Hearing the eunuch read out the emperor's reward for himself and Long Haotian, he frowned slightly. The reason why he frowned was not because he had made great contributions but was only promoted half a level, but because he couldn't figure out why the emperor was like this.

arrange.

After receiving an award, one should go out to express gratitude. After the third imperial edict is read out, he and Long Haotian will go out in line, either bowing their heads or kneeling to thank the emperor, receiving the emperor's order and thanking the holy grace.

Next came the fourth imperial edict, which was aimed at military generals. Almost all generals above the fifth rank of the garrison and the Shence Army were called interchangeably.

Regarding the exchange of generals between the garrison and the Shence Army, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were somewhat surprised, because the emperor dealt with disloyal officials extremely severely, and whether it was the garrison or the Shence Army, the generals who took the lead were loyal to eunuchs.

Damn it, the emperor didn't do a big purge, he just changed defenses and called them.

Others are confused, but they know very well that the emperor's main reason for making such arrangements is to sell his face and not want him to break his trust.

I am grateful that the emperor has preserved my reputation, but besides being grateful, I am still confused, Mr. Hubu Shangshu and Yushi, why did the emperor make this arrangement?

However, after a short period of thinking, I figured out the reason. The Ministry of Revenue is the head of the six departments of the imperial court and is in charge of the world's finances and people's livelihood. The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is not a high-ranking position but has a great responsibility. The country's land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, and salaries

, food, wages, finance and other matters are all under the control of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This is the most tiring position. The reason why he continues to serve as the imperial censor is to increase his power and give him the power to control hundreds of officials, so as to facilitate

Better performance of duties as Minister of Household Affairs.

He was very clear-headed. He knew that the emperor's reason for appointing him as the Minister of Household Affairs was out of his respect and trust in him. There were also other considerations. The first was his relationship with the Ni family. The imperial government's finances were currently unable to make ends meet, and the Ni family was the richest in the world. If the imperial court

It's really hard to open the pot. He, the son-in-law of the richest man, can't just sit idly by. Furthermore, the Ministry of Household Affairs is also responsible for military supplies and wages. Once the new army is recruited, he also has to raise military supplies and wages for the new army. All he needs to fight is money and food. So much.

Where can we get money for soldiers and horses? We can't borrow them all from the Ni family. This is why the emperor asked him to concurrently serve as the imperial censor. Next, he will continue to raid homes to collect money for the court.

At this time, there was no joy of being in an important position, but only helplessness and sorrow. Sometimes being trusted by others is not a good thing. The pressure is too great. This is a hard job that carries notoriety, but also a tiring job with worry. He

I had no intention of being an official, and I wanted to remove the burdens from my shoulders earlier, but instead of removing them, I ended up carrying more and more.

While deep in thought, the eunuch had already read out the fourth imperial edict, and after confirming that no officials came out,

After the performance, the emperor stood up and left the court, and all the officials bowed to see him off.

After the emperor left the court, the civil and military officials came forward to congratulate Long Haotian and Daoxi one after another, and exchanged pleasantries with each other. Looking at Long Haotian again, he was the same, full of bitterness, but forcing a smile. Although he had bad conduct, he was not stupid.

He knew what it meant for the imperial court to promote him to a first-class Protector General, and he didn't care about the salary. The bigger the hat, the more he had to pay. He was on an equal footing with the Protector Master and the Protector Master, so he had to give something.

If you have magnanimity and sincerity, how can you be so embarrassed to ask the imperial court for troops and money when recruiting new troops?

At this time, Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo were both in the palace and wanted to talk to Zhang Shan. However, I don’t know whether Zhang Shan wanted to avoid suspicion or for some other purpose. He did not give him a chance to talk to him and left Zhang Mo and the Taoist disciples first.

go.

By the time all the officials had finished congratulating themselves and accepted the official seals brought by the eunuch, Zhang Shan and others had already gone far.

"Congratulations, Lord Shangshu." Long Haotian's voice came from the north.

Hearing the gloating in Long Haotian's words, he sarcastically replied, "Congratulations to you too, General Protector of the Country."

Long Haotian walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty trusts you and has entrusted the Ministry of Revenue to your hands. From now on, we will have to rely on Lord Shangshu to provide us with military pay, money and food for our march."

"Get out of here, I don't want to talk to you." He turned around and left.

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding officials were shocked and looked at each other, but Long Haotian didn't take it seriously and walked a few steps to catch up, "It seems that not only I understand you, but the Emperor also understands you. You are fair and upright, and you are the only one who is responsible for the household affairs."

Minister of the Ministry, in the future, we can be fairly provided with the military pay, money and food we need to suppress the rebellion."

He waved his hands impatiently, "I'm already very annoyed. Just stop nagging in my ears and arrest Yang Fugong quickly."

"Yes, yes," Long Haotian said with a smile, "Master Shangshu, the imperial court asked us to recruit new troops by ourselves, and promised to pay us one million taels in advance to raise funds. Please allocate this money to us as soon as possible. How can we do it without silver taels?

Recruiting troops?”

"I didn't even know this happened. Just wait until I go back and read the official documents." Not wanting to talk to Long Haotian, he hurried away and left him behind.

Returning to the Yushitai, I found an acquaintance standing at the door. It was Yu Yi, a nun. This person was the head catcher of Dali Temple.

