Wu Wangcheng was actually a little out of breath.

Shen Chen was worthy of being an old minister with more than a decade left in his official career. He just glanced quickly at His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting behind the imperial desk.

The student from the Ministry of Engineering, who was gentle but serious, lowered his head and took a sip of the iced plum soup. It was the only one served in the Xiaochao meeting, and Shangzhuguo's surname was not available.

Yan Yongfeng, the minister of Honglu Temple, is the current head of the Zizhao Yan family. He is an old man with a very strong appearance. Here, he has always been just a point of care.

Ma Yuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, stood up and picked up a jade plaque from his waist. After a moment, a sand table model appeared in the imperial study room. It was a miniature building in green color, with golden characters showing different government offices. Ma Yuan was like "exploring something from a bag", and from a thousand steps In the Nanxunfang Military Department Office on one side of the corridor, he opened a library with the word "地" and found "Hanzhou Room". Then he accurately found "Qiu Guo" from the room. After preparing the file, he reached out and clicked it, and the file appeared out of thin air in the imperial study room, hanging in the air. Ma Yuan walked over and took it in his hand. He looked at the emperor. Song He smiled and said, "Let the imperial master review it first."

Ma Yuan handed the file to Chen Pingan, and the Minister of Punishment was not in a hurry to go back and take a seat.

The archives of the Ministry of Justice and the dock where the sword boat was built are the top secrets of the Great Li court.

If officials from other departments want to access secret records, they need to go through layers of approvals, and the collation is extremely strict. Even within the Ministry of Punishment, there are many rules and procedures, and no mistakes can be made.

Although there are many rules, it does not mean that you can slow down.

Are you pretending to be self-serving, deliberately procrastinating, trying to take the opportunity to collect bad rules, or are you a little more sophisticated and only exchange benefits in the dark? Or you are in a bad mood that day, you just shame someone, and deliberately make things difficult for officials from other departments? Or you are from a different background? Your surname is at the top of the officialdom. The people above are not willing to deal with it. Now it has finally fallen into my hands below. I want to get you stuck so that I can prove to the above how sympathized I am.

In the past, Cui Chan would regularly check such official documents every month, but this was just "official" on the surface. The truth is that in the past three years, Cui Chan had been keeping an eye on all the words and deeds of all the files of the Ministry of Justice and all the officials in the government offices.

Human nature is something uncertain, but a person's strong inertia can be trained.

Three years later, Cui Chan used it all at once to settle old scores. He was rewarded, promoted, and punished in many ways. Didn't he like to use his power to the extreme while sitting on that chair?

Take off your official hat first, and don't think about making any achievements in your official career in this life. The road to becoming an official will be cut off.

Recommend officials and then demote them. Don't run away if you don't find any problems. If you are a child of a well-born family, all kinds of family titles, such as the number of places in the Imperial College and the amount of land in the village, will be reduced as appropriate. If it is deducted to the point, it is not enough to punish you. , just go to the family elders who are officials in the court. If you need to give orders, give them orders. If you need to reduce your salary, reduce your salary. If you need to resign and return to your hometown, then resign. As for returning to the official residence or family ancestral hall, that is a closed-door household matter. .Anyway, the specific reasons, the regulations on rewards and punishments, the paradigm of law enforcement, and the court reports sent to the prefecture and county levels are all clearly written for you.

I, Cui Cheng, am a complete loner. I have no Taoist tradition, no students or disciples in the strict sense, no family members or heirs, no relatives and friends, no like-minded scholars, no acquaintances with fellow Taoists in the mountains. I don’t need to buy any private property. Accepting any imperial reward, year after year, is a salary equivalent to a snowflake.

So if you disagree with my political views, then you are wrong.

If you have different opinions on a specific matter, you can submit an official document, and Cui Chan will personally read it. If there is an approval, it means there are merits. If there is no approval, it will be sent back the same way, indicating that it is all nonsense. However, the outside of the envelope containing official documents will be stamped with the official seal of the special government office of one party. If you are more capable, you can also go to Cui Chang directly and quarrel in person. One of the prerequisites is that you and the person who recommended you to discuss matters beyond the level Both of your official resumes can withstand inspection, and secondly, senior officials such as the Great and Small Jiuqing who will personally bring you here must ensure that you will not waste the precious time of a country's national advisor.

In the past, Xiuhu's only way to relax was to leave the popular building, slowly walk out of the alley, and go to the top of the city alone to have a look.

The reason why Shen Shen and other important ministers felt uncomfortable during this meeting was because the previous owner of the chair, the embroidered tiger, had almost no mood swings when discussing anything with anyone, whether it was a morning court meeting or a small court meeting in the imperial study room. of.

He would never express his emotions as straightforwardly as Chen Pingan did today. Of course, during the last meeting, Chen Pingan was more like a embroidered tiger.

Chen Pingan turned the pages very quickly and quickly read the dossier. His expression was somewhat relieved. The dossier was not thick and had been carefully summarized. Many important figures and key events were marked with annotations and indexes... I can only say that it was okay.

