The Red Mansions

Chapter 422 Adjusting the Ministry of Jinyi Mansion

Chapter 422 Adjusting the Ministry of Jinyi Mansion

The next day, the thirteenth day of the first lunar month

Early in the morning, when the sky was just dawning, Jia Heng woke up from the warm and fragrant nephrite jade, and turned her eyes to look at Qin Keqing lying on the bed. The beauty's temples were disheveled, her pear cheeks were dizzy, and her face was as beautiful as a moth moon. The curved eyelashes were tightly closed, clearly sleeping soundly.

It turned out to be a young girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, at the age of greedy for pleasure and sleepiness.

Jia Heng woke up, finished his breakfast, and went to the Beijing Camp as usual to supervise the soldiers of the [-]th Regiment for training. After half an hour, he went to Jinyi Mansion to ask questions.

The official hall of Jinyi Mansion, the back office

Jia Heng sat behind the book table, looked at Qu Lang who was sitting respectfully, and ordered: "Qu Qianhu, wait a moment, take someone to Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and ask about the details of the assassination of Prince Zhongshun in Daxiangguo Temple that day. , in order to track down the Bailian monster and arrest the culprit."

Qu Lang accepted the order and said yes, pondered for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, did you send someone to watch Zhongshun Palace?"

Jia Heng took a deep look at Qu Lang, thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, the Bailian monster may come again to assassinate, and let people secretly protect Prince Zhongshun to prevent any troubles from happening again."

Sending Jin Yiwei to monitor the country's suzerain, if there is no legitimate name, once discovered, it is very easy to be accused and criticized, but if it is under the banner of hunting down the Bailian demon, or even defending the Zhongshun Palace, it can be grandiose and deceiving.

Qu Lang nodded and immediately understood.

Jia Heng thought for a moment, then asked, "How's the case with the Ministry of Industry going?"

Qu Lang's expression changed, and he said: "My brothers are following up, Pan and Lu are very careful not to show any dirt, and they are high-ranking, low-ranking and their subordinates are afraid to use tricks, some methods can't be used, they can only be sideways. Collecting information from various places, and starting with several merchants who supply the imperial tomb, it can be confirmed that Pan and Lu have accepted bribes from merchants in the construction of the imperial tomb."

After all, he is a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and the secret agents and detectives of the Jinyi Mansion have limited investigative methods on the surface, and they even have to prevent the two of them from being surprised.

Jia Heng looked deeply, and said: "Keep watching. In addition, in terms of internal affairs, Luo Chengwang, the construction secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is quite suspicious."

This is the information provided by the father-in-law Qin Ye in the second year of junior high school, and the construction department was involved, because King Zhongshun was the envoy to supervise the repair of the imperial tomb, and his confidant, Luo Chengwang, the construction department doctor, was in charge of procurement and craftsmanship, so he was bound to deal with the corruption of ink. Know very well.

Qu Lang secretly wrote down the name and said, "My lord, there are other orders."

Jia Heng suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, in Red Sandalwood Castle, there is an official calling Qiqi. You send someone to find him quietly. If you find him, take him to a secret place, and I will question him."

If you find Guan'er Qi and know the reason for her escape, you can try to put a nail in Zhongshun Palace for future needs.

Qu Lang nodded in response, but suddenly looked alert, looked around, and said in a low voice: "My lord, there is one more thing about my humble position, I have to report it to my lord."

Seeing Qu Lang's mysterious appearance, Jia Heng's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "What's the matter?"

Qu Lang said in a low voice: "Last time, my lord asked my subordinates to investigate the smuggling of merchants from the border towns of Jin and Dai, and said that a fellow clan of my lord was involved. The former just sent people to military towns such as Datong and Pingan Prefecture. There is no news, but Master Yu is of the same clan, and has some information."

Jia Heng frowned and said, "How?"

Qu Langyu lowered his voice, and said: "The Second Master Lian of Rongguo Mansion seems to be involved in this case as well. He purchased goods from Sanfu counties in the capital and sold them to the grasslands from Ping'an Prefecture. It is banned by the imperial court, but under the scrutiny of the lowly position, it is quite suspicious, and now, the second master of Lian and a military officer named Sun Shaozu have been having fun in the brothel in Beijing recently, and they are quite bold."

At the earliest time, there was mutual trade between Chen Han and the Chahar tribes in Monan, Grassland, even under the leadership of the government.

Li Zan, Minister of the Ministry of War at the time, who is now a scholar of the Wuyingdian University, once proposed that "a grain of rice and an inch of soldiers should not enter the grassland". This policy was approved by Emperor Chongping and the cabinet, and issued an edict. crime theory.

Then grain, ironware, and salt also joined the ranks of the ban.

It can't help that silk, silk, and porcelain are exchanged for cattle, sheep, and horses in the grasslands, but most of them are dominated by the government, and merchants are charged with lijin for setting up cards as military expenditures for border towns.

Ke Junzhen border general, how can he listen?Food and ironware are sold well, and merchants in border towns collude with each other to smuggle and smuggle.

