"So, the Lord wants me to choose between the two, Shizhong Pei or General Wang?" Di Renjie asked.
"Wrong!" Fu Yin waved his hand: "Huaiying, you are just a lowly official now, how can you be qualified to choose one of the two? You have an opportunity in front of you now, either you will rise to the top, or your future will be ruined, you bet or not!"
"Okay!" Di Renjie couldn't help but smile bitterly when his boss poured cold water on his head: "Why can't Shizhong Pei and General Wang work together? I don't think there is any unsolvable hatred between the two of them, right?"
"Isn't the struggle for power and position a grudge?" Fu Yin sneered: "Is there any greater grudge in the world than this?"
"The court is so big, it can't accommodate the two of them?" Di Renjie sighed: "And I don't think General Wang is the kind of person who is greedy for power?"
"Huaiying, do you really think so?" Fu Yin glanced sideways at Di Renjie with a look of disdain, "You don't really think so, do you?"
"Isn't it? None of the key generals, such as Si Feng, Si Xun, Kao Gong, and Du Zhi from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, have placed any of their own!"
"Humph!" Fu Yin sneered: "If the general dared to touch these places, would the emperor still trust him so much? But this does not mean that he does not take power. On the contrary, the general's ability to take power is very high. Woolen cloth!"
"Very tall? How do you say it?"
"Isn't it obvious? Isn't he trying to seize power by rectifying the water transport?" Fu Yin said.
"Rectifying water transportation is good governance, which is of great benefit to the country and the people! How can we say that he has taken power?"
"Who told you that taking power can't be good governance and can't be beneficial to the country and the people?" Fu Yin said with a smile: "The skill of our General Wang is that he takes power by doing things. He wants to rectify the water transportation, do you want to give him money and food? ? Do you want to give him manpower? Build roads, open waterways, build ships and warehouses, allocate grain to states and counties, and issue orders. Suddenly, warehouses, rivers, civilians, and officials are all in his hands. This is a small court. No one can control him yet!
With the water transport in order, there was no shortage of food in Chang'an, and there was more military food in Longyou and Anxi, and power fell into his hands unconsciously. This is the most brilliant way to seize power. You can't say that he is seizing power. As soon as you open your mouth, you are hindering state affairs and not understanding the general situation. Our Shizhong Pei must be the most experienced in this move! I hate it so much! "
Hearing this, Di Renjie was speechless. He finally understood why Fu Yin said that this job was very hot, but as long as he got it done, he would definitely become famous. From the perspective of Wang Wenzuo's political opponents, the Shaanzhou water transportation matter must not be allowed to be completed, because as long as there are results, Wang Wenzuo can use this as an excuse to ask for greater power from the emperor and organize water transportation on a larger scale. As the scope of the reorganization becomes larger and larger, the organization under Wang Wenzuo will become larger and larger, and the scope it can cover will also become larger and larger. In the end, the richest and most populous states and counties in the entire empire will be included. , forming a country within a country, a small court within the court, and Wang Wenzuo was the uncrowned king of this small court.
Therefore, they will definitely try every means to obstruct or even attack Wang Wenzuo's water transport rectification activities. Considering Wang Wenzuo's official position and holy family, it is a logical choice to attack the officials responsible for the water transport rectification. From another perspective, if this matter is completed, Di Renjie's earliest participants will naturally become the upper echelons of this organization, and their future is certain to be brilliant.
"It seems that you already understand!" Fu Yin smiled: "You don't have to reply to me now. You can go back and think about it first. You can also reply to me in two days!"
"Yes!" Di Renjie nodded. He walked to the door, suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Fu Yin: "Do you think General Wang is right to do this?"
"Haha!" Fu Yin laughed twice: "Huaiying! The key to our business is asking the right questions. You should ask: 'Can General Wang win by doing this?'"
"Can you win?" On the way home, Di Renjie chewed on what Fu Yin told him before leaving. Suddenly he understood what his boss meant: there is no right or wrong in the court, only winning and losing, winning If you win, you are right; if you lose, you are wrong!
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Five days later.
"The lower official's surname is Di and his courtesy name is Huaiying. He is here on orders from the governor." Di Renjie bowed to the visitor and said, "All matters are subject to the superior's instructions!"
