Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 273: Act vigorously and resolutely, like a broken bamboo!When a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain it!

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On the second day, Fengtian Hall went to court as usual.

Li Xiao was still standing beside the dragon chair, with his hands behind his back, his demeanor was indifferent.

Officials entered one after another from outside the hall and met with them in unison.

"See National Teacher."

The number of officials who came today is obviously more than yesterday.

Li Xiao on the stage smiled slightly, and joked, "Hey, today is not bad, it seems that everyone's illness is almost recovered."

There was a sense of irony, no one answered, and everyone lowered their heads.

According to the usual practice, the eunuch took out the roster and started counting.

Most of the officials are used to it, and they don't need to do anything.

"Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

"The minister is here."

"Li Xiang, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials."

"The minister is here."

"Zhang Yu, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials."

"The minister is here."

"Officials."

Dianmao is still going on boringly, both inside and outside the hall will be clicked, inside the hall are officials above the fourth rank, and outside the hall are Beijing officials below the fourth rank.

As time passed, the name came to Yu Shi who was standing outside the hall.

"The head of the household department is thin and solid."

When the name was pronounced, two people's ears perked up. They were Hubu Shangshu Zhao Jingkun and Hubu Shangshu Ke Ren.

"Chen is here!"

A loud shout came from outside the hall, it was Yu Shi's voice.

Immediately, Zhao Jingkun and Ke Ren's eyelids twitched, and they were all shocked.

Yu Shi is still alive?

Isn't he dead?

Especially Zhao Jingkun, the dead man he sent out.

No, no, none of the dead soldiers sent out last night came back
Could it be that the national teacher sent someone to protect him.

If so, wouldn't the matter be exposed!

No, things don't get exposed.

Those dead men are all dumb, unable to expose themselves at all.
So you must keep calm now, this is the intention of the national teacher.

He should be watching our every move!
Thinking of this, Zhao Jingkun remained silent, and looked straight ahead, but from the corner of his eye, he secretly looked at the national teacher Li Xiao on the stage.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, once you look at it, it really frightens him, and the hairs stand on end!

The national teacher was staring at him with squinted eyes, smiling slightly, it was terrifying!
Could it be seen?

Impossible, there are so many officials from the descendants of the aristocratic family, why does he think it's me?
As long as I stay calm, I should be fine!
The national teacher has no idea who it is, he is deceiving me!
The more you have to be calm at this time
For a while, Zhao Jingkun was preoccupied, but pretended to be calm.

However, no matter how he concealed it, he couldn't escape Li Xiao's piercing eyes.

"It turned out that it was these two old guys. It was Zhao Jingkun, Minister of the Ministry of War who sent the dead soldiers. Ke Ren, Minister of the Ministry of Households, did not know about the dead soldiers, but he revealed the address."

"The two have discussed it. In this way, it should be this Zhao Jingkun who is the leader of the aristocratic family against me in the court."

At this time, Li Xiao has already figured out the whole story of the matter by virtue of "his heart".

As an emperor, what he fears most is that his subjects will fight back and forth.

The emperor didn't understand what they did and what they thought in their hearts.

Li Xiao, on the other hand, can easily know other people's thoughts by virtue of his understanding.

That's why his men are loyal to him, because those who are not loyal are kicked out
The ordering lasted for an hour before finishing.

Just when everyone thought they were going to retreat.

Li Xiao looked at Zhao Jingkun and Ke Ren, and said with a smile: "Zhao Shangshu, Ke Shangshu, you two seem a little impatient, do you think it's a waste of time to spend time here every day?"

The two of them already had ghosts in their hearts, but they were suddenly accosted, and their hearts turned pale with shock.

I didn't know how to answer for a while.

On the contrary, Zhao Jingkun's psychological quality was a little better, so he remained calm, and changed the subject: "My lord, to be honest, this point is indeed a waste of time, an inch of time is worth an inch of gold, and an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time."

