He couldn't regard this as modern.
He must tell himself all the time that this is a feudal society where the imperial power is supreme and he needs to be careful every step and never make a wrong step.
If he wants Anzi to favor him, then he must do this.
Anti-feudalists will eventually become feudalists if they live in the feudal era for a long time.
There is no escape, no avoidance.
Yes to the daughter, yes to the pearl.
He doesn't want to be like this, he hates this kind of restraint, but there is nothing he can do!
"Anzi's identity is..."
"master!"
Gu Chen originally wanted to tell Zhenzhu what Anzi's identity was.
You can't let someone get married without even knowing the other person's details, right?
But Pearl stopped his next words and only listened to Pearl's warm voice.
"I don't need to know anything. I just regard Anzi as the husband of an ordinary family."
"will be better."
If you know too much and reveal it, it may be self-defeating.
"good."
Seeing that she had an idea, Gu Chen didn't say anything. He waved his right hand to signal Pearl to go down, but he made a fist in his sleeve with his left hand.
After a while, he unclenched his fists and revealed a wry smile.
By the time I'm sixty, I probably won't even feel guilty about deciding the fate of others.
There won’t be any anymore, right?
Although Gu Chen had made up his mind, he did not immediately agree to Anzi's plans. He made up his mind to delay him for some time.
So that he can get anxious and know what it means to scratch his heart and liver.
The wedding banquet of the King of Shu and his daughter Lan Yu was so luxurious and grand.
Gu Chen naturally went to watch the ceremony, and received many looks from Lan Yu's generals.
Of course, this was all because a few days ago, his men went to Qingfeng Tower to have fun, and were caught and beaten by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
It doesn't matter, Lan Yu's face doesn't look good, it's the worst he can do if he doesn't look at it.
It was October, and autumn grains from all over the country had arrived in Beijing. Qiu Ye, who was inspecting Jingzhou Prefecture, also came back. When he came back, he complained that the Ministry of Revenue had deducted their reimbursement for foreign trips.
They also said that they used public funds to eat and drink, did not know how to save, and called them all kinds of names.
"What's the word?"
Qiu Ye had a bad temper, so he dragged the doctor named Zhang who worked in the household department to Gu Chen's office and immediately started arguing.
"I inspected Jingzhou Prefecture for a year, and I only spent eight guan of money."
"There is no charge for accommodation, meals, scribes, carriage and horse supplies, etc. How can I use public funds to eat and drink? How much public funds can I use to eat and drink?"
If he had to stay in the capital all the time, he would definitely not be able to use so much money.
But it's different when you leave the capital. Is it possible to stay on the road without spending money?
"Don't tease me."
Zhang Chen directly pulled his sleeve out of Qiu Ye's hand.
"A pound of white rice only costs three copper coins. You eat 2,600 pounds of rice a year. Isn't this using public funds to eat and drink?"
"We, Mr. Guo, have said that we will give you three people five kilograms of white rice a day, and we will only give you five guans and four dollars. If you add a zero, you will get five guans."
"Do you want it?"
What the hell?
Still need to erase zero?
"Sir, look at him!"
Qiu Ye was so angry that his heart, liver, and lungs ached, and he really wanted to go up and beat this bastard to death.
"Your Ministry of Household Affairs is simply too much. When I left, the budget given by the Procuratorate was ten thousand yuan, and your Ministry of Household Affairs approved it."
"I didn't use Chao, I still had two sticks left, but you refused to retaliate."
"Is there such a thing?"
They have saved a lot of money for the Ministry of Revenue, but the Ministry of Revenue is unwilling to understand their difficulties.
"What do you mean by refusing to repay?" Zhang Chen said angrily: "When did we say we were unwilling to repay? It's just that you really can't afford that kind of money?"
"What does a budget of ten dollars mean?"
"If you have a budget of ten dollars, you have to spend all ten dollars on others. If you don't waste your own money like that, who is going too far?"
Isn't it just talking nonsense? Who can't do that?
"What are you talking about? When did I waste my money, and when did I spend as much as I budgeted?"
Qiu Ye didn't expect that someone could confuse right and wrong to this extent.
"It's obviously a ten-guan budget approved by your Ministry of Household Affairs, but you only reported five-guan."
"This is unreasonable!"
