On this day, after Lei Yungong finished his routine report, a look of confusion suddenly appeared on his face.
"Anything else?"
Li Jie raised his eyelids and glanced at him lightly.
"It's just a little thing."
Lei Yungong looked hesitant at first, then gritted his teeth and spoke.
"Five days ago, there was news from Yingtian Mansion."
"A few days ago, Fan Zhongyan, a teacher at Yingtian Academy, married the daughter of Changge Li."
"On the day of the wedding, the Zhang family of Luoyang, the Lu family of Donglai, the Zeng family of Nanfeng, the Qian family of Wuyue, the Ding family of Changzhou, and the Zhang family of Pucheng all sent their children to attend."
In fact, Lei Yungong's tangled look is half fake and half real.
Of course he knew about Fan Zhongyan.
How many officials can there be in the world who can be appointed by the government?
Culture and education are a major matter for the state, so the officials entrusted the establishment of schools to this person, which shows their favor.
Therefore, he was really torn about whether to report the news or not.
Report?
It is inevitable that there will be suspicion of eye drops.
But if you don’t report it, it doesn’t seem appropriate.
Which of the families he just mentioned is not a prominent family?
It was simply appalling that so many clans gathered together.
If these people were all gathered together, the power would be something that even the officials could not ignore.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Lei Yungong decided to take the initiative to report.
He believed that officials would not misunderstand what he meant.
After all, the officials are so wise and powerful, how could they hide their little thoughts?
Hearing this news, Li Jie suddenly raised his eyebrows.
He was not surprised that Fan Zhongyan got married. He was already in his thirties and had reached the age to get married.
However, there were too many people attending the banquet.
Just among the families reported by Lei Yungong, there are quite a few who don't deal with each other.
For example, the Lu family of Donglai and the Ding family of Changzhou, and the Zhang family of Luoyang and the Zhang family of Pucheng. The relationship between these families is very tense, either because of factions or because of the grievances of the previous generation.
However, these people actually gathered together?
After thinking about it, Li Jie suddenly smiled.
Too.
The person who can bring them together is not Fan Zhongyan, but himself.
However, understanding is understanding, and when it is time to beat, it still needs to be beaten.
The imperial power and the aristocratic families have a relationship of cooperation and competition. When the cake gets bigger and bigger, the two parties have a relationship of subordination and cooperation.
However, once development stalled, the two parties turned from cooperation to competition.
Especially those families that still retain the concept of clan, these people and the imperial power may not be of the same mind.
There is no dynasty that lasts for a thousand years, but there are families that last for a thousand years.
The dynasty will either continue to rule or be overthrown, but the aristocratic family has more than two options for retreat. The aristocratic family can also change its family.
It doesn't matter who makes the decision at the top, as long as the fundamentals can be preserved, everything will be easy to discuss.
Although the imperial examination system broke up the old clans, it does not mean that there were no clans in the Song Dynasty. This group of people just hid deeper.
It is difficult to eliminate gate valves.
Even in later generations, the remnants still exist.
For example, the phenomenon of inbreeding occurs in some county systems.
Fundamentally, it's just that the situation has changed. From father to son, and from son to grandson, doesn't it still exist?
Isn't this a powerful family?
Even later generations, where information spreads so quickly, cannot change this phenomenon, and Li Jie has no confidence in putting an end to such old rules.
Human nature is often selfish. Unless everyone is selfless, this kind of phenomenon cannot be completely eradicated.
Of course, there are ways to mitigate it.
As long as the cake is made big enough and the distribution system is as reasonable as possible, such phenomena will certainly be somewhat harmful, but the risks are controllable.
One word!
Development is the last word!
And this is precisely what Li Jie is best at.
On the other side, Lei Yungong waited for a long time but did not receive Li Jie's reply. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Did I guess wrong?
Maybe I shouldn't take the risk.
How smart are officials, how can they misjudge people?
Fan Zhongyan must be a very loyal minister.
However, on second thought, Lei Yungong felt something was wrong.
Are the two husband-in-laws whom the official family relies on the most loyal ministers?
Lei Yungong was unable to answer this question, but one thing he knew very well was that neither Ding Wei nor Wang Qinruo could wash away the crime of accepting bribes.
Especially Ding Wei, Lei Yungong could not be more clear.
However, he did not dare to mention this matter to the officials.
Because there were more than two husbands who took bribes, Lei Yungong was not clean at all.
Once the report is reported, if the carrot is pulled out and the mud is pulled out, the two husbands will die. He doesn't know, he will definitely die!
"I will prepare a specific list later and submit it."
After saying this, Li Jie waved his hand.
"Go down."
As soon as these words came out, Lei Yungong felt relieved.
Great list!
Excellent!
This means that the officials still have concerns and plan to see who has gone.
At the same time, this also means that the officials did not misunderstand him and were not angry because of it.
About half an hour later, Lei Yungong presented the compiled list to Li Jie's case.
Seeing the records on the list, Li Jie couldn't help but nodded slightly.
The intelligence work of the Imperial City Division is becoming more and more impressive, and his training is worthy of it.
In addition, the people on this list are basically from civil servant families, and there are almost no general families.
This also makes Li Jie very satisfied.
It shows that they still know what to do and what not to do.
"good."
After a while, Li Jie said in appreciation.
"Intelligence work is done well."
Boom!
Upon hearing this, Lei Yungong immediately plopped down and knelt down on the ground.
"I dare not take any credit. The Imperial City Division owes its present status to your Majesty's guidance."
"This is Your Majesty's merit. I dare not be greedy for ink."
"I only have a little hard work at most."
Seeing Lei Yungong acting like this, Li Jie secretly shook his head.
Who does this guy think he is?
Song Dynasty God of War?
Kneel down at every turn?
I don’t do this myself.
After sighing for a while, Li Jie felt that he could give it a little sweetness.
"I grant you three hundred quotas, which can be sent to each state capital to collect stories."
As soon as these words came out, Lei Yungong's heart was shaken.
Three hundred people!
many!
However, before he could be happy, Li Jie's next words were like a ladle of cold water poured on his head.
"However, there is one thing you must keep in mind!"
"These three hundred people can only be spies!"
"I will remember this!"
Although it was somewhat different from what he imagined, Lei Yungong still put on a grateful look.
No matter what, there are still three hundred people, right?
In fact, one thing Lei Yungong didn't know was that even without this 'contribution', Li Jie would have expanded the establishment of the Imperial City Division.
The Jinshi in this subject in the second year of Tiansheng will soon go to various state governments to observe the government.
Li Jie knows very well that it is not enough to just listen to one side of the story. If you want to understand the real situation, you must integrate voices from multiple parties.
Therefore, it is necessary to expand the power of the Imperial City Department.