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Zhao Junsheng checked several scrolls in a row, but found no obvious problems, but he found something different when he checked the fifth scroll.

This record contains a person named Zhang Huanzhi and a person named Wang Chenyu. The description of the military exploits of these two people as an important basis for promotion is somewhat vague. The military exploits of other people are clearly described. For example, a man named Liu Kai The battle exploits of the building generals are described as follows: On the seventh day of September in the eighth year of Qianguo, Liu Kai, the third building general of the 500th cavalry team of the Flying Bear Army, led 320 cavalrymen under his command to defeat 84 Wei troops in the Woniu Valley, killing 380 and six enemies. , captured 220 people, captured [-] horses, [-] sets of armor, [-] sets of bows and arrows, and was promoted to deputy commander of the [-]th cavalry team due to his meritorious service.

The description of Zhang Huanzhi and Wang Chenyu in the record is not so clear. It reads: "On the tenth day of September in the eighth year of Qianguo, Your Majesty led the army to defeat Daqian thirty miles west of Yangyuan. Shenwu Army No. 20 The third member of the army Zhang Huanzhi (Wang Chenyu, deputy of No. 30 second building of the Huwei Army) fought bravely, assisted the general in defeating the enemy, made great achievements, and was promoted to the deputy of the building and the sixth general of the building respectively!"

There are times, places, and events, but there is no specific description. It only says to assist the general to defeat the enemy. How did he assist?How many enemies have you killed?How many enemy troops were defeated?What have you done to help the general defeat the enemy?Nothing!

Zhao Junsheng took out a writing brush and drew horizontally under the records of Zhang Huanzhi and Wang Chenyu, and waved to the eunuch on duty: "Come on, take a look at the positions I marked. You all have a look. After reading it, you all read all the files." Once again, you must pay attention to all the descriptions of military exploits that are vaguely recorded like this, record their names one by one, and then take my handbook to the military office to check the files of these personnel. By the way, there should be all the personnel in the palace. Should the relevant files of court officials and military generals be archived? You don’t need to go to the Ministry of War, just go to the personnel archives to check the files of these people!”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng emphasized: "Remember, this matter must be kept secret, and you are not allowed to reveal a word to anyone. As long as word spreads outside, everyone will be executed! You people supervise each other, and the report is true and meritorious!"

The eunuchs were so frightened that they knelt on the ground one after another: "Slaves dare not, dare not!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and then issued an order: "Come here, and wait for the king of the lawsuit to speak frankly for an audience!"

Waiting for the lawsuit is a yamen established in the last two years to secretly observe officials. It claims to be a yamen that collects price information from all over the country and neighboring countries. Its function is to provide reference for the king's governance. In fact, this is indeed its It is a function, but its real function is to secretly investigate all officials, including generals, to prevent collusion, rebellion, treason, assassination of kings and other evils.

Before the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were no real espionage organizations, only some official organizations with similar functions as espionage organizations, and the scouts and waiting cavalry in the army were the main sources of information.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was an informal official name called Xiuyi, which expressed that he was favored by the monarch.During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao set up a secret service organization called "School Affairs" to detect the words and deeds of his ministers, mainly for anti-spies; and a corresponding organization called "Dian School" also appeared in Soochow during this period. , but because it slandered ministers and expelled innocent people, it was canceled amidst criticisms. However, an anti-espionage organization called "Assassination Tunnel" has appeared on the border. Frontier counterintelligence and police missions.

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, a real espionage organization was formed with a high professional standard, such as the Bailu Division mentioned above, but the main function of this Bailu Division is to investigate the officials internally.

The name of the chief officer of the pending lawsuit is the Commander, and the current Commander Wang admitted frankly that he was a senior official of the Black Guards before, and was transferred by Zhao Junsheng to form the pending lawsuit.

The king who was summoned frankly said that he would come soon, "The king of court officials confessed to meet His Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng waved to the other eunuchs in the hall, and the eunuchs filed out of the hall one by one.

Zhao Junsheng said frankly to Wang: "These days, are there any unusual actions by the ministers, officials from all over the country, the garrison and the border army generals?"

"Return to Your Majesty, no one's actions have been found to endanger the safety of Your Majesty, the royal family and the court!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "If I want to know how many people in the imperial court, the local government, the central army, the local garrisons, and the frontier troops have frequent contacts and close relationships with Cui Hao, how long will it take to get the news?"

Wang frankly clasped his fists and said: "News from all over the world reach the lawsuit every day. If Your Majesty wants to know about Cui Hao, I will order my subordinates to collect the news. It only takes one day!"

In waiting for the lawsuit, the court ministers, military generals, officials from various places, and garrison generals each have a separate file, who they contacted every day, what sensitive words they said, who they had correspondence with, and what they said in the letters deserved attention. If there is any case, someone will secretly record and report it to the headquarters of the pending lawsuit in written words, and the officials waiting for the lawsuit will screen and evaluate the news sent from various places, and report it immediately if they find a situation that is extremely harmful. The things that don't matter are just the things that record the news and seal them up for later viewing.

Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Before it gets dark today, I want to know the list of all the people who are close to Cui Hao!"

"As ordered!"

Wang frankly acted very quickly. After he returned to the waiting case, he immediately ordered people to read Cui Hao's files, gathered all the information related to him, and found out the officials and generals who were closely related to him.

Chapter 777

Zhao Junsheng held a booklet in his hand, which was the list of ministers, generals in the army, and local officials who had close contacts with Cui Hao and some evidence of their contacts that Wang frankly sent over.

There are sixteen chapters in this booklet, all of which are filled, and it took Zhao Junsheng half an hour to finish reading it.

"With regard to the relationship between Cui Hao and these people, what is the conclusion you have drawn from the lawsuit?"

Wang frankly clasped his fists and said: "The conclusion of the lawsuit is: these people are headed by Cui Hao, and they are all Cui Hao's henchmen. Except for the first four, the other 24 people were all single-handedly promoted by Cui Hao. Yu Shizu!"

What makes Zhao Junsheng shudder is that among these 28 people, there are four court ministers, six generals, twelve prefects, and six county magistrates. They have maintained close contact with Cui Hao in the past two years. There is at least one letter exchange every month, and there is a letter every few days if the distance is relatively close. Those who are near Qianjing even come to Qianjing to meet Cui Hao every now and then. Hao for a meeting.

It is not difficult to see that Cui Hao has been regarded as the head of the noble clan by these people, but it is not clear from these that they have any bad intentions, which is why Zhao Junsheng is a little relieved.

Zhao Junsheng held this thick booklet and fell into deep thought. The waiting lawsuit was only established in the last two years. Zhao Junsheng believed that Cui Hao had promoted more than these people, and the officials and generals headed by Cui Hao were definitely more than these.

But you can't attribute some officials to Cui Hao's group just because they were promoted by Cui Hao. This is an irrational behavior, so this matter still needs to be investigated and screened secretly.

Zhao Junsheng brought another booklet from the imperial case. It was a list of all the officials and generals that the eunuchs searched through the files and found out that they might be related to Cui Hao. This list recorded the whole process of everyone's transfer and promotion. .

He compared the two lists one by one, and as expected, Wang admitted that except for the first four court ministers on the list he brought, all other names appeared on the list sent by the eunuchs.

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath, and handed the list sent by the eunuchs to Wang Frank: "I want you to send someone to check whether there is any trick in the previous promotion process of these people, and whether their military achievements or political achievements are real. There is no false report, exaggeration, or false claims of military exploits, and report it to me as soon as possible after finding out!"

Wang said frankly that he took the booklet and flipped through it quickly, raised his head and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to send people to the places where they used to be officials and stationed for verification, it will take a long time!"

"I'll give you three months, is that enough?"

"Three months is enough!"

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Choi House.

The 83-year-old Kou Qianzhi came to the gate of Cui Mansion in a carriage. The carriage stopped, and the groom jumped off the carriage and put the pedals beside the carriage. A disciple raised the curtain and said to Kou Qianzhi in the carriage: " Master, Cui Gong's mansion has arrived!"

A young disciple helped the elderly Kou Qianzhi out of the carriage. Kou Qianzhi was already white-haired and old-fashioned. He got off the carriage with his left hand and walked towards the gate of Cui Mansion.

Menzi saw that it was Kou Qianzhi coming, and immediately stepped forward to greet him: "Meet the national teacher!"

Kou Qianzhi nodded: "Is Mr. Cui at home?"

"Yes, the national teacher please!"

Another doorman had already run into the gate to report, and when Kou Qianzhi was led outside the front hall of Cui Mansion by the doorman, Cui Hao was already waiting at the door of the front hall.

"National teacher, what kind of wind brought you here today?" Cui Hao smiled and cupped his hands to meet him.

Kou Qianzhi slapped the chief inspector: "Sitting in the temple this morning, I was on a whim, so I came to disturb Cui Gong's mansion, Cui Gong doesn't dislike it?"

"Hahaha, the national teacher is joking, please come in and serve tea!"

The two walked into the front hall and sat facing each other on a low table near the window. A maid made tea for them.

Cui Hao waved to the servant girl and told her to go out first.

"The national teacher has been here less often in the past one or two years! Come, have tea!" Cui Hao picked up the teacup as a gesture.

Kou Qianzhi took a sip from his teacup, put down the teacup and said, "Poverty Dao is eighty-three this year. He is too old to walk anymore. If he is not going to court, he would not go out on weekdays, but today he is on a whim. I feel that it is necessary to come to Cui Gong's mansion!"

Cui Hao was quite surprised: "Oh? Did the national teacher figure out something?"

Kou Qianzhi looked at Cui Hao for a long time, and said, "Cui Gong, I'm afraid your situation will not be too good in the next period of time!"

Cui Hao's heart skipped a beat when he heard it. He knew Kou Qianzhi's ability well. He was very effective in reading fortune, fortune-telling, and divination. Since Kou Qianzhi said that, he definitely didn't want to scare him. explain?"

"If it's light, you'll be in jail, if it's serious... maybe your family will be ruined!"