One Four Five, the North Wind Rising Outside the City (3)
No one knows what Zhang Shiqi's achievements in Ruyang are, but no one doubts that Zhang Shiqi has made achievements in terms of the prince's attitude towards Zhang Shiqi. Not only did he be promoted from a secretary to a deputy section chief, he also obtained more than a dozen staff members.
The Eastern Palace does not allow private appointments. Anyone who wants to serve in the Eastern Palace must have a staffing agency and pay a salary from the books of the Eastern Palace. If there is no such staffing, you have to take the path of external employment. If someone dares to be proactive and pays money to support others, the result will be that the company will not be able to open up and there is no room for bargaining.
On that day, Zhang Shiqi broke through Liu Zongmin's layer by layer blockade and rushed to Ruyang from the mountain road to take office, without even a follower. If he wanted to do something in the local area, he would have to win over some local local snakes. He had no money or power, and only the prince was the backer, so he naturally opened blank checks without hesitation. Now that he has successfully won the favor of the prince, these checks will naturally be cashed, otherwise his reputation will be bad in the future.
He immediately gave the people who helped these days a reward of silver. Those who were willing to follow the East Palace would be given a staffing position. Those who were unwilling to leave their hometown would be given more silver. Everything was in order. However, the incident of the East Palace asking for troops to return to the court caused the local rice prices to rise. It seemed that everyone knew that Li Chuang should come as soon as the East Palace left.
Zhu Cilang only spent a meal in Ruyang and met several famous gentry in several places. This represents the court's morality, and even the emperor has to go through such a formality. After eating this simple meal, the army passed by the city, and the military discipline was quite strict. However, the Eastern Palace Guard Camp was still on the front line, and the staff was short of people at present, and it seemed that it was not enough to show off.
A hundred miles north from Ruyang is the ancient capital Luoyang. Although Luoyang has fallen now, the official road is still flat. With the speed of the marching in the East Palace, it is only less than two days away.
Xiao Mo and the camp opened up two more games, both of which were won without any suspense. He received public criticism from Zhu Cixuan. He did not dare to send good news at will, but just rested the group as soon as possible, transferred the wounded, and calculated the days to prepare for withdrawal. Behind him, the Engineering Bureau composed of auxiliary soldiers and civil servants had begun to build a wall of sheep and horses, preparing for the next line of defense for Li Zicheng.
Zhu Cixuan easily retreated to Luoyang under such precautions. Many clerks in the camp were also nervous. But looking at the prince's appearance like a playful look, he couldn't do it even if he insisted on being nervous.
"Luoyang rests for several days and return to guard Tongguan as soon as possible." Zhu Cixuan naturally moved into the Fuwang Mansion in Luoyang.
This residence of the vassal king is definitely not comparable to that of a general in Ruzhou. In fact, even the outer residence of the East Palace in Beijing is not much better than this residence of Fuwang, and it is even far inferior to that of luxury and wealth. Zhu Cilang was used to the luxury and fineness of the palace, but he still felt refreshed when he first entered the residence.
This was the royal mansion that had been abandoned for two years after Li Zicheng robbed. The area that was originally used by King Fu as a zoo was occupied by wealthy families around him. Until Sun Chuanting entered Luoyang and killed a group of people to take them back.
Zhu Cixuan took the civil servants of the East Palace and the local garrison civil servants to visit the Fu Mansion. Just like a garden party in the scholarly forest, he finally chose Li Zicheng to kill King Fu to sit in the flower hall. People who have been in the officialdom are used to guessing the intentions of their superiors, especially choosing a place with a strong bloody smell to have a banquet. It is too abnormal.
"I have heard that the Ming Dynasty has declined from prosperity since the Wanli Dynasty. You can see it just by looking at this Fu Mansion." Zhu Cixuan sat in the head, holding a white jade plaque in his hand and playing with it. People at that time did not have the atmosphere of playing with white jade, but who dared to question the prince's taste?
"When King Fu was in the vassal state, he gave 20,000 hectares of land; he drew thousands of salt; from Yangzhou to Taiping Prefecture, Anhui. All the miscellaneous taxes along the river were allocated to Fufu; plus the income from the salt well in Sichuan; the confiscated property of Zhang Juzheng's family... is indeed very favored by the temple master." Although Wu Qing could not see through Zhu Cixuan's intention, he believed that he was absolutely safe. He could still talk and laugh and liven up the atmosphere.
