After attending the court meeting, Kang Kejing returned to the official residence of the State and Municipal Affairs Bureau, sat in the study, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said nothing.
Lu Ensheng, a civil servant in Si Zhongwen, came to the door of the study and complained.
After hearing this, Kang Kejing came back to her senses and said, "Come in."
Lu Ensheng walked into the room, put a booklet on the desk, and said to Kang Kejing: "Exceptor Kang, here is the registration information of commercial banks across the country, as well as the government's inventory warehouses in various places."
Kang Kejing asked: "Have all been counted?"
Lu Ensheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs have strict control over these things. Some merchants and some prefectures and counties have not yet fully collected the information."
Kang Kejing raised her head, looked at Lu Ensheng's expression, and asked, "What? Did the people from the Ministry of Finance look down on you?"
Lu En was born with a weak temperament and did not like to argue. He wanted to conceal the Shangguan's inquiry, but he did not know how to answer it for the moment.
Kang Kejing raised the corners of her lips, smiled, and said: "Return all the power of the feudal town to manage money and trade routes into the hands of the emperor. Such remarks were made by the State and Municipal Affairs Bureau, and it is reasonable for the Ministry of Household Affairs to be resentful.
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Lu Ensheng was a little puzzled: "How could the State and City Department violate the interests of the Ministry of Household Affairs? The former is a subordinate department of the latter. Logically speaking, we are all colleagues in the same department."
Kang Kejing looked at Lu Ensheng's childish face and said, "I've heard of Lu's Trading Company in Anxi, and it's quite famous in the industry... But business and politics are two different concepts."
"When doing business, commercial banks are divided into head offices established in the ancestral homeland and branches opened in other places. If the branch makes money, the head office will not be angry. Instead, it will reward the branch manager generously and increase the branch's budget for the coming year."
"However, if it were the imperial court, everything would be different. Although the National and Municipal Affairs Bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Household Affairs and is a newly established department, it has won the respect of His Majesty from the beginning. Moreover, if you contact us again
Let’s think about what happened in the court today.”
"Your Majesty plans to establish a Privy Council outside the Ministry of War to oversee the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the world. Once the Privy Council is established, it will inevitably share power from the Ministry of War, and in the future, the appointment, relocation, transfer and other tasks of generals will be transferred from the Ministry of War to
The people in the Privy Council and the Ministry of War must be extremely wary of the Privy Council at this time."
Lu Ensheng understood instantly: "Your Majesty established the Privy Council outside the Ministry of War, just to use the Privy Council to divide the power of the Ministry of War and the vassal towns; and His Majesty instructed the Secretary of State and Municipal Affairs to raise the issue of Qian Xing in the court. Is it possible that he intended to order the country to do so?"
The city department will be independent from the household department and form another government?"
Kang Kejing smiled and nodded: "You can teach me."
Lu Ensheng looked at Kang Kejing, raised his hands and said, "Commander Xie Kang is trying to clear up some confusion, but there is one more thing that Lu doesn't understand."
Kang Kejing: "Say."
Lu Ensheng: "Lu is just a small official with a low background. Why does Kang Yuanwai waste time and effort to explain this to me?"
Kang Kejing was silent for a while and said: "When I was in Anxi, there were over a hundred guests in the clan and dozens of staff in the government. However, most of these people were dull and unfit for use. When I entered Liangcheng, I looked around.
Only your intelligence can impress me. If the State and City Secretary gets the Holy Favor in the future, I will definitely need a deputy to help handle complicated affairs."
When Lu Ensheng heard this, he looked excited and bowed to thank him.
A few days later, in the imperial city, Zhou Jun came to Quanhu Xiaozhu, walked into the stone pavilion next to the lake pavilion, set up a fishing rod, and started fishing.
Kong You, the chief censor, got the order and came to the gate of Xiaozhu to wait for the emperor's summons.
Not long after, Fan Jiyoung, the chamberlain supervisor, came to Kong You's side softly and whispered: "Kong Zhongcheng, please follow me."
Kong You followed Fan Jinian and walked into the stone pavilion. When he saw Zhou Jun fishing, which was very rare, he was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and walked over.
The fishing rod didn't move, Zhou Jun didn't turn his head, and said, "Come here and talk."
Kong You bowed and said yes, and moved closer.
Zhou Jun: "After Pugu Huai'en was arrested and taken to Pinglu, which of the generals in the feudal town wrote memorials to plead for his mercy?"
