Nanjing City, Fengtian Temple.

It has been more than ten days since the last time I went to court in the Fengtian Temple.

Since the last time the palace was beheaded, many officials in Nanjing City were scared and sick when they returned.

I was really scared sick.

After all, the hall had killed a hundred people, and the blood was rushing to the ground.

Of course, there are also many people who fish in troubled waters, saying that they are sick and cannot go to court.

However, Li Xiao went to the court on time and on time every day, and only half of the people who came to Fengtian Hall went to the court, most of them were officials who were messing around, and a small number of them were officials from families, and they came over every day to see what Li Xiao wanted to say.

However, every day Li Xiao goes to court, he just takes a roll call, and then the tide ebbs.

"Shang Chao—"

As the eunuch shouted, the officials walked in one after another.

"I'll see the national teacher."

The hundred officials shouted in unison.

"Roll call."

Li Xiao stood beside the dragon chair and said lightly.

Then, the eunuch took out the roster and began to roll call them one by one.

That's right, it's really a roll call, from high to low, one by one.

"The book of the household is still righteous."

"The minister is here."

"Tobe left waiter Li Xiang."

"The minister is here."

"Zhang Yu, the right attendant of the household."

"Zhang Yu, the right attendant of the household."

No one answered.

"Absence."

The eunuch took notes, and then went on to name them: "Zhang Yulei in Hubu Langzhong"

“.”

The roll call lasted for an hour before it was finished.

Subsequently, the eunuch shouted: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat from-"

No one spoke.

The eunuch shouted again: "Retreat from the dynasty-"

In this way, the early dynasty soon ended.

Hundreds of officials retired one after another.

"What are you doing every day?"

"Yes, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of this national teacher?"

"I haven't seen him issue a decree, so he just clicks on time every day, what do you mean?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

On the way out of the officials, a group of three, a group of five, began to talk in a whisper,

"You say. Will it be the last absentees to be liquidated? ”

An official thought for a moment and said.

As soon as this statement came out, others agreed.

"Hey, it's possible, the national teacher acts in a disorderly manner, and he says the same, but fortunately, we come here every day."

"But this official's friend, he is indeed sick and can't come, does this situation have to be settled, it's a little too unkind."

"Will the national teacher tell us about human feelings? Hurry up and tell your friends, and if you get better, come to the court. ”

"That's what I said, anyway, I just come over every day to order something, there's nothing else to do, so let's come if you can."

"Be quiet, say something from your heart, we people are not from a family, let's come according to the national teacher, the national teacher is not actually dealing with us."

"Actually, I have long been aware of it, we don't want to be used as cannon fodder by those officials from families, the national teacher who should be safe and sound also went to the yamen yesterday to comfort me, and the people are still weird, shouting at me and asking for warmth"

"What, how come I didn't know about this?"

"Should. It's your turn soon, and you can wait in peace."

After the officials talked, they left one after another and went back to the yamen on an errand.

Half an hour later.

Household Yamen.

Li Xiao entered the household department and walked around at will, and when the officials saw the national teacher coming, they pretended to be serious and did not dare to touch the fish.

That's right, Li Xiao these days, when he went to court in the morning, although he was just a little bit of a mao, he was not idle.

Take advantage of the moment to memorize everyone's name and appearance.

[Host: Li Xiao]

[Strength: 35 (average for the average 5; First-class fierce generals 30. ）】

[Agility: 35 (average of 5 for ordinary people; First-class fierce generals 20. ）】

[Intelligence: 35 (average 5 for the average person; First-class strategist 15. ）】

[Current skills: Perfection Equestrian, Perfection Archery, Perfection Shooting, Perfection Calligraphy, Perfection Blacksmith, Perfection Carpenter, Perfection Arithmetic Tai Chi Swordsmanship, Wudang Changquan, Tongjian Boxing, Baji Boxing, Five Bird Opera, Xingyi Boxing]

With this attribute, the intelligence is 35 points, which is seven times that of ordinary people.

And it seems to be seven times, but in fact the effect is not seven times.

It should be more than ten times, almost unforgettable.

Therefore, Li Xiao can remember everyone, and with the list provided to him by Hubu Shangshu Jianyi, he can distinguish which people can be used for himself and which ones cannot.

These days, when he descended from the court, he would use the excuse of inspection work to wander around the various yamen, and then began to secretly support his own strength.

In fact, it is the emperor's power technique.

If the emperor wants to deal with a group of courtiers, he will support another group of courtiers.

The people Li Xiao wants to support are those officials who are from poor backgrounds and cannot be reused.

