Chapter 95

Song Nan got up and said: "How can I not know that the people of the Quanzheng Nanfang Yamen have been sent to inspect today, in order to ensure that the streets are smooth when the emperor patrols the city, idle people are not allowed to walk around." ”

Mu Bin smiled and said, "You did a good job, the emperor praised you today." ”

Song Nan stood up and said in amazement: "The emperor praised me? This...... How can it be? I didn't even have a chance to see the emperor. ”

Mu Bin said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, everything you did in Zhengnanfang, the little grandfather of the British Mansion, Zhang Lun, told the emperor; You assisted him in cleaning up the neighborhoods, the capital took on a new look, the emperor was in a good mood, and it was common to praise you a few words. ”

Song Nan said suddenly: "I see, it was the little grandfather who gave a few kind words to the lowly position, but in fact, the lowly position really didn't do anything." ”

Mu Bin's face changed and said: "It's too much, too humility is hypocrisy, the credit should be fought for, since my Jinyiwei helped, it is the credit." The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division has meritorious, we also have Jinyiwei, and the little grandfather has put it forward, what are you humble? ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "The lesson of the adults is that the humble position did help the little grandfather come up with some ideas. ”

Mu Bin squinted his eyes and said: "Well, this is like words, this is the second time that you have earned face for our Jinyi Wei, and I won't say anything, as a person in Weili, you should have a long face for Weili." In fact, I know very well in my heart, although Zhang Lun is shrewd, can the Five Cities Terracotta Division come up with so many tricks to rectify the market? I'm afraid it's all your suggestion. ”

Song Nan couldn't answer, so he only said repeatedly: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Mu Bin waved his hand and said: "That's it, you can't fight with Zhang Lun, it's better to fight with the British government, we still don't have to violate the river water, but there is one thing I have to remind you that you have too many interactions with Zhang Lun in private, which is actually not good for you, and I don't want to say it deeply, you will understand this yourself in the future." In addition, the urban management team you established privately will also be disbanded, no wonder I didn't remind you, Zhang Lun is afraid that he will be promoted this time, and he doesn't want the chicken rib position of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division at all, and if he changes people in the future, this urban management team will still be disbanded, and when the time comes, those ruffians will return to Fang City, and everything will be as it was before, and it will be your fault if something happens. Because you are actually dizzy, it is ridiculous to be the deputy captain of the urban management brigade. ”

Song Nan was a little confused, Mu Bin actually knew everything about this matter, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved, if the movement on the street could escape the eyes of Jinyiwei, then Mu Bin, the commander, would have stepped down a long time ago, not to mention that the movement made when the urban management brigade was established was not small, I am afraid that Jinyiwei, the fan of Dongchang, and some other departments in charge are all aware of it, and the reason why no one came out to speak is probably because of the participation of the little grandfather Zhang Lun.

Mu Bin is right, if Zhang Lun is not the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, he will never continue to maintain the existence of this urban management brigade, and at that time, if someone wants to use this matter to provoke, the spearhead will be himself.

Song Nan is very unwilling, the chengguan brigade is even better than his own subordinates, once these ruffians have the identity of law enforcers, they are conscientious and energetic, many things Song Nan just has to order, Yan San and Ma Degang are doing it beautifully, and they are not careful.

Besides, Song Nan spent money to maintain this team, and he faintly regarded it as his own private property in his heart, these ruffians are also very righteous, to use an analogy, if Song Nan fights with others, the regular captains under him may not dare to help, but these guys will definitely rush up without hesitation, with these five hundred people on hand, Song Nan has enough confidence in his heart, if it is disbanded like this, it is a pity.

"Song Nan, this official is here to announce good news to you, in view of the fact that you have won glory for Jinyiwei and are diligent in doing things, I have decided to promote you to the position of deputy thousand households of Jinyiwei in Zhengnanfang, and concurrently lead the 12000 households, responsible for the investigation and espionage in the area of Zhengnanfang, are you still satisfied?"

Song Nan hurriedly retracted his thoughts, hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for your kindness, you will live up to the expectations of adults, and you will do a good job." ”

Promoted to the deputy thousand households, and led the first and second two hundred households of the flag school responsible for the investigation and espionage affairs, in terms of status, it is already the errand of the Jinyi Guard, the responsibility of the seven hundred households is only to assist the five cities to do a good job in sanitation, the security of the street and other affairs, in the Jinyi Wei are all scorned, at this time the errand changes, is to officially recognize Song Nan's ability, in the future in the jurisdiction of Zhengnanfang, as long as Song Nan is willing, almost anything can be managed.

Mu Bin waved his hand, and several sturdy brocade guards came out from behind the screen, which startled Song Nan, thinking that he and Mu Bin were in the house, but he didn't know that someone was hiding behind the screen, and it seemed that he should be Mu Bin's personal guard.

"Go and ask Peng Qianhu to gather all the manpower in Zhengnanfang in the courtyard, and I will announce the appointment in public." Mu Bin said to a square-faced guard, and the guard went out.

