Handing the piece in his hand to Cai Jing on the side, Zhao Ji said with a smile on his face: "Cai Qing's family might as well take a look, Chu Qing's trip to Jiangnan this time not only eliminated the scourge of the Murong clan for me, but also brought back millions of gold and silver treasures for me!" ”

No matter how jealous Chu Yi was in his heart, Cai Jing's face was full of smiles, and he looked at Chu Yi with great kindness and nodded at Chu Yi: "The old man knows that Admiral Chu will definitely be able to succeed in this way, Your Majesty has a good eye for people, and it is true." ”

is worthy of being a figure who has been up and down in officialdom for decades, Cai Jing's words not only praised Chu Yi, but also praised the Son of Heaven.

Sure enough, hearing Cai Jing say that he knew people, Zhao Ji, who was the Son of Heaven, showed a little smug on his face.

I heard Zhao Ji say to Chu Yi: "It's evening, the Qing family hasn't had dinner yet, so I will order the imperial dining room, and the Chu Qing family will accompany me to eat today." ”

In Zhao Ji's opinion, it is a great honor to let Chu Yi accompany him to eat, you must know that the courtiers who can accompany Zhao Ji to dine, except for Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, and Tong Guan, there is no one else.

But if you can accompany Zhao Ji to dinner, it proves the other party's status in Zhao Ji's mind.

Cai Jing couldn't help but show a little jealousy in his eyes when he heard this, but Cai Jing also understood that there was such an incident, Chu Yi completely entered Zhao Ji's eyes, and was regarded as a confidant by Zhao Ji, it can be said that as long as Chu Yi does not die by himself, then Zhao Ji will be very confident in him.

Chu Yi saluted Zhao Ji with a calm expression and said, "Chu Yi thank Your Majesty for your kindness. ”

Although Chu Yi's reaction was a little flat, Zhao Ji was in a state of being in a state of favorability towards Chu Yi at this time, and he not only did not blame Chu Yi's reaction, but appreciated it very much.

Chu Yi's reaction was very different from Cai Jing's others, but it gave Zhao Ji another feeling, Zhao Ji is not a fool, how can he not see who Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng are, but Zhao Ji is inseparable from Cai Jing and others, as for whether Cai Jing and the others are traitors, it also depends on whether a few people are safeguarding the interests of his son of heaven, as long as Cai Jing and the others do not harm his interests, Zhao Ji naturally does not care.

However, Chu Yi brought him another feeling, just looking at Chu Yi's reaction, Zhao Ji knew that Chu Yi was the kind of person who was not good at words and had an upright temperament.

Although there are not many courtiers like this in the court, it is not nothing, but the only one who can satisfy him is Chu Yi.

The dinner was not bad, at least Zhao Ji was in a very good mood, and asked about Jiangnan from time to time during the banquet, Chu Yi answered all the questions, and the answers were very decent.

Not long after Chu Yi left the palace, the news that Chu Yi was left by the Son of Heaven to dine together spread, and for a while, everyone in the court knew that another person had become the confidant of the Son of Heaven.

Many people thought that Chu Yi would take advantage of the opportunity of Shengyi Zhenglong to expand the power of Dongchang, but they never thought that Chu Yi would be very low-key after he came back, and even Dongchang was as always, without any intention of expanding at all.

Even Zhao Ji, who was paying attention to Chu Yi, was slightly stunned when he received the news, Chu Yi's reaction was really a little unexpected by Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was even ready for Chu Yi's request to him to expand the manpower of the East Factory, and Zhao Ji was ready to give an order.

As a result, Chu Yi didn't react at all, just like a person who had nothing to do, honestly taking care of the East Factory, and had no intention of expanding at all.

Mo said that the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces and even the official family felt strange, but in fact, in the East Factory, Yang Zhi and Xu Ning were also very puzzled.

It is said that Chu Yi took advantage of the favor of the Son of Heaven to expand the power of the East Factory, which was the best time, but Chu Yi did not do that.

On this day, Yang Zhi, who couldn't help it, looked at Chu Yi, who was sitting there reading a book, and said: "Admiral, why don't you ask Your Majesty to expand the manpower of our Dongchang, you must know that our Dongchang manpower is really scarce, and if there is no will of Your Majesty, we can't expand the manpower by ourselves......"

Chu Yi put down the scroll in his hand, glanced up at Yang Zhi and the others, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "How can the things you ask for compare to those that others take the initiative to send to the door?" ”

Hearing Chu Yi say this, several people couldn't help but be stunned, obviously not quite understanding what Chu Yi meant by this.

It was at this time, in the palace, that Zhao Ji glanced at Yang Jian, who was serving him with a little smile on his face.

Yang Jian was originally one of Chu Yi's subordinates, but later through Chu Yi's relationship, Tong Guan took care of him in the palace, and entered Zhao Ji's sight in a short period of time.

