Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 618
Wen Qing sighed: "The commander-in-chief has a broad mind, and the students are amazed. In fact, the students know that the commander-in-chief has to do so many things, and they really don't have the energy to deal with those people in Fushe, but the commander-in-chief still lets the students deal with Fushe. Those people, this kind of generosity in employing people, through the ages, few people can do it."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Your evaluation is a little too much. It's not that I have much magnanimity in employing people, but I also came from your age. When I was young, I needed to be tempered. If you can't cut a jade, you can't make a weapon, let alone people? Hone and hone will naturally become a talent.

Besides, it's not that I'm selfless, you're the person next to me, if you can't handle the errands well, I won't have any glory on my face, will I?At least people will say that I don't know people well. "

Wen Qing said with a smile: "The commander is too humble. The student is actually not a few years younger than the commander. The commander has already started to dominate the world when I was my age. How can the students compare with the commander?"

Li Jing waved his hands and smiled: "Stop talking about flattery, we'll digress when we're talking, let's continue talking about Kong Yanzhi.

Respectfully, I have read the article you wrote last time, and it is very good, this time it is still up to you.Pingzhi, when Jingzhi's article comes out, you can play the side drum.

Well, when you two write articles, don't be afraid to use disrespectful language. The more intense the language, the better, it doesn't matter if it is aimed at me.Hehe, the more intense your words are, the smoother it will be for me to take down Kong Yanzhi in the future. Do you understand what I mean? "

"Students understand." Wen Qing and Su Heng said hurriedly.

"Okay, you two keep this letter, don't let the third person see it, Brother Fifth will send other evidence later, and keep it strictly confidential." Li Jing said.

"Yes!" Wen Qing and Su Heng hurriedly responded.

Li Jing rubbed his eyes and said, "Go get me a basin of water, I'll wash my face, and I'll see Tu Shaoying later."

"Marshal, you haven't closed your eyes for several days, go to sleep, if you don't sleep, your body will be exhausted." Wen Qing and Su Heng said anxiously.

Li Jing sighed lightly and said, "The relief food in many places is not yet in place, how can I sleep!"

"Marshal, you can sleep for a while. I'll keep an eye on the matter ahead. If there is any problem, we will report it to you immediately." Wen Qing said hastily.

Li Jing nodded silently: "Then I'll go to sleep for a while, I really can't stand it anymore."

Then Li Jing sighed: "It seems that I am already old."

Hearing Li Jing's sigh and looking at Li Jing's haggard cheeks, Wen Qing felt a blockage in his heart, turned his head and said to Su Heng: "Pingzhi, you wait for the commander to rest, I will go to the front and watch first."

Su Heng nodded, and immediately went to the back room to pack Li Jing's luggage.

After Li Jing left the study room, Wen Qing hurriedly came to the signing room, and said to everyone: "The commander-in-chief was persuaded by me peacefully to rest. Everyone walk and talk softly, so don't disturb the commander-in-chief."

When everyone heard the words, they stopped talking immediately, and the room suddenly became quiet, only the sound of flipping paper and writing remained.

Seeing this scene, Wen Qing felt a burst of emotion in his heart, and his eyes could not help turning to the direction of the back room.

At this moment, Wen Qing really admired Li Jing very much. From these tiny details, it can be seen that everyone respects and loves Li Jing from the bottom of their hearts.

The Secretariat Office of the Cabinet Office is divided into two parts, one is responsible for contacting officials, and the other is responsible for drafting documents.In the past, Zhang Tongchang was in charge of contacting officials. When Zhang Tongchang was transferred to Lu Song, Wen Qing took over this task, and Su Heng took over the task of drafting documents.

The importance of these two areas is of course equal, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that those who are in charge of contacting officials are undoubtedly more likely to be promoted, which can be seen from Zhang Tongchang's release to Luzon as the deputy chief envoy.

Now that Zhang Tongchang is gone, the next person who will be promoted is naturally Wen Qing, so the officials who came to report on official duties are very respectful to Wen Qing.

After handing over the paperwork that Li Jing had finished reviewing, Wen Qing checked the time, rearranged the paperwork that needed to be reviewed by Li Jing and put it on the desk, then closed his eyes and meditated.

Seeing Wen Qing sitting still, a secretary came over and asked in a low voice, "Master Wen, there are a few memorials here that are urgent, and you need to tell the commander immediately."

Wen Qing opened his eyes, looked at the book office, shook his head and said, "No matter how anxious you are, you can't disturb the commander in chief. The commander has not closed his eyes for three days. How can we bear to wake him up after he just slept for a while? Marshal Nian has been in poor health, if Marshal Nian is exhausted, our Daming sky will collapse."

Hearing the words, the book office looked at the memorials on the table, sighed softly, and went forward to pick out a few memorials: "Then put these memorials at my place first."

Wen Qing shook his head lightly: "Let's put it here, how can I ask you to bear my fault?"

After thinking for a while, Wen Qing continued: "Well, these papers are all for the disaster area to urge money and food. I will go to the front and talk to Mr. Shen, and let Mr. Shen approve the money and food first."

"This...Master Wen, I'm sorry to say this, the commander-in-chief didn't personally review these memorials, but you informed Mr. Shen without authorization. If something happens, you won't be able to bear the blame." The secretary said anxiously.

Wen Qing smiled and said, "If I delay the disaster relief, I really can't afford it."

Picking up the memorial, Wen Qing got up and patted the book office's shoulder lightly: "Don't worry, I will take care of it alone if something happens."

