Han Shizu

Chapter 1490 The board came without warning
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Imperial City Envoy is asking to see you outside the hall!"

"Let him in!" Emperor Liu's emotions and attention were finally dragged a bit, without turning his eyes, he ordered lightly.

"The little ones see the officials!" Soon Zhang Dejun entered the room, efficiently taking into account the situation in the palace, respectful as usual, and prostrating.

In the past few days, Zhang Dejun did not see him from time to time, and did things every day, as before, but restrained himself, and stayed in the office peacefully, feeling like watching the fire from the other side.

However, as soon as he was called, he immediately cheered up and came to see him as if he had received some signal.As the head of the Imperial City Department, Zhang Dejun is naturally aware of what happened in the palace, and even guessed the purpose of Emperor Liu's summoning.

"Pingshen!" Emperor Liu called Zhang Dejun directly and asked, "You know what happened in the palace, right?"

"I've heard about it a little bit!" Zhang Dejun responded with an unusually respectful attitude.If you don't know, then he, the imperial envoy, probably has done his best.

Emperor Liu looked like he didn't want to be verbose, and immediately said: "It's good to know! Now I give you this task, use your sense of smell as the imperial city secretary, go and investigate, and dig out all the moths in the palace. I want to see how many sensational and dirty things are out of my sight!"

Hearing the order, Zhang Dejun made an expression of being extremely excited and even heartbroken, and promised through gritted teeth: "Don't worry, the officials! The little ones will definitely find out these beasts who have failed the holy grace, bullied the king, and ate the inside out!"

Zhang Dejun's performance did not impress Emperor Liu, which shows that he was in a bad mood. Of course, for Zhang Dejun, it was enough for Emperor Liu to see his loyalty and respect.

And through Emperor Liu's attitude, Zhang Dejun also had a basic judgment on the degree of anger of the officials this time, and he also had an idea of ​​how to handle the errand this time.

Seeing that Emperor Liu had no intention of exhorting him, Zhang Dejun wanted to retreat, but was stopped by Emperor Liu.Emperor Liu turned around and found a memorial on the imperial case, turned his head and asked: "It is recorded here that the annual allocation to the Imperial City Division is only [-] guan, which is not a small amount, but for the stall of the Imperial City Division Come on, is that enough?"

Hearing this, Zhang Dejun couldn't help being startled, how could he be involved in the Imperial City Secretary again, what is the official's intention?

Unlike the Wu De Division, the annual funds of the Imperial City Division are directly allocated by the palace. They are Liu Huang's real eagle dogs, and naturally they are also raised by the royal family.

After more than ten years of development, up to now, there are more than 300 official personnel in the Imperial City Department, who have titles and eat imperial food.Only in terms of personnel salaries and daily operations, one hundred thousand guan is enough.

However, the operation of an intelligence organization and secret service agency requires much more than that.All kinds of tasks, all kinds of spying for intelligence, the placement of meticulous eyeliner, etc., are all driven by needs, nothing more than power and money, and money is the most direct and effective.

There are so many people in the Imperial City Department, even the so-called emperor's domestic slaves and eagle dogs, but if you say that these people are loyal to Emperor Liu and willing to die for Emperor Liu, Emperor Liu himself does not believe it.

After all, those who are willing to join institutions such as the Imperial City Division should not have high moral and moral expectations of such people.And Emperor Liu drove them, more importantly, relying on authority, but for most people in the Imperial City Department, what they pursue is nothing more than fame, fortune and wealth.

The operation of the Imperial City Division is obviously inseparable from money, which requires a lot of money.One hundred thousand guan, if you really have to calculate it carefully, for the Imperial City Secretary, the role it can play is limited
If it is limited to this, the Imperial City Division will not be able to develop to the present level.Not to mention other things, the total number of peripheral personnel under the Imperial City Department is not to mention five thousand, but three thousand. With so many people, it is not easy for Zhang Dejun to support them.

But the problem is that every year Zhang Dejun withdraws from the inner court only [-] guan, how can there be no problems among them.

