Faced with Cui Shao's earnest teachings, Zhang Juning still had his own ideas, but the official level was overwhelming...
What's more, although on the surface he, the Zuo Shilang, is only one level behind Cui Shao, the minister, Zhang Juning is very clear about his actual status in the court. He is far behind Cui Shao by more than one level. Therefore, under Cui Shao's gaze, Zhang Juning is only one level behind. He could pretend to be convinced and said:
"What you said, Lord Shangshu, is exactly what you said. It's my subordinate who didn't think carefully!"
Cui Shao heard this and said with a smile:
"Ju Ning, you also have good intentions, but when doing things, the household department must focus on the overall situation!"
Zhang Juning nodded in agreement when he heard this, and at this moment Cui Shao paused for a moment, and then said with some emotion:
"Juning, I'm afraid I won't be able to carry the burden of this household department for much longer when I get old. Then the household department will be up to you!"
After saying that, Cui Shao also patted Zhang Juning's shoulder. Following Cui Shao's actions, Zhang Juning's heart couldn't help but beat twice, but he still said very modestly:
"Master Shangshu, you are in your prime and you are not old at all. The Household Department will still need you to take care of the family in the future. Ju Ning still has many things to learn from you!"
Hearing what Zhang Juning said, Cui Shao smiled and did not continue the topic. Seeing this, Zhang Juning also resigned voluntarily.
Watching Zhang Juning's leaving figure, Cui Shao's originally productive eyes immediately turned cold...
As early as when Fengwu Army was in Liaoyang, Zhang Juning was promoted by Ye Mingsheng and was specifically responsible for the financial work of Fengwu Army. Fengwu Army's large and small accounts and funds had to go from his hands. Therefore, Zhang Juning has always been known as the God of Wealth in the Fengwu Army!
Cui Shao, who was in charge of government affairs, became Zhang Juning's direct boss. However, Cui Shao knew very well that his subordinate was actually a nail planted by Ye Mingsheng!
Ye Mingsheng has always been very self-aware. When it comes to military and political affairs, he has always focused on the general direction, and he has left the specific implementation to his group of civil servants and military generals.
Let professional people do professional things. This is also Ye Mingsheng's experience in commanding the Fengwu Army!
However, although Ye Mingsheng will delegate power, when it comes to financial and personnel rights, Ye Mingsheng is extremely conservative and holds on tightly without letting go!
In Cui Shao's view, Gu Sansi, who is in charge of personnel transfer, Zhang Juning, who is in charge of the Fengwu Army's finances, and the General Staff Department, which coordinates the daily affairs of the army, are Ye Mingsheng's important means of controlling personnel and financial power!
Ye Mingsheng not only wants to use himself to be responsible for government affairs, but also uses Gu Sansi and Zhang Juning to divide his power to check and balance him!
Although Cui Shao was a little helpless about this, he was able to accept his position after correcting his position!
However, since Zhang Juning was named the Left Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Cui Shao found that he, who had always been law-abiding, seemed to be a little restless, and his eyes seemed to begin to covet the throne of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance... ············
Just like just now, Zhang Juning was worried about the financial situation of Fengwu Army. In order to prevent the debt from getting bigger, he deliberately collected taxes from Yunmer and Guanzhong to increase the fiscal revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs and reduce the fiscal deficit of the Ministry of Household Affairs!
This doesn't seem to have any problems. Zhang Juning's worries are not unreasonable. Debt has always been a potential hidden danger for Fengwu Army, and it is also a problem that must be solved sooner or later!
But the problem is that Cui Shao doesn't believe that Zhang Juning doesn't know why Ye Mingsheng doesn't collect taxes from these places. He would rather tighten his belt and give these places tax holidays, so that these places affected by the war can recuperate!
Cui Shao is more willing to believe that Zhang Juning's seemingly innocent worries actually hide Zhang Juning's selfish interests!
Once the enemies start collecting taxes from Guanzhong and Yunbin, although the pressure on the local Chief Secretary will increase dramatically, the accounts of the Department of Revenue will look much better. The accounts of the Department of Revenue will look better, which will naturally highlight Zhang Juning's power. His ability allowed him to gain the recognition of the commander-in-chief so that he could sit on the throne of Minister of the Ministry of Finance!
Thinking of this, something appeared in Cui Shao's expression.
