Chapter 398 The Power of Supervision
Chang'an University has resumed its funding release mode from last year since October.

As long as it is under the rule of the Grand Marshal's Office, young men of appropriate age can come to Chang'an University to study and eat.

Three meals a day are guaranteed and there are collective dormitories for living.

In addition to studying, you also have to accept arrangements and do some work within your ability.

At noon, Zhong Yao's carriage with a green umbrella over it stopped when passing by a porridge stall. As soon as Zhong Yao got off the carriage, he was immediately surrounded and watched by scholars and young people from far and near.

There were few people in the entire Grand Marshal's Office who dared to despise and look down on an elder in the literati circle and an important official of the imperial court like Zhong Yao, let alone these young men who came from humble backgrounds as scholars, farmers, poor people or military households.

Zhong Yao came to the porridge stall with a smile on his face, and looked into the steaming pot, where he saw obvious oil bubbles bubbling.

He was not very sensitive to the aroma of oil, but he knew how important it was to the young men coming to Chang'an.

Especially in the porridge stalls, if there is not a piece of fat or meat in the bowl, it could lead to a fight.

These young men felt no psychological pressure at all when beating up the people working in the porridge stall.

Zhong Yao publicly expressed his admiration for the contribution made by the Grand Marshal to the country's cultivation of scholars, and after encouraging the scholars and young men around him, he got on the car and left amidst the farewell.

In the car, the smile on Zhong Yao's face disappeared and he looked worried.

Only in front of ignorant and relatively naive scholars and young people, he was still a famous scholar in Yingchuan and an important official in the imperial court.

The war situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable for him. The front-line battle reports did not conceal much, but even if the data of 200,000 forced landings in the battle of Yuzhong was false, it was not far from being false based on the past behavior of the shogunate.

What was even worse was that Cao Cao actually burned his camp and fled quietly, which made the frustrated officials and scholars in Guanzhong even more depressed.

I don’t really hope that Cao Cao will break in, I just hope that Cao Cao can continue to create pressure.

Then when the war in Xichui becomes stalemate, they may be loosened up and activated to help share the pressure.

But who could have imagined that the Qiang were so useless, and Cao Cao could not stand the fight.

Gan Ning attacked them once at night, and then the garrison held out for a while before they burned down their camp and fled. There was no second battle during this period.

Looking back now, Gan Ning might have really hurt Cao Cao that time.

With a worried mood, Zhong Yao returned to his mansion.

But when he thought about the fact that he had no children, his worries disappeared by a third and he felt a little more cheerful.

With this cheerful feeling, Zhong Yao returned to his study and looked through several letters and official documents that he had accumulated during the day.

His chief clerk followed him and handed over a more important document, saying: "When Cao's army withdrew, more than 10,000 soldiers stationed in Shanjin and Shan County wanted to pursue them, but Gan Xingba ordered the troops not to move rashly. The two battalions of Fengyi pursued them without authorization, and the two battalion commanders and five centurions who agreed to pursue were all punished and beheaded. Now that the news has spread, the centurions in the three prefectures are in an uproar."

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhong Yao quickly picked up the official document and read it. As long as the sign of his Sili Xiaowei's office existed, it would be attractive to scholars from poor families.

As long as Black Bear doesn't officially take down his sign, this office can function.

During this period of time, the Sili Xiaowei Yamen has been full, and because the additional scholars came from the three auxiliary provinces, the spy line has also been expanded. Zhong Yao read the official document from Hongnong and frowned seriously: "I think Gan Xingba has the talent of a great general. What kind of person is Cao Gong? How could he be unprepared when withdrawing his troops? Not to mention Gan Xingba, even I would not pursue him."

But the chief clerk said at this time: "Mingsir, since the Grand Marshal started to use the army, there has never been a loss of a battalion commander or a military officer. Now Gan Xingba has enforced military discipline and killed two battalion commanders and 500 households in one battle. This is the highest loss in any battle since the Grand Marshal started to use the army."

The chief clerk spoke in a solemn tone and with a dignified look in his eyes. Even he could sense how many military officials Gan Ning would anger.

"I am a weed."

Zhong Yao placed the document on the table, sat down in front of the fireplace, and said to the chief clerk who followed him: "Your Majesty went on an expedition to the Xiongnu and experienced many hardships, but you never wanted to mobilize Gan Xingba. You can say that you entrusted Gan Xingba with a heavy responsibility. People in the world don't know Gan Xingba's talent and regard him as a bandit. Now it seems that Your Majesty has the vision to know how to use people, which is beyond the reach of us."

Zhong Yao was calm and confident, and warned the young chief clerk who was sitting down, "Let alone the battalion commanders and centurions, even if they disobey military orders, Gan Xingba will bring them to enforce military discipline, and the emperor will not ask about it. How can ordinary battalion commanders and centurions disobey orders but not be punished?"

"This……"

The young chief clerk still found it difficult to understand the situation, because the centurions were independent of the counties and were directly managed by the Grand Marshal's office; every centurion could report to the Grand Marshal, giving the impression that they were trusted confidants and were not easy to mess with.

Therefore, these centurions are very confident in doing things.

When a dispute arose between the centurions and the nearby counties, these centurions were able to unite and advance and retreat together, which made the county governors very wary.

Anyway, he didn't want to provoke these centurions, but in Zhong Yao's eyes, these centurions were like pigs, dogs, and grass.

Zhong Yao sat by the fire and read other official documents carefully. He was not surprised at all and said to the chief clerk You Chu: "Most of the people your majesty has nominated as hundred households are not those who have made great contributions in battles. They have been able to rise to this position because of the circumstances, not because of their talents or virtues."

You Chu listened and nodded slowly. In fact, if he was placed in the army at that time, he would have been confident that he could be promoted to a centurion.

Zhong Yao continued, "Continue to collect evidence of crimes and protect the victims' families. Your Majesty cannot be a bad guy, so I have no choice but to let this old man come."

Hearing this, You Chu looked worried, because his father was killed by Hu Zhen, and he was an orphan at an early age and was against killing.

Seeing You Chu's expression, Zhong Yao just smiled. At his age, he was not interested in training any cruel officials. He could sleep more peacefully if the people around him were more kind and gentle.

Then, Zhong Yao said, "Kong Rong is just a figurehead, he only dares to keep an eye on the officials in the shogunate. Now under the rule of the emperor, the shogunate has Sizhi, and each county has Gongcao, but the hundred households are the only ones that lack supervision. As the Sili Xiaowei, I have the duty to investigate and correct evil, how can I let evil prevail?"

"Yes, I understand."

You Chu bowed solemnly and agreed. It was because of the special nature of the Inspector of the Imperial Capital that Zhong Yao found the meaning of the existence of his own government office.

Now he has to work hard, grasp the right measure, and do the first thing well. After gaining Black Bear's recognition and subsequent decentralization, the Sili Xiaowei Yamen will be truly legal, and he will be integrated into Guanzhong.

External forces seem to be less and less useful. Working hard and concentrating on supervision work is the only way to continue and ensure our existence.

Apart from this method, Zhong Yao really couldn't think of any other good solution.

In order to monitor the hundreds of households and avoid suspicion from these people, he sent people to search everywhere in the name of redeeming the families of criminals and record the evidence of crimes.

All this has to wait until the black bear returns to Guanzhong, and then we can wait for an opportunity to report it as appropriate.

Gan Ning only killed two battalion supervisors and five hundred households, which was nothing compared to the number he wanted to kill.

(End of this chapter)