Li Shanchang looked at Ruan Hongdao's worried look, and he was already thinking of Yuanshi Tianzun and Amitabha in his heart.
"Is something going to happen to your household department again?" 3
Ruan Hongdao was so frightened that he waved his hands hurriedly, "No, absolutely not. We have always been cautious and crossed the river with the eggs in hand, for fear of doing something wrong... Didn't we find nothing happened at the Du branch?"
It's okay that he didn't mention the Du branch, but when he mentioned Li Shanchang, his face became even darker, "Is your brain blocked by accounts? The Du branch only calculates existing accounts, and there are too few of them to go from top to bottom.
, of course you can hide it. But the tax department is different now. It requires a stick to stick to the end, and even the local yamen will be equipped. By then, there will be detailed tax accounts from bottom to top. Of course, the branch office will
It can be calculated clearly. And not only the Du branch, but the Sixth Section is also planning to thoroughly investigate the Sixth Department from the inside, and there is the Yushitai..." 4
Every time Li Shanchang said something, Ruan Hongdao would be frightened and shudder.
"Li Xiang, tell me, what do you think King Wu thinks? There are so many ancestors all of a sudden. From top to bottom, from the inside out, they are all staring at people. Nothing can be done. Otherwise
Just give it up and forget it." 2
"Forget it? What do you do as a minister?" Li Shanchang was already very rude, "I can tell you that this time it is not far from ascending to the throne. The country and the dynasty system are becoming more and more complete. If something goes wrong, you will be turned into human skin.
Pillow, I can’t save you either!”
Ruan Hongdao was on the verge of tears, "Li Xiang, I really didn't get anything. I work hard every day and never go home all year round. My mother-in-law is about to run away with the driver. I, I'm like this.
If I still can’t run away, I’m wronged!” 3
Li Shanchang snorted coldly, "You were wronged. If you were wronged, why would you come to me to complain?"
Ruan Hongdao had no choice but to say: "Li Xiang, let me tell you the truth. Finance and taxation are so complicated. My subordinates can only manage land taxation. Commercial taxation is really beyond their control. If there are any omissions, I don't have them."
There’s a way!”
Li Shanchang finally understood.
The best this guy can do is ensure his innocence, but he can't control his subordinates...
"Check it, check it from top to bottom. Don't get yourself involved. There aren't many old people crossing the river, and the higher-ups are just remembering old friendships." 1
Ruan Hongdao had no choice but to nod. He stood up to say goodbye. After taking two steps, Li Shanchang told him again, "Don't harm yourself for the sake of the people below! You can't be soft-hearted!"
Ruan Hongdao was startled, gritted his teeth and nodded, finally agreeing.
What happened next became lively. Everyone in the household department was busy checking accounts and verifying money and food.
Before anyone else could take action, Ruan Hongdao sent more than a dozen of his subordinates to the Ministry of Punishment. The efficiency was astonishing. 3
Of course, everyone knows that these can only be regarded as the tip of the iceberg. There are still too many officials who cannot withstand thorough investigation. They can only wait for each yamen to start operating, and conclusions will naturally be drawn.
However, just these frivolous things have already made the civil and military officials in Chao Zhong panic, and they are deeply aware of the horror of this commercial special department!
There is no way, for a long time, the aristocratic family really did not make a fortune by relying on the land rent.
If you only focus on land rent, you are called local rich people, and they are the most shameless group of people.
What did the scholar-bureaucrats talk about?
Guard your family with your roots, and get rich with your business.
Land can only be regarded as the foundation of the family. It is used to maintain the family business. It is almost equivalent to real estate and deposits. Only through business can one get rich. This is financial management, which has been taken to a higher level.
For a long time, business has been ignored by the imperial court, which means that it is difficult to detect when making money from business. But now it is different. It has begun to pay attention to it, and a special business department has been opened. This is not going to cause big trouble.
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However, they have no choice at all. Lao Zhu and even Li Shanchang are unwilling to come forward to help. What else can they do besides waiting to be stabbed? 1
Just as a group of people were on tenterhooks, the exam began.
Jiang Ke was carrying a bamboo basket and examination equipment, full of confidence.
"Master, can you make it this time?"
Facing the question from Uncle Qi, the butler, Jiang Ke said calmly, "There is still hope for the top three."
I didn’t say that I would be the number one scholar. We have to believe that there is a better world and there are people who are better than others. It stands to reason that we can claim to be the second best, but the third flower is not bad, and the third flower is the best, and I have almost the same number.
Jiang Ke dusted off his long gown, which was spotless, and walked to the examination room with square steps.
He arrived early enough, but he still didn't expect that there were too many people earlier than him.
This group of people gathered together, whispering to each other, all discussing today's exam.
Jiang Ke was not a gregarious person. He looked around and saw that there seemed to be no one he could talk to, so he stood aside. After waiting for a while, a thin young man jumped up from the side, carrying a broken bamboo basket, and looked like this
His appearance is somewhat contrary to the harmony of nature, his eyebrows are just like those of a rat, and one of his eye sockets is still blue, as if he had just been beaten.
He didn't have any self-consciousness, but moved closer to Jiang Ke, "Brother, from now on we will be colleagues, but we must support each other, by the way... Do you have anything to eat? I came here in a hurry, so I didn't buy..."
This guy looked up with a smile and saw a pair of angry eyes!
grandson!
It's you!
Listening to the voice, Jiang Ke finally recognized this person.
That's right, it's the profiteer who divided the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic into several parts and sold them!
"You, you came here to sell books?"
This guy was also stunned, and subconsciously held his head, "Don't fight, wait until I finish the exam!"
It turned out that this clever man had really found a victim and sold dozens of coins. But the problem was that the victim had no moral integrity.
