Thief Emperor

Chapter 495 Six Divisions and Triangle

Li Yun's taking of a concubine this time was not known to the whole city, nor was it particularly ostentatious.

However, officials in Jinling City and generals such as Zhou Liang stationed near Jinling were still present.

Including the Lu family members who rushed over from Luzhou, there were only five tables of people gathered in Li Garden and had a meal together.

Because it was not a marriage, the ceremony was relatively simple and only took half a day to come to an end. The two concubines, who were in their prime years, were sent to Li Yuan's backyard together. Now they each had a small courtyard.

Li Yun, on the other hand, was drinking with his "colleagues" in the front yard. Fei Xuan picked up his wine glass, toasted Li Yun with a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Lord Li, you are now blessed with so many wives."

At this moment, Fei Xuan's family had been taken to Jinling, and they had settled down there. More importantly, after staying in Jinling for a while, Fei Xuan liked this place more and more.

Not for anything else, just for the sake of the word "righteousness".

When Fei Xuan was in the Ministry of Justice in the capital, he often offended the powerful because of his fair dealings, and was finally kicked out to Jiangdong.

When he first arrived in Jiangdong, he thought Li Yun was a traitor and was extremely unwilling to cooperate with him.

However, it has been nearly a year since he arrived in Jiangdong, and during this time, the customs and practices in Jiangdong are very much to his liking.

Because Li Yun's way of doing things, or the entire Jiangdong's style of doing things, is very fair. No matter who it is, as long as they make a mistake, they will be dealt with according to the rules without any ambiguity.

One reason is that the Jiangdong Group, headed by Li Yun, is still in its early stages. The team is energetic and relatively healthy.

Secondly... Jiangdong has not had time to form a powerful and aristocratic class, and the children of Li Yun's generation have not grown up yet.

Such a place made Fei Xuan feel like a fish in water. As an old criminal lawyer, he had a very happy time in Jiangdong.

In addition, his family had also arrived in Jiangdong, so he didn't have to worry about the safety of his family. He really calmed down and prepared to follow Li Yun.

Li Yun looked at Fei Xuan and said with a smile: "Mr. Fei, you must build the Censorate as soon as possible. I will also give priority to you in assigning the newcomers from Jinling."

Du He, who was sitting on a chair, said quickly after hearing this: "That won't do. We agreed that it should be distributed to our Ministry of Revenue first!"

Du He was in charge of the money and grain accounts in Jiangdong, which meant he played the role of the Ministry of Revenue. However, due to too few staff, he had no way of getting involved in matters such as land taxes and was simply in charge of the accounts.

Therefore, it could not be considered a complete Ministry of Revenue, so Li Yun named it the Duzhisi.

Li Yun named the education sector that Tao Wenyuan will be in charge of in the future the Academic Department.

If it follows the naming method of the Ministry of Rites of that era, it should be called the "Ministry of Rites", which is responsible for rituals, music, schools, ceremonies, systems, clothing, etc. However, Jiangdong now does not need other functions, and there are not enough people to set up other functions.

Li Yun simply needed a "Ministry of Education", so he separated the function of running a school and established a separate Ministry of Education.

As for the other three departments, they were transformed into the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Military Affairs which was under the charge of Li Yun himself.

Among them, the Military Affairs Department not only includes all the functions of the Ministry of War, but also has the authority to command and dispatch military forces from all over the country. It is directly under the control of Li Yun and has the most power among all the departments in Jiangdong.

In this way, the Six Departments of Jiangdong that Li Yun derived from the Six Ministries already had a skeleton, and all he had to do was to build flesh and blood on this skeleton.

After hearing Du He's words, everyone at the table laughed. Li Yun looked at Du He and said with a smile, "Brother Shouyi is concurrently in charge of the Personnel Department. Brother Shouyi will naturally make clear arrangements for your Ministry of Finance."

Du Qian on the side just smiled and didn't respond.

Fei Xuan looked at Li Yun and said, "Sir, I don't want too many officials. Give me more clerks, some horses, and some manpower."

"The Anchasi will be built soon."

Li Yun thought about it, nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I will select a battalion of soldiers from the new recruits camp outside the city and give them to you, Mr. Fei, as soldiers of the Censorate to help the Censorate enforce the law."

The judicial office does need some manpower. After all, sometimes they need to arrest people and seize stolen goods, and without the support of force, nothing can be done.

Fei Xuan thought for a moment and said, "One thousand people are too many. I only need five hundred."

"Within two months, I will build the Jiangdong Anchasi for the Duke."

Li Yun touched his chin and was about to speak, but Du Qian pulled his sleeve and said with a smile: "Master, today is your big day, when can't you talk about official business?"

"You'd better go to the backyard, so as not to neglect the two beautiful ladies."

Du Qian himself had two concubines, and he was already an experienced person. He was joking with Li Yun naturally at this moment. Li Yun was not shy and said with a smile: "We will talk about the official matters tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Let's set up the Jiangdong Six Departments as soon as possible."

