After dinner, when there was no other explanation, Datou and others stood up and left. Seeing that Yang Kai also wanted to leave, he hurriedly raised his hand to leave him behind, "Brother Yang, don't leave in a hurry. I can't hide my return to Chang'an from others. I can't hide it from others."

Not the Emperor. The reason I went out this time was to inspect the administration, and I should talk to the Emperor when I come back. Please wait a moment, I will write a note, and you will submit it on your behalf after tomorrow morning."

At this time, Datou and others have not yet walked out of the room. The reason why Datou and others explained the reason for leaving Yang Kai behind is to let Datou and others know why he left Yang Kai. If he does not explain the reason, Datou and others will

It may be thought that he is deliberately avoiding them. Although the three of them will not have any grudge against them, as a general, he should treat his subordinates who live and die with him equally, regardless of their closeness.

Datou and others left first and wrote a memorial and handed it to Yang Kai. The content of the memorial can be roughly divided into three parts. The first is to tell the emperor that he has come back. This is basic etiquette. At the same time, he also tells the emperor that he and Datou are in Linxian.

He suffered internal injuries while blocking a Japanese samurai who was looking for the Earthly Branches. The injury has not yet healed and he cannot enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit.

The purpose of saying this was to let the emperor know that he was not just going out to inspect the government. He also blocked the Japanese samurai who tried to destroy the luck of the Tang Dynasty. Taking credit was secondary, mainly because he was not going directly to Lizhou this time.

Yes, but he was running around doing a lot of personal things, so he had to find a reasonable excuse for running around.

The second part of the content is that I once helped the Dorje Dharma King of the Gelug Monastery, that is, the little fat man Ding Dazhong, to handle some personal affairs, and established a good relationship with the Gelug Monastery, which has 20,000 monks and millions of believers.

The reason why I mentioned this matter is that in order to gain face for the little fat man, I falsely conveyed the imperial edict in Qing County and made a bluff. This matter cannot be covered up and will be reported to the court sooner or later. If I don't mention it at all, the emperor will

Maybe he was blamed for doing private affairs under the banner of the emperor. If he took the initiative to report it, there would be no hidden dangers. At the same time, it would also let the emperor know that he cares about the court and has been trying every means to find help for the court. As for his appearance in the southwest border, that is

There is a reasonable explanation.

The content of the third part is about Long Haotian's performance. It only says that Long Haotian bullied local officials and extorted money during the march. After being discovered by himself, he also tried to bribe himself. Moreover, his military discipline was lax and he was lazy in drills.

The reason why Long Haotian was impeached was not because he wanted the emperor to punish Long Haotian, because the emperor knew very well what kind of virtue Long Haotian was, and most of the 100,000 troops he commanded were members of the beggar gang. They were just such a rabble.

, let alone extortion, if there is no explicit robbery, it will only give the court face. His main purpose of impeaching Long Haotian was to let the emperor know that he and Long Haotian had deep grudges and were incompatible with each other. In fact, the emperor also

He had known this for a long time, but he mentioned it again this time in order to let the emperor understand him. As the emperor, what he was most afraid of was not being able to guess what his ministers were thinking. He had to make the emperor think that he hated Long.

Haotian, and said bad things about him in the emperor's ears. If he didn't say bad things about Long Haotian, the emperor would be confused and wonder what he was thinking.

As for the killing spree in Zilizhou, he didn't mention it at all. There were two purposes for not mentioning it. One was to show the tacit understanding between the emperor and his ministers. Not mentioning it showed that he believed that the emperor understood why he wanted to go on a killing spree.

There is no need to explain, there is a strong tacit understanding between the two.

The second is to keep a necessary distance. The emperor is always the emperor, and ministers are always ministers. The ministers must keep the necessary distance from the emperor. Before he returned to Chang'an, the emperor had already rejected his decision to kill the three clans of Lizhou officials. If

This time, I told the emperor in the paper that it was right for you to reject it. In fact, I also hoped that you would reject it, and I also guessed that you would reject it. That would be superfluous and annoying.

After writing the memorial and giving it to Yang Kai, he went back to bed and continued hatching the eggs.

The reason why he told the emperor that he had suffered internal injuries was actually to stay behind closed doors and hatch eggs with peace of mind. If he didn't explain it, what if the emperor summoned him for something? He couldn't tell the emperor that I wanted to hatch eggs and couldn't go out.

I was worried that turning over accidentally while sleeping would crush the eagle eggs, so I didn't dare to sleep too deeply.

The next morning, Da Tou came over to feed the horse as usual. When he got up and opened the door, Da Tou hurriedly came over with a wooden bucket to deliver water. "Sir, you have been tired these days. I have found a way to hatch the eggs. Please give me the eggs."

"What can I do?" he asked doubtfully.

The big head carried a bucket and poured water. "There is an old veterinarian in the city. In addition to castrating pigs and geldings, he rescues cattle and sheep, and also hatches chickens and ducks and sells them for profit. This person can build hotbeds and control the temperature. Last night I found

I found an excuse to catch him back, now the hotbed has been set up, just give me the egg."

Hearing Da Tou's words, he felt as if he was being pardoned, so he hurriedly wrapped the eagle egg and handed it to him.

After Da Tou ran away with the eagle eggs in his arms, he did not wash up, but returned to the bed to catch up on his sleep.

