Li Yun is very busy today and has many things at hand.
He came to Tianjin Prefecture from Daxing Prefecture yesterday, and left the mansion in a hurry this morning. He planned to go to Sanchakou River Port to inspect the construction progress of the new wharf.
If everything goes well, we will summon Du Gang, who carries grain from the sea, when we come back, and urge them to prepare their ships to ensure that the ships are not damaged by ice after the port is frozen.
In addition, they must coordinate with local officials to recruit sailors from all over the country for placement and training. In the spring of next year, the court will definitely send people to inspect the drills. If anything goes wrong by then, it will not look good on everyone.
Both of these matters are business on the surface, but are actually related to the military preparations in northern Xinjiang. In the past few months, there have been constant rumors that Genghis Khan is about to lead his army back to the grasslands, and the three recruitment departments in the north have been particularly urging for military resources.
eager.
The money and food from the imperial court come and go like water. The total seems to be huge, but there is more here and less there. Discussions in the court on how to distribute it have so far been fruitless. But this year and early next year, it is determined that what should be given,
Can't drag.
Something went wrong here. That's why Li Yun made this special trip.
As expected, this day's trip was not smooth from the first step. The dock at Sanchakou was clearly well documented. A quick look at the dock revealed that the construction progress of the dock was much slower than expected, affecting many nearby freight shipments.
Li Yun summoned some officials on the spot and inquired about the reason for the delay.
First, there was a foreman of a certain organization. In autumn, he violated the inspection of Liukou Town. He was arrested and has not been released. As a result, the foreman's relatives and friends incited the ignorant people, and hundreds of civilians were arrested every day.
They went to the Inspection Department to cause trouble and abandoned the key roads they were responsible for building.
After three or five days of delay, it will get cold. The terrain of Tianjin Prefecture is humid and humid. After the weather gets cold, unless the people are forced, no one will be willing to stand knee-high to the waist. It will be difficult to continue the construction. Since the road is impassable, what else can be done
It can't be done either.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, and the official responsible for supervising the work here became impatient and reported the matter to the Criminal Division.
The things that the Punishment Division was nervous about were different. What they were afraid of was that the ignorant people would be incited to cause trouble under the eyes of the emperor. After they were involved in this matter, the conflict between the town inspector and the powerful foreman turned into a conflict again.
There was a document war between several related yamen, and the Criminal Division focused on a few thorns in the civil servants.
When Li Yun arrived at Sanchakou, he was surrounded by several officials. Everyone expected him to come forward to judge right and wrong. But they did not think about it. The expansion of the wharf would have affected the material transfer at Sanchakou. Now there are so many ships waiting on the river.
Now, the last batch of millions of stone grain before the river freezes is just for unloading, who cares about right and wrong?
If it delays the supply of grain needed by Northern Xinjiang and affects the war, who bears the responsibility? Whose head should be chopped off?
Aren’t you, a large group of people, afraid of death?
According to Li Yun's wishes, he would like to kill a few leaders, and then dispatch all the chaotic officials and replace them with capable people from his own department and Qun Mu. However, he also knows that this is not practical.
The world has changed so fast in the past two years. The imperial court itself has been in ruins. The number of people promoted from the military system is not enough, and it has to continue the various messes left by the previous dynasty. The messes are everywhere, and it is inevitable that there will be messes.
When people are active, this kind of bickering between different parties is always inevitable.
It happens that many new situations correspond to new operating procedures. Even if the superiors want to intervene, it is not that easy. Not to mention Li Yun, Yelu Chucai is also facing new situations, new departments and new tasks every day in Zhongdu.
His power was overwhelmed, but he only paid attention to the magnanimity of the prime minister and wanted to maintain the dignity of the court's laws, so he easily kept it secret.
Li Yun could only cheer up and convene a group of three people on the dock to conduct an autopsy. He forced all parties involved to figure it out and know what he should do, and he had to watch them write a document on the spot and state the terms.
Send it to the relevant administrative offices of all parties for archiving for continued compliance.
By the time the next solution was roughly arranged, the sky was already dark. Under the dim moonlight, the soldiers lit up torches and surrounded him back home.
Counting from going out in the morning to returning late at night, seven hours have passed. This kind of busyness is the norm for many upstart officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty. These are the little pawns who were once worse than dogs, and the crow-mouthed old scholars who are wanted by the court.