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the so-called six departments that Li Yun is going to establish now are actually a streamlined version of the six ministries, with the core functions of the six ministries.

In the future, these six yamen may be able to directly evolve into six ministries.

After hearing what Li Yun said, everyone present became serious and nodded in agreement.

Du Qian was closer to Li Yun, and immediately said with a smile: "I'm afraid you won't be able to leave Li Garden tomorrow."

"It will take at least until the day after tomorrow."

Li said with a smile, "Brother Shouyi, you look down on me. I will go to the government office to look for you tomorrow."

Everyone at the table couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

As for the people eating at the nearby tables, almost no one dared to make too much noise at this moment. Some people looked at Li Yun and Du Qian's table cautiously, knowing very well that that table was the entire Jiangdong today.

The people at the table are all influential figures in Jiangdong.

If they can squeeze in one day, they will truly be...successful!
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Just like that, surrounded by the crowd, Li Yun went to the backyard and entered the bridal chamber.

The next day, he was unable to get up.

It was not until the third day that he left Li Garden to continue discussing the affairs of the Jiangdong Six Departments with Du Qian and others.

And just as here in Jiangdong, the skeleton of the small court was gradually taking shape, its wings were gradually growing, and its strength was rapidly growing, a major event occurred in the capital city of Guanzhong in the west, shaking the entire capital city.

Li Tong, the governor of Hedong, probably because of his old age and the unfamiliar climate in the capital, fell ill.

At his age, even some minor illnesses could be life-threatening. After finally enduring half a month, General Li no longer had the will to stay in the capital.

In fact, ever since the last incident with Prince of Dai Wu She, the two military governors Li Tong and Xiao Xian had already considered leaving the capital. However, after General Wei entered the imperial city with a knife and made a big fuss, he still shamelessly refused to leave the capital, forcing Li and Xiao to stay.

At this time, General Li had fallen seriously ill and could no longer stay in the capital. After he got better, he came to the harem and kowtowed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I am old... I am old and can no longer bear the imperial court's drive. I beg to retire and return home."

His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the throne, terrified by what he heard. He quickly stood up, walked to Li Tong, helped General Li up, and said, "I heard that the general's illness has improved a lot. Since he can recover in the capital, why not stay in the capital for a while."

"It won't be too late to decide whether to stay or go after you've completely recovered."

He really didn't want Li Tong to leave.

As long as the two generals Li Tong and Xiao Xian are in the capital for one day, they can still suppress Wei Quanzhong a little. But if the two generals Li Tong and Xiao Xian leave the capital, who knows how rampant the "King Lingwu" will become?
Li Tong shook his head slightly and said, "This old minister's body can no longer support it."

He looked at the emperor and whispered, "Your Majesty, rest assured. Although I am leaving the court, my son Li Hao can stay in the capital and be at your service."

The emperor opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end nothing came out.

He knew in his heart that General Li could leave at any time if he wanted to, and no one could stop him. But before leaving, he came to say hello to the emperor, which was actually giving him face.

Seeing that the emperor did not speak, Li Tong continued: "After I leave, the Hedong Army will withdraw from the capital and station outside the capital to protect the capital."

The emperor heaved a long sigh after hearing this: "Now that the old general has left, I don't know how to deal with it."

"Your Majesty, rest assured. Although Wei Quanzhong is arrogant, he would never dare to do anything treasonous."

The so-called heinous crime is naturally to kill the king and establish oneself as the emperor.

But at that time, disrespecting the emperor was a crime. If anyone did this, he would immediately become the common enemy of all local forces in the world.

Although Wei Quanzhong is crazy, he is not stupid and he would not do such a thing.

"After I leave, General Xiao may also leave. By then, Wei Quanzhong will be alone in the capital and may be able to act rampant for a while, but he won't dare to stay for long."

At this time, the three Jiedushi had been away from their respective governorates for more than a year. Although each of them had confidants who remained in the governorates, the three of them were more or less a little uneasy.

General Li wanted to return to Taiyuan in Hedong, partly because of health problems, and partly because he wanted to go back to take care of the vassal state.

If Li and Xiao both left, Wei Quanzhong alone would not have enough ability to occupy the capital for a long time.

"It won't be long before Wei Quanzhong will also leave. Before that, Your Majesty must take good care of your health and be steady and prudent."

What this means is to remind the emperor to be patient.

His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a long time, then he sighed and said, "Even if they all left, the world would already be in ruins."

He looked at Li Tong and said slowly: "The old general may not know that one of his relatives has already started his own imperial examination in Jiangnan."

"The old minister's family..."

Li Tong thought about it seriously and soon remembered Li Yun. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing we can do about this. The world of the Great Zhou... I'm afraid you can only clean it up bit by bit, slowly."

The emperor remained silent and did not respond.

On this day, the emperor agreed to the retirement of Li Tong, the governor of Hedong, and let him leave the court.

All kinds of rumors immediately began to spread throughout the capital.

Because the most stable triangle structure in the capital...

One corner has quietly disappeared.

The situation in the capital...

It became subtle.

(End of this chapter)