Han Yang, the Minister of Punishment, made the biggest mistake.

In order to complete the task of recruiting troops as soon as possible, Han Yang, the Minister of Punishment, chose to go into battle in person. He went to Jiangning Mansion, the richest place in the south of the Yangtze River.

After arriving at Jiangning Mansion, he relied on his status to forcefully allocate the amount of soldiers to the officials of Jiangning Mansion.

The officials of Jiangning Mansion could not fulfill the huge amount of money that Han Yang, the Minister of Punishment, told them, so they secretly released the news.

After the wealthy families in Jiangning Prefecture learned about this incident, they decisively went on strike and encouraged tenants and day laborers from each household to block in front of some open shops.

For a time, Jiangning Mansion was in chaos.

Han Yang was very angry when he saw this. He planned to petition the Ministry of War to dispatch local soldiers to force Jiangning Prefecture to open the market.

But before his memorial could be sent to the court, he was involved in a life-and-death lawsuit.

In an instant, Han Yang became a street rat that everyone yelled at in Jiangning Mansion.

More importantly, the wealthy families in Jiangning Mansion used their own power to bring the matter to court.

The memorial to impeach Han Yang drifted into Bianjing like snowflakes.

Lu Yijian looked at the mountain of memorials and felt a headache.

Inside the political hall.

Lu Yijian sat at the front seat with a sullen face and drank in a low voice, "Han Yang is just a fool. He went to recruit soldiers, not to cause trouble.

Just get the person, why would you cause so much trouble?

There are now hundreds of officials impeaching him, and I can’t even suppress them.”

Lu Yijian was not a powerful minister and did not have the power to dominate the government, so there were not many memorials that he could suppress.

He could not suppress the memorials of the prefects and generals of each prefecture.

As for the supervisory envoys of each government, they will not deliver memorials to the Government Hall at all.

They will all deliver the memorial directly to Zhao Zhen's desk through special channels.

When the supervisory envoy is in the local area, he is not in charge of civil affairs or military affairs.

Why should they be on an equal footing with the prefects and generals of various prefectures?

It's because they have the power to report directly to the officials.

After Wang Zeng heard Lu Yijian's angry voice, he put down the memorial he was reading and said: "Although Han Yang is a bit impatient in his work, as the Minister of Punishment, he must know the laws of the Song Dynasty.

Especially the laws involving human homicide cases.

Therefore, he must not hurt people's lives and get himself involved in lawsuits.

Therefore, the murder case that Han Yang was involved in must have been framed."

Lu Yijian glared and shouted: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he was framed. But now that there are both witnesses and physical evidence, he was blocked in the magistrate's office by the family members of the deceased, and there was no way he could get out.

He didn't even have a chance to find out."

Wang Zeng pondered: "Doesn't he have anyone who knows how to investigate the case?"

When Lu Yijian heard this, his face turned even more ugly.

"How is it possible that he doesn't have anyone who can investigate the case? He sent me a secret letter. In the secret letter, he mentioned that he sent three crime-solving experts to solve the case, but they all disappeared."

Wang Zeng slowly frowned, "The people under Han Yang are all imperial officials. It would be too much if someone from Jiangning Mansion hurts the life of an imperial official."

Lu Yijian stared, "They have gone too far, so what can we do? Now they have gone on strike, and Han Yang has been involved in a life-threatening lawsuit, so Han Yang can't move.

Officials from Jiangning Mansion, big and small, all wrote a letter listing twelve crimes for Han Yang."

Wang Zeng sighed and said: "Han Yang has been defeated. Even if he can clear himself of the murder case, he will not be able to continue to stay in Jiangning Mansion."

Speaking of this, Wang Zeng looked at Lu Yijian and said in a deep voice: "The wealthy families in Jiangning Prefecture have all gone on strike. In just a few days, it should be fine, but over time, it will definitely cause public resentment.

Public resentment is their weapon to force Han Yang back."

Lu Yijian naturally knew what Wang Zeng said.

He has given up on Han Yang and is preparing to call Han Yang back to Beijing.

What he is thinking about now is who should clean up the mess Han Yang made so that nothing happens.

Wang Zeng seemed to have figured out what Lu Yijian was thinking, and said thoughtfully: "Let Mr. Lu go."

Lu Yijian suddenly looked at Wang Zeng, "Sanlang? Can he do it?"

Wang Zeng laughed and said: "You used to praise Mr. Lu when you met everyone, saying that he was the Qilin son of your Lu family. How come you don't believe him when it's time to use him?"

