Chapter 482: Taijiantang Looking for Trouble
Yang Daquan's rebels seized a large number of new weapons that the son of the prime minister secretly bought in order to become an independent king. They immediately used them on the battlefield, and their strength increased dramatically, and they fought more and more fiercely.
Shi's son's defense line was in jeopardy, and he felt that he was about to be driven out of the city by Yang Daquan. He looked up to the sky and sighed, blaming himself for doing too many evil things, and the retribution was coming.
The rebels began to attack again. Three loud bangs of artillery fire shook Shi's son's command post and filled the air with smoke.
Damn, the rebels actually used the imitation new catapult he bought, and the thunder bombs came flying at him. The shrapnel cut a three-inch gash in the guy's calf, bleeding profusely, and he immediately fell to the ground.
The secret guards and assassins around him protected him and tried their best to escape towards the east gate, but the soldiers guarding the gate had already fled.
Shi's son's carriage hurriedly passed through the city gate and was about to run out of the city wall when he heard a loud shout from outside: "The Divine Power Army is coming, the Divine Power Army is coming." After a long while, the Divine Power Army did not appear. Instead, he saw ragged beggars holding dog-beating sticks rushing into the city.
In order to save his life and seek revenge, he didn’t care whether these people were from the Shenwei Army or not. He yelled hysterically: Kill them for me, kill Yang Daquan, this scabby dog, and kill all the rebels in the city…
In Chengdu, as soon as Zhao Yulin returned to his mansion in the city, the guards reported to him that something bad had happened. A large number of officials from Liangzhe in Jiangdong had come up to surround the main officials of Feiyan State. Two days ago, they even went to the government office and Danfeng Garden to block the gates and refused to leave.
Mag, what the hell is this?
Is this an attempt to force the emperor to abdicate?
It seems that these old folks have a strong retro style.
Just as he sat down in the study, Yangjin came in with Fan Zhong.
The old man said with a hint of reproach: Brother, you are happy on your own and didn't even go to the public housing to do your work when you came back. I am so busy that the King of Feiyan hasn't had a good rest for three days.
Fairy Banban, old man Fan is really angry.
He took the tea bowl sent by Yangjin and handed it to Fan Zhong personally, saying with a smile that Mr. Fan could handle it on his own as to how to employ people, and that such a small matter had stumped the adults.
The old man hadn't even put his food in his mouth yet. He put down his tea bowl heavily and looked at him unhappily and said, "There are more than a hundred people here, all officials from the previous dynasty who came from Liangzhe. What should I do with them?"
Brother, that's easy for you to say.
Zhao Yulin didn't look at him. He picked up the tea bowl, took a sip and said: Didn't Jiankang Prefecture give the substitute salary? Why are these people in such a hurry?
Yangjin told him that these people probably knew that Liangzhe would be destroyed at any moment, so they were anxious to settle their own affairs first.
He nodded and asked Mr. Fan: How many vacancies are there in the Ministry of Personnel?
How many of these people are honest and need to be resettled?
Fan Zhong said that they had only been in Chengdu for a few days, so how could I have identified them so quickly? There were many vacancies for officials in the New Song Dynasty, but I would not easily fill any position.
Haha, the old man is indeed an old man in the Ministry of Personnel, he is very principled. He gave Fan Zhong a thumbs up and invited the old man to have tea.
The old man complained that these people blocked the front door of his house and wouldn't even let him in through the back door, so my brother thought of a solution for him.
Tell me quickly, what should we do?
Damn, this is a good thing. If it were in the future, which official would refuse these people who came to visit?
The old man couldn't stand it anymore.
He looked at Yangjin and asked: We didn't find any criminals inside, so why not just catch two and chop them off?
Old Man Fan waved his hands and said, "It's not possible. Liangzhe is not stable yet. If we kill people here, they will rebel when they find out. There will be separatists everywhere."
Zhao Yulin laughed and said that the old man neither assigned any positions to them nor killed anyone to establish his authority, so how could he be controlled?
He had no other ideas.
Besides, there are more than a hundred people here. What they say doesn’t count. The Central Council has to discuss it, right?
The old man immediately stood up and told them to go to Courtyard No. 9, where he would bring the matter to the king for discussion.
After seeing Fan Zhong off, Yangjin called him to go away. Mr. Fan was really anxious.
While he was packing, he said, "It's no big deal. What's there to worry about?"
Yang Jin said as he walked: These people from Liangzhe should not gather together. If they get together, they will cause a lot of trouble.
There was a minister named Fan in the Ministry of Revenue of the previous dynasty. He actually married thirteen wives. His life in Lin'an was getting worse and worse, and his income was also getting lower and lower. When he arrived in Chengdu, his salary was greatly reduced and he was only receiving a substitute salary. He could not make ends meet with so many wives and children, so he brought everyone to live in Lord Du's mansion.
Brother, what should we do?
The immortal Banban actually married thirteen wives. Zhao Yulin exclaimed, Damn, what kind of god-level person is this?
Yangjin grabbed his ear and asked him what he was thinking about, and asked if he also wanted to marry a thirteenth woman?
That's it. If you dare to take me in again, I'll chop off your head in the street. Do you still want to keep your kingdom?
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that he was lamenting that there were such strange men. It was really a wish to die under the peony flowers, and to be a beggar and still be romantic.
Yangjin said disdainfully: You'll be so happy, Zhao Qier.
He was giggling foolishly.
The two of them walked quickly into the conference room. Zhao Feiyan was already there, and the officials were entering one after another.