Kong You: "There are three people in total. The first is Li Guangbi, the military governor of Fan Yang."
Zhou Jun: "Li Guangbi and Pugu Huaien have known each other for a long time. Although they occasionally have conflicts, they are still friends. It is normal for him to come to plead for mercy."
Kong You: "The second person is Li Siye."
Zhou Jun: "In the Battle of Boling, Li Siye received the help of Pugu Huai'en, and was able to defeat the Yan army. Later, he was also well taken care of in Hebei. The former was upright and righteous, so it was natural for him to come forward to intercede."
Kong You: "The last person...is Guo Ziyi."
When Zhou Jun heard the name Guo Ziyi, he was startled for a moment. Then he exerted force on his hand and lifted the fishing rod. Only then did Kong You see that there was no bait hanging on the hook.
Zhou Jun thought for a moment, then hooked up again and asked: "According to Guo Ziyi's nature, when encountering this kind of thing, he will only protect himself wisely and act as if he doesn't know. Why did he come to this muddy water?"
Kong You: "When Guo Ziyi was the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, he knew a lot about most of the generals under his command. He also heard about the mutual trade between the Pugu family and Uighur. In Guo Ziyi's opinion, His Majesty is well-informed and has naturally known about it for a long time.
The Pugu family was guilty of colluding with Huihe. They had not raised any issues before, and had always allowed the Pugu family to do whatever they wanted. It was not until the Pugu family caused a big disaster that they designed a containment. Guo Ziyi guessed that there must be a reason for this. "
"Pugu Huai'en obtained His Majesty's imperial edict in prison, ordering him to make amends for his past mistakes and go to Pinglu to clean up his family. This fact made Guo Ziyi confirm his own guess."
"Contacting what happened before, Guo Ziyi can guess that His Majesty's purge of the Jizhou Army is probably not to deal with Pugu Huai'en, but to use this matter as an excuse to achieve another purpose. Therefore, in order to avoid being trapped, he
After speaking, I wrote a memorial to plead for my kindness."
Zhou Jun smiled slightly: "Now he should know that the final result of the whole thing is to use the rebellion of the Jizhou Army to defeat the border generals of the feudal town, establish the Privy Council, and completely eradicate the disaster of the border army in the Tang Dynasty."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Kong You bowed and said: "Your Majesty combines kindness and power, and with the example of the Jizhou Army, if the feudal town is smart enough, it will naturally know what to do."
Zhou Jun: "None of these people are fuel-efficient..."
Kong You: "Actually, during the whole incident of Jizhou Army's rebellion, everyone had a plan in mind, and there were endless strategies."
"Just like Yuan Zai of Jinyiweinan Town Fusi, knowing that Pinglu was the foundation of the Pugu family and that the situation was complicated and extremely dangerous, he only sent two people to investigate the case without any backup.
The round-trip route was also revealed. Perhaps the lives of the two Jinyi guards were just bait to catch Servant Guhuaien."
"There is also Pugu Huai'en himself. After knowing that his son Pugujun had hooked up with Huihe, if he was really loyal to the court and had a strong temper, he would probably kill himself on the spot. Even if he didn't commit suicide, there would be countless opportunities for him in so many days.
Pass on the news of Jizhou Army's rebellion."
"However, in those days, he only did one thing, which was to stay in bed. When the Jizhou army set off, Pugu Huai'en scolded the soldiers in front of everyone while letting them be bound.
At that time, he probably also knew in his heart that the Pugu family's crimes were too serious, so instead of asking the court for help, it would be better to take a two-pronged approach and prepare two sets of records."
"If Pu Gujian succeeds in his uprising, then the Pugu family can capture Taiyuan and gain a foothold in Mobei, so that Pugu Huai'en has a bargaining chip with the court; if Pugu Jian fails to succeed, then Pugu Huai'en can
En can use "not to be like thieves" to finally save a glimmer of hope for himself."
Zhou Jun: "There is no doubt that Pugu is grateful to the Tang Dynasty. However, when people are in a desperate situation, they do not use common sense to plan things. On the contrary, it is common sense."
Kong You: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true."
At this moment, Zhou Jun's fishing rod suddenly trembled, the calm lake surface was broken, and waves of water burst out from the fishing line.
Zhou Jun used all his strength to lift the fishing rod, and saw the mouth of a fresh fish biting on the hook without bait.
Looking at the struggling fish, Zhou Jun said softly: "It's interesting that you can still take the bait without bait."