I'm playing tricks in Daqin

It was winter, the weather was cold, and farming was impossible. This time was the best time for military training. All young and strong reserve soldiers were called up for regular military training. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of these soldiers, Li Wei formulated reward and punishment system.

There are two meals of rice and meat a day, and a small amount of military salary. Those who perform well will not only receive ten times the military salary reward, but also get an official position or promotion.

On the contrary, those who performed poorly, those at the bottom not only received no military pay, but were also punished.

The reward and punishment system has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the soldiers. Everyone put their lives into training. To be honest, since the prime minister implemented the New Deal, the treatment of soldiers has been much better than before. The military land allocated is enough to support the whole family. There is a little savings. The training in the slack season is not only full, but also some salary. In wartime, the salary is more, and there are rewards for military achievements. Even if you die in battle, your family can receive a considerable amount of money. Soldiers No more worries.

With such treatment, who wouldn't want to be a soldier?

If you don't want to be eliminated, you have to train hard and strive for meritorious service and promotion. The young master said that if you don't want to be a general's soldier, you are not a good soldier.

Such a large-scale soldier drill consumes countless money and food every day, but Li Wei has to reluctantly allocate funds and food. An empire without a strong army guard will be wiped out by other powerful countries sooner or later, and money and food are the basis for supporting a strong army.

Li Wei really wanted to train the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in each legion to become elites, but he also knew that the current financial revenue of the empire could not support such a huge expenditure, so he could only use the slack season to train soldiers At other times, they are allowed to open up wasteland and cultivate, which not only solves the food and clothing of the soldiers and their families, but also solves the problem of the court's grain storage and taxes.

The soldiers of these legions belong to the reserve service, while the garrisons of the provinces belong to the regular army. For example, there are [-] standing troops stationed in Chang'an, [-] Yulin Guards, and [-] Palace Guards. The standing army is already considered a profession close to modern military terms in this era. Soldiers are also the elite troops of the Qin Empire. Li Wei has never relaxed his control and training of these elite troops, and instilled various ideas in them. Being a soldier is not only for defending the country, but also for the glory of the soldiers. Build them into iron-blooded elites who are loyal to themselves.

Army training is a regular course, and the top priority of the empire is to recuperate and recuperate. A large amount of wasteland is cultivated, water conservancy, roads and bridges are built, and cheap facilities such as roads and bridges are built to improve the living conditions of the people.

Externally, it implements a foreign policy of making friends with neighboring countries and avoiding wars as much as possible.

At least, in the past three years, Li really didn't want to fight against any empire, especially the neighboring empires of Wei, Tang, Jin, and Zhou. For this reason, Li Gang sent envoys to the great empires of the mainland one after another, launched gold, silver and jewelry offensives, and signed mutual contracts. Nonviolation Agreement.

In fact, Li Wei also knows that this non-aggression agreement between the empires is worthless. Once driven by interests, he will immediately tear up the agreement and use an excuse to brazenly start a war. However, if it can be avoided, it should be avoided as much as possible. He needs precious Three years to recuperate.

Although there is a mountain of official documents on the desk to be dealt with, Li Wei, the hands-off shopkeeper, is still very leisurely. Most of the official documents are handled by the two masterminds Tian Ce and Wen Zishan. Wu You is obviously not as good as the two in handling government affairs, but , This does not affect his position in Li Wei's heart, and the position of the Right Army Master Jijiu is unshakable.

Both Tian Ce and Wen Zishan are contemporary celebrities, deeply influenced by Confucianism, and look at everything from the perspective of a gentleman, but there are some things that cannot be solved by the way of a gentleman. If it can be solved, the most important thing is not only Wu You's loyalty, but also his willingness to take the blame for him. If such a loyal and reliable person is not reused, who else should be reused?

Thinking that he hadn't visited Wu Huiniang, mother and son, in the palace for several days, and was about to find an excuse to enter the palace, the guard presented a note, Li Wei took it and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

Chapter 2

He Jin has made outstanding military exploits. He was granted the title of General Yingyang, Duke of the County, and commanded an army of [-] in the Red Maple Legion. In addition, Heshi had strongly supported the Li family before. The big cake was divided, and Heshi also received a lot of benefits. There are many in the clan When his sons became officials, those with outstanding abilities were awarded the command of a county, and a little later they were second or third in command like the county magistrate and county lieutenant, and some followed He Jin to serve in the army.

