Household Department - Transportation Department.
"Something happened in Hedong!"
"What? What happened?"
"The people below have done too much, and the Qiu Ba at the lower level have not received a single penny, and the Qiu Ba at the lower level have made a fuss about military pay.
Originally, it first appeared in Daliang City. The idiots at the top of Qiu Ba in Daliang City used their own money to make up the money.
Immediately afterwards, he sent people to assassinate the leader who led Qiu Ba to pay.
However, they made people run away, and one person killed all the dozen people they sent.
Then the man escaped from Daliang City and spread the news about what happened in Daliang City throughout Liaodong. The lower-level Qiu Ba, who were originally dissatisfied with the delay in the payment of military pay, found out that all the money had been embezzled by their superiors. And Daliang City has already gotten back its own silver.
Dissatisfaction and desire for military pay poured out in an instant as if a flood had burst a dam.
Then the issue of raising wages is now not just a matter of one city and one fort. The entire 500,000 border troops in Hedong have begun to raise wages. Now the news about the payment of wages in Hedong has probably spread to the palace! "
"What? Then stop him immediately. If the prince knows that we deducted military pay and caused the pay dispute to happen, we will be completely ruined!"
"How to stop it? The matter is so big now, how can we stop it?
Now the discount should have reached the prime minister. We can only wait and see how the prime minister will deal with it. After all, they promised us that there would be no problems and they took the money that was withheld.
He promised me before that he would replace that old guy as the new Minister of Household Affairs, but now I don’t even see a damn shadow of him! "
"That's right! They were the ones who instigated this matter. The two of us only got 10% of the money, and they all shared the rest. How could the two of us have the ability to hide only one person from all the checks? The remaining half of the military pay and rations are sent to Hedong, and they are not helping us. They must help us in this matter, otherwise everyone will die together!"
"Did you keep a list?"
"I didn't. Wouldn't that leave evidence and a handle for others? How could I leave that thing?
Did you stay? "
"Neither do I, and it's impossible for me to leave any clues!"
"Yeah?"
"yes!"
…
After a long time, the two household bosses walked out of the Shipping Department, and each returned to his squad room in silence, continuing to deal with his official duties as if nothing had happened.
And these two people are obviously the current assistant ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but they don't know what they did at the Transportation Department just now?
Political Hall.
"Zhang Xiang! It's not good! It's not good!"
Zhang Heyi, who had just checked and approved the amount of grain tax collected by Southeast this year from the treasury, looked up and heard an official under his command from the political hall running in with a panic on his face and shouting in panic. Yelled, his brows suddenly wrinkled in dissatisfaction.
"What happened? Why are you in such a panic and unseemly!"
The visitor didn't care that he had made Shangguan angry, and hurriedly handed over a memorial jointly signed by the generals of the border army that had just been expedited from Hedong at a speed of 800 miles.
While handing it over, he said in a panic:
"Sorry, Mr. Zhang, there's a pay riot over there in Hedong!"
Before Zhang He had time to open the fold, he frowned when he heard this, but he still said calmly and calmly: "We have lost half of the food and wages of those Qiu Ba this year, and the wages are normal. Let the border army generals recruit a group of people to suppress these generals. Once the matter is suppressed, I can suppress it here as long as it doesn’t cause too much trouble."
However, the subordinate officer said with a bitter face: "Zhang Zhang, the problem is that this matter has become a big deal. The entire Hedong Frontier Army, including 500,000 low-level Qiuba, have all lost their pay. Now all the border army generals are panicking. Some of them were even surrounded by angry Qiu Ba and could not get out of their homes.
Even this memorial was sent by these generals after they tried their best. If it is not resolved and delayed, there may be a possibility of mutiny, or even the mutiny of all 500,000 border troops!
Zhang Xiang, this time he really broke the news! "
"What!"
