(PS: The previous chapter should have been about 1,000 tons of annual output. I wrote an extra 10,000 words. I got dizzy. I got dizzy. I apologize!
Central desk.
The Central Writing Desk of the Han Dynasty was not located in the palace, but was located on Liang Street in the west of the city.
There are not many residential buildings on this street, and there are only two government agencies, one Zhongshutai and one Yushitai.
The Yushitai occupies a larger area, and the buildings on three sides belong to their family. After all, they need more houses to supervise hundreds of officials and impeach justice. The powers of the Criminal Department of the Shangshutai are only biased towards the common people, while the Yushitai is for the people.
If an official encounters a special case, both parties need to work together.
The Zhongshu Desk stores a large amount of information and holds secrets. Logically, it should be located in the palace, or it should be set up separately. However, because it used to be a business desk, there was no legal name to move it in, so this place was chosen.
This alley is not accessible to anyone.
Armored elites were stationed along the road, and the distance of several hundred steps required three full inspections before passing.
Master Li Wen got off the carriage and hummed a song softly.
Master Li Wen was born into a wealthy family, Li from Zhao County.
His father, named Li Yishen, followed Gao Huan in raising troops in Xindu, served as a minister of state for Gao Cheng, and served as a regular attendant for Gao Yang.
The ability is there, but the character and contemporary characteristics of the children of the rich family are also there. Because they amass money without restraint,
He was even more ugly than those old Xianbei. Gao Yang angrily dismissed him, threw him into prison, and died.
Li Wenshi was the second son of Li Yishen. After his father died of illness, he grabbed Wei Shou's sleeves and became an official. Later, he followed Wei Shou to Pingcheng.
Now he is still young, in his thirties, but he has already become a scholar.
This position is not unimportant.
The secrets of Zhongshu include the household registration status of the world, the situation of cultivated land, steel production, etc.. The duties of Zhongshu Sheren include being responsible for participating in the formulation of edicts and recording secrets.
Having reached this point at such a young age, it can be said that the future is promising and promising.
Of course the soldier knew this young high-ranking official, but he still had to follow the procedures to check his identity and search his clothes before sending him in politely.
Master Li Wen was tall and handsome. He walked towards Taifu on foot, with a smile in his eyes and a really good mood.
When he arrived at the gate of Tai Mansion, several gatekeepers here lowered their heads, looking like they had been scolded.
Master Li Wen was a little curious. While leaving his name on the entry and exit documents, he asked in a low voice:
"What happened?"
The clerk raised his head and glanced behind him quietly.
His lips moved and he said only one word.
"Ancestor."
Master Li Wen knew this well and nodded quickly to him, "Thank you very much."
He cleared his throat, put away his impetuousness, and walked towards the stage in a serious manner.
There were many officials walking around in the corridor, all of them seemed to be in a hurry, not daring to delay, and worried.
Master Li Wen was a little surprised.
Secrets leaked?
No, if the secret was leaked, a large army should have come to surround the Taiwan government. Is this a temporary inspection?
Holding a side of documents in his hand, Master Li Wen walked around the long corridor and came to the book pavilion on the west side.
When I walked in, I saw four colleagues immersed in writing something.
One person sat on top and looked at them.
The person sitting in the upper position is Zhao Yanshen. After Zhao came to Pingcheng, he got a job at Zhongshutai and took these young students to participate in state secrets.
After all, he has many years of experience in this field.
Master Li Wen handed the document in his hand to the other party, and then sat among his colleagues.
He lowered his head slightly, but found that his colleagues were comparing the previous year's treasury revenue and expenditure, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, it was a temporary inspection.
Master Li Wen was busy with his colleagues, and while he was making comparisons, there were many chaotic footsteps coming from outside. It seemed that a large number of people were walking here.
Everyone's breathing dropped a lot, and everyone held their breath and concentrated. The next moment, Zu Ban appeared at the door, surrounded by more than ten officials.
He rushed in quickly, and Zhao Yanshen stood up in a hurry.
"Grandfather."
