Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 611 Deploy troops and generals
Yang Yuan took away a large number of officials from the Ministry of Personnel directly from the front of the palace. The news spread quickly throughout Lin'an like a hurricane.

A large courtyard was vacated in the Censorate to temporarily house these officials.

Each official has his own room and is not allowed to enter or leave at will, walk around or talk to each other. They must be ready to be interrogated at any time.

Yang Yuan also selected a group of smart and capable people from among the Censors to join the special task force to jointly investigate the case.

The Experience Department, as the internal affairs department of the Censorate, was also extremely busy. Everyone in the department wished they had three heads and six arms to cope with this sudden and important task.

This experience department is equivalent to an office. It is responsible for all matters including meetings, confidential matters, confidentiality, archives, editing, communication, liaison, deployment, etc.

If we leave it aside and only rely on a group of censors, we won't be able to get things done.

Seeing this, Yang Yuan immediately went to the Chief Censor's Office and asked Zhu Zhuo to expand the internal affairs department immediately.

Zhu Zhuo couldn't help but look embarrassed when he heard his request, but after thinking about it, he agreed.

Zhu Zhuo nodded and said, "I understand. When my Censorate was first established, the various departments and offices were not fully equipped. Now is the time to complete the configuration. I will find a way to deal with this matter."

Will you find a way? Yang Yuan noticed his dilemma and couldn't help asking, "Is it because we just arrested a group of people from the Ministry of Personnel, and now it will be more troublesome to transfer officials through the Ministry of Personnel?"

Zhu Zhuo smiled and said, "Of course there will be trouble, but I think Minister Tan will not bother to embarrass our Censorate over such a small matter."

Yang Yuan understood his hidden meaning. Minister Tan of the Ministry of Personnel was slapped in the face in public, and it was impossible for him not to fight back.

Moreover, his methods would never be insignificant little troubles.

Zhu Zhuo was subtly reminding him to be careful.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "I understand. Minister Tan will not make things difficult for us on such a small matter, but that does not mean that the officials of the Ministry of Personnel will not make things difficult for us on this matter. If we really transfer them through the Ministry of Personnel, I am afraid that we will never be able to allocate all the personnel."

Yang Yuan paused and said, "What if we borrow someone to help?"

Zhu Zhuo's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "After all, you are young, and your mind is active. Well, secondment..., yes, yes, this can solve the urgent problem, and there is no need to go through the Ministry of Personnel. But, where can I second it from..."

Zhu Zhuo thought about it and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

It seems that the Censorate is now surrounded by enemies, and I'm afraid that most government offices are unwilling to get involved in this mess.

Moreover, his rank is too high. If you ask him to come up with ideas, the only ones he can think of are officials at the level of the ministers and vice ministers of the six ministries.

But dealing with them brings us back to the original problem.

Now these people either hold a grudge against the Metropolitan Censorate, or are deeply afraid of it, or want to stay away from it...

Yang Yuan stood up and said, "If the Chief Justice can be trusted, I can go find some people."

Zhu Zhuo said: "Although it is seconded to help, you must have the corresponding qualifications and cannot leave any excuses for others to talk about it."

Yang Yuan said: "I understand that there are countless eyes staring at us now, I will not give them any chance to talk."

Zhu Zhuo nodded and said, "In that case, just go ahead and do it."

Yang Yuan turned around and left the Censorate and went to Lin'an Prefecture immediately.

Mr. Qiao had just enjoyed a few days of good life, but when he heard that Yang Yuan was coming, he was immediately frightened.

He knew about Yang Yuan's heroic act at the morning court today, which was to block the palace gate and arrest people!
The Regent was holding a grand court meeting. As soon as the civil and military officials finished discussing state affairs with the Regent, Prince Jin, they were arrested by him as soon as they left the palace.

Crazy, lunatic!
This Yang Yuan is a lunatic.

As a result, he is now in Lin'an Prefecture again?

Who's in trouble again?

Mr. Qiao hurriedly went out to the hall to personally invite Yang Yuan to the second hall.

The South Hall, the North Hall and the East Hall which had the vacant Tongpan (Tongpan) post, the two Tongpans, the judges of the three halls, the prosecutors, the officials of various departments and the staff officers, all sent people to keep an eye on the capital hall.

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Yang Yuan is now a night owl who comes home at night. Whoever he goes to is frightened.

"Ahaha, you want to second someone, no problem, no problem."

When Qiao Zhen heard that Yang Yuan was here to borrow people, a huge weight lifted off her shoulders, and she immediately said with a smile on her face, "Who and how many people Yang Qianxian wants to borrow, this government will definitely do its best to satisfy you."

Yang Yuan said, "This time, I am seconding people mainly to strengthen the Office of the Secretary. Um... Lin'an Prefecture Jiedushi Chief Secretary Wen Tian and his accustomed staff, please help me, the prefect."

