The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 847 Cross the river and demolish the bridge
Early in the morning, Gong Dingzi came to the Military Division of the Ministry of War.

It was only seven o'clock in the morning, according to the regulations of the imperial court, it was not yet working time.

But he is not yet the earliest day to come.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wu Zuimei, the left officer of Bingke, greeted him with a smile: "Good morning, Mr. Gong."

With a rag in one hand and half a basin of water in his hand, Wu Zui greeted Gong Dingzi obsequiously.

"Wu Zui, you came quite early." Gong Dingzi glanced at him contentedly, and then lightly patted Wu Zui on the shoulder: "Have a good job."

Turn around and walk into the yamen swaggeringly.

Tui, Wu Zui sternly tuied behind him, garbage, garbage from scholars.

However, he only dared to do this behind his back, and walked over bravely, continuing to wipe the table in the office, feeling very unwilling in his heart.

Back then, he and Gong Dingzi were fellow villagers, and they had a pretty good relationship at one point. Later, in order to fight for the post of deputy in the department, they got married.

But at that time, Wu Zui thought it was fair, and the one surnamed Gong couldn't compete with him because of his lack of strength.

But now, the man surnamed Gong sells his wife to the emperor, jumps to the sky in one step, and jumps two levels in a row, which is really unfair.

Nowadays, no one in the Ministry of War knows that Gong Dingzi and his wife Gu Hengbo have reconciled.

Today's son Shengming is a bit bad, like Cao thief.

But in ancient times, this little hobby was obviously not worth mentioning in Ding Yixian's eulogy to the king. No one would care about this small flaw.

Now that Dagan's national power is booming, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the salaries of hundreds of officials are not lacking, the soldiers are brave and invincible, and the empire expands its territory.

What is Cao thief's hobby? Instead, it has become a gossip and joke among the people.

If the common people want to talk about this matter, they will only laugh at Gong Dingzi, and they will not say anything about the emperor.

But Wu Zui didn't think so, he was the loser of direct interests.

Emperor, didn't you say that you want to limit the power of the monarchy? You made Gong Dingzi go up two ranks in succession, why?

Wu Zui is very dissatisfied now.

Especially after Gong Dingzi became his official, he pretended to be a tiger and started ordering him to clean the yamen, which was simply humiliating him.

This should be changed in the previous dynasty, Gong Dingzi dared to tell him so, he directly poured a basin of water on Gong Dingzi's face, regardless of whether he was the leader of the Shangguan.

But the current big cadres cannot do this, because the emperor recruits a large number of officials in the imperial examination every year, and at the same time eliminates some former Ming officials from within.

The opinion of the department head occupies the majority.

Wu Zui didn't want to be fired by Gong Dingzi for some reason.

So he can only put down his figure and learn to please Gong Dingzi.

Of course, maybe he didn't think about the difference between his current appearance and Gong Dingzi sending his wife to please the emperor.

"Wu Zui Na." Gong Dingzi who had just sat down suddenly called him.

"Lord Gong, the officer is here." Wu Zui hurriedly put down the basin and rag in his hand, trotted over, bowed his head, looking like a cute puppy.

Gong Dingzi was very satisfied with his attitude, thinking of the way Wu Zui deliberately humiliated himself in the restaurant last time, it feels really good now.

Suddenly, he thought of Wu Zui's young and beautiful wife.

Wu Zui is younger than him, and his wife is also younger than Gu Hengbo. Although she is not as pretty as Gu Hengbo, she is not bad.

But as soon as this thought came to him, he shook his head immediately, the emperor can do this, but I can't, because if I do this, it is a crime.

"Yesterday, I met Master Gebu, and he said that we still have to make cuts in the military department."

"Return?" Wu Zui wanted to jump up.

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, there was one person in the military department (the chief officer), one person on the left and one side (deputies), and ten people in the middle (clerks).

There are 13 people in full.

After Ding Yi ascended the throne, he first expelled Bingke from the palace, and then reduced the number of people.

Because in the past, we had to help the emperor copy various documents and so on, doing a lot of chores and needing a lot of people, but now there are no such chores, so naturally we don’t need so many people.

Before the accident, five were cut and five were left.

But now Zhang Jinyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, said again that they will be cut down to make room for next year's imperial examination.

"At the end of the year, we organize assessments in each department and department, and the survival of the fittest. In our military department, only one person is reserved for each, and of the two people on the left and right, only one is left, and for five people in the matter, only two are left. In the entire military department, there are only four. people."

"What?" Wu Zui exclaimed, there is only one left and right?

This is equivalent to reducing one of the two deputies.

Wu Zui panicked completely.

"The imperial court spends countless sums of money to support so many officials. Although the current majesty is magnificent and talented, he can't raise some incompetent people for nothing."

Gong Dingzi said solemnly: "I have heard the news that the Holy Majesty will vigorously reduce the officials in Beijing, because most of the low-level officials--"

He said the word "low-level" heavily, which made Wu Zui so angry that his face turned red.

Gong Dingzi himself is only a seventh-rank official, and he is also a low-level official in the Beijing government. What are you talking about?

"Low-level officials sit on a vegetarian diet and receive high salaries, but they don't do anything serious." Gong Dingzi said while looking at the rag thrown by Wu Zui.

Wu Zui was so angry that he almost passed out.

