As a household official, a small household official, Chu Qing actually had no decision-making power, let alone decision-making power, and no right to speak. He didn't even know what the "Emperor" looked like. Chang Chao carried He would do whatever the boss told him to do.
For the past three days, Chu Qing has been teaching Changxian in the household department to check taxes and Xiao County's accounts. In addition, information about the Li family has been continuously sent to the classroom. Changxian looked, and so did Chu Qing.
First of all, the relationship network of the Li family is extremely complicated. The previous head of the Li family, Li Yangyou, was a veteran of three dynasties. Before his retirement, he served as the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The current head of the Li family is Li Wenli, and the current left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. That’s it. Among the officials that the two of them have handled and promoted, there are seven who go to court every day, and those who are devolved to various departments, there are twelve officials from the fifth rank and above, and more than three figures for those below the fifth rank.
These are only the people promoted and recommended by the Li family and his son, not counting officials who are good friends with the Li family.
In fact, all the famous officials in Beijing are on good terms with the Li family.
It's just that this friendship can be shallow or deep. In proportion, it can be regarded as nine shallow and one deep. On average, at least one out of every ten officials has a good relationship with the Li family. The deep one is ferromagnetic, and the shallow one is similar to the Tao family. Just like the day when Li Lin, the second young master of the Li family, went to visit him, Tao Yao also received him in person and gave him a lot of face. Most of the other officials were the same.
So, for a moment, I really couldn’t tell who was wearing the same pants as the Li family, and who was a casual acquaintance with the Li family. In short, the Li family didn’t have any enemies. Maybe they did, but they were all killed.
As for the three children of the younger generation of the Li family, the eldest Li Mu, the big devil of Xiao County, the second eldest Li Lin, a socialite in the capital, and the third eldest Li Sen, a general in the capital camp, work together to harm the people and do what they should do. Those who work in public relations engage in public relations, and those who should make friends with generals make friends with generals. These three people were clearly arranged by the Li family.
In just three days, a lot of things happened in the court. After all, Qiu Wanshan was impeached by the Li family. It was not a tentative impeachment, nor was it an attempt to improve his reputation. It was just a desperate attitude, with a sense of purpose. The cuckold friends of the Supervisory Envoy jointly signed the impeachment, not to say that the Li family is a great scourge in the capital, bullying and harming the people, being domineering and arrogant, kicking down widows' doors, digging the graves of desperate families, going shopping for zero dollars, running gambling houses and playing pranksters, in short, there are some They talked about everything, but the general idea was that Qiu Wanshan and the Li family were at odds with each other.
The Li family didn't call out and said that Qiu Wanshan had slandered them. They just said that justice lies in the hearts of the people. If they are found out, our Li family will be found guilty. If you and Qiu Wanshan are not found out, it is a false accusation.
Now Changxian has figured out how to check the accounts, and has indeed seen a lot of tricks. Then he started to follow the clues to identify who handled Xiao County's accounts, whether he was in cahoots with the Li family, etc.
Chu Qing was thinking about another thing, and that was about the key figure Zhang Yun. Chang Xian said not to touch this person yet and leave it to Qianqiying.
Chu Qing finished his busy work that day and took Fu San back to the house. As soon as he arrived at the house, Guanjia Bao said that a doctor from the Ministry of Etiquette had sent another invitation and wanted Chu Qing to go to his mansion for a banquet.
During the day, he was busy in the Household Department. Chu Qing also worked part-time when he returned home at night, but he just asked the housekeeper Bao to release the news. The general meaning was that the decoration team of the old Chu family was established. The renovation of Taowu Palace was so exciting. Do you want to experience it too? If you want, just send me a post and we'll discuss it in detail.
Facts have proved that although Guanjia Bao cannot understand the Analects of Confucius, he is still reliable in doing things. There have been a lot more invitations in the past few days, and he is obviously preparing to repair the house.
However, Chu Qing never responded. One reason was that these ministers did not have high official positions, and the other reason was that they were busy during the day.
But the doctors from the Ministry of Rites sent invitations, and Chu Qing did not dare to ignore them.
Among the six departments, Shangshu is the largest, with two ministers below, one on the left and one on the right. Below the minister is the doctor.
Even though he was only the fourth in command, and there were at least three doctors in one government office, this doctor named Qu Mingtong was an extraordinary figure.
First of all, let’s talk about the Ministry of Rites. Although it does not care about money, food, or official promotion, it has great power.
The ancients observed etiquette and attached great importance to etiquette. The word "ritual" is all-encompassing and governs the ritual system of the five rites and the method of paying tribute. Qu Mingtong was the chief of the ancestral priests, in charge of sacrifices, funerals of civil and military ministers, posthumous awards, etc., such as the Emperor's Majesty This guy is responsible for a tomb, someone dying in the palace, communicating with ghosts and gods in the middle of the night, and commending and rewarding courtiers. He seems to have no real power, but in fact he is not. For these trivial matters, he controls a lot of people, and many government agencies have to cooperate, so He is considered to be half a big shot in the court.
After reading the invitation, Chu Qing decided that this would be his first client to reach the pinnacle of his life.
His colleagues from the Ministry of Finance owed so much money, so he had to seize the time to go ashore. It has been so long since he built the Taowu Palace. Although Wei Changfeng raised the money from the crowd, it is not the case that he always refuses to pay it back. You usually don't see me when you look up and you don't see me when you look down. If you delay any longer, don't end up on people's list of old doers again.
The time is set at xu o'clock on the second day, that is, after seven o'clock in the evening.
The official work system of the Dachang Dynasty was seven-seven-seven. They worked from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. They were fully developed morally, intellectually, physically, artistically, and laboriously. However, it was impossible for a high-ranking minister like Qu Mingtong to clock in at a fixed time. Qiu Wanshan is also like a bear after work. He goes home at five or six o'clock in the evening. If Wei Changfeng is not here, this guy will eat after returning to the government office at noon, take advantage of the government and go straight back to the house without even being there. Waiting in the government office.
Fortunately, although Chu Qing has no rank, his working hours are relatively free.
He asked Butler Bao to rummage through the boxes and find a shabby copycat calligraphy and painting as a gift for the next day. After dinner, Chu Qing went back to the house to rest.
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The Hubu Yamen office was still brightly lit at this time.
Chang Xian and Chen Yan were in the squad room. The former closed his accounts and stretched.
"It's appalling." Changxian's eyes were bloodshot: "I didn't expect that so much money and food would be stolen by Li Mu from a mere lower county. That Li Mu is really lawless."
"With the support of the Li family, Li Mu, the eldest son of Li, is naturally arrogant. Your Highness may not know that Master Tao, the young minister of Dali Temple, went to Xiao County several times, but was humiliated in every possible way."
"I know something about this matter."
Changxian looked at the accounts of Xiao County stacked in the corner and felt troubled: "The accounts of Li Mu's term have been almost verified, but Zhang Yun and Qianqi Battalion won't arrest him, so how can I and Master Chu get started? "
"It's easy to say, let Chu teach to offend people, he is the best at this."
"Offend?"
"Yes, he has offended the Li family. Your Highness supports him and fights with the Li family openly."
Changxian frowned, thoughtfully.
Chen Yan said with a smile: "I'm not bragging about my humble position to His Highness. Just talking about his ability to offend people. I'm afraid no one in the land of Zhongzhou can compare with Chu Jiaoxi. As long as he opens his mouth and doesn't say more than three words, people will definitely want to kill him." .”
Changxian: “…”
