Chapter 562: Using both soft and hard, I recommend myself

Liu Liu was stupid, Liu Qi was stupid, Tu Xun was stunned. "《

Seeing that they were in such a situation, Xu Xun was not busy explaining and told Liu Liu and Liu Qi to go out first, then he said to Tu Xun: "To be honest with Tu Shangshu, I talked about the matter of robbers to the Secretary Lin and others yesterday. Nowadays, bandits are emerging one after another, especially in the north and south Zhili, so we must not be careless. For example, in the south of the Jima, there are several famous figures among the Xiangmao thieves, such as Zhang Mao, Qi Yanming, and Yang Hu. In addition, there are many people who spread the doctrine of white lotus inside and outside the capital, which are all the turmoil. There are these signs near the northern Zhili and Jinji, let alone the world?"

Tu Xun originally thought that Xu Xun was just recruiting two guards with some skills. He heard this and had been an official in the north and south for a while and had prepared for the border. He knew that the little prince outside the pass was powerful and he felt nervous for a while. He was in the second rank of official position, and it was impossible not to know about these internal and external troubles. But now there is such a scene of a depressed state in the court. How many people have time to care about other things? Therefore, after a long time of silence, he asked, "The Pingbei Bo means..."

"The matter of robbery is urgent, but we cannot simply think about rushing our troops to wipe out the enemy as before, nor just to appease. We must know that these bandits live in the mountains and do business without capital. Just as the brothers Liu and Liu Qi said before, they are not only not good at farming, but also look down on the money they eat in the fields! Whether they are forced to farm or exile, they are not a long-term solution. How can they do their own good things? This is how to gradually eliminate these signs."

Xu Xun's vulgarity, but his meaning is quite clear, but this is contrary to Tu Xun's deep-rooted understanding of the decades of official duties. He always felt that the strategy of only punishing the evil and avoiding threats was the best to deal with these bandits and bandits, but now Xu Xun actually said that these people cannot be comforted at all, which is simply a complete subversion!

"Shishu Tu must have heard that some villages are rampant with bandits, and the villagers seem to be deeply harmed. However, when some merchants travel by, they are the ones who go to the mountain to inform the news, and they are the ones who sell food on the mountain. Some people even send their descendants to those villages, just to have a way out. As for the officials' military service to clear the news, this is the most deadly thing. But can you suppress the entire village or exile them all together?"

Seeing Tu Xun's face full of hesitation but didn't say anything, Xu Xun slowed down and said, "So, the current plan is to give these people a way out, but at the same time, they have to restrict their actions. Although Liu Liu and Liu Qi do not admit to raising thieves, as they just said, this thieves are very natural. Otherwise, the bandits would just go into the mountain nest, how could they know where the person is?"

After all, Tu Xun was already confused by Xu Xun, and finally couldn't help asking: "But, Pingbei Bo just said that they would arrive at the Ministry of Justice in the future, what does this mean?"

"I think Tu Shangshu won't forget how Jiang Shanfei entered the Ministry of Justice, right?" Seeing Tu Xun's face turned dark all of a sudden, it was obvious that he thought of such a guy who overturned Min Gui and almost overturned himself. Xu Xun laughed, "Of course, with Jiang Shanfei's previous lessons, I would not ask Tu Shangshu to take them into the Ministry of Justice to be justified, so as not to arouse an uproar again. I will only hang these two people in the secret files of the Ministry of Justice. I will use them."

It is not difficult to put two names in the Ministry of Justice. The expenses such as the horizontal and vertical captains are not about the court's salary, nor are they spending a few dollars. However, Xu Xun's trick of building a plank road and secretly spending Chen Cang made him even more confused: "Why not take them into the army?"

"I passed the Ming Road in the army, and some things are inconvenient." Speaking of this, Xu Xun smiled, "Because I want to borrow the two of them to train a group of people from the left and right official halls, and try it out with the bandits and bandits in Jinan first."

