao Tingwu lowered his head and said.

"What? You're going to be laid off? I've told you a long time ago that being an official is not your kind of way, do you see what position Lu Langzhong has risen to now? On weekdays, if you loosen your hand, you can get some at home, but you don't listen, and now you can't send money if you want to find a relationship!" Zhao Wang complained.

"What do you say, if all the officials want you to think like this, wouldn't the court have been hollowed out by us a long time ago? Our family is also a scholar clan, how can we do such a small thing?" Zhao Tingwu said with a straight face.

"Okay, then I'll see if if you off, can you get three buckets of rice back!"

Zhao Tingwu couldn't sit still anymore when he heard this, after all, there were so many people in the family waiting to eat, and after thinking about it, he decided to borrow a loan shark to keep his current position. So he found Lu Shen, a grain merchant in Nanyang City, as a guarantee, and borrowed 30,000 yuan from Wang Liu, who specialized in usury.

Lu Shen is a shrewd businessman, the business and official circles are very open, he once paid Zhao Tingwu to help do something, Zhao Tingwu did not accept his money at that time, but still gave him some care, so Lu Shen was very concerned about this matter.

After several transfers, Lu Shen helped find Qi Feng, the housekeeper in Qi Lianxiang's mansion, and asked Qi Feng to introduce Zhao Tingwu to Qi Ruiqing. After Qi Ruiqing came back with Qi Lianxiang. In the first half of the year, he helped train the Blade Army in the Blade Army, and when the Blade Army was on the right track, he joined the military department and started to be Ku Caolang. This is also Suhe Jingshuo's seeing that Qi Ruiqing is young and promising, and he has a heart to cultivate.

Qi Ruiqing has followed Qi Lianxiang in the army since he was a child, first guarding the border pass and then going to Weiling. Although he can lead the troops and lead the generals and send troops to deploy the first to bear the brunt, he is very weak in terms of human feelings, and he is very weak in terms of human sophistication, and when he first comes to Nanyang City, the noble children in the city are interested in scolding the son of this blade army general, and they will call him for any good thing.

Qi Ruiqing knows his position very well, he rarely cums, and he doesn't accept any money from others, that is, he is from a martial arts family, and he can't put down weapons like swords. When you see a good sword, you can't move your steps, so you have to dance for a while.

In this way, Lu Shen asked Zhao Tingwu to prepare a sword to bring with him, and told Zhao Tingwu to say that he had bought it at a low price unintentionally. Zhao Tingwu has never given gifts to anyone, and everything is naturally done according to Lu Shen's instructions. A few days later, Lu Shen and Zhao Tingwu came to Qi Mansion together, and Qi Feng collected some silver taels and entered the mansion to find Qi Ruiqing.

Qi Ruiqing was listening to the conversation between his father Qi Lianxiang and King Rui at the door of the wing, because it was Qi Lianxiang who assisted in the merger of official matters, many people were inquiring about Qi Ruiqing here for a while, originally Qi Ruiqing was indifferent to this matter, but he couldn't help but listen to it when someone always mentioned it in his ear.

When he heard the blur, Qi Ruiqing found Qi Feng standing behind him, and he was startled, almost alarming Qi Lianxiang in the wing, Qi Feng tugged on his sleeve, and the two quietly stabilized their bodies and walked out of the courtyard.

Qi Ruiqing was a little embarrassed: "I originally wanted to find my father, but I didn't expect the two of them to talk for too long, so I waited at the door." “

Qi Feng didn't say anything. With a smile on his face, he said: "Childe is also well-behaved and does not interrupt the conversation in the room, but there are many people outside who come to see you, they all know that General Qi is too iron-blooded to go to see you, so he specially came to find Gongzi, and the little one is afraid of delaying Childe's affairs and comes to you." “

Qi Ruiqing immediately said: "I don't know these people, what are you looking for me?"

Qi Feng smiled and said: "Childe, now that the general is assisting and merging officials, everyone just wants to probe the general's tone." “

"No, they're all here to bribe my father to keep his position. Qi Feng, have you accepted other people's benefits, speaking for others like this, you give all the gifts back to others. Qi Ruiqing said vigilantly.

"Childe, the general has been in the army for too long. These personal feelings are not transparent, they are too rotten in the officialdom to eat, and now they eat by relationships in Nanyang City, and the general is not close to people, if he offends people in the future. Not even a person to help talk. Now is a good time to sell favors to others, what the general won't do, Childe helped to do it, and finally helped the general. Qi Feng explained.