Qiao Zhen raised his eyebrows. Before Yang Yuan said anything, he had already thought of Fan Jiang and Wang Yeran. But he didn't expect that Yang Yuan didn't even mention them.

This Wen Tian, ​​if I remember correctly, was also transferred out from the Privy Council by Yang Yuan.

This person has always been cautious, not fond of showing off, and quite self-satisfied.

If he hadn't been transferred by Yang Yuan, Qiao Zhen would have wanted to cultivate him and win him over a long time ago.

Because he had someone else's label on him, Qiao Zhen originally planned to observe him carefully.

Yang Yuan really came to ask for someone now. Fortunately, I didn't have any intentions to target him.

"No problem. Someone, tell Jiedushi Secretary Wen Tian to come and see me."

After a while, Wen Tian was called over. When he heard that Yang Yuan wanted to second him to the Censorate, Wen Tian was very surprised.

It's called a secondment, but these days anyone who can be seconded will actually stay there as long as nothing goes wrong during this period.

Compared with Lin'an Prefecture and the Censorate, even a lateral transfer would be cost-effective, not to mention that the Censorate's Experience Hall was equivalent to the Tongpan Hall of Lin'an Prefecture at the same level.

If he performs well during this period and can be retained in the Censorate, even if he cannot become an experience officer, if he can become a deputy experience officer, that would be a promotion.

Thinking of this, Wen Tian felt very grateful.

During festivals, he would also go to the Yang family to give gifts, but he would never be too close to Yang Yuan like Fan Jiang and Wang Yeran.

He knew that he was transferred to Lin'an Prefecture because of his good performance when he accompanied Yang Yuan to Shanyin to investigate a case.

But, that's all.

He is different from Fan Jiang and Wang Yeran.

He was transferred into the Privy Council by Yang Yuan in the beginning and was a member of Yang Yuan's team.

As for him, Yang Yuan promised him some benefits just because he performed well.

Therefore, he never felt that he had become Yang Yuan's man because of this. Since he entered Lin'an Prefecture, he has always been cautious and low-key in doing things. He just did his job well and never publicized any relationship between him and Yang Yuan, even when Yang Yuan was at the peak of his popularity.

However, although Yang Yuan did not show any special attention to him, he always had a place in her heart.

At this moment, Wen Tian was extremely grateful to Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "My Censorate is short of people. I wanted to transfer you there officially, but you should have heard about the current situation of the Ministry of Personnel. The Censorate is in a hurry to hire people and can't wait, so I shamelessly came to ask Governor Qiao for a loan.

If you have any clerks or servants that you find useful, you can take them with you, so that you can use them more easily. I have already informed the governor Qiao about this."

"It's extreme, it's extreme."

Qiao Zhen said with a smile: "Yang Qianxian is short of people, which is a great opportunity for you. This government also values ​​you very much, but since there is a better future, this government naturally cannot stand in the way."

Wen Tian bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Prefect, for your help."

Wen Tian bowed and thanked Qiao Zhen, but did not thank Yang Yuan.

This means that I have already regarded myself as his person and will run around for him in the future, so there is naturally no need for me to thank you, and this cannot be resolved with just a word of thanks.

After hearing this, Qiao Zhen felt even more reluctant. This kid knew when to advance and when to retreat, and he was very much my style. What a pity...

Wen Tian had been working as the chief secretary in the Lin'an government office these days, and he had actually hired a group of clerks and servants that he was used to. When he went back and told them about the situation, everyone was willing to do the job.

This means being transferred from a local government office to a central agency.

Even if Yang Yuan gets into trouble in the future, it will not implicate them, and he will most likely still be able to stay and work in the Censorate.

If things really don't work, this is a secondment, and we still have Lin'an Prefecture as a fallback.

Then, a group of bailiffs, judges and capable and shrewd officials responded.

When the people from the East, South and North Halls heard that Yang Yuan was not here to arrest people but to borrow people, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and couldn't help but envy Wen Tian and his group.

When Fan Jiang and Wang Yeran heard this, they were not happy and immediately went to complain to Yang Yuan, asking why Yang Yuan didn't use them since he was short of people.

Yang Yuan consoled the two of them with kind words, mainly because they were powerful officials in Lin'an Prefecture. The internal affairs position that had been vacated in the Censorate would provide room for advancement for Wentian, but for the two of them it would be just a lateral transfer at most, so it would be better for them to concentrate on making some political achievements in Lin'an Prefecture and prepare for the future.

The two knew that Yang Yuan was thinking in this way, and they felt relieved since it was not because they had "lost favor".

Yang Yuan brought Wen Tian and his party back to the Censorate, made arrangements for them, and then went to the Imperial College without stopping.

Yang Yuan first met Yan Ding, and then was introduced by Yan Ding to find the chief academic officer of the Imperial College.

