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Li Xin waved his hand at the old man Xie, and said impatiently: "Xie Shilang, I only ask this time about the Ministry of War. Not to hand over?"

The emperor had explained to Li Xin that Li Xin would handle this matter in person, that is to say, the emperor would be watching the matter from the beginning to the end. I see, but at this moment of the Northern Expedition, if the Ministry of War still does things as before, then it may really be picked up by Emperor Taikang to be the big rooster that warns the monkeys.

This is probably the first time in history that the dignified Shangshu and his subordinate servant want power.

But there was no way, Li Xin didn't work in the Ministry of War, and he had the name of a minister, so he couldn't make the machine of the Ministry of War run smoothly, even if he forced the order, he would be obediently obeyed and disobeyed.

You must pass the old man Xie to control the Ministry of War.

Xie Juan was silent for a while, and then smiled wryly: "Li Shangshu, there is nothing wrong with being dismissed from office, but if Li Shangshu does not do well, the people below may not be willing..."

This sentence means that if the 300 million Guan Li Xin does not distribute the money to the people below, it will be difficult to do things well.

Li Xin smiled slightly.

"Then I won't go through the Ministry of War."

"I use the name of the Ministry of War to contact the Department of Royal Wine and the Military Weapons Supervisor. I will send someone else to do the shipment, inspection, and delivery to northern Xinjiang. The Ministry of War will not interfere from the beginning to the end. Thank you. What does the waiter think?"

Xie Jun froze in place.

In the world, how can outsiders rob the minister of his own yamen business?

Seeing that Xie Juan didn't speak, Lord Jing'an thought that this old man disagreed, so he knocked on the table impatiently, and said in a deep voice: "Xie Shilang, this matter is something His Majesty is very concerned about, the Ministry of War You can't act recklessly, if you insist on messing around, the military department will be responsible for the rest, and I won't wipe your ass."

Xie Jun lowered his head and smiled wryly.

"Li Shangshu, there is nothing wrong with me nodding my head on this matter, but the people below may not all listen to me."

Lord Jing'an knocked on the table with his hands, and laughed.

"If they make trouble, I naturally have a way to deal with them."

Chapter 661

Today's Great Jin Dynasty is a prosperous age. Although a large part of the reason for this situation is that it has inherited the legacy of the Chengde Dynasty, it is undeniable that today's Taikang Dynasty is better than the Chengde Dynasty ten years ago. More than anything.

Last year, that is, the seventh year of Taikang, the imperial court had an annual income of more than 700 million guan, which basically exceeded the peak period of the Chengde Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Taikang allocated 300 million silver coins to the Ministry of War so simply, and at the same time, because the treasury was full, the Ministry of Households nodded in agreement so readily.

Although this amount of money is less than 700% compared to the revenue of the treasury, in fact, this ratio is already very scary. Although the income of the imperial court is huge, the imperial court also has the affairs of the imperial court to do. Almost all things cost money. Taikang spent more than [-] million yuan in seven years. After deducting all expenses, there is only a fraction left.

In other words, the money given to the Ministry of War almost used up half of the entire Dajin balance last year.

It can be seen that the imperial court attaches great importance to this matter, at least Emperor Taikang himself attaches great importance to this matter.

At this juncture, the lords of the Ministry of War, who are used to sucking blood, can't move the idea of ​​​​the 300 million yuan in any case. Since Li Xin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, promised the emperor to do this well, then he must do it beautifully. .

Although he hasn't asked much about things in the past few years, he is essentially a military officer rather than a civil servant. If he is a civil servant, even if he has achieved the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, he must go through the Ministry of War system to do this. Don't succumb to some unspoken rules of the Ministry of War, but Li Xin doesn't need it. He can find someone from outside the Ministry of War and skip the Ministry of War to do this.

For example... Habayashi Mamoru.

Eight years have passed since the 18th year of Chengde's Renchen Palace Change. In these eight years, to be honest, Habayashi Wei has received a lot of unfair treatment. Similar to the security army of Jinwuwei, and during the three years from the first year of Taikang to the third year of Taikang, the new emperor at that time was going to start building Qianniuwei, and all resources were tilted towards Qianniuwei, so that Habayashi Wei didn't update even a single arrow or armor piece for three full years.

This situation was relieved after Li Xin came back from the southwest and became Minister of the Ministry of War. After all, the equipment of this kind of army had to be handed over from the Ministry of War. Naturally, it was impossible for Li Xin to stand by and watch his "direct line" suffer.

