Chapter 53: Loyal Minister? Not Necessarily?
Any department with overly strict management basically has an unknown backdoor.
Perhaps the only difference is the size and tightness of the backdoor. There is absolutely no department that closes the door tightly without leaving any gaps.
Many departments with extremely strict management are relatively more efficient in backdoor work, but the price you need to pay is also high.
There are only two reasons for strict management of departments: to increase the difficulty of doing things and to increase the income of the backdoor.
Just think about it, how could the Cheng family, a family of officials with bells and drums, be so impartial? The reason why Hou Junji was dealt with impartially was because Hou Junji and Old Cheng were basically political opponents.
So, when a waning moon hung in the cold sky, Yun Chu and the military officer of Zhechongfu quietly entered the city with 500 camels carrying goods.
Such a large camel caravan is naturally not something that all inns can arrange, so, led by the goat beard, they walked into a large inn called "Fulai".
The innkeeper was a fat man who spoke in Chang'an Mandarin and smiled so hard that only his teeth could be seen but not his eyes.
The cost of staying here for one night for such a large camel caravan was 500 gold and 50 gold.
Yun Chu naturally took a dirty marching pot from the camel's back as payment.
The shopkeeper took the pot with a smile, weighed it, and asked the waiter to move it to the back house with satisfaction. He said to Yun Chu: "Fortunately, you didn't take this pot out of the gate, otherwise, you would be fined. Two years ago, there was a bastard who smeared some messy things on a golden axe and wanted to get through. As a result, he was seen by the men below. Tsk tsk, that whipping, the brave man peed." Yun Chu smiled and said, "That's because they don't know the rules." The goat beard sneered on the side: "There are many people who know the rules, but not all of them can come in casually. If you hadn't fought a battle under the command of Marshal Liang and served Marshal Liang with your lives, do you think you can come in after eating my zong gao?" Yun Chu looked at the military officer of Zhechongfu, and the military officer immediately took the goat beard's hand enthusiastically and talked happily. There was no other way, Yun Chu had to let go of Naha's little hand, and held the fat shopkeeper's greasy hand and chatted happily.
Yun Chu didn't know what was going on with the military officer, anyway, after he shook hands with the fat shopkeeper, a bag of gold sand weighing half a pound disappeared.
After sending away the two money-hungry ghosts, the military officer bowed to Yun Chu and said, "I really should be the military officer, brother."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "It may be possible to be a seventh-rank official in ten years. Now, I can't stand up even if I step on stilts."
The military officer shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. In the past, there was a person like you in the Tang Dynasty court.
In his early years, he was recommended to enter the officialdom, and successively served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, moved to the Supervisory Censor, and was appointed as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat.
When the current Majesty was the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, he would definitely give up He gave up his high position as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat and became the Secretary of the Crown Prince.
After His Majesty ascended the throne, he was appointed as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat. It was only natural for him to be granted the title of Duke and Marquis in the future.
Your future is limitless. ”
Yun Chu bowed and said, "I wonder what the name of this senior is?"
The military officer sighed and said, "Li Yifu, nicknamed, the human cat!"
Yun Chu certainly knew who this Li Yifu was. According to historical records, this person was a typical person who became arrogant when he succeeded.
Perhaps he was too tired to play the role of a good person in his early years, so he became more and more arrogant in the later period, and was finally demoted and exiled, and died of grief and anger.
Yun Chu decided not to learn from him, and was determined to play the current role well for his whole life, without changing his personality in the middle, and he could not end up like the human cat.
The conditions in the inn were as bad as Yun Chu expected, but what he sold was not the service of the inn, but something else.
Yun Chu carried Naha, who had been sleeping soundly, into the guest room and immediately turned around and left after taking a look.
The waiter had just pushed the door open, and there was no time to light the light, so the bedbugs hiding on the wall and the roof crawled down the wall.
He would rather take Naha to sleep with the camel tonight than spend the night on that dirty, smelly bunk bed.
At dawn, Yun Chu took Naha to the Yumenguan Gate to change the station, and waited for Ding Dayou, Old Monkey and others to enter the city.
When changing the station, a petty official with a pair of triangular eyes was very annoying and always questioned Naha's identity.
"Is she really your sister, not Hu Ji?"
Yun Chu patiently nodded again and said, "This is my biological sister."
The clerk rolled his eyes and looked at Naha and said, "Yun Na? Not Hu Ji? How could your parents give birth to such a thing?"
Yun Chu took a long breath, and then punched the clerk in the eye. Yun Chu almost used all his strength in this punch, and the clerk fell to the ground without screaming.
Yun Chu felt unsatisfied, so he kicked the table where the pens, ink, paper and inkstone were placed, picked up a table leg, and beat him without a face.
Yun Chu was wearing leather armor that clearly showed his official status because he was going to meet Ding Dayou today. He really couldn't understand why this bastard had to embarrass him.
So, he and Naha each took a table leg and beat the clerk like a drum, making him scream.
When the soldiers of Yumen Pass found that someone was beating their own people, they rushed up to help regardless of Yun Chu's official status.
The soldiers guarding the gate were not strong soldiers in the first place, and they did not dare to use weapons. The soldiers there could withstand the beating of a furious tiger like Yun Chu.
