Guo Fushan and several others stood behind Fang Jun. Listening to Fang Jun's words full of "ruffianism" and looking at the excited cheers of the officials and scribes in the yamen, they couldn't help but smile and shake their heads.
Where is the central government office of the imperial court?
It's simply a bandit's den...
However, it is undeniable that compared to them, Fang Jun is obviously more capable of leadership. Although the Ministry of War has greatly improved its status due to the existence of the Foundry Bureau during this period, the big bosses of the powerful yamen despise the Ministry of War from the bottom of their hearts. , even though the Ministry of War was concerned about firearms and equipment, they still had strange personalities.
Now that Fang Jun is back, who dares?
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In the duty room, Fang Jun and several principals sat opposite each other.
There were fragrant teas on the tea table in front of him. Fang Jun took a sip of the tea casually and said: "Although I was once the Zuo Shilang, I have not been able to contact the ministry during this period, so it is inevitable that I am unfamiliar. However, I am very familiar with all my colleagues. I recognize your ability and handle your own affairs independently. I don’t want to interfere too much. Now, if you have any difficulties in daily affairs, please mention them one by one and I will solve them for you.”
Several principals were refreshed.
This is a good commander!
Delegating power to the ministries, never interfering in their own affairs, and then being able to solve problems for everyone, how can such a leader not be supported by others?
Du Zhijing is a practical person. Hearing this, he immediately said: "The humble position of being in charge of the map of the Tang Dynasty is responsible for drawing the land and sea map of the Tang Dynasty. It affects the empire for generations and must be treated with caution. However, the drawing of the map requires a lot of manpower and material resources, measuring rivers, mountains, and rivers, and exploring Kyushu. The Ministry of War cannot accomplish this by itself. Now His Royal Highness the King of Wei is responsible for the important task of cultural revitalization, and various agencies under him are in charge of inns all over the world. Therefore, I have always wanted to cooperate with the "Zhenxing Association" and use its inns all over the world as nodes. , supporting the important task of surveying and mapping the world. However, His Highness the King of Wei was short-sighted and only thought about his own affairs. He refused several requests for humble posts on the grounds of lack of funds. He completely ignored the great cause of the empire and humbly asked the prince's consort to write a letter to impeach the King of Wei! "
Guo Fushan and others all put their hands on their foreheads and sighed speechlessly.
Fang Jun also scratched his eyebrows... This Du Zhijing was more powerful than him. Just for such a small thing, he wanted to impeach the King of Wei?
Sure enough, he has his father's demeanor...
His father, Du Zhenglun, was recommended by Wei Zheng to serve as a member of the Ministry of War in the first year of Zhenguan. Later, he rose through the ranks. By the sixth year of Zhenguan, he was appreciated by His Majesty Li Er and promoted to the position of Minister of Zhongshu. Soon after, he was awarded the title of Chaosan Dafu and became the crown prince's right concubine.
His Majesty Li Er told Du Zhenglun this way: "My son's illness is a trivial matter. But he has no reputation at all. He doesn't love good people and loves good. He is led privately. Most of them are villains. You can check them out. If you can't be taught, you must come and tell me." I."
How much trust does it show that the emperor can say such things to his ministers?
The results of it?
The prince was cowardly and close to villains. Du Zhenglun's repeated advice was not accepted, so he angrily told the prince what His Majesty Li Er said.
In fact, Du Zhenglun had no choice but to do this. As the crown prince's right concubine, he was so worried, so exhausted, and his body almost collapsed from exhaustion. However, after repeated admonitions, the prince turned a deaf ear to his words. After he finished speaking, he passed away without leaving a trace on Li Chengqian.
Du Zhenglun, who was forced to panic, came up with the last resort this time——
"Dishonest? I'll tell your father!"
Li Chengqian was scared and aggrieved. He tremblingly gave a memorial to His Majesty Li Er and tried his best to defend himself. He told his father, "I know everything you told Du Zhenglun, but I don't accept it." I'm so wronged!
His Majesty Li Er summoned Du Zhenglun and asked him why he had leaked what he said. Du Zhenglun replied: "It is difficult to enlighten people, so I scare them with your Majesty's words, hoping that they will be afraid or do something wrong."
His Majesty Li Er is so depressed...
Originally, when he said those words to Du Zhenglun, he hoped that Du Zhenglun would overcome all difficulties and have the confidence to teach the prince with all his heart. But if you tell the prince what I said to you, doesn't it mean that the prince is worthless in the eyes of his father? To drive a wedge between father and son?
In anger, His Majesty Li Er dismissed Du Zhenglun from his post and demoted him to the governor of Guzhou...
Neither the emperor nor the prince wanted to see him, so Du Zhenglun's official career was probably over.
Unexpectedly, this Du Zhijing was as stubborn as his father and wanted to toughen Wei King Li Tai...
