Chapter 1070 Two teams, one position!
Facing Zhang Zhe's question, Cheng Sanni raised her eyebrows and asked Zhang Zhe with a half-smile:
"Sir Liu, let me ask General Zhang what your conditions are..."

Zhang Zhe hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but did not give an answer. Instead, he asked in a deep voice:
"To be honest, I haven't thought about it yet, but I want to know what your department can give me if I betray Governor Song?"

Cheng Sanni restrained her smile upon hearing this and said solemnly:
"That depends on what you want, General Zhang, and what kind of merits you can establish for the Fengwu Army. But I think if you abandon the dark and join the light, you can at least save your life!"

Zhang Zhe was a little unhappy when he heard this, but he asked back:

"So even if I surrender to your tribe, I won't be able to protect my Zhang family's assets?"

Cheng Sanni sighed and said:

"General Zhang, I am just a messenger. I cannot make the decision on matters like this!"

"If you want, I can pass your request to Captain Liu and let him make the decision!"

“But I think that you, General Zhang, should be very clear about how much evil you have done following Governor Song over the years, and you should also be familiar with the policies of the Fengwu Army. So being able to save your life is already a very precious thing…”

Cheng Sanni's words had not yet completely fallen, but Zhang Zhe was already very angry!

He originally thought that the Fengwu Army would offer very generous conditions to win him over, but he never expected that the other party would be so strong, even arrogant!

If it were someone else, they would have offered him various favorable conditions. Zhang Zhe was even mentally prepared for the other party to promise to let him serve as the Governor-General of Sichuan!
However, he never expected that things would turn out like this. Although Cheng Sanni did not say anything final and left room for negotiation, Zhang Zhe could feel from Cheng Sanni's words that there was not much room for negotiation. For him, the gap between expectation and reality was too big!

It seems that the Fengwu Army is too lazy to even lie to themselves. Do they really think that they can definitely take over Sichuan and Shu?

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhe couldn't help but feel a sense of shame and anger for being looked down upon, and an idea emerged in his mind that he wanted to report Cheng Sanni and Liu Baichuan behind her to Song Weijie!
However, as soon as this idea came into his mind, Song Weijie rejected it himself. He knew very well that if he did so, he would create a huge enmity with the Coordination Office, and then he would have no choice but to go down the same path with Song Weijie!

If the Fengwu Army cannot invade Sichuan, then everything will be fine. But once the Fengwu Army invades Sichuan, then Zhang Zhe and his entire family will definitely suffer crazy revenge from the Fengwu Army!

It is even said that Song Weijie might not die even if he is defeated, but Zhang Zhe and his family will definitely die···························

Feeling Zhang Zhe's expression change, Cheng Sanni continued:
"It's almost time for me to go. General Zhang, do you have anything else to say to Captain Liu?"

Zhang Zhe heard this and said very sincerely:
"Marshal Ye is a man of unparalleled power. I have long admired him. If Captain Liu is willing to give me a chance to turn from evil to good, I am willing to serve the Fengwu Army and Marshal Ye until my death!"

Listening to Zhang Zhe's words, Cheng Sanni nodded with a smile and said:

"I will pass on General Zhang's words to Captain Liu word for word!"

After saying that, Cheng Sanni bowed to Zhang Zhe, and then walked out of the room under Zhang Zhe's gaze.

Three hours later, Cheng Sanni, disguised as a man, arrived at a very remote house in Rongcheng.

At this time, a bald man was waiting for her in the house. When he saw Cheng Sanni appear, he said with a little dissatisfaction:
"You are late. If you come a little later, I will expose you!"

Cheng Sanni said with some apology:

"I'm sorry, Captain Niu. It took us some time to change our appearance!"

The bald man known as Niu Baihu did not bother about being late and continued to ask Cheng Sanni:
"How was the talk with Zhang Zhe?"

Recalling Zhang Zhe's performance when they met, Cheng Sanni said softly:

"He looks like a smart man. He knows how many bad things he has done over the years. He is worried that he will be liquidated if he continues to follow Song Weijie. He wants to surrender to our army in exchange for amnesty and forgiveness. But he is also greedy and wants more!"

After hearing Cheng Sanni's story, Captain Niu was silent for a while and then asked:

"In that case, do you think he will report us to Song Weijie?"

Cheng Sanni thought for a moment and said softly:
"He knows the consequences of doing so, so I don't think he will do it, and there is no need to activate the backup plan!" Niu Baihu nodded and said in a deep voice:

"I understand. I will tell Captain Liu that you must protect yourself in Rongcheng. If you encounter danger, you can retreat according to the plan..."

"Don't worry! They can't catch me!" Cheng Sanni replied with a smile:

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Yijing, Ye Mansion

Ye Mingsheng was reading a memorial in his study. With the capture of Liu Zhengyue, the governor of Youyan, the Qingfeng operation had reached its climax recently!

According to the joint investigation by the Ministry of Justice and the Coordination Office, more than 30 officials were involved. In addition to the governor Liu Zhengyue, several provincial councilors and officials were also implicated. Basically, because of this incident, the Youyan Provincial Government was paralyzed.

In addition to the governor, Youyan also has two prefects at the local level. Three county magistrates are also involved in the case and have been arrested by the Ministry of Justice!
The total amount of money involved in the case amounted to 500,000 taels of silver, 71 land deeds, nearly 1,000 acres, 31 shops, and hundreds of various antiques, gold and silver utensils.

