Chapter 298 State Affairs

Chapter 298

In mid-October, Song Nan's rectification of Jinyiwei Yamen also came to an end. This large-scale rectification for more than a month has consumed Song Nan a lot of energy. The shortcomings in the government office have been accumulated for too long, and many things can't be achieved overnight. Although he took fierce medicine to rectify it with the momentum of thunder, Song Nan understands the negative effects brought about It's not small.

The style of doing things in the Jinyiwei was not developed overnight. This is a special government office. As the emperor's ears, eyes and minions, the privilege of doing things. All these special powers will make the people in the Jinyiwei breed a sense of superiority of ignoring the rules, so the resulting diseases such as revenge, corruption and so are even more rooted. The minds of officials, large and small, are also reflected in their behavior.

Although this great cleanup has dug out the eyes and ears of more than a thousand other government officials and punished many reckless officials, Song Nan can obviously feel the dissatisfaction with himself. In fact, Song Nan did not intend to turn the brocade guard government into a mirror-clear government, which is originally the government office of tigers and wolves. If all If you become a sheep and white rabbit, this government is also useless.

The purpose of Song Nan's rectification is actually very simple. One is to establish his own cronies, so that the Jinyiwei Yamen can truly call itself the power of its own arm. The other is to eliminate the other forces that penetrate into the Yamen and turn the Jinyiwei Yamen into an iron bucket. Except for himself, no one can fool around on their own territory. Not for.

In view of this, Song Nan decided to end this clean-up. The purpose has basically been achieved, and it is time to calm people down. The vacancies of vacancies began to be filled by middle and low-level officials, and all meritorious people in ordinary flag schools were also promoted to small leaders one after another. For the middle-level and above Jinyi backbones with 100 households, Song Nan specially made time to gather them to Beijing to meet and appease their bird-like emotions. Give some necessary commendations and rewards to explain to them the necessity of this rectification.

After the withdrawal of the inspection teams stationed in various places, the situation gradually calmed down. Of course, in order to consolidate the results of the purge, Song Nan decided to set up a new internal department - the inspection team under the general government. This is a department specializing in managing the internal personnel of Jinyiwei. The inspection and screening of new personnel and the behavior evaluation of personnel at all levels are controlled by the inspection team, but it is not allowed to interfere in official affairs. Similar to the inspectors of the police department in later generations, the purpose of this move is self-evident.

The captain of the inspection team is Li Da Niu, who is at the level of 100 households and has selected more than 100 people to become the inspection flag school of the inspection team under him. For Li Daniu, it is a suitable position. Around Song Nan, Li Daniu is an absolute confidant, but due to the limitation of his ability, Song Nan cannot let him serve as the chief of an important department. This position can be said to be tailor-made.

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The weather is gradually getting cooler. In the golden autumn, the blue sky is high, and the autumn chrysanthemums in the back garden of Song Mansion also open one after another. The whole Song Mansion is filled with a rich fragrance.

October 16 is Lu Qingli's birthday. Song Nan specially set up a day off to celebrate Lu Qingli's 18th birthday in the backyard**. As the first woman with an official reputation in the Song family, Lu Qingli's status in the Song Mansion is naturally not low. In addition, she is simple, cute, and tolerant. The Song Mansion has a good impression of Lu Qingli, and the servants and maidservants in the family are also the closest to Lu Qingli.

The garden director's table was full of snacks and fruits. Early in the morning, the whole house was busy. Lu Qingli was dressed like a doll and sat on the chairman to receive everyone's congratulations. The little princess had the best relationship with Lu Qingli, and the gift was also the most precious. In addition to the tribute rouge gouache given in the palace, the little princess also sent a Nanyang pearl ring the size of a pigeon egg to Lu Qingli. This pearl was worth at least 5,000 to 6,000 taels of silver, which shocked her.

Song Nan's gift to the little princess is a shotgun with jewelry*. This gun has been named 'Mrs. Song*'. After the return of the inspection, Song Nan has obtained Zhengde's approval and asked the Ministry of War arsenal to improve the production of its own double-cylinder shotgun. However, Song Nan's offer is 400 taels of silver to make a shot of firearm, which immediately made the Ministry of War stunned. This thing is so expensive, how can it be equipped in batches? Therefore, although there was a holy edict, the Ministry of War has always regarded this matter as a joke, and secretly suspected that Song Nan was playing something in it.

What's more, only those who have experienced the persistence of Xinpingbao know the power of this thing. Song Nan did not hand over the drawings and utensils to the arsenal of the Ministry of War for research, and naturally they did not know the power of this thing at all.

