Chapter 815: The Impartial He He Lingchuan

He He Lingchuan even praised him: "Magistrate Wu is very careful."

Magistrate Wu laughed: "The envoy praises me too much."

But He He Lingchuan didn't even open this roster, just threw it on the table, and after sipping some tea, asked: "In our Shihan City, which surname is the largest?"

"Ah?" This sudden turn made Magistrate Wu stunned, and it took a good while before he reacted. "Oh, the surname Li is the most!"

"How many are there in your office?"

Magistrate Wu calculated for a few breaths: "There are... seven or eight?"

"Sure enough, not few." He He Lingchuan tapped the roster with his middle finger: "In this roster, dismiss all those surnamed Li."

"This!" The sweat on Magistrate Wu's forehead flowed down all at once. "Envoy, isn't this inappropriate?"

Laying off employees by surname, how can it be so childish!

"What is the second largest surname?"

Magistrate Wu was dumbfounded.

Does the envoy want him to lay off people like this? Without looking at resumes, abilities, age, or qualifications? It's too simple and crude!

"I don't know them, nor do I want to assess them, and I don't want to know what difficulties they have; these have nothing to do with me. With the country in trouble, from the common people to the officials, everyone must go to the country's difficulty together." He He Lingchuan's left hand was in the shape of a knife, cutting vaguely on the roster. "The Shihan county office can only have three levels of salary, and at most only twenty people can receive money. If Magistrate Wu doesn't want me to cut it with one knife, go back and organize the list well, at least leave a few people you can use."

He said leisurely: "If you can't even make this decision..."

People who don't know how to lay off employees will be laid off themselves.

Magistrate Wu felt a chill in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I, I will go back and draft the list carefully!"

"Be fast!" He He Lingchuan held up two fingers. "Give you two days. Oh right, that lame coachman can stay. Everyone has a heart of compassion."

His attitude was very clear, so Magistrate Wu had to hold the roster and leave dejectedly.

He He Lingchuan watched his back and shook his head secretly.

There were tricks in the roster, he didn't need to open it to know. As long as he really played the game of "who stays and who goes" with Magistrate Wu, this broken matter would be endless.

But what does this have to do with He He Lingchuan? He only cared about the result, not the process.

As for the process, let these officials struggle with it themselves.

The official system of this country is too redundant and inefficient; things that two people can finish require twenty people to do. The Yuan Nation has internal worries and external troubles; if it still wants to hold on, it has to downsize, reduce staff, and increase efficiency.

If not...

Heh.

Because the expenditure audit of the envoy was too strict, the Yuan Court also argued in a mess.

Many old ministers complained, saying that although the wars on both ends were important, the urgent matters of the Yuan Nation were not just fighting, but also the national economy and the people's livelihood, such as the embankments of the two major rivers in the southeast that should be reinforced, otherwise when the summer flood arrives, it will destroy fields and hurt countless people, and so on.

Since supervising the expenditure items, He He Lingchuan only knew that there were countless places to use money in a country, from trivial matters to the livelihood of millions of people, all of which were numerous.

These 3.7 million-plus first installments were just a drop in the bucket; as long as he loosened his hand slightly, not a single cent would be left.

Money, this country lacks money so much.

After being busy for a few days, Lady Ying heard the brothers discussing funds while eating at the dinner table, and suddenly said: "Chuan'er, how long will you be the Other Rongshan envoy?"

"Ah?" It was the first time someone had asked this question. He He Lingchuan paused before saying, "Until the seven million taels of loans are all used up. It will be soon; these past two days we have been reviewing the final few items, and the remaining balance will be transferred over shortly."

By then, his envoy mission would be basically completed.

"You being impartial as the envoy is certainly good, but you are a Yuan person after all. Now that you have offended so many ministers, I'm afraid they will make things difficult for you after you step down as envoy." 【815

His mother was thinking on his behalf. He He Lingchuan said with emotion, "Mother has thought it through thoroughly. However!"

Hearing his tone, Lady Ying knew he was about to play tricks, and she pursed her lips: "However what?"

"You don't even look at who my father is!" He He Lingchuan said triumphantly, "As long as my father continues to rise in rank, what can others do to me?"

He couldn't very well say that he didn't care about the Yuan court at all, nor did he care about anything here, could he?

This is the underlying reason for his impartiality and "devotion to the public":

He does not care.

The officials of the Yuan nation always assume he looks down on them and is deliberately making things difficult for them.

Actually, that is not the case; in He He Lingchuan's eyes, he simply does not see them at all.

Lady Ying rolled her eyes at him, but knowing he was right, she felt a bit of joy in her heart.

She had drawn a top-tier fortune at the banks of County Magistrate Lake, which said she would enjoy smooth sailing and prosperity in the future; could it be that this is coming to pass right now?

Before this meal was even finished, Steward Wu suddenly strode in and said: "Good news, good news! My Lady, young masters, our Master has won a great victory in the south!"

Lady Ying rose at the sound, her phoenix eyes wide.

Steward Wu pointed to the dust-covered messenger beside him and said: "You tell us, quickly tell us the process!"

This man was covered in dust and grime, his breathing still unsteady, and he smelled of horse sweat, clearly having come from afar: "The General led the army and arrived in seven days; the rebels were unaware. The General then used the old, weak, and disabled soldiers as bait at Buxin City to lure the main rebel force into attacking the city, while our side circled to the rear to capture the rebel camp. We then set an ambush on the path of the main rebel force's return to reinforce, and by resting while they labored, we achieved a total victory!"

Lady Ying pressed her chest, so excited she couldn't catch her breath: "This is just wonderful!"

A great victory indeed, one battle to settle the situation!

For the Yuan nation, her husband's great victory is like timely rain! He He Lingchuan and He Yue immediately asked: "And then?"

The messenger was concise, but the brothers could still hear the scent of blood and slaughter. After this battle was fought, who knows how many more lives were lost.

He He Chunhua's strategy was very clever, focusing on an information gap. The rebels' northward advance had been very smooth; the cities they encountered either surrendered or offered weak resistance, laying down their arms after a mere show of force. How could they have known that General General Changning had already led a large army south? They still thought attacking Buxin City would be easy, but they ended up being caught off guard by He He Chunhua's calculated strike.

This kind of advantage can only be used once; fortunately, He He Chunhua did not waste it at all, basically achieving a quick victory to crush the main enemy force.

This great victory did not come easily.

"The two main rebel leaders, one was beheaded on the spot, and the other led the remnants to retreat westward. Zhao Qinghe and Wu Wu Shaoyi split their forces to strike them, wiping out another three thousand or so; additionally, Ceng Zeng Feixiong's unit lay in ambush at the western entrance of Longchuan to intercept them at the end," the messenger said. "After all this, the number of rebels who escaped into Longchuan is only eight hundred!"

Lady Ying asked again: "Wasn't it said there was another rebel leader?"

"This person is named Tan Tan Xian, and he has escaped into Longchuan."

(End of chapter)