Chapter forty-two
"Ye Zhao is really unwilling to suffer any loss." After seeing Qiu Chi in the prime minister's residence early in the morning, he looked at the letters sent by Ye Zhao and shook his head and sneered.
"What did Envoy Ye say?" The chief clerk saw that Zhou Jing was in a good mood and asked curiously.
"Look at it for yourself." Zhou Jing handed the bamboo paper in his hand to the chief clerk: "He knows what he is interested in."
"This..." Looking at Ye Zhao's letter, the chief clerk looked at Zhou Jing blankly. Ye Zhao wrote a lot of words, but there were some polite words on it. Why didn't he see anything wrong?
"Look at the last sentence." Zhou Jing said helplessly.
"This achievement is not something that Zhao can bear. I wish to offer it to the Lord of the House as a grant for promotion. I hope the Lord of the House can submit his details to the court. Ye Zhao will come forward!" The chief clerk suddenly realized and looked at Zhou Jing and said, "Is this benefit from the Lord of the House? Is this achievement?"
"Before I took office, Brother Wenzu had mentioned some things to me, but I never thought it would be so big that someone in my prime minister's house would be involved." Zhou Jing slapped the table and said, "This matter is very important. I should personally report to the court to talk about the affairs of the Taiping Cult."
"How do you want to settle Ye Zhao?" The chief clerk frowned. Ye Zhao's letter had already stated that this achievement was dedicated to Zhou Jing. Since it was dedicated to Zhou Jing, there would naturally be no name Ye Zhao in the book of merit. However, Ye Zhao is now the Suiyang Order, and with Zhou Jing's power, it is impossible to promote a higher official position.
"I heard that Ye Zhao was quite famous when he was in Youzhou?" Zhou Jing said after thinking for a moment.
"No," said the lord, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "When this man was in the northern border, he managed Macheng and ordered Macheng to jump to Wanhu County. When the defender of Dushan in the back town, the Xianbei Shanyu attacked, seized Macheng and killed the people. Ye Zhao led his troops to attack, not only annihilated the eight thousand troops of Helian, but also went deeper into the grassland and severely damaged Mijia's troops, making the Danhan Mountain area a three-legged situation. This person's military strategy is no less than his ability to determine cases."
"Then I will ask the court to ask for the position of Chief Commander." Zhou Jing said with a smile.
In the early days of Qin and Han dynasties, each county would have a county lieutenant with a rank of 2,000 stones, and was in charge of the military of a county. It was renamed the Duwei during the reign of Emperor Jing. However, nowadays, military power is relatively concentrated. For example, in places like Youzhou where warriors frequently occur, there will be special positions such as protecting the Wuhuan lieutenant's fire and protecting the Xiongnu lieutenant. To be in charge of the military of a state, the power of the Duwei will be subject to these people. However, in the Central Plains, the county soldiers will be at most suppressed bandits, so there is no need to protect the Wuhuan lieutenant's power to coordinate the military, so the Duwei will be less restricted, but the troops under his command will not be too many.
In Youzhou where wars are frequent, the total strength is only six schools, and the entire Yuzhou is only two schools. The commander of a county is naturally less under the commander. Liang State is an important place, and the commander of the commander will have more troops, but there are only one unit, which means four hundred people. Although it is of the same level as the prefect, in a peaceful place like the Central Plains, the commander is far less powerful than the prefect.
Zhou Jing also considered that he might send troops to suppress the Taiping Cult in the future, so he hoped that Ye Zhao, a soldier-knowing man who had fought with the Hu people in Youzhou, would assist him.
In terms of calculation, this commander is similar to Ye Zhao's cavalry commander at the beginning, but the number of people he can control is much different.
"The Sui Yang Order..." The chief clerk said with a headache. Ye Zhao's reputation in Sui Yang has now opened up. Whether among the people or among the gentry, Ye Zhao's words are even more effective than Zhou Jing, the prime minister.
When Zhou Jing heard this, he groaned, obviously thinking of this problem, and said unhappy: "The court decided this matter, and he was still responsible before the imperial edict was issued? He is a great disciple of Weng Cai and has made great contributions. Anyway, he cannot be the Suiyang Order for the rest of his life."
When Zhou Jing thought of Ye Zhao's career, he felt a little uncomfortable. It took him many years to reach the position of Prime Minister of Liang, but what about Ye Zhao? I'm afraid it won't take three years to become the prefect of a wealthy county like Liang. The most important thing is that Ye Zhao is too young and is just in his prime. His future career can really be described as a bright future.
"If this can be confirmed that the Taiping Sect wants to make a mistake, the lord will be just around the corner." The chief clerk said with a smile.
"Maybe, but this matter has not been decided yet. You have to pry out more things from Liang Fa's mouth." Zhou Jing said proudly.
"I heard that I am not good at interrogating the envoy Ye has a lot of experience. Before he was executed yesterday, he got a lot of secrets from Liang Fa's mouth. It's better..." The chief clerk moved his heart and offered advice.
"Absurd!" Zhou Jing's expression suddenly looked ugly when he heard this: "I just brought someone from him, and then asked him to go to trial. If this is spread, wouldn't it be that I, Zhou, can't I? Is it because of my grand prime minister's mansion, and I have many talents, and I can't compare to Ye Zhao in one?"
"I'm not saying anything!" The chief clerk paused and said quickly. He had a whim, but he forgot the temperament of his lord.
"I heard that the prison guards in Suiyang are very skillful, tell them that no matter what means, as long as they can dig out the truth from Liang Fa's mouth, I will be rewarded!" Zhou Jing snorted coldly. Not to mention that he didn't know what methods Ye Zhao used, even if he knew, he would not want to imitate. Are there any criminals? No one would be punished without torture.
"As for the order." The chief clerk quickly agreed, then remembered something and said, "Can the Ma An case be settled?"
Yesterday, Qiu Chi came over, mainly because he wanted to settle the case between Ma An and Zhang, but was suppressed by Zhou Jing. Since Ye Zhao had sent Liang today, Ma An was naturally insignificant. Ye Zhao also expressed his hope to close the case as soon as possible.
"According to his words, Zhang's question will be killed in three days, and Ma An exiled him for his crime of accomplice." Zhou Jing nodded. The sensation caused by this incident had passed. It was actually a rebuke if he said something about public opinion. Now that Ye Zhao knew the tact, he couldn't help but suppress it anymore, he nodded happily.
Chapter completed!