However, because He Ruyi was the imperial concubine in the future, the prince died before the official marriage, so many people classified Heshi as a faction of the imperial party.

Regarding this, the head of the family, He Zheng, just smiled. The law of survival of the aristocratic family is to cast the net everywhere, and never put all the eggs in the same basket. The east side is not bright and the west side is bright. There is no tolerance at all, and it is impossible to have today's achievements.

However, he doesn't care which side the He family's children of the other branch vote for, but the children of his branch must support the Li family without hesitation. There is no other reason. It is for the sake of the future of He Jin, who is in charge of a provincial army. At least for now, Li's power is at its peak, and Li Wei's talent is not only better than that of his father Li Gang, but he is only in his early twenties and still has a chance to live.

Even if the Li family declines in the future, if there are no strong and irresistible external factors, it can at least maintain its glory for a hundred years. He will not live until then, but he believes that this branch should be able to maintain prosperity for a hundred years. That said, it's an achievement to boast about.

He Yi is also a descendant of the He family, but he belongs to the Qinghe branch of the Tang Empire, but he came to the Qin Empire for scientific examinations. He is quite capable and passed the scientific examinations. Qin Wang appointed him as the crown princess, so he was appointed by the crown prince, and he was involved in the affairs of the crown prince's house. When he wanted to make a big splash, unexpectedly, the crown prince Qin was a short-lived ghost with an uncertain future. He Yi was very depressed.

Afterwards, Jiayue's Li family took over Chang'an with a strong force, and his eldest cousin He Jin made outstanding military exploits and was promoted to rank. The entire Qingchuan He family also benefited from this. Many children became officials or joined the army. He rushed to beg his uncle Hezheng, he thought that with his own talent, no matter how bad he was, he could become a seventh-rank official above the county magistrate, who would have thought that he didn't even get a half-official position? It was a big blow to him, and he was depressed all day long. He drank to drink away his sorrows and scolded God for not being long-sighted.

He was originally a narrow-minded person, and when he was frustrated, he not only hated Li, but even He Zheng, who was his uncle, was also hated.

In fact, Li Gang can't be blamed for not hiring him. The purpose of Songbu Weicai's promotion order is to recruit talented people from all over the world for his own use. He Yi can be regarded as extremely talented if he can pass the Jinshi exam. However, Hezheng's In a word, this nephew's official career was directly cut off.

Although talented, he is superficial, overjoyed, narrow-minded and paranoid. This is how He Jin, the head of the family, evaluates his nephew.

It's not that he doesn't want to help this nephew, but that this nephew's character makes him feel uneasy, and if he fails, he may bring trouble to the Heshi family, so he would rather be cruel and cut off this nephew's career dream .

Of course, this comment was only known to the Li family and his son. He also believed that the Li family and his son were not tongue-twisters, so he didn't worry that He Yi would know that his uncle not only didn't help to say good things, but also stabbed him in the back.

At this moment, He Yi was drinking away his sorrows in a small hotel in a deep alley in the alley.

"Ha, Brother He, it's too disrespectful for you to hide here and drink."

A young and handsome young man from an aristocratic family sat down with a smile, and asked the shop assistant to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks, poured himself a glass of water and wine, and took a sip happily.

"Brother He, the ugly words come first, brother, I have the cheek to ask you for an errand this time, for the sake of brother and former colleagues, you are not allowed to shirk, I will never thank you for your kindness, brother, I will remember it in my heart. "

The young man's name is Su Hao. He used to be a deacon in the Prince's Mansion. The two are colleagues. He said a big deal, meaning he asked He Yi to help him with his speech. Now that your He family is prosperous, I have the cheek to ask you for a future. What? Errands will do.

"Brother Su...I...I..."

He Yi stared at his red eyes, and didn't know what to say for a moment. If someone else said this, he would definitely slap him, but Su Hao in front of him obviously didn't know, so he said such a slap in the face .

"Brother He, what's the matter?"

Sensing his abnormal condition, Su Hao showed a very concerned and brotherly demeanor, "What's the trouble? Tell me, everyone is a brother, and I will definitely help if I can!"

"I... I... oh..."

He Yi let out a long sigh and was in a daze for a long while before slowly telling the truth. It was embarrassing to say such a thing, but he kept it in his heart and felt very uncomfortable. Now that he would say it, he felt much better.

"Hmph, those people are short-sighted and have no tolerance for others. They are not worthy of Brother He's service at all. Brother He is a great talent. Why don't you have a bright future?"

