Now the Sansidu branch looks like something else.
The scribes from Jiaoyin Prison were all hard-working and skilled officers. Under their cleaning, the accounts of various roads in Shaanxi were quickly reviewed and gradually became clear.
Wu Chong and Zhang Yue joined forces to act, but the officials of the Third Division were dissatisfied. Some ministers told Han Qi and Zeng Gong that Zhang Yue was the salt and iron judge of the Third Division, and Wu Chong was the deputy envoy of the Third Division. Is it okay to work in the same yamen?
Han Qi directly returned to Lu Gongbi, who was the envoy of the Third Division, and Gongzhu Lu was the deputy envoy of the Household Department of the Third Division. Both brothers could be in the Third Division, so what couldn't he do with Weng's son-in-law?
Then the officials failed to succeed and tried another plan.
It is said that according to the rules, the officials will be sent back after three years, and the officials will be dismissed after two years. Zhang Yue, who has been in charge of seducing people for two years, will be dismissed from his new post in the hall.
Han Qi replied that the judges of the three divisions had all served for a long time in the previous dynasties and were not included in this list.
Han Qi even thought about it and found out that Zhang Yue had indeed served as judge of the Third Division for two years, so he canceled the original title of power to judge the Salt and Iron Division. But now that Zhang Yue has been promoted to a court official, he has also changed from being in charge of seducing, handing over and jailing, to being in charge of handing over and jailing.
In the Song Dynasty, judgment was the highest, followed by knowledge.
For example, if a high official invites a county, if Zhang Sheng, the former privy envoy, resigns as privy envoy and is appointed to Xuzhou, he is a judge of Xuzhou. In general, officials in the Beijing Dynasty who are appointed as state officials are just called magistrates of the state.
As soon as these two incidents came out, Zhang Yue's position as a prisoner was stabilized.
Even if the officials don't like Zhang Yue, they still know what an official is. He wants to check the accounts of various roads in Shaanxi. Lu Gongbi has been in office for several months, but there is no sound at all. Only Wu Chong and Zhang Yue carry out the task to the letter. His will.
In addition to Pu Yi, Lu Gong made both ends of the story, which made the officials angry.
Therefore, Lu Gongbi was dismissed as the third envoy, and Lu Gongzhu was dismissed as the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Hubu.
The deputy envoy of the Ministry of Revenue was changed to Yan Du. As for the selection of the three envoys, he was suddenly given to Han Jiang.
Han Jiang had previously impeached Fu Bi, but now that Fu Bi had resigned from his post as privy envoy, Han Jiang was also recalled back to Beijing.
When Han Jiang learned about Chengdu, he had great political achievements. When he was invited to the capital by Han Qi, he was originally going to serve as the official magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion. However, because Lu Gongbi left the post of Third Secretary Envoy, Han Jiang changed his position and became the Third Secretary Envoy before he arrived in Beijing.
Shen Yu, the original prophet of Hangzhou, was appointed as the powerful magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion.
As for the position of Privy Councilor that became vacant after Fu Bi left office, the official family originally wanted Ouyang Xiu to take over, but Ouyang Xiu repeatedly refused to take up the post.
The reason why Ouyang Xiu was unwilling to serve as Privy Councilor was because he was opposed by Wang Gui, Jia An, Fan Zhen and others during the Pu discussion.
Officials wanted to recognize their father, so Ouyang Xiu gave an example. The adopted son called all his parents his parents, such as Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Bingji and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu. As a result, Jia An and Fan Zhen quoted scriptures and were refuted.
At this time, Empress Dowager Cao also wrote a letter, reprimanding Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and other middle secretaries for not proposing the imperial examination to help the officials identify his father when the late emperor's body was still cold.
Then Lu Jie and Sima Guang stood up to criticize the official family and Ouyang Xiu, repeatedly emphasizing that the official family was the successor of the small sect to the big sect, and calling his biological father Huang Kao was an ungrateful act.
Nowadays, the two factions Zhongshu and Taijian are fighting fiercely. Ouyang Xiu, who proposed that his successors should all call their parents their parents, did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world and serve as Privy Councilor at this time.
Finally, the officials invited Wen Yanbo, who was recuperating in his hometown, to serve as the Privy Council envoy, and asked Lu Gongbi and Chen Shengzhi to serve as deputy Privy Council envoys.
