At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

Xu Wan'er asked for four million taels of silver in her memorial, which made her somewhat hesitant for a moment.

After all, although the emperor's identity seems prominent, he nominally controls all of Daliang Dynasty.

But in fact, the silver in the emperor's hands was not inexhaustible.

The use of silver stored in the national treasury can only be decided by the cabinet after it drafts a bill.

The only silver she could freely allocate was the silver deposited in the imperial treasury.

Considering that the Ministry of Transport had just been established, there was still some dissatisfaction among the ministers in the court.

Therefore, the empress directly gave up the plan of transferring silver from the national treasury.

If the silver were allowed to go around in that person's hands for a while, it would be hard to say when the four million taels of silver would reach Xu Wan'er's hands!

……

Soon, the empress's two imperial edicts were delivered to Xu Wan'er through the eunuch.

At the same time, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict also brought two million taels of silver notes and handed them to Xu Wan'er personally.

Xu Wan'er was overjoyed.

She originally thought that it would take at least two or three days for the money to reach her hands.

I didn't expect the speed to be so fast!

"Your Majesty is so willing to convert the Beiyuan Palace into the office space of the Ministry of Transportation."

"We are grateful to Lord Xu for this. We will be able to enter and leave the emperor's palace at will in the future."

Jiang Wenzhong, Chong Heihu laughed out loud.

After a while, Xu Wan'er, Xia Yun and their group arrived back at the gate of Beiyuan Palace.

But Jiang Wen flew forward again, took down the original sign of Beiyuan Palace, and then hung the sign of the Ministry of Transport he brought right in front of the gate.

At this point, the Ministry of Transport’s office was officially established!

"Sir, where should the officials of the Ministry of Transportation be promoted from?"

After entering the palace, Xu Wan'er asked.

This was the only thing she had been undecided about since yesterday.

When the Ministry of Transport was first established, it required at least forty or fifty officials to keep the department running.

But they have no roots in the capital.

It is somewhat difficult for her to promote dozens of officials at once.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xia Yun's face did not show any embarrassment at all.

"This is simple."

Xia Yun smiled slightly.

"Lei Zhenning, Zhao Gongming, the Ninth Prince and others have helped us many times. Now, it's time for us to give back to them."

“In addition, a group of people who will soon come from Dai County can also be accommodated in the Ministry of Transportation.”

Xia Yun continued.

As a department with the same status as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Communications will also have a number of official positions including left and right vice ministers, doctor, deputy minister, and chief clerk.

At this time, it would be most appropriate to use these official positions to repay the help of Zhao Gongming and others.

Although this move may be suspected of forming cliques and selling official positions and titles.

But the empress gave the power of employing people directly to Xu Wan'er, which might have been her intention.

If corrupt ministers in the court were allowed to enter the Ministry of Transport, it would undoubtedly slow down the efficiency of the Ministry of Transport, which would deviate from the original intention of establishing the Ministry of Transport.

"Yes, my lord!"

Xu Wan'er suddenly understood.

Drawing personnel from Zhao Gongming and others is indeed an approach that takes all aspects into consideration!

......

That night, Xu Wan'er was the first to tell Lei Zhenning what Xia Yun meant.

Lei Zhenning, who already lived in the Xia Mansion, was immediately happy to accept Xu Wan'er's proposal.

Although he is now the Minister of War.

But no one would complain about his or her power in the court growing.

What's more, the court situation that Lei Zhenning is facing now is actually not much easier than Xia Yun's.

As a "traitor" in the eyes of Jiangnan Party officials, it can be imagined that he will be constrained by Jiangnan Party officials in all aspects of the court in the future.

Followed by.

Xu Wan'er appeared alone in the Ninth Prince's Mansion again.

When Xiao Yan learned the purpose of Xu Wan'er's visit, he was immediately delighted.

"Lord Xu and Lord Xia have this intention, which comforts me very much."

In the lobby of the palace, Xiao Yan looked at Xu Wan'er with eyes full of admiration.

He remembered when Xia Yun first came to the capital.

Xu Wan'er followed him, but she was still just an unknown little woman.

I never thought that we wouldn’t see each other for several months.

Today, Xu Wan'er is already an important official in the court, a first-rank Minister of Communications!

......

Time flies and it is the next morning.

Zhao Gongming, who was leading 200,000 troops and marching towards Changchun City, received a letter from Xu Wan'er on the way.

When Zhao Gongming finished reading the contents of the letter, he immediately burst into laughter.

"Why are you laughing, sir?"

Deputy General Zhang Chunlei, who was following Zhao Gongming, immediately asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Zhao Gongming waved his hand and handed the letter directly to Zhang Chunlei.

Zhang Chunlei took it and looked at it, his expression suddenly brightened.

"Lord Xu is so generous that he gave us the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Transportation!"

Zhang Chunlei was overjoyed.

Xu Wan'er directly stated in the letter that she asked Zhao Gongming to recommend a candidate for the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Communications.

This gift is quite valuable.

"Pass on my order, order Zhili Provincial Governor Kang Anshan to come to Beijing immediately to serve as the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Communications!"

In just a few breaths, Zhao Gongming made a decision.

On the surface.

The Zhili Provincial Governor, like the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Communications, was a third-rank official.

But as the saying goes, Beijing officials are three levels higher.

The actual rank of a court assistant minister was equivalent to a local second-rank governor.

What's more, for Zhao Gongming.

Having his own people go to Beijing to serve as the Right Vice Minister is equivalent to inserting his power into the imperial court in the capital!

This is something he has never been able to do in the past decade.

Looking back to the past, whenever he wanted to expand his power within the imperial court, he would be directly stopped by Xu Jinsong and others.

But the appearance of Xia Yun broke this shackles.

This also made Zhao Gongming sigh in his heart that the decision to form an alliance with Xia Yun was most likely one of the most correct decisions he had ever made in his life!

"Send a message to the army to speed up the march! We must reach Changchun in three days and intercept the barbarian invasion!"

With Xia Yun and Lei Zhenning in charge at the rear, Zhao Gongming had no more worries when commanding the march and fighting!

......

This day, in the evening.

Xia Yun appeared outside Fenglai Inn.

Following him were Qin Shun, Chong Heihu and others.

Compared with the Fenglai Inn I saw last time.

Today's Fenglai Inn has undergone tremendous changes.

Not only did the street where it was located become extremely lively, but the entire Fenglai Inn also became extremely luxurious after Qin Shun's reconstruction.

Standing at a distance and looking from afar, you will feel that Fenglai Inn is different from others.

At the same time, when Xia Yun appeared outside Fenglai Inn, he attracted the attention of many people around.

Most of them are residents living on this street.