Jia Xu rarely comes to Southern Office, and with this look on his face today, it is obvious that something big has happened.
For Embroidered-Clothes Envoys people, if something goes wrong, it means someone will die.
It's either someone else or them.
However, Jia Xu didn't even look at them. He walked to the only chair in the Main Hall and sat down.
A Embroidered-Clothes Envoys immediately stepped forward to serve him hot tea, but after Jia Xu picked up the tea bowl, he hit him hard on the head.
"Get out!"
The hot tea poured all over Embroidered-Clothes Envoys's face, but he did not dare to complain at all. He endured the pain, staggered to the outside of the hall and knelt down.
Jia Xu's eyes swept over the group of Embroidered-Clothes Envoyss kneeling outside the hall, their expressions so gloomy that they seemed to choose and devour them.
"Why, the rumor was not reported."
"Who is responsible for this, stand up!"
As soon as the words fell, the Embroidered-Clothes Envoyss were shocked, and all of them remained silent, but their slightly trembling hands revealed the fear in their hearts.
Jia Xu suddenly laughed when he saw this and said, "Why, no one admits it? That's easy, just pull out the knife and get rid of it."
"They're just a bunch of trash anyway. It's useless to keep them, so just don't get rid of them."
After saying this, one of the Embroidered-Clothes Envoys finally couldn't bear it any longer, stood up and said, "Duke Jia... is a humble position."
Jia Xu's eyes fell on him and he said expressionlessly, "Answer my question."
The clothing level of this Embroidered-Clothes Envoys is Gentleman of the Household. This position is already quite high. There are only seven Gentleman of the Households in the entire Embroidered-Clothes Envoy Organization.
The Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant pursed his lips and replied, "Beizi had already heard about this rumor half a month ago, but it was not widely circulated at that time, so Beizi thought there was no need to bother Duke Jia with such a trivial matter. He just sent someone to find out the source and then report it to the police..."
"Then have you found the source?"
Jia Xu interrupted him and asked simply and directly.
Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant shook his head with difficulty.
Jia Xu laughed, "It turned out to be for my consideration, but it seems that I misunderstood you. Do you want to give you a credit, ah?"
Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant's scalp felt numb, and he immediately knelt down, kowtowed heavily on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry for my low position!"
Bluestone Blood slowly dripped from the ground.
Jia Xu got up from the chair, came to this Gentleman of the Household, raised his foot and stepped on his head, crushing him hard again and again.
"I'll give you three days. If you can't find out anything, you Wind Group won't need to exist anymore. Come and see me with your head on your hands."
"Don't worry, I will declare you a martyr and engrave a monument on Mausoleum."
This Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant's face was pressed to the ground. Even though the pain was unbearable, he did not dare to say a word and said in a muffled voice, "Yes!"
Jia Xu then moved his feet away from his head, and then raised his eyes to look at other Embroidered-Clothes Envoys.
"Is the play good or not?"
All the Embroidered-Clothes Envoyss felt their hearts tightening and said in unison, "I don't dare to be humble!"
Jia Xu said coldly, "I don't kill him, not because I have a kind heart, nor because I take credit for his contribution, but because he has received too much salary, and killing him would be too wasteful."
"Southern Office doesn't support idle people. Each of you has a minimum salary of one hundred dan. Imperial Court doesn't give you this money to support you here!"
"I don't care if you collect illegal money, and I don't care if you are secretly greedy for money, but if anyone doesn't work hard for me, I promise to make him spit out double the food he eats!"
Jia Xu's tone was extremely fierce, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife.
Southern Office pursues the policy of raising officials with high salaries. Ordinary people eat three to four bushels of rice a month, and the monthly salary of ordinary grassroots officials is about eight bushels of rice.
As for Embroidered-Clothes Envoys's salary, the most common monthly salary is one hundred shi, which is eight hundred coins, plus Shanggu five dendrobiums.
Every time you move up a level or make meritorious deeds, your salary will increase. Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant's salary will reach six hundred stones!
This is already the salary of a magistrate in a large county with more than 10,000 households!
To be honest, this level of salary has exceeded that of most Imperial Court officials, not to mention that as Embroidered-Clothes Envoys, they usually receive bribes when doing things, or take black money in the process of handling cases.
And this is why Jia Xu feels so angry.
It's okay to be greedy, it's human nature, but things must be done well, otherwise there's no way you can have the dignity to get this salary!
The backs of many Embroidered-Clothes Envoyss were wet with sweat.
I didn't even dare to take a breath.
After getting angry, Jia Xu's anger subsided a little, and then he kicked the Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant in front of him hard.
"Don't block the road!"
This Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant hurriedly got out of the way.
Others also gave way.
Jia Xu walked out of Southern Office. It was not until his fat back disappeared with the closing of Red Gate that all the Embroidered-Clothes Envoyss breathed a sigh of relief.