At this time, hearing Emperor Liu's question, Zhang Dejun's heart rang alarm bells. Facing the scrutinizing gaze, he only hesitated for a while, but still did not dare to hide too much, and said: "Officials, apart from the allocation of funds from the inner court, the subordinates of the yamen , is still operating some industries in Xijing, and the income is used to maintain the operation."

In this regard, Emperor Liu was not surprised. In the Han court, even some Qingshui yamen had some job fields and properties. The industries controlled by Wu Desi's subordinates even spread all over the major cities across the country. It is not surprising that there are some industries in China.

It's just that Emperor Liu had never been involved in such matters before.But now, I couldn't help but feel a little more thoughtful, and looked at Zhang Dejun playfully: "It seems that you are also well-run, otherwise why don't you need to ask for more money to support the Imperial City Secretary?"

"The small ones are not good at business, and the income from the business is barely enough! The officials trust the small ones, so how can the small ones use a little money to pollute the officials' ears." Zhang Dejun said.

Perhaps Zhang Dejun is really not good at managing money, but he has no shortage of people under his command.

"Hehe! You are thinking for me and sharing my worries!" Emperor Liu responded lightly, thought for a while, and said, "I have no intention of inquiring about it. For the industry, go to the Shaofu to make a record, and the accounts will also be submitted to the Shaofu for review in the future!"

Emperor Liu was obviously going to tighten the money bag of the Imperial City Secretary. Hearing this, Zhang Dejun was shocked, and his face couldn't help showing a look of astonishment. He hesitated and said: "This..."

"What! Do you have an opinion?" Emperor Liu glanced for a moment.

Zhang Dejun was startled, lowered his waist again, and shook his head again, his tone was very affirmative: "I have no objection, I will follow the official order!"

"You don't have to feel aggrieved. Once the income is paid, it is still used in the Imperial City Department, but the accounts need to be supervised!" Emperor Liu said flatly.

"I understand!" Zhang Dejun replied.

In fact, for Zhang Dejun, what he cares about is not reporting the property accounts to the Shaofu, which has no actual loss to his own interests.If the Imperial City Division wants money, there are plenty of ways. If this kind of spy agency has no gray income, it is not worthy of being called a spy agency. What kind of supervision can the Shaofu really do.

The problem is that the meaning revealed behind Emperor Liu's decree was caused by the turmoil in the palace, and he suddenly thought about it, or what did he think of the Imperial City Secretary, or Zhang Sishi?

Serving as an errand for Emperor Liu, I dare not stop thinking too much, let alone lose my vigilance.Emperor Liu ignored Zhang Dejun's deep expression, waved his hands, and said, "Go and finish the errands first!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dejun replied, and the solemnity on his face disappeared.

Before leaving, he casually glanced at Yan Tuo who was beside him, and there was a playful look in his eyes.Yan Tuo frowned subconsciously at this, and his calm face couldn't help but feel a little more gloomy.

When Emperor Liu called Zhang Dejun and confessed the task of investigating the inner court, Yan Tuo's mood sank. The grievances between the two made him have to be careful.

Based on Yantuo's understanding of Zhang Dejun, he might just dig a hole for him somewhere, set up a trap or something, but judging from his strange eyes, his vigilance is obviously correct.

Emperor Liu noticed the eye contact and the collision of eyes between the two eunuchs, raised his eyebrows, and called Zhang Dejun: "Wait!"

"What orders do the officials have?" Zhang Dejun turned around and asked.

Emperor Liu pointed at Yan Tuo and said, "You also go along and assist the Imperial City Division in the investigation!"

"Yes! I will definitely assist you with all my strength!" Yan Tuo was slightly surprised, but immediately responded positively.

Seeing this, Zhang Dejun couldn't help but feel gloomy, but he didn't show it, and he didn't dare to object, so he could only agree.The two eunuchs came out of the palace together, not in a very good mood. Zhang Dejun was frightened that Emperor Liu had beaten the board so that he was not recruited, which made people panic. Yan Tuo was worried that these dirty things would inevitably involve himself, especially in Zhang Dejun. The old dog is in charge of the case.

(End of this chapter)