God Weird Fairy

Chapter 363 0252.5 Finance Department

Nan Yi was a little confused and couldn't figure out what Luo Su knew.

But it doesn't matter.

Because Nan Yi didn't need to explore the secrets of Luo Su. No matter what Luo Su knew or what he was thinking, Nan Yi only cared about whether he could persuade Luo Su to help.

As long as Luo Su is willing to help him, Nan Yi can resolve the situation of joint boycott by officials from the nine departments, and then divide and conquer it.

Because Luo Su has been a Wuxiang teacher for decades, he is not just a senior brother of the outer sect. If we only talk about academics, almost all the officials in the current Ministry of Culture are Luo Su's students.

As long as Luo Su spoke, unless it was a matter of life or death or the fundamentals of the Tao, the officials of the Ministry of Culture would have to give Luo Su some face.

At the moment, the civil and military officials are having conflicts with Nan Yi because they don't want Nan Yi to squeeze out and occupy the fortune bonus that originally belonged to the steam technology.

But this kind of dispute is only about the amount of additional help, not about the fundamentals. So after Nan Yi understood the situation of leaving Beijing, he naturally chose Luo Su as a breakthrough point.

Luo Su was deeply involved in the literary world, only cultivating his reputation in the literary world, and never involved in officialdom games, so there was no dispute between him and Nan Yi. Moreover, he had been in the mortal realm for many years, and his foundation was solid. Even if he broke through the realm and established the foundation, it would be easy, so he didn't need to join the excitement of the steam technology discourse power.

If he could persuade Luo Su to help, it would only benefit Nan Yi and not cause any harm.

He looked at Luo Su with sharp eyes.

Luo Su pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Junior brother has amazing talent. He is a once-in-a-century talent in our Wuxiang Academy. As the Wuxiang Master, I should promote you."

"But in matters of this kind, everyone has their own standpoints, and I cannot ask others to give in to you."

"But if we can give you some face and ask the officials in the Ministry of Culture to wait and see for a month, that's fine."

Nan Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Senior Brother, for your help. I am very grateful and will remember it in my heart."

Even if Luo Su is a master without form, he cannot ask the officials of the Ministry of Culture to give up the dispute directly. But as long as he can make them remain neutral and wait and see for a month, he can break the situation of nine departments and hundreds of officials joining forces to suppress and boycott. Then Nan Yi can launch a counterattack and defeat them by dividing them.

Luo Su asked casually, "With regard to the art of steam, each of the nine departments has its own demands. After the Ministry of Literature has waited and seen, I wonder which department you plan to start with?"

Nan Yi smiled and said, "Of course it's the Ministry of Commerce."

Among the nine departments, the Ministry of Industry firmly grasped the rights of R&D and manufacturing, and was already safe and secure, without much aggression. Although the other departments had their needs, they were not so aggressive as to target Nan Yi.

Only the Ministry of Commerce hoped to vigorously promote steam technology to enable merchants to make profits and increase tax revenue, and use this opportunity to spread Taoism to the people. They were particularly wary of Nan Yi, who was developing the Qigong and martial arts to coerce the people, and they targeted him.

As the saying goes, hit with one punch to avoid a hundred punches.

Nan Yi wanted to divide and conquer, so naturally he had to defeat the Shang Department, which was the one that cared most about this matter.

In the first year of the Tianqi reign, after the "Geometry Crime" case, all officials of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Commerce resigned, and Emperor Li redeployed officials from various counties to handle finance.

The new officials of the Ministry of Finance worked for Emperor Li, and naturally offended many aristocratic families in the capital.

If Nan Yi launched a counterattack against the Ministry of Commerce's Finance Department, other officials from aristocratic families would most likely be happy to see it happen and allow Nan Yi to do what he wanted.

It can be said that stabilizing the Ministry of Culture and attacking the Ministry of Commerce were exactly what Nan Yi had planned to do to break the impasse. He took the open route and targeted the demands of Wuxiang Master Luo Su and the unstable foundation of Lin Ye, the current director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Commerce.

"I want to make the acquaintance of Su Guang, the former director of the Ministry of Finance. I wonder if my senior brother has any connections?" Su Guang, thirty-eight years old, is a rare female cultivator who has been appointed an official.