After seeing the contents of the memorial, Ye Mingsheng felt angry and shocked at the same time!
After getting the evidence about Liu Zhengyue's guilt from Huo San, Ye Mingsheng had actually realized that it was impossible that he was the only one with problems in Youyan Provincial Government. He must have some followers, and it was inevitable that if you pull out the radish, you would bring out the mud!
However, the involvement of so many people and so much money was beyond Ye Mingsheng’s expectations, and it should be known that the case was not over and was still under investigation, which meant that more people would be brought down in the future...
Ye Mingsheng was still very confident and proud of the achievements made by the Fengwu Army in the fight against F in the past few years. He believed that this state of integrity would continue for at least a few years. However, the cold reality made Ye Mingsheng realize how wrong he was!

This incident also made Ye Mingsheng understand that human desires are infinite, and that integrity and righteousness are always on the way. He must always maintain this high-pressure state without any slackness!
For this reason, Ye Mingsheng also ordered the Legal Affairs Bureau to handle this matter strictly and severely, and to make this incident an example to warn officials at all levels in the Fengwu Army, so that they understand that officials should not interfere, or they will be caught!
In addition to handling the case of Liu Zhengyue, just yesterday, Cui Shao, Gu Sansi, and more than 20 other Central Court officials jointly wrote a letter to Ye Mingsheng, suggesting that Ye Mingsheng carry out power structure reform!
The current structure of the various bureaus of the Central Council implemented by the Fengwu Army is a small court structure that was implemented because the Fengwu Army had not yet seized power!

Now that the Fengwu Army has seized power, it is no longer appropriate to continue implementing this structure, and it also conflicts with the original structure of the six ministries. Therefore, changing the existing structure is imperative!

To be honest, Ye Mingsheng himself had already realized this problem without Cui Shao, Gu Sansi and others jointly submitting suggestions·························

This matter is simple and difficult at the same time!

The reason is simple: this problem can be solved by changing the name. The structure of the existing central government bureaus of Fengwu Army was modeled after the six ministries!
So it is nothing more than a matter of changing the name, such as changing the name of the Legal Affairs Bureau to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Personnel Bureau to the Ministry of Personnel, etc. It doesn't take much effort, but why hasn't Ye Mingsheng done such a simple thing until now?
This brings us to the point where changing the architecture is difficult!

You should know that the six ministries of the imperial court are not an empty shell, but have people on them, including the Shangshu, Shilang, and the principals at all levels. Although there are vacancies in individual positions, there are hundreds of officials at all levels in the six ministries combined. There are more than a hundred people who have come to Yijing now, and in the future there will be more officials from the six ministries arriving in Yijing!

These people represent a huge group of bureaucrats. It is no exaggeration to say that behind each of them there is a network of relationships!

These networks of relationships are so intricate and complex that they cover the entire Great Zhou. There are too many interests and personal connections behind them. It can be said that one move affects the entire body!

The teams of the six ministries are like this, and so are the teams of the various bureaus of the Fengwu Army Central Council, not much better than others...

But the problem now is that there are two groups of people, but there is only one position!
For Ye Mingsheng, the personnel of the various departments of the Central Academy were all promoted by him personally, so it is naturally easier for him to use them. Ye Mingsheng also trusts them, and they are also his own people.

If they continue to use their own people, it means abandoning the original bureaucratic groups of the six ministries and the network of relationships behind them!

There is no doubt that this is not conducive to Ye Mingsheng's leadership of the court's control over various places, and may even cause a certain degree of unrest!

So after thinking about this problem, Ye Mingsheng gradually came up with a plan, which was to use his own people as the basic body to ensure his control over the civil service system, and then absorb some candidates from the six ministries and integrate them into this new system!

Although he had a plan, Ye Mingsheng still hadn't figured out how to specifically absorb the person from the original six departments and have him take up the new position!
And now Cui Shao, Gu Sansi and other former Central Council officials have jointly submitted suggestions to Ye Mingsheng, which is actually expressing their attitude to Ye Mingsheng to some extent!

After all, official positions are assigned to specific people. If one more person is added to the six ministries, then there will be one less person in the Central Council team...

As for the Central Academy team, they believed that as the victorious party in the war, they should enjoy the dividends of victory, so they were unwilling to share the fruits of victory with the defeated party, that is, the team of the six ministries!
In fact, Cui Shao and Gu Sansi did not have much interest in joining forces with everyone else. After all, they knew that even if the people from the six ministries would occupy some positions in the new system, it would not have much impact on them!

After all, Cui Shao's merits and qualifications are there, and the position of Prime Minister is his, and no one else can snatch it away. And Gu Sansi has Ye Mingsheng's trust, which is an incomparable advantage, and there is no need to worry at all!
Even though the two of them are not worried, it does not mean that others are worried, especially the directors and deputy directors of several bureaus. They are particularly worried that their positions will be replaced by people from the six ministries. That's why they united and went to find Cui Shao and Gu Sansi, wanting them to take the lead in expressing their stance!
Although Cui Shao and Gu Sansi are not worried, they are members of the Central Academy team after all, so on such issues, they need to make some reactions to respond to the demands of the people below...

Therefore, this joint memorial led by Cui Shao and Gu Sansi, including more than 20 important officials from the Central Council, was handed over to Ye Mingsheng!
Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was also being cleaned up!

In Ye Mingsheng's previous plan, Cui Shao was appointed as the chief minister and concurrently the Minister of Revenue, Gu Sansi was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, Li Jian was appointed as the Minister of Justice, and the Ministry of War was changed to the General Staff and continued to be led by Zhao Han. These four old subordinates continued to lead these four key departments, and for the position of assistant minister, people from the original six ministries could be considered.
As for the four departments of the Censorate, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, and the Dali Temple, it is appropriate to consider more members of the six-ministerial team!

But now seeing this joint report, Ye Mingsheng began to think about whether he should give more consideration to some specific candidates··························
(What thoughts and suggestions do you readers have? I’m all ears and waiting for good news!)

(End of this chapter)