He bought half of the book, but instead of admitting his bad luck, he didn't continue spending money to buy back the whole book. Instead, he found it angrily and punched him so hard that his parents screamed.
Fortunately, a police officer passed by and brought them to the county government office. Once he understood the situation, it was not good for one person to fight or to sell books and cheat, so we might as well punish them with hard labor.
"To be honest, these days, I and many prisoners have been brought here to build the examination room Gongyuan... When I was busy here, I thought, if I can pass the examination, I can also become a Shangguan.
Do you think no one will dare to bully me? From now on, I will also be the master of Yingtian Mansion! The one who beat me, I cornered him, made him kneel down, and called me master. You don’t
You know how hateful this man is. When I was doing hard labor, he beat me three times a day, just as I was eating. He was so cruel!"
When Jiang Ke listened to his rambling words, he had an idea, why not beat you to death!
How come a seller of fake books came to take the exam? Why is this business specialist different from what I thought? It doesn't seem to be so high-end! Even if I pass the exam, can I be regarded as a composition star?
With all kinds of doubts, Jiang Ke followed the crowd and entered the examination room. But before entering, he gave the grandson a big steamed bun in order to shut his mouth.
"That's interesting! Just wait and see, when I pass the exam, I, I'll treat you to real roast duck!"
Jiang Ke couldn't laugh or cry, why don't you treat me to a fake roast duck and open my eyes to see what fake roast duck looks like! 6
With a lot of thinking, Jiang Ke entered the examination room...Obviously, he had no idea about this weird special examination, and he didn't know how weird it could be.
In another examination room, there were as many as thirty young women who also walked into the examination room.
These women were all brought out by Ma.
Over the years, Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang have adopted as many as eight hundred orphans, ranging from one thousand to eight hundred, including boys and girls. In the early days, Ma almost treated them as her own children and took great care of them. But when the number became too large, she couldn't take care of them.
If you can arrange people, take care of their lives, teach them to read and learn skills, they can also make a difference. Μ. 877.ο
Since Zhang Ximeng advocated allowing girls to enroll in school, these girls adopted by the Ma family naturally had to set an example and be the first to enter the school.
At this time, they also left the field one after another, took the exam, and prepared to repay King Wu and the princess.
In their eyes, the defense of men and women is not so important. Repaying the favor and doing things are the first priority. Since they want to repay the favor, they must take the exam.
So, they came.
If the fate of women is just following the rules, then there are actually several bald monks hidden among these candidates.
Yes, even monks came.
Logically speaking, Yingtian is still peaceful, and the temple should be prosperous... But the fact is exactly the opposite. Zhu Jiajun's equalization of land has deprived the temple of all property. There are other places around Yingtian, that is, inside the walls.
That piece of land, take away all the land outside.1
It doesn't matter, as long as there is incense, it is enough.
However, its popularity has also declined sharply.
General Zhu sent many preachers to the villages, towns and fields to communicate with the people... Is life good now, are there any difficulties, how is the land equalization done, are there any corrupt officials... As long as the people respond,
Most likely someone will handle it.
As time went by, the common people came to understand. What else could they ask for from gods and bodhisattvas?
Zhu Jiajun is the living Bodhisattva who responds to requests.11
There is nothing we can do about enshrining wood carvings and clay sculptures.
No one can do anything, why don't you ask for comfort?
Then again, if someone is helping you with things, why bother? 1
This is not to say that no one is burning incense. There are still a lot of them, and they come. There is no harm in worshiping the Bodhisattva. 2
But the money for incense has dropped sharply...and some temples have oppressed the people, raising monks and soldiers in fish and meat villages, and beating people to death.
When such evil things were exposed, even though Lao Zhu was a monk, he was even more cruel to these monks!
The lightest punishment is to go to Haozhou to build embankments.
Starting in ten years, there is no cap.
It is almost foreseeable that under Lao Zhu's rule, monks will never be able to stand up again.
It's better to take a business major.
Someone wants to ask, besides being able to chant sutras, a group of monks can also take exams?
Who do you look down on!
Do you think our temple has little money? Or is it Mr. Tian? 2
Although they are gone now, they were once rich after all!
If you can manage the accounts in the temple and work as a clerk in the yamen, there will be no problem at all. But when writing official documents, you must remember not to write about Amitabha.
In this way, the exam in which a group of sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks participated finally ended under the spotlight.
Jiang Ke also dragged his tired body back to his residence.
How to say?
The exam is not difficult, but some questions are not that easy to answer. Anyway, he has filled them all, no matter what, just wait for the results!
After waiting for another half month, Uncle Qi couldn't wait to remind Jiang Ke.
"The list will be out today, go check it out!"
Jiang Ke was stunned. He suddenly became flustered for no reason and his heart started beating wildly.
When my younger sister took the exam, she came first. I thought she, as an older brother, would be no worse.
It’s better not to go. If it makes people think that you are not confident or too frivolous, it’s not good. It’s better to sit tight on Diaoyutai!
"Well, I'm not feeling well today. Uncle Qi can go for me!"
There was no other way, so Uncle Qi had no choice but to go, but not long after he passed, he came back happily.
"Master, good news, you, you got third place in the exam!"
"third?"
Jiang Ke immediately stood up, his face flushed, and blurted out: "The number one scholar, who is the number one scholar?"
Uncle Qi's face darkened, "Well, it hasn't been posted yet!"
"It's not posted, so why didn't you wait until it was posted before telling me?"
"I, I also wanted to wait, but I was afraid that the young master wouldn't be able to wait." 1
Jiang Ke felt even more ridiculous, "It's just two people, and I can't wait any longer?"
Uncle Qi rolled his eyelids and muttered: "No, not two, there are quite a few...Yes, starting from the back..." 17
Jiang Ke: “…”
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