He had a generous and open-minded character, made friends easily and rarely made enemies, so he had a very smooth career. At a young age, he was already the Minister of Commerce and concurrently the Director of the Ministry of Finance, an official of the third rank.

At that time, Su Guang was even the highest-ranking female cultivator in the entire Dali. She talked and laughed with great scholars and had no ordinary people around her.

As a result, not long after he was promoted to the position of Vice Minister of Commerce, Su Guang encountered the sudden death of the previous Emperor Li and the accession of the current emperor to the throne. What's more, in order to gain real imperial power and not be a powerless monarch, Emperor Li immediately took action against the Ministry of Finance.

Faced with the soul-searching question of why the per capita tax in Beijing is lower than that in Dali, Su Guang was stunned and dared not utter a word.

Of course she knew that the powerful people in the capital were the best at tax evasion, and of course she knew that Emperor Li wanted her to stand up and report all the powerful people in the capital so that Emperor Li would have an excuse to rectify the officialdom.

After all, Su Guang had just taken office. As long as she reported it and said that it was an old matter and not her fault, and that she was willing to find out the details for the Emperor, she would not be demoted but would have the hope of moving up to the next level and becoming the Minister of Commerce.

Just like the current Director of the Department of Finance, Lin Ye, who was brave enough to report something when the financial accounts of the first year of Tianqi were being reviewed, and thus he was promoted out of turn and secured the position of Director - although Lin Ye only dared to report a few small things at the time and did not dare to seriously arouse public anger.

But Su Guang was not Lin Ye after all. Lin Ye was a newly transferred official with no foundation. In order to strive for an extraordinary promotion, he dared to pick out some weak persimmons and report them.

Su Guang, who was suddenly questioned by Emperor Li, thought about it and decided that it would be better not to offend the powerful people in the capital rather than becoming Emperor Li's knife.

So she remained silent, and was dismissed and demoted by the Emperor Li under his disappointed gaze.

However, although Su Guang was dismissed by Emperor Li, he did not choose to report the powerful people in the capital, so his popularity did not suffer and he was still a guest of honor among the major families in the capital.

On the other hand, although Lin Ye rose to the position of Director of the Finance Department by virtue of his courage in reporting crimes and offended the noble families in the city, he did not dare to offend them completely.

Now, Lin Ye knew that Emperor Li admired the true qi martial arts and wanted Nan Yi to come to the capital, but he was unwilling to speak for Emperor Li, which undoubtedly lost the favor of Emperor Li.

If Nan Yi can support Su Guang, allow him to rise again and squeeze out Lin Ye, he can resolve the pressure from the Ministry of Commerce.

Luo Su understood and said, "Su Guang went out of the city a few days ago. I don't know if he has returned yet. I will send someone to investigate later and give you a reply tomorrow."

Then, Luo Su changed the subject: "Junior brother, you have just left Beijing, and I think you are temporarily in need of a long-term place to stay. It just so happens that my grandson is traveling outside, and his house is idle. If you don't mind, why don't you stay in my grandson's house temporarily?"

After roughly understanding Nan Yi's plan for dealing with the affairs of the court, and knowing that he had a plan in mind, Luo Su stopped talking and turned the topic to what Nan Yi had mentioned earlier about changing the name of the character in the new book.

From Luo Su's perspective, Qigong and martial arts are bound to gain momentum.

Unless Emperor Li is furious and denounces the Qi martial arts as evil and suppresses it with thundering force, most people will spontaneously practice the Qi of Immortality in order to prolong their lives.

Even if all the officials join forces to suppress it and successfully curb the development momentum of Zhenqi Martial Arts and prevent it from spreading easily throughout the country, they cannot stop its spontaneous spread.

Although Luo Su had never thought of helping Nan Yi before, he was now persuaded by Nan Yi and wanted to help. He also felt that investing in Nan Yi was quite worthwhile.

His action now may not be like providing timely help, but it is definitely not just a tiny contribution to add icing on the cake.

With Nan Yi's talent as a genius, it's not a loss to make a good relationship. Not to mention that if the Qigong martial arts is successful, if he can share the benefits of the Qigong martial arts, it may be beneficial for generations to come.

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(End of this chapter)