In addition, after the Renchen Palace Change, a large number of middle-level generals were promoted out of the Habayashi Guard, scattered in various yamen in the capital, and later became the backbone. With their care, the life of the Habayashi Guard will not be too difficult Too miserable.

But no matter how you say it, Habayashi Wei, who is the forbidden army, has indeed lost His Majesty's trust.

It is an indisputable fact that the emperor is unwilling to use Habayashi Guard.

However, at this juncture, the Son of Heaven attached great importance to the matter of the Northern Expedition. Li Xin only needed to speak to the Son of Heaven, and the secondment of the Habayashi Guard was only a matter of words.

In the entire capital, no one is more comfortable with Habayashi Guard than him. Now, half of all the generals of Habayashi Guard from top to bottom are his former troops, and the other half are from the past eight years. , Slowly seeping into Habayashi Wei's external forces.

In the two battalions of Habayashi and Guards today, the general of the left camp is still Li Xin's teacher Wang Zhong, but the general of the right camp is Xie Dai, the son of the Shanyin Xie family. After careful calculation, it should be the current Empress Xie cousin.

Li Xin could have stopped these nonsense trivial matters, but he has been too lazy to participate in politics in the past few years, and he is too lazy to meddle in the small affairs of Habayashi Wei. After all, if Habayashi Wei has become a descendant, The Habayashi Langs of Habayashi Guard might have a better life in the capital.

In the yamen of the Ministry of War, in Shangshu's class, the old servant who was nearly seventy years old looked at the suddenly powerful Lord Shangshu, and fell into silence.

He lowered his head and said, "Li Shangshu, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War after all..."

Li Xin smiled and nodded: "So I came to discuss with Mr. Xie. Mr. Xie should understand in his heart that I didn't have to come this way."

"You can't bring outsiders to grab the authority of the Ministry of War..."

Li Shangshu said with a smile: "Let's make it clear, just this once, what you should do in the future, whether you should get rich or go to jail, it has nothing to do with me, the hands-off Shangshu."

The old servant Xie sat in his original position, speechless for a long time.

After a long time, the old man sighed and said, "This matter should be done by the Ministry of War Department, but Li Shangshu has the seal of the Ministry of War, so you can directly write the approval document of the Ministry of War without going through the Ministry of War Department. Jiashang Shuyin can also do things, since you have decided to do so, I have no right to ask..."

The old man sighed deeply and stood up from his seat.

"I'm going down to work."

Li Xin patted the old man's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Xie Shilang doesn't need to look like this. On the surface, this incident seems to be me, the Shangshu, robbing my family to buy and sell, but behind the scenes, it is my colleagues in the military rescue department. Your old man has been in the officialdom for many years, so you should be able to understand many things."

Li Xin jumped over the Ministry of War and took this matter on himself. On the surface, it seemed that he wanted to eat alone, and he was unwilling to share the profit with his colleagues in the Ministry of War. Then the people in the Ministry of War can no longer take money from the 300 million yuan, otherwise the emperor will be unhappy.

Today's Taikang emperor is no longer the new emperor who sat on the throne eight years ago, he is the emperor of Jin who has been on the throne for eight years!

If he is unhappy, one of these people from the Ministry of Military Affairs will count as one, and they will all have to go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Xie Jun is also a veteran official who has been in the ups and downs of the officialdom for many years. Even if he didn't understand it at first, he naturally figured it out after being mentioned by Li Xin.

He let out a deep breath, and then said in a low voice: "Li Shangshu, you are still young, you can think about things in this way, and you can do things in this way, but the people below can't see so far, you and them If they say there is a pit ahead, they won’t believe it, they have to jump in to believe it.”

"You beat them forcibly, dragged their heads and threw them over the pit. These people will not remember your kindness, and they will all point at your nose and scold you from the other side of the pit."

Having said that, the servant Xie stood up and walked outside.

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the back of this thin old man, feeling secretly in his heart.

Xie Jun was right, he thought things were a bit idealistic.

But it doesn't matter.

Li Xin smiled at Xie Jun's back: "Boss, Li Xin doesn't care if they scold their mothers behind their backs, as long as I don't let me hear them in person, I'll just pretend they didn't scold."

"As for what they think of me personally, it's even more worthless."

Li Dashangshu chuckled.

"I have inquired about the 300 million guan from the household department. The people over there said that 100 million guan has been brought to the military department. Tomorrow, I will bring Habayashi Wei to the military department to move the money. Xie Shilang remembers to cooperate."