Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2757 Li Zhi Takes Power
His Royal Highness King Jin has been very annoying recently.

Originally thought that if he could enter the military department, he could directly pry the crown prince's foundation and increase his chances of winning the reserve. Changsun Wuji thoughtfully transferred Gao Jifu to the military department as his assistant to help him control the military department. It made His Royal Highness King Jin proud and proud for a while, as if the crown prince was within his grasp.

However, before he took office, he encountered a blow to the head...

The death of Gao Jifu was equivalent to throwing countless thunderbolts in Chang'an City, causing people to be turned upside down and the world to change color.

Dali Temple and the Criminal Department immediately formed a temporary government office under the emperor's wrath, and were fully responsible for investigating the case.

The investigation process of the case was not smooth.

Although there were quite a few witnesses, the murderers were all masked from beginning to end, and the weapons they used were all military standard equipment, there was nothing special about them, and ordinary people couldn't tell them apart.Then he investigated the military department and other government offices in charge of military equipment, but did not get many clues, but uncovered an official who was greedy for personal gain...

As we all know, although the management of armaments is extremely strict, they have always been the focus of corruption and fraud, because their value is too great. Even though the laws are getting stricter, some people still take risks.In the face of increasingly strict supervision, this kind of money cannot be monopolized by any one person. It has become a chain of interests that colludes with each other and cooperates with each other.

Therefore, the assassination case did not make much progress, but a large number of moths greedy for military weapons were implicated. His Majesty Li Er was furious. Armaments are the foundation of a country, how could such moths be allowed to exist?With a big wave of his hand, he was ordered to investigate strictly, and whoever was involved would be severely punished.

The entire Chang'an officialdom was suddenly panicked.

Most of these officials were born in powerful and noble families, and the families promoted their superiors, and then used their power to feed back the families. After serious investigation, who would dare to say that they are really as clear as water and as bright as a mirror?

Although nominally investigating the two cases of assassination and ordnance, if other things are involved in it, I will get involved...

It was under such circumstances that Jin Wang Li Zhi started his life in the Ministry of War.

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Early in the morning, before the sun had risen, Princess Jin got up early, arranged for the maids to prepare breakfast, and then woke up His Royal Highness Jin, who was staring at him, helped him to take a bath and change clothes, had breakfast, and dismissed the guards The servant had harnessed the carriage and was waiting to go to the Ministry of War to be on duty.

"Nowadays, the people in Chang'an City are panic-stricken. Your Highness should calm down. The military department is full of the prince's troops. If you make the slightest mistake, they will spread it out and damage your reputation for being diligent in government affairs. So not only should you not be late , but also to show your courage in the Ministry of War."

Concubine Jin was born in a famous family. Not only is she beautiful, graceful and luxurious, but her knowledge is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Li Zhi nodded, boarded the carriage in front of the door, gradually walked away from the expectant eyes of Princess Jin, and went straight to the military office in the imperial city.

The sky was still dark, the wheels crushed a thick layer of hoarfrost on the road, and the horse driving the car slowly walked outside the military department with four hooves spraying white air.

Some gatekeepers had already seen His Royal Highness King Jin's carriage, and rushed out to meet him. Some helped Li Zhi get off the carriage, while others took the carriage and horses to the backyard to prepare fodder...

Li Zhi straightened the python robe and jade crown on his body, and entered the gate of the Ministry of War with a solemn expression.

At this time, the light is dim and the sun has not yet risen, but all the officials of the Ministry of War have arrived and started to work. Many duty rooms have lit up candles due to the need for approval and writing official documents, and some people are busy. It is quiet and peaceful. But busy and tense.

Seeing Li Zhi, all the passers-by stopped, bowed and saluted, and then hurried away.

Li Zhi smiled and nodded towards everyone, showing the grace and demeanor of a prince, and then walked into his room.

There is a candle in the room, and a pot of hot tea has already been brewed on the desk, and the tea is fragrant.

Li Zhi was very satisfied with the clerk's preparations. He sat behind the desk with a big horse and a golden knife, poured a cup of tea, and took a sip slowly.

The officials of the Ministry of War were busy with their own affairs, and completely put him aside as the "Shangshu of the Ministry of Military Affairs", resulting in a deserted and deserted room in the large duty room...