Shen Hao looked aggrieved. Although he didn't name them, He Yi knew who those people were referring to, so he couldn't help but nodded vigorously. He felt very resentful and disdainful towards those short-sighted people.

"Brother He, come with me. The judge's assistant, Mr. Shen, is having a banquet in the Yingbin Building. The younger brother is not talented, so he is also invited. With Brother He's talent, he will be valued by Mr. Shen."

Shen Hao left behind a lot of money, and he couldn't help but pull him up and drag him out of the house.

"Brother Shen, this...how dare you spend money..."

He Yi had an embarrassing expression on his face, but his heart was pounding. He had been worrying about not being able to find a way or a recommendation. Shen Dongyang was the minister of the Ministry of Rites. How could he miss it?He also knew that the assistant minister was a staunch royalist, and his cousin He Ruyi was the imperial concubine appointed by the former King of Qin, so why didn't Heshi not be branded as a God party by people?

For him, no matter whether it is the imperial party or the powerful minister Li, he should be a part-time official first, and then consider the issue of standing in line at that time.

However, out of resentment towards Li Shi, the balance in his heart has been completely tilted towards the imperial party.

"Two guest officers, go slowly."

The store clerk nodded and bowed, with a professional smile on his face. As soon as Shen Hao Heyi walked out of the store, his face immediately pulled down, a gloomy murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he snorted coldly: "Two more dead people, hehe. "

The minister of the Ministry of Rites held a banquet in the Yingbin Building, and his real purpose was to recruit talents for the imperial party, strengthen the imperial party's strength, and take it as his duty to knock down the power minister Li Gang and restore the imperial power.

The black-clothed guards are all over the corners of Chang'an City, and any disturbance will not escape their keen sense of smell. What's more, so many people gather together, and some radical scholars even use their drunkenness to yell at Li Gang for controlling the government and arbitrarily ruling the government. The intention to usurp the throne is obvious.

Since the Li family entered Chang'an powerfully and took control of the government, it is inevitable to be reviled by others. Li Wei has long been used to it. However, those scholars who scolded the most were killed on the way home. , which is what made his face change color.

Chapter 2: Crooked Moves VS Right Moves

Those scholars belonged to the faction of the imperial party, and they scolded Li Gang, the powerful minister, and they died within an hour. No matter who they were, the first reaction was that Li Gang sent someone to kill them, or his subordinates were outraged by righteous indignation and secretly killed them. Automatically, but no matter who the killer is, Li can't get away with it. The truth is, it's as simple as 1+12.

"What do you guys think?"

Li Gang rubbed his swollen temples, looked around at the confidantes sitting on the side, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind never stopped, this gang of damned imperialists has never stopped, after the trouble, they will make trouble again, no matter what it is , all tried their best to obstruct and make trouble, even the New Deal related to the prosperity of the empire had to be tossed for a while, which made him have a splitting headache.

Although it was just an ordinary scholar who was killed, why couldn't he see how much trouble was hidden behind it?

This is the faction of the imperial party sacrificing a few insignificant people to tarnish Li's reputation. If it is not handled well, it will definitely lead to verbal criticism from scholars all over the world. Public opinion is sometimes more terrifying than killing people with open swords and guns.

"My lord, this matter must be handled with caution."

All the people present here are the confidants of the old eunuch Li Gang's subordinates, plus Li Wei's brain trust team, it can be said that it is a combination of two court elites, one big and one small.

Ruan Fang, what do you think?

Li Wei suddenly remembered a certain plot in the later TV series, and couldn't help but want to laugh, but he still held back, and his eyes swept over Wu You's face.

You Junji Jijiu Wu You was also present. He was entrusted by Li Wei with a heavy responsibility to secretly take charge of all affairs of the mint. The secret mint was set up in a village outside Chang'an City. It was a secret stronghold of the Black Guards. They are all guards in black and their dependents, so there is no need to worry about leaking secrets.

After such a big event happened, Li Wei immediately called him back to discuss the matter.

Tian Ce Wen Zishan may not be able to handle this kind of headache well, perhaps only a guy like Wu You who specializes in insidious tricks and tricks people to death is competent.

Wu You sits at the lower right of Li Wei. This is not only the ranking of official positions, but also a symbol of trust and reuse. In private, I don’t know how many people are aiming at his position as the right army teacher, but no one can replace him. His position in the young master's heart.