He sat down next to Zhao Feiyan and gently pushed the tea bowl brought by the maid in front of the woman. The woman glared at him, then slowly picked it up, took a sip, and put it down. Seeing that all the officials had arrived, she coughed and announced the meeting.
Mr. Fan pushed all the documents in front of him to Yangjin and asked her to explain the situation.
Zhao Yulin watched and listened, and then he realized that Jiankang Prefecture had sent over 200 officials who had escaped from Liangzhe at once. Some were from the previous dynasty, some were from the pseudo-emperor Zhao Bing, and some were promoted by Shi's sons when he was in power. The composition was complicated.
Hua Yue of the Censorate said disdainfully that these people were all remnants of the separatist regime in Liangzhe and should be punished according to the law, but they actually ran to Chengtian Gate in front of Jinguan City to cry and make a fuss, demanding official positions and mansions, making themselves the laughing stock of the people of the world.
You Shi from the Ministry of Justice also said that it would not be appropriate to appoint these people before their circumstances were clarified. If any crimes were discovered, the people would laugh at the court for making inappropriate appointments.
Du Fan from the Ministry of Revenue said: These people all fled with their families. After the destruction of Liangzhe, they had very little income, and they were already struggling to make ends meet when they arrived in Chengdu. How could Mr. Fan, who had been a minister, look like a scholar-official? He actually brought his whole family to live in his house and eat the rich food. Oh, it really brought shame to our scholars.
Lord Fan said unhappily: There are many families like Minister Fan's. These people lived a life of luxury in their early years and were spoiled. They did not wake up even when the Lin'an court collapsed.
Meng Gong coughed twice and said: Not all the people here are useless. He believed that since they came here on their own initiative, they should be properly resettled.
Zhao Yulin didn't want to listen to the nagging of the officials any more, so he cleared his throat and said that he agreed with Lord Meng's opinion, and the Ministry of Personnel could make some appropriate arrangements. Although these people were of mixed quality, there were still some good officials among them. He suggested that Lord Meng assist the Ministry of Personnel in selecting people and arrange a group of them to work first, which would also be a model for the officials in Liangzhe.
As for other people, he proposed to set up a research room in the Taijian Hall, inviting those who were over to serve as researchers, and paying them a salary at a lower level than their original official position.
He said that Mr. Hua said that these people followed Zhao Bing and Shi's son to rule Zhejiang and Zhejiang, which was a crime for the New Song Dynasty. We were generous and magnanimous in accepting them. However, those over fifty years old were conservative in their thinking. By the time they understood the New Song Dynasty's governance philosophy and learned our laws and systems, they would not have many years left before they could retire at the age of sixty.
Why don't we set up a research room to house them all, and then appoint and promote capable people when they are found among them in the future?
When Zhao Yulin put forward this idea, everyone's minds were immediately opened up.
His method was indeed good, and the Ministry of Personnel could successfully accommodate a large number of people. Taijian Hall had more than 200 acres of land, and there were many spacious houses inside, which were enough to accommodate them.
He said that these people would not be doing nothing when they went to Taijiantang, but would be divided into groups according to the functions of each department to conduct investigations and research on government affairs.
Fan Zhong immediately smiled and said, "Great goodness!" In this way, Lord Ding and Lord Cao would not be lonely. It would be absolutely appropriate to let them restrain these people.
Everyone laughed out loud, feeling that this move seemed to have amused the old men in Taijiantang.
Zhao Yulin went on to say: As for the remaining people, it is easy to deal with. Caotang Academy is not full of students yet, so let the remaining officials go to Caotang Academy to study for three months, learn the laws and regulations of our new Song Dynasty, and the new social concept of equality for all, and wait for the Ministry of Personnel to investigate and verify, and then appoint them after the Ministry of Personnel has assessed them.
Fan Zhong agreed immediately. Zhao Yulin solved his big problem in no time and helped him a lot.
The old man kept rubbing his hands together and gave Zhao Yulin an approving look, saying, "Good, very good. So very good."
Zhao Feiyan said with a smile that the important matter had been settled, and that the gentlemen must be hungry, so they could all go to the back hall to have a meal, as a simple meal had been prepared in the office.
Everyone moved to the back hall to eat.
Meng Gong took the initiative to sit next to Zhao Yulin and said with a smile, "Brother, you really have a solution. With just a few words, you solved the problem that was blocking Fan Gong's chest."
Zhao Yulin laughed and said that he just thought of it when he saw the ages listed on the list.
Meng Gong said that was enough. Hua Gong said it well, we are lenient to others, they should not have any complaints. If there is a reckoning during the change of dynasty, I don't know how many heads will be chopped off, how can there be peace?
Zhao Yulin smiled and asked him to help the Ministry of Personnel select talents and place them.
In the city, people at Wei Mingtang's mansion were also discussing the new Song officialdom. A young steward from the Ministry of Works named Wei Rensheng came back from Huaxi Village to report to Shangshu Qiu on his work, and then went home to enjoy his rare comfortable life. Several young people of the Wei family were listening with great interest to his stories about Huaxi Village.
His father, Wei Mingtang, was an old man in the Ministry of Revenue. When he saw his son covered in dirt, he asked him: Now you understand how serious this is?
Hehe, worse things are yet to come.
Hundreds of officials from Liangzhe have come here and are clamoring for official positions. If this group of people were arranged, Jinguan City would be full. Does Xiao Shiqi still want to promote and appoint them?
Dream on.