Thinking of Princess Jin's entrustment and Changsun Wuji's instruction last night, Li Zhi simply read some documents, made instructions, put down his brush, and tapped on the desk.

A scribe immediately came in from the outside and asked respectfully, "What is your Highness' order?"

Li Zhi asked: "The two servants and the principals are all here?"

The clerk respectfully replied: "Returning to Your Highness, Cui Shilang and Guo Shilang have arrived, and several principals have also arrived at the Yamen before Maoshi. It's just that Chief Du clashed with the local gentry when the officials in the ministry were drawing a map in Longxi area. He was injured, so he rushed to deal with it, but he reported it to His Highness yesterday, and His Majesty allowed him to go."

Li Zhi nodded.

He has only been in the Ministry of War for a few days, but he has gradually figured out the details of the Ministry of War due to his talent. Apart from military deployment, ordnance maintenance, promotion and selection of generals, and court-martial, the entire Ministry of War attaches great importance to ordnance research and development and map drawing.

Li Zhi knows the research and development of ordnance, focusing on the foundry bureau to develop and improve new firearms.

As firearms play an increasingly decisive role in warfare, the whole Tang Dynasty believes that firearms will become the mainstream of warfare in the future, so early research and development and improvement must be the top priority. A lot of money is no exaggeration.

But map drawing is a bit inexplicable.

From ancient times to the present, maps have long been the most important part of wars, but we have never seen a war where a map was redrawn before the war started.The map is of course important, and it has a great influence on the strategy adopted by the general's formation, but it consumes a lot of manpower, material resources and time, which is a bit overwhelming.

From Li Zhi's point of view, this is completely a sensational thing created by Fang Jun...

Although I feel dissatisfied, after all, I have just entered the Ministry of War, and all of them are Fang Jun's old people. As the king of Jin, I dare not rashly cancel the resolution left by Fang Jun, otherwise it will easily lead to a collective confrontation among all the officials of the Ministry of War. It will be ugly if you don't get off the stage at the right time.

Bear with it, sooner or later let the Ministry of War run according to their own will...

With a flash of thought in his mind, Li Zhi restrained his thoughts and said, "Go and call all the servants and principals over, this king has something to say."

"Here!"

The clerk didn't dare to ask more questions, so he quickly turned around and went out to check the room one by one to inform.

Li Zhi sat in the duty room and drank tea leisurely, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about what attitude and wording he would use later to express his "doing his own thing" and "contempt for the chief officer" to the generals of the Ministry of War. "The dissatisfaction should not be too tough, otherwise it will be very easy to be resisted, but it can't be muddled. No one in the entire military department comes to ask for instructions. If it sounds good, it is "performing their own duties." This King Jin puts it in his eyes, and wants to take him out of the way...

After a long while, the pot of tea was finished, and no one was seen.

Li Zhi couldn't hold his breath anymore, mother!

After all, I am also a dignified prince, you bastards really don't take me seriously?

I wanted to have an attack, but after thinking about it carefully, I endured it.

After all, this is Fang Jun's territory and the crown prince's foundation. As an outsider who has just arrived and is an enemy, it is inevitable that he will encounter some resistance. If he just wants to show up for a while, I am afraid that his purpose of coming here to poach the wall is confirmed. Make more people against themselves.

For the sake of my heart, I endure...

After holding back for another half an hour, just when Li Zhi could bear it no longer, footsteps finally came from outside the door, and a group of military officials, headed by Zuo Shilang Cui Dunli, filed into the duty room, saluted together, stood in a row, respectful He asked in a low voice, "I don't know if Your Highness called us here, what are your orders?"

Li Zhi suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smirk: "Don't be cautious, although this king has a noble status, but he likes to mingle with his subordinates the most. Only by getting along with each other can we get twice the result with half the effort. Haha, all sit, all sit."

Cui Dunli and the others looked back at the two chairs in the value room. Where can they sit?
It stands to reason that the left and right servants are qualified to sit in front of Li Zhi, but once they are seated, it will split the whole of the Ministry of War officials and officials, and there will be a gap in status.

Cui Dunli was the most cautious, and would never allow such things to happen, respectfully said: "We are all subjects, how dare we sit in front of Your Highness? What orders does Your Highness have, but please be frank, we will obey everything."

Words and deeds put all military officials in the same class, regardless of each other.

(End of this chapter)