Zu Ban nodded towards him and slowly glanced at the officials on the side, who also hurriedly stood up to pay their respects.
Zu Ting strode to Zhao Yanshen's seat, sat down, and motioned for Zhao Yanshen to bring the things over.
Zhao Yanshen hurriedly handed the document to him for viewing.
Zu Ban just looked through the documents in his hand, looked at them for a moment, and suddenly asked gloomily: "Who wrote this statistics?"
Zhao Yanshen replied: "It's Shiren Li Wenshi."
Zu Ban slowly looked at Master Li Wen and sneered.
"I've heard that you are young, but your political achievements are among the best...:...But...
Zu Ban threw the document in his hand heavily in front of him, "You just wrote something like this?!"
"Look at this!"
"There is an extra ten thousand words in the quantity statistics! The annual output of a thousand has become an annual output of tens of millions?! Are you crazy?"
"How can there be such serious errors in the statistics of the national treasury! It is simply ridiculous!!"
Zu Ban was furious, but Li Wenshi was shocked. How could he make such a stupid mistake?
He stuck his head out to take a look, but Zu Ting put the document away.
"madness!"
"Can someone like you be a saner?!"
Master Li Wen didn't dare to ask for it, so he looked at Zhao Yanshen.
Zhao Yanshen slowly said: "Grandpa, Master Li Wen has been in poor health these past few days...\n"
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"Can you ignore important things because you are not in good health?"
Zu Ban raised the document in his hand: "This is the evidence. If you neglect government affairs, you should be severely punished!"
He stood up and glared at Li Wenshi, "Just wait to be dismissed."
After saying that, Zu Ban turned around and left here.
After Zu Ban led everyone away, Li Wenshi came to Zhao Yanshen's side, his face full of anxiety, "Zhao Gong!! How could I commit such a mistake?! I have been in Zhongshu for many years, you know that, you
I have also read my memorial, but what is it like what he said? Even if there are mistakes, they have been corrected. What does Grandpa mean by this?!"
Zhao Yanshen still had the same scheming face. He gave Master Li Wen a warning look, "I don't know."
After saying that, he sat down again. Obviously, he had no intention of getting involved in this matter.
The more Master Li thought about it, the more he became afraid, so he and Zhao Yanshen took sick leave and left in a hurry.
Wei Mansion.
There was laughter and laughter in the study room.
Wei Shou took a sip of tea and then looked at Wei Changxian sitting in front of him.
Wei Changxian is much younger than Wei Shou, but in terms of seniority, Wei Changxian is Wei Shou's clan uncle.
Rich families especially care about this kind of seniority, and will not ignore it even if there is a gap in age.
"The clan uncle should have taken a concubine a long time ago. How can a man be childless?"
"This is the right thing to do, don't care about other people's opinions."
Wei Shou said with a smile: "Perhaps the clan uncle can still have a son in his old age and give birth to a wise man who can rule the world."
Wei Changxian shook his head, "I'm not Zhong...\n.\n.\nAt this age, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it anymore."
"But you can't say that. My uncle has a strong body and will have children. He will definitely be a hero when he grows up!"
"If I have an heir, I don't need him to be a talented person. As long as he upholds his righteous aspirations and does not do evil things, I will be satisfied."
Wei Changxian had several children before, but they all failed to survive. This is why he still kept concubines when he was older.
Although Wei Changxian and Wei Shou were from the same clan, because Wei Changxian had been exiled before, the gap in their official positions was too big, so they were not very close.
And when he followed Wei Shou to Liu Taozi's demon, the two became close. The main reason was that Wei Shou couldn't find any relatives who could recommend him to Liu Taozi. His own relatives were not as good as each other, so they recommended him.
If something goes wrong, we will die together. At least Wei Changxian is still reliable.
The two talked for a while, and Wei Shou suddenly asked, "Why did you go to Qingzhou a few days ago?"
Wei Changxian looked at the other party and shook his head, "These are confidential matters, so we can't talk about them yet."
"Hahaha, there are no outsiders here, so it doesn't matter."
"No, don't tell me."
Wei Changxian was very decisive.