The enemy cannot use a large army to attack the thieves. On the one hand, it is too wide to disturb them, and on the other hand, it is very expensive. It is very good to form a small mountain combat force to deal with this kind of scene, and even the instructors are ready-made! After the contraction, those bandits who are skilled in small groups of combat will have another very suitable place in the future!

Now that Tu Xun has not reached that kind of stakeholder alliance, Xu Xun is naturally inconvenient to reveal too much. However, after a preliminary conclusion, he initially reached several key points such as communication information with Tu Xun, and then sent Tu Xun out of the door. (") Watching Tu Xun ride in the mottled carriage and slowly disappear into the night, Xu Xun couldn't help but smile.

In this way, if Xie Duo's affairs could be accomplished, Yang Yiqing would come back in the future, and he would be not far from the road to the Grand Slam of the Six Ministry, One Court, Seven Ministers.

Liu Liu and Liu Qi were called in to see Tu Xun, and then they were sent out to stay without saying a few words. The two brothers were anxious to wait, especially Liu Qi, who said the wrong words, was even more embarrassed and did not dare to say a word. It was not until Abao sent Xu Xun's instructions to ask their brothers to go to the study that the two hurriedly followed the people carefully.

"This little brother, I wonder how Ping Beibo is feeling?"

Abao usually receives more guests, and he is no longer the boatman who wants to eat on the canal back then. Now he turned his head and glanced at the two of them, then grinned, showing his teeth that were not very neat but still white: "Young master is in a bad mood. Sometimes he is angry when he smiles, sometimes he is angry but not angry. I dare not talk nonsense." Seeing Liu Liu reaching out and handing a silver horn up, he immediately reached out to block it and shook his head.

"The rules in the mansion are strict, and you can collect door bags on the door, but those of us who follow the young master are absolutely not allowed to collect things. Those who don't know are not guilty. If you take them back, I will take them back and I will take them away."

Liu Liu didn't expect that Xiaoxiao and a servant were so difficult to deal with. He hurriedly retracted his hand and felt more and more unsure. When he entered the study again, he saw that there was no one besides Xu Xun. After the guide, Abao, who was leading the way, also retreated, and he gradually felt relieved. If this powerful emperor's favorite minister was suspicious of the two brothers, he would not have any precautions at all. From this point of view, the other party should really not care about Liu Qi's previous verbal verbal words.

"grown ups……"

"You two of you came to Beijing to see me this time, but want to contribute to me?"

Faced with this straightforward question, Liu Liu bit the bullet and said without hesitation: "The adults are famous. The younger brother has missed the opportunity before, so he wants to ask the adults to... to collect the water again."

Hearing these last four words, Xu Xun couldn't help but smile: "What are you going to collect again? You didn't sign the contract and go out again. These four words are not used properly. However, you are a little famous in Wen'an, Bazhou. Why are you willing to leave the good days of making money every day, but you come to rest as much as you can?"

Liu Liuben didn't want to tell the truth, but think that Xu Xun was different from others. He deliberately deceived himself and just humiliated himself, so he said with a heart: "Since the adults are asking, the young man dare not hide it. In fact, when he captured two Xiangmao thieves, we accidentally injured the nephew of Zhang Mao, the famous Xiangmao thief leader. The news came out that the two said that they were young, either they simply went to vote for them and did not care about it anymore; or the young man left the three-point land of Bazhou by himself. We also have wives, children, and young men. Although there are a few people, Zhang Mao's Xiangmao thieves have a total of two or three hundred people. The fight is really not very likely to win. So the young men heard that after the adults were assassinated, the guards were all promoted and rewarded. They were ashamed and ashamed for a moment, so they cast their favors."

Understanding this, Xu Xun asked thoughtfully: "Since you have been helping the government to arrest the thieves, when you encounter such a thing, you never thought that through the government, you simply sent troops to wipe out those people once and for all?"