She was sent to Yizhuang to verify the authenticity. Yu Yi discovered the clues but hid it from him, and kindly protected him.

Yu Yi came here to inform him of the time and place of the execution. A large number of eunuchs had been sentenced to beheading, which means to be killed immediately. The executions will be carried out today, outside the west gate of Chang'an at 3:00 noon.

He doesn't like to see beheadings, but he is a royal censor. If he participates in the trial, he will naturally become the supervisor of beheadings. He can't do it without going.

Seeing that Yu Yi was about to leave, he hurriedly called her and asked her if she would like to be transferred to the Yushitai. Although Yu Yi was a nun, she was decisive in killing, fair and strict, and admired her style of behavior very much.

, Yang Shuyun, the Qing of Dali Temple who weighs the left and right, Yu Yi prefers to be clear about grudges and straightforward.

Seeing that Yu Yi agreed, Haosheng was relieved. After Yu Yi left, he returned to the court and wrote an official letter. He sent someone to take the official letter to Dali Temple to transfer people. Yang Shuyun was half of his own, so he was too embarrassed to steal people openly.

The official letter he wrote was a secondment to Gonghan. To put it bluntly, Yu Yi still belonged to Dali Temple, and Yushitai was only a temporary secondment, but his secondment must have been a loan without repayment.

Da Tou had been waiting nervously at the house for the court to end. When he found out that he was back, Da Tou came to the court to ask about what happened in the court.

Yesterday, Datou was sent to deliver the four million taels of silver from Yushitai to the Ministry of Revenue. He was worried that the Ministry of Revenue would mishandle the money if he arrived late, so he informed Datou in a concise and concise manner that he had been appointed by the imperial court as the Minister of Household Affairs.

, and then hurried to Hube with Datou on horseback.

Datou knew that the affairs of the household department were complicated, and he also knew that he had taken on a hot potato, so he was very worried. "Sir, the job of the household department is not easy to handle."

"I know, but I can't resist." He sighed helplessly.

"If it was a peaceful and prosperous time, the Ministry of Revenue would be the best errand, but now the war is in turmoil and the weather is precarious. The errand of the Ministry of Revenue..."

Before Datou could finish speaking, he waved his hand and interrupted him, "You will be very busy next. You have to go out and search every house. There are more than 70 officials involved in the case who are above the fifth rank."

"You've been transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, so it's not our turn to ransack the house, right?" Datou said casually.

"I still have the function of being a royal censor, and I haven't lost it yet," he said.

"Ah? The Minister of the Ministry of Finance and the Imperial Censor? Then we have great power." Datou Duo was shocked.

"The greater the power, the greater the responsibility." Despite his helplessness, he is not negative and does not want to be alone.

If you worry about complicated affairs, you will definitely be exhausted in the future.

The two hurried to the Ministry of Finance, which was much larger than Yushitai's territory. At this time, everyone in the Ministry of Finance had learned that he had been appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, and guessed that he might come to take up his new post.

Everyone gathered outside the door waiting for him.

When he arrived, all the officials came forward to greet him, handed over their official seals as usual, and then came to the court to formally meet with the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Below the Yushitai there are three courtyards: Taiyuan, Dianyuan and Chaoyuan. Under the Hubu Department there are four departments: Hubu Division, Duzhi Division, Jinbu Division and Cangbu Division. The Hubu Division is in charge of the country's population, land,

The Duzhi Division is responsible for all things related to corvee service. The Duzhi Division is in charge of taxation, renting, and other matters. The Jinbu Division is in charge of cashiers, measurement, and official remuneration. The Cangbu Division is in charge of the national treasury, grain distribution, and warehouse endowments.

The official of the Hubu Hall is the third-rank Hubu Shangshu, the two deputies are the left and right ministers of the fourth rank, and the chief of the fourth rank is the fifth-rank Hubu Langzhong.

Everyone already knew who he was, and no one dared to be arrogant or arrogant, let alone to try to make excuses. They were very respectful and sincerely welcomed him. After he arrived at the Yushitai, the food and salary expenses of the Yushitai were very high.

He was promoted, and now he is in charge of the household department, and everyone hopes that following him will make life easier.

As the Minister of Household Affairs in charge of people's livelihood and finance, he first needed to know how many people and fields there were in the Tang Dynasty. After hearing his question, the Minister of Household Affairs immediately stood up and answered, knowing that there were more than 11 million households in the Tang Dynasty.

, the total population is about 77 million people, and the total recorded arable land is about 8 million hectares.

Then he asked about the balance of the national treasury, and the answers this time were from Dr. Dozhi and Mr. Tsangbe. According to the two of them, the Tang treasury currently has a surplus of two million dans of grain scattered in various places. In addition, he sent someone yesterday

The four million taels sent bring the national silver inventory to about 12 million taels.

I have no idea about money, but the 4 million taels I gained from ransacking homes and extorting bribes recently accounted for one-third of the national bank balance. This problem is very serious. This shows that 12 million taels is real for the entire Tang Dynasty.

Too few.

Since I had to rush to Ximen to supervise the beheading at noon, I didn’t have time to talk to everyone. I just asked everyone in the household department to immediately assign officials from the headquarters to search the property of the guilty minister together with the detectives from Yushitai and the Yulin army sent by the palace, fearing that the guilty minister would be worried.

When the family members transferred their property, they were divided into more than 70 groups. They started in the afternoon, inspected all night, and counted and stored the property as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!