The way to win over is also very simple, it is nothing more than a promotion and a fortune, plus some appreciation and appreciation, it is enough to win people over.

At this time, Li Xiao walked to a room in the Ministry of Gold, where a master was busy, and there were several officials under him who were settling accounts.

"Yu Shi, right?" Li Xiao looked at the anchor and said.

When this lord named Yu Shi heard this, he hurriedly got up and saluted, and said respectfully: "See the national teacher." ”

Li Xiao bowed slightly, and said: "The Ministry of Finance is in charge of the treasury and the number of calculations, and the transactions between the two capital cities, the mutual market, the He city, and the palace market, your burden here is not light." ”

This master named Yu Shi was stunned, he didn't expect that the national teacher knew everything about the household department, and he could say the responsibilities of the thirteen divisions of the household department at will.

Yu Shi arched his hand and said: "Returning to the country, the work here is indeed busy, and you need to be cautious every day. ”

Li Xiao nodded slightly, picked up an account book at random, and flipped through it carefully.

It looks like the Metropolitan Procuratorate has come to check the accounts.

This made Yu Shi a little nervous, and his palms were a little sweaty.

Li Xiao was surprised while flipping through it: "Yu Shi, you are very meticulous in your accounts, this method is also good, you have your own set of things, your ability is good, you have worked hard in the household department for twenty-five years, why are you still just a master?" ”

Saying that, Li Xiao frowned and said, "It shouldn't be."

Yu Shi was taken aback and said, "National teacher. It's all part of the matter. ”

Li Xiao pretended to be displeased and threw the account book aside, and walked towards the door with his hand, "Yu Shi, you go out with your national teacher." ”

This made the officials next to him stunned, this Nima Yu is really going to be promoted?

Yu Shi walked out a little embarrassed.

Subsequently, it was also seen by more officials.

It doesn't matter, Li Xiao didn't intend to hide it.

Let Yu Shi take him to a no-man's land, Li Xiao said straight to the point: "Yu Shi, this household. But someone is suppressing you? ”

Yu Shi was flattered, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he had to give up his hand and say: "I have never had a teacher back to China, but I can't have the ability of the lower officials."

"What ability is not enough, this is clearly the ability not to be reused, is it possible that the yamen of Nanjing City is already so stiff that it can't accommodate capable people!"

Li Xiao's voice was full of energy, and the entire household could hear it.

Fools can hear it, this Li Xiao is obviously deliberately saying it to everyone.

Yu Shi was also taken aback, and he didn't know what to do.

Li Xiao patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Yu Shi, you are a talent, talents can't be buried, the national division comes to Nanjing, in addition to promoting the dormitory area, but also to clean up the officialdom atmosphere of this Nanjing city, the national division will not embarrass you, you just nod or shake your head, and tell the national division if anyone suppresses you." ”

Yu Shi was actually suppressed, and Li Xiao could see it from the account book.

This person is capable, but he was born poor, and if no one is promoted, he will be the end of being the master.

Yu Shi thought about it for a while, thinking of the national teacher's toughness and work, and the fact that what he said just now had already been heard, there was nothing to worry about.

He nodded slightly: "Yes." ”

"Okay, you don't need to say more, the national teacher knows it."

Li Xiao nodded slightly, "Okay, you can step aside." ”

Yu Shi bowed deeply and retreated in a nervous mood.

"Wait." Li Xiao shouted again.

"National teacher, what else is going on?" Yu Shi stopped.

Li Xiao took out a bottle of pills from his sleeve, handed it over, and said kindly: "I heard that your wife's cough is not good, the national division has specially developed medicine, you go back and bring it to your wife, one pill a day, for five consecutive days, it should be cured, if it is still not good, you can come to the barracks to find me at any time." ”

Hearing this, Yu Shi was immediately moved.

Li Xiao is not only a national teacher, but also a holy hand in medicine, and he has visited the military camp many times before, not for promotion and wealth, but for his wife's illness.

But his own people are light-hearted, and he doesn't expect to see it.

And now, the national teacher is so kind.

"National teacher, I thank you for my wife, you are really a doctor and benevolent."

Yu Shi's eyes were red, and he immediately knelt down to bow and thank him.

"Hurry up, please."

Li Xiao helped him up and said, "It's just a matter of raising your hands." ”

After speaking, he whispered in his ear: "If there is anything hidden in the household, you can report it to me." ”

Yu Xianli nodded.

Li Xiao patted him on the shoulder, and then swaggered away.

Yu Shi also returned to the room where he worked.

Not long after, after Li Xiao left, Keren, the head of the household, personally invited Yu Shi to the room and poured tea himself.

"Yu Shi, what did the national teacher tell you?"

