The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

Just as Ga Li was thinking about what Situ Meng said, and what he had done in Xuzhou City recently, who was behind the scenes helping him plan and giving him advice, Situ Meng He spoke again.

"Since the emperor ordered me to be an imperial envoy to inspect the south of the Yangtze River, it is my duty to investigate and deal with these violations of law and discipline in the south of the Yangtze River. Does the governor have any objections? Or are these people selling private salt? Is it ordered by the governor?"

Situ Meng sat on the head in a stable manner, but fixed his eyes on Kari, and asked aggressively.

"My lord's words are different! This humble official obeys the law and never does anything that is beyond the bounds of the law! Back then, when the old official followed the Supreme Emperor to conquer Mongolia, he used his own food and finances to support the front line for free. There was absolutely no selfishness in it. !"

Ga Li immediately retorted, then turned his attention to Ning Lixin, and continued: "I have absolutely no objection to the prince's practice of confiscating private salt dens, on the contrary, I agree with it with both hands! Those who sell and resell private salt The guy who seriously disrupted the market order and violated the laws of the country should be vigorously cracked down! Severely punished!

All officials, merchants, and untouchables involved must not be let go. According to Dayong's law, all those involved in the sale of illegal salt will be executed. All officials who give convenience to private salt dealers will be executed according to the severity of the case Make a decision, and the lighter ones will ransack their homes and go into exile...

Because of this, the lower officials were shocked when they found out that all the officials in the Xuzhou Mansion were involved in the case of selling private salt. transfer.

I want to replenish all the low-level officials and officials in Xuzhou Mansion as soon as possible, so that this Xuzhou Mansion will not cause a backlog and paralysis of affairs because all officials are involved!After all, although Lord Ning is the governor of Xuzhou appointed by the emperor, no matter how capable he is, even if he has three heads and six arms, he may not be able to support the operation of the entire city of Xuzhou on his own, right?

However, the officer issued several warrants, but for some unknown reason, all of them were returned intact!This Ning Fu Yin neither agreed to accept these new eighth-rank and ninth-rank officials, nor did he give the officials a note explaining the reasons for not accepting them.

This officer is also anxious about the affairs in the Xuzhou mansion, worried about the safety of the prince, thinking that someone took advantage of the opportunity to enter, and a huge change happened here, so he hastily summoned the Green Forest Army and set off from Jinling overnight to arrive here!

Fortunately, seeing that the prince is safe and sound, the lower official's heart is completely relieved!I just hope that Ningfu Yin can give me a clear explanation of the previous matter!

Although the officials of the imperial court are all assigned and appointed by the Ministry of Officials, in principle, officials of the seventh rank and above need to be directly evaluated by the Ministry of Officials, and then transferred or promoted or demoted according to the results of the evaluation.

The first grade of Qipin is appointed by the local supreme chief according to the situation, as long as it is reported to the Ministry of Officials!I don't think there's anything unreasonable about my order. Since Governor Ning has repeatedly rejected these appointments, if you can't give a reasonable explanation today, I have the right to dismiss you, the governor who doesn't respect your order. ! "

Kali said cunningly and evasively, pointing the finger at Ning Lixin everywhere.Because in the observation just now, he directly aimed at Ning Lixin as the mastermind behind this incident.

After all, whether it is Situ Meng or Lin Tian, ​​from the appearance, it is obvious that they are still teenagers and half-grown children. Even if they are too precocious and smart, but the experience of life is there after all, it is impossible to think of it. Such a rogue approach.

Only Ning Lixin, the former magistrate of Jining County, although he was not an official under the jurisdiction of Tagali, he had heard about this person.

After all, Ning Lixin was the number one scholar appointed by the emperor when Enke was added for the first time after he ascended the throne. Appointed by the emperor as an imperial lecturer, his favor is no less than that of Lin Ruhai back then.

It is rumored that even Jining County, which has been exposed to outsiders, was carefully selected by the emperor. Although he is only a seventh-rank county magistrate, even the governor of Shandong has no idea about the three-acre land in Jining County. Don't ask too much, just leave it to him to play freely.

This person is indeed a talent. In less than three years, he not only revitalized this nationally impoverished county, but also made his taxation rank among the top in the country.

And he just doesn't take the usual way, and every time he does things that are unexpected, but within reason and legal principles, even if those stubborn veterans have a lot of dissatisfaction with him, they can't accuse him of anything, they can only verbally Just to say something.

Even if it wasn't because of special circumstances this time, the emperor directly sent him to help Situ Meng, I am afraid that at the end of the year, the evaluation by the Ministry of Officials would continue to be top-notch, let alone promotion.

That's why, this time, Gali pointed the clues at Ning Lixin. In his subconscious mind, he was afraid that Situ Meng would send people to raid and take down the private salt warehouse hidden in the mountains near Yunlong Lake. It was completed under the guidance. After all, Situ Meng had just come out of Jining County before arriving in Xuzhou Mansion, and met him.

When he thought of this, Ga Li's eyes lit up, and he looked at Ning Lixin again with fierce eyes, even a dark red light flashed across his eyes, and the murderous intent was even more awe-inspiring.

"Did your lord send any official document? I have never seen it before!" Ning Lixin looked at Ga Li with a surprised face, but his eyes were full of confusion, and he said righteously:

"My lord governor, I really don't know about the matter you mentioned! Ever since I arrived in Xuzhou Mansion, I have been so busy that my feet don't touch the ground, I haven't had a full night's sleep for many days!

