Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

This catastrophe cost the entire Hexi County a lot of relief money and food from the imperial court.Daxia Yushi personally inspected and executed a large number of officials who were still making money for the country at that time. However, even so, the local local clans still had nothing to lose.

He even tried to take the imperial court's disaster relief matters to himself.

Qin Ji still remembered this matter. The immoral things these grandsons did back then were not one or two. Now that the situation is relatively stable and they are about to go abroad, it is time to beat them.

"You mean to collect food from these families?"

Advisor Cheng asked.

"I didn't say to collect food from these families, but whoever has more food will take food from him, right? If there is more food, then pay more, and if there is less food, pay less. The family eats Don’t hand it in if you’re worried about the last moment. You should be clear about this.”

"It's clear, but, Mr. Taiwei, what if they insist on not handing it over?"

"So, I entrust this matter to you. Your Majesty asked you to practice with me, but following me can only be regarded as learning, and I don't think you can copy my style. It's better to let you do some practical things. I’ve read your essays during the essay test, you don’t lack ideas, you just need to put it into practice, if that’s the case, then give it a try.”

Qin Ji said.

Consultant Cheng really couldn't stay by his side.

On the one hand, the advisor Cheng was sent by His Majesty. Although according to Qin Ji's investigation, this guy is indeed "clear", but Qin Ji can't guarantee whether the advisor Cheng will find out his old background; There is no use here, Qin Ji is still an officer in the final analysis, and he is likely to go to war in the near future, so he doesn't have that much thought to take care of too many government affairs.

At this time, the consultant Cheng was next to him, which was not very useful, but would limit his performance - it could not be said to be a restriction, perhaps it would be more appropriate to use the word "blocking".

After all, with this character, he would definitely not get along with Qin Ji.

"I understand. However, this matter is really difficult to handle. Those big local families often have certain influence in the local area. Although they cannot compete with the imperial court, if they keep trying to delay, they will often take them There's nothing to do."

In this regard, the consultant Cheng was also straightforward, and directly stated the difficulty of this matter.

"I know, so, this is an experience for you, you don't have to worry, if you really can't get enough food from them, I will handle it myself."

Qin Ji still wanted to give the consultant Cheng a complete picture. The matter of raising food was related to the future battle situation on the front line, and he had to be prepared for the failure of the consultant Cheng.In case this group of rich and well-off masters really don't plan to hand over the food, at worst, he will end up directly. At that time, it doesn't matter what kind of family you are.

The influence will indeed be bad, but as long as they can win, these so-called influences will soon be submerged.And if the advisor Cheng fails and the war fails... then he, Qin Ji, can only consider himself unlucky.

Even in that case, he only lost his own prestige and reputation, and he made many enemies of the big family for himself.

The problem is not big.

"Okay, I will draw up a corresponding financing method for the Taiwei as soon as possible, and show it to you."

Chapter 83 Cleansing of Tai'an City

Facts have proved that Consultant Cheng is not a nerd with light words.

In just two days, Qin Ji got the rear grain requisition plan from consultant Cheng. This guy actually checked some case files of the central department in two days, smoothed out the relationship between all parties, and finally put together an intricate plan. The personal connections and industries of powerful families in various places (especially Hexi County) are listed.

At the same time, this servant who didn't know how many livers he had actually classified those local tyrants and officials from all over the country who collected food, and classified the methods of collecting food according to their nature into deducting money and food, concealing acres of land, buying food with money, etc. and other behaviors.

The ghost knows how he divided them so carefully. In short, for each category, he has a corresponding plan to deal with it.

Qin Ji didn't know if the news was all true, but at least this guy had indeed found out many real clues.

He also thought that a Qingliu like this would disdain such things as colluding with interests and wouldn't know much about it, but who would have thought that his understanding of local forces and central forces even surpassed that of many central officials .

"If you want to deal with these filthy winds, you must understand the filthy winds. You need to know how they are formed, where they are formed, and where they have passed. Only in this way can we deal with them. This has always been my thinking."

Facing Qin Ji's question, consultant Cheng replied like this.

Okay, at least this guy is not a scholar who talks about wars on paper. With this, Qin Ji can feel at ease.

What the current Great Xia needs is this kind of talent. If he blindly pursues noble conduct but has mediocre abilities and can't do anything practical, Qin Ji will naturally be unable to reuse him.

There are very few people with both ability and political integrity, so Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji will appoint some people with average moral character but good ability—for example, most of the officials who built the canal belong to this category. They are greedy, but they are also smart people. , also have a certain ability, feed them some benefits, beat and beat individually, don't be too greedy, but you can barely use it.