"Nothing, the national teacher and doctor are benevolent, knowing that my wife is seriously ill and cannot be treated, he gave me medicine and let me cure my wife."

As soon as he heard it, he understood.

This national teacher clearly wants to win over this person for his use, so won't he still deal with them when the time comes?

He immediately laughed and said: "The national teacher is really merciful, Yu Shi, in fact, you have not been promoted for so many years, and Ben Shangshu is also responsible." In fact, the matter here is very complicated, and it is not as simple as it seems. Such. Don't worry, since the National Teacher recognizes your ability, in a few days, the old man will think of some ways to give you a mention. ”

Twenty-five years, I can't be promoted to an official if I do my duty.

The national teacher came over and said a few words, and Shangshu was going to give him a promotion.

For a while, Yu Shi felt a little nauseous.

As the national teacher said, the officialdom atmosphere of this court is really hiding dirt, since the national teacher is here to clean up the atmosphere, and he trusts himself so much, how can he live up to such trust? ?

Thinking of this, he arched his hand and said, "Lord Shangshu, I won't bother you, the lower officials are very satisfied with their current position." ”

After saying that, he turned around to leave.

Seeing that the soft one was not good, the head of the household department was a little annoyed.

As a scholar, he is kind of and persuasive, but with such an attitude, he had no choice but to be hard: "Yu Shi, you really stink like a stone in a pit, do you think officialdom is so easy to mix?" Do you think that if you tie the thigh of the national teacher, you will be able to soar? Joke, so naïve! Come back quickly, the old man can ignore what you just said. ”

Hearing this, Yu Shi also said stiffly: "Lord Xie Shangshu is kind, I Yu Shi is easy to be satisfied, I never thought of flying Huang Tengda, farewell!" ”

Li Xiao didn't woo people casually.

He is specially trying to win over these hard-tempered and somewhat righteous people.

To put it bluntly, Li Xiao chose people with low emotional intelligence like "Tie Keystone" back then, just like stones in a pit, smelly and hard.

In this way, Yu Shi turned to leave, and the angry Shangshu's eyes widened.

scolded behind his back: "Okay, good! Yu Shi, you are really tough, the old man wants to see, how long can you get hard! ”

Next, it is conceivable that Yu Shi was deflated everywhere and began to be wearing small shoes.

At night, the moon is shining.

A banquet was held in the mansion of Zhao Jingkun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and high-ranking officials gathered.

"The national teacher has already begun to act, nominally to examine the work, but in fact, he is openly and honestly co-opting people in my yamen for his use."

At the banquet, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites said.

"That's right, these days, it seems that Li Xiao has not done anything, in fact, he has been secretly observing, selecting officials, and waiting for opportunities to win over. And most of the officials who have gone to the court these days are not all the way with us, so Li Xiao is one by one. ”

Another official said that they finally understood what Li Xiao had done.

"Damn, in this way, let everyone not recuperate at home, and also go to the court, disturb the audio-visual, and act at the opportunity." The soldier's squire suggested.

Subsequently, everyone responded one after another.

At the banquet, several officials of the yamen talked about the people who were co-opted in the yamen, and Keren, the head of the household department, also said that today's head of the household department, Bo Yushi, received the favor of Li Xiao.

"Oops!"

After hearing this, Zhao Jingkun, the secretary of the military department, slapped the table and said, "Ke Shangshu, you have been tricked." ”

Ke Ren, the head of the household, said: "How do you say this? ”

Zhao Jingkun, the secretary of the military department: "Didn't you find it?" The people Li Xiao chooses to win over are all from poor backgrounds, and some are self-righteous, they don't move around on weekdays, and they don't like people, such people are not welcomed in officialdom, but Li Xiao chooses such people. ”

Hubu Shangshu Keren: "Hey, that's really the case, what is the purpose of this Li Xiao?" ”

Zhao Jingkun, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "What you did today is tantamount to pushing Yu Shi down on Li Xiao's side, and when the time comes, he Yu Shi will shake some things out, aren't you caught by Li Xiao?" ”

Ke Ren, the head of the household, laughed: "What do you think you say, I, Ke Ren, am a clear stream, never greedy for ink, and do everything according to the process, what can he tell me?" ”

Zhao Jingkun, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "I have to guard against it, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, are you sure that there is nothing?" ”

Hubu Shangshu Keren was surprised: "Old man, I don't know much for a while."