Yang Jian is also worthy of being able to become a figure with Liang Shicheng, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, once he rose to the top, he soon won the favor of the Son of Heaven and became one of the servants around the Son of Heaven who could compete with Liang Shicheng.

If Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng faintly huddle together to keep warm, then Yang Jian, Tong Guan, and Chu Yi should be regarded as a faction.

Of course, this is Tong Guan and Yang Jian's opinion, as for Chu Yi, he really doesn't mean to form a gang.

I only heard Zhao Ji glance at Yang Jian and said with a smile: "Everyone in the palace says that Yang Jian, you have a good relationship with Chu Yi, it seems that this rumor is true." ”

Yang Jian said: "The slave maid was taken care of by the Governor of Chu at the beginning, so she was able to serve Your Majesty, so the slave and maid were very grateful to the Governor of Chu, and there was nothing to say to anyone, the old slave did not do anything to be sorry for Your Majesty, even in front of Your Majesty, the old slave dared to pat his chest and assure His Majesty that there was no collusion between the slave and the Governor of Chu." ”

Looking at Yang Jian's frank appearance, Zhao Ji smiled and said: "The Qing family is frank, I know it very well, just like the Chu Qing family, they have made great contributions to me, and they don't even have the intention of asking for a reward, how can a person with such a temperament collude with others in private." ”

Yang Jian looked uneven and said: "So the slave maid has the courage to ask His Majesty for a reward for Admiral Chu, otherwise, if you don't reward your merits, wouldn't it damage Your Majesty's reputation of the Holy Ming Dynasty!" ”

Liang Shicheng, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but change his face when he heard this, and immediately pointed at Yang Jian and said, "Yang Jian, you are so bold, you dare to talk to Your Majesty like this!" ”

Yang Jian glanced at Liang Shicheng with disdain, but instead looked at Zhao Ji with a clear conscience: "If there is any rudeness in the slave maid, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Glancing at Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian, a playful smile flashed in Zhao Ji's eyes, and he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, both of you are my confidants, even if there is any rudeness between the words, I won't mind." ”

After appeasing Yang Jian and beating Liang Shicheng again, Zhao Ji groaned and said: "What Yang Jian said is not bad, I do owe Chu Yi a reward, in this case, Yang Jian, let's talk about it, how should I reward Chu Yi?" ”

Yang Jian was stunned for a moment, and said in a daze: "With the slave's understanding of Chu Yi, gold and silver wealth, etc., Chu Yi is afraid that he is not interested, thinking about it, Chu Yi is in charge of the East Factory, judging from the responsibilities of the East Factory, the personnel under the jurisdiction of the East Factory seem to be seriously insufficient, if Your Majesty wants to reward it, you might as well add some manpower to the East Factory." ”

Dongchang was separated from the Imperial City Division, which is equivalent to a new intelligence agency, a newly established organization, and naturally there is a shortage of personnel.

If the Imperial City Division is a behemoth after so many years of development, then the East Factory is just a small institution separated from such a behemoth.

Therefore, compared to the Imperial City Division, the East Factory is simply insignificant, and even Zhao Ji did not take the East Factory to heart.

Hearing Yang Jian's words at this time, Zhao Ji thought that there were only a few hundred people in the East Factory now, so he couldn't help but nodded and said: "Yang Jian, what you said is not bad, the East Factory is also a new department, if there are too few people, it is really unorthodox, in this case, I will allow Chu Yiqing's family to recruit the East Factory personnel on their own, well, the number of people will be limited to five thousand people!" ”

There are many people in the Imperial City Division, and there are no less than thousands of people on record, not to mention those who are not recorded.

But no matter how you say it, Zhao Ji gave Dongchang a quota of 5,000 people as soon as he opened his mouth, which can already be regarded as a big deal.

It is important to know that many newly established institutions or departments often have only a few hundred seats.

The redundancy of officials in the Great Song Dynasty was extremely serious, and there were many officials, but there were not many officials who really did things, and it looked like the imperial court took out a lot of wealth to support many meritorious scholars.

That is to say, the economy of the Great Song Dynasty was prosperous and developed, and the state tax revenue was abundant, otherwise, I am afraid that it would not be able to support the huge bureaucratic system and the forbidden army system at all.

Just imagine, the Great Song Dynasty alone has nearly one million forbidden troops, not to mention the local box army, it can be said that the army that the entire Great Song Dynasty has to support is a rather terrifying number.

Here Zhao Ji made a decision, and soon the holy decree was passed down.

East Plant

The station of the East Factory is not very conspicuous, it is located in a house, and there are not many people.

At the entrance of the Dongchang Yamen, when the two fans saw the comer, they stepped forward and stopped the person and said: "Dongchang is important, who is coming?" ”

The two fans looked alike, Yang Jian personally asked Zhao Ji for the opportunity to read the holy decree this time, and at this time he glanced at the two fans, and he was not angry that the other party stopped his group, and said with a slight smile: "Explain to the admiral of your family, just say that Yang Jian came to read the holy decree." ”

The two fans couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and one of them hurriedly walked into the courtyard, and soon saw a sound of footsteps, and Chu Yi's figure appeared in Yang Jian's sight.