His lips moved, but in the end they were still tightly closed. There was something he wanted to say, but he didn't dare to say it. The aggressive guy is afraid of drowning him by spitting on the spot.

What he wanted to say was: Sir, you didn't kill enough, that's why this embarrassing situation is caused.

Li's strong entry into Chang'an not only controlled the government, but also touched the interests of all the aristocratic families in Chang'an. Knowing the current affairs and knowing how to follow the trend, the diehards must do everything possible to obstruct and make trouble, and take radical and direct actions to resist Qingchuan. When the province's 20 troops attacked Chang'an, the rebellion in the city was the best proof.

Li Gang quelled the civil strife with thunderous momentum, and also exterminated several aristocratic families who participated in the rebellion at that time, shocking Xiao Xiao, but because of various scruples, he was still too tolerant of those guys, and thus made those imperial parties have nothing to fear. The stumbling and insidious tricks are one after another, making your head as big as a bucket.

If it is him who handles it, one word "kill!"

Killing people's heads rolling, blood flowing into rivers, under the suppression of iron and blood, don't you believe that those guys are not afraid?

Even if you are not afraid, you must be very restrained, and you dare not go against you so blatantly.

Having said that, this matter is really a headache. If it is not handled properly, people from the imperial party will use this incident to fuel the flames and guide public opinion, which will inevitably arouse the righteous indignation of the world's scholars, and the order of meritocracy will also be lost. The role and significance have even affected the reputation of the Li family, causing scholars all over the world to stand on the opposite side of the Li family and turn to support the imperial party.

The top priority at the moment is to get out the black-clothed guards and hunt down the assassins. If the assassins can be caught, things will be easy to handle. unstoppable.

At the same time, as Li's tongue, the "Empire Briefing" should try to defend Li as much as possible, and control and guide public opinion in society.

When it comes to newspapers, it is necessary to explain the "Daqin Times", which is the tongue of the imperial party. This newspaper is hosted by several senior officials in the court. Their influence, their skillful writing skills and gorgeous words, still occupy a small share in the market.

However, in general, it is inevitable to lose money when woodblock printing is used to compete with movable type printing, but there are some wealthy families behind it. Although newspapers and periodicals have been losing money, they are still stubbornly published. Public opinion desperately hit Mrs. Li.

If you can, you can play dirty tricks to obstruct trouble, so that the "Daqin Times" cannot be released smoothly in the near future.

Of course, other big movements can also be made to distract everyone's attention, thereby weakening the impact of this turmoil, buying time for our own side to solve the case, and eliminating adverse effects.

Generally speaking, this is a contest between the imperial party and the Li family. The imperial party has already made a move, and it depends on how the Li family, who is arbitrarily asserting the power of the court, will take the move and resolve it.

However, the results of the meeting made Li Gang quite frustrated. He reluctantly accepted the advice of his confidants to solve the case as soon as possible, make the case known to the public, eliminate the adverse effects, and hold the imperial party accountable. The means should be treated as mildly as possible, and some of their conditions can be met when necessary.

To put it in a disguised form, it was a compromise with the Imperial Party faction, which made Li Gang very unhappy, but helpless, he could only shake his sleeves angrily and announce the end of the meeting.

Not long after the flames of war were extinguished, the situation was stable and everything was waiting to be done. In addition, the new policies were implemented one after another. Everyone had heavy responsibilities. After the meeting, they left each other and plunged into work. Only Wu You was left behind.

Everyone is busy running around, but this guy seems to be very leisurely, that is, Shenlong has not seen the head and tail recently, and is very mysterious, guessing what secret mission the young master has assigned to him, but no one knows what kind of mission.

"What is the best strategy for the military master?"

As soon as everyone left, Li Gang immediately asked. He also saw Wu You's lips moving just now, and seemed to want to say something, but then he held back for some unknown reason, thinking that he already had a proper solution in his mind?

Wu You poured out what he wanted to say just now, together with the thoughts in his heart. He didn't think of a proper solution for the time being, so he could only temporarily use some crooked tricks to confuse people and distract people's attention, and wait and see what happened while trying his best to arrest the assassin , perhaps be able to catch a trace of flaws from the imperial party's follow-up actions, and then follow the vines to reverse the current unfavorable situation in one fell swoop.

Using crooked tricks to deal with positive moves is also a way out of nowhere. It's better than having no other way, waiting for the opponent to make another move, which may reveal a flaw before dismantling the move to resolve it.