Zhao Jingkun, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "Isn't this right, let's run errands in the imperial court, if you have the heart, you can always find out some mistakes, and then Li Xiao will use Jinyi Wei to arrest us, which is very bad." ”

Hubu Shangshu Keren smiled: "Don't worry, the hundred households of Beizhen Fusi's grandson Dahai is my own nephew, if there is any movement, he will be the first to notify me." ”

Zhao Jingkun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, nodded slightly, and then said: "It's not that I'm too careful, the other yamen are okay, your household department is the main thing, and the household department of the household department is in charge of household registration, soil fields, enlistment, contributions, and exemptions. When the time comes, Li Xiao forcibly transferred this person to the Household Division, and this person is against you, won't he hold our lifeline? ”

Hubu Shangshu Keren was slightly stunned, as if this was the truth.

The Department of Household Affairs manages the fields and taxes of the whole of Nanjing and even the boundary of the south of the Yangtze River.

If the person who uses it is not your own person, it will be very troublesome at that time.

Thinking of this, he was preoccupied with the whole banquet.

When the feast was over, everyone left.

Zhao Jingkun left Ke Ren alone.

The two entered the room and had a secret conversation.

In the room, the two Shangshu sat down, and Zhao Jingkun asked in a low voice:

"Ke Shangshu, we have to discuss this matter carefully, can you still buy the master of Yu Shi under your yamen, at this juncture, you can't make trouble in vain. Now the official department Shangshu Jianyi has become an old dog of Li Xiao, the official is promoted and transferred, Li Xiao holds the sword of Shang Fang, and acts without scruples, if he really occupies an important department, this person cannot be controlled by us, it is very bad, we have to guard against it. ”

Ke Ren, the head of the household, thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult, during the day today, I scolded Yu Shi fiercely, and then transferred his two officials away, so that he can wear many hats, this person must have a grudge against me." ”

Zhao Jingkun said: "You are confused, how can you do this?" ”

Ke Ren snorted and said, "I was a little annoyed at the time, a little master, the old man took the initiative to throw an olive branch, and he didn't think so. I heard that this person has a very ugly temper and is not good at words, but today I have seen it, it is stinky and hard! ”

Zhao Jingkun whispered: "The matter has come to this, simply."

He touched his neck with the palm of his hand, making a murderous intention.

Seeing this, Ke Ren was shocked and said: "This is too blatant, the national teacher is co-opted by the national teacher during the day, and he dies at night, even a fool knows that it is deliberate, and everyone can guess it." ”

"That's right, let's just let everyone guess! Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger! ”

Zhao Jingkun said with a determined expression: "The national teacher has made a move now, and if he wants to win over people to deal with us, we will return it." Kill people, let everyone know that those who are co-opted by the national teacher will die, and next, who dares to be co-opted by Li Xiao? ”

Ke Ren nodded, and then sighed: "It's a method, but if we are discovered, we won't be able to eat and walk around, and we will be directly pinched by Li Xiao and thrown into prison, and we will be beheaded by his Shang Fang sword on the spot." ”

Zhao Jingkun said: "This matter is easy, send the dead, even if the matter is revealed, it will not affect us." ”

Ke Ren was shocked: "Do you have a dead man? ”

He didn't expect that the military department Shangshu would actually raise the dead soldiers.

Zhao Jingkun smiled slightly and said: "You don't need to know, just tell me, where the Yu Shi family lives, and then leave it to me." ”

"Good! There is Brother Lao Zhao. ”

Ke Ren didn't squirm, and immediately told the address of Yu Shi's house.

The night is dark and the wind is high, and the night kills people.

Coincidentally, tonight, the wind was blowing and the rain was pouring down, which was a good opportunity to kill.

Zhao Jingkun sent the dead soldiers, a total of sixteen people, in groups of two.

went to the homes of the eight people who were co-opted by Li Xiao in these days.

Either you don't do it, or you want to do it, and everyone is afraid!

He didn't have these dead soldiers, these dead soldiers were all from 'Mr. Liang'.

Zhao Jingkun had the greatest influence in the court, and after the thunderstorm talks, he was the leader of the court to resist Li Xiao.

Mr. Liang is also generous, asking for money for money, guns for guns, and people for people.

These dead soldiers are from the hands of Mr. Liang.

and hid in his house, and sent him at his will.

Sixteen dead soldiers, all of them with extraordinary martial arts, and their tongues were cut out.

Obviously, he was abducted and trafficked since he was a child and specially cultivated, even if the matter is exposed, he can't provide for anyone.

At night.

Sixteen killers sent out, dressed in black and wearing hats.

In the heavy rain, I slowly touched the homes of these officials, and I didn't know it.

The sword is out of the body, like a ghost, and blooms with cold light in the dark night.

The eight people who were co-opted by Li Xiao are in danger!

(End of chapter)