Now, this consultant Cheng seems to have both ability and political integrity, but his ability cannot be seen from just a plan, and the way to really collect money is king.

"Okay, if this is the case, then you can do it. You can do things to the extreme, but remember, if you want to go too far, just do it to the end. Don't give them a chance to breathe, otherwise they will lose money." , will definitely be exploited back from the people in the future.”

Qin Ji was afraid that he might not be able to grasp the strength, so he warned again.

On the one hand, this food collection is to supplement the army rations in case of emergencies; on the other hand, it is also to beat the local snakes in various places by the way, so that they can calm down a little.

To deal with these local forces, either just hit them and make them pay a price, or just knock them down all at once.Otherwise, after being beaten badly, some people who don't know what to do will definitely not be reconciled to their own losses, and in the end they can only suffer from the local people.

Therefore, if you really want to bring down those big players, you have to completely smash them, and you can't let the other party half-dead.

"I understand, Taiwei, please rest assured, I will definitely give you a satisfactory result."

Hearing the assurance from the other party, Qin Ji nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand to indicate that he could leave.

Chunning Palace is his private residence, not his office. Although Consultant Cheng's office is also in the palace, it is on the other side of the palace. Naturally, Qin Ji would not let him work in his residence.

After seeing off the consultant Cheng, Qin Ji gave this guy a little bit more points in his heart.

"You seem to like him very much."

Lingyan walked in and looked in the direction where consultant Cheng left.

"This is a good talent, and he can be used in the future. The premise is that he must at least survive the officialdom." Qin Ji said with a wry smile.

Although the officialdom is not as fierce as the battlefield, it is enough to make some careless people lose their heads. In this year, people like Consultant Cheng are capable, but they are also easy to be framed or even designed to kill. .

When the time is right, give him a little help.However, if he is determined to die, the price of protecting him will not be small, and he may abandon him depending on the situation.

"I thought you had a big opinion on him, young master."

"There are big opinions, but talents are talents after all." Qin Ji said briefly, then looked at Lingyan, "How did you do what you were asked to do?"

"Our surveillance range gradually expanded from Tai'an City, and we found that the entire Tai'an City has almost become the enemy's infiltration center, and the relevant organizations of the church are almost pervasive. There must be churches to join. Their purpose is very simple, which is to gradually infiltrate into Daxia, so as to gradually let their black hands extend to Daxia..."

"As expected."

Qin Ji was not surprised by this.

It would be better to say that these guys from the Holy Church have always been like this, and their repeated eastward advances are not unexpected for Daxia.However, they have already tried to break into Tai'an City. It seems that all over the country,

They have all been infiltrated.

In this way, if we rely solely on Huilin, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with the infiltration of the Church of the Holy Bishop from all over the country.

Either let the Gray Scale Office set up branches everywhere to handle related affairs in various places, supervise officials and political and religious affairs in various places, or first solve the problem in Tai'an City, and then start to use Tai'an City as the center to launch a campaign against the Holy Bishop across the country. of clearing up.

Considering the special features of Grayscale, the former cannot be done for the time being.

Hui Lin only listened to him, Qin Ji and Xia Yuxiao.This means that once they go down to the locality, the local officials dare not control them and can only report to the imperial court.

However, if the guards at the gray scale blackmail the local officials and commit crimes, it will inevitably cause the local guards at the gray scale to expand their power in the local area.

This power can only be manipulated by the court himself, but once they arrive at the place, he and Xia Yuxiao don't have the ability to supervise and operate at any time, and Lingyan is also difficult to manage. In order to prevent the local guards from monopolizing power, Qin Ji can't do this .

Then, we can only let the Linwei focus on eliminating the church members in Tai'an City, and then His Majesty will issue an order to order the local government to deal with it.

"Lingyan, your next task is to lead the guards to investigate each of these places where the Holy Bishop's Church has been involved—it's better to check for mistakes than to let them go, understand?"

Qin Ji was well aware of the degree of bewilderment of these believers. If they really spread the religion among the people of Tai'an City, the chaos would be serious. Now it seems that it is time to deal with it.

Otherwise, if there is a real battle, Tai'an City will be infiltrated into a sieve, and even hit with a hammer...

Chapter 84 Prepare in advance

In order to ensure the absolute secrecy of the cleansing operation at the Gray Scale, Qin Ji did not choose to hand over the memorial to Xia Yuxiao, but chose to go directly to Xia Yuxiao's bedroom to have an interview with her.