With disdain, in his opinion, Zhang Juning was able to manage the Fengwu Army's finances in an orderly manner and his abilities were naturally good. Otherwise, Ye Mingsheng had replaced him long ago, and it would have been impossible for him to be the God of Wealth of the Fengwu Army for so many years. Lord.
However, Cui Shao believes that although Zhang Juning has some abilities, in essence he is still just a petty official, just Ye Mingsheng’s accountant... ····
Zhang Juning does not have the structure that an important minister of the imperial court should have at all. He only has some self-righteous cleverness and the abacus beads in his hand!
A person like him is best suited to be a deputy, letting him take care of the abacus in his hand. If other important matters are entrusted to him, he will not be able to handle it at all.
In fact, this is what Ye Mingsheng did. He has been the accountant of Fengwu Army all these years and has never left other matters to Zhang Juning!
He thought that if he made the accounts of the household department more beautiful, he would be appreciated and recognized by Ye Mingsheng, and he might be able to replace him?
Cui Shao had no doubt that if Ye Mingsheng knew Zhang Juning's idea, Zhang Juning would only get a scolding!
To be honest, Cui Shao really expected Zhang Juning to go beyond him and report his ideas directly to Ye Mingsheng, just like he often did before!
Cui Shao believed that Zhang Juning would become calm again amidst Ye Mingsheng's scolding and recognize his value and positioning in the Yijing court, otherwise it would take some effort to do it by himself.
Cui Shao picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then put Zhang Juning's matter behind him and started to deal with other tasks. The household department may be the department with the heaviest workload among the six departments. There are a lot of things for Chi Shao to deal with every day. This This feeling of having great power makes Cui Shao both painful and happy...
Just when Cui Shao was checking the memorial of Qilu Chief Envoy Ma Runshan, a clerk came over and reported:
"Master Shangshu, Master Sun Jing'an, the envoy of Youyan, asks to see you!"
Cui Shao couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this. Ever since Ye Mingsheng gave Sun Jing'an the transfer order, Sun Jing'an was already a sinner in his eyes. The only suspense was whether Ye Mingsheng would kill him. So in this case, Cui Shao also I don’t want to have too much contact with Sun Jing’an!
When Sun Jing'an first came to Yijing, he wanted to see him on the pretext that he wanted to report to him on Youyan's government affairs. At that time, Cui Shao also met with Sun Jing'an.
And this Sun Jing'an may have heard some rumors, so the report to him was false, and he wanted to test the commander's attitude from himself!
Cui Shao also pretended not to understand this and kept doing Tai Chi with Sun Jing'an. Although Sun Jing'an had no choice but to leave in anger,
More than half a month ago, Sun Jing'an went to his house to look for him again. This time, Cui Shao excused himself as feeling unwell and did not see him, causing Sun Jing'an to leave in despair!
Originally, Cui Shao thought that Sun Jingan had been in the officialdom for more than 20 years. He should still have some political sense, and he should be able to tell that he would not come to see him again if he didn't want to see him... ·······················
But I never thought that Sun Jing'an was determined to find him and would not let go. Thinking of this, Cui Shao's expression also showed a hint of disgust.
This Sun Jing'an had always been a grass facing the wind in Qilu. Wherever the wind was strong, it would be directed to that direction. It can be said that if you have milk, you will be a mother!
When the locust plague broke out, this guy hooked up with Murong Yuliang to disgust him. Now that he knows that he is being targeted by the commander, how can he know who is looking for him?
What have you been doing? The Buddha said that yesterday's cause planted today's fruit, and today's consequences are retributions. You, surnamed Sun, deserve this disaster!
Thinking of this, Cui Shao was too lazy to see Sun Jing'an and directly ordered the clerk who delivered the letter:
"Tell Sun Jing'an that the Ministry of Revenue is in a meeting and I don't have time to see him. Let him go back to the Youyan Chief Secretary's Yamen!"
"yes!"
After Sun Jing'an's incident happened, Cui Shao was not in the mood to deal with Ma Runchuan's memorial. Instead, he closed his eyes and thought quietly.
stand up.
Cui Shao knew that the Ministry of Punishment had sent people to Qilu to investigate, and according to past practice, Cui Shao believed that the Coordination Office would not be idle!
So after calculating the time, Cui Shao thinks that if the Qilu incident happened quickly, it would have happened years ago, and even if it happened slower, it would definitely have exploded before the beginning of summer!
