"Your Majesty, the Imperial City Envoy is outside the palace asking for an audience!"
"Let him in!" Emperor Liu's emotions and attention were finally drawn to a certain extent, and he ordered calmly without even squinting his eyes.
"Young man, please visit the official's house!" Zhang Dejun soon entered, took in the situation in the palace efficiently, and bowed respectfully as usual.
In the past few days, Zhang Dejun did not visit him frequently and perform affairs every day as before. Instead, he restrained himself and stayed peacefully in the Yasi, feeling like he was watching the fire from the other side.
However, as soon as he was summoned, as if he had received some signal, he immediately cheered up and came to see him quickly. As the head of the Imperial City Department, Zhang Dejun naturally knew what was going on in the palace, and even knew the purpose of Emperor Liu's summons.
, have already guessed it.
"Pingshen!" Emperor Liu called Zhang Dejun directly and asked, "You know everything about what happened in the palace, right?"
"I've heard a little about it!" Zhang Dejun responded with an unusually respectful attitude. If he didn't know clearly, then he, as an imperial envoy, would probably have done his job.
Emperor Liu looked like he didn't want to be verbose, and immediately said: "It's good to know! Now I give you this task, use your sense of smell as the Imperial City Secretary, go check it out, check it to the end, and dig out all the moths in the palace.
I want to see how many sensational and scandalous things are beyond my field of vision!"
After hearing the instructions, Zhang Dejun looked very excited and even heartbroken, and gritted his teeth and promised: "Don't worry, officials! I will definitely find out these animals that betray the grace of God, deceive the emperor, and eat the inside out!"
Zhang Dejun's performance did not impress Emperor Liu, which shows that he was in a bad mood. Of course, for Zhang Dejun, it was enough for Emperor Liu to see his loyalty and respect.
Through Emperor Liu's attitude, Zhang Dejun also had a basic judgment on the degree of anger of the official family, and he also had an idea about the appropriateness of handling this errand within a period of time.
Seeing that Emperor Liu had no intention of giving further instructions, Zhang Dejun was about to retreat, but was stopped by Emperor Liu. Emperor Liu turned around and pulled out a memorial on the imperial case, turned around and asked: "This is recorded here, and now it is given to the Imperial City Secretary every year."
The allocation is only 100,000 yuan, which is not a small amount, but is it enough for the Imperial City Division?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Dejun couldn't help but feel frightened. Why did this involve his Imperial City Department again? What did the officials mean?
Unlike the Wude Division, the Imperial City Division's annual funds are directly allocated by the palace. They are Emperor Liu's real eagle dogs, and are naturally raised by the royal family.
After more than ten years of development, up to now, there are only more than 300 official staff in the Imperial City Division with titles and royal rations. In terms of personnel salary and daily operations, 100,000 guan is enough.
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However, the operation of an intelligence organization or a spy agency requires much more than this. Various tasks, the spying of various intelligences, the placement of spies, etc. are all driven by power and money.
, and money is the most direct and effective.
There are so many people in the Imperial City Division, even the so-called emperor's domestic slaves, Eagle Dogs, but to say that these people are loyal to Emperor Liu and are willing to die for Emperor Liu, Emperor Liu himself does not believe it.
After all, those who are willing to join an organization such as the Imperial City Division should not have high expectations of morality and integrity from such people. Emperor Liu drove them mainly to rely on authority, but for most of the Imperial City Division
For people, what they pursue is nothing more than fame, fortune and wealth.
The operation of the Imperial City Division is obviously inseparable from money, which requires a lot of money. One hundred thousand guan, if you really want to calculate it carefully, the role that the Imperial City Division can play is limited.
If it were limited to this, the Imperial City Division would not be able to develop to the extent it is today. Not to mention other things, the total number of peripheral personnel under the Imperial City Division, not to mention 5,000, but also 3,000, so many people, Zhang Dejun wants to support them
, is not an easy thing either.
But the problem is that Zhang Dejun withdraws only 100,000 yuan from the inner court every year. How can there be no problems in this?