Hearing Qin Ji's sudden visit, Xia Yuxiao, who was eating watermelon in the bedroom, put down the half-eaten watermelon in embarrassment, and asked his subordinates to bring Qin Ji in.

As soon as Qin Ji entered the room, she smelled the fragrance of watermelon. Looking at the table, there was indeed a piece of watermelon she had just gnawed on it...

He looked back at the weather outside - that's right, it's autumn now?

It's almost late autumn and eat watermelon?Your Majesty is really in a good mood.

"Ahem, isn't it autumn? After a while, it will be cold and there will be no more watermelon to eat," Xia Yuxiao waved her hand awkwardly, "Eat some watermelon at the last moment when the watermelon is still sweet. I won't eat it."

In fact, if she really wanted to eat watermelon, Xia Yuxiao could still eat it in winter.

Daxia had studied the method of growing watermelons in winter before. In short, a cultivator needed to use spells to maintain a fixed temperature in the melon fields, and then a very delicate and completely pure transparent glass cover was needed to cover the melon seedlings, so as to The spell warms the ground, and the glass cover is used to keep it warm, so as to cultivate winter melons.

The effect is very good. Although the melon is not particularly sweet, it is still a melon.But Xia Yuxiao only ate it once last winter, and never again.

No other, just because melons are too expensive.

Basically, this thing can only be enjoyed by her as the emperor. The glass cover alone is worth a lot, and monks have to be used to take care of it, and there must be someone to take care of it. How much cheaper is gold for its weight.

Therefore, this method of growing melons was recorded in Daxia's "Nongsang Jing" as one of the researches on farming and mulberry, but she removed the royal tribute of winter melons and spent so much money to satisfy her appetite. Desire is really not worth it, Da Xia has to plan carefully now, and spend money wisely.

"Aha, Your Majesty is so frugal, I should learn from it."

Qin Ji could understand her behavior, but he still wanted to laugh.This kind of appearance that if you don't eat now, you won't be able to eat it later is quite amusing.

"Sit down, come on, I just can't eat, so I'll give you some." Xia Yuxiao pointed to the remaining pieces of watermelon on top, "Grey Scale reported to me yesterday the situation in Tai'an City, it's not very good. "

Huilin is responsible for the Taiwei and the emperor, so Xia Yuxiao got the news very quickly—of course, not as fast as Qin Ji, after all, the leader of Huilin is at home.

"Yes, I have made preparations to cleanse the shops, organizations and individuals in Tai'an City that have colluded with the church. The Gray Scale Department will write to your majesty tonight to report the list of places that are going to be cleaned. Then, according to my estimation, the action will be launched tomorrow at the latest."

Qin Ji said so.

The effect of being directly under the emperor and the Taiwei is good, everything can be directly given the green light, and the efficiency is extremely high.

"So fast?" Xia Yuxiao frowned, "Qin Ji, this is a huge commotion, and, I don't think there are so many people in Huilin to investigate one by one, right? You are not afraid to do it so recklessly. Provoking criticism?"

"Your Majesty, excuse me, the sooner this matter is the better, the information from the Gray Scale Office shows that the secret organizations of these churches have recently prepared to transfer their information and funds in Tai'an City. According to the interrogation of the Gray Scale Office, A group of church organizations, represented by the Old Fren Chamber of Commerce, will transfer all their properties within a week to buy grain, leather and other materials and transport them to the border, ready to join the enemy at any time. The information will also be circulated as soon as possible."

"We've got to be fast, and we've got to be thorough."

Qin Ji said.

The stability of Tai'an City directly affects the situation in the whole country. This group of church organizations has been hiding in Tai'an City for so long. If there is no such unconventional organization as the Huilin Department, I am afraid that everyone in Tai'an City would think that this group of people It is a foreign businessman.

No, in other words, many people knew the identities of these people, but they still allowed them to exist.

There have always been bad people in the court. The late emperor's frequent foreign wars did make the internal affairs a lot less.

"...I will issue a martial law order to the people of Tai'an City. Tai'an City will suspend the opening of the city for three days, but there are only three days. If Huilin wants to take action, it must be quick. Tai'an City is The whole summer is very important, and if there are more days of martial law, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

Xia Yuxiao said.

Tai'an City is the capital of Daxia, and it is also the economic center and cultural center of Daxia. The three-day martial law in Tai'an City affects the economy is a trivial matter, but its political impact is the greatest.