He decided not to be patient anymore, and seeing that Xiao Linglong was still sitting on the desk with his head down after tidying up his clothes, he stepped forward and hugged him with both hands and asked softly.

"When you feel that the country is stable and you are no longer needed, will you marry me?"

Xiao Linglong was silent for a moment, and let Zhao Kang hold him, "It's too early to say this, Xuan Ce is still young, and other princes and ministers won't agree." ”

"No matter what they do, whoever dares to oppose it will be killed when the time comes!"

Zhao Kang's face was full of fierceness, Xiao Linglong rolled her eyes, and then raised her head with an extremely serious expression: "I will look forward to that day." ”

One sentence made Zhao Kang's whole body full of enthusiasm in an instant, and he was still so excited until he left the palace.

Ningwangfu.

Although he is not in the court, in fact, the big and small things in the court cannot escape Xiao Feiyu's audio-visual.

The eyebrows were tightened, Xiao Feiyu's eyes revealed a little profundity, and the old man with the goatee on the side saw this, and said softly: "The alliance between the two countries should not be a bad thing now, and it does not pose any threat to Your Highness, why is Your Highness so worried?"

Xiao Feiyu shook his head, "What I'm worried about is not the alliance between the two countries, but my imperial nephew." ”

The old man called him by his name and said with a smile: "Xiao Xuance?" This son has made some progress, but it is still too far behind your heroism. ”

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Xiao Feiyu sighed: "But behind this kid is Zhao Kang!"

As he spoke, Xiao Feiyu got up and walked to the cage where he was holding the canary, "I think now, could it be that I was wrong before, the turmoil in the outer city during this time is not Zhao Kang accompanying my imperial nephew to mess around at all, but Zhao Kang is doing this." ”

The old man with a goatee squinted, listening to Xiao Feiyu's words and brushing his beard.

"What does Zhao Kang want the underground forces in the outer city to do? Could it be that it is to collect money? ”

Xiao Feiyu smiled: "Collecting money? You underestimate him too much, if this matter is really led by Zhao Kang, then what he asks for is definitely not small. The noble hall is open every month, and the people of Yuanjiang County deliver goods on time every month, and this month alone, the king will score 150,000 taels of silver to Zhao Kang. ”

Xiao Feiyu said softly: "So he is not short of money at all." It seems that this king has to find a time to visit this old brother Zhao. ”

The old man with the goatee nodded and then asked, "Then Mrs. Zhao and their side?"

"They can do whatever they want, and it has nothing to do with this king anyway."

Xiao Feiyu said with a smile.

……

Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Zhao Kang went directly here after leaving the palace, and he didn't hide his identity.

This frightened Liu Jian'an, the commander of the Soldiers and Horses Division, and hurriedly came out to greet him.

"The lower officials visited the National Teacher, but I didn't know that the National Teacher was negligent in coming, and I asked the National Teacher to forgive me!"

Liu Jian'an is the commander-in-chief of the Soldiers and Horses Division, in charge of public security and other work inside and outside the imperial capital, and can be said to be a powerful figure.

But in the final analysis, the official rank is still a little smaller, just like Chen Bing, who was beheaded by Her Majesty the Empress today.

Therefore, when I saw Zhao Kang, who was not a stranger, I was still a little scared.

Zhao Kang waved his hand and said with a smile, "Lord Liu doesn't have to be polite, we're not strangers, let's get up and talk." ”

"Master Xie Guoshi!."

Liu Jian'an got up at this time, came to Zhao Kang's side, and said cautiously: "The National Teacher is here, but what instructions do you have?"

"It's not a command, just ask Lord Liu, how many people are there in your Soldiers and Horses Division now?"

Liu Jian was relieved to think about it, and opened his mouth to give the answer: "The national teacher is Mingjian, and the Soldiers and Horses Division now counts officials at all levels, with a total of more than 3,000 people."

"So little?" Zhao Kang was slightly surprised.

You must know that the imperial capital is not an ordinary state capital, the population of the inner and outer cities combined is more than one million, and the Soldiers and Horses Division is actually only more than 3,000 people, so this can also maintain law and order?

Zhao Kang really didn't believe it.

Liu Jian'an smiled bitterly and said, "My lord doesn't know, although the Soldiers and Horses Division nominally controls the inside and outside of the imperial capital, but in fact it is not like that."

Said it. Zhao Kang said with a smile.

Liu Jian'an began to vent his bitterness: "Except for some officials, the other officials of the Soldiers and Horses Division of the lower officials are like catching fast in the local county every day, either patrolling and inspecting everywhere, or being requisitioned by other departments."

"This manpower is simply not enough, for example, if the people commit crimes, they have to send people out of the Soldiers and Horses Division to arrest them, which street does not conform to the system norms, and we have to send people to adjust them, and there is a shortage of manpower in various parts of the Criminal Department, so we will also come to our Soldiers and Horses Division to transfer people."

Liu Jian'an sighed and said: "Forget it, if you don't have enough manpower, you will all contribute, but the price is too low, and the price of the imperial capital is high." That official salary is simply not enough to support the people below. ”

"This also causes other people to be even more reluctant to serve in the Terracotta Division, and there are still three of them who say they won't do it today and want to go back to farming."

Zhao Kang smiled: "Won't you play and talk to Your Majesty?" Add some money. ”

Liu Jian'an couldn't cry or laugh: "I've written countless excerpts, but I can't even pass the level of the household department, and those eight kings only need two words as long as they mention money: no!"

"A few years ago, there was a war, and there was a food shortage in various places, so it is not good for the lower officials to use this matter to bother Your Majesty again."

Zhao Kang nodded, the situation of the Terracotta Division was indeed a little beyond his expectations, and he thought that there would be some trouble.

But if this is the case, Zhao Kangke will laugh.

After taking a sip of the teacup, he looked at Liu Jian'an and said, "Lord Liu, I didn't expect the situation of the Soldiers and Horses Division to be so embarrassing, so the official didn't hide it, and I came to you today because I had something to discuss with you."

Liu Jian'an hurriedly said: "The national teacher is serious, please speak."

Zhao Kang said: "I am going to recruit a group of temporary workers for the Terracotta Division."

Liu Jianan was stunned: "Temporary worker?"

Zhao Kang nodded: "That's right, the number of people is about a thousand, I already have people, it depends on whether you Lord Liu can arrange it in place."

Liu Jian'an was overjoyed at first, then came back to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "Master Guoshi, do you have His Majesty's order?" After all, it is not a trivial matter for so many people to arrange official positions. ”

Zhao Kang rolled his eyes: "Who told you that they are officials?" I won't tell you everything, it's a temporary worker, and it belongs to the supernumerary personnel of the Terracotta Division. ”

Liu Jian was blindsided, and Zhao Kang could only patiently explain to him the meaning of temporary work.

They do any dirty work, and if something happens, they will be fired.

Liu Jian'an's eyes gradually enlarged, "Is this true?" ”

"That's naturally true, I have this person, but the premise is that your Terracotta Division has a job for them to do, and tomorrow I will ask Your Majesty for a holy decree to add a chengguan department to the Terracotta Division, and this group of temporary workers will be called chengguan."

Liu Jian'an muttered: "Chengguan, city manager, wonderful!"

He was a little surprised, the lack of numbers in the Soldiers and Horses Division has always been his heart disease, and now Zhao Kang has helped him solve it, which can be said to have helped him a lot.

It's just that he quickly reacted again, and asked with some hesitation: "That...... National Teacher, what is the salary of this group of people? ”