Yan Xiu glanced at Yan Wei: "If you don't want to sit down, you won't sit down. So what if he is asked to sit in that position temporarily for a few months? The Ministry of Punishment has been idle in the past two years, and he only got a casual position when he went in, which is harmless."
He handed the secret letter to Yan Wei: "No matter what method you use, this letter must be delivered to Li Woyun within seven days."
In order to collect the letter, Yan asked again before leaving: "Is your Majesty really going to use this method to lure the enemy?"
Yan Xiu: "How can you catch a big fish if you are not willing to put in a long line? The Zhang family has been entrenched in the court for many years, and they cannot be easily overthrown overnight. Since he dares to reach out to me, don't blame me for not thinking about it. and his many years of service as prime minister."
Daqin has plenty of food and grass, and this year it has made a lot of money from the fine salt sold to other countries. Even if there is a sudden snowstorm, there are so many charcoal fires that cannot be used up for several years. It would be a pity not to take advantage of this opportunity.
Yan Xing's stockpile alone can solve the crisis in Xijing City this year, not to mention all the money sent by Miaojiang for disaster relief cannot be used up.
There are many local officials in the northern border who were promoted by Prime Minister Zhang.
The Qin Dynasty was able to cope with the cold wave with ease, but the Zhou and Qi kingdoms suffered terribly from the cold wave.
The charcoal fire sold to them by the Miao people was ten or even twenty times that of the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty also took this opportunity to sell excess grain and grass to the Zhou and Qi kingdoms. Even so, it could not stop the internal migration and civil strife in the two countries. , mourning floods the land.
Next spring will be the best time to attack Zhou and Qi.
As for Beiliang?
According to the report from the dragon guard who was lurking around Alhom, Alhom had successfully returned to the territory of Beiliang. He had also married the daughter of a tribal leader on the border between Beiliang and Daqin, and was secretly recruiting troops.
Just wait for Beiliang to cause chaos on its own. After two or three years of chaos, Da Qin will reap all the benefits.
Yan Wei: "Your Majesty really decided to attack Zhou and Qi at the same time? Although Qin's millions of Qin troops are brave, if the troops are divided into two groups..."
Yan Xiu: "Yes, I have made my decision, no need to say more."
Yan Wei: "Does your Majesty have a suitable candidate in mind?"
Yan Xiu: "Uncle Wu Xing and Uncle Chiayi's injuries will be healed next year."
Yan Wei was surprised and said, "Your Majesty, you don't plan to go on a personal expedition this time?"
In the past, he had gone on many personal expeditions, partly because of his ambition, and partly because he really couldn't stand the Queen Mother's behavior of going to the Tai Chi Palace and bringing all kinds of beauties to him one after another. It can be said that Yan Xiu's warlike temperament was all caused by these two. Provided by a reason.
Nowadays, it is rare that Yao Yao does not go to the expedition in person. Is it because of Zhu Sijia?
Besides, with those two young boys as commanders, can they convince the three armies? Although the two of them performed outstandingly in suppressing bandits, being able to march into a war was no longer a piece of cake. How could suppressing bandits be compared to leading troops to attack a city?
Yan Xiu glanced at him sideways: "I said I would let the two of them be the coaches? Do you want to be grounded again?"
The implication is, don't say anything you shouldn't say.
Yan Wei could only shut his mouth.
Yan Xiu mentioned casually: "The matter of Yanxue Tower should also be put on the agenda. Next spring, I want to see one hundred and thirty-six people intact."
Yan Wei: "The matter of protecting the Dragon Guard is my fault. I should make careful decisions on the dozen or so vacant positions."
During the autumn hunt, Yan Wei found out the person who poisoned Yan Xiu's arrows.
The dragon guard had no father or mother and had lived on the streets since he was a child. When he was almost beaten to death for a piece of steamed bun, Prime Minister Zhang came to his aid and took him into the mansion to train him secretly.
When he was fifteen years old, he was successfully selected as the Dragon Guard, and he lurked in the Xueyan Tower where the Dragon Guard was located for ten years.
This thorough investigation of Yanxue Tower revealed that as many as thirteen dragon guards were implicated and died, and as many as a hundred ordinary palace officials were executed for neglecting their duties in Qiu Lie.
After such a major incident, Yan Wei naturally lost his reputation.
Yan Xiu glanced at him coldly: "I won't do this next time."
Sure enough, a few days later, a group of civil servants headed by Chen Rang strongly recommended Yan Xing in the court to take over the affairs of the Ministry of Justice.
Most of the new party members among the civil servants were sent abroad by Yan Xiu, and the generals in the court did not know much about the affairs of the Ministry of Justice. As soon as this statement came out, there should be no objection in the court.
However, Prime Minister Zhang stood up and argued hard, strongly recommending his subordinates to serve as ministers of the Ministry of Punishment.
The two groups of people had a quarrel in the court.
Yan Xiu said impatiently: "The affairs of the Criminal Department will be temporarily handed over to King Yi. No one is allowed to have any objections and withdraw from the court."
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In Changle Palace, Zhu Sijia was worried about the account book.
The Laba Banquet was coming soon, and after several days of inquiries and preparations, Zhu Sijia discovered that the amount of money given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this year was too little because the treasury was tight.
According to the scale and practice of previous years, a Laba banquet for hundreds of civil and military officials would cost at least a thousand taels of silver.
It's not a big deal. The worst she can do is suffer the loss of being dumb and use her own money to subsidize the banquet. However, half of her money was used to purchase properties outside the palace, leaving little left.
If the only similarity between Yan Xiu and the Empress Dowager Zhang, apart from their unparalleled looks, is their extreme extravagance and desire.
We are not willing to be aggrieved at any time, otherwise it will harm the face of the great country.
This was not only a test for her by the Queen Mother, but also a test for her by Yan Xiu.
This is the first important task she has taken on. If it is not completed well, even if Yan Xiu likes her, I believe that with his character, he will take back her Phoenix Seal without mercy and find another person for his own use.
But the Ministry of Internal Affairs not only enriched their own pockets, but also refused to give her money. She did not believe that there was no will from the Queen Mother behind this.
Lining your own pockets?
Yes, Zhu Sijia looked at the books on the table and suddenly had an idea.
In the past few days, she and Zhu Ya had been checking and reconciling the accounts day and night, and discovered that there were tens of thousands of taels of silver omitted from the accounts.
The wool comes from the sheep, and whose pocket the silver goes into, the money should come out.
It must be that the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs look down upon her and don't think she can have the leisure to investigate the palace's accounts for more than ten years in a short period of time. Who is willing to do such a thankless task?
Therefore, the fake accounting books they created were extremely perfunctory.
Zhu Sijia stared at the empty bowl where she had eaten the bird's nest, and came up with a plan. She called Xin'er and said, "You will go to Tai Chi Palace later and tell His Majesty that I will personally prepare dinner tonight. Tell him to come to Changle Palace to use it."
Xin'er nodded and left.
At dinner time, Yan Xiu arrived as promised.
Zhu Sijia walked behind him, put her feet up, covered his eyes with her hands, and said mysteriously: "Guess what did I prepare for Xuanzhi?"
Yan Xiu smiled and said: "How can I have such great powers? The things in your Changle Palace are all delicacies in the world that cannot be seen outside."
He was directed by Zhu Sijia all the way to the table. When Zhu Sijia let go of his hand, what caught his eyes was a bowl of ordinary Bazhen porridge.
Yan Xiu: "...Cicada is really in a good mood."
Unexpectedly, I learned to make fun of him now.