At this time, when Emperor Liu asked, Zhang Dejun's heart rang with alarm bells. Facing the scrutinizing gaze, he only hesitated for a moment, but still did not dare to hide too much, and said: "In the official family, except for the funds allocated by the inner court, the subordinates of the Si Yamen
, also runs some industries in Xijing, and the income is used to maintain operations..."
Emperor Liu was not surprised by this. In the Han Dynasty, even some Qingshui yamen had some occupations, occupations, and industries controlled by the Wude Division, even in major cities across the country. The Imperial City Division's base was in Beijing.
It is not surprising that China Real Estate has some properties.
It's just that Emperor Liu had never been involved in such matters before. However, now, he couldn't help but think a little more. He looked at Zhang Dejun with playful eyes: "It seems that you are also well-run, otherwise why would you support the Imperial City Division?
No need to add money..."
"The small businessman is not good at business, and the income from the business can only barely provide enough! The government trusts the small business, how can the small business taint the official's ears with a small amount of money..." Zhang Dejun said.
Zhang Dejun may be really bad at managing money, but he has no shortage of people under his command.
"Haha! You should think about it for me and share my worries!" Emperor Liu responded calmly, thought for a while, and said: "Whether it is forced or not, I have no intention to find out. However, this time, you will manage the subordinates of the Imperial City Department.
Please go to the Shaofu to prepare records for your property, and your future accounts will also be submitted to the Shaofu for review!"
Emperor Liu was obviously going to tighten the purse strings of the Imperial City Division. Zhang Dejun was shocked when he heard this. He couldn't help but show a look of astonishment on his face, and he hesitated: "This..."
"What! Do you have any objections?" Emperor Liu looked at him for a moment.
Zhang Dejun was startled. He lowered his waist and shook his head. His tone was extremely affirmative: "I have no objections. I will obey the official order!"
"You don't have to feel aggrieved. Once the income is due, it will still be used in the Imperial City Department, but the accounts need to be supervised!" Emperor Liu said calmly.
"I understand, little one!" Zhang Dejun responded.
In fact, for Zhang Dejun, what he cares about is not reporting the property accounts to the Shaofu, which has no actual loss to his personal interests. If the Imperial City Division wants to make money, there are many ways. If this kind of secret service agency does not have any gray income,
It doesn't deserve to be called a spy agency, so what kind of supervision can the Shaofu really do?
The question is, is the meaning behind Emperor Liu's decree aroused by the turmoil in the palace, or is it because of his sudden thoughts about the Imperial City Secretary, or about him, Commander Zhang?
When serving Emperor Liu on an errand, one dare not not think too much, let alone lose vigilance. Emperor Liu did not care about Zhang Dejun's deep expression, waved his hand and said: "Go and finish the errand first!"
"Yes!" Zhang Dejun responded, and the solemnity on his face disappeared.
Before leaving, he casually glanced at Yantuo who was standing aside. There was a sense of amusement in his eyes. In response to this, Yantuo frowned subconsciously, and his calm face couldn't help but become a little more gloomy.
When Emperor Liu called Zhang Dejun and handed over the task of investigating the inner court, Yantuo's mood had already sunk. The grudge between the two made him have to be careful.
Based on Yan Tuo's understanding of Zhang Dejun, he might not be sure that this guy would just dig a hole for him somewhere, set up a trap or something like that, but judging from the strange look in his eyes, his vigilance was obviously correct.
The exchange of eyes and the collision of eyes between the two eunuchs still made Emperor Liu aware of it. He also raised his eyebrows and called Zhang Dejun: "Wait a minute!"
"What other orders do the officials have?" Zhang Dejun turned around and asked.
Emperor Liu pointed at Yantuo and said, "You should also go and assist the Imperial City Division in the investigation!"
"Yes! I will do my best to help you!" Yantuo was slightly surprised, but immediately responded positively.
When Zhang Dejun saw this, he couldn't help but feel depressed, but he didn't show it and didn't dare to object. He could only agree. The two eunuchs came out of the palace together, not in a good mood. Zhang Dejun was frightened and beat Emperor Liu. The lack of recruitment made people panic, and Yantuo was worried that these embarrassing things would inevitably involve him, especially when Zhang Dejun, an old dog, was in charge.