Zhang Ximeng appeared in the signing room of the Du branch. As soon as he entered, he heard the crackling sound of abacus, as fast as exploding beans, as fast as the wind. The level of this group of people was so high that Zhang Ximeng was a little stunned.
Where did this girl get so many iron abacus?
When Prime Minister Zhang arrived, who dared to neglect him? He quickly came over and invited Zhang Ximeng to the cubicle next to him. Jiang Nan was wearing a red official uniform and a beam crown, facing a pile of accounts, quickly circled them, and occasionally marked a few
Character.
Zhang Ximeng saw it and was a little surprised... This girl was dressed similar to him, except for the belt around her waist, and her busy appearance was also somewhat similar.
That old man Song Lian insists on saying that it is inconvenient for men and women to do things together. Isn't there no difference?
"Jiang Tiju, are you busy?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled casually as if greeting others.
Jiang Nan immediately raised his head, saw Zhang Ximeng, and asked hurriedly: "Is there something wrong with Prime Minister Zhang?"
"Well! I came here to see if my subordinates are lazy or not?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nan hurriedly sent several lists to Zhang Ximeng, "Here are the calculation results of the Wang family's case. There is a discrepancy of 120,000 taels from the Ministry of Punishment, mainly due to problems in the discount process. In addition, there is also the commercial tax on acres of land in Hangzhou.
The clean-up, as well as the calculation of salt taxes and tariffs over the years... The remaining land taxes in Jiangbei, the harvests of military villages, and commercial taxes in various places are still being calculated... However, these are all transferred from Zhongshu Province and other government offices.
The account books, and it’s only a small part. If you want to know the exact situation, you have to send someone to verify it. I can’t give a conclusion for the time being.”
Zhang Ximeng was dumbfounded. Even if he understood so many things when he first started, this girl was simply amazing! Compared with his, her own work efficiency was nothing to mention!
He casually picked up the inventory and looked through it briefly. He could see that the calculation was very beautiful and there were no errors. This was even more outrageous.
"Jiang... How did you calculate the lift? Can you share your experience?"
Jiang Nan smiled, "Of course there is no problem, but I can calculate these clearly, and I have to thank the princess."
"princess?"
Only then did Zhang Ximeng remember, "I remember that the princess helped the master settle accounts in private. Did you do this for the princess?"
Jiang Nan didn't deny it, but now Zhang Ximeng understood, Dare's lover has hairy fingernails... He's a veteran.
He smiled slightly and said, "I was worried that you would be under pressure and not be able to adapt! Now it seems that I was overthinking it... By the way, come and try this. If you don't drink it, it will get cold."
Zhang Ximeng finally remembered the milk tea he had made. He handed it to Jiang Nan, "Tea with sugar is twice as happy. It is very suitable for mental work, can cheer up the mood and improve efficiency."
Jiang Nan looked at the bucket of milk tea and didn't know what to say?
This current master, who even respected King Wu as a gentleman, actually gave this to his subordinates? How to describe it? It’s hard to say. It’s probably like a queen-level goddess having sex in the street and eating stinky tofu!
A bit counterintuitive, but also a bit interesting!
"Zhang Xiang, you, how did you come up with this?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "Actually, the routine I have set for you is to usually have dinner together, chat, get to know each other, and do things together. But considering that your situation is a bit special, I wonder if you would like to eat with the big guys.
, I came over to ask first. Since it was the first time we met officially as colleagues, I couldn't be empty-handed. I just made some milk tea... Don't worry, the ingredients I used were very clean and hygienic. Fresh mare's milk, flowers from Purple Mountain
Honey, the best West Lake Longjing, they are all good things!”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes. They were all good things, but when put together, they might not be good things.
But she didn't dare to offend her immediate boss, so she could only take out a bamboo tube, poured herself a small half cup, and took a sip. Not to mention, it felt good!
The sweet aroma of tea was very good at dispelling fatigue and irritability. She couldn't wait to drink it for a few sips, and the bad mood of looking at the accounts made her feel like a teenager.
It is indeed very suitable for mental work. Zhang Xiang did not lie!
"Why do you still make drinks, Prime Minister?" Jiang Nan asked with a smile.
Zhang Ximeng frowned, why did he suspect that I was not doing my job properly?
"Have you ever heard a saying? A saint has an impermanent heart and takes the hearts of the people as his heart."
Is this how this sentence is explained?
It was really an eye-opener. Jiang Nan quickly lowered her head and refilled herself a cup of milk tea. Let's drink milk tea. Master Zhang's state of mind was not something that a commonplace girl like her could understand.
Zhang Ximeng was a little surprised when he saw that she was silent. Sure enough, it was not that convenient to be with female colleagues. He simply focused on his official duties.
Zhang Ximeng briefly read through the results of the Wang family's case, and his expression immediately became solemn.
Just now Jiang Nan mentioned the discrepancy of 120,000 taels, but it really does exist. The main reason for this is that 30,000 acres of mulberry fields are counted as farmland and are priced according to farmland.
Also, mulberry fields are much more expensive than farmland, which is why there is such a price difference.
"Jiang Tiju, according to regulations, exports here are strictly restricted, and everything is mainly food. Therefore, some mulberry fields need to be plowed up and farmland restored. The Ministry of Punishment's calculation is not entirely unreasonable."
