The next day, we went to Tingyuan in the west of the city.
"Minister, you are finally here!"
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Ditingyuan, he saw Zhu Youxin looking around anxiously at the door from a distance. Until he saw Jiang Yun appear, he immediately ran over with a look of panic on his face.
"They're already here?"
Jiang Yun naturally knew the reason why Zhu Youxin was so panicked. He just received a message from Zhu Youxin while he was still resting in the restaurant, saying that the two major sects in the west of the city were sitting in his minister's office menacingly, waiting for him together with Deputy Minister Ke Xinyu.
Even if you think about it with your buttocks, you can support Ke Xinyu in this matter.
"You think that after all the evidence has been dealt with, I can't do anything to you?" A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Jiang Yun's eyes, "Let's go."
Back then, he had met many people of all sizes in Ditingyuan, Jingyu District, Wushen City, and Yan Xingjue had naturally learned some methods and methods of handling things under his influence. Without these experiences, he might be really in a hurry now.
The two of them walked all the way to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jiang Yun could clearly feel the suspicion in the eyes around him. They naturally knew that powerful figures from the two sects had come to the Ditingyuan. This was a silent fight between the deputy minister and the minister. They are all waiting to see the fight between themselves and the deputy minister. Once they show signs of decline, it may be difficult for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold real power in the future.
"Zhu Youxin, go bring a stool over."
Jiang Yun, who was standing on the first floor, had no intention of going up to the second floor. Although Zhu Youxin was confused after hearing this, he hurriedly ran to get the stool. This attitude of not hesitating and not asking made Jiang Yun slightly satisfied.
He is just playing tricks on those people on the second floor. Are you waiting for me? Give me some power?
I'm missing!
Anyway, without my signature, he wouldn't be able to hold this conference! Let’s see who is in a hurry!
"My colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I officially took over our Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday. I may not be able to handle many affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs well in a short period of time. I will have to rely on you in the future."
Jiang Yun sat on the stool. Don't tell me, where did Zhu Youxin get it from? It was quite comfortable to sit on.
"You're welcome, Minister." Several people felt that it was inappropriate for no one to answer, so they still answered the question.
"Hey, I should. After all, I'm new here, so I have to handle my relationship with you all well." Jiang Yun pointed at one of the people and thought, "Your name should be...Ren Kai? The one in the early stage of foundation building?"
"Yes!" Seeing that everyone around him was watching him, Ren Kai thought for a while and replied simply.
If you talk too much, it will be troublesome if you get targeted by the deputy minister, but if you don't reply, it will be troublesome if you anger the minister.
"If I remember correctly, were you involved in the disciple recruitment meeting last year?" Jiang Yun spoke in a relaxed and carefree manner, making it unclear what his true purpose was.
"My subordinates are responsible for on-site construction quality survey and subsequent verification of funds into the treasury."
"Oh!" Jiang Yun naturally didn't point at him casually. He memorized a few key names last night. "I have a few things to ask you. You must answer truthfully."
"Huh???" Already smelling an unusual atmosphere, he looked around. Everyone lowered their heads and did not look at him. It was obvious that what the minister was talking about today was not ordinary polite talk. There was a smell of gunpowder in it!
"Minister!" Another man suddenly stood up and interrupted, "The deputy minister and the spokespersons from the two major factions came to your office early in the morning to wait for you. Do you think you should deal with the matters above first?"
"Are you...?" The smile on Jiang Yun's face suddenly disappeared, and the pressure of the middle stage of the golden elixir filled the air, making everyone present take a breath.
"My subordinate is..."
"Forget it." Jiang Yun interrupted directly, "I'm not interested in your identity. Let me ask you, is the minister's affairs more important, or the deputy minister's affairs?"
The man was stunned on the spot, and he didn't answer the question for a moment.
"The minister is asking you something, are you sure you don't want to answer?" Jiang Yun waved his hand directly, "The Foreign Affairs Department is not suitable for you anymore. I will go and ask other departments this afternoon if they are willing to accept you, and complete the resignation procedures this afternoon."
"minister!"
The man was shocked. He didn't expect that the minister was going to fire him. He shouted hurriedly. "Minister, you do not have the power to directly fire people!"
"I know." Jiang Yun knew that expelled personnel must submit an application report to the dean at the first level, and there will be personnel to connect with them later, "Zhu Youxin."
"Minister!" The corner of Zhu Youxin's mouth twitched. The man was the deputy minister's employee. He was very popular on the first floor. Firing him would be a slap in the face of the deputy minister. While feeling surprised, he stood respectfully aside, wanting to see what the minister wanted to do.
"Draw up a report about how I want to expel this person. After I finish speaking, I will go directly to the dean for approval." Jiang Yun looked at the pale man with cold eyes, "When I first arrived, the people below openly warned me My deputy minister's authority is more important than that of the minister, and I can't kill him or imprison him on charges, so I'd better let him find another job. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can't accommodate him, so I'm sure the dean will give me this face."
After that, he added, "If the dean doesn't agree today, I will continue to report it tomorrow. The Foreign Affairs Department is not in order. I really am not in the mood to sign the materials for the disciple recruitment meeting!"
hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath when they heard this. This was pure leverage!
Moreover, this was Jiang Yun's first time begging the dean, so the good dean must be happy to give him this face.
"Yes!" Zhu Youxin saw that Jiang Yun didn't seem to be lying. He wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked at the man and sighed in his heart: Why bother? How can you interfere in this kind of thing?
The people next to the man moved a little away from him, and they couldn't help but feel happy in their hearts. You, a small employee, can't intervene in a ministerial-level fight.
This man used Ke Xinyu's name to dominate the first floor, but now it's okay to make such a mess for himself. The minister insists on quarreling with you, can you compete with the minister?