When Zhang He heard this, the calm expression on his face disappeared in an instant, and a look of panic was inevitable on his face. But after all, he was the prime minister of a country, and there was still a city. He quickly calmed down and asked:
"What's going on? Although we took away half of the military pay, didn't we still give back the remaining half to Qiu Ba?
With this half as a foundation, even if they are dissatisfied, their anger should be within a controllable range! Why is there such a big fuss? "
The subordinate officer shook his head and said: "I don't know, but I heard that those low-level people didn't get any money, so that's why there was such a big fuss!"
"There's not even a penny, so it's too dark for them to do it."
Zhang He was shocked and speechless.
But after thinking about it, I felt something was wrong, so I hurriedly asked: "Did all the soldiers at the bottom not get a penny?"
The subordinate officer nodded heavily:
"No one below the brigade level gets military pay!"
Zhang He's expression suddenly changed, and he didn't have time to open the memorial in his hand. He walked around the political hall with his hands behind his back, his expression unusually solemn.
He kept mumbling: "Something's wrong! Something's wrong! Something's very wrong! What's wrong?"
He felt that something was wrong with this situation, but for a while he couldn't see what was wrong.
And just as he was thinking, suddenly someone came from outside and reported in a hurry:
"Xiang Zhang, Li Wen, the great eunuch next to the prince, is here. He said that he has been ordered by the supervisor to bring all today's memorials back to the palace for urgent approval!"
"Bring all the memorials back to the palace for emergency approval?"
Zhang He's pupils shrank sharply, he subconsciously glanced at the memorial he just got in his hand, and immediately ordered: "Please go to the front hall to drink tea first. You can go back to them. I have to sort out today's memorial here first." , send them out together later!"
He wanted to buy some time, but he didn't want to submit this document yet.
After hearing this, the man nodded and wanted to go out, but at this moment!
Suddenly, a high-pitched but slightly excited voice came from outside the political hall: "No need! His Majesty, His Royal Highness, has been ordered to supervise the country. He is deeply aware of the heavy workload of the country and does not dare to delay for a moment.
Now that we are in a hurry to deal with it, we don’t have to worry about sorting it out. We can just sort it out ourselves and take it back to the palace! "
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Wen walked in with a smile on his face.
Also coming in with him were a dozen eunuchs wearing high-level eunuch attire and carrying sacks.
As soon as they came in, without Li Wen's instructions, these eunuchs rushed to all the desks in the political hall like vicious dogs and put all the papers into sacks.
That movement, that smoothness, I don’t know how many times I have rehearsed it, it is so perfect that I have been prepared for it!
Zhang He's face suddenly darkened when he saw this scene.
"Eunuch Li, what do you mean?"
Li Wen walked forward with a smile on his face: "How come we can't understand what Xiang Zhang said?
We are afraid that you, Zhang Xiang, will be tired, so we can't wait to take away all the discounts as quickly as possible. Why do you look like you are going to eat us! "
When he said this, Li Wen glanced over unintentionally and saw that Zhang He was still holding a red-covered memorial in his hand. His eyes lit up instantly and he reached out to grab it!
"Zhang Xiang, you have another copy here. Give it to us quickly. We will take it back to the palace for His Highness to review. You have just recovered from a serious illness, so you need to have a good rest!"
When Zhang He saw him coming to grab it, he felt anxious and quickly stopped, but it was already too late.
Li Wen, who had taken action earlier, took the fold away from Zhang He's hand, opened it and looked at it, his eyes suddenly flashed with surprise.
It's him!
He waved his hand calmly: "Children! Let's go. His Royal Highness is waiting impatiently!"
Wow!
As if they had caught a certain signal, the senior eunuchs who were desperately putting memorials into sacks immediately dropped what they were holding and followed Li Wen quickly out of the political hall, leaving Zhang He to watch. The Zhengshitang, which was covered with messes all over the floor, was stunned for a long time and then suddenly showed an expression of realization.
"It's broken! I fell into a trap! Prince! It's really a good trick!"
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(End of chapter)