Zhu Cixuan continued to say, "When King Fu finished his marriage, he still had 300,000 yuan in marriage. Alas, this is how the country's foundation is empty."
No one dares to interfere with this.
Zhu Cilang disagreed and continued: "But compared to the temple and even the throne of King Fu, silver and farmland are nothing. It's just that Li Chuang is cheap, which is really hateful!"
King Fu Zhu Changxun worked in Luoyang for 28 years. He occupied fertile land more than the 20,000 hectares granted that year. During this period, the taxes, salt classes, and the exploited people's wealth and paste were almost as rich as the country's income. Finally, it fell into Li Zicheng's pocket and became military capital for the camp.
I'm afraid I haven't finished it until today!
"Li Zhe deserves to die!" Everyone cursed.
"Wu Weiye." Zhu Cixuan suddenly shouted.
"I am here." Wu Weiye didn't know why the prince raised him out, and was quite puzzled. He thought to himself: Could it be that Your Highness is going to hold a poetry meeting here and ask me to write poetry?
"When I was in Ruzhou that day, I asked you to count the Fufan industry. How did you do?" Zhu Cixuan suddenly asked.
Wu Weiye's heart was tight: I've been following you all the time, where can I do this?
Tian Cunshan secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead. Of course, he also took the order to go to Luoyang to assist Wu Weiye, but Wu Weiye did not go, so he naturally just walked through the motions. After a walk in Luoyang, he returned to the prince. He didn't have the courage to be on the front line, and he really didn't dare to let other eunuchs take advantage of the situation. Now the prince asked, and he didn't know if he could push this guilt of "lazy" to Wu Weiye.
"You are doing nothing in the camp all day long, and I thought you have done it." Zhu Cixuan's voice became colder and colder: "Now everyone is here, let's talk about it."
"I... haven't started doing it yet..." Wu Weiye suddenly felt a chill on his back, and his shirt was already soaked in cold sweat.
"I give you the right to do nothing but interfere, but you let your family down so much! Do you really think I can't cure your sins?" Zhu Cixuan shouted sternly: "Please Shang Fangjian!"
Wu Weiye was so scared that he collapsed to the ground and said in his heart: My life is over! The prince is really going to attack me!
"Strip off his official robe! Take off his black veil! Removal of fame and reputation, and demote it to common people!" Zhu Cilang sacrificed the Shangfang sword and directly knocked Wu Weiye to the ground. Although he did not take his life, it made this second-tier figure even worse than death.
"Your Highness! You're so kind!" Wu Weiye saved his life, but he felt even more sad and burst into tears.
"Minister's fat and ointment are for you, but you just eat and don't do anything! What's the use for you?" Zhu Cilang glared at him: "If it weren't for the national laws and regulations, I wish I could kill you, a mediocre person today! I still have the face to beg me for kindness! I will beat you out quickly!"
The left and right guards swung the ceremonial guards and drove Wu Weiye out with a cross.
Everyone came back to their senses from the surprise. Regardless of the officials of the Eastern Palace, the local civil and military officials in Luoyang were frightened by the fierce and decisive formation of the Eastern Palace. They were still cursing Wu Weiye, the second-hand man with a good reputation, and in a blink of an eye, the fifth-rank Qinggui Hanlin became a white man.
I'm afraid it's worse than white body!
Bai Shi still had a day to let the Brown go, but he had no chance to turn over again.
"Luoyang Prefecture!" Zhu Cixuan said.
"I'm here!" The Luoyang Prefect's sweated coldly, rolled out and fell to the ground.
"Since you took office, you have any good policies, let me tell you." Zhu Cixuan asked coldly.
"My...My..." Luoyang Mansion has only been in office for half a year. It would be great if he could handle the mess left by Li Chuang after he left. What other good policies can he have?
"Idiot!" Zhu Cilang cursed as usual: "Come here, I will send this mediocre official to a prison!"
Everyone took a breath of air conditioning and felt even more nervous: This is a fourth-rank official!
"Zhang Shiqi." Zhu Cilang's tone finally calmed down.
"I am in a humble position." Zhang Shiqi was also ramming in his heart, but he was not afraid.
"Zhang Shiqi is loyal and diligent in Ruyang, and is willing to be a fourth-rank officer and be a member of the Luoyang Mansion." Zhu Cilang pointed to Shang Fangjian: "If you dare to be lazy and lazy, I will recognize you, but Shang Fangjian will not recognize you!"
Chapter completed!