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Chapter 856

The place where Li Xia sent Wang Luo off was the Baqiao outside the east city of Chang'an.

As one of the eight scenic spots in Guanzhong, Baqiao has beautiful scenery, with embankments built for five miles and thousands of willows planted.

It is also known as "Qingjin Bridge", because Chang'an often ends here when seeing off. The so-called "There has always been only love that is hard to end, why is it called Qingjin Bridge, and since then it has been renamed Zheliu, let it leave hatred one by one."

Baqiao Yanliu, the feeling of parting is of course very charming, but it is not necessary for Li Xia.

He did not have this kind of friendship with Wang Xiao.

Wang Luo is just an ordinary subordinate, and it is only because what he has to do is very important that he needs to send it off in person.

On the contrary, it was Li Zhaocheng who came to see him off on purpose, which made Li Xia a little puzzled.

"I didn't even know you had such a good relationship with Wang Xiao."

Li Zhaocheng shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with Wang Xiao."

"Then who is it for?"

"Daoist Yu."

"Do you know where they went?"

"I don't know. He probably doesn't want us to worry, or he wants to keep his whereabouts secret. He just told us that he is going out with a big shot. But the biggest shot is you. He can't lie to me. I'll come and have a look."

Li Xia thought it was Wang Luo who told others about the itinerary and kept things secret.After asking, he found that it was just like this, so that's okay, he didn't bother to ask about other things.

Chang'an was still sweltering in the first ten days of August. He asked people to buy some watermelons on the side of the road, shared them with the guards under the willow trees in Baqiao, and then rode back to the city.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon." Li Zhaocheng walked side by side, "Will Mid-Autumn Festival come to your house for dinner?"

"It's inconvenient to take a big family there." Li Xia casually refused, and said, "You can bring the grandpa to the house."

Now others call Li Yong "Li Taigong", so Li Xia also calls him that.

In fact, Li Yong and Li Zhaocheng are also a big family, but Li Zhaocheng didn't feel any inconvenience, so he nodded happily.

After talking about the family affairs, Li Xia naturally changed to a business-like tone, and said, "I have an errand for you."

"it is good."

Li Zhaocheng and Li Yong have no formal official positions at the moment.

Where are their identities, if Li Xia can accomplish something, the Grand Duke and the eldest son will not lose their titles as royal relatives;

Although Li Yong has no official position, what he does is similar to that of a deputy prime minister. Specifically, it is like participating in political affairs, not sitting in the hall, not knowing the seal, and discussing government affairs.

Before today, Li Zhaocheng was similar to Zhongshu Sheren, he did not sit in the hall, but took orders to do things, and he was busy and idle from time to time.

If necessary, he can of course take specific official positions...

"I'm going to issue banknotes and build Guanzhong water conservancy. These two things involve huge profits, and it's hard to guarantee that no one will fill their pockets. You come to build a yamen called 'Lianfangsi', which is similar to supervising censors, supervising whether there are officials in it Hands up and down."

Li Zhaocheng is considered capable, but it also depends on who he compares with. He is the best among ordinary people.Compared with terrifying geniuses like Lu Xiufu, Xi Jihu, and Qin Jiushao, they seemed a bit mediocre.

Li Xia and Lu Xiufu also talked about this matter, and Lu Xiufu immediately agreed, and drew up a note when he went back, but he was able to explain the whole thing to Li Xia.

Li Zhaocheng needed Li Xia to explain clearly.

"You and Lu Xiufu will work together to handle this matter. He will handle specific matters, and you will be the official. This is to show that no matter who dares to reach out, the inspection has the right to deal with it. In addition, the Public Opinion Department and the Mokan Institute can Cooperate with your investigation and audit, and supervise each other at the same time..."

To make an analogy, the institution Li Xia wants is somewhat similar to Song Yushitai.

Speaking of Yushitai, the censor officials in the Tang Dynasty were divided into Taiguan, Yuanguan, Taiguan and supervisory officials, and Yuanguan persuaded the emperor.In the Song Dynasty, the Taiyuan was merged, and only the officials could be supervised, and the emperor could no longer be controlled.

In order to keep the emperor stable, he provoked the ministers to fight each other, and stipulated that if the supervisory officials failed to impeach for a hundred days, they would be dismissed and fined.

This is also one of the reasons for the increasingly fierce internal strife in the Song court.

Now Li Xia is also setting up supervision, and he is very cautious about this point. The reason why he is temporarily called "Integrity Visiting Department" is to hope that there will be less impeachment and internal fighting between each other, and the focus will be on the word "Integrity" first.

"Understood, I will contact Junshi and report to you after drawing up the regulations."

"Well, as soon as possible. At this time, you can't rely on people's self-consciousness. The supervision system should be perfected first."

"Perhaps the Department of Integrity Investigation was set up, and it was found that there was not a single corrupt official."

"That's impossible." Li Xia didn't have such naive illusions at all, and said: "Strict supervision is the protection of officials. Too much trust will give them a chance to reach out, and that will hurt them."

"Yes."

Li Zhaocheng was a little afraid of Li Xia's seriousness.

He is only 25 years old. Although he tries hard to show the calmness of an elder brother, he feels in his heart that Li Xia is his elder brother and king.

……

The two entered Chang'an City all the way, and when they arrived at the Guanxi area, Li Xia returned to the Qin Palace.

Li Zhaocheng stopped by to talk to Jiang Di about Yu Dechen first.

"I sent him off, he didn't lie to us, he just told the little Taoist priest not to worry."

"Really?" Jiang Di asked: "Who was sent by King Qin to patrol, even you don't know?"

Her desk was full of paperwork, and she looked very busy.

