What Chang Sheng hates the most is lengthy meetings, but as an official of the two departments, the work of both the Household Department and the Yushitai is extremely cumbersome, and meetings are always inevitable. Meetings involving dispatching censors and police officers to local states and counties are enough. It lasted for two hours, and a total of sixty teams were dispatched. Yushitai's own policemen were not enough, so they borrowed some from Dali Temple. If they were not enough, they directly submitted a letter asking for the Yulin Army and Shence Army to accompany them. Each team Sending a hundred Imperial Guards to accompany him could, on the one hand, increase his momentum and show his majesty. Secondly, the Imperial Guards were all the emperor's cronies. Having the Imperial Guards with them to handle the case also allowed the Emperor to use the Imperial Guards to supervise the case-handling process of the Yushitai and the specific amount of corruption collected.
After arranging the affairs of the Yushitai, Changsheng rushed to the Ministry of Revenue as usual, where there was another meeting of the people. In addition to disaster relief, flood prevention and other people's livelihood affairs, there was also a large military expenditure, that is, Zhang was appointed by the Protector of the Country. Good, Protector of the Country Master Tongchen, the three new armies recruited by Protector General Long Haotian are already full. Each new army has 100,000 people, totaling 300,000 people. The Ministry of Revenue needs to prepare for these 300,000 people, including military pay. Various expenses, including military supplies, ordnance, and military uniforms, are initially calculated to cost more than six million taels.
The Ministry of Hubu just got more than 8 million taels from Anxiang Tower not long ago. He can get the 6 million taels, but Changsheng is unwilling to pay the full amount. He believes that Zhang Shan will not squander and misappropriate it, and he also believes that the abbot of Shaolin Temple is also Monk Chen, but he didn't believe Long Haotian, so he directly issued two million taels. This guy might do something with the money.
"Sir, I have something to say from my humble position." An official in the hall stood up and spoke.
Changsheng raised his head and glanced at this person after hearing this. There were many officials in the Ministry of Revenue, and he couldn't recognize them all, but he looked very familiar with this person.
Seeing Changsheng's brows slightly frowning, the official said hurriedly, "Sir Qi, the surname is Wu and the given name is Yusheng. He is the second-level Jinshi in this year's imperial examination. Not long ago, Gao Langzhong was convicted of corruption, and he has just been appointed as the doctor of the household department.
"Wu Yusheng." Changsheng said to himself. He was also familiar with this name.
"My lord, I am from a humble family and am in dire straits. On the day of the Ni Mansion competition to recruit a bride, I was kindly helped by your lord and received 500 taels of food and clothing." Wu Yusheng said.
"Oh, I remembered." Changsheng nodded repeatedly. On the day Ni Chenyi competed in martial arts to get married, a monk named Lingguang came on stage and criticized him. He was slanderous. He only said that he was ruthless and his actions were unbecoming of Taoist kindness, and he After knocking Monk Lingguang off the ring, the Ni family was worried about enmity with Monk Lingguang, so they secretly gave Monk Lingguang a bag of silver. This move made him very dissatisfied. At this time, a poor scholar in the audience discovered that he was dissatisfied with the Ni family. He took the opportunity to come to the stage, behaved appropriately and spoke courteously. He only said that his family was poor and he came to the stage just to ask for some money. However, he did not make it difficult for him. He pinched the fracture in his radius bone and gave him the five hundred taels of pension that he could only get if he was seriously injured. , this Wu Yusheng was the poor scholar who took the stage that day.
Wu Yusheng said sternly, "Sir, I believe that the new army's weapons and equipment are indispensable. The one and a half million taels must be distributed in full. However, there are still more than two months before the autumn harvest. The disasters in various places are very serious, and the national treasury only has more than 200,000 taels." To the extent of 10 million taels of treasury silver, it would not be enough to use it all for disaster relief. What’s more, the summer floods are approaching, and a large amount of silver taels will be needed to repair and strengthen the dams on both sides of the river. If half a year’s worth of military supplies are distributed to the New Army at a time, how much money will be spent for disaster relief? Come? Where will the money for flood prevention come from?"
Changsheng didn't want to allocate too much money to the new army. Wu Yusheng's words were very suitable for him, so he said casually, "What Mr. Wu said is indeed reasonable. In your opinion, how should the Ministry of Revenue handle this matter?"
"The Ministry of Finance cannot allocate the 300,000 new army's military supplies for half a year," Wu Yusheng said. "Let's temporarily distribute them for three months. The Ministry of Finance must leave some emergency silver."
"Well, it makes sense, let's do it." Changsheng made the final decision.
Jealousy is not only felt by women, but also by men. Seeing Wu Yusheng's suggestion being adopted by Changsheng, the officials in the hall looked at him with dissatisfaction.
Changsheng sat in the hall and saw clearly that he was very satisfied with Wu Yusheng's suggestion. The reason why he was satisfied was not because Wu Yusheng's allocation method was so reasonable, but because Wu Yusheng guessed what he was thinking, and the suggestion he put forward could make some The initiative was in the hands of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Three months of military supplies was either too much or too little. It could support the new army in marching and fighting, but it was not enough to support their rebellion.
