Then these soldiers carried Ouyang Bufan out like they were carrying a coffin.
Ouyang Bufan was naturally unwilling to be carried away like this. He kept struggling and yelled: "Don't you, the Ministry of War, take the Ministry of Households seriously?
If Master Muchuan knew about it, he would definitely not be able to spare you!"
"Haha...Master Muchuan?
I'm not afraid of him if he's not here now, but what can he do to me even if he is here?"
Zhao Xiong said with sarcasm.
Little did he know that on the green brick street in front of the open space, there was a person arriving belatedly, it was Muchuan!
In fact, when Ouyang Bufan received the news that the Ministry of War was going to demolish the "Royal Workshop" built by the Ministry of Household Affairs, he had already sent personnel to notify Muchuan. No, Muchuan finally arrived.
"Hey, why is it so lively?
What are you trying to do?"
Muchuan spoke quietly.
As soon as Cao Cao arrived, Zhao Xiong felt upset when he saw Muchuan. However, Muchuan's official position was higher than his own, so even if he was reluctant, he had to salute and greet him: "Meet the Master."
"I wonder who it is, isn't this Mr. Zhao from the Ministry of War?
So what are you doing?
Demolish the house?”
"Sir, I am following Master Lin's orders and acting according to the rules."
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xiong showed the so-called official document, saying that everything he did was legal and feasible, even if Muchuan, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, came in person.
After Muchuan took the official document and looked at it, he smiled cheerfully and said, "Is this the official document?"
"This official document is enough."
"I'll give you my sister's feet. Do you still want to fool me with just this piece of paper?"
Muchuan was not polite at all and tore up the official document in front of Zhao Xiong.
This scared Zhao Xiong. What is Muchuan doing?
Dare to openly tear up the official documents of the court, this is a crime!
On the contrary, Ouyang Bufan, who was hugged by a group of soldiers in the distance, shouted: "Relieve your anger! Lord Muchuan is so powerful!"
"Haha, it's okay."
Muchuan smiled slightly, then turned to look at Zhao Xiong, "This official document is not an official document, I don't approve it!"
The Tang Dynasty had the emperor as the core, thus establishing the system of "three provinces and six ministries".
The promulgation and implementation of one of the policies must first be drafted by the Zhongshu Province, reviewed and approved by the Menxia Province, and then approved and signed by the emperor before this decree can take effect.
Of course, the emperor is very busy with many things to deal with every day, but not all policies and laws need to be reviewed by him. Some cases and laws as big as sesame seeds can be represented by the prime minister.
The "official land document" that Muchuan has received so far refers to the transfer of a twenty-acre public land in the north city of Chang'an City to the Minister of War for the construction of an "weapons depot". This decree was applied by the Ministry of War, drafted by the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Menxia
approve.
Although this "official land document" has taken effect, it has not been approved by the emperor or prime minister.
In other words, this "official document" can be rejected! Who can reject it?
It is up to the person with the highest official position to reject it!
Among the "Three Lives and Six Books", apart from the Order of the Minister, the Minister is the largest among the six. As one of the six Ministers, Muchuan naturally has the power to reject it. This is also the reason why Muchuan has the courage to tear up the official document!
At this time, Muchuan explained quietly, and then said: "Please, Mr. Zhao, although I know that the Ministry of War is a group of warriors who speak and do things without thinking, but at least read the law and administration first?
Don’t you even know this?”
"this……"
"Stop standing here, if you want this land?
That’s okay! Go to the emperor to apply, Lin Shangshu’s power alone is not enough for this qualification! Get out of here, get out of here!”
Muchuan drove Zhao Xiong away like the god of plague.
How can Zhao Xiong have any face left at this time? Muchuan is the youngest number one scholar in this dynasty and is familiar with the law. Since he said so, it must be right.
At that moment, Zhao Xiong led a hundred soldiers away in despair. After a while, the whole place became quiet.
Ouyang Bufan was finally released by the soldiers. When he saw all the soldiers leaving, he couldn't help stamping his feet and shouting: "You'd better run faster, or if you run slower, I will break your legs! Anger!"
I’m dead!”
"Okay, okay, brother Ouyang, don't be angry."
"Master Mu, if you hadn't come here in time, things would have been really disastrous! Master Mu is still smart!"
Ouyang Bufan chuckled and bent over, smiling playfully.
Seeing Ouyang Bufan like this, Muchuan couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
Speaking of intelligence, Ouyang Bufan's intelligence is not inferior to his own, which is why Muchuan promoted Ouyang Bufan from an ordinary clerk to the official position of "Shang Shu Zuo Cheng", which is equivalent to the second-in-command of the Minister of Household Affairs.
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In fact, when Ouyang Bufan was promoted, he received very strong criticism. All civil servants in the imperial court were promoted through the imperial examination system, including Muchuan.
Ouyang Bufan was different. He was just a scholar from a small rural town. His family had been government-run merchants who bought and sold salt and iron for generations.
Muchuan once followed a tax official to conduct a money count and happened to find that Ouyang Bufan used his cleverness to "hoard rice" to sell at a higher price, and opened many trade routes on his own to transport the grain to areas in short supply.
Discovering Ouyang Bufan's "little cleverness", Muchuan made an exception and recruited him into the Ministry of Household Affairs as an official in the court, and was directly promoted to the high position of "Shang Shu Zuo Cheng".
Of course, Muchuan is not the "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Personnel", and even the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel does not have the right to appoint personnel. Therefore, in order for Ouyang Bufan to be promoted to this official position, Muchuan did a lot of ideological work on the emperor's side, even for
The imperial court publicly donated a lot of money.
In fact, Muchuan was right in hiring Ouyang Bufan. After joining the Ministry of Household Affairs, he relied on his "shrewdness and cunning" to do very well in fields such as field taxation, land expropriation, and population management, which saved Muchuan a lot of things.
Ouyang Bufan even arrested many corrupt officials during this process.
Ouyang Bufan's shortcoming is that he is too "flexible". He often does not follow the rules and is not familiar with legal documents. This also attracted Muchuan's advice. After all, as a senior official of the Ministry of Revenue, wouldn't it be wrong if he didn't know the law?
Being laughed at?
Just like the Ministry of War just came to make trouble, if Ouyang Bufan knew the legal procedures, he could refute the opponent, and Zhao Xiong would not be able to be so arrogant.
"So Bufan, you have to study more, like Meng Kuo of the Three Kingdoms, didn't he study every night in order to be respected by others, which led to the famous saying, 'A scholar should be treated with admiration after three days apart'?"
"Okay, okay, Master Mu, please stop nagging, you are even more annoying than my mother!"
After Ouyang Bufan finished speaking, he strode to the front of the land and pointed at the wooden house workshop to be built there.