"It's not that easy!" Liu Qi finally couldn't help it, "If the government had that ability, it would use us to help the thieves! They sent troops every time they were not going to chase people behind their butts, or they lost a big loss but couldn't even take out a pension. They were all in the bucket!"

"It's true. (")" Xu Xun saw that Liu Liu was about to stare at Liu Qi again, and he smiled, "All right, your brother is telling the truth, you don't have to blame him. But I can also tell you clearly that the coincidence of things like the past may not be able to happen again. Unless you make great contributions in the war, you brothers will write down documents and submit them in, and they don't know that you can be free again in the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month. So, given that you two are brave and good at fighting, I can give you another choice."

Liu Liu knew that it was what Xu Xun had just said about joining the Ministry of Justice, so he quickly raised his ears, but the next sentence he heard surprised him.

"I intend to choose three or five hundred people from the front guards of the government army and the left and right official halls of the 12th Regiment Battalion to train various skills such as bow and horse fighting, mountain forest pursuit and trap hunting. Since you brothers are experts in robbing and stealing, you should be able to play your strengths."

"ah?"

"After October, it gradually became cold winter. I will give you two months. At the end of the year, you will show me the group of Zhang Mao you just mentioned!"

If he was shocked just now, then the Liu brothers were completely shocked. Seeing Xu Xun's solemn face, Liu Liu couldn't help swallowing hard. After a while, he stammered and said, "Sir... are you kidding with the younger brothers?"

"In a word, I want people to give them money, but if I can't train a military force in two months, you two will know my nature." Xu Xun paused a little, then smiled slightly, "Your family should still be in Wen'an, Bazhou, right?"

Seeing that Liu Liu and Liu Qi's expression changed drastically, Xu Xun calmed down and said, "Of course, if you succeed, I will not be stingy with the reward. I have just told Mr. Tu that your name is temporarily in the Ministry of Justice. Once you succeed, I will report it to the emperor to give another reward. The court will not initiate border quarrels lightly. If you want to make achievements in the north, it depends on the opportunity. Besides, no matter how good your bow and horse are, you may not be able to beat the Iron Cavalry of the Tartars when you go on battle. But now this is your old job, and it is not easy to make achievements? Moreover, if you are worried that you have any relatives and friends you know in the horse thieves, I can also agree to you together and never kill them all."

After being silent for a long time, Liu Liucai said in a dry voice: "Sir, can you allow us brothers and two to think about it carefully?"

"Yes, but, although I don't like to force people, it's important. I don't want to leak this news, so I've already known that Jinyiwei and Xichang sent people to Wen'an, Bazhou." Although Xu Xun didn't say what to send someone to do, he knew that the two of them must be clear, so he finally said earnestly, "Since you are here to vote for me today, you should have inquire about me as a Xu Xun. But no one who follows me has ever suffered a loss!"

Speaking of this, he shouted, "Abao!"

Abao came in from outside the door in a moment, bowed and said, "What are the instructions for the young master?"

"Take these two people to the guest room for rest. In addition, the message was sent to Jin Liu. The news of the two of them was not allowed to be leaked, and the guards also went to warn him."

"yes!"

Seeing that Liu Liu and Liu Qi had a very complicated face and followed Abao out, Xu Xun breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to fight Liu Jin inside, and fight with the old people. He had to be wary of Dayan Khan who was determined to unify the whole Mongolian, and also guard against the peasant uprising in Kinki. He didn't know how to clone his body! By the way, he still remembered that during the Zhengde period, the famous Ning Wang rebelled. There were too many things to pay attention to, and he really couldn't even take care of it!

Sitting there and staring for a while, Xu Xun heard Abao's voice coming from outside: "Young Master, everyone has been settled. In addition, Lord Qian and Mr. Ma are here together!"

These two guys are really fast!