"I don't dare!" Ijilenbode stretched out his hand and said, "Then Brother Lao Di will be next!"
The two of them sat down separately and exchanged a few words. Yijilianbode was too lazy to go around in circles and asked directly: "Brother Di must also know the purpose of my coming to Luoyang this time. Two hundred thousand stones of grain and fifty thousand bolts of cloth." It’s not a decimal. You are a local official and you must be familiar with the inside story. What can you teach me?”
"Don't dare!" Di Renjie took out the document he had prepared from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "Shangguan, this is the location of the granaries available for deployment near Luoyang and the amount of grain stored in the warehouses. There is also an appendix that Xianguan just drafted. The grain transportation strategy is just a humble opinion of the lower official, so I hope the upper official will give you some advice!"
"Oh?" Yiji Lianbode unfolded the document and saw that the locations of dozens of granaries near Luoyang were transcribed in neat small letters on it. The corresponding ones below were the grains available for deployment in the granaries, and there was a rough map at the back. , the approximate location of these granaries is marked on it, and the "water distance" (that is, the unit of water voyage at that time) from these granaries to Luoyang Xintan Pier is also noted next to it. One water is a day's voyage on the water, and five water is It takes five days to arrive at Xintan Pier). At the end of the document is a suggestion for a grain transportation strategy. It not only indicates how much grain and rice will be transferred from which granaries, how long it will take to reach Xintan Pier, how many ships, how many civilians and sailors need to be prepared, and how much the journey will cost. , the markings are very detailed and clear at a glance.
"Okay, okay!" Yiji Lianbode put the document on the table and said with a smile: "Prince Fuyin originally recommended Brother Di to me, saying that you are the number one official in Luoyang Mansion. No matter what complicated and difficult tasks, as long as you hand in In your hands, everything will be solved easily. I was a little skeptical at first, thinking that if Brother Di was really as capable as Wang Fuyin said, he might not be willing to recommend him to me, but I saw that I had misunderstood Wang Fuyin!"
"A low-ranking official is dull and unworthy of promotion! I dare not be a governor!" Di Renjie said in a deep voice.
"Brother Di, there is no need to be too humble. Before I even said what I wanted to do, Brother Di had already completed the errands. If this isn't called being capable, what can I call him?" Ijilenbode said with a smile: "Actually, I'm here There is one more thing to do in Luoyang: this time to organize the water transport, everything is complicated, and the water and land transport envoy is still an empty frame. The yamen has it, but there are no available talents. I think Brother Di is very suitable, and I still lack people. There is a leader of the Du branch, and there is also a subordinate of the sixth rank, is Brother Di willing to give in?"
When Di Renjie heard the words "Master of Duzhi", he couldn't help but take a deep breath and suppress the excitement in his heart. In the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Household Affairs was in charge of national fiscal revenue and expenditure, with the Langzhong in charge of revenue, the Yuanwailang in charge of expenditures, and the Assistant Lang in charge of inspections. It was the core department at the core of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Di Renjie listened to the teachings at the Fuyin Mansion that day and had a deep understanding of the water transport department that Wang Wenzuo was setting up. He regarded it as a "small court", so there is no doubt that the leader of the branch should have come into contact with this small court. The imperial court's financial revenue and expenditure must be the key among the key, but as for the sixth grade, it is secondary.
"The superior officer should not think that Huai Ying is stupid and bends down to invite me. The inferior officer should do his best!"
"Okay, okay!" Yiji Lianbode saw Di Renjie agreeing so happily and said with a smile: "In that case, I will write to the court and apply for your transfer. However, before this matter takes effect, it is better not to disclose it to the outside world. Leak it out to avoid any accidents!"
"The official knows!"
The news of promotion came much faster than Di Renjie imagined. On the fifth day after Di Renjie met Yiji Lianbode for the first time, the transfer order from the official department arrived in Luoyang. With the communication speed at that time, Yi Ji Lian was basically Bode's memorial was sent to Chang'an. On the same day, it was approved to make a seal for personal prosecution and then sent to Luoyang. Send it to the emperor, and then issue an order to confer officials. Then he made the seal of suing the body and adding the seal of suing the body from the ministers and officials. A series of procedures were basically a green light without any delay, otherwise it would never have been so fast. Holding fresh and hot Shu County hemp paper, Di Renjie felt as if he was in an illusion - didn't Wang Fuyin say that Wang Wenzuo was a political enemy throughout the dynasty? How come he gets things done so smoothly?