Jia Heng frowned, and said: "This Sun Shaozu, his ancestral home seems to be Datong, right? Send someone to follow, and see what the two of them are going to do."

Jia She and his son were indeed a thunderbolt, but how it exploded had to be found at a suitable time.

Because of Jia Amnesty's smuggling, it involved Cui Ling, the Jiedu envoy of Ping'an Prefecture, and other side generals.

On the contrary, what he is most interested in is whether Shanxi merchants can be dug out, and the results cannot be detected in a short time, and the layout needs to be laid out slowly.

Qu Lang said again: "My lord, Shanxi merchants are also running to the capital recently. I heard about the disadvantages of the Southern Reform of Salt Law. Merchants from the Shanxi Merchants Guild frequently visit Mr. Yang Ge and invite Mr. Yang's son Yang Sihong to a banquet."

Jia Heng frowned, wrote down the matter, and asked, "What about the Yangzhou salt merchants? Has there been any movement recently?"

Qu Lang paused, lowered his voice, and said, "I have only heard some sporadic rumors about this matter, and I don't know whether it is true or not. Please consider it."

"Oh?"

Qu Lang said in a low voice: "Yangzhou salt merchants have a close relationship with Xu Shaozhen, a pianist of Qi Wangfu, and Xu is running for the affairs of Yangzhou."

Jia Heng frowned and said, "King Qi? He really is everywhere."

It is not surprising that King Qi and Yangzhou salt merchants got mixed up. After the vassal king's money bag was destroyed by him, he urgently needed the support of a benefactor.

And the Shanxi merchants followed the footsteps of Yang Guochang's son, apparently wanting to get a share of the salt law reform in the south of the Yangtze River.

It can be said that in the past period of time, Jia Heng was busy rectifying the affairs of the Beijing camp, and other forces were not idle. Observe the big plan.

Jia Heng thought for a while, then asked in a low voice: "What is King Qi up to lately?"

Qu Lang said: "Since the king of Qi was consecrated by the sage, except for New Year's Eve, the first month to the palace to congratulate and the invitation of the princes to have a banquet, he closed his door to study. , welcome and send."

Jia Heng's face was a bit gloomy, thinking about King Qi, he always felt that King Qi would not be willing to be lonely.

At the Anshun Gate military parade back then, the feudal lord was full of malice towards him.

At this moment, the school captain Jinyi suddenly called out: "Captain, Ji Tongzhi is here to see you."

Originally, both of Jinyi Mansion were in charge of the same acquaintance, and the acquaintance of Jinyi's commander Lu Jingyao, after Jia Heng was promoted to Jinyi's governor, he found a mistake, reprimanded him, and left him idle.

And another Jinyi acquaintance, Ji Yingtian, has recently been actively cooperating with Jia Heng in managing Jinyi's affairs.

There is no doubt that if Jia Heng takes control of Jinyi, he will have to reorganize the original personnel.

Otherwise, it is completely impossible to do things, which is also the authority given by Emperor Chongping to the governor of Jinyi.

Of course, at present, because Jia Heng's tenure is short, Emperor Chongping can ensure control of Jinyi Mansion at any time.

Ji Yingtian entered the hall, with a respectful expression, bowed his hands and said with a smile: "I have seen the governor."

At this time, Qu Lang glanced at Ji Yingtian, cupped his hands, and said goodbye to Jia Heng first.

Jia Heng nodded to let him leave, looked at Ji Yingtian, and asked, "Master Ji, what's the matter?"

Ji Yingtian said: "The governor asked the humble official to pay attention to the movement in the southern province. This is the express delivery from Feige just now. On the ninth day of the lunar new year, another meeting was held at the Yamen of Yangzhou Salt Court to discuss the reform of the salt law. Please take a look."

As he spoke, he respectfully handed over a blue-sealed booklet.

Jia Heng paused, took the book, and opened it to read.

The above descriptions are quite detailed. The speeches at the meeting by the patrolling salt censor, the magistrate of Yangzhou, the transshipment department of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, the eight major salt merchants, and even Liang and Yu, two imperial envoys who went south, are sorted out in detail, just like the minutes of the meeting.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, put it aside, and looked up at Ji Yingtian.

This commander in brocade clothes is about forty years old, with a burly figure, but he has a flattering smile on his face.

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Ji Tongzhi has worked hard."

Ji Yingtian smiled and said: "In front of the commander-in-chief, a lowly position does not dare to speak bitterly. The commander-in-chief's handling of military affairs is all important in the military and the country. What the lowly position does is nothing more than trivial."

Thinking back to the young man in front of me, I still feel dissatisfied.

Now he is a first-class man, the deputy envoy of the Beijing Camp, and the governor of Jinyi, which is very different from the past.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Master Ji, I plan to adjust the duties of the thousands of households in Jinyi Mansion so that they will be more handy in investigating the details of the enemy captives. I wonder if Master Ji has any suggestions?"