After finishing speaking, he looked towards the main hall and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it, we spend all day on these meaningless things, isn't it a waste of time?"

After the words fell, the officials headed by Zhao Jingkun responded one after another.

"Yeah, we've been working here all day for nothing, and it's a waste of time."

"That's right, I wake up so early in the morning, I can't sleep well, and I'm listless when I work all day."

"Time is the most precious thing. We should use our limited time for unlimited things."

All in all, everyone uses the theory that the court is useless to fight for the abolition of the court.

Li Xiao smiled slightly: "Who says it's useless? The plan for a year lies in spring, and the plan for a day lies in the morning. Everyone, get up early, walk to Fengtian Temple, exercise your body, keep fit, and sweat a lot." , wouldn’t it be beautiful to detoxify and nourish the skin? Then the next day will be full of energy, so you can better meet today’s work, isn’t it?”

"Yes, the national teacher is right."

Immediately someone responded, and the ones who responded were obviously those officials that Li Xiao had recruited. Although Li Xiao only recruited eight people, he also favored many people at the same time.

"Yeah, I also feel that after getting up in the morning and walking to Fengtian Temple, half a month has passed, walking every day, and going back and forth for more than ten miles, my body has become stronger."

"We've been sitting all day long, and our bones have stiffened over time. The national teacher has really worked hard, and specially asked us to find a chance to exercise."

"The plan of a year lies in spring, and the plan of a day lies in spring. It is well said, if you get up early in the morning, you will go to bed early at night, go to bed early and get up early, and your life will be regular."

These officials who had been favored by Li Xiao also praised them in different ways.

This made Zhao Jingqian feel a sense of crisis. It has only been half a month, and someone in the court has already spoken to Li Xiao. This Li Xiao is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Okay, well said!"

It would be easy for someone in the court to speak for himself, Li Xiao laughed: "Everyone can think of this, it seems that it is not in vain for the good intentions of the national teacher, the national teacher decided to issue the perfect attendance award at the court, every Those who arrive at the Dianmao on the first month will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver."

With this remark,
The eyes of the poor-born officials in the audience lit up.

20 taels is not a small amount!
In the 25th year of Hongwu, Zhu Biao re-established the yearly salary system for internal and external civil and military officials. The monthly salary of the third rank is 35 shi, which is 18 taels of silver when converted into silver.

This kind of salary mechanism is still implemented in the accompanying capital of Nanjing.

20 taels is equal to one month's salary.

In this way, when the difference of one month is equal to two months.

As long as you are not absent, working for one year is equal to working for two years!
And those officials with a monthly salary of less than 20 taels laughed from ear to ear.

"I'll wait, thank you Duke!"

Those officials knelt down to thank them one after another, and Zhao Jingkun's party had no choice but to kneel down, otherwise they would be dissatisfied and even antagonize other officials.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "Get up, since our national teacher is here, how can we let everyone suffer? Now that the imperial treasury is abundant, everyone's life will only get better and better in the future. This is just the beginning."

In fact, Li Xiao originally wanted to come to Nanjing to implement Beijing's salary and vacation policies.

The current perfect attendance award is just giving them the salary that should have been given to them in a different way.

The sweetness in the back will be given out slowly to win people's hearts.

This word fell into the ears of the officials, and they were overjoyed.

They have known for a long time that Peiping's treatment is good, and they are very envious.

It would be great if the national teacher could let them enjoy the treatment of the officials of the Beiping court. The treatment would be doubled, and the days to come would be more comfortable!
At this time, Li Xiao looked at Zhao Jingkun and Ke Ren again, and said, "You two ministers, do you still think it's useless to go to court?"

The two had ghosts in their hearts, so they didn't dare to say more, so they had to bow down to agree.

"correct."

Li Xiao suddenly changed the subject, and said: "These days, my national teacher is patrolling the work in various yamen, and found that some people are fishing in troubled waters, and some are very conscientious. The two ministers, do you think this is a bit inappropriate?"