Thinking of the small banquet for civil servants who had just held last night, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for August 15th tonight was the best among a group of military generals. Xu Xun rubbed his eyebrows and stood up, making up his mind to have to drink tonight before he could relax. So he got up and called Abao in. He instructed without thinking: "Go and see what wine is prepared in the kitchen. If it is not enough, bring out all the ten jars of imperial wine given by the emperor during the Chinese New Year. I must get them drunk tonight! It would be fine to work hard with all the old people last night, but only drink and not talk about business affairs tonight!"

For several days, the lights of the Sili Supervisor's yamen were on until the third day of the morning. I didn't know how to express my feelings. Now the eunuch who was in charge of the seal is really diligent, but who knew it couldn't help but whisper. Taking advantage of the fact that Lin Han, the Minister of Personnel, had not yet taken office, Zhang Cai, the doctor of the Wenxuan Department, had been transferred to the right assistant censor of the Censorate. Liu Jin took advantage of Jiao Fang's years of relationship with the Ministry of Personnel to carefully transfer all the case files of those officials. He brought a few confidants to study at night, and almost got out of dark circles. Finally, he completed such a difficult task before Lin Han took office.

"Finally there are all!"

He bent his fingers and blew the thick stack of paper on the table. Liu Jin smiled and glanced at the four newly promoted Sui Hall in front of him, and said with praise: "No, you four are very good. After spending so many days with our family, he finally sorted out all the Shaanxi people in the court. Well, it's not in vain that our family has left so many people from the Nei Shu Hall, but he chose you four. Do your business well, and our family will not treat you badly!"

"Thank you, my father-in-law!"

"Go!"

Liu Jin stood up and shook his sleeves and shut them back. He looked down at the things on the table, and felt a sense of pride that all the heroes of Shaanxi were in my trap. It was worth the effort that he had done so much, and he found that among the officials of the court, the officials of the north, especially those of Shaanxi, had never had an advantage. If he could vigorously promote those talented Shaanxi officials and let those fellow villagers know that they would have hope of progress if they depend on him, then even if he was a eunuch, he would definitely be able to gather a large number of people!

Didn’t that boy Xu Xun take advantage of his origin in Jinling to catch up with so many people who didn’t get into the old guys in one go?

"Father-in-law, are you going out of the palace tonight to go back to your private residence, or live in a straight room by the river?"

When Liu Jin heard the cautious question outside, he couldn't help but hesitate. According to the rules, the eunuch in charge of the Secretariat was not allowed to live outside at will without any trouble, and had to be in the straight room by the river to call the emperor at any time, but Zhu Houzhao had always trusted him and ignored this. However, since Wang Shouren was driven out of the capital, he vaguely felt that the little emperor seemed a little depressed, and did not dare to be as free as before. At this moment, he couldn't help but hesitate for a while and suddenly asked, "Is it Mid-Autumn Festival today?"

"Yes, a few nephews in your private home have prepared banquet mooncakes, saying they are waiting for their father-in-law to go back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Then go back!"

Liu Jin spent most of the years, spending the Mid-Autumn Festival alone by himself, at most Gu Dayong and others accompanied him. Now that he is a high-ranking person who can celebrate the holiday with his family, he temporarily threw away the word "cautious". When he came out of the general office, he saw that several small firemen had already prepared stools, and he raised his foot to sit down, and suddenly asked, "By the way, where are the others?"

The Fengyu Wang Ning was the one who had been using Liu Jin for many years. He was the most obedient. He heard this and reported in a low voice: "Report to the father-in-law, Eunuch Wei's brothers were appointed as the Jinyiwei Officer for the Holy Will. Now we are celebrating at home. Eunuch Qiu is almost the same..." After saying a few people, he paused and continued, "As for Eunuch Zhang and Eunuch Gu, they all went to Pingbei Bo's house, saying that Pingbei Bo asked them to have a few drinks in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Pingbei Bo also sent a post to the Silijian to come to the father-in-law."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Liu Jin lowered his face and scolded him. Seeing Wang Ning kneeling down and kowtowing to apologize, he didn't argue anymore. He stomped his feet and ordered to leave. When Wang Ning got up, he quickly followed him. He seemed to have eyes on his back and ordered without looking back, "Next time there is such a post first, at least let our family have some preparations. If you go to Pingbei Bo Mansion, you will say that your family will be kind, but our nephews are also very pitiful. They can't see each other as uncles and uncles outside all day long. They must be grateful for their filial piety. If you have time, you will go and disturb him."