Zhang Yue looked around and found that they were all old acquaintances. Wen Yanbo and Han Jiang are both relatives of his father-in-law, which means that his father-in-law’s market price will rise in the future! But Ouyang Xiu was in trouble.
He helped Han Qi with his righteousness, but unexpectedly he caused trouble to the east. Now all the criticism from the officials of the Manchu Dynasty is focused on him.
At the end of July and August in Kaifeng Prefecture, there were sudden heavy rains.
It rained so hard that the Bian River swelled. Guzai
It was raining heavily in front of the Sansidu branch office.
Zhang Yue rushed to the Du Branch Hall holding an umbrella.
But I saw Han Jiang, the newly appointed envoy of the third department, joking with deputy envoy Wu Chong in the hall.
Han Jiang returned to the court looking better than before.
Zhang Yue bowed quickly when he saw the two of them, and Han Jiang smiled and said, "The deputy envoy and I were talking about you."
Zhang Yue said hurriedly: "I wonder if the provincial governor mentioned Xiaguan, what did Xiaguan do wrong?"
Han Jiang smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. It's just because I'm curious. I just saw you handing over the accounts to the prisoner's servants. There were more than a dozen people who didn't use the calculations but used first-class beaded plates. I wonder what these are?"
Zhang Yue smiled when he heard this and said, "I am reporting to the provincial governor that this thing was made by the lower official, who calls it the abacus."
"abacus?"
Han Jiang and Wu Chong were slightly surprised and said: "Does Du Zhi still have accounting skills?"
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I understand a little, I understand a little. I think of Lao Tzu's saying that those who are good at planning do not need to make plans. It can be seen that calculations were already used in the Spring and Autumn Period. There was abacus in the Han Dynasty, but how to calculate has long been lost."
"So I saw that calligraphers in the capital used counting chips to make accounts. The top chip counted as five, and the next chip counted as one. In this case, why not make a counting bead plate, and the two beads on the top counted as one. Ten, what if five beads are counted as five? Then use beams as crotch piercings to restore the abacus calculation method of the Han Dynasty? "
Han Jiang and Wu Chong nodded and said, "There is indeed something new."
Having said this, Zhang Yue ordered someone to go to the next door warehouse to settle accounts and borrow an abacus from Shu to demonstrate it to Han Jiang and Wu Chong.
Zhang Yue straightened the abacus and then gestured: "The above means that the beads are moved away from the beam, and the beads below are moved away from the beam and toward the side."
Zhang Yue said: "I have a formula when doing abacus. For example, when dividing by two, every two will make one, every four will make two, every six will make three, every eight will make four, and two and one will make five!"
"In this way, I taught several young scholars in Jiaoyin Prison and asked them to learn it. They would be slower at first, but soon they would be faster than those old scholars who used calculations. Over time, now there are three points in Jiaoyin Prison. One of the calligraphers can use an abacus."
Han Jiang suddenly said: "Very good, very good. Our third department regards accounting as a major matter. Every audit will not consume much manpower and materials. If everyone below can use an abacus, then the accounting speed will be faster than before." Is it quick and economical?”
Wu Chong said: "I think I can try it. I think it would take three months to thoroughly check the Shaanxi road register, but now it seems that half a month can be saved."
Han Jiang was overjoyed and said: "That's right, that's right. Your son-in-law is really a genius, he is so proficient in studying objects."
Zhang Yue said quickly: "The provincial leader is so complimentary, I am really ashamed to be a subordinate."
Han Jiang smiled and said: "Don't you dare to take it seriously? You have to popularize this abacus method in our three divisions and let the calligraphers learn and use it. This matter is settled."
Zhang Yue had a wry smile on his face. It was not easy for an old calligrapher who had been using arithmetic for decades to switch to an abacus.
Han Jiang gave herself a difficult task just after taking office.
Zhang Yue could only agree temporarily.
Then Han Jiang chatted with Wu Chong: "Now the audit is gradually coming to light. Many officials within Duzhi were involved in the case of false accounts. The movement and corruption of several officials in Shaanxi has actually implicated many officials."
Wu Chong said: "Now that Xia thieves are committing crimes, we are afraid that it will not be easy to waste, so we cannot investigate to the end. But the officials have to explain, so we ask the provincial governor to make a decision on how wide and deep the investigation should be."
Han Jiang also looked troubled when she heard this.