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"The official seal of the Minister of Public Affairs is to report oneself!" Wang Fuyin looked through the Shu County hemp paper in his hand twice, and finally put it aside with a complicated expression, and sighed: "From the sixth grade I am the official responsible for the transfer of water and land in Shaanzhou, and the general is actually a general, with extraordinary magnanimity!"
"Master Fu!" Di Renjie asked cautiously: "The confession came so quickly, is there anything fishy in it?"
"How is that possible?" Wang Fuyin laughed: "You have also seen that the imprint, calligraphy and seal are all fine, and the hemp paper from Shu County is also used. How can there be something fishy? Besides, you are a big sesame and mung bean person. You’re such a small official, I don’t have to spend so much time playing tricks on you!”
"But this is too fast. It only took five days from the time the documents were issued to the time I received the lawsuit. Excluding the time on the road, the time for official documents and procedures was only more than one day? How is this possible?" Di Renjie asked anxiously.
"Of course it's impossible with you, but it may not be possible with others!" Wang Fuyin smiled meaningfully: "What's wrong? You don't believe it?"
"It's not that I don't believe it, but didn't you say that Wang Wenzuo has political enemies everywhere in the court?"
"Yes, he does have enemies everywhere in the court, but there are really only a few of them who dare to stand up to him!" Wang Fuyin smiled: "Let's put it this way! If he loses power, these people will He will definitely jump out and embarrass him, but now that the emperor obeys his words, who dares to go against him? Just for a mere person to be demoted from the sixth rank? Don't worry, no one has the courage! And-" He paused slightly After a while: "You are his now. If you want to call me General, please don't call him by his first name!"
"Yes!" Di Renjie responded: "Then why do you think they did this? I mean, they wanted to tell me about the incident all at once?"
"There are two possibilities!" Wang Fuyin smiled: "The first possibility is that Yijilianbode really thinks that your talent is rare. Anyway, he is short of available talents, so he simply gives you a piece of cake to make it easier for him. You do your best for him!"
"What's another possibility?"
"Maybe he doesn't think you are so good, but even if you are buying horse bones for a thousand dollars, you can't be stingy!" Wang Fuyin smiled: "Actually, it doesn't matter which one you choose. General Wang has already I've given you the opportunity to sue, if you do well in the next step, you will have a keen eye to recognize talents, and if you fail, he probably won't be merciful!"
"I understand!" Di Renjie lowered his head.
"Okay!" Wang Fuyin said with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much. With your ability, you will be in the pocket of the general. It can take as little as a few months, as long as three or four months. You will definitely stand out. You don’t need me to teach you the rest, right?”
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The streets of Chang'an.
The aroma of hot Hu biscuits coming from the cake shop on the roadside made Wu Xiaoyi take a deep breath subconsciously. This reminded him of the days when he lived on the streets as a child. Hungry was with him all the time, and he had to fight for half a century. A piece of cooking cake, a few mouthfuls of soup scraps, broken bones and other beggars and even vicious dogs fought hard. Compared with other street beggars in Chang'an, he has a greater disadvantage - he comes from a famous family and has been unable to let go of his face for a long time, which makes him suffer a lot. It wasn't until he was adopted by his teacher that he got rid of that miserable life.
Time is the greatest force. She transformed herself from the prime minister's son into a beggar living on the streets, and then from a street beggar to the most ferocious young man on the streets of Chang'an, and then to an officer and an assassin. The enemies who had caused him to be exiled became much closer, and his desire for revenge became less whimsical.
While he was overjoyed, Wu Xiaoyi couldn't help but become more vigilant. He had seen too many changes in fate over the years. Now that he is getting closer and closer to his revenge goal, he has become more and more dangerous. After all, no matter how downcast that woman is, she is still the empress dowager of the empire and the biological mother of the emperor!
"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi!"
A familiar shout came from behind. Wu Xiaoyi instinctively lowered his head and got into the narrow alley beside the road. Although many years have passed, he is actually still a wanted criminal.