Wei Shou was stunned and continued to eat tea.
At this moment, a servant came in to report.
"Master, Master Li Wen has come to ask for an audience."
Wei Shou asked people to take him to the next door to rest, while he sent Wei Changxian away, and then went to see Master Li Wen in a big way.
The temples of the Han Dynasty were not without battles.
But unlike the past battles between Lao Xianbei and Lao Da clan, today's battle has become a battle between the old and the new.
There are the veteran faction headed by Lu, Tian, ​​Cui and others, and there are also the peach-picking faction like Youcheng.
In the past, Lao Xianbei competed with the Lao Da clan for interests, and the Lao Da clan was suppressed and beaten, but now Liu Taozi has risen strongly.
It cannot be said that there is no difference between Hu and Han, but at least on the surface, this is no longer a point of conflict in etiquette. After all, the old Xianbei in the Han Dynasty are not military leaders, nor can they be military leaders, so they have nothing to fight for with the courtiers.
, unless you are competing with Liu Taozi... But this is more difficult and not recommended.
The conflict between the elders and newcomers is over the issue of change.
The elders had been following Liu Taozi for a longer period of time, were generally younger, and were more dissatisfied with the original social affairs.
There is a strong will for reform.
They hope to change all the bad habits of the previous dynasty and do things thoroughly.
As for these newcomers, they hope to maintain the order of the past and not to make drastic changes, so that they can continue to enjoy it.
It's hard to say who is right and who is wrong. After all, both factions are serving the country and both have merit.
Among the old and new, Zu Ban is considered a different kind, unique and can't get along with most people.
But overall, he still favored the elders. He advocated many changes to change the bad habits and bad governance left by Qi State.
Qi State has many bad habits that cannot be put on the table. For example, the big families recommend each other. I recommend your disciples, you recommend my disciples, exchange with each other, and everyone makes progress together. This thing has a long history...\n.\
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Wei Shou walked slowly to the study.
Master Li Wen was walking back and forth, waiting for him. When he saw Wei Shou walking in, he hurriedly bowed to see him.
"Okay, okay, why are you so polite?"
Wei Shou sat down and looked at the panicked Master Li Wen, "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"
"Today Zuban came to the Central Bookstore...
Master Li Wen quickly told the other party what happened.
The more Wei Shou listened, the darker his face became.
"This guy did it on purpose."
"Not long ago, this guy called together the ministers and said that he wanted to completely abolish the recommendation system...:
"It's not like the recommended candidates don't need to be assessed. If there are no recommendations, how can we select outstanding talents for the country?"
"But this guy doesn't think so. He insists that recommendation is a bad policy. Those who are recommended can be exempted and receive special care. The chance of passing the exam is 100%. It implies that we are cheating in private...:.
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"He also plans to separate the performance evaluation from the local government and put it under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Civil Affairs...:. The prefect can no longer comment on the county magistrate's performance? How unreasonable!"
"I followed a few wise men and reprimanded him face to face. I didn't expect that this guy's revenge would come so quickly!"
Li Wenshi suddenly realized.
Is this what it turns out to be?
Wei Shou stood up and squinted his eyes, "You don't have to worry, you are the person I recommended. Zu Ban wants to slap me in the face like this, haha, it's not that easy!"
"Does he think he can remove a Zhongshu official by framing him?"
"Just wait...just wait."
Wei Shou's eyes flickered, and many thoughts suddenly came to his mind. He suddenly looked at Master Li Wen, his eyes extremely bright.
"This is a good opportunity to deal with Zu Ban!"
"Your Majesty will never allow Zu Ban to act so recklessly. In the past, he was punished for violating the law. This time, it is even more of a serious crime to dismiss an official for no reason!!"
"If we can use this as an excuse...\n
"Master Literary... I have to let you suffer some grievances. Don't refute yet. Zu Ban wants to remove you, so let him remove you. I will contact everyone and find a suitable time...::
The two started chatting in a low voice.
Pingcheng Iron Works.
