It didn't take long for several chiefs of the six departments to arrive in the hall one after another, and some of them were familiar with the deputy general of Qi on weekdays, so they chatted with him: "I heard that the leader of Qi has recently accepted a small one?" It seems to be quite a big deal! ”

Qi Shi sneered a few times, then gestured with his hands and feet, and talked endlessly:

"Look at what it says! Isn't that what I'm doing? The day before yesterday, I fell in love with that girl, and immediately gave her family 500 taels of silver as a dowry, and spent another 100 taels on gold and silver jewelry and other things. Her father saw that I was so willing to give up money, and he bit me to death for six hundred taels. Change to someone else, where is willing! But I did what he wanted, and I added fifty taels to it. Ordinary people marry concubines just a few times casually, and they don't even play drums, so they carry them in through the corner gate, but it's so boring, isn't it? Therefore I worked hard for a few days, and invited more than thirty people to blow it, and spent forty taels of silver; He also feasted the guests in the house, and entertained them with good wine, and served them with good wine. A thousand taels of silver were thrown in front and back, and I didn't even blink an eyelid! ”

"Sure enough, it's Qi Ling, extraordinary!" All should be at peace.

Lu Fangxuan was listening, knowing that he was boasting, and he didn't poke it, just nodded and didn't speak.

"Governor Ye! Ye Zhifu! Heck, I'm busy all day long, and I can't see you in my spare time......"

As soon as he turned around, he saw that Ye Yongjia had also entered the palace gate, and he was greeting the officials.

Wan Heshun was also among them, and he smiled kindly at everyone, "Let me say a few words to Tinglong." When the officials dispersed, he put his hand on Ye Yongjia's arm and looked into his eyes: "Governor Ye, this matter is very important, as the chief governor of Nanjing, you must live well to maintain the situation, don't let this policy of reducing redundant officials fall into vain...... DID YOU KNOW? ”

Ye Yongjia shrank his hand and looked serious, knowing what consequences the competition between these two forces would bring to Nanjing, so he could only try his best to contain it.

"King Yujun, I know below."

In an instant, all the adults arrived, and these purple-robed and jade-belted officials sat on both sides, and only the three chiefs of Wan, Lu, and Ye sat down. But before Ye Yongjia could speak, everyone had already stood up, shouting noisily, making saliva splash everywhere, and the atmosphere was extremely hot and difficult to control.

"Shut up!" Qi Shi slapped the table violently, his face swollen red, and roared angrily.

"What do you think you are!" The military department Shang Shu stood up and pointed to his nose, "King Wanjun and Lu Yuegong didn't say a word, but they told us who are a level higher than you to shut up, and I don't know where to have confidence!" ”

"You guys are just eagle dogs who give a hand to King Wanjun, and you wag your tail when you give a bone! Why is it superior to others? My backbone is at least tougher than yours! Qi Zhi was not convinced, pouted his beard, and scolded loudly.

"Aren't you a slave of Lord Lu's family? What a big deal! "When the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate saw his appearance that day when he was not afraid of the ground, he hated it so much that his teeth itched.

Ye Yongjia sat next to him, turned his head to look at the expressions of Wan and Lu, and was silent, watching intently how this farce would continue. After all, it was not appropriate for these three to say anything at this time.

"Stop for a moment," Hu Qifu advised, "in order to serve the society and take care of the people, we gathered together to discuss the righteousness of each other." Why argue endlessly, and hurt people's hearts in vain. ”

Qi Shi Fang realized that he had gone too far, but in order to express his dissatisfaction with Wan Heshun's faction, he only snorted contemptuously in his mouth.

"That's right, let's make your opinion clear first, and try to shorten the time." Ye Yongjia finally gave an order in a stern tone.

"Then let me talk about my humble opinion first," Hu Qi bowed very gracefully, "In the next consideration, although Nanjing is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the north and is located at the junction, the robbers cannot prosper, and the thieves have no place to gather, and they will not encounter rebels for decades." In this case, there is no need to raise a large number of troops and increase military spending. I have heard that the number of officers has exceeded 100, and it is a wonderful plan to take advantage of this to cut them down, eliminating redundant troops and reducing redundant officers. ”

"How does that work? You can't just talk about it! Qi asked.

Hu Qi was not angry, but said calmly: "Listen to me slowly." What I mean is that the official positions set up by the Yue Wangfu should be merged into the Nanjing Terracotta Division, and then selected according to merit. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar. Such a solution would not only be a bit of a hypothesis, but would definitely spark a partisan dispute between the two parties and make the situation worse.

"Interesting...... How can we say that we can be exempted from the official positions that we have fought with one knife and one gun, and we are at your mercy? Who still eats this set now, and it is impossible to treat our people in Yuefu as fools! Qi Shi asked sharply, causing a commotion like a tide.

Lu Fangxuan looked at Wan Heshun when everyone was angry, and the meaningful look showed that he actually knew very well in his heart: this kind of countermeasure must not be the opinion put forward by Hu Qi, the official of the Ministry of Justice, but the prince behind the shadows.

"You rejected our words, why didn't you hear the high opinion of the leader?" The words of the Shoshu of the Ministry of Rites stirred up the crowd, and the ministers of the whole hall echoed and said, 'Yes.'

Qi Shi looked around the hall and saw that they were fierce and unforgiving, so he saved a belly of fire and said angrily: "You have all said everything, how can I dare to defend it?" As he spoke, he glared, couldn't swallow this breath, flicked his arm, and slapped the waist knife on the table, "In my opinion, just slap your master in this hall!" I'm not negotiating, a bunch of forgetful ......."

"Commander Qi," Ye Yongjia's eyes were calm, "You see that the two adults Wan and Lu are very harmonious, and they are like brothers, and we in Nanjing can be said to be united." Why bother to lose your temper and separate one another? ”

"This ......"

Ye Yongjia turned his head to look at the two of them: "Two adults, but this is the reason?" ”

Wan Heshun and Lu Fangxuan listened, looked at each other, smiled and nodded yes.

As soon as Qi Shi took two or three steps, he had to turn back, glance at everyone with cold eyes, and sit down again.

"In the face of King Mengwan and Lu Yuegong, I will deal with you." Qi said, "Anyway, my suggestion is to reduce the number of civil officials and petty officials. Specifically, the officials of the various ministries and the officials who should have been abolished but not abolished before should be dismissed. What do you think? This is much milder than your ridiculous idea of dismissing officers. ”

Hu Qi and the others didn't seem to think anything was wrong, but Wan Heshun pondered for a long time, and his brows gradually wrinkled.

Ye Yongjia knew that most of the prince's henchmen were officials of various ministries, and if he did this, he would make those minions, ears and eyes disappear one after another.

Ye Yongjia carefully pondered the opinions of these two factions, and could indeed see the very different styles of Wan Lu's actions: one sought victory in danger, and the other took steps to fight.

It is already clear who will win and who will lose.