Jiang Nan smiled slightly, put down the bamboo cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "Xiang Zhang, mulberry fields are mulberry fields, and farmland is farmland. If it is recognized that mulberry fields can be transformed into farmland, and the next step is to transform farmland into mulberry fields, is it logical?"
Zhang Ximeng naturally knew that there was something wrong here. When Jiang Nan said this, he immediately understood.
"You're saying that the Ministry of Punishment wants to record the accounts as farmland, and then there is no need to change it to mulberry fields... and then continue to keep the mulberry fields to make profits?"
Jiang Nan said: "Based on the accounts alone, I can't be sure, but I believe that something is out of the ordinary and the Ministry of Punishment is to blame!"
Zhang Ximeng paused for a moment. Li Menggeng from the Criminal Department was an old man who had followed Zhu Yuanzhang since Chuzhou. He was also a close confidant of Li Shanchang. He was transferred from the Household Department to the Criminal Department. He had a deep foundation. Such a person was not something Jiang Nan could deal with.
"Okay, just leave this matter to me first. Let's talk about your future management."
Jiang Nan hurriedly lowered his hands and stood there, very seriously.
Zhang Ximeng thought for a while and said: "The Du Branch is the predecessor of the Household Department. Measuring income and supporting expenses are two responsibilities. But today's Du Branch cannot dominate the scene. Your mission is to calculate. If you encounter problems, don't do it yourself.
Make a judgment and report everything to me. You must not make your own decisions, let alone leak the situation at will."
Jiang Nan listened and suddenly said: "Prime Minister Zhang, if you discover corruption and bending the law, will you deal with it immediately? Bring the guilty officials to justice?"
"Won't!"
Zhang Ximeng's answer surprised Jiang Nan, who was stunned, "Mr. Zhang, I, I don't understand... what do you mean?"
"That's why I came here. Remember what I said. If you can't know the result in advance, don't start an investigation easily. Always remember that you are just...an abacus. Calculate the accounts clearly and don't bother with the rest."
Jiang Nan frowned, and she raised her head hesitantly, as if she had met the fake Zhang Ximeng.
Is this still the Master Zhang whom everyone admires?
Seeing the astonishment on her face, Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "Each of us has many identities, but deep in the officialdom, you and I only have one identity, and that is the Lord's officials. For example, the most fundamental mission of your branch is not to arrest people. Corrupt officials, although they have to do these part-time jobs, the most important responsibility of the branch office, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, including the Guards Department... is to maintain the operation of the country and ensure that every government office can perform its duties normally."
This was the first time Jiang Nan heard such a truth, "Prime Minister Zhang, then, why don't you just ignore corrupt officials when you encounter them?"
Zhang Ximeng laughed again, "No one is absolutely good, and no yamen can satisfy everyone... As long as you can still perform your mission normally, don't destroy it easily. Because once you stop, you don't know how much you will lose. As long as you Only when you can't bear it anymore can you take action decisively and decisively to remove the cancer!"
Jiang Nan was even more discouraged, and even turned slightly pale. She held the cup tightly with her fingers and said in a deep voice: "Xiang Zhang, in this case, why are you using the branch office?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Do you think cleaning up cancer is a trivial matter? For example, the Wang family has been entrenched in Hangzhou for more than a hundred years, serving the Yuan Dynasty. They have 100,000 acres of mulberry fields and tea gardens, and the mulberry farmers and silk farmers who rely on them to survive. Weavers, dyers, and tea frying masters, as well as caravans that traffic goods, fleets that sell goods overseas, as well as cargo stations, pawnshops, banks, and banknotes that are set up to help smooth trade. And then There are restaurants, inns, Goulan tile shops..."
Zhang Ximeng said a lot in one breath. Jiang Nan was dumbfounded. In fact, after thinking about it for a while, he could understand it. After all, their family is a middle-class businessman, so it is impossible not to know these things.
"What Mr. Zhang means is that these people depend on the Wang family for their survival, so they cannot be touched easily?"
Zhang Ximeng laughed and said, "It's not untouchable... aren't we just going to eradicate the Wang family now! This is the right time!"
"How do you say that?" Jiang Nan asked curiously.
"It's very simple. When my lord first entered Hangzhou, Zhang Shicheng's forces were eliminated. The Wang family wanted to corrupt our officials, but they have not succeeded yet. Not many people in the court are willing to protect them, but we still hold Juntian in our hands. A magic sword... The so-called millions of water workers can completely allow them to return to their hometowns to farm, and the fields are their own! These people are happy to work for themselves, and it is even easier to abandon the Wang family. There are no officials to protect them, and they cannot coerce the people. . But he jumped out again and hit the knife edge. If he didn’t die, it would be unforgivable.”
Jiang Nan was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help but lower his head and murmured: "I thought that after becoming an official and having power, I could make decisions for the people and be a great master! Love is so complicated!"
Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but smile, "I didn't see that you still have the heart to be a chivalrous woman! This is a good thing, but I have to remind you that in official circles, especially in your current position, you cannot act chivalrous. It is not allowed. capricious!"
Jiang Nan nodded repeatedly, "I understand my humble position... By the way, Mr. Zhang, can I take an hour's leave tomorrow?"
"Ask for leave?"
"Yes...I, I want to go to Caishikou."
"What?" Zhang Ximeng was stunned, "What are you doing there? Tomorrow you are going to kill the entire Wang family!"
"Yes, I just want to see the bad guys subdue the law and seek justice!"
This time it was Zhang Ximeng's turn to be surprised. Why is this girl so cute?