So Chen Pingan still shook his head and directly denied: "Clan, frontier generals, aristocratic clans, martial arts heroes, monks, rivers and lakes, landscape gods. There are seven major items in total. They were selected by the Ministry of Punishment, but only ninety-three were recorded. The number of people is too small and must be replenished."

"The Ministry of Punishment will go to the Renzi database again and search according to the items of local gentry, rural hermits, etc. Start this matter immediately. Pay special attention to the search and collect the gentry and literati who are in the opposition, write books and biographies behind closed doors, and organize lectures in associations , As long as it involves the affairs of the Dali court and the impression of the frontier army, don’t miss out on anything you say or write on paper, good or bad."

Ma Yuan's eyes are strange and his mood is extremely complicated. Do you dare to sneak in, Sir, and take a stroll? Otherwise, how could you be so familiar with the inside stories of all the departments in our Criminal Department and know all the treasures?

More than a dozen young officials, who were immersed in their desks and writing quickly, immediately stood up and began to search according to the pictures. They searched through familiar places and pulled out files located on different bookshelves. At the same time, there was also a group of young officials responsible for screening, sorting, and recording. After all, the text is the information presented to the imperial study room by "Direct to Heaven". It must be accurate and accurate, and strive to use the least text to give the most content.

After taking a look at the subtle expression on the young hermit officer's face, Ma Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. There were still quite a few good seedlings in his punishment department.

Of course Chen Ping'an didn't go to the Ministry of Justice to become a gentleman, but he didn't bother to explain anything.

It's just that as a hidden official who single-handedly completed the classification and re-filing of all the materials of the summer palace and the cold palace, practice makes perfect. It is a kind of knowledge that has reached its extreme and never changes from its origin. I only talk about the number of slips of paper in those files.

Just tens of thousands.

Chen Ping'an said: "The six sword boats that were temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry were immediately launched into the air and handed over to the Dali military to go to Hanzhou."

"Then, in the form of a document from the Ministry of War, notify the Qiu State court to immediately withdraw the two border troops who have rebelled without authorization."

"Instruct Da Lihan and General Wei of the two states to set up camp immediately and deploy an elite force of light cavalry. The generals who lead the troops can make their own decisions at their respective garrison locations on the border of Qiu State."

"The Ministry of Rites issued an ultimatum to all the gods of mountains and rivers in Hanzhou to return their golden bodies to temples and wait for orders from the Great Li army. Those who dared to openly violate the ban in the near future will all be converted into obscene temples and their golden bodies will be smashed on the spot. At the same time, some civil and military officials from the Qiu State colluded with a certain country.

If you have any clues or evidence, please report it immediately to the Department of Punishment of Great Li, and we will allow an exception to be made and Feijian will send a letter to you."

"Including Hanzhou, as well as the three bordering states, all civil and military officials of Dali will be thoroughly investigated, no matter what method or means, if they have any beneficial dealings with Qiu State in the past five years, even if they only have one tael of silver.

Every calligraphy and painting is recorded in the book for me.

As the imperial master's "manual instructions" were issued one after another.

In an instant, an imperial study room became busy.

Shen Chen asked with a smile: "Do we need to bring back the Dali border troops of Qiu nationality from the wilderness?"

Zhao Duanjin nodded, "This is feasible."

Those who followed the Great Li cavalry to the wild battlefield, regardless of their origins or official positions, they all had the same identity, old pawns.

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "It's not necessary."

Zhao Duanjin frowned slightly, but Shen Chen was really calm and didn't say anything.

Chen Ping'an continued: "The Ministry of War and the Criminal Department immediately gave out a detailed list of all Dali spies and dead soldiers who were placed in Qiu State under both sides' jurisdiction, their current identities, where they were hiding, and their archived information over the years.

.In addition, those who have

The military generals and lieutenants of the Qiu State who had participated in the Dali Frontier Army and the Battle of Peidu, as well as the middle-level civil servants of the Qiu State, also gave a list of their respective attitudes towards the Dali court, goodwill, neutrality, malice, Ministry of War and Punishment

Have you ever made similar clear markings?”

Wu Wangcheng, the minister of the Ministry of War, nodded and said: "We have them here at the Ministry of War! Not only that, the civil and military officials of the Qiu State who hold a neutral attitude changed their attitude during the war, and they also had corresponding evaluations, as well as officials who seemed to hate me, Da Li.

"My private conduct and preferences are all recorded in detail."

Ma Yuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, was speechless, but he still said truthfully: "The Ministry of Punishment has not yet taken this measure."

Chen Ping'an did not reprimand the Ministry of Justice for this, but instead said to Wu Wangcheng: "Shilang Wu remembered to discuss the matter in detail with the Ministry of Justice afterwards, and then sent a copy of the minutes of the meeting to the Imperial Academy."

Wu Wangcheng nodded. Ma Yuan was obviously a little surprised.