Working under this Duke Jia is like walking on thin ice.
If you are not careful, your head will fall to the ground.
The Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant got up from the ground, with blood flowing from his face and mixed with the dust, looking extremely embarrassed and terrifying.
But he had no time to care about this. After raising his hand and wiping his face, he looked at the group of Embroidered-Clothes Envoys behind him with fierce eyes.
"You all heard what Duke Jia said, go down and check! If I can't survive, you won't be able to live well!"
The tone of this Embroidered-Clothes Central Commandant was vaguely crazy.
Jia Xu has always kept his word. The rewards he promised were never lacking, but the harsh words he uttered were also never missed.
If we can't find out who spread the rumor about Son of Heaven, his head will definitely fall to the ground!
"Yes!"
All the Embroidered-Clothes Envoyss of Wind Group did not dare to neglect, they agreed one after another, and then left.
This Wind Group and Gentleman of the Household also left with a sullen face.
Gentleman of the Household and Embroidered-Clothes Envoys from other groups could not help but shake their heads when they saw this, and they were secretly glad - luckily they were not the unlucky ones.
At the door of the Imperial Palace, Guo Jia has been waiting here for a long time.
After seeing Jia Xu coming out of the Imperial Palace with a sullen face, he stepped forward and asked, "Are you going to reprimand the people under you again?"
After leaving Xuan Room, he saw Jia Xu walking alone in the direction of Southern Office, and knew that the other party must be looking for trouble with his subordinates.
Mainly because he didn't expect the rumored news Jia Xu Embroidered-Clothes Envoys to point out that he didn't even know about it. He said it in public today, which really felt like a slap in the face.
"Those trash! Why did I raise so many stinky Soldier!"
Jia Xu was still angry at this time and was cursing so loudly that his lungs were about to explode with anger.
As the controller of the intelligence organization Embroidered-Clothes Envoys, he actually had to find out about the rumors through the mouth of Guo Jia.
How does this make Son of Heaven think of him?
If he didn't have to leave people to do things, he really wanted to kill a group of people under his command just now.
Guo Jia comforted him, "Calm down, calm down, this is my fault, I should have told you first."
Jia Xu said impatiently, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. The results will be available within three days. When I find out who is spreading these rumors, I will have to screw his head off!"
"Your Majesty prepares for disasters with good intentions, but a group of reckless guys dare to spread such rumors. It's really disgusting."
Hearing Jia Xu's irritable speech, Guo Jia couldn't help but ask, "Who do you think is spreading rumors?"
"Who else could it be?"
Jia Xu snorted coldly, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, "Whoever least wants to see Imperial Academy open, that's who!"
"Those families, when I have the opportunity in the future, I will settle accounts with them one by one!"
Guo Jia touched his chin, pondered for a moment and then said, "I don't think they can be so stupid. It would be too obvious to do so."
"Even if it is to build momentum for Debate Conference one month later, it should not be so overdone."
Insulting Son of Heaven's reputation is no small matter.
Where did those aristocratic families get the courage?
Jia Xu frowned, glanced at him and asked, "Then who do you think it could be? Do you have an idea?"
"No."
Guo Jia shook his head, and then said, "Forget it, don't think about this, let's go to your house, I remember you still have a few bottles of Green Plum Wine."
Jia Xu's eyes twitched, he threw off his sleeves and said, "Go away, no! Debate Conference is about to drive, why don't you make good preparations, do you still have time to drink?"
"Being prepared is preparation, and drinking is drinking. How can this be confused? Don't be too stingy."
Guo Jia glared at Jia Xu dissatisfied.
However, Jia Xu was too lazy to pay attention to him and climbed directly onto Carriage. Seeing this, Guo Jia quickly climbed up.
But before getting in the car, he looked back at the Imperial Palace, thoughtfully.
Weiyang Palace, Wen Room Hall.
After Court Officials all left, Liu Xie still did not return to Bedchamber to rest, but stayed in the Wen Room Hall to read.
At this time Gao Lan walked into the hall, raised his hands and asked, "Your Majesty, the rumor has spread, do you want to continue to send people to spread it?"
Liu Xie didn't take his eyes away from the book, and said without raising his head, "No, that's enough. Let's evacuate the people."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Gao Lan responded respectfully, then hesitated for a moment and continued to ask, "Your Majesty, I have something unclear... Why do you want me to spread such rumors?"
"If the people really believed the rumors, wouldn't it be damaging to the holy name of Your Majesty?"
He didn't understand why Son of Heaven wanted him to do such a strange thing. This was obviously pouring dirty water on himself, which would do a lot of harm but no good.
Liu Xie said calmly, "You don't have to ask why, just do it. I have my own plans, and you won't understand even if I tell you."
Gao Lan scratched his head and felt that this made sense.