Lu Yijian hesitated for a moment and said nothing.

He was naturally very satisfied with his son before.

But since Lu Gongzhu went to Liaoyang Mansion and was criticized by Kou Ji as worthless.

He was not so satisfied with his son.

Wang Zeng seemed to be the roundworm in Lu Yijian's belly. He saw Lu Yijian's thoughts again. He smiled and said: "Kou Ji just said that Mr. Lu has no people in his heart, but he did not say that Mr. Lu can't do things."

Speaking of this, Wang Zeng sighed: "Of all those who come from a wealthy family, there are very few who care about the common people at heart. You don't need to worry too much about this matter.

Lu Gongzhu is a smart boy, you can teach him carefully later and let him accept the common people in his heart."

After listening to Wang Zeng's words, Lu Yijian thought about it carefully, and finally sighed and said: "Then let Sanlang go..."

Lu Yijian made a decision and immediately sent people back to his hometown to pass on Lu Gong's work.

After the messenger left, Lu Yijian stared at Wang Zeng with some doubts, "Logically speaking, you are the closest to Kou Ji, so you should help Kou Ji.

Why do you want to give me advice?"

When Wang Zeng heard this, he said in a nonchalant manner: "The public is public, the private is private... Recruiting soldiers is a public matter ordered by the officials. As a political advisor, I naturally have to share the worries of the officials."

Lu Yijian curled his lips and did not believe Wang Zeng's lies.

Wang Zeng knew that Lu Yijian didn't believe it, but he didn't explain too much.

The reason why he helped Lu Yijian was to prevent Kou Ji from ascending to power prematurely.

Kou Ji's style of doing things is completely different from Lu Yijian's.

Let’s talk about what happened in Jiangning Mansion this time.

After Han Yang got into trouble, Lu Yijian's first thought was to replace him.

If it were Kou Ji, there would be no substitution at all.

He would only submit a flimsy document to the Ministry of War.

Then the soldiers and horses surrounding Jiangning Mansion will completely surround Jiangning Mansion overnight.

Kou Jicai will not reason with the wealthy families in Jiangning Mansion, nor will he accept the difficulties made by the wealthy families in Jiangning Mansion.

Be obedient and obey the court's instructions.

If you don't obey, you will be beaten.

Just when Lu Yijian was worried about this matter.

In the bamboo courtyard.

Kou Ji stood in the study and was writing. Zhao Run carefully stood beside him and helped sharpen the ink. While sharpening the ink, he reported to Kou Ji in a low voice.

"Sir, my father said that Lu Yijian sent Han Yang to Jiangning Mansion to recruit soldiers. After Han Yang arrived at Jiangning Mansion, not only did he fail to recruit soldiers, he also caused a big mess.

Now all the wealthy families in Jiangning Mansion are on strike, and Han Yang is involved in a life-threatening lawsuit."

Kou Ji's hand that was writing paused, raised his head, looked at Zhao Run, and asked in astonishment: "Will Han Yang directly give instructions on recruiting soldiers after going to Jiangning Mansion?"

Zhao Run nodded solemnly and said: "Sir, you are really good. You can guess right."

Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "He is really a fool, and he is so rough in doing things. Remember, when you hire people in the future, never use this kind of person to preside over civil affairs. It is very good to put him in the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Works.

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What the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry need most is this kind of fool who dares to think, dare to act, and act resolutely."

"The student took note of..."

Hearing Kou Ji teach him how to employ people, Zhao Run immediately concentrated his attention.

But when he wanted to hear Kou Ji continue to teach him how to employ people, he found that Kou Ji had put his eyes on the paper again, and he felt a lot disappointed in his heart.

Kou Ji looked at the flat paper on the table and saw a big ink dot. He sighed, "The writing was ruined... It should be usable, right?"

When Zhao Run heard this, he immediately adjusted his mood and said with a smile: "Of course it can be used. If you imitate Kou Gong's handwriting, there will be almost no difference.

I quietly took it out to sell, and no one even noticed it was a fake.

What those people want is the authentic work of Kou Gong, they don’t care whether it is a defective piece or not.”

Kou Ji nodded, put down his pen, and warned: "Sell quietly and don't let outsiders know. If outsiders find out, I will lose face.

If I am embarrassed, you kid will be beaten."

Zhao Run said with a bright smile: "Sir, don't worry. No one will find out."
To be continued...