Chapter 110: The Minister of State [asking for a monthly ticket! ]

Imperial City, Wu'an Hall.

There are two highest honors for civil and military officials in the court: Grand Secretary of Wen'antang and Divine General of Wu'antang.

Among them, the name of the divine general is more famous.

Because Wen'an Hall selects literati, and evaluates their knowledge, articles, political achievements, national policies... After all, there are different opinions, some people agree and some don't. But Wu'an Hall's selection of gods is much simpler. Eighteen trials, one by one, pass them, and you will be deified!
The saying “there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts” is exactly this truth.

The person in charge of Wu'an Hall was the current Minister of War, Qi Kunlun.

People in the court and the country also called him the Minister of State.

The reason why Mr. Qi was able to rank among the first row of the court as a Shangshu, in addition to his profound qualifications and countless contributions, the most important thing was that he was also in charge of Wu'an Hall.

With this status, every great general in the Yin Dynasty can be regarded as his disciple. Countless generals have been taught by him. His prestige in the army is unmatched!

Chen Su came to the door, reported with a smile, waited for a moment, and then a guard led the two in.

At the entrance is a long corridor with carvings of hundreds of battles, and the reliefs on both sides depict every major war since the founding of the Yin Dynasty.

There were spears and halberds like a forest, and corpses and blood were everywhere.

After passing through the long corridor, we came to the center of Wu'an Hall, where there was a wide door. Someone pushed the door open, and we saw a wide hall inside. Behind the hall was a large desk that was more than ten feet wide, and behind the desk sat an old man as burly as a mountain.

The old man was dressed in armor. He was probably only half a head shorter than Pang Chun. He had white hair, which was neatly tied up and he wore a crown. He was also wearing heavy black armor.

He has a pair of frowning eyebrows and broad eyes, and his gaze is serious, which makes him look intimidating without even being angry.

When he remained motionless and silent, he was like a lion or tiger lying dormant in the hills, making the air pressure in the entire hall extremely heavy.

Such a person sitting there is like a mountain.

Apart from the Minister of State of Yinchao, there couldn't be anyone else.

"Grandpa, I'm here to visit you again." Chen Su said with a smile.

No matter how high his status was in the Xuanmen and the court, he was still a junior in front of Qi Kunlun. After all, the other party was one of the few people in the world who was almost the same generation as his master.

Qi Kunlun spoke in a deep tone, "You came to me, 90% of the time it's bad, tell me."

"What are you talking about?" Chen Su raised his hand, and a letter appeared in his palm. He shook his hand again, and the letter flew lightly in front of Qi Kunlun. "My junior nephew helped you catch a pest in the army. Isn't this a good thing?"

Qi Kunlun glanced down and read the entire content of the letter, and instantly understood it.

His face immediately darkened.

After a moment, he said, "He's just a fourth-rank general, you can just deal with him directly, why bother looking for me?"

Although the fourth rank is already very high, military generals are different from civil officials, and their ranks are relatively high. The most important thing to measure the status of a military general is to look at two points: one is his own cultivation, and the other is the military power in his hands.

A military general like the General of the Gate Guard was neither high nor low in rank, and could be said to be not worth mentioning in front of Qi Kunlun.

"Of course I respect you." Chen Su smiled and said, "It is not appropriate for me to interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of War. As for how to deal with people, it is up to you to decide."

"I will dismiss him from his post and put him in jail to await his fate," Qi Kunlun said immediately.

"Old man," Chen Su advised, "The evidence is irrefutable and in plain sight! If we continue to drag our feet in handling the matter, what do you think of the military discipline among the soldiers?"

"Oh." Qi Kunlun couldn't help but smile, "Then according to your opinion, I will ask His Majesty to execute him in the autumn?"

"Old man, this is not what I meant. This is because of your strict military law." Chen Su smiled faintly, "But if you really care about my opinion, such people who abuse their power for personal gain, embezzle, and commit all kinds of crimes will not serve as a warning to others if they delay for one more day. In my opinion, the crimes should be announced on the city wall today and they should be beheaded in public to appease the public."

Qi Kunlun took a deep look at Chen Su and said, "You are indeed worthy of being called Xiao Wuchang."

"I dare not." Chen Su shook her head and said, "Grandpa is just old and easily soft-hearted. We all grew up listening to your decisive deeds when you were young."

"Humph." Qi Kunlun slammed the table and said, "Just do as you say!"

"Duke Qi is so righteous!" Chen Su immediately bowed and complimented loudly.

"Don't flatter me. It's my fault that there are such scoundrels in the army. If you find any in the future, please report it to me directly and I will punish them all." Qi Kunlun said solemnly, "It's really a good thing for the court to have immortal officials like you."

……

A moment later, Chen Su, who had accomplished his mission, and Liang Yue rode back to the Zhuxie Division.

On horseback, Chen Su started to ask casually, "Do you know why I asked Wu'antang to do this?"

"To avoid conflict with the Horse Drinking Station?" Liang Yue guessed.

"Yes, that's one reason." Chen Su said, "Of course I can do it directly, and they can't say anything. But Cao Wujiu, the eunuch, feels that he has a chess piece in his hand, and I pulled him out like this, so he will definitely be unwilling to accept it. The second reason is that if I do it, I have to catch him and deal with it. It's impossible to kill him on the city wall in front of the army. It won't have such a good warning effect. And the people in Wu'an Hall will also hate me for interfering in their affairs and directly ignoring their investigation."