Thinking that he could not always be in charge of the household department, and that the household department would indeed need a successor who was good at calculation after he left, Changsheng was determined to train and support Wu Yusheng, but he also knew that the better he treated Wu Yusheng, the more likely Wu Yusheng would succeed him. The less sexual he is, because the emperor will never allow him to control the household department after leaving. To put it bluntly, he will never reuse him.
Thinking of this, he smiled casually and said, "Wu Langzhong, you are very shrewd and good at talking. I don't know who asked you to fill the job of the Ministry of Accounts, but since you are here, you must work hard and be down-to-earth." Running errands.”
What Changsheng said seemed to be a compliment, but in fact it was a bit sarcastic. The implication was that Wu Yusheng was good at business calculations. As soon as he said this, many officials in the hall had smiles on their faces, while Wu Yusheng's face should be red. , and sat down.
Even though Wu Yusheng was already very embarrassed, Chang Sheng still did not let him go, "You have just arrived at the Ministry of Household Affairs and are not familiar with other official duties. It is your idea to reduce the supply of the New Army. So, the job of supplying the New Army's supplies will be done by you." You are responsible."
As soon as Chang Sheng said this, many officials in the hall were gloating about his misfortune. They all knew that this was a hard job. Providing military supplies was no small matter, no less important than people's livelihood affairs. As the saying goes, the three armies should go ahead before food and grass are used. If you delay the errand, you will lose your head.
When Wu Yusheng heard this, he stood up quickly, panicking.
Not only other officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs did not understand the profound meaning of Changsheng, but Wu Yusheng himself did not understand it either. In fact, Changsheng had many considerations in doing this. As the saying goes, you can see the whole leopard by looking at one spot. Wu Yusheng can keenly sense what he is thinking, which shows that Wu Yusheng is very smart and knows how to control balances. He has no doubts about his ability. However, Wu Yusheng is only an official of the sixth rank, and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is a third rank. It is impossible to directly upgrade to three levels in a row. He must take advantage of it while he is still in the Ministry of Revenue. Help Wu Yusheng run his errands, let him accumulate merit and demonstrate his abilities, so that after the Japanese leave, Wu Yusheng can be appointed to take over.
After the meeting ended, everyone stood up and left. Wu Yusheng also left his seat depressed and unhappy.
When he was about to walk out of the lobby, Wu Yusheng looked back. He didn't expect that Changsheng had been staring at him. When he turned around, his eyes met Changsheng's. Changsheng's expression was very serious at this time. Unexpectedly, Wu Yusheng moved away hurriedly. sight.
But after looking away, Wu Yusheng seemed to have noticed something, and turned to look at Changsheng again. This time, his eyes did not close at once, but looked directly into Changsheng's eyes.
Changsheng looked solemn, and after making sure that no other officials looked back, he nodded slowly at him.
Although Wu Yusheng didn't know the profound meaning of immortality, he knew that he must have deep meaning. After nodding slightly, he turned around eagerly and left quickly.
After everyone left, Changsheng also left the Ministry of Revenue. He was not very good at being an official, but he was also very good at being an official. The so-called incompetence at being an official was because he did not understand the rules of the officialdom and the procedures for handling official affairs. The so-called very good at being an official. Being an official is because he can grasp the essence of being an official in a clear and concise manner. The essence of being an official is to employ people. The chief official does not need to waste sleep and food, and handle official affairs personally. He only needs to select subordinates who are qualified for the job.
Returning to the Yushitai, Changsheng closed the door and took out the dragon vein map that he had taken out of his hairpin last night.
I was busy making fakes last night and couldn't take a closer look at them. This time I finally found time to think carefully.
Song Cai has already confirmed the authenticity of the map, so there is no need to waste time on the authenticity. What needs to be determined this time is the approximate location of the twelve earthly branches and the golden dragon.
There are thirteen dots on the map. The dots of the twelve earthly branches are distributed in a circle. The direction is usually expressed in all directions. The direction of the twelve earthly branches is four directions plus all directions.
Located due north is the Rat, between due north and northeast is the Chou Ox, and between the northeast and the east is the Yin Tiger.
Located in the due east direction is the Mao Rabbit, between due east and southeast is the Chen Dragon, and between the southeast and due south is the Si Snake.
Located due south is the Wu Horse, between due south and southwest is the Wei Sheep, and between the southwest and the due west is the Shen Monkey.
Located due west is the Rooster, between due west and northwest is the Dog, and between the northwest and the north is the Pig.
The dot with the golden dragon is located in the center of the map.
Since the lines on the map are very trivial, it is difficult to determine what mountains and rivers they represent based on the lines on the map. However, large rivers and large rivers are easy to distinguish. According to the directions of the two rivers and the boundaries of the map, ten The distribution of the two earthly branches and the golden dragon has exceeded the current territory of the Tang Dynasty, and several of them are actually in foreign countries...