Zhao Jingkun and Ke Ren nodded, "Yes, what the national teacher said is absolutely true."

They sent killers yesterday, but they returned without success. At this time, they had ghosts in their hearts, and they dared not refute many things.

I just want to end this morning as soon as possible so that I can go back and discuss this matter.

However, how could Li Xiao let them go so easily.

Strike while the iron is hot.

"Oh, since the two ministers agree, it's easy to say."

Li Xiao looked at Jian Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said, "Shang Shu Jian, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and you are responsible for the appointment, removal and promotion of officials. Tell me, if when the national division inspects the work, there are officials who are obviously very capable. But they are not reused, for the sake of the imperial court, can the national teacher promote them a little bit?"

Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to the National Teacher, you hold the sword of Shangfang in your hand, and you are also the highest commander of the Reform Department. You have the right to appoint and dismiss officials, so it is naturally possible."

Li Xiao smiled slightly, then looked at the officials below and said, "Will no one object?"

Officials who had just benefited naturally would not object. A third-rank official with a higher official position cupped his hands and said, "The national teacher has the eyes to discern the pearl, but Bole. Bole chooses a thousand-mile horse and selects talents for the country. I have no objection."

Then, Li Xiao's eyes once again surrendered to Zhao Jingkun, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Ke Ren, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and said with a smile: "What do the two ministers think?"

Why is the old teacher staring at us? The two of them were shocked again.

Especially Ke Ren, Minister of the Household Department, was like a frightened bird. Before Zhao Jingkun next to him could refute, he was the first to give in, saying: "The national teacher is the highest commander, holding Shang Fang's sword, we naturally have no objection. "

"Okay, since the Minister of the Ministry of Finance has spoken, then the national teacher can speak directly."

Li Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Just now Zhao Shangshu said that there is nothing to do in the morning every day. Isn't this what happened today? Our national teacher inspected the various yamen today and found a group of malleable talents. The most important thing is that our national teacher pays attention to talents. Seeing that talents cannot be reused, I am heartbroken, and today my national teacher selects talents for the country."

After finishing speaking, he took out a document from his body and handed it to Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said: "Shang Shu Jian, at this time, the appointment and dismissal of officials appointed by our country's teachers, please have a look."

Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, took the document, and after reading it, he said, "The national teacher knows talent with his eyes. These people do have some talents and can be reused. I will take it back to the Ministry of Officials to study and draw up later."

"No, why bother."

Li Xiao said: "Everyone is here today, so why not vote by raising your hands in this hall. Shangshu Jian, read out the details of appointment and dismissal, and see what everyone thinks."

Jian Yi nodded, unfolded the document, and said loudly:

"Bo Xu Sancheng, the head of the Ministry of War, was promoted to be a doctor of the Ministry of War, and transferred to the headquarters department to take charge of the assessment, promotion, succession and other affairs of military officials, and manage chieftains."

"The head of the household department, Bo Yushi, was promoted to be a doctor of the household department, and transferred to the department of the household department, in charge of household registration, soil fields, taxation, contribution, exemption, preferential treatment, marriage, and succession."

"The head of the Ministry of Industry, Bo Beiliao, was promoted to be a doctor of the Ministry of Industry and transferred to"

"Bo Wangchui, the head of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to be a doctor of the Ministry of Rites and transferred to"

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For a while, Li Xiao directly placed the eight people he had recruited into important positions in the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although the official positions were not large, they were indeed important departments.

After reading, Li Xiao said, "Okay, let's vote now. If you have any opinions, please raise your hands."

Hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded, what kind of operation is this?

For a while, everyone didn't react.

Li Xiao waited and said again quickly: "Okay, no one raised their hands, everyone has no objections, the vote is unanimous, and this matter is settled."

Baiguan: "????"