"Confidential." Li Zhaocheng said casually, and was about to leave when he remembered something again and said, "Are you doing things with Qin Daogu now?"

"No." Jiang Di put down his pen, waved his hand, and said in a low voice, "He is my subordinate."

"Can you hold it?"

"What do you think? Of course not, I have a headache."

"I heard his name in Jiaxing when I was young. At that time, he wrote "Nine Chapters of Shu Shu" in Huzhou and was summoned by officials."

"Me too, I heard his name just after I went to Xuzhou with my father." Jiang Di rubbed his forehead with his hand, and said: "He recruited volunteer soldiers to fight against Mongolia at Tongchuan Road Mansion, even my father will meet with courtesy, Why do you think I'm on a job here?"

"Let me tell you, what you guys mean is that he is greedy for money and extravagance, and uses power for personal gain. But he has always been a staunch main fighter. Gotta give him another chance."

"If you say this, I find it even more difficult."

"Let's go, I'm still busy."

Li Zhaocheng went out of the lobby, and took another look at the public house next door. He couldn't help but think that if there was an honest visit envoy, this would be one of the officials to pay attention to.

He turned his head and gestured to Jiang Di with his eyes.

Jiang Di was a little puzzled, put down his pen again, got up and took a look at Qin Jiushao's public house, only to see Qin Jiushao was sitting there making tea and drinking with his feather fan lightly, leisurely.

This made Jiang Di a little helpless. Not long ago, she took a stack of household registrations of various states and counties and asked him to count the population. She didn't know whether she was done or lazy here. She was hesitating what to do, so she heard Qin Jiushao ask: "Mr. Jiang Anything to order?"

"Cough... When will Duke Qin give me the population file of Lintao Mansion this year?"

"Here it is."

As soon as Qin Jiushao pointed to the table case, he took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner. After a while, he remembered to pass the file to Jiang Di, and soon sat down again.

Jiang Di was surprised: "The calculation is done so quickly?"

Qin Jiushao smiled slightly, and raised his hand to ask her to check. He leaned on the back of the chair, raised his head, stroked the long beard on his chin, and asked, "This review of salt and iron, degree of support, and tax items is similar to that of the third division, but Under the management of Princess Jingzhai?"

Jiang Di hadn't told Qin Jiushao about this before, so he couldn't help asking in surprise, "How did Duke Qin know?"

"King Qin's strategy, besides Lord Jingzhai, who else is competent now? Why don't you see Lord Jingzhai coming to the Yamen?"

"Mr. Jingzhai has his own affairs. We should do our job well and make no mistakes."

"That's right. He should also be in charge of the coupon issue. He's busy issuing Jiaozi recently, right?"

Jiang Di couldn't help being surprised again.

It is not a secret to prepare to issue banknotes, but only some relevant officials know about it at present.She didn't understand how Qin Jiushao knew.

"It's not difficult to guess. When I was in Jiangling Mansion, I fought with Duke Jingzhai on the issue of coupons." Qin Jiushao picked up the teacup again and drank it slowly.

In Jiang Di's eyes, it seemed really unfathomable.

Qin Jiushao shook his head and sighed, "Is he over seventy years old? It's too hard to work so hard."

Jiang Di blinked, stopped watching him show off, turned around and brought a large stack of files over to Qin Jiushao's desk, and said, "Then please take care of Mr. Qin, and report it to me immediately after the calculation is completed."

This time, her tone was much tougher.

In her eyes, Qin Jiushao is not unintelligent. He is proficient in everything, whether it is planning or writing. I thought he would not be an official. In fact, he is also very smart in the officialdom, but his ambition is too obvious.

Just three sentences revealed the intention to be promoted, it is really lacking in the city, it seems to be eager for quick success, it is inevitable to make people feel contemptuous.

Jiang Di was much less in awe of him.

……

"No wonder this man has a bad official reputation and makes enemies everywhere. He is obsessed with fame and fortune, and he really doesn't hide it."

When I got together with my friends before the Mid-Autumn Festival, when talking about Qin Jiushao, Jiang Di couldn't help but comment like this.

"If you put it that way, I think he is not a bad character, but a good character." Sun Deyu had a different opinion, and said with a smile: "Other people are greedy and touch them quietly, but he is the only one who is greedy clearly." , look down on people and say it bluntly, it can be said that... Tao follows nature."

Li Zhaocheng couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Whether it's open or dark, greed is greed, and it's useless to exploit the common people. I can't control him in the south of the Yangtze River, but if he dares to reach out in the future, the only way is to bring him to justice." .”

Sun Deyu and Jiang Di laughed.

"The Lian Visiting Envoy has not yet taken office, but already has a lot of official authority."

Li Zhaocheng's expression became more solemn, and he said, "I think we will have a lot of intersections in official affairs in the future. It was agreed in advance that private is private, and public is public."

"What kind of intersection can there be?"

Jiang Di laughed and said: "You little Taoist priest is greedy for money. You supervised the construction of the canals in Guanzhong this time and the gunpowder that opened up the Longshan and Dalongshan Mountains. If I find out that there are mistakes in the accounts, I must report them to the Lianfang envoy. You go to jail."

"That's right, the dean of the Gewu Institute also needs our attention from the Department of Integrity and Intervention.

"..."

They were chatting and laughing in the small courtyard, but Li Zhaocheng didn't realize that his two-bedroom wife had reported to Li Yong that he secretly cooks to entertain friends from time to time.

Li Yong stood by the window and listened for a while, then finally shook his head and walked away without saying anything.

Now it is finally a little more stable. The eldest son likes to cook, and it doesn't matter if he cooks occasionally. The huge Sichuan and Shaanxi can't tolerate this hobby.

(End of this chapter)