After the Khitans, who were destined to lose real power because of their aristocratic status in the Liao Kingdom, were scolded as treacherous prime ministers by the Manchu Dynasty, the second generation of treacherous ministers worked hard for their new goals and had no choice but to work hard.
At the entrance of the mansion, the butler came out to welcome him and waved from a distance: "Mr. Wang is back! What do you want to eat today?"
This butler spoke carelessly. If he were a serious official who had passed down the family for several generations, he would probably be kicked out immediately. But Li Yun felt very comfortable with him.
It was all because this steward was an old pawn who had followed him to the northeastern hinterland in his early years. He injured his leg due to the cold and had to retire. Because of his reliability, Li Yun deliberately kept him as a steward in the mansion. The ancients said that in front of the prime minister's door,
Although Li Yun was not the prime minister, he was a third-rank official, but his position among the ministers was crucial. No matter what the housekeeper said, he was a seventh-rank official, so his life was very comfortable.
As for the level of his housekeeper, Li Yun didn't care. He was traveling around for many years, and his wife was the queen's handkerchief. She was stationed in Zhongdu every day. This Tianjin mansion had always made do.
"Anything will do. I'm very thirsty. I have hot wine. Bring me a pot... or two pots!"
Li Yun shouted.
After entering the house and dismounting, most of the people who came to take care of them were old soldiers. Li Yun yelled at their uncles and elder brothers for a while, chatted for a while, and suddenly sneezed several times, causing saliva and snot to fly everywhere.
Everyone said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Lang, please go inside and warm yourself by the fire."
Li Yun entered the room, and another attendant held a heavy lock box, placed it on the desk, and bowed away. This lock box was very strong, and the General Administration Department was specially used to deliver confidential information to senior officials. It was delivered to Li Yun at noon today, and he
Haven't had time to see it yet.
Li Yun took out the key from his arms, opened the lock box, glanced at today's documents, and couldn't help but smile.
It turned out that the Di newspaper said that the emperor's trip to northern Xinjiang had achieved the expected results. The emperor only mobilized more than 10,000 people to go deep into the grassland to pick up Lu Shu, and by the way, he forced more than 30 thousand households in the eastern part of the grassland to die.
Bow down.
The reason why it was so smooth naturally stemmed from the emperor's military strategy, but it was also inseparable from the Mongolian leader Belgutai who led the army against the emperor.
This guy first captured countless forest people who had fled into the grassland, and organized them into a strict army, intending to use this army that cost no money and could never die to frighten thousands of households in the eastern grassland. As a result, this army and the large army
Zhou's imperial army was immediately torn into pieces upon collision.
Immediately, this fellow became impatient and secretly sent a signal to mobilize a group of knights who had been bribed by him among the five soldiers. Let them take advantage of the frontal fight to secretly cut into the rear of the Zhou army and take the commander's head.
The Zhou army brought hot air balloons and telescopes with them on this trip. The Mongolian method of finding flaws and exploiting gaps by relying on the speed of cavalry had no chance of success. Moreover, such trivial skills could not scare the emperor. The emperor dared to fight and was aggressive.
Personality, if someone rushes in to seek death, it's probably a happy event.
What's ridiculous is that those more than a thousand cavalry were still far away from the Zhou army, but they were intercepted by Wu Tiao, who led thousands of households each, and killed them all by chopping melons and vegetables.
Those thousands of households were watching the show, waiting for both sides to reap the benefits. How could they have imagined that Belgutai would use such underhanded methods to force them to go to the battlefield and bleed? The more unexpected they were, the more violent they would be once it happened.
And once you get angry, your reaction will inevitably be outrageous.
On the orders of members of the Golden Family, a large group of cavalry fought with the Han'er of the Central Plains, but they were killed in full view of the public. They said they were loyal to the Golden Family and Genghis Khan, but who else believed it?
Belgutai ran away in embarrassment, and I am afraid that he will never be able to reach the eastern part of the grassland again. Of course, he was clever but was mistaken by his cleverness, and these thousands of households who were under the Five Casts were also clever but were mistaken for their cleverness.
Those Mongolians could have decisively decided the outcome, but they chose to play tricks... If they got away with it, wouldn't they have made a mistake for themselves?
While putting away the newspaper, Li Yun heard the sound of arranging dishes, chopsticks, and cups outside the study.