Mu Bin patted the handrail and stood up, and smiled at Song Nan: "Let's go, let's go and stand on the steps outside, and when everyone is ready, we will announce your appointment." ”

Song Nan stood still and arched his hand: "Lord Mu, I still want to ask my lord to show me about the matter of the Chengguan Brigade." ”

Mu Bin frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you very clearly?" Once Zhang Lun leaves office, you will immediately disband the Chengguan Brigade. ”

Song Nan said: "Don't worry, my lord, listen to the humble duty and break it down for you." ”

Mu Bin was a little annoyed and said, "What is there to decompose." ”

Song Nan said: "My lord, forgive the humble nonsense, I heard that there is a fight between our Jinyiwei and Dongchang, I don't know if this matter is true?" ”

Mu Bin glared and said, "Who taught you to say these things?" Licentious. ”

Song Nan said: "My lord, the lowly position should not talk about this matter publicly, but the adults don't say it, the lowly position has also heard the brothers in the guard discuss this matter, and there are a lot of Dongchang fans in the jurisdiction of Zhengnanfang, every time we encounter them in the jurisdiction to arrest criminals, we take the initiative to avoid conflicts and disputes, last month, Wang Baihu, who was responsible for the secret investigation in Weili, was also beaten by the people of Dongchang, Peng Qianhu asked us to swallow our anger and not to make trouble; I just want to ask Commander Mu, is our Jinyiwei really not as important as Dongchang in front of the emperor? Why do you have to hold your tail so lowly? ”

Mu Bin reprimanded: "Is this something you should care about? You're too much to do. Besides, what does this have to do with that bullshit chengguan brigade of yours? ”

Song Nan said: "The lowly duty is bold and talkative, and the lowly observation learned that what our Jinyiwei brothers lack most is not courage and ability, but the lack of manpower; You think, there are nearly 200,000 people in the blind three districts of Zhengnanfang, and there are only six or seven hundred people in our yamen, and they are scattered to run errands, so they are naturally not well taken care of; As a result, there are many omissions in the investigation of large and small cases in the market, so that Dongchang takes this opportunity to infiltrate the Fang City to investigate and take people; If there are enough people in our territory, we will naturally be able to detect effectively, and there will be few omissions, so there is no reason for those people in Dongchang to be arrogant in our jurisdiction; The density of my Jinyi Guard's detectives has also increased greatly, and the errand is done well, so why should Lord Mu not be able to raise his head in front of the emperor? ”

Mu Bin touched his beard and frowned silently, Song Nan's reason was not unreasonable, the reasons for the dispute between Jinyiwei and Dongchang were complex, the biggest root cause was the overlap of responsibilities, which was equivalent to the two hunting dogs of a hunter, both of which were released to bite the prey, who could bite more and bite bigger, so he would naturally be favored in front of the owner; In recent years, Dongchang has repeatedly cracked major cases, on the one hand, there are many eyes and ears of Dongchang Fanzi, and the information is timely, Jinyiwei is always half a beat slower and has the upper hand; On the other hand, because of the unscrupulous means of Fan Heng, the commander of Dongchang, in order to compete for merit, this guy did not hesitate to frame his hands and feet, and Mu Bin was never willing to do these indiscriminate methods.

Song Nan's increase in manpower is aimed at the first disadvantage, although the Jinyi Wei Yamen is located in more than ten important border towns and state capitals in the Ming Dynasty, the total number of people is actually not much, the number of flag schools in the capital is less than 5,000, and the number of people outside Beijing is more than 10,000; Outside the capital, the land of the capital is the core area of contention, under the emperor's nose, the slightest disturbance is immediately concerned by the emperor and the cabinet elders, so the focus of Jinyiwei's investigation is still on Gyeonggi.

However, how easy is it to increase the number of people? The financial resources of the East Factory are rolling, not to mention the appropriation of the household department, and the inner court holds the right to purchase materials in the palace, which is a big fat meat with a lot of fat and oil, and the balance of millions of taels of silver a year is more than half; Dongchang used money, and with a wave of the pen, the internal affairs office obediently gave the silver.

On the other hand, he is in the yamen, but the money is in the hands of the cabinet household, and it is annoying to ask about every item, and sometimes he doesn't want to blow his beard and stare at his mother, and the money is still a problem; There are still some genuine flag schools that are not paid enough money and make trouble, not to mention the new manpower.

Song Nan didn't know what Mu Bin was thinking in his head, but seeing him hesitating, he felt that things had taken a turn for the better, so he took the opportunity to increase the fire and said: "My lord, don't you want to be responsible for the investigation and spying of the matter?" There are only a few dozen people per 100 households in Zhengnanfang, how to do this errand well? Therefore, I suggest that these more than 500 people be secretly organized into supernumerary military surpluses to do things for us to spread out the streets and alleys. As for their salaries, they will be settled by themselves, and the bounty lords who have solved the big case can also allocate some to us, and these five hundred people will scatter, what rumors can escape our eyes in the streets and alleys? At that time, he didn't even want to set foot in the south of the factory. ”

Mu Bin suddenly perked up when he heard the article that he would take care of himself, but he was also a little puzzled: "Where did you get the money to pay for such a huge expense." ”

Song Nan said: "You don't have to worry about this, these guys have hands and feet, it's a big deal to get a few industries for them to support themselves, of course, you have to make up some private money, fortunately, my family is not poor, let's deal with it first." ”

Mu Bin thought for a while and said: "Since you want to give it a try, I won't stop it, these people's salaries, Wei Li will also allocate some to you, hmm...... I'll give you fifty taels a month, do you see enough? ”

Song Nan almost scolded, fifty taels! It's almost the same to have a few dogs, and you want to raise five hundred people, which is simply stuffing your fists into your eyes; However, Song Nan's goal was achieved, and with Mu Bin's approval, even if he didn't use the name of the Chengguan Brigade, he could firmly control these five hundred people, which was the most important thing.

At that moment, the two of them walked out of the hall one after the other and stood on the steps at the door, and people from all walks of life in the courtyard came to see Mu Bin, looking at Mu Bin standing majestically on the steps, and the spectacular scene of six or seven hundred people kneeling down and saluting, Song Nan was full of emotion.

"That's how a husband should be! When will you be able to have this kind of scenery yourself? ”

(In the new January, brothers with guaranteed monthly passes will be rewarded with a few.) ）