Idle courtiers

Chapter 246 The second wave of power struggle
After cleaning all morning, Li Gao pulled the team out again in the afternoon.

It turned out that Deputy Envoy Li took over a job to help the Ministry of Construction with some project to dredge the river, which exhausted the soldiers to death.During this period, several soldiers were ruled by military law, which established a high prestige.

This Li Gao is simply taking the soldiers as servants, earning even such a small amount of money, how unscrupulous he is!

When it was time to apply, Qian Xunjian became anxious and sent another person over.

That person's attitude is a bit bad, complaining that Zhou Xingren's words are not worth it, my master has been hurt by you this time, so I will refund the money.

If the matter was not completed, the old Guo Dajue, who was the middleman, felt ashamed and wanted to get the money.

Zhou Nan said leisurely: "In terms of refunding money, it is impossible to refund money, and it is impossible to refund money in this life. I really want to pay money to inspect this friend. Seeing him is like seeing a brother. Same, feeling more intimate than seeing a real brother, I really want to make friends with him."

Seeing that the visitor was going to have a seizure, Zhou Nan said: "Go back and tell your master that the criminals must make enough money for him at night, and we can't miss the money for inspections."

The man's face brightened: "Okay, the little one will go back to my house to inspect the master, this is great news!"

When the visitor left, Guo Shuban asked, "Pedestrian, where did you gather so many prisoners in such a hurry?"

Zhou Nan: "Qian inspectors are also stupid. If they can't catch criminals, can't they hire some people to make up the numbers? Anyway, we just need to keep this matter from the top."

"How can this be possible? The local people are kind. Once they enter the county government office and leave a criminal record, their children and grandchildren will have a bad reputation." Old Guo shook his head again and again: "Others are not stupid, how could they be willing to do so?" ?”

Like modern society, the Ming Dynasty had a perfect household registration system.All the population must be registered in the yellow book of household registration. Once something happens, you can check it out, and you will know exactly what you have done, and even what your ancestors have done for generations.If you leave a criminal record, not only yourself, but also your descendants will be treated unfairly politically.For example, when registering for the imperial examination, the three generations above you must not have any crimes.

Zhou Nan said leisurely: "What if it's a lowly household? We have quite a few in the Weapons Bureau. It doesn't matter if we let them stay at Qian Xunjian's place for one night to file a case. As for the charges, let's take them and Fangshan the day before yesterday. The master fights, and the nuisance depends on the place."

"Ah, that's fine. The Elder Master is brilliant, why can't you think of a little bit in a lowly position." Deputy Guo suddenly realized.

It turned out that the Ming Dynasty implemented the household registration system, and the people were divided into different households according to their occupations, and their children and grandchildren could not change them.

Generally speaking, it is divided into four categories: scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants.There are second-class military households and artisan households below.

The next class is Lehu, Haihu, prostitutes, and actors. These people are all untouchables.

The workers of the Weapons Bureau were registered as artisans, while the soldiers belonged to the yamen servants.The status of these people is only a little better than that of the untouchables, but they are not high enough, and their descendants are not qualified for the imperial examination or to be officials.

It doesn't matter if they are asked to file a case and go to the inspection department.

"My subordinates will go to the ordnance manufacturing side and order [-] people to send to Qian Xunjian to stay for a day and a night." Deputy Guo rubbed his hands excitedly.

Zhou Nan: "Don't worry, I'll ask Li Gao's subordinates first, and ask them if they would like to go."

Deputy Envoy Guo: "Is it possible?"

Zhou Nan smiled lightly and said, "It's okay to try, I have my own plans."

Sure enough, as Lao Guo expected, after Zhou Nan called the ten elders over and said this.Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and said cautiously: "My lord, this matter is of great importance, why don't you speak to Deputy Envoy Li."

Deputy Envoy Guo slapped the table and scolded: "That is to say, you are asked to pick twenty people to deal with the emergency. As for this? In this yamen, who is the most important thing."

Everyone bowed again and again, with panicked faces, but they refused.

This matter was within Zhou Nan's expectation, and she smiled: "Forget it, I won't make things difficult for you, let's go down!"

Deputy Guo added fiercely: "Think it over, don't regret it. Don't forget who is in charge of this yamen."

Zhou Nan summoned ten elders in one breath, and the conversation was not small, how could he hide it from Li Gao.

Hearing the secret report from his subordinates, Li Gao laughed triumphantly: "Little Huangkou, fight with me, and don't even look at who the labor and capital are. My father is Li Wei, and my sister is the princess."

He also inquired that Zhou Nan had nothing to do that night, and ordered a dozen people from the arms manufacturing side to send it to Qian Xunjian, and finally dealt with the matter.

With these ten or so people, Qian Xunjian finally dealt with this year's exam.

Li Gao didn't care about Qian's inspection, nor did he think about reporting it.He has nothing to do with Lao Qian's life or death, and besides, it is an unspoken official rule to cover up the errands.

Li Gao came to the Weapons Bureau this time only to target Zhou Nan, and only wanted to seize power.

On this day, Li Gao drilled his soldiers hard for another day, feeling that everyone had been numb by himself.He had no doubt that after ten and a half months of training like this, as long as he gave an order, his subordinates would beat Zhou Nan into a pig's head without hesitation.

Another day later, Li Gaoda gathered his men and horses early in the morning and finished his training.He shouted sharply: "Listen, everyone, the materials in the military building are piled up in disorder. It's like a garbage dump. You immediately take a dustpan, broom, and shovel and go to clean up. If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world? What's more, what about the construction of weapons?"

The team has followed orders to the letter, the fire has come, and now is the time to reach out to build it.

As long as we start today, we can run over to clean up at any time in the future, then rectify the internal affairs, and then further intervene in weapon manufacturing.

Hey, my master is now in charge of the soldiers and local security, and if he holds the building in his hands, he will completely empty out the bastard surnamed Zhou.

It's really ignorant to mess with my Li family.

What Li Gao used today was a plan to destroy Guo by false ways.

As soon as the order was given, the soldiers did not act as if they were electrocuted as usual, but paused.

Li Gao was furious: "It's against you, you, come, beat him twenty sticks!" He casually pointed at a soldier who didn't like it, and wanted to kill a chicken for the monkey to see.

At this moment, Zhou Nan was holding a cup soaked in wolfberry, making himself a greasy middle-aged man, walked over at random steps, and coughed: "It's cold, let's make trouble over there. It's about housekeeping. , the craftsmen can do it by themselves. You run over and ask them to do something. Everyone has worked hard in the past few days, so we have a day off."

"Deputy Envoy Guo, advance half a month's work and food in advance, let everyone go home and see the old father and mother doing their filial piety, let's leave!"

All the soldiers were overjoyed and shouted at the same time: "Thank you, sir!" They ignored Li Gao and dispersed at the same time to go to the account room to collect money.

Only then did Li Gao suddenly realize that although he had soldiers on hand, the financial power was in Zhou Nan's hands.

Money is the root of everything.

"It's a mistake. I should have grabbed the financial rights as soon as I arrived." Li Gao's words flashed in his mind.

Seeing the annoyed look on his face, Zhou Nan felt proud: Brother Li, you lost the second wave of the power struggle in the Weapons Bureau.Don't worry, the third wave will come soon, others won't take revenge overnight, but our old Zhou will only take revenge overnight.

(End of this chapter)