Chen Ping'an thought for a moment and said: "That small-scale discussion, together with the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, does not require the presence of three officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yuanwailang is enough. It is too easy to ask Qiu Guo to be honest, but it is difficult

How to clean up the subsequent mess, at least the Ministry of Accounts will have to take out some money, just keep an eye on those powerful eunuchs, gods on the mountains and celebrities who like money

, as for the group of civil and military officials of Qiu State who are depressed and frustrated whether they have been squeezed out by factional disputes or severely squeezed out by their colleagues in the officialdom, don't let them go. Give money to those who want money, and give to those who want officials.

Those who are famous will be given the same treatment. Wait at most five to six years, or at most ten years, and then we can help this single-name vassal country to replace all of them with a group of capable ministers and officials who are committed to the suzerain country."

"This is just one of a series of measures to clean up the mess. I will write a piece in the near future specifically about how to 'clean up the mess' and send it to officials who are qualified to attend the Umrah meeting. I also hope that you will respond quickly by then. There is no limit to the number of words.

The more the merrier. It is best to form a rule-based court rule, so that when dealing with similar matters in the future, you only need to follow the steps."

Chen Ping'an shifted his gaze and asked: "Your Majesty, shall I go to the Qianbu Corridor to discuss the next specific matters with the soldiers and the execution hall officials?"

Song He said: "The Imperial Preceptor does not need to move, just discuss matters here. If the Imperial Preceptor thinks it is more effective there, I can follow him there."

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment and said, "Then go to the Imperial Preceptor's official residence to handle this matter."

Song He stood up and said with a smile: "I can just lead the imperial master to take a look over there."

Chen Ping'an stood up and suddenly asked: "Is there a similar setup at the Imperial Government Office?"

Song He couldn't help laughing, "Some of them are even more luxurious than the Imperial Study Room."

Chen Ping'an whispered: "My senior brother is not afraid of overstepping his bounds."

The ministers, who had not dared to laugh out loud when the emperor opened his mouth, suddenly burst into laughter when they heard that the imperial master had exposed the truth himself.

Chen Ping'an looked at the taciturn and capable old man, Yan Yongfeng, the minister of Honglu Temple, and said: "Send someone to take Han E and Liu Wenjin to wait outside the gate of the Imperial Teacher's Office later. Let Yan Jiaoran go there too, I will

I want to discuss something with him."

Yan Yongfeng nodded.

Chen Ping'an said: "Let Cao Gengxin and Zhao Yao come too."

Zhao Yao from the Ministry of Justice and Cao Gengxin from the Ministry of Personnel, two young and promising ministers, are naturally qualified to attend the small court meeting, but they have something to do today and need to meet. As usual, the small court meeting in the imperial study room includes six ministers.

Dajiuqing

, as well as Xiao Jiuqing, plus the six ministers, the person in charge of the Zongren Mansion, the general responsible for the security of the capital, etc., can all participate, but it is not necessary to attend every time. For some small court meetings, even a minister can "take leave"

absent.

Of course, Wu Wangcheng of the Ministry of War is also a new member of the imperial court who is very popular in the officialdom. In addition, the old minister Shen Chen is too old. Cao Ping jokingly called him an old guy who "takes in too much air but doesn't get out". Therefore, the two ministers of the Ministry of War are in charge.

Xu Wu, the left minister who was in charge of the specific military affairs in the wilderness, made his bed directly in the government office, while Wu Wangcheng, who was in charge of domestic military affairs, had to attend the small court meeting every day without missing a beat.

For example, today, Xu Wu needs to discuss military plans with Yan Jiaoran of the Zizhao Yan family in the government office.

Don't think that Wu Wangcheng was born on the battlefield, and that he is a living person who came out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Among the few surnames from Shangzhu Kingdom in the Great Li Dynasty, the Yizhou Yunzai Junguan family, the great-great-grandson Guan Yiran, the great-great-grandson of Guan Yingche, the old minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, currently has a low official position, just a doctor in the household department.

, there are still several steps to climb before participating in the Xiaochao meeting. Several family elders are bench officials of a certain Qingshui Yamen in Xiaojiuqing.

The family of Shangzhu State where Queen Yu Mian belonged was ridiculed by the government and the public as the "horse dung Yu family". They had no officials in the capital, but they were very prestigious among the Dali frontier army.

Yuan Chong of Shangzhu Kingdom, whose courtesy name was Yunshui, had a slim appearance and a bookish air. He was the father of Yuan Zhengding, the governor of Hongzhou.

Cao Qiao of the Shangzhu Kingdom was a majestic man. He was the elder brother of Cao Ping, the hunting envoy. Cao Qiao was also the father of Cao Gengxin, the Minister of Civil Affairs.

In the Dali officialdom, there has always been a saying that "Yuan and Cao have different paths."

Including Su Gaoshan and Cao Ping, there are currently a total of six generals in the Great Li Dynasty who have obtained the status of hunting envoys, and only four are still alive.

The identity of the Shangzhu Kingdom can be hereditary, but the hunting envoy cannot.

It is rumored that there are currently eight promotion maps in the Dali Dynasty. In fact, they are eight explicit or implicit promotion routes.
To be continued...