Because the people working under him are all guards from the Royal Forest Army temporarily dispatched by the prince, and they almost don't understand the affairs of this place at all, and all the things have to be done by the officials themselves!

The lower official has long hoped that the lord can send more officials and officials of the eighth and ninth ranks to help. If he knew that the lord had already issued such a warrant, the lower official would be too happy, so how could he refuse! "

Ga Li looked at Ning Lixin's righteous words and looked at himself eagerly. He was even more annoyed in his heart, and his face sank after a brush, and he said sharply:

"Lord Ning, aren't you fooling me? If you took over the official document, why didn't those people stay but ran back to Jinling to complain to me, saying that your people not only refused to accept my warrant, but also forced them to Escorted on board and deported from the country! How do you explain these things?"

"Ah? This is absolutely impossible! This official has never done such a thing! You see, my lord, the official has been busy recently, but his belt is getting wider. I wish I could grow eight more hands!"

As Ning Lixin said, he tugged at the loose robe on his body, and complained sadly:

"Because of the delay in waiting for the new subordinate officials appointed by the imperial court, I had no choice but to beg the prince to issue an order to transfer all the masters, yamen servants, etc. who were originally used by the lower officials in the Jining County Yamen to help them. up!

Not only that, but also temporarily recruited some small local families, small businesses and other people who are familiar with the big and small affairs of Xuzhou Mansion to help!Only then could he barely cope with the daily affairs of the entire Xuzhou Mansion. "

"You..." Ga Li pointed at Ning Lixin's nose, and was momentarily speechless by his brazenness.

On the contrary, Situ Meng glanced at him with some surprise. He was really impressed by Ning Lixin's ability to say such words confidently at this moment. At the same time, he had a new understanding of his ability to tell lies with eyes open. Brother's knowledge of people can't help but admire him.

You know, when someone came to report with the appointment of the governor of Liangjiang, Situ Meng was a little helpless even though he was angry. Even Lin Tian had no good way at that time.

In the end, it was Ning Li's new idea, that is, all of them would not show up, and they would send a few people with deep backgrounds from the Imperial Forest Army to guard the pier and the government office separately. They were not given a chance to speak at all, and they were all violently expelled.

At the same time, Situ Meng also used Feige to send a letter to discuss this matter with the emperor urgently. After that, the emperor decided to find innocent people from the previous Jinshi who had not yet been appointed to serve as low-level officials. Let them also have a lot of experience, so that they can fill the positions that will be vacant in the Jiangnan officialdom in the future.

Not only was it last year, but this year the emperor opened Enke again, planning to admit more students from poor families who had no connection with those aristocratic families, and planning to arrange them all to come here in rotation to exercise.

Under the discussion between the emperor and Situ Meng, he planned to temporarily use this Xuzhou mansion as a place to train low-level officials for rapid growth.

After all, a Jinshi from a poor family has never been exposed to specific government affairs before. If he does not receive practical training, he will easily be evaded by small officials in the yamen and servants of the yamen after he takes office, and become a magistrate in name only.

In this way, it greatly violated the original intention of the emperor to vigorously promote the poor family officials to compete with the nobles of the family.

This Xuzhou mansion has been temporarily positioned by the emperor as a pilot mansion, which is specially used to train and train reserve cadres.

It's just that it will take some time to get these things done.First of all, it is necessary to discuss it in the court, and find a way to persuade those conservative and stubborn veterans, and then carefully select suitable people, so that no nobles from aristocratic families can infiltrate.

At the same time, there must be a huge vacancy for low-level officials in Xuzhou Mansion. Otherwise, such a pilot site may not be able to be implemented here.

After all, it is far away from the capital, and it is located in Liangjiang, an important and sensitive place. If you want to get the ministers of the DPRK and China to nod in agreement, you must have a better excuse.Therefore, under all kinds of desperation, Ning Lixin could only suggest to Situ Meng to use his noble status to adopt such a rogue method.

"Master Governor, Lord Ning's words are true, and this king can testify for him!"

At this time, Situ Meng also spoke, and he reprimanded Ga Li: "My lord governor, don't make excuses for yourself here! Make a pale rebuttal for your incompetence! You don't need to worry about the affairs of Xuzhou Mansion. This king has given the emperor a note, asking the emperor to directly dispatch reserve officials from the Ministry of Officials here to make up for the lack of low-level officials below!

You'd better go back and think about it carefully, how to explain to the emperor, under your rule, everyone in Xuzhou Mansion from top to bottom has been involved in the sale of private salt! "

After finishing speaking, Situ Meng directed to Xiao Chengzi and said, "See off the guests!"

After receiving the order, Xiaochengzi quickly walked up to Gali, stretched out her hand, and said indifferently: "Your Excellency, please!"

"Hmph!" Seeing this scene, Ga Li knew that it would be useless to talk too much at this time, so he flicked his sleeves, and walked out without saying goodbye to Situ Meng.

After Gali left completely, Ning Lixin wiped the cold sweat off his brow first, and then said with some concern: "This time, if he returns without success, I'm afraid we will have even more troubles in the future! After all, this Xuzhou mansion is still Under the rule of Governor Liangjiang, he still has many ways to embarrass us!"

"What are you afraid of him for? If he came to the public, this king would still be afraid of him! If he dares to come secretly, hehe..." Situ Meng sneered, and Lin Tian beside him also showed an eager smile.

Looking at this lawless young couple, Ning Lixin felt his eyes darken, but he had no choice but to show a helpless wry smile.