When he woke up again, it was already Chenshi. He first summoned the officials at Yushitai to lecture and discuss matters, and then rode to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

There were many yamen under the imperial court, but the power

The most powerful ones are undoubtedly the Three Provinces and Six Ministries. The so-called three provinces are Zhongshu Sheng, Menxia Sheng, and Shangshu Sheng. The Six Ministries are the Li, Hu, Bing, Li, Xingong, and the Six Ministries. The Husband is in charge of people's livelihood, has the largest structure, and has the most officials.

Although there was an explanation before leaving, the Ministry of Accounts still had a backlog of important official business. Officials from the Ministry were summoned to discuss the matter, and at the same time, they reviewed and processed the backlog of official documents.

Although he is young and does not spend much time in the Ministry of Household Affairs on weekdays, all subordinate officials dare not slack off in their duties, let alone disrespect him. The reason is also very simple. He entered the official position through the military examination, not as much as those who entered the official position through the imperial examination.

Corrupt civil servants are violent and resolute, killing whenever they ask, and often resorting to harassment.

While reviewing the official documents, he praised the ministers on his left and right, saying that during his absence, the two of them had presided over the work of the household department in an orderly manner, and then delegated the appropriation power of the various states, counties, and counties to the two of them. This was a huge job.

, because in order to get more money, local states and counties usually give gifts to those responsible for allocating funds.

In fact, there is no good intention in decentralizing power. It is equivalent to giving the two people an opportunity for corruption, and it also sows the relationship between the two. Both of them have the power to allocate funds. When it comes to implementation, they will inevitably fight overtly and covertly, and both of them will lose.

If the second and third brothers are in harmony, it will never be the fourth brother's turn to take over.

The fourth person in the household department was Wu Yusheng, who was responsible for the military supplies of the new army. When allocating military supplies, Wu Yusheng did not treat them equally, but treated them differently. For the official document applications sent by Zhang Shan and Tongchen, Wu Yusheng mostly approved and allocated them in time, but for Long Hao

Wu Yusheng delayed the official document applications sent from the sky and chopped them off whenever he could.

The reason why Wu Yusheng did this was not because he was deliberately seeking favoritism to please the court officials, but because the applications sent by Long Haotian had many items. Today he needed money to buy horses, tomorrow he needed money to buy weapons, and the day after tomorrow he needed money to make cotton-padded clothes. This guy

They went on a crusade against Xichuan, and Xichuan was extremely hot right now, so what kind of cotton clothes did they buy?

Although Wu Yusheng handled matters impartially, he still criticized him. He only said that Wu Yusheng should be fair and impartial when handling official affairs. He should not take extra care because he has a relationship with Long Hushan, nor should he deliberately deduct money because he has a conflict with Long Haotian.

.

As the saying goes, if a tree is beautiful in the forest, it will be destroyed by the wind, and if a person is beautiful to the masses, it will be slandered. Wu Yusheng has not been in the Ministry of Household Affairs for a long time. He was promoted some time ago on the recommendation of two ministers.

Jealousy gave birth to hatred. Seeing him being reprimanded this time, they thought that he failed to please his superiors but was embarrassed, and everyone gloated and secretly rejoiced.

If he was reprimanded for improper handling of official duties, Wu Yusheng would not be too embarrassed, but this time

The words clearly characterized it as flattery and a matter of character. Wu Yusheng felt a little uneasy and sat there with a red face and said nothing.

He deliberately put pressure on Wu Yusheng. He holds two positions, both of which are important positions. He has a deep understanding that how high a person can climb and how far he can go depends not only on his own ability, but also on how much pressure he can withstand.

If a person cannot bear the pressure, sighs and sighs and becomes worried when encountering some difficult problems, he will definitely not be able to take on a big responsibility.

Although the Ministry of Revenue is not in charge of military affairs, it can still know the movements of the three armies through the official documents transferred from the Ministry of War. After Long Haotian left, he led the army directly to the battlefield, but Zhang Shan and Tongchen did not do that.

The march was very slow. It was not because they were afraid of war and delayed deliberately, but because the new army was not long established and the soldiers lacked training. They were hurrying along while seizing the time to train the soldiers.

Seeing that the new army led by Zhang Shan has not yet come into close contact with the enemy, I feel relieved. You must know that fighting on the battlefield is different from fighting in rivers and lakes. Under the simultaneous attack of thousands of arrows, no matter what your cultivation level, it is difficult to escape unscathed.

In the evening, he left the Ministry of Household Affairs and returned to Yushitai. After returning, he went straight to the courtyard where Yu Yi was. Since he didn't have to hatch eggs for him, he could free up his hands to do other things.

Yu Yi was attending evening classes at this time. When he heard footsteps coming from outside the door, he stopped chanting and stood up to open the door.

Yu Yi knew why he came to her. The homing pigeon sent from Shifang'an had been kept in a cage by her. When he entered the door, Yu Yi took out the cage and said, "Sir, when are you going to do it?"

"We will release it after dark, and we will follow closely to find the mastermind behind it." At this point, the conversation changed, "But you have to be mentally prepared. Even if we know who the mastermind behind it is, we can't immediately

Take action."

Yu Yi nodded slowly. Various signs indicated that the person behind the scenes was in Chang'an, but since this person lived in Chang'an, he was most likely a court official.

While the two were talking, Yang Kai came in from outside and said, "Sir, you have already gone to the Ministry of Revenue when the court dismissed. The Emperor has a decree for me to convey."

"What?" he asked casually.

"The Emperor asked you to go into the palace at a convenient time and help him find the assassin hiding in the harem." Yang Kai said.

"An assassin has sneaked into the harem?" Yu Yi frowned in confusion.
Chapter completed!