Zhuque Imperial Street runs through the north and south of the capital city, more than ten miles long. It starts from the imperial palace in the south and ends at the Taimiao of the Qin Dynasty in the north. As a dedicated passage for the Qin kings in the pre-Qin period, it undertakes the important task of connecting the imperial Taimiao. It has always been that civil and military officials and civil servants are not allowed to pass through it.
It was not until Ying Zhao ascended the throne that it was stipulated that pedestrians were prohibited only during the royal family worship.
But this did not prevent it from becoming the most prosperous street in the entire capital, especially after the Ministry of Justice was placed separately at Taiping Gate, the other five departments were placed in the south of the city, and the number of pedestrians traveled and flowed endlessly.
The Empress Ying Zhao opened the Suzaku Imperial Street for this level of consideration. This move has made the five documents pass on the road to the palace smoothly and faster!
A simple-decorated carriage turned from Zhuqueyu Street to Hubu Street, and was stopped by the patrol guards after walking forward for a few steps.
The people in the carriage were Wu Zhongxian and Haitang, as well as the tangerine peel who was breathing after walking a few steps.
Wu Zhongxian knew in his heart that Chen Pi didn't trust him at the moment, so he didn't say much to him anymore. Trust was never just a lip service.
Wu Zhongchao sat in the carriage and closed his eyes and focused his mind. He went to the Ministry of Revenue in person for two purposes. One was to ask for an explanation for the Ministry of Revenue's repatriation for many years of salary and money from the Jianghu Department.
Secondly, we must find out who has been suppressing and excluding the Jianghu Department in recent years.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of him, and an extremely magnificent building appeared in front of him. The jade tower hidden in the high pavilion was worthy of being the lifeline of the empire's economy, and the Ministry of Revenue, which is in charge of six departments of gold, silver, money and grain.
"The front is a major yamen area, and idle people are prohibited from passing through. You can retreat quickly!" The guard holding Changshuo shouted sternly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chenpi was shaking with a fat face, with a complimentary smile on his face, holding up the token of Jianghus Office in his hand and shouting: "Jianghus Office is here to handle official duties, and ask Zuo Xiaowei's brother to let go."
Zuo Xiaowei held the token handed over by Chen Pi in his hand and looked over and over again, saying with an abnormal expression: "You only have one and a half people left in the Jianghu Department, can you do it for the Ministry of Revenue?"
"Hehehe, brother, you don't know anything!" Chen Pi smiled as kindly as ever again, then whispered to the carriage behind her and said:
"Didn't this be the superior assigned a director to our Jianghu Department? The new director took office and wanted to check the account of Jianghu Department, hehe."
"What do you have to check for in the Jianghu Department? They are the masters who can starve the rats to death in the warehouse." Zuo Xiaowei looked at the simple carriage behind Chen Pi with a disdainful look, and then said: "According to the law, all vehicles entering the Ministry of Revenue will get off the car for inspection!"
"Brother, you..." Chen Pi wanted Zuo Xiaowei to be compatible, but he didn't come to the Ministry of Revenue. Qin Lu did have this regulation, but it was also the old calendar. How many people can follow it now?
Rules are dead, but people live.
How many people dare to stop the carriages of those important officials in the court? It’s just that the carriages Wu Zhongxian rode were simple and simple without any signs. These Zuo Xiaowei instinctively thought that Wu Zhongxian had no background in the court.
Besides, if anyone with some background can be sent by the Ministry of Personnel to the Jianghu Department where birds do not shit?
"Chen Pi, our Jianghu Department is a ruler. If that's the case, we will act according to the regulations." Wu Zhongxian slowly walked out of the carriage, wearing a black official uniform, making a sound in the wind, and his unfathomable eyes looked around and swept over Zuo Xiaowei.
Zuo Xiaowei, who had a look of arrogant expression before, subconsciously took a few steps back, and his arrogant arrogance became weaker invisibly.
"Do you have an appointment document? If there is no document, please come back!" The Zuo Xiaowei swallowed, and still grabbed his neck and stepped forward to stop him.
"Oh?" Wu Zhongxian's eyes were low, and his aura as the peak cultivation level of the second-grade level was immediately revealed!
In a blink of an eye, dust flew everywhere, and the begonia stood behind Wu Zhongxian. Everyone present was staggered by the surging aura.
"You...you! What are you doing? Do you want to force yourself to break into the important place of the court?!" Zuo Xiaowei all looked frightened!
"My Wu Jingxian's rules have always been that people will not offend me, and I will not offend others. The tokens of Jianghu and others have been verified through the examination of the authenticity." Wu Zhongxian said expressionlessly.
"You Zuo Xiaowei is so brave."
Wu Zhongxian said as he walked towards the Ministry of Revenue. He never looked at Zuo Xiaowei again during the whole process. Yu Guang glanced at the tangerine peel who was stunned and said softly: "Come on."
"Hehe, I'm so kind!" Chen Pi immediately smiled with eyebrows, her big mouth almost grinned at her ears, and she hurriedly twisted her plump body and followed closely behind Wu Zhongxian, and whispered:
"Master, the mighty! Those Zuo Xiaowei have one who is considered a shameful person! You are used to being arrogant when you eat a cattle on weekdays. If you are a young man, you might be cheated so badly. Hehehe, it's still a great power! Look at the expressions of those wastes, it's really relieved!"
"Who is under the supervision of Zuo Xiaowei now?" Wu Zhongxian ignored Chen Pi's flattery and asked lightly.
Chen Pi thought for a moment and said in a not very certain tone: "Except for the left and right military guards in the capital, there are all unified leaders of the imperial court, and there is no clarification on which department is under management."
"What do you mean?" Wu Zhongxian asked curiously. Although the 12 garrisons in the capital were the foundation of the garrisons in the capital, all large and small garrisons in the entire territory of the Qin Dynasty were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
Even if the Twelve Basils in the Capital are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, such an important force should be directly under the management of the Empress.
"Sir, you don't know that the Twelve Basils in the Capital were originally assigned to the imperial guards in the imperial palace, but for some reason, they were gradually separated from the imperial guards system and managed separately by the court. The personnel transfer of food and wages were prepared by the Ministry of War, and the appointment of military officers was transferred by the Ministry of Personnel."
Wu Zhongxian nodded. If it was really as Chen Pi said, then the twelve guards must have a lot of water. They must rely on the twelve guards to monitor the city defenses of major roads and large and small city gates.
The words that Chenpi said were not under the jurisdiction of any department. In fact, it can be understood that the Twelve Guards were jointly governed by all officials in the capital. Anyone can make a move, and any official with a powerful background can mix their confidants into it.
No wonder Ying Zhao said that now all the civil and military officials in the court are no longer trustworthy except Wu Zhongxian.
Even the troops guarding the capital were not in their own hands.
Combined with what Zuo Xiaowei did before, it was obvious that someone behind his back ordered him to stop Wu Zhongxian here, and the man concluded that he would definitely go to the Ministry of Revenue in person today.
Take advantage of the situation?
This was a warning from all civil and military officials above the Qin court.
Is it because I am a celebrity next to the empress?
Wu Zhongxian couldn't help but smile indifferently. Since that was the case, there was no need for him to take into account the feelings of his colleagues in the court.
Faces are always mutual. Since I gave them three points of thinness, the other party didn't care at all.