Within a moment, Yun Chu beat him with a table leg, his head was bruised and bleeding, and he fell to the ground.
When Yun Chu saw that no one dared to come up, he threw away the table leg in his hand, mentioned the clerk who had been beaten like mud, put some blood on his face with his hands, and casually touched Naha's After passing the hook, he picked up the seal from the ground, used the seal on it, and finally kicked the clerk in the face, leaving him basically toothless to eat. Only then did he feel that his anger had dissipated a little.
Just when Yun Chu was dragging Naha away and preparing to leave, a middle-aged man riding a horse blocked their way.
"Even if the little official has a bad mouth, isn't it too much for you to seize the opportunity and seal like this?"
Yun Chu took a look at the bright armor on the middle-aged man's body, took out a bag of gold sand from his arms and threw it on the clerk's bloody face. He said to the man on horseback: "I think you are more likely to take action when encountering this kind of thing." I want more weight."
The middle-aged man curled his lips noncommittally and stretched out his hand towards Yunchu: "Let me see what happened to you."
Yun Chu did not refuse, and handed over his paperwork with both hands.
The middle-aged man looked at Yunchu's past and sighed: "Are you the last Tang Dynasty left in the Battle of Qiuci?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "Don't believe what I said. There were still thirty-seven wounded soldiers of the Tang Dynasty at that time."
The middle-aged man was about to speak when he heard Ding Dayou's rough voice coming from behind Yunchu.
"Cheng Chumo, your Zhechong Duwei Mansion in Xinnan Prefecture in Guizhou has all the troops and horses. Our Zhechong Duwei Mansion in Shangzhou has less than half of its troops left after fighting with the Turks. You can pull out your men and let us compete."
Cheng Chumo looked at Ding Dayou who was also riding on the horse and said: "The temper of your subordinates is too bad. They beat up the guards at the slightest disagreement. I can't do it without saying anything."
Ding Dayou looked at the wailing soldiers all over the ground, pointed at Cheng Chumo with his thick index finger and said: "A group of people were beaten like this by a young man. If they were my subordinates, I would kill them myself without anyone else beating them." Beaten to death."
Cheng Chumo looked at Yun Chu who was looking at him with a smile, smiled for some reason, and returned Yun Chu's fault to him.
Chao Ding Dayou cupped his hands and said: "Okay, let's let this matter go for now. Brother Huaide, we have high mountains and long rivers. There will always be a day to meet each other in the future. Next time, on a different occasion, we will discuss what is short and what is long. ”
Ding Dayou sneered: "A certain **** is one and a half feet long. If you don't believe it, you can verify it now."
Cheng Chumo laughed dryly, pointed helplessly and Ding Dayou walked away surrounded by his subordinates. As for the soldiers injured by Yun Chu, others would naturally take care of them.
When Ding Dayou saw Cheng Chumo leaving, he frowned and asked Yun Chu, "Why did you beat someone like this in broad daylight?"
Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said: "The person who was beaten was sent by others to be beaten. I just acted according to their wishes."
Ding Dayou smacked his lips and seemed to understand the truth, and cursed angrily: "This idiot seems to be getting more and more meticulous in doing things. If you meet him again in the future, you must be on guard. I ask you again, are you really not?" Are you ready to join our army? Even if you can’t do it now, I’ll save this position for you.”
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "I have read too little, I need to read more and listen more."
Ding Dayou looked into Yun Chu's eyes and said, "Don't be too ambitious. The last time I saw a person like you, he didn't live past thirty and died miserably."
Yun Chu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I strive to live until I die of old age, instead of dying for any other reason."
Ding Dayou smiled and said: "That's right, although the world is not very good, one more day of living is still a day of gain.
Let's go, it's time for me to sit down and divide the spoils. I really want to see how much benefit this trip can bring to my brothers, and whether it will be enough to last a lifetime. "
Yun Chu laughed and said: "If all these goods were sold in Chang'an, even if they were not enough to feed every soldier for a lifetime, it would still be the same.
However, the captain must make good friends with the city officials in the east and west cities of Chang'an so that the goods are always sold at a high price. Otherwise, so many valuable goods entering the east and west cities will cause a lot of trouble. "
Ding Dayou chuckled and said: "We have the Buddha's footprint jade. With this thing, we can see the beauty of heaven. When the time comes, we will tell His Majesty our troubles, and Your Majesty will naturally help us solve it."
When Yunchu heard what Ding Dayou said, he took a breath and said: "Our goods were all stolen, the Buddha's footprints were stolen, and all the goods entering the customs are illegal. You actually want to take these Tell your majesty everything?"
Ding Dayou said nonchalantly: "I only know that it is a huge mistake, and it is not as big a mistake as deceiving His Majesty.
I am just a stupid warrior, and it is inevitable that I will make mistakes. As long as I do not deceive Your Majesty and only think about Your Majesty, Your Majesty will always forgive me for the mistakes I make.
Besides, do you think His Majesty really doesn’t know what we have done? Do you think if I don’t say it, no one will say it?
Yunchu, deceiving Your Majesty is the biggest mistake we officials can make. "