"Chang Sheng, do you think that the affairs in the DPRK are still unresolved, and your reform in Jianghuai can continue?" Fan Zhongyan stood at the gate of the General Office and looked worriedly into the distance, asking Ye An with a slightly hollow look.
It was not easy for Ye An to answer this question. After all, he had done everything he could, whether it was complaining to the court, asking the Cao family and the Li family to help with the sidelines, and asking Fan Yong to help with some urging, but the result was...
The officials had already issued the decree, but it was stuck in Zhongshu.
It was obvious that Zhang Shixun was the one who got in the way. This old man was bad at doing good things, but he was quite good at bad things. However, he did not fundamentally deny his reform proposals, but used the most reliable "drag trick".
"If you delay in doing anything, you won't be able to catch Zhang Shixun. After all, reforming the army in various states in the Jianghuai area is a major event. Zhang Shixun said that he has his own considerations and needs to make a judgment. Who can blame what? I'm afraid it's the company officer.
No one will talk about him, but if I try to push him, I will actually give him a handle!"
Ye An was not in a hurry, but instead repeatedly enlightened Lao Fan. He understood the situation in North Korea and China better than others. At the moment, Zhang Shixun was as if he was sitting on the crater of a volcano. No one inside or outside the country wanted him to be here anymore.
Stay in your position.
It's not that Fan Zhongyan didn't smell anything, on the contrary, he always felt that Ye An was hiding something from him. For this reason, he couldn't help but ask Ye An: "Have you ever secretly planned anything in the court?"
Ye An waved his hand: "No, I just asked someone to hear the attitude of the whole court towards the reform of Jianghuai Xiangjun. Cai Qi, the envoy of the Third Division, agreed with the reform. He also said, "It is better to give up money for a while than to give up money for a lifetime.
"Good"!
Fan Zhongyan nodded slightly: "This way you can know where the problem lies. As long as the Zhongshu does not need to be printed, things will be delayed and your affairs will be difficult to handle!"
Ye An nodded and said: "Thank you Mr. Fan, but Zhang Shixun may not be able to secure his position in the government now. I have received news that someone wants to impeach him, and the officials also intend to remove him!"
Fan Zhongyan raised his brows and looked at Ye An and said: "After taking a brief look at the Jianghuai River, it will be easy to handle your errands. It is better not to worry about it if you are not in the temple. After the official is dismissed, as long as the prime minister appoints people properly, it has nothing to do with you and me. At present, the Jianghuai River
The disaster is over, the fleet I sent to the south to buy grain will be back soon, where will your Puhui Company's grain transport fleet go?"
Seeing that Fan Zhongyan didn't want to talk about the imperial court, Ye An smiled and said: "The convoy has arrived in Suzhou, and the price of food has dropped. I sent people to spread the news. The food merchants in Tokyo City and Yingtian Mansion couldn't stand it anymore, and they all said
If grain is transported to Suzhou, as long as grain from the north and south is transported to the Jianghuai River, no matter how much grain is transported, grain prices will be suppressed. The disaster will soon be over, and the only thing left is to reform the Xiang army."
Fan Zhongyan nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's very good, but you have to work a little harder. Although the court documents have not yet arrived, the preparations that need to be made may be prepared as soon as possible to be ready!"
Logically speaking, Ye An and Fan Zhongyan are now on the same level, but Ye An still regards himself as a junior in front of Lao Fan. In his heart, this person is the one he knows well who "worries before the world's worries", so Ye An respects him.
It all comes from the heart.
Originally, the reform of the Jianghuai Xiangjun was a top priority, and Ye An naturally would not neglect it. After Fan Zhongyan left, he summoned the officials in the Military Envoy's Yamen to start compiling information on the Jianghuai Xiangjun.
The first level of official rank is overwhelming, not to mention that Ye An, the strategic envoy, is much higher than the commander of the Xiang army in the local state capital. Originally, the account books and rosters of each Xiang army were their lifeblood, and generally the superior officials would not ask for them.
I can certainly give it, and if I can shirk it, I will shirk it, but with Ye An, it's all hard to do.
Although Ye An has a literary talent, his reputation in the military is at its peak. In addition, he has agreed to find jobs for these Xiang soldiers and go to Tokyo City, so he naturally handed over all the account books and rosters.
