wealthy lord

Chapter 562 Taking office, internal and external troubles

Everyone looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that the legendary Lin Zhongtang would be so easy-going and easy to talk to. Everyone immediately grinned in apology.

"Master Zhongtang has many things to do and is busy with government affairs. How can we dare to blame him?"

"That's right! That day when Lord Zhongtang entered the capital, the subordinates got a glimpse of your grace! It is an honor for the subordinates to become your subordinates!"

Everyone is an old official, and all of them are very good at flattering others.

Lin Yun nodded with a smile and said: "Okay! Don't say those compliments! Since I am the chief officer of the Ministry of War, I naturally have to shoulder my responsibilities! Therefore, I will give you three days to summarize all the achievements of the Ministry of War in the past year. The government affairs files have been sorted out, and I want to review them myself! In addition, I know that the officials who can enter the six ministries are all talents of the imperial court, and they must have the support of a force behind them! But from today on, I, Lin Yun, said that the Ministry of War will Forget it! People who belong to other forces should take the initiative to resign or be transferred to other departments! If you conceal it and let me find out, everyone will be embarrassed! I will never tolerate it, do you understand? "

Everyone listened to Lin Yun's arrangement of work, and everyone nodded in agreement. But when they heard that Lin Yun wanted to exclude dissidents, they were all dumbfounded.

Subconsciously he looked at Ling Ri, hoping he could say something.

But in this case, how could Ling Ri say more? He himself belongs to Lin Yun. At this moment, he can only pretend to be deaf and mute, turning his head and looking out the door.

He understood that the Ministry of War was probably going to make a major personnel adjustment next.

Because of the seven people present, five of them all have profound backgrounds. They are either from the two princes or from the two people in the middle hall.

Of course, this situation is not unique to the Ministry of War, but is true for the entire six departments.

It was the result of discussions among the military and aircraft ministers, and the purpose was to balance power.

But on his first day at the Ministry of War, Lin Yun had to break this unwritten rule, which really shocked everyone present.

Lin Yun did this to make room for his confidants.

He doesn't trust these outsiders even if they don't use them easily, so how can he feel comfortable with his own people?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Lin Yun walked into the study in the back room with a smile.

Several officials were immediately furious, and they all whispered, quite dissatisfied with Lin Yun's tyranny.

But now they don't dare to say bad things, they can only keep their heads down and continue working, planning to wait until later to report the situation to their masters behind them.

Ling Ri followed him to the study room and saw Lin Yun sitting on the imperial chair, sipping tea with a smile.

He quickly turned around and closed the door, smiling bitterly: "Sir, what you just said was not a joke, was it?"

Lin Yun said playfully: "Brother-in-law, do you think it's a joke?"

"This...Lin Zhongtang, you may not understand the situation of Liubu yet..."

Lin Yun didn't wait for him to finish, waved his hand and interrupted: "Okay, there are no outsiders here. Brother-in-law can either call me Lin Yun or brother-in-law. Why are you so polite?"

Ling Ri smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay! Then I'd better call you by your name!"

He really didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Lin Yun. Calling him by his first name was at least a formal address. Calling him brother-in-law seemed to be deliberately taking advantage of Lin Yun.

After all, this is officialdom, not really at home.

Lin Yun continued: "Brother-in-law, although it is my first time to be an official in Beijing, I am not a stupid young man who doesn't understand anything! Those people outside are all people with masters! I don't want to say or do anything in the future. , are all being monitored!"

"But if you really do this, wouldn't you offend everyone at once?"

Lin Yun said playfully: "The people my brother-in-law mentioned are those four people, right?"

Ling Ri nodded hurriedly.

"Haha, then brother-in-law, you don't have to worry! Believe it or not, when those few learned about this, they could only hold their noses and admit it?" Who doesn't know about the fight between Lin Yun and Fulin'an?
The harder he strikes, the less those people dare to provoke him.

Without such courage, he, Lin Yun, would not be worthy of joining the cabinet and worshiping the prime minister.

Ling Ri sighed: "I know that my brother-in-law is now a very popular minister and is on an equal footing with those others! I'm just worried about making too many enemies!"

Lin Yun didn't want to argue with him about this meaningless issue, so he picked up a file on the table, which contained the military deployment of the Daduan Dynasty.

His eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly opened it and started reading.

Looking at several marks on the map made by the previous minister, Lin Yun asked: "Brother-in-law, are these marks all enemies of the imperial court?"

Ling Ri stretched his neck to take a look, nodded and said: "That's right! The one drawn with cinnabar is our mortal enemy!"

Lin Yun took a rough look and found that except for the five counties near the capital, the rest of the locations were marked with cinnabar.

The position of Fengyang County has been marked, which means it can no longer threaten the imperial court.

The territories owned by the other thirty-five vassal kings with different surnames are the most conspicuous, and they have surrounded the capital on three sides.

Lin Yun sighed inwardly, no wonder the emperor had trouble sleeping and eating, being surrounded by these vassal kings of different surnames who supported their troops and respected themselves. If it were him, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep either.

As for Fengyang County in the southwest, although it was solved by itself, there were seven or eight surrounding countries.

If these countries suddenly attack, the imperial court will be unable to defend itself, and the first unlucky person will be Fengyang County.

Seeing this, Lin Yun was inexplicably irritated and secretly scolded Lin Fengjiao and Lin Hetu for being bastards.

They have been guarding Fengyang County for so many years, but they have not solved any practical problems. The Panda tribe has led their tribes to attack the border cities many times, burning, killing and looting, causing considerable losses to the local area.

Ling Ri saw him staring at Fengyang County without saying a word, and whispered: "Lin Yun, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Yun ignored him, picked up the brush on the table, and drew an X near the border.

At this moment, he finally understood why the emperor accepted his conditions and agreed to let Lin Xuan continue to be King Fengyang.

This is obviously to use the power he cultivated in Fengyang County to guard the border.

If the aliens dare to invade again, both Lin Yun and Lin Xuan will definitely take action.

As long as he, Lin Yun, does not fall, the imperial court will have the strongest fortress that cannot be breached.

It seems that I can't focus all my attention on internal fighting in the future.

However, he is not too worried. Fengyang County is no longer what it used to be. Niubei Village has been producing weapons and equipment non-stop. In addition, with powerful figures like Lin Xuan and Jiang Kun leading the Lin family army, the combat effectiveness is absolutely superb. Hard to imagine.

But at this moment, the eunuch in charge of the emperor suddenly pushed the door in and said with a smile: "Hey, the master in the middle hall is having a meeting? I didn't disturb you, did I?"

Lin Yun stood up and said, "Eunuch Cao, is there something wrong?"

"The Emperor has decreed that Lord Zhongtang should go to the imperial study room to have an audience immediately!"

Lin Yun nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be there right away!"

Immediately, he looked at Ling Ri and said, "Master Ling, keep an eye on those people outside today and sort out the government affairs files for the entire last year as soon as possible!"

"Subordinate to obey!"

(End of this chapter)