After a busy day, he was indeed thirsty and hungry, so he quickly put away the lock box and went out. Only when he got outside did he realize that the person who entered the study room with a large plate of wine and food was not the original cook, but a young cardamom girl.
little girl.
The little girl has bright eyes and white teeth, and is very good-looking. She wears the ordinary clothes of a servant, but she has a vague special charm of Xiaojiabiyu.
Li Yun couldn't help but take a second look, and suddenly asked: "Where are you from?"
The little girl was timid and did not dare to raise her head, saying: "I am a native of Tianjin Prefecture."
"Why do you come here to work?"
"Dad worked for the gentlemen at Sanchakou Wharf, but he was wrongfully sued. My mother and I worked as envoys and earned a monthly salary."
Li Yun nodded.
The little girl poured wine for Li Yun, but Li Yun didn't drink. He stared at her up and down.
At this age, my daughter was in love and was easily shy. She felt that Li Yun's gaze was scary, so she nervously grabbed the corner of her skirt, wanting to leave but not daring to leave, with a look of panic on her face.
After a long while, Li Yun said: "Okay, you don't have to wait. It's getting late and you can go and rest."
His voice was very kind, but the little girl ran away as if she were running away.
Li Yun drank and ate, feeling like the wind and lingering clouds. When his stomach was full, the beat of the night patrol had already spread indoors. It was dark outside the window, but there was light reflecting from the ground to the sky. From his position, he couldn't see where the light was radiating, but there was no need to guess.
, there must be a few commercial districts that are still brightly lit.
Li Yun sneered.
He has been through life and death over the years, and he has summed up a very important lesson. There are very few coincidences in the world. Once you think anything is a coincidence, nine times out of ten, there is a deliberate push behind it to create it.
In the past few years, he has become more and more powerful, and all kinds of people have never stopped trying to establish friendship with him and offer benefits. Earlier, because of his wife, some people thought that he liked attractive and older women, so
There are quite a few prostitutes who secretly bring in promiscuous women, causing a lot of uproar.
At this time, it was probably that when I went south in the name of Jia Sidao, my deeds of traveling in the Southern Dynasties were exposed. Some people made special inquiries and thought they had grasped the private preferences of the ministers on the left and right, so they arranged the arrangement.
Such beautiful girls as if from the south of the Yangtze River appeared in front of me.
It is too difficult for a few retired soldiers to deal with such intrigues and intrigues. It seems that this mansion has been infiltrated to a great extent, so it would be better to transfer some people from the left and right departments to stay here permanently.
As for this girl, Li Yun really likes her appearance. Judging from her ignorant look, she may not know what she is going to do here. But after Li Yun asked a few casual questions, she immediately mentioned Sanchakou Pier and wanted to say
Li Yun wouldn't believe it unless someone mentioned it in advance.
Li Yun stood up and went back to the inner room, took out the newspaper and read it again.
Previously, the emperor suddenly decided to use troops in Northern Xinjiang. With an order, soldiers and horses from all over Northern Xinjiang were preparing for war, and Zhongdu and other places also responded.
The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was about to conquer the world. Since he suddenly had a brilliant idea, the officials could only cooperate and there would be no obstruction. In order to prevent the war from prolonging, the amount of human, financial and material resources that needed to be prepared was extremely huge, and all the warehouses on the Yuhe River were
Participated in food allocation.
After winter, the sea surface freezes, and the restart of sea and water transportation will be a matter of next year. In winter, there is little water in various rivers, and the only one that can transport large quantities of food to northern Xinjiang is Yuhe Caocang. The route passes through Yuheliukou
, go down along the Lugou River to the Sanchakou, then turn into the Lu River, and then go to Tongzhou and take the land route through Juyongguan.
However, judging from the feedback to the central government, the allocation in several places was not smooth. In terms of food, the disputes between various parties at Sanchakou Terminal are one of the main blocking points.
Li Yun came here to solve the problem. He cut the knot quickly, regardless of right or wrong. He first ordered the dock to resume operations and rushed to transport food. But at this time, a lovely female envoy came to his home. This female envoy
Then a family member was involved in the lawsuit at the dock...
Li Yun didn't think much about it at first. But now he suddenly had doubts.
Someone wants to muddy the waters! Why?
Could it be that someone is blocking the transportation of grain to northern Xinjiang?
Could it be said that some people hope that the emperor will lose the war in northern Xinjiang?