As soon as Ke Ren, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, heard something wrong, Yu Shi was immediately assigned to the core department to be in charge of the Department of Household Department. Is that okay?
He opened his mouth slightly, just about to refute.

Li Xiao was the first to attack, looked at Ke Ren sharply, and said in a deep voice: "What? Ke Shangshu, you seem to have something to say? Just now what did the national teacher say, the pearl is covered with dust, there are talented people in the officialdom Not to be reused, those who want to suppress wantonly, Ke Shangshu, you, the 'perpetrator', shouldn't be you?"

Li Xiao's words "the troublemaker" are particularly heavy.

All of a sudden, Ke Ren was terrified. He discussed with Zhao Jingkun last night about murdering the imperial court official. Today, Li Xiao kept looking this way.

How can you not panic if you have ghosts in your heart?
"Official. It's meaningless to be an official, it's the neck itching. The national teacher misunderstood." Ke Ren was shocked at once.

"Oh, then it's all right, good official, good official, haha."

Li Xiao laughed and said: "Okay, this matter is settled like this, retreat!"

After finishing speaking, he got up directly, turned around and left without giving everyone a chance to react.

This is called lightning-fast momentum.
The eunuch shouted: "Retire!"

"Your servants are waiting to send off the national teacher!"

All the officials bowed and shouted in unison, then retreated.

After retreating.

On the way, Zhao Jingkun was so angry that he pulled Ke Ren, the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, and cursed in a low voice, "Ke Shangshu, you are so confused, how could you agree that Yu Shi'an was inserted into the Department of the Ministry of Accounting? The rest of the departments are fine. The department is in charge of all land taxes in Nanjing, and the books are made with fish scales, if Li Xiao picks out the faults from it, it will be very bad."

Hearing this, Ke Ren retorted: "You still have the nerve to blame me. Yesterday I said that this plan was wrong. You insisted on using that treacherous plan. The dead man you said was safe. What happened? Then Yushi is still alive! Then The national teacher is up in the morning, and he keeps looking at the two of us. I'm afraid the matter has been exposed!"

Zhao Jingkun scolded: "Fart, what is revealed, then Li Xiao is clearly bluffing us. Even if the dead man I sent out is dead, he will not be implicated in us. How could it be exposed. It was when you discussed with me at the beginning. I have already agreed, but now that something happened, I panicked like this, fierce and timid, and Li Xiao took advantage of it and let him succeed."

Ke Ren said helplessly: "Now that the matter has come to this point, there is no need to say more, what should we do next?"

Zhao Jingkun said: "If you master the household department, you can clearly grasp the land ownership. For example, your Ke family has 60 million mu of land in the whole family. It is scattered in the hands of many people. Besides, it’s hard to see that these lands are actually owned by your Ke family. But if you have a fish scale book and go to see it on the ground, you will find that the land is neatly connected together, and you can find tricks. We The bottom line is all figured out.”

Ke Ren said: "That's true, it's really not possible, why don't you send some dead men over there?"

Zhao Jingkun said helplessly: "Where are so many dead men coming from? It's really not good, you"

He lowered his voice and whispered: "Go and burn the file library."

"Crazy!" Ke Ren said: "The document storehouse was burned, and I, the Minister, cannot escape the blame, and I must die!"

Zhao Jingkun said: "Find someone to replace the dead lamb."

Ke Ren said: "No, if I do this, I'm afraid I will be a lamb!"

Zhao Jingkun thought about it for a while, and this move was indeed a little inappropriate. The national teacher sent people in, and the file library was burned in the back, which was a bit blatant.
He was silent for a long time, and then said: "Okay, let's not discuss this matter for now, we will discuss it at this time, you continue to win over Yu Shi first."

Ke Ren nodded: "That's the only way to go first."

A week later.

Nancheng barracks, school grounds.

The scholars are jogging. It has been a month since they came to Nanjing. After this month of eating, drinking and recuperating, the bodies of the scholars have improved.