As long as the Qilu incident occurs, Sun Jing'an, the chief envoy of Youyan, will be done with it. His dismissal from office and the confiscation of his family will almost be a certainty. The only thing that remains in suspense is whether the commander will kill him... ·············
But from Ye Mingsheng's perspective, Cui Shao believed that Ye Mingsheng would probably not kill Sun Jing'an!
After all, Sun Jingan can be said to be a model of surrendering to civilian officials, and during his tenure as Qilu Chief Envoy, although he and his party members embezzled a lot of money in Qilu.
But Sun Jing'an's achievements in Qilu are obvious to all, and during the previous wars, Sun Jing'an also worked very hard to raise military rations and taxes and did not miss the key moments. From this point of view, Sun Jing'an has merit, and the credit is not small!
Moreover, there are now a large number of civil servants in Jiangnan, Huainan, Guanzhong, Jingchu, and in the future Sichuan and Shu who have not yet returned to the Yijing court. Therefore, if Sun Jing'an is killed, there is a high probability that these people will think that Ye Mingsheng is killing the donkey and has no influence on the future. He will be even more uneasy and will not serve the Yijing court wholeheartedly!
After thinking about the key to this, Cui Shao also became thoughtful. As the saying goes, "pulling out the carrot and bringing out the mud", the last time the commander dealt with Huo San, Liu Zhengyue was also implicated, and he was also very involved. Awkward!
This time the commander-in-chief deals with Sun Jing'an, who will be involved?
If I remember correctly, Sun Jing'an is very close to Rishengchang Bank!
One of the very important factors why Rishengchang Bank’s business has developed so fast in Qilu is that Sun Jing’an used his status and influence as the chief envoy to support Rishengchang Bank’s platform in Qilu!
From this point of view, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no transfer of interests between Sun Jing'an and Rishengchang Bank, and the relationship between Rishengchang Bank and Murong Yuliang is very close, so will the fall of Sun Jing'an this time bring Murong Yuliang to his death? Involved...
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Just when Cui Shao was thinking about Murong Yuliang in his heart, Murong Yuliang, who was having dinner with his wife Wang, received a secret letter.
There were not many words in the secret letter, but looking at the content above, Murong Yuliang couldn't help but close his eyes in pain, his heart filled with sadness and apologies to his elder brother Murong Lun!
Seeing her husband like this, Mrs. Wang on the side asked with some distress:
"What happened to Yuliang?"
Murong Yuliang sighed after hearing this and said:
"The mountain is gone!"
Wang was very surprised when these words came out, and immediately asked:
"Didn't Xiaohui ask him to hide out?"
Murong Yuliang smiled bitterly when he heard this and said:
"Where can you hide? These hawks from the Coordination Office all have dog noses!"
Feeling the hatred in her husband's heart, Wang didn't say anything but just tugged on Murong Yuliang's clothes, signaling Murong Yuliang to be cautious and be careful that walls have ears.
Although she is a female generation, as the daughter of a noble family and now the wife of the Murong family, Wang has been in the circle of powerful people for decades and is very aware of the fishy nature of this... ···············
Mrs. Wang knew very well that with Murong Yuliang's current power, her family had 100% coordination and coordination departments, and even internal guards!
Feeling his wife's reminder, Murong Yuliang sighed with some frustration. Seeing this, Wang asked with some doubts in a low voice:
"The letter told you that Zhengshan was killed by the Central Committee?"
Murong Yuliang shook his head and said:
"The letter says that Zhengshan was killed by a group of bandits, but I think these people are most likely disguised by the Coordination Office. What the Coordination Office is best at doing is such shady things!"
"I don't know how much dirty work the Central Coordination Office has done for him over the years, and how many people have been killed! But even so, Huo San will kill as many as he says!"
Speaking of this, Murong Yuliang couldn't help but lamented again:
"I thought he would be able to let Zhengshan go after he demoted Xiaohui and me, but I thought he was too kind!"
"I should have known a long time ago that he has never been a kind person, and he has never had a kind heart. I still had expectations for him. I was really wrong!"
"I'm sorry, brother, and I'm even more sorry for Qing Wu. I shouldn't have let Qing Wu marry her in the first place. It's too late to regret this mistake!"
Seeing that Murong Yuliang was getting more and more outrageous, Wang was a little frightened and quickly blocked Murong Yuliang's mouth to prevent her husband from continuing... ··········
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