"Besides, they didn't say that they wanted the general to help keep their positions, they just wanted to ask how many people were being dismissed. What is the standard, you just take a look at this gift list first, haven't you always wanted to find a sword, you look at a Zhao Tingwu Lord Zhao here It is said that he inadvertently received a peerless sword, sharpening iron like clay. Qi Feng entangled.

When Qi Ruiqing heard this, he couldn't help but stop and asked, "Sharpen iron like clay?"

Seeing this, Qi Feng hurriedly said: "Then there is still a fake, I heard that this sword also fell into the hands of this Lord Zhao by chance, this sword is a hero, Lord Zhao and a literati also wanted to give it to Gongzi without wasting it." “

Qi Ruiqing took the gift list, looked at it and said, "You go and ask this Lord Zhao what is the selection exam this time?"

"Good wait, just the general is so iron-blooded, and the general inferior is embarrassed to take the relationship of the general, if the general leaves a good official for the court, this is also for the benefit of the court. Qi Feng said with a smile on his face.

Qi Ruiqing's heart moved, and secretly said that since he is a good grade, he should also be retained, so it is okay for this sword to stay. Thinking of this, Qi Ruiqing agreed to Qi Feng to meet this Lord Zhao Tingwu.

A crisp sound spread as the sword body swung, and Qi Ruiqing was full of praise and said: "It's really a good sword, a good sword." “

Zhao Tingwu saw that Qi Ruiqing liked it very much, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and he wanted to leave the sword Qi Ruiqing did not refuse, and left the Qi Mansion empty-handed, and the stone in Zhao Tingwu's heart really fell.

Cheng Lianjin drafted a merger charter according to Xie Suwen's suggestion, and after reading it, Suhe Jingshuo summoned Cao Renjun and Qi Lianxiang and others to discuss. Cao Renjun looked at the charter and asked: "Is it just to remove the inferior, a quarter, is this a little less." “

Xie Suwen said: "There are quite a few, there are more than 700 people, and the salaries of these petty officials are not high. It's just enough to live, and cutting too much at once will cause dissatisfaction among everyone. “

Cao Renjun arched his hand and said: "Since the imperial court has started to do this, it must be done in one step, and it will be directly abolished to the end, lest it be abolished a little this year and a little next year, so that everyone will be panicked and unable to work well all day long, and the whole country cannot be mistaken for these thousands of people." “

Su He Jingshuo nodded and said, "Then how much does Lord Cao mean to cut off?"

"Three-quarters, leave a quarter, streamline in place. Cao Renjun replied loudly.

"No, no. You have almost eliminated the entire imperial court, and this is an unrelated official, but if you have laid off so much, I am afraid that everyone will not be satisfied, and if you cut a quarter this year, everyone will complain and complain. It's too big a movement, and if you don't make it, it's going to be a big mess. Xie Suwen's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said.

"General Qi, what do you think?" asked Su He Jingshuo when he suddenly turned his head.

"I, I'm a soldier, and I've never been exposed to any of this, and I certainly don't have two adults in place. Qi Lianxiang didn't expect to click on himself, and was a little surprised.

"The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. You are a martial artist, so talk about it from the mind of a martial artist. I don't blame you for being wrong. Suhe Jingshuo said.

"In this case, the minister said, these days I have been the secretary of this ministry, and I feel that I still see a lot of problems. There are not many things in the imperial court, sometimes because the officials have extended the approval time of the matter, a simple matter has become complicated, and there are indeed a lot of officials who have nothing to do on weekdays, or there are very few things, and almost an hour to complete the day's official business, the minister feels that it should be more abolished. Qi Lianxiang thought for a while and said.

"To put it bluntly, do you want to cut it by a quarter or cut by three-quarters. Suhe Jingshuo was dissatisfied with Qi Lianxiang and said in circles.

"Three-quarters. The minister is at war, and it is said on the battlefield that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the method of cutting a quarter will not make the courtiers complain too much, but it will make some courtiers see the cowardice of the court, and feel that the court is afraid to remove, and some officials who do not want to merge will have the courage to resist, and maybe the next time they are abolished, they will gather together to try to prevent the merger. On the one hand, the direct reduction of three-quarters can show the determination of the imperial court to merge officials, and on the other hand, one step in place, anyway, three years or five years, these redundant officials are all going to be cut, there are many dreams at night, who knows what will happen in three or five years. Qi Lianxiang replied seriously.

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