"Yes, the little one remembers."

Seeing that Wang Ning was about to leave, Liu Jin suddenly called him again: "Wait, come back!" When Wang Ning quickly came back and stood beside the bench, he thought for a while and whispered, "Please pay attention or inquire about who will go tonight!"

Liu Jin left the palace and changed into a sedan chair. He rushed back to the private house of Shajia Hutong on the east side of the street under Gulou. Sun Cong and his nephews had already come out on the door. He heard that there were many people giving gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival today, so he nodded with satisfaction, changed his shoulders and walked into the mansion. When he arrived at the east house of the main hall, he saw an extremely sumptuous banquet that had been set up. The bright candles and shiny palace lanterns, and the golden and jade-like decorations showed a rich and luxurious coming that he had never expected before. He couldn't help but look happy. After sitting down, his nephews smiled and toasted, and everyone folded a basket of compliments. He felt that he was getting more and more drifting.

After this meal, Liu Jin's cheeks were already red, and the two of them were carrying them left and right before returning to the room. However, he had just stopped in a daze and heard muttering sounds coming from outside. He was impatient and couldn't help but shout, "It's so late, what else is there?"

"Report to my father-in-law, it's Eunuch Wang who is back." Seeing that Liu Jin didn't say anything, Sun Cong at the door hesitated for a moment and said again, "Eunuch Wang also brought back a scholar. He met at our doorstep. He recommended that he is talented but no one appreciated him. Mingzhu was covered with dust for a long time and boasted about his kindness, which was enough to make his father-in-law have a Buddha for thousands of families."

Now he is the eunuch in charge of the seal and a powerful internal minister. Liu Jin doesn't even take Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, seriously, but he is always a little scared of Xu Xun. The reason is very simple, not because Xu Xun's Shengjuan has almost caught up with him, but because Xu Xun is one on the left and one on the right, and he is more than one person in his hands. So, if Sun Cong said something else, it would be fine. When he talked about a scholar who recommended himself to the door, he immediately got up. Regardless of his head still a little dizzy, he even ordered: "Please, please!"

After a while, Wang Ning led a scholar in his early forties into the door. Seeing this age, Liu Jin was seventy-sixth of his satisfaction. He didn't want to fight with Xu Xun, who was old enough to be his grandson in the court. When he got home, he had to listen to a slanderous boy who was still sarcastic. He had just drunk sober soup and sat upright and said kindly: "You said you have good plans to offer to our family?"

"Yes, father-in-law."

The scholar bowed down and said word by word when he stood up: "Student Zhang Wenmian is from Huating. The student heard that his father-in-law is now in charge of the rituals and supervisors and is deeply favored by the emperor, so he offered a plan to calm the people."

"What kind of plan to calm the people?"

"Reduce tax exemptions, clean up the salt administration, punish corruption, and discuss compensation for treasury arrears... There are thirteen items in total!"

Zhang Wenmian took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and presented it. Seeing Liu Jin was stunned at first, he immediately showed an interesting expression. He couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. He passed the county government examination and became a scholar, but failed the provincial examination many times. He had ambitions and talent but always had a bright eye. If it weren't for the occasional encounter with that iron-faced man after he got drunk, he expressed his ambitions and received funding and money, how could he come to the capital and talk about the eunuch in front of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the literati?

It's time for him to operate!
Chapter completed!