Yang Yuan explained his purpose, and the chief priest naturally had no reason to refuse.

The chief academic officer of the Imperial College immediately brought out the A-calendars of all the students in the upper chambers and allowed Yang Yuan to choose.

The students of the Imperial Academy were divided into outer, inner and upper quarters, just like the preparatory, undergraduate and graduate departments of later universities.

Yang Yuan selected a group of people from the top students of the Imperial College, most of whom were majoring in law and mathematics, totaling sixty-eight people.

The chief priest summoned these students and asked for their opinions. These students were all upper-class students, and they had to complete eight credits and study in the inner-class for two years. Only those who were rated as excellent in the annual assessment would be granted the status of Jinshi and be given an official position.

Now you can be seconded to the Censorate. In this era, secondments are rarely returned, and most of them will eventually stay in the office. Then you will have the opportunity to directly become an official in an important government office of the court.

Moreover, if you become an official first, you can still take the imperial examination, and it is a "separate examination" with an admission rate much higher than other students. Who would not be willing to do so?
Unless you get kicked in the head by a donkey.

These students certainly weren't kicked in the head by a donkey, so the sixty-eight students of the Imperial Academy, who were as excited as chicken blood, were led back to the Censorate by Yang Yuan.

……

When Tan Yingwen woke up slowly, he had already returned to the Ministry of Personnel.

At this time, 40% of the middle-level officials in the Ministry of Personnel were taken away.

Their being taken away means that more grassroots officials will be taken away. As for how many senior officials are involved, it is unknown.

For a time, the entire Ministry of Personnel was in a panic, and no one was willing to perform official duties.

After Minister Tan calmed himself down, he called the Vice Minister Mu Xinyang and several officials into the signing room.

I don’t know what they discussed, but more than an hour later, Minister Tan left the Ministry of Personnel.

Minister Mu came out to preside over the affairs very calmly. Suddenly, there was a shortage of so many officials and the Ministry of Personnel was almost paralyzed. He could only redeploy the existing staff.

Jiang Yannu, a doctor of Shangshu Zuoxuan (formerly Mokanjingchaoguanyuan and Shenguandongyuan), was the first to accept the task and led his men to Jialiku.

Shangshu Zuoxuan was in charge of civil officials above the rank of court officials and officials whose positions were not appointed by the Secretariat.

In other words, Yang Yuan's entire resume, from the time he entered the officialdom to the time he became the deputy secretary of the Privy Council's Jisufang, was under his control.

The "official selectors" were enraged.

When they are determined to investigate someone, how many people can withstand a thorough investigation that nitpicks at every detail?
……

This day is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. Because on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month the earthly official pardons sins, the dead souls return to the world of the living, and descendants need to set up an incense table to welcome the spirits of their ancestors and offer sacrifices to them.

This was a major matter concerning filial piety, so all government offices closed earlier than usual.

Of course, those officials from the Ministry of Personnel who were detained in the Censorate missed the time for ancestor worship.

From time to time, loud curses against the Censorate and vicious curses against Yang Yuan were heard from some rooms.

The sound was like a group of vengeful spirits that had just escaped from the gates of hell, venting their hatred wantonly.

Yang Yuan also returned to the Marquis' Mansion earlier than usual.

At night, Yang Yuan and Lu Xi brought several concubines to the ancestral hall, burned paper clothes and paper money, and offered fresh fruits, fine wine, and sacrificial animals.

During the dinner, the main seat was left empty and placed with bowls and chopsticks. That was where the ancestors had their meals, and Yang Yuan, the current head of the family, also had to sit there.

After dinner, Yang Yuan brought his family to the backyard pond, made a circle with lime, poured rice water into the circle, burned paper money, set off firecrackers, and respectfully sent the ancestors on their way back to the "underworld."

Luxi grabbed a handful of paper money, lit it on fire, and threw a few pieces in all directions.

The burning yellow paper fluttered and burned into ashes before falling to the ground.

This is to commemorate the wandering ghosts who have no descendants, so that they will not compete for the offerings made to the ancestors.

At night, Yang Yuan returned to the main room and shared the bed with Lu Xi.

The young couple lay on the couch, the lights were off, but the moon in the sky was like a silver plate, filling the earth with its bright light. The green gauze window was also clear and bright, and the sound of insects could be heard, making the silence even more evident.

"Brother, Dad came here this afternoon."

Lu Xi told Yang Yuan why his father came, and said, "When my father was in the army, General Fei took good care of him. Now he is entrusting his son to me. You know my father, how can he refuse?"

As she spoke, she patted Yang Yuan and said angrily, "You are really good. You got your father-in-law to nod for you, and even asked him to recognize you as his sister."

Yang Yuan said with a grin, "They are all your sisters."