The secretary shook his head helplessly upon hearing this.

Wen Qing came to Shen Zheng's room and handed the memorial to Shen Zhengdao: "Master Shen, these few reminders for money and food, please approve them first."

Hearing this, Shen Zheng took the memorial and looked at it in doubt, "Why did Jimin send it over without approval?"

Wen Qing sighed and said: "The commander-in-chief just fell asleep, I didn't dare to disturb the commander-in-chief, but these copies are urgent, so I have to give them to you first."

Shen Zheng nodded lightly, picked up the paperwork and read it carefully, thought for a while, picked up a pen and wrote a few notes, then stamped his own seal, handed it to Wen Qing and said: "Jimin has not reviewed these paperwork, I will Dial half of it first, and I will make up the balance after Jimin wakes up and approves it."

Wen Qing was overjoyed: "Thank you, Mr. Shen."

Shen Zheng sighed and said: "You are loyal to Jimin, how could I not see it? Even if you overstepped your authority, we did it together. I am Jimin's father-in-law, so I can always take on more responsibility than you."

"Thank you Master Shen." Wen Qing said with a bow.

Shen Zheng waved his hand: "Go."

Wen Qing put the note in his sleeve, cupped his hands at Shen Zheng, and hurried to the room outside the signing room.

Seeing Wen Qing enter the room, the officials who had been waiting outside for a long time got up and said, "Master Wen, has our master Chief Assistant approved it?"

Wen Qing took out the note approved by Shen Zheng from his sleeve and distributed it to several people: "The commander-in-chief just fell asleep. I asked Mr. Shen to approve this. First allocate half of the money and food, and then make up the balance after the commander-in-chief gives instructions."

An official hurriedly said: "Only half of the money and food is not enough. How can I deal with the masters of Futai when I go back?"

Wen Qing glared at the official: "Bastard, who do you think you are? If it weren't for the extraordinary period, the commander-in-chief didn't want to delay the disaster relief work, so he authorized government offices in Shandong and Henan that didn't allocate food to come to Beijing to ask for money and food, otherwise what would you do?" It's your turn to come to the cabinet to get a note.

Besides, are you a pig brain?With so much money and food, will your government distribute it all at once?Even if it goes on, it will be enough for two months, why is it not enough?
You go back and tell your Futai masters that the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate will go down to monitor immediately. If you find that you have committed illegal acts, you can wait to beheaded. "

"Don't dare, dare not." The official said hurriedly.

Wen Qing snorted coldly: "You people only know that you want money and food, but you don't know that the commander-in-chief is worried about disasters. We haven't closed our eyes for three days. We managed to persuade the commander-in-chief to sleep for a while. The old man wakes up?"

At this moment, Li Jing gently opened the door and said, "Jingzhi, bring me the booklet, I'll approve it, and give them the exact amount of money and food."

Wen Qing was startled when he heard the words, and hurried to Li Jing's side: "Marshal, why are you awake? If you sleep a little longer, I have already asked Mr. Shen to approve the money and rations that these people asked for."

Li Jing shook his head: "I squinted for a while, but I couldn't sleep because I had something on my mind! Give me the booklet, what's the point of approving half of it? If you want to approve it, you can approve it in full. You must know that Guangminfu consumes a large amount every time he transports food. Grain, transporting the food in place at one time can save a lot of food, we can’t consume food needlessly now.”

After Li Jing finished speaking, a group of officials hurriedly bowed and said, "See Lord Shoufu."

Li Jing waved his hand: "Excuse me, come sign the mortgage room with me."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing turned around and walked to the signing room.

Wen Qing had no choice but to lead all the officials to follow.

Back in the signing room, Li Jing took the document from Wen Qing, read it carefully, approved a few words on the back of the document, and handed it to the officials: "Okay, let's go to Mr. Shen. Tell me when you go back. You magistrates, if an ordinary person starves to death, I will relinquish his post."

"Yes!" Several officials took the paper and said.

After several officials left, Li Jing looked through the account books for a while, and sighed: "There is still a gap of more than 500 million stones of grain! Such a big gap, I don't know if such a big hole can be added after autumn, we can't Counting on the unknown, it seems that we have to think of other ways.”

"Marshal, if it doesn't work, just stop recruiting troops. Now we have only recruited more than 40 people. Let's wait for the remaining 60 people. This will save more than 200 million shi of food." Wen Qing said.

Li Jing shook his head: "The recruiting cannot stop, on the contrary, it has to be accelerated. For the remaining 60 soldiers, 40 to [-] soldiers will be recruited from Shandong and Henan, which is equivalent to saving a part of food."

Seeing that Wen Qing didn't understand, Li Jing said with a smile: "You can't just look at the surface when you consider the problem. You think that these 60 soldiers need to consume a lot of food, but you don't know that with these 60 recruits, I can mobilize other troops to do some work. Something has happened. Send someone to inform Cao Wenzhao to go to Beijing, and I have something to discuss with him."

"The commander-in-chief doesn't want General Cao to send troops to Mobei now, does he?" Wen Qing asked in surprise.

Li Jing smiled: "At first, I wanted to wait another two years, but now it seems that I can fight and raise troops. Let Cao Wenzhao go to Mobei to sweep around, wipe out those Mongolian tribes who are waiting to see, and plunder a batch of cattle and sheep back from Mobei. The North is so big, it shouldn’t be a problem to sweep around and capture hundreds of thousands of sheep, right?”

(End of this chapter)