"So His Majesty will definitely attack the low-level officials."

"The official also heard that starting from the year after next, six departments and six departments may be merged into one department, and the staff will be reduced."

Gong Dingzi was more and more shocked by the news. Although Wu Zui gritted his teeth angrily, he didn't dare to show anger, he just looked flustered.

If the six departments are merged, the reduction in personnel will be even greater.

Wu Zui could see that before the new emperor ascended the throne, he raised salaries and improved the treatment of officials, which made the officials all over the world ecstatic and supported him.

Now that he has ascended the throne, his position has become more and more stable, and he has begun to gradually reduce the former Ming officials and reuse others.

But it was meaningless to think about these things, he panicked: "My lord, we are from the same village, please help me, my lord."

After finishing speaking, he looked around and found no colleagues on duty, so he quickly lowered his voice: "Are you free at night, sir, why don't you go to the lower official's house for a drink?"

Gong Dingzi felt refreshed, Wu Zui, you also have today?Still dare to laugh at me?

Of course he wanted to put on airs: "I don't have time these few days, let's talk about it when I'm free."

Wu Zui smiled again and again, his expression becoming more and more flattering.

I don't know if the news leaked the next day, anyway, all the officers in the military department were very polite to Gong Dingzi, Mr. Gong on the left, and Mr. Gong on the right. Everyone came to call for a few words.

There is only one person whose attitude has not changed. This person is a new student who has just been admitted this year. It is said that he was from Lushun before, and his name is Zhong Qi.

Zhong Qi is 19 years old, a very enthusiastic young man. Before Wu Zui did this job, he was the first to arrive at the military department every day, and then cleaned up. He was very polite and polite to everyone, and he was willing to do chores. I was very upset, but after getting along for a few months, I found that Zhong Qi was actually very nice.

Zhong Qi treats everyone the same, so Gong Dingzi also sees him as unhappy, I am your leader, how can you treat everyone the same?So what is the difference between my leadership?
But Zhong Qi was also very respectful to him, and Gong Dingzi couldn't find an excuse to reprimand him, so he could only endure it.

That day Gong Dingzi had just got off work, and not long after he walked out of the Ministry of War, four people rushed out from the side of the road to stop him.

"Master Gong."

Gong Dingzi was startled, and looked closely, only to find that it was Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan, each with a maid.

Of course Gong Dingzi knew what she and the two of them were doing. They tossed around in the capital for a month or two, looking for someone to rescue Qian Qianyi and Mao Xiang.

The Beijing officials all avoided it, what a joke, Qian Qianyi and the others may be a serious crime of killing officials and rebelling.

Gong Dingzi didn't want to see them either, but there was nothing he could do about being blocked.

"Let's talk about it somewhere else, don't be on the street, go quickly." Gong Dingzi hurriedly led them away.

Several people found a secluded restaurant.

Dong Xiaowan hurriedly said, I heard that Mr. Gong has a good relationship with the emperor, and asked Mr. Gong to save our husband.

Gong Dingzi swiped, his face flushed, I'm such a fart, but of course he wouldn't say it, it's just that his expression was a bit ugly.

Liu Rushi didn't speak first, but was observing his expression, when he saw Gong Dingzi's face suddenly flushed, and then thought about Wu Sangui's hesitation to speak, a strange feeling suddenly came to his heart.

"Brother Mei is at home? We sisters haven't seen each other for a long time." Liu Rushi said.

Gong Dingzi blushed and thought for a while: "I have reconciled with Hengbo."

"..." Dong Xiaowan.

Liu Rushi had such an expression as expected.

"Brother Mei, where do you live now?" Liu Rushi hurriedly asked.

"She lives near the imperial city, and sometimes she often enters the palace to teach the concubines in the harem the rhythm. I heard that the sage likes rhythm, and Hengbo is good at it, so she is very popular with all the concubines in the palace." Gong Dingzi is not polite, Wu Sangui dare not say things, he Just say it.

His wife has been slept by others, so of course he has to speak out, so that everyone in the world knows how miserable the emperor is.

As for whether to lose face or not?It didn't matter because his face was already gone.

What Gong Dingzi said was so obvious that even Dong Xiaowan was a little shocked.

"Hey." Liu Rushi sighed deeply: "Master Gong, please tell us Brother Mei's address."

Now they know that the key person is Gu Hengbo, whether they can save Qian Qianyi is up to Gong Dingzi.

Gong Dingzi didn't say much, and immediately gave them Gu Hengbo's address.

In the end, he looked Liu Rushi up and down, Liu Rushi was the most beautiful and most temperamental among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai.

He thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to save Mr. Qian and the others, you have to do it yourself. I don't think Hengbo may be useful."

It's obvious what he said, and he was short of naming Ding Yi as Cao's thief.

Dong Xiaowan was stunned, not knowing what was going on.

Liu Rushi understood it immediately, and when she swiped, her face turned red, and she couldn't believe it.

She thought that she could ask Gu Hengbo for help in this matter, and listen to Gong Dingzi's meaning?
"I've said everything I can say, and you two pretend you haven't seen me before, and leave." Gong Dingzi hurried away, and after leaving the restaurant, he turned his head and looked behind, thinking that Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan's graceful figures might be gone soon. To be hugged by Ding Yi, I feel resentment and envy at the same time.

(End of this chapter)