He had decided yesterday to reorganize the personnel affairs of the Jinyi Mansion to facilitate the investigation of the captives, and of course to strengthen his control.

Jinyi Mansion governs fourteen thousand households, five in the front, back, left, middle and right, each with ten divisions (imperial chair, fan hand, canopy, banner, axe, luanyu, horse training, class sword, halberd, bow and arrow).

These five houses are guarding the palace together with the inner guards, acting as guards of honor, so it is not easy to tamper with, because every thousand households are almost all cronies approved by Emperor Chongping, and the five thousand households usually don't care too much Criminal name affairs of Weifu.

As for the addition of the six institutes (upper middle, upper front, upper rear, upper left, upper right, and middle rear) and the three functional institutes (elephant training, farming, and horse army), the ministries must be adjusted.

After the adjustment, it mainly focuses on intelligence collection in the six directions of Northwest, South China, Liaodong, Southwest, North China, and Central China, focusing on the two directions of Liaodong and Northwest. The government, and finally brought it to his desk for research and judgment.

Then, it is still the experience manager who is in charge of the documents, and the Zhenfu manager Xingming.

However, the Zhen Fu envoy still has the original duties of arresting, interrogating, and imprisoning.

The two Jinyi colleagues knew that the original Lu Jingyao had been reprimanded by him for his mistakes in Yangzhou affairs, and he intended to leave it idle, leaving Ji Yingtian alone for a while, and Qu Lang could be the governor of Beizhen in a few days.

Ji Yingtian's face changed slightly, thinking about it, because generally speaking, job adjustments are for placing cronies.

Ji Yingtian hesitated for a while, and said: "Although my lord is now the governor of Jinyi, he is still not in charge of guarding affairs. If he wants to pay more attention to personnel affairs, I am afraid that he will need to be instructed by the sage."

Originally, what he thought was that although the young dignitary in front of him is the governor of Jinyi, his business is mostly in the Beijing camp, and he has no time to take care of his own security affairs. Once Lao Lu leaves, he will be the agent of the government affairs. He respectfully recommends him as the commander of the capital.

It can be seen from this posture that the young nobleman in front of him has no such plans.

Jia Heng said: "I have finished sorting out all the matters, and I will present it to the sage tomorrow. Speaking of which, the military situation is like fire, and there are urgent deliveries, and they can't leave Jinyi Mansion for a while. I wonder if Ji Tongzhi would like to countersign his name?"

As Ji Yingtian said, before he was given the title of Governor of Jinyi, there were no suffixes such as "Shangyin in charge of the government hall", "Shangyin in charge of the government office", "Shangyin in charge of the government office", "management in charge of the palm seal", and "in charge of Jinyi government affairs". The adjustment of the guard's duties is a reminder to the emperor, thinking that the name is justified.

Ji Yingtian hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but sighed, cupped his hands and said, "I obey."

Jia Heng nodded, and said: "Master Ji, this is a plan to adjust the duties of the advanced staff."

Taking over the Jinyi Mansion is only the first step. How to infiltrate and use it for yourself is actually a long-term process. Don't be impatient, you need to plan it slowly, preferably with the help of military intelligence.

To put it bluntly, this is the reason why Emperor Chongping felt at ease with him. He suddenly ascended to a high position with a shallow foundation.

Seeing Ce Shu, Ji Yingtian took out a pen to sign his name, then took out his small seal and sealed it.

Jia Heng nodded, looked at Ji Yingtian, put away the memorial, and said: "Ji Tongzhi works hard, and in the future, it will not be difficult to earn a hereditary errand for the heirs .”

When Ji Yingtian heard the words, his body was shocked, his mind came back, and he cupped his hands and said: "According to the auspicious words of the governor."

In today's Jinyi Mansion, he really has no chance to be in charge anymore. If he finally retires as the commander of the capital, his descendants will also have the opportunity to inherit the Jinyi Mansion in the future.

Jia Heng said: "Master Ji, if you have nothing else to do, go back and deal with official duties first."

Ji Yingtian bowed his hands and said, "That humble job will resign."

Adjusting personnel will inevitably cause panic. If Ji Yingtian can stay and temporarily stabilize the original thousand households in Jinyi Mansion, it will also be a kind of comfort.

"For these old people in the Jinyi Mansion, the cleaning method needs to be gentler, and it can't be rushed, otherwise it will fall into the eyes of the emperor, and it will be suspected of planting party members."

The emperor is suspicious. Generally speaking, according to the degree of trust in his courtiers, there is a psychological safety threshold. Five brocade clothes and thousands of households do not move, which is the safety cordon he left for the emperor. Of.

The main reason is that there are no suitable people under him, insufficient qualifications, and insufficient credit, so it is not appropriate to push forward hastily.

"You have to keep in mind that being with a king is like being with a tiger."

Jia Heng looked at the rockery outside the window, lost his gaze, and thought.

After noon, Jia Heng rode on the horse and went to the residence of Princess Jinyang to find his psychological balance.

(End of this chapter)