The most annoying thing 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 sent out

Having hundreds of Imperial Guards accompanying him can, firstly, build momentum and show majesty. Secondly, the Imperial Guards are all the emperor's cronies. Having the Imperial Guards accompanying them when handling cases also allows the Emperor to use the Imperial Guards to supervise the case-handling process of Yushitai and the specific amount of corruption collected.

After arranging the affairs of the Yushitai, he rushed to the Ministry of Household Affairs as usual. There was another meeting of the people at the Ministry of Household Affairs. In addition to disaster relief, flood prevention and other livelihood matters, there was also a large military expenditure, which was provided by Zhang Shan, the real protector of the country.

The three new armies recruited by Protector of the Nation Master Tongchen and Protector of the Nation General Long Haotian are already full. Each new army has 100,000 people, totaling 300,000 people. The Ministry of Household Affairs needs to prepare for these 300,000 people, including military pay and military supplies.

, various expenses including ordnance and military uniforms, preliminary calculations require more than 6 million taels.

Hu Bu just got more than 8 million taels from Anxiang Tower not long ago. He can get the 6 million taels, but he is unwilling to pay the full amount. He believes that Zhang Shan will not squander and embezzle, and he also believes in Shaolin Temple abbot Tong Chen.

Monk, but he didn't believe Long Haotian and directly issued two million taels. This guy might not know what to do with the money.

"Sir, I have something to say from my humble position." An official in the hall stood up and spoke.

Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at this person. There were many officials in the Ministry of Revenue, and he couldn't recognize them all, but this person looked very familiar to him.

Seeing his brows slightly furrowed, the official hurriedly said, "Sir, my surname is Wu and my given name is Yusheng. I am the second-level Jinshi in this year's imperial examination. Not long ago, Gao Langzhong was convicted of corruption. I have just been appointed as a doctor in the household department.

"Wu Yusheng." He said to himself, this name was also very familiar to him.

"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 five hundred taels of food and clothing." Wu Yusheng said.

"Oh, I remembered." Ni Chenyi nodded repeatedly. On the day of Ni Chenyi's martial arts competition, a monk named Lingguang came on stage and criticized him. He slandered him a lot. They only said that he was ruthless and his actions were unbecoming of Taoist kindness, and he would

After Monk Lingguang came down from the ring, Ni

Worried about enmity with Monk Lingguang, the Ni family 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 came from a poor family and came to power just to ask for some money, and he did not make it difficult for him. He cracked his radial bone and gave him the 500 tael pension that he could only get if he was seriously injured. This Wu Yusheng was the one who came to power that day.

Poor scholar.

Wu Yusheng said sternly, "Sir, I believe that the new army's weapons and equipment are indispensable, and these 1.5 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 is not 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 supply of grain and grass is 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?”

He 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 like this." The final decision was made.

Jealousy is not only felt by women, but also by men. Seeing Wu Yusheng's suggestions being adopted, the officials in the hall looked at him with dissatisfaction.

Sitting in the hall, it was clear 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 divert some of the initiative.

The power was in the hands of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the military supplies for three months were neither too much nor too little. They could support the new army in marching and fighting, but were 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 calculating after he left, he decided to train and support this Wu Yusheng, but

He also knew that the better he treated Wu Yusheng, the less likely it would be for Wu Yusheng to succeed him, because the emperor would never allow him to influence the Ministry of Household Affairs after leaving. To put it bluntly, he would never be reused.

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 errand of the household department, but since you are here, you must work hard and be practical."

Running errands."

These words seemed to be compliments, but in fact they were slightly mocking. The implication was that Wu Yusheng was good at business calculations. As soon as these words came out, there were smiles on the faces of the officials in the hall, while Wu Yusheng blushed, probably,

Sit down.

Even though Wu Yusheng was already very embarrassed, he still did not let him go, "You have just arrived at the Ministry of Revenue not long ago, and you are not familiar with other official duties. It is your idea to reduce the military supplies of the New Army. So, you will be responsible for supplying the New Army's military supplies."

Take responsibility."

As soon as this statement came out, many of the officials in the hall were gloating about the misfortune. They all knew that this was a hard job. Providing military supplies was no small matter, no less important than people's livelihood matters. As the saying goes, the three armies should go ahead before the food and grass are used. If you delay the errand, you will lose your head.

When Wu Yusheng heard this, he stood up in a hurry, panicking.

Not only did other Ministry of Household officials not understand the profound meaning, even Wu Yusheng himself did not understand it. In fact, there were many considerations in doing so. As the saying goes, you can see the whole thing by looking at a spot. Wu Yusheng was able to keenly sense what he was thinking, which shows that Wu Yusheng is smart.

He is very capable and knows how to control the balance. He has no doubt 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 help Wu Yusheng while he is still in the Ministry of Revenue.

Run the errand well, let him accumulate merit and show his ability, 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 disheartened.

When he was about to walk out of the lobby, Wu Yusheng looked back. He didn't expect that he had been staring at him. When he turned around, his eyes met. His expression was very serious at this time. Unexpectedly, Wu Yusheng hurriedly looked away.

But after looking away, Wu Yusheng seemed to notice something and turned his head to look again. This time, his eyes did not close at once, but

It's eyes that look straight into the eyes.

With a solemn look on his face, he made sure that no other officials looked back, and then nodded slowly towards him.

Although Wu Yusheng didn't know what the deep meaning was, he knew that he must have a deep meaning. After nodding slightly, he turned around eagerly and left quickly.

After everyone left, he 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 inability to be an official was because he did not understand the rules of the officialdom and the procedures for handling official affairs. The so-called good at being an official was

The reason for 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, he 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 about them carefully.

Song Cai has already confirmed the authenticity of the map, so there is no need to waste time on its 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 due east is the Rabbit, between due east and southeast is the Chen Dragon, and between the southeast and the 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. Judging from the directions of the two rivers and the boundaries of the map, ten
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