It doesn't matter if he goes over budget and doesn't report it, he obviously doesn't go over budget.
"Why is it unreasonable?" Zhang Chen put his hands on his hips and said, "The budget is the budget, and the actual expenditure is the actual expenditure. Now the Ministry of Accounts calculates that you can't spend eight dollars."
"Even if you can only repay five guans, you can't repay even one penny more!"
Gu Chen couldn't stand listening any more. He opened his eyes and looked at the fat doctor in front of him, and asked with laughter and tears.
"Horses don't eat grass, people don't need to live in hotels, and you only eat white rice every day?"
Without a little oil and water, how can a person be energetic?
If a person has no energy, can he still get things done?
"What does that have to do with our household department?"
After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he patted his sleeves and said sarcastically.
"Don't you all have fines from the procuratorate? You can pay them yourself if you have the ability."
"You obviously have money, why are you looking to our household department?"
"Could it be that you say you're saving money, but actually it's all going into your own pockets?"
It's not just the Metropolitan Procuratorate who knows how to slap the blame, the Ministry of Revenue is also a mouthy one.
"Sure!" Gu Chen stood up and looked down at the fat pig head in front of him: "You must remember what you said today."
Probably because the censor is usually too sharp-tongued, everyone ignores their other function.
That is prison!
If he is imprisoned and sentenced to more or less, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will have a lot of say.
"Just remember, we are all officials of the Ming Dynasty."
"Mr. Gu, who are you threatening?"
Zhang Chen was somewhat frightened in his heart, but on his face he refused to admit defeat at all.
After that, he was ready to leave in a big way.
He is the second-rank household minister Guo Huan. What can the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate do to him?
The other censors wanted to stop him, but Gu Chen raised his hand to stop him.
He took out three guans of money from the drawer and filled the gap in Qiu Ye's money.
Qiu Ye said aggrievedly: "Sir, are you going to let their household department behave like this? You must know that Yang Siyi and Mr. Yang would not act like this when he was here."
It's a pity that Yang Siyi died, so that bastard Guo Huan came to power.
"What are you in a hurry for?" Gu Chen waved his hand, signaling him to calm down and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is willing to let us all earn the money ourselves."
"The original purpose is to not be constrained by the Ministry of Household Affairs and to reduce some of the court's expenses."
"This is nothing to fuss about!"
After saying that, Gu Chen took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Qiu Ye.
"This is a letter from Yu Min and others. It has only been five months since Guo Huan, the Minister of Household Affairs, took office, and he has collected half a million yuan from Huang Wentong in western Zhejiang alone."
"In addition to the house in western Zhejiang and the various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes collected by Huang Wentong in western Zhejiang,
"Now that we have verified it, Guo Huan has personally committed more than 3 million yuan of ink."
These were all embezzled by himself, not counting this year's autumn grain and taxes from various places.
Qiu Ye looked at the letter and asked anxiously: "Then I will go back and write the article immediately?"
His grandma's, he knew that the household must be unclean.
If you dare to blackmail his money, if he doesn't scold the household department to death, his name will not be Qiu Ye!
"You see you are anxious again, don't you?" Gu Chen glanced at him speechlessly, and then said: "This is what Mr. Han and Mr. Zhan mean."
"Early tomorrow morning, wait until Guo Huan reports to His Majesty on the autumn grain situation."
"Just take the lead and question Guo Huan about this year's taxes, and ask him to give a reasonable explanation so that he won't be able to lie about it later."
"So, don't worry about these little money, hurry up and write the essay."
As long as the person is replaced quickly, there will be no need to bear this anger.
Why bother with unnecessary quarrels?
The next Minister of Household Affairs was Ru Taisu, oh, he was the one who wrote tens of thousands of words and was disliked by Lao Zhu for being verbose and only showing off his literary talent and impracticality.
Although his writing is a bit verbose, he is not the kind of harsh and ink-hungry villain.
"Ah? Just a question?" Qiu Ye was confused: "Why don't we throw these evidences on his head and ask His Majesty to kill him now?"
To this, Gu Chen only answered eight words.
"The imperial examination is about to take place, and it involves too much!"
This matter also involves senior officials such as the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry.
Oh, there are also twelve chief envoys.
If you cause trouble at this time, you will go to jail, so who will do all the work?