The man was the only one left with a gloomy look of terror on his face. He already knew that he was being used as a tool of authority by the minister, and it could be seen in the eyes of the people around him. But he still had a glimmer of hope and wanted to fire me? Then we have to see if Vice Minister Ke agrees!
"Ren Kai, let's continue."
"Excuse me, Minister. I will definitely tell you everything I know." Seeing the Minister trying to scare the monkeys, Ren Kai hurriedly replied respectfully. No matter how he tried to save face, he still left a leeway for himself in his words.
"Last year when you inspected the on-site construction project, you should know the shop that provides wood and stone carvings, right?" Jiang Yun got straight to the point, "As far as I know, that shop has been sealed. Do you know why it was checked?"
Ren Kai actually knew about this, nodded and replied, "That craftsman's shop is suspected of selling art to the City Lord's Mansion at a high price. According to the investigation, it was a private plan with the City Lord's Mansion Zhang, and the two parties split the accounts four to six. I really paid attention to this matter. Wait. Minister, Manager Zhang involves a lot of people, you can find out more from the Ministry of Punishment."
"Manager Zhang?"
Just when Jiang Yun wanted to ask more questions, there was a sound of people coming downstairs quickly behind him.
"Minister, why are you still here!" Ke Xinyu and two middle-aged men walked down together. The former of the two middle-aged men was wearing a green shirt with the wind, rain, and rain logo embroidered on it. He must be from Qingfeng Xiaoyu Building. people. The second person wearing tan clothes should be someone from Flowing Rock Castle.
"Hey, Vice Minister Ke has a guest?"
Jiang Yun pretended not to know the identities of the two of them, took one look at them and greeted Ke Xinyu with a smile.
"Minister, what are you..." Ke Xinyu glanced at the strange first floor. He waited and waited for Jiang Yun to come, so he asked his assistant to look for him. Unexpectedly, he secretly saw Jiang Yun on the first floor. After being lectured, he immediately couldn't sit still and stopped running.
"I'm exchanging feelings with everyone. After all, I've just arrived. Being familiar with each other is also conducive to work." Jiang Yun couldn't see anything strange.
"Minister Ke, Minister Jiang is asking us about the craftsman's shop that provided us with stone and wood carvings when we recruited disciples last year. By the way, you also want to fire me. I have always worked honestly. Minister, please help me." Minister Jiang, please tell me." At this moment, the man who had just offended Jiang Yun spoke again, explaining in one sentence what Jiang Yun had just asked.
Jiang Yun turned to look at him with a half-smile.
You bitch, you don’t dare to kill you because of me, right? In one sentence, the two ministers simply did not take me seriously.
"Hey, you are all busy with your work." Ke Xinyu gave the man a calm look and asked him to sit down, and then asked Jiang Yun, "Minister Jiang, let me introduce to you first, these two are from the west of our city. The leaders of the two sects, the one on the left is Huan Qing, the leader of Qingfeng Xiaoyu Tower, and the one on the right is Yan Tuo, the leader of Liuyan Castle."
"Oh!" Jiang Yun saw that the two people were not friendly, so he didn't bother to act coyly and stepped forward to shake hands. He turned around and said, "You are busy with your business. I will go back to the office first."
I just don’t follow your rhythm!
"Minister." Ke Xinyu actually stopped Jiang Yun, as if he was about to talk in the hall on this floor in front of everyone in the Foreign Affairs Department, "The two heads want to talk to you about the things you said yesterday, because there are some It's not easy for me to make a decision, so I invite the two heads to come and talk to you in person."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Yun asked, pretending not to know.
"Minister Jiang, I heard that you want to refund half of the test fees for those who are not admitted?" The head of Qingfeng Xiaoyu Building was not too aggressive and asked politely.
"No." Jiang Yun shook his head in denial.
"Huh?" The three of them were stunned. Are you telling lies with your eyes open?
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yun answered, "I was wrong at the time. It should be that starting from this time, all test fees will be halved. All children who pass the test and are admitted to the two major sects will just have to pay the extra money."
"Minister Jiang also said that he must be present in person to receive the agency fees we pay to the Diting Yuan? Even if Minister Ke is present?"
"That's what I said." Jiang Yun said calmly, "I think the agency fee you gave is inappropriate. As far as I know, your two sects recruit about 2,000 disciples a year. Each person only has the test fee and registration fee. You can collect nearly fifty gold. After joining your sect, you will charge various fees and other miscellaneous fees, up to three gold per person per year, which means you can harvest more than six thousand gold from these two thousand people in one year."
"In addition, everything these disciples have in the sect is exchanged with contribution points. You also set up a mechanism to exchange gold cakes for contribution points..."
"Not to mention the shops you open in the city with the help of your official status. Every year at this time, you make a lot of money. Those people who come to the city choose your official shops for food and accommodation. As a result, you raise the prices wantonly."
Jiang Yun shook his head. This was more than treating the outer sect disciples as human beings. They were simply treating them as tools to make money. Cutting leeks in all kinds of ways was simply unconscionable. Many families tried their best to send their children to practice sects, but the result was only bigger problems. A scam that extracts all the parents' money from their children.
"Those children chose you because the Ditingyuan guaranteed you the status of an official sect."
"And you, after squeezing them out of money, send them out to do odd jobs to make money for you. Of course, I have no control over the internal affairs of your sect. But for agency fees, you only give Ditingyuan two hundred gold a year. Is Tingyuan used as a tool for you to make money? Is it possible that the official status of Tingyuan is so worthless?"
Jiang Yun's voice echoed throughout the first floor of the hall, ringing loudly.
"The agency fee must be increased this year! The testing fee must be halved this year!"