Fang Jun could only comfort him and said: "Mr. Du doesn't know something. His Royal Highness the King of Wei is really worried about funds. He even begged me a few days ago because His Majesty issued an order to seize the property of the Taiyuan Wang family in the south of the Yangtze River and wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River." Accept it, and also collect some money and food from the Jiangnan nobles to fund the 'revitalization meeting'... However, I am very pleased that Chief Du is working hard and diligently. There is no need for you to worry about this matter. I will discuss it with the King of Wei later. , try your best to facilitate this matter.”
Du Zhijing said happily: "That couldn't be better!"
Several other people glanced at Du Zhijing and said to themselves that you just had a good boss. If it were anyone else, they would only incite you to write a letter to impeach the King of Wei, and then offend the King of Wei to death, and then remove you and replace you. Get on your own troops...
No matter how the outside world says that Fang Jun is a stick, all the subordinates who follow him agree that he is a kind person and would never do such an immoral thing as letting you rush in and take the lead while he stabs you in the back...
Fang Jun asked again: "Is there anything else? It's okay for you to speak out."
Guo Fushan glanced at Cui Dunli, who nodded slowly and said, "Let Mr. Liu speak."
Guo Fushan looked at Liu Shi again. Liu Shi coughed dryly, looked at Fang Jun, and said, "The good prince-in-law learned that all the troops in the Tang Dynasty have accelerated the progress of changing their uniforms. New armors, horizontal knives, muskets, shock weapons, etc. The manufacturing speed of Tianlei and other equipment is far behind. Therefore, I discussed with several officers and decided to slightly expand the scale of the foundry bureau to alleviate the urgent need. However, there is a difficulty in this. The Political Affairs Hall has approved funding from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. One million dollars was used to expand our foundry, but the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been reluctant to allocate funds. I went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs several times to ask for it, but they always gave up with various reasons. Although we are casting new farm tools, knives, etc. We can make some profits, but how can we fill the vacancy of millions of dollars? Now that the prince-in-law has taken office, he hopes to issue an official letter to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and order him to allocate money as soon as possible, otherwise it will delay the change of the Liaodong army and affect the plan of the Eastern Expedition. , who can afford it?”
Fang Junqi said: "Tang Shangshu understands the righteousness well. Since it is a matter approved by the Political Affairs Hall, how can it be delayed again and again?"
Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is very old, but he is not confused. How could he do such a stupid thing?
Cui Dunli clicked his tongue and sighed: "Maybe the prince-in-law doesn't know that Tang Shangshu is seriously ill and has asked for leave?"
Fang Jun was surprised: "When did it happen? How is your condition?"
Cui Dunli said: "It was at the beginning of the year, not long after you returned from Mobei. The spring was very cold at that time. Tang Shangshu accidentally fell ill and became bedridden. All the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were handed over to Zuo Shilang Gao Xiuxi temporarily. We are here The appropriation of funds is tightly suppressed, no matter how much we say it, it will not help, the Ministry of Civil Affairs always finds various ways to frustrate it."
Fang Jun understood that the Ministry of War was implicated by him and became a target for Gao to fulfill his official duties and vent his private anger...
He immediately sneered and said: "It doesn't matter, I will go to meet the prince's consort later. If I can't do well as the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, then I will abdicate in favor of someone better and go home to farm!"
Guo Fushan was taken aback and said quickly: "Erlang, be careful! If you have just taken up your post, if you have a conflict with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, your reputation will be damaged and it will be difficult to explain to His Majesty."
He is a good old man, always trying to maintain the relationship between each other, but he has never been able to truly promote the so-called unity, even within the Ministry of War...
Fang Jun waved his hand and said domineeringly: "No need to say more! A good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others. This is how we deal with people, and the same is true for all yamen. The resources of each yamen are not unlimited, and the resources of each yamen are not unlimited. Communication between other yamen naturally has a priority. The more you give in, the harder it is to get food. Although the Ministry of Civil Affairs has a lot of money now, it also has a lot of expenses. The taxes paid every quarter are like running water. Go out, if we don't fight or grab, when will it be our turn? Children who can make trouble will be fed, so you don't have to worry, I just go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to make a fuss, it's not a big deal."
Cui Dunli felt ashamed.
Fortunately, I still coveted the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, and I was a little jealous that Fang Jun would return to the Ministry of War and directly take up the position. But now it seems that I am indeed not even a little bit behind.
As the chief officer, he is the backbone of the entire yamen. He has been trying to communicate with Gao Jixi to no avail, which will affect his prestige in the Ministry of War to some extent.
As a result, Fang Junyi didn't come up to ask for money, but directly told him that he was going to make a scene...
Different realms lead to different ways of looking at and dealing with problems.
If he followed Fang Jun's example and went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to cause trouble, he would probably be beaten up. But if Fang Jun went to make trouble, who would dare to bare his teeth?
But in the final analysis, this matter cannot be made too much...
After thinking for a while, Cui Dunli said: "How about accompanying the prince-in-law in a humble position?"
Fang Jun said with a smile: "Why, are you afraid that I won't be able to control my temper and will kill and maim a few of them?"
Cui Dunli was sweating profusely, squeaking and speechless.
It's like admitting...