However, the account book and the roster definitely don't match up. The problem is that the former army Sima didn't keep records carefully. As for the people, they have already been transferred elsewhere, so it is almost impossible to find them.
These commanders also wanted to take advantage of Ye An's inspections to wipe out all the old scores, so that they would not worry about conflicts when the next people came to take over. As for the shortages... they would have left by then.
The vaginal discharge after the tube is overwhelming!
Ye An naturally knew what these people were thinking, but since he promised to forget the past, he could only hold his nose and admit it. Only in this way can these commanders happily accept the reform of the Xiang Army, otherwise they would be ruined
With such cleanliness, I will definitely be the first to speak out against it.
Only when the pressure from above and below is reduced can we truly carry out the reform. Ye An reminded Fan Zhongyan more than once that if we want to reform, we must balance the interests of all parties, otherwise the reform passed by the court alone will not be carried out at all.
Go down.
At this time, Lao Fan had already regarded Ye An's reforms as a sample for his own observation. He went to the Office of the General Manager when he had nothing to do, and watched Ye An and a group of officials working on various accounts and rosters day and night.
I felt that this was a waste of time.
Similarly, Wu Zunlu also sent the sword and pen officials from Tongzhou's government office to help. If he didn't send people, Ye An would go to his state government to rob people. Don't look at the fact that these sword and pen clerks have no character and are not officials.
However, these people have been in contact with local documents for a long time, and the secrets inside are much clearer than themselves.
With these people, we will soon be able to make a clear count of the documents handed over by the Xiang army in Jianghuai prefecture.
But as the statistical work progressed, Ye An's face became increasingly ugly, and Fan Zhongyan, who occasionally came over, was so angry that he cursed at the yamen and refused to come again.
He was really afraid that he would be pissed to death here. As the right commander, he should have reported the deficit and corruption of the Jianghuai Xiang Army to the court, but Ye An had already said that if he reported it truthfully, he would pack up and leave immediately.
, would rather the reform of the Xiang Army collapse in the middle than continue.
Lao Fan had no choice but to rely on Ye An, but he felt depressed and simply stopped coming.
Wu Zunlu was not surprised by this kind of thing. He took advantage of the three people discussing the disaster in the Yamen of the Comfort Envoy to explain to Lao Fan: "Brother Xiwen, don't be angry about the corruption of the Xiang army. If there is no corruption, then Changsheng still needs to reform the Xiang army."
The army? The more it is like this, the more it should be reformed, otherwise it will only get worse!"
Fan Zhongyan pointed at his nose and said: "You Wu Daoan said it easily, but do you know that the Baoxin Army said it has three commanders, but in fact there is only one commander registered and in the army, which is a shortage of two commanders! He is the commander of the Luzhou Baoxin Army
How much free money did Fang Xingyong eat?!"
Wu Zunlu frowned and said, "It can't be that many, right? What about the two commanders? Every year, the imperial court sends out inspectors to check. There are so many people missing, so he's not afraid of exposing the truth?"
"Revealing the secret? You can't reveal it! The two commanders are still in the barracks of his Baoxin Army, but they have all become hard laborers, and they cannot be counted as members of the Xiang Army! We will go to check after the capital inspection, as long as the number is not
Young Master, that is the registered Xiangjun of the Baoxin Army. After they leave... hum!"
Lao Fan exposed the fishy nature in one word, but he was still unwilling to give up, so he tried to resell military supplies and tamper with others. Wu Zunlu became more and more surprised as he listened, and finally exclaimed: "This is not the imperial court's.
The Xiang army has simply become a blood-sucking moth!" After saying that, he looked at Ye An beside him.
Fan Zhongyan also stared at Ye An and said: "If these people go to Tokyo City, wouldn't it be a way to divert trouble from the east?"
Ye An smiled coldly and said with a cold light in his eyes: "If these people stay in the Xiang Army, it will only make the Xiang Army more corrupt. It is better to transfer them to Tokyo City. There are many vacancies for military attachés in Tokyo. I promise them
They were transferred to Tokyo City, but they were not told what kind of military positions they would be given. Then they would be assigned some unimportant and idle military positions from the Privy Council where they would just wait to die. Then these people would know how difficult it is to live in Tokyo!"
At this time, Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu came to their senses and suddenly realized: "Good, great good!"