Zu Ban was sitting on the upper seat, holding a wine bottle in his hand and holding it to his mouth. His throat moved, and the wine kept pouring into his mouth and flowing out from the corner of his mouth. Half of his body was already wet with the wine.
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At this moment, the doors and windows in the house were closed, and candles were lit.
There were a total of sixteen people, carefully kneeling on both sides of Zu Ban. They couldn't help but clap their hands and cheer as they watched Zu Ban take a big gulp of wine.
"Grandpa is a good drinker!"
"What a drinker!!"
"As expected of my grandfather!!"
The sixteen people gathered at this moment are the iron officials of various large iron factories in the north.
The Hulü iron official still invited these people over.
If other ministers jump out and wave to them and say come to me, we will be greedy for money and become moths...\n,
..then they will definitely not believe it.
But if Zu Ban said this, it would be too trustworthy.
Zu Ban himself has a very strong reputation. He stole the emperor's things, embezzled the royal horse factory, smuggled war horses, and collaborated with others to deduct revenue from the treasury... He did awesome things that these people would never dare to think about in their entire lives.
If these iron officials are the worms in the world, then the ancestor is more or less the King of Gu.
Therefore, when Zu Ban said that he would bring everyone together to make a fortune, they did not hesitate.
Furthermore, for what they committed, Zu Ban didn't need to deceive. They simply couldn't withstand the investigation, especially for a veteran like Zu Ban. In Zu Ban's eyes, these people's corrupt methods were...
I don't know how low-level it is, I can see through it at a glance.
Since you can't resist, you can only resign yourself to fate.
Zu Ban wiped his mouth, his face full of joy.
His mood is getting better and better.
He looked at the people in front of him and said slowly: "Just you people? There were thirty-nine factories in Qi State. Now there are thirty-four factories in the country. Sixteen people came to the thirty-fourth factories? What about the rest of them?
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Hulu Tieguan stood up in a hurry, lowered his head and said, "Grandpa, the other people are not from the same group as us."
"The current governors are not easy to mess with. After they came to power, they directly intervened in the affairs of the iron factory.
I drove out the original officials, promoted my cronies, and took the iron factory back to the place...:.These people have been following the place. I also sent others privately to deal with them in other words, but these people
If you have bad intentions and want to expose them, I will immediately cut off contact and no longer interact with you."
Zu Ban narrowed his eyes, "So, there are only sixteen factories that are willing to follow me in corruption? That's too few, too few..."
"Grandpa, there are quite a few. The five largest factories in the country are all here this time. If these big factories go all out, they can produce 10,000 tons per day, which is more than 300 tons a year. These five of us are
, we can produce nearly 1,500 tons of iron a year...\n...But in fact, including losses, we can hide 30%."
"In other words, a factory can deduct 500 tons of iron a year?"
Zu Ban shook his head disdainfully, "Rough, too rough."
"How much can you swallow just by swallowing iron? If you want to swallow it, you also swallow the product.::
"Grandpa, if all the products are processed, not to mention the cost, and a large amount of ironware is poured into the people, the market price will not be too high. If it falls along the way, it will be even worse."
Zu Banjing glanced at the other party, "I don't believe you when I say you are fools."
"The domestic market is saturated, what about the Zhou people? What about the Qi people? What about the Chen people?"
The iron officers trembled all over.
This is the real fucking greed!
Hulu Iron Officer quickly said: "Grandpa, isn't this good? How can domestic ironware be sold abroad? They are still our enemies. They use them to make weapons to fight with us. Isn't this an attempt to kill one's own family?
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"You have swallowed the country's iron weapons, and you still care about this??"
"You are so short on weapons. You have killed so many of your own family members. Selling them to the enemy is nothing."
Tieguan's face turned red and he was unable to refute for a moment.
Zu Ban looked at everyone and said solemnly: "From today on, I will be responsible for the operation of the domestic iron plant. Everyone will only pay their share to me and not to anyone else."
"Master Li Wen has been dismissed by me for a reason."
"I don't care who else comes to you, threatens you, or begs you, from now on,
Completely cut off contact with them...and don’t give them any dividends!”
"It's all mine!!"
Chapter completed!