Lu Xi turned over, with her back to Yang Yuan, and snorted, "That's different. Yuye is different from them after she got married."

"No matter how different she is, she is still a younger sister. No one can be bigger than you."

Yang Yuan hugged Lu Xi from behind.

Lu Xi said, "When will they organize the ceremony? Even if it can't be a big event, she will definitely be included in the ceremony."

Yang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer. Now is not the right time."

Lu Xi turned around and asked, "Is it because you arrested many officials from the Ministry of Personnel today?"

Yang Yuan was surprised and asked, "You also know about this?"

"Who in the entire Lin'an Prefecture doesn't know about this?"

Lu Xi was silent for a moment, and then asked worriedly, "Second brother, you are so sharp... Is it really okay?"

Yang Yuan asked, "You mean to say that steel is very easy to break?"

Lu Xi sighed quietly and said, "As a woman, I shouldn't interfere in official business. I'm just worried about you. You're still young, and there's no need to rush into some things..."

"There are some things you don't understand."

Yang Yuan held her petite body in his arms, smelled the fragrance of her hair, and his mind drifted away.

He couldn't explain that he came from another world, he knew the future development of this world, and how much he wanted to make that regret no longer a regret.

Of course, there are more reliable methods, and at his age, he has plenty of time to calmly make arrangements and use decades to slowly change everything.

However, if he spends his entire life bringing about change, he will not have time to see the world after the change.

In the long river of time, no one knows what the road ahead will be like, so they have to walk forward step by step. Every discovery is a new experience for them.

But Yang Yuan had already "seen" that road, and he knew what it was like.

If he continued along that road, leading everyone to avoid some pitfalls and bypass some dangers along the way, and finally changed to a new road when his life was about to end, it would be really unwilling.

For anyone else, no matter which path they take, it would be a life they have never experienced, but not for him.

Therefore, he must embark on a new path that he himself is not clear about early on. This may not be a kind of altruism, but rather a kind of selfishness.

However, for everyone else, no matter which way to go, it is a future that has never been experienced, but for him it has a completely different meaning.

"Luxi, don't worry. If we go a little further, I won't know what the road will look like. I will be careful then. But now, I can still see the road..."

Yang Yuan kissed Luxi softly on the lips and said something she couldn't understand: "I can see the way, so I will leave a way out. Some people say that the reason why waterfalls are spectacular is that they have no way out and can only move forward.

Some people also say that if you have a way out, you will be lucky, and if you have no way out, you will find a way out. But life is not a waterfall, and I am not at the point where I have to gamble everything on it.

I still have you, so I don't want to fall like a waterfall and be smashed to pieces. I'm not a gambler, so I always worry about losing before I think about winning.

Maybe, there was only one exception, that was the time when I avenged my elder brother. That time, I had no choice. What is the saying that a gentleman's revenge is never too late, let those beasts enjoy another ten years of happiness, I am a living bastard, a big coward. People always get angry sometimes. "

Yang Yuan held Lu Xi's petite body in his arms and said softly, "My Achilles' heel is the person or thing for which I am willing to risk everything. Don't worry, I will pay attention to the heat when it's time to cook the little fresh fish. Now, I am just dealing with some conservative people, so I won't risk everything for them."

……

"We have no way out!"

"We must do whatever it takes!"

Minister Tan shouted at Tang Situi with red eyes.

Minister Tan did not go home to worship his ancestors. He had already visited several docks that afternoon.

He visited Prime Minister Shen Gai, and also visited the governors Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo.

As for people like the ruling Chen Junqing and the Privy Councilor Yang Cunzhong, they were obviously in the same boat with the Censorate, so he did not seek humiliation from them.

Among the six ministries, he had visited even the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of War and Ministry of Works, which he usually did not deal with.

He had also been to the Dali Temple.

The last person he visited was Tang Situi.

As for those other people, he tried hard to get them to stand on his side.

Sometimes he went to express his stance: I want to fight with him in the Censorate, and you'd better stay away to avoid getting covered in blood.

Some of them were protests: Are you sure you want to fight to the death with my Ministry of Personnel? If you just stand aside and watch, I will accept your kindness.

The reason why Tang Shitui is placed at the end is that he is from Tang Shitui's faction, and the two of them share the same affinities and advance and retreat together.

Tang Situi climbed to the position of ruler when he was less than forty years old. This was certainly due to his speculation in front of Qin Hui, but his close relationship with the Ministry of Personnel was also an important reason that cannot be ignored.

"I've been an old lady for thirty years, and now I'm the one who made the baby sick." Tang Shitui chuckled, but there was no warmth in his laughter.

"How many people in history are as reckless and reckless as Yang Yuan? It's the first time we've met each other, so it's inevitable that we'll be at a loss.

You can't let him torment you anymore, just let him do it, the world won't be at peace until this man is dead!"

(End of this chapter)