The reason why Song Nan asked Zhengde to make it is actually afraid of being accused of making private firearms. After the order, the Ministry of War does not care about whether it can make itself. Even if the Ministry of War is really willing to spend hundreds of taels of silver to cast this gun, Song Nan will never inform the Ministry of War. For Song Nan, this It is also one of his secret weapons. Song Nan will never agree to share it unless he has to.

From morning to evening, everyone drank a lot of wine at the birthday banquet, and the little princess was very drunk and finally couldn't stand it. Although she had a marriage contract with Song Nan, she was much more self-disciplined. As soon as the sky was dark, she was surrounded by the royal guards.

Song Nan was drunk and leaning on the lounge chair and sprayed the wine. Lu Qingli was tired of sleeping in his arms. Aunt Ye Fang was not as casual and crazy as them. She drank the least, and she was also the most sober at this moment and sat aside to take care of them.

"Look at how you drink. Ping'er and the little sister of the Li family are vomiting. Aunt Li is scolding them now. Qingli has never drunk so much wine. You still take the lead in pouring her wine. This girl is crazy to sing and dance with swords. It's really crazy." Aunt Ye Fang wiped Song Nan's face with a towel and said annoy.

Song Nan didn't open her eyes. She reached out and touched Ye Fanggu's face and pinched it. Ye Fanggu waved it and said, "You also come to get drunk and go to bed. It's very cool outside."

Song Nan patted Lu Qingli, who was drunk like a kitten in her arms, and said, "It's rare that Qingli is so happy today. Don't scold her when she wakes up. You can take Qingli back to your room. I still want to lie here for a while. I'm really happy today."

Ye Fanggu bit her lower lip and whispered, "I know that you have been very busy during this period, and I'm afraid you are worried about things outside, but I still have to talk to you about things at home, and I haven't had a chance to talk to you."

Song Nan smiled and patted an empty thigh and said, "Sit here and talk."

Ye Fanggu spat and said, "Don't go crazy."

Song Nan smiled and said, "Say it, I'll listen."

Ye Fanggu said, "At the beginning of the month, Wan Dabao, the man in charge of the manor outside the South Gate, and several tenants came once. When you were not at home, the slave family and Uncle Zhong received them and left them for a meal."

Song Nan nodded and said, "How is this year's harvest?"

Aunt Ye Fang smiled and said, "I didn't expect your method to really work. This year's harvest is very good. There are eight buckets of rice on one mu of land than in previous years. In addition, the fish fry we sent are also fat in the paddy field. The fish grown by eating rice flowers tastes very good. They sent more than 100 catties to our house to taste fresh. This item per mu The ground also charged more than two taels of silver; Wan said that he would take half of it as a rent.

Song Nan said, "Then you can't take it. Let's just collect the rent. Don't ask for the money sold by this fish. Did you accept it?"

Ye Fang glanced at him and said, "How could the slave family want it? I only received those baskets of fish to taste, and the plate I ate today is really good.

Song Nan nodded and said, "No wonder I think the fish are delicious today, and they are about to catch up with my favorite Yellow River carp; very good, as long as they can eat and wear warm clothes. Let's visit again another day."

Ye Fanggu nodded and said yes, and then said, "The business of Yipin duck shop has not been very good recently. There are many shops on the street. Although it is not an authentic Yipin duck, the taste seems to be much different. Now the total income of six shops has dropped to 1,200 taels per month, which is actually four times lower than the year we just opened. It has been done a lot; the house also spends a lot of money, and last month, the bride price alone spent 18 thousand taels to go to the government. The Nu family has wanted to tell you for a long time. Now we are a big family, and the use is scary everywhere. We always have to be careful. If we continue to be extravagant like this, we will be embarrassed.

Song Nan frowned and said, "This is a thing. I knew that the shop would go down sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly. Last year, I thought about opening up some new industries. There have been many things for more than half a year, but I forgot these things. In short, I mean that open source is serious, and it is useless to be thrifty without a new way. I wrote it down, and I will figure it out.

Aunt Ye Fang said, "At the end of the year, your marriage will cost a lot of money. In the past few months, I have to prepare Uncle Zhong to give birth. Money and silver should be tighter. Naturally, the little princess should not be shabby when she gets married. She is the princess of the Duke's Mansion. Don't let people laugh."

Song Nan laughed, reached out and took Aunt Ye Fang's hand and said, "Aunt Fang now looks like a housekeeper. Oh, I'm wronged."