The two hadn't seen each other for several months, and when they met at this time, Yang Jian immediately stepped forward and saluted Chu Yi and said, "Yang Jian has seen the prince of Guangyang County!" ”

Chu Yi glanced at Yang Jian with a smile and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months, but Yang Jian, you have changed a lot!" ”

Seeing that Chu Yi looked like he was not outside, Yang Jian said with a smile on his face: "Thanks to Brother Chu's support, otherwise, how could Yang come to this day." ”

While speaking, Chu Yi slightly introduced: "Let's go inside and talk." ”

Walking into the courtyard, Yang Jian looked around, and soon Yang Jian frowned and said: "Brother Chu, the East Factory is too simple, why don't you repair the East Factory, and expand the Yamen outward, otherwise, wouldn't it look too shabby?" ”

Chu Yi smiled and said: "We are waiting to serve Your Majesty, it is already good to have such a place as a yamen, if we expand, wouldn't it be a waste of money and cause trouble for Your Majesty?" ”

Yang Jian said with admiration: "Brother Chu is dedicated to His Majesty's sake, if Your Majesty only knows, he will definitely be very moved!" ”

Soon, Yang Jian paused, took the holy decree from the little yellow door on the side, and said, "Brother Chu, Your Majesty's will." ”

Chu Yi bowed slightly, and Yang Jian stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the prince of Guangyang County does not need to make this big gift!" ”

The contents of the holy decree were read out, and the faces of the people in the surrounding Dongchang showed joy, you must know that in the holy decree, the Son of Heaven opened his golden mouth, and he was stunned to expand the personnel of their Dongchang to a full five thousand, it can be said that if they really gather all the personnel, the Dongchang will become a behemoth comparable to the Imperial City Division.

Yang Zhi, Xu Ning, and Lin Chong also had a happy look on their faces, but when Yang Zhi looked at Chu Yi, there was a bit of strangeness in his eyes.

You must know that they had asked Chu Yi why he didn't go to ask the Son of Heaven before, and the words that Chu Yi said at that time were still echoing in his ears, and now seeing that the Son of Heaven took the initiative to increase the number of people in the East Factory, isn't this just as Chu Yi said at the beginning.

Thinking that Chu Yi was so expected, Xu Ning and the others all looked at Chu Yi with a look of admiration and awe.

With the decree of the Son of Heaven, Dongchang suddenly became a hot topic in Bianliang City, the Imperial City Division has existed for hundreds of years, it is a behemoth, and the East Factory is a new yamen, and depending on the trust of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that it will become the general existence of the Imperial City Division in a long time, so the officials of the entire East Factory have entered the sight of many people.

Among them, the most eye-catching are Lin Chong, Xu Ning, and Yang Zhi, who were promoted by Chu Yi.

These three people can be said to be Chu Yi's henchmen in the East Factory, responsible for leading the few fans in the East Factory, even if they are fools, they can see how much Chu Yi values them.

Lin Chong has the background of Zhou Dong as the Imperial City Division, while Yang Zhi has the background of the Yang family of Tianbo Mansion, and only Xu Ning has no obvious background behind him, but it can be regarded as a family of Jiangmen.

It can be said that the three of them can be said to have a good background, and seeing that the three of them are about to soar with the expansion of the East Factory, many people will focus on Lin Chong and the three.

The most obvious thing is that there have been a lot of officials visiting Lin Chong's family in the past few days, if the hand is changed to someone else, it will suddenly change from this change, and it will become fluttering.

But whether it was Lin Chong, Xu Ning, or Yang Zhi, the three of them were a little fluttering at the beginning, but they quickly stabilized their minds, and took the initiative to choose to close the door to customers, and reduce contact with those who were interested as much as possible.

On this day, Lin Chong rested, walking alone on the lively long street, and suddenly, a figure entered Lin Chong's sight.

That figure stood in front of a rouge gouache stand, wearing a lake-green long skirt and a shawl with her hair, although she couldn't see the front, but a back made Lin Chong stunned.

As if there was a force in the dark, Lin Chong inexplicably felt a little strange about this back, and even subconsciously walked towards the other party.

"What are you going to do?"

Suddenly, a coquettish reprimand suddenly sounded, and Lin Chong woke up.

Lin Chong came back to his senses at this time, and only then did he see clearly that there was a master and a servant in front of him, and the woman who attracted his attention was lowering her head slightly, holding a handkerchief to cover her cheeks slightly, and in front of him was a maid, staring at him with a puffing look.

Lin Chong only looked at the woman and his heart trembled, as if he had met the destined other half, he forcibly suppressed the strangeness in his heart, and bowed slightly to the second daughter: "In Xia Lin Chong, I didn't mean to offend the little lady, if there is any rudeness, please forgive the little lady." ”

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