“So by letting Wu’antang take action this way, the Yinma Supervisor won’t be able to complain, the military won’t hold a grudge, and it can also serve as a warning to future generations. It’s like killing three birds with one stone.” Liang Yue immediately said, “Uncle Chen is smart!” “No, no, no, you are smart.” Chen Su looked at him with a smile.

Liang Yue chuckled, "I'm just following Uncle Chen and cheering for him."

"You wrote in the document that you would give it to me. It's obvious that you were thinking of letting me take the lead." Chen Su smiled and said, "But I don't hate this little trick. On the contrary, I appreciate it."

Liang Yue did not hide it and said directly: "Uncle Chen, please don't blame me."

"Although I don't like those political schemes, if they want to play, we have to play better than them." Chen Su continued: "When you are weak, you should protect yourself first and not try to stand out. This is the right way. When you are strong, you can kill decisively. It is the right way to be kind to good people and ruthless to evil people."

"Thank you for your advice." Liang Yue nodded.

If the bad guys are cunning, the good guys will be even more cunning; if the bad guys are cruel, the good guys will be even more cruel.

He has come to understand this truth more and more deeply recently.

In a way, he even felt that Chen Su and his master Wang Rulin were of the same type.

When it comes to settling grudges in the martial arts world, the master seems to be unscrupulous, but he never stabs a good person in the back.

Chen Su was involved in intrigues in the court struggles, killing only the bad guys.

The two men were riding their horses back to the Zhuxie Division when they suddenly saw a huge crowd of people outside a government office in front of them, as if something big was happening.

"Longyuan Mansion?" Chen Su spotted the government office at a glance, pulled the reins, and said, "Let's go take a look."

Liang Yue followed him over to join in the fun.

There were three layers of onlookers outside the Longyuan government office, and in the middle there was the sound of drums like thunder.

Fortunately, both of them were practitioners with extraordinary hearing and vision, and they were riding on horses, taller than everyone else, so they could see what was happening from afar.

It was a middle-aged man in brocade robes and with a dignified temperament, who was beating the drum outside the government office again and again.

Until the gate of the government office opened, two yamen runners came out and shouted, "Who beat the drum?"

The man put down the drumstick, put his hands away, flicked his sleeves, and tidied himself up before saying, "The president of the Nanzhou Chamber of Commerce, Yang Panshi, sued the Minister of Industry, Lu Yuanwang, for abusing his power for personal gain, deceiving the emperor, and colluding with the underworld Longya Gang to run rampant in the capital. All merchants who undertake official construction must pay a huge amount of money to the Longya Gang before they can be assigned by the Ministry of Industry. I have a joint blood letter from hundreds of Nanzhou Chamber of Commerce companies, asking Longyuan Mansion to do justice!"

The yamen runner who opened the door and the Longyuan Prefecture official who was watching the situation from inside were both stunned when they heard half of what was said.

"what?"

"Let us seek justice?"

The official of the prefecture is the chief military and political officer of the prefecture. If they were placed outside, they would be the head of a prefecture and a person who had the final say. They have enormous power and would not even be traded for a prince.

Only the official of Longyuan Prefecture can be regarded as the most aggrieved official in Beijing.

Because he has six ministries, various officials, and the Emperor above him, although he is nominally in charge of Longyuan Prefecture, in reality he is just an errand boy who handles miscellaneous affairs and has to obey orders from everyone.

Such as now.

If the people have grievances, they should naturally beat the drum and file a complaint. But I am a fourth-rank official, and you come to me to sue the father-in-law of the emperor and the second-rank minister.

What’s the difference between this and going to the City God Temple to complain to Laozi?
Let me do justice, I will do justice for your fourth uncle!
Chen Su, who saw this scene from afar, was quite amused and muttered to himself, "Liang Fuguo finally took action."

……

at the same time.

In the Liang family's small courtyard, Li Caiyun and Liang Xiaoyun were happily counting money together.

In the past few days, the Liang family sold off the gifts they had received, turning them into silver bills that were easy to store. They basically only kept a few imperial dragon symbols and a few pieces of jewelry to be worn by their daughter when she got married.

She had been managing the family business for most of her life, and she had always been counting small amounts of money. How could she have seen such a large sum? So she was very cautious, turning the thick stack of banknotes over and over again, and finally carefully locked it up.

"Our family has been poor for so many years, but we have finally turned things around. You need the bride price for your brother's marriage, the dowry for your future marriage, and you and Xiaopeng will have to take exams and buy a house...there are still many expenses. You have to lock up this money for him and don't touch it easily." Li Caiyun said.

After thinking for a while, she put the money box under the bed, lifted up two bricks, hid them in the hole underneath, and then covered it tightly with bricks.

"Oh, mother." Liang Xiaoyun chuckled and said, "It's only a short time now, and you're already thinking so much."

"I have to be scheming. I have to take care of all these for you. Only after I die can I face the loyal heroes of your Liang family." Li Caiyun replied.

"What are you talking about?" Liang Xiaoyun hugged her mother, "Mom has to live to be a hundred years old."

"No matter how old I am, as long as I am alive, I will help you guard these treasures." Li Caiyun put her hands on her waist and said, "No one is allowed to move!"

(End of this chapter)