Courage has also been greatly improved. Whether it is sleeping on the grave or sleeping with a paper man, I am not afraid now.

Some people even hugged two paper figurines to sleep at night.

One is fat and the other is thin, it is said that they are flying together
At this time, Li Xiao and Li Jinglong were watching these talents on the field.

While watching, Li Jinglong chatted and said: "The national teacher is powerful, and he acts vigorously. If he doesn't move, he will act. If he moves, he will be the key. He has attracted eight officials to occupy important positions in various ministries at one time. It can be regarded as a group of people. Let's do things easily. Too much. Most importantly, this move undoubtedly told many other officials that as long as they follow your national teacher, they will get a lot of benefits, and everyone is willing to get close to you."

Li Xiao nodded slightly: "Xie Jinglong's compliment."

Li Jinglong laughed, and said with a little doubt: "However, since the national teacher has attracted some people, but the next time, it is calm again, and there is no movement. This is not for those thieves to think about countermeasures. Why, why? Why don't you cheer up?"

Li Xiao said indifferently: "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tool. Sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter. We must first sharpen the knife used for beheading, and then sharpen it before we shoot."

"knife sharpening"

Li Jinglong was slightly taken aback, then looked at Li Xiao, followed Li Xiao's gaze, then looked at the scholars, and said: "The national teacher said that we should continue to polish these talents. These scholars are the swords of the national teacher?"

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, this is the most important thing. After all, no matter how capable I am, I only have one pair of hands. As the saying goes, a good man has three gangs, and three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang. I am willing to spend time polishing my hands. , and don’t want to do everything by yourself. Because the ability of an individual is limited, but the power of a group is infinite!”

This.
Li Jinglong was shocked.

The ability of an individual is limited, but the power of a group is infinite.
He suddenly realized something!
In Nanjing City, Li Xiao either concealed the truth from others, or crossed the sea, sent spies to inquire about the news, or secretly protected the officials.
This series of things was not done by him, but by his subordinates.

Even himself, is also working for the national teacher.

The national teacher seems to be constantly cultivating himself.
Got it, got it. This is the charm of the National Teacher!
Cultivate a group of capable people to be used by him, so that he can be invincible! !

"Master, I have realized it!" Li Jinglong's expression was shocked.

Li Xiao patted Li Jinglong on the shoulder, "It's good to be enlightened."

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the school yard and shouted: "Assemble!"

After the words fell, the scholars stopped and assembled immediately, waiting for Li Xiaoxun to speak, looking expectant.

After Li Jinglong watched it, he suddenly realized that these scholars had become Li Xiao's people without knowing when, unknowingly, even if they became officials in the future, they would still be loyal to Li Xiao's officials, where their appeal lies!
Li Xiaolang said: "Let's talk about it, if you encounter unfair things and unreasonable people, how should you deal with them?"

The scholars shouted: "Impress them with etiquette, restrain them with laws, and influence them with virtue"

Li Xiao laughed, "Wrong, big mistake!"

The scholars wondered, "Why?"

Li Xiaodao: "When a scholar meets a soldier, it's hard to tell why. When others don't reason with you, your etiquette, law, and virtue are all burdens. At this time, what should you do?"

After the words fell, the group of scholars looked at each other in blank dismay.

Li Xiao said loudly: "At this time, we have to use our fists to make them reason."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao pointed to the soldiers of Cixi Guard on the other side and said: "Today is just right, and it is rare in a thousand years. One side is a scholar, and the other is a soldier. When a scholar meets a soldier, what should I do? I can only fight with my fists." Said, today you will fight with them, whichever side wins, the national teacher will be rewarded heavily!"

The voice fell.

The scholars were all dumbfounded.

What's the situation, let them fight with those rough guys?
Isn't this killing me?
And the soldiers of Cixi Guard were all smiling.

This Nima, the national teacher is really a good person.

Isn't this sending money?
(End of this chapter)