"Next, let's summon them one by one."
Su Ziji spoke leisurely, and then said to Wen Xunpeng: "Not only do the small officials check the accounts, but the officials also have to get involved - let Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi come in, and Gu Yao summons them and gets them involved too. "
The "they" referred to here naturally refers to court officials like Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi.
"Yes!" Wen Xunpeng bowed calmly and said, "Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi have always stayed out of the matter, fearing that they may not be fully committed."
This kind of strife between the emperor and the grandson was extremely dangerous and could easily lead to death and annihilation. Not all officials were willing to get involved.
In fact, not one out of ten people is willing to jump into this pit of fire.
It's just that many people are "direct relatives" and naturally have to get involved.
It is reasonable for Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi to be afraid of getting involved in such strife. Su Ziji smiled: "Of course they have their difficulties, but we also have ours."
"Yes, they have no personal grudges with Gu, but they have a public official relationship with Gu."
"Gu was ordered to investigate the case. They are followers. It is natural that they should share the worries and work for Gu. This is their duty."
"Many people think that Gu should act in secret. In fact, this is wrong. Gu Ben was ordered to investigate, whether it was summoning county officials or investigating accounts and files, he was doing it openly."
"Those who disobey orders are not just disobeying an orphan. In official terms, they are disobeying public orders, which can be punished as a crime of treason."
"As for how others see them after doing their official business, that's their business."
Wen Xunpeng thought for a moment and couldn't help but laugh.
Yes, many people say that it is right for officials to take sides, but the premise is that this is not a direct superior-subordinate relationship.
It was a direct superior-subordinate relationship. With an order, even if he was told to kill his benefactor, as long as there were no problems with the procedures, he would have to kill him.
Otherwise, they can be immediately dismissed from their posts and sent to prison or even directly executed by military law.
Therefore, if you want to manage people, the first thing is to establish a direct superior-subordinate relationship. Once established, you can do whatever you want to do.
Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi were aides-de-camp to the imperial envoys and had a clear superior-subordinate relationship. It was actually nonsense to stay out of the matter, unless the grandson didn't think clearly about it.
But wouldn’t Taisun understand?
Wen Xunpeng agreed and took a few steps to convey his grandson's intention to the people outside.
Naturally, Wen Xunpeng didn't have to do it himself, someone else would do it according to the order.
Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi were patrolling the boats, looking at them one by one, but the core of them were two boats, one was where the grandson stayed, and the other was for checking accounts. When they looked at the checking boats from a distance, they saw that the hall was full of people, and The abacus crackled without even looking up.
"My grandson also checked the accounts!" Jiang Shen lamented. When he turned around, he saw that Cao Zhi looked wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"
Just when Cao Zhi was about to answer, he heard a petty official rush over and bowed: "Two adults, the grandson has summoned you."
"Go ahead, we'll be there right away." Cao Zhi said. After he finished speaking, he looked at the surging river and smiled bitterly: "Whatever you are afraid of, just come."
Although Jiang Shen has little experience, he is actually a very smart person. After thinking about it, he asked in a lower voice: "You mean, the grandson has an errand for us? Isn't this normal?"
"It's normal, but if we get involved in this errand, I'm afraid we won't be able to stand on the shore." Cao Zhi smiled bitterly. He originally hoped that his grandson would be less involved in official matters, but he didn't expect this, so that he and others could stay away from it. But look now, it’s gone.
"But just running an errand, doesn't it count as taking refuge in the grandson?" Jiang Shen understood, couldn't help but shudder, gasped, and said after a while.
The two of them had already boarded the designated boat. Cao Zhi's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible: "But will others think so?"
After entering the ship, the abacus crackled even louder like the heavy rain. I even saw a clerk finishing the calculation. Someone checked it again. He put a small lacquered tube in on the spot and sealed it. He went to the cabinet again and took out a small tube with a rustling sound. Open the cabinet and put the bunch of keys in.
"There are two branches of government!" The two of them were silent, and the imperial envoy team was faintly divided into three groups. One group was of course himself and others, the other group was Zhang Dai, and the third group was the grandson.
Of course, if I insist on saying so, there is still a group of guards, but those are the guards for supervision and protection. They will not interfere in this official matter, but in fact, there is no room for interference.
Originally, compared to Deputy Imperial Envoy Zhang Dai, Taisun was much more low-key.
Although he met everyone he needed to see and received official documents that needed to be received, he still felt that he was far inferior to Zhang Dai in terms of momentum.
However, once Zhang Dai blocked the granary, Taisun's rhythm didn't seem to change much, but it felt like it changed immediately.
The two of them didn't have a good impression of Zhang Dai. They felt that Zhang Dai really didn't know how to behave. Not only was he bad-tempered and hard-tempered, he was also so careless that he took the spotlight.
But now this change felt so subtle that it made people's hearts tremble. It was not as good as before. Then they thought that the two of them had arrived in the hall and stood still to salute: "Your Majesty Cao Zhi (Jiang Shen) pays homage to your grandson."
"Come in!"
The cabin was dark, even in the daytime, candles were lit. When I took a closer look, I saw the grandson sitting on the main bed with a book beside him, and Wen Xunpeng was writing something with a pen.
The two men bowed again.
"There is no need to be polite." The grandson was wearing a sky-green silk robe. He had slender eyebrows and phoenix eyes. He was elegant and handsome. He asked them to get up, but did not immediately tell them what to do. Instead, he said to Wen Xunpeng: "I just mentioned the general." Everyone, write it down.”
"Yes." Wen Xunpeng responded, started writing as soon as he picked up the pen, and recalled while writing. At first glance, it seemed that he and his grandson had passed each other.
The grandson then turned his face again: "I have been ordered to investigate the case, and the emperor has high hopes for it. No matter how well Zhang Dai does it, he is very diligent, so I can't help but be careful."
"Pepsi will ask questions first. Gu Yi will give you a list. Gu will summon them. You will coordinate and arrange this matter."
Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi were shocked when they heard this.
Summon someone?
Hasn't Taisun been summoning people one after another before?
Could it be that the person we are summoning this time is not someone we have met before?
Or maybe someone you’ve already met wants to meet again?
The two of them couldn't tell which kind of person the grandson wanted to see, but the grandson said this and left the matter to them, which was enough to show that this matter was a normal thing, at least it did not need to be hidden from anyone.
"Yes!" The two of them respectfully waited for the list.
Although the two of them felt that their grandson would not let them arrange to meet anyone they could not meet, in fact, they had no room to comment no matter who they met.
After a while, Wen Xunpeng quickly finished writing the name he had given him, put down the pen, and handed over the paper with both hands.
Su Ziji took it and looked at it, then nodded slightly.
Jiang Shen took a step forward and took the list first. When he saw it, he immediately put down most of his worries.
I saw that the names on this piece of paper were all county officials and granary officials. Maybe Taisun just wanted to meet these people and ask them about the situation of the granary?
This is also a normal process. Even ordinary people will ask the relevant personnel first when doing things.
Jiang Shen thought it was normal, but Cao Zhi only glanced at it and his heart stopped. However, in front of his grandson, he remained calm and only raised his eyes to glance at Jiang Shen.
Jiang Shen is still too young. The names on the list themselves are not a big problem, but the order and scale of summons are a big problem.