Li Gang acquiesced to Wu You's crooked tricks, but just reminded that this matter is no small matter, you must not be careless, and you must not be caught by the other party.

Li Wei grinned and said, "Old Wu, let's go to Ding Xina to have a look."

Chapter 2 Picking up ashes

The black-clothed guard's office is just next to the prime minister's mansion, just a few steps away, when Li Wei came suddenly, Ding Xi, who was working in the office, hurried out to greet him.

"Old Ding, get me all the information about the imperial party."

Li Wei said as he walked, the imperial party gang has been making troubles, and the black guards, the internal secret service agency, are naturally focusing on it, desperately collecting the black data of those guys for archiving.

"Young Master, this way please."

Ding Xi led the way, and led Li Wei respectfully to a large room, which was specially used to store materials of the Imperial Party faction.

There were three guards in black who were busy sorting out the materials. Seeing Li Wei coming in, they quickly stood up and saluted. Li Wei waved his hand, indicating that they don't need to be too polite, and they can handle their own affairs with peace of mind.

After Ding Xi asked his subordinates to serve fragrant tea, he ordered a few words, and the three black-clothed guards put down their work immediately, and took out stacks of bound files from several large cabinets against the wall, and then Flipping through the books, he found what the young master wanted, and immediately handed over the files.

The so-called black information is actually someone who did something shady, was discovered by the black guards, recorded in detail, time, place, person, event, etc., some events still have physical evidence, and some parties were even coerced and lured , Write down the confession, sign and draw notes, etc., all these stuffs are kept on file, maybe they will be used someday.

"Young master, I didn't expect that the surnamed judge would be so filthy, he's such a pious beast."

Wu You patted a volume of information in his hand, with an ambiguous smile on his wretched face.

Li Wei giggled strangely. He had read that file just now and thought it was very exciting, so he took it out and put it aside. Maybe this thing can get something useful out of this guy's mouth.

If the black-clothed guard hadn't successfully bought a servant in Shangshu's mansion, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who would have known that Shen Shangde, who is usually a righteous and dignified gentleman, would have an affair with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li?

Shen Shangde's only son, Shen Chongwu, used to be the lieutenant of Yulin Guard, and married a beautiful daughter-in-law, Li Shi. However, this guy was a short-lived ghost. Shi became a widow, and I don't know how she hooked up with her father-in-law.

In fact, there are a lot of nasty things happening in the big mansions of those aristocratic families, and picking up ashes is just the tip of the iceberg. Just ruined reputations.

A court official like Shen Shangde, a contemporary celebrity who is well-known among scholars, cherishes his own reputation even more. If this matter gets out, the only thing he can do is to wipe his neck, and it will be settled once and for all.

This is enough to judge Shang De's old life. If he is strong enough, he will definitely not give in, and finally chooses to commit suicide. If he is greedy for life and afraid of death, he can only obey him obediently.

Li Wei didn't want Shen Shangde to die, the old guy was an important informer of him in the imperial party, so he had to make a careful calculation.

He sat in the black-clothed guard's office until a few black-clothed guards rummaged through what he wanted, and then left contentedly. On the way back, he and the right soldier Wu You grinned evilly.

He is very satisfied with the ability of the black guard to lurk and detect everywhere. Now, he has some important information in his hands, and he has single-handedly tried Shangde's ashes picking scandal.

Back at their Hussar General's Mansion, Li Wei and Wu You had a careful discussion again, and then they asked Ding Xi to come and confessed that they were nothing more than focusing on some important figures of the Imperial Capital faction, such as the Ministry of Rites. The servant, Shen Shangde, is the target of death.

Li Wei and Wu You were so happy that they couldn't help laughing loudly. Not long after the order was issued, Ding Xi brought back a very important news that the assistant minister's daughter-in-law, Li Shi, was pregnant.

This is a big piece of news, and it is also very useful news for them. Shen Chongwu died a long time ago, and Mrs. Li is pregnant, and she is naturally pregnant with the son of Shangde, the judge.

The reason why he got the important news of this accident was that Chengran, the deputy captain of the black guard who was in charge of monitoring and interrogating Shangde, discovered that the well-known Dr. Chen in Chang'an had entered and exited the interrogation house, so he ordered his subordinates to steal Dr. Chen secretly for interrogation to extract a confession.

When Dr. Chen learned that he had fallen into the hands of the black guards, he was already frightened out of his wits. Cheng Ran threatened the lives of his whole family. How could Dr. Chen dare to hide a word and tell everything he knew? come out.