Zhe Chongsi.
The Zhechong Department was a brand-new department that Lu Wu randomly named. It was established less than a month and a half ago. Its functions are roughly equivalent to the East Factory plus the Ministry of Commerce plus the Military Cooperative plus the Veterans Management Center.
Zhechong Division is located on the west side of Nanhe City's main palace. It is a courtyard with three entrances from the front to the back.
After entering through the main entrance, the first courtyard is quite spacious. In addition to a main hall, there are about sixteen side rooms.
Behind the lobby is the second courtyard, which has an independent prison and execution hall. There are many people coming in here and few going out.
As for the third courtyard, it is a garrison. There is a small martial arts field covering an area of two and a half acres. There are 16 open barracks, which can accommodate 160 elite soldiers to take turns to garrison. The third courtyard has Separate back door for entry and exit.
Although it was already midnight, in the spacious lobby of Zhechong Division, sixty-four butter waxes still illuminated the lobby brightly.
At the top of the lobby, there are three long tables side by side.
Qiu Tong sat behind the long desk in the middle, with Ye Ying sitting on her left and Wei Ming and Wei Zhaoting sitting on her right.
Ye Ying's family was destroyed, and even she was occupied by the enemy, and suffered a miserable life. She happened to encounter Lu Wu and five maids who were carrying out daily activities of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and he rescued her.
Ye Ying avenged her revenge, but all her family members died. She had no love in her life, so she simply followed Qiutong Yulan and others to repay their kindness.
As for Wei Zhaoting, she was a businesswoman from Nanhe Prefecture whom Lu Wu and others met on the Lanshui ferry.
As a woman, Wei Zhaoting suffered from the lack of a son in the family, so she had to go out to establish a family. When she saw Lu Wu on the Lanshui ferry, she had the idea of taking a son-in-law back, and took the initiative to befriend Lu Wu, but it was just a follow-up. The development was far beyond her expectation.
After seeing Lu Wu riding his horse into the river, riding waves and breaking ships, it was like a scene where gods and demons came to the world. Naturally, there was no need to mention the son-in-law. However, Wei Zhaoting's work was not in vain. He used this relationship to become familiar with him. After Lu Wu captured the territory of the Three Prefectures, he immediately picked up a big thick leg, and now he is one of the most powerful people in Nanhe Prefecture.
These two people are Qiu Tong's right-hand men.
Ye Ying encountered a catastrophe and had a deep scheming mind. Now she helps Qiu Tong handle various affairs and weigh people's hearts. Wei Ming and Wei Zhaoting are good at mathematics and have some research on business methods. They are just in charge of statistical auditing affairs, cashier finance, and stabilizing grain and oil. market price.
Although limited by their knowledge, neither of them is considered to be the top talent of this era, but as a ruler, they just need to grasp the direction and details.
Moreover, Qiutong is in charge of the Zhechong Division and rules the place with military law. He draws a line, but the line is fine. If it crosses the line, it will be cut directly. This operation is simple and easy. As long as you have the ability to determine whether the line has been crossed, you can also use There is no such thing as an extremely intelligent person.
As for some things in the local area that are ambiguous, and some geniuses even deliberately create dilemmas to make Zhechongsi embarrassed, then both sides should be cut off - such a simple and efficient operation has greatly improved Zhechongsi's performance. Administrative efficiency, in less than a month, stabilized the two provinces under Lu Wu's rule.
Of course, this would not be possible without the help of a large number of assistants.
Below the first three desks, there are twenty-four desks in the lobby. These talents are their assistant team.
They calculated various statistical data, classified intelligence and refined information. They classified various documents and tables into categories and drew conclusions. Then they placed them on the case of the three chiefs, who reviewed and processed it.
Soon someone sent a piece of paper and handed it to Wei Zhaoting's desk.
"Mr. Secretary, the Qian family has reported that the land confiscated by each branch differs from the actual land confiscated by a total of 131 and 45 acres. When this land is distributed to various military farms, I will order someone to do so. After adding up the land of each military farm, it turned out that there were ninety-six and twelve acres less than the allocated land." Wei Zhaoting picked up the piece of paper, looked at it, and sneered.
Qiu Tong frowned and ordered: "There are still people who dare to touch the confiscated property of Zhe Chong. It seems that I have killed too few people. Come, inform me overnight and order all relevant people to wait until noon three days later. There was a debate in court. Who was the problem? They were killed on the spot.
If they can't figure out what the problem is even after a debate in court, just treat them as if they were on the same page and kill all the suspects. " Qiutong said.
"As ordered." A clerk on one side recorded the matter and handed the note outside, where the soldiers on duty outside would execute it.
These soldiers are all elites in the army, and some are even veterans with outstanding military exploits and meritorious service. Serving in the Zhechong Division can be regarded as a preparatory position for local officials.
"Director, we can order people to monitor one or two - if there is someone with evil intentions in their heart, and they don't abscond overnight, they have to communicate and confess, and they won't sit back and wait to be killed." Ye Ying added.
During this period, Qiu Tong and others were extremely ruthless in order to establish their prestige, killing more and leaving less. It would not be surprising if someone thought that they could not escape the knife.
"Let the scout team send out people to monitor separately. If there are any absconders who are afraid of crime, they will be killed directly without asking for instructions."
Qiutong waved his hand and said.
This matter ends here.
Then she changed the topic and talked about another more important matter: "Nowadays, in the land of three prefectures, most of the major families secretly move their clansmen to other prefectures. What do you think of this?"
"I think these families are just outsiders. This trend cannot last forever, otherwise these families will be a hidden danger in future wars with the Chu State." Wei Zhaoting said.
Qiutong nodded.
Ye Ying shook her head and said: "But it's not good to kill people. Splitting the bets is a common method for each family to ensure the long-term prosperity of the family. Just looking at the number of families who moved their clansmen, we know that this matter will be difficult to pursue - although we rely on the military The coercion has suppressed the situation, but the potential power of the major families is still amazing. If we kill for this, I am afraid that too many people will be forced to rebel, so we still have to take it slow."
"The general's practice of favor promotion and military title is a clever way to divide the family's power. We must not act too hastily."
As he spoke, Ye Ying took out a document, which contained the approximate estimated population, fields, workshops, and property of each major family, as well as the approximate distribution of these family members in the military and government.
These nearly eighty families, large and small, occupy nearly 70% of the land in Nanhe Mansion and more than 90% of the official positions.
Qiu Tong nodded again, tapped the long case a few times with his fingers, and then said: "Then let it go for a while, but we still need to monitor how many people have left each house and who has left. It will be a good thing in the future." Use chips.”
Zhechong Division was newly built, and all kinds of affairs were complicated. As the young master's recognized wife, she didn't even have time to flatter the young master's two mothers. How could she devote so much energy to such a small matter of corruption?
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lu Wu's two mothers don't like to see Qiu Tong. After all, Qiu Tong and others don't like to put their hot faces on their cold butts.
Now that Nanhe Mansion has just been settled and things are busy, Qiu Tong's absence would be regarded